Minter ripped a basket out of the child’s hand and dragged him into an upright position by his right arm, forcing him to stand on his tiptoes.
Her colleague Joshi later backed the same toddler into a wall, pushing him into it.
Both carers were originally charged with five counts of common assault apiece.
The victim had reportedly been misbehaving, but was acting in an age-appropriate manner, court documents show.
“Becoming annoyed with children who are behaving unpredictably requires patience, skill and care and needs to be learned”, Judge James Howard told Joshi.
“You have responsibility and care for children … allowing that to happen is of some concern.”
Both workers were fired after being charged – Minter, who worked in childcare for 20 years, will not return to the industry.
In today’s proceedings, Judge Kirk Dailly took Minter’s loss of employment into account, emphasising the 55-year-old’s “dedication to (her) own family and the children of others”.
“Children will still be children, and they will still ruffle the feathers of parents and even childcare workers every now and then,” Dailly said.
“It was overstepping the mark slightly and shouldn’t have been done.”
The centre which employed the women, Little Zak’s Academy in Doonside, closed weeks after the allegations came to light and has not reopened.
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