Hi Members
A free webinar just for you.
Play-based learning is a cornerstone of early childhood education.
This on-demand webinar, Play-based learning: Using the Pedagogical Play-framework, is available for this month only FREE for ECA Members! Learn more:
https://shop.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/product/webinar025/
We are looking forward to the last ECA in Conversation live webinar for the year!
Catharine Hydon speaking with Fay Hadley on Tuesday 29 November 4pm AEDT on the opportunities for action and advocacy that come with the reforms around child care subsidies and kindergarten funding.
Join the conversation as Catharine and Fay discuss how to use data and evidence to support continuous quality improvement and outline how early childhood professionals can actively engage in advocacy for reform.
Free for ECA Members ($25 for non-members).
To register free as a member, login to your account on the ECA Shop before checking out.
Link: https://bit.ly/3V5GiDr
Everyone is invited to join the ECA Learning Hub for a free live webinar TODAY Monday 17 October at 5.00 pm to discuss the importance of Early Learning Matters Week and how to use this as a platform for advocating for the early years. Please follow and share – this link to register for the webinar. SHARE, RECOGNISE and CREATE through social media or in your setting
How will your networks celebrate? Please encourage your peers, friends, family and wider community to let us know how they are celebrating Early Learning Mattes Week, and to send us photographs (with permission to share them). Simply email earlylearningmatters@earlychildhood.org.au to share news and updates! For more information and to get involved
#earlylearningmatters #ECA
Jo Henwood is an Accredited Storyteller with Australian Storytellers, accredited Professional Guide with the Institute of Australian Tour Guides, and President of the Australian Fairy Tale Society. She is a museum theatre creative, and workshop leader on literature, history, creative writing, folklore, and storytelling.
As a Tour Guide she leads tours around Sydney, as and Education Officer she interprets history and science in heritage sites, and she was a FEAST (Federation of Asian Storytellers) mentor to Storytellers performing in heritage sites.
Her qualifications include BA (Library Science), Tour Guiding Cert III, Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies, Graduate Certificate of Gifted Education, and Master of Cultural Heritage. Jo has been performing stories for nearly 25 years, specialising in historical stories and fairy tales, and storytelling in heritage sites, but also performing myths, mysteries, romances, ghost and literary stories, for audiences from preschool to elderly, including school age, families, teens, and People With Disability.
Join this enjoyable Conversations Evening on Thursday 18th August,7 to 8 pm. 2022
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-mvrTgoHdCiea8Dj7eHP3rvDxTGxzph
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This session will be recorded . If registered you will be sent a link to the recording.
Far North Coast BeYou Presentation
ECA Far North Coast invites you to the second evening, focussed on Educator well-being.
BeYou will be presenting a session on support for Educator’s wellbeing, after a challenging year of floods, staffing shortages and other challenges on the Far North Coast.
We encourage you to bring your colleagues along for an evening of support, networking and connection.
We will be hosting this event in two locations on the Far North Coast, to reach as many Educators as possible.
Presenter:
Be You: Planning for Wellbeing: Mine, Yours, Ours
Dates:
Tuesday, 23rd August – 6pm -8pm – Wollongbar TAFE Campus, K Block, Room: KG11. 61 Sneaths Road, Wollongbar, NSW, 2477.
AND
Wednesday, 24th August – 6pm – 8pm, Cooloon Children’s Centre, 2 Park Street, Tweed Heads.
Cost: $5 per person for light refreshments and drinks.
Book here
https://www.trybooking.com/CBTAD Wollongbar
https://www.trybooking.com/CBTAI Cooloon
For further enquiries – farnorthcoast@nsw.earlychildhood.org.au
We hope to see you there for an evening together!
Many people would know Julie Gaul and Deb Watson from ECEEN.
ECEEN has joined with Early Childhood Australia spreading the word about environmental sustainability in Early Childhood Education and Care centres across Australia.
‘Being the change’ by acting locally.‘
Julie and Deb will discuss the evolution of Early Childhood Environmental Education Network (ECEEN) into a special interest group within Early Childhood Australia. They will investigate how your service can be the catalyst for change in your community, how sustainable living and learning in early childhood settings can develop and grow within the regions and connect to local community issues to make a difference now and for future generations.They will discuss how to participate in the SPROuts Practice Awards.
Discuss what you can do to be most effective to support the continued transformation of their services into environmentally sustainable practices. .
Register today for the ECA NSW Conversations Evening. Join on the evening or be sent the recording post Conversations.
Thursday 23rd June at 7pm.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlc–rqTwoH9Uupk3FNacQnc85P7GGddns
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The next conversation evening will have two speakers. Both from ECA National.
Register to listen on the night or be sent the recording afterwords.
When: Thursday May 26, 2022 07:00 PM
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pde-vrjsjGde14oSXpBjhol07pZ5QZwSL
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Shae’s oversees all of ECA’s professional learning work in her role as General Manager, including online learning, publications and capacity building projects. She brings early childhood teaching expertise, early childhood management and leadership expertise as well as end-to-end research project management. She also has experience in stakeholder consultation as well as the translation of research to practice.
Debbie Yates is a National Manager for Be You at Early Childhood Australia. Her previous experience includes teaching across both early learning and primary school settings and leadership roles at a range of community organisations with a focus on supporting families and children. Debbie holds post graduate qualifications in management (non-profit sector).Be You is a national initiative that equips educators to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people from birth to 18 years.We help you involve everyone at your early learning service or school in supporting mental health, so you achieve the best possible outcomes. We provide free online interactive sessions and events, accredited professional learning, fact sheets, planning and implementation tools and other resources.Be You is led by Beyond Blue in partnership with Early Childhood Australia and headspace.
Too Peas in a Podcast is a Podcast by Mandy Hose and Kate Jones.
Listen to Mandy and Kate laugh (a lot) and cry as they chat to each other and friends about parenting multiples with disabilities and additional needs.They run a popular podcast. Details can be found here. https://toopeasinapodcast.com.au/
This is a conversations evening you will want all your educators to listen. Mandy and Kate will speak for one hour. They will discuss life with young children with additional needs. They always present with insight and humour. See you there. April 7th, at 7pm.
Register in advance for this meeting. April 7th at 7pm:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucuytqDorH9wUhkLEekgZbiwtOUFKgkUC
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
A great way to start the year is with motivation from Anita Heiss, an Aboriginal Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator. She is an advocate for Indigenous Australian literature and literacy, through her writing for adults and children and her membership of boards and committees. To learn more about Anita visit her blog: https://anitaheiss.wordpress.com/
Be part of a conversation with Anita via Zoom
February 17th at 7pm
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcOmtqzMsHNdiWEGkhmR8bQpUwvgiDQ6M
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Hope to see you there. You are welcome to share this link with other interested colleagues.
Join ECEEN & ECA NSW to announce
and hear from the SPROUTS Practice
Awards winners as we celebrate their
inspirational projects.
A terrific way to get inspirations for your playspace.
Tuesday 9th November, 7 to 8.30 pm.
Join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86515765233
Meeting ID: 865 1576 5233
NSW Early Childhood Australia Branch 