Dr Sue Elliott says we live in critical times for change in our ways of being with each other and the Earth. 

This presentation will challenge and extend understandings about working towards sustainable futures with young children to create Climate Resilient Early Childhood Education Services.

A Special Event for EVERYONE!
Thursday 11 November
11am online Melbourne AEDT (check your state/territory times)

It is great to see this ABC article and video demonstrating how early childhood education services are introducing children to risky play and seeing incident reports going down.

'Play experts say children can get a dopamine hit from risky play, learn self-fulfilment and how to gauge risk into adulthood.'

A special congrats to Play Australia member, Lukas Ritson who was involved in the redevelopment of one of the playspaces. 

Grandparents Victoria & Kinship Carers Victoria have produced 'Family Care in the time of Coronavirus' vaccination information sheets.  As we are all aware, discussing the vaccination issue can sometimes be challenging, so having relevant info on hand is always welcome.  

'It is acknowledged that for some people, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy may influence their decision-making about whether to consent to vaccination for themselves or their children.'

Whenever we ask adults where did you play when you were younger, the answer 99% of the time is "OUTSIDE". 

We are reminiscing about this almost bygone era and the fabulous crew at Active For Life have provided '5 group games from memory lane to pass on to your kids'. 

So enjoy and play these with your kids soon.  Send us a video as we'd love to share it! 

Email to karen@playaustralia.org.au 

For those who are designing and developing playspaces, here is a terrific read. 

"Multigenerational play has been driving playground design for the past several years, and this “trend” won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. I hesitate to call it a trend because the functionality and benefits of playgrounds thoughtfully designed to encompass the entire community just makes sense." Kent Callison, Playground Professionals. 

Here's a good one from the On-Demand Workshops to register for:

The Preventive Health and Wellbeing Agenda for Children

Chair: Pierre Comis, Chief Executive Officer, Special Olympics Australia

Robyn Monro Miller, President, International Play Association

Associate Professor Lisa Barnett, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University

Scott Mackenzie, Play Lead, Sport New Zealand.

Play Australia has manufactured this entrapment tool for the benefit of our members. It is also available for purchase by non-members. 

This all-in-one finger probe tool has 8, 8.6, 12 and 25mm diameter sections, available to support professionals to assess playspaces for finger entrapment risk.

Please note - A discount is available for Play Australia members.

Become a Play Australia member now, to help us protect the rights of children in Australia to ‘play today’. Membership starts from as little as $22 p/yr for a student OR $66 p/yr for an individual.

Benefits include:

• access to the Online Learning Series 
• be profiled in our Member Directory
• receive our quarterly Member Newsletter and Special Bulletins…and much more!

View our full list of benefits here to find the Membership package that is right for you.