On-Demand Webcast

As adults and educators, our memories of taking part in visual arts experiences may raise a mixture of emotions. This webcast outlines the importance of understanding where children are in their learning journey. It provides knowledge of art stages (0-12years), and how that will influence their experiences with art. It also unpacks the educator's role in engaging with the children during these experiences. It encourages educators to learn and create alongside children. 

Welcome to the 2026 ECLD Immersion Unplugged: An Interactive Professional Learning Experience, proudly presented by Child Australia. 

Below is a collection of available free resources collated from the sessions throughout the day.

Enjoy the opportunity to refresh your learning!

Writing and reviewing policies doesn’t have to feel daunting! This session will guide you through the process of developing clear, compliant, and practical policies that reflect your service’s philosophy and meet the National Quality Framework. Discover strategies to collaborate effectively, simplify the writing process, and strengthen governance and leadership practices (Quality Area 7). 

Walk away with renewed confidence and practical tools to support high-quality service delivery.

Stepping into educational leadership can feel both exciting and challenging, especially when working in regional or remote settings. This eight-part webcast series is designed to guide and support educators as they deepen their understanding of the National Quality Framework and strengthen their confidence in the Educational Leader role. 

Change can feel big, but understanding EYLF V2.0 doesn’t have to be.  This webcast unpacks what’s new, what’s evolved, and how educators can confidently begin the transition from the original EYLF to the updated version. Explore the reasons behind the changes, discover how the framework reflects our modern world, and gain practical starting points for embedding updates into your everyday practice. 

Many Educators use “mat/group” times as a transition tool; however, this is prime time for children to develop important social skills, through fun and interesting activities.

Find out how to deliver meaningful and engaging group sessions that assist children to participate in activities, experiences and concepts within group time.

Looking to better understand critical reflection and how it can be used to improve practice?  

In this webcast, we talk about all the opportunities for reflection throughout the day in an early childhood education and care setting. It assists educators in understanding the difference between reflective practice and critical reflection. Some useful reflective model frameworks are introduced, described and discussed.

Introduction to Leadership is a webcast designed to further your leadership journey. This webcast runs through some of the essentials required for effective leadership within the early childhood education and care sector. You may be an experienced leader looking for a refresher on leadership strategies, or you may be curious about leadership to further your career as you become an emerging leader.

Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships with children is one of the Principles of the Learning Frameworks. Interacting and communicating positively with children is one of the most important aspects of an educator’s role. Having meaningful conversations with children, listening to them, being kind and supportive when they need you are some of the building blocks to developing ongoing respectful relationships with children.

Multimodal learning encapsulates learning and thinking beyond written text, words and conventional conversation.

By recognising multimodal ways of knowing and learning we support children to develop their own identity instead of pushing our cultural identity and ways of knowing onto the child.

This webcast investigates the theories behind creating play spaces, and how they reflect educators’ philosophies around how children learn. It provides ideas to consider while setting up your environment, as well as modelling critical analysis of indoor and outdoor environments. The important components to include when creating an inviting environment are also outlined.

This on-demand webcast explores the vital role of play in the development of babies and young toddlers (0–2 years). Linking play to the National Quality Framework and key play theories, educators will learn about the stages of play, gain practical strategies to support meaningful experiences, and reflect on current practices to drive quality improvement in early learning environments.

This essential on-demand webcast offers a practical introduction to safe sleep and rest for educators, service leaders, and those new to the sector. 

Revisit key principles aligned with current regulations and Red Nose Australia guidance to support safe, responsive, and compliant rest environments. 

This short video series helps educators, families and carers build confidence in talking with children about body safety, consent, protective behaviours and inclusion. In partnership with eSafeKids founder Kayelene Kerr, the series blends practical strategies with book readings from carefully chosen children’s literature, showing how stories can become powerful tools for embedding child safe practices.

This webcast discusses what children really need to be ready for school.  We discuss the importance of play-based learning and the importance of supporting intellectual learning rather than academic learning. The foundations for learning are discussed that can help support discussions with concerned parents about why play-based learning is the best preparation for children at this stage.

Take an introductory look at how oral language, speech and communication develop for young children across the ages of 0 – 3 years. With the expert advice of speech pathologist, Karen Nitsche, designer of the language development support app ‘Talkable’, we describe the typical language milestones for infants and toddlers up to 3 years of age and include some explanations of some red flags that might indicate a need for more support.

Discussing why supervision is so critically important in the various education and care settings. What is supervision? Supervision is everyone’s responsibility and should reflect educators who are focused and who are consciously in the moment. There should be clear communication and shared understanding between not only educators but children as well. It’s about educators supporting learning and assisting children to develop risk assessment skills.

OSHC Supervision is critical with a wide range of children, vacation care and transient staff so it is everyone’s responsibility and should reflect educators who are focused and who are consciously in the moment. Join us we unpack the necessary skills and behaviours required to make sure all children are safe.