Many thanks to those of you who uploaded some photos of your celebrations to our 2024 Photo Gallery!  

We’re delighted to announce the winners of the giveaways below. 

Early childhood educators
1 x $200 gift card from the Iconic – from Child Care Super

• Joanna from Randwick Open Care for Kids, Randwick NSW

5 x personalised Boston aprons – from Cargo Crew

• Memory from Waratah Early Education, Manunda QLD
• Pauleen from Cressy Road Early Learning, Ryde NSW
• Zoey-Ann from Goodstart Mount Louisa, Mount Lousia QLD
• Kim from Willow Tree Kindergarten, Rosemeadow NSW
• Coralee from Capalaba Kids ELC, Capalaba QLD

3 x $100 Coles gift cards – from Coles for Business

• Cathy from Sunrise Kindergarten & LDC, North Fitzroy VIC
• Jessica from Bask Early Learning, Springwood QLD
• Marnie from Ready Set Grow Dongara, Port Denison WA

Early learning service provider
1 x $250 voucher from Cargo Crew

• Tuross Little Lambs Preschool, Tuross Head NSW

Family
1 x family apron pack from Cargo Crew

• Ally from Hamlyn Terrace Early Learning, Hamlyn Terrace, NSW 

We have already notified the winners via email and will arrange delivery of prizes this week.

Once again, we hope you and your dedicated team of early childhood educators had a wonderful week of celebrations, and that your whole team knows how much they are appreciated.  

To all of our wonderful early learning service providers and your amazing early childhood educators, 

We hope you and your team members had a really special, fun-filled celebration for Early Childhood Educators’ Day 2024!
(How did the day go so quickly?!!!)

According to our map of participating services, this year over 7,000 early learning services across Australia joined in the fun! It was our biggest celebration yet, and we couldn’t be more excited.

It’s so fantastic to see more and more learning services getting involved each year, letting their team members know just how much they are appreciated and at the same time contributing to a really positive, healthy team culture. Since the first celebration in 2011, we’ve seen the event grow and mature, and it has now become a celebrated occasion not just for the early learning sector, but for the broader community.

We’re so proud of how Early Childhood Educators’ Day is shining a spotlight on the incredible work you do.

Thanks again to those of you who have posted your photos to our 2024 Photo Gallery! It has been so much fun looking at your varied celebrations across the country. 

Just a friendly reminder that thanks to our wonderful Sponsors, we have some give-aways to hand out next Monday! You can still be in the running if you post photos over the weekend. We will be giving them away randomly (rather than based on any skill or preference) among the people who posted photos and completed the give-aways form. This means you only need to complete the form once to be in the running. 🙂

With Early Childhood Educators’ Day not far away, we welcome and encourage the support of Australia’s early learning services, sector stakeholders and the media to help spread the message to families and the general community that the event is coming up.

Your can play a role in helping to spread the word by sharing some or all of the communications tools below. By doing so, you are supporting the recognition and celebration of the work of Australia’s early childhood educators. 

We ask that all of our stakeholders respect the nature of the day which is all about community engagement and not about commercial or political gain.

NOTE: Please be aware that the materials below are shared under a Creative Commons Licence, which means you have legal permission to use and share these materials for the purposes of celebrating the event with the community. (There is no need to cite the Australian Childcare Alliance as the creator.) You do not have permission to use the name of the event, the logo or  any of the communications materials provided below for the advertising of the sale of goods or services. 

The Australian Childcare Alliance thanks you in advance for your support of this well-loved, national community event.

If you don’t know much about Early Childhood Educators’ Day, you can read about the purpose of the event here and the history of the event here.

Every year we like to select a theme for Early Childhood Educators’ Day to add some light and colour to the celebrations, whilst reflecting what’s going on in the early learning sector from an operational and cultural perspective.

We’re delighted to announce that the 2024 theme for Early Childhood Educators’ Day is ‘Embracing diversity has early beginnings‘.

This year we celebrate the vital role that early childhood educators play in fostering a society that values diversity and promotes inclusivity. As the foundation of our future leaders, it is important that young children learn from the very beginning to appreciate and celebrate the little differences that make us all unique. 

In addition to valuing the diversity among our children, we also recognise and celebrate the unique diversity among our early childhood educators. We believe that the variety of their experiences, national and cultural backgrounds and perspectives enriches the educational environment and fosters a more inclusive and supportive community for all. By embracing the diversity of our educators, we create a culture of mutual respect, understanding and creativity that benefits everyone involved.

We hope the 2024 theme strikes a meaningful chord with early learning service providers, the families who attend early learning services and most importantly with our valued early childhood educators.

We’re also delighted to share that our Apparel Sponsor Cargo Crew has brought this design to life with a brand new selection of T-shirts, aprons, tote bags, sun hats and key rings to help your team celebrate Early Childhood Educators’ Day in style!

Watch this space for the launch of Cargo Crew’s in mid July, at which time you can place your online orders for the ‘Embracing diversity has early beginnings‘ apparel.

Happy Early Childhood Educators’ Day ! 

Today is a very special day for Australia’s early childhood educators, as we recognise and celebrate the vital role they play in the lives of young children and their families.  At the local level, we hope early learning services and their families say thank you to their early childhood educators in their own special way. 

At the national level, we would like to let each and every one of Australia’s early childhood educators know how much they are appreciated, but we can’t do it alone!

As usual, we have called upon a number of our early learning stakeholders to say a few words. 

We’re very grateful for their support and we thank them for their contributions to the video below. 

We encourage all early learning service providers to share this special video with their team of educators, as part of their celebrations today and across the week.

As an employer, you can implement strategies for a healthy workplace which promote the mental and physical wellbeing of your staff and also provide support to anyone who may be experiencing mental health issues.

A very important part of your strategy to foster a mentally healthy workplace includes offering your team members access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which aims to enhance mental health and wellbeing, maximise productivity and improve organisational culture.

By improving your team members’ lives and wellbeing, they will be happier, healthier, and ultimately more engaged and productive at work.