Igniting Passion, Purpose, & Practice
Igniting Passion, Purpose, & Practice
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm (via Zoom/online)
Saturday 1st November 2025
9:00am - 5:00pm AEDT (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
8:00am - 4:00pm AEST (Queensland)
8:30am - 4:30pm ACDT (South Australia, Northern Territory)
6:00am - 2:00pm AWST (Western Australia)
$499 per person
Overview:
“Igniting Passion, Purpose & Practice” is a transformative full-day professional development experience designed to reignite the heart of early childhood education. This immersive, interactive online event brings together evidence-based theory, practical strategies, and personal reflection to help educators rediscover their purpose, strengthen their practice, and reconnect with their passion for teaching and learning.
Through seven inspiring sessions, participants will journey through key areas of the National Quality Framework (NQF) — exploring attachment, wellbeing, play, inclusion, critical reflection, and documentation — while reigniting their personal sense of joy, connection, and professional identity.
The day culminates with a Sparkle Wrap-Up & Virtual Cocktail Connection, celebrating the educators who nurture Australia’s youngest learners — followed by an optional Wine & Wellness session to close the day in calm reflection and self-care.
What Early Childhood Educators Will Learn:
Educators will learn how to reignite their passion and purpose while deepening their professional practice. Throughout the day, they’ll explore how attachment underpins play and learning, strengthen wellbeing and resilience for both children and educators, and discover how to make documentation meaningful and authentic. They’ll gain practical strategies for guiding behaviour and supporting inclusion, engage in live critical reflection to enhance quality improvement, and reconnect with their “why” through positive psychology and purposeful reflection. By the end of the event, educators will leave inspired, rejuvenated, and equipped with practical tools to bring renewed joy, confidence, and sparkle into their everyday practice.
Sessions:
Morning
9:00 – 10:00am
Session 1: Learning Through Play – Attachment & Theorists in Action
Session 2: Supporting Wellbeing – Nurturing Educators & Children Through Nature and Resilience
Session 3: Critical Documentation – Making it Meaningful
12:00 – 12:45pm
Lunch (off screen)
Afternoon
12:45 – 1:45pm
Session 4: Guiding Children’s Behaviour & Supporting Additional Needs
1:45 – 2:45pm
Session 5: Critical Reflection in Action
2:45 – 3:00pm
Afternoon Tea (screen break)
3:00 – 4:00pm
Session 6: Igniting Passionate Educators
4:00 – 5:00pm
Session 7: Sparkle Wrap-Up & Virtual Cocktail Connection
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm (via Zoom/online)
Saturday 1st November 2025
9:00am - 5:00pm AEDT (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
8:00am - 4:00pm AEST (Queensland)
8:30am - 4:30pm ACDT (South Australia, Northern Territory)
6:00am - 2:00pm AWST (Western Australia)
$499 per person
Overview:
“Igniting Passion, Purpose & Practice” is a transformative full-day professional development experience designed to reignite the heart of early childhood education. This immersive, interactive online event brings together evidence-based theory, practical strategies, and personal reflection to help educators rediscover their purpose, strengthen their practice, and reconnect with their passion for teaching and learning.
Through seven inspiring sessions, participants will journey through key areas of the National Quality Framework (NQF) — exploring attachment, wellbeing, play, inclusion, critical reflection, and documentation — while reigniting their personal sense of joy, connection, and professional identity.
The day culminates with a Sparkle Wrap-Up & Virtual Cocktail Connection, celebrating the educators who nurture Australia’s youngest learners — followed by an optional Wine & Wellness session to close the day in calm reflection and self-care.
What Early Childhood Educators Will Learn:
Educators will learn how to reignite their passion and purpose while deepening their professional practice. Throughout the day, they’ll explore how attachment underpins play and learning, strengthen wellbeing and resilience for both children and educators, and discover how to make documentation meaningful and authentic. They’ll gain practical strategies for guiding behaviour and supporting inclusion, engage in live critical reflection to enhance quality improvement, and reconnect with their “why” through positive psychology and purposeful reflection. By the end of the event, educators will leave inspired, rejuvenated, and equipped with practical tools to bring renewed joy, confidence, and sparkle into their everyday practice.
Sessions:
Morning
9:00 – 10:00am
Session 1: Learning Through Play – Attachment & Theorists in Action
- Why attachment underpins learning and play
- Embedding Bowlby, Ainsworth, Vygotsky, Piaget in everyday practice
- Breakout reflection: linking theory to observed play moments
Session 2: Supporting Wellbeing – Nurturing Educators & Children Through Nature and Resilience
- Practical strategies for educator wellbeing
- Building resilience in children through nature, mindfulness, and co-regulation
- Guided “five senses reset” activity
Session 3: Critical Documentation – Making it Meaningful
- Moving beyond compliance to meaningful documentation
- Capturing children’s voices, play, and learning authentically
- Quick-win templates and examples
12:00 – 12:45pm
Lunch (off screen)
Afternoon
12:45 – 1:45pm
Session 4: Guiding Children’s Behaviour & Supporting Additional Needs
- From “managing behaviour” to guidance and empowerment
- Inclusion strategies for children with additional needs
- Scenario discussions: collaborative problem-solving
1:45 – 2:45pm
Session 5: Critical Reflection in Action
- What critical reflection really means
- Linking reflection to practice, planning, and quality improvement
- Breakout activity: live reflection on a case study
2:45 – 3:00pm
Afternoon Tea (screen break)
3:00 – 4:00pm
Session 6: Igniting Passionate Educators
- Reconnecting with your why
- Positive psychology tools for sustaining motivation and joy
- Breakout activity: “My educator superpower”
4:00 – 5:00pm
Session 7: Sparkle Wrap-Up & Virtual Cocktail Connection
- Journaling: “One change I’ll take forward tomorrow”
- Group gratitude circle
- Celebration with drinks/mocktails in hand
- Networking breakout rooms
- 5:15 – 6:15pm
- Optional Wine & Wellness Session
- Attendees bring a glass of wine, mocktail, or tea
- Guided self-care ritual: reflection, breathwork, and gratitude
- Light wellbeing discussion: blending passion, purpose, and personal balance
- Close with a sparkle toast to wellness and joy
