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ECTA Gladstone

Locality: Gladstone, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4972 3067

Address: C/o 29 Boyne Crescent 4680 Gladstone, QLD, Australia

Website: www.ecta.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=54

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25.01.2022 Article following on from our appearance on The Sunday Project - Whilst we need to look at the whole child when deciding if a child is developmentally ready for... school, or if a second Kindy year is a better option, it is important to understand cognitive intelligence (with the current focus on literacy and numeracy) is NOT the most important thing. See more

24.01.2022 http://www.ecta.org.au/02_cal/details.asp?ID=1382. Come along to our regional group viewing at the Gladstone Child and Family Centre 105 Toolooa St. This Thursday!

24.01.2022 Are you coming this year??

23.01.2022 It’s on again.

22.01.2022 Join us at 44th Early Childhood Professionals from across the state at the ECTA Early Childhood Conference 29 June Sheldon Event Centre, Brisbane. REGISTER at h...ttp://www.cvent.com/d/ybqtsx. #ECTAcon2019 Choose three workshops from over forty options. Suitable for all who work with children eight years old and under. Be inspired by colleagues sharing great practice and experts in their field. 2018 Conf photos below Conference Registration Non-Member $345 (not a member - join at registration & save) ECTA Individual & Graduate Members $205 ECTA Student Members $105 ECTA Concessional Members $110 ECTA Organisational Members $206 each (first two attendees) - all others $290 Add ECTA Memberships fees to registration It's cheaper than registering as a non-member Individual $95 Graduate $60 EYC Student $60 (open to Part-Time & Full-Time Students) Full-Time Students $0 (Requires Student Card - no hard copies of journal access via members centre to PDF copies) Concessional $20 (Requires Concession card - no hard copies of journal access via members centre to PDF copies) Organisational membership (per site) $210

20.01.2022 ECTA Gladstone Regional Group are hosting a regional viewing of this at the Resource Centre, Kin Kora State School, Hibiscus Ave. We wil be holding our very brief AGM at 4.10pm prior the commencement of the Webinar. Afternoon Tea will be provided. Please RSVP using the below links or directly to this post or Liz 49715111

19.01.2022 Only 12 more sleeps until the 43rd ECTA Annual Conference. You can still register to attend. Go online now to http://www.cvent.com/d/6tqdkc Run by volunteers fo...r our early childhood colleagues. 37 workshops still available (but several only have one or two places left) When you register you choose three workshops to follow the keynote. Prices start from $105. Don't miss this wonderful event for all colleagues working with babies to lower primary children. Not a current ECTA member - No problem add membership when you register for the conference. Prices $345 (Non-Member Rate) $300 (Add ECTA Individual Membership + Register) $205 (Current ECTA members) $165 (Add ECTA Part-Time Student Membership + Register) $130 (Add ECTA Concessional Member (Conc Card holders) + Register) $110 (Current ECTA Concessional Members) $105 (Add ECTA Full-Time Student Membership + Register) $105 (Current ECTA Student Members)

19.01.2022 Kin Kora State School will be hosting a regional viewing of this webinar in their Conference room in the Resource Centre this Thursday. Please RSVP to this event on this post. Afternoon tea is provided.

18.01.2022 ECTA President Kim Walters spoke on TEN NEWS and The Project Sunday 29th July following an article in the Sunday Mail on tutoring toddlers for school readiness.... The interview was timely as ECTA have just published an ECTA Statement on Audit Culture in Queensland Education. We share the Statement in a separate post. See more

18.01.2022 JOIN ECTA for rest of 2020 & register for this and November webinar at no cost. Register via https://ecta.org.au/event/oct-webinar (ONLY ECTA MEMBERS MAY REGIS...TER) Music-making with purpose: more than just ‘Twinkle, twinkle’ with Sue Lewin 28 October 5pm - 6:30pm This hands-on, interactive workshop will investigate the links between music and young children’s development, success in other areas of the curriculum and self-regulation. The importance of choosing music experiences of a high quality for young children will be explored. See more

16.01.2022 Webinar 19 September 5pm-6:30pm Building executive functioning through musical experiences with Sue Southey Participants will experience musical activities that... build working memory, self regulation and flexible thinking skills to gain confidence in supporting children’s executive functioning skills. Click link below to register. $25 non-members, $0 Members. Register at https://login.redbackconferencing.com.au/landers/page/468d12 Join ECTA at https://ecta.org.au/shop for free registration. See more

15.01.2022 Early Childhood Teachers' Association (ECTA) Webinar 26 August 2020 - https://mailchi.mp/ecta/webinar-26-august-5832632

14.01.2022 If you are a beginning kindergarten teacher (in your first year and a half) please consider participating in the study, From Student to Teacher: Early Career Au...stralian Kindergarten Teachers’ Experiences of Learning and Applying Theories of Child Development, which is seeking input from new graduates to discuss how expectations regarding the use of theories of child development constructed in university match up their daily practice. If you wish to express interest in taking part in this study please contact Emma Ellis at [email protected] PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE WITH SOMEBODY YOU KNOW IS A BEGINNING KINDERGARTEN TEACHER See more

10.01.2022 Here's a quick visual all about the social stages of play!

09.01.2022 Another win for #play! It’s not just about preserving childhood; it’s a necessary part of becoming a functional and healthy human in an age appropriate way. The...re are good reasons why children gravitate towards play dough, finger painting, building blocks, threading beads, balancing on logs, and many other play activities before they become interested in handwriting. Children experience progressive development of their hands and require development of postural control, grasp, fine motor skills, upper and core body strength, proprioceptor control and visual motor integration prior to, and during, the development of writing skills. In an interesting conversation happening on Twitter at the moment, Ruth Swailes, a School Improvement Advisor and Education Consultant, has uploaded some telling x-rays of a child with developed hands at approximately 7 years old side-by-side with x-rays from a younger child during the Early Years Foundation Stage (0-5 years old in the UK). Ruth writes: An x ray of a developed hand (around the age of 7) compared to an EYFS age child’s hand is pretty informative. Also occupational therapists issue fantastic advice on how to develop handwriting in an age appropriate way matched to children’s physical development. You can find her tweet here: https://twitter.com/swailesruth/status/1149344734097264640. For those without Twitter, there are also some interesting screenshots of conversation included below. Ruth’s other comments: The physiology of young children’s hands needs to be taken into consideration. There’s a reason we don’t dress babies in suits. There are physical reasons children go through the phases of palmar supinate, digital pronate, static tripod and eventually to dynamic tripod. Children also have to develop upper and core body strength and proprioceptor control in addition to fine motor control. It’s worth noting that it’s not just the size of the child’s hand which changes. The younger child has cartilage which will eventually become bone through the process of endochronal ossification. This occurs around the ages of 6-8yrs. We build on the learning that has gone before. There are lots of excellent articles and research papers on early mark making and writing, Also @Sue_Cowley’s brilliant new book! The dangers of introducing tripod grip before children are physically ready are well documented. My advice would be to develop both gross and fine motor skills alongside mark-making skills. Children naturally progress through a series of grips before they achieve dynamic tripod and this is perfectly normal. I was fortunate to work closely with OTs in my early career. They taught me a lot. Child development should be part of all teacher training IMO so that everyone understands the fundamental differences between ages and stages. 4 and 5 year olds are not just miniature 9 year olds. Here is also a link to a great resource shared by Ruth called ‘Children, Young People and Families Occupational Therapy Team - Handwriting Development’ by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust. It shares lists of play and learning activities that children can enjoy that will help them develop prior to writing. https://www.swft.nhs.uk///2571/handwriting_development.pdf Full lists of play activities are in the pictures below and in the PDF. Activities to develop Postural Control: Playing on playground equipment such as swings, climbing frames and merry- go-rounds Construct obstacle courses that require crawling and climbing Play ‘Twister’ or ‘Simon Says’ (using odd body parts such as standing on one leg, or balancing on one foot and one hand) Play with balls or beanbags whilst the child is sitting, kneeling, half-kneeling, squatting and standing Jumping on a trampoline Activities to Develop Grasp and Fine Motor Skills: Building blocks Pegboard activities Lacing or threading activities Using tweezers or tongs to pick up small objects Craft activities, including collages, paper mache, glueing and cutting Activities to Develop a Tripod Grasp: Placing clothes pegs/bulldog clips around the edge of a container Picking up small objects using tongs and then tweezers Threading beads Picking up cards Fill a medicine dropper (or mini turkey baster) with paint and drop onto paper Activities to Develop Visual Motor Integration and Copying of Basic Pre-writing Shapes: Developing Copying Skills Copy patterns using building blocks, matchsticks, coins, buttons, pegboards. Make it harder by taking away the original and asking the child to copy it from memory Copy basic shapes and patterns using playdough, drawing in sand, using pipecleaners Mazes Tracing activities. Developing Copying of Pre-Writing Shapes (using pre-writing shapes for the following activities): Walk along a rope, string, or taped line Follow-the-leader in different shapes Making your own body look like the different shapes Finger painting with shaving cream, paint, cornflour and water Sand drawing with sticks, fingers, rakes, spades or even feet Starting Letters: It is often useful to teach letters in family groups. This helps prevent reversals of letters and allows the child to practice one type of movement for several letters Anti-clockwise letters (a, c, d, e, g, o, q) Clockwise letters (b, h, k, m, n, p, r) Straight letters (i, j, l, t) Under arch letters (u, y) Diagonal letters (v, w, x, z) Curvy letters (f, s). #neurochild #childdevelopment #earlychildhood #childhood #powerofplay

08.01.2022 For young children (and anyone) with anxiety. What really helps: 1. Breathe into the belly (deeper than the chest) 2. Smile (just a bit) at the Tip Point - wh...ere the breath is held for a few seconds. (Turns out, that this smile signals to the brain that something good is happening and it begins to alter body chemistry.) 3. Start with just a minute or two. Within a week this can be done daily for 3 or 4 minutes. Even for children under five. Within two to three weeks, this can become something that feels easy and expected. A new positive habit. 4. Teachers can do this with an entire classroom with remarkable results over time. For more information visit Conscious Discipline: https://consciousdiscipline.com//shuberts-classro/s-t-a-r/

07.01.2022 ECTA Early Childhood E-Conference Saturday 27 June 2020. Registration opening soon for live online ZOOM conference. Keynote followed by your choice of three workshops. Networking chat rooms and prizes PLUS ability to access three recorded presentations. More details to come soon.

07.01.2022 ECTA Early Childhood Conference 2019 will be held at the Sheldon Event Centre, Thornlands, Brisbane on Saturday 29th June 2019. REGISTER at http://www.cvent.com.../d/ybqtsx Join ECTA now and receive all membership benefits including huge discounts on conference registration, no cost webinars for 2019, access to over forty PD recordings plus more in the online Members Centre + three high quality Educating Young Children journals. Membership is open to ALL teachers and educators, teacher aids, admin, support staff, students. Individual Membership $95, Organisational Membership $210. Reduced prices apply for full-time students ($0); part-time students, Concession card holders wanting a hard copy of EYC Journal & graduates ($60); Concession card holders ($20). Download a membership form from http://ecta.org.au/_dbase_upl/Membership_form.doc today. Outlines, cost, bios and age range applicable for each presentation. http://ecta.org.au//2019_ECTA_Early_Childhood_Conference_O See more

04.01.2022 SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 30 RE: SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN for 2021 ECTA Early Childhood Conference to be held on 26 June 2021 online via zoom and face... to face at several sites across the state. SUBMIT TO PRESENT BEFORE 30 OCTOBER via link below https://www.cvent.com//f7584215-8879-4735-8f92-c1d506894601 ECTA is seeking your expertise and recommendations to help us make the 2021 ECTA Early Childhood Conference a huge success. Our conference proudly focuses on practical workshops by teachers, educators and professionals who share their strategies and ideas which are relevant to colleagues who teach children from birth to eight years of age. The 2021 Conference Committee invites submission of outlines for the keynote and workshops which will stimulate, challenge and inspire attendees to reflect on their pedagogy and gain practical ideas and strategies to implement into their teaching. We invite submissions focused on the Australian Curriculum, MTOP and EYLF and all other areas of interest to Early Childhood professionals, teaching children from birth to eight years of age. If you can recommend speakers we would appreciate you sending any information you have e.g. contact details, focus Please share this invitation with all your contacts who may wish to present at next year's ECTA Early Childhood Conference. SUBMIT TO PRESENT BEFORE 30 OCTOBER via link below https://www.cvent.com//f7584215-8879-4735-8f92-c1d50689460

01.01.2022 ECTA President, Kim Walters, has been quoted in an article in today's Courier Mail regarding children's lack of core strength and subsequent problems at school.... Excessive screen time and lack of opportunities to play outdoors as key issues driving the huge increase in children being referred to physios and OTs. https://www.couriermail.com.au//6a737b55282ad5f0baba77486b