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12 March 2026

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E-bulletin 12 March 2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our Flying Start Webinar on Friday 6 March. Please refer to the below links for a recap of the information shared during the session.

As always, your OECD Local Team is available to support you with any questions or feedback that you may have regarding the webinar, and provide any support required in the delivery of the Flying Start 3-year-old preschool.

This webinar discussed Workforce and Quality initiatives available to Flying Start partner services including:

  • Workforce initiatives, including open grant programs to support your service to improve workforce attraction, retention, and quality
  • Quality programs including foundational training requirements.

The next Flying Start partner webinar will be held on Friday 10 April 2026

Flying Start partners can now access two short training modules on Trauma-informed Practice.

The training is designed to support key staff within partnering services to build their understanding of trauma and equip them with practical strategies to respond with care and confidence when engaging with children and families.

The training is available through the online learning platform plink and is self-paced, allowing staff to complete it in one sitting or across multiple sessions. Each module takes around one hour to complete.

All staff required to undertake the training must complete both modules by November 2026. Training completion will be captured through the Preschool Boost reporting processes.

Access the training on plink now.

The training package is one of the foundational training requirements for Flying Start partners, alongside Aboriginal Cultural Safety training.

Led by Tauondi Aboriginal College, the network launch will bring together Aboriginal professionals from partnering services to connect, share practice and learn from one another in a culturally strong, collaborative space.

The network aims to strengthen relationships, celebrate Aboriginal knowledge and professionals delivering Flying Start preschool across South Australia.

The network launch and first meeting will be held on 25 March, from 10:00am to 3:00pm, at Tauondi Aboriginal College.

Invites coming soon.

For further information
Contact: Natalie Gentle, Cultural Program Coordinator, Tauondi Aboriginal College 
ngentle@tauondi.sa.edu.au

The Flying Start Leaders Forums bring leaders from partnering services together to connect, share practice and build capability to support the successful delivery of Flying Start preschool across South Australia.

Leaders Forum 3 will be held on Thursday 21 May 2026. 

The forum will focus on Flying Start, sharing practical insights, lessons learned and reflections from the rollout, alongside actionable learnings for services.

Centre Directors are invited to bring a plus one, and educational leaders are strongly encouraged to attend.

Further details will be shared soon.

Last month changes to the National Law and Regulations came into effect, impacting all early childhood and care services.

See the ACECQA website for more detail about what’s changed in this first phase of National Law reforms.

The recently announced Child Safety Grants are available to help services implement some of these changes.

The Education Standards Board is also holding a webinar on Monday, 16 March to further explain these changes for South Australian services.

Consultation on the next round of proposed national child safety policy changes is commencing soon, and services will be invited to participate and share their feedback. More details about this will be shared in the coming weeks.

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