Early Childhood Educators' Day

With only six weeks until Early Childhood Educators' Day, it's the opportune time for you and your team to start thinking about how you might to celebrate on the day, in order to start planning activities.

Below is a quick list of activities you might like to consider having at your service during the week commencing Monday 4th September:

• Create an early childhood educator appreciation wall or ‘thank you' tree using the printable 'cut out shape' templates provided on the Resources page for the children to decorate
  
  
• Create a giant 'thank you' card for families to write in and put it on display in the reception/greeting area of your centre/service 
  
  
• Organise a morning or afternoon tea party and invite families to bring home-baked goodies, presents and cards.
  
  
• Get dressed up! You and your team might like to wear fancy dress (eg. superhero theme or fairies, wizards & magic) or wear some of the "Planting the seeds for a better future" apparel from Cargo Crew available to order here. (Deadline to order is 5pm Tuesday 1st August.)
  
  
• Present your team of educators each with a certificate of appreciation using the printable templates on the Resources page. 

You may like to peruse last year's celebration photos here for inspiration!

Once you have given some thought to the sorts of activities you may organise, then you can start letting your team members and your families know that it's coming up!

Visit the Early Childhood Educators' Day website page for service providers for a quick refresh on how to start planning and how to let your team members and families know about the day with the event videos and posters. 

How to order your apparel

If you could like to order some of the "Planting the seeds for a better future" merchandise from our Apparel Sponsor Cargo Crew, you can now view the range and place your order at www.cargocrew.com.au/eced. 

You can also download the printable merchandise catalogue here to share with your team before finalising your order. 

This year you can choose from a selection of T-shirts, aprons, tote bags, sun hats and key rings to help your team celebrate Early Childhood Educators’ Day in style!

A heads up on sizes
Please note the sizes for the T-shirts are offered as S, M, L, etc.
These convert to the Cargo Crew sizing guide as follows:
S - 8, M - 10, L - 12, XL - 14, 2XL -16 and 3XL -18.

Important timelines:
Please be sure to place your orders by 5pm on Tuesday 1 August.
Cargo Crew cannot accept orders beyond this date.

SOURCE: ACA NATIONAL COMMITTEE

PUBLISHED: 24 JULY 2023