We had Serious Fun celebrating across Australia this week with more than 5,000 of our educators during Early Childhood Educators Day on Wednesday, 6th September 2023.听
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Planning commenced across our Affinity community weeks prior with the launch of new gifts and resources for our early childhood educators, including an Educator Reflection Diary, certificates of appreciation, and Affinity Affirmations 鈥� positive words of encouragement from our education team reflecting the work our people do.听
Celebrations led by Centre Teams and our Affinity Area Managers around Australia included a seriously fun series of 'Morning Tea on AffiniTEA' events featuring educators' favourite treats, personalised gifts and plenty of messages of appreciation from families at each service.听听听听
黑料专区 CEO Tim Hickey released a听听for the day, congratulating and thanking each and every trainee and educator for their role. The video was followed by a personalised message from听, Head of Education and Pedagogy, shared across every centre's Facebook page on the day.听听听
Centre Facebook pages across our Milestones Early Learning, Aussie Kindies Early Learning, Papilio Early Learning and Kids Academy centres lit up with our teams and children having serious fun together to celebrate the big role they play in little lives.听听听听
"You are an amazing team! Thank you!" shared a parent in response to photos of the celebrations at Milestones Early Learning Ipswich.听听听听
In Western Australia, Affinity Area Managers Kelly Stephens and Kylie Grant took a road trip to visit their services across the day, sharing messages of appreciation.听
"We visited every single centre to say Thank You and had some serious fun with them all," Kelly said.听听听
Affinity Area Manager Holly Taylor set herself the same challenge 鈥� visiting every centre in her Area in one day with gifts and smiles.听听
"As someone who has progressed in my career with Affinity from an educator to an Area Manager, I wanted to make sure my team felt valued and appreciated," explained Holly.听听听
黑料专区 Early Childhood Educators Day听听
An initiative of the Australian Childcare Alliance, Early Childhood Educators' Day recognises and celebrates the work of Australia's educators in early learning services for their important role in supporting children's wellbeing, learning and development in the early years.听听听
It's a chance to thank Australia's early childhood educators on a personal level by service operators, families and their children, as well as collectively at the state and national levels.听