Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange

This Friday - Online Symposium with Reggio Children & REAIE, with speakers from Reggio Emilia | OPENS JUNE 19💚

What does it mean to educate children about peace?
Drawing on the experience of Reggio Emilia's municipal infant-toddler centers and preschools, we will reflect together on how schools can be places where peace education isn't just a subject of study or a laboratory for "special experiences," but a daily, transversal ethic.

A unique opportunity to engage for 6 weeks with ideas on children’s rights, belonging, and education for peace - before the content release in just two days.

What’s included:
✨ 3 sessions available with 6 weeks of flexible access
✨ Learn at your own pace, in your own time
✨ Submit questions for consideration in the live interactive session on 27 July
✨ Hear directly from Italian educators in Reggio Emilia
✨ Reimagine practice as creating spaces of belonging, where diversity is valued, difference is welcomed, and every child’s story is held with care

As educators we must ask ourselves what democratic culture, what democracy, our children and young people live, practice, and breathe within the school: what is the ethic that permeates and shapes the daily relationships and teaching in our schools?

Through experiences conducted and documented in Reggio Emilia's municipal infant-toddler centres and preschools, we will offer reflections and share experiences of building a democratic culture and peace education. We will explore how schools can be places where peace education and a democratic culture are fostered.

Secure your place now: Register here: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/AnOnlineSymposiumbyReggioChildrenandREAIE2026 #/

📣 Location Announcement: REAIE Conference | 1-3 July, 2027

We're delighted to reveal that the 2027 REAIE Conference, Landscapes of Hope: Children as Citizens, will be held in the Gold Coast, Queensland in partnership with our key sponsor Experience Gold Coast.

The conference will take place at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach - a bustling part of the region, known for its stunning beaches, scenic parks and plentiful dining. Bringing together educators, researchers, and advocates from across Australia and beyond, the conference will explore a powerful vision of children as active citizens from birth - holders of rights, culture, values, and extraordinary potential.

Featuring speakers from Reggio Children, the REAIE 2027 Conference will invite rich dialogue around participation, democracy, children's rights, and the role of education in creating more just and hopeful futures.

✨ Registrations will be opening very soon. Stay tuned for more details and be among the first to secure your place.

We can't wait to welcome you to the Gold Coast in July 2027.

⏰ Last chance to register - our new ONLINE workshop 'Frameworks, Quality and the Reggio Emilia Approach® in the Australian Context' with Catharine Hydon & Leanne Mits is this Friday!

Join us for a live and interactive day of professional learning as we explore the powerful connections between the educational principles of Reggio Emilia, the EYLF v2.0, the NQS and other Australian Frameworks.

Led by highly respected facilitators Catharine Hydon and Leanne Mits, and enriched by rich Australian stories from practice, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding, strengthen your pedagogical language, and build confidence in articulating practice with colleagues, families and communities.

Whether you're looking to reconnect with the principles of Reggio Emilia or further embed them within your Australian context, this workshop will provide inspiration, practical insights and meaningful dialogue.

📅 This Friday
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟️ Registrations closing soon

Don't miss this opportunity to learn alongside educators from across Australia and deepen the intersections between theory, practice and possibility.

Register here: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/OnlineWorkshopStrengtheningIntersectionsJune #/

Before you hear from our speakers, hear from the educators who joined us in 2024 💚

Global attention has once again been drawn to the importance of children's rights, education, and creating a better future for all children. These are the very conversations at the heart of our upcoming Online Symposium with Reggio Children.

Designed to fit around busy schedules, the symposium offers:
✨ 6 weeks of access to three pre-recorded sessions
✨ English translation throughout
✨ Flexible, self-paced learning
✨ An interactive live session for questions and dialogue
✨ Direct access to Italian perspectives from Reggio Emilia

This week, we're sharing reflections from participants who attended the 2024 symposium and the impact these conversations had on their thinking and practice. Their experiences speak to the power of engaging with ideas of children's rights, participation, democracy, and education for peace alongside colleagues from around the world.

Join a growing international community of educators committed to creating places of belonging, where diversity is honoured, difference is welcomed, and every child's story is held with care.

Register now and be part of the conversation. 💚

🔗 Register here: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/AnOnlineSymposiumbyReggioChildrenandREAIE2026 #/

✨ SAVE THE DATE | REAIE Conference 2027 ✨

Following the incredible participation, dialogue, and learning shared at the 2025 REAIE Conference, we're excited to gather again for REAIE Conference 2027 - Landscapes of Hope: Children as Citizens.

At the heart of this conference is a bold premise: children as active citizens from birth, holders of rights, culture, values, and boundless potential.

In a world shaped by inequality and crisis, Landscapes of Hope invites educators, researchers, and communities to come together to consider how pedagogical approaches, deeply influenced by the values of Reggio Emilia, can create more just, democratic, and hopeful futures.

Together, we'll explore contexts that honour participation as a right, welcome difference as a catalyst for growth and transformation, and uphold the collective as a place for the co-construction of meaning - where children's perspectives are heard, their identities affirmed, and their rights upheld with integrity.

We can't wait to continue this important conversation with you.

More details coming soon. 💚

Curiosity, dialogue, and inspiration filled the room at The Culture of the Atelier workshop in Adelaide as educators explored a renewed and deepened understanding of the atelier.

Through history, theory, mini stories, and curated experiences, participants reflected on how the Reggio Emilia principles can come to life through materials, documentation, and environments. Together, we considered new possibilities for practice that honour and uphold the many intelligences of children.

Thank you, Adelaide, for embracing this new REAIE workshop with such warmth and enthusiasm. 🙏✨

This workshop is coming to Melbourne and Sydney later in the year - secue your spot here:

Melbourne: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/100LanguagesV2-TheCultureoftheAtelierStoriesinPracticeVIC #/

Sydney: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/HundredLanguagesV1-NSW #/

ART PLAY AND INQUIRY - RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT 💚

Discover a rich and inspiring guide to visual arts education with young children. Combining theory, practical strategies, reflection prompts, and stunning visual examples, Art Play & Inquiry supports educators to understand the why, what and how of creating meaningful arts experiences.

Whether you're beginning your journey with visual arts or looking to deepen your practice, this resource offers valuable guidance for nurturing children's creativity, inquiry, and expressive potential.

Purchase your copy here: https://reggioaustralia.org.au/shop/art-play-inquiry/

CANBERRA NETWORK MEETING | JUNE 23RD 💚

Come along and experience one of our preschool spaces here at Blue Gum. Gaining an insight into our philosophy and community.

Our team will walk you through a journey we have been embarking on now for 2.5 years - Where Education and Health Collaborate. This Blue Gum initiative invites us to view participation afresh, where health professionals are part of the stakeholders in education communities. Not as external support but as integrated, inhouse members of community.

We have been working with a Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist and Play Therapist who spend 2 mornings a week as part of our community.

The richness of this participation; this intentional encounter with 'other', has both generated and nurtured the feelings and culture of solidarity, responsibility and inclusion. Children, educators, families and health professionals being in community, in relationship together, is what is needed in our current and enduring diagnosed focus world.

How do we approach the unpacking of children’s rights together and in partnerships with families, how do we support optimal development for all?

We look forward to sharing the evening together! Regsiter here: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/CanberraNetworkMeeting-23June #/