Welcome to the second issue of Queensland kindergarten learning guideline (QKLG) news for 2026.
In this issue, you’ll find resources and training to help assess and monitor children's learning and plan their progress.
Enhancing outcomes for children through assessing and monitoring learning – free webinar
Want to strengthen your understanding of assessment and how you use evidence to support children’s learning?
Join our free webinar to learn about:
- assessing play-based learning
- monitoring assessment evidence over time
- using the QKLG continua to assess, monitor and plan for learning.
Register for one of our sessions:
- Monday 27 April, 4–5 pm
- Tuesday 5 May, 4–5 pm
- Wednesday 13 May, 4–5 pm
Satisfaction surveys
To inform the QCAA’s mandatory reporting to the Queensland Government and wider community, we are seeking your feedback on our kindergarten curriculum products and services via a short survey. It’s open until Tuesday 12 May 2026 and your insights will help us identify areas for improvement.
See memo 023/26 (PDF, 155.4 KB) for more information or email our Governance and Policy Unit.
Resources
Assessing and monitoring videos
Ongoing assessment helps monitor children's progression to inform teaching and improve learning. Our new suite of videos gives you practical tools to assess, monitor and use evidence to plan your teaching.
Explore the videos:
- Assessing play-based learning
- Gathering evidence for assessing children's learning in kindergarten
- Using assessment to guide kindergarten planning
- Monitoring: a planned approach to transition - an experience from eKindy (with reflection guide)
- Using evidence to inform planning in kindergarten (with reflection guide)
Tip: Reflection guides help you record your thoughts after watching the video. You can use these guides to reflect on your practice and support your Quality Improvement Plan.
You can explore the full suite of QCAA kindergarten assessment and monitoring videos and download templates on our assessing children’s learning webpage.
Research insights
Interactions of young children engaging with digital technologies
Our latest research insights article, by Deakin University’s Professor Andrea Nolan and Doctor Deb Moore, looks at how children use digital technologies to interact with each other.
The article covers:
- how children use digital technologies to build social connections
- how to recognise subtle peer-to-peer interactions during play, such as body positioning, gesture and shared attention
- using digital technologies in your teaching to support children's social development, learning and communication.
Have your say on our kindergarten research insights
Have you got an idea for a research insights topic you would like us to cover? If you have ideas for topics or experts you’d like to hear from, let us know.
Fill in our Kindergarten research insights survey to have your say.
Meet the team
QCAA’s kindy representative
Got any kindy questions for us? Janis McDermott is here to help.
You can contact her by emailing QKLG@qcaa.qld.edu.au or by calling (07) 3120 6102
QCAA out and about
Janis McDermott and Libby Foley from the QCAA team will be presenting at the 2026 ECTA early childhood conference on Saturday 27 June at St Peters Lutheran College (Indooroopilly) and online.
Their session will explore how to promote mathematical thinking in Prep to Year 2 students, building on children's numeracy learning in kindergarten.
Registrations for the conference are open. If you’re there, please come over and say hi to Janis and Libby.
News from our networks
A to Z of early childhood e-newsletter
Have you seen the newest edition of the A to Z of early childhood e-newsletter from the Department of Education? It has updates about early childhood initiatives, including child safety reform, kindy programs and funding, and new transitions research.
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- Last updated:
- 24 April 2026
