Welcome to the first edition of the Queensland kindergarten learning guideline (QKLG) news for 2025!
We’re pleased to bring you the latest updates and resources to support your work in nurturing confident and creative lifelong learners.
New Kindergarten research insights
This term we have a new Kindergarten research insights article focusing on fostering executive functions. By supporting the development of these cognitive processes, you can help children build the skills they need to succeed not only in kindergarten, but also in future learning and life beyond school.
Previous articles will give you insights into:
- Writing transition statements (Dr Kathryn Hopps)
- Essential transition practices (Dr Kathryn Hopps)
- Inclusion and diversity (Professor Suzanne Carrington and Dr Julie Dillon-Wallace)
- Cultural diversity (Dr Somayeh Ba Akhlagh)
- Early childhood mathematics (Dr Amy MacDonald)
- Patterning (Dr Amy MacDonald)
- Setting high expectations (Professor Susanne Garvis, Marghi Ghezzi, Parian Madanipour)
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Satisfaction survey
Have you had your say about the Queensland kindergarten learning guideline?
We've extended the survey closing date until Friday 16 May, so there's still time to share your thoughts.
The feedback you provide will help us to identify areas for improvement and deliver better services to the education community.
Under construction: Kindergarten transition statement (KTS) app
We’re continuing our work updating the KTS app in the QCAA Portal to align with the QKLG 2024.
While the update is happening there are some things you can do to prepare for your 2025 transition statements:
- Log in to your QCAA Portal account and complete access administrator tasks (if you are an Access Management Administrator for your service). This includes removing staff that no longer work at the service and adding new staff.
- Seeking parent/carer consent to create transition statements in the QCAA Portal.
- Look at the range of strategies you have in your service to support transition to school and when these will take place.
QCAA out and about
Janis McDermott from the QCAA Kindy team will be presenting at the 2025 ECTA early childhood conference on Saturday 28 June at St Peters Lutheran College (Indooroopilly) and online!
Janis's session will promote critical reflection of the QKLG continua of learning and development, assessment and assessment strategies in play-based kindergarten learning.
Many of you met Janis at our familiarisation and planning workshops last year and she would love you to pop along and say hi if you attend the session.
QKLG: updated webpages
The QKLG 2018 webpages have now been retired, and development of new resources for the QKLG 2024 is well under way!
If you missed the QKLG 2024 familiarisation and planning workshops last year, don't forget that you can access our self-paced learning package on the QCAA website. It's designed to help you deepen your understanding of the QKLG 2024, reflect on your practice and identify considerations for planning using QCAA support materials.
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, regulations and topics, including checklists providing information on the current funding available to long day care and sessional kindergartens in Queensland.
National Simultaneous Storytime 2025
The book chosen for National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday 21 May 2025 is 'The Truck Cat' written by Deborah Frenkel, illustrated by Danny Snell, and published by Hardie Grant Children's Publishing.
Held by the Australian Library and Information Association, this yearly event is a fun way to promote the value of reading and literacy using an Australian children's book exploring age-appropriate themes.
Play-based learning and intentional teaching
Intentional teaching is a key practice in early childhood education—but how well do we really understand and apply it?
A new discussion paper from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) explores what intentional teaching means, why it matters, and how to make it more effective in your setting.
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- Last updated:
- 15 May 2025
