Educators SA

29/05/2026

🍿✨ POPCORN COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCED! ✨🍿

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the Educators SA stall at the Stronger Connections Conference over the past two days. It was fantastic to see so many educators coming together to learn, connect, and be inspired. 💛

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...

🥁🎪 Congratulations to Ellen Scarfo from Mark Oliphant College who is the winner of our Guess the Popcorn Competition!

With a guess of 369 pieces of popcorn, Ellen came the closest to the actual number...

🍿 382 pieces! 🍿

Ellen has won 2 tickets to the 2026 Educators' Ball valued at $370! 🎉

Tickets for this year's Ball are flying out the door, but there are still some available. Don't miss your chance to join South Australia's biggest celebration of education!

🎟️ Secure your tickets here: https://buff.ly/786BoPf

🎪 We can't wait to see you under the Big Top!

28/05/2026

Celebrating you, our incredible volunteers 💛

More than 140 passionate educators were recognised at Educators SA’s sixth Volunteers’ Service Ceremony during National Volunteer Week, held at the beautiful Yitpi Yartapuultiku Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Port Adelaide.

From first-year volunteers to those reaching an amazing 40+ years of service, the evening celebrated the educators who generously give their time outside of school hours to strengthen and support South Australia’s education community.

Awards were proudly presented by Educators SA Chief Executive Lisa-Jane O’Connor alongside Volunteering SA/NT CEO Hamilton Calder.

The evening also marked a special moment as Educators Care announced Operation Flinders Foundation as its 2026 charity partner, presenting a cheque for $1042 representing 1042 years of collective volunteer service by our association volunteers.

📸 View all of the photos from the evening here:
https://buff.ly/I8Qa8ro

Thank you to every volunteer who continues to make a difference in education. Volunteers truly matter 💛

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

We invite you to join us for our annual National Reconciliation Week Film Screening
📆Thursday 28 May
⏰ 4.15pm- 6.00pm
📍Pennington Children's Centre

🔗https://events.humanitix.com/echo-screening

27/05/2026

Bring some of Earth's earliest life into your classroom.

Join this free member webinar to explore the fascinating world of Ediacaran fossils from South Australia's Flinders Ranges. Discover classroom-ready resources, from hands-on fossil simulations to interactive timelines and place-based learning linked to Nilpena Ediacara National Park.

Created by SA educators, for SA classrooms — with practical ideas you can use straight away.

📅 Wednesday 17 June
⏰ 4.00–5.00pm
💻 Online

Register today! 🔗https://bit.ly/SASTAWebinarSeries

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

🚨 PSSSST… your future self called and said “thank goodness we booked Super Early Bird tickets.” 🎶😉

The Kodály Australia National Conference 2026 is heading to Adelaide and the program is already shaping up to be something special. From inspiring keynote speakers to practical workshops and plenty of music-filled moments, this is one conference music educators won’t want to miss. ✨

Your calendar has been warned.
Your inbox has been warned.
Now we’re warning you too… ⏳

🎟️ Super Early Bird sales end Sunday the 31st of May 2026

📍 Adelaide, South Australia
📅 Monday the 28th of September – Thursday the 1st of October 2026

Secure your place now via https://events.humanitix.com/kodaly-australia-national-conference-2026

27/05/2026

This morning, the Educators SA team had the privilege of attending the 2026 National Reconciliation Week Breakfast at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Tarntanya/Adelaide. ❤️🖤💛

This year’s theme, All In, was a powerful reminder that reconciliation is not something we simply watch from the sidelines. It asks all of us to lean in, listen, learn, and take action together.

We were inspired by the incredible speakers and performers throughout the morning, including keynote speaker Eddie Betts, MC Shelley Ware, along with moving performances by Casey Donovan and Nathan May.

The question now is… are you All In?

If you missed this morning’s event, or would like to revisit the powerful conversations and performances, you can access the livestream replay on CTV Plus Livestream Replay: https://buff.ly/G96qDSt

Find out more about National Reconciliation Week 2026 and the All In theme here:
https://buff.ly/Q5Gy6AH

26/05/2026

All In for Reconciliation ❤️💛🖤

National Reconciliation Week 2026 (27 May – 3 June) is a time for learning, listening, reflecting and taking action together.

At Educators SA, we stand with educators across South Australia in supporting truth-telling, understanding our shared history, and strengthening respectful relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.

Reconciliation is not a moment — it’s an ongoing commitment.
This week, we encourage educators, schools and communities to be all in — through conversation, classroom learning and meaningful action.

25/05/2026

Bring your brilliance to public education. ✨

We’re incredibly proud to have the Department for Education, South Australia supporting the 2026 Educators’ Ball as a Platinum Sponsor.

This powerful message shines a spotlight on the passion, dedication and brilliance our public educators bring to classrooms and communities across South Australia every single day.

Together, we’re celebrating the people shaping future generations and recognising the extraordinary impact of public education.