WA Play Strategy
The Office of Early Childhood will lead the development of an Australian first Play Strategy.
The WA Play Strategy will:
- Champion children’s right to play and the importance of play in all children’s lives.
- Articulate the fundamental value of play for health, happiness, learning and development.
- Promote opportunities to play, spaces to play and support for play across services and settings, Government agencies and the wider community.
Play is far more than just fun – it is essential for children’s development, health and learning.
The WA Play Strategy is part of the WA Government’s broader commitment to giving every child the best possible start in life.
WA Play Strategy Advisory Committee
The Office of Early Childhood is working with the WA Play Strategy Advisory Committee to develop the Strategy.
The WA Play Strategy Advisory Committee is made up of leading experts in early childhood play, development, health and education. The committee will be chaired by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Early Childhood, Emily Hamilton, MLA.
The other committee members are:
- Associate Professor Sandra Hesterman (Deputy Chair), Play Matters Collective and School of Education, Murdoch University
- Associate Professor Fiona Boylan, Co-chair of the Australian Early Childhood Teachers Education Network and Associate Dean of Early Childhood Studies at Edith Cowan University
- Professor Hayley Christian AM, Head of Child Physical Activity, Health and Development, The Kids Research Institute Australia
- Annette Harwood, Chief Executive Officer, Playgroup WA
- Griffin Longley, Churchill Fellow and champion of outdoor play, Director Economic Dignity and Family Supports, Minderoo Foundation
- Professor Helen Milroy AM, Stan Perron Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Perth Children’s Hospital and the University of Western Australia and Honorary Research Fellow at The Kids Research Institute Australia
- Justine Moorman, President, Early Years in Education Society
- Dr Kelsie Prabawa-Sear, Chief Executive Officer, Nature Play WA
- Kristina Radcliffe, Executive Manager, Strategy, Policy and Planning, Council of Aboriginal Services Western Australia
- Marcelle Saratsis, Play Matters Collective
- Tanya Steers, Chair, Early Childhood Australia WA Branch
- Chris Twomey, Leader of Policy and Research and Children’s Policy Advisory Council, WA Council of Social Services
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