Friday 8 July 2022

Issue 1

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you enjoy the first quarterly e-news from my office and find something to pique your interest from the range of initiatives my team and I have recently undertaken to bring about system change for the benefit of SA children and young people.

Our stakeholders are as diverse as our interests and work, so this snapshot is designed to take you no more than 2-3 mins to scan with the option to click through for more detailed information where you're interested to do so.  I felt sure some of you would appreciate this digest view of news, activities and events reported in a short format no more than four times a year at the start of each school holiday break. In this first edition we feature the major projects and initiatives we've launched, and submissions and other publications that have been released. Please feel free to share with your networks and if you have any feedback it is most welcome.

Featured News

Mount Gambier Library Has Space to Dream

The Commissioner’s Space to Dream Travelling Exhibition was exhibited at The Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre in Mount Gambier. The Library ran a complementary 3D design program alongside the digital design challenge. Travelling across SA in more than 20 libraries, the exhibition features top rated 2D and 3D designs from the Space to Dream digital challenge. Read the full article here.

Inaugural SA SRC Summit

166 SA Students in Years 10, 11 & 12 were selected as members of the South Australian Student Representative Council (SA SRC). Approximately 150 SA SRC students travelled to the inaugural summit in Adelaide to meet each other for the first time. CCYP has partnered with Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) with support from the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition (NIYEC).  Read More

Community Outreach |  Connections

Taking a Systemic Approach to Child-Focused Design

Examining learning design approaches that can be applied in educational settings to achieve best possible learning outcomes. Read More... 

Keeping Kids Connected to Learning and School Summit #2

Stakeholders discuss the challenges to successful inclusion of students and the issue of disengagement from school. Read more...

Healthy Development Adelaide 

Sharing knowledge and addressing gaps in the planning and delivery of services for children and young people living with disability. Read more...

Submissions | Reports

Submission to the Review of the National School Reform Agreement

The Commissioner's submission to inform the next National School Reform Agreement made six recommendations for practical and specific policy initiatives, based on what students have said impacts their attendance, engagement, participation and wellbeing at school.

Read the full submission

Submission to E-Safety re the AV Roadmap

To inform eSafety's development of an Age Verification Roadmap, the Commissioner provided feedback that brings to the fore young people’s views on effective approaches to relationships and health, and digital literacy education. 

Read the full submission

From Checkbox to Commitment

A report summarising what children and young people with disability said about identity, inclusion and independence. The right of children with disability to have a say in decisions that affect their lives is enshrined in two United Nations International Rights Conventions.

Download and read the full report

Join the Dots Report

Children with incarcerated parents are a vulnerable and hidden group whose lives and rights are not only affected by their parent’s offending, but also in the way their community, and service systems do or don't respond to the impact this has on their lives.

Download and read the full report

SA Student Representative Council Summit

Grants | Projects | Initiatives

What's On | Important Dates

School Registrations for the Commissioner's Digital Challenge Close Today | Register now!

To be in the running for some great prizes register your school today and then submit your School’s completion form before 30 September. Register your school here.

Student Voice Postcards arriving in Term 3

Look out for the Student Voice Postcard Pack being distributed from the start of Term 3 to all SA Schools with students in Years 2-6. For more information visit the Postcards website. 

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