In particular for educators working in family daycare facilities, PD in Your Pocket, brought to you by NSW Family Day Care Association, provides free professional development training. Every month a new topic is covered in a webinar and an expert-led interview. Whenever you have the time, you can select to access the programme through a live webinar, a video recording, or a podcast.
Webinars Include:
- Managing Medical Conditions in FDC - It explores the issues of placing children at the centre of the Family Day Care environment, and why it is important to understand this issue for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Family Day Care Environments - It explores the issues related to Family Day Care environments, and why it is important to understand these issues for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Child Centred Programming and Planning in FDC - It explores the issues of placing children at the centre of the Family Day Care environment, and why it is important to understand this issue for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Music in Family Day Care - It explores the issues of music for children, and why it is important to understand music education for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Connecting Children to our Community - It explores the issues of cultural and community connection for children, and why it is important for FDC educators and coordinators.
- COVID-19 in Family Day Care in 2022
- STEM in Family Day Care - explores the issues of how to apply STEM ideas in FDC, and why it is important for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Provoking Learning in Family Day Care - It explores the issues of how to stimulate and ‘provoke’ learning in FDC, and why it is important for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Sustainability in Family Day Care - It explores the issues of how to use the practices of sustainability in FDC, and why it is important for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Culture in Family Day Care - It explores the issues of cultural competency and respect for diversity in Family Day Care, and self-regulation and why it is important for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Art: visual art in Family Day Care - It explores the issues of how to use the practices of the learning frameworks in FDC, and why it is important for FDC educators and coordinators.
- Critical Reflection in FDC - It explores the types of critical reflections in FDC, and why it is important for FDC educators and coordinators.
For more information and to access the webinars: PD In Your Pocket





The following lists cultural and special events that are taking place in December 2025. This should help you to plan and organise upcoming events and
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