This year, the Commissioner is asking preschoolers to tell her what their favourite thing is about being outdoors. Just like last year, she is reaching out to ask Early Learner Educators to support preschoolers attending their centres to complete a postcard and send them back before the end of School Term 4.  

Being able to express views and opinions is a core right of children, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. To effectively exercise this right, children need to be aware of it, and this means having adults in their lives actively reinforcing the importance of children having a voice and being heard. 

Completing an Early Learner’s Postcard introduces children to this concept. It is a small self-contained lesson on child rights and what it means to express an opinion and be listened to. It also helps create awareness in a child that there is a Commissioner in South Australia who cares about their lives and who is advocating on their behalf.  

So that the Commissioner can hear the voices of South Australian preschoolers again this year, please support preschoolers in your care to complete a postcard and return it to her by Friday 13 December. The instructions and postcard artwork are available for download via the link below.  

Please get in touch with us via email to commissionercyp@sa.gov.au if you have any difficulty accessing this year’s Early Years Postcards Pack.

Download the 2023 Early Year’s Postcards Report here.