Please note: Our office will be closed from 4pm Friday 19th Dec 2025 and will reopen at 9am Monday 5th Jan 2026. Our team will get back to phone messages and online enquiries upon our return. We look forward to reconnecting with you and your playgroup in the New Year.
Supporting Each Other in the Wake of the Bondi tragedy
A Message to Our Playgroup Community
Playgroup Victoria stands with the Jewish community in sadness and solidarity following the horrific attack during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.
As an organisation, we reject Antisemitism, Islamophobia and all forms of racism. We stand firmly with both the Jewish and Muslim communities including through the playgroups they run and participate in. We reaffirm our commitment to creating inclusive spaces across Victoria where every child, parent, and carer feels safe, valued, respected and supported. Playgroups are places where diversity is celebrated and where children learn what empathy and respect truly mean through the example of those around them. Playgroup has been, and will always be, a space where families come together to connect and support one another.
For The Love Of Play Podcast – Season One Out Now!
For the Love of Play is a podcast by Playgroup Victoria exploring childhood, family, community and belonging. Play is an inherent thing within all of us and in this podcast, we talk with a variety of people – about what play is, how it helps people grow, how it brings us together, how it helps us to get out of our comfort zone and how it lets us work through challenges while nurturing our families and authentic selves.
Whether you are a parent, carer, educator, or just someone curious about childhood, community and culture – come along with us as we explore, live, learn and grow through play!
Join Us For The 2026 Playgroup Conference
The Playgroup Conference brings together various members of the early years community and those who interlink to learn, connect and share.
DATE: 25th – 26th March 2026
LOCATION: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – South Wharf
The power of collaboration, big and small, creates stronger, more connected communities, families and children. At the 2026 Playgroup Conference, we will celebrate playgroup, with a focus on why people are, scientifically and anecdotally speaking, Better Together.
Playgroup Stories
Raywood Playgroup
Little Farmers Playgroup
Boorai Playgroup
Interviews
Hannah Moloney
Jane Caro
The Mik Maks
What’s On
National Playgroup Week 2026: Playgroup Activates Possibility
16th – 22nd March 2026
This National Playgroup Week we seek to be open minded to new possibilities and connections – sometimes that means just showing up at your local playgroup and trying out a new group activity, it might be heading out to enjoy a nature playgroup or a playgroup with older residents brightening their day and creating an extended village for yourself. We are here to inspire and encourage you to make the most of the different possibilities that activate meaningful relationships, fun, growth, wonder, support, community spirit and endless moments of enjoyment for our kids!
The 2026 Playgroup Conference – Early Bird Ticket Prices Extended!
25th – 26th March 2026
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – South Wharf
The Playgroup Conference brings together various members of the early years community and those who interlink to learn, connect and share. The power of collaboration, big and small, creates stronger, more connected communities, families and children. At the 2026 Playgroup Conference, we will celebrate playgroup, with a focus on why people are, scientifically and anecdotally speaking, Better Together.
ALL Come Out to Play! – Professional Development Training Sessions
2026 Training Dates Now Live!
ALL come out to Play! Embedding Gender Equality in the Early Years is a FREE and informal evidence-based professional development session. Our professional development sessions run for 75 minutes and cover the importance of promoting respectful relationships and gender equality in the early years. Online and In-person options are available. Find more information below!
Booking is essential!
Peep Learning Together Programme – Professional Development Training Sessions
Spaces available for 2026 training sessions
The Peep Learning Together Programme empowers parents to make the most of everyday learning opportunities. Singing, sharing books and stories, talking about a wide range of ideas, thoughts and feelings – these interactions all contribute to enriched learning. The Peep Learning Together Programme Training is for practitioners who work with parents and babies/young children. We love running this training and can see the benefits for those who participate!
Playgroup in the News
19 March 2025 | WIN News Ballarat: National Playgroup Week Play Day
Programs and Projects
Partners
Playgroup Victoria acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community and we pay our respect to them, their cultures and to the elders past and present.
