Inquiry Project

2026 Expression of Interest now open. Please click here to apply. 

Are you ready to elevate your service and create meaningful change in your community?
Join an exclusive collaboration with colleagues from across Victoria alongside some of the sector’s most exceptional early childhood professionals.

What is the Inquiry Project?
The Starting Out Safely  Road Safety Education Inquiry Project is a deeper exploration of road safety education that develops innovative solutions to local safety challenges. It is an opportunity to think critically and take actions that create a safer future for children and their families. Successful applicants will collaborate with our expert consultants through online and face to face engagements over the course of the year.

Why Apply?
  • Drive Innovation: Explore fresh ideas to support exceeding practices in early childhood education.
  • Make an Impact: Empower educators, enhance children’s safety, and strengthen community connections.
  • Inspire Change: Develop a curriculum that sparks children’s and families’ passion for social action.
  • Lead and Learn: Collaborate with leading educational experts and trailblazers in the field.

We are seeking early childhood service teams who are eager to contribute and grow their understanding of road safety education through this unique opportunity.
Date Time
Wednesday 11 March 20264.00pm – 5.00pmOnline PD
Tuesday 17 March 202610.00am- 3.00pmFace to Face
Thursday 23 April 20269.30am – 11.30amOnline PD
Thursday  28 May 202610.00am- 3.00pmFace to Face
Tuesday  21 July 20269.30am – 11.30amOnline PD
Monday  17 August 202610.00am- 3.00pmFace to Face
Thursday  17 September 20269.30am – 11.30amOnline PD
Thursday  15 October 20269.30am – 11.30amOnline PD
Friday  20 November 20269.30am – 2.00pmPresentation Day
Applications CLOSE Friday, 6 February 2026.

Our 2025 Inquiry Project was another successful collaboration of some of the sector’s most outstanding early childhood professionals and their services. 

These elite group of professionals were taking a deep dive into road safety education and exploring solutions for your children and community by:

  • Looking for new ideas to support exceeding practice.
  • Engaging educators in a project that could make a real difference to children’s safety and contribution to their community.
  • Exploring ways to design a curriculum that engages children and families in social action
  • Ongoing road safety issues that negatively impacts on children’s wellbeing.

 2025 Participants:

  • Helen Jessen Early Learning Centre
  • Kool Kidz Mill Park 
  • Monash Vale Early Learning Centre
  • North Carlton Children’s Centre
  • Princess Hill Kindergarten
  • Hurlingham Preschool
  • Shine Bright Tongala Kindergarten
  • Shalimar Park Preschool

 Previous participant services:

  •  Ada Mary A’Beckett Children’s Centre
  • Early Years at Phoenix Park
  • Let’s Go Family Day Care
  • Sunshine South Kindergarten
  • Perry Street Childcare
  • Norlane Child and Family Centre
  • Castlemaine Child Care Centre
  • Hippity Hop Early Learning
  • Leopold Child and Family Centre
  • ECO kids Early Learning Centre
  • Baw Baw Shire Family Day Care
  • Maribyrnong River Children’s Centre
  • Nathalia and District Preschool
  • Monash Family Children’s Cooperative
  • Carrum Family and Children’s Centre
  • Only About Children Cheltenham
  • Robyn Jane Children’s Centre
  • TRY South Yarra Preschool
  • Bubup Womindjeka Family and Children’s Centre
  • Mary Beck Preschool
  • South Melbourne Childcare Cooperative
  • Aspendale Gardens Community Services
  • Merri Childcare Cooperative
  • Athol Road Primary School Kindergarten
  • Bridge Road Kindergarten Strathtulloh
  • Montgomery Park Children’s Centre
  • Acacia Kindergarten Creche
  • Sunnyside Kindergarten
  • Tyers Kindergarten
  • Each Child Community Child & Family Centre
  • Oxley Kids
  • Little Assets Melbourne City
  • Goodstart Early Learning Centre Ringwood
  • Apollo Bay Kindergarten (One Tree)
  • Bright Early Learning Centre Glen Waverley
  • Brookfield Children’s Centre 
  • City of Geelong Family Day Care
  • Gowrie Docklands
  • Mickelham North Kindergarten
  • Aurora Early Learning Centre QV
  • Yarra Park Children’s Centre

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Contact

ELAA delivers Victoria’s early childhood road safety education program, Starting Out Safely, on behalf of the
Transport Accident Commision (TAC).
Contact the RSE team by email: rse@elaa.org.au 

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