The Minister’s Preschool Awards are NOW OPEN!  Make sure you and your colleagues get involved in 2026.

The Award will be presented at the SA State World Teachers’ Day Awards Night on Friday 30^th October 2026.

The Minister for Education, Training and Skills is pleased to be offering an Arts Award to a preschool team from across Public Education sites in SA (stand-alone, school based or Children’s Centre). It is an Award to the preschool team, and not an individual within the site.

The award acknowledges excellent practice in Arts education in a Public Education preschool in any one or combination of the Arts forms; dance, drama, media arts, music, and visual arts. This may include one of or a combination of the following:

• Integrating Arts provocations into the preschool’s program
• Integrating one or more Arts forms as a specific program
• Collaborating with artists in the preschool’s program
• Working as a preschool team to undertake professional learning in the Arts and put this new learning into practice.
• Other great Arts ideas, practices or initiatives.

The successful preschool will receive a grant of $8000 to further develop and implement its Arts program.

This could include acquiring resources, undertaking staff professional learning, involving artists in the preschool, sharing their Arts practices with other preschools, engaging their community in the Arts, or other relevant professional activity that enhances their Arts program.

Congratulations to the previous
Award Winner!

Minister’s Arts Education Awards for Preschools

2025 Winners:
Glencoe and District Kindergarten & Riverbanks College School

2024 Winner: Lantana Kindergarten