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Play Matters Australia is holding special playgroup events across Queensland to celebrate National Science Week.

National Science Week 2023
(12 - 20 August)
Calling all budding scientists! Join us in celebrating the wonderful and wacky world of science and technology.
Scroll down to view our #SciencePlayMatters activity videos, download our special Science Play Matters Activity Booklet, or find out where you can take part in our National Science Week events.
Head to the bottom of the page for more useful resources, or visit the National Science Week website.
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Activity Booklet Download
Our FREE National Science Week Activity Booklet is a valuable resource for parents, caregivers and playgroup facilitators to support children to build their cognitive, motor, and social skills. Packed full of activities, fun facts and exciting science-inspired resources, our activity booklet provides lots of opportunities to bond over interactive and educational activities.
You can download the book HERE!

Science Matters: Bringing Science into Children's Play
Scientific reasoning starts in early childhood. Child-led play, investigations and experiments support children in scientific thinking, and can help foster a love of science. Through play, children are making sense of the world around them and discovering how things work. In many ways, play is children’s natural scientific endeavour. Science based activities can greatly benefit young children and their future learning, and it’s far simpler than orchestrating out-of-this-world experiments – although that helps!
You can read the blog in full HERE
Events
Check out the table below for our special National Science Week playgroups. If there are none in your area, why not download the booklet and turn your local group into a laboratory?
Day | Date | Time | Playgroup | Location |
Tuesday | 8 August | 09.30 | Woorabinda Playgroup |
Woorabinda State School |
Monday | 14 August | 08.30 | White Rock Playful Playgroup | White Rock State School |
Monday | 14 August | 09.30 | PALS | PMA Cairns Hub |
Monday | 14 August | 09.30 | Baby Playgroup (0 - 12 mth) |
PMA Rockhampton Hub |
Monday | 14 August | 09.30 |
Hub Playgroup |
PMA Sunshine Coast Hub |
Tuesday | 15 August | 09.00 |
Woree Playtime |
Woree State School |
Tuesday | 15 August | 09.30 |
Baby Playgroup |
PMA Cairns Hub |
Tuesday | 15 August | 09.30 |
Hub Playgroup |
PMA Sunshine Coast Hub |
Wednesday | 16 August | 09.30 |
Baby Playgroup |
PMA Rockhampton Hub |
Wednesday | 16 August | 09.30 |
Hub Playgroup |
PMA Sunshine Coast Hub |
Wednesday | 16 August | 09.30 |
Raviazza Playtime |
Hambledon House CC, Cairns |
Thursday | 17 August | 09.15 |
PALS |
Trinity Beach State School |
Thursday | 17 August | 09.30 |
Start Healthy Playgroup |
Hambledon House CC, Cairns |
Thursday | 17 August | 09.30 |
Hub Playgroup |
PMA Sunshine Coast Hub |
Friday | 18 August | 09.30 |
Sugarworld Playtime |
Sugarworld Parklands, Edmonton |
Friday | 18 August | 09.30 |
PlayConnect+ |
PMA Cairns Hub |
Friday | 18 August | 09.30 |
Hub Playgroup |
PMA Sunshine Coast Hub |