Friday & Saturday
Friday 25 Sept 2026
| Time | Program | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00-8:00pm | Friday Welcome, – Fire, Food & Live Music | Triangle Fire Pit / Primary Kitchen |
Saturday 26 Sept 2026
| Time | Program | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00am | Kinma Scavenger Hunt – Explore, Discover, Connect | Starting at Hall |
| 9:00-10:30 | Opening Circle – Smoking Ceremony – Bush to Bowl | Centre of Primary – Triangle |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea | Hall |
| 11:00-1:00 | Keynote Speaker: Dr Nikki Brunker - Democracy, Education, and Democratic Schooling in Anti-Democratic Times | Hall |
| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch – Persian Feast | Preschool |
| 2:00-3:00 | Parliament – Democracy in Action at Kinma | Hall |
| Floorbooks: A Shared Story of Learning | Preschool | |
| Returning to Yourself – Fiona Pigott | Garraway / Group 2 | |
| Dotmocracy | Library | |
| Creative Space | Bayagin / Group 4 | |
| 3:00–3:20 | Afternoon Tea /Transition | Hall |
| 3:20-4:00 | Kinma Panel – Ask Us Anything | Hall |
| Humanitas – Reflections on Senior IB presented by students | Wugan / Group 3 | |
| Dotmocracy | Library | |
| Creative Space | Bayagin / Group 4 | |
| Afters | Optional: Drinks and Dinner Terrey Hills Tavern, 2 Aumuna Rd | Terrey Hills |
Friday 25 Sept 2026
6:00-8:00 pm | Triangle Fire Pit / Primary Kitchen
Friday Welcome, – Fire, Food & Live Music
Ease into the ADEC weekend with good food, conversation and live music around the fire. A relaxed opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces, meet new ADECers and settle into the Kinma community before the weekend begins
Saturday 26 Sept 2026
8:30-9:00 | Starting at Hall
Kinma Scavenger Hunt – Explore, Discover, Connect
Pick up your goody bag at the hall when you register, explore the grounds, discover key locations and connect with fellow ADECers before the conference begins.
9:00-10:30 | Centre of Primary – Triangle
Opening Circle – Smoking Ceremony – Bush to Bowl
Join Bush to Bowl for a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, creating an opportunity to come together, connect and be welcomed onto Country. The session will also share First Nations perspectives on caring for Country and the cultural significance of native plants.
11:00–1:00 | Hall
Keynote Speaker – Dr Nikki Brunker: Democracy, Education, and Democratic Schooling in Anti–Democratic Times
With democracy under threat globally, western nations have taken a conservative turn. Australia’s political conservatism has enabled schooling to be narrowed to the point of it being anti-educational. Children and young people, with their families, are enacting democracy in abandonment of mainstream schooling. Democratic schools hold an important position in modelling the possibilities for the relationship between democracy and education. In this presentation Nikki will contemplate how democratic schools may be beacons within this darkness.
2:00–3:00 | Hall
Parliament – Democracy in Action at Kinma
Experience how children have a genuine voice at Kinma through Parliament. Explore the discussions, decisions and shared responsibility that bring democracy to life.
2:00-3:00 | Preschool
Floorbooks: A Shared Story of Learning
Discover how Floorbooks make learning visible by capturing children’s ideas, questions and discoveries while strengthening collaboration between children, families and educators.
2:00-3:00 | Garraway / Group 2
Returning to Yourself: Using Playful Provocations to Sustain Adult Wellbeing in Play-Supporting Professions
Join Fiona Pigott from Green Mountain Community School for a restorative workshop using nature-based provocations to support wellbeing, reflection and renewed inspiration for educational practice.
2:00-3:00 | Library
Dotmocracy – You Choose the Conversation
Propose a topic, cast your vote, and join the conversations that matter most to the group.
3:20-4:00 | Hall
Kinma Panel – Ask Us Anything
Bring your questions about Kinma, learning and democratic education for an open conversation with Kinma staff.
3:20-4:00 | Wugan / Group 3
Humanitas – Reflections on Senior IB Presented by Students
Hear directly from Humanitas students as they reflect on the Senior IB, democratic education and the Letters to Ukraine project.
3:20-4:00 | Library
Dotmocracy – You Choose the Conversation
Propose a topic, cast your vote, and join the conversations that matter most to the group.
