Nicole Halton
Nicole Halton is a passionate early childhood professional with over 20 years of hands-on experience in just about every role you can imagine: from educator and director to author, consultant, approved provider and resource developer. Nicole has made it her mission to help educators rediscover the joy and wonder of childhood through nature play, slow pedagogy, and authentic connection with children.
Since co-founding Inspired EC in 2008, Nicole has inspired countless educators across Australia and beyond with her workshops, books and resources, always encouraging them to embrace the messiness, adventure, and magic that comes with working with young children. When she’s not delivering a training session or putting together a new blog post for the Inspired EC blog, you will typically find Nicole with her head in a book or exploring the outdoors with her family.
Natashja Treveton
Natashja “Tash” Treveton is a passionate early childhood professional and co-founder of Inspired EC. With over 20 years of experience in early childhood education, Tash’s career has been a joyful adventure starting as a casual educator and growing into roles such as educational leader, director, approved provider, consultant, playground designer and passionate advocate for children.
Whether she’s designing magical outdoor environments, facilitating TimberNook experiences or guiding educators through the Talking and Thinking Floorbooks Approach as a licensed trainer for Claire Warden, Tash brings a sense of fun and possibility to every project. Her work is grounded in the belief that both children and educators thrive when given the freedom to explore, imagine and take risks. Tash has inspired thousands of educators across Australia and beyond through training, mentoring and books, with a particular passion for infant and toddler practice, slow pedagogy and supporting effective leadership.
Niki Buchan
Niki Buchan is CEO and owner of Natural Learning Educational Consultancy. She has lived and worked in South Africa, Australia and is now based in Scotland. She works internationally as a conference keynote speaker, nature pedagogue, mentor and author having been invited to work in Australia, UK, USA, Canada, Iceland, Sweden, South Korea, China, Norway, Denmark and South Africa. She has developed a reputation as a strong advocate for children’s right to a high-quality childhood with a deep concern about children’s mental health and trauma.
Niki trusts children as being capable and competent, respects their ability to know what they need for their development including assessing and taking risks. She has a great love for the outdoors and has been working with both adults and young children in very consultative, naturalistic and sensorial environments both indoors and outdoors for more than 40 years. She believes children have a right to regular access to nature and to have their voices heard in matters that affect them.
