Golden Age Festival (GAF) is an annual festival to develop hard skills and soft skills such as self-awareness, especially to educate about Early childhood development. This event was held by HMP Golden Age Early Childhood Education Program FKIP UNS with the theme “The urgency of strengthening the pleasant transition period from preschool (PAUD) to Elementary school”.

Biology Education student in collaboration with Geography Education student, Dinda Kusuma Mulia Putri and Hardiant Terrent Zetta Mahendra winning 1st place in the National Essay Competition which was announced on Saturday 7 October 2023. Their essay entitled “Preparing early childhood for the Transition to Elementary School with a Fun and educational psychological approach”. The background of this essay is the fear of children entering elementary school, the role of parents and educators is needed to create a positive environment with recognizes the child’s character. “This is expected to facilitate the child’s developmental stages”, Dinda said.