Our Commitments
Our Commitments
Reconciliation Action Plan
Learning Avenues acknowledges the Kombumerri people as the traditional owners of the land which Learning Avenues sits upon. As a centre we seek to understand and include the values, cultural histories, heritages and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples . Our vision is to create a centre where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders feel safe, accepted and celebrated.
We recognise the important and valuable role that children play in our countries current and future journey towards reconciliation and championing the rights and equity of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Our Educators seek to authentically embed and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres strait islander perspectives and values within our play and learning spaces. The cultural competency within our team will be built upon and invested in.
We recognise the importance of trusting, reciprocal relationships with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and will seek their advice and involvement within our service.
We are honoured to connect with our Indigenous consultant Billie Musk who often attends our centre and engages the children in Aboriginal perspectives in education. Here she shares with our learners stories, art, music and much more whilst helping to make more meaningful connections to the history and traditions of the Aboriginal communities.
Sustainability
We believe in respecting the environment by embedding sustainable practices that helps children understand that they are a part of nature and all it’s wonder.
We want to empower our learners to be children as agents of change. Through strong connections to the environment, children become more invested in wanting to learn and care for their spaces. Guiding the importance and understanding the impacts of recycling, reducing and reusing, we can begin to connect more deeply to real life materials and exploring them with unlimited imagination and creativity,
Exploring with Loose parts can open the door to child self directed thinking, whilst potentially building upon language skills as a child immerses themselves into their own world, thoughts and ideas. The children can become more excited to share what they have created from their own “world”.
The concept of “Loose Parts” are materials that are open ended and allow the children to use their imagination, creativity and curiosity to explore, construct and engage with.
It allows the child to explore materials in unique and yet abstract ways, but it allows for endless possibilities. The child or children can continuously return to the materials and explore and engage with it differently each time, rather than say the obvious toy such as a car has only a few possibilities.
Child Advocacy & Safety
We are committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards and continually aim to reflect on and improve our practices to better support our most vulnerable. All of our team members complete “In Safe Hands” Training annually. We incorporate, support and maintain a risk management strategy within our centre.
