2014 Echo Limestone Coast Early Years Forum
The 2014 Echo Limestone Coast Early Years Forum – Birth – 6 years is on again.
This year’s theme is: Connectedness – Community, Family, Learning.
Saturday August 23rd 2014. TAFE SA Mount Gambier, Wireless Rd.
9:00 to 2:15 PM (registration from 8:30)
The forum will feature:
Keynote Speaker: Marilyn Hayward, ECHO Co-President
Various workshops with a focus on birth to 6 years including:
Michaley Battery: Inspiring Spaces for Playful Leaning.
Marilyn Hayward & Susan Sandows: The Story Nest
Charmaine Suares-Howard: Children as Citizens
Brioni Pridham: Going Bush & Getting Connected
Linda Clayton: DECD Aboriginal Cultural Consultant – From Cultural Awareness to Cultural Competency – How to Get There.
Local Poster Sessions: Featuring various stories from our Village, including;
Acacia Kindergarten,
McKay Children’s Centre,
Melaleuca Kindergarten,
City of Mount Gambier,
Mount Gambier Children’s Centre.
Award Presentation: Dianne Manhood ‘Commitment for excellence in the early years’.
"From before birth, children belong through their connections to family, community, culture and place. Warm reciprocal relationships between parents, carers, families and children are the foundation of children’s learning and development. As children participate in everyday life they develop new relationships, new interest and construct their own identities and understandings of the world." (ELYF Educator Guide)
Registrations Close: 19th August 2014. Cost $65 (incl. GST)
For further information contact John Merrett on 8725-0211 or john.merrett@directions.org.au
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