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Wednesday, 8 March 2017 Workshop 2A Adventures with Science

Dr Camilla Gordon Macquarie and Sydney Universities

Science is all around us; in all the things we do the laws of planet Earth control and direct us. Science is also for everyone, regardless of age. If we teach children early, they are able to grow up with a love and understanding of all aspects of science - biology and chemistry; geology and meteorology; physics and astronomy. Knowing where planet Earth came from and that we are all made from the stuff of stars is basic science for us all. Discovering the science in our world is a creative and fun-filled adventure, able to be taught to the youngest child and the oldest adult.

Dr Camilla Gordon is a veteran educator and a passionate advocate for science education, particularly in the early childhood years. She is a lecturer and teacher educator with both Macquarie and Sydney Universities and formerly a member of the Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie University. Camilla's research places children as very capable and ready for learning, honouring the wonderful intelligence and imagination of the young child. She was director of a preschool for many years and has completed her PhD on learning astronomy in the years prior to formal school.

Workshop Scope All Educators

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Workshop 1B & 2B (Repeat Session)

Interwoven (Aboriginal Weaving)

Kyara Nean Speaking in Colour

Established in 2010, Speaking in Colour is an Aboriginal owned and operated business. Today, Speaking in Colour is a leading provider of Aboriginal experiences and educational resources in NSW. This collective of likeminded educators, have decades of combined teaching experience in a range of positions and educational institutions from preschools to universities. Resources created by Speaking in Colour are developed in collaboration and consultation with the Aboriginal community, Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and schools with Speaking in Colour Aboriginal education consultants.

The Interwoven workshop will be conducted by Kyara Nean, a Speaker in Colour presenter with experience in the early childhood sector since 2014. Kyara is a proud Kamilaroi women and accomplished weaver.

“I love creating inviting environments for the children to enjoy and engage in, taking in mind the children’s interests, needs, strengths and cultural backgrounds.

I am very passionate about my culture and keeping it alive through passing on the traditional knowledge that I have been taught."

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about Traditional Aboriginal weaving, how, when and why, as well learn several contemporary weaving techniques and create a keepsake.

This will be a hands on interactive workshop with small group activities. Several age appropriate activities will be shared for 1-5 year old children all linked to weaving which we can share on the day.

Workshop Scope Open – All Educators, Directors, Managers, Management and non Mobile participants


Workshop 2C Happy Beats – Music for Fun & Learning

Carol Crees Adventures in Music

Music is a fantastic learning tool for young children. We can assist children’s gross motor, fine motor, aural (listening), language and social skills. Music also taps into children’s innate musical intelligence and their pleasure in playing and creating in a musical way. Young children need to move, rhyme, sing and experiment with making sounds on found objects or simple percussion instruments. If we can plan for varied, progressively challenging activities, we will support maximum learning opportunities.

This workshop will use, rhymes, finger -plays, touch activities, easy action songs and varied props to explore beat, rhythm, rest, dynamics and melody as well as creating our own dance.

Carol was a school teacher and social worker before concentrating on early childhood music and movement. She trained as a recreational folk dance teacher with Folk Dance Australia, developing an enduring love of multicultural music and dance. Carol has extended her interest in young children’s learning and new brain research by completing a Masters in Early Childhood Studies from Macquarie University focusing on movement and learning for young children.

Carol has 20 years’ experience working with young children and training teachers and carers in music and movement with workshops providing an excellent opportunity to learn developmentally appropriate songs, rhymes, dances and movement activities. Update your skills, gain new ideas, increase confidence and keep in touch with current research, in a creative, relaxed, fun way.

Workshop Scope All Educators, Directors


Workshop 2D Loose Parts and Rethinking Recycling

Rachel Rothwell, Education Co-ordinator Reverse Garbage Co-operative

Reverse Garbage was established in 1974 by a group of teachers who were determined to help the environment by diverting industrial discards from landfill and by reusing materials in their classrooms. Reverse Garbage is committed to diverting resources from landfill – each year accept approximately 35,000 cubic metres or 100 football fields of items which may otherwise end up in the bin.

40 years on Reverse Garbage is now an internationally recognised, award-winning environmental co-operative committed to promoting sustainability through the reuse of resources available at its Marrickville warehouse, as well as providing support to other community, creative and educational organisations.

In an early childhood settings, loose parts are materials that may inspire children’s imagination and creativity and can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together by children in multiple way. Loose parts can be natural or synthetic.

The workshop touches on the theory of loose parts providing an introduction to loose parts play and the creative reuse of everyday items to enhance play. Hands on practical examples will be explored of loose parts play and creative reuse of easily accessible resources that are readily available through household recycling materials.

Rachel has over 20 years’ experience in education as both a teacher and professional learning facilitator across the education sector, with tertiary qualifications in both Environmental Science and Education. She has deep knowledge of practical pedagogies and child directed inquiry learning through her work in science education. Since joining Reverse Garbage in early 2016, Rachel has extended this hands-on approach to include creative reuse and has been working extensively with schools and early childhood providers implementing reuse loose parts play materials into their programs. Rachel believes learning should be practical, fun and sustainable and brings each of these elements into her workshops



https://revgarb.wordpress.com/about/

Workshop 1C & 2E (Repeat Session)

Integrating Nature Play into your Mobile Program

Sam Crosby, Co-ordinator of Education Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands

In this hands on workshop get ready for some games and making activities to inspire you to take your kids outside into nature and play. This workshop will also introduce simple nature play concepts as well as developing a discussion around breaking down the risks and barriers that many services may experience when the desire to get out into nature can seem overwhelming.

Sam Crosby is the Co-ordinator of Education for the Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands in Sydney. She is an experienced Nature Educator and Trainer and has spent countless hours covered in mud, grass and insects all in the name of fun, learning and developing in future generations an awakened connection to nature.

Sam was the instigator of the 2015 pilot ‘OOSH in the Bush’ that continues to be delivered today and her workshops and presentations are highly interactive, realistic and at times transformational.



Workshop Details

Thursday, 9 March 2017 Morning

Workshop 3A Understanding Children’s Learning

“Learning is an experience, everything else is information”

Kerrie Maguire, Training Project Officer Contact Incorporated

Educators are required more and more to balance the expectations of children’s learning from the individual child’s needs, parent expectations and regulatory requirements.

What is it that children are learning with us? What do we WANT them to learn and how do we communicate this to others?

This workshop will assist educators with daily programming and documentation of children’s learning and development. This interactive and hands on workshop is designed to create a more meaningful understanding of children’s learning and its impact on young minds.

Designed to assist educators in their programming and documentation this session is a must for educators of all levels.

Kerrie Maguire has been in the childcare sector for over 16 years. Her most rewarding and valuable experiences have been working in disadvantaged and Aboriginal communities within NSW. She has a strong belief in the capacity of all children and the ability of educators to be powerful advocates for the children they work with.

For the past nine years, Kerrie has been developing and delivering Professional Development to Family Day Care, Long Day Care, Preschools, Outside School Hours Care as well as Mobile Children’s Services in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

Kerrie understands the daily challenges faced by Mobile Children’s Services and values their unique and valuable contributions to the children, families and communities they work with.



Workshop 3B State Government Forum

Early Childhood Education and Care Directorate Department of Education

What is the State Government’s current and planned early childhood policy and priorities?

This session is a valuable opportunity to connect with Departmental staff to discuss a wide range of topics including State Government funding and regulatory matters. We recommend NSW Government State funded Mobile Children’s services attend as possible.

Please provide your specific State Government questions to Michele Carnegie no later than two weeks prior to Mobile Meet.

Forum Scope NSW State Government Mobile Children’s Services


Workshop 3C Building Collaborative Partnerships with CALD Families

Nisrine El-Choueifati Ethnic Community Services Co-operative

Ethnic Community Services Co-operative (ECSC) is a community-based, not for profit organisation. The ECSC provides a range of services to achieve its overall goal in making all services accessible and equitable to all Australians including, people with disabilities, their carers, children, families and frail aged people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The philosophy underpinning the ECSC is social justice, with a particular emphasis on Multiculturalism and Access and Equity in children’s, aged and disability services.

The session will explore a process with practice and reflection in building a meaningful approach to collaborative partnership with CALD families. The process involves building trust among collaborators, recognising opportunities to support parents/families in their value system including child rearing practices and ways of networking with other relevant service providers for the best outcomes for children.

Nisrine El-Choueifati has worked as a speech pathologist with children, families, communities and in transdisciplinary teams for 12 years. She has been dedicated to achieving outcomes for communication, language, literacy, social skills and learning by empowering the child's family and creating meaningful and culturally relates to experiences to feel included and participate.

Nisrine is committed to working with early childhood educators and completed a Masters Research project with The University of Sydney that supported the development of educator skills and partnerships with families. Nisrine loves to work in teams and enjoys coaching and facilitating change and critical reflection to develop cultural competency. She works closely with ethnic community services to be an advocate for positive bilingualism and cultural inclusion.



Workshop 3D Technology as a Tool in Road Safety Education

Amanda Menzies, Education Consultant Kids and Traffic Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program

Kids and Traffic is the NSW Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program, based at Macquarie University and funded by Transport for NSW’s Centre for Road Safety. The Kids and Traffic Program is part of the statewide road safety education program, aiming to achieve improvements in young children’s safety in the short term and develop safe community attitudes to road use in the long term by:

Increasing awareness of the need for road safety education for children and their families;

Fostering developmentally, culturally and socially appropriate practices for the delivery of road safety education with early childhood educators and tertiary early childhood education students; and

Ensuring that young children are given consistent road safety messages by both early childhood educators and families.

Explore technology as another tool for children to use during road safety learning experiences when creating, drawing, composing, designing and experimenting. Discover ways of using technology with children to investigate, problem-solve and access information, images, videos and music related to road safety. Find new ways of sharing documentation and key road safety information with families electronically.



http://www.kidsandtraffic.mq.edu.au/

http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/

http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/schools/roadsafetyeducationprogram.html

Workshop 3E “I am a big kid now!” – Working with school age children

Robyn Monro Miller, CEO Network of Community Activities

Robyn Monro Miller will explore with participants the needs and challenges of working with school age children in a mobile context.

Inspiring ideas to develop responsive service delivery for school age children that create environments that are dynamic, child focused and meet the needs of your local community will be on offer. Come and join the discussion.

Robyn is the Chief Executive Officer of Network of Community Activities in NSW. Network is an organisation with a long and proud history of advocacy for children and has embedded in its constitutional objectives the requirement to promote and support Articles 31 and 12 in the UNCRC.

Robyn has represented the school age care sector at a State, National and international level for the past 20 years most notably as Chair of the National Out of School Hours Services Association and Vice President of the International Play Association. Her bi-partisan advocacy has included presentations at a number of Government Enquiries and her commitment to children recognised through representation on key Australian Ministerial and Government Advisory Councils since 1996. Highlights of this advocacy being her work on the development of the first National Quality Assurance system for Out of School Hours Services in Australia and Chairing the Inclusion Sub-Committee for the Commonwealth Child Care Advisory Council and it’s report to the Commonwealth Government ‘Child Care beyond 2001’. Most recently she championed the development of the first Australian school age care framework and was on the steering committee for the development of “My Time, Our Place.” In 2012, Robyn was part of the international delegation to the United Nations in Geneva to progress the development of the UN General Comment on Article 31 “The child’s right to play”.



Thursday, 9 March 2017 Afternoon

Workshop 4A Learning Circle - Let’s talk about programming

Kerrie Maguire, Training Project Officer Contact Incorporated

Often when educators approach programming they ask themselves ‘Am I doing this right?’ or “I wonder how others are doing it?’

This facilitated discussion enables Educators to discuss their current understandings and methods of programming. Educators are encouraged to bring examples of how they program for the children within their mobile setting.

This style of workshop embraces and focuses on the unique programming approaches adopted by each Mobile children’s service and focuses on a collaborative, peer based learning approach.



Workshop 4B Writing Effective Submissions and Grant Applications

Michele Carnegie, Operations Manager Contact Incorporated

This session will provide information on gaining a clear understanding of the funding environment and information needed to be “grant ready” including how to apply your Unique Value Proposition, where to find grants and how to start writing.

This interaction session will provide opportunities for peer support and for participants to share their experiences, barriers and successful grant and submission writing in gaining additional funds for their Mobile Children’s Service.

Workshop Scope Managers, Directors, Management Committee


Workshop 4C The Secrets to working successfully with your Management Committee

Pauline O’Kane Director Resource and Support Network of Community Activities

Join Pauline O'Kane from Network of Community Activities in a guided discussion to explore the dynamics of working with committees. Discover innovative ways to harness the talents and strengths within committees and ensure your committee is an effective and integral part of your successful service delivery.

For over three decades, Pauline has worked in a diverse range of roles including consultant, manager, professional development facilitator, practitioner and mentor. Her work has involved working with a wide-range of government and community based organisations. She is a specialist at working with community-based committees sometimes, working through highly- complex issues.

Pauline is a highly skilled facilitator and has presented numerous workshops at a range of conferences, at a state, interstate and international level. Her unique style of working with community-based organisations has resulted in positive organisational change and gained her respect with the many individuals and organisations she has worked with. She enjoys sharing her knowledge on what are the tried and tested methods for making committees successful.

Workshop Scope Leadership positions, Directors and Managers and Mobile Children’s Service Committee members


Workshop 4D Growing Healthy Minds in Early Childhood

Judy Kynaston General Manager, KidsMatter Early Childhood Early Childhood Australia (ECA)

KidsMatter Early Childhood is a mental health and wellbeing framework for early childhood education and care services, and is proven to make a positive difference to the lives of Australian children. It is funded by the Australian Government and backed by the expertise of the Australian Psychological Society, beyondblue and Early Childhood Australia.

The early years are a crucial time for growing healthy minds. It’s estimated that one is seven school-age children has a mental health problem, and only one in four gets the help they need. Early childhood educators are significant people in children’s lives and are well placed to make a difference to children’s mental health and wellbeing. This presentation will use the KidsMatter framework and on-line resources to explore mental health in early childhood. Educators will gain an understanding of mental health difficulties in early childhood including common signs and symptoms, its impact on children and families, and factors that put children at risk. Using the KidsMatter resources educators will reflect on their current practice and consider ways to bring about change and improve children’s mental health and wellbeing.

Judy is an early childhood teacher with extensive experience in a variety of early childhood education and care services. Prior to commencing her role with ECA was involved in providing training to the early childhood education and care sector as well as advocating for children in the development of policy that improves the lives and wellbeing of young children.

Workshop Scope All Educators


Workshop 4E Putting the You in Unique! Make your Mobile service indispensable

Rebecca (Bec) Lloyd Founding and Managing Director Bec & Call Communication

It's never been more important for Mobile Children’s services to be able to describe the unique value they provide to their communities. This intensive workshop will amplify your ability to quickly and clearly present a memorable story about your service that will stick in the minds of your key stakeholders. Through reflective questioning you will create a framework for your story, starting from your contractual obligations, that ultimately reveals the most engaging and unique ways you and your team meet your community's needs. Using the seminar workbook you will capture your story and your next steps, ready for action back at work. End result: a way to show that no one else can do what you can do. You are indispensable!

Rebecca Lloyd (Bec) is a natural choice to help Mobile Meet attendees tackle your special challenges. Born in Alice Springs, Bec began school in Victoria’s channel country and completed Year 1 all over Australia by mailed correspondence lessons. She finished school in a tiny town in the north of NSW, at one of the smallest high schools in the state

Bec is the founder and Managing Director of Bec & Call Communication, Australia’s only specialist communication consultancy for the school and early childhood education sector. Her extensive and unique experience in professional communication and education management will give you insights into your own abilities you may never have imagined before. Bec’s client list includes schools, early childhood and outside school hours education and care services, peak bodies, and government agencies. Originally a newspaper journalist, she has managed communication and events teams in state and national education agencies including ACECQA and BOSTES. After spending most of her adult life in Sydney, she relocated with her family in 2015 to a village on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, gaining yet another view of rural and regional education issues via her teenaged children. In her infrequent spare time, she creates quirky watercolour illustrations, runs a tour for ECEC foodies and apologises for the behavior of her Labradors on the dog beach.

Workshop Scope Leadership positions, Directors, Managers


http://www.becncall.com.au/

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