Jesmond Early Education Centre was selected to participate in the Ngroo - walking together program in 2018.
This program has been developed to help community preschools and long day care centres build positive relationships with their local Aboriginal community and reduce barriers that may prevent Aboriginal children accessing centres.
The program combines cultural education training, a cultural ...audit an action plan and Ngroo’s staff support for your service to prepare to respectively engage with the local Aboriginal community to increase enrolments for each child to attend 600 hours per year.
We are proud to be a centre chosen to participate in programs which seek to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.#walkingtogether
We are lucky enough to have funding to be able to have an Elder Uncle David attend our centre every Monday from April 2022. Uncle David reads the children dreamtime stories, does art/craft and lots more activities for the children to gain knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is a great source of strength to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, including the important connections to country, spirituality, family and community.