The family and community are the first most important educators in a child’s life. At Inaburra Preschool we believe in the importance of building trusting and respectful relationships with those people that are important in the lives of the children.
‘Educators who are culturally competent respect multiple ways of knowing, seeing and living, celebrate the benefits of diversity and have an ability to understand and honour differences.’ Early Years Learning Framework, page 16.
Inaburra @ Warena Gardens
The children of Inaburra Preschool participate in excursions each month to Warena Gardens to interact and play with the residents.
Over time we have seen beautiful inter-generational friendships be created and extended through joint play and conversation.
It has been wonderful to hear about the lives of our Warena friends, many are nurses, engineers, navy officers or seamstresses.
Each time the children are planning their next visit we consider the jobs and skills that the Warena residents have and take toys and experiences that we all can remember from childhood and love to play. Favourite experiences to do together include drawing, jigsaw puzzles, the wooden train track, blocks and reading.