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Upcoming events in the Early Learning Centre (ELC)

Fri 28 March	Ready Steady Go
Mon 31 March	Parent Coffee Connect 8:30-9:00am
Tues 8 April	Grandparents' and Special friends' Day
Thurs 10 April	Whole College Easter Service @ South Plympton
Tues 6 - Thurs 8 May	ELC Mothers' Day Stall
Mon 12 May	Parent Coffee Connect 8:30-9:00am

Early Learning Centre Calendar

Reimagining our Acknowledgement of Country

At the commencement of this year, we as a staff team were challenged by our Acknowledgement of Country, an embedded practice within our ELC daily rhythm. We were challenged with wondering; ‘Is our Acknowledgement of Country placing God at the centre?’

Sharing and collaborating as a team, we all were provided an opportunity to provide feedback, with many members feeling that God was not currently at the centre of our embedded practice. This led to the development of a new Acknowledgement of Country written collaboratively.

Placing God at the heart of all we do, has provided an anointing on our morning gatherings. Not only are we committing our day in prayer, but we are acknowledging that God is our Lord and Saviour and that we have been blessed to learn and play on the land that has a rich partnership and connection with the Kaurna people.

Within Class Three Yellow, we have committed to strengthening our practices of placing God at the centre of all that we do, and we have done this through our interactions, provocations and programs.

One way we have done this is by spending time interpreting the Aboriginal Flag through the lens of the three colours and their representations: The land, the sun and the people and guiding children through their learning and awareness of God’s creation. The land element alone allowed our children an opportunity to reflect on the wonders that surround us at ELC, with many making the connection that at Emmaus we have God’s creation surrounding us.