Conference Day One 21 June 2019 - aboriginalecc.com

1 Artwork by Garry Purchase Generations Conference Day One 21 June 2019 Early Childhood Conference 21-22 June 2019 Time Speaker Mastresses of Ceremony - Jessica Staines and Dr Red Ruby Scarlet Elder Speaker - Acknowledgment of and Welcome to Country Performances - Matthew Doyle - Aboriginal composer, choreographer & educator Cultural Sharing - Garry Purchase - Artist in Keynote - Dion Beasley & Johanna Bell Too Many Cheeky Dogs Morning Tea - Market Concurrent Workshops: Concurrent Workshop 1 - Inspirational yarns about what inclusion looks and feels like in the Torres Strait Islands. Cecilia Wright & Althea McKeown - Cultural Inclusions, Torres Strait Islands Concurrent Workshop 2 - How to embed Indigenous Perspectives into Arts Practice.

2 Heidi Upward - Artist and Teacher, New South Wales Concurrent Workshop 3 - Community engagement. Heather Brady & Jodie Stewart - Yarrawong Children s Centre, New South Wales - Challenges of non-Aboriginal services reaching out to connect with Avis & Kate Collins - Cooma North Preschool, New South Wales Concurrent Workshop 4 - Sustainability as pedagogy; How Indigenous perspectives in curriculum have influenced our sustainability practice. Su Garrett & Melanie Elderton - Nature babies project; Connecting to Country through nature excursions with birth to two year olds.

3 Katie Vander Donk & Colette Gaines - The boomerang bag project. Jessica Moore - Explore & Develop Annandale, New South Wales Concurrent Workshop 5 - The Importance of centre culture when embedding Aboriginal perspectives. Katie Newton. Ben White, Julia Timpson & Ben Thatcher - Kelly s Place, New South Wales - When Helen met Stef and Stef met Peggy : A story about how relationships shape early childhood in the remote Aboriginal Community of Areyonga, Central Australia. Helen Fitzgerald, Estefania Fernandez Diaz & Peggy Gallagher - MacDonnell Regional Council, Alice Springs, Northern Territory Concurrent Workshop 6 - Embedding Aboriginal perspectives in the classroom and in the bush.

4 Emma Georgopoulos & Marielene Passe - Uniting, New South Lunch - Market Plenary Child Wellbeing & Protection: - Valuing Indigenous world views. Courtney Glazebrook - Towrie MACS Centre, Bathurst, New South Wales - The problems of placing Aboriginal children in out of home care: After the apology. Paddy Gibson - Grandmothers Against Removal, Australia - Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Toni Byrne - Indigenous Literacy Foundation , Australia Surprise! Plenary Arts & Language: - What happens when educators and children engage with contemporary Australian Aboriginal art. Kathy Gelding - University of Western Sydney, New South Wales - Developing Indigenous cultural competence and embedding Bundjalung culture.

5 Neil Gorring - Uniting, New South Closing - Jessica Staines and Dr Red Ruby ScarletConference Day Two 22 June 2019 Early Childhood Conference 21-22 June Artwork by Garry Purchase Generations Time Speaker Mastresses of Ceremony - Jessica Staines and Dr Red Ruby Scarlet Surprise! Book Launch - Dions Story: An Illustrated memoir by Dion Beasley Jessica Staines & Dr Red Ruby Morning Tea - Market Concurrent Workshops: Concurrent Workshop 1 - Story writing workshop. Johanna Bell - Author Concurrent Workshop 2 - Aboriginal perspectives in music education.

6 Jane Nicholas - Willandra Primary School, Education Department of Western Australia - A journey into embedding Indigenous perspectives into the curriculum. Mel Ishkhanian & Jess Jarvis - Explore & Develop Narraweena, New South Wales - Connecting with community and Country: Marnie Omeragic - Concord West Rhodes Preschool, New South Wales Concurrent Workshop 3 - Wodonga: No one left behind. Michelle Muller, Shelli Hardwick & Myra McCallum - Wodonga Council, Victoria - Local cultural Indigenous connections. Natasha Livock - Northern Rivers Long Day Care and Alethia Walker - Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc, New South Wales Concurrent Workshop 4 - Embedding Indigenous history and culture in daily pedagogy.

7 Lydia Bustin - Director and Teacher, Brookville Kindergarten, Toorak, Victoria - Aboriginal perspectives in a centre that has no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Children: Why?. Kiri Rosson, Sarah Marksman & Toni Jacky - Paddington Children s Centre, New South Wales - Communication with children of Aboriginal knowledges through art. Jordan Martins (KU Children s Services) & Catherine Sansom Explore & Develop Lilyfield, New South Wales Concurrent Workshop 5 - Making connections .. eyes on the past, the present and the future in nature play settings. Fran Hughes - TAFE New South Wales Randwick Campus - Aboriginal early years education in Tasmania: Tasmanian Aboriginal Online resource Orb.

8 Nerissa Waterfield & Sharyn Brett Aboriginal Early Years Education Worker, Tasmania Concurrent Workshop 6 - The 8 ways of learning in practice. Angie Camilleri & Caitlin White - Explore & Develop Penrith, New South Wales - Embedding Torres Strait Islander perspectives. Rachael Sydir - Explore & Develop Penrith South, New South Lunch - Market Plenary: - D harawal Narinya Storytelling (The Living Dreaming). Shannon Foster - D harawal Saltwater Knowledge Keeper, Educator and Artist - Cultural education. April Cunningham - Noonuccal Woman of the Quandamooka Nation Central Queensland University Surprise!

9 Keynote - Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia. Dr Anita Heiss - Wiradjuri Author, Speaker, Closing - Jessica Staines and Dr Red Ruby Scarlet