A Gift to the City - A video presentation on the Digital Tower at Yagan Square

Announcement posted by School of Early Learning 29 Nov 2018

A group of 4 year old children surprised us all when they saw the beauty of the city, not in the large buildings which tower over everyone, but in the small details of found and left objects in the spaces inbetween.

Schools of Early Learning – Children breaking new ground…

A dedicated group of our Schools of Early Learning (SOEL) educators from across all 5 of our centres have been busy working on a long-term research project with groups of 4 year old kindy children, around community and relationships. Each location explored the unique and reciprocal nature of their relationships with their peers, community and local indigenous culture, and then came together for regular meaningful visits to Yagan Square.

The children named themselves ‘The Together Group’ and produced ‘gifts to the city’ in the form of mark-making and clay sculpting, leaving these works behind are returning days later to see how they had been changed by the city.

We'll be revealing our children’s gifts to the city via a video presentation on the digital tower in Yagan Square, with the launch screening on Friday 30^th of November, at 6:30pm sharp! It will be running for a number of weeks and is complemented by large stickers on the ground in the area featuring children’s work and links to further information.

Find out more at: https://soel.com.au/yagan-square/

More than just child care, SOEL is a candidate IB World School offering the Primary Years Programme with a focus on the Early Years. We build partnerships with families and the community through collaboration, to create opportunities in which children are listened to, respected, mentored and challenged, so that they can be local, national, international and global citizens.