Members are now invited to apply for the IEU’s Environment Grants for 2023 (details below). Last year’s winners are well advanced in their projects, such as Thurgoona Preschool.
Educational Leader Mel Symington said the project had brought community connection, learning and excitement for the children, teachers and families.
The Aboriginal Connections/Bush Tucker Education project involved planting a bush tucker garden with the help of some First Nations families attending the centre.
Children, teachers and educators have been involved in the creation of the garden, caring for the plants and the picking and cooking the food.
The project also created a connection with James Fallon High School, whose students came and performed a traditional dance at the garden’s opening.
“We’ve got a yarning circle, so we wanted to connect alongside that, bringing more understanding of connections to the land,” Mel said.
“The Bush Tucker Garden was a space that we could embed within our programs to educate all the children. They can learn how to cook, prepare meals and learn about history and connect it back to the land,” she said.
“The children have been very much a part of it from the beginning, they helped prepare the space when we began bringing in all the garden beds and they were planting and learning about each plant.”
Visit the links below for more information or to apply for this year’s grants, sponsored by Teachers Mutual Bank (TMB) and the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch.
- More information
- Apply now (applications close Friday 6 October 2023)
