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Learning for the Future: Children and the Merri Creek
Innovative community learning project with free public events
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Suggested by: Sarita
Project partner: Moreland Primary School
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Northern Metro
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The Merri Creek is an iconic natural feature of Melbourne’s northern suburbs. Through the prisms of sustainability and indigenous culture, ‘Learning for the Future: Children and the Merri Creek’ activates the community's experience of place through innovative art and science events by award-winning local artists and science collectives. As well as offering the community a unique celebration of place while promoting our connection to the environment and empowering the younger generations of today in making Moreland a better place for all forms of life to flourish.
How can we help our children prepare to deal with Australia’s past and uncertain future? Integrating indigenous knowledge, art and science, this is a year long learning project offering over one hundred school and public workshops to children and adults in Moreland. Public events will be held across three hubs, each connected with a different circle of the community: Moreland Primary School, East Coburg Community House and Merri Creek. The project will be welcoming to all, oriented toward life-long learning and sustained over a long period to allow deeper community connections and shared, hands on learning experiences.
COMPLETED PROJECT
Project details
Suggested by: Sarita
Project partner: Moreland Primary School
Region
Northern Metro
Budget
Votes
347 votes received
Spread the word
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A wonderful project for wondrous minds.
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Amazing news for morland
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Dear all, thanks so much for your voting and your generous comments in this page. Our local community is very excited about our project, and so are we. By bringing Wurundjeri knowledge, art and science together at a local community scale seem we aim to make Moreland a better place for all forms of life to flourish! Last week we made this awesome video in Merri Creek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCmoRYczNE Please feel free to share!
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I've got everything crossed for this to happen! Will be a transformative process for the kids and community.
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Connecting our kids to their local environment through Merri Creek; giving them an understanding of the local indigenous knowledge and history; allowing them to express this through art and encouraging them to ask questions and solve problems through science, is a wonderful way to develop them as individuals and to feel connected as a community. It's a great way for us all in Moreland to learn to care for our Merri Creek and to create a sense of belonging, as well as a hopeful approach to solving the larger problems we face as a society.
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Boss
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Encantado de votar por este proyecto. Excelente idea. All the best.
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Wonderful project. Hope it is successful
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A real jewel of open area SO close to heavily populated areas. A boon for children who may not regularly experience nature
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Love this :)
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Yes! What a wonderful opportunity for children living around the Merri Creek.
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Such a beautiful idea!
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Sarita, Bruce, kids are going to love this most of all. Thank you!
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Fantastic project idea
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yes, this is the kind of project we need in Schools right now.
Thanks, Francisk! also, our program will not only happen at school. Parallel to the school program there will be a public program called "Wanderings along the creek" that will be free and open to the community at East Coburg Community House, AND really interesting public events as well!
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This is a great project, building on an abundance of evidence that well being is strongly correlated with connectedness to nature and sense of place. Inspiring to see science and art connecting too!
Yes, Fiona! We are inspired as well. We believe that having Wurundjeri knowledge, arts and science together in a process-oriented program for children at Moreland Primary School, and to the wider community at East Coburg Community House will certainly contribute to our sense of place, and wellbeing of all forms of living! Thanks for your support :)
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Brilliant
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Love it!
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Great work Sarita and team.
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Great idea!
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A lot of thought and care has gone into the development of this project. Here's hoping for a successful outcome.
Thanks so much Donna, we are super happy that our school community is excited about it! :)
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great project ides. Good Luck.
Thank you very much Shirley Robs Children Centre! We hope we get it and our children continue to nurture their sense of place and belonging to Wurundjeri country. Thanks for your support!
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Fantastic project that will be so valuable to so many children, families and community members.
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Gayleroberts
17 Sep 2018
Wonderful project for young minds