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Educator Yarns with Jessica Staines & Belinda Huntriss

Educator Yarns serves as an informative and insightful discussion about the importance of embedding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education and the need for ongoing education and support in alignment with the Early Years Framework 2.0.

Jessica Staines, Director of Koori Curriculum is back for season four with new co-host Belinda Huntress from Freshwater Education.

Together the dynamic duo provide practical advice and resources for educators and advocate for a culturally inclusive, safe and respectful approach to teaching and learning.

May 28, 2020

In this episode, I yarn with Kristine Willems.

Kristine is a diploma trained educator that has been working in early childhood for 32 years. Kristine usually works at a sessional kindergarten for Wyndham city council. However, she left her family and fur babies behind this year to move to the northern territory to teach...


May 17, 2020

In this episode, I interview Adam Shipp founder of Yurbay.

Yurbay offers a range of services to connect you, your family, friends and work colleagues to local food and medicine plants from the region. Yurbay (You ra bi) is the Wiradjuri word for ‘seed’.

In this episode we will discuss:

  • Adam’s background including...


May 8, 2020

We have had lots of conversations recently with educators who are members of the Koori Curriculum Educator Community about authentic Aboriginal fashion labels. Now that everyone is online shopping we have seen educators pull away from mainstream clothing brands and consciously wanting to support an Aboriginal small...


May 5, 2020

In this episode, I'll be sharing my top 10 children's books that include or embed an Aboriginal perspective.

I'll also share the guidelines I follow when sourcing literature, and share why each book is one I'm happy to recommend, how you can use the books in your centre, and where you can find more information about...