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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.

Oct 30, 2022

In this episode of Educator Yarns, Jessica discussed with Casey Goodman the importance of getting management on board with your Aboriginal programs. Casey shares how having full organisational advocacy is a key metric to the success of embedding Aboriginal perspectives successfully in your centre's curriculum.

Casey...


Oct 26, 2022

At the Koori Curriculum, we encourage the embedding of Aboriginal perspectives using children’s interests as a way of contextualising culture instead of teaching about Aboriginal culture as if it is a topic, theme or interest.

In this mini episode of Educator Yarns shares how you can scaffold children's interests...


Oct 23, 2022

In this episode of Educator Yarns, Jess chats with Angie Camilleri about how she has embedded an Aboriginal perspective into the Explore and Develop Penrith South curriculum. Angie shares with Jess how they built their cultural capabilities, their journey, how they relearnt history and how their curriculum...


Oct 19, 2022

At Koori Curriculum we are often asked what the best books to share with 0-1 year-olds that can assist in embedding an Aboriginal perspective.

In this mini episode join Jessica Staines as she highlights her top reads for infants. 


Oct 16, 2022

In this episode of Educator Yarns, Jessica Staines is joined by Rhi Sugars to discuss embedding Aboriginal perspectives with infants.

Rhi Sugars is a passionate disability advocate and someone who identifies as having a disability.

She has been an early childhood educator for fifteen years, spending much of that time...