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In the beginning of Term 3 2019 we opened our new nature playground. This has been a much anticipated and planned progression into nature play, providing us with opportunities to further embrace nature with all of its many curiosities. This new Wild, the Urban Forest, will deepen our understanding of nature based early years programming and provide our children with a place to continue to learn through their experience of it.
We hope that the Urban Forest will further our children's connection to Wurundjeri country through play. It will provide children with further physical challenges and a sense of freedom to explore and create their own worlds, find a sense of privacy, a taste of life that is their own. Together we will guardians of the new species that arrive as we give life back to this small corner of our city using the seven Wurundjeri seasons to guide our journey. We would like to thank the Bendigo Community Bank in Clifton Hill on behalf of our community for their financial support with the water tanks and irrigation works. We could not have completed these works without their assistance and we are very grateful to them. You can read the ABC News article that was written about our space here. |
The Solar Panels have been installed. What a beautiful sight. We are all so very proud to have reached this important milestone in our goal for sustainability. Thank you everyone for your donations and effort in seeing this project through.
And then the rains came... and didn't stop. If we ever wondered what the kinder might look like with a muddy lake in our backyard, well, now we know.
We will be launching the Pozible campaign soon and will need your help to tell everyone in our wider community - parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, past kindergarten families and children, work colleagues, friends and businesses. We will ask you to send them a personalized email with the link to our project. They will be able to view a short video (2 minutes approximately) about our beautiful kinder and our path to sustainability. This video is being lovingly crafted by some talented volunteers and the amazing teaching staff at IHK. Donors can then easily and securely click and donate. Throughout the campaign and the project we will keep you all informed (but only if you wish to be).
Out of parsley? How about some herbs? No bother, just drop by IHK and grab a handful from our Community garden out front. It's there for all to share.
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