Diverse Snacks - OSHC

Wednesday 5 May 2010

This hands-on session will give participants the skills and knowledge to create snacks that reflect the cultural diversity of families and staff in their service and community. Discussion will focus on food practices and taboos and traditions associated with culture and religion. Participants will prepare and cook a variety of diverse, tasty and nutritious snacks and learn how to source new recipes and ingredients.

Topics to be Covered

 

• Importance of food in relation to cultural identity
• Incorporating family practices in the preparation and provision of snacks for OSHC children
• Sourcing recipes and ingredients at local shopping centres

 

Session Outcomes

For participants to:

• Develop a greater understanding of the importance of providing culturally diverse and nutritious snacks
• Prepare a diverse range of finger foods and snacks
• Develop an action plan to include diverse food snacks in the program

 

Quality Areas

 

• OSHCQA 1, 3, 6 & 7

 

Venue: FKA Children’s Services, 9-11 Stewart St, Richmond
Time: 10:00am-12pm
Cost: $25

 

Expanding Services Understanding
of Diversity - ISF/PSFO

Wednesday 12 May 2010

Empowering educators to expand their reflection of diversity with an inclusive and relevant approach is a fundamental aspect to the role of an ISF and PSFO. This interactive session focuses on how to empower services to incorporate diversity holistically within their programs. Participants will learn how to support these services to further develop their understanding of diversity.

Topics to be Covered

 

• Define and explore the impact on service delivery in implementing a tokenistic approach to addressing cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD)
• Strategies to positively engage services to reflect the wider community into children’s programs

 

Session Outcomes

For participants to:

• Review the tokenistic approach to diversity and expand understanding of associated issues
• Identify strategies to constructively discuss tokenistic approaches and work towards reducing occurrence within services

 

Quality Areas

 

• QIAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
• FDCQA 1, 2, 3 & 4
• OSHCQA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7

 

Venue: FKA Children’s Services, *(Ground Floor), 9-11 Stewart St, Richmond
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Cost:$25
*Wheelchair accessible

  

 

Transition Statement Series: Meaningful Communication with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

Friday 14 May 2010

Understanding culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families’ views about their child’s learning is vital in supporting children’s successful transition to school. This session will provide tools and strategies to ensure that communication is meaningful for both CALD families and children’s services professionals during the transition time and when writing the Transition Statement.

Topics to be Covered

 

• Valuing the input and voice of CALD families
• Where to source information regarding cultural backgrounds of families
• Communicating with families when there is no shared language
• Creating a common understanding of children’s learning and the
  transition processes

 

Session Outcomes

For participants to:

• Be able to effectively include CALD children and families in the transition to school processes
• Gain knowledge of available resources required to facilitate the
  transition processes
• Develop a range of strategies to draw on when communicating with
  CALD families

 

Quality Areas

 

• QIAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7
• FDCQA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
• OSHCQA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8

 

Venue: FKA Children’s Services, 9-11 Stewart St, Richmond
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Cost: $25
 

 

 

Thinking about Culture:
Avoiding the Tourist Approach

Wednesday 19 May 2010

Addressing diversity and culture in a meaningful way is an important aspect of working with children and families. In this workshop, participants will reflect on existing inclusive beliefs and practices and formulate strategies to broaden culturally and linguistically diverse policies and practices within services.

Topics to be Covered

 

• Why some approaches to diversity are considered tokenistic
• ‘Whole centre’ approach to incorporate cultural diversity in children’s services in a meaningful way
• Strategies for providing culturally diverse programs

 

Session Outcomes

For participants to:

• Critically examine existing practices and children’s programs
• Reflect cultural diversity in a meaningful way throughout the whole service

 

Quality Areas

 

• QIAS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7
• FDCQA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
• OSHCQA 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8

 

Venue: FKA Children’s Services, 9-11 Stewart St, Richmond
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $25

 

 

Promoting and Marketing Play

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Promoting and advocating for the importance of play to families can be challenging, especially with many diverse cultural perceptions of what constitutes ‘learning’. This session will explore positive and responsive ways to market play, along with providing opportunities to explore different cultural perceptions and values of learning.

Topics to be Covered

 

• Defining ‘learning’ from diverse cultural perspectives
• How educators foster learning through providing play experiences
  for children
• Communication with families about the importance of play in their
  child’s learning

 

Session Outcomes

For participants to:

• Identify different cultural perceptions and values of learning for children
• Identify and develop respectful communication strategies to market play to families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds
• Develop strategies reflecting responsive play environments for children from CALD backgrounds

 

Quality Areas

 

• QIAS 1, 3 & 7
• FDCQA 2, 5 & 6
• OSHCQA 4 & 8

 

Venue: FKA Children’s Services, 9-11 Stewart St, Richmond
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $25

 

 

Creating Culturally Reflective Resources

Developing play resources which reflect the cultural diversity of children leads to learning environments that are responsive to individual children. These opportunities assist in deepening the connections between services and families. In this interactive training session, participants will learn about and create culturally reflective resources.

Topics to be Covered

 

• Explore the value of providing play materials that are reflective of children’s culture and identity
• Accessing local and natural materials to explore cultural diversity in children’s programs
• Use of play resources that are culturally reflective

 

Session Outcomes

For participants to:

• Identify ways in which culture can be supported through quality play experiences
• Develop and make a range of resources which are culturally relevant to children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

 

Quality Areas

 

• QIAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7
• FDCQA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
• OSHCQA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 8

 

Tuesday 4 May 2010
Venue: Melton Community Hall, 232 High Street, Melton
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost:$25 

Tuesday 11 May 2010
Venue: Geelong TBA
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost:$25

Thursday 13 May 2010
Venue: Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station Street, Box Hill
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost:$25

Tuesday 18 May 2010
Venue: Frankston Library Community Room, 60 Playne Street, Frankston
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost:$25

Thursday 20 May 2010
Venue: FKA Children’s Services, 9-11 Stewart St, Richmond
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost:$25

Tuesday 25 May 2010
Venue: The Council Chambers, 275 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost:$25