Kura Yerlo Inc. - Parenting Programs

PaCE

The program role is to work with Aboriginal and TSI parents and families to develop activities and programs that enhance parental activity in the Western region in particularly to be involved in schools and education providers to enhance and improve their children’s 0-19 years’ educational goals. PaCE aims to support activities that help you as parents/caregivers to participate in educational decision making, develop partnerships with education providers and improve educational outcomes for your children.

Objectives:

The main objectives of the PaCE Program are to enhance the capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to:

  1. Engage with schools and education providers in order to support improved educational outcomes for their children
  2. Build strong leadership that supports high expectations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students’ educational outcomes
  3. Support the establishment, implementation and/or ongoing progress of community-school partnership agreements; and
  4. Support and reinforce children’s learning at home.

Reach In/Reach Out: (Taken from the DEEWR website)

This diagram shows how the PaCE Program aims for the parents/caregivers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and community members to reach in to schools to develop partnerships with them in order to improve the educational outcomes of their children.
PaCE Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kura Yerlo has taken on this role because we as a community organization have realised how important it is to work with parents/caregivers, schools and other networks to help our youth in their education. To guide students and education providers in supporting parents to engage with their children’s education. This will enable parents to communicate with their children’s school or could enhance their skills to help students do school work at home. Either way we will be here to support you as a community.

The role of the PaCE Engagement Officer is to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders families to develop activities and programs that increase parental activity with schools and education providers to enhance and improve children’s education outcomes. The age group that I will be working with over the next year are 0 – 5, helping with the transition from kindy into primary school. Currently I am running a Kindy Reading Program at Kura Yerlo. This is to encourage the parents/ grandparents or other family members to engage in the education of their children. The parents have been coming to read to their child and other class mates maybe one a week depending on time. This has been an excellent way to start the process of parental engagement. The feedback from parents and the children is very positive, the child/ren are so excited to see a mum or dad sitting in front of their class and reading to them and their friends. The child will often come to me and tell me that mummy or daddy have just visited, the smile on their face says it all. This program will be continuing next year as participation has been great.

PaCE Engagement Officer - (08) 8449 7367 Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

Kindy Reading Program

Come along to Kura Yerlo and read to your children.
The purpose of a reading program is to engage parents/caregivers in the education of their children.
We would like to encourage you to volunteer;
Come to Kura Yerlo and be a participant in the program.
Time to read: 9.30 - 11.00
Participate in group time: 11.00 – 11.30
(Monday – Friday)
Enjoy lunch with the children.
As parents/caregivers we need to improve the outcomes for our younger children and to encourage them to aim high and have better opportunities throughout the lives.
“Let’s not fail our children,
Let’s work together to build them a better future”
(Desley Thompson – SNAICC National Executive Member 2009)
Please put your name down on the calendar provided. If you didn’t come to the VIP Fun Day and you would like to join us please contact me – phone number below.
Transport is readily available to all parents/caregivers please contact Kura Yerlo on: Phone 08 8449 7367
If you have favorite children’s book or Aboriginal dreaming story please bring along with you.

Remember as parents/caregivers are responsible for our children’s education so it is vital to be committed to new ideas and become more knowledgeable about engagement and the process of our children’s education.


Steering Committee members are: Kevin Coleman (Kura Yerlo Inc), Sarah Landers (parent and running playgroup on Tuesdays), Kellie Lewis (Mt Carmel College), Tina Quitadamo (parent and representing DECS Western Region), Joanne Else (GP Network), Delvene Cockatoo-Collins (parent)