Here is an email I sent today
Dear students and teachers
We are writing to officially thank you for your outstanding contribution to the Early Childhood Voices 2024 (ECV2024) Conference Launch on Monday 25th November 2024 at Charles Sturt University. We were thrilled to have such high-quality music and were impressed with your maturity and professionalism as band members. We were also very grateful that you were our ECV2024 press gallery. Your insights have been enjoyed by people across the world
- Here is the ECV2024 conference website: https://earlychildhoodresearch.csu.domains/early-childhood-voices-conference-2024/
- Here is the YouTube link to the Assumption Catholic Primary School Band’s press gallery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoBtflnofQ8
- Here is the YouTube link to the ECV2024 Conference launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsjxDyMUbWY&t=3s
Over the week of the conference 1338 people registered from 54 countries:
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong (SAR China), Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia.
Many more people continue to access the free online content: 4 keynote presentations, 147 oral presentations, and 200+ children’s drawings.
In fact, you may enjoy viewing the Children Draw Playing Global Online Gallery: https://earlychildhoodresearch.csu.domains/early-childhood-voices-conference-2024/children-draw-playing/
It would be wonderful if you, or some other students from Assumption Catholic Primary School may be interested in collaborating with us during 2025. This week, we launched the Children’s Voices Centre https://www.csu.edu.au/research/childrens-voices-centre/home.
Here is the media release: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/new-research-centre-champions-childrens-communication-rights
The Children’s Voices Centre has signed an agreement with the World Health Organization undertake research to listen to children’s perspectives about health.
Thank you again and best wishes for Christmas and the holidays.