TEDx - Reimagining Schools for Belonging

Congratulations to A/Prof Brendon Hyndman whose TEDx talk Reimagining Schools for Belonging has now gone live. His message connects strongly with children’s voices, agency, belonging and their experiences in school environments. He stated that students want a place for: doing, thinking, feeling, and being. When these places are created he has seen teamwork, belonging, wellbeing, when those needs are ignored he has seen bullying and disconnection. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgnwa25xr0

Revisiting Fiji's remote islands

In 2017 my daughter and I volunteered to support a team to build a playground on a remote island in Fiji. Here is the video we made about that visit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwbB1_8zAMs

We had the opportunity to visit again this year and were excited to meet the children and teachers.

Children pointing out my name on the sign from 2017 (photo permission granted)

 

Sharing our CVC Children Draw Health research with the school

 

 

 

 

Children Draw Playing - Data coding is mostly finished - planning next steps

This morning 9 members of our interdisciplinary research team met to discuss our coding of the Children Draw Playing drawings. We are now up to analysis and writing papers. The children are teaching us so much through their 181 drawings.

 

Children's Voices Centre: Children's play in Mongolia

This evening we had a fascinating session about children’s play in Mongolia presented by Altaituya (Agi) Burnee. This session was particularly insightful for affiliates involved in our Children Draw Play project.

The Children Draw Playing Global Online Gallery: Mongolia is available here: https://earlychildhoodresearch.csu.domains/early-childhood-voices-conference-2024/children-draw-playing/ 

Altaituya came to Australia to undertake a Masters thesis in education at Flinders University.  Altaituya recently returned to Mongolia and is now working in a school. 

• Burnee, Altaituya, 2024 Schoolteachers’ perspectives on an anti-bullying program in Gobi-Altai Province, Mongolia, Flinders University, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work https://theses.flinders.edu.au/view/3b991c60-0a64-487c-b4dc-c8e73a52bc13/1 

• View Altaituya's ECV2024 presentation here https://earlychildhoodresearch.csu.domains/early- childhood-voices-conference-2024/ecv2024-405/

What a fascinating session!

Altaituya Burnee, Sharynne McLeod, Kate Crowe (Iceland), Carolyn Gregoric, Tamara Cumming, Sarah Verdon, Mehdi Rassafiani, Laura Hoffman