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Early Childhood |
| Education and Care News |
| August 13, 2019 |
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Kia ora, this week meet Michelle Wewege, the pioneering manager of Learning Adventures Warkworth whose holistic approach to sustainability is driving real change in the service. Also, 10 fabulous picture books with strong female leads.
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A case study
in sustainability
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Setting up children, and the planet, for the future
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With increasing emphasis maintaining positive environmental practices in early learning services, the children at Learning Adventures Warkworth could teach many others a few things about sustainability.
Sustainable practices make up a great part of their day, from feeding their morning tea scraps to the centre chickens, through to bringing the contents of their vacuum cleaner bags in for the worm farm.
The centre manager of Learning Adventures Warkworth, Michelle Wewege, says the knowledge children are gaining from the centre's strong environmental focus is proving invaluable, not just for the children themselves, but also for the planet.
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10 children's books with strong female protagonists
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Despite the surge in recent years for powerful female characters and stories, led predominantly by the wildly successful 2016 title Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, according to new research female protagonists remain largely invisible in Australian picture books for young children.
Additionally, where female led books do exist, they tend to focus on female stereotypes such ballerinas and princesses, compared to male characters who have a much wider variety of diverse roles.
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