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KidsMatter Board Presentation

Cultural Inclusivity

August 14, 2017

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+Our KidsMatter journey:

End 2015: Survey/ Formed Action Team

2016-mid 2017: Component 1: Positive School Community

End 2017-2018: Component 2: Social and Emotional Learning

+What is cultural diversity?

Cultural diversity refers to people who identify

with particular groups based on their birthplace,

country of origin, ethnicity, language, values,

beliefs or world views.

Our community in Australia is diverse:

2011 Census figures show that 27% of the Australian

population were born overseas.

20% of Australians have at least one parent who was born

overseas and the number of languages spoken at home by

Australians is more than 400.

+How does cultural identity affect

children’s mental health?

Babies and young children learn and develop

through their early experiences and relationships.

This early learning about themselves and others

lays the foundation for their future health and

wellbeing.

Early childhood is also the time when children first

become aware of differences among people and

start to form opinions and attitudes about these

differences. Everybody needs to feel accepted,

respected and included for positive mental health.

+What does inclusion look like?

+What does cultural inclusivity look

like at SDPS?

Values certificates

Using interpreters for interviews with parents

Translating notes and surveys into other

languages

International student immersion

Community breakfast

GoGo Roar and Snore

+Bilingual book display

+Integrating cultural diversity within

lessons

Year 4/5

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Kindy

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Year 1/2

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Cultural studies

PP, Year 2

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Survey data - languages

Year 2/3

+Learning greetings from parents

Pre-Primary

+Bilingual worksheets

Year 4

+Bilingual classroom timetables

Year 2

+Student Says Board

+Celebrating Special Days

Whole school

as part of

NAIDOC Week

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Whole school

as part of

Harmony Day

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Whole school as part

of Harmony Day

celebrations

(Year 1)

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100 reasons why we love SDPS!

(Whole school as part of 100

Days of School)

+KidsMatter surveys/ information

sheets

+What’s to come…

Curtin SW student community project

Collate data regarding different cultural groups

at SDPS

multilingual greeting display

KidsMatter whole-school art installation

Create rock garden/ path with each child’s painted rock to

promote the KM message “every face has a

place”

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