Celebrations & Events
2025 NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation. The NRW 2025 theme, ‘Bridging Now to Next’, reflected the ongoing connection between past, present and future. It called on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.
Special experiences took place across all our services and programs to celebrate National Reconciliation Week. From the many rich and meaningful children’s play and learning experiences; to sharing deeply reflective daily questions; to creating reflective ‘Reconciliation Trees’; to engaging in professional development sessions on Country; to attending reconciliation breakfasts – we certainly embraced and celebrated this special week in our calendar.
A huge thanks to the 2025 National Reconciliation Working Group (Annette Barwick, Miffy Wedd, Kendall Bracken, Jodie Hayes, Jo Canavan, Roxanne Ellis, Cindy Woolley and Katherine Harris) who came together to help coordinate LGT’s efforts during the week to ensure celebrations were meaningful and engaging across our organisation. A special thank you to Kendall Bracken and Jodie Hayes for preparing the interesting daily reflective questions that were shared during the week.
Please enjoy this slideshow of Lady Gowrie Tasmania’s 2025 National Reconciliation Week celebrations across our services and programs:
RICHMOND PLANNING OPEN NIGHT
Our Richmond Education and Care Service held an Open Night which provided the opportunity for our colleagues to visit the service and explore how our team has implemented the new planning model.
Nadine, one of our Team Leaders, spoke about how the new planning model aims to support all educators to have a voice in planning for learning and aims to put children’s strengths, ideas, knowledge, culture, abilities and interests at the centre of all they do. She also spoke about embracing the individual strengths of educators on the journey and ensuring that everyone’s skills and knowledge are supported.
Those attending were given the opportunity to explore wall displays of their program, children’s inquiries and children’s artwork and how these learning opportunities are all connected to the curriculum statement and program goals. There was also time to explore how the success of the new planning model depends on continuing strong partnerships with families and information sharing to ensure children’s learning and other needs are being met.
Thank you to all our colleagues who attended the Open Night and for allowing us to share our journey and our program with you. Please feel free to reach out to our team should you have any questions about our journey so far.
After such an inspirational and successful evening, we would really encourage other services to showcase elements of your program too.
FROM THE TEAM AT RICHMOND
CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY
Last month Lady Gowrie Tasmania celebrated 86 years of providing quality services and support to Tasmanian children and families. During these 86 years there are countless individuals, both past and present, who have been and continue to be, an important part of Lady Gowrie Tasmania’s story. Children, families, clients, learners, educators, support staff, management, inclusion professionals, early childhood professionals, board directors – to name just a few!
Our story also captures 86 years of social, economic and political changes that have influenced the education and care sector in which we operate today.
To learn more about these stories and Lady Gowrie Tasmania’s long and proud history, please visit:
