Community Driven, Inclusive Learning
About
Gowrie South Australia
Gowrie SA is a community based organisation leading the development of innovative and responsive services for children and families, building leadership capacity in the wider community. The Lady Gowrie Child Centre Inc (Adelaide) was established in 1940 as a demonstration and model child and family centre and continues to lead the development of innovative and responsive services for the education and care sectors.
Kaurna miyurna ngadlu Kaurna yerta tampinthi. We acknowledge the Kaurna peoples, including Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise that we are on unceded Kaurna land.
Flying Start Pathways
The Flying Start Pathways Program is your opportunity to step into a rewarding career in early childhood education, supporting the roll-out of 3-year-old preschool across South Australia.
The program offers career progression opportunities and wrap-around support services for those who need additional support.
Children's Programs
The integrated early childhood programs offered by Gowrie SA support children’s development through inclusive, play-based individual and group learning in spacious outdoor environments and natural garden settings.
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Professional Learning
The Professional Learning Program provides professional development for educators working in child care, kindergarten, OSHC, Family Day Care, early years of school and other early childhood and community services.
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Inclusion Agency
The Inclusion Support Programme was established by the Australian Government in 2016 as a key component of the Child Care Safety Net. The program’s purpose is to build the capacity of educators working in eligible early childhood and child care (ECCC) services to provide inclusive practice for children with a range of abilities within mainstream facilities. Gowrie SA is the Inclusion Agency for South Australia.
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Parenting Programs
Gowrie SA offers the Circle of Security Parenting program for 8 weeks at our Thebarton site. This course provides a roadmap assisting adults to build stronger relationships with their children.
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Learning through play
We believe strongly that children learn best when they are interested and engaged in what they are doing. For children, playing is learning.
Culturally respectful programs
We are embedding Reconciliation into the curriculum in the children’s programs and aim to create a culturally safe environment.
A diverse, inclusive community
Due to the broader functions of our organisation the Board comprises members elected from the community (such as education, health, tertiary studies, business), as well as families.
Decades of rich teaching history
The Lady Gowrie Child Centre in Adelaide was established in 1940 as a not-for-profit, community service to provide early childhood programs for young children.
Upcoming Events
Rushed Routines? Or Moments for Connection!
Routines and rituals can be interconnected with relationships, come and learn how to ensure they are moments of connection for children!
Engagement and involvement
Come along to this session to learn what engagement looks like and how this might impact your daily work with children.
Developing Acknowledgements with children
One way of contributing to creating culturally safe environments is to embed Acknowledgements into your programs.