Yarra Ranges Regional Museum is thrilled to have launched Learn and Discover – a new, creative offering for primary schools, early learning, kids and families, and other curious-minded people.
The offering includes two new programs, ‘I-Connect Museum Education’ and the ‘Creative Learning Program’, with teachers invited to attend professional development events in October in Lilydale and Warburton to experience and learn more about the new programs.
“We are delighted to offer engaging digital and in-person learning experiences for young people across Yarra Ranges and beyond,” Yarra Ranges Council Mayor Jim Child said.
“Teachers and families, our heritage community and Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee have all expressed a strong desire to educate young people about our shared histories.”
The I-Connect Program is funded through the Victorian State Government’s Strategic Partnerships Program, enabling the Museum to offer primary schools low-cost and even subsidised visits and support with bus costs, where schools are eligible.
To further support teachers and students across our large geographic region, the Creative Learning Program has been designed to provide online, creative learning opportunities that are available 24/7 and can be facilitated easily by a teacher or parent, at school or at home.
Earlier this year the Museum piloted one of these programs, ‘Caring for Coranderrk with Brooke Wandin’ in partnership with Council’s Early Years Team. We were blown away by the feedback, with kindergarten and primary school teachers, librarians and even parents giving glowing feedback and eagerly anticipating the official release of the program.
One of the Healesville kindergarten teachers involved in the pilot said: “It was a wonderful project to be part of. Brooke’s video is so beautiful, and she describes connection in a way that can be understood by people of all ages, including our very young ones.”
Further details about each of the programs can be found below or via the website: yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Experience/The-Arts-and-Our-Creative Community/Cultural-venues/Yarra-Ranges-Regional-Museum/Learn-Discover
