Goodstart Mount Waverley

Our vision for reconciliation is to respect and acknowledge the unique connection that the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People have with their Lands on which our early learning service is located. We are committed to building genuine, respectful relationships with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families who attend our service, and all services within our organisation. . We are dedicated to ensuring that the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Peoples are actively recognised as the Traditional Custodians and we are committed to gathering a deeper understanding of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ways of knowing and learning. Our focus will be  developing genuine, respectful, relationships with Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung families and communities.. We seek to embed an awareness of and respect for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures into our programs that promote an understanding of the diversity and inclusiveness of First Nations peoples. It is hoped that as a result, a high degree of empathy would develop in the relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous members of our community, and that growing desire for reconciliation would be born. Goodstart Mt Waverley values the ongoing contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples make to our society. In addition, we recongise the ongoing contributions of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People have on our community.   We aspire to work towards a reconciled future where everyone is acknowledged, respected, and involved. By engaging children, families and the wider community, we can work together towards an equal and equitable Australia. To foster reconciliation and respect difference and diversity, both personal and cultural, we all need to work together and form a bond to become an inclusive, accepting community.