Building Cultural Connections: Deepening Our Knowledge of Torres Strait Islander Perspectives
As part of our 2025–2026 RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) goals, our team identified a key focus area — building our knowledge and understanding of Torres Strait Islander (TSI) culture. We recognised this as a gap within our current practice and felt that strengthening this knowledge would enhance our confidence to embed more teachable moments and explicit learning opportunities that reflect both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
An audit of our service resources, guided by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource Assessment Tool, reaffirmed our need to locate and invest in more authentic Torres Strait Islander resources. We saw this as an opportunity to deepen our own professional learning while enriching the experiences offered to children within our program.
Through Kindy Uplift 2025 funding, our team engaged in Connecting the Dots through Culture — a professional learning series perfectly aligned with our RAP and QIP goals. Across 13 tailored sessions, educators explored practical strategies for embedding Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse perspectives into our daily program and environment.
This dynamic series invited us to “be brave enough to step outside the box” and have a go. The sessions explored topics such as:
Baskets of Culture
Visiting the Islands
Meaningful Acknowledgements
Principles – A Closer Look
Flags of Harmony
Culture through Music
Connecting Baby
Mother Earth Gifts
Weaving Cultural Stories
Structures and Shelters
Cultural Motifs
Make and Leave
When Words Inspire
Each session was supported by a comprehensive resource guide and reflective journal, which encouraged educators to consider:
Where we are in our current understanding
What we are most curious about
How we can further explore these curiosities
How new knowledge can be meaningfully applied to our everyday teaching
These professional conversations guided our decisions when selecting new resources — ensuring they were authentic, respectful, and meaningful. We are now proud to have a growing collection of woven mats, storybooks, puzzles, and musical instruments that beautifully capture the essence of Torres Strait Islander culture.
One of the most powerful reflections from our sessions was the reminder that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are learning in two worlds. As educators, we must be mindful of this as we plan and engage in everyday experiences, ensuring that our practices respectfully reflect and honour both worlds.
Another valuable discussion explored how revisiting historical events through a different lens can help us recognise the resilience, adaptability, and strength of Torres Strait Islander peoples — and the ways these experiences have created opportunities to support their communities today.
The Baskets of Culture concept particularly resonated with us. We were inspired by how baskets, in many cultures, are both functional and symbolic — representing connection, heritage, and storytelling. Exploring baskets from around the world helped us see how these artefacts can hold and share culture, evoke memories, and connect people to their ancestors. This concept can be extended to explore many other cultural artefacts — such as drums, musical instruments, or traditional clothing — each serving as a window into cultural identity and belonging.
Through this journey, our team has not only expanded our understanding of Torres Strait Islander culture but also strengthened our shared commitment to embedding meaningful, authentic First Nations perspectives throughout our program — ensuring that culture, connection, and respect are woven into the fabric of every child’s learning experience.
Alexandra Park Zoo is excited to introduce the new Zoo Kids activity booklet titled “1, 2, Zoo… I Can Count at the Zoo!” This free booklet, developed in collaboration with Louise Stallard from Forestview Kindy and the zoo team, features 10 fun and educational numeracy-based activities designed for children aged 0-5 years.
The activities in the booklet align with the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia 2022 v2.0, making it a valuable resource for kindergartens and families visiting the zoo. The booklet can also be of interest to disability groups. Children can explore the zoo while practising number recognition, writing, estimating, and counting, all through engaging tasks like writing, drawing, and colouring.
Special Features:
– Flexibility: The activities can be completed in any order and across multiple visits to the zoo.
– Eco-Friendly: The booklet is printed on FSC Certified 100% recycled post-consumer waste and carbon-neutral paper.
– Mini Coloring Pencils: Each booklet comes with a free set of mini coloring pencils, though supplies are limited.
To gather community feedback, a QR Code is included on the back cover of the booklet, linking to a short survey where visitors can share their experiences.
Supplies are limited, so be sure to pick up a copy early!
C & K Forestview Community Kindergarten wholeheartedly wishes to THANK the following local businesses for supporting our kindy whether it be through annual sponsorship for overarching, larger picture purchases and needs of the centre to raffle prizes and other ways in which many members and businesses in our community support our kindy and kids.
GOLD SPONSOR ($3000 annually)
Greensill Farming Sustainable Farming for the Future
Thank you to Greensill Farming for their generous donation again in 2023/2024.
Greensill Farming began in 1945 with Roy Greensill planting, raising and cutting 66 acres of sugar cane by hand on our Home farm in Qunaba. Roy progressively expanded operations to over 200 acres in 1966.
From these humble beginnings, the now third-generation farming operation has grown to become a large-scale agribusiness covering more than 8000 acres. Over the past 75 years, each generation has refined farming techniques to continuously evolve Greensill Farming operations through innovative practices to achieve sustainable farming for future generations to come. Sweet potato and sugarcane farming remain at the heart of our business, supported by a range of broadacre crops.
RealWay Bundaberg is a proudly family-owned and operated sales-only agency that has been serving the Bundaberg region for over 20 years. Established by John and Debbie Illingworth, the business quickly became a trusted name in local real estate. With their children, Brent and Tegan, joining the family business, the RealWay Bundaberg brand continued to grow from strength to strength.
Fast forward two decades, and RealWay Bundaberg is now the most recommended real estate office in the region, proudly earning the RateMyAgent Agency of the Year award for seven consecutive years. This recognition is based solely on genuine client feedback, reflecting the exceptional service and results we consistently deliver. Today, Brent leads the business as Principal and Lead Sales Agent, supported by a dedicated team of high-performing Sales Associates who share the same commitment to integrity, professionalism, and outstanding results.
Our success is built on ethical, client-focused real estate practices, making us a trusted household name in Bundaberg. We believe in giving back to the community that has supported us, actively investing both financially and physically in local organisations, charities, and sporting clubs. This deep community involvement has fostered an extensive network of loyal clients and referrals—because in Bundaberg, word of mouth is everything.
At RealWay Bundaberg, we take a team-oriented approach to selling real estate. Every member of our team is familiar with your property, working collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcome. We don’t operate as individuals—we operate as a team, ensuring that every client benefits from our collective knowledge, experience, and dedication.
If you’re looking to buy or sell in Bundaberg, experience the RealWay difference—where integrity, teamwork, and results go hand in hand.
Thank you to the continued support from Gymfinity. Gymfinity opened its doors in January 2012 and has erupted on to the scene. With a full Jansen Fritsen gym we provide world class facilities right here in Bundaberg. We offer classes from 2 years to adults with options in recreational and competitive to help you achieve all that is possible in the sport. Why not have a Gymfinity Party, let us put a smile on your dial.
Gymnastics provides a great foundation for ALL sports. Gymnastics develops strength, flexibility, balance, agility and coordination…all skills needed for sports like hockey, basketball, volleyball and football. Whether you become a competitive gymnast or participate in other competitive sports, gymnastics gives you a great foundation to succeed!
Thank you to MindCache for their generosity as a bronze sponsor. MindCache is a multi-generational local Bundaberg family-owned company that you can trust to look after all your business’s IT needs. They aim to help their clients achieve their goals and succeed in business. They pride ourselves on individually tailored approaches for their clients by listening and working collaboratively to meet each business’s needs. This includes concept and design, right through to implementation and training.
We are leaders in printing solutions in the Wide Bay area. As official partners of the award-winning Canon Solutions, we provide a superior level of sales, service and support for our customers that remain unrivalled.
Duplic8 is 100% locally owned and operated. We fully understand and utilises the local economic trends in order to give back to the community and its various organisations and projects.
With over 50 years of combined experience, our friendly, knowledgeable and passionate staff maintain a level of professionalism in the field for an enhanced customer service experience.
OPTIMISING DIGITAL INTEGRATION
Our aim of optimising your company’s digital integration ensures that we are maximising productivity in all your business processes. We assist your business by identifying problems in manual document processing and increased equipment costs. We have a simplified but unique strategic evaluation process to cater to different types of businesses to understand their needs and how to improve efficiency in a structured manner. Our specialty is creating streamlined workflows to reduce the ongoing costs of each individual business.
Beyond Printing
We combine our expertise with all our products and our world-class customer service, we make the process of transitioning to the latest technology and processes smoother for all our customers.
We dedicate the time to actively listen to your concerns and all the important aspects of your business. In turn, we can provide you with an in-depth evaluation of your needs to create a more effective strategic outline to increase your company’s productivity which will ultimately give you a competitive advantage in your market.
As Bundaberg’s leading provider of professional massage therapy, we specialise in holistic healing to help restore and maintain balance in your life.
Remedial Massage & Reflexology Relax and rejuvenate with our wide range of Chinese massage therapies, tailored to support your physical and emotional wellbeing.
Natural Pain Relief Our traditional Chinese treatments offer a natural, holistic approach to relieving both acute and chronic pain.
Cupping & Dry Needling Experience the benefits of time-tested practices like Chinese cupping and dry needling—used for thousands of years to promote healing and overall wellness.
Thank you to Paul Beutel Photography who has generously donated a portion of the proceeds from our annual kindergarten photographs and many of the images found on our website. You can visit Paul at his website or can be contacted at:
Paul Beutel Photography Phone: 0412 173 824 Email: paulbeutel@ozemail.com.au
Interested in becoming a corporate sponsor?
C & K Forestview Community Kindergarten greatly appreciates any support which may be offered from businesses or families.
One of Queensland’s largest not-for-profit early learning providers, C&K, has announced the winners of its 2022 C&K Excellence & Innovation Awards, recognised for their exceptional practice and efforts to fulfil the organisation’s vision, where every child flourishes.
C&K’s Chief People Officer, Paula Holden, said there were many inspiring applications this year with winners selected from across C&K’s 338 kindergartens and childcare centres in the categories of Pedagogy and Practice; Children, Families and Community; Exceptional People; Kaizen (Japanese for ‘improvement’ or ‘change for the better’) and Leadership and Advocacy.
“It’s been another challenging year for employees in our sector, navigating COVID-19, natural disasters and staff shortages. We wanted to ensure we acknowledged the commitment and dedication of our exceptional workforce, so we introduced an additional award in each category – one for continuous improvement and another for exceptional practice,” said Ms Holden.
CEO, Dr Sandra Cheeseman, said it was a proud moment to see so much rich practice taking place in C&K centres.
“Children come first in everything we do at C&K, and these award submissions showcased genuine partnerships with children, families and local communities; exceptional practice in inclusion and care; respect of diverse cultures, challenging thinking and advocating for the environment. This is what high-quality early learning looks like when we nurture and inspire children to succeed, it’s truly something to celebrate!” said Dr Cheeseman.
A special mention went to double award-winner Louise Stallard, Director, Teacher and Educational Leader at C&K Forestview Community Kindergarten in Bundaberg. Louise was recognised for exceptional practice in Leadership and Advocacy and was the overall winner of the MTA Emeritus Professor Mary Mahoney Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education and Care.
“No educator applies themselves to their work with the sole mission of receiving awards for their efforts, however being acknowledged for many years of passionate service to both early childhood education and C & K and receiving not one but two awards was an absolute honour. I am a passionate educator and adore inspiring and mentoring peers in the industry to see the possibilities in their teaching and connections with children, families and community, especially around embedding global citizenship perspectives in all that we do each day with and alongside advocating for play and all that we hold dear in the early childhood years. It is an absolute privilege to support young children on their learning journey to be curious about their community, country and world, to learn about different perspectives and that we are part of an interconnected world that requires our care, connection and respect for a sustainable future,” state Louise Stallard.
Adding to her 28 years’ experience as an early childhood teacher, 21 years of those at Forestview Kindergarten, Louise is a passionate lifelong learner, supportive leader and champion of exceptional practice.
She has become an outstanding advocate for Global Citizenship in early childhood, developing quality resources to engage with children and families on what global citizenship looks like, feels like and sounds like in a kindergarten setting.
The strong, authentic relationships she has developed with local First Nations people have enabled her to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and learnings into everyday practice at Forestview Kindy, so children can learn the importance of ‘interconnectedness’ and being ‘caretakers of the land’. Louise was also instrumental in employing a Japanese teacher to support children’s learning of language and culture through the Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program, extending this to the broader community where children have been able to collaborate on cultural celebrations and events.
C&K CEO, Dr Sandra Cheeseman, said she was particularly impressed with the professionalism and passion that shone through in each of the award submissions.
“I am proud to be part of the C&K team with people who bring joy and exceptional skills to their roles each day, and I congratulate all the 2022 winners for their outstanding efforts,” she said.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 WINNERS:
*OVERALL WINNER – MTA Emeritus Professor Mary Mahoney AO Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education and Care: Louise Stallard-Director, Teacher and Educational Leader at C&K Forestview Community Kindergarten.
*PEDAGOGY and PRACTICE Exceptional Practice – C&K Ripley Childcare Centre (Kindergarten team) Continuous Improvement – C&K Caboolture Kindergarten
* CHILDREN, FAMILIES and COMMUNITY Exceptional Practice – C&K Wilston Childcare Centre Continuous Improvement – West Moreton Community Kindergarten
*EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE Exceptional Practice – Kylie Goodwin, C&K Marian Community Kindergarten Continuous Improvement – Carly Smith, C&K Kuluin Community Kindergarten
*KAIZEN (Japanese for ‘improvement’ or ‘change for the better’) Exceptional Practice – C&K Coolum Childcare Centre Continuous Improvement – C&K Wynnum Manly Kindergarten
*LEADERSHIP and ADVOCACY Exceptional Practice – Louise Stallard, C&K Forestview Community Kindergarten Continuous Improvement – C&K Gabbinbar Community Kindergarten
Special thanks to Modern Teaching Aids, Cos, HESTA, StoryPark and ChildcareNow for their generous support of the 2022 C&K Excellence & Innovation Awards.
Forestview Community Kindergarten recently appeared on Bundaberg Now in a story featuring our beautiful neighbouring Baldwin Swamp Environmental Park and the important role the flying foxes inhabiting this park play and how Forestview embraces the beauty of this area to inspire our Nature Play program. Please see this link. https://fb.watch/24yElhK52Q/
“C&K see children as thinkers and theorisers rich in ideas and knowledge and recognises childhood as a critical stage of development where children are loved, happy and secure; have the freedom to think, express themselves, experience fun, and feel they belong.” Reimagining Excellence 2017
At Forestview we recognise that being an active global citizen is now a consideration for all children growing up in the 21st century. The world has changed, and this requires us as educators to reconsider how and what we learn and teach.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning where academic concepts are coupled with real world problems and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is applied in contexts that make connections between school, community, work, and global enterprise. C & K Stem Practice Guide
WHAT IS STEM?
Children are building their knowledge of the world, critical thinking, prediction and problem-solving skills. They are learning to find solutions, are open to communicating and collaborating with those around them and are developing dispositions to persist with challenging thinking tasks.
At Forestview we know children are innately curious, willing and keen to actively explore and make meaning of their world. When STEM is viewed through the lens of early childhood education, educators often weave science, technology engineering and mathematics into play-based experiences that are naturally engaging and meaningful to children.
At Forestview we also recognise that for young child, learning is not divided into distinct discipline knowledge or curriculum areas such as science, mathematics, engineering or technology learning. Daily learning experiences engage children in exploring and learning about:
earth and space sciences e.g. comparing and contrasting natural materials like rocks and soil or watching the seasons change
physics e.g. rolling balls across the room and rolling cars down ramps
biological sciences e.g. caring for animals and looking through a magnifying glass to count how many legs are on a bug
chemical sciences e.g. combining materials to interact such as adding bicarb soda to Anzac biscuits
technology when using simple machines like gears, wheels and pulleys; computers, iPads, interactive boards to research, code and create multimedia representations
engineering when planning and designing structures with blocks, Lego, marble runs and other construction toys
maths when counting, matching shapes, making patterns, measuring with tape measures or body parts. C & K Stem Practice Guide.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Children are expanding their knowledge of the world as they develop their dispositions to be curious, take risks, persevere and be open to new possibilities. At Forestview, providing opportunities for all children irrespective of age or gender to participate in STEM learning is important for educators.
STEM is not a new concept. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have longstanding scientific knowledge traditions. These traditions have developed knowledge about the world through observation using all the senses; through prediction and hypothesis; through testing (designing, making and appraising); and through making generalisations within specific contexts. These scientific methods have been practiced and transmitted from one generation to the next and contribute to ways of knowing the world that are unique as well as complementary to western scientific knowledge. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are permeating modern life. There are driverless cars, medical procedures by robotics, the Internet of Things. C & K Stem Practice Guide
Through an inquiry-based approach that is meaningful and relevant to a child, learning opportunities in STEM alongside the Arts, language and literacy, supports children to learn and apply their thinking to everyday situations.
Through play and hands-on meaningful experiences, children lead and co-design their learning with their peers and educators.
At Forestview Community Kindergarten we introduce key STEM skills by teaching them to:
ask questions
work together
think creatively
solve problems
explore and take calculated risks
test solutions to problems
discover new ways of doing things.
By encouraging your child to ask questions, we are allowing them to take an active role in their own learning and helping them understand the world around them.
When children are encouraged to ask questions, they are developing their critical thinking skills and building their STEM capabilities.
When a child asks…. Why?
We try to not provide the answer.
Instead, we respond with alternative questions and ideas, and encourage them to search for answers and solutions themselves.
So, what are some of the recent STEM experiences we have been exploring at Forestview and what does STEM look like in action at Forestview.
Science, Maths and Technology – How long does it take a piece of ice to melt experiment – While playing in the mud kitchen a child shared their understanding and knowledge around how putting water in the freezer would turn it into ice and then taking it out returns it to water. The children were encouraged to share what they knew about this and one child suggested we time how long it takes. Educators encouraged children to estimate how long they thought it would take for the ice to melt and then compare these estimates with findings and observations of the experiment. We have now frozen water in larger sized containers and will use our knowledge from this experiment to adjust our estimates accordingly.
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Maths – Sorting family pictures into like groups (comparing and contrasting which groups contain the most, least, same or more.
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Engineering – Testing a bridge to see if the walls of the river will hold.
Science – Testing an idea/theory…If you put sand on the bridge, will it tickle our feet when we walk on it?
Maths – Using a tape measure to measure the height of our plant and then document the height of our Sunflower plants on our growth chart as they grow each week.
Engineering – Marble run towers
Maths – Sorting our teddy bears who attended a teddy bears picnic into size groupings, small, big, middle sized.
Science – Flower drinking experiment
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Science and Engineering – Working out how far a car or water will travel down a pipe system.
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Science – Planting seedlings and exploring how seeds germinate
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Science – Creating ping pong volcanoes using just the right amount of water pressure to explode the balls from a container.
Engineering – Perspex block building
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Engineering – Balancing blocks to build a tower to the ceiling.
Engineering – Designing a city within a 3-lane highway.
Maths – Talking about number and measurement and using the mathematical language when we are creating recipes in the Mud Kitchen.
Science – Hypothesising about what might happen when we mix red and blue ice colours – making a prediction about what new colour will be made.
There are lots of exciting things you can do at home or when you are out, making learning enjoyable for everyone. Please see below a link to a resource from Western Australia that provides a very clear and simple to follow format of STEM ideas you can easily incorporate into home activities and experiences.
The development of a an Indigenous Bush Tucker Garden, Language and Learning circle that makes strong connections to the land and animals of the Gurang, Gurang and Taribelang people through art, bush tucker plants, language exploration and education has been a long term project of Forestview Community Kindergarten. The first round of notes was developed in 2016 with the development of a rough concept plan that was gladly received by and created much excitement amongst the parent committee, children educators and families at this time.
Forestview has since worked closely with a local builder/landscaping designer and the Gidarjil Development Corporation to create a project that could be completed in four stages. The stage approach enables this large scale project to be funded more successfully by our not for profit association and for the playground to be accessible and utilised by all children and families after the completion of each phase lessening disruption to the educational program and environment.
The 2017 Forestview Management Committee committed finances and commenced construction of stage one of the project – $6474.00 at the end of 2017 (after many hours of fundraising). This stage included increasing the size of the construction area for the total project, installing a retaining wall and totem poles and a wooden deck around an existing large shade tree.
This year we were successful in receiving a grant from the Queensland Government and the Bundaberg Regional Council via the Regional Arts Development Fund to include significant artwork into the garden area that would capture elements of local indigenous culture, stories and language and to share the key messages that we are a community of learners and this is culturally welcoming space where all members of our community can feel a sense of being, belonging and becoming. So the challenge was to prepare the site a little bit further and then coordinate many years of ideas and stakeholder’s voices for the artworks. After many hours of discussions and emails over images and draft sketches a concept plan for the big art mural, totem poles and rainbow serpent emerged.
The shed wall was lined ready for the amazing artwork to commence.
End of October 2019 – the artwork commenced.
AND SLOWLY EMERGED BIT BY BIT…..
…..AND…..in November 2019 all Forestview Kindergarten children and educators were able to add their handprints to the design so that they will be a part of this amazing artwork and creation forever.
Biggest of thanks goes to
The artists Brandon and Trey Butler for completing this amazing artwork
Nicole Bonney (Arts Development Officer) from Gidarjil Development Cooperation who helped us coordinate the project with the artists
The 2019 parent committee who contributed funds towards the project ,and
The Queensland Government and Bundaberg Regional Council who contributed $2700 towards costings via the Regional Arts Development Fund grant.
We are so thrilled with the design and how the artist have captured key elements of our Kindy with the inclusion of the animals on the totem poles that are important to our service and children, the amazing Rainbow Serpent which is part of a traditional indigenous story we often share with the children, the aboriginal symbols which we regularly explore with the children and the main mural which portrays the message of our Kindergarten being a community of learners and that we (children, educators and families) grow and learn together.
Forestview Educators and Children thank everyone involved and we look forward to the remaining stages of this indigenous garden area being completed in the near future.
The artwork included in this Indigenous Garden was proudly completed by Brandon and Trey Butler
MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Brandon Butler
Born 1990 raised and lives in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia
Cultural Background: Gooreng Gooreng/ Gurang/ Gangalu-Iman / Gungarri/ Juru 1st Nation Australian and South-Sea Islander ( Tanna Island/ Motto Lava The Banks Gauwa Island) Vanuatu
Brandon a local national and international artist.
Mediums: Carving emu eggs, painting, printmaking.
Trey Butler
Born 1995 raised in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia
Cultural Background: Gooreng Gooreng/ Gurang/ Gangalu-Iman / Gungarri/ Juru 1st Nation Australian and South-Sea Islander ( Tanna Island/ Motto Lava The Banks Gauwa Island) Vanuatu.
Performs: Traditional Dancing, Singing ( songman)
Trey a local, national and International Artist
Medium: Painting, carving
The artwork for this project was proudly funded by the Queensland Government and the Bundaberg Regional Council through the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) in partnership with the 2019 Forestview Kindergarten Parent Committee.
The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Bundaberg Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Thank you to all the kindy families and community members who came on the “FABULOUS SHOPPING FUN” bus to participate in our shop till you drop event and to support and raise money for our wonderful Kindy. We hope you all had a fabulous time. We are most happy to announce that we raised an amazing $2323 from this our last fundraiser for 2019 which is absolutely awesome and will go towards completing some amazing indigenous artwork in our Bush Tucker Garden area – this has been a long term project of the kindy, and we are so excited about the artists commencing their designs on our mural wall and totem poles next weekend.
Another big thanks go to all those businesses and people who donated prizes to our very successful onboard raffle. 👏🏻
FORESTVIEW WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS TOWARDS THIS YEAR’S SHOPPING BUS TRIP RAFFLE PRIZE LIST.
Cultural Background: Gooreng Gooreng/ Gurang/ Gangalu-Iman / Gungarri/ Juru 1st Nation Australian and South-Sea Islander ( Tanna Island/ Motto Lava The Banks Gauwa Island) Vanuatu
Born 1995 raised in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia
