Brophy Family and Youth Services
Education
A collaborative response to youth disengagement in regional Victoria
ProjectReady, Set, Prep!
Amount$200,000 over two years
Date2021
ProgramCommunity
TRUST OBJECTIVES | PROJECT OBJECTIVES |
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Reducing inequality | Using targeted interventions to redress inequality for the most vulnerable children in northern Moreland |
Building organisational capacity | Building the capacity of community and partner organisations to enable improved and expanded Early Years to Prep transition programs |
Collaboration and partnership | Over 30 schools, kindergartens and childcare centres in northern Moreland, Moreland City Council and over 10 community services organisations |
Improving early childhood development, school readiness and life outcomes for vulnerable children
The pathway to school readiness requires collaboration across the system as a whole - between schools, services and communities, to provide an environment that ensures all children start school ready. Ready, Set, Prep! prepares children and their families for a great start to primary school, by working with community members, primary schools and early years providers to support early learning, family engagement and transition to primary school.
As the backbone organisation, Merri Health will build on the success of the Ready, Set Prep! pilot school readiness program to scale up the program in northern Moreland. The area is a multicultural community, with 43.1% of residents born overseas and around half of those having arrived in Australia within the last five years. Cultural diversity brings many rich benefits to the community; however, with such a high proportion of newly arrived families, many experience difficulties navigating services and the education system, which may be very different from their country of origin.
Snapshot:
“There are huge gaps for migrants, they don’t have much information about the school system here and they can struggle to find the information” - parent of a primary school student in Fawkner.
Education
A collaborative response to youth disengagement in regional Victoria
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