The Hundred Languages of a Flag

NAIDOC Week is one of those times of year we look forward to at our early learning centres in North Sydney and Mascot, a chance to slow down and celebrate the culture, history, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

For our preschoolers, that celebration started with something simple. Paper, scissors, and glue.

Children can express understanding in many forms, not just words. Materials in small hands can hold as much meaning as a sentence.

Our little ones explored this recently, tearing and cutting their own interpretations of the Aboriginal flag by hand. Each piece looked a little different, shaped by whichever hands made it, and that was the point. Understanding does not need to look the same twice.

There was no single correct way to do it. Just curious hands working through colour, shape, and care, building a small but real connection to the culture and history of the land they stand on.

This is how we celebrate NAIDOC at our early learning centres in North Sydney and Mascot, children as capable thinkers, given real materials and real trust to make meaning in their own way.

Caring for families in the Lower North Shore including North Sydney, Kirribilli, Milsons Point, Artarmon, Waverton, Neutral Bay and Crows Nest.

Serving families in the Inner South including Mascot, Rosebery, Alexandria, Eastlakes, Botany, Zetland, Pagewood and Kingsford.