First Nations Connections
PEEC acknowledges the generous connections we have with our First Nations Elders:
Aunty Peggy Tidyman (Gunggarri Elder), Aunty Cathy Jackson (Gunggarri Elder), Aunty Merle Cashman (Quandamooka Elder) & team from the ECEC, Uncle Joe Kirk (Waka Waka Elder), Uncle James Sandy (Mununjali Elder)
We also acknowledge the wisdom and generosity of the Miriam Rose Foundation, in giving us permission to share Dadirri* with our senior students and educator-workshop participants.
* The word, concept and spiritual practice that is dadirri (da-did-ee) is from the Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngen'giwumirri languages of the Aboriginal peoples of the Daly River region (Northern Territory, Australia). We have been gifted permission from the Miriam Rose Foundation to share Dadirri. Whilst we acknowledge there may be a local language word more appropriate to the lands on which we teach, in the absence of this being gifted to us by local Elders, our consulting Elders here at PEEC support our vision to share Dadirri. If you speak of Dadirri, please be mindful of respectful protocol, including acknowledging the original source and seeking your own permission from the Foundation. You can find out more at the official site of the Miriam Rose Foundation.
Program Contributors
We acknowledge the contributions the many teachers and artists have made over many years to our programs and centre culture, with special mention to:
Artists: Aunty Peggy Tidyman (Gunggarri Elder), Melinda Serico (Gubbi Gubbi artist)
Author: Tonia Pickering (Curious as a Curlew, Mrs Muddle-Up, Mango and Maddy, Something Wrong in Hypertron, The Bush Kids of Pullen Pullen Creek)
Storyteller: Bernice Volz (Wander the Way of the Water)
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Education Connections
PEEC values working alongside our partnership schools to progressively deepen their students' Nature Connection throughout their primary school years:
PEEC also acknowledges the other local school communities who regularly engage with our programs, including:
As well as the many other schools we work with across the greater Brisbane region.
Wider Community Connections
PEEC aims to work with the community to promote and contribute to environmental sustainability. We value our ongoing connections with the following local community organisations:
Parents & Carers Association
The PEEC P&C operates as a fundraising and grant-auspicing body to support PEEC's work with the many thousands of students and teachers that the Centre works with every year. To register interest in volunteering with our P&C, please contact the PEEC office.