Our Community
Acacia pride ourselves on our community involvement both within our educational program and by supporting families. Our educational programs encompasses the exploration of our local communities through incursions, excursions and outings. This could include visiting, parks libraries, art galleries, community gardens and shops. We also invite our community members to our centres to promote both cultural awareness and health and well-being practices.
This extends to our successful school transition program where relationships are built with local primary schools that enables us to exchange information and participate in a shared transition program. We often have school children visit us to read books with children and we visit the schools and participate in many school based activities.
We believe that our program needs to reflect and connect with our local community. We value working in partnership with the community and building relationships with them to ensure an inclusive program and pedagogical practice. We attend many local network meetings to ensure that our programs reflect our current community needs and expectations.
In addition, we are resourceful in local family services, to enable us to link children and families to services when a need arises.
Please see below for some community links:
Council links
City of yarra
http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/
City of Brimbank
https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/
City of Melton
http://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Home
Government Departments
My Child
Department of Education and Training – Victoria
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx
Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
Starting Blocks
https://www.startingblocks.gov.au/
Service Australia (Centerlink)
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/
Health services
Nurse on call
https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/primary-and-community-health/primary-care/nurse-on-call
IPC Health
Cohealth
Children with disabilities services
NDIS
Autism Angels
Guide dogs Victoria
https://www.guidedogsvictoria.com.au/
Vision Australia
https://www.visionaustralia.org/
Down Syndrome
http://www.downsyndromevictoria.org.au//
For Allied health and referrals to specialists.
Child Psychologist
Find a Certified Practising Member for Psychology
To find Psychologist see the link below
Find a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia
To find speech therapist see the link below
Find a Certified Practising Member of Occupational therapist Australia
To find speech therapist see the link below
https://otaus.com.au/find-an-ot
Family services
Family support services, parenting support, relationship support
Family services for migrants
Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association
Spectrum
Victorian Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Coalition
http://www.virwc.org.au/contact-us.html
AMES
Primary schools in City of Brimbank
Monmia Primary School
Keilor Views Primary School
St Albans North Primary School
http://www.stalbansnth.vic.edu.au/web/
Sacred Heart Primary School
http://www.shstalbans.catholic.edu.au/
Mary Mackillop Primary School
http://www.mmkeilordowns.catholic.edu.au/
Primary schools in City of Yarra
Sacred Heart Primary School
http://www.shsfitzroy.catholic.edu.au/
Fitzroy Primary School
http://fitzroyprimary.wpengine.com/
Richmond West Primary School
http://www.richmondwestps.vic.edu.au
Trinity Primary School
http://www.tcsrichmondnth.catholic.edu.au//