My dreaming, my future.

17 November 2022
Tracy Van Beek, Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer and Colin Dobson, Principal of MCHS

To celebrate this year’s theme, “My dreaming, my future”, Monash Health’s Aboriginal Health team have donated many fantastic books by First Nations authors to the Monash Children’s Hospital school.

Tracy Van Beek, Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer for the Monash Children’s Hospital, presented the books to Colin Dobson, Principal of the MCH School.

To further celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, we have invited the Starlight Foundation to share videos of Jaeden Williams, a proud Boonwurrung man, to patients at Monash Children’s Hospital.

Within these videos, Jaeden, an Aboriginal children’s educator and storyteller, tells the story of Bunjil the Creator, Waa the Protector, and their adventures. He also welcomes children to the land and introduces local language.

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I acknowledge the sovereign ‘First Nations People of Country’, especially those of the Boonwurrung country, and recognise their ongoing and deep connection to the land, water and sky. I commit to protecting these as I live, work, play and travel across this vast nation. I pay my respects to First Nation peoples especially elders past, present and to all descendants of this nation who have cared for this place since creation. I thank them for their rich history, culture and indigenous ‘ways of knowing.’
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Health Educators Learners Parents (HELP)
To bring together education and health professionals to form an Alliance with ‘unifies our voice’ and allows us to work collaboratively to improve educational outcomes for children and young people who are living with chronic medical and/or mental health needs.
Hospital Organisation of Pedagogues in Europe (HOPE)
HOPE is an association of European hospital teachers who work in Hospital
and at home with children with special health care needs. Through school and education activities we try to provide every learner with a positive environment and with the chance to carry on their education, no matter what the illness is.
Monash Children’s Hospital has been caring for children for more than 100 years. It is one of Australia’s leading children’s hospitals and is part of Monash Health – Victoria’s largest public health service. Monash Children’s Hospital is a brand new dedicated children’s hospital located in Clayton, and has satellite sites at Casey Hospital and Dandenong Hospital.
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