Our Place

We work with local schools to expand opportunities for children and families. Because education is the key to the door.

An initiative of the Colman Foundation.

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Ed Minister James Merlino visited Mahogany Rise PS in Frankston North to turn the sod on the school’s upgrade and on-site early learning centre.
Mahogany Rise PS and Aldercourt PS will have onsite early learning and community services that will feature the Our Place approach.

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Director, Communications

Reporting to the CEO, the newly-established role of Director, Communications will lead the establishment of a comprehensive communications function.

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Applications close December 31st 2019. Queries to [email protected]

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Australia’s school system downplays play - Jane Bertrand

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New publication - What it means to walk alongside – exploring the Our Place partnership with government".

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James Merlino announces this week that Colman Foundation's ‘Our Place’ model will work with Maguire College, to be re-named Greater Shepparton Secondary College, in new facilities where professionals work together to deliver wrap-around services to children and their families.

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William Buckland Foundation and Dusseldorp Forum are partnering with Our Place for ten years to support Morwell and Seymour (Buckland) and Robinvale (Dusseldorp). A great win for these communities. Our Place CEO Sean Cory signing the Alliance with Ferdi and Teya. #placebased

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‘We want the school to be a place where everyone wants to be, not has to be’. Danica, School Council President.

The Our Place sewing group at Mahogany Rise PS involves parents and grandparents. Now the club has 6 members making bags, skirts, pyjamas and even pencil cases!

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COMMUNITY FACILITATOR – Seymour College

The Colman Foundation is seeking an amazing person to join the Our Place team, as a community facilitator at Seymour College. Applications close Friday September 20 2019, 5pm.

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Thanks for our funding partner IOOF Foundation for creating access to so many fulfilling opportunities for kids at Doveton College!

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Thanks Jane Bertrand for working with Our Place to raise awareness of the importance of early childhood education and learning.

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@JaneBertrand1 brings @EarlyYearsStudy to Our Place, Victoria, Australia https://t.co/0er1TypX1A

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We're hiring! We're seeking an amazing person to join the Our Place team as a Project Officer in the Doveton office. You will work closely with the Research and Evaluation team to support the implementation of the Our Place Evidence Framework. https://t.co/ovlq83wWFa

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Do you know of a young person who is passionate about changing the world? We want to hear from them! https://t.co/jCHweCLYfW

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Our Place is working with @DETVic to develop community hubs with integrated early years, school, health & wellbeing and adult education opportunities - https://t.co/YQfxoy2jSL

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@JennyMikakos @JamesMerlinoMP @DanielMulinoMP We are delighted to be working with @DETVic and @CardiniaShire at Bridgewood - embedding #ECEC, #MCH and resources for families into our local schools is the way of the future #ozearlyed #aussieED

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Official opening of Bridgewood Primary School with @JamesMerlinoMP, @JennyMikakos and @CardiniaShire Mayor Collin Ross.

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And we’re launched!

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Bridgewood’s wonderful principal, Kerrie Coffey, is excited about the generational impact this school will have

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@JamesMerlinoMP announces our partnership and the Colman Foundation’s collaboration with Bridgewood Primary to develop a hub for the whole community - supporting learning from birth to adulthood #ozearlyed #aussieED #edstate

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@JamesMerlinoMP @JennyMikakos talks about the Colman Foundation’s visionary approach - seamless integration between early learning and prep, #mch embedded in the school, and all the services that help children and families thrive #ozearlyed #aussieED