Accolades
A Mommy Breast and a Daddy Breast: Encountering Illness as Emergent Curriculum.
By Carol Anne Wien, Bobbi-Lynn Keating, Justin West, and Barbara Bigelow
A visitor to Peter Green Hall Children’s Centre’s classroom for 4- and 5-year-olds broke down in tears when she saw their teacher Bobbi-Lynn Keating with a head bald from chemotherapy. The visitor said her sister-in-law had recently died of breast cancer. In the family’s desperate need to cope with the situation, their children, 4 and 6 years old, were not involved in the process. Now one was very angry. Learn More →
Justin West Prime MInisters award for early childhood Education - 2013 Learn More →
“Justin has a natural teaching ability; he is passionate about the children in his care and strives to provide authentic meaningful relationships with those children. Justin has a gift for recognizing the uniqueness and individuality of each child and is mindful of this when providing experiences in the learning environment.”
Matthew Sampson: Prime MInisters award for early childhood Education - Supporting children as they learn to challenge themselves Learn More →
“Matthew really and truly leads by example. He always makes time for children, no matter how busy he happens to be. He listens to their concerns and to their curiosities and does whatever he can to build the curriculum around their interests and allow them to explore these to broaden their learning.”