Why Educators Use This Course
Looking After Country helps educators build meaningful early learning experiences around respect for land and community.
Through this course, educators can:
— introduce the idea of Traditional Custodianship
— teach children that Country includes land, waters, animals and people
— guide discussions about caring for the environment
— connect cultural respect with everyday classroom practice
— build early awareness of responsibility, empathy and community care
As a result, children begin to see that looking after the land is part of respecting culture and community.
Classroom Learning Included
This course includes structured early learning activities designed for children aged four to five.
The learning experiences use yarning, song, discussion and creative reflection to help children explore caring for land and community. In addition, the course includes guided teaching notes that help educators present the topic clearly and respectfully.
Educators receive a professionally prepared lesson brief, discussion prompts and supporting classroom materials. Therefore, the course is easy to implement in early learning settings.
Teaching Resources Included
When you enrol in this course, you receive:
— educator professional learning modules
— structured classroom lesson guidance
— discussion prompts for young learners
— classroom activities and reflection tasks
— supporting cultural background reading
These resources help educators introduce caring for Country with clarity and confidence.
Looking After Country — Caring for Land and Community
Teaching Respect for Country in Early Learning
Looking After Country — Caring for Land and Community is a professional learning course for early learning educators. It helps you introduce children to the Aboriginal responsibility of caring for land, animals and community.
This course sits within Learning Through Country in the First Nations Capability Gateway. Therefore, it focuses on the living relationship between people, place and cultural responsibility. Rather than treating nature as a resource, the course helps educators present Country as a living system of connection.
Many educators want to teach environmental care. However, they may not feel confident embedding First Nations perspectives appropriately. This course provides the cultural context, educator guidance and classroom materials needed to introduce caring for Country in respectful and age-appropriate ways.
What Educators Will Learn
This course provides both cultural understanding and practical teaching guidance.
Educators explore:
— the First Nations concept of caring for Country
— the importance of Traditional Custodians and local Country
— how Aboriginal peoples care for land, animals and ecosystems
— ways to introduce environmental respect through cultural learning
— strategies for guiding age-appropriate classroom conversations
Importantly, the course helps educators build confidence before delivering the student learning activities.
Curriculum and Early Learning Alignment
The course supports the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 and early childhood learning outcomes connected to identity, community and wellbeing.
Learning activities support:
— respect for place and community
— empathy and social awareness
— environmental responsibility
— communication and reflection
— belonging and cultural understanding
Consequently, educators can embed First Nations perspectives while supporting everyday early learning practice.
Developed with First Nations Cultural Guidance
This course forms part of the First Nations Capability Gateway and has been developed with First Nations cultural guidance.
The program supports respectful teaching of Indigenous knowledge and recognises the importance of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property. Therefore, educators can teach the course with greater confidence and cultural care.
Course Investment
This professional learning course includes educator training and structured classroom teaching resources.
Course Price:
$150 + GST
Begin Teaching with Confidence
Help young learners build respect for land, animals and community through culturally guided learning.
