Learning in the Learning Site

The City of Launceston ABCDE Learning Sites provide many opportunities to learn about shifting ways of thinking and acting from a deficit to a strength based approach. This occurred informally through mentoring and structured educational programs in the Kings Meadows Learning Site.

The Alanvale TasTafe Campus Community Services students continued with on the ground experience contributing to student assessments for their qualification. This TasTafe partnership has been sustained since the first Learning Site in Rocherlea and continues to strengthen each year.

TasTafe students dropped off postcards to over 80 Kings Meadows businesses as part of their course work in developing networking skills. Thank you to the students for their huge effort. Student reflections about the distribution exercise are:

Great networking opportunities

Good conversations

They were happy to listen

Increased confidence in ourselves

The time of the day is important when going into businesses

Enthusiastic as her son was involved in the Youngtown ABCDE Learning Site film

People were really receptive to the ABCDE Learning Sites

Throughout the Learning Sites, the Community Connector regularly collaborated with City of Launceston staff to work on community projects to share skills and work from an asset-based approach. The community learnt how to collaborate with the City of Launceston through their connection in the program.

The Kings Meadows ABCDE Learning Site has been a great initiative of the City of Launceston. Having our school involved in this project has fostered and strengthened relationships with the broader community and has enabled some fantastic authentic learning opportunities for students such as The Hidden Gems of Kings film, the Community Workshop, the Say G’day on Bin Day sticker campaign and the mural. student voice and agency has been a highlight of the approach and it has been great to be part of an initiative that focuses on the positives rather than what is

Cary Stocks