Where you grow up and your family’s resources can strongly influence your access to critical educational opportunities and services from early childhood through to adulthood.
Ardoch seeks to change this.
Ardoch is a children’s education charity focused on improving educational outcomes for children and young people in communities facing disadvantage.
To support children and young people from disadvantaged communities to engage in learning and believe in a future of possibilities.
Every child’s potential is realised through full participation in education.
The important lessons a child can learn at school go well beyond the ABCs and 123s. Incursions and excursions open up lessons beyond the classroom setting. Incursions and excursions expose children to learning outside the classroom There is a world of learning out there, and incursions and excursions allow children to experience a wider range……
Teachers once told their students it was important to pay attention during mathematics because ‘they would not have a calculator everywhere they go’. That isn’t the case anymore since the development of smartphones, but even if someone does have a calculator app handy, it is still very important to have a good understanding of numeracy….…
2021 was a difficult year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with volunteers unable to visit classrooms, students unable to attend excursions outside school grounds and incursions not being able to physically take place at schools. However, this did not stop us from delivering our education programs to support more than 20,000 children. With a focus……
