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Cooroy Community Gardens provides a beautiful natural setting for our programs, reflecting Parados’ practice of learning through connection with nature. We encourage children to slow down, observe their surroundings and draw inspiration from the natural world through hands-on, creative and collaborative making.

Performing Arts with Grace

2:00–4:00PM — Ages 6–9 years
4:00–6:00PM — Ages 10–16 years

A creative performing arts program with Grace, exploring drama, character development, performance skills and creating original plays. Students will work together to develop stories, characters and performances.

Creative Arts with Hayley & Maddie

2:00–4:00PM — Ages 6–9 years
4:00–6:00PM — Ages 10–16 years

A hands-on creative arts program with Hayley and Maddie, exploring art, making, natural materials, creative projects and practical skills. Students will have the opportunity to experiment, collaborate and develop their own creative ideas in a relaxed outdoor setting.

CLC is a home education learning community, supported and auspiced by Parados Education Incorporated.

CLC is not a registered school and does not replace a family's home education program. Parents remain responsible for their child's home education, including registration, planning and reporting requirements. Our role is to provide rich, collaborative learning experiences that complement and support the learning taking place across children's homes, families and wider communities.

Our learning model will continue to evolve through consultation with families, educators, local Elders, young people and the broader community. We believe children benefit from having meaningful relationships with a diverse community of people and from learning across different places, including the gardens, creek, natural environments and wider community.

Our intention is to begin in 2027 with two mixed-age learning groups: children turning 6-8 years, and 9–12 years during the year.

Thursday: Arts Studio
Visual arts, music, performance, design, making and opportunities to work alongside visiting artists.

Friday: Blue Space Learning
Off-site learning through beaches, forests, waterways, cultural experiences, community organisations, recreation and exploration.

Families may choose the programs that best supports their own home education approach. We are intentionally not offering a five-day school-style program. CLC is designed to be one part of a child's broader home education experience, while providing the consistency, relationships and sense of belonging that can come from being part of an ongoing learning community.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we learn, work and play, the Kabi Kabi people, who have cared for Country since time immemorial. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

We look forward to learning alongside local First Nations communities and building respectful relationships as we learn to care for Country and strengthen our connections with place and community.