Ashwood electorate early childhood centres
Matt FREGON (Ashwood) (17:10 ): (422) My adjournment matter this afternoon is for the Minister for Children in the other place, and the action I seek is for the minister to join me in the Ashwood district, where we can visit some of our fantastic early childhood centres and directly witness the awesome work that our early childhood workers do. In collaboration with our councils, the Andrews and now Allan Labor government’s Building Blocks capacity grant program has proven to be nothing short of a resounding success. An outstanding example of one of those grants can be seen in the Pinewood early learning hub around Mount Waverley, which not only stands as a testament to architectural innovation but has also been honoured with a prestigious Victorian School Design Award, if you do not mind.
The Ashwood district is also eagerly awaiting new upgrades occurring at Dorrington Drive early childhood and Ashwood Memorial kinder, and recently I got to see the fantastic work that has been done at the Rowen Street kinder as well. So there is lots for the minister to come and see. I would just like to conclude by thanking a very special helper this week from Haileybury College. Suriya Rajarajan has been helping out through work experience, and he assisted very capably with this adjournment statement.