Indigenous Education News

NAIDOC Week

This week our school communities will start celebrating their NAIDOC WEEK. 

This year's theme : For Our Elders embraces the importance of their stories, knowledge, family connections for everyone to respectfully appreciate their culture and tradition to the next generation. 

Gain a better understanding of this NAIDOC Theme through Artist Bobbi Lockyer. https://www.naidoc.org.au/2023-poster 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday -  2 July

Every year, on the first Sunday in July, Catholics come together to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. It is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the gifts of Australia’s First peoples to our Church, our country and our communities.

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council has developed a resource to assist schools in celebrating the day as well as conducting activities to encourage further learning and exploration. 

The 2023 resources are titled A new life in Christ…..  and include a number of suggestions that can assist in creating liturgies in a classroom setting.

Importantly, a youth activity has been developed that provides students with the space to explore the upcoming Referendum from a Catholic and moral point of view.

The resources and associated multimedia assets are available at https://www.natsicc.org.au/2023-atsi-sunday.html

Wii Gaay Learning Hub 2

The second Wii Gaay Learning Hub for 2023 will be in Tamworth from 13-17th November. More information will be communicated with schools in Term 3.

SAVE THE DATE : Teaching Indigenous Perspectives - Secondary Teachers Professional Development Day 

Save the date : TERM  3 Thursday 19th September 2023 in Tamworth. Registration details will be open mid Term 3.

Coolabah Dynamic Assessment

The CDA is underway in our schools across the Diocese. Please scan and send permission notes through to hpederse@arm.catholic.edu.au