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Yaama Everyone, 

This Wednesday the 6th of September is National Indigenous Literacy Day. This year's theme is 'Celebrating Stories, Cultures and Languages'.  All students will be involved through viewing a short film from the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). 

The short film

“Would you cuddle up with a jurru? Do you have a tjikiwan dog at home? And what would you do if you saw a sneaky Kyembal?" asks ILF ambassador Jessica Mauboy. 

Jump on a virtual plane to Barunga in the Northern Territory, Rubibi (Broome) in North Western Australia and Weipa on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, to find out! This is your chance to journey across the country into First Nations storytelling and learn some new words in Kriol, Yawuru and Thaynakwith languages.

You'll join a group of young, talented songwriters with their ILF mentor Justine Clarke, for a special performance of their song, Shordi Krik, at the Barunga Festival in the Northern Territory. Find out why life is sweet at Shordi Krik.In Rubibi, your senses will tingle as you discover there are more than four seasons a year, and on the Cape York Peninsula, when you look, you will find…..what? You will have to wait and see!

Yaama,

Miss Kim Taggart - Aboriginal Education Assistant