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Newsletter Indigenous Education

Term 3 Week 4

An Update from our FIRE Carriers 

This week, classes have learnt about Children’s Day. Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day is celebrated on 4th of August each year. This year’s theme is “Living Our Truth”. This relates to being able to share stories of the past that have been not mentioned in the history books. At St Mary’s we strive to include indigenous perspectives in various topics during the school year. We encourage our students to learn more about their culture and traditions. 

New - Year 1 & 2 Group Work

This term, Tahlia will be taking small groups from Year 1 and 2 to decorate a leaf that will be combined together in a framed piece of artwork. We look forward to sharing this experience at Assembly in the coming weeks. 

New - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Day

Some Term 3 dates to look forward to – 

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day on Tuesday 4th August 
• ASHEfest - Prep to Year 3 on Wednesday 9th September 
• ASHEfest - Year 4 to Year 6 on Thursday 10th September 

ASHEfest

More details to come later in Term 3. 

Ganbina - Education Scholarships

At Ganbina our annual scholarships are designed to support all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander participants from Prep to Year 6 in Greater Shepparton. 

Ganbina provide a range of support to participants including financial support for educational expenses occurred, such as school fees, school uniforms, camps/excursion/swimming, books/stationary, etc. We also provide an internal accelerated learning program for our primary school participants to help get them on track or keep them on track with their schooling.

Ganbina's Scholarship registration flyer for 2026 is below for more information -

2026 Registrations opened on January 27th.

To register for this Scholarship please either click on the link below or contact -

Project Officer - Chrystal Chapman on 0438 217 399 or email chrystal@ganbina.com.au

Ganbina Jobs4U2 Registration Form 2026

Acknowledgement of Country               

At St Mary’s Primary School Mooroopna we Acknowledge the Traditional people of this land. The Yorta Yorta Nation are the Traditional Custodians of this area and we remember their elders, past, present and future. We remember that the Aboriginal people of Australia will always be the  traditional owners of the land on which we gather today. We continue to grow through education and reconciliation to a better future for all Australians.