YARNING CIRCLE

YARNING CIRCLE 2023

The Yarning Circle in 2023 gained new members throughout the year, as families learned about Aboriginal heritage through elderly family members and realised that they have an important heritage with which to start connecting. Missing culture and connections is the legacy of the government's child removal policies and the members of the Stolen Generations have family that knows they are missing, to this day. Truth-telling is a critical part of moving forward together in our society and it is because of truth-telling that we are realising the importance of celebrating Koori and wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges in our school.

This year we have worked more closely with our KESO, Rachel Carter, and we have been fortunate to host Uncle Laurie Marks, proud GunaiKurnai man, to our meetings to be a part of exploring (sometimes discovering) mob and who our Yarning Circle members belong to.

KSC was also represented at the AIME end of year Program Day on November 17th, by Monika Cameron.