KOORIE NEWS

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We warmly welcome our new Year 7 Koorie families to the school community.

This term, a number of our junior Koorie students have been participating in the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Junior Ranger Program, providing valuable opportunities for On Country learning. So far, students have engaged in a range of cultural activities, including making rope and necklaces, preparing damper, creating clapsticks and spears, and making lemon myrtle truffle balls. They have also taken part in a bushwalk at Point Nepean, explored ochre painting, and had the opportunity to yarn with Elders.

Next term, on  May 7, we are excited to host KELiS (Koorie Emerging Leaders in Schools). This event will bring together students from a number of Bayside schools for a day focused on connecting to culture and strengthening leadership and self-determination. The program will include workshops led by a Bunurong Elder, Nairm Marr Djambana (Frankston Gathering Place), and VACCA, all supporting the personal growth and cultural connection of our young people.

All the best,

Olivia Roeding 

English/ Food Studies / Marrung Co-ordinator

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