Cultural News

Reconciliation Week

This week National Reconciliation Week begins. National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. 

The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2026 is All In, a call for all Australians to commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation every single day. 

All In makes clear that reconciliation is not a spectator sport and that all of us must step away from the sidelines and take action to make change. 

The theme also reminds us that reconciliation and advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights isn’t a passive activity, and it is not solely the responsibility of First Nations people, who have carried the weight of championing, explaining and acting for far too long. 

Reconciliation will not happen by itself, and it will not happen without all of us. 

(Source: National Reconciliation Week - Reconciliation Australia) 

Some of the ways we will be acknowledging National Reconciliation Week will be -  

• Classes will be invited to use the message stick in their classroom - exploring what a message stick is, what it is used for and its meaning 
• A picture book display will be in the foyer of the front office 
• Break Club activities will have an Indigenous Theme 
• A whole school activity that will be displayed to show that we are ‘All In’ 
• Participating in an incursion 

F.I.R.E. Carrier Covenant

St Peter's Bendigo F.I.R.E. Covenant 2025 is available for download from the school website: