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Mabo Day

Today marks the end of National Reconciliation Week with June the 3rd being Mabo Day. Mabo Day commemorates the courageous efforts of Eddie Koiki Mabo to overturn the fiction of terra nullius (land belonging to no-one), the legal concept that Australia and the Torres Strait Islands were not owned by Indigenous peoples because they did not ‘use’ the land in ways Europeans believed constituted legal possession. 

Kinross Wolaroi School has begun developing its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is a formal statement of our School's commitment to reconciliation supported by a plan for implementing reconciliation initiatives. Our Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group will include teaching and non-teaching staff, parents, students and community members.

For more information:

• Visit the Reconciliation Australia website.
• Open up the PDF document Reconciliation Australia - Mabo Day
• You can also watch the Mabo Movie on ABCiview (1h 43m) here:

Thank you to the people that have expressed interest in being part of the schools Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group. If you are interested in being involved please email me to confirm your interest (abegg@kws.nsw.edu.au). I will let everyone know next week about our first meeting. 

Mr Anthony Begg

Head of Indigenous Education

Lip Sync Battle

In the Senior School, the ‘Lip Sync Battle’ continues. This is occurring two-fold; students can submit individual entries, and we have also begun a group competition amongst the houses to generate some excitement for our House Spectacular scheduled (digitally) for Week 9. 

Below you can view some of the fantastic submissions that we have received so far.

Blackman House:

Gordon House:

Williams House:

And here is a very special rendition of 'I Say A Little Prayer' by Mrs Thompson: