EMC Community Connection

Koorie education 


and engagement

CLOTHING THE GAPS

On Thursday 3 March, Clothing the Gaps Foundation came to hang out with EMC's Koorie students.  We also invited over the Langwarrin Primary School's Koorie students, to have a go at Traditional Aboriginal Games as the foundation for health, wellness and human connection. Playing Traditional Aboriginal Games is a fantastic way to stay active, learn more about Aboriginal history and Culture and increase conversations around reconciliation.

 

CAMPFIRE CONVERSATIONS

 

Dear current families, alumni and extended friends;

 

We have an exciting opportunity we would love to have you involved with, as your voice is really important to us. Elisabeth Murdoch College is fortunate to host a ‘Campfire Conversation’ as part of the Self Determination in Education reforms by the Victorian Government.  We are hoping to bring together EMC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families, our local feeder primary schools and their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and families, as well as the Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and Gathering Places (Nairm Marr Djambana and Willum Warrain).

 

We are hoping to host this in the last week of term, with the opportunity to come together for a yarn, chance to meet each other and connect over some dinner.

 

The purpose of the campfires, storytelling and deep listening is to:

  • provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities opportunities to define self-determination in education.
  • explore possibilities for how self-determination could and should look in education.
  • build and strengthen partnerships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and schools.
  • highlight the benefits of self-determination for whole school communities. 
  • improve attendance, engagement and achievement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners. 
  • develop a range of changes to improve agency and success for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in schools. 

 

Campfire Conversations are part of the Victorian Department of Education and Training state-wide consultation and co-design process to develop reform options that progress Aboriginal self-determination in the education system. The findings and reflections from these conversations will be used to design a range of reform options that will be implemented in 2023.  

 

More information to follow ASAP, but please reach out to Stephanie Raike (stephanie.raike@education.vic.gov.au) or KESO Brian Walker (brian.walker@education.vic.gov.au) if you have any questions or queries.