Connection to Country

GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURE THROUGH A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES.

As part of their learning, students wrote their own Acknowledgement of Country to show respect and awareness for the Traditional Custodians of the land we are on.

Kindergarten’s focus was their space, Year 1 and 2 focused on concepts of Country, Year 3 and 4 centered on connection and Year 5 and 6 demonstrated their understanding of custodianship. Each unique acknowledgement has an accompanying artwork that is displayed in the grade’s neighborhood area and classes incorporate their Acknowledgements of Country into daily routines.

Elken in Year 3 described the creation process: “We learned about Country by reading a book written by Adam Goodes. We then went out onto Country and collected things from the sea, sky and land to weave into a web...our teacher weaved the collection together