The Wound
Our History
Why Me?
Our Cultures
My Response
Key Dates and Topics
NAIDOC Week 2021
Foundation
Foundation HASS, English, Health and PE & Dance – Exploring families, kinship and home
Starting with their own families, students explore ways of understanding family. They consider First Nations families and kinship and think about their own family as a continuous unit over time. The concept of Elders is used to highlight that everyone needs people who help them learn and be safe.
Year 1
Y1 Science & English – Knowing Country
This unit explores the important information First Nations Peoples collect and communicate from observing the natural environment. Students will identify and make connections to what we observe, why we observe, how we observe and ways to communicate observations.
Y1 English & Science – Tracking meanings from cultures and Country
Year 2
Y2 Science & Media Arts – Patterns in astronomy
Students explore how cultural stories of First Nations Peoples of Australia describe the patterns in the changing positions of the sun, moon and stars. Students recognise that astronomers use patterns of movement of celestial objects in the sky.
Year 5
Y5 Science – Cultural ecology
Students explore how First Nations Peoples use knowledges of the structural features and behaviours of some animals and plants. They learn about Australia’s unique plant and animal diversity, and how First Nations Peoples to use and manage this through ancestral knowledge systems and practices.
Year 6
Y6 Drama, Media Arts, HASS & Health – First Nations cultural narratives
Students undertake an inquiry into First Nations storytellers and cultural narratives, and the art of dramatic storytelling and elements of filmmaking. They show their responses through making a short film that tells a story of First Nations identity and resilience.
Y6 Science – Learning from Indigenous fire management practices
Year 7
Y7 Science – Fire and biodiversity
Students explore their local environment by surveying biodiversity and creating food webs. They investigate the differences between various types of fire, including cultural burning, and how such fires affect biodiversity in their local region.
Year 8
Y8 Geography – Indigenous land management and its cultural value
Y8 Science – Fire management and sustainability practices of First Nations Peoples
Year 9
Y9 Geography – Native food production and access
Students explore challenges in native food production and food access within Australia’s biomes. They consider issues within these biomes, as well as management solutions and programs. Students evaluate existing programs for their effectiveness in managing food production and access in Australia.
Y9 Science – Protecting Australian ecosystems
Year 10
Y10 Science – How Indigenous ecological practices can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Australians Together Learning Framework
Take a deep dive into the Learning Framework and explore our vast array of First Nations stories, activities, resources, and more. Curate your own customised learning journey to unlock the truth of our past, prompt reflection about our present, and inspire meaningful action that will bring about a brighter shared future for our nation.
Injustice from the impact of colonisation.
Discover our curated collection of stories, articles and statistics that expose the injustices at the heart of our nation.
Who are Indigenous Australians?
A past that shapes our story as a nation.
Tell stories that many Australians have never heard.
Immerse yourself in stories and articles to understand the connection between our nation’s past and present.
Busting the myth of peaceful settlement
Early missionaries to Australia
The civil rights movement in Australia
What’s it got to do with me?
Examines why this is relevant to every Australian.
Browse articles and stories that explore the ways we’re all connected, and what this means for us as Australians, collectively and individually.
What does this have to do with me?
Australia Day: answers to tricky questions
Everyone has culture. Know about your culture and value the culture of others.
Dive into stories and articles that explore the significance of culture and its role in building a brighter future together.
Welcome to and Acknowledgement of Country
Steps we can take to build a brighter future.
Find inspiration in stories and articles that show even little steps can lead to big change when we do things together.
How do I get the most out of these resources?
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