Growing Our Reconciliation Tree

To join in celebrating Reconciliation Week we had a pop up art station in the Junior School to grow a Reconciliation Tree together.

The National Reconciliation Week theme for 2025 is Bridging Now to Next, reflecting the ongoing connection between past, present and future.

Bridging Now to Next calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.

Supported by the Year 5 Art Leaders students decorated images of this year’s artwork, created by Kalkadoon woman Bree Buttenshaw. It shows native plants – which are known for regenerating after fire and thriving through adversity – to symbolise our collective strength and the possibilities of renewal. This is a time for growth, reflection, and commitment to walking together.

As beautiful as the images are as we add them to our tree, it has been the conversations during their making that have enriched us all.

https://www.reconciliation.org.au/

– Marian Doull
JS Visual Arts