National Reconciliation Week

We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) started as the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation in 1993 (the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples) and was supported by Australia’s major faith communities. In 1996, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation launched Australia’s first National Reconciliation Week. In 2001, Reconciliation Australia was established to continue to provide national leadership on reconciliation. In the same year, approximately 300,000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of National Reconciliation Week-and subsequently across bridges in cities and towns-to show their support for reconciliation. Today, National Reconciliation Week is celebrated in  workplaces, schools and early learning services, community organisations and groups, and by individuals Australia-wide

As a school we acknowledged and celebrated National Reconciliation Week beginning 27th May to 3rd June 2021.  

In Year 3 the children studied the line, colour, mood, form and shape of water colour landscapes by different Indigenous artists. They created their own artworks in the same style. These artworks were created during Reconciliation Week as a way of recognising the talents and culture of our nation’s First People.