COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNSELLOR

Wadda mooli, everyone.

This week, we celebrate NAIDOC week!

National NAIDOC Week celebrations are traditionally held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday), to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, as this date falls in the June/July holiday period, the College holds its celebrations in Week 7 of Term 3.

NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. With over 145 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the College, this week means a great deal to our students, staff and families.

This year’s theme has been Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! and reflects a proud history of getting up, standing up and showing up, from the frontier wars and the earliest resistance fighters, to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities fighting for change today. Whether it’s seeking proper environmental, cultural and heritage protections, Constitutional change, a comprehensive process of truth-telling, working towards treaties, or calling out racism—we must do it together.

This year, as a collective, we have chosen community as our focus. The students have been instrumental in devising this year’s activities and I’m very proud of the passion and drive they have demonstrated. I know it will be a wonderful week of celebration. Please click on the link to discover what we have in store this week.

NAIDOC lunchtime activities 2022

Ms Paije Kulbicki

COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNSELLOR