NAIDOC Week

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This week we are celebrating NAIDOC week in Australia. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee.

NAIDOC Week is held in the first full week of July. It is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements and is an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and our society.

The theme this year is ‘We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate‘.

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We have been extremely honoured to have Aicey Zaro and his wife Bernice, come work with our students to create a new mural adjacent to the Yarning Circle on the Poole St side of the music hall. Each student in the school painted and placed their handprint on the mural. The mural shows the hills, the reef and ocran as well as a turtle which is one of our school symbols.

Our official NAIDOC celebrations and opening of the Yarning Circle and Mural will be held on Friday 7 August  at a special parade where the classes will be seated on the grassed area in front of the administration block. It is hoped one of the local Elders will be conduct a Smoking Ceremony which is of cultural significance.

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