Marrung CoP - Session Overview -

7/6/23
Presentation from PLPS Intercultural Team
Deliver an Acknowledgement that Means Something

Google Drive

Time to work on Reconciliation Action Plans

Upcoming 2023 Date/Events

 Marrung
Community
of Practice
Cardinia Network
 Acknowledgement of
Country
'I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the lands
on which we meet today, the Bunurong People, and pay my respects to their
Elders past, present and emerging. I extend that respect to Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander peoples here with us today.'
Ice breaker
Challenge: You have 5 minutes to speak to at least 5 different people. Find 3
things you have in common with each person.
 Pakenham
Lakeside
Primary School
What’s happening in our school
Introduction of Intercultural team with the goal of auditing of current
practise across the school through curriculum matrix

Purchasing and displaying acknowledgement plaques

Purchasing of ‘Our Land, Our Stories’ resource packs

Displaying and explanation of ATSI flags

A curriculum centred approach to embedding Indigenous perspectives

An ideology of give things a go, it’s better to try something than do

nothing
Prep Buddies
Unit
Year 5 and preps
working collaboratively
exploring dreamtime
stories

Students worked
towards co creating
their own dreamtime
story
 Year 3
Incidental + Integrated
Koorie Perspectives + Learning
Year 5 Synthesising Unit
Unit was focused on students forming an opinion when
presented with two differing perspectives. The topics we
covered were; should animals perform in the circus, should
Australia day be celebrated on the 26th and should there be a
national sorry day.
 Cardinia Network NAIDOC Week
July 2-9 - NAIDOC Week

Schools to celebrate this in

Term 3 ~ 10-14th of July

NAIDOC Artwork-
Please complete by 14/7/23
Upcoming Dates - Term 2/3
June 30 - Coranderrk (Bader’s Creek) Aboriginal reserve officially gazetted in 1863
July 2-9 - NAIDOC Week (Schools to celebrate this in term 3 - 10-14 July)
July 12 - First flying of the Aboriginal Flag, Adelaide in 1971, on National Aborigines
Day.
July 20 - Anniversary of Framlingham Mission handover (1971)
July 29 - National Schools Tree Day
August 4 - National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
August 9 - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
August 13-21 - National Science Week
August 15 - Anniversary of William Barak’s (Beruk Barak) death in 1903
September 6 - Indigenous Literacy Day
September 14 - Koorie Kids celebration day
 Reconciliation Action Plan
“WHAT IS A RAP?

A Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is a

formal statement of commitment to
reconciliation. A school or early
learning service can develop a RAP
using the Narragunnawali platform to
register and extend on existing
initiatives or to begin a new journey.”
40 “Actions”

14 core actions
Term 3 & 4 CoP Meetings
Bridgewood Primary School
Term 3 Tuesday Week 7

TBA Experience
Term 4 Wednesday Week 7
Pete to share new developments