Curriculum Resources

Drawing on the NRW 2022 poster, educators will support children to explore the meaning and purpose of this year’s theme, Be Brave. Make Change.

Teachers will support students to explore the meaning and purpose of this year’s theme, Be Brave. Make Change.

Teachers will support students to explore the meaning and purpose of this year’s theme, Be Brave. Make Change.

Educators will support children to explore the meaning and purpose of the 2024 National Reconciliation Week theme, Now More Than Ever.

Using optical illusions, children explore the idea that there are often multiple sides to single story — including stories that might concern them and their peers.

Students use an ABC Splash resource, ‘Noongar people speak about a sense of place,’ to develop an appreciation of Noongar peoples’ conceptualisations of ‘place,’ as well as place-people interrelationships.

Using a short Ninti One film as a stimulus, students develop an understanding of ‘doing business Aboriginal way’ so as to be able to constructively compare non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business attitudes, approaches and aspirations.

Using a short Ninti One film as a stimulus, students develop an understanding of 'doing business Aboriginal way' so as to be able to constructively compare non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business attitudes, approaches and aspirations.

Blackfella Films, SBS Learn and Culture is Life have collaborated to educate young people about Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war - the Frontier Wars.

Using the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Building belonging: A toolkit for early childhood educators on cultural diversity and responding to prejudice, children engage in thinking and discussion around rights.

Given that reconciliation is a collective, collaborative journey, it is important to foster opportunities for all children to be engaged with the planning and implementation of reconciliation initiatives. This activity provides some suggested ideas for children’s engagement.

With the support of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, educators guide children to work together to create a shared artwork to display somewhere in their early learning service.

With the support of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, students work together to create a shared artwork to display somewhere in their school.

With the support of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, students work together to create a shared artwork to display somewhere in their school.

This craft-based activity reminds children of the cultural meanings and significance of the colours that make up the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag.

Through a facilitated group conversation and invitation-crafting activity, children learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their local or wider Australian community, and the value of welcoming them into their learning environments.

Through a personalised research and invitation-crafting activity, children learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their local or wider Australian community, and the value of welcoming them into their learning environments.

Educators guide children to use building blocks to construct a basic model of their local area and point out important Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community places and organisations within the area. People who can share important learnings at these places/organisations are also recognised and positively discussed.

Through an incursion or excursion, children learn about the historical and cultural significance of the Country on which their early learning service is situated, and/or of other important sites in their local area.

Through an incursion or excursion, students learn about the historical and cultural significance of the Country on which their school is situated, and about other culturally significant sites in their local area.