Curriculum Resources

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

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.

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.

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.

Students critically consider opportunities for confronting ‘invisible’, covert racism with overt, visible demonstrations of respect.

Teachers will support students to explore the meaning and purpose of this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Be a Voice for Generations.

In this activity, students plan and carry out a simple but culturally appropriate and meaningful performance to Family and Community Room visitors to demonstrate their pride in, and respect for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, and to help to make the room a positive, culturally responsive place.

In this activity, students plan and carry out a culturally appropriate and meaningful performance to Family and Community Room visitors to demonstrate their pride in, and respect for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, and to help to make the room a positive, culturally responsive place.

Students are provided with opportunities to present or perform at their RAP launch to promote pride within their school and community.

Students are provided with opportunities to be able to present and perform at RAP launches.

Three films, titled People, Country/Place and Culture, feature six exceptional young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who share stories about their communities, history and cultures in contemporary Australia.

This activity supports students to engage with the film Who We Are: Country/Place, wherein six young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples speak about their connection to Country.

Students view a short video featuring five young Aboriginal people, and one young Torres Strait Islander man, speaking about their connection to Country.

This activity supports students to engage with the film Who We Are: Country/Place, wherein six young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples speak about their connection to Country.

This activity supports students to engage with the film Who We Are: People, wherein six young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples speak about the concept of people, identity and their families.