Aboriginal Education

I would like to introduce myself, Danielle Madsen, as the Aboriginal Contact Teacher at St Michael’s for 2024. This role aims to:

• support students within the classroom as we continue our commitment in Closing the Gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in our school community.
• provide opportunities for all students to deepen their knowledge of Australia’s First Nations Peoples and the world’s oldest continuous living cultures.
• collaborate and support our teaching staff to embed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.

Later this term, Katrina Cambridge, the Aboriginal Education Officer from CE, will be visiting our classes to speak about Aboriginal spirituality and to do a creative activity with the students.

Students will also be attending an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performance ‘Kadul’ with Ryka Ali on Thursday 4^th April (Week 10). Ryka will be presenting the legends of his family clans through song, dance, didgeridoo and a smoking ceremony.

In Term 2, students will be participating in activities for National Sorry Day (26^th May) and Reconciliation Week (27^th May – 3^rd June). If you would like to find out more about St Michael’s vision and commitment to Reconciliation, please read the school’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), attached below.

If you have any questions regarding Aboriginal Education at St Michael’s, please contact me using the following email. danielle.madsen@cg.catholic.edu.au