Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

AISNSW provides consultancy support to primary and secondary schools to create an authentic connection between their curriculum areas, their local Aboriginal community and engage with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture to enhance all students’ understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and knowledge systems.

Consultancy support is also available to schools to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

All AISNSW activities align with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Strategy 2015.

The Waratah Project

The Waratah Project supports participating schools to develop and implement strategies that will improve the literacy, numeracy and other academic outcomes of their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, including initiatives to support student wellbeing and strengthen relationships with families and communities.

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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education Professional Learning 2024

Are you wondering how you can improve your practice in 2024? We have developed a varied range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education professional learning opportunities to offer you across the year.

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Wingara Student Leadership Event

AISNSW provides an annual student leadership event for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students to support cultural connections, leadership development and post-school pathway planning.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cross Curriculum Courses

Throughout the year AISNSW will be providing opportunities for teachers to begin or further their own learning by engaging in a suite of NESA Accredited courses that focus on the cross-curriculum priority area of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures through a range of K-10 syllabus documents.

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Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Boarding

Winner: 2021 LearnX Awards Gold

This interactive course will assist you in understanding the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories and languages.

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Consultancy

School-specific consultancy support is also available to all NSW independent schools. For further information on Aboriginal Education, contact AISNSW Aboriginal Education Consultant Rosalyn Thomas.

Coming Together

We sit around the campfire and share a yarn together. Also we bring to that yarn our resources, strengths knowledges and learnings to share with each other. Our discussions make us aware of all that we have combined, and we soon work out that we have many resources, strengths, knowledges and learnings to achieve the goals we are aiming for. As a collaborative, we stand strong and resourceful, with the ability to achieve anything because of our connection to each other.

About the Artist

De Greer-Yindimincarlie is a curator, academic and multi award-winning artist from the Wiradjuri Nation in Central Western New South Wales, Australia. Now located in South Australia, De’s artwork is held in private and public collections internationally and across Australia.

You can contact De through her website – www.yindiartz.com.au