Year 4 Reconciliation in Education Program
How do you teach about Aboriginal histories and Cultures in your school or classroom?
The program offers schools a fully facilitated, authentic, and HASS curriculum-aligned incursion or excursion which helps you address the cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures.
This program is proudly supported by:
In the spirit of reconciliation the program is co-facilitated by an Aboriginal person with cultural knowledge and a non-Aboriginal ally.
The program begins with an Acknowledgement of Country and explores the meaning behind the respectful practice. Maps, flags, and a ball of time activity are used to talk about the diversity and longevity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures in Australia.
The lesson compares the Westminster law system in Australia with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lore systems.
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Building on Civics and Citizenship understanding.
Hands on resources are used to strengthen students’ knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal identities, histories and Cultures in their local area.
Students learn about and are guided through a yarning circle and symbol drawing, with a few students able to try on a Booka – a Yonga (kangaroo) skin cloak.
The students then reflect on what they have learned during the lesson and consider how they can contribute to reconciliation as they complete a Reconciliation Action Card.
Excursion and incursion options available!
Excursion – Join us in West Perth
The Year 4 Reconciliation in Education Program can be attended as a single program, otherwise make the most of your excursion by also attending one of the free Civics and Citizenship Education Programs at The Constitutional Centre of WA, where we are based.
Incursion – We come to you
If you want a hands-on experience in your own classroom then our incursion model is the choice for you. Our co-facilitators visit your class at your school in the Perth Metropolitan area, bringing our resources and a Cultural understanding of your local area.
The program has been designed by experienced teachers, and aligns to the WA curriculum.
Geography (ACHASSK089) – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of living were adapted to available resources and their connection to Country/Place has influenced their views on the sustainable use of these resources, before and after colonisation.
Cross Curriculum Priorities (ACHASSK089) – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture.
Civics and Citizenship (ACHASSK089) – The differences between ‘rules’ and ‘laws’. The importance and purpose of laws (e.g. to maintain social cohesion, to reflect society’s values).
History (ACHASSK083) – The diversity and longevity of Australia’s first peoples and the ways they are connected to Country/Place (e.g., land, sea, waterways, skies) and their pre-contact ways of life.
We are eager to support your school on its reconciliation journey.
Please reach out if you have any questions or want to learn more about the program.