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            Rations at the Ration Shed for Year 1 Cherbourg State School students A great day with Aunty Sandra, Aunty Ada and the Year 1 students from Cherbourg State School out at the Ration Shed. Students heard stories from the Aunties about how life was growing up with Rations, how

An amazing day of celebrations for NAIDOC at North Lakes College!! Under the impeccable leadership of Gail Barker, North Lakes State College is leading the way on creating a school environment that celebrates and supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, families and their culture.  With Aunty Honor Cleary as their adopted Elder, the school

  It’s going to be a busy one again this year for NAIDOC at Cherbourg!! July 7th is the Opening of “Play the Ball” – the story of sport in Cherbourg July 8th NAIDOC at the Ration Shed See you out there [fbshare type=”button”]

  Many Threads Exhibit I am continually moved by what I see, hear and learn out at the Ration Shed.  To date, I have run over 25 Education Tours out to the Ration Shed and each time, I learn something new.  However, the one thing that remains constant, is how emotionally challenging, yet rewarding the

            All aboard!! Join me this Saturday at 7.30am for Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum with Aunty Honor Cleary and Uncle Marshall Saunders sharing their personal stories of growing up in Cherbourg and living under the Act.  The bus is nearly full, but you can still get last minute tickets by

            Exciting things planned for in TPP106 class on Tuesday for Reconciliation Week.  Being the 3rd of June – Mabo Day, the topic is extremely relevant – The importance of Land and Sea for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  Our topic is very broad to enable all students to

  Great modelled lessons this week at North Lakes State College, led by Donna Williams from North Coast Region Indigenous Education Unit.  Utilising the Iconic Songbooks, we worked with the Year 4 teachers on embedding these texts into their teaching program when explicitly teaching ‘inferencing’ to students. Usually, teachers would use other texts to teach

Now I can add Rock Concert promoter to my CV!! On the 1st of May, Neil Murray (founding member of the Warumpi Band, songwriter – My Island Home) played a concert at Mimburi, a 400 hectare property on the Mary River, Belli Park, with close to 100 people attending.  It was an amazing night with