by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: How can you successfully communicate and engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and carers? You can learn a lot from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators, as they are part of the community and are the link with families....
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: Sorry Day is on the 26th of May each year.It is a time to remember the past policies of forced child removal, and reflect on the sad and painful stories of the Stolen Generations. It is a time to recognise the resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: Intergenerational trauma is the transmission of trauma experiences and their psychological and physical effects through families over generations. It’s the result of historical injustices and systemic oppression inflicted on Aboriginal people including...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia have a wide range of Artefacts as tools and weapons for everyday life. These include boomerangs, shields, spears and hunting...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: The traditional Aboriginal name for the didgeridoo is called Yidaki and its the worlds oldest wind instrument. It’s believed to have originated over 1,000 years ago. The Yidaki is a naturally hollowed out eucalyptus branch or log by termites. The Yidaki...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: Aboriginal people have used traditional ochre as paint for thousands of years. The sacred Aboriginal colours, said to be given to the Aborigines during the Dreamtime, are Black, Red, Yellow and White. Black represents the earth, marking the campfires of...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: The arts have always held a central place in Aboriginal cultures. One of the reasons we know so much about Aboriginal mythology and daily life is because of the intricate rock art preserved in caves across Australia. Body decoration and face painting...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: A totem is a natural object, plant or animal that is inherited by Aboriginal members of a Clan or family as their spiritual emblem. Clan groups and/or individuals have responsibilities for their totems. These totems define people’s roles and...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: Music and dance are important to Aboriginal culture and used as everyday life and to mark special occasions. Songlines tell stories of the Creation and Dreaming as Aboriginal people made their journeys across the land. Dances often imitated animals or...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: Today we will be looking at some of the important dates on the calendar for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. First we start with International Mother Language Day celebrated on the 21st of February. This is a day...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: There are many famous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia over many generations. Here are just a few to mention. Dame Mary Gilmore, the Lady on the $10 note, was a writer around the colonial times and she mentioned that the...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | TPD2025
Teacher Notes: The 2021 Australian Senior of the Year was an Aboriginal lady called Miriam Rose. Miriam was the first Indigenous teacher to work in the Northern Territory in 1975, as well as being the first Indigenous Australian woman to visit Antartica. Miriam is...
