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19/12/2025

19/12/2025

A renewed focus for us at Thrive thanks to some amazing local Birpai people! Marrungbu!

There's a special song the children sing at the preschool Jade King's daughter attends.

It's about Country and is sung in the local Bandjalang language, as well as English.

Ms King recently watched her daughter Juniper and other children perform the song, as well as the classic Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Bandjalang at their end-of-year performance, something she said was brilliant to experience.

Her daughter attends Evans Head-Woodburn Preschool in northern NSW and the mother said she loved that Indigenous culture, language and knowledge were ingrained in activities each day.

"It's not a special part of the day where they go and learn something, it's the whole day, the whole environment," she told AAP.

"The way they talk about the land and what they're doing, it enriches everything they do at the school."

Ms King said her daughter was also teaching her more about the history of the region, where she had spent the majority of her life.

Preschool director Cath Gillespie said work to integrate Indigenous knowledge and language into everyday activities at the provider had been going on for years.

Other measures include a "cousins" mentoring program with children at the local school, visits from a local Elder and the development of a reconciliation action plan.

In the lead-up to the 2023 Indigenous voice referendum, Ms Gillespie said educators used Thomas Mayo's Finding Our Heart - a book on the Uluru statement tailored for children - to engage with the political event and start truth-telling about the history of Australia.

"We were able to, at a really developmentally appropriate level, engage the children with stories of colonisation that they now have such a deep understanding about," she said.

Children also participate in regular on-Country learning, during which they are taken to bushland for hands-on experiences.

Preschool educational leader and cultural advisor Kirby Slade, a Bandjalang woman, said parents often commented on how much their children took away from the outings.

"To be able to use the word and see the animal or touch that plant and follow it through the seasons is really authentic, deep learning," she said

Read in full

https://aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire/news/how-indigenous-culture-is-enriching-preschoolers-days?utm_campaign=2025-12-15&utm_content=body&utm_medium=morning-bulletin&utm_source=aap

Katie Kiss - Social Justice Commissioner
Reconciliation Australia
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All the same therapy but in nature! Therapy goals but with low demand nature environment, therapy pets, supported social connection, room to run/yell, do what their body needs in the moment to regulate, engage and learn… builds better interoception, connection to a child’s own body signals, metacognition and addresses retained reflexes in a long lasting sustainable way for lifelong benefit