Upcoming events.
Whats on?
Every Step Counts! Kate Weber's run to support GGFS
Kate Weber is raising funds for the Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School when she runs the Sydney marathon on the 17th of September 2023.
Check out the campaign page to learn more and sponsor a kilometre!
https://bmnac.org.au/every-step-counts-help-kate-weber-support-our-school/
World Languages Forum 2023
Catch our Secondary Education Development Manager, Fiona Lugnan speaking on ‘Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School: Headed Towards Immersion' at 11:30am (SGT) / 1:30pm (AEST) / 3:30pm (NZST) on 30 August for the Worlds Languages Forum 2023
Kindergarten 2023 Parents Night
Information Session held for Prospective Parents that submitted an expression of interest and looking to start their children at GGFS for Kindergarten 2023
Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September 2007.
Indigenous Literacy Day
Indigenous Literacy Day is a national celebration of culture, stories, language and literacy. This day raises awareness of the disadvantages experienced in remote communities and advocates for more access to literacy resources.
On Country Day - Fishing at Diggers Beach
Meeting at GGFS - we will transport the junuybiin via our busses to Diggers Beach for a day full of fun learning about our sea country, how to care for our sea country and catch some Yamaarr! At 2:30 pm students will gather to the bus to be taken back to GGFS ready for hometime.
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
On this day, people from around the world are encouraged to spread the United Nation's message on the protection and promotion of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about the crucial impact that community, culture and family play in the life of every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child.
Education Week NSW
Education Week will be held from 1-5 August 2022 celebrating the theme: Creating futures - education changes lives.
Learn More: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/education-week
School Photos
Quick reminder to GGFS families.
School photos are Wednesday 27th July! 📸
Some children have already had individual photos taken on a previous date, however, we will be taking a class photo tomorrow.
Please make sure all GGFS junuybin are in full uniforms, including jackets so we can look all deadly together!
NAIDOC WEEK ‘22
This year’s theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
We have a proud history of getting up, standing up, and showing up.
From the frontier wars and our earliest resistance fighters to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities fighting for change today—we continue to show up.
Now is our time. We cannot afford to lose momentum for change.
We all must continue to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! for systemic change and keep rallying around our mob, our Elders, our communities.
Whether it’s seeking proper environmental, cultural and heritage protections, Constitutional change, a comprehensive process of truth-telling, working towards treaties, or calling out racism—we must do it together.
It must be a genuine commitment by all of us to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! and support and secure institutional, structural, collaborative, and cooperative reforms.
It’s also time to celebrate the many who have driven and led change in our communities over generations—they have been the heroes and champions of change, of equal rights and even basic human rights.
Getting Up, Standing Up, and Showing Up can take many forms.
We need to move beyond just acknowledgement, good intentions, empty words and promises, and hollow commitments. Enough is enough.
The relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non‑Indigenous Australians needs to be based on justice, equity, and the proper recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights.
Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! with us to amplify our voices and narrow the gap between aspiration and reality, good intent and outcome.
Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!