History

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 (ACHASSK083)

Lesson One | Acknowledgement of Country

Learning Intention

identify what is an Acknowledgement of Country and why it is important

Success Criteria

a classroom Acknowledgement of Country

Activate Prior Knowledge

Think | Pair | Share

What do you think an Acknowledgement of Country is?

Do you know why we do it?

North Beach Primary School would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation and pay our respects to their Elders past, present & emerging.

What is an Acknowledgment of Country

An Acknowledgment of the Country is a way of showing respect for the Traditional Owners and can be given by both non-Indigenous people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are connected to another place.

We Do

Let's create our own Acknowledgement of Country for Room 4.

Example One

ABC KIDS listen acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the Traditional Custodians of lands, waterways and skies across Australia.

We thank you for sharing and caring for the land we learn and play on.

We pay our respects to Elders, and we share our friendship and kindness.

Example Two

Room 10 would like to acknowledge the original custodians of Star Swamp, the bushland, the animals, the ground beneath our feet and the salty ocean between our toes.

We thank the Whadjuk Noongar People for keeping the land healthy and safe for us to learn, live and play.

Example Three

Here is the Land

Here is the Sky

Here are my friends

and here am I

We play today

On traditional Land

Our First Nation people

we walk hand in hand

We’d like to say thank you

for letting us share

the Land that you love

we promise to take care.

Example Four

Room 11 would like to thank the Whadjuk Noongar people for sharing the beautiful sunburnt country with us. We appreciate you protecting the animals, the waterways and all the trees.

We are grateful for the insects, flowers and the nourishing air we breathe. Thankyou for providing us a safe place to learn, live and play.

It is important to think about the land in which our classroom stands.

Let's brainstorm some words to describe the Country we are on (e.g. ‘pay respects to Elders who have cared for the mountains, rivers, sea and sky where our school is located on ______ Country.’)

What can be found around North Beach Primary?

Think | Pair | Share

What are the local Aboriginal Peoples called?

What else do we want to include? Do we want to use Noongar language for key terms?

Let's do our own!

An Acknowledgement of Country should include:

🎯 reference to the Traditional Owners/Custodians of the area; and

🎯 a statement of respect for Elders past and present and you may also wish to encourage a statement of respect for Elders of the future.

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