Learning on Country - Cultural knowledge learning programs
The Learning on Country Program is delivered with a key focus on the senior secondary student cohort. The teaching and learning programs are developed collaboratively between school and Ranger staff, with a focus on field-based activity, drawing on traditional and western knowledge systems. Activities include a wide range of Ranger groups' projects and responsibilities around land and sea management and are modelled by cultural knowledge as directed by Traditional Owners.
The fifteen participating schools across the Top End are:
Program Objectives
The key objectives of the Learning on Country Program include;
Increase inter-generational transmission of Indigenous knowledge and customary practice
Develop strong partnerships between ranger groups, schools and local community to deliver a culturally responsive secondary school curriculum
Increase school attendance
Improve student learning
Learning on Country Program
Borroloola School choir have been learning to sing 'I am Australian' in Garawa which was translated by Daphne Mawson and 'My Island Home' in Yanyuwa, See More
Learning on Country Program
Learning on Country Program
Umbakumba School Learning on Country Students have been collecting beautiful sea shells to make jewellery, under the guidance of Lalara and Trishala Mamarika from ALC See More
Learning on Country Program
Whilst commonly referred to as wet and dry season, Nauiyu Elder Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann explains that they have 13 seasons on Ngan'gi calendar. The seasons See More
Many Lands, Many Seasons: Series 2022 Daly River
Come visit Nauiyu, Daly River in the top end of the Northern Territory and discover the thirteen seasons of the Ngan'gi Seasons calendar.
Learning on Country Program updated their status.
Learning on Country Program updated their status.
Learning on Country Program
Last week, Ngukurr LoC Coordinator Linda Williams, along with cultural advisors Robyn Rodgers and Hazel Farrel visited Minyerrri community, to talk about how the Learning See More
Learning on Country Program
Learning on Country Program
In case you missed it! 📰 The last edition of the Land Rights News featured some great stories about Learning on Country Program news, events, See More
