NAIDOC Community Day
The 2020 NAIDOC Theme was ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ acknowledging and celebrating Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples 65,000 year connection to country and
Shark Dreaming Storybook Launch
On Friday November 13th, as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations a team from the Deaf Aboriginal Services based in Adelaide, were guests at the Central
Remembrance Day 2020
CYS commemorated Remembrance Day at the Maitland Campus with an assembly in the Performing Arts Centre led by senior students. SRC members and staff also
DfE Kadina Point Pearce Visit
On Thursday October 29th, 23 staff from the Kadina District Office visited CYS Point Pearce Campus and Point Pearce itself to learn more about both
Learning Engagement at Point Pearce
I took this series of photographs between 12:15pm. and 12:30pm on September 22 to highlight the wide variety of learning activities students are involved in at
Aboriginal Artists in School
The Aboriginal Artists in School (AAIS) program is a community cultural development program which aims to establish longer-term and sustainable connections between Aboriginal artists/cultural practitioners
Governing Council at Point Pearce
Every year the CYS Governing Council holds one of its meetings at the Point Pearce Campus. This year Council members met on Monday September 14th.
Nharangga Warra – Saying ‘Hello”
Nha marni -Hi Everyone! We have introduced greetings in Narungga at Central Yorke School and have been encouraging our staff and students to use it
SSO Week
SSO Week is a great opportunity to let our dedicated, talented and supportive SSOs and ECWs just how much we appreciate their work. To achieve
Point Pearce Oral Language
Oral Language At Point Pearce Campus the development of Oral Language skills by our children continues to be a major focus. Oral Language appears as
Nharangga Warra – Counting to 10
We have been working on creating Narungga language resources to be used in the classroom and have developed a Google Classroom for learning that includes
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
This special day is celebrated every year in Australia on August 4th. It is a time for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and Communities
Pupil Free Day – Sep 11
Can parents please note that we have a pupil free day Friday the 11th of September. Staff will be working on Formative Assessment, Site Improvement
Building Shelters
Towards the end of Term 2, the R-2 children were involved in learning some Narungga words based around the planning of and building of shelters.
Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week was from May 25th to June 2nd. The theme for this year’s NRW is ‘In this together’. I would like to thank