CREATING A YARNING CIRCLE Involving your school and First Nations Community

Building better understandings, relationships and connections to First Nations people helps to develop a deeper understanding of the stories of the land, language, practices and cultural protocols of the Country on which you live. A great place to start is by connecting with those who live, work and go to school in your own community.

Watch Junior Landcare ambassador Costa and First Nations educator and Wiradjuri man, Adam Shipp, in conversation with Wahroonga Adventist School Principal Julia Heise and First Nations parent and Darumbal man, Richard Reid, discuss whole school, community and First Nations involvement that helped to bring their yarning circle to life.

For Junior Landcare’s ‘Creating a yarning circle’ series of learning activities – developed to help you design, build and use a yarning circle in your space – click here: https://juniorlandcare.org.au/learnin....

For Junior Landcare’s full collection of First Nations perspectives resources, click here: https://juniorlandcare.org.au/first-n....

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Get involved at: https://juniorlandcare.org.au/

Learn more about Landcare: https://landcareaustralia.org.au/
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What is Junior Landcare?

Junior Landcare provides children the opportunity to play an active role in ensuring the safe future of their environment.
Launched in May 1998, Junior Landcare recognises the vital role young Australians play in caring for the land, their environment and other natural resources. Junior Landcare connects young Australians with Landcare, one of the country’s largest volunteer movements. There are thousands of people and countless communities working together towards sustainable land use and undertaking on-ground action to protect, enhance or restore an area on behalf of the community.

Junior Landcare encourages continuous participation from childhood to adulthood so that the children of today, become the Landcarers of the future. Junior Landcare helps young Australians to develop skills, share knowledge, create experiences and foster connections with place and community.