For five decades, NAIDOC Week has celebrated the voices of our communities — steady, unapologetic, and proud. Each year, its themes have called for truth, celebrated culture, honoured resistance, and reminded the nation of who we are.
Fifty Years of Deadly marks a milestone. It’s a tribute to the people who built this movement. the Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after year.
NAIDOC has always been more than a week — it’s a platform, a protest, a celebration, and a statement of survival.
Our vision for reconciliation at One World for Children is a commitment to creating a culturally responsive community where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives are valued, respected, and celebrated.
We seek to deepen our awareness and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and histories and to share these learnings with current and future generations of children.
We recognise and acknowledge the importance of the Land to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ and show our respect and ongoing commitment through sustainable practices.
We will walk this journey of reconciliation together as a community of educators, children, and families as we build respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members.
This NAIDOC week we celebrate with our One World Community my involving children in a range of activities to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
“Through arts and crafts, storytelling and song we gather.”
Children develop a sense of belonging by learning about ‘the Country’ on which they live, play and learn. Country is more than just geography. It encompasses the land, waterways, skies, plants, animals, stories, relationships, and responsibilities that have existed for thousands of years.
One World for Children Acknowledgement of Country:
Here is the land; Here is the sky; Here are my people and here am I. We give thanks to future, present and past; Ancestors and Elders and the connection that lasts. We acknowledge the Wathaurong people on whose land we learn and play; We promise to look after it every day.”
