••• COMPUTER VERSION •••
FIRE Carriers
Our Acknowledgment to Country
Today we’d like to acknowledge the Yorta Yorta Nation, inclusive of its eight clans.
We are thankful for the waterways, the lands, the clear skies and each other. We are thankful that the Yorta Yorta people cared so much for the land and that we can still be here today. We pay our respect to elders, past and present for they hold the story and wisdom as we move towards a brighter future for all.
Here at St Patrick’s Tongala, we are rich in beauty, respect, courage, strength and kindliness, showing our gratitude and empathy to the land as we care for it as the Aboriginal people traditionally do.
We commit to walk side by side with First Nations people in a spirit of reconciliation, justice and healing.
Fire Carriers
Our student and staff FIRE Carriers lead and share information regarding our responsibility to engage in action to work towards reconciliation.
The FIRE (Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education) Carrier Project is a joint initiative of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria and the Opening the Doors Foundation with Catholic Education Sandhurst to promote Reconciliation through education in Sandhurst schools. The FIRE Carrier Project seeks to keep the Reconciliation flame alight in schools, educating the wider community about Reconciliation, our shared history and cultures. The FIRE carriers work to promote reconciliation through:
- Spirituality
- Cultural Recognition and Awareness
- Practical Reconciliation and Justice
- Ecological Stewardship
Our students and staff engage in formation experiences using connections that have been established and nourished by our community with the local indigenous population.
We celebrate events such as Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week with whole school focuses and liturgy. Students learn about the rituals and traditions of the original custodians of our land through planned experiences and also visits at appropriate times in the year from local elders.
Fire Carrier Covenant Documentation
••• TABLET VERSION •••
Fire Carriers
Fire Carriers
Our student and staff FIRE Carriers lead and share information regarding our responsibility to engage in action to work towards reconciliation.
The FIRE (Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education) Carrier Project is a joint initiative of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria and the Opening the Doors Foundation with Catholic Education Sandhurst to promote Reconciliation through education in Sandhurst schools. The FIRE Carrier Project seeks to keep the Reconciliation flame alight in schools, educating the wider community about Reconciliation, our shared history and cultures. The FIRE carriers work to promote reconciliation through:
- Spirituality
- Cultural Recognition and Awareness
- Practical Reconciliation and Justice
Our students and staff engage in formation experiences using connections that have been established and nourished by our community with the local indigenous population.
We celebrate events such as Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week with whole school focuses and liturgy. Students learn about the rituals and traditions of the original custodians of our land through planned experiences
and also visits at appropriate times in the year from local elders.
Fire Carrier Covenant Documentation
St Patricks Tongala - FIRE Carrier Covenant 2022
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••• iPHONE VERSION •••
Fire Carriers
Our Acknowledgment to Country
Today we’d like to acknowledge the Yorta Yorta Nation, inclusive of its eight clans.
We are thankful for the waterways, the lands, the clear skies and each other. We are thankful that the Yorta Yorta people cared so much for the land and that we can still be here today. We pay our respect to elders, past and present for they hold the story and wisdom as we move towards a brighter future for all.
Here at St Patrick’s Tongala, we are rich in beauty, respect, courage, strength and kindliness, showing our gratitude and empathy to the land as we care for it as the Aboriginal people traditionally do.
We commit to walk side by side with First Nations people in a spirit of reconciliation, justice and healing.
Fire Carriers
Our student and staff FIRE Carriers lead and share information regarding our responsibility to engage in action to work towards reconciliation.
The FIRE (Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education) Carrier Project is a joint initiative of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria and the Opening the Doors Foundation with Catholic Education Sandhurst to promote Reconciliation through education in Sandhurst schools. The FIRE Carrier Project seeks to keep the Reconciliation flame alight in schools, educating the wider community about Reconciliation, our shared history and cultures. The FIRE carriers work to promote reconciliation through:
- Spirituality
- Cultural Recognition and Awareness
- Practical Reconciliation and Justice
- Ecological Stewardship
Our students and staff engage in formation experiences using connections that have been established and nourished by our community with the local indigenous population.
We celebrate events such as Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week with whole school focuses and liturgy. Students learn about the rituals and traditions of the original custodians of our land through planned experiences and also visits at appropriate times in the year from local elders.