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Great News from the Yadha Muru Foundation

During Week 5, Andy and I attended a symposium in Darwin organised by the Yadha Muru Foundation. An event bringing schools together from across Australia, the symposium was dedicated to fostering community empowerment, strengthening school partnerships, and driving positive change in Indigenous education. The symposium was attended by over 100 educators from multiple schools and communities to explore Yadha Muru’s mission, values, and impact on Closing the Gap in education for Aboriginal young people.

Yadha Muru, meaning ‘Good Path’ in the Dharug language, is an independent not-for-profit organisation that grows and empowers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The organisation’s City Country Partnerships Program is a significant initiative that aims to bridge the gap between metropolitan and remote schools leveraging the unique strengths and capabilities of partner schools and organisations.

Our school has been working with Yadha Muru for nearly two years with the aim to further develop the Wugubank Partnership by extending the offerings to Wugularr School children.  We are delighted to announce our proposal to enhance professional engagement and increase opportunities for a small group of Wugularr upper primary students to attend Penbank from time to time, has been approved. In collaboration with Wugularr School, we have received significant funding allocated to our proposal. Once contracts have been signed, we will be very excited to plan for further engagement with our Wugularr colleagues, students and community.

Andy and I were also pleased to conduct a presentation about the Wugubank Partnership at Woodleigh’s recent conference, Reimagined.