The Spirituality of Aboriginal people remains constant through the connection between the land and nature, and Aboriginal identity and the Dreaming. We will invite you to join us on this journey in honouring the earth by educating each other and promoting the message as Ecological and Custodian Stewards. It has been chosen to represent the journey towards Reconciliation for Aboriginal peoples.Įcological and Custodian Stewardship – The Spirituality of Aboriginal people remains constant through the connection between the land and nature, Aboriginal identity and the Dreaming. Practical Reconciliation and Justice - This symbol represents journey in Aboriginal painting. In the FIRE Carrier program we use the Message Stick to signify Cultural Recognition and Awareness. The Message Stick is a wooden stick that is passed between clans and language groups to transmit messages, invitations and information. In the FIRE Carrier program we use the campfire symbol to represent the core value of spirituality.Ĭultural Recognition and awareness - This symbol represents the Message Stick. The campfire is where people meet and stories are told. Spirituality - This symbol Aboriginal painting means campfire.
In the FIRE Carrier program we use three Aboriginal symbols to represent the three core values of the program: We are developing a 4th. Without written language the use of visual symbols in Aboriginal culture is pivotal. The symbols represented on the badge are part of the traditional iconography used by Aboriginal groups for centuries to communicate between clans and different language groups. It (the FIRE carrier project) makes Sandhurst schools culturally safe places for Aboriginal students and their families and aligns with the Sandhurst Aboriginal Education Plan Kalik Baring Kayap Baringi – Many Paths One Destination. They declare the school and school community’s commitment to stand in solidarity with Aboriginal peoples to achieve true reconciliation and acknowledgement, by all Australians, of their rightful position within Australian society. School covenants express in ways, specific to each school, recognition of the special contribution Aboriginal peoples and their cultures make to Australian society, their relationship and connection to the land, their present position of disadvantage and social exclusion. Schools’ expressed commitment is reflected in practical goals and actions which they strive to achieve in the year ahead. A Covenant is a sacred agreement.Ĭovenants emphasize the ethos and faith belief of Catholic schools and the Social Justice response they are committed to make as part of their Christian identity. FIRE carrier covenants are drafted under the 4 core values. And so it is fire that will represent the learning and teaching for a school journey towards reconciliation.Įach School has a Covenant. In the Aboriginal community fire represents the spiritual connection for the individual to Mother Earth and the Ancestors. It is around the fire that stories are told and the laws taught. The FIRE Carrier promotes, enculturation and reconciliation in our Catholic primary and secondary, schools. The dream of the FIRE Carrier program is to promote respect, fairness and inclusion for Aboriginal people.
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