NAIDOC Week School's Program

Celebrate NAIDOC Week 2025 with a Powerful, Hands-On Cultural Experience

2025 theme: The Next Generation – Strength, Vision & Legacy

This NAIDOC Week, we honour 50 years of celebrating Indigenous strength, resilience, and storytelling. The 2025 theme invites us to look ahead—to the next generation of leaders—while recognising the legacy that lights the way.

We invite you and your students to join us at the museum as we combine NAIDOC Week and National Science Week for a community-led program designed to enrich your student’s learning, appreciation and perspective of First Nations history and culture through hands-on activities and meaningful dialogue. 

Wednesday 6 August & Thursday 7 August
Wulgurukaba Walkabouts
Students will connect with First Nations culture through art, dance, storytelling and hands-on experiences that deepen understanding and appreciation.
This half-day or full-day program is aimed at students in grade four and above.

Workshop Options:

• Ochre Painting – Discover the cultural significance of ochre, where it comes from, and how it's traditionally used. Students will crush, prepare, and apply ochre paint in a creative, sensory connection to Country.
• Aboriginal Art & Storytelling – Learn how visual symbols tell powerful cultural stories. Students will create their own artworks using traditional storytelling principles.
• Traditional Dance – Explore the role of dance in ceremony and storytelling. Students will learn symbolic movements and be invited to express their own stories through a blend of traditional and contemporary dance.
• Weaving & Cultural Knowledge – A tactile, mindful session teaching traditional weaving techniques and the cultural knowledge behind them. Each student will create a small woven item to take home.

Half Day Session (includes 2 workshops)	$7.50 per student
Full day Session (includes all 4 workshops)	$15.00 per student

 

Thursday 14 August
Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation 
Your students will get the chance to meet and learn from Gudjuda Ranger Trainees about land and sea country and what it means to them, and also take part in traditional games, crafts, and hands-on activities and gain valuable insights into looking after the environment.

This half-day program is aimed at students in grade four or above and is only available for the morning session.

Half Day Session

$7.50 per student

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Find out more about our other NAIDOC Week activities here.