For Early Education and Primary School Learners

About Indigenous Literacy Day 2021

This year’s Indigenous Literacy Day celebrates stories and language in a fun and engaging way. Hosted by dynamic performer, best selling author, musician, artist and ILF ambassador, Gregg Dreise, a proud descendant from the Goomeri and Yuwalayaay people in south western Queensland and north west of New South Wales.

And of course, to add a touch of celebrity charm, we have a special guest appearance by Australia’s favourite pop singer and ILF ambassador, Jessica Mauboy.

This 20-minute event includes two delightful animations featuring Kriol language:

1. Yakai Beibigel – Trouble abounds for an inquisitive baby girl trying out her first steps. The story is about how to keep a baby girl safe and happy at home. Read in Kriol.

2. Tudei en longtaim – Move back and forth in time in this fascinating book comparing how life is lived now in Aboriginal communities to how it was lived in the olden days. Spoken in English and Kriol.

Kids will delight in the fun and interactive nature of the event – from yelling out Yakai Gregg! everytime they see a twirling, whirling boomerang, to singing and moving with Gregg’s lively performance. Children will take a virtual flight to the Tiwi Islands to join local children at the island swimming hole and on a hunt for mussels in the mangroves.

What a way to celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day!

For more inspiring video stories and to register for some fabulous learning workshops for kids and adults visit ild.org.au

L E A R N I N G R E S O U R C E S

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Learning ResourcesCheck out the list of great resources below and start planning some fun activities and learning for your Indigenous Literacy Day classroom or at home celebrations:

The two animations that you will watch are spoken in Kriol. You can learn more about the Kriol language from this factsheet developed by the NT Department of Education (2020)

Kriol-Factsheet-1-NT-DoE-Sounds.pdf (meigimkriolstrongbala.org.au)]

Meigim Kriol Strongbala is a website dedicated to strengthening the place of Kriol. The resource page provides links to videos, books, a Kriol dictionary and even ideas to learn Kriol. Resources - Meigim Kriol Strongbala

Did you know? Is a 2.25 minute video sharing information about ILF, remote communities and first languages across Australia. This video featured in the 2020 Indigenous Literacy Day celebration.

50 wordshttps://50words.onlineThe 50 words project aims to provide fifty words in every Indigenous language of Australia. We hope that this will be a useful resource for schools and educational organisations to learn 50 words in their local languages, and for the general public to discover the diversity of languages around Australia.

Download an activity sheet to learn more about languages of Australia: 50_Words-Lockdown-activities.pdf (unimelb.edu.au)

First Languages Australia: Teachers Notes – Teaching about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Languages as a Cross-curriculum Priority Gambay - First Languages Map

Narragunnawali Subject GuidesThe language resource provides resources for teachers and educators to consider how to effectively embed important ideas around reconciliation, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories, cultures and contributions with the specific subject/learning of Lan-guages.

languages-resource-guide-2020_XjLEe.pdf (narragunnawali.org.au)

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Learning ResourcesAustralia Post – Indigenous Literacy Day, Classroom Activity GuideThis guide is for classroom teachers of primary school students in years 1 - 6. It is a resource to support teaching about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. It has been produced to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation to celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day.

https://auspost.com.au/content/dam/auspost_corp/media/documents/indigenous-litera-cy-day-activity-guide.pdf

ABC Education – Classroom resources, mapped to the Australian CurriculumDiscover nearly 200 free resources about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture in this wonderful collection. Choose from videos, audio clips and footage from the ABC archives that relate to history, geography, science, English, technologies and the arts

Share Our Pride - First Australians | Sections | Share Our Pride (reconciliation.org.au)

Little Yarns Podcast: https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/little-yarns/

SNAICC - National Voice for Our ChildrenActivities | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (aboriginalchildrens-day.com.au)

SBS Learn (an Official Education Partner for NAIDOC Week), a teacher resource guide and downloadable PDF booklet. Authored by Shelley Ware and developed with support from Associate Professor Lynette Riley, the resources explore key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, peoples, histories and stories.

ABC Me Little J & Big Cuz Episodes are also available on ABC iview in English and Indigenous languages. Episodes are available on NITV/SBS on Demand in English and Indigenous languages.

Deadly questions (VIC Edu): https://deadlyquestions.vic.gov.au/

Culture Victoria: https://cv.vic.gov.au/stories/aboriginal-culture/

Storylines: https://storylines.com.au/

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Arts centres in communities

Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre, Derby Western Australia. https://www.mowanjumarts.com/

-Ngukurr Arts Aboriginal Corporation- Ngukurr Communityhttps://ngukurrarts.com/

-Balgij Aboriginal Art Design- Wanirr Goddenbalgij.art@gmail.com

-Jilkminggan Community Aboriginal Corporation- Bringgan Art CentreFacebook: Bringgan Art Centre, www.jcac.com.au

Gab Titui Cultural Centre- Thursday Island https://shop.gabtitui.gov.au/

Erub Arts - Darnley Island https://www.erubarts.com.au/

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Learning Resources

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation Shop Indigenous Literacy Foundation Shop (ilf.org.au)

AIATSIS Curriculum Resources: https://aiatsis.gov.au/education/curriculum-resources

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