Indigenous Cultural Integration

Silkwood School is part of Kombumerri country and the wider Yugambeh language region. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and their capacity and resilience as Aboriginal custodians.

The respect and intuition our traditional custodians have for our land has provided inspiration for Silkwood’s learning programs and spaces. We work closely with our traditional custodians and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mentors to visibly and authentically embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and histories within our school gaureima (story), learning programs and our physical environment.

Silkwood has developed a unique, whole-school learning program 'Connecting to Country through Totems' which runs every year and is celebrated as part of our annual Silkwood Dreaming Festival.

We value the role our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learning program and our local community plays in inspiring young people to build deeper connections to themselves, others and their local environments.