The Student Free Day on Monday allowed our teaching staff to attend a Professional Learning Day in Halls Gap. Teachers joined staff from many of our Diocesan primary schools to learn more about the ‘FLARE’ Primary Literacy Strategy that is being rolled out to assist with our structured literacy program.
At St. Joseph’s Primary School we pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land, the Kolorer gunditj people and pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.
The area around Mount Rouse is the country of the Kolorer gunditj clan of Aboriginal people. Their title is derived from their name for Mount Rouse which is Kolor. The permanent spring that is now located within the Penshurst Botanic Gardens was a traditional meeting place for Aboriginal people in the region.