Indigenous education

Aboriginal education at Wyndham College

Wyndham College  employs multiple strategies to achieve positive outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students attending our school and for the wider school community.

Our College supports the Aboriginal Education Policy which confirms the NSW Department of Education's commitment to improvement in educational outcomes and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. It demonstrates our commitment to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Strategy 2015.

• Pathways to Dreaming (Western Sydney University)
• consulting with local AECG
• Eight Ways of Learning Framework
• Nirimba Precinct Indigenous Student Conference
• embedding Aboriginal histories and cultures into the school plan
• building students leadership capacity
• Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students coming together
• ATSI Connect mentoring group
• acknowledgement and welcome to country.

• Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week celebrations
• Aboriginal content and perspectives embedded in the school curriculum
• building staff and students cultural knowledge about Aboriginal culture, histories and experiences
• Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME)
• Aboriginal Education classes in Year 11 and 12
• valuing Aboriginal culture in the school environment