School Visits

Incursions; Excursions; Zoom Online Learning and School Camps

Servicing our traditional homelands of South East Queensland and North East New South Wales

Our cultural learning visits are aimed at all students across all year levels. We provide age appropriate learning developed from local Aboriginal knowledge and delivered by local Aboriginal people. Our activities are educational, inclusive and fun.

Development of cultural understanding starts at an early age with knowledge increasing as children are exposed to concepts, learning visits, knowledge sharing and centre and community events. We aim to promote shared understanding, recognition, respect, and reconciliation for future generations. Assisting your teachers and educators to support all students and work towards closing the gap in education outcomes. Your students get to engage first hand with the stories and knowledge of the oldest continuous culture on earth. Inclusion of this content in early development prepares children for new learning at school and beyond. For your educators a historical understanding of the Australian Aboriginal story is key in being able to comprehend current affairs and issues that affect Aboriginal people today.

Innovative, actionable pedagogies tailored to your student’s needs, differentiation at its core is about supporting all students, from whatever their unique starting point is, to help them work towards better learning outcomes. Differentiation is widely recognised as research backed, high impact teaching strategy, and something all educators could be implementing. Differentiation is often seen as an add-on to the workloads of already overwhelmed teachers. By using traditional cultural knowledge sharing techniques Burragun Aboriginal Cultural Services can offer your school assistance in the way of specialised cultural knowledge and skills, we can assist your school leaders and educators overcome the overwhelm and put differentiation into action to give every student the opportunities and tailored support they need.

By providing these cultural lessons to all students we hope to enhance their learning by providing knowledge from an Aboriginal perspective.

We have generic visit plans for specific year levels but upon request we also mix and match any of the following workshops or activities to suit a specific part of curriculum study for the class or schools requirements.

Our Aim:

Share our cultural knowledge both traditional and contemporary.
Share our stories, songs, dances, language, ways of learning and skills.
We aim to foster inclusivity and connectedness to culture and the school envoironment.
To nurture students voice, agency and participation.
Build on Teacher and Students Aboriginal knowledge base.

“Our cultural learning incursion programs are filled with skills such as critical and creative thinking, communication and collaboration, they also help develop non-cognitive skills like self-confidence and teamwork”.

Uncle Boomerang

Lesson plans are provided for cultural incursions, these are designed for specific year levels and the curriculum requirements. We have generic lesson plans and also liaise with the school and teachers to provide specific age appropriate cultural learning to suit. We also mix and match any of the following activities and cultural learning activities upon request.

Traditional Tools and Utensils display and discussion
Traditional Aboriginal Foods and Medicines display and talk
Traditional Games – (age appropriate)
Aboriginal Culture and History explained and discussion
Cloak Design and Making -(Kangaroo or Possum Skins)
Spear and Woomera Design and Construction
Hunting Boomerang Design and Construction
Connection to Country
Conservation Environmental Care -Aboriginal perspectives
Totemic Beliefs
Aboriginal Astronomy
Aboriginal Farming and Aquaculture

Aboriginal 8 ways of learning
Aboriginal Science Explained
Aboriginal Art: river rocks, boomerangs or paper bark
Boomerang Throwing Demonstration and Lessons -(returning)
Boomerang Throwing Lessons for little ones -(soft foam very safe and fun)
Hunting Boomerang Throwing Demonstration and Lessons
Spear Throwing Demonstration and Lessons
Dreamtime Story telling (local stories)
Yugambeh Language lessons
Personal Stories
Nest Boxes: Birds/ Owls/ Possums/ Micro-Bats & Gliders: Boxes Assembled & Aboriginal Art with students. We only install up to head height.

Dance Lessons
Songs
Music: Didgeridoo and Clap Sticks
Stone Tool Making
Traditional Dwelling Construction-(Gunyas)
Traditional Fire Stick lessons
Weaving with Natural Fibres
Native Bee Hives installed with bees -(sting-less bees)
Traditional Medicines Display and Discussion.
Plant Art Collage -(Wall Hanging): Leaf, Bark, Flowers from school grounds used & Aboriginal Art Symbols painted on.

Cultural Incursion Rates:

Servicing South East Queensland and North East New South Wales

1 hour =$330.
2 hours =$660.
3 hours =$990.
4 hours =$1,320.
5 hours =$1,650.
6 hours =$1,980.
The above incursion durations include a few short breaks where applicable.

Burragun is not registered for GST.

All prices are GST free.

Anywhere outside of Brisbane and Gold Coast metropolitan areas of South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales the price will be quoted upon application.

We require a 50% deposit which is non-refundable if you cancel.
We DO NOT accept cheques.
We prefer Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
We do accept Credit Card payments on ‘Square’ payments: PLUS, Square 2.2% surcharge.
We do accept cash.

PLEASE NOTE

Regarding Incursion Bookings and Cancellations

READ CAREFULLY

If a booking is made in advance by a school teacher or any school employee, and then they leave that school and do not inform the school about our incursion booking, the booking is still deemed current until cancelled by their replacement teacher or by someone from that school. We have no idea of who comes and goes from your school, or whether or not they have told others about their booking, there for the incursion fee must be paid in full, see below.

IMPORTANT:

Teachers when you make a booking with us you need to cc your Deputy Principle or Principle into the booking request so that we know that they are aware of your booking.

Booking CANCELLATIONS

Cancellation Policy

Full Incursion Fee Applies

Cancellation Policy:

If a booking is cancelled by you less than 4 weeks prior to the agreed booking date the incursion fee must be paid in full.

If a booking is cancelled due to a state determined (LGA) Local Government Area lock down in that specific area the incursion booking fee is not charged.

If your booking is cancelled by you due to your own school in own lock down and we do not get 14 business days notice you are charged the incursion cost.

If you cancel your booking due to a weather event (other than major flooding), we do not refund any prepaid booking costs and the full cost of the booking must be paid.

If for some reason we have to cancel at any time, and you have already paid for the incursion, we refund 100% of what has been paid.