Differences in schools Mount Keira Demonstration School Caters

Differences in schools Mount Keira Demonstration School • Caters for Kindergarten to year 6 • Students bring their own food and drink • Students are brought to school • Students live close to the school Yipirinya Central School • Caters from students in child care right through to high school • Provides breakfast, recess and lunch for students • Students are picked up from their homes to attend school • Students travel up to 75 kms to travel to school

Yipirinya school is in Alice Springs- Students travel up to 75 kms just to attend the school Yipirinya means caterpillar. It is one of only a few genuine aboriginal schools in Australia. Yipirinya school teaches “two way” education. Therefore it keeps the Indigenous language and culture alive.

The red circle shows where Alice Springs is located

Indigenous students generally achieve lower outcomes in school, which result in poorer outcomes later in life. Learning needs to address the specific needs of indigenous students.

This is the Yipirinya School Council The school was founded in 1978

By teaching indigenous students literacy and numeracy skills in four different languages students can learn in their own language. They teach the languages: Central and Western Arrenrnte Luritja; and Walpiri

Yipirinya School The school has: • Child care • Pre school • Primary School • A language culture centre • Secondary school – that has a school oval, a basket ball court and a computer laboratory. This is still been built today. • Minimum fees are paid by students to ensure that all students can attend school. • Buses pick students up daily to ensure that students go to school

Health and nutrition The school has a health and nutrition program that provides a healthy breakfast, recess and lunch for the students. The school also needs to provide clothing and washing services for the hygiene of the students Medical support is also supplied 3 days per week- Considering that ear infections effect the learning of many indigenous students this is very important

So why help Yipirinya Central School? It is widely regarded that education is the way to give people a future. Yipirinya has been successful in increasing literacy levels. Testing was completed on year 6/7 students tests were only two terms apart Pre literacy Since literacy programs Programs 72% of students could not read. The other 18% were either Year 1 level or lower 17% of students could not read to a minimum of year 4 benchmark By having books made in the students languages, they have more community support with reading, and learn to read easier because they are familiar with the language.

Dig, Nana, Dig Na-na na-na dig Dig in the red sand And when you find an ant real big Grab it in your hand

Heads, Shoulders, knees and toes Head, shoulders, knees and toes, And ears and eyes and mouth and nose. Head, shoulders, knees and toes. Put your fingers on your nose, on your nose Then touch your toes with both your hands And call out loudly: “I GOT 10 COOL TOES”

Chin, Chucka chin, chin Chin, Chucka chin, chucka cheeky chin Cheeky chin, chucka chin Cheeky chucka, chin.

Each reader costs approximately $3000 to have converted to the indigenous language.

“Hope for the future lies in listening to Indigenous people, engaging and empowering them. ”