Welcome to Gawura School

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Applications for enrolment in 2020 close on 1 June 2019.

Welcome to Gawura

“The continued strong growth in Gawura this year has been extremely encouraging. It is wonderful to see the children’s day to day effort and enthusiasm for all aspects of school life. Each day begins like the last. Smiling faces, a chat with our bus driver, a race around our rooftop playground and into class to make the most of every opportunity. This love of school is infectious and it is promoting tremendous success both individually and collectively.”

John Ralph, Head of Gawura, 2017

Head of School

Gawura has a simple formula; the delivery of an explicit data driven curriculum, practice, high expectations and attendance being paramount.

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10 Year Celebrations

In June 2017 Gawura celebrated 10 years of operation, with a traditional smoking ceremony in Sydney Square, followed by a celebratory assembly in St Andrew’s Cathedral.

Acknowledgement of country

Gawura would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora region who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand. We pay our respect to the elders past and present.

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Gawura On Country Tour

For three days in September 2018, our Indigenous students from Year 5 to Year 12 went on the inaugural Gawura On Country Tour.

They travelled through Wiradjuri Country to Dubbo where they did a night safari and learnt about Indigenous animal totems from our Wiradjuri teacher, Ms Williams. The students participated in a zoo feeding tour of the animals and then rode bikes around the 6km zoo circuit.

Their next stop was Bathurst where Wiradjuri Elders from the Bathurst Heritage Park conducted activities in weaving, boomerang throwing and Wiradjuri art. Thanks to Aunty Jill and Uncle Bill who shared stories about country and the absolutely amazing session on Skylore hosted by Professor David McKinnen.

Our Indigenous students have come away with wonderful experiences and a wealth of knowledge which will prepare them for the future as they too become Elders one day!

Our School

The 2018 Gawura School students and staff.

Our Graduates

Three of our graduates were thrilled to be part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations in 2017.