Children's Day events 2020

Lady Gowrie Thursday Island Child Centre and OSHC will be celebrating with the children and their community through:
– cultural singing and dancing
– cooking banana leaf damper and sweet scones for morning tea
– floral dress up day
– story telling
– art experiences
– weaving

The Vincent Kindy will be celebrating at the centre on Tuesday 3rd Aug (Gungu Group) and Wednesday 4th August (Goolinbulla Group).

To celebrate the theme “Proud in Culture. Strong in Spirit” the children engaged in a number of Aboriginal and and Torres Strait Islander activities that encourage children to explore and show pride in their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity. Experiences included :

– Painting Aboriginal symbols and design on clapsticks to take home
– Learning Torres Strait Islander songs and dance with Aunty Serdonia Lui and Aka Elsie Kelemete playing on the Lumut (Drum)
– Making “Domboys” (Island Dumplings) with Aka Elsie
– Painting Aboriginal symbols and designs on SNAICC wooden hands
– Making spikey Echidnas from the story “The Echidna and the shade tree”
– Reading and performing Aboriginal dance moves to the SNAICC story “Can you dance?” Read by Elder Aka Lynn Devow.
– Watched Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Role models at the Olympics
– Children were invited to wear their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design shirts or outfits to Kindy.

A great day to celebrate being “Proud in Culture and Strong in Spirit” at Kindy

Island Scones & Sausage Sizzle
Torres Strait Islander Dancing & Weaving
Aboriginal Basket Weaving
Aboriginal Dancing & Didgeridoo Music
Indigenous Face Painting
and lots more fun activities!

Location Anzac Park: Corner of McKenzie Street and Wickham Street Ayr Qld 4807
Date: 4/8/21 and Time: 3.30pm to 5pm
Free Sausage Sizzle with cake to celebrate SNAICC National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrens day.
Pop up activities such as, boomerang decorating with coloured sand (sourced from educational website) and much much more.
Give away bags with 3 affirmation cards are design to give a message of hope, support and love when times are tuff, and you need a little message to let you know your deadly!
You can keep one and give one to a family member or friend, who you want to help when your not walking beside them.
Additional deadly cards will be available for anyone who doesn't get a giveaway bag.
Centacare NQ, through HIPPY Burdekin have held this event at Anzac Park since 2015.
With special thanks to Baywatch who have been a huge supporter of this event providing transport for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Sadly due to the uncertain times of COVID we have not organised any traditional dancers for this event.

Pop into the Hinchinbrook Shire Library for a Storytime dedicated to acknowledging this important day with stories, craft and so much more.

What: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day Storytime

When: 10.30am

Wednesday 4 August 2021.

Where: Hinchinbrook Shire Library
73 -75 McIlwraith Street
Ingham Queensland

Hand sanitiser will be provided, and attendees are required to stay home if unwell as per COVID-19 guidelines.

We will be celebrating in our local park with all children and families in our community on Monday 2nd August 2021. In conjunction with our playgroup day and along with the Gungarde Indigenous Wellbeing team, we will have a range of activities for the children to participate in along with some beautiful elders sharing their stories, knowledge and their culture with us all. I will be making wattle seed biscuits to share among our friends and I have ordered the children's day bags. We look forward to sharing our event with you.

Valleys is a Rugby League club located at Bega Street Grange, Brisbane.
On 21 August we are holding an Indigenous Round and Family Fun Day where we will celebrate the culture of our past and present players, supporters and community.
We have chosen a date in August to align with the Month of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day. 
We will be doing an official launch of our Indigenous Jersey which was designed by a very talented local aboriginal artist to represent our clubs history. We are planning a wide range of activities for the whole family to enjoy that will celebrate and promote education and cultural awareness.
We will have a range of stallholders who will promote their business/organisations and have the opportunity to sell their products including artwork, jewerelly and foods.
Deadly Choices will be on site to facilitate traditional games and other activities and we will have a range of other activities for children to enjoy.

"Little Deadlies Day Out – Proud in culture, strong in spirit"

Celebrating ATSI Children's day in the Torres strait, will be different and bigger this Year as were hosting in 17 Communities across the Torres Region. Each community will be marching and assembling to celebrate running number of activities for Children and Families.

As a centre we will be celebrating children's day by encouraging all children and educators to embrace their cultures – come dressed in your cultural clothes.
We will be hosting a wattle/native tree planting ceremony.
Will be creating a sea of hands friendship garden.
We will also have several other activities running through the day in each individual classroom.

Kyabra and Deadly Kindy's will be celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day with a big celebration at Runcorn Community Centre. The celebration will include several community stall holders, emergency services, arts and crafts, entertainment and food. Each child receives a free show bag and has the chance to do many activities, meet elders and services that are in the community.