Reconciliation Action Plan

Ivanhoe Grammar School’s vision is for an inclusive inter-cultural relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians based on common respect and recognition of the enduring value of First Peoples’ knowledge and cultures.

Our aims are:

• • To respectfully reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage in the School’s physical environment
  • To ensure that our School’s campuses are places where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people feel culturally safe and treated with dignity and respect
  • To truly engage with and learn from, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and organisations
  • To respectfully embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and knowledge in school curricula, teaching and learning and co-curricular activities
  • To demonstrate a recognition of the truth of Australia’s colonial history by developing school curricula, teaching and learning practices and engagement activities that foster a truthful understanding of this history.

Ivanhoe Grammar School’s Reconciliation Action Plan

Acknowledgement of Country

Wominjeka boorndup wun bik ba Wurundjeri baluk. Hello, I respect the land and the Wurundjeri people.

These Woi-wurrung words, spoken for thousands of years throughout the country on which the campuses of Ivanhoe Grammar School stand, were provided to the School by Wurundjeri Elder, speaker of language and keeper of knowledge, Aunty Zeta Thomson.

First Nations Artwork

Coree Thorpe (Yorta Yorta, Gunditjmara, Gunai, Wurundjeri)
Building Connection, 2024
Resin on wood

The artwork represents the ongoing journey that Ivanhoe Grammar School is on. I started with the idea of water flowing through everything, the four streams you see represent the important waterways around all the Ivanhoe Grammar School campuses. At the heart of the artwork are the circles representing the four campuses. The rings surrounding these carry brown half diamond markings that speak to the work the school does. Rings are important to me because they signify time – the past, present and future of Ivanhoe. They show the ripples of change and growth spreading outward, like rings on a tree stump. Working by hand on wood sourced from Wurundjeri Country, the piece reflects on how water, land and what we do as people all build connection.