Sharing community, culture and knowledge
Moree's First Nations St Ignatius College, Riverview (Riverview) past parents and students taking the lead aligning with this year's NAIDOC theme of : Get up, Step Up, Show Up.
The Year 10 student immersion to the Moree community has been occuring for a number of years with the First Nation Riverview ex-students and their families sharing their community, culture and knowledge through reconcilliation.
On Sunday 19th June, the students, their teacher Mr Gregg Bryant, and Steven Haines, a past First Nation Riverview student (OR 2006), who is currently the Aboriginal Education Assistant at St. Philomena's Catholic School, Moree, accompanied Mrs Karen Tighe, Subject Matter Expert: Indigenous Education, Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Armidale, also a past parent of Saint Ignatius College Riverview, Denzel Tighe (OR 2012) to the Terry Hie Hie Aboriginal area near Moree, the group learnt about the importance of Myall Creek.
For the week 20 -24 June; the students were based at Moree East Public School, assisting in classrooms, joining the school community for its athletics carnival, learning culture and language and learning more about the adversities and opportunities students faced.
Throughout the week the students joined Mr Rod Tighe, Drug and Alcohol Worker, New England Health Services, father of Denzel Tighe (OR 2012), speaking to elders and the CEO of Pius X Aboriginal Corporation, touring the Aboriginal community and meeting key community members.
The CCSP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Committee are fortunate to have Mrs Karen Tighe as a member.







