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Iwiṟi is collecting winter clothing to keep our community safe and warm this coming winter. Drop in or message us 🧣

Iwiṟi choir were invited to celebrate the co-signing of the Aṉangu Bilingual Education Policy at the Department for Education. 

The Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Education Committee (PYEC) directors worked alongside the Department for Education to develop this policy to strengthen first language learning in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, while also supporting Aṉangu students to learn English as a second language. 

All those who attended were invited to sing along with Maṟa kuḻunypa Kutju- One little finger and Tjitji tjuṯa, kulilaya - Listen, all you children from the Iwiṟi Early Years Songbook , Inkamala! (Let’s sing!) 🎶

Having started in the 1960s as a course, the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Language and Culture Summer School was then established in the early 2000s and is now run by the University of South Australia in partnership with Iwiṟi who provide experienced Aṉangu tutors.

The school owes its success to the dedication of generations of Aṉangu educators who have designed an interactive methodology based on Aṉangu traditional ways of teaching, in collaboration with Piṟanpa (non-Aṉangu) educators with long-term involvement with the language and culture.

📸 David Curl

1. All 2024 summer school’s tutors with one of its founders Paul Eckert
2. Tutors Alyana Scales and Agnes Saunders with their group of students
3. Tutor Tanya Luckey from Empowered Communities - NPY Region with her group of students

Last Saturday Iwiṟi had its annual Christmas party. It was so nice seeing everyone and spending time with each other! Merry Christmas from Iwiṟi!

📸 Santa handing gifts to children and mothers/grandmothers enjoying the celebrations with their children and grandchildren.