ABOUT / VISION, MISSION & VALUES
Vision, Mission & Values
Our Vision
The Vision of Maam Giingana is to ensure our children are Gumbaynggirr Daari, which is to be two paths strong in culture and education, and to understand:
Who I am (My identity)
Why I am here (My purpose)
Where I fit in (My connection)
My identity
My purpose
My connection
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide our children with an empowering and culturally centred and immersive learning pathway that will equip them to participate and contribute to community and wider society, grounded in cultural integrity. We achieve this by focusing on 3 pillars: .
Wajaarr (Country)
Guunu-warluuny (Culture)
Miindalaygam (Wisdom)
Wajaarr
Guunu-warluuny
miindalaygam
Our Values
Wajaarr
Wajaarr (land and sea) is central to our physical, cultural and spiritual knowledge. Country holds our language, our kinship, our lore, our stories, our songlines and our ceremonial places, it is our entire existence. It is our mother, our healer; giving us strength, providing nourishment, foods, medicines, life. It is our classroom, our teacher. Our connection to wajaarr runs deep and it is our cultural responsibility to care for and gain understanding from wajaarr, enabling us to manage the land traditionally and sustainably, through fire and other means. It is imperative that we read, understand and deeply connect with wajaarr, leaving no footprint long into the future.
Guunu-warluuny
Guunu-warluuny is our entire identity, holding our language, lore, values, morals. It is integral to our spiritual, cultural and physical wellbeing. Guunu-warluuny is multi-systemic, giving us strength, a sense of belonging, a purpose, humility and resilience. Guunu-warluuny allows us to be interconnected with each other, our wajaarr and our language. It is the ongoing transmission of knowledge; encompassing and ever evolving. Guunu-warluuny is our ceremony, dances, songs, stories, and custodianship, ensuring ngarraanga for everything. It also encompasses us as a people; our behaviour, our wellbeing, how we interact, and, our ability to care for ourselves and one another.
Miindalay-gam
Our miindalay-gam of our ancestors has been passed down for generations, deeply centred around ngarraanga (respect) and ngurra-ngurray (reciprocity) . We are lifelong learners with the oldest living culture in the world. Our ancestors and Elders are our knowledge keepers. It is imperative we continue as lifelong learners, showing ngarraanga for their knowledge, learning from their miindalay-gam, showing patience. It is our responsibility to share miindalay-gam with confidence and humility, reawakening the ancient knowledge systems which have always existed while embedding this knowledge into the future. We acknowledge that we are all teachers bringing different miindalay-gam. Maintaining our miindalay-gam requires us to exhibit an eagerness to learn, to try hard, persist and practice resilience. Our junuybiin are our next generation of knowledge holders, continuing our language, our culture and our wisdoms.
AT MAAM GIINGANA GUMBAYNGGIRR (MGG), WE ARE GUIDED BY OUR CORE VALUES AND OUR HIGHEST IDEALS FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.
WE ARE #GUMBAYNGGIRRDAARI, TOGETHER.
We strive to provide learning and nurturing for children and their families, and encourage learning as a life-long journey, which will lead to children being successful in life as they grow and develop.
Our children are proper daari (strong), capable and clever, and we work in partnership with them in their exciting journey of growth and development.
Our educators are skilled and critical practitioners, committed to their own professional development, and to supporting families and children. They endeavour to embody culture and therefore naturally implement cultural perspectives in all Key Learning Areas (KLA). They know that they make a positive difference in a child’s life both in the here and now, and in the future. To encourage children’s positive learning and development, our school focuses on:
The acquisition of Gumbaynggirr language and the intergenerational transfer of Gumbaynggirr cultural knowledge.
Being “Two Paths Strong”, strong in culture in order to be strong in education.
The use of Aboriginal pedagogy and methods of learning centred on Country, Language, Culture and Elders’ wisdom.
Our School being an extension of the Gumbaynggirr community, fostering high level community consultation and engagement. MGG incorporates Aboriginal Perspectives across all Key Learning
Areas.
