WA schools advancing reconciliation with community projects
Western Australian students will learn more about Aboriginal culture and history as part of the Cook Government’s Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing (PALS) program.
More than $210,000 has been awarded to 48 schools as part of the Term 2 round of funding.
PALS supports schools to deliver Aboriginal-led informed projects that strengthen reconciliation, promote respect for diversity, and showcase the achievements and histories of Aboriginal people.
- Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing grants awarded to 48 WA schools
- Program aims to promote Aboriginal understanding, connections and reconciliation
- Term 2 2024-25 recipients to share $210,671 in grants
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don Punch said through the PALS program, the Government was empowering schools to foster a deeper understanding of the experiences and diversity of Aboriginal people in our classrooms.
“By embedding the cultures, achievements and histories of Aboriginal people, it helps school communities promote reconciliation and work together towards creating a unified Australia,” he said.
Administered by the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport, the program helps students, teachers and school communities deepen their understanding of Aboriginal culture and foster stronger relationships with local Aboriginal communities.
All WA primary and secondary schools as well as Department of Education-funded kindergartens are eligible to apply for up to $5,000.
Categories include arts, community relationships, connecting to Country and culture, inclusive environments, history, and language.
Recipients of the 2025 Term 2 PALS funding round include:
Goldfields-Esperance
Esperance Education Support Centre – Language sessions with Dabungool
Great Southern
Jerramungup District High School – Fitzgerald Cluster Schools NAIDOC
Spencer Park Primary School – Colours of Kinjarling
Kwoorabup Nature School (formerly Spirit of Play Community School) – Noongar Six Seasons Project
Mid West
Waggrakine Primary School – Connecting to Country and Culture
Perth
Baldivis Secondary College – Voices of the Land: A Bush Tucker Yarning Circle
Beenyup Primary School – Bush Tucker Garden and NAIDOC 2026
Canning Vale College – Collaborative Art Project
Creaney Education Support Centre – Floor Mural: Stepping Stones and Tiles
Duncraig Senior High School – Whole School NAIDOC Celebrations 2026
Eddystone Primary School – Danjoo Koorliny (Walking Together)
Endeavour Primary School – Six Seasons Bush Tucker Garden
Guildford Primary School – Community Language Immersion
Irene McCormack Catholic College – Strengthening Connection to Culture and Country
Kiara College – Kiara Dandjoo Koorliny (Kiara Coming Together)
Lumen Christi College – NAIDOC Week, Cultural Program & Reconciliation Action Plan celebrations
Malvern Springs Primary School – Bush Tucker Garden
Marmion Primary School – Beneath the Waves: Culture in Motion
Mazenod College – Yarning Circle
Middle Swan Primary School – NAIDOC Celebrations
Millen Primary School – Learning about our local Country, History and Language
Morley Primary School – Boodjarak Kaaradjiny (Caring for Country)
Mount Hawthorn Primary School – Aboriginal Art and Dance Workshops
North Beach Primary School – Languages Matter
North Woodvale Primary School – Celebrating Culture, Art and Community through the Long Neck Turtle
Orange Grove Primary School – Our Class, Our Creature, Our Culture
Ranford Primary School – Acknowledgement of Country Artwork
Rivervale Primary School – Indigenous Tours WA
Rockingham Montessori School – Bush Tucker and Noongar Learning
Seton Catholic College – Kimberley Immersion
Swanbourne Primary School – Yaraguia Yarning
Two Rocks Primary School – Aboriginal Cultural Open Day
Weld Square Primary School – Reconciliation Mural and Community Art Project
Wellard Primary School – NAIDOC Week Celebrations
West Coast Language Development Centre – Aboriginal Art
Woodbridge Primary School – Moort Dandjoo Boodja-k Waangkaniny (Family Together on Country Talking)
Pilbara
Pannawonica School – Indigenous Culture Tubs
South West
Australind Primary School – Aboriginal Cultural Studies
Bunbury Regional Community College – On-Country and school-based workshops with Keipa Boodjar
East Manjimup Primary School – Noongar Six Seasons living garden and firepit
Margaret River Montessori School – Wadandi Cultural experiences
Our Lady of Mercy College – Connections with Land and Community
Parkfield Primary School – Noongar Language Development
Wheatbelt
Bolgart Primary School – Six Seasons Bush Tucker Garden with Yarning Circle
Cervantes Primary School – Exploring Aboriginal Seasons and Connection to Land and Sea
Kondinin Primary School – Aboriginal Mural about Our Local Community
St Joseph’s School – NAIDOC 2025
St Matthew’s School – Culturally Responsive Incursions and Excursions
For more information on the PALS program and recipients funded from this round: https://www.cits.wa.gov.au/funding/creative-industries-funding/partnership-acceptance-learning-sharing-(pals)
