Truganina South Primary School unveiled its new outdoor learning space on Monday, October 21.
Named ‘Nerrat Wilam’, or ‘home of the frog’, the space will operate as a multi-purpose area for the school and community to learn and congregate in.
Including a yarning circle and amphitheatre, the school said the space will foster collaboration, teamwork and community.
Assistant principal Cass Beckman said the idea for the space came during the pandemic and was a result of the school reassessing the ever-changing learning needs of its students.
“We have a lot of diverse learning needs and we realise that not all students learn and thrive in the same type of environment,” she said.
“Those needs, especially over the last five years especially, have increased quite dramatically here.”
Conceived as a calm learning environment, the space was purposefully designated in a quiet section of the school.
The school intends for the space to aid its existing community hub, which provides additional support to students and their families.
Ms Beckman emphasised that honouring the area’s Aboriginal culture and heritage is a crucial step in building trust in a multicultural community.
“For those families to see how well and truly we respect their culture, we need to respect our culture first,” she said.
“You pay homage to your true history and other cultures see that respect and that humanity.”
Jaidyn Kennedy
