Update on Children's Day
Childrens Day 2020 โ We are the Elders of tomorrow, hear our voice
Help us create a national atmosphere of celebration, respect and recognition for National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrenโs Day on 4 August.
We are excited to share with you a brand-new Children's Day website, offering children, families and early childhood educators resources and ideas for celebrating Children's Day this year and supporting us during this year's celebrations, as well as information about the history and purpose of Children's Day.
Find innovative ways to mark this special day, whether at your early years service, school or with your family at home.
Go to our Images and videos to download images to promote, or watch our TV ad: We are the Elders of tomorrow.
Media releases
SNAICC โ National Voice for our Children, is proud to celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrenโs Day (Childrenโs Day) on 4 August. As the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, our theme for Childrenโs Day 2020 is: We are the Elders of tomorrow, hear our voice.
SNAICC โ National Voice for our Children was shocked and saddened by the recent sudden passing of Wangkatjungka woman Ningali Lawford-Wolf while on tour in Scotland for the theatre performance of The Secret River. A Wangkatjungka woman born under a tree at Christmas Creek Station in the far north Kimberley region of Western Australia, Ningali was fortunate to grow up … Read More
SNAICC โ National Voice for our Children, the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, has been coordinating National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrenโs Day (Childrenโs Day) for over 30 years. The theme for Childrenโs Day in 2019 is We Play, We Learn, We Belong, recognising the vital role that learning in the early years โ in … Read More
SNAICC and VACCA would love to hear young people's views to help us develop culturally appropriate resources to support our orgs and communities to implement the National Principles for Child Safe Orgs. Join us on Zoom today, or on 18 Aug, 1.30-3pm AEST: https://t.co/ivRBuA4FXO
Check out our Children's Day 2020 gallery - https://t.co/Ss26uR262B
(photo thanks to Cooktown District Community Centre, QLD)
#EldersOfTomorrow #StrongInCulture #NATSIChildrensDay2020 https://t.co/w4zB8sJF8u
โIf we donโt have it in law, weโre not going to see it in proper practice, and Aboriginal families and children will suffer as a consequence.โ - Dr Hannah McGlade, Noongar Family Safety and Wellbeing Council, on the WA Government announcement
https://t.co/QiUpjSwgwn
Connect with the four spirit elements of nature and the importance of Dadirri "deep listening" with these tips from SNAICC's @SueAnneHunter2 to help us during this difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Be kind to yourself. #StrongInCulture #COVID19Aus
https://t.co/zIiL1tpbUQ
We are the Elders of tomorrow, hear our voice.
Thanks to Korayn Birralee Family Centre (Geelong, VIC) and to everyone for helping us to celebrate #NATSIChildrensDay2020 https://t.co/8Ls36VKVMM
#EldersOfTomorrow #StrongInCulture
https://t.co/kqa7Kd2vzn
SNAICC has produced a submission in response to the Productivity Commissionโs draft Indigenous Evaluation Strategy for Australian Government policies and programs affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
https://t.co/0AsFS3SDjG
Children's Day 2019
Here are some of the ways people promoted Children's Day in 2019.
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