Confidently embed First Nations perspectives in your classroom
Jajoo Warrngara: FREE Targeted Teacher Training for Strong Koorie Students
Are you a Victorian educator seeking support to confidently embed First Nations perspectives, curriculum-aligned lessons and ready-to-use resources in your planning, teaching and whole school environment?
Walk with us through a series of self-paced modules and online reflective workshops, led by a First Nations educator, and gain free access to Jajoo Warrngara: the Culture Classroom, including all our teaching resources – all created with First Nations communities, all mapped to the Victorian Curriculum.
Registrations close 13 October 2026.
Discover Jajoo Warrngara: The Culture Classroom
Are you an educator looking for engaging resources written by First Nations teachers?
Mapped to the Australian Curriculum, our affordable resources will support you in delivering lessons in multiple subjects from Foundation to Year 10.
Our lessons come with interactive bilingual books, videos, discovery maps, cultural protocols and lesson guides, all designed with First Nations communities.
See the lessons included in our free plan:
Explore the seasonal movement of the short-finned eel and discover how Wurundjeri people used detailed knowledge of animals, waterways and weather patterns to live on Country. Investigate First Nations seasonal calendars and reflect on the seasonal changes you notice where you live.
Explore significant places on Wurundjeri Country, including the Birrarung (Yarra River), scar trees and cultural sites. Travel through time, imagine what these places may have looked like in the past, and use your creativity to design a journey connecting important places across Country, whether by rail, canoe, public transport or an invention of your own.
Dive into the story of Pondi, the Murray Cod, and discover how this famous fish helped shape Wamba Wamba Country. Explore the power of storytelling, then create your own artwork celebrating Pondi and the rivers it calls home.
Explore the journey of the Mile (Murray River) from its source in the mountains to the sea. Discover how rivers are formed, investigate the features that shape their path, and imagine life as a droplet of water travelling through one of Australia’s most important waterways.
Explore Gunditjmara place names and discover how Language can tell us about Country. Investigate the fish and other creatures that live in River Forest Country, then create a detailed scientific sketch showing the features that help identify them.
Explore a Jaara story that explains the creation of Mount Franklin and discover how volcanoes shape the landscape. Investigate the science behind volcanic eruptions, then create your own erupting volcano artwork.
Explore the animals featured in the Jaara story The Eagle, the Crow and the Bat. Investigate their habitats, life cycles and behaviours, then step into the shoes of one of these animals and write a poem from its perspective as it soars through the sky.
Explore Gunditjmara Sea Country and Forest Country, investigating ancient midden sites and the unique Cherry Ballart tree. Discover how people, plants and places are connected, then use poetry or art to express ideas of growth, care and belonging.
Journey alongside Borun and explore the ingenuity behind traditional bark canoes. Discover how First Nations people used knowledge of materials, waterways and Country to design these remarkable vessels, then create, test and improve a canoe of your own.
Explore how dance helps people connect, heal and celebrate culture. Discover the important role movement plays in storytelling and community, then try a series of simple movements and reflect on how they affect your body, mood and energy.
Explore Lake Barmah and discover why Uncle Kevin describes it as being “like living in a supermarket”. Investigate the foods, materials and resources found in this rich wetland environment, then create your own natural supermarket map inspired by a place you know.
Explore Lake Barmah and discover why Uncle Kevin describes it as being “like living in a supermarket”. Investigate the foods, materials and resources found in this rich wetland environment, then create your own natural supermarket map inspired by a place you know.
This unit invites students to connect with nature through sound, capturing and preserving the natural “voices” of Country.
In this multi-year, cross-curriculum unit, students explore Adnyamathanha Country through the Same Like Yesterday mapping activities, storytelling, biographical interviewing, and visual art.
Students explore the concept of ‘vision’ by learning from the past and imagining the future. They investigate key moments of First Nations activism using the Storying Our Shared Histories timeline. Drawing on their knowledge of current issues, students create a future timeline of imagined events and develop a character profile for a fictional changemaker.
Students learn about past and present changemakers, including the legacy of William Cooper and the origins of NAIDOC Week. They think critically and creatively about the kind of future they want to help shape for next generations through yarning, campaign planning and visual arts.
Students are introduced to the role of protest in shaping society and explore how protest has been used to challenge injustice and spark change across Australia and globally. Students research protest as both political and creative expression, and are supported to develop their own artistic responses to issues they care about today.
Students explore the origins of NAIDOC Week, from the 1938 Day of Mourning to the legacy of changemakers like William Cooper. Through inquiry and creative expression, they reflect on justice, recognition, and what it means to have a seat at the table.
Students explore key moments in history through the lens of ‘strength'. Using the ‘Storying our Shared Histories’ timeline, they examine how strength has taken different forms over time. Students research and create a visual or digital snapshot, reflecting on how this history shapes our future.
Jajoo Warrngara is a social enterprise
of revenue returns to the communities who co-developed these resources
of revenue supports not-for-profit SharingStories Foundation to continue its work with communities to protect and grow language, stories and cultural heritage
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