Kaurna Plains School | |
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Address | |
83 Ridley Road , | |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Cooperation, Organisation, Respect, Kindness, Acceptance (CORKA) |
Established | 1986–1987 |
Principal | Angela Walkuski[1] |
Grades | Reception–13 |
Enrolment | 122 (2021)[1] |
Website | www |
Kaurna Plains School is an Aboriginal school in Elizabeth, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It includes the teaching of the Kaurna language in its curriculum.
Established in 1986[2] and taking classes from 1987, it caters predominantly for Aboriginal students from Reception to Year 13.[3] Its aim is to provide Aboriginal children with an academically focused curriculum which respects Aboriginal culture. The school was created as a response to the "widespread educational disadvantage identified within the Northern Adelaide region resulting in Aboriginal learners not meeting National and State educational benchmarks".[2]
Principals have included Alitya Rigney, who introduced the teaching of the Kaurna language at the school and was the first Aboriginal woman to become a school principal in Australia.[4]