Year 12 Art student Sienna Bell (left) designed and painted the Bridging Now to Next banner. Sienna and fellow Year 12 student Mackenzie Slidders led the College Reconciliation Walk with the banner.
Braving the cool weather, Year 4 Teacher, and organiser of the walk, Fiona Smart with Year 4 students (from left): Ava Brown, Millie Van, Georgia Evans, Savannah James, Lucy Pedersen and Lily Solibakke.
Newhaven College students, staff and visiting families walk past the College gym during two laps of the oval to support Reconciliation Week.
Newhaven College students, staff and visiting families walked around the College oval twice to support Reconciliation Week.
Now in its fifth year, Newhaven College students, staff and parents gathered once again to walk two laps of the school oval in a show of solidarity and respect for First Nations Peoples.
National Reconciliation Week, observed from May 27 to June 3, marks two key milestones in Australia's reconciliation journey: the 1967 referendum and the High Court's historic Mabo decision.
Newhaven College proudly supports Reconciliation Week each year and honours the region's rich Indigenous heritage, formally acknowledging the Boonwurrung/Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land.
Before the walk, Year 9 student, River Hume, a Boonwurrung of the Yallock-Bullock clan, welcomed everyone to Country. The 'Bridging Now to Next' banner was designed and painted by Year 12 Art
student Sienna Bell, and she and friend Mackenzie Slidders led the walk around the oval with the banner.
After the walk, Junior and Middle School students participated in class activities while learning more about reconciliation and what it means to us all.
This year's theme of 'Bridging Now to Next' is a reminder for all Australians to reflect on the ongoing connection between past, present and future, and calls on all Australians to step forward together.
