{"id":39,"date":"2021-12-02T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T23:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/junior\/about-us\/welcome-from-the-head-of-junior-school\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:39:14","slug":"welcome-from-the-head-of-gawura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/about-us\/welcome-from-the-head-of-gawura\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome from the Head of Gawura School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Gawura_10-147-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Gawura_10-147-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Gawura_10-147-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Gawura_10-147-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Gawura_10-147-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/Gawura_10-147.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Gawura School has a simple formula; the delivery of an explicit data driven curriculum practice, high expectations &#8211; with attendance being paramount; all delivered in a culturally supportive and enriching environment.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The classroom programmes are systemic and intensive, with an emphasis on literacy and numeracy. The Gawura School programme emphasises First Nations&#8217; identity and cultural understandings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our students are proud of their First Nations&#8217; heritage and the students take great pride in every cultural performance. Eminent educationalist, Dr Chris Sarra, once commented that \u201ceducation strengthens Aboriginality\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enormous thanks goes to our incredibly committed parent body for their ongoing support and direction. An overall 93 per cent attendance cannot be underestimated and continues to demonstrate the value placed on school and school achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our donors for supporting the Gawura School Scholarship Fund and enabling our students to complete their amazing educational journey into St Andrew\u2019s Cathedral School as they complete Year 6 at Gawura School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mr John Ralph<br>Head of Gawura<\/strong> <strong>School<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-font-azo has-medium-font-size\"><strong>You may also be interested in<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-blue-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/about-us\/what-makes-gawura-special\/\">What makes Gawura School special?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-blue-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025_SACS-First-Nations-K-12-Strategic-Plan-Brochure_FA5.pdf\">First Nations Strategic Plan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-blue-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-SACS-RAP-FA5-WEB.pdf\">Restoration Action Plan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gawura programme emphasises First Nation\u2019s identity and cultural understandings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":864,"parent":5,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"14230,16011,16024,14851,14629,14833","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/987"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sacs.nsw.edu.au\/gawura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}