About us
Kalkaringi School has been a Preschool to Year 12 School since 2003, providing a comprehensive curriculum for students from both the Kalkarindji and Daguragu communities.
Our students come from a diverse cultural and linguistic background. Most of the students are Gurindji but we also have Warlpiri, Mudburra and other Indigenous and non-Indigenous families as part of our community.
The school population is about 190 from Preschool to Year 12. The school also has a playgroup run through the Families as First Teachers Program, catering for 0 to 3 year old children and their carers.
Our school priority for 2020 is to increase the number of students attending 80% or more. Literacy and numeracy development is of major importance at Kalkaringi School.
Our Values
T.R.U.E.
We will learn from the work of all those who have been here before us and are proud of our history and culture.
TRY your Hardest
Be Respectful
Unity - Working Together
Aim for Excellence
Facilities
The school buildings are of various ages with the original central Administration, class and canteen block being opened in October 1976 and the newest Primary classroom complex completed for the commencement of 2013. The school has a sports oval and an undercover basketball court.
The school canteen provides breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack for the students. This is funded through the Federal Governments School Nutrition Program and parents contribute through direct payment.
More information about the school can be obtained from Anne Saunders, Principal at Kalkaringi School.
Our Community
Kalkaringi School serves the very remote Northern Territory communities of Kalkaringi and Daguragu, and is located in the community of Kalkaringi, 480km southwest of Katherine.
Daguragu community is 8km to the west of Kalkaringi. The combined population of the two communities is approximately 750 people.
The Gurindji people are the traditional owners of the land. In 1966 Gurindji workers on Wave Hill Station went on strike over wages and conditions. The famous 'Wave Hill Walk Off' followed and is attributed to the start of the land rights movement in Australia.
Kalkaringi can be accessed via the Victoria Highway, then the Buntine Highway, which is bitumen but only single lane for most of its length. The road can be cut off several times during the wet season due to flooding. The community can also be accessed via air but only through chartered air services.
Language Statement
Most students at Kalkaringi School are Indigenous, and have several languages in their lives. The school values these languages as important in the students' educational development.
We are on Gurindji land and Gurindji language is the tradition that the families of most Indigenous students connect with. Some students may come from Mutpurra, Ngarinyman, Bilinarra, Warlpiri or other Indigenous languages, and the school respects and supports families' efforts to maintain these traditions.
The main spoken language of the community is Gurindji Kriol, which is a new language with Kriol and Gurindji words and grammar. Gurindji Kriol is a full language which carries out all the functions of a natural spoken language.
The main language of instruction at Kalkaringi School is Standard Australian English. The school supports students in the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing in English to succeed in education and employment, and engage meaningfully with the wider Australian community.
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