Kaurna Plains School

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.

Kaurna Plains School
Location
83 Ridley Road Elizabeth , South Australia
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Cooperation, Organisation, Respect, Kindness, Acceptance (CORKA)
Established	1986–1987; 38 years ago (1987)
Principal	Angela Walkuski[1]
Grades	Reception–13
Enrolment	122 (2021)[1]
Website	www.kaurnaas.sa.edu.au

History and description

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]

People

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]