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INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS OF CHANGE THE ROSEMARY BISHOP INDIGENOUS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM All Yalari students are recipients of the Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship. The scholarship program is named after Waverley Stanley’s primary school teacher, Mrs Rosemary Bishop, who was pivotal in helping Waverley gain a scholarship at Toowoomba Grammar School. Each year, up to 50 scholarships are offered to Indigenous children from regional, rural or remote communities who satisfy the selection criteria and are willing to give 100% towards their education. Scholarships include full boarding and tuition costs at one of Yalari’s partner schools. To be eligible, students must be entering their first year of high school and come from a regional, rural or remote community across Australia.
into university life and participate in leadership, cultural and creative activities in the university lecture halls and theatres.
STUDENT SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Yalari’s unprecedented level of support for all scholarship students is a key strength of our unique model and contributes to our high retention rates. We have a passionate team of professionals throughout Australia who support our students, their families and our partner schools on a daily basis. Opportunities for Yalari students to catch-up with each other, seek support or advice and undertake personal development are offered throughout the year by way of camps and workshops. Some of these include: •
Years 7 and 8 Orientation Camp: Students learn about boarding school life and what to expect.
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Year 9 Central Australia Camps: Students focus on team work, relationship building, leadership skills, and cultural identity.
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Year 10 Pay-It-Forward Program: A Yalari fundraising initiative encouraging students to think creatively and work together, in order to collectively fund a scholarship for another Yalari student.
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Year 11 Camp: Students participate in vocational workshops, presentations and special projects. They also gain an insight
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Year 12 Workshops: Designed to help students identify, assess and develop their post-school plans.
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Year 12 Graduation: Celebrating the achievements of the graduates, a formal ceremony is held; followed by a trip to the snow fields.
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Life Skills Graduate Workshop: Providing our recent graduates with a series of interactive programs to get them ready for work, future study and the real world.
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Captain’s Camp: Yalari selects senior level students who exemplify the core values of compassion, openness, resilience, respect, inclusiveness and excellence to be Yalari Captains. The students attend a two-day workshop prior to Orientation Camp.
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Biennial Commemorative Walk to Cherbourg: provides an opportunity for our students to experience the qualities of resilience, strength, courage, leadership and endurance in an event that not only takes a strong commitment from them to complete, but also provides the cultural backdrop of those who have gone before them and walked to Cherbourg in 1905.
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Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship Program
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