Baya Gawiy Buga yani Jandu yani u Centre in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia | Community organisation

Baya Gawiy Buga yani Jandu yani u Centre

Locality: Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9191 5555

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24.01.2022 A BIG Thank you to Tura New Music for donating to Baya Gawiy their left over materials from musical instrument making project. As Tura finish up another wonderful part of their 2020 Fitzroy Valley New Music Project, with twin residencies of Peter Keelan and Cecile Williams. Tura New Music had some PVC pipes left over from the instrument making and visual arts project and passed them on to us. The the instrumental musical performance was show-cased at Fitzroy District High Sc...hool today (Wed 23rd 2020) for the community to enjoy. So now it is Baya Gawiy’s turn to get creative! And with hot time here we might look at making using some of the PVC piping for water play- even more fun! Fun Fact: Those pipes are 6 metres long. Once a sawfish grows longer then 3 metres, they leave our river systems and move out into ocean. This is when they can grow up to a maximum length of 7 metres. That is 1 metre MORE then these pipes. #Tura #PVCpipes #Bayagawiy #waterplay #donation #FVNMP

24.01.2022 This year’s NAIDOC teams, combined forces, with Fitzroy Valley Distric High School’s early years’ classes and the Baya Gawiy team, to pull off an amazing NAIDOC event at our centre. We wanted to move away from stereotypical activities, toward meaningful cultural experiences, that the children are familiar with. We kicked off with tunes from our resident songbird, Bullen Rogers, while the children enjoyed eating fresh fruit bowls. ... We broke off into smaller groups to participate in art experiences, such as, stencilling animals on to painted landscapes. Posca pens were a favourite in designing patterns and animals on dilly bags to take home. Naomi Richie from FVDHS facilitated painting seasonal images on Perspex, which Mangkaja Arts kindly donated for the event Mary Heart, Maryanne Coe and Vicki Hynam cooked up a storm, featuring kangaroo and beef stews, served with Mary and Patricia’s famous dampers. Patrica Cox was impressive in her open fire damper- making workshop, under the shade of a Joolwooljidi (Bauhinia tree in Goongiyandi). Bullen cooked Wanyjirri (Walmajarri for Kangaroo) in our fire pit. Many thanks to Dee Carter and all the teachers from the FVDHS who helped make our day a success and for the t-shirts and cupcakes. Natalie Davey for being the photography and capturing the event for us all to relive. We want to acknowledge our visiting helpers: Stacey and Nicola, from Boab Health, who worked on making clay animals and felt and sticks to make small pretend fires, with our young children The Yiramalay School girls were chipping in where needed and we hope to see them back here regularly. Magabala Books very generously donated 100 books for NAIDOC. The children each selected one to put in their individual dilly bags.

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20.01.2022 2019 Nature Play conference in NSW thanks to Sue Motley helping our Baya Gawiy educators Sam and Shana attended. https://www.facebook.com/1205594550/posts/10220316669405950

20.01.2022 On Tuesday 10th the Winini and Udu uduk children went to the cave school at Gogo station. They had a great view from the BIG bus. That meant they could check out the surroundings and spotted lots of animals. So everyone made sure to point out every wallaby and cow they saw on the drive. The ride was so much fun the children giggled and smiled the whole way. Armed with water bottles and hats we followed Bullen up to the cave school where he told us stories and the history of t...hat place. Then it was time to explore the caves! The Children ran their hands along the wall and in the sand to feel and compare the different textures. They even found time to jump around in some leaves. After all that exploring it was time to sit together in the shade and have a snack and BIG drink of water and then journeyed back to Baya Gawiy.

19.01.2022 Check out Flow song by Fitzroy Crossing students and Tura! A wonderful song celebrating what the mighty Fitzroy river means to our youth. The "Flow" song was created by the Students at the Fitzroy Valley district high school with the help of music educator/composer/performer Gillian Howell. Gillian is the facilitator of Tura’s The Fitzroy Valley New Music Project. For more information on Tura check out their link below.... https://www.tura.com.au/ https://vimeo.com/339259643

17.01.2022 FASD Awareness Day in Fitzroy Crossing.

16.01.2022 By Sue Motley: This week has been amazing! Sharna George and Sam have brightened up our village more than we could have imagined!! Thank you to our team of educators and committee and their families who put together a wonderful feast to send them on their way back to Fitzroy Crossing (Baya Gawiy style) tonight. Special thanks to Karen who made a campfire setting inside as we couldn’t light one outside!! Sharna and Sam have represented Baya Gawiy with great professionalism and have made many new friends. We are looking forward to them coming back to Armidale and there are plans for some of our Armidale educators to travel to Fitzroy Crossing!! So it’s not goodbye but til we meet again!!

16.01.2022 Safety with Snakes Snakes are one of the coolest things to encounter when outdoors. The key thing to remember is that no snake is dangerous if you leave them alone. ... However, sometimes unfortunately accidents can happen. If you or someone is bitten by a snake it is VERY IMPORTANT To know what to do and what not to do. This could decide whether the victim will survive or not. Here is the standard procedure to provide first-aid for a snake bite victim. Please share #snakesafety #ruchirasomaweera https://www.facebook.com/500212142/posts/10156814382052143/?d=n

13.01.2022 Mangkaja Fashion Show at Guwardi! We enjoyed going to check out the MangkajaxGorman fashion show as Guwardi Ngadu residential care facility. So amazing to see Fitzroy school students and locals modelling the clothes. ... They all looked fantastic!

12.01.2022 Louise: Mahi has been very busy this week and I have amazing educators. Today I had the privilege of meeting the Australian Ambassador to the United Nations - yarned about the fabulous work that we do here at Baya Gawiy ECLU and the support that we receive from our parents, community and Marniwarntikura Women's Resource Centre - "Growing up with Strong identity, Culture and Connection". (SNAICC 2019)

09.01.2022 On Monday, 9th March our children and educators celebrated International Women’s Day 2020 with a morning tea and the visit of the Fitzroy Valley District High School girls. The students from FVDHS worked in collaboration with educators to create a banner to reflect the theme of International Women’s Day 2020. The campaign theme of International Women’s Day this year is #EachforEqual. An equal world is an enabled world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts ...and actions all day, every day. We can actively choose to challenge stereotypes, fight bias, broaden perceptions, improve situations and celebrate women’s achievements. Collectively, each one of us can help create a gender equal world. Let’s all be #EachforEqual.

08.01.2022 Good afternoon families, Baya Gawiy will be closed tomorrow (09/07/20) until 1pm due to scheduled essential maintenance from the Water Corporation. Sorry for the inconvenience.

07.01.2022 Welcome Imogen, Gwen & Kelly to our Baya Gawiy Team. This morning Danggu traditional owners Bullen Rogers and daughter Natalie Davey smoked new educators and the buildings. Natalie prepared a fire under the watchful eyes of the Udu uduk children in their yard. Natalie then smoked each new educator using traditional wood called Birrayali (in Bunuba) in a welcome to country and acknowledge of them joining our team. Then Bullen also smoked the Early childhood unit and Children and Parenting centre.

07.01.2022 A meeting of great minds today at Marninwarntikura, to celebrate the anniversary of The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Thank yo...u Emily Carter (CEO), June Oscar (AO), Ambassador Sally Mansfield and Dr Kate O’Shaughnessy for continuing the fight for the inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples. We stand with you, and are truly grateful for your advocacy. See more

07.01.2022 Happy New Year everyone! The Baya Gawiy team reunite and welcome new educators Kate and Cathy. We would also like to thank Marninwarntikura directors Brenda and Marmingee and CEO Emily for welcoming us all back for a wonderful new year. ... Baya Gawiy will open Tuesday 28th 2020.

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05.01.2022 A NOTE OF CAUTION - THE CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) As tourist time is almost here the Kimberley may get an unwanted visitor. The Corona Virus. So here is a few facts and safe habits to combat the spread of this virus. Corona virus spreads mainly from person to person.... - Close contact with infectious person - Contact with droplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze. - Touching objects or surfaces (Like doorknobs or tables) that might have cough or sneeze droplets from an infected person, and then touching your mouth or face. SAFE HABITS to slow/stop the spread: - Washing hands regularly with soap and water - See attached poster. - Cover your nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing. (Like use a tissue and then put in the bin) - Avoid close contact with others (Such as touching: like Shaking hands) The Fitzroy Hospital has set up a triage entrance for anyone who many suspect they may have corona virus. See poster attached.

04.01.2022 The Baya Gawiy Virtual crafting group comprises Educators, past and present, advocates and friends of our centres. Sue Motley taught a the ECLU last year 3 months before returning the centre she manages in Armadale, NSW. She sent these delightful hand crafted budgies for our local educators to tell stories about animals as a part of our living curriculum.

03.01.2022 It is the season to be a merry mess of excitement! And that is exactly what the Early Child Learning Unit were on Thursday 12th. Our resident Christmas cowboy Bullen Rogers sung some songs and then handed out presents to all our merry children. The Winini children ran around with excitement, the Udu uduks children jumped around with joy and the Jambila children glide about with glee. Thank you to all our educators, our Tess for a lovely morning tea and the Christmas cowboy Bullen for making it an exciting morning tea. Thank you all for joining as it was most wonderful to see all our Baya Gawiy families come along to our little celebration.

02.01.2022 Baya Gawiy Opens for 2020 Tuesday 28th of JanuaryBaya Gawiy Opens for 2020 Tuesday 28th of January

01.01.2022 Hello families of Baya Gawiy. FX is experiencing a power outage, which means our aircons are also off. If the power is still by 12:00, we ask families to come and pick their children at 12:00. The temperature forecast is 42 c Thank you