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This past week the Mimili NETT team at Mimili Anangu School held a morning breakfast BBQ for all the kids. The team have also been helping the school, getting kids to school and working with students with their school work.

AJFL Round 5 was a blast in Fregon on Friday. Thank you to Indulkana, Mimili & Fregon Anangu School for coming along. Also a big shout out THANK YOU to the Fregon RASAC fellas for helping cook up a delicious BBQ for everyone and for keeping Fregon Oval nice and clean for us.

Wai tjitji tjuta, AJFL Round 5 kuwari ngaranyi Fregon-ta Friday 26th/Aug. Kulangka tjarpama munu nintiriwa. Palya, ngula nyakunytjaku.

PYEC will share an office space at Wiltja Boarding so we can work closely with Wiltja students & staff We're excited to work together to connect with the Anangu students who come for secondary education in Adelaide 📸Zibeon & Ina with Cheryl (Manager)& Geoff (Senior Youth Worker)

Last week PYEC’s Executive Director Rueben Burton and General Manager Paul Malcolm visited Pipalyatjara Aṉangu school with Deputy Premier Susan Close, Minister for Education @BBoyerMP and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs @kymaher

Two-way science is an an integrated learning program that helps connect the cultural knowledge of local Indigenous communities with Western science. It’s a fascinating way to support local communities and foster indigenous leadership.

This week we had the privilege of presenting our new strategic plan to the Honourable @kymaher We are excited to share this Aṉangu driven strategy with everyone! View our strategic plan at pyec.org.au/who-we-are

PYEC is looking for a NETT Program Manager to join the team 🙌 You'll be a key part of our Remote School Attendance Strategy, working closely with NETT Coordinators, team members, local parents, families, & other key stakeholders. Learn more via seek.com.au/job/57875080

wai tjitji kulitja tjuta 👋🏾 AJFL Round 2 this Friday 1st of July at Pukatja Oval 10:30am. We can't wait to see you all there. Palya

The Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Education Committee Aboriginal Corporation Annual General Meeting will be held this Wednesday 29th of June at 10am in the Ernabella School Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!

Meet Ben 👋 Ben is our Training and Development Officer & works with all of our team across the APY Lands, providing support to all NETT staff. The continuous education & upskilling of the NETT team ensures we can provide the best support to our schools, students & communities.

Meet Louise 👋 Louise might be PYEC’s newest Bilingual Education Resources Manager, but she’s got a rich history in the APY Lands having first been a student teacher in Amata in 1979 and Yalata in 1980. She then began teaching in the Junior Primary class at Amata in 1981.

A recap from the first AJFL Round played in Amata today 🏉 Congratulations again to all the students for playing such a great first game! Round two is coming up on June 10th, stay tuned for all the details.

The first AJFL Round in Mimili went beautifully 🏉 Congratulations to all the students on a great game played, and thank you to our sponsors and supporters for making this possible! Keep an eye out for some photos from the match in Amata coming soon!

A huge thank-you to our AJFL sponsors @Adelaide_FC for generously donating 600 drink bottles to our league! We appreciate your support for the first ever AJFL season 🏉

School Profile - Ernabella (Pukatja) Anangu School Ernabella is a Birth-12 School. Over 90% of students at Ernabella are Anangu and their first language is Pitjantjatjara or Yankunytjatara as this is usually the language spoken at home. Learn more at ernabella.sa.edu.au

Learning, practicing, teaching and documenting our culture is part of Anangu Ara - a project to keep our identity strong. Ina Scales facilitated a group discussion to introduce the Anangu Ara project to our team.

Three times a year PYEC comes together to build our team's sense of pride in working for an Anangu organisation. Around the campfire in the evening we learnt open tjukurpa (story) from Josephine Mick and practiced inma (song and dance) together.

The AJFL Round 1 fixture is here 🏉 Get down to Fregon oval or Nyapari oval on Friday 27th May to see the first ever AJFL matches played and cheer on the students! We can't wait to see you there!

We're looking for a Corporate Services Manager to work closely with the General Manager to deliver administrative, compliance & corporate services management to enable PYEC to continue its leadership role in developing Anangu education strategy. More info ow.ly/xWml50J5OoF