Yuendumu School
Yuendumu School is proudly bilingual and bi-cultural and keep this two-way approach as our guiding principle. This means that we teach both Warlpiri and English literacy, as well as cultural knowledge and skills handed down by ancestors and in described the Australian Curriculum.
Our School Values
Pukurl-pukurlpa - Pride
This Warlpiri word means loving, kind, proud of; happy for, contented, friendly, peaceful, pleased.
Kuurlurla karlipa jana wangkami kuja-piya, “Pukurl-pukurlpa-jarrimi karlipa jana kurdu-kurduku kuja kalu warrki-jarrimi nurna-nyayirni.”
Yulkanjaku - Kindess
To like, love, be fond of, be pleased with, care about, cherish
Kuurlurla, kurdu-kurdu yungulu-nyanu yulkami kaninjarni manu yarlungka, yungulu wardinyilki nyinami kurdu-kurdu-kari-kirli.
Jintangka - Together as One
Habitually used to mean – together, in one group, as one.
Kuurlurla karlipa jintangka warrki-jarrimi, yapa manu kardiya, tija manu kurdu-kurdu.
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Bilingual Education
Australian Curriculum
NT Indigenous Languages and Culture Curriculum
Visit the Bilingual Resources Development Unit
Warlpiri classroom resources, readers and videos. Also learn the Warlpiri Language with lessons taught by Warlpiri Elders.