"In line with public education trends of tolerance, understanding and inclusion of culture, it's something that we're focussed on daily rather than this one day a year, but this one day is basically a celebration.

"Because NAIDOC Week is run during the school holidays we generally plan NAIDOC Day during school term...The kids love to get involved in all of the activities."

ABC Open's DreamBox project invited students to write their dreams on chalk board speech bubbles and have their photograph taken for uploading to ABC Open online. Students were encouraged to share what they wish for or what they aspire to be. Year 2 student Tisharni Clark wishes 'to be a teacher', Pre-schooler Hannah Whyman would like 'to be a crocodile' and Kindergarten's Danika Hoskins wishes 'to be a Vet'. All of the dreams from Alma Public School are shown in the slideshow above.

Micevski adds that Alma Public pursues to keep Indigenous culture alive on other days of the year through its department driven Indigenous pre-school and an ongoing language program.

"Our pre-school is a part of Alma Public and is something that people aren't completely aware of...In the last three years we've had full Aboriginal enrolment.

"We've also got the Barkindji language program which runs one day a week. It's in its second year and the response has been fantastic...We've got about half a dozen non-Indigenous students in the program...It's really the way for any hope of reconciliation."