Brooke Boney talks to 'Busking for Change' creator Josh Pyke

It's nice, huh? Yeah, Carl, have you ever been busking, like, with an instrument? Anyway, Brooke Boney headed out to Sydney's Roselle Public School to try her hand at busking for a very special yes or no. Primary schools across the country will be busking for change, learning a song and raising money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. So I paid a visit to Roselle Primary School to learn more about the fundraiser. As we learn, play and we celebrate together on this last day, we are the horrible people of the Eora Nation and pay our bestsellers past, present and emerging. It's beautiful, It's emotional to hear that because it's so different from when we're at school. Dobby the drapper, part drummer, part rapper, is a proud ILF ambassador. I'm a very, very big believer of this program and I think it does so much good. We are a nation of 250 distinct languages and we're losing people who are fluent speakers. So it's so important, more important than ever for us to be learning and breathing and living these languages. So what better way to be able to sing them? Do you know why it was so special for us when you sang that before and when you did the acknowledgement of country? Because we're Aboriginal and it means so much to us. It really brings that country alive and it makes us feel so special. You know, it kind of feels like you're making the place better. This year's Basking for Change song is Shorty Crick, and Cindy Manfong from the Indigenous Literacy Foundation told us a little more about why this song is so special. I used to go to the school Brunga. It's the little community up in the NT. The Brunga kids actually wrote this story with Justin Clark. Brunger School would be so proud of you guys for, you know, singing the song and getting it out to all the schools across the country. Leading the national rollout is founder and Aria award-winning singer Josh Pike. Over to you. We'll come back next week. Well, that looks amazing. You guys are so clever. How good does it feel to know that there are going to be kids all around the country? Oh, it's amazing. This, this program is is, you know, probably the thing that I'm most proud of. Asking for change is something where it helps you learn a bit about music, a lot about Indigenous cultures, a bit about Indigenous languages. This song is translated into Creole as well, so kids can learn the Creole version. There's a straight line between your kids singing the song and these kids getting the books. And I think that's a really beautiful thing to be part of. It was almost time to bask. But first a quick ukulele lesson, that one. And then D minor, that one extra. A lot smarter than me. Yeah. The kids might have to carry this performance. Ohh, just gorgeous. And Brookie goes alright too. Talented woman, so talented. And all that money of course raised is going straight back into improving literacy in remote Indigenous communities a really special cause. To register, donate or learn more about Busking for Change, head to the link on the screen right now. Lovely program.