{"id":9070,"date":"2022-09-23T12:41:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T01:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&p=9070"},"modified":"2022-09-23T12:41:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T01:41:31","slug":"wingara-student-workshop","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/wingara-student-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Wingara Student Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday September 12, six students from Years 8, 9 and 10 accepted an invitation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to attend an AIS Wingara workshop on Voice, Self-Determination and Leadership: Building Aspirations for my Future<\/em>. It was held at Western Sydney University. During the day there were sessions on cultural identity, leadership and the future (with specific emphasis on University possibilities and opportunities).<\/p>\n

What did we think of the day?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This event was a great way to get to know more about our culture and get to know other people\u2019s stories, ideas, and culture. We were given a warm welcome from Uncle Greg, who shared a lot of his background with us. Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students from all over NSW attended this event and we got to learn more about Leadership, Culture, post-School, and we had a tour around Western Sydney University.
\n<\/em>Naylise Thompson (Year 9)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a very informative and fun experience. We got to do many different activities with other schools. One activity I enjoyed was a sticky note writing activity where we considered what it meant to be Aboriginal. We came to the realisation that we do not all fit one stereotype; being Aboriginal is in our blood. I also liked the culture talk where we shared where we\u2019re from and the stories we can learn to connect with our culture. Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience \u2013 also because we learned about the different opportunities we can have at the university. It was great to meet people who are from my Country. I also enjoyed being able to be with my cousin for the day and reconnect with her!
\n<\/em>Ebony Colliss (Year 9)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a really fun day, where I enjoyed meeting other Indigenous students from different schools and doing activities with them. I also enjoyed getting to learn more about my culture.
\n<\/em>Cyndell McDonald Georgetown (Year 8)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I enjoyed learning about different people and their cultures. I wish we did have more time to really socialise with the other students but overall, I’m excited to go again.
\n<\/em>Taliah Weldon-Coppell (Year 8)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A big thanks to Ms Allum, Ms Connolly, Ms Grattan-Smith, and Ms Kearney for giving us the opportunity to go out for the day and learn more about our culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ashaa Bonner, Jade Brennan, Ebony Colliss, Cyndell McDonald Georgetown, Naylise Thompson, Taliah Weldon-Coppell<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday September 12, six students from Years 8, 9 and 10 accepted an invitation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to attend an AIS Wingara workshop on Voice, Self-Determination and Leadership: Building Aspirations for my Future. It was held at Western Sydney University. During the day there were sessions on cultural identity, leadership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[31],"class_list":["post-9070","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-student-wellbeing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/9070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=9070"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=9070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}