{"id":21604,"date":"2025-08-07T13:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/?post_type=article&p=21604"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:33:13","slug":"naidoc-week-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/article\/naidoc-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NAIDOC Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a wonderful response to our NAIDIC Week activities celebrating the cultures, stories and languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, students were greeted with the opportunity to wear wrist bands and invited to paint wooden discs at lunchtime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mrs Lansdown and Mrs Wilson helped cook 901 pancakes so all the students could sample jam from native plants – either fingerlime, quandong or rosella. Up Club volunteers served them up with a swish of whipped cream and all went away happy. A big thank you to the families who donated the pancake mix!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday saw students attempting to pass the possum skin football into our NAIDOC decorated backboard as our version of the traditional game of marngrook. Those who managed to hit the target were rewarded with a Sherrin Football to continue the fun at home.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final activity was Friday\u2019s kahoot run by Isabelle Ung. The winners received wallaby shaped chocolates in line with our native theme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems the students who took the opportunity to participate were rewarded with greater knowledge and appreciation of our First Nations peoples which will surely lead to better outcomes for all Australian society. Huge thanks to Up Club members and student volunteers:<\/span><\/p>\n

Maya Robinson
\n<\/span>Olivia Holt
\n<\/span>Alyssa Truant
\n<\/span>Isabelle Ung
\n<\/span>Olivia Curto
\n<\/span>Charlotte Milligan
\n<\/span>Sofia Papadimas
\n<\/span>Emily Le
\n<\/span>Kathy Pham
\n<\/span>Georgia Morgan
\n<\/span>Sophie Ung
\n<\/span>Lily Ancevski
\n<\/span>Alana Vaz
\n<\/span>Isabella Xenos
\nAya Elachi
\n<\/span>and the generous staff members who made it all possible<\/span><\/p>\n

Karen Horder<\/strong><\/em>
\nAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Support Teacher<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n