Year 5 – Indigenous Histories and Culture Excursion

On Tuesday 28 March, Year 5 students attended an excursion to Carss Park Flats to further develop their understanding of Indigenous Histories and Culture. The students were led by the Aboriginal Gumaraa Rangers, exploring the beautiful Australian bushland and learnt about traditional Aboriginal customs, such as what they ate, traded, their spoken language and how settlement changed one of the world’s oldest surviving cultures. The students participated in a variety of activities such as boomerang-throwing, string making and a traditional ochre and smoking ceremony. This excursion provided an opportunity for the students to build their thoughts and knowledge to begin their new Interdisciplinary unit ‘Australia’s Past, Present and Future’.

Stella Azizian
Head of Gioia House