Jo Van Der Velde and Suzanne Brogan worked

Jo Van Der Velde and Suzanne Brogan worked with John Long, Doug Bonn, classroom teachers and parents, to put together a fabulous NAIDOC Week. The events of the week were showcased at a special assembly. Behind Mrs Brogan are the mini Pukumani Poles that 7/10 students made before they painted their real poles. These poles are now at either end of the Environmental Walk.

The Assembly began with the Chairperson of ASSPA, Jo Van Der Velde addressing the school and speaking about NAIDOC. Juliette Hubbard taught the Homework Centre students a creative way to present the Tiwi Creation Story. Murtunkala.

Grade 2 Fishing Trip The Year 2 classes and parents went on a fishing trip to Buffalo Creek. They had an exciting day and came back to school and drew pictures about their adventures.

Grade 3 at Assembly 31 st September Sharing what they learnt about Bush Tucker available on the Tiwi Islands. .

Torres Strait Islander’s Dance The students from the Homework Centre danced for the whole school. They enjoyed themselves and so did the rest of the school.

Each year level focused on a different activity during NAIDOC celebrations. Students from each class shared with the school what they had been doing. The Year 6 class presented Australian Indigenous stories to the year one classes during the week. They made props for plays and puppet shows as an imaginative way of storytelling.

The Year 5 students had designed personal totems and printed these onto T -Shirts and material. They paraded in front of the school.