Hello
everyone,
Welcome
back to Term 3. Well, to be fair, week 4 of Term 3. Where on Earth does the
time go?! I know I say it all the time, but seriously, it flies doesn't it?
Term 3
has already proven to be very busy. We recently had NAIDOC week. Students went
to an incursion to learn more about Indigenous plants and how they are used for
food and medicine and how water was used and preserved.
Last
week, Friday the 3rd of August, Room 23 and 30 presented the assembly and I cannot
explain just how proud I was of all the children. The amount of information
they were required to memorise in order to ensure our assembly flowed was
unbelievable! At times I really did wonder if we were expecting too much, but
they very ably rose to the challenge and exceeded ALL expectations.
As it was
the week after NAIDOC week, we decided to focus on an Indigenous theme with the
retelling of the dream time story, 'The Rainbow Serpent'.
Apart
from the presentation, students also completed a piece of writing which was
displayed on the WOW Writing Board in front of the undercover area. Please come
in and read over our awesome stories and research. You could also have a look
at our display in Block 3.
As Mini
MAC is made up of three year levels, I wanted to create a challenge for each.
The Year Ones developed a story using only Aboriginal symbols then they needed
to translate their illustrations to written form using their very best
handwriting and boy, was I impressed!
The Year
Twos were required to develop a story as the Year Ones did, but they needed to
not only translate their story but were also asked to type it using touch
typing and correct formatting...once again, they knocked my socks off with
their abilities. All that computer time is paying off :)
The Year
Threes were required to do a research project on inspirational Indigenous women,
as the theme for NAIDOC this year was 'Because of her, we can!' Below is a
summary of the statement we used in order to 'set the scene' for our research.
Statement by National NAIDOC Co-Chairs
Dr Anne Martin & Mr Ben Mitchell
Under the theme - Because
of her, we can! - NAIDOC
Week 2018
As pillars of our society, Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander women have played – and continue to play - active and
significant roles at the community, local, state and national levels.
As leaders, trailblazers, politicians, activists
and social change advocates, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women fought
and continue to fight, for justice, equal rights, our rights to country, for
law and justice, access to education, employment and to maintain and celebrate
our culture, language, music and art.
They continue to influence as doctors, lawyers,
teachers, electricians, chefs, nurses, architects, rangers, emergency and
defence personnel, writers, volunteers, chief executive officers, actors,
singer songwriters, journalists, entrepreneurs, media personalities, board
members, accountants, academics, sporting icons and Olympians, the list goes
on.
They are our mothers, our elders, our grandmothers,
our aunties, our sisters and our daughters.
Sadly, Indigenous women’s role in our cultural,
social and political survival has often been invisible, unsung or diminished.
Their achievements, their voice, their unwavering
passion give us strength and have empowered past generations and paved the way
for generations to come.
Because of her, we can!
Such a powerful statement that really got the Year
Threes fired up to do their very best, and that, they certainly did. They
researched their chosen Indigenous woman then created a pamphlet featuring
their personal details, interesting facts and how she was inspirational to
others.
In other news
We have started our very first novel study! More
groups will go through this process as the year goes on. We have started with
one of my most favourite childhood books, Charlotte's Web.
We have also been learning about poetry and tried
our hand at Diamante Poems. Please come and see our window display.
We have also just begun our project work for this
term. Look out for more news of this soon.
Thank you once again for all your support. It is
much appreciated,
Mrs C x
