VCAL Indigenous Fun Day

Article by Soffie Montalto

VCAL Indigenous Fun Day

On Thursday the 21st June, the Year 12 VCAL students from Healy 2, went to Saint Thomas Primary School for the Indigenous Fun Day. The VCAL students had chosen the theme of Indigenous Australians for Semester 1, and the community project element of the project was in conjunction with Saint Thomas Primary School.

We researched and designed activities, that included 4 workshops that the grade 5/6s participated in. These workshops/themes included, Land Rights, Stolen Generation, Indigenous Games, Activities to promote a Healthy Lifestyle and Indigenous Artwork as a form of storytelling and Celebration of Aboriginal Culture. Each workshop went for 20 minutes and the grade 5/6s thoroughly enjoyed it.

The purpose of this exercise was to promote and further inform these students about Indigenous culture. All of the planning and organizing was student led but we couldn’t have done it without the assistance of our teachers. Special thanks also to Saint Thomas Primary school making us feel so welcome and appreciated. We hope this working relationship can continue in the future.

Sofie Montalto Year 12 VCAL

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