NAIDOC Week

This week at St John's we celebrated NAIDOC Week. Students participated in a number of activities to expand their knowledge of NAIDOC week and Aboriginal culture and history. Mrs Tracey Gardner visited classrooms and discussed the follow topics with our students:

• Who are elders?
• Why are they important?
• How do we respect our elders?
• Who are some of our local elders in ACT?
• Explore kinship and what it means to our First Nations.
• Construct a family tree and identify their own elders.
• Discussion about well known elders and explore significant events in their lives, especially those that have impact on Indigenous Australians.

Students also completed a number of other activities in their classroom with their classroom teachers. 

Johnny Huckle presented a whole school incursion. He is a renowned Aboriginal musician who has been performing for decades with his powerful songs. 

Rebekah Brown