15 Sep 2018
NAIDOC celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. At Corrimal High School, we celebrate and recognise the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders during Term 3 Week 8. NAIDOC week is not a new concept. It started many, many years ago and Corrimal High School has been proud to be a NAIDOC Week supporter each year. But what did NAIDOC “Because of her, we can” 2018 bring?
Several of the activities undertaken this week included the continued work on a creative writing piece. 20 students, along with Mr Allen and Mr Foster, logged in to an online, interactive presentation and writing workshop with local author, poet and Indigenous women Kirli Saunders. The students across Years 7 to 9 spent an hour with Kirli, learning new creative writing techniques that could support their writing.
Two of our Year 10 students (Jean Fuller and Kaylem Connolly) spent two days with UOW STEM outreach programmers. During these two days, the students took on a leadership role, running workshops for other Year 6 students visiting UOW to participate in the program. Both Jean and Kaylem made wonderful mentors to these students.
