This week we celebrated NAIDOC week in our classroom. It is a week when the whole of Australia recognises and celebrates the history and the culture of Aboriginal Australians. Indigenous and Aboriginal are describing words - they mean the first people or original inhabitants of a country or place.
We learnt about the amazing variety of Indigenous art in Australia and we had a go at making our own dot paintings with sticks we cut ourselves. We leant to sing Inanay, an old old Indigenous song and we discovered that the Wurundjeri people were the original inhabitants of Melbourne. We read a book and heard a song about Vincent Lingiari and his fight for his land and we wrote our own "Acknowledgement of Country" to read out at the beginning of our class meetings. It was a wonderful week!
NAIDOC week, I did Lauren's dot painting. Max H
We are learning about NAIDOC week! It is fun and it's good to learn about it because it is very important. We have to respect all of the Aboriginal people. Nina
It is NAIDOC week at the moment. We have been doing dot paintings. Evie
This week my class went into the butterfly garden and found some sticks to paint dot paintings. Olivia
It was colourful and it was fun. Teagan
We looked at Aboriginal painting. They do dot painting with sticks. Lucy
We listened to Gurrumul's music. Isaac
NAIDOC week is about celebrating Aboriginal culture. Sam
I enjoyed the dot painting and using sticks and earth colours. The class's work looked colourful and very beautiful. Lauren is going to put them on display to show everyone. I liked learning about the Aboriginal culture. Isabel
There was a footprint symbol and a circle symbol and don't forget the star! Daniel
We sang a song called Inanay with Betty's class yesterday for NAIDOC week. Max R
On Monday I brought in "From Little Things Big Things Grow." Ella G
This week it's been a special week, it's been NAIDOC week. My class has done dot painting, singing, pictures and dreamtime stories. Mia
I liked the dot painting because they were the best. Clarrie
Aboriginal means you have been living somewhere for a long time. Lulu
Naidoc week was a great, happy and fun week. We did dot painting and lots of other fun things. We guessed each other's pictures. I loved mine. Sunita
I did a dot painting for NAIDOC week. It had red and yellow and blue and green and pink and black. It was fun! Romy
