St Mary’s Primary School, Young have used creative activities and celebrations to teach students from Kindergarten to Year 6 the importance and significance of the Anniversary of the Apology on Wednesday, 13 February.

Principal of St Mary’s Andrew Casey said that it was wonderful to have the whole school recognise and understand the importance of the National Apology and the significance it has to us as a Nation.

Kindergarten students heard stories from Aboriginal Education Worker Christine Hamilton about the stolen generation and what it meant for her as an Aboriginal person to hear the word, “sorry”.

Year 4 students created healing boards to explore how people and communities can heal through acknowledging the past through acts of kindness.

In Year 6, students shared their responses to Kevin Rudd’s National Apology and celebrated the 13^th Anniversary using digital technologies to create meaningful videos.

One class used a green screen to create a powerful image of united hands, which as one student commented, ‘shows that we are no longer different but we are all the same’.