Schools across the Archdiocese celebrated NAIDOC Week (7 – 14 July) with activities that paid tribute to the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Holy Trinity Primary School, Curtin was one of many schools that celebrated NAIDOC Week in the last week of Term 2. Students in Year 3 and 4 held a liturgy that explored the significance of NAIDOC Week and enjoyed a dreamtime story session with Aboriginal storyteller, Larry Brandy.

Aboriginal Performer, Philip Green, presented St Monica’s Primary School, Evatt, students with a visual and tactile experience of traditional technologies used by Indigenous peoples throughout Australia.

At St Joseph’s Primary School, Adelong, students enjoyed a range of fun activities including boomerang throwing, traditional painting and the decoration of Aboriginal clapping sticks.

Students at St Benedict’s Primary School, Narrabundah participated in Aboriginal Dance Workshops for a special school performance in front of family and friends.

At Lumen Christi College, Pambula Beach, students explored the 2019 theme, ‘Voice, Treaty Truth. Let’s Work Together for a Shared Future’ with an Aboriginal art competition and damper making lessons.

Year 12 Lumen Christi Indigenous Captain, Hayleigh Lonesborough, designed an Indigenous mural for the occasion, that was representative of the local Aboriginal community and the four school Houses. Student representatives from Kindergarten to Year 12 painted the mural. The mural will be revealed at the College’s Cultural Day.