ON Monday, June 22, Wagin District High School students recognised and celebrated Aboriginal culture with NAIDOC Day.
The theme for this year’s NAIDOC celebrations was We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate.
Students participated in a variety of engaging, and educational activities to celebrate our Australian Aboriginal culture.
The students were exposed to a variety of learning experiences including listening to talk by Erica McGuire, regional consultant in Aboriginal education for the Wheatbelt Education Region.
Activities included learning about the symbols Aboriginals use to communicate, cooking involving bush tucker, dreamtime stories and the different types of painting found in Aboriginal art work.
Students spoke about what they enjoyed about the day and what they learnt from it.
Kezia Pederick said NAIDOC Day’s highlight for her was learning about the Aboriginal symbols and what they meant.
“It is important to celebrate NAIDOC Day because then people who are not indigenous know and understand more about indigenous culture,” Alethia Wong said.
“It is important because it will teach people to respect Aboriginals and not be mean because of their colour and leading to a better future for all. I think NAIDOC Day was awesome and I can’t wait to do it again,” Taaj Furniss said.
