NAIDOC Week at BSHS (Kelly Anderson - Deputy Principal)
NAIDOC Week at BSHS
This week is NAIDOC Week at Bunbury SHS. Please encourage students to engage in the various activities during the week. Please allow them to spend some time creating a flame to add to the mural at Student Services. These can be handed in at Room 7 or to Cherie Fielder.
Please see the attached schedule of activities.
Please see the attached instructions for the NAIDOC assembly. Please read these to students prior to the assembly on Tuesday pd4.
| Monday 12th | Tuesday 13th | Wednesday 14th | Thursday 15th | Friday 16th | |
| P1 | |||||
| P2 | |||||
| Lunch 1 |
Displays (Student Services) Activity - string making |
Face painting (Student Services) | Storytelling and colouring in (library) | Cultural crafts (cafeteria) |
Jewellery making Indigenous games (front lawn and oval) |
| P3 | |||||
| P4 | NAIDOC Assembly with Welcome to country and smoking ceremony | ||||
| Lunch 2 |
Kangaroo stew Displays (Student Services) Activity - boomerang throwing (oval) Music performances |
Q&A with Courtney Ugle (library) |
Storytelling and colouring in (library) | Cultural crafts (cafeteria) |
Jewellery making Indigenous games (front lawn and oval) |
| P5 | Role models (English classrooms) |
NAIDOC assembly information for teachers to read to students:
NAIDOC is the National Aboriginals and Islanders Day Observance Committee. This was the name of the group that was originally responsible for organising the national NAIDOC Week activities. NAIDOC week can be traced back to 1938.
Our school has made a conscious effort over the past few years to improve our students’ understanding of aboriginal culture and history. NAIDOC week is an important part of this learning.
At the NAIDOC assembly, we ask students to enter the gym respectfully, listening to the sounds of didgeridoo playing.
We ask that you ensure hats are removed, phones are off and away, earbuds are not in ears, and that you give your full attention and respect to the speakers.
During the assembly you will be asked to stand at important moments. Please do this as quietly as possible and do the same when asked to be seated.
At the end of the assembly, you will have an opportunity to participate in the smoking ceremony. This ceremony is very important to Aboriginal people. It signifies a cleansing of the spirit. You can use your hands to grab the smoke and wash it over you as you move past.
If you have any respiratory issues, you can choose not to participate, and instead exit the assembly at the gym foyer.