ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS
Our new Kinder students have started learning about Tasmanian Aboriginal culture. Using the new outdoor space milathinna (meaning Country) children learnt that Aboriginal people have lived in lutruwita (Tasmania) for more than 40000 years. We imagined what it must have been like living through ice ages as children made small ice caves. They also made miniature bark huts.
Thursday, 19th March is National Close the Gap Day. It is a time for all Australians to come together and commit to achieving health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This year the focus is on the role of culture in improving health outcomes. The theme is “we nurture our culture for our future, and our culture nurtures us”. Throughout 2020 students at St Aloysius Catholic College will continue to learn about the rich and dynamic culture of Australian Aboriginal peoples through incursions and excursions. For those of you wanting to learn more about Tasmanian Aboriginal histories and cultures from home, we encourage you to explore a new website called the Orb that has been created by the Department of Education.