St Aloysius Catholic College
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Kingston TAS 7051
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Email: sacc@catholic.tas.edu.au
Phone: 03 6229 0100

ABORIGINAL EDUCATION

National Reconciliation Week happens at the same time each year.  It begins on 27 May, the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum.  Here is a link to a video with more information about the significance of the Referendum for Aboriginal people.

 

WHALE DREAMING

Prep students recently learnt the local Aboriginal Whale Dreaming story that is depicted on big screens in the cultural garden at the Kingstson Campus.  The moral of the story is 'always listen to your mother'.  Children took turns in acting out the creation story with the giant shark, mother whale and sea eagle props.
 
There was once a mother and baby whale coming up the Channel near Bruny Island.  A giant shark was chasing them.  A sea eagle was telling the mother whale where to go so they could get away from the shark.  They came up past Nine Pins Point.  There is a big rock arch there.  We believe it was formed by the whales jumping through to escape from the shark.  As the mother whale was coming up the Channel she was using her tail to flick the sand at the shark, trying to scare it away.  This formed many of the beaches down there.  As they were escaping from the shark past Bruny Island the baby swam too close to the island chipped off the small island called Iron Pot.
 

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK IN KINDER

Kindergarten classes have been learning about the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and culture as part of the whole College focus on National Reconciliation week.

We set up some play provocations to stimulate children's natural curiosity and create discussions and a deeper level of learning. We are very fortunate to have a Tassie Devil on loan from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery which the children enjoyed studying close up and many had a go at sketching. In our exploration of native animals many students also elected to work with clay and make their own animal, which created many interesting discussions and provided a good fine motor work out as clay is a lot more difficult to work with than play dough. 

Ms McWatters came in and told us about 'Taraba'- a Tassie Devil Aboriginal Dreaming story. Our highlight was building and creating bark shelters.

 

'SEA OF HANDS'

As part of National Reconciliation week the College participated in the 'Sea of Hands' project.  For over 20 years the program has been a symbol that engages Australians with Reconciliation.  Hands in colours of the Aboriginal flag were planted at both College campuses.

We were fortunate enough to have Aboriginal Elder, Uncle Rodney Dillon visit the Huntingfield Campus to view the installation and to plant a hand.