NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life.
YAHS NAIDOC celebrations kicked off last week with the opening of our Permanent Fire Pit. YAHS welcomed the Brungle ladies including Aunty Sony, Aunty Phillis, Vina and Mel Elworthy. Special mention to Ann...-Maree Ingram from Leeton, who welcomed us all to country. The women talked about the Brungle area and the experiences they had growing up. Furthermore, they produced a canvas artwork with the students, and taught the students how to make damper. We enjoyed a fantastic camp oven lunch provided by the amazing dining room ladies to finish off the day.
A big thankyou to the farm staff Bianca and Steve and to Andy and Matt in maintenance for all your help in building the fire pit.
Tuesday also saw the whole school get together and make a representation of the Indigenous flag out the front of McCaughey. Special thanks to Stuart McVittie for taking the photo with the Drone, and avoiding the attack of the cockatoos.
Thursday saw the first of hopefully many Indigenous touch knockouts at YAHS. With some late withdrawals from surrounding schools, it ended up being a local derby between 2 St Francis teams and 2 YAHS teams. YAHS 1 took out the tournament with a great win over a competitive YAHS 2. A big shout out to all the players and referees who demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship and participation and to St Francis for coming out.
Special thanks to 10 Pass for running the event and to Kim Weller and her Year 12 students for providing an amazing canteen for the day.