News from HOC
NAIDOC Assembly
As part of our NAIDOC celebrations in Week 2, we gathered in the senior nature play area for a whole school assembly. We welcomed Uncle Desmond Sandy, Aunty Deborah Sandy and the Yuggara Chepara Women’s Dance Group.
We were fortunate to have Uncle Desmond give a Welcome to County.
Aunty Deborah Sandy, with her daughters and granddaughters performed three dances to tell cultural stories and teach us some Yuggera language.
As part of our gathering, students from each class gave their reflections from learning in their classrooms. Students read statements to share their class voice and understanding of NAIDOC.
We heard phrases like:
“Living, connected, together”
“Holding hands together”
“Celebrating differences and learning about other cultures”
“Celebrating Indigenous culture, history and future”
“We can’t change the past but we can build the future”
Thank you to our P and C for funding the whole school sausage sizzle and to Paul Sutherland for managing the BBQ. Mrs Webb turned a few sausages too!
Inquiry Learning at YSS
The Year 5 students were involved in a Big Bang workshop this term, where they experimented with equipment to explore the science behind light and sound.
Science Week at YSS
We would once again like to offer our students a range of experiences during the week to celebrate National Science Week. In the past, we have had many wonderful parents and caregivers share their expertise and knowledge by running before school and lunch time workshops. Over the last couple of years, we have had ecologists, meteorologists, engineers, marine biologists, doctors, nurses, environmental science teachers and many more experts give us their time to inspire young minds to the possibilities of science. If you are interested in running a short 10 – 30 minute workshop at school during the week of 14th – 22nd August, please make contact. Please email Clare Triggell cttri0@eq.edu.au for more information.
