3/4MD News
NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In 3/4 MD, we celebrated NAIDOC week by first educating ourselves about Australia’s history - an essential for healing and reconciliation. We then acknowledged the people who have driven change in First Nations communities - those who have stood up and shown up!
YARNING CIRCLE
Here are some images of us in a yarning circle discussing how Archie Roach’s book, ‘Took the Children Away’ made us feel. A yarning circle is where we use a ‘talking piece’ while we speak and listen from the heart.
RESPONDING WITH ART
After listening to the story of ‘Kunyi’ by Kunyi June Anne McInerney, we used art to show how we felt reading this true story about a young girl growing up very differently from what Australian children know today.
HAIKU POETRY
We wrote Haiku poetry to respond to Archie Roach’s deep and personal song, ‘Took the children Away’. Haiku poetry is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that follow a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern. Here are some examples -
