Event descriptions:
1) Dreamtime Stories:
Room 74 and 75 will be open during Break 2 for the showing of Dreamtime stories. This will be
available for all students to attend. By showing Dreamtime stories we aim to display recognition
and support for the Aboriginal student population at RSHS through raising awareness of their
cultural beliefs and heritage.
Understanding and recognition of Aboriginal cultural is a cross curriculum priority and we believe
that these Dreamtime stories are an easily accessible means of raising awareness of Aboriginal
history.
2) Wirrpanda foundation:
The Wirrpanda Foundation mentor speaker Josie Janz will provide a talk on aspiring to reach your
goals, whilst developing a sense of cultural appreciation and positive resilience to achieve them.
Year 7 students have been chosen as the audience because of the links to the Personal Growth
and Citizenship program initiative for 2015. Based on leadership and developing we hope to
prepare future ready citizens who are culturally aware and understand the importance of inclusion
in response to the potential for fragmentation of multifaceted and multidimensional communities
that exist in the 21st century. Students will learn about the relationship between social inclusion
and the development of social capital which focuses on the building of networks, relationships and
trust.