14 Before & After School Care Program: SAR SAR

Classroom Activity: Practice the game and take turns being the leader. Try different speeds for the game. Try one round in silence. Anyone making a noise and you’re out of the game.   Teachers Notes: Traditional games provided the opportunity to learn about,...

16 Before & After School Care Program: Aboriginal Flag

Classroom Activity: Create a sand sensory tray using the three (3) colours of the Aboriginal flag.(Red, black & yellow). Paint rocks with three (3) colours. Colour pasta with three (3) colours. Draw and colour your Aboriginal Flag.   Teachers Notes: The...

18 Before & After School Care Program: Inanay Cupuana Song

Classroom Activity: Sing the song again together and practice movements. Munch N Move. Move around like a goanna. What’s the time Mr Woolf?   Teachers Notes: Inanay Cupuana is a beautiful Indigenous song, thought to be from the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal people of...

19 Before & After School Care Program: Art Symbols

Classroom Activity: Paint/draw favourite symbols on paper, bark or canvas. Can also draw symbols in the sandpit to create stories. Use Wandana symbols cards provided to play snap.   Teachers Notes: Aboriginal people have used traditional ochre as paint for...

20 Before & After School Care Program: Emu Caller

Classroom Activity: Make a sound from a recycled material. Make a birds nest using recycled materials including twigs, straw, etc.   Teachers Notes: The emu caller is a small 30cm section from a Yidaki (Didgeridoo) or hollow branch which would be used for...

21 Before & After School Care Program: Dance 2

Classroom Activity: Practice animal dance moves for the kangaroo and goanna lizard. Play Wandana Sean Ryan didgeridoo music (below). Use flash cards provided with the animal names (download).   Teachers Notes: Music and dance are important to Aboriginal culture...