24 Wandana Early Learning Program: Dreaming story- Kookaburra

Classroom Activity: Teachers make copy of Kookaburra from Activity Booklet for students to colour in. Maybe take turns making the sound of the kookaburra.   Teachers Notes: “Kookaburra by Claire Saxby & Tannya Harricks” The laughing Kookaburra is the larger...

02 Wandana Early Learning Program: Making Ochre

Classroom Activity: Classroom Activity: Sensory tray- colour mixing, make a paint brush, make your own ochre mixing clay and water together. Look at the white and yellow ochre(in Coolomons) on Wandana artefacts Chart provided. Make your own paint with seeds, flowers,...

03 Wandana Early Learning Program: Dance 1 – Emu & Bird Dance

Classroom Activity: Play music provided and practice Emu and Bird Dance moves. Use images from the activity book supplied or (download)    Teachers Notes: Music and dance are important to Aboriginal culture and used as everyday life and to mark special occasions....

22 Wandana Early Learning Program: Dance 2 – Kangaroo & Goanna

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...

21 Wandana Early Learning 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...

20 Wandana Early Learning 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...

01 Wandana Early Learning 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...

17 Wandana Early Learning 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...