Activity 1 - Traditional Indigenous games
Students take a short walk to our local oval where they will learn to play traditional Indigenous games.
Activity 2 - Spear and boomerang throwing
Learn to throw returning boomerangs and spears.
Activity 3 - Mindfulness through weaving OR clapstick making
Students sit around the pond and learn the traditional skill of making woven baskets, OR students learn the traditional skill of making clapsticks at our campfire.
Activity 4 - Kayaking
Learn to paddle and discover Aboriginal grinding grooves, caves and old churches while paddling on the Hawkesbury River (activity dependiant on students meeting prerequisites).
Activity 5 - Ochre & fire making
Students learn about traditional uses of ochre and tell their own story using traditional Aboriginal symbols. Students learn about cultural burning and then attempt to make a fire using traditional methods.
Activity 6: Dip netting
Students connect to Country by investigating the creatures in the Brewongle ponds.
Activity 7: Nest box survey
Students investigate the animals living in our nest boxes using cameras.
Activity 8: Cave walk and mindfulness
Students explore the bushland around Brewongle as they connect to Country. Continue to work on weaving and clapsticks.
Activity 9 - Aboriginal tools, weapons and string making
Discover the traditional uses of our vast array of traditional tools and items relating to Dharug culture. Attempt to make string using traditional methods.
Activity 10 - Bush resource walk
Learn about Dharug bush resource plants, look for wildlife and other natural treasures ending up at our cave.
Activity 11 - Emu game
Students listen to a short story about how to hunt emu eggs, then play a game to put their knowledge to the test.
Activity 12 - Gunyah building
Students learn about the importance of Country to Aboriginal people and build stick shelters (gunyahs).
