Indigenous School Incursions and Aboriginal workshops with Rick Roser

•  Ochre painting and the Emu dreaming story telling, 

Where volunteers - then everyone can get painted with Ochre designs for faces/hands/arms/hair/Tshirts etc.

Ochre is natural Kaolin clay and brushes out....a bit

Maybe bring an old T shirt ??

• Hair decorations...Exquisite Emu feathers, Beeswax and Ochre hair decorations applied as a Dreamtime story progresses, 

Great fun learning and doing. Children keep the emu feather hairpieces and all may be painted up.

• Fire making.... Sorryyy... Only I can rub two sticks together so fast it makes a tiny spark... and then only I can catch that spark in a pinch of puffed up grass... AND yes it’s only me who can coax that spark into a flame...it’s true.. 

But everyone loves to try...Not a chance...Sorry...Reward offered...

(It’s really, really hard)

Fully accredited and perfectly safe.

Can incorporate an acted out story.....or a lesson in physics...friction...Exothermic chain reactions...or we just do it and have fun.

• Boomerangs show our first attempts at powered flight.... 

Boomerangs are demonstrated, Yes...Students too...!

• Spear & Woomera...a Spectacular example of a simple invention. Technology using leverage to make a huge increase of physical power. 
• Humpy building and shelters can be arranged.

In case of inclement weather or other circumstances there are   

• String making, 
• Stone Tool Making or 
• Painting on boomerangs or canvas. 
  

A highlight of Semester 1 is the incursion conducted by Rick Roser, where students are taught and involved in various traditional Aboriginal cultural activities including fire making, face decorating, and spear and boomerang throwing. The students gain valuable knowledge from this incursion as they learn the significance and purpose of some Aboriginal cultural activities.