During the last week of term, Hunter Sports High School celebrated NAIDOC in fantastic fashion. The Minimbah team worked tirelessly to organise a host of engaging, informative session for the HSHS students and students from across the Community of Schools (including Wiri, Mt Hutton and Windale).

We began the day with an assembly led by Dekota Blacklock and addressed by Aunty Laurel. She informed us about the meaning of NAIDOC and the importance of Stories to Aboriginal people. It was incredibly meaningful and well received. The students then participated in sessions involving craft, Aboriginal language, Bush Tucker, Aboriginal dance, artefacts and history. Each session went for almost an hour and students left the sessions with tangible information or an item that they had created. Students also learnt how to dance, how to treat various illnesses with traditional bush medicine and how to play various Traditional Indigenous Games. We completed the day with a dance display from a young group from the central coast and our own Hunter Sports High School dance group. It was a wonderful day that only came about through the hard work of our Minimbah team, with awesome support from our parents. Thank you so much for a deadly day. [gallery ids="785,786,787,900,898,790,791,792,793,794,795,796,896,894,892,800,890,888,886,884,882,867,877,808,809,880,875,873,871,869,865,863,861,853,849,847,859,851,823,824,825,826,827,828,829,830,831,832,833,857,835,855,837,838"]

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