Students embrace gender equality
Students with guests Nat Exon and Darcy Vescio
Celebrating International Women's Day
Northcote students marked International Women's Day with exuberance, participating in a number of events throughout the day. Students in the 'Herstory Hackathon' researched and uploaded biographies of remarkable women from a wide range of fields including the Arts, Education, Sport and Literature. As well as ensuring that these women are better represented in the online universe, our student learnt valuable skills in finding sources, proper citation and constructing pages.
Women's art popped up in unexpected places around the school, and eagle-eyed participants completed the Women's Art Quiz in hope of winning a prize for their class.
Finally, it was standing room only in the Library at lunchtime as Year 8 Leaders Hannah and Charlie confidently hosted a lively and interesting Q&A session with Nat Exon and Darcy Vescio from the AFLW. It was great to see the way in which the increased recognition of women's football has captured the imagination of the community, including our students.
Getting autographs
Getting autographs
The Q&A
Students packed in to the library to hear the speakers
Meeting the players
Getting autographs
A captive audience
Library display
New Wikipedia editors present their work
Some of the women we added to Wikipedia in the Hackathon
Getting autographs
Getting autographs
The Q&A
Students packed in to the library to hear the speakers
Meeting the players
Getting autographs
A captive audience
Library display
New Wikipedia editors present their work
Some of the women we added to Wikipedia in the Hackathon