Week 2, Term 2

This week began with a student free day. On Monday 26th of April Simon Briggs and Danni Speak delivered the Cultural Understanding and Safety Training (CUST) to all teaching and Education Support staff at Castlemaine PS. This important training is being delivered to all school-based staff, from teachers, to administration and grounds staff in every government school throughout the state.  CUST is designed to be an introduction to ongoing learning and engagement with Aboriginal perspectives throughout the curriculum through meaningful collaboration between local Aboriginal communities and schools.

Once again this week I have enjoyed visiting classrooms, walking around the playground and continuing to get to know the students' names.  One of my many highlights was learning to play the marimba with Grade 5 and 6 students.  I had to concentrate hard to keep the rhythm, but it was lots of fun.