Living Justice 

NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week celebrations and activities are usually held across Australia each July; however, due to COVID-19, the National NAIDOC Committee announced that these celebrations would be held from 8 to 15 November. 

NAIDOC week stands for 'National Aboriginal  and Islanders Day Observance Committee', which was once responsible for organising national activities during this week.

This special week is held across Australia to recognise and celebrate the history and culture, as well as achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by all walks of life across Australia. This week is always a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

As a college community, we stand by the core belief that everyone, no matter their race, age, height or anything that differentiates us, should be treated with kindness, love and respect, also following the Catholic Social Teaching value of dignity of the human person.

Throughout this week we have hosted a number of enriching and fun activities which many students chose to participate in. These included chalk drawing the Rainbow Serpent, meditation with Uncle Jack Charles, placing an Acknowledgement to Country in every classroom,  watching 'The Sapphires' and producing an acknowledgement banner that was hung on the tennis courts and can be seen from the street on Como Parade.

Maddison Selacki

Year 10