Koorie Aspiration Days
for secondary students
Northern Bay p-12 College
On 4 April nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from Years 7 - 9 across the college joined other Years 7 - 9 Geelong students at GMHBA Stadium for a day filled with opportunities. The following day, April 5, five students from Goldsworthy Campus in Years 10 - 12 got the opportunity to attend their own Aspirations Day.
The students were encouraged to:
‘Believe, Achieve and Succeed’.
They were able to visit a multitude of stalls ranging from TAFE to University and Culture to Careers. Students collected items from each of the stalls, making some wonder how they would be able to carry all of the great stuff home at the end of the day!
An important component of each day was attending two workshops and spending time setting goals as part of a presentation by the Polly Farmer Foundation. One Year 7 proclaimed the day, “The best excursion I have ever been on!”. Another went to school on Tuesday asking if they could attend the senior session as well.
The college was lucky enough to win a wonderful work of art done by local artist, Lowell Hunter. This work will be displayed, on rotation, across the college. Lowell has also very generously offered to speak to the work for students to be videotaped and shared across all campuses. Other raffle prizes were won by students and varied from a wonderful prize pack from the Colac Gathering Place to an Indigenous art puzzle.
Isiah Firebrace of Eurovision fame was a fantastic entertainer with great cultural insights.
A special moment had Year 12 student, Cory Williams Megee, (pictured in the page heading) awarded a plaque from Wathaurong Glass commemorating his wonderful achievement in completing his Year 12 VCE.
Audra Czyzrewski
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Program