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Philip “Wildman” Green: Aboriginal Survival Technology Incursion
Last week on Monday 16/8, Naturalist Philip Green presented a fantastic visual and tactile experience of traditional technologies used by Indigenous peoples across the varied environments of Australia – deserts, mountains, rivers and sea shores. There were multiple touch boxes with Aboriginal artefacts for students to examine and handle.
Comments from staff and students:
“… it was educational, entertaining and informative and our students did us proud with their good manners. I was fortunate to sit in for a large part of the Castle presentation, I enjoyed seeing our students’ engagements, reactions and excitement and I am sure they got a lot of learning from it also. Ms Sally
“….the kids (and adults!) in our class absolutely loved it!!” Terri
“…What a great incursion.” Martyne
“It was so engaging and I don’t think the students have shown such good attentive listening for so long before!" Rachelle
“I had a chat with WILDMAN after his show and he said our students were amazing and had great audience manners. I replied "Ahhhhhhh that was you! You captivated our children and staff!" I personally thoroughly enjoyed every minute. The children loved how hands on it was. I loved watching them explore new findings and ask questions about the tags that were on the yellow chains explaining what they were and how they were used. Students stayed entertained for the entire show. We LOVE WILDMAN” Julia
“Loved it! Children were all engaged and on task.” Nat
“I liked how he explained how to eat a witchetty grub. I liked how we could feel and look at the artefacts.” Casey
“Liked how we got to touch the artefacts and Indigenous objects” Destiny
I liked how we got to feel the furs they used for clothing” Noah
“The dingo claws were very sharp.” Paige
“All the information that the Wildman told us was very interesting” Ebony
“I liked all the facts in the little boxes. Awesome to see the headless witchery grubs.” Kayden
Philip "Wildman" Green
Connor and "Wildman"
Crushing seeds
Students exploring artefacts
Philip "Wildman" Green
Connor and "Wildman"
Crushing seeds
Students exploring artefacts
Sue Dunn, Aboriginal Education Teacher