Jarlmadangah Immersion

Our 2024 Jarlmadangah travellers arrived safely home on Sunday evening, and have now adjusted back to the cooler temperatures of our region. Over the coming days and weeks we are looking forward to hearing some of the many stories they have brought home with them, as they carry the story of our friendship with the Jarlmadangah Burru Community and the Nyikina Mangala school. 

Later in the term, we will be inviting current Year 10s to submit an application to join the Jarlmadangah Immersion in 2025. Year 10 students will be provided with further details about this via their student emails, Daily Notices and the Year 10 Google Classroom.

𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨...

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟏- After introducing ourselves to the Jarlmadangah community, we learned about the Jarlmadangah creation story. We gave our school gift of table tennis bats, balls and nets and spent time playing table tennis with the students.  We were taught how to use a throw net, and we then drove to a billabong and watched the locals use the throw nets to catch fresh water prawns known as ‘Jarramba’

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐 - Today we started the day with sport, playing football and quoits with the students. We then went into our first lesson – Literacy - where students completed activities telling us about themselves. Next was reading and writing activities focusing on adjectives. We ended the day with an Arts lesson, doing paintings and face painting.

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟑- We completed a literacy lesson on the weather along with activities, as well as a numeracy lesson on measurement, which involved making and flying different paper planes. Next was an arts lesson using different forms and textures.  After school we were taken on country by one of the elders where we went to a place of special significance.

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟒- Today was our last full school day of teaching. For our numeracy lesson we set up a shop for students to use their understanding of money and addition, continued our study of adjectives in literacy, describing images and creating adjective flowers about ourselves.  In Arts and Craft, we tried ‘leaf printing.’ The students walked around the school collecting different leaves and sticks and used paint to create their own printed masterpieces.

After school, we continued our community service, painting the community office in the afternoon, before heading to ‘Dog Rock’ for a time of reflection and connection.