NAIDOC Incursion

On Thursday 20th June Cooloongup Primary School came to our school to show us some Aboriginal dancing and culture.

First all of the classes had to go to the Undercover Area and sit down on mats. Then we sat quietly waiting for it to start.

The performers did a dance to introduce themselves. Some kids even did backflips, cartwheels and splits. The girls from Cooloongup Primary were wearing matching T-Shirts, but the boys had shorts, a belt with feathers and material on it and were bare chested with traditional paintings on their bodies.

Next they told some traditional Aboriginal stories, by dancing and they also had music playing.

After this a boy taught us how to play the didgeridoo and told us what it was made out of. It looked really hard to play, but he played really well.

Then some students and teachers from Wattle Grove were chosen to join in a dance. In the dance the girls were fire and the boys were animals.

After this all of our school stood up where we were and joined in the dancing to modern music.

Finally, as a thank you for coming to our school, Wattle Grove sang the song, 'Gundulla'. It is a song about dancing.

Room 11 had a really good time at the incursion. We really liked the dancing, when the boy played the didgeridoo and how they introduced themselves. We would love to see them perform again.

A recount written as a group by Room 11