What happens when cultures collide?
Introduction
Margate Primary School is a government school located south of Hobart on the traditional lands of the Palawa People. The school has an enrolment of 490 students, of whom 7% are Aboriginal.
This HASS illustration of practice shows how staff and Grades 3 and 4 students explore the impact of colonisation on Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples through key questions including How is language important? and What happens as a culture revives?
Critical and Creative Thinking (Level 3)
- Inquiring – identifying, exploring and organising information and ideas | Organise and process information | collect, compare and categorise facts and opinions found in a widening range of sources
Intercultural Understanding (Level 3)
- Interacting and empathising with others | Emphathise with others | imagine and describe the feelings of others in a range of contexts
In what ways has the learning about local Aboriginal language and culture provided authentic opportunities to enhance writing for students?
How has the staff ensured that they provide a safe environment for students where all students have a sense of belonging and identity?
In what ways does the whole school approach taken by the school support teachers to improve their practice?
