NAIDOC Week

Theme:   Always Was, Always Will Be.

Recognises that First nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.

8-15 November 2020

This week is NAIDOC Week in Australia. Trinity began the week with a NAIDOC Liturgy in our Church. Our Prime Ministers, Poppy Lucas and Tilly Bowman, began the liturgy acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we gather at Trinity, the land of the Wiradjuri people.

During the liturgy we respectfully celebrated our First Nations people who have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. Through prayer, music and reflection, the children at Trinity raised an awareness and appreciation of the Indigenous culture and heritage of this land, acknowledging the deeply respectful and spiritual traditions of our ancestors.

NAIDOC activities continued throughout the day with activities which included:

• Basket weaving
• Indigenous Literacy
• Indigenous Art
• Indigenous Language
• Indigenous Maths
• Indigenous Sports

The children were also treated to a taste of damper with butter and bush berry jam at recess. What a wonderful day of learning about our Indigenous Culture.

Remembrance Day

On 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. The signing of an Armistice brought the First World War to an end. Remembrance Day falls on the 11th of November each year. On the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month, a minute's silence is observed and dedicated to those soldiers who died fighting to protect the nation. Each year on this day Australians observe one minute’s silence at 11am, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts.

Please click on the link below to listen to the song ‘Remembrance Day Child’ and take time to reflect upon and respect our fallen men and women who fought for the freedom in our land.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjUpuO0DLVw

Thought of the Week