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West Daly Regional Council Logo Competition

We need your help to design a logo for your new council.

The West Daly Regional Council includes the communities of, Peppimenarti, Palumpa and Wadeye and Outstations in the region.

Students and the general community in the three council communities and outstations are being asked to assist in the creation of a logo for the new Regional Council. The winning entry will be chosen by the elected members of the Council.

HERE ARE OUR ENTRIES

 

Recount of our trip to Thindi

Saara’s class, Omer, Mikhaila and her friend and the DaNgimalmin mob went to Thindi on Tuesday. Thindi is a beach that belongs to Melpi mob. It takes about 30 minutes to drive there from Wadeye.

First we took some photos for our science project about climate change.

Then we had cuppa. We had muesli bars, eggs and oranges. After cuppa we took some more climate change photos.

Next we went fishing. We caught a crab and we cooked it on a fire and ate it. It tasted like fish.

After that we started driving back to school but we stopped because we saw turtle tracks in the sand. We looked for turtle eggs but there was nothing.

Finally we got back to school and  had free time.

Beatrice is looking at the camera and smiling at the beach.

Saara took a photo of us smiling at the beach.

Donny was playing footy at the beach.

Matthew caught a crab.

Jules was looking at the sea and he was playing footy at the beach.

Eddie is kicking some footy.

Eddie and Matty are digging for turtle eggs.

Matthew is eating a crab at the beach.

Donny's fishing at the beach but he didn't catch anything.

Donny is pointing at crocodile tracks.

This is Eddy enjoying his time jumping from a sand hill.

We took photos of turtle tracks.

Francellia is taking some photos.

The grass and trees are growing up.

Crafternoon

We customised our uniform shorts today. The uniforms were a big hit last year when we first got them but lately there haven't been many kids wearing them.

I think we did a pretty good job making them look a bit more colourful and exciting - just like the students themselves!

The class next door have been working on this beautiful map of Wadeye for a couple of days now. It looks amazing. The school is on there as well as all the teachers' houses and the boarding school.

Well done!

There was a big funeral in town and most of the students were attending. We only had two students in class today so we made the most of the peace and quiet and made some posters for the girls to take home. 

Here are the results:

Playlists

Often, when we have finished our work, play some music in the class while the students have free time or FT as we call it. 

We learned how to make playlists on Youtube so we don't have to argue over who gets to play their music. This way everyone's song will get played.

So far, we have two playlists:

1) OLSH Wadeye Happy Music

2) OLSH Wadeye Indigenous Music

In my opinion, we should put Manowar on the playlist.

Firstly,  I like Manowar because that’s always my best song.

Secondly,

because that is my favourite music.

Thirdly, everyone have a dance.

- Edward -

I think Beyonce because she’s a good singer.

Firstly, I like her song because she’s are good singer.

Secondly, beyonce she is a good dancer.
Thirdly, I like her voice.

- Cassie -

I think we should put that song Selena Gomez on the playlist. Firstly her songs make me happy. Secondly I like her dance moves. Thirdly, I like her music.   In conclusion she would be good on the playlist.

- Francellia -

Last term we studied how and why white people came to Australia. We found out most of the first whitefellas came from Britain and many Australians thought of Britain as their mother country.

Then things started changing. People came from all over the world and Britain wasn’t very important to them.

Some of the First Australians, the old Australians and the New Australians don’t like the flag we have now because it has the British flag in it.

We had a go designing a brand new flag!

- Saara -

My name is Beatrice.

This is my flag. I put my colours Blue, Red, Yellow, Black and Gray, Brown and White.

I use the black yellow and red because that’s the colour of Aboriginal flags. I put the Emu and the Kangaroo because that’s our silver in Australia.
- BEATRICE -

My name is Merle and this is my flag. The colours I chose to use are green and black, yellow and brown because they are good colours. I put a kangaroo on my flag because there are kangaroos in Australia. 

- Merle -

My name is Saara and here are two flags I designed. I chose to use the colours of the Indigenous flag - black, red and yellow. I also picked blue from the current flag. I added gold and green from the colours Aussies wear in sporting events.

On one flag, I put the kangaroo and, in the other, I put the Southern Cross. I thought they would be good symbols that represent everyone.

- Saara -

Here are some other flags: