ABC Wednesdays - N for Nunga TV

Nunga TV was a series of television programmes produced by Indigenous Australian students at Warriapendi School. Nunga is a self-reference term used by local aboriginal people.

As with most radio and TV stations one must have a promotional vehicle, so the staff and students went about creating their own; learning and applying many useful skills along the way including mechanics and art.

Here is a link to a site that features 6 of the episodes produced in 2006.

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Southport Beach

This Southport Beach looking north towards Port Noarlunga. This is one of the surfing beaches on the mid-south coast. During the week many school students have aquatic lessons here. This is an ideal beach for learners as there are no rocky outcrops as is the case on some of the other mid-south beaches.

Looking north along the beach; the mouth of the Onkaparinga River is to the left of the photo.

Mascot race

This morning local Adelaide radio station Triple M ran a Mascots' Race. Held at St. Raphael's Primary School, it was part of one of the station's breakfast program's regular segments "Back to School Friday."

The breakfast show hosts Kim, Ali and Dzelde ran their show on site at the school. Click here to see a slide show of the mascots on Triple M's web site.

Bush Song and Dance

Yesterday the school my granddaughters attend had a day of song and dance. The school had hired Bushwahzee to perform bush music and dance and then run workshops with the children.

In the late afternoon parents were invited to come along and watch as the children performed what they had learnt during the day; a great school community event!

ABC Wednesdays - A for Alberton

Alberton is a western suburb of Adelaide, a few kilometres from Port Adelaide. This is Alberton Primary School's original building; the one I sat in during my early school years.

When I went to school the overall school site was much different. A street ran past the front of the school, about where the goal posts are. The spot where I took this photo was private housing. We did not have a grassed playing field; for major events like our annual sports day we used the Alberton Oval, about a kilometre away across the Port Road.

Along the road to the left was the site of the Junior Primary School. This site now has new buildings and is the main administrative area for the current school, along with many of the classrooms.

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ABC Wednesdays - U for urban sheep

These sheep are in a paddock only 6km from the Adelaide city centre. This is part of Urrbrae Agricultural High School; a 46 hectare (114 acre) site. The school was established in 1932 and has a current enrolment of about 1000 students.

To read more about the school click here

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