P ICE 60¢
OS A
-
-.;
From page 1
DOD
7
:Archbishop Foley blesses new St Camillus -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
----
--
--
---
-
-
-
-
--
-
A-� .·. · ·from page 3 �____:_ t
-
- -
A
b lea ion o the Catho i Ed c ion O ce of
este
ia
ol
e
o.3
s
'
2
t Ob
g
Io 27
ST MARY'S SCHOOL BROOME
N(]LCJNG(] COLLEGE, BROOME "Nulungu is the name of the mythical waterhole in Broome from which many of the early people in this land originated." Dr Petrie 1971
A BEACITIFUL ATMOSPHERE ·1 know what they are like - I know where they
come from" Terri Lee. the first fully qual fied local teacher on the staff of St Mary 5, her multi·moal back ground as a great advant age in her teaching. I know the children and their cultural back ground". satd Tem ,hey are 1mmed ely a ease INTth me The multi-raoal character of St Mary s Is one of the first things � n(l(lee about the school and accord ng to T em the benefits for the childnren aregrea ·1 .. fflt to school herein Broome nd I didn t meet rry l)ttfudlce until I went to Perth St Marys has beaw lul atmosphere - I love teaching here salcl Tmt
A CARING, CHRISTIAN
COMMUNllY
Hundreds of from Austra gathered on a warm Sunday afternoon In "PriJ 1967 to c•clcllaste the opening of four ,classrooms and a multi
porpose bulldlng St Marysnew t The buildings. olfJdally opened by Senator Susan Ryan and by the Bishop ol Broome. Most
Rev John Jobs!. are the
first st.ogc of the reloa> tion of St. ry s.
Funding for the sccood has been nt!d
One of the new build,� pictured
Year 10 student Beck Plgram(pictured above) is a day student ulungu. Born in Broome she looks forward to WO<klng In a secretarial position in the town when she leaves school In preparation for her career Becky is studying typing and shorthand and is learning about computers In the communications course offered at theC
A RICH HERITAGE The mu I rid ness that become �-. hcrtt,,g Is refleeted In St Mary. Pa School. ..hich officiopcned In 1911
Thec:ourageous ol St John of God b<:come pall of tha rich heritage. The Sist
responded
to the request of the
Japanese Commu111 nd the Broome Cathoflc h their Community to children. Japanese, Phil lpino, European nd
h children together In the back of the Church for their first lessons. They ...,.., joined by Aboriginal childlffl \I. orld \I. r I when the boundaty and
ulunqu Coll<'Q'· Broome, Ill its sprawt,ng Australian busn setting. ,sboth school and home for 204 secondary students from throughout the Kimberley region The College Chapel. built in the centre of the campus, rs the focal pomt of the twenty fi classroom and accommodabon buildings. ufungu had Its begmnings m 1971 when at the 1rwitabon of Bishop John Jobs� the Bishop ol Broome, a secondary school was opened to provlcle educebon for Aboriginal boys. The f!Bt boarders. "'ho arrived m 1972. were housed in five buildings designed byarchitectMr Bill Fitzhardingc In 1974 a Similar complex wa opened for girls on an ad_J(lllling te. The schools catenng for bolh clay nd residential students. merged in I 980tobecome ulungu College under the direction cl the Christian &ochers and the Sisters ol Our Lady of the sslon. The name ulungu""'" gM!!ltotheCollegeb) a Gem,an anthropologist. Dr Petrie IM1<> worked m the Kimberley region at La Grange.
Te.aching Assistant. Ka� Smith (third from Id\). nd some of the art students display samples of statiooe,y and cards. They are the result of a project initialled by Sr Helena Brabenderwhlch aims to extend art beyond the classroom.
"Tbe children 5 esteem Is re sed "'hen theyir work produced and they tso leam the production ski which they cnn use r they lea school". said Sr Helena The stationery nd Ch
mas cards are for order through the College. ulungu art students are regu among the 111 pnze"' the nnua Broome Shu-4u
1987 saw the intrOdUCIJOn of the Unit Cumculum at ulungu. I IS designed to provide more effecwe blc nd Indivlc:IU11lised educ:ationlll servkes to students m yea B 9 nd IO In the of U the Unit Curriculum pa r oc!Vanu,ges for ufungu students. Because Eng Is the second uage for to.o thirds of students the literacy slli11s of some re k,.,,er than their peers. 1he U Curriculum students to progress their O\\T1
tinues to educat chlldlffl under the direction of the Loreto sters. School princlpa Sr Claire Gardiner, her ded cated as they care for
Year 2 student Rueben Lee Chi loves chool. particularly "drawing pic-
tures".
ment.
·---�
(Init Curriculum Raises Self Confidence
Aboriginal """"' dlJO� to live In the to,;;n_ Todcy St Mary s con-
Art F "Thee are naturally artJstic heed of the
A udent may be obviously '"'fY g fted. but not titent • said the Principal Br Peter egus. Since th introduction ol the new cumculum there has been a marked change of att.tude emong the students "The students are d more self-confid pla} ence now they are In • ty • roup of id Br Negus
A Year I I class is being trialled at the College thi year. Brother Trevor Gibbons (pkturedalxwewith hisstudents)coordinatestheYear 11. Brother Trevor arrived at Nulungu In 1987 from SouthAustraJia.,..here he was superior at RostrevorCollege.
Aboriginal Studies
The cooking section of the Food nd Nutrition course is popular v.ith the boys because "they may eat what they cookl" Other Domestic Science courses offered Include Clothing and Fabrics and Handcrafts. Technical s are developed in courses Including metalwork. woodwork. motor mechanics. welding and building construction.
The Ulll also a ms to K,mbe� and Presen IS the l<VlO\/lltM, help students appreoa e Aborig nal Studies un tha they have a shared which has been mcor cultural and social histor, porated into the Year 8 Most students !\ave a SocialStudoescumculum reasonable l<n<l\\iedge in 1987 about their own aree but
Tracey Howard
"I lo'"' teaching and I love children ·, said T eaclnng Assistant, Tracey Howard Tracey IS 1n her eighth Marys nd teem teeclles with the classroom teachers in rs5to7 u'ke other Teaching Assistants Tracey ends the annual Teaching Assistants Seminar nd t.age ol the personal study bme a able during dass·bme
Sissy DJ"'9""'<'n wa ches Conan Dan at the computer Conan says he leams a lot US1ng the computer But I also like pl.:,ylng games on it said Conan th a big smr The successful computer prog,&.. St ry S IS a vital reseoeee which a pa rty those clllldlffl with mng dlillCWU,5.
Brothet Peter
s·
Ojlagween and Conan Da11
egu • PrindpaJ ol the College. · dwarfed by the extraordinary art arid decorations which make the ulungu College Chapel both ou tandinglybeautiful and unique. Students and staff contli>utled to the bu · and Interior decoration of the Chapel.
The unit. ,nclud,ng the data and teaching mat enals. was designed at Nulungu by Joyce Hud· son and Sarah Yu It is priman1y for students fiv,ng the Kimberley. Students learn about changes tha have taken place In the Kimberley n recent years by focuss,ng on Aboriginal language groups and commu111 as they were before European contact.
ha� 11 l<n<l\\iedge and understanding of other students backgrounds More than 20 language groups are represented among the students at the College
Deputy Principal. Sr Helena &,bender, operates the College clnic each moming before classes commence.
•
'e
a
O
T o el
rly ea s to r LaVerdi r
er nt
ch
•,
. H�.
From page 4
-
From page 4
From page 4
ODD
D O
tfu
7
-