Mandurah Baptist college’s year 7 students have been treated to a presentation on sustainability by the Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health (FISH).
Ms Delvene Cornwall and Mr Greg Chappell visited the college on behalf of the foundation and introduced the year 7 English students to the topic of sustainability.
The students learnt about the importance of clean water, air and sustainable living along with other interesting facts such as a Balga or Grass tree only grows around one inch a year, which means if you see a tall tree it’s possibly been around for five hundred years.
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The college’s English department felt that this was important because it’s a serious world concern and that the students are the future of Australia.
The topic sits well with the curriculum and comes as a whole school approach to Indigenous inclusivity.
“It was fantastic to see the students respond,” Ms Summers said.
“It’s really important that they are aware of environmental issues and to see this from a different cultural perspective is important – it’s the true meaning of ‘education’ to open our eyes to different ideas.
“Every year, we have a different presenter on this topic and the students get to learn to summarise and report on the event. It’s just one of the activities we organise in our English department, it’s pretty cool.”