Hear Jim and Rita's account of the last few days in Minyerri.
Goodbye Minyerri! We will miss you.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Day 15: Final Day
Ecosystems activity at First Creek.
The activity quickly turned into a boys vs girls mud fight.
Girls preparing for battle.
Georgi and Rita attacked Jim not realising he was part of the boys team.
Mud, mud, glorious mud.
BBQ to finish up the program.
The kids loved their certificates.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Day 14: Eggcellent Kriol
Mickayla running a bilingual literacy activity incorporating the languages Kriol and English.
Kriol followed by the English translation from the session.
Engineering an egg protector for the eggcellent egg drop experiment.
The big drop.
Did the egg "bust"? The kids word for crack.
Egg-success.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Day 13: Sports Day
Marcianne being an impressive goalie.
Soccer.
Handstand break.
Egg and spoon.
And the winners are the Magpies.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Day 11: Bush Medicine
Community Activity Leader Mickayla teaching the kids about bush medicine that can be found around Minyerri.
Green Plum Bark. Boil up the red layer of bark. It will cure boils and scabies. Apparently the green plums are also delicious.
Drawing of different medicines and their properties. By Patricia.
Verone painting some bush medicine.
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