NAIDOC 2025 NEWS
NAIDOC 2025 NEWS
NAIDOC stands for National and Islanders Day Observance Committee and every year in July, we celebrate this important event at Milton State School.
The students came to Assembly in Free Dress which is always a highlight. They all looked amazing! One of our students, Maddie in Year 1NH made her dress up the day before. Here’s Maddie in her outfit.
Our 2024 First Nation Captain, Brida-Lee Donavon Tass and her Mum, Mtia were our special guests. Brida-Lee designed our Indigenous Polos last year and helped Mr Zernike launch the new Staff Polos. What an achievement for our school! Also many thanks to Julie in the Uniform Shop for organising this.
Here’s what the Staff Polos will look like.
Then we showed a video explaining this year’s theme – The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy. It was an interesting and relevant theme as it relates to our students being the Next Generation. For your viewing, here’s the link - https://share.google/RNxF1XoIkzAdfOItK
The winners of the NAIDOC Bookmark Competition were announced and presented with their prizes –
Prep
1st – Zoe T (Prep D)
2nd – Elliot G (Prep D)
3rd – P A (Prep M)
Year 1
1st – Claire (1M)
2nd – Primrose H (1D)
3rd – Lily W (1D)
Year 2
1st – Quinn (2HR)
2nd – Felix (2V)
3rd – Maya K (2A)
Year 3
1st – Samuel (3AL)
2nd – Grace H (3B)
3rd – Alice (3M)
Year 4
1st – Sophia S (4ML)
2nd – Lucas V (4L)
3rd – Eesha (4S)
Year 5
1st – Sebastian R (5R)
2nd – Liam J (5R)
3rd – Dia Bershia (5R)
Year 6
1st – Imogen (6M)
2nd – Emily G (6M)
3rd – Kaito (6CH).
Congratulations! A display of the Winners and their Bookmarks can be seen in A Block outside Mrs Jarro’s old room.
And finally, Mr Zernike’s closing remarks ….
“NAIDOC Week wraps up for this year but respect, learning, reconciliation and celebration for First Nations culture should be extended to every week of the calendar year. I’m proud to say that’s exactly what we are doing here at Milton. Well done Milton!”
Happy NAIDOC 2025!
Kind Regards
Ngaire Jarro | Senior Teacher