Last week the Curiosity Academy’s STEM students enjoyed a visit from Busselton SES Emergency Management Officer, Wayne Credaro, who shared his knowledge and experience on dealing with natural disasters in the local community. Search and Rescue Dog ‘Rocco’ with his handler Claire also came along to demonstrate their amazing skills at finding missing or lost people.
The students are preparing for their EngQuest project on rebuilding communities following a natural disaster, which also explores implications for buildings and infrastructure, as well as learning about the principles of sustainability and risk management.
Students involved in the Curiosity Academy also visited the local Aboriginal Art exhibition and Six Season garden last week, as part of the PALS program designed to encourage partnership, acceptance, learning and sharing between students and Aboriginal people in our community.
The NAIDOC Week exhibition, entitled ‘Many Colours, Deadly Hands’, features local Aboriginal artists. The College’s Aboriginal Liaison Officer, Lisa Weston, introduced the students to ‘Aunty’ Judy Weston, who shared the importance of art to Aboriginal culture and storytelling.
The students also wandered through the ‘Six Season’ garden to view the types of native flora used by Indigenous people for bush food and medicine.
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