Grade Three would like to share with you one of the activities we have been doing this week.

We began by sitting around the fire pot at school and listening to the story about how the Tasmanian Tiger got its stripes. Grade 1/2 joined us as we listened to the adventure of a boy named Polana and how a small puppy saved him from a kangaroo. That kangaroo was Tarner. The puppy had been chasing Lenira the bandicoot when he came across poor Polana who was the target of Tarner’s bad mood. The puppy chased Tarner away and in return from rescuing Polana, he gave the puppy stripes across his back and down tail. Those stripes turned the puppy into the first Tassie Tiger.

We encourage you to listen to the old stories, learn about the Indigenous cultures of Australia and join with us in celebrating NAIDOC Week 2020.

Tanya Munro

Grade 3 Teacher