Class Five have been very fortunate that their Main Lesson topic, Botany, coincided with the Knowing Nullaki programme.  The students have been studying the fabulous interconnection between the root systems of living plants and the network of fungi and microcosmic creatures in the soil.  Through the Nulluki Project, we were expertly guided by local biodiversity artist and advocate, Angela Rossen.  Angela led us through a process of sample gathering; scientific observation, identification and recording of our local wetland’s flora and fauna.  The intense concentration and gasps of wonder that have come from the children, as they have explored these macro and microcosmic worlds, have been a joy to witness.   

We then had a marvellous session with local Noongar Elders and custodians, who brought to the children some of the Mineng language and perspectives, through which to explore the rich natural resources that abound in our region.  The children have enjoyed many interactive, multisensory experiences; viewing, tasting, smelling and touching the natural gifts of mother Boodjar, and then depicting the minute details, and complex interconnecting relationships, through writing and drawing.