SuitabookOur world
One Arm Point Remote Community School (W.A.)
- Reading
- Read it as a window into one community, pausing over unfamiliar words, places and practices. Let the child ask questions, distinguish this community’s experiences from generalisations, and revisit the wordlist together.
- Themes
- Community knowledge and cultural life: Children share traditional stories and dances, cultural activities, community programmes, family ties and Bardi language connected with Ardiyooloon. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Land, sea and food practices: The children show readers how to find water, track, fish, gather or catch food, cook and eat animals, and explore reefs and seasons. These activities are presented as practical knowledge connected with place and daily life, rather than as unsupported adventure claims.
- Making and practical skills: The book includes making spears, boomerangs, bough shelters and bush brooms, alongside camping and other practical activities. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Some activities involve tracking, hunting, fishing, preparing and eating animals, including turtles, crabs, oysters, clams and kangaroo. Making spears and other tools also appears; discuss these practices in their cultural and practical context.