On Tuesday 29 May, Kolbe Catholic College acknowledged Sorry Day at the whole school assembly. Mrs Lisa Dann, the College’s Aboriginal Liaison Officer addressed the students with: Good morning, I acknowledge my mum here today and any other elders present this morning and I also acknowledge Dr Jodi Eatt, who you will hear from later. [...]
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Kolbe v Clontarf Annual AFL Match
On Tuesday 19 March, Kolbe Catholic College ventured up to Clontarf Aboriginal College in Manning to participate in the annual game between the two Colleges. The Kolbe boys were full of excitement at the prospect of taking on last years State Schools Champions, who boasted a number of State and National players. However, the Kolbe [...]
Indigenous Cambodia Experience
Indigenous students, Rhys Collard, Jessica Collard, Lance Dann and Kenisha Franklin–Waigana, are four of eight students who have been selected to attend an immersion experience in Cambodia. The first parent evening for students and their parents was held at the College and lead by Ms Carol Garlett, Director and Chair of the Department of Education [...]
Aboriginal School Based Traineeships 2013
2013 is setting up to be another successful year for Kolbe Catholic College’s Aboriginal School Based Trainees. This year we have three of our senior Aboriginal students completing School Based Traineeships in the areas of Horticulture, Community Services and Sport and Recreation. Melissa from SMYL community services visited the College to arrange students with their [...]
Bindjareb Pinjarra
On Monday 29 October 2012 the Indigenous students of Kolbe Catholic College took a short bus trip to Koorliny Arts Centre in Kwinana, to watch a play called “Bindjareb Pinjarra”. As we sat eating lunch, we were all excited to get in and see the play. Little did we know how emotionally moving and amazing [...]
