Aboriginal Games
While we have always valued the inclusion of games in our workshops, our exclusively games-focused workshop was a huge success at several Tennis SA events and at Mercedes College where we launched their ‘AFL and Parntu’ unit of study.
These games were traditionally played across all ages, and honouring this our games workshop is for young and old!
Each game is played with full acknowledgement of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island Country of its origin, with information and maps used to help locate players to each game’s Cultural roots, rules, and geographical location.
A station for each of our 14 games is set up in a large open space (an oval is ideal but inside games can also be arranged) and small groups or individuals students rotate between stations.
The games require both teamwork and solo effort, several are precision based (to develop hunting skills) as well as jumping, dodging, ball skills, marbles & bowling games, as well as 'sitting under a tree in the heat of the day' type games.