Students who study Food and Fashion subjects in Year 9 have the opportunity to explore Indigenous perspectives in the East meets West unit.
The unit explores the techniques used in Indigenous culture, and encourages students to use this knowledge (addition to key elements and principles of design) to create modern designs.
Through this process students can learn about the cultural significance and history of these techniques, while also developing their practical design skills.
In our Year 8 Food Studies unit, the students learn about the traditional diet of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the importance of hunting and gathering to source food. The students get to sample some Australian native plant foods including Wattleseed, Native Pepperberries, Quandong and Finger Lime Jams.
During some of these foods are also included in Practical Cookery sessions and student sampling lunches. In Hospitality studies, students make a syrup using Lemon Myrtle leaves, which can be sourced from trees growing on the College grounds. The syrup is then used to flavour the Fruit Punch served to guests at ºÚÁϳԹÏ's Green Tree Frog Restaurant. staff and students also try to source other traditional ingredients for recipes prepared at the Restaurant.