Tijimbat Minyerri - Wet Season 2014

Our name, Teachabout, closely aligns with the word, tijimbat, a Kriol word from the Roper River region, which means 'teach your kids about everything'.

Teachabout has a unique approach to school holiday programs. Our programs are well thought-out and expansive with a strong focus on building relationships with the kids, their families and community members. They incorporate a wide variety of activities including art projects, science experiments, cultural knowledge, drama, ICT, music, dance and sport. English literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills are integrated across these activities and also form the focus of specific sessions.

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Monday, 27 January 2014

Kids: Our community

At the billabong there is a rainbow goanna. And a ground boulder. The kangaroo spit on the ground and it is a dreaming. When anybody touch it they get a bad cold. The rainbow goanna stays at the billabong. He never move.

At Renyan there is a mermaid and a big snake. The mermaid has long hair, long fin and when he see little boys he sing the song to them, and call them, to go to the waterside and fall in love with them and made them a mermaid. The snake. He belongs to the water. When you jump in, he sucks the water around and makes tornados. On top of the hill there is a big eagle rock. He look exactly like eagle. That's eagle dreaming. He just stay on top. Not a real eagle just a rock eagle. 

At Arlungu has a painting on the rocks. Painting of old people and old stories and hand and fingerprints. And when you walk on the other side you see the rocks shaped like eggs, like dinosaur eggs. They are dreaming of Arlungu. When you throw rocks in the water big rain come with storm and lightening. 

At Bella Glen there is a skeleton, in a little cave. It was a one old lady a long time ago and she want there are died. There is a big mob of crocodile. But they not salt water they are fresh water. But they can bite. Nobody get bitten from the crocodile.     

Story told by Lorenzo and Marcianne 
Mural painted by the Tijimbat Kids - Wet Season 2014

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