Students of Narooma High School finished their events management course with a bang after going live for the first time.
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The Junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (JAECG) and SRC hosted a live-streamed reconciliation event, More Than a Word on Friday, June 4.
With support from Aboriginal education officer Cherrie Sandford and Gabrielle Powell of Red Cross, students' digital event was a huge success.
The event welcomed guest speaker Indigenous singer/songwriter Mitch Tambo and Indigenous business woman Emma Stewart of TAFE at Bega.
The year 7-10 students interviewed speakers on their thoughts of reconciliation and held discussions in front of their digital crowd.
"There were kids from Sydney and Bega watching from classrooms as well as Narooma High," Ms Sandford said.
"It was really interactive.
"There was the opportunity for the community at the end to enter the chat room to ask questions."
Ms Sandford said both speakers were "insightful, funny and warm".
"Mitch, with his in-depth experience of the entertainment industry answered questions about what reconciliation means to him as a performer, while Emma spoke to the idea of hosting events but also about being a strong Aboriginal woman in her community," Ms Sandford said.
"Mitch and Emma spoke with authenticity and passed on wise words to the JAECG students who used this platform as the final assessment of the events management course they have been completing at TAFE."
Students were studying the course through TAFE over the past eight weeks and graduated last week.
"There was a lot of good feedback after they went live," Ms Sandford said.
"It was a real teamwork approach to work with community organisations - they can be the icing on the cake for students' opportunities."
A welcome to country was received by student Layton Moore which was also caught on camera.
Ms Sandford said it was exciting to have also featured a music video created by students from years 7-12. The new release, called 'Lets Stop Pretending' was funded by South East Arts, and will be released publicly by the end of term.
Narooma High School thanked the Red Cross for financial and organisational support.
