CULTURE – You know what I’m sayin?

As part of the 'Building Inclusive Schools Program', a series of 3 short films were created along with the young participants from the program, creating a platform to showcase their authentic and influential voice and the opportunity to discuss, on-screen, the positive aspects of their culture with humour and sincerity.

This year the Secondary students took part in the ‘Dream Big’ Festival for Healthy Living project. The students helped to create a series of 3 short films for the festival on topics of racism, culture, elders, and settlement. 

The students wrote scripts, conducted interviews and featured in the films.

Building Inclusive Schools is a three-year project funded by Gandel Philanthropy that supports refugee and Pacifica background students to complete their secondary education and provides alternate pathways for youth at risk of disengaging from education and training.  

Inclusive Schools commenced in Term 1 – 2019 operating in tandem with the well- established VICSEG Refugee Student Engagement and Support programs in the Cities of Wyndham, Melton and Maribyrnong. The Inclusive Schools project engages existing cohorts of secondary students as a platform to further develop sustainable models of social inclusion and parent engagement    
Participating schools included:

• Werribee Secondary College 
• Tarneit Senior College 
• Manor Lakes College P-12 College
• Werribee Western English Language School Campus 
• Braybrook Western English Language School 
• Lakeview Senior College  
• Melton Secondary College
• Staughton College 
• Melton Catholic Regional College