Look back around the world: Sirius College will look at past education from a migrant perspective.
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Youssef Saudie
Sirius College will explore Education Week’s past, present and future themes from a migrant perspective.
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Students will get an insight into what a classroom looked like and how past students used to have fun during recess and lunch.
“Mainly looking at how life in school has changed over the past years, how experiences have changed and what’s happening now,” principal Muhammed Aksu said.
“One day during the week we’re thinking of a dress-up, if the students have any old-timey clothes,” he said.
With most students at the school from a migrant background, Mr Aksu said it could be a chance for students to hear “what school was like for parents overseas”.
Insight: Students will understand more about education from parents and teachers.
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Youssef Saudie
“Before they made the journey to Australia, and do a bit of a comparison,” he said.
“So just understand the differences and the similarities between how things compared to where their grandparents are from and how they are in Australia.”
Mr Aksu said this can help give a “more well-rounded understanding of education across the globe”.
“They can reflect upon how things were and how things are now.”
He said there would be presentations by students and an area to see the different work made by students on education and history.
Mr Aksu said celebrating 150 years of public education through a historical context would let students “realise that things change and life doesn’t stay the same”.
“One day the education they got will also become old and just understand that whole continuum of how things change over time.”
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