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More than 70 students from St Joseph's College, Katherine High School and Wugularr School attended the Indigenous Youth Challenge held in Katherine, NT on 24 November.

The theme of the day was - What does the Australian Defence Force have to do with you?

To investigate this question the students interacted with a decision-making program, met some of the ADF's current 'modern warriors', participated in bullring activities which included guard dog and equipment demonstrations, watched a video showcasing the contribution of Indigenous Australians to today's Defence Force and then broke into workshop groups to prepare a role-play about the different roles that the ADF plays both in Australia and overseas.

The students threw themselves into the role-plays and showed us how the ADF provides peacekeepers around the globe, cares for country, helps Indigenous communities, defends the nation and responds to humanitarian emergencies.

Almost 70 percent of students rated the program as excellent and some 25% rated it very good! Typical comments on the day were the following:
I enjoyed myself very much.

It was all good.

It was fun and excellent.

Today was the best.

The day was fantastic.

Loved it. Thanks for a lovely day.

I loved learning about other jobs in the Defence Force.

I feel like coming again next year.

The team at Ryebuck would like to thank RAAF Base Tindal for hosting the Challenge and all of the ADF personnel who so graciously gave of their time to meet and work with the students and teachers from the local area.

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The winners of the 2009 Enhance TV ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) Awards were announced last Friday, 23 October at a gala function in the Plaza Ballroom of Melbourne's Regent Theatre.

This year Ryebuck Media was again successful, collecting three of the prestigious awards for Exploring Civics and Citizenship Through a Visit to the National Capital Canberra. This resource was produced for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and won Best Educational Multimodal Production, Best Primary Education Resource and Best Secondary Education Resource.

We are immensely proud of this success and wish to acknowledge the contribution of Esther Robinson and her colleagues at DEEWR, and thank them for giving us the opportunity to develop this exciting educational resource.

We would also like to especially pay tribute to the work of Robert Lewis, our principal curriculum writer, who continues to come up with innovative and exciting educational activities that achieve valuable learning outcomes.

We would also like to congratulate all worthy finalists and winners in the many categories that make up this national awards program which has no peer and in 2009 celebrates its 27th anniversary.

Thank you ATOM and Enhance TV for staging the awards.

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