Welcome to Katitjin

 

'Katitjin' is a Nyoongar term that means:

'To listen and to learn'.

Welcome to Katitjin

This unique and innovative program aims to challenge and extend students and take them out of their comfort zones within a supportive environment.

What is Katitjin?

Wesley College has introduced a unique and innovative program into the Year 8 and Year 9  curriculum. The name of the program is ‘Katitjin’ which is a Nyoongar term that means ‘to listen and to learn’. The program takes learning beyond the classroom into a range of challenging and inspirational environments.

Katitjin has been developed as a response to a widely held belief that in boy’s education, Year 8 and 9 appears to be a time when boys are going through a number of changes which often lead to a lack of motivation and loss of enthusiasm for learning.

This unique and innovative program aims to challenge and extend students and take them out of their comfort zones within a supportive environment.  The program is designed to focus on a range of personal issues such as self awareness, identity, working in teams, leadership and engagement in learning.  The program will also involve a remote module where boys will take their learning outdoors into new environments. In 2011 the location is an Indigenous station named Morapoi which is located in the Northern Goldfields.