1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: But we know that a group of five students at 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Noulmboy Primary School have made the national finals for a 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: problem solving and critical thinking competition after winning their category 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: at the recent Tournament of the Minds competition here in Darwin. 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: Now the nationals are being held in Sydney. They're happening 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: on the first and second of November, but the students 7 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: need a bit of help with travel costs to get there. 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: And joining me on the line to tell us a 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: little bit more is the school's facilitator for the Tournament 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: of the Minds, Bridy Schrozer. Good morning to you. 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 2: Bridy, Good morning, how are you going? 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 3: Ye're really good, lovely to have you on this show. Bridy. 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: First off, tell us a little bit more about the 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: kids and their recent trip to Darwin for the competition. 15 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was so they had to participate in a 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 2: problem solving area this time. They selected to go in 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: the arts section and in that they had to decide 18 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 2: on somebody that are inspired by and have connection too 19 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: with learning, and they decided to go with one of 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 2: their facilitators or teachers here at the primary school, mister Luke. 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 2: Mister Luke is an Indigenous local Indigenous man and he 22 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 2: teaches our students lots about culture, which was really inspiring 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: for them. 24 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: How cool was mister Luke pumped that they chose him. 25 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 2: He was really taken back. He was very pumped. 26 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: How lovely, I reckon, that's a great story. Now tell me, 27 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: I mean how old are the kids? And yeah, how 28 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: excited are they about winning and now going on to 29 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: the national camp? 30 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: Very excited. The first time a remote school's ever won 31 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 2: part of the Tournament of the Minds in Darwin, So 32 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 2: they were pretty pretty pumped about it and they are 33 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: very excited. Their ages are about from ten to twelve 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: years of age, so they're kind of year four, five 35 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 2: and six students and they're just a group of students 36 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 2: who are just interested in doing this. So they came 37 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: about on their own kind of esteem. They've done lots 38 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: of practice in their own time and lots of fundraising 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: that sort of stuff. Even just to get to the regionals, 40 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: let alone the finals down south in Sydney. 41 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: Well, this is the thing, right, it's so expensive, you 42 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: know to travel from Darwin to get to Sydney, let 43 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: alone traveling from Noulham. 44 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 3: Boy is it. There's no doubt it is going to be. 45 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: Quite a cost prohibitive exercise, but you're making it happen. 46 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 3: How much is it going to How much is it 47 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: going to cost? 48 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,839 Speaker 2: Just for the Sydney component, It costs us about ten 49 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: thousand dollars and we are working really hard with the 50 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 2: help of the team dn T Tom team, We've got 51 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 2: to about six five hundred at the moment. We're hoping 52 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: to raise that ten thousand because additionally our parents have 53 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: already paid the fifteen or so one hundred to go 54 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: to the regionals and they'll still be looking at another 55 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 2: fifteen hundred or so each to get just the Darwin 56 00:02:59,040 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 2: legs sorted out. 57 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: Look, and it's a lot of money, but this is 58 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: such an incredible opportunity for these kids, I mean five 59 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: students and for them to be able to go away 60 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: for that national competition. As you've touched on first time 61 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: that are remote school's actually made it to this level. 62 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. And Tom's been running for quite some 63 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:22,399 Speaker 2: time in Australia. 64 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 3: Do you know what. 65 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure I took part in the Tournament of 66 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: the Minds when I was at school and that's a 67 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: long long time ago, Brady. 68 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been running for quite some times. So yeah, 69 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: pretty proud of these bums. 70 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: I think it would be. 71 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: I think it's absolutely incredible what they've done. Now just 72 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: you've touched on the section that they won and what 73 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: they you know, the work that they had done. 74 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 3: But it's a massive achievement for them. 75 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: You know what's been the feedback from the community as 76 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: they've come back from the competition here in Darwin and 77 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: and you know they've won. 78 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 3: I'm sure they've made everybody feel so proud. 79 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: They are very proud. We even had lots of requests 80 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: from our community for them to do reenact to their 81 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 2: performance here, so they did that at one of our 82 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 2: assembly so just so that the community you could see 83 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: the story and understand how their interpretation mister Luke's story 84 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: and what it actually meant to be a person who 85 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: has to walk in two worlds, how both the aboriginaline 86 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 2: non our Aboriginal worlds. 87 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 3: How cool? 88 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,679 Speaker 1: Now I understand, Well, your son is there right now, Dustin, 89 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: and he is, he's one of the five that's been 90 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: part of this team. 91 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: Is he keen to have a quick chat with me? 92 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, he sure is. 93 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 1: I'd love to speak to him, Dustin. 94 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: Can you hear me? 95 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 1: All right mate, Yeah, how does it feel to be 96 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: heading to the Nationals? 97 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 4: Pretty good and quite excited. I've been doing this for 98 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 4: two years since the first time. Last time we went, 99 00:04:54,680 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 4: we entered the same section and we third by one point. 100 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 4: Oh so close, so close to coming second. 101 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 3: Oh how cool? And so this year you've won? 102 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: What was How did you guys react when you found 103 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: out that you've beaten all the schools across the Northern Territory? 104 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 4: Quite excited? 105 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 3: I bet you were. 106 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: Tell me a little bit about why you chose mister 107 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: Luke when you were when you were working on the 108 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: on the project. 109 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 4: Well, so it said we had to find someone who 110 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 4: has an impact in your town. Which chose mister Luke 111 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: because he lives in kind of lives between two worlds 112 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 4: aboutinal and non Aboriginal. And he's also a teacher here 113 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 4: and he teaches us about flora and fauna. 114 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, and is he a pretty cool teacher? 115 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 4: Yes? 116 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: Does he? 117 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: Does he teach about stuff that you you know, you 118 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: wouldn't know about if he wasn't there at your school. 119 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, lots of kids don't know about it. But I 120 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 4: kind of do have experience because I go out there. 121 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 4: I said, Yeah, right. 122 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: And when you told mister Luke that your project was 123 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: going to be about him, was he pretty excited? 124 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, Betty was so proud. 125 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: And how did the school react when you showed them 126 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: your performance as well after you'd come back from the 127 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: competition here in Darwin that. 128 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 4: Mister Luke especially loved it? 129 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 3: And yeah, I Betty did. Now have you been to 130 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 3: Sydney before? 131 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 4: No? 132 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: Oh? So, how exciting is it about getting to go 133 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: to Sydney now for the national competition? 134 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 4: Pretty exciting? I've only been to Melbourne. 135 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 3: Well, I reckon, you'll like Sydney now. 136 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: Tell me there's fundraising happening, isn't there so that you 137 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: can raise some funds to be able to get there 138 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: for this comp yep? Are you doing some fundraising as well? 139 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: Are you helping out? 140 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 4: Yeah? For we need some cooking and four so we 141 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 4: could get too done. When the first time, yeah, we 142 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 4: did a bake, we did a sale with. 143 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: Oh yum, I love those things. Did you sell lots 144 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: of them? 145 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 4: Yes? 146 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: Oh? 147 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 3: Good on you well, Dustin. 148 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: I hope that you do so well when you go 149 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: to the nationals. I might get Mum back on the line, 150 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: if that's all right, and find out a little bit more. 151 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: How people can support you if they are keen to 152 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: to make a donation. 153 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for having a chat with me this morning 154 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 3: on air. I really appreciate it. 155 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: That was Dustin there and and Bridy is going to 156 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: rejoin me again. Bridy, you must be so proud of 157 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: him and the other kids. 158 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: Very proud, worked really really hard. 159 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: I think it's wonderful. I love seeing kids do really well. 160 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: I love seeing our young people, you know, achieving, and 161 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: I love the effort that they put in. And I 162 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: know that so many in the community will as well. 163 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: So how can people support you if they are keen 164 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: to donate or to help you guys get there to 165 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: Sydney for the nationals. 166 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're just hoping that people would be okay, we're 167 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: just donating and they can do that just by ringing 168 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 2: through to our school, yeah, and giving donations over the 169 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 2: phone or they can email us whatever they're more comfortable 170 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 2: with to let us know. We have had a few 171 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 2: businesses in Darwin already supporting, which we really appreciate, and 172 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 2: a couple of our local community businesses here and go 173 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: over as well. 174 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 3: All wonderful stuff. 175 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: Well, we will let our listeners know that they can 176 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: get in contact with the Nolanboy Primary School if they 177 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: are keen to make a donation. If we have anybody 178 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: contact us here at the station as well, we will 179 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: point them in the right direction. 180 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 3: But Bridy Schroch, I really. 181 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: Appreciate you having a chat with me this morning, and 182 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: indeed Dustin Rinsky your son. A big congratulations to you 183 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: guys and to the other students. 184 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 3: I think it's wonderful achievement. 185 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 2: Thanks very much for having us on anytime. 186 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 3: Thank you do let us know how that fundraising is going.