Kids make a noise for speaking out

With the aim of raising awareness of the importance of speaking out about domestic violence, senior school students at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School made lots of noise for one minute last week.

Picture: Molly Wrench with fellow Year 12 prefects Amber Mace, Fionn Hillier-Martin and Jake Johnson.

As part of the Global Good Foundation’s national education campaign to end the silence and shame experienced by children affected by domestic violence, students made a noise at both primary and secondary schools around Australia on September 14.

Foundation CEO Tenille Bentley said the event symbolised the ending of silence related to domestic violence.

‘‘The key message is to let kids be kids and make some noise about an issue that directly affects as many as one in six young Australians,’’ she said.

She explained that schools were given help to stage the event and to participate, students had to give a gold coin donation.

Peter Carnley’s Reverend Gill Rookyard was happy to be involved with the program.

‘‘We want kids to not be afraid and speak out about the injustice and travesty of domestic violence,’’ she said.

‘‘All the senior kids and their teachers got involved and made a lot of noise — they really got on board with the program.’’

Peter Carnley Year 7 through to Year 12 students were involved in the ruckus.

Ms Rookyard said a final figure for the money the students raised was yet to be worked out.