1978 School Magazine

We arranged a variety of activities for School Day. A kite competition was run, with a wide variety of kites being entered. School day was concluded with a bar-b-cue and film night, proving highly successful. Student identifica- tion cards were also available this year. Miss Collinson and Mr. Bromiley must be thanked for their support, help and patience given through the year. I hope that next year total support is given to the S.R.C. so that your goals may be achieved. Best wishes to the .1979 executive. Sue Hastie Prestdent

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S. Lucas, L. Barton, W. Harris, J.Carpenter, P. Short, T. Pratt, D. Richards

L. Mirls, G. Woods, R. Shore, C. Florence, F. Crawford, A. Leslie, P. Dunn, R. Ellis J. Carnell, C. Hill, B. Card, Mrs. Hancock, C. McLeod, R. Nicol, M. Morrison

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The form seniors have enjoyed their role throughout the year although for a number of weeks in the middle of the year we had virtually no communication with our forms because o1 a rule made that all girls, including form seniors, must attend their own class' roll calls. This, combined with a decrease in the number of form meetings per week, meant that many form seniors rarely saw their classes. This has fortunately been rectified in third term. The form seniors and prefects have tried to act together in promoting communication with a joint meeting being held approximately every second or third Monday. One joint effort was the Fourth form barbecue which was an opportunity for 4th and 6th formers to join together in having fun. All considered we have enjoyed our time as form seniors immensely and hope that we have been useful in some way to our forms. Gayle Woods, 6B. S.R.C. REPORT 1978 This year has seen a marked increase in enthusiasm within the S.R.C. Suggested projects were ambitious, but we seemed to succeed reasonably well. We began by improving communication and encouraging enthusiasm by holding an S.R.C. assembly, presenting skits and our S.R.C. song. The highlight of the year according to most people was a dance held in March. Although it began slowly, the dance proved to be unusual and successful. At the end of last year, we installed a drink machine, a service we continued for the first half of this year. lt was a backbreaking experience for a few people. Many thanks to those who helped with the drink machine, in particular Jane, Jackie and Jill. With the money raised from the dance, we decided to buy a new lectern for the new assembly hall. After a slight delay the lectern was finished, and remains a monument of the 1978 S.R.C.

Report From: The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme - B.G.G.S. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme at B.G.G.S., began this year with a larger than ever membership. ln February, each member of the new committee was allocated as an 'advisor', to a particular form level, and then spent much of the next few months introducing the Award Scheme to interested girls. The response was overwhelming, especially from Form 4 girls, and we now have about 70 members, the majority of whom are Bronze Candidates. At present there are about B Silver Candidates, and for the f irst time we began the year with 7 Gold candidates, who were recently joined by 3 more Silver Awardees. The Award Scheme programme has changed quite dramatically over the last year, with the result that there are so many more varied and more con- temporary activities to choose. At schoolthis year, there have been courses and activities running in all four sec- tions of the Award. We began the year with Service lec- tures, kindly arranged by Mrs. Chowdhury, and soon after also began training for the Expedition Section. Sister Madden supervised First Aid Training, and soon many candidates were ready for their first practice hike. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and the Stamfords organized a terrific practice and training weekend at Girraween Na- tional Park, where many of us, for the first time, tried our hand at orienteering and absailing, which were special activities. Bronze Candidates attended a course on "Making the Most of Yourself", organized by Mrs. Torney and staff members, and this qualified the girls involved to com- plete the "Social Activities" section and the Award for