1988 School Magazine

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origrnal running track, developed from donations by the Cld Girls'Association has been widened and lerigthened, and permanent seating installed for s [] ectato rs. In conjunction with Brisbane Crammar School, a joint lease was negotiated with the Land Administration Cornrnission for Kalinga Avenue, which has enabled the school to provide much better parking facilities for staff, as weitr as for the parents who voluntarily serve in the Clothlng Pool, Book Shop and Tuckshop.

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A new Language staffroom was completed, changes were made to the Library, and a fully-equipped Print Room was developed, which released space in the main Administration Building for boarders' recreation. In late February work was completed on the Outdoor Education Centre at Imbiland in July Dr A.S. Cehrmann, the Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees, officially opened the centre. This development is a permanent memorial to John and Janelle Stamford, Gillian Skaines and Helen Cahan, who lost their Iives in a school bus accident at Christmas Creek in April 1979. It is permanently staffed by two Outdoor Education specialists, Sue and Tim Lanham, and provides a wonderfulasset for the school. Year Eight students were the first to stay officially at the centre, although a group of Year Ten boarders were given the privilege of being the very first students to visit and use the facilities. Outdoor Education is seen as an integral part of the school curriculum in Years Eight to Ten and provides challenges for our students to develop greater self- conf idence, initiative and leadership skills. The Outdoor Education Program was placed on a f irm foundation f irst by the work of John Stamford and later by the initiatives of Mary McAdam. Not only has Miss McAdam taken the responsibility for the development of the Year Eight to Ten program, but also she has been responsible for developing the Outdoor Education component in the Health and Physical Education program, thus contributing much to the total development of students in the school. There have been many who have supported the development of the program and more recently the development of the centre itself, and I would be remiss if I did not thank the Parents and Friends'Association lnc. for their generous donation of over $100,000 for the construction of the main building at lmbil, as wellas the State Covernment who generously provided a 25% capital subsidy. Facilities at the site now include a house, an amenities block and a general purpose building. E J