1989 School Magazine

John's Ambulance First Aid Certificate and all will be involved in the Lifesaving Program. This year we once again won the Royal Lifesaving Society's Soden Shield for having the highest number of Lifesaving Certificates in a Queensland Secondary Cirls' School, and for the first time, were awarded the Crigson Shield for having the largest number of Lifesaving Certificates awarded to any organisation in Queensland. The skills that students gain through both the First Aid and Lifesaving Program will be of value to them throughout their lives. Over half the students enrolled in the School continue to be actively involved in the Music Program. ln August, the Music Department participated in the Bicentennial Queensland Festival of Music with a number of groups being successfully placed. The Senior Concert Band represented the School at the Conceft of 2000 to celebrate Warana and of course as previously stated they were actively involved in the Official Opening of World Expo. This year there have been some outstanding student achievements in Music. Susannah Webb was selected as a finalist and recitalist in the 19BB National Youth Concerto Competition, where she gained third place. She also is to be congratulated on attaining her A.Mus.A in violin with Distinction. Pianist, Rosemary Pallister, has achieved many awards including the Wight Memorial Medal, and today we are privileged to hear her choral composition which gained Cibson House first place in the lnterhouse Choral Competition. Marion Biggs who received the R.T. Jefferies and Anne Ethelreda Jefferies Bursary in 1987 also received her A.Mus.A. for violincello in 1988. Mary Jane Bennett in Year 9 achieved the highest mark in Queensland for her Crade 5 AMEB Pianoforte examination, and Sarah Broughton in Year 8 was awarded the Junior Woodwind Championship in the .1988 Brisbane Eisteddfod. ln Term

At Years 8 and 10, a seven-day program was introduced which allowed greater time so that a variety of activities could be developed that would extend the academic, social, and physical skill experiences of the girls. One of the main features of the program is to facilitate the social devel- opment of students at both personal and class grotrp levels' Aithough some outcomes are impossible to measure objec- tively, the staff have witnessed the development and ma- turing of students' self-confidence and self-esteem, even through such simple experiences as preparing the evening meal ior the whole group. The program provides an added dimension to the individual student's experience, which cannot be fully provided in the classroom setting. We have also been able to utilise the Outdoor Education Centre for the Boarders in an effort to provide them with a quiet recre- ational weekend. Other schools have also used the Centre and at Christmas time, holiday programs for students in Year 11 will be offered. The School has been extremely fortunate to have the permission from the Forestry Commission to use the surrounding area for its programs. On Sunday, 6 November a social afternoon was held at the Centre to thank all the local lmbil community for their support during the year. As weli, it gave the School the opportunity to thank Mr. Peter Wilson, Chairman of the lmbil Working Committee, who has successfully organised so many working bees throughout the year. This group has worked very well with Sue and Tim Lanham to improve the environment at the Centre and to make it a very pleasant area for our students' The Physical Education Department has likewise had a very good year. The lnterhouse program had two major iompetitions, Swimming and Track and Field, held at the Valley Pool and QEll Nathan, respectively. Taking our athletes to venues of this quality has helped their performance at lnterschool level, where there has been considerable i mprovement. A combination of talent, enthusiasm and dedicated athletes and coaches, resulted in the Swimming Team coming second, and the Athletics Team coming third in the Q.C.S.S.S.A. competitions. Success continued into Cymnastics, where we won all grades in the Artistic section and two events in the Rhythmic section. Our newly formed Rhythmic Cymnastics Club entered three State Competitions, resulting in eleven of our gymnasts gaining places in the State Team that competed at the National Championships in Adelaide. Cross-country runners put B.C.C.S. on the map with wins in the Under 13 and Open Division and our First Xl cricketers won their lnterschool competition. The A Crade Hockey Team played in the Brisbane Women's Hockey Competition winning the President's Cup and t!'t" Premiership in Division 8. Crade 8 Tennis won the Q.C.S.S.S.A. Premiership and five of our eight Basketball Teams played in the Brisbane Basketball Finals, with three teams going through to the Preliminary and Crand Finals. Although it is always pleasing to see our teams and individual students doing so well in spoft, I believe the most important paft of the Physical Education program is the core program that attempts to improve the skills of every student within the School in an effort to give them confidence in their physical and social environments. By the time students enter Year 10, all must have sat for the St.