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are all used by students as part of their IToi. in al classi'o01ti studies. Using this equipment, students are able to PIOduce coinpi'ehensive and Impressive docLiiiTents that can be easily edited or extended. As well. by Lising WordPerfect as a desktop publisher. classes ale able to PIOduce their own magazines or brocliures e) The school hopes to Inake more use of the modem to communicate with other schools 11troughout Allstralia and the rest of the world. Via organisations such as Computer Pals. project based coll}in unication results in nieaningful exchanges between students from different cultures in ways beneficial to both. We are CUI'Tently Iiaising witli other schools to set up a foreign language In odem project within Australia. As well. our involvement in data collection for scientific databases will give us a better understanding of what is ITappening in oui' real world

AppreciatiiTg that Year Eight is such a crucial level. and conscious of the concepts behind the evolving P-10 planning by the Queensland Department of Education. the Hobart Declaration on Schooling and the many other government and community expectations. a process of I. eview of the Year Eight curriculuni has been started at B. G. G. S. and ideas of an integrated. holistic program are being discussed. The end-product. we hope, will be a challenging curriculum which will provoke and delight; a program which will encourage girls to lovelearningwhile providing them with all essential skills aitd the confidence to use these skills purposefulIy.

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Over the past twelve months niany girls throughout the school have achieved representative honours or have had considerable success in a wide variety of competitions Three members of the B. G. G. S. Waterpolo Club were selected in Queensland teams to compete in the Pan Pacific Youtli Games in New Zealand. lulla Flaskas was selected in both the U16 and U20 A teams, a considerable achievement for a Year Eleven stLident. while Deborah Sander was selected in the U20A team and Julie Marshall in the U20B team. Both Julia and Deborah went on to win selection in national teams. Julia in the Australian U16 All Stars and Deboi'al\ in the Australian U20 All Stars. Julia was also named "Player of the Tournament" for the U16 girls Danielle Taylor. another Year Eleven student, was selected in both the Queensland U17 Netball team and the Australian U17 talent squad. and undertook a weekend of intensive training at the Australian Institute of Sport Foul' members of the Junior School went to Osaka. Japan. in August as ritembers of the Queensland Children's Youtlt Choir. Christine Muirhead. MIChelle Muirhead. Anna Hawley and Katharine Weinthal auditioned for places in the choir and were selected to take part in the International Youtl\ Chorus Festival Kacey Patrick in Year Eleven won the Silver Medal for the Trinity College Speech Examinations for receiving the highest marks awarded in Glades Six. Seven and Eight For the second year in succession Jan Miltord has been selected to take part in The Australian Mathematical Olympiad Project. Saran Robins (Year Eleven). Jean Warig orearTen) and Jan (Year Eleven) were among thirty students from Queensland invited to participate in the Project which involves working on a set of problems sent to them eaclimonth by DrWilliams from the Department of Mathematics at tlTe University of Queensland In AugustJan and Jean sat for the interstate finals to select the topiiftycandidates throughoutAustralia who will then take part in the Summer Correspondence Program. There will then be further selectioi\ procedures before a final Olympiad team will be chosen to compete in Sweden in July 1991

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These are just some of the projects currently Lindenvay With the continued support of Mrs Hancock and the staff. B. G. G. S. will become a dominant force in the use of computers in education.

Peter Weyand

YEAR EIGHT CURRICULUM MATTERS 11 wns the beSIq/limes. 11 I'ds the 11,013iqfiimes of!1171es, 11 wrrs the fige of Iw'sdom. illvns the dge offo0/1\hness. .. To many students remembering the beginning of their secoi\dary education. these words might evoke a shiver of delicious apprehension mixed with the memory excitement of a great I\ew adventure. B. G. G. S. of course. has responded to these tensions and hopes by designing a foundation course which encourages the maintenance of all the love of learning. curiosity and enthusiasm exuded by sttidents when they enter the school while coping with the range of abilities. differentlevels of maturity. desire for freedom of physical Inovement and problems of settling Into a new environment. Practical expel'iences. physical challenges. investigative skills. independent learnii\g. creativity. confidence with computer technology and task completion strategies are all promoted through a variety of subjects including a comprehensive co- curricular program Schools, of course. have been asked to turn the 'Lucky Country' into the 'Clever Country'. Essentially this is a challenge to all schools to evaluate current educational practices and to respond to the demands of technological development and the new Information Age

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