1998 School Magazine

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GECO

ECO - Grammar Environmental Conservation Organi- sation - is the school's only club dedicated to presetv- Ing OUT environment. GECO's aims are to educate the school in the areas of waste management, environmental issues and to make the school more environmentally friendly Our shed which was renamed last year 'GECO GAZEBO' which is located above the tennis courts has kindly been repainted in cream by the Fathers' Group. Our organisation extends its appreciation to them for carrying out this tedious job. 11 looks wonderful

waste manage- merit program, with general waste in the green bins, a yel- low lidded bin for recycling cans, bottles and PIas- tics, and most jin- portantly the clean office pa- per bin, a green bin with a blue lid

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GECO's fund- raising efforts this year have in- cluded support- ing World Envi- roninent Day on June 5th by sell- ing green rib- bone, and a Green Basket Raffle and the sale of plants on our School Day stall GECO is currently investigating the possibility of ways in which power can be conserved within the school GECO has continued to make the school community aware of ways in which we all can help to preserve OUT environment New members are always welcome to come and join in these efforts a

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After this was completed we began to get things organised in the gazebo so that the potting and raising of seedlings to an attractive size, could be carried out ready for. sale on the GECO Stallon School Day. We gained a sense of achievement from the experience of cultivating and caring for the plants Continuing last year's efforts, the school is still Lising the

JANE RIMMINGTON MEAGAN CAFFER & 11LL CHAMBERS

Gram in at Gazette

he GroinmcirG"zettehas contintied to be a very exciting May edition and was a Teat success. Partictilar1 0 11 and beneficial part of the School. This School newspa- amongst student readers was Liz Velkovi 's " ' I b " I I per, which is published twice a year and distributed throughout Tome of Emma Cornfo d the wider school community, plays an important role in Another successful initiative was the Associations paoe conveying school news and snident experience highlighting the wonderful work of our parent support groups This continued in 1998 with a number of innovations and informing OUT readers of the many ways they contribute to making the Gazette even better. One of the first initiatives was oui' School. Other features throughout the year nave involved the creation of the Profiles page, in which students who weren'I tracking BGGS students around the world as they took part in necessarily Prefects or Captains woLild be featured. Staff were activities such as the international Young Physicists Tourna- also included in the first Profiles page, which appeared in the merit, Community Service, and sporting events. in the first is SLie

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