1998 School Magazine

Girls 6ramiiiar :^, rhool a!artsbane 1998

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Youth Reconciliation Convention Tom 14th to 18th JulyJane Holland, Jane Leadbeater and performed again in the near future. Nl the delegates and Ms June Hennessey attended a _ Youth Reconciliation supervisors at the conference were extremely lucky to be able Convention called Forum for the Future. It was held at Kormilda to witness the amazing performance

College in Darwin and the aim was to establish a youth per- reconciliation in spective on Australia The con\, ention began on Tuesday night with an exciting opening ceremony, involving music and speeches by a number of well-known Australians. The foUowingthiee dayswere packed witlT speeches, discussion groups, creative workshops and sight-seeing. From the discus- sion groups key action state- merits were formed and these were put together to form a Youth Charter which was presented to the Governor General on 29th July

At the moment, reconcili- ation is a vision and it is up to the youth of Australia to turn this vision into a reality. Rec- on ciliation is a people's movement and will not hap- pen by itself. it is a two way thing and every Australian needs to give a little and take a little in order to make a positive difference towards reconciliation. WITen every inhabitant of this great na- Lion of OUTS is ready to par- ticipate and has an openmind we will be able to achieve a united AUSlrd/in rubicb re-

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Jane Holland 07 and/Rite Leadbeater

$pects this laitd of ours, Dafues the Aboriginal and 7017es Strait Islander heritage, andpro"idesj'11stice rutd equity/oral/. if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem JANE LEADBEATER JANE HOLLAND

Over the three days the local Aborigines perfonned a sacred ceremony at the college. This particular ceremony had not been perfonmed for at least t\\, enty years and probably will not be

Geography

eography continues to make positive in-roads into the New units have been introduced into the Junior School to use of information technology in the classroom, ensur- focus on topical issues. These include Natural Disasters and Asian Studies

ing its implementation and integration at all year levels, for exan\PIe, the use of PowerPoint by Year Ten for their assess- merit presentation on food and culture. Field work is also an

The Year Ten cohort particularly distinguished themselves in the Australia Geography Competition. This year 33,174

integral part of the Geography course. This year, Year Nines visited Brisbane Forest Park to study the value of forests to the community and to understand the value of maps for everyday life. Year Tens went on a river cruise to Ilighlight the chang- ing face of Brisbane, while Year Ele\, ens journeyed to the Gold Coast 10 develop their practical skills and to gather evidence in the field to suppoit their ideas about coastal influences. in contrast, Year Twelves, via a Brisbane bus tour, looked at 11}e way government decisions make a city Iivable

students from 541 schools par- ticipated in the competition Our girls performed excep- tionally well with the award- ing of sixteen High Distinc- lions, twenty-one Distinctions and fourteen credits. Special congratulations to Maria Barker, minaMoore, Sophie Ferris and HOUy Sritith for being placed in the top 2% of the competition

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