2003 School Magazine

Co- CURRICULAR

AMANl

Am ani is the School's Peace Group, and attracts students who are concerned about human rights. Membership is quite informal, and our projects are generally Initiated by members themselves. Our activities include writing letters for Amnesty International when we receive an Urgent Action bulletin, engaging In research about such issues as child abuse, be it the incidence of child labour. or the conscription of child soldiers, and supporting causes which our members see as making a difference This Year, in particular, we raised money for World Vision on Open Day by selling craft items from underdeveloped countries in October, Am n esty inte rnational's traditional Candle Day was replaced by Candle of Hope. Participating schools were invited to make an effort to fund raise, and also to initiate a project to raise the consciousness of the School population While our membership is quite small at present, this project was embraced with enthusiasm, and successfully executed.

TOURNAMENT OF M NDS Tournament of Minds is an activity which endeavors to develop creative problem solving skills and techniques, foster cooperative learning and team work, promote knowledge and appreciation of self and others, and encourage

standard. Two of our teams received special recognition and were awarded with Honours. These consisted of Madeleine Cameron, Maya Cherian, Jemima Cowderoy, Sa ra h Einin ett, Ayu shi Mahendra, Eleanor Todd and Carmen James in the Social Science section and Esther Ko, Emily Chat, Erin_SCOtney, Arooke Kahawita, Charmaine Lee and Jennifer Colditz in the Maths and Engineering section On behalf of all the Tournament of Mind participants we would like to extend our thanks to Ms Edwards our coordinator, our parents for their support, and Mrs Boltman for volunteering as a judge on the day Arooke Kahawita Captain

experimentation and risk taking, whilst providing real, open-ended challenges. This year, six teams of students from Years 8 to 10 made use of this opportunity. The girls met weekly for the first five weeks of Term 111 to share opinions and stimulate their spirit of inquiry and love of learning. As a team they developed a creative and original solution to a problem from one of the three categories: Language and Literature, Social Science and Maths and Engineering. The girls communicated their ideas via a presentation and used inventive tools, clever scripts, imaginative costumes, props, backdrops, music and dance to enhance their performances. They were required to work under a budget, with complex challenge criteria and within a strict time limit On Sunday 24 August, the teams presented their solutions before a panel of judges and the public at the Brisbane North Regional Event. They were also confronted with an extra problem and assessed on their spontaneous responses. There were over 90 other teams competing on the day and the students from Brisbane Girls Grammar School all performed to a high

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