1994 School Magazine

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Girls' Grantiiiar School3Brisbaiic 199+

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YEAR 8 CROSS CURRICULAR ACTmTXES

asi year it was the Antarctic Expeditioners' Training Animc!icci, Ibe differerrr places SIIuated theI'e, Ibe tbiea/s eit- Camp. This year it was the Amazonian YoutlT Summit d, ingeri"g theen"ironmen!andthed\ICU/titsii?Icyiizg ton?file

and the Mekong Adventure During 1993 trainers and students experimented witlT CTeat- ing a "window" in the timetable that would allow Lis to trial workino in clifferent ways within the school week. The result was Ihe Antarctic Expeditioners' Training Camps. These were attended by four very excited and hard working Year 8 classes Tile weeks were so successful that it was decided that all Year 8 classcs shoLild participate in a similar experience in 1994 1'111s yeai' the window into the limeiable ITas opened four Iiiiics. Gills nave been immersed in the pristine beauty of Ant"ICiicti, the savage fires of the am azon and the dilemmas cxpcricncecl by developing South East Asian countries

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THE ANTARCnC E, ^EDInONERS' fitA^G CAMP

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There wei'e d/so IPOi* sintioi?s 101' Ibe more aitistt'c. Ho" abotiipu/!litg logethei' d modelQ/the An!drc!IC landscdpe lullb only limited jusoi!rees or I'm king ripengtit'n that trodd/ed dolt^17 Jot!rlined/older? Yozi collld e, ei? indke dpei?gull? song. 017 the work skilloi? days, 11'dt'71ees coils/drilly walked moilitd lullb bdppypeitgMi7? Songs 171 Ibei'I' beads REBECCA EARLEY Later in the week, the students experienced the excitement of a conference phone call to Mawson Base in Antarctica wliere they were able to speal< to illree of the base nTembers - the deputy leader, the chef and the doctor. 11 was fascinating to ITeai that while we were enjoying temperatures of 21'C, they were experiencing -21'C

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in .lulle and July trainers and students eitTbarked on the "An 1:11'ciic Expeditioners' Training Camp". in the words of one of 111c expcditioners 8/1^^NCA/bid in?d 8Bea"/and rookpar/ill a differenjoJpe of led/'11/11g ex/)ei'!'@11ce. They 1001, led tubafjt Iuould be like 10 be sell/ 10 All/drc!ICn as they took pm'/ ii? "The Antnrciic 11Ay?ediiibiie!s' null?ing Cantp" Wi'/h high expec/altoi?s rutdii?runJ dareiti?!Itteas of"haltbe Meek hdd 117 510re, 1101 strideizis bedded/o1' the SI, icho rubei'e we I"ei'e 101d I"e IPOu/d IVCei'"e 61 biv'tying of the Iueek abedd. During thi^/11st 111ee/ing we lifei Qin' head tini'itei; 11/13 Fin'/qy and, of collrse, Ibe cnii!p leadei; IVS Penity GIIiii DJ!ling Ihis servo" we atso foilnd that rhose people rubo tisiia/Iy kitigh! lis Maths, Sct'ei?ce, Eitg/!$b, etc. bad oueiv?18bi be conte e, ;pel'!'ei?cert tim'izeis, who Iue!'e to guide us us we leanted aboutrlntarctic, ! t lulld/re, its tbiea!s, its errui?o, 217?ent rutd, of couise, as Iue bad a 101 off, !17 Aum bel'e roe bedded to oily "base" tub^^h bad been suitably decoi'died I"Ib n?clieit, IIS that IPOu/d help us zinderst"itd Ant- drollcd 1,701'e thoroughly as the weekpi'ogressed. We began the "o7'k sinnoizs rubei'e Jot! could Iem'it of Marusoit is tipk tbiough

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