Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 1994

Gol Club Profile: Zenith

Soroban offered at Gra ar Eve Wiison ticn, multiplication and division, .,_,, the Soroban can be used for Brisbane Girls' Grammar square and cubed roots and School has always provided stu. "anzan", where sums are done in dents with a wealth of cultural the head, by picturing the abacus. experiences, both in school and as Soroban wasincorporatedinto e, tra-curricular activities. One CLUES in August last year, and less well known example or these now has seven students partici is Soroban. pati"g. Angela Wilson, who origi The Soroban is the Japanese nally thought or including abacus. in has been used for cen. Sorobanin the program, has been tunes in Japan (the Japanese still twice offered twice overseas trips prefer it to a calculator , and is to participate in international becoming increasingly popularin Soroban competitions. (A good other countries as well. reason to do it!) it consists ora frame with two Whether you e, Ijoy Maths or sections . four beads in one sec- do Japanese or not, Soroban is a lion and one in the other. worthwhile and enjoyable experi As well as addition, sub, rat. ence.

The business program focuses on incoming and outgoing correspond ence. upcoming publicspeakingcom petitions. and activities and projects wilhin the club. The speaking program is based uponap, e-selected topic. Several mein bets ar^, notified prior 10 the meeting that they will be required 10 speak to the topic. andneadvisedof thenypeof activity they have to prepare. Besides the main speaker, roles

MIChelle Harvey .^-^.^^ Ask many 51udents around the School about the Zenith Club and . chances are, many of them will not blow what you're talking about. But within the School there exists a 90np of about 25 comintiied students who are members or Zenith and who reap the benefits. Zenith is a public sneaking group which meets fortnightly on Tuesday aftemoo, us in room G3. I. Between 3.20pm and 420pm. Ihe members are presented with opportunities to improve their public sneaking skills and their confidence in communicating errec lively with an audience. The meeting consists or a business program and a speaking progmm.

leeted prior to the meeting to evaluate lire perlonnmice of the speaker in the areus of presentation and conient. This promss helps the speaker to improve Irerskillsthroughconstructivecriticism. Perhaps the most unusual task for a member is entitied Grunts. The task for this person is to count the number of "urns". "ans". and hesitations in the performances of the speakers. Once a speakers is aware o the number or these. it is often a simple task to elimi nate this problem altogether. Tire 11^85 are readsad by too staff mumbers Ms Jul Dafu mad 111rs Ladler Rigs. Tire activities of tilts club Foride an ideal OF^ty, Id at^nls of all ^r torelsioim"orettieirspdyig^wito prionfida"evilhilrelrelpofttieirj^s.

include aLexic01o8istwho defines the topic. Inspireiion who must inspire the members to contemplaie the topic. and Topic Chairperson who prepares a list of questions related to the topic priorio Ihe me elmg and rondomly chooses members 10 answer these questions. A fellow mumber will also be se First aid for life The year ten students at Bris- Ihe course even more "hands. on" brine Girls' Grammar School par. and relevant ticipatein the ERJohn's Ambulance One students'ated: "The course Ih ' H as in yworthwhileasl"ow progren, . assist in an emergency it it werenec Tnn course teaches the students .sanry:' Indeed, students who tom to use the skills they lean, such as pieted the course in previous years CPR and EAR, in real. lire situa. havehadtousetheirsk"Ism, instaid fluus. The students are raced with in genome emergencies scenarios which occur all 100 fro At the end or the course the shi. quern"y, for example car accidents dents are presented with the Senior or pico, .ing. FirstAid Centreate, which must be Once laced with the situation, updated every three years' The sri. - each sondent is required to apply dents are encouraged to do this. Rebecca Hannon looks like an emergency ward. but this concern wilh realism has made

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Such an activity gives the mm dents skills that have genuine app"- cation for the rest or their in VB.

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