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becomes a versatile and innginative 1001. in the wrong hands merely a typew'filer or arcade game simulator.

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Girls at BCG. S. can expect to multimedia software to other schools

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\\ e are lucky have lots of encounter computers as a narural pad puter? Remember when a chip was fright handed" educators and 51u. or their school life. All faculties and something on which you put salt or dents at B. G. CS demurnenis have inlegaled the use vinegar. a disk supplied the latest Do you remember back at school. of computers in their teaching shale gies and cumiculum development. A was a runner's pride andjoy ? Times hours an, d hours on Iha representative tout not exhaustive I signn, ent. Then armed only with the list of coinpuier faciliiaied activities No one can deny the impact that facts. a typewriter and a boltle of include: computershave had on our danly lives. liquid paper. you abandoned the Ira - al monitorin of h ver lime we have become aceus- pin"s of lifeio become areclusein a ex timents ' S ' joined to these changes and probably back room whilsi you hammered out by construction of a family tree take most of thenI for granied. The your wisdom on10 a ream or unsus- in Social Studies. inclihaithe automaiic bank teller can reciing wliiie paper. Times bays c! produciion of an animated cartoon in Art an UNESCO. in Iemational dejail* every phone calll make. or the Using computerrelated Iechnolo- modem project in Geogaphy. tramc lights go ORAl\'GE us <00n as gies. students can now rum their as- e! control of lego robots in I approach them 10 let one lime ride- signments into an intersciive ridv"I. Maihematics. on lawnmower go Ihrougli is cum- lure us:rig round. speech. video. ani- f! multimedia assignmen! mon knowledge. However. if you re- malloii. photosmphs and hyperleti. production in Study or Relinion. ally warii to be Impressed. lake notice These assignments demand analysis. gi deskiop publishInn in or whai our girls at BC. G. S. are do- decision rimking and thoughL noionlv English Ing from lite auihor in Iheir pr"Iuciion. hi in:eraciive language Inborn Seveml years ago. BCG. S. . un- but also from the rexplorer" in their lory in Languages. JudithHa L. d .- I n - . <1n, multimcdja to ii inidi requencing and score coinpo*, lion in Music. asiic suppnri of inc Parent\ and in Ihe for!e* of our 51udeni*. Fur i! niness program monitoring Friend* Aqq, ci, lion rel ab, "I esu!F 111ermore. Iheir profe*\ionalism and developmeni in Ph, siCal h> behind. Ih* u. e tit mirin -' Our girls' coinpuier skill\ are I, :\ ICcliiinlugy Nilhin Ihe *ch, ,, I. Our Inert I ally-prod u ced sriii\\"re Iered in grade S and hopehilly cnn- ", ourse" hat lad us aw"- trolli tilt Man> nilh. \c "*. 12nmeni* are \ub- 11nuc Ihrough tile r"I *f their 11\e\ Ieaching "haul*tinipiiici\, I, ,lireie;Ich- \equenil} u*ed a* Ieaching re- Groinmar hop*s to

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Both student< and teachers alike are encouraged 10 enter in 10 the spirit of the day. indeed. Iwn teachers in panicul"r were enihu sinsiic pariicipanis when a clown. complete willI red wig. and an o\ergize, toddler appeared. The Am ani Club ".,\ nailied after" mountain in Keny": Ihe ,\. urd niea"ing "peace". From Ihe jin jinl IOCu< of a group pro!holing wnrld peace. Ihe club h"\ now channelled most ,f its fundraising un*ri* Inin Amne*IV In I'm, tinn, I. A\ well us luridr"i\ing. AnInni ami\ to support '01/1n:unii} bated her\ice as pan tit Ih, CAS pro^ granifur Year* 11 rind 12 Acceptthe

Erica Dungtan

For one day. in Ihe year Gruntmar girls have a valid e\cuse to sleep in and mm 11n 10 school will, 111.1 "sleepy" feelin". On Wednesday. 3 March. Girl"' Groinmar 11nd Iheir second *ucces

rn!**d 55nn and chit year $70n was seni to A1nne*I\ in he u<,, in pmJ. c!* \I. hicli nilii for the neg do in of neonle d*in illed because their or beliefs. Grammar girls attend the Biology Olympiad challenge of the Training School Grainm"rSchixii. A"r"411, " andUra music. coinn, unicatio, I. trails Ien. Pome, y recenily returned from 111e nits. basketball: all this allxi more Inaugural Imjinng "11.01 forthe AUS could he yours! Dusthis soundlike Italian Biology. 01yinpiad Team held an advertisement? This is rin sales in Canberra UV*r lire Chrisimas 1101i pitch; it's Duke or Edinburgh! davs The Duke of Edinburgli's The two Year 12 sundeiiis wereihe ANard Schome is a program Ihal only participanis from Queensland rencoumges young people to richier're Selection was made from the resulis personal goals, to better themselves. gained by 350 51udenis in a riniional to conlribuie to the community, qualifying t'si. Fruiti 111is test. 16 and to have run doing it. The 51ude"I* were choren and participate11 Scheme CIMUenges people between in a tonnighi of gruelling sindy in 14 and 25 to achieve these aims b, Biolo"y. partidpating in challenging activi- Kara and Lisa Mere launched in10 tics kithin the areas or Service, Exploration, Ph}sicol Recreation. the be innin of Ihe Chis - P ore j days where they etpanded their The Scheme was introduced b* knowledge of the biological science Ihc Duke of Edinburgh to gener"Ie 10 111e equivalent of firsi. recond and enthusiasm and encrgy in young a Iiiile of 1111rd year University sinnd- people by presenting them with a aru. With days \, lierc hay could have challenging program of activities. up to IWClve hours of IECiures. Iryin" These help the ,\,, ardee develop to cover a 1165 page Iexi book and qualities or responsibility and inn iching over 60 pages or rinies. its rin Iurity. which benefit them person- wonder things became a litile hectic ally and socially. and erliausiing for Ihe girls The Award Scheme is oman. Despiie an incredible desire to ised on three richievement levels: sleep and hoih the phvsical and nun Bronze. Silver and Gold. These are . in ey were exj, enencing. UiC progressive goals which the rl' '- "' I h d g. progressive goals which the particj. pant allempts to conqu"r, within indulged mineir fair share of binlogy the four Lategori"s. bui also me I some greai people. file The Duke or Edinburgh'q week CUImin"lediii aihree and a half Award Scheme is available at hour exani on 111eir last Salunlav the school to anyone who is four- Evcn 1110ugli Ihe two geeks were teen years or older. There is al Li\" agret' Ihai i! \va" an unto 11 bj '"" r ' Committed group 1.0rk. experience and one lite^ would ticfi- Ih"ir next awards. Any girls in milel, lake nanin as"in Ieresled in the Scheme should Fron! Ih, <1tiecn \Iudeni* \Llin coni"ci \jigs LitAdam ", the nil*lided jilt 1.1iniiig ,cli, InI. four will Science DCDartment he \elecicd to crimp, Ie in 111* 1111*run If you want to aehie*e a n"r- 11.1n;11 Binl, .g\ Olympiad in 111c !*;*Ih^ sunni goal. gel min soni" chal- erlm, !. in Juli*Uu1} '11/1i\ \,"r \VC itriging actititi"<, nr >nu *implL 111\h 111. .in\ Ih* h, \I ,I luck b"I "I. J. h"\" nothing to dn. gelinln Duk* "!. rinvlcd, , Ih, 11nnn, it 1:1"' h, \* fir Edinburgh. 11'<1. finliiis ""i"hi nit*:1.11 hut", 11:10 111,111**!\,\ :In, jilt in Mronz". SilL"I and tinld. Still, ., I Two \tunent\Ir, n, Brisbane Girls' Naomi Just Kale Eltham Duke of Edinburgh. Hiking. swimn, ing. lire saving

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