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Launceston Church Grammar
School Disability and mobilityWhilst the school has been taking steps to improve its disability access provision it is timely that our Grade 10 Health Education students have been experiencing first hand what it is like to be in a wheelchair. Twelve wheelchairs have been hired and students have been navigating themselves around the campus. The daily challenges faced by wheelchair-bound people have been brought home to our students and as a teaching and learning method this has been excellent. It has also been the source of much interest and inquiry from the press. Big cars, big suits, big toysThis is the life that our team of next generation 'Bill Gates' have been experiencing. This team of Grade 10 students has embarked on a challenge to participate in the Global Enterprise Challenge to be held in Sydney in November. Our team is engaged in an online challenge and their company called 'LifeWatch' is currently placed second in the business simulation. If we are successful in Sydney, we will then move on to the Global final, to decide who really is the best-business school. Caring and contributing from St Michael's Collegiate For all of its history St Michael's Collegiate School has instilled in girls the need to provide help to those in need. And there is little doubt that families with sick children are very much in need. Ronald McDonald House is a non-profit organisation and each House offers a home-away-from-home for seriously ill children and their families, who live too far from the hospital to go home each night. And each weekend throughout the year you will find a team of Collegiate girls cooking the evening meal and providing meals to be placed in the freezers ready for the week ahead. Fundamental'Living the gospel values is part of our mission,' says Collegiate Principal Robyn Kronenberg. 'Volunteering is the most fundamental act of citizenship and charity in our society. It is offering time, energy and skills of one's own free will. I see it as an extension of being a good neighbour…by caring and contributing to change our girls…gain skills, self-esteem, and change their lives.' There is no doubt that it is a labour of love as the girls get to see at first hand that the work they do is so much appreciated by the families in their time of need. Hutchins class learns about Argentina A class at Hutchins School really enjoyed a visit from Bishop John who talked about his time in Argentina. A highlight was the traditional maté (drink) that Bishop John made and shared with the class. Several boys sent drawings and letters to Bishop John to thank him for his visit. A couple of extracts are below.
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