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On the 14^th March, Goulburn Valley Grammar School, in cooperation with the Student Representative Council held an out of uniform day to raise funds and awareness for the Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation. The casual clothes day was themed “rainbow colours” and the Tute challenge involved the most colourful Tutor and Tutees parading around Telle- Tubbyland. On the day, we also sold Zaidee shoe laces and held a successful raffle and poster competition. Alan Turner came to school to view the photos and accept the $1500.00 cheque from the SRC Prefects.

Zaidee Turner died suddenly after a blood vessel burst on her brain, known as a cerebral aneurism. The Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation has the aim of matching organ and tissue donors with a suitable recipient. One of the aims of the Foundation is to promote organ and tissue donation by selling merchandise, including the well-known Zaidee’s rainbow shoelaces. The Foundation hopes to encourage people to talk about and consider organ donation. More information is available on the website. Thank you to all who supported the Foundation.

Luke - Year 12 Prefect

During the last part of Term 12 Year 8 students attended the International Conference on Sustainability in America. The aim of the student conference was to discuss issues of sustainability as well as to tour related facilities and iconic tourist destinations. Following is a snapshot of the trip through the eyes of the participants:

CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK - Hannah

This park was a highlight. We had so much fun as all the rides were amazing and the time spent with friends and fairy floss was awesome.  Watching the faces of most of the group taking off on ‘California Screamin Roller-Coaster’ was indescribable.

DISNEYLAND - Sean

From Indiana Jones to the Haunted House and Splash Mountain, we all had a great time at Disneyland. This was a highlight of the trip. Some of the other really good things that we did at Disneyland included going on the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Even waiting nearly two hours to go on the famous ride Space Mountain was all worth it. I'm sure everyone who went on the trip would love to go back.

SAN FRANCISCO - Shannon

In San Francisco we had a cable car ride to breakfast at Sears Fine Food. We then travelled to the California Academy of Sciences where we had a very special Green Tour and got to explore the museum. We then took a tour around the Marine Mammal Centre in Sausalito. On the last day in San Francisco we took a bay cruise past Alcatraz and under the Golden Gate Bridge.

HOST FAMILY- Eva

For me, the homestay was the most anticipated event throughout the trip. The ridiculous hours we woke up, the bagels we ate for breakfast, the car rides to school that took forever and an ice hockey game were the memories I will never forget from the ICOS 2013 trip.

BEACH CLEAN UP - Nick

Our involvement in the beach clean-up showed us exactly how much waste that simply "washes up” on beaches in America and around the world. There was so much litter! After spotting a storm drain my group spent ages there on cleaning up just one square metre.  It was all so amazing!

MT CROSS CAMP - Ashia

The Mt Cross camp was full of new and exciting activities such as hiking trails, climbing rock walls and wood ladders. We learnt all about the environment around us, the Redwood forest. My favourite part of the camp was sea kayaking on the last day. The Australians also tried S'mores for the first time!

THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTRE - Jack

The marine mammal centre is an amazing place where some volunteers look after very cute sea mammals such as seals and otters. These animals have been affected by the ingestation of plastics causing them to starve.  It was a very worthy place!

CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTRE- Louisa

The California Science Centre in L.A was so much fun. Every afternoon when we were at Turning Point School we went on an excursion such as this. There were loads of interesting exhibitions. The ones we got to see were about sustainably and climate change. We also got to see the space shuttle  ‘Endeavour’, recently moved into the science centre on October 12^th and 13^th 2012.

THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE - Senara

The California Academy of Science was really interesting. We got a ‘behind the scenes’ pass. I thought it was really amazing how they could heat or cool the inside of the exhibition just by moving a few windows. I thought the specimen’s room was a bit creepy with all the dead fish!

AMERICAN CUISINE - James

The food in America is very different from that which we experience in Australia.  Americans eat a lot of takeaway food like burgers and pizza. The serving sizes are HUGE!!  When I went to ‘Macca’s’ and asked for a small coke the service personnel commented that “we only have large or extra-large”.

MONTEREY - Matt

During the camp we stopped at the Monterey Bay Aquarium for a look at some of the sea life they had on display and it was fabulous. The display was very comprehensive and afterwards we visited some of the local streets and shops.

TURNING POINT SCHOOL WORKSHOPS - Lewis

School workshops were an important part of our learning about sustainability.  Workshop activities included building a junk raft, making clothes out of reclaimed materials or calculating our own carbon footprint. We also made Rube Goldberg chain reaction machines out of recycled cardboard, plastic and metal.

A big thank you to Mrs Morris for organising the trip and to Miss Gardner and Mr Reynoldson for assisting and accompanying us!

Mrs Debbie Moore

Director of Teaching and Learning

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On Wednesday 1^st May all Year 5 and 6 students participated in the Interschool Cross Country at Princess Park. It was a successful day for the school with 23 students making it through to the Shepparton Zone Cross Country held on Wednesday 17^th of May.

All students are to be congratulated for an excellent display of sportsmanship.

Below is a list of students who will be competing in the Goulburn Murray Division Cross Country. To qualify for this they were required to finish in the top 25 in their interschool event.

Boys 9/10Years                 

Frederick

Girls 9/10Years                  

Sithmi                                

Kate

Boys 11Years                    

Samuel 

Ryan

Girls 11Years

Kate

Elle

Taryn                

Tess

Sophie                  

Emma

Elly                       

Nicola                  

Lucy

Boys 12/13Years                               

Jayden            

Alex     

Ryan                         

Sam   

Girls 12/13Years                               

Abbey              

Mimi

Georgia            

Sinduri   

Kelly

Congratulations to all students on a successful day and we wish those involved in the Goulburn Murray Division Cross Country the best of luck for the 18^th of May.

Mrs Diane Murphy

Interschool Cross Country Coordinator