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African EquityAt the end of Term 4, the Collegewelcomed six African children tothe school, creating a wonderfulopportunity for cross-cultural sharingwith our students. Riley Anderson,Year 7 and Conal Grewar, Year 6,acted as guides to our visitors.Their first day was spent in the JuniorSchool visiting Mrs Creadie’s Year 2Class, Ms MacDougal’s Year 5 Class,Mrs De Wet’s Year 6 Class and MsBowker’s Year 7 Class. The childrenshared their language, interests andculture as well as joining togetherin various classroom activities and aspecial scrumptious morning tea.On the third day they returned toschool and were introduced to MrWebster and then attended Fridaymorning Assembly, where they tookto the stage and performed twotraditional songs and traditionaldrumming to the delight of thestaff and students. It was a reallyenjoyable and valuable experience forour students and our African visitors.On the second day the visitors metwith Mr Gillette in the Senior School.Once acquainted, they attended oneof Mr Gillette’s biology classes. Atlunch the visitors were escorted tothe rugby fields where the rugby boyscooked them a special lunch andpresented them with mementos ofOrmiston College.Shoes for FoodHeroes of the NationFor some months now ourstudents have been gatheringtogether shoes that their familiesno longer require and shoes thatstudents have grown out of, fordonation to the ‘Shoes for Food’drive. The donation not only helpsto break the cycle of poverty forthe African families who re-sellthem in micro-businesses, butjust 2 container loads also feeds,educates and houses every oneof the 530 children in the ‘Herosof the Nation’ orphanage for twowhole years. The sale of just onepair of shoes will buy one family15kg of maize, enough to feeda family for a week. Ormistonstudents have been strongsupporters of the cause and intendcontinuing in 2011.18 The Oracle Semester Two Edition 2010
Art Students Support‘ACT FOR KIDS’It was the decision of our students tocommit the 2010 Art Show to ‘ACTfor Kids’, which is an initiative of theAbused Child Trust. Our studentswanted to share this event in order tobroaden awareness of this Australiancharity that runs a free service to treatand prevent child abuse.The exhibition centrepiece was aninstallation designed by studentsin the Senior Art Club, made fromold wardrobes and toys. Guestswere invited to visit the specialcollaborative art installation and bydonating a gold coin, they couldcreate a colourful paper ‘helpinghand’ to attach to its inside wall.Several members of ‘ACT forKids’ attended the Art Show andMiss Karyn Lambert, on behalf ofthe organisation, addressed theaudience, thanking them for theirsupport and commenting on thehigh standard of art work producedby our students. Ms Lambert alsoannounced that she was delightedthat the Art Department and studentshad shown their desire to build upa stronger relationship betweenOrmiston College and “ACT for Kids’.Ms Lambert also announced that our2010 Art Dux would be invited toexhibit a piece of work at their major2011 Art Show fundraiser.weeks of hard work to get it to thisstage. What you don’t see is the yearround dedication and commitmentof our art staff. I am not just talkingabout their excellent work as teachersbut the way in which they inspireour children to draw on their owncreative talents, allowing them tothink imaginatively and innovativelyto become expressive communicatorsthrough their own artwork. It takesvery special people to do this.” Hethen presented a bouquet to MrsJulianne de Lange, Art Coordinator,who in turn thanked staff Mr DavidVial, Ms Jenny Furlong, Mrs KateStimson and the many invaluablevolunteer helpers.We look forward to future fundraisingevents so we may continue to assistin helping ‘ACT for Kids’.The Gala Opening of our spectacular2010 Art Show was attended bymany hundreds of parents, andstudents and several special guests.The exhibition, which displayed over1,000 pieces of student art work,represented creative items from theEarly Learning Centre through to Year12.Mrs Merilyn Walsh, Head of Teachingand Learning, presented each of ourYear 12 Art Students with flowersand thanked them for their specialcontribution to the event. TheHeadmaster, Mr Brett Webster, thenwent on to say “As you can imaginean Art Show of this magnitude takesa lot of organisation, planning andSemester Two Edition 2010 The Oracle 19
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