Round Square camp that saw them getting up to all sorts of adventures and truly coming out of their comfort zone.
for English, Mathematics and computer lessons and provides the family with rice, sauce and a bike. The experience was overwhelming, incredibly moving and humbling. Back at school, I had the pleasure of taking a group of students to a conference at Kings College in Auckland. We had a fantastic preconference trip to Rotorua and the ride on the luge certainly took me outside my comfort zone. Horrible! The conference focused a great deal on developing leadership qualities, and with inspiring guest speakers and the group Jump the boys gained a lot from the experience.
In the Prep School, Round Square boys were encouraged to take on a community service project for the year. Some boys assisted with various after-school sports while others worked at our new project, ‘The Genius Bar’, a room set aside where, once a week, young boys can go during lunchtime and receive help with areas they are struggling with, or even play games with the older boys. It was very rewarding for all and Terri-Lee Hurd did a great job of overseeing the project. Several boys chose to do their community service in the playground and helped young boys who were struggling to interact with their peers. The older boys helped them to join in with games and generally just made the younger boys feel cared about.
Another new project was the ‘Father Phil Funny Hat Day’. In honour of our much loved and sorely missed Father Phil, and his love of crazy hats, the boys organised a free dress day where everyone was encouraged to wear their craziest hat. It was fantastic! The $1400 raised was sent to Epilepsy Queensland, an organisation very special to Father Phil and his wife, Judy. We are pretty sure that Father Phil was smiling down on us as everyone gathered in the Pearce Theatre for a photo. The Care for Cambodia boxes once again raised much needed money to pay for our continuing projects. Feeding Dreams moved to a new site this year, to cater to their ever-expanding numbers, and we were determined to raise enough money for a classroom and to get their play area grassed and paved. We will also continue to pay the sponsorship of our two girls and our teacher’s salary that we send over every month. With over $13,000 raised, the money will be put to very good use.
I would like to thank all the Year 6 boys, who worked hard as part of the Round Square team, especially Guy Gibson, Joshua Batt and James Box for leading the team.
Once again, none of what we do would be possible without the amazing support of TSS staff, parents and boys. Every time I go to Cambodia I am reminded of how incredibly lucky we all are and how wonderful it is that we can change people’s lives by ensuring they get an education. Thank you so, so much. If I wrote in the newsletter every time I get a thank you email or photo from the three organisations we support you would be sick of it. Please know that there are people over there that are forever grateful for giving them the opportunities they now have. I hope you get to see it with your own eyes one day. The next Cambodia trip for students from Years 7-12 is December 2016, so keep your eyes open for news updates or contact Julie.Watts@tss.qld. edu.au if you are interested. Happy 2015 to you all.
The final conference for the year was held in Canberra, but it was very different from the Year 6 Canberra trip. Hosted by Radford College, the students attended a week-long bush
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