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Community Connections
Keeping Students and Staff Safe
During this Term we had a brief return to School. Our amazing staff helped keep our students safe while at school through temperature checks and regular COVID-19 testing available to students and staff. We were grateful that Prep students were able to celebrate their first 100 days at school in the classroom.
Staff Member Julian Visser in the News
As well as appearing on Channel 9 News, staff member Julian Visser, was featured in a Herald Sun article Face to Face with Real Innovation in mid-July discussing his face-shield initiative. He discussed his idea to make face shields to protect frontline medical workers at Melbourne hospitals from COVID-19, using our school 3D printers. Mr Visser has now founded the Boye Medical Group which was commissioned by the Government to produce 35,000 masks by the end of July. “It went from one shield to many thousands. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without the help of the school… It’s a great example of innovative design. For students, I hope this can be a real-world example of going from an idea to full production in a short period of time.”
Casual Clothes Day
A Casual Clothes Day was held on Monday 3 August with the $485 raised being donated to Julian Visser’s initiative, to provide free face shields to frontline medical workers.
Congratulations
Staff member Jess Stryker and partner Josie welcomed Henley Peyton MacCartney-Stryker into the world on Tuesday 11 August.
CGS Auxiliary Christmas Puddings
Staff members Jason and Liz Sayers welcomed Taylor James into the world on Tuesday 4 August, and little Jacob is very excited to have a baby brother.
When the CGS Auxiliary began planning for 2020, we never imagined what the year would hold. With the new COVID restrictions in place, our usual activities have not been possible.
As we could no longer gather to make our famous Christmas Puddings, the Auxiliary decided to outsource the pudding making in order to continue this 36 year old tradition.
Many businesses in rural Victoria are facing hardships due to the double impact of fires and the pandemic. Our wonderful Auxiliary Treasurer, Robyn McKern was able to source a business in beautiful Porepunkah (near Bright) who will make our puddings using the much loved CGS recipe.
Alpine Valley Fine Foods will be making 500 puddings for the CGS community in their commercial kitchen and will be sourcing many ingredients locally.
As with previous years, the now soldout puddings will be presented in the traditional Bendigo Pottery pudding bowls, allowing us to support another small business doing it tough. I know many of our parents look forward to the wonderful pudding making experience. We hope you will continue to support us next year when we will be back chopping, stirring and mixing again.
Ms Allison Guerrieri
Auxiliary Convenor
