Round Square and Exchanges Co-ordinator Online Behaviourįrom time to time I have to talk with students regarding their inappropriate use and behaviour when they are online. Round Square is an incredible part of what makes Westminster what it is and although we are unable to offer our usual amount of trips, exchanges and activities at the moment, there are still many ways we can keep the Round Square connection alive. Thanks to Miss Sophie Wilson, her dancers and helpers for putting that together. This year, Westminster also submitted our ‘Reconciliation Dance’ to the Main Stage, so Round Square schools around the world could see a taste of the amazing talent here at Westminster. Other opportunities were given each day to participate in activities and discussions about Identity and Inclusion, Climate Action and Ethical Leadership. With Global Learning being such an important part of our education here at Westminster, this was a wonderful opportunity to listen to a variety of Keynote speakers such as Australian Slam Poet, Solli Raphael, UK Paralympian, Ade Adepitan, South African ‘Skinfluencer’, Ofentse Lekwane and US Founder of ‘Because I said I would’, Alex Sheen, just to name a few. The video game set-up was not only appealing to all of us, but allowed many opportunities for us to ‘mingle’ virtually with student and adult delegates from around the globe! This year’s theme was ‘Blue Skies and Brave Conversations’.Īlthough the original plan was to have the conference hosted in person in the UK, current travel restrictions meant Round Square Headquarters came up with an innovative and engaging alternative of holding a virtual conference, using the platform Gather. In Week 10 of Term 3, several of our senior students and staff members attended the Round Square International Conference online. Round Square International Conference 2021 'Blue Skies and Brave Conversations' It was pleasing to see Year 7 students being confident and passionate enough to speak to the other students about what they are interested in and the imaginative ways they have used to get their ideas across to others. They encouraged the student population to pick up rubbish around the school and offered entry into a raffle with the price of a ticket being fifteen pieces of rubbish! Because birds and other animals, sometimes mistake rubbish as food and we want to prevent this from happening so then we can have a safer and cleaner environment for ourselves and the wildlife around us.’ We could raise awareness and motivate people to stop littering and to pick up rubbish. Then a lightbulb idea popped into our heads. They have invited students to go to the Inquiry and Innovation Hub and ride a bike so they can measure out how much energy can be generated.Īdelle Parkinson-Need, Janet Wang, Naite Johnson, Armaan Shah, Charlie Bradford and Lucas Heazlewood created a video reflecting the fifteenth Global Goal for Sustainable Development - Life on Land, for their FUSS project.Īdelle and Janet presented to their peers, ‘We were brainstorming ideas on what we could do to help birds in the Westminster area. If we could then find a way to store the power after a workout or something the results could show that more and more money for electricity could be saved if you did a workout about once every week.’. ‘If our experiment is successful, we will be able to produce results that can state how much money can be saved by using human power. Indie Danger, Jordan Lucas and Austin Hocking are planning an experiment to see how much energy can be generated by riding an exercise bike. Year 7 FUSSĪt this week’s assembly, Year 7 students talked about their FUSS projects. It is great to see all the students and staff having so much fun performing. I congratulate all the students and their teachers, Kellie Lenger, Chris Gould, Mike Degenhart, Jane Edwards, Carolyn Obst and Sophie Wilson. It was enjoyable to see the growth in confidence and standard of performance as the different year levels performed. Last Wednesday evening we were entertained by the curriculum musicians and dancers from Years 7 to 10. Hear from Jane Davison, Foundation President.Information for New Senior School Families. Information for New Preparatory School Families.New Learn to Swim Program - Expressions of Interest. Performing Arts Centre and Dance Studio.Head of Senior School - Edition 17 - 2021.
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