Student Life @ GG 2016

Term 2 2012

18

Jun

2A Raft Building Print E-mail
2A Raft Building
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18

Jun

1B Raft Building Print E-mail
1B Raft Building
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15

Jun

Commando Team Challenge Print E-mail
Commando Team Challenge
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14

Jun

Ruby's Photoblog Print E-mail
Latest Images from Ruby's Photoblog - Set 3

1. TAKEN May 15th with David Tatnall at Camperdown Botanical gardens. Manual Focus, Low flash exposure, Aperture Priority mode, ISO 800, F4.5

2. TAKEN May 18th with David Tatnall. My favourite photo for the day. Manual mode, ISO 80, Manual Focus, F11.

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13

Jun

Teaching Students from Noorat Primary School Print E-mail
Teaching Students from Noorat Primary School
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11

Jun

Out in the Local Community - Opening of Glenfyne Hall Print E-mail
Gnurad students at the Opening of Glenfyne Hall
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08

Jun

1B - Expo 2 Visit to Mt Eccles Print E-mail
Some of the team from 1B out on Expo 2
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05

Jun

Food for Thought Print E-mail
Food for Thought
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04

Jun

2A Goes Surfing Print E-mail
2A - Surfs Up!
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04

Jun

Surfs up for 2B Grommets Print E-mail
2B - Surfing
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03

Jun

1A - Let's Go Surfing! Print E-mail
1A - Lets Go Surfing!
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02

Jun

Moments Captured on Expo 2 with 2A Print E-mail
Moments Captured on Expo 2 with 2A
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17

May

2A on Expo 1 Print E-mail
2A on Expo 1
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17

May

CPR and First Aid Print E-mail
CPR and First Aid
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16

May

More Student Photo Stories Print E-mail
Student Photo Stories
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16

May

Community Agreement Print E-mail

After a couple of weeks the students are ready to articulate how they will operate as a community and they develop an agreement to show their commitment. In an evening class, they brainstorm the types of guiding statements they would like to see on the CA and then have a few days to think about it and make any suggestions. This term statements such as the following appear on the CA. The pictures show the students each signing the agreement. This document forms a powerful tool that assists with conflicts and tensions as well as, and most importantly, help to translate our values into action.

  • Everyone has the right to be included
  • Respect others needs and wants
  • Everyone has the right to feel safe here at Gnurad Gundidj

Students signing the Community Agreement
 

15

May

Life After Dark... Print E-mail
Life After Dark - Expo 2A
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13

May

Term 2 Student Express Themselves with Photo Stories Print E-mail
Term 2 - Photo Stories
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13

May

Term 2 1B Students on Expo 1 Print E-mail
Term 2 - 1B Expo 1
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13

May

Term 2 1A Students on Expo 1 Print E-mail
Term 2 - 1A Expo 1
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10

May

Students meet the cows at the DemoDAIRY Print E-mail
Term 2 - Demo Dairy

DemoDAIRY is a key knowledge point for dairy farmers in south-west Victoria. It is a not-for-profit research demonstration dairy farm located near Terang, Victoria. It is an experimental dairy farm having more than 300 members from the south west region of Victoria. It provides opportunity on dairy focused research, applied demonstration and educational activities to members. It works according farmer's needs and priorities with industry to plan a better and sustainable future.

As part of our Environmental Unit, all students visit the DemoDAIRY to gain an appreciation of leading best practices in the agriculture industry. The Enviro Unit also has foci on Hopkins Falls, Indigenous land use, Crater to Coast rail trail, sustainable river management practices and coastal land care. These are interspersed throughout the program both formally as well as informally through visits, tours and recreational use such as surfing and expeditions.

Specifically, our Demo Dairy visits focus on projects such as reclaiming / recycling effluent water from milking yard wash downs, methane capture from effluent ponds, creation of nutrient filter ponds and wetlands, composting techniques, farm materials recycling strategies, nutrient rich paddocks and various forms of feed (hay, silage, pellets, grass etc) and careers in the dairy industry.

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09

May

2B Bridge Building and Water Fun Print E-mail
Term 2 - 2b Bridge Building
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08

May

2a Bridge Building Success! Print E-mail
Term 2 - 2a Bridge Building
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07

May

1B Bridge Building Team Work Print E-mail
Term 2 - 1b Bridge Building
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07

May

Cooking, camping and hiking on Expo Skills Print E-mail
Term 2 - Expo Skills
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04

May

2a bike riding on Expo Skills Print E-mail
Term 2 - 2A Expo Skills
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03

May

Term 2, 1A students building bridges Print E-mail
Term 2 - 1A Bridge Building
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02

May

Term 2 Students on Intro to Bikes Print E-mail
Term 2 Intro to Bikes
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01

May

ANZAC DAY - 25th of April 2012 Print E-mail
ANZAC DAY - Students gather to mark the anniversary of Anzac Day and pause to reflect.
 

25

Apr

Teams Day for Term 2 Students Print E-mail

Students working together (and having fun)  during Teams Day

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24

Apr

Getting to Know Gnurad Print E-mail
Term 2 Students start the process of getting to know Gnurad
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23

Apr

Welcome to Country - Night Ceremony Print E-mail
Welcome to Country Ceremony

Indigenous lullaby as part of Welcome to Country Ceremony

Our local indigenous friend and educator, Brett Clarke, of the Gundidjtmara people, conducted a welcome ceremony on arrival night. Brett finished by teaching and involving all 45 students in singing a lullaby with him that his mother used to sing every night. It was a special moment. The visual quality is not great however please enjoy your children singing with Brett.

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23

Apr

Its Arrival Day for our Term 2 students Print E-mail

Arrival Day! - Term 2 Gnurad-Gundidj Students with their parents and families before they start their first day of their School for Student Leadership experience.

Arrival Day  - term 2

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School For Student Leadership

School for Student Leadership is a Victorian Department of Education initiative offering a unique residential education experience for year nine students. The curriculum focuses on personal development and team learning projects sourced from students' home regions. There are four campuses in iconic locations across Victoria. The Alpine School Campus is located at Dinner Plain in the Victorian Alps. Snowy River Campus is near the mouth of the Snowy River at Marlo in east Gippsland. The third site is adjacent to Mount Noorat near Camperdown in Victoria’s Western District, and is called Gnurad-Gundidj. After consultation with the local aboriginal community, this name represents both the indigenous name of the local area and an interpretation of the statement "belonging to this place". The fourth and most recently opened campus is Don Valley Campus, situated on land that was once known as Haining Farm in the Yarra Ranges.
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Our school community acknowledges the Gunaikurnai, Bidawel and Gundijmara people as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school campuses are built. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their Elders past and present, and especially whose children attend our school.