Wheels-a-thon at Matthew Flinders Anglican College
Students from Prep to Year 6 at Matthew Flinders Anglican College on the Sunshine Coast raised more than $12,000 for World Bicycle Relief by designing a wheels-a-thon challenge.
Students from Prep to Year 6 at Matthew Flinders Anglican College on the Sunshine Coast raised more than $12,000 for World Bicycle Relief by designing a wheels-a-thon challenge.
The Southport School’s Wellbeing Health offerings aim to address mental and physical health issues prevalent among young Australian males and have developed a specific framework around mental health and wellbeing with the pillars of Mindfulness, Exercise, Nutrition, Sleep, relationships, Engagement, Meaning and Purpose – or ‘MENS REMAP’.
Students at St. Clement’s have been challenged to “redefine design” and to produce clothes that are more sustainable and environmentally conscious, while aiming to educate the school community on the environmental issues in the fashion industry. The theme also aligned well with The Kasiisi Project, the organization receiving the proceeds from ticket sales
Dubbed ‘The Kurt Hahn Sleep Out’, every year a group of Ballarat Grammar students brave the elements to learn about homelessness and experience the conditions that those less fortunate face on the street on a nightly basis.
Godspell College in Argentina shared a collaborated with Mayo College in India, British Overseas School in Pakistan and GEMS Modern Academy in United Arab Emirates to explore and discuss their cultural differences and similarities.
Cadet College Hasan Abdal in Pakistan hosted a online Symposium to raise awareness of their immediate surroundings, to spur critical thinking and evolve their minds to envision eco-friendly ways to lead their lives while preserving the environment. The aim was to give students an insight into the present situation of our planet and interacting with peers from different parts of the world helped create a sense of solidarity and environmental responsibility amongst the students.
“Ubuntu” is part of the Zulu phrase “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” usually interpreted as “I am because you are”. In the Postcard the students wanted to describe unique aspects of the South African culture and to compare and relate them to cultural input from delegates from around the world. In this way they hoped to discover some elements of common humanity.
In times like these, with uncertainty surrounding our lives, what we truly need is something that brings us together – not by virtue of our nationality, religion or even language. But by virtue of our passions that shape our lives.Literature is where we must seek our objective. Literature is the medicine for distress. It is the channel for the voiceless. It is truly awe – inspiring, the power of art, to move people, to bring people together – like it has in the fiesta.
Every year a week in July we celebrate MLC School’s annual Round Square Week! The week is our opportunity to celebrate all that is Round Square and is comprised of various activities, installations, assemblies, and performances all run by our Round Square committee.
Lakefield College School offers students the opportunity to take part in two types of exchanges, through either the full-term, Grade 10 Exchange Program or the three-week, March Break Language Exchange Program. Our membership in Round Square makes it possible for our Grade 10 students to participate in – typically 6 to 10 weeks – exchanges with students from over two-hundred potential partner schools in more than fifty countries around the world.