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All Year 7 to Year 11 students are expected to participate in the
Monastery's monthly Botany, Bio-diversity, and Bush Regeneration activities with the Strathfield Council
at least once per year. Approximately half the class should come to
each Year activity.
Students are to meet at the Monastery at 8:30am on the Saturday
(or Sunday) morning. Students are driven to the site by monastery bus, and then returned to the Monastery at 12 noon by HTM teachers.
All participants are under the direction of Strathfield Council's trained horticulturalists, who
provide training, plant identification, and all tools and any seedlings.
Students will be re-planting indigenous vegetation, or helping in weeding non-indigenous plants.
The Youth Fellowship provides some morning tea. Students should dress for gardening in old clothes, shoes, with a hat, and according to weather expectations.
Youth Fellowship members may bring friends and family provided they give prior advice and have a parent permission note.
Bushcare Dates
(Still to be advised by Strathfield Council)
Year 8 Saturday
13-Mar Dean Reserve
Year 9
Saturday 10-Apr-Mason Park Wetlands
Year 10 Sunday 2-May Dean Reserve
Year 11
Saturday 5-June Mason Park Wetlands
Year 7 Saturday 4-Jul - Mason Park Wetlands
Year 11
Sunday 1-Aug - National Tree Day
Year 10 Saturday 4-Sep Dean Reserve
Year 9 Saturday 9-Oct Mason Park Wetlands
Year 8 Saturday 6-Nov Mason Park Wetlands
Year 7 Saturday 5-Dec Dean Reserve
The 2010 Annual Magazine committee are;
Editor : Raymond Lin Yr 10
Assistant Editor : Aaron Hong
Yr 10
Artistic Director :
Ellie Chung Yr 11
Committee Member :
Justin Tran Yr 8
The suggestions for this year's theme were initially "Bang" and "Change". However, after some discussion, the theme
"Bring me to life" was chosen. This phrase was suggested as the students had been talking about the importance of Facebook and the internet for communications amongst students.
"Bring me to life" could represent how teenagers have many "virtual" friends on Facebook / Bebo / Myspace / Twitter / email. However they would often prefer to see their friends in real life, rather than just via the electronic medium ! The theme could also mean the desire of teenagers to grow up, and actually experience more, and take more responsibilities.
Mr Kiddle & Mr Alan Do are the 2010 co-ordinators.
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