This week we took our students to Melbourne for an official farewell from the Minister for Education. A ceremony was held at State Parliament House in Queens Hall. During this farewell event a panel discussion was held where 5 students and 1 teacher were asked to discuss their preparations for travel and outline their learning enquiries. Shawna Miller did a fantastic job of representing Yarram and Neerim District Secondary Colleges.
There are 5 groups participating in the Overseas Learning Experience this year. One other group is also visiting China and the others are going to Tonga, Italy and Japan. The school visiting Tonga have set up a fantastic program where they are sending computers to their sister-school and then helping install them and teaching staff and students in Tonga how to use them.
The afternoon session was aimed at preparing the students prepare for living and working within another culture - being a global Citizen. They also learnt about being Global Leaders and discussed the mindset and skills required to be an effective leader in their enquiry based learning project.
All students thoroughly enjoyed the day and all staff are pleased with how well the students from our 2 schools are mixing and relating to each other. With only 7 weeks left until we fly to Shanghai there was a great deal of excitement amongst the group during the bus trip to and from Melbourne. This event was very successful in highlighting to all students how fortunate they are to be participating in the O.L.E. and inspiring them to make the most of the opportunity.
