The last day of GARR on mainland Australia was spent in Melbourne at
the Donvale Christian School. It was the last day of term for the
school but they kindly included us in their programme. We started the
morning with a 20minute presentation to the junior school with several
hundred children and about 150 visiting parents, grandparents and
guardians present. Before lunch we shared in a class of the senior
school as they explored issues related to working across cultures. The
day finished at the school with us presenting to all of the senior
school as the last activity of the term. It could have been
intimidating to be the last hurdle before the end of term and
holidays. However, it wasn't. We had attentive, participatory groups
both in the morning and the afternoon. Rickshaw riding was popular
both during the morning recess and lunch.
This was the 33rd school and brings the number of students addressed
to well over 5000 during the whole of the GARR.
Today was also the day when the part of the support team began the
return to Brisbane with the truck and one of the other vehicles. The
remainder of the team leave for Tasmania tomorrow.
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