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PR E PA R ATORY S C HO OL Year 6 students meet Governor General in Canberra Twenty eight lucky students from Year 6, along with four members of staff, spent the first week of the September school holidays exploring Canberra and Sydney. There were many highlights on the tour. We were privileged to meet the Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, at Government House in Canberra as well as Mr Ken Wyatt, our Federal Member for Hasluck. Day one started with a ride around Lake Burley Griffin. Nurse Holly was ecstatic, with no serious incidents on the bike ride. The evening’s entertainment featured injury free ice skating. Day four was a more formal occasion, with all students and staff in formal attire for our visit to the Australian War Memorial. Freya Sander, Lydia Dutton, William van den Wall Bake and Joshua James were selected to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We visited Parliament House and students enjoyed participating in a heated debate in the Senate. The topic was whether or not unhealthy food snacks should be advertised when children’s television shows are broadcast. Freya and Joshua lay a wreath. area on foot, which culminated in the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylon look out (89 metres above the harbour). The students’ etiquette and manners were commented on by many of the presenters at places we visited and the staff were extremely proud of the Guildford Grammar School students throughout the whole tour. Mr Simon Edgar Deputy Headmaster, Curriculum The tour finished in Sydney. Staying at the YHA in The Rocks, we explored this historic IPSHA Speakers Challenge Above: Jackson, Gabrielle and William. Left: Mr Krause and Mr Budler with our representatives. At the recent IPSHA Speakers Challenge, Gabrielle Farrant, Jackson McBride and William van den Wall Bake represented the School with credit, both in the manner they delivered their speeches and in the positive way they presented themselves. William was awarded a silver medal, for being runner up in his section of the competition, and Gabrielle and Jackson were awarded bronze medals in their respective sections. The competition was won by Teliah Godfrey from John Wollaston Anglican Community School. 35