Having successfully received a District Grant to fund our first 10 Peace Poles, our participation in this project is officially underway! All 10 schools have chosen which 4 languages they would like the phrase “May Peace Prevail on Earth” to be displayed in, and the poles have been ordered. We…
The August issue of the Rotary Down Under magazine contained an article about our Microscopes in Schools project.
With covid again preventing the Newman College students from being able to attend our meeting in person, their presentations about their experience at the recent Santos Science Experience during the last school holidays were again delivered via YouTube and screened during the meeting. One presentation was by Charlotte Evans and…
We had originally scheduled our National Youth Science Forum participant to speak to us last month, but a lack of attendees saw the presentation postponed to March 2nd. In the meantime, a covid outbreak at Newman College meant that the students were no longer able to attend our meeting in…
On 14th December 2021, a representative of our club presented Jack Gladman with the “Caring Award” at Mount Claremont Primary’s final assembly for the year.
It was wonderful to see an update from Canning Vale Primary School posted on their facebook page with the Microscopes we gifted them many years ago in use by Year 6 during their science class.
With the combined contributions from our Rotary Club and colleagues of our care bags donation drive co-ordinator Stephanie Rainey-Smith, she was able to deliver 12 gifts and 48 chocolate stockings which will hopefully bring a much needed smile to some children’s faces this Christmas. At $30 per gift and $5…
Our Microscopes in Schools project has been featured on the Chief Scientist of Australia’s STAR portal since its inception.
A new Buddy Bench has been prepared to replace the one which disappeared from Mt Claremont Primary earlier on in the year. As the bench was already assembled prior to painting, it was not possible to include the working in the stencil ‘Donated by the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay.…
Applications are now open for the 2022 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Program. The RYLA camp will be held from the 9th to the 15th of January 2022. This valuable program is for leaders (or potential leaders) aged 18-25 years. Participants will benefit from improved leadership, social and professional skills as well as increased…