Each year, we encourage the schools that host one of our Peace Poles to hold a peace ceremony around World Peace Day (September 21st). North Cottesloe Primary School was the first to hold a Peace Pole Ceremony, on 8th August 2023. Principal Jen Allsop shared the following message: Staff and…
Chaoyang School, Singapore was gifted 30 handheld microscopes by the Rotary Club Freshwater Bay in August 2023. The school immediately integrated the use of the microscopes into the upper primary science teaching curriculum. A small group of students had the chance to trial the use of the new learning tool…
PP Di Collins & PP Simone Collins attended the “Concert for Peace and Unity” at Government House on Sunday 27th August 2023, which celebrated Ukraine’s Independence. PP Di Collins and the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay received a special mention during the proceedings, for our assistance with providing a stage…
On August 22nd, the Magnifying Microscopes we sent to Brazil were donated to two public schools. Students of Ladislau Schicorski and Cecília Meireles schools were delighted with the new learning instrument. The Municipal Secretary of Education Anirleia de Paula thanked the Rotary Club of Goioerê for choosing public schools for the…
DG Ineke Oliver visited our club meeting on 16th August 2023 to present President Fiona with a 2022-23 Rotary Citation.
The Rotary Club of Mount Lawley donated a set of 30 Magnifying Microscopes to St Columba’s School in Bayswater in the first term of 2023. The school has forwarded photos of the microscopes being used by students. The science teachers reported that the students have been busy exploring the microscopic…
Applications for the WA Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program for 2024 are open now! RYLA is for young people aged 18 to 28 who want to: We promise, we’ll deliver all of that and more in our January 2024 program. Applications close 30 November 2023. Please contact us if…
Our first social event for 2023/24 required a change of venue at short notice. We ended up meeting at the Tee Box Cafe for a casual afternoon tea. It was a gloriously sunny day to relax outside. Present were President Fiona, PP Simone, Ronniet, Wes, Loren (plus wife Sherrell), and…