Year 6 Canberra Tour

Year 6 students recently spoke at assembly, sharing their experiences from the Canberra Tour earlier this term. Following is what Eamon Mahoney, Tamara Zoltar and Elyse McFadyen shared:

“On Thursday 12^th October, the Year 6 group visited the Australian War Memorial. The first place we went to was the museum. The first exhibit we explored was the air force section where we learnt about a WWII Lancaster bomber called George. George was one of the only planes to survive relentless missions. Lancaster bombers were only made to withstand 30 flights, however George withstood 80! We also learnt about three miniature submarines that snuck into the Sydney harbour. We then viewed two movies and toured the VC Hall, which contained 61 VC medals awarded to Australian soldiers. Next we visited a very special place, the ANZAC courtyard, which includes the Roll of Honour of 102,000 Australian soldiers that have died fighting for Australia and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For me, both places were extremely emotional. We were also very privileged to attend the 100th anniversary of the battle of Passchendaele service. After visiting so many amazing places in Canberra, the Australian War Memorial was the most impressive. Thank you to Dr McMahon, our teachers and the College for organising this wonderful trip for us. I will never forget it!” – Eamon Mahoney

“My favourite part of Canberra was the Australia Institute of Sport (AIS). On Wednesday, we spent an afternoon playing sports with the AIS staff. We learnt how to play new sports from different countries and my favourite sport was dodgeball. On Thursday, we had a tour of the AIS. First of all, my group went to the swimming pool. Did you know that it is the best in the Southern Hemisphere? It can be turned into a 25m pool or a 50m pool. Next, we went to the gym where we were lucky to see para-athletes train. They were so inspirational. Then we went to the volleyball courts. We learnt that you have to be 6 foot 8 (2m and 32cm) to be a part of the volleyball team. We also saw the gymnastics room. Gymnasts have to train the longest out of any athletes, up to 8 hours a day. The last stop on our tour was the stadium, where people can come and watch the athletes perform. After our tour, we had free time to participate in all sorts of fun activities.” – Tamara Zolotar

“From 8^th – 13^th October, Year 6 went to Canberra and stayed at the Australian Institute of Sport. In Canberra, we saw and did so many amazing things, such as visit Questacon. Questacon is the National Science and Technology Centre. There were many wonderful exhibits and activities such as the free fall, which is a vertical slide where you hung onto a bar and then dropped onto the slide. My favourite exhibit was the caged thunder. I thought this was cool because it showed how lightning formed and it looked and sounded so awesome.” – Elyse McFadyen

Mr Brendan Delaney, Director of Students