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2002 (c) Peninsula Community Access Newspaper Inc

 

Teacher excursion to Dubbo

 

Nine staff members of Brisbane Water Secondary College (BWSC) staff set out for Dubbo on a recent Sunday afternoon.

The group was greeted with the sight of fire engines gathered in the street outside their motel, with the kitchen burning out in the hour before they arrived.

This meant the group had to walk two blocks down the street to another motel each morning for breakfast.

"The group found the trip absolutely worthwhile," according to college principal Mr Pat Lewis.

"Dubbo College has been operational in some form for three years now.

"Since 2000, Dubbo High, which became the senior campus, has not taken Year 7 students.

"These have gone to Delroy and Dubbo South.'

The new Dubbo senior campus now had years 10 to 12, with Delroy and South Dubbo having Years 7 to 9 and Year 12.

The delegation visited each site and spoke to teachers involved in a wide range of programs.

It was able to gather a number of ideas which were worth investigating in BWSC context, said Mr Lewis.

"Each of the group kept a journal during the visit and these will be collated and a document made available throughout the college," he said.

"As well as gathering new ideas, discussions and observations also validated a great deal of what has already begun in the college and highlighted what extraordinary progress has been made since last August."

Pat Lewis, June 7