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This week, as part of the Positive Start initiative from the Education Department our VCAL students had the wonderful opportunity to close their year with a 3-day camp at The Summit in Trafalgar.Students participated in a range of activities that included some teamwork, confidence building and lots of fun to celebrate the closing of a…

Last weekend four of our Duke of Edinburgh participants spent two nights exploring the flora and fauna at Wilson’s Prom National Park. Students set up camp, prepared all meals, completed numerous walks and even got to experience the Pennicott Wilderness Cruise along the southern most point of the Australian mainland. 

Eleanor Patterson (World High Jump Champion) went back to her local Little Athletics club in Leongatha on Saturday, 8th of October to thank the club for all of their work over the years.   Eleanor also brought her medal, which many enthusiastic athletes had their photo taken with.  Several LSC students attended, from left: Paige Barry, Rose Hutchinson,…

On Monday the 10th of October, three Astrophysicists from the CSIRO guided a group of Year 9 and 10 LSC students through the process of analysing pulsar stars. Students had access to the Parkes Radio Telescope or ‘The Dish’ (N.S.W.)  A pulsar star is a rapidly rotating neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field…