[Yr7-10it] bushfire recovery

[Roland Gesthuizen]

We have been watching the creeping fire front on the DSE website,
holding our breath and fearing the worst.

The call came through that my school just lost the buildings (science
equipment, telescope etc) at our Balook school camp in Gippsland ..
The historic original building survived. Twas ye olde Balook Primary
School, now our Balook campus. You have to imagine one of those 1800's
schools with high ceilings, tables with inkwells, chalk board and a
wooden honour roll for the great war. Reminds me of my old Primary
School in The Basin. ;-)

The anniversary celebrations will now probably continue, ironically
without all the splendid additions we have built at the camp over the
past 40 years! We have granted permission for the remaining building
to be used by the local community as a refuge for any needy families.

Regards Roland

2009/2/10 andrew barry <jagguy999 at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> Just want to know if any schools  caught up in the bush fires need
> help with IT resources or teachers in any way.
> I work at Lilydale Heights and I can see from our school the view of
> the mountains still on fire.
> We also have people directly effected by the bush fires at our school.
>
> I had to break it to some students fires have just sprung up at
> Healesville where some live.
> They thought their house was going to be burnt down but they havent.
>  It is shocking when you go to work and you see smoke pouring from the
> mountains in the distance, and kids looking at CFA websites instead
> trying to get on computer game websites.
>
> Andrew Townsley
> LHSC
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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