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The School of St Jude Fighting Poverty Through Education St Jude s read the book? Now watch the DVD!

To celebrate the book s publication, we have made an enjoyable, informative and fun fifty minute documentary about the school and some of the people associated with it.

Pick up your copy from one of the Friends of St Jude s Functions around Australia (details over) or email me.

1 The School of St Jude Fighting Poverty Through Education St Jude s read the book? Now watch the DVD! On April 1st, the book St Jude s was launched in bookshops around Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. To celebrate the book s publication, we have made an enjoyable, informative and fun fifty minute documentary about the school and some of the people associated with it. A huge thank you must go to Brian Kieran and Mary-Elaine Tynan for their extraordinary effort in producing such an exceptional film in such a short time. Pick up your copy from one of the Friends of St Jude s Functions around Australia (details over) or me. Book Details: ISBN: Pages: 240 Binding: Paperback Publisher: Pan Macmillan Available: now Retail Price: $32.95 (AUD) M a r c h N e w s l e t t e r Newsletter Highlights St Jude s, the DVD, is now available from a book launch in Australia or from the school. Details of the Friends of St Jude's Functions being held around Australia from 20th April. The safe arrival of our latest container brings great excitement to our librarians and computer department. A new challenge for our students when they enter an essay writing competition.

2 Friday 20th April - Gordon, Sydney Lorraine Smith Auditorium, Centenary Centre Ravenswood School for Girls, Gordon Adults $10, concession $5 - payable at the door. Includes light refreshments. Bookings through Lindfield Bookshop on Tel (02) or between@bigpond.net.au Monday 23rd April - Dubbo 7pm at RSL Club. $40 entrance for 2 course meal Bookings through "Book Connection", Macquarie St, PH: (02) Tuesday 24th April - Sydney St Vincent's College, 1 Challis Ave; Potts Point 6:30pm for 7pm. Adults $10, concession $5 -at door. Bookings through Lindfield Bookshop on Tel (02) or between@bigpond.net.au. Thursday 26th April Brisbane Breakfast meeting at the Polo Club in the city. Venue is corner of Mary and Felix Street 7:15am for 7:30am start. Cost is $25 for breakfast Bookings: bphillips@synergyexecutive.com Tel (07) Fax (07) Thursday 26th April - Brisbane The Auditorium, Wesley Hospital, Chasely Street, Auchenflower. 6.00pm for 7.00pm $15.00 per head in advance at Riverbend Books (07) events@riverbendbooks.com.au. Friday 27th April - Centenary, Brisbane 7pm for 7:30pm, McLeod Golf Club, Gertrude McLeod Cres, Middle Park Bookings essential. Hosted by Rotary clubs of 9630 $35 for dinner. Bookings through Michelle McDowall on or stjudes@ticktax.com.au Saturday 28th April - Bendigo 3pm at RL Campbell Theatrette in Hargreaves St $5 for afternoon tea. Bookings: Nicole Murphy at murphys@aapt.net.au or phone Sunday 29th April - Melbourne 2pm at Boykett Room, Scotch College. Adults $15, children $5 - payable at the door Bookings required through vargo.robin@gmail.com or (03) School of St Jude March 207 Newsletter Page 2 Friends of St Jude s Book Launch Functions NB: links and invites can be downloaded from the news section in our website Monday 30th April - Melbourne Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club Williams Road North, Toorak 6:30 for 7pm. RSVP: 23/04/07 $50 pp includes an excellent two course meal Bookings essential. Enquiries: Alan Freedman. Tel or barhampton@bigpond.com Tuesday 1st May - Adelaide Helen Reid Hall, Walford Anglican School for Girls, 316 Unley Road, Hyde Park, Adelaide 6:30pm for 7pm. $10 for bites and refreshments Bookings at Imprints Booksellers on (08) Wednesday 2nd May - Adelaide 7am start at Concordia College, 45 Cheltenham Street, Highgate. Cost per head will be $ Hosted by Eastwood & Hyde Park Rotary Clubs. Contact is Judy at judyh@esc.net.au Thursday 3rd May - Perth Social Science Lecture Theatre, The Uni of WA 7.00pm for 7.30pm Admission: $10 by ticket only and bookings through Bookcaffe, 137 Claremont Cres, Swanbourne phone and ask for Belinda or Liz haywire@iinet.net.au Saturday 5th May -Armidale Dinner at the NEGS dining room 6.30pm for a 7pm start. $30 per ticket. Contact is Sally Armitage sarmitage@nedgp.org.au Monday 7th May - Inverell Holy Trinity School. 7pm for 7:30pm start $25 includes supper. Tickets from the Tourist Office, Dust Jacket and Regency Jewellers. Enquiries: Rosemary Breen Ph: or Mob: lrbreen@northnet.com.au Tuesday 8th May - Tamworth Restaurant 83, Tamworth Service's Club, Hosted by the Combined Rotary Clubs of Tamworth 6.00 for 6.15pm. $16 per head for dinner - at door. Bookings are essential. Book through Ken Hall (02) or Mike Moroney (02)

them and shipped off a massive container that arrived intact it was Christmas in March for us!

.. In the next two years we will be fitting out three more libraries so are desperate for good books fiction and non-fiction

3 School of St Jude March 207 Newsletter Another container avoids becoming a whale hazard! Yes, once again Lloyd Fleming and the other amazing folk at Rotary Club of Rocklea, Brisbane, collected vital goods, packed them and shipped off a massive container that arrived intact it was Christmas in March for us! Page 3 Mixed Emotions in the Library - Yippee, books! yippeeeeeeuw, cataloguing... In the next two years we will be fitting out three more libraries so are desperate for good books fiction and non-fiction and good resources for primary & secondary school students. Many thanks to Jane Kennedy for ensuring the container had the books we needed and to everyone who contributed so many wonderful books you should see how much they are loved!

Thanks to Tom and Judy Wagner from the USA, the school has been able to purchase 160 good second hand computers to be used on the current campus, the new campus and all the boarding houses.

from Std 3E! When a container lands, every pair of hands within cooee is available this 40 foot container was offloaded in an hour!

4 Thanks to Tom and Judy Wagner from the USA, the school has been able to purchase 160 good second hand computers to be used on the current campus, the new campus and all the boarding houses. If they ve survived two months at sea, a month on the hot dock in Dar es Salaam and about 15 hours on the back of a truck across a chunk of Tanzania, then they should survive the pounding they get from Std 3E! When a container lands, every pair of hands within cooee is available this 40 foot container was offloaded in an hour! School of St Jude March 207 Newsletter Page 4 The container spits out computers like alien eggs in a sci-fi movie! Now we understand why flat screens are so popular! Even the smallest hands did big work. A nest of vipers -like tangle of electrical cords will keep our IT department busy for a few days

life... With almost 200 new students every year, we

department, grapple with the massive amount of cabling

5 School of St Jude March 207 Newsletter Page 5 The alien pods incubate awaiting small hands to give them life... With almost 200 new students every year, we are only just keeping up with the infrastructure needed. Here, Venancia and Amer, of the school s IT department, grapple with the massive amount of cabling that seemingly strangles the school before it s brought under control by these amazing people with different brains to me!

March Visitors This great group of university students from the USA were some of the many visitors who

6 School of St Jude March 207 Newsletter Page 6 A few more weeks and the clatter of little fingers will be heard... Within the month we will open two more 30-seat computer internet labs. March Visitors This great group of university students from the USA were some of the many visitors who dropped by this month. During their two day visit they enjoyed watching the daily routine and catching the students at work and play.

7 School of St Jude March 207 Newsletter Page 7 Our budding Bacons and Bellocs battle it out with biros! It is so thrilling, to realise we are at a stage where our students are confident and competent enough to enter interschool academic competitions. Last week, a group travelled to another English medium school in the district to pit their imaginations and grammar skills against others in their age groups in an Essay Competition. As this was their first experience of this type of competition, they really did the school proud. There will be some Tanzanian literary stars of the 21st Century in the making here! Looking forward to catching up with many of you around Australia in a few weeks! Lots of hugs! Gemma

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