Australian Government assistance for National Capital excursion

Students from our school have recently undertaken an educational tour of the national capital. While on this tour they participated in a variety of educational programmes focused on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. This included tours of Parliament House, Old Parliament House Museum, The Australian War Memorial and Questacon.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit their National Capital as part of their civics and citizenship education.  To assist in meeting the costs of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding under the Parliament and Civics Rebate (PACER) programme toward the travel expenses incurred. This contribution will be paid directly to the school.

We would like to thank the Australian Government for their support to this program.

We know that the excursion was a very rewarding experience for all the students involved.  The Canberra trip will be covered in the school magazine to appear later this year.  Should you be interested you may find some coverage of the excursion on the Lutheran Education Australia website: http://www.lutheran.edu.au/public/viewBNews.aspx?id=131

Gail Donaldson
Principal