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    NEW CHALLENGE: Sofia Barlow-McCallum, left, and Holly Bird participate in a Weird Science workshop at St Brigid’s College as part of a Bright Sparks program. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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    Evan Myers and Luke White at St Brigid's College Bright Sparks program.
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    Nate Keating and Riley Marnell at St Brigid's College Bright Sparks program.
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    Georgie Bligh and Nicola Ngoma at St Brigid's College Bright Sparks program.

PHOTOS: ‘Fun and free’ Bright Sparks workshops a hit at St Brigid's College

Wimmera students are participating in a series of ‘fun and free’ workshops at St Brigid’s College, designed to extend and challenge participants in their areas of interest.

The Bright Sparks program is open to students from grade four to year seven, with this month’s participants hailing from Horsham, Horsham West, Haven, Ss Michael and John’s and Murtoa schools. 

St Brigid’s teacher Ebony Hobbs said the program had expanded to include grade fours this year.

“It’s going really well, they’re really engaged,” she said.



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“We’ve got eight workshops – Wizards in Woodz, Table Tennis, Weird Science, Food Glorious Food, the Evolution of Super Mario, a Zumba one, which is new this year, Three Dimensional Designs, another new one, and iRobots.

“We have 81 kids involved, with a few of our own school kids who have wanted to jump in and be helpers and buddies to the year fours to sevens.”

The workshops run on Wednesday afternoons for four weeks and finish on May 26.

Mrs Hobbs said the program had several benefits for everyone involved, including allowing participants to familiarise themselves with a secondary school setting and foster friendships with students from across the Wimmera.

“It’s got many levels of positives for us,” she said.

“We’re seeing our own kids interact with the community, with the younger children – it’s allowing them to show leadership skills and get involved. 

“It’s also great just getting to meet some of the potential kids coming to our school, learning their faces, who they are and the support they’ll need when they get here.”

Mrs Hobbs said the college would run the program again towards the end of term three. 

– Sarah Matthews

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