“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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