RFID and GGS

Next port of call was Geelong Grammar School (GGS) a magnificent complex on 400 acres near the centre of the city. We passed their own Equestrian Centre on the way in and saw their fleet of boats in their own harbour as we drove from one of their libraries to the other. We did not visit their third library. We saw their recently opened new 'Centre for Wellbeing' which is only a gym and swimming pool. The fact that it cost $16 million meant I suppose that they had to give it a fancy name. (Okay it does have a diving pool, weights and fitness rooms, dance studio, medical centre and classroom facilities!) The head librarian was a Fran Walsh whose ancestors come from Galway. She is going to send me her family tree to see if we are related! We visited The Fisher Library (Grades 7-12) and The Panckridge Library (Grades 3-6) magnificent places both. The photos are in the slide show on the left. The photo above shows a poster on the wall which explains RFID. If you click on it it gets bigger-clever or what? To quote Fran: "Bar codes are yesterday's technology". They have approx $380,000 worth of the technology which I cannot imagine many libraries in Ireland can afford, never mind any schools. (We are hoping to design something costing about $10,000 with the company, which would suit the minimal needs of primary schools.) All the staff had on campus accommodation and it came as no surprise to learn that Prince Charles was a past pupil. I wonder does he come back to the reunions? and if he does do they make him wear a name tag? I would love to go back and visit the Junior and Middle Schools and to soak up more of their 150+ year traditions.