Kingsford Smith School

Now it’s official. The Belconnen Super School is to be named Kingsford Smith School. Richard Powell proposed it to the interim school board and P&C and it was then submitted to the Department for approval. Kingsford Smith
The name plaque was unveiled by Richard Powell, the new Principal and Hon Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, together with Jon Stanhope, the ACT Chief Minister (pictured). In attendance were groups of Year 6 students from Holt and Higgins Primary Schools who will be among KSS’s first students.

Test podcast

A test podcast to check on formats, compression, etc. It begins with the official appointment of Richard Powell as the Principal of the West Belconnen Community School. Richard lays out his vision for the school both to the media and to a parent meeting at Higgins Primary School (one of the schools that will close at the end of 2008).

Filmed and edited on HDV 16:9 then compressed as MPEG-4 4:3 letterbox to the Google Video specifications, then uploaded to the Google server and embedded on the Blog page.