Goodbye from the original Drum

Gianni Infantino recently visited the Solomon Islands for the first time during his pacific tour. He arrived on the 14th of August to observe the development of football in the Pacific nations. Infantino began his tour by watching a U-14 Championships match and made a visit to the Headquarters for the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) and has described Solomon Islands as “the Brazil of Oceania'' and has praised the country saying we will have a brighter future.

Thank you to the University Of Melbourne teacher trainees

By Aiden Kenilorea

There is a saying that goes "all good things must come to an end", this can be said for the University of Melbourne teacher trainees who have been assisting us and our teachers during the past two weeks. Today is their final day at W.I.S and we would like to thank Ms. Jess for assisting the primary teachers, Mr. George for assisting Mr. Jessey in high school mathematics, Mr. Yi for helping Mr. Bryce in teaching Physics (and for showcasing his basketball skills), and Mr. Chris for working with Ms. Shain in SOSE.

"OnemainthingthatIlovedseeing here at the school [W.I.S] was the attitude from both students and teachersaliketowardslearning,as well as the positivity in the environment.Wewereallsogladto be warmly welcomed and are grateful to have enjoyed our time here [at W.I.S]. Thank you to everyone at Woodford for the wonderfulexperience."

By Keilana Biukoto

I know it is weird to begin a farewell by greeting the recipient (audience) first so… Hello.

It has been an incredible honour to be part of the Drum. This was one of my favourite school experiences. The journey has been long but very enjoyable. Knowing that you, the audience, actually exists and enjoys reading our newspaper has assisted in building our confidence and has encouraged the Drum team to keep on writing. I think that the Drum has definitely benefited from having a strong and committed team and I hope this carries on into the future. Unfortunately, we currently have more important priorities and we need time and space to focus on them, so consider this Taffy, Charli, Tumu and I’s official farewell to the Drum and to you, the wonderful audience. Consider this as our public notice of resignation. My friends and I are ready to start our new adventure.

These four will soon conclude their studies at The University of Melbourne before embarking further on their respective career paths.

We wish all of them the best in the rest of their studies and thank them for their contributions and commitments to our learning. Best of luck for the future.

Thanks for the kind feedback on each article. Feedback is highly valuable to us. It makes us feel like there is purpose with every article we write, and we are extremely grateful. Keep it coming in the future, please.

I would like to thank my Mother and Brother for helping me in this process and my fellow writers for always being there. The leaving members of the Drum would also like to thank the people who helped us with writing the past 7 articles. It has been an incredible experience and I hope that tomorrow there will be more of us.

And with that, Goodbye. Stay safe, be happy.