In previous years MLMC students have made small paper cranes in Origami Club. The 1000 paper cranes, called ‘senbazuru’, have then been taken on the Japan Study Tour and placed at the Hiroshima Peace Park as a way to honour those that have passed and to pray for peace.
During LOTE Week in Term 3, the College had the Paper Cranes for Peace Project to ensure we could make 1000 cranes. Recently, we have resumed Origami Club in McAuley Library to continue to make the cranes as often it can take more than a year to make such small cranes.
Also, our volunteer language assistant, Kiyomi Akahane, has been teaching students to make creations for spring, Halloween and Christmas. The art of folding paper, origami, develops eye-hand coordination and uses mathematical skills such as sequencing, angles and understanding geometric shapes. Other benefits to doing origami are that you learn to slow down, focus and be more patient and some feel it is a form of relaxation.
Staff and students are welcome every Friday at lunchtime in the McAuley Library to join the fun and creativity offered at Origami Club.
