College Quarterly May 1998 - Issue 37 by All Saints' College

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s an organisation

others. Here in the pades of

tItat i re ponsible for tl"le nurturind of youn d p ople in their

su cesses in which tIle spirit of

formative years, we are also

service is strong. TItere are also

In thi era

responsible for helping tItem to

many activities which are

of instant

find th In.

conducted and arried out by the

gratification

values and, in doing so, to fin 1

and instantly

Itappiness.

Ives, to define th ir

tudents because they are worth doing for tIteir own sal<e and not

fet d measures

Mark

of success -

In the

gold medals,

Christ pre

This is one of the strong culL-ural

ntshis followers, and

tbemes of the College and

Masters' green

ultimately ourselve , witIt tIte

manifests itself in the wide range

Beatitude, reminding us that tl"le

of activities you will finel

TEE aggre-

greatest rewards are bept for us in

presented in these pages and

gate, Grand

Heaven. However our human

evident when v r you visit the

Prix victories

tenden y is to measure happiness

can"lpus. What is even n"lore

and tl"le like -

and succe s in the l"l r and now.

compelling i the sense of

being involved

Can one find true Itappiness

enjoyment and fun wIticIt is

without a Masters' dreenblazer or

evident in the participanL-s, and

intrinsic valu , with no medal or

an Olympic gold medal?

which is surely the most relevant

ut of

n"leasure of tbeir success.

fashion.

tapJeton

ennon on the Mount,

blazers, high

'gong' in mind, is alIn.o t

Editors

because of some extrinsic reward.

in an activity b cause of its

A special moment shared witl1 great-nepl1ew Jordan Dowling.

If we are to loob at happines and

A H London April 1998

succes in our young people at the

Helen Renwick

all

uccess in the forms mentioned above is often equated with true

Proofing

are Tnany acl"lievements and

ge, mucIt of it involves worl<

and ti me spent on beItalf of

Bruce Groves Helen Renwick athy Riley Mark

ASC Board of ManageInent welcoInes new ChairInan

tapleton

Robin van Dongen arrol '\ estern

Principal Photographer Mark Stapleton

1998 sees a n w

Design & Print Haymarket

The

hinese doll on our front

cover was drawn by Kyna Ho (Year ) as part of her research for the Junior School's' ivies'

urrent]y, Ken is a

face at the belm of

m m.ber of the

the Board of

Advisory Board of

Management as

tbe Confederabon

Ken Court, wllo

of . sia-Pacific

has been on the

hamber of

Board since 1995,

lnmerce and

tabes over this vital

course (see page 31).

Industry, l"laving

a nd strategic role.

been PresidenL- of the Board from

II Saints' College Ewing

venue, Bull

reek

Western Australia 6149 P

Box 165, Willetton

1988-90. He is

Ken's long and di tinguished areer has been

Ken Booth, Tony London and Ken Court admiring Ken Courts newly-restored

1946 Chevrolet truck.

al tl"l

CI"lairman of

tate

mall

Western Australia 6955

peppered witIt Itonours (he was W

Telepllone (08) 9332 5344

Year (Commerce and Industry) in 1989). It bas

Centre at Murdoch University and Trustee of the Sir

Fa.:< (08) 9310 4726

culminated in directors hips of sorn

Franl< Leel er

Email mst@allsaint.wa.edu.au

and a long list of presidencies and cl"lairmansbips.

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Cibzen of the

Business Council, Chairman of tbe Asia Research

ight compani s

haritable Trust.

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...and new llle:m1ers

...new Vice Chairlllan

This year we al 0 welcon,e two new oll ge parents on to the Boarct: Stephen Klyen and Bruce Monteath.

Stephen moved to Perth in May

1995,

joining WMC

ources as its

Group Manager ( afet)' and Health). He ha a first-class honours degree in ~ n1ining engineering, a

1 k d '1 d tep t?en, Bla e, Janet an Merrin Ktyen picture at home during the summer.

masters degree in

Ken Booth, pictured with dauglders Merrilyn andJanelle and wile Bev. Janelle is holding the .Year Award (Youth category), which she received in 1997 in her l\7A Citizen

busines administration and certificates of con1petency for coal

recognition

mining management, mines rescue and safety and bealtl1

0/ 0/ her community service for "World Vision and

t John Ambulance.

manag ment. He

This year sees the appointment of a new Vice

trained as an

Chairman, Ken Booth. Ken first joined the Board late in

1996 and has

accredited safet)'

chaired both th.e Staff Welfare and

auditor with ISRS

Enrolment Policy Committees.

and ha

tudied

safety-Io Ken rew up in Fremantle and spent fourteen years as

systems in tl1e

a mathematics teacher and head of department before

and

moving into a full-time curriculum development role.

Minerals

worked within the Education Department in a rang of

Health

superintendent. He is currently Director of the

national Safety and

on the preparation of the n w Sel1001 Education

Health Awards

1999 and affect all

(MI EX)

1,001 in tl1e State.

Bruce Monteatl?

All Saints' College 1998 Board of ManagelTIent Mr Ken Court, Chairman

Management Team.

Bruceis the owner and Managing Director of the Monteath Properties Group, asp cialist property company established in

Mr Ken Booth, Vice Chairman

1989. TI,e company

harmian Barnett, Secretary

is also involved in the ho pitality and food

and beverage industries with well-known establi hm nts such as

Mr Peter Ferguson

old Papa's and Granitas R staurant in Fremantl . Through

Miss Jane Hunter

Monteath Properties, Bruce i also involved in many harity and

Mr Jobn Jones Mr Stephen Klyen The Revd Terry McAuliffe

fundraising activities in the ommunity. His best-Imown role is that of Chairman of the Business Leadership Committee of the

Mr Bruce Monteath

Fremantle Hospital, whiel, is raising over $5 million to build a

Mrs Amanda short TI,e Revd Dominic Spinosi

new medical research facility.

Mr Ian Warner Prof Robin Watts

BOARD

ommittee

as we II as its

Edu ation Act Review Project, having worked si nce

Mrs

ouncil of

ustralia's Safety &

policy and project roles and was at one point a district

Bill Wl1icl1 will come into effect in

anada. He is a

member of the

TEE mathematics examin r for five years, Ken

1995

control

We welcome Stephen and Bruce to the Board.

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1 99 7 Year 12 results of th 131

students

who completed the requirements for S condary Graduation and the 109 candidates seebing tertiary entrance this year, 89% were awarded places. Claire Andrewartha General Exhibition Certificates of Distinction,

Merrilyn Booth

Tamsin Ford

ertificate of Distinction, llistory

ertiticate of Distinction,

n per cent of student

achieved a TEE aggr gate of more than

Early Childhood Studies

English Literature & History

400; 39% scored more

Certificate of Excellence

than 350; 65% more

John Ford conducting the ollege Orchestra, one oj many peech igl1t highlights.

than 300; and 89% more than 250. The e

ight 1997

Speech

are outstanding results and reflect the ontinuing excellent

[here were many wonderful moments at the end-of-year

academic performance

College Spe ch

of ASC students.

highlights included a fine address from Sir Ronald

Claire Andrewartha

spectacular dan

ight. TIle

wiI

on, a

pre entation

Rachel McAuliffe

Katherine Potter

Deanne Chiu

achieved one of the

Certificate of Distinction,

Certificates of Distinction,

Certificate of Excellence

forty General

Early Childhood Studies

Art & Music

the evening. 'I'he addresses given

Exh ibitions awarded in

by the

the State. Exhibitions are awarded to the tudents with the highest aggregate TEE score: tl'le aggregate is calculated using five subjects with at least

and superlative music throughout

Principal and the

Chairman of th Board outlined just how su ce ful a year it had been for the

ollege and talbed of

plans for the future. On e again, it was heartwarmi n to ee the graduating cIa

nised in

uch a memorable way.

two subjects from the Brendon Dunlop ertificaLe of Excellence

Robert Paul

Sund Sharma

humanities/social

The youngest

Certificate of Excellence

Certificate or- Excellence

sciences and two

member ofJazz Saints, Leonard Goulds (then .Year 7), enjoying the peech ight limelight.

subjects from the quantitative science. Claire'

xcellent achi vement will be inscribed on the College's Exhibitions

Honours Board. ertificates of Distinction were awarded to five All

aints' College students. These awards are presented

to tudents who achieve in the top 0.5% or who are one of the top two candidates in a subject. Claire ndrewartha and Katherine Potter both achieved Endlish Literature and Hist ry and Katherine for

ertificates of Distinction for two subjects, Claire for rt and Music. Merrilyn Booth acl'lieved a Certificate

f Distinction for History and Tamsin Ford and Rachel McAuliffe r c ived

ertificates of Distinction

for Early Childhood tudie. Fiv students were awarded Certificates of Excellence. These certificates are awarded to students who, in Years 11 and 12, achieve at least ten A grades and no less than B grades in their other subjects. Thi is the result of hard worl~ and consistent effort, ancll'learty congratulations must therefore go to Claire Andrewartha, Deanne

hiu, Brendon Dunlop, Robert Paul and Sunil Sharma.

ROB mary Naughton

pectacular dancing /rom the College dancers.

Dean of Studies

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'Ibis year's Student Executive Camp was a very enjoyable and successful experience. It was rewarding to witness so

Clockwise from top left:

many individuals from different friendsbip groups and backgrounds coming togetber to form a very dynamic and Tl1is years Executive with staff advisers on the steps of the camp house.

cobesive team.

Tbe activities planned for tb cam.p were a real test of stamina, strengtb, patience and concentration. Tbe

1998

Student Executive proved to be a motivated and supportive group of leaders wbo achieved their goals witl, skill, confidence and a real sense of fun.

The camp left us all witb some fond, amusing and occasionally traumatic memories, including:

Teamwork on the water. Staff advisers Melanie Bozicl1, Greg Hill and ]ustine lea. Trust in action.

• flour showers, courtesy of Greg Hill; • the blind leading the blindfolded; • the six-hour scenic tour;

Year 12 badges

• Tbeepan's cow trap; • Mel's love of insects;

This year, for the first time, all rear 12 students received a badge to be worn with their uniform. These badges were presented to them by their Heads ofHouse at an Assembly early in Term 1.

• Sarah's sunburn; • Terry Curtis's superb cooking; • Melanie Bozicb's debriefs; • and tbe runaway trailer... oucb!

Justine

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Science Teacher Student Executive Adviser

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Rosetnary N aughton

Japanese assistant for

Rosemary Naughton took up the position of Dean of Studies at the

All Saints College

College in January this year. Rosemary began her career setting up theatre arts departments in government schools and teaching English. he worked in several government schools before joining Presbyterian Ladies' College, where she spent a total of ten years (tf,ze last four as Head of tlze Englisl7 Department).

urrently studying towards a phD

in educational administration and policy, Rosemary has four cl7ildren and a passion for music, art, reading and gardening.

One of the first things I noticed at All Saints' allege was tbe high degree of energy displayed by both taff and tudents. The warmth of tbe 1

Colleg culture, which places the overall development of children's learning and their social, emotional and spiritual needs at the centre of its educational goals, mal~es this a wonderful

Mayumi Thomason, Simone Johnson and Kylie Sydney.

place to come to every day. Last year

I have been educating students for nearly twenty years, and it always delights me when I see a At 11er first Forrest House Breakfast.

cbild's joy at learning something new or mastering a problem he or she may have been grappling with

for some tim . Whether tl1.e student is a pre-schooler or a Year 12 student ready to sit final examinations, the satisfaction that COll1.es when fresh knowledg or learning connects with pre-existing knowledg or skill perbaps explains why I Below: Performing at the farewell dinner for Hazel Day

all1. still an educator, and one wbo is very

at PLC.

passionate about providing ways for cbildren to learn about thell1.selves and the world

Bottom: Rosemary at home with 11Usband Peter, daughter Aederyn and son Riley.

around tbem.

aint'

allege applied for a grant from tbe

COll1.monwealtb Government to fund a Japanese teacher assi tant to worb in the Japanese las es in the Junior and

enior Scbool, and

this year we were notified tbat we had been successful in our application. Tbe funding COll1.es froll1. the 1998 Asian Languages and Studies Australian Schools Programme, wbicb aill1.s to enhanc and expand the provision of A ian language for school tudents. Saints'

olle e students wbo study Japanese at tbe Colle e will

greatly benefit from this opportunity.

Mayumi Thoma on, tl1.e successful applicant, started work at the College in Marck Mayun1.iis a native Japanese speal~er who has ll1.arri d an Australian and has been living in Perth for tl1.e la t five

Education is undergoing SOll1.e very real

years. She has been working at Perth Metropolitan TAFE and tbe

cbanges which will produce different ways of

Language Acadell1.Y f r a number of years and therefore has a great

learning and teacbing in schools in the

deal of experience in teaching Japanese to Australians, and

future. The comll1.itment of tbe scbool

particularly to Australian children.

cOll1.nlUnity to tbe development of meaningful and authentic learning

Mayumi's role is to assi t tbe College's Japanese teachers, myself ancl

opportunities will be crucial to tbe success

Sill1.one John on, in their clas room activities. Her expertise will be

of any programll1.e a chool provides for its

ll1.ost us ful in leading ll1.all group for conversational practice,

students.

eA--tension and remedial worb. The use of a native speaber in tbe

aints' taff are developing

many ideas about learning and teaching and

classroom will allow the tudent t

in 1998 a nunilier of these ideas will be

authenti natural speech, which is

beHer comprehend and use 0

important to Japanese student.

ill1.plemented in classroom prograll1.ll1.es. I - I ol~ forward to being a part of tbis

Mayumi will also be able to mabe up resources for the new TEE

hange, which emphasises tbe out-

syllabus for Year 11 and 12 Japanese, which involves ll1.ore

comes of a student's learning. I look

omll1.unicative u e of the language in 'real-life' ituations.

forward also to linking up witb the allege community in order to ll1.abe this transition a sbared cOll1.ll1.unity VI Ion.

We are very fortunate to have anotber Japanese peaker in tbe classroom and I am sure that it will help tl1.e students to develop excellent cOll1.ll1.unication sblls and a broader cultural awareness.

Rose Naughton

Kylie Sydney

Dean of Studies

Japanese Teacher

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L unchtitne perfortners

1997 Dratna Concerts Late la t year, the

Quarterly

ollege held its

To give our musician a chan e to

annual drama concerts for Junior

practise their performances 6 fore a live

and

audience, invited

enior

cbool students. As

part of the Junior School Concert,

guests recently attended a lunchtime

peech and Drama

students presented The Enciwnted

performance

Wood in the Upper Theatre.

featuring six College

Brool~e Loxton and Alexandra

musicians. The

Rho (now in Year 6 but Year Ss at

students performed a

tb time) are pictured (below) in a

selection of duets

scene ntitled 'TILe Land of the

from their current

Id Woman:

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ne of tbe

Term 1 repertoire.

enior 'The scene in the photograph is from

on ert' items featured

Alice in 1ÂĽ7cmderland with Jacqui

tl7e play

Flottman (then Year 9), pi tured

tile

lara Alim. (Year 7), Taryn Pr

lice in Wonderland that

7),

1997 rear 95 performed. Casey

dy (Year

cott Maisey (Year 8), Glenn

(Year 8), Andrew

ngel

biang (Year 10) and

(at rigI1t), playing Alice. Brooke

Gill was the caterpillar and I was

T~ gan Martyn (Year 10) were delightful

and Jacqui kindly captioned tbe

Alice. In this scene

to watcb and enjoyed playing their

photographs for us.

the caterpillar about the

instruments as much as tb.eir audience

extraordinary world she wound up in,

enjoyed listening. The audience and the

1 played Sneaky in The Enchanted

only to find out some very important

performers then enjoyed a chat over an

Wood. In this scene we are raiding

facts of Me.' Uacqui Plottman.}

informalluncb.

lice is asking

our mothel' S trunk. Our

Tegan Martyn (Year 10) playing her concert duet with Tanya Ramakrishnan.

Tanya Ramakrishnan

mothel~ die Old Woman

Violin Tutor

wl70 Lives in a SilOe, returned soon after and got very angry and made us "work our fingers to tl7e bone ~ "We thought it was a lot of fun, especially when we all came out at tile end and sang a song.' rBrooke Loxton.}

An SAtMt( (ont'Jt Art{ f O'iMutloM E.VE.WT~

fOR. MAY

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James Moloney - Year 8 English Meet an Author

Poetry Troubadour Troupe

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Music on the South Bank Concert

Open to entire ASC College community Lower Theatre

2.30pm

20 - 22 College Production

Open to entire ASC College community Upper Theatre

7.30pm

Junior School String & Piano Recital

Open to entire ASC College community Lower Theatre

6.30pm

Colony, Convicts, Conflicts

Pre-primary - Year 3 West Week Show Lower Theatre

9.3010. lOam

THE

18 June- The Diaries I I July oJ Frida Kahlo

Year 10 English

ASC Theatre

10.50am12.IOpm

ASC Upper Theatre

2.00pm

Open to entire Deckchair Theatre TImes TBA College community Location TBA

English Literature Year 12 Conference Literature classes

Curtin University

All day

Theatre Sports Training

ASC Upper Theatre

9.00amnoon

ARTS

Years 8 - 12

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Orientation for new students and parents Erin U7atson scores in 'golf'

Starting a new school is alway a daunting prospect. Year 8 joining the College follow a tried and tested path involving an orientation day for students and a morning tea for parents towards the end of the year before entry; a special day of activities at tile end of the first week of school; and a peer support programme in wlli h Year lIs lead the Year 8 through the early day of th ir life at All Saints: This programme is backed up by the staffs' very careful nurturing of each individual during the early weeks and month at the College. The Year 8 Fun Day ( e pictures at left) gives student a hance to relax and sLmply enjoy being togeth r, and the Year 8 camp, held in the last week of Term

I, serves to consolidate students' sense of

belonging to the College wllile strengthening existing friendships and providing opportunities for new ones.

Tunnel ball.

Tbe Year 8 Parent Information Evening, beld early in Term I, considers pastoral, academic, sporting and camping programme and belps parents to better understand tbe expectations of the College and tbe ways in which parent can support tbe ollege ethos.

of course many students come to tbe Colleg in other years, a a re ult of interschool, interstate and international transfers. The e tudents too benefit from a special programme involving Heads of Hou e and Tutor Group in a proces of mentoring which is designed to ensure that no student feels alone and adrift in their new environment. Parents are not left out! House Breakfasts and Dinners extend a warm welcome to

ew Parent

all new parents and help the entire family to feel

at bome in our learning community. Form r students traditionally attend tbe latter as guest speakers and share their memories with new parents.

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Peer Support The concept of Peer

The .Year 8 Pal'ent Information Evening:

Support was first

Leonard Goulds once more stealing the limelight

introduced to WA schools in 1986. All

from Janet Beilby (le/t) andJan Lawrie (right).

Saints' College tool< it up in 1987, and it has been running ever since.

SiIllply put, the prograIllme involves trained senior students froIll Year 11 supporting Above and below: Peer Support groups and leading a sIllall at work in the College grounds at the beginning of Term 1.

group of Year 8 students. Year 8s are focused upon

because tl1.ey are at tl1.e beginning of a transitional phase of their lives, and it is at such life transitions that p ople are IllOSt vulnerable, This year we are running the prograIllIlle with Year 6 stuclents as well, and the results are encouraging, The prograIllIlle atteIllpts to quicl"ly create an atIllosphere of safety, cOIllfort and friendship for stud nts and deals with topics sucl1. as cOIllIlllmication sl"ills, trust and self-esteeIll.

TI1.e progranune sounds siIllple in theory, but in practice it can be quite challenging. The Year lIs, who undergo up to five days of training, quicl<ly develop leadership sblls, and the Year 8s soon realise the iIllportance of cooperation and respect in order to have a good tiIlle and develop friendships. New Parent Dinners: (above) guest speakers Adrienne Wright (nee Hartley) and Paul Eldrid (centre le/t and right) with Stephen Wright and Sasha Bosich.; (below) guest speakers Neil Goldsmith (le/t) and Simone Spencer (third /rom left) with Jill Williams and Father Terry CUI'lis.

Past students' evaluations have generally been very positive, and this year's groups appear to be worl"ing particularly well.

Moshe Price College Counsellor

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Hot aIr balloons

9 English

Japanese selmnar Earlier this year I wa fortunate to be ele ted by the

During Term 4 in 1997, my

Australian Independent

Year 8 Science clas studied air

chools Asso iation of

pressure as part of tile topic

~ st rn Au tralia (AISWA)

'Forces in Nature: Students made

some very simple hot air balloons

repre ent We tern Australia

at the Japan Foundation' intensive seluinar for Japane e teachers, which was held in ydney from 19 to 2 As part of a science fiction unit,

January. The s minar focused

one of the Year 9 Endli h classes

on specific topic taudht in

designed and built board game

the Year 11 and 12

(some of whi h are pictured above

curriculum and wa conducted

and below) based on a scien e

exclusively in Japane e. It

fiction novel they had read.

introcluced new and

Worl~ing .in groups, students

innovative tea bin methods

constru ted the board and the box

and a wonderful array of

and wrot the rules and

resource materials aimed at

instructions for tIle game. The

th four areas of language

final product were fantastic and

1 arning

the team work creativity and

comprehension and written).

(oral, li t ni ng,

probl m- olving skills demon trated were most

Kevin White and his magnificent flying macl?ine.

to show the behaviour of air

One of the mosl beneficial

impressive. The students w re

aspects of the eminar was

required to evaluate and grade the

meeting teacher (rom the

games produced by their peers,

other statei n

whicll of course required them to

whicll gave me the

play the games. And play they did!

which is heated and then cooled.

opportunity to e tabli h contacts and ex hang ideas

Light plastic bin bags rose easi ly

Lisa RosentllOl

to the roof of S3. Kevin White

English Teacher

had bigger ambitions and created,

and resource materials.

The experien e was extremely

at home, a huge balloon made up

worthwhile and I am very

of many bags cleverly held

grateful to AISW

together with tape. Kevin brougllt

participate.

balloon with the large volume of hot air required, and the balloon

imone Johnson

was launched to the very top of

Japanese Teacher

the classroom ceiling. Further experimentation saw the balloon rise to the top of the PA Centre! Thanks to Kevin for his creativity and to 8Y for h.elping to create a great learning experience.

Steve Davies Science Teacher

R R I C

for gi ving

me the opportunity to

in a powerful heat gun to fill the

u tralia,

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Anglicare shorts Last year's Year 8s spent some of tlleir 'Clotlling and Fabrics' lessons mal~ing tllemselves

boardshorts. Once they had finished outfitting tllemselves, they were apparently unable to stop and carried on (and on) to mal~e many additional pairs of sllorts specifically for Ang]icare. The sllorts (whicll, as our photograpll indicates, can elouble as bats if All Saints' had a strong presence at the National Anglican Youth

required) were presented

Gathering (NAYG) held at Guildford Grammar School during the

to Anglicare late last

summer holidays. Witll generous support from our Parents and Friends'

year. Congratulations go

Association, Maleny Street (1997

to our prolific Year 8

leaver) and Laith Tapper and

tailors! Hats off to Anglicare!

Emmie Blanl~s (current Year 12s) were able to attend the six-day, live-in camp with youth from all over Australia. In addition

College FaIllily Service

Catherine Kendall (1997 leaver) was able to attend witll assistance

Evening entertainment led by College Director of Public Relations Mark Stapleton.

A large congregation

from the Chaplain's budget. These

enjoyed tbe most

four, together with former ASC

recent College Family

Religious Education Coordinator

Service, helel on 8

Amanda Short (who organised the

March. The Junior

gathering), former College

School Choir sang

Chaplain Father Dean Griffiths

beautifully and,

(who was Chaplain to tIle camp),

1996 leaver Narelle McAuliffe (who was also a delegate) and Director of

instead of an offering, families gave a gift of

Public Relations Mark Stapleton (who led a cast of thousands in the

non-perishable food

night-time entertainment), contributed to our higll profile.

for Anglicare.

My brief visits to the gathering revealed an event that included fun, serious discussion, good Christian teaclling and a broad development of friendship, and our thanks go to the Parents and Friends' Association for its support.

As always, tIle service brought all who aUended the warmest sense of community and sllared faith. The next Family Service will be 11eld on 31 May, and altbough it will be organised by Murdoch and Durack Houses, it will be open

Fr Terry Curtis

to all members of the

College Chaplain The All Saints' connection.

College family to aUend.

COMMUNITY

Above: The Junior School ChoilÂˇ. Below: Families contributing food to the Anglicare collection.

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Kay-Anne Sumiran and Stuart Munro recently entertained a College Assembly with their reports on overseas trips. At about the same time, Amy Tyers returned from a training voyage aboard STS Leeuwin and was persuaded to put her reflections into print. Many ASC students take up opportunities to travel and study overseas each year: these three students managed to express, in the reports reprinted below and opposite, the enthusiasm of all ASC students who travel and return home with new experiences and insights for the rest of us to share. 1

Un pezzettino dell Italia stara selllpre nelllllo cuore! I can llOnestly say that the

dinner and not come home until at least 3 a.m. We would go to abar

two months I spent on

for sometl1.ing to drink (I always had a l1.ot chocolate) and then, at

exchange in Italy were the

about 11 p.m., move on to a discoteca, which is probably our

greatest two ulOnths of my

equivalent of a nightclub...but not really. Tbey were so much fun and

life.

If anyone else is even

everyone had a brilliant time clancing the night away. Italian guys can

reulOtely thinking of going

dance really well, but tbeir style of dancing is differ nt (i.e. they don't

on exchange (even if it's not

jump up and down like tbere's no tomorrow but can actually dance).

Italy), go, because it really will change your perspective on life and the people you meet will be your friends Strange white stuff ..

forever.

My host fan1.ily - tl1.e best host family in the world - live in Crodo, a small farming town in the north of Italy, very near the Swiss border and right in the rnountains. You just can't imagine how wonderful it is to wake up in the mountains every ITlOrning and go out and smell the mountain air! Italian school kids only have two weeks vacation at Christmas, so I was able to go to school with my two host sisters for most of my stay and make friends with everyone in tbeir classes. "'rhe Greek, Latin and pbilosophy they studied just flew over my head, but

New friends ...

I had tbe opportunity to teacb my class the physics I had learned in Australia and some of it was too difficult for them to understand, so

During my stay I also went sbiing (which was fun, althougll I wasn't

(thanks Mr Knight!) in Italy they think I'm a pl1.ysics genius!

very good) and to Switzerland a couple of times, and ev n went to see my very first soccer match, Inter Milan versus Bari. I stayed on

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Most of my friends were seventeen or eighteen, which was really good

of the islands in the middle of Lake Maggiore and, of course, did a

because they all drove me around and took me to different places. It

bit of shopping in Milan, tl1.e shopping capital of the world. I aJso

was a lot of fun, and tbey were just as safe - or maybe I sbould say

went to a lot of the churcbes and museums tbere and really enjoyed

just as dangerous - as

tl1.e architecture. In addition to all this I finally met my Italian

anyone else. You bave

penpal, who lives in Bologna.

to understand that Italians just drive a

All good tl1.ings eventually come to an end, and all too soon it was

little bit faster than we

time for me to return home. Yes, I did cry when I left, but I bnow

do here in Australia...

that I will return one day to see everyone again. I really do feel as if I

One thing I noticed

thank my host family for being so kind to me and for everything they

have anotber family on tbe other side of tbe world now. I'd Jibe to

was that Italians seem

did to mabe me happy and comfortable, and Mr London and the

to be real creatures of

selection panel for belping me to fulfil my dreams.

tl1.e night. Every Saturday night we would leave home after

Kay-Anne Sumiran Wonde,jul scenery.

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and have taben

you will be aware

off and returned

that Australian

my crew to earth

astronaut Andrew

safely twice. I

Thomas recently

could supposedly

travelled to tbe

pilot a shuttle

Mir Space

tOlT10rrOW,

Station. About six

although I

weebs ago, I was

wouldn't libe to

in the United

try. I have spent

States lool"ing at

an hour inside a

the very shuttle

simulated space

f te h Jive L rock'et b . oosters use d.

that has J' ust

One

carried him there. If it were to be

to propel lunar rockets out of the earth

Amy approaching a fine pair of sailing feet.

station and a simulated

s atmosphere.

STS Leeuwin

USA physics Tour I am sure most of

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standing next to the tallest

operations control room.

building in Perth, it would be

Through other simulators at

nearly two-thirds its height and

NASA, I now bnow what it must

laden with more explosive power

feellibe to walb on the moon, be

than forty atomic bombs.

in anti-gravity, fly in a jet.l'acl" and travel in space.

This was just one of the many

Just over tbree months ago, some thirty-eight trainee sailors, myself included, stepped aboard the STS Leeuwin bound for the adventure of a lifetime. There is nothing to describe the experience of worbing as a team to sail a ship as beautiful as the Leeuwin. The friendships, experiences and fun of it all is totally

indescribable. And the food? When I first beard tbat the food aboard was terrific I laughed, recalling dreadful memories of camp food, but the aroma of home-babed (or should I say sbipbabed) bread each morning was enough to set your mouth

things I saw during my trip round

I also spent time at Disneyworld

watering. The freshly made lasagnes, meat dishes, soups, cabes

America with a group of people I

and Universal Studios and walbed

and breads were more than just terrific!

had never met before. Officially, I

the Walb of Fame in Hollywood. I

was on a physics tour. However I

walbed across the Golden Gate

The voyage itself saw us hauling ropes to the call of '2-6-heave',

didn't tabe a calculator and only

Bridge in San Francisco, walbed

learning sails, furling sails, climbing 33 metres above the ocean

picl"ed up a pen to write in my

through a model of the

to get a view from the top of the main mast, and generally

diary. The aim of the tour was not

International Space Station and

managing to sail the ship twenty-four hours a day, down to Cape

for us to learn about physics libe

was locl"ed in a cell in the

N aturaliste and bacb to Fremantle. The only problem occurred

we do in the classroom, but to

legendary Alcatraz. I also spent a

during the first two days when almost everyone (except me!)

experience it, see it and live it.

weel" on the beach in Hawaii.

suffered acute sea-sicbness. But even the sea-sicbness had its

I did many amazing things during

EverytIling we did in America was

my tim.e on the tour. For example,

incredible. During six weeb and

I spent a weeb in Huntsville,

twenty plane flights I visited the

Alabama, where many of the

greater part of America, surviving

NASA astronauts are trained. I

on very little sleep and greasy

can now say that I have piloted a

American food. I have not only

proper shuttle simulator for both

experienced American culture but

a one- and a six-hour mission,

have also seen the sights and trained for a weeb libe an astronaut. Should any of you ever have the opportunity to tabe this trip, go for it. You will be so glad you did.

lighter side, with the Chunder Trophy being awarded to the most sea-sicb person. You've heard this line repeated endlessly over the past few Assemblies - but in all honesty, if the opportunity ever arises to do something like this, take it! It is an opportunity not to miss. The Leeuwin taught me how to live witb myself better and bow to learn more about myself.

Stuart Munro A full-scale mock-up

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tudents from the Year 10 Textiles and extracurricular sewing c.lasses are using their talent to produce designs for a range of evening, casual and fantasy garments. Using these designs, they will adapt patterns and sew garments which will be entered into the Apex Teenage Fa hion Awards later in the year.

As part of the Year 10 Personal Development curriculum, students are given the opportunit.-y to spend three periods each week assi ting with and experien ing life in variou instit.ution outside their daily routine.

FH is a hive of activity on

Thi year t.udents are visiting A tiv Foundation, Carawatha Language

Tuesdays after school, with a

Development

cllOol, Castlereagh

choo!, Meals-on-Wheel, Lefroy

rang of students from Year 8 to

Hostel, Fred rick Guest Village, Gordon Lodge (RAAF Village) and our

Year H discussing their ideas,

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deciding on fabrics and getting tarted on their project. Anyone

Our student are warmly welcomed

who would like to join the roup

and their visi ts are much

is welcome to attend.

appre iated. In giving time to these communitie , they also gain greatly.

Nicole Bronwasser Designs by Bronwyn Gordon (top) and arah

and Bllen Beemster

Father Terry Curtis

Hayter (both .Year 10).

Design Technology Teachers

College Chaplain

Interhouse sport The Term 1 Interbouse Sport Competition, featuring razor-sbarp battles in basketball, cricket, touch football and netball, wound itself up to a fantastically sizzling grand finale, with Durack ultimately winning tb.e day. Stirling came second, Forrest third, Cowan fourth, O'Connor fifth and Murdoch sixth.

8-9 boys and 8-9 girls, with modjfied Aussie Rules football for

Next term's competition will feature soccer for Year basketball for Year

Year 9-10 boys and soccer for Year 9-10 girls.

\VJe look forward to seeing even more excitement and enthusiasm on tbe playing fields on Thursday afternoons in Term 2.

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Little Shop of Horrors This year S drama production cycle has begun...welcome to the show! Key players are in place, backstage crews are on alert, ideas are fermenting. Put the

1998 ASC drama production in your

diaries now (see advert on back cover for details) and get ready to be entertained in grand style.

The plot... On the twenty-third day of Sept TIlber, something happened. Something arrived that would change tb.e fate of Mushnik's, a florist in the seedy part of town, forever. Seymour Krelbourne, dedicated employee of Mushnik's, has an all-consuming desire to win the heart of ditsy shop assistant Audrey, and also a pas ion for strange plants. One day, just after a total eclipse of the sun, he discovers a plant that could lnake all his dreams come true. Audrey II may just catapult Seymour on to Cleo's Fifty Most Eligible Bachelors List and straight into Audrey's arms. But this is one hungry plant...who will get her first? (PG)

Mrs Mushnik: Ashleigh Adamek 'The money-hungryMrs Mushnik is a Jewish woman with little fashion sense. Her dominant and overpowering personality may scare Seymour, but the plant just ugobbles n it up. Audience beware: Mrs Mushnik is going to make her mark.'

The players (in their own words...)

Audrey 11 (the Plant): Jeremy TweddIe 'The plant's aim is to eat and take over the world {and its inhabitants}. He enjoys

Ronnett (aka Shooby-doo girl lead): Amy Tyers 'She's lively, upbeat and leads the play with song, dance and American slang. The Shooby-doo girl group acts like a Greek chorus, telling the play's story and lighting up the stage with music and dance.'

control and otherwise fully in control.'

Seymour: Jye McCaffrey 'Playing a romantic lead should score me a lot of chicks... but it didn't work

his duty with devilish glee and kills with a smile. Audrey 11 is a plant with attitude {and he sings too!}. I will enjoy playing a character that is physically out of my

Grin Scrivello DDS and Patrick Marlin: Mark Berlinshaw

last year! I'll enjoy playing this

'Grin is a sadistic and cruel dentist who has an unhealthy addiction to his uGiggle Juice ~ This character is helping me to get in touch with my

character because it just isn't me: big, strong, masculine me playing a mushy love bug...hey, this could be fun!'

masculine side.'

Masochist, the Agent, Radio Interviewer: Paul Kennard 11 'Playing three small parts will be fun because they're so varied in character. 111 enjoy expressing my own masochistic tendencies melodramatically.'

Audrey: Dieudonee Delaney 'She's a very feminine blonde who has a highpitched voice and a low self-image. She's gorgeous and really has no idea that people can be nasty and cruel. She dreams a lot and doesn't expect much. It 1/ be a real challenge to dance and walk like her!'

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and Sundowner and 'well-establisbed') chatting about a wide vari ty of topics, and gratifying to note the attendance Tbe interaction whicb

many taff.

curs on evenings uh as tbis can

only help to r intorce a united approach to the future education and development at our children.

In a nutshell, the

P&F has set itself the following target for

1998: a hi ving increased social intera tion between parents and teachers; â&#x20AC;˘ continuing quality performance tr m tl'!e nitorm

â&#x20AC;˘ instigating a major project in the The

P&F began 1998 with the forn'!alities of the

nnual General

ante nand

tore; allege - initially

considered to be tIle upgrading of th undercover area;

Meeting, this year held in tl'!e Lower School Theatre. Tb att ndance

â&#x20AC;˘ continuing to support appropriate

all

e activities.

was very impressive, requiring additional seats to be positioned for the later arrivals. The meeting prodressed well witl'! ac eptance of the

It is witl'! renewed enthu iasm tl'!at tl'!e

1997, and a lively session relating to tbe election of new officers for 1998. of

forward to increased parental participation in other events whicb will

'Treasurer's report, detailing a healthy surplus from

particular note wer the efforts of the Uniform staff in a hieving outstanding performances in

P&F Committee looks

be organised during this year.

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phi! Angel 1998 P&F President

Above left and below: Parents, teachers and friends enjoying this years Sundowner.

I dave my ummary of tbe previou year's event and, as has be ome customary, encouraged all parents to support tbe event being planned by tbe new committee for the forthcoming year. Although limited in d tail, the ass mbly wa advi ed of the P&F desire to move forward witb the upgrading of the undercover ar a outsid the

anteen.

t this

point, tbanks were conveyed to 1rs Baillie for all the voluntary belp given in the redesign of the Canteen interior wbich will hopefully result in a new influx of parental ass istance.

After the formalities, everyone retired to the gra sed area outside the theatre and participated in a most successful undowner. It was pleasing to see parents (both newcomers

The Rotary Club

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its sincere thanks to the ASC staff, students and parents who helped to make the recent Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic such a success. The next clinic will be held on 7 and 8 July. Pictured: ASC donors Charles treet (College Captain) and Gemma l-lewitt with Gemmas mum, Marion, who also gave blood.

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even ASC repre entatives (Kristy Davies, Sandie Crane, Sarab Winfield, Danielle Kennerson, Melissa Jakovich,

(all Year

12s), Irene Crane and myself) recently aHended

1 hirty-four of our tudents recently had tbe privilege of being

t11e International The breakfast party, photographed by Irene Crane.

Federal Parliamentarians when the

Wornen's Day Breabfast held in tbe

students to take part in a mock parliamentary debate.

tudents

assumed the roles of real members of Federal Parliament and

Telstra, was opened by the Hon Rhonda Parker MLA (Minister for Women's Interests, Family ancl Children's Services and Seniors). Dr Wally

debated tl"le topic that the voting age be reduced to sixteen years. Debate was lively and many of the students showed their

Green, a consultant in teacl"ler sbills to the International Development Proje tin Papua New Guinea and the philippin s, was the guest speal~er. Tbe net profits from tbebreakfast were donated to the United

ommonwealth

ffice invit d the

Year 11 Political and Legal Studies class and selected Year 10

ovotel Langley Hotel in Pertb. The breakfast, whicl"l was organised by Soroptimist International and Zonta Int rnational and sponsored

Parliam ntary Education

potential as future politicians. T11is was an exceptionally wOdl"lwl"lile educational experience for all concerned.

ations

Development Fund for Worn n (U IFEM), whicl"l supports the

Toni Dale

development initiatives of women in the developing world, empowering

Head 0/ Society and Environment Department

women to effect chang within their communities and countries.

The room was full of women of all age groups and there was a loud buzz of networking on this special day. Dr Wally Gre n's insights relating to ducation in the Philippines gave our students a picture of a very different educational experience, and we left having enjoyed a very ociable and inspirational morning.

Gail Costello Dean

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Student teachers from Murdoch University recently completed a one-week orientation at the College. The students relished the opportunity to observe ASC at close quarters, and their positive comments were welcomed by everyone involved in the programme.

We would like to thank them for their professionalism and wish them all the best in their studies.

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House Breakfasts Attendances at House Breakfasts this year have been excellent. Beauti/ul mornings have seen College families meeting around the barbecue area in the Junior School for breakfast. This years photographs of the breakfasts focus on the Heads ofHouse, who do a tremendous job for the students and families in their care.

Above: }anet Brown (Murdoch Head 0/ House). Left: PeterWhipp (Stirling JIead

0/ House).

Above: Anthony Radich (O'Connor Head House).

Below: lane Brandenburg (Cowan Head 0/ House).

Above: Patricia Tyrrell (Du rack Head 0/ House). Left: Gerry chirinzi (Forrest Head 0/ House).

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Year 11 & 12 tDance Studies'

Have SUlll Fun COlllpetition This year twenty-four enthusiastic students competed

Year 11 and 12 students are

in the Upper and Lower

studying a variety of dance

Secondary Have Sum Fun

genres within the 'Dance

Competitions, organised by the

Studies' course this year. This

Mathematical Association of

course ain"ls to expose

Western Australia.

students to a range of dance styles whilst giving them an

At the conclusion of the Upper

opportunity to study their

Secondary Con"lpetition, one

history and evolution.

team finished in third place (one question behind the winners) and the other in seventh place - demonstrating the depth of talent amongst our students and the value of a Upper Secondary team members.

strong problem-solving focus in the mathematics curriculum.

We are very fortunate to have the expertise of former Western Australian Ballet Company dancer and ASC English Teacher Brett Roberts. He has vast experience in Classical and Modern dance, and has been conditioning students to develop their strength and flexibility whilst learning the Modern technique.

The third-placed team consisted of Endrilw Winata, Peter Ward and Aiden Kessell (Year 11) and Kay-Anne Sumiran, Matthew Sargeant and Marb Bertinshaw (Year 12). Close behind them, in seventl"l place, were Kimberley Angel, Jeremy Kung and Blabe Klyen (Year 11) and Alan Chong, Jye McCaffrey and Raymond Sheh (Year 12).

At the end of the Lower Secondary Competition, our two teams were in joint nineteenth position (a very equitable result!). One team consisted of Karen Sheh and Sheryn Cheah (Year 10), Andrew Renwicb and Sean Tyers (Year 9) and Geoffrey Lee and Jonathan Lee (Year 8). The other consisted of Breony AlIen and Sarah Hayter (Year 10), Emma van Wyl~e and Priya Mal"lendran (Year 9), and Andrianto Winata and Daniel

Once a weeb students don colourful sbirts and heeled shoes, moving to European rhythms with a Spanish flavour. As part of

Blacbney (Year 8).

their studies of the historical and social context of dance, The competitions combine friendly rivalry with mathematical fun and challenge. Parents who come along are made very welcome, and while the mathematical whizzes among them can have a go at the questions, the mathematically challenged can simply enjoy the students' enthusiasm.

students tabe a musical journey to Croatia. Our resident Croatian ambassador, Antl"lony Radich, has been sharing the historical and cultural

David Hayter Head 0/ Mathematics Department

relevance of dance in other Lower Secondary team members.

parts of the world.

The 'Dance Studies' course provides a marvellous opportunity for our students to experience culture through dance.

Sarah Richens Physical Education Teacher Dance Coordinator

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Final Senior School House placings

Whilst some people

former student. Al

were relaxing and

Stadium were the Bankwest State

at Challenge

making the most of

Schools and

the last few weeb of

All Saints' College entered eighty

olleges Relays.

the long school

students who produced some

holidays, a large

excellent results against schools

number of dedicated

with mucl1. larger populations. of

students were

special note were tl1.e Girls'

preparing for the

Year 11

1998 swimming

won a bronze medal, and the

season. Training

Boys' Open Team members, wbo

'A Team men1.bers, who

started during the holidays and

narrowly missed ouL on a bronze

continued four times a week until

medal.

the ACC Carnival in Inid-March. First

Forrest

1466 pts

Second

Durack

1400 pts

Third

Murdoch

Fourth

Cowan

1369 pts 1279 pts

Fifth

Stirling

1277 pts

ACC

Sixth

O'Connor

1269 pts

Swimmers were able to race

Along with training, the squad

A tremendous commitment to

participated in extra swimming

training and dedication to tbe

meets to prepare for the high

swimming programme enabled

standard of competition in the

the 1998 Swim Squad to produce

'A Division Carnival.

another

A day of broken records... The Interhouse Swimming

arnival at Challenge Stadium saw a

'A Division school at tbe

commendable results at the ACC Carnival. Many students achieved 'personal best' times and a lot of

annual Corpus Cbristi Relay

outstanding individual and relay

Meet, and Mazenod, Santa Maria,

team performances led to a great

St Norbert and John Wollaston

result. ASC was awarded the

were invited to test tbeir pace

Senior Boys' and

ggregate Boys'

flood of records being broken this year. Particular mention

against each other, and of course

shields for the second year in a

should be made of the new individual record-holders

the swimmers from ASC, at tbe

row and AS

Quadrangular Carnival organi ed

overall.

came fourth

by All Saints' College. The swimming season can1.e to a Tbose swimmers wbo attended

close with th Swim Barbecue,

tl1.e Swim Training Day this year

which was hosted

were privileged to participate in a

Stuart Munro, Emily Bye and

special session at Challenge

Geoff Patching. The spirit of the

Stadium during whicb they were

swimmers and their families was

coached by Andrew Litster, a

not dampened by patches of rain

Amy Bracken (Under 15 Girls' Backstroke and Freestyle), Tim ewing ( nder 14 Boys' Breastroke, Butterfly and Backstroke), GeoH Patcbing (Under 18 Boys' Freestyle and Breastroke), Cale Monteatb (Under 16 Boys' Breastroke) and Amanda Bracken (Under 16 Girls' Backstroke). New relay records were also set in six diHerent events: the Under 14 Boys' Fr estyle (Forrest), the Under 15 Girls' Freestyle (Forrest), tbe Under

13, 14 and 15 Girls' Freestyle Division 2 (Duracb), the Under 16 Girls' Freestyle (Murdocb), the Under 16 Boys' Freestyle (Forrest) and the Under 18 Girls' Freestyle (Durack).

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throughout the night, and we would

Chatnpionship

like to thank the Parents and Friends' Society for providing the

Individual winners

great food.

Under 13 Champions

Many people contribute in different

Aleisha Anderson (Stirling)

ways throughout the season to

Trent Bowden ( 'Connor)

ensure tile smooth running of training, events and m

ts. Once

again this year we had the assistance

Under 13 Runners-up

of former students at training

Jayde LOArton (Murdoch)

sessions: Kate Bevilaqua, Claire

Elliott Lawrie (Murdoch)

Andrewartha, Rebecca McCrackan, Matthew Leonard and Melanie

Under 14 Challlpions

Koch generously shared their

Taryn Tapper (Stirling)

knowledge and sbill in their roles

Timothy Newing (Forrest)

a coaches.

Under 14 Runners-up

Peter Wbipp and Itl'lanb all th

Lauren Moffat (Forrest)

students, parents and forn'ler

Kieren Dadley (Murdoch)

students who contributed to another u cessful swimming season.

Under 15 Champions Amy Bracken ( urdoch)

arah Richens

Daniel CI'lan (Durack)

port & Swimming Coordinator

The Junior School also focuses on the water during Term 1. Th r are beach activities,

Year 4 Runners-up

laire Laan (Riley)/Jacb Biddulph (Bussell)

with an empbasis on safety and fun, regular

Year

swimming training sessions for the early risers,

Brittany Mercer (Bussell)/Tait Marston

ancl carnivals wbere students can show their

(Drummond)

ability in the water. This year, the results of the Junior Scl'lool Interhouse Swimming Carnival were as follows:

Final Junior School House placings

Year

5 Champions

5 Runners-up

Under 16 Challlpions

Alexander

Year

Bianca Monaco (Molloy)/Mi hael Hansen (Molloy) Year

orcross (Forrest)

6 Champions

6 Runners-up

Second

Bllssell

1311 pts

Paige Bowden (Bussell)/Kym Monteatb

Third

Drummond

1292 pts

(Drummond)

953 pts

Year

7 Champions

Hayley White (Drummond)/Hamish Burton

Year 4 Clzampions

Sean Yost ( , onnor)

Amanda Bracben (Mllrdoch)

1350 pts

Individual winners

Melissa Bryant ( owan)

and Jordan Doogue (Molloy)

Molloy

Riley

Vannessa Thackray (Forrest)

Joanne Jolmson (Molloy) /philip Geach (Riley)

Fir t

F urth

Under 15 Runners-up

Under 16 Runners-up Andrea McCrackan (Forrest) John Willett (O'Connor)

Under 18 Champions Emily Bye (Dllrack) Geoffrey Patching (Stirling)

(Bussell) Year

7 Runners-up

Clare Davidson (Molloy)/William Miller (Riley)

Gemma Tbacbray (Buss ll)/Matthew Monaco

Under 18 Runners-up Kelly Ghent (Murdoch) Matthew Sargeant (Murdoch)

(Molloy)

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Extracurricular Sailing update Our enthusiastic and bighly

and 4 we will give greater

competitive Teams Racing Team

opportunities for beginn rs and

is back on the water with a degre

sailors with less racing experience

of focus and determination which

to develop and hone their skills.

is most impressive. After coming second to Christ CI1.Urch last year,

ASC is developing an excellent

these skilful sailors are keen to

group of sailors and we can look

demonstrate that they are on th.e

forward to many years of higb-

way up. So is their coach, former

class competition. Thanks must

ASC stud nt Paul Eldrid, who is

go to staff memb r

a man with a mission.

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Ian Tbrelfo and Kaye Johns for their

Tbe number of sailors eager to

encouragement and

participate is increasing, which is

assistance.

good news for sailing. However it wimming finished

is not easy to accommodate the

and cross-country

range of skills and aspirations of

training commenced,

David Thomson Sailing Coordinator

veryone in the one

with former students

training schedule,

and current parents

so during this term

joining early-

our focus will be to

morning joggers.

give our team t].le

During the first week

very best cbance in

of training, attend-

the State

ances averaged 110,

Champion bips,

with four early-

and in Terms 3

morning starts and breakfast provided in Top: Cross-country

the canteen by compassionate

enthusiasts running

parents. This augurs well for the

forwards, photographer running backwards.

Interhouse Cross-country Competition on 7 May and the

Above: Tackling the tackling bag - Year 8 rugby training

Interschool Cro s-country

witl? Bruce Hancy.

Competition on 28 May.

Below: .A listair Norcross with Adarn Roberts of the

Early morning pre-season

Year 9/10 Rugby Team.

training has also commenced for

ick Kilminster (Year 11) shows an impeccable forward defensive shot.

rugby enthusiast, witl, more than

Lords T averners

fifty boys turning up for training sessions on a Wednesday morning. Ralpb Chandler, Bruce Hancy and Alistair

orcross are

already getting the boys into sbape.

There were several outstanding performances with the bat and ball during tbe recent Lords Taverners vs All Saint' College First XI cricket match. All Saints' batted first and, witb the core at 8 for 35, appeared to be in all sorts of trouble. However, a marv llously entertaining 80-run partnership between Scott Nicholas (Year 12) (39) and Jamie Williamson

As a result of both. tbese

(Year 11) (37) left All Saints' with a score of 115. Lords ]averners

activities, one early morning saw

replied with 4 for 173 from their allotted overs. 'Best with the Ball' were

more than 170 College students

Tristan Aldrich (Year 11) (2 for 8 from 3 avers), and Gareth Parker (Year

participating in pbysical activity,

11) (1 from 27 from 5 avers). As usual, this was a most enjoyable fixture

a fantastic turnout.

and the boys picked up a lot of tips from the very experienced Taverners.

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Congratulations to Dieudonee

toob a major

Delaney (Year 12) who is the

step forward in

youngest cast member of Jesus Christ

ensuring

Superstar, which opened at His

students' safety

Majesty's Theatre on March 14.

both on and off

Dieudonee, who is one of many

the College

multi-talented students at the

carnpus when

College, certainly has a great future

all teaching

ahead of her. In the meantime,

staff and several

parents and friends will be able to

administration

catc11 glimpses of her in the

staff completed first aid training

forthcoming College Production and

courses run by St John Ambulance

in All Saints' Singers.

Australia. As well as a four-hour introductory first aid course and a

Dieudonee pictured recently in class.

whole-day basic life support class,

Whitewater l~ayal~ing

seventeen staff completed their Senior First Aid Certificate, which involved twent.--y hours of theory and

The College recently offered staff a new opportunit.--y to add extra sblls to

practice. To mark the significance

their repertoires, thereby mat~ing them even more useful people to have

of this move, the

around during camp weeb! This time fourteen staff toob up the challenge

sLlccessful trainees were

of whitewater bayabing on the Collie River and enjoyed a great weebend.

awarded their certificates

Thanbs go to Simon Thorpe of

at a College Assembly.

Acacia Canoes and our own

College staff are now able

staff experts, Melanie Bozich

to deal effectively with

and Neil Collins, who organised

such emergency situations

a wonderful camp full of thrills

as loss of consciousness,

and the odd (or not so odd)

broben bones, burns,

spill.

insect and snabe bites. (Foreign

Left: Peter Whipp (we think!) showing how it's done. Below: The ever-smiling ASC staff kayakers.

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Nick Dundas, fill Green and Greg Hill practising during the course.

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Staff, students, former students and parents continue to impress us with the breadth oftheir interests and talents: we are proud to be part of a community 0/ committed and industrious individuals. 1/ you hear 0/ anyone else who does anything special or unusual, please write and let us know.

Barry Praser (Prafes or Fraser to students of Curtin's Science and Mathematics Education Centre), fatl1.er of Michelle (Year 12) and Sally (Year 8), was recently elected to the rank of Fellow of the

Mel PiaUlO (Science Teacher) has been appointed to the

Sporting staff members: Justine }eo, Bob Simpson, Nei/ Col/ins, Nick Dundas and Sarah Richens.

American Association for the Advancement oJ Sci.ence and became a Fellow of the

National Multicultural dvisory Council ( MAC) which will run

Academy of So ial'ences m

Touch Football

until May 2000.

Australia.

Justine Yeo (Science Teacher)

Victoria Barnett (Year 11)

Marcus BeJ]JY, father of

Ralph Chandler

has been selected in the Open

played for the winning Southern

Alexander (Year 8) and Patricl"

(Design Teclmology

Women's Touch Football State

Districts Team in the State

(Year 6) recently opened a

Teacher and Rugby

Team after playing for tl1.e

Championshi ps.

Union Coordinator)

winning N ortl1.ern Districts team

has been appointed

in the State Championships.

Honorary Secretary of the Western Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union. Ann White (English Teacller) assisted with the administration of the diving competition at the world Swimming Championships held in Perth earlier this year. She was also Assistant Team Manager for the Australian Diving Team at the 1997 Pacific School Games. Sarah Richens

Neil Collins (Head of tl1.e

A1l1Y McQuade (Year 11) was

Gallery in Sydney, receiving

selected for the State Under 18

wonderful revi ews.

Touch Squad.

Physical Education Department) was Coach of the winning Under 18 Southern Districts Girls' side in the recent State Championships; coach of the State Under

significant exhibition of his worl" in the Mary Place

Dl.U1.can Brown (Year 9) and

And f-inally, thanl< you to...

T ravis Harris (Year 12) played for Southern Districts in the Under 18 State Championships.

...devoted parents, who once again turned out to prepare and serve brealAast for the

16 Girls' Representative Team; a

Nick Dl.U1.das (Society and

early-morning cross-country

member of the winning

Environment Teacher) competed

training sessions.Thank you

Southern Districts Team in the

in the Mixed Open State

Beth Hands, Sylvia Davies,

State Championships; was

Championships.

Kerry Harris, Carole

selected for the Honorary State Representative Veterans' Team and was Most Valuable Player in the Over 35s competition. Sian S111ithson (Year 11) was voted MVP in the recent Under 18 State Championships.

McCaffrey, Robin McQuade,

Many former students of the College also competed in the State Championships and several were selected for the State Squad.

Doreen Tyers, Eleanor Papamatheos and Glenice Callaghan...

... Glenda Newing (parent of Tim Newing, Year 9) is worbing in a volunteer

(Physical Education

capacity with Nicl" Dundas in

Teacher) is in her 10th

Social Studies...

season in the State Netball League, playing

...A1stair Norcross for his

for the Rangers.

continued support of ASC rugby...

Bob Si1l1pson (Society and Environ-

...Barry Sargeant and

ment Teacher) was 15th

Ken McCracl<an, for once

in the Open and 4th in

more lending us th ir sl"ills

the Veterans' State

at the Interhouse Swimming

cycling titles in the

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iShall we gather at the river where bright angel feet have trod?' We certainly did gather at the river, at th.e Endeavour Boatshed in Fremantle to be precise, to appreciate Tim Winton's novel

eloudstreet transformed for the stage one Thursday night in March. Year

11 and 12 Literature students and teachers Suzanne Kelly, Janet Dowling and n1.yself came armed with pillows (anticipating five hours

The pinl~ snappers snapped Deirdre Lebbon (who recently left ASC to live in Sale, Victoria), escaped to the Eastern States with some mesmerising pictures of College staff tal~en at the end-of-year Christmas lunch. The l<araobe macl1.ine brought A warm and appreciative Cloudstreet audience

on uncomfortable seats) and water

out the worst in everyone, and the worst in Messrs Radich and Stapleton, as the entire College knows, is diabolical. Joined

by Gail

Costello (who

for a balmy summer's night. The

has a lot of nerve) they behaved exactly as we would all expect, although

actors gave their all in a very special

their imitation of pink snapper gasping for oxygen has come on a lot in

performance and we really did have

recent years. The remaining photographs have been locl~ed away

a wonderful time. During tl1.e two

somewl1.ere very insecure and will be leaked at regular intervals to

intervals we sat on the jetty enjoying

interested parties.

our fish and chips, drinbng coffee and eating cl1.ocolate whil the Perth summer breezes played over the river. At the play's conclusion the curtains were drawn to reveal the

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lights reflecting on the Swan, 'the beautiful, the beautiful, tl1.e river' towards which Fish made his final exit.

Sneakers, boardies, surf shirt and a politically incorrect attitude: welcome well-known autl1.or Glyn Parry, who says he's an overgrown teenager even though he's not much bigger than Tom Thumb! Year 9 fits of laughter filled the upper theatre when

Students and teachers alil~e agreed

Glyn came to give them many good ideas on 11.ow to write

that it was wortl1. every minute of tl1.e

creatively. 'Carry a notebook and write down details of images

evening to have been in the audience

that you see in real life, eavesdrop for words, base your

and tl1.e experience will undoubtedly

characters on real people and write about what you have

enhance students' ability to under-

experienced', he told them. Good tips, passed on amid a barrage

stand tl1.e teArt, wl1.ich is one of the

of jokes that made teachers cringe and students roar. Students

novels on the Year 12 Literature

won't be writing in the same style, but they were certainly

syllabus.

encouraged to know that it can be fun!

Dawn elements

The irrepressible

Head 0/ English Department

Parry at work. .

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In 1963, Loris Malaguzzi, the uiding light behind the Reggio approach to early childhood edu ation, open d the first municipal school for children aged from three t six.

urrently there

are thirty municipal scbools for cl:tildren ranging from infants and toddlers to pre- choo!. TI'lese beautiful c ntres are emb dded in a ulture which in essence is one of collaboration and cooperation in all aspects of the life of the town, where the community listen to cbildren, and wbere tbey are valued and regarded a strong and capable of directing tbeir own learning. In all tbe centres that I visited this philosopby shone tluougb all interactions with. tbe bildren.

Tbe beauty of the children's expressive language - verbal, graphic, musical and dramatic - is unforgettable. The product is important, but only in r lation to the quali-t;y of the process. In January 1998 I was privileged to be part of a group of Australian

Aesthetics and imagination are inseparable in

educators who attended the Winter Institute in the northern Italian

the knowledge-building process. This is a statement by a five-year-

town of Reggio Emilia. The international delegation comprised over

old child at the Diana School:

twenty nationalities from places far and wide including the USA, UK,

The sea is born from the mother wave

candinavia, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Holland and

Time is born from the tempest

Germany.

The wind is born from the air and has the shape to bang things Time is born from the years.

The centres themselves are large, full of light and beautifully equipped. They allow the cbildren many spaces and beautiful materials with which to explore and express their learning and understanding.

While we in Australia are already committed to a child- entred approach, in Reggio it is more tban tbis: it is a child-initiated approach where the child is tbe active constructor of hi or ber own knowled e, either individually or ocially in groups. Iti this inspired approach to early childhood education wbich will form th fram work for tbe exciting developments taking place in tbe Junior chool at

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A Korean delegate with an organ grinder.

The Reggio Enlllia phJosophy

This prosperous town, situated in the Po Valley, lies on the Via

Th Reggio syst m is a collection of schools for young children in

Emilia, an old Ron'lan road which is the major north-south road

which each child's intellectual, emotional, social and moral

running from Milan to Rimini on the coast. It was the first seat of an

potentials are carefully cultivated and guided. TI'le principal

Italian Parliament and in 1797 gave birth to the Tric lore (Italian

educational vehicle involv s childr n in long-term, engrossing

flag). It is historically, culturally and agriculturally rich.

projects. In Reggio the teachers know how to li ten to hildren, how

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shadow play, dramatic play and music.

Teachers systematically document the process and the results of their work with children. This serves tluee functions: it provides children with a concrete and visible memory of what they have said and done as a jumping-off point for the next step; it creates a tool for research and a key to continuous improvement and renewal; and it provides parents and the public with detailed information about what happens in schools, to get their reaction and to gain support.

Important points to note about the Reggio system are:

Project work plays a central role in the educational process (see next page). Familiar topics allow the children to contribute from the experience of their own knowledge. The experience of realistic representations is complemented by their 'unrepresentative' or 'in'laginative' visual expression. Children engage in many other activities such as playing with blocks, role playing, outdoor play, listening to stories, acting out plays, coobng, houselzeeping, dressups, and 'one-shot' activities such as painting, collage and clay worlz. â&#x20AC;˘ The children's pictures are not just decorative products talzen home at the end of the day - they are a resource for further exploration and deepening lznowledge of the topic. â&#x20AC;˘ The content of the teacher/child relationship is focused on the worl< itself rather than on routines. The interactions are about learning, planning and thinking about their work and play and

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Reggio Emilia in action In the Reggio Emilia experience, projects develop seamle sly and organically. For example, cbildren at one centre set up tbeir entire playground as an anmsement park for birds. From tbis project other projects on flight and flying machines developed...and wbile all tbis was going on...the cats came!!! This prompted a project on 'catness' which started with a general look at cats (wbo were taking over the playground, needless to say) ...including observations of a mother cat and tbe birth of her kittens, which led to a project on 'birth: That, in turn, led on to mini projects to make the kittens some playthings and then to find a home for them, including writing letters on how to care for them (which were given to the new owners). Tbe children visited the kittens' new hOlDes and discussed how the kittens were settling in, and the new owners held a party for the children. 'Catness' was a major theme for about three rnonths and was the umbrella under wbich children explored and xperienced many different tbemes. A myriad of different projects is on tbe go at anyone time. As part of anoth r project, on 'beasts', the five- and six-year-old children involved drew pictures of 'beasts' to show th ir understanding of tb.e essence of the creature: some of tbose 'beasts' are reproduced hr, along witb the wonderful birds and cats tbat occupied the children's lives during this project period.

1998 Junior School Student Councillors Drummond

Student Council Representatives

Samantha Marks/ Robed Senior

Taryn Preedy/Blake Kagi

Molloy

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House Captains

Kate Ward/Jacob Doogue

Bussell

Riley

Marissa Dew/ Hamish Burton

Jennifer Dunn/ Ashley MacDougall

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Chappell

Jeremy Chappell and his wife Leanne will leave Perth in early May, bound for the United States of America. Jeremy has been at the College for seven years and will be sadly missed, but some opportunities are too good to pass by. Jeremy's wife Leanne, a physiotherapist, has obtained work (and a coveted green card) in the USA and so husband and wife are off to explore new frontiers. After a short orientation in T ulsa, Ol~lahoma, Jeremy and Leanne will move to Michigan for three to four IIlOntl'lS before moving on to Tennessee or possibly Ar1<ansas. After eighteen months in the States, tbey plan to move to Canada anel then on to Europe. From time to time they may come bac1< to base and if/when they do, of course Jeremy will visit ASC undoubtedly with a story or two. Junior Scl'lool students will be sad to see Mr C, aka Chappell Dev and Mr Above: with Year 6 in class... and below: with Year 6 behaving naturally.

Apple, leave, and College staff will miss J remy, al~a J zza, Jezzmond and J, but we all wish Jeremy and Leanne tbe very best for the next few years and 1001< foward to seeing them again when their feet have stopped itching.

Junior School Student Council worl~shop 'Leadership and public speaking' On Tuesday 10 March the Junior School Student Councillors participated in a four-hour workshop on leadership and public-spea1<ing skills. The evening was facilitated by Andrew Horabin and his assistant Jessica Rosen. The first half of the evening included cooperation games, the emphasis being on working as a team. From these activities the ten students created a mission statement for

1998. Dinner, shared with

the facilitators and Jill Williams, Mike Jenzen and Mona Lingensjo, was a welcome break. In the latter part of the workshop, the students' public-speaking skills were honed and they practised some great ideas for running tl'le Junior School Assemblies in interesting and creative ways.

Jill Williams, Head ofJunior School

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Above: with Sarah Sweetingham.

Junior School Student Council Mission Statement Our mission for 1998 is to fulfil the responsibilities of the Student Council. \\7e will do this by respecting both teachers and students, keeping motivated while showing friendliness, tolerance, understanding and organisation. \\7e will care for the staff and students as well as people out of the school. \\7e have a responsibility to fulfil these guidelines with a positive attitude.

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In March. Barking Gekko Theatre Company visited All Saints' College to present its highly successful Frog Opera for Years l-~. This report was written by Sam Brown and Jessica Laidman (Year ~). On the 11th of March Pre-primarfj Years 1.2.3 and ~ went to see the Frog Opera at the Lower Theatre. The frogs' names were Tadler. Tumbler. Frog Mama and Wart Thefj split us into three groups so we could learn a song. One group were swamp frogs, one group were tree frogs and one group were ull frogs. Frog Mama told them a bedtime storfj while the tadpoles acted it out The frogs and tadpoles did lots of gfjmnastics on the foam mat and leaped from lilfj pad to lilfj pad. Another part of the storfj was the Frog Olfjmpics. Wart thought he would get chosen because he had the best croak in the pond. He did. We laughed and enJofjed it Thanks go to Mrs Williams for organising it and the Barking Gecko Companfj.

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As part of our n w 'Civics' course, the Year 3s have been shldyin a kaleidoscope of culhtral activities. Students started

looking at

their position in the family circle and, from that, Inoved on to their families' origins. The shtdents res arched their country of teven Harriss drawing

0/ an Australian doll.

origin, its flag, emblems, food, art, craft and stories, to gain an understanding of what makes a culture. This tied in with their studies of Aboriginal culture and multiculturalism generally and what makes

ustralia a multicultural country which respects all

cultures. One week was sp nt specifically on Asia, and another on Afri a, when students retold traditional African stories. Stories from South America formed another phase of the experience and a later week was Europe Week, with a specific fo us on dance. Shtdent used a non-fiction reading book titled Everyone Dances to learn information retrieval skills. They drew the national costumes of countries that they had researched and these drawings ultimately formed part of our Doll Festival, which began at the College on 29 March. For this exhibition, each student made a doll and Kyna Ho enjoying anllalian dance lesson.

dressed it in their national costume; their research work was displayed as well! Students - wearing their national costumes - acted as hosts for the Doll Festival.

Croatian dances, with Anthony Radich.

This course explored a rich and exciting range of subjects, and everyone gained enormously from it.

fill Kennedy .rear

3 Teacher Guy Mitsopoulos in Greek costume.

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arah Dinsdale 5 drawing a/a Scottish doll.

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BBQ

As tl~e half-day programme for Preprimary drew to a close, the Pre-prirn.ary children and their parents shared a barbecue lunch in tbe College grounds. Many parents arrived to coolz their lunch and enjoy the festivities. A particular focus for

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A House party was organised to get all Drummond students together and to celebrate DrumlTlOnd's effort in the Year

4-7

this year's lunch was a bouncy

join us for lunch and to 'Castles

castle which was kindly donated

for Kids', who donated the

for the occasion.

bouncy castle.

Many thanks go to the parents

fillian Dinsdale

who made the time available to

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Swimming Carnival at Canning Pool. Everyone brought a plate

with some groups coordinating

of food and we had a lovely luncl~ in the Lower Theatre. The

themselves in specific roles,

younger students were able to meet and tall;z with their House

sin~ilar to a mini production line.

Captains, Samantha Marb and Robert Senior, and get to lznow our House mascots.

Various towers w re built utilising

Thank you House Captains and tl~eir mums, and well done

many different structures, and the

Drummond.

children enjoyed putting their ideas into action. To conclude the

Alison Oldershaw Head of Drummond I-Iouse

activity, we judg d the tow rs, looking at their strengths and wealmesses. A spokesperson from

Above: Samantha Marks and Robert Senior with Drwnmond House mascots.

each group explained the designs

Below: Candy Cheung, Rebecca Portwood and Monica Safarewicz (all .Year 1)

ancI told us what they bad

enjoying the scrumptious food provided by students and their wondelful parents.

learned. Technology is providing the Junior School children witb lots of fun and some challenging problems to solve. The Year

students engaged in a lesson designing, making and appraising newspaper tower structures. They were given only two materials, newspaper and masl;zing tape, and were asked to build a freestanding tower as tall as they could in one hour. They worked collaboratively in small groups,

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It was a great learning experience and a lot of fun was had by all.

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Le/t: Laura Dinsdale and Ben lanes (both Preprimary) meet the locals.

Below: ]illian Dinsdale with some of the adventurers.

Underwater The children from Pre-primary, Year 1 and Year 2 recently set off in a doubledecker bus, bound for Underwater world. Many children felt that the adventure was actually travelling in th.e bus that went 'fast on the bottom and slow up the top!:

The children enjoyed seeing the dolphins and learning about keeping our waterways free from rubbish. Many other interesting signs of sea life were observed by the cbildren and the tOllch pool, a favourite, proved to be a very cooling experience.

Many thanks go to the parent helpers who kept their 'cool' throughout this busy excursion.

Jillian Dinsdale Junior School Teacher

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AIllazing! Auditions were recently held in the Junior School for Year 7 students who will be appearing on the Channel 7 children's show Amazing, to be screened later in the year.

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The Year Is' first week began with rnany laughs when th.e children watched an exciting clown show performed

Bananas the Clown. The

show included juggling, bubble blowing, jokes, stories, puppets, ch.ildren dancing and dressing up as clowns, and magic tricks.

This shared class experience provided n1.eaningful opportunities for children to talk, read and write. Oral and written language was generated through activities such as talking about clowns, writing a clown report and a thank you letter to Bananas, developing and performing a clown show and making a book about clowns. Drawing oj Bananas by Candy Cheung. Below: Candy Cheung, Rebecca Portwood, Jonathan Fisher and Rahul U7arren going Bananas.

Clowning around in Year 1 Screen testing in the College grounds.

was lots of fun.

will be able to watch the

Nerida Clark

filming of tl1.e programme

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at the Channel 7 studios on Tuesday 12 May. The College's appearance in this programme is tl1.e result of a letter written to Channel 7

by two

of last year's Year 7 s,

Henrietta Smit]1. and Dionne Papamatheos. Tbe participants are currently honing their Nintendo skills for the clasl1. with Edgewater Primary School.

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The Fortner Students' Association... ...is an active network offering former students a spectrum ofsocial, business and cultural contacts. The FSA aims to develop a community offormer Ase students who will help each other, enjoy each other S company and share the sense of satisfaction that comes from belonging to a group of like-minded people who share a strong common bond.

tperform.ing Arts Perspectives'

r wo of our 'newest' former students, Benjamin Yap and Kathy Potter (both 1997

The API Engineering Scholarship ProgralllIlle: investing in the future Daniel Abbott and Terran Barber, also 1997

leavers) were recently selected

leavers, were recently named as the winners of

to perform in 'Performing

API' inaugural Engineering Scholarship

rts Perspectives', a showcase

Programme for graduating AS

students. As

of 1997's outstanding Year

well as awarding Daniel and Terran $2,500

12 work in danc , draITla,

eacl1 towards their engineering courses at

media and ITlUsic. Ben, who

UWA, API will ITlaintain a close association

performed a piano solo, and Kathy, who performed a jazz violin solo, joined thirteen of

with them throughout their studies, providing work experience opportunities and the chance to use API engineers as mentors.

W.N..s most outstanding Year 12 graduates in a perforITlance intended to celebrate the talent and hard work of arts students whose work ha been recognised as exeITlplary.

This scheme will enable students to benefit both financially and professionally froITl API's industry e;pertise. Daniel and Terran are to be congratulated on their success as the first of what we hope will be many A C engineers to benefit from

SC's association with API, and

our thanks go to API for its generosity and fhis year's 'PerforITling Arts

Daniel and Terran with Garry rost, API Managing Director, outside UWA:S Winthrop Hall.

VISIon.

Perspectiv s' was coordinated by Celebrate Western Australia with support from the Education Department of Western Australia, the Perth Theatre Trust, the CurriculuITl

Treasurer

ForIller Students' Association 1997-98 COIllm.ittee Me:mbers

Natalie Cossill (1992 leaver)

Ordinary Members Karen Golding (19891eaver)

ounci!, Ausdance, the Australian Society of Music Education, the Australian Teachers of Media and DraITla W; st.

Terri Mullings (1995 leaver)

President and Board Representative

Caroline Wise (1995 leaver)

Jane Hunter (19871eaver)

Senior Vice President and Board Representative

Some of these positions are subject

Peter Ferguson (1992 leaver)

to change at the forthcoming

Junior Vice President

FSA AGM. Any changes will be

Saskia Verschoor (1988 leaver)

announced in the next issue of

Secretary (Acting)

College Quarterly.

Staff who attended the evening enjoyed outstanding p rforITlances by Ben and Kathy, wllO should be warITlly congratulated on their success.

Andrew Barnett (1996 leaver)

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Robin Mool~ Leong Chin - 19951eaver

Sascha Brand 1987leaver

After leaving ASC, I decided to

Just out of the water after an abalone research dive oH Port Lincoln, South Australia.

Snippets Luise Russell (nee Jolmson) (1985 leaver) is now back in

After cOlTlpleting Year 12, I

attend a course at the WA

enrolled in the School of

Aviation College to get an

Biological and

Advanced Diploma in Aviation. I

Environmental Sciences at

managed to pass my unrestricted

accounting work for her

Murdoch University. In my

pilot's licence in 1996 and took

husband, Brad.

final semester, I was

off to Darwin with a friend in a

accepted as an exchange

Cessna 172! The round trip

Steve Jones (1985 leaver) is

student at the University of

involved forty hours of flying and

currently living and working in

Miami, Florida, USA,

was my greatest achievement for

Singapore, being a mum to Luke Oliver Russell and doing a small amount of clerical and

Norseman as an underground mine geologist/ore reserve

wll.ere I st:udied marine

1996. 1997's highlight was my

science. I graduated witll. a

commercial training, which was

Bachelor of Science at the

ll.ell, but I got there. I'm now

end of 1992 and then

doing unpaid work for a company

spent a couple of months

called Hillman Farm Sbydiving,

working across both open cut

travelling around the USA

which enables me to log hours.

and underground mines and

geologist at the Harlequin Gold Mine. Prior to this appoinhnent he spent six years in Leinster, initially as a mine geologist

and Canada before

latterly specialising in

returning to Australia.

computerised resource and reserve estimation. Steve's regrets include not paying enough

The next eighteen months brought various jobs including

attention to Fortran 77 lectures

teaching swimming and planting trees in W.As south west.

at uni versity. (TI"le things in life

Having decided to further my education and pursue my interest

you hoped you would never

in the field of marine science, I was accepted into the honours

need!) He lists among his recent

programme at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. I

high achievements completing a

completed a twelve-month research project on the diet selection

puncture-free 4WD west-east

and nutritional ecology of juvenile green turtles in Moreton

crossing of Australia, not falling

Bay, and since being awarded my honours degree in June 1995,

off any expensive Italian

have been involved in dugong surveys and seagrass and coral

motorcycles in tl"le last five years

reef ecological research. I am currently worl~ing as a research

Anyone interested in aviation is

biologist on an abalone project at La Trobe Universit.-y in

welcome to give me a ring on

Victoria. David Gardner and I are being married in Pertll. in

0417946 768 (if I'm still

April, but will return to Melbourne where we now live.

in Perth!).

(current steed is a Moto Guzzi 1000S for those with an interest in that sort of thing) and having one of his left-wing poems published in the Leinster community newspaper. Steve's future plans include a little sail

Phillipa Conway (nee Galloway) - 1988 leaver

boat and a big ocean ... well, some day, hopefully!

I started studying psychology at Murdoch straight after

David Leighton (1986 leaver)

high school, but the desire to travel was too strong so I

is in motor vehicle sales, working

left uni to work in a travel agency. In 1990 I went to

for Skipper Mitsubishi.

France and London and later Singapore and Borneo (to see the Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre). In 1992 I married my high school love - fellow students may Phillipa with Madeline and Bryce.

remember him. The following year we travelled to

Leanne Youngs (1987Ieaver) left Perth for Europe in August 1996. She went backpacking through the north of England,

Hawaii, California (for a friend's wedding), New York and London. Our son Bryce Adam was born

Scotland, the Shetland Islands

in 1994 and we promptly moved to the Queensland Gold Coast while my husband added law to his

and Ireland, then returned to

commerce degree. We spent two sunny years in Queensland before moving to Melbourne in 1996,

London for the winter months

and Conway number two, Madeline Brianne, was born a little Victorian in October 1997.

and found work as a medical

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Adrienne Wright (nee Hartley) - 1986leaver On leaving All Saints' in 1986, I commenced a

around Europe and is now working at St Thomas's Hospital

Bachelor of Economics at UWA, tabing French as

in London. She plans on touring

my minor. Between first and second year, I toob a

Turkey in April and being at

year off and returned to stay with the French

Gallipoli for Anzac Day. She has

family I had met on the Year 10 French trip.

made lots of friends and is

Coincidentally, Simone Wheeler (19871eaver)

thoroughly enjoying herself.

decided to do the sarne thing and we ended up living five minutes away from each other in the

Genevieve Broadfoot (1988 leaver) is getting married on 18 April. Life story and wedding photo will follow after she has

sleepy little town of La Roche sur Yon. [Tlle coincidences continue: Simone also wrote to us recently and her profile appears on page

38 - eds.}

Stephen, Adrienne and Came ran Wright (twelve days old!).

become Genevieve Zidzik.

After finishing my degree with honours I toob a graduate position with the Australian Bureau of ]oneIle Mullings (1990 leaver,

Statistics in Canberra. I returned to tIle Perth office of the ABS after five months and worbed there for

writing from London) has finally

a further two-and-a-half years. I then found my dream job worbng as Executive Officer (Economics)

decided to move on from

with the Association of Mining and Exploration Cornpanies (AMEC), a political lobby group

Freedom Films and see what she

representing mining companies in Western Australia. I left this position in September of last year to

can do in the theatre again. She

become a full-time mum. My husband Stephen and I bad a bealtby 11 Ib 4 oz baby boy (Cameron

has been doing a little bit of

Edward) on 11 November.

spotlighting in the West End and is currently working on the Royal Shakespeare Company's version

My plans for this year are to establis11 my own dressmabng business from bome wbile worbing as a

of Cyrano de Bergerac, which is

freelance economic researcb consultant, using my AMEC contacts. Meanwbile, I'm very mucb enjoying

fantastic, despite being three

motberbood and loob forward to tbe cballenges abead.

hours long. Jonelle currently has Sharol1 Tee and Matt Bascombe (also 1990 leavers) staying with her. There are lots of laughs but

Kathy Purves (nee Byrne) - 1989leaver

the house is getting a little small for a11 of them - so they're

After completing Year 12 in 1989 and surviving tbe obligatory 'Rotto

n the

lookout for something bigger,

Blotto', I spent a year at business college before joining Ansett Australia

Gemma Arnold (1991 leaver) is

in some of Australia's most beautiful spots, sucb as Cairns, Port Douglas,

Reservations. I l1ave spent five great years witb Ansett and have worbed Events Manager for Collingwood

Hayman Island, Noosa, Broome and some of our capitals. In February

Football Club.

1996 I married my 'higb scbool sweetbeart' Jobn Purves (tbose at Rotto will remember tbe stitcbes). Jodie Soulsby was one of my bridesmaids

This year Stefan Brand (1994

and guests included Marina Adams and Cass Cole (all fellow 1989

leaver) will qualify as a secondary school teacher specialising in

leavers). In April it was my turn to be Jodie's bridesmaid, and nine

drama and English. Since

montbs later I bad a baby girl. (Hey, it was a great party!) Jasmine Lana

leaving ASC Stefan has appeared

Purves was born on 26 January 1997 and is an absolute delight. I am

in amateur productions of 42nd

now bappybeing a mum to my little time-waster.

Street, Jesus Christ Superstar, Amu'e, The Crucible and a

Unfortunately, you don't get paid for being a mum so I returned to tbe

children's musical, and has also been an extra in the cllildren's

worl'1force in August, joining HBF on a part-time basis. Since February I Jasmine and Kathy

TV series The Gift. Both of his sisters (Gabrielle (1992 leaver))

bave been worbng full-time but still manage to cram in some quality

time witb my growing family. Some say Jasmine loobs lil'1e me, and most suggest ber cbatterbox

and Sascha (1987leaver})

personality comes from me too. I don't bnow where tbey get tbat idea from - I was always tbe quiet

are getting married this year.

type... (not!).

Sascha's latest news appears at left,

For tbose of you who remember my brotber Tim (1990 leaver) ...be is bappily living in Brisbane worbng in a restaurant and hoping to get a chef's apprenticesbip.

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After leaving ASC I lived and studied in France for one year, meeting up with Adrienne Wright [see profile on page 37}. I returned to I rtb to do a BA

aournalism} at Curtin University

then worbed for Eventscorp, did a stint at a corporate PR consultancy and spent three years in London wbere I worbed for a sports PR company in Win'lbledon wbile seeing a much of Europe as possible.

I returnecl borne late in 1996 and

Graduating from All Saints' in '93 would, you would tbinb, be the end of

moved to Sydney to live witl'l

sitting behind a school desb. However I bave returned, now on the otl'ler

Ingrid Mills (1987 leaver). In May

side of that desb, to com.plete my teacher assistant programme with

this year I accepted the position of

Cbrissy Gamble in l'ler Year 6 class.

Public Relation Manager witl'l a

Louise Bentley with Simone on

the day the Hong Kong handover (30 June 1997).

global advertising agency, Leo

When Mark Stapleton asked me to write tl'lis column about what I've been

Burnett Ltd, based in Bangbob. I

doing since cl'lool I found myself asbng the same question,

arrived two months before the economy collapsed and bad a

to cut a

long story sbort, I'm in tbe last year of a BA Ed, after much procrastination and deferraL

rapid education in Asian economics. Despite this (and the

ASC bas, in fact, never been far away over the past five years. My

twelve-bour workdays), I am having a great time exploring Asia.

graduating class was always bnown as 'tbe social year', and we remain a

I was in Hong Kong for the handover last July, when I stayed

close-lmit group of friends. Obviously we bave chosen differing paths and

witl'l Monique Robertson (1987 leaver) and met up with Louise

many of us are at present doing the 'travel thing', but I can honestly say

Bentley (1987 leaver} who was visiting from Sydney. Tl'lis year

tlut it is close to impossible to go out on a weebend witllout seei ng

Burma, Laos and Vietnam are on my to-do list, along witl'l the

someone - older or younger - who is a former student of the College.

biggest challeng of all - climbing the mountains of Nepal with old friends Stephanie Schmidt and Justine Jordans (both 1987 leavers).

It has been fantastic to return to ASC. I'm still getting usecl to people sitting in my old lunch spot and recognising my (not so old) teachers. Everyone has been very supportive and the Junior Sellool staff are really

I am lucby to have had many wonderful opportunities in the past ten years and

1001" forward to those ahead -

whicl'l I hope

encouraging to worb with. My Year 6s are a lot cuter than I remember any of us being, and I

1001" forward to

working with them throughout '98.

will include a vegetable patcb in Margaret River!

Nicl~i Flocl~ton (nee Hagan)

- 1985 leaver On 1 November 1997, I married Jason. We chose All Saints' Day deliberately, because of my association with the College. We were married at St John's in Fremantle on a day which my niece and four nephews, who played an important part in the proceedings, helped to make extra special.

We currently live in Canning Vale with our family of two cats, a dog and two birds. I remain in touch with Erin Seery (nee Boffey, 1985 leaver) and Linda Talbot (nee Jervis, also a 1985 leaver), both of whom are married with two children.

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eifJe In Italy, Carnevale is the period of time leading up to Lent culminating on Shrove Tuesday. During Carnevale people all over the country have festivals, parades and parties, and stroll up and down streets dressed in fancy dress. Carnevale in Venice has ancient traditions and people from all over the world come to participate in the Venetian Carn vale. Lavish costumes and masks are worn and people dance and sing in the streets for days. I he Year 10 Italian class celebrated Carnevale by decorating their own masks, which are pictured here.

Luisa Maio Italian Teacher

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