KRB News Issue 04 – 22 march 2013
A deep r es p e ct f o r in t e l l e c tual values
girl with a string
FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents, Students and Staff In the past two weeks our students have been involved in a variety of cocurricular activities, in sport, outdoor camps and in the creative and performing arts. As well, we have held a number of community events. “Girl with a String” The Edwina Taylor Clark Auditorium was transformed into a stunning theatrical space to present this year’s school play “Girl with a String.” Written and directed by Michael Pigott, the play told a moving story about memory, family and growing up. The story was both inspiring and challenging. Over fifty students from Years 5 to 11 were involved in the cast and production crew, bringing together many different facets of the school community. The production showcased the talents of many of our students, not only as young actors, but also as stage managers and lighting and sound operators. Congratulations to all involved! Special thanks to Director Michel Pigott, Producer Nicole James and Carrie Scanlan, who was responsible for the Tech Crew.
grand parents & special friends liturgy
Year 6 Camp The Year 6 Camp this year was held at Coolendel. For the three days that they were away, students enjoyed the sunshine and activities that promoted trust and effective communication. These camps are especially important for the older year groups in the Junior School, as they create a sense of community and confidence for students before they progress to Senior School. By all accounts the camp was a resounding success, bringing the students, teachers and camp leaders closer together and encouraging all to face challenges. Kindergarten & Year 4 Family Mass The Kindergarten and Year 4 Family Mass and Morning Tea, held last Sunday, was an opportunity for these Junior School families to celebrate the Eucharist and then enjoy morning tea on the Noviceship Lawn. Our celebrant Father Phil Watkins led a meaningful liturgy for all present. I enjoyed chatting to parents of these students following Mass and appreciated hearing of some of the KRB activities in which their children are engaged.
CONTENTS 1
Welcome from the Principal
3
Teaching & Learning
3 Reflection 4
Students in Action
5 Boarding 6 Sport 7 Community News 8 Calendar
EASTER LITURGY All families and friends are welcome to attend the Easter Liturgy. 11.45 AM Wednesday 27 March Edwina Taylor Clark Auditorium
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I watched the year 7 Leadership speeches today – memories! A very keen and driven year!” Mary-Grace Brunker KRB Head Girl via Twitter. Follow our Head on Twitter @KRBHeadGirl
SECTION FROM THEHEADING PRINCIPAL (CONT)
Our Community Our Grandparents and Special Friends of students in Years 5 and 7, enjoyed the Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Morning held last Tuesday. The morning began with a liturgy where some of our students shared their special thoughts about their grandparents. Grandparents then enjoyed morning tea on the Noviceship Lawn before participating in classes in the Junior and Senior Schools. I am always delighted by the pride the students show in involving their grandparents in their day to day lives as Kincoppal-Rose Bay students, and I am sure that their Grandparents are equally proud of their efforts. Tildesley Shield Twenty-four independent girls’ schools will this week compete in The Tildesley Tennis Shield competition, IGSSA’s longest running competition, which began in 1918. The competition features the best tennis players from each school and as well involves a number of students who act as line girls throughout the competition. We are well prepared this year having recently undertaken an upgrade of the tennis courts and the team has been training hard in preparation. We wish Bijanka Bacic, Eloise Bridgers, Georgina Coutts (Captain), Lucy Cowper, Olivia Forster, Kate Fowler, Garner Hancock, Georgina Harrison, Philippa Harrison (Captain), Laura Kaltoft, Angela Lenehan and Tamara Verus the very best of luck.
TEACHING & LEARNING
Parent Survey Thank you to all the Parents who have participated in our recent survey by Mungo Dunnett Associates Ltd. Several parents have indicated that they would like to add further comments to what they have already discussed. If you would like to have any further discussion with Mungo Dunnett, please contact them via email: research@md-as.com We really appreciate everyone’s feedback. Easter Long Weekend The school will be holding an Easter Liturgy on Wednesday, March 27, in the Edwina Taylor Clark Auditorium at 11.45am. All parents and families are welcome to attend. KRB will close at 2pm on Thursday, March 28, and will commence after Easter on the following Tuesday, 2 April. I wish you all a safe and happy Easter with your families. With regards Hilary Johnston-Croke Principal
Earlier in the year, students attended a presentation by ACMA regarding safe practices for students in the digital age. One of our students put together the following informative article. The Safe Construction of an Individual’s Digital Footprint by Emilie Bucci, Year 9
One of the great things about being online is the ability to share videos and photos with your friends and seeing their response. Everything you post online contributes to your digital footprint. It is important to remember that what you share with friends may also be viewed by people you don’t know, and once it’s online, it could remain there forever. This is why it is important to pay extremely close attention to the safe construction and ongoing care of an individual’s digital footprint. We are all being encouraged to put aspects of ourselves and our lives on the internet, and much of this content is freely available for anyone to view. Each time we add something about ourselves online, we enlarge our digital footprint, and whenever we mention someone else, we enlarge theirs. Personal information is also routinely collected by companies eager to market their products and can be retained for several years. Equally, your digital footprint can be monitored by individuals looking for information about you. If you are always logged onto your accounts, people could use your details, which is why it is vital that you always log off and keep passwords to yourself. It is essential to keep your digital foot print in order as many universities and employers use the internet to search you and learn a bit more about you as an individual before they accept you. It’s extremely important to protect your identity and digital footprint. Ways to manage your digital footprint would be to keep your personal details private. As an alternative, a nickname could be used. Your password or username should not be shared with anyone; think before you post, as once it’s posted, it can be extremely difficult to remove. Things you don’t want others to know about or that you wouldn’t say to their face shouldn’t be posted. Also, being respectful of others and other people’s content that you post or share is important. For example, if you took a photo of a friend and they asked for it not to be uploaded anywhere; you would respect their wishes and not upload it anywhere. Another example is that a photo that your friend took is their property, not yours which means you should only post it online if you have their permission. You should also never add unknown people on public forums, just to seem popular. If you do, then they have the ability to see everything you put up and can do anything with the information. And lastly, never upload pictures with your school uniform on, of any teachers, or of the school campus.
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If you use social networking sites regularly, make sure to manage your contributions carefully, since much of the information stored online becomes public by default. Be sure to change your privacy settings so your social networking page will not come up on a web search. A useful way to check up on yourself and what the world can see about you is to search yourself in either Google or another helpful website, pipl.com, where you can clearly see what information already exists about you. If there are things on the internet that you would rather take down, act fast to avoid your digital footprint enlarging any further. Anyone who finds out enough about you could potentially impersonate you, so it is vital to watch what personal information is made publicly available. Potential employers have also been known to reject applicants on the basis of information discovered online. It is also important to remember your computer has an IP address which is a number your computer is given when you go online to identify it. This address can help the police locate a computer where people behaved badly online. If aspects of your digital footprint are causing you concern, remove anything from your public profile that is personal, or might cause problems with friends, employers, or school. Always avoid inappropriate language, ill-advised comments or jokes. To safely construct an individual’s digital footprint, it is important to remember to never upload anything without others’ permission, avoid uploading inappropriate content, never share personal information, don’t add people you don’t know, make sure people ask you your permission before they upload something with you in it to prevent your digital footprint expanding, and make sure your privacy settings are changed to private. You have to make sure you monitor your accounts and follow these rules because if you’re not careful, something you may not particularly want could end up on the internet and possibly stay there forever.
REFLECTION “Be content with a little. Don’t desire to go about feeling loyal, or beautiful or heroic... it would be a pose. Be content in general to ‘feel’ quite ordinary, and to act quietly, but always loyally, beautifully, straightly. This will be heroism in the end” – Janet Erskine
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STUDENTS IN ACTION
BOARDING
Year 11 Ancient History Excursion
Year 6 Coolendel Camp
In-Weekend 2013
On Friday 8th March 2013, the Year 11 Ancient History class went on an excursion to the Alexander The Great exhibition and to the University of Sydney to further our understanding of both ancient societies and archaeology in practice. The Alexander the Great exhibition furthered our understanding of not only the ancient society of Macedon in Ancient Greece but as well of the effect that Alexander himself had as a king.
On Monday 11th March, Year 6 travelled to Coolendel for their Outdoor Education camp. The days leading up to it brought about a particularly excited buzz from Year 6! Although we had visited Coolendel in Year 5 there was still an atmosphere of great anticipation with new, unchartered activities to be ventured. The heavy downpours in the previous day had everyone nervous but luckily the sun greeted us upon our arrival. After some lunch and being allocated our tents, we plunged straight into our activities as we embraced the fresh forest air and tranquil surrounds of the valley. Over the next three days, we undertook a variety of fun-filled activities that promoted trust and effective communication and provided us with many opportunities to challenge ourselves. By far the most rewarding experience for many was abseiling down a 20 metre cliff. The bellows of encouragement and squeals of delight could be heard reverberating around the valley. Other activities included archery, rock climbing, the Koori Experience and canoeing.
In 2013 as result of parents’ requests plus consultation with students I have altered the In-weekend program to increase the number In-weekends. We will keep the In-weekend model for Term 1 to allow the new students to settle in and develop positive relationships with the current boarders and then hold In-nights in the first week of each Term:
At the Nicholson Museam at the University of Sydney, we: ♥♥ undertook a study of mummies from Ancient Egypt, some
dating back as far as 2000 years ago ♥♥ learnt to distinguish between status of the deceased through
the use of typology dating and other such disciplines ♥♥ engaged in a session about human remains, which highlighted to the class thediffering opinions on the state of human remains ♥♥ looked at the difficulty archaeologists have in the deciphering of ancient texts and the deciphering of ancient artefacts- and then the difficult process of dating. It was a successful and informative excursion, the Year 11 Ancient History class certainly enjoyed the day. The furthering of our knowledge of archaeology will be a useful tool in further studies.
‘Girl with a String’
Although the daytime activities had our muscles and minds working, we were eager to share our more creative attributes. On the first night, we held a talent show where Year 6 and the camp leaders displayed dramatic flair through skits, songs and dance. The next night we were treated to a memorable singa-long, led by our dear old friend, Slabby. At the end of each action packed day we retired exhausted to our tents to sleep under the glittering gaze of the stars. The third and final day brought about a mixture of feelings. Although more fun was had by all, the realisation that our final camp with the Optimum Experience crew was coming to an end, slowly sank in. Once again, camp had been a resounding success, bringing the students, teachers and camp leaders closer together and encouraging all to test our limits.
by Madeleine Mercer, Year 10
Library Lunchtime Craft
“Parting is such sweet sorrow.” It is with this quote from Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet that I begin to tell you my sorrow in parting with the school play; Girl with a String. I had the great privilege and honour of being a cast member and now that it is over, I have realised just how fulfilling my hours spent rehearsing and performing were.
Thursday, March 21, was Harmony Day and to celebrate, students got crafty in the Library; creating fabulous Origami rings.
Girl with a String was such a great project to be a part of. Excitement was in the air as we started the show on opening night, as well as a few nerves, I am sure. We were all excited and anxious as we wanted to show the audience all the effort we had made. Over two evening performances, we became the storytellers for an audience who contributed to the vibe and electricity given out by the cast and crew. The whole project wouldn’t have been possible without the Drama teachers and supporting staff who gave up their time to make it possible. I would like to give particular mention to Mr. Michael Pigott, the writer and Director of the show, who kindly offered his time to bring the play to life with us. I would like to finish by saying just how proud I am to claim that I was in the play, and that I contributed along with many, many others to make it as fantastic and enjoyable as it was. I cannot wait until there is another opportunity to be a part of a production as good as this one. 4 | KRB News Issue 04 | 22 march 2013
Term 1 – In-weekend 8–10 February Term 2 – In-night 3 May Term 3 – In-night 19 July Term 4 – In-night 11 October The In-night would be the first Friday of each term; the girls would do activities in house groups on the Saturday afternoon, culminating in Vigil Mass at 5pm. Please note that leave will not be granted on the above dates until after Mass on the Saturday evening
Boarders Blog We have established a Boarders blog so the parents and students can be kept updated on events that occur within the boarding community. This new and innovative technology will mean that we can inform you of student’s achievements and boarding news when it happens. In Term 2 this site will be able to be accessed via the parents’ portal The link to the blog is http://krbboarders.tumblr.com/
Easter Holiday The boarding community will be closed over the Easter break with the girls travelling home on Thursday the 28th of March; the boarding houses will reopen at 3pm on Monday the 1st of April. If you require an earlier return time for your daughter can you please contact Jill Miller so staffing can be finalised.
Boarding Parent Representatives We are establishing a Boarders Parent Representative Group that will strengthen the boarding community by providing feedback, foster the building of community and be able to support other boarding parents. Due to the constraints of distance the group is planning to meet via video conference on monthly basis. The following parents are the Year Groups representatives for 2013 Parent
Year
Mobile
Sarah Kelly
7
lookoutjk@bigpond.com
0408 654 620
Justine Makeham
8
justinemakeham@cachewise.com.au
0439 959 803
Sue Carruthers
8
cmcsue@westserv.net.au
0438 825 783
Juliana Egan
9
duffity11@bigpond.com
0427 473 955
Julia Ham
10
juliaham@harboursat.com.au
0411 585 479
Tim Murphy
11
tmurphy@fugen.com.au
0414 274 506
Michele Law
12
millidesigns@hotmail.com
0401 533 666
Michelle Carnegie
P and F Rep
carnegie@westserv.net.au
0427 753 418
Mass All boarders are expected to attend Mass therefore we do not sign out before the 10am Mass on Sunday and expect the girls to return by 5.15pm for the 6pm Masses. Can you please support the boarding community by ensuring that your daughter is back into boarding by 5.15pm on Sunday to attend Mass? Also can I request that your daughter has a set of neat casual clothes to wear to Mass on Sunday? Short shorts shirts and singlets are not appropriate. Jill Miller
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SPORT
COMMUNITY
IGSSA Swimming
IPSHA Swimming (Year 3-6)
FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
KRB had a large team representing the school at the IPSHA Swimming Carnival on Wednesday 6 March . All children performed exceptionally well with 5 students selected to represent KRB and IPSHA at the NSW CIS Swimming Championships.
The Year 7 students are greatly enjoying the new Year 7 Community Learning Space. Some of their comments about the Space include
The Junior 4 x 50m Freestyle relay team: Coco Remond, Natasha Wong, Eloise North, Michaela Sorrenti and Amelia Smith as reserve Eva Smith: 9 Years 50m Freestyle
We can cook noodles and other food at lunch time; it will be fantastic when winter comes! - Emily The classrooms have new coloured desks and everything is air-conditioned. We have a lot of classes here so it’s really easy getting from one class to another - Skye Our lockers have a spot for lap tops and as well racks for our blazers – Eleni & Anastasia
Coco Remond: 10 Years and Under Breaststroke
The Common Room has a big bench top so we can sit down together for morning tea and lunch – Charlotte
KRB had their best ever performance at the IGSSA Swimming Carnival on Friday 8 March at Homebush.
Congratulations to all the girls on these wonderful achievements
It’s like a home away from home- Augustina
KRB placed 1st in Division 2 and 6th place overall out of the 26 participating IGSSA schools.
Tildesley Tennis
Open 200m IM Alessandra Colombini 6th
Grandparents’ & Special Friends Day for our Year 5 and 7 students was very successful and greatly enjoyed by all our visitors. We will be sending a souvenir to each one of them, next week.
Intermediate Medley relay 4th Freestyle Maya Levinson 9th
14 Years 50m
Freestyle Alessandra Gazal 5th
16 Years 50m
Freestyle
Laura Wotherspoon 5th
16years 50m
Backstroke
Sabrina Kwok 1st
17 Years 50m
Backstroke Clarissa Duncan 8th
12 Years 50m
Breaststroke Juliet Ring 8th
13 Years 50m
Breaststroke Elly O’Donoghue 10th
16 Years 50m
Breaststroke Laura Wotherspoon 3rd
17 Years 50m
Breaststroke Clarissa Duncan 10th
18 Years 50m
Breaststroke Sarah Smith
Junior 100m
Freestyle Alessandra Gazal
Intermediate 100m Freestyle
Sabrina Kwok 6th
Senior 100m
Freestyle Casey Brassel 8th
12 Years 50m
Butterfly Maya Levinson 4th
14 Years 50m
Butterfly Alessandra Gazal 2nd
16 Years 50m
Butterfly Alessandra Colombini 2nd
17 Years 50m
Butterfly Casey Brassel 4th
Junior Freestyle relay 4th Intermediate Freestyle relay 4th Senior Freestyle relay 4th All Age Freestyle relay 6th A number of girls have qualified to go on the represent KRB and IGSSA at the NSWCIS Swimming Championships on the 30th April & 1st May. We wish these girls the best of luck. All Year 9 students attended the IGSSA Swimming Carnival as spectators and were wonderful support team for the KRB team.
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If any parent would like to take a tour of the Space, please email me at cookm@krb.nsw.edu.au The second Welcome Dinner for new families, hosted by the Principal, will be held on Wednesday 3 April. If you have been invited to a welcome dinner but are unable to attend on the specified date, please email events@krb.nsw.edu.au and we will organize an alternative date for you to attend.
All swimming team members performed extremely well with the following students making finals :
12 Years 50m
the cookbook is here!
The KRB News also contains an invitation to the Nine’N Dine Golf Day, to be held at Woollahra Golf Club on Friday 5 April. It will be a shotgun start beginning at 4.00pm – all golfers/friends of all abilities are very welcome to play and join us for a BBQ dinner afterwards.
The Tildesley Tennis competition was held this week over the 20-23 March at Pennant Hills.KRB had a team of 12 Tennis players and 10 Lines girls who have been training and preparing for this event over the last 12 months. A more detailed report and results will appear in the next edition of the KRB news. Congratulations to all players and line girls on your wonderful achievements and representation of KRB.
National Athletics Competition Sarah Maloney, Year 8, is competed in the National Athletics in Perth at the Western Australian Athletics Stadium. She is photographed here with Sally Pearson.
Mary Cook Director of Development 9388 6024 cookm@krb.nsw.edu.au
From the Uniform Shop Term 2 (Wednesday 1st May) students are to wear the winter uniform. Girls Uniform K – Yr 10: White long sleeved blouse Winter tunic Tie Jumper White socks/black tights (junior school) Black tights (compulsory Yr 7 - 10) Blazer (Senior School Yr 7-10 compulsory every day. Junior School Yr K-6 as required) Senior Uniform: Pleat Skirt White Blouse Cardigan or vest Black tights Blazer
Boys Uniform: Long sleeved striped shirt Navy shorts - winter weight Tie Vest/Jumper Long navy socks with red stripes Blazer (as required) Please check your uniform requirements this term. The Uniform Shop will be open Tuesday 30th April from 10am – 2pm, no appointment necessary.
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CALENDAR
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Monday, 1 April 2013
IGSSA Softball/Tennis Round 7 8.00am
Easter Monday
Oz Opera Performance Years 2-4 1.40pm
Years 2-6 Boys’ Day Out 9.00am
Chapel Society Organ Recital 9.00am
Nine & Dine Golf Day 4.00pm
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
ISDA Debating Round 6 6.00pm
Palm Sunday
Year 12 Study Day
Monday 25 March
Junior School Parent Teacher Interviews 3.30pm
TUCKSHOP: Annie Debelak, Kate Gale
TUCKSHOP: Ines Tejero, Eva John
Saturday, 6 April 2013
TUCKSHOP: Sue McGrath, Jillian Cressey
IGSSA Finals 8.00am
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Sunday, 7 April 2013
TUCKSHOP: Karen Harris, Leanne Nixon, Megan McLiesh
Year 12 Exams
Divine Mercy Sunday
SSO Open Rehearsal 10.30am
Wednesday 27 March
Junior School Parent Teacher Interviews 3.30pm
Family Mass & Morning Tea Years 7, 9 & 10 10.00am
Tuesday, 26 March 2013 Years 3-12 Cross Country Carnival 7.00am
Easter Liturgy 11.45am
IPSHA Cross Country 8.30am
Monday, 8 April 2013
Principal’s Welcome Dinner 2 6.30pm
Year 12 Exams Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Thursday, 28 March 2013
TUCKSHOP: Tina Ros-Ekins, Gabrielle Carr
Holy Thursday
Thursday, 4 April 2013
School Closes for Students for Easter Break 2.00pm
Year 12 Exams
Year 7 & 11 Parent/Teacher Interviews 3.30pm
Years K-2 Swimming Carnival 8.30am
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
TUCKSHOP: Anna Marchant, Sam Owen
Junior School Parent Teacher Interviews 3.30pm
Year 12 Exams
Friday, 29 March 2013 Good Friday
TUCKSHOP: Emma Maynard, Vicki Caldwell
Saturday, 30 March 2013
Friday, 5 April 2013
Year 12 Exams
Holy Saturday
Year 12 Exams
Friday, 12 April 2013
Sunday, 31 March 2013
Year 7 Mothers’ Morning Tea 10.00am
Boarders’ Travel Day
Easter Sunday
Oz Opera Performance ELC, K & Year 1 11.30am
Term 1 Concludes
TUCKSHOP: Clare Mulham, Caroline Ryan, Magdalen Clements
friday 5 april 4pm
2013
nine’N dine
bookings: events@krb.nsw.edu.au A Catholic Independent P–12 School New South Head Road, Rose Bay NSW 2029, Australia T +61 2 9388 6000 F: +61 2 9388 6001 www.krb.nsw.edu.au CRICOS Provider Code 02268M ABN 47 003 942 603
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Year 12 Exams
Junior School Girls’ Big Night Out 5.30pm Thursday, 11 April 2013