The Mandevillian, 1992, Vol7, No4 by Loreto Toorak

MANDETILLIAN Registered by Australia Post Publication No. VBH 7636, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1992

From the

When Mind

School

Principal

and Heart work

Council

As we know so well, the Loreto tradition of education is almost 400 years old and has

Together.

its roots firmly and proudly grounded in the work and inspiration of our foundress, Mary Ward. Many of the values which Loreto has prized since those early beginnings are now

regarded as fundamental principles in all

News

When the mind and spirit of a person work

right, penguins tumbled onto the beach, pi-

The School Council, which was inaugu-

together, in freedom, creativity abounds. In

rates lounged under a palm tree, and bath-

rated in August, is now well and truly in action. The Council and standing committees covering finance, buildings and commu-

the Loreto Junior School a creative approach

ing beauties lay clutching hand printed beach

schools. But there is truly something in the

is encouraged in all curriculum areas, so

bags. Glittering mermaids, fish of every

Loreto tradition which is still distinctive and

that the whole person is engaged in the proc-

shape and colour and every other aspect of

which can be traced from the very beginning

ess of education.

sand, surf and sea combined to create an

This year saw the successful completion of

exotic marine atmosphere. Congratulations

the Development Plan adopted in 1987. Sci-

Anna Meirelles and students.

ence and computer laboratories, music and

education and are to be found in all good

of Loreto education. It is the importance that we place on educating our students to

The "Mandeville Mirror", a magazine writ-

nications have met and are busy planning for 1993 and beyond.

be women who can think for themselves -

ten and published by Year Six students, con-

independently, intelligently, competently

tains stories, poems, letters, quizzes and

The creative spirit is alive in every stu-

other articles and makes enjoyable reading.

dent and stafTmember. Teachers endeavour

tradition of excellence. Similarly the re-

One expects creativity in the field of litera-

to encourage the development of skills and

building of' the Junior school is enhancing

ture. What about mathematics? Those stu-

talents in the students, and to nourish their

the early development of the children and

To achieve such a goal entails certain haz-

dents competing in the Mathematics Olym-

perception of beauty. Music and Drama play

ards for teachers and for parents. For a

piad needed to be very creative to complete

an important role also, as was seen in the

With these achievements behind us we

the set tasks of the Olympiad and in fact

recent Year Five plays and Christmas

now look forward to the coming years and

performed very well.

Carols.

and confidently - and who make well informed, well considered and responsible decisions. This is absolutely fundamental to us at Loreto.

start, it means that our students will not

always agree with us! It also means that they will make mistakes as they learn to

art facilities and the assembly hall have all contributed to the maintenance ofthe school's

increasing their computer literacy at an early age.

further developments in buildings and facilities. Current plans include the building

seek out and then assess the relevant data

Earlier in the term the school held the

The Holy Spirit can be named the Creat-

and strive to make responsible decisions.

Creative Arts Festival. The theme of "The

ing Spirit. It is this Spirit that is present

hancement of the school's rowing facilities

Sea" gave scope to a wide range of subjects

and active in each of us, teaching us wis-

on the Yarra near Princes Bridge. Parents

produced in different media. One entered

dom, and inspiring us as we work together in the creation of a vibrant world.

will be kept informed as these plans develop.

But the challenge is undoubtedly worthwhile! After all, we cannot possibly teach them everything that they will ever need to know in their lives. What we can teach them is to

the multipurpose room through a curtain of

think for themselves and to hg intelligent,

watpr and immediatelv had the opportunity

and responsible in their decision-making.

of an encounter with plastic jellyfish. To the

of a new Years 7 and 8 block and the en-

Our past programs have been made possi-

hip by the enthusiastic silpport for the ] (Sr.) Helen Murphy I.B.V.M.

ANNE HUNT

million dollar appeal by the Mandeville com-

munity and the ongoing contributions by parents to the school's Building Fund. This recent experience gives us confidence in planning the future for our children and our

Have you noticed any changes to

grandchildren.

Historic I nitiatives

Mandeville Hall?

In recent months, the orbs which once

We should all be aware of the past contributions of the Mothers' and the Fathers'

adorned the parapet of our famous Victorian

Associations to equipping the school's com-

edifice have reappeared. The sketch illus-

puter laboratories. Our gratitude is ongoing

tration of Mandeville Hall in its earlier glory

as only recently both the Mothers' and Fa-

as a notable Toorak mansion, is our inspira-

thers' Associations have undertaken the fi-

tion in this respect.

nancing of computer upgrading to the value

The whole school community is aware of

of $70,000.

the significance of Mandeville Hall as a liv-

The Loreto Sisters have given almost 70

ing, historic monument. The Victorian inte-

years to generations of Mandeville students

riors of the Clarke additions of 1878 are

and parents. We gratefully acknowledge their generosity and that of Sister Deirdre

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perhaps the most intact, brilliant and significant Victorian residential interiors in

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Australia.

We are fortunate indeed to have this re-

initiative the School Council was established. We are fortunate to have Sister Ellison Taffe

markable building as a living focus of our

active in the school as a teacher of Religious

school community. This fortune however,

Education and Sister Helen Maguire as our

has its obligations. The community and school are responsible for the custodianship

new Head of the Junior School. The Council

is also grateful for the contribution Mrs.

of the building and this is a burden which we take seriously.

In 1990 with the urging and support of the Historic Buildings Council, the School commissioned a conservation analysis of Mandeville Hall. This study, reported in

Anne Hunt is making in building on the tradition of excellence so firmly established

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by the Sisters. John Arthur,

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Chait-inan of the School Council

two volumes, was undertaken on behalf of

the School by Timothy Hubbard, Conservation Architect, under the direction of a Steer-

ing Committee chaired by Miss Pat Moylan. Essentially the study documents the development of Mandeville Hall and records key events in the lives and roles of its occupants. Most importantly the conservation analysis assesses the value and relative importance of the fabric of the building and provides an authoritative basis for its ongoing care and conservation.

A long term plan of conservation and res-

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toration works is now in hand. The restora-

tion of the orbs on the parapet is a tangible

contribution to this process. Currently the i

roof of the building is being completely overhauled and the box gutters replaced. Progress reports on our work with Mandeville Hall will appear in the Mandevillian from time to time as we pro-

ceed with this exciting project of conservation. Howard McCorkell

Property Committee of the School Council

Mandeville Hall, Toorak, in the late 1800s

Mr. John Arthur

One of the best weeks

Solar Car

Beam me up

of my life"

Challenge

again

Fiona Kelly, Year 11 On Sunday the 15th of November three

During the September holidays I attended

dinner, we have the best democracy in the

Year 9 Mandeville girls trooped off in the

the Queen's Trust 12th National Capital

world. We constantly put down our politi-

company of'Mr. Kane to the Model Solar Car

Mac Scotty!

Seminar. The Queen's Trust was established

cians and our system, but we fail to recog-

Challenge staged at the Scienceworks Mu-

in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee

nise that people in other countries tire will-

seum at Spotswood. We carried with us a

ing to die for a system like ours. People in

It has been two years since Mandeville

of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and to

rather strange looking contraption - a model

Hall's first encounter of' the IBM kind (oops,

Stardate log: December 1992

provide opportunities for young Australians

China who were only a little older than our-

solar car - the product of many weeks of

wrong film) and the use of Information Tech-

to achieve their goals. The national Capital

selves were willing to lie down in front of

work.

nology in the Senior School has literally

Seminar is for 100 Year 11 students selected

tanks for a system like ours.

from schools throughout Australia who have

The best speaker of' the week was Senator

shown an interest in national issues. As

Bill ()'Chee, who at 24, is a Senator for the

part of attending the Queen's Trust I have

National Party of' Queensland, has a Law/

to report back to my school about what I did

Arts degree and has represented Australia

and in some way try to encourage an inter-

in the winter Olympics. He told us that our

est in politics.

ideas had to be bigger than ourselves and he

The seminar was held at Canberra Boys'

was an example of what we could achieve i f

Grammar School, which is in the heart of

Progress in the design was slow as we

tested steering systems and gearing. The day of' the event was racing closer and much was still to be completed and tested. Finally our vehicle took shape and met the regulation standards and the excited trio set off to

the Challenge.

reached warp speed! Not only have Years 7 - 12 Information

Technology classes made full use of the 30 IBM PCs provided by the Parents Associatic,n in 1990, but both the Mathematics and

English faculties have also utilised the technology skills of our students to complete many of' the work requirements necessary

we lived by his words. I would like to end

We did not expect problems with our model

for VCE. Furthermore, the number of stu-

the National Capital. My week got off to a

this speech in the same way thal he ended

but problems did arise. Switch wires and

dents selecting VCE Information Technol-

good start when I discovered I would, in his

his. He quoted Robert Kennedy saying,

steering linkages were accidentally broken

absence, be sleeping in Patrick Keating's

"Most people look at the world and ask why.

during testing on the track and swift repairs

bed in the boarding house. From then on it

I look at my dreams and ask why not."

had to be carried out before the race. We

were very proud of our achievement. The

was one of the best weeks of my life. We had

team involvement dui·ing the design and con-

the chance to meet politicians such as Simon Crean, Fred Chaney and Senator Bill O'Chee. We met Paul Keating who joined us for din-

struction of our model was lots of fun and

Bon Voyage

ner one night and we were taken on a tour of the restricted areas of Parliament House

where no other members of the public have ever been before. We had to be searched

before we entered, we couldn't take any bags in and we couldn't take photos.

In addition to the 30 IBM PCs, the Senior

School also has 21 Apple IIE computers situated in an adjacent lab. Although the Apple IIE's have served the school well and be-

come an integral component in the second-

the interaction with students from other

ary curriculum, they are now 10 years old and are limited in their applications.

With the increased computing skills ofboth

We look forward to designing, constructing and testing a more advanced model for

On Friday 30th October, staff and stu-

12 months.

schools at the event was exciting and enormously rewarding.

Sister Marg!

ogy units has almost doubled over the past

the event in November 1993, the year of the

dents in the Senior School farewelled Sr.

International Solar Model Challenge to be

Margaret Callaghan IBVM, who is about to

held in Australia.

students and teachers at Mandeville, our technology facilities are once again being

stretched to their limit. In Scotty's very own

words "she cannot take no more, Captain!"

liamentary debate in the Senate Chamber of

Marg has been at Toorak since 1988 and

It is therefore deemed appropriate at this time to further upgrade our computing facilities in the Senior School by replacing the Apple IIE's with the more powerful Apple Macintosh. The reasons for selecting the

old Parliament House in which we argued

during this period she has been extremely

colour Macintosh LC II (over more IBM PCs)

for or against Australia needing a radical

busy as the Religious Education Coordina-

are both numerous and complex, however

change in direction. We were then asked

tor. Marg has performed this role admira-

there are three main advantages.

questions by Mr. Couchman about our views

bly and she has been a fantastic supporter

on Australian politics. Although it was ex-

and facilitator for all the staff in this fhe-

citing to be on television, we began to under-

ulty. Their "respectful" tribute to her at the

stand the politicians' dislike for the media.

luncheon was certainly evidence of this.

One of the most potentially interesting experiences of the week was to appear on

commence her tertianship in England for

the Couchman show. We conducted a Par-

the next six months.

1. It is well known that both the IBM and

Macintosh machines are being used in

the workforce today, with the numbers of Macintoshes increasing every day.

It is important therefore, that we pro-

Mr. Couchman was able to manipulate what

Students have also benefited greatly from

we said, was able to change the topic when

her presence, not only as a result of her

we said something that he did not agree

skills as a History and Religious Education

with and was able to edit the footage so that

teacher, but also through her qualities of

he could cut comments that he felt were too

leadership as demonstrated on countless re-

2. The Macintosh LC II's have the ability

political. The program that vvab uil Leievi-

ircat day. a. ·..c:l aa the infamou: Christian

sion was very different to the one that was

Living Camps with Xavier.

LO l'UIi both Apple lib and M.acintosh software, and directly read/write IBM disks. That's right - direct compatibility with all three systems! It should

vide our students with the opportunity to experience both in their secondary education and thus broaden their com-

puting skills.

filmed. We said quite frequently during the

Marg has been keenly involved in many

program that the media tend to sensational-

aspects of Loreto school life and the success

ise aspects of politics and put things out of

of the Year Level Father/Daughter Masses,

also be noted that the Macintosh fea-

context, and it appeared that Mr. Couchman

as well as numerous whole-of-school litur-

did the same thing to us.

gies, has often been due to her significant

tures a full graphical user interface making it extremely easy to use.

During the week, we were divided into

contributions.

seven tutorial groups where we argued, dis-

Without doubt, Marg will be greatly missed

cussed and listened, often well into the night.

as will the wonderful personal qualities

The week was definitely intense and would

which she brought to Tool·ak with her - her

not be something I would want to spend

warmth and friendliness, her real concern

every holiday doing, but the opportunities

for others, and particularly, her keen sense

we had were ones that most people will never

of humour and general joy of life.

encounter.

This opportunity to work and effect in a

Natasha Holmes, Natalie Sabbadini and

Virginia Jones

Rice Day in Mission

vide them with a full multimedia envi-

Week

ronment incorporating text, sound, pietures and video clips.

On a personal basis, I gained the most

new environment will give Marg a valuable

from listening to the opinions of my peers,

chance to refresh her spirit and to add to her

World Mission Week was celebrated in

as we all came from such different back-

already considerable experience. I know that

October in the Junior School. During this

grounds. There was one girl there from a

the entire Loreto Community wishes her

week, we reflected on the needs of children,

mining town 800km from Perth with a popu-

luck, safety and enjoyment in her travels

especially those living in parts of our world

lation of only three hundred. We had to

and we do look forward to seeing her again

that are without basic necessities such as

dress up almost every day and she was so

soon.

food, fresh water and medical supplies. We

unused to wearing stockings that she went through seventeen pairs in six days.

Until then, we remember her with great love and affection - Bon Voyage, Marg. Mike Mulcahy

We arrived at the Seminar with the atti-

tude that all politicians were lazy, uncaring

tions have once again come to the rescue and generously offered to support the computing needs of this school, each providing

half of the $70,000 required. It is envisaged that a majority of our faithful Apple IIE's will be relocated in the Junior School and

will certainly be put to good use.

tributed around the world, and decided that

I look forward to the implementation of this next stage in the Master Plan (early

we can do so much to help the children who

On Friday the 23rd October, we "took a

certain respect for them. Although many of

Both the Mothers' and Fathers' Associa-

learnt about how food and wealth are dis-

struggle every day to stay alive.

members of our society, but we left with a

3. The Macintosh will provide students with access to software types which are not presently available for the IBM PC. Packages such as Hypercard and Quicktime, which allow students to not only control how information is being presented on the screen, but also pro-

1993) and feel confident that we are heading in the right direction. Guy Anderson

walk in the shoes'> of a child in need, and

us did not agree with their policies, we saw

shared a rice lunch together. Twelve par-

the hours they worked and the toll it took on

ents brought the meal to us, and we all had an experience of what it might be like to go

their families and realised that they couldn't be in politics for the recognition or the perks.

Head of Information Technology

without the luxuries of our lives. Many of us

Most of them work from 5.00am until mid-

were hungry, and it helped us to think about

night, rarely see their families, do a great 4

deal of travelling, yet 46 politicians gave a

The Hest Ul

the children for whom we were raising

Both Worlds

m()ney.

couple of hours of their time to speak to a

Later in the Day, Sr. Sandra Perrett spoke

group of teenagers. Some were boring, but

to us about her work in the refugee camps in

most were inspiring. They spoke about the

Thailand. She showed us slides of the chil-

future of Australia, the Aboriginal issue, the

dren she lived with, and helped us to under-

Constitution, women in politics and the roles

stand a little about their lives.

of the Opposition, Senate, House of Representatives and the Government. We decided

We raised nearly $1,000 during Mission

as a group that Australia's biggest problem

Week, and we are delighted that this money will be used to provide resources for the

was not the economy, but the lack of awareness of the public. We were told that only

people of the Pacific region. A special thank

42% of voting Australians knew that we had

you to the parents who donated and served

a Constitution, only 31% could name the two

lunch for us, and to the children of the Jun-

houses of Parliament and only 28% could

ior School, for their thoughts and prayers,

name their electorate and its member. If

and their commitment to helping others in

Australia is to progress as a country, we

our world

must become more politically aware. As

Sister Marg Callaghan IBVM at her farewell

Senator Bill O'Chee said to us at the final

luncheon in the Staff Room

Lisa Pidcock

Class Teacher Junior School

Katrina Martin (Year 11) with the best of both worlds!

Leaders and achievers

young past

pupils on the way up in life ANNE CRAWFORD completed an Honours Science Degree several years ago at the University of Melbourne. Anne then worked as a Research Assistant in the Geography Department of that university, working on

NICOLE MOLONEY has recently com-

ELIZABETH MOYLAN has changed

ises sporting and cultural events, and is

pleted her Law/Arts Degree at the University of Melbourne and will commence her

from an Engineering course to a Degree in

spending three weeks out of four in Beijing.

Land Information at RMIT.

articles with Dunhill Madden Btitlerin 1993.

majoring in Surveying and hopes to work in

During the hist Christmas holidays Nicole

the area of environmental mapping. Eliza-

Elizabeth is

JUSTINE

beth's sister AMANDA MOYLAN has also

some tutoring. Last year overseas in Northern Europe, worked in London for five months, and this year travelled in Southern Europe before returning to Mel-

GALANTE who has completed her Arts Degree at Monash and is now living in

changed direction and has moved from a

bourne in mid-November. At the moment

her, possibly a Masters Degree in Land Care

ANNABELLE GRANT who completed Year 12 in 1989 is studying Child Care at Swinburne (Prahran Campus) whilst her

Management.

twin ABIGAIL is studying Hotel Manage-

seed banks in the Grampians, and also did Anne travelled

Anne is deciding on various options open to

ELINA AKSELROD has recently successfully completed the second year of her Fine Arts course at the Victorian College of the Arts. Next year Elina is hoping to hold an exhibition of her work, and then she hopes to pursue her Masters Degree in Paris. JANE FOGARTY married an American, Andy Sheats, last Christmas and now lives

travelled

overseas

with

Florence.

ment part-time at William Angliss and working (also part-time) at the St. Kilda Travelodge.

CHRISTINE BOYLE is studying for her Law/Economies Degree at Monash and has just completed her third year and now has two years of Law to complete. Christine plans to defer her studies next year and to travel overseas.

in San Francisco where she practises as a Physiotherapist at the Davis Medical Centre.

EMMA HICKS was accepted into Science at the University of Melbourne at the start of this year but chose to defer and has been working as a physiotherapy Aide this year

with the aim of starting Physiotherapy in 1993. Emma also coaches gymnastics at Mandeville four nights a week.

ANNE-MARIE WILSON changed over to a Science Course at Deakin at the beginning of this year and has recently completed the first year of her course. During term time

Photography course at RMIT to a course in Town Planning at Footscray. Amanda has one year to go to complete her course.

SARAH JANE MORCK began studying Medicine atthe University of Melbourne this

year and has greatly enjoyed her first year of Medicine as have ANTHEA GREENWAY and SABINA CICIRIELLO.

ELIZABETH UREN is just completing her fifth year of Medicine at the University of' Melbourne.

JOANNE HYLAND has recently com-

pleted a three year Bachelor of Performing Arts at Ballarat University College. During her course Joanne developed her skills in both the production and performance aspects of theatre and television, and a highlight while at college was her work with Barnstorm Theatre Company doing everything from Administrat,ion to being Production Assistant. Joanne has a particular interest in Theatre in Education programs and has had experience directing, publicising, performing and touring to primary and secondary schools throughout Victoria. Jo spends her holidays touring with the Storybook Theatre Company.

Elizabeth married Peter

Russell two years ago, has just bought a house in Laburnum and is expecting her first child in a few weeks!

TRISH RIDDELL has completed her fourth year of Law at Monash. As well as

studying Trish has been running a Youth Group in Blackburn, and playing hockey for

Monash. One subject Trish has done this year has involved work for the Springvale Legal Service, working voluntarily with young people in Springvale, conducting workshops with the Peer Education and Support Training Scheme (PEST). The young people

involved in these workshops then helped oth-

MELISSA RICE completed a Law/Arts

ers at the Youth Shack in Springvale, and a spinoff from this has been work done by Trish on an Overview of Young People and

course at Melbourne University majoring in

Crime in Springvale, sponsored by the Police

Melissa did her articles with

Community Consultative Committee. Trish

MONIQUE RYAN has completed her

Mallesons Stephen Jaques and was admit-

has organised work experience over the sum-

medical course and has spent her intern year working at the Austin and next year will be working at the Royal Children's Hospital.

ted to the Bar in March 1992. At the mo-

mer in the area of Criminal Law which is

ment Melissa is based in Hong Kong work-

the field she hopes to work in when her Law

ing for Spectrum, a company which organ-

Course is completed.

Anne-Marie lives at Barwon Heads.

Chinese.

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Requests

Can You Help? Printed below is a list of names of people whose addresses we no longer have in our files.

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If you know the address of any of these people, would you kindly forward it to The Mandevillian. We would be most grateful for your assistance.

Miss Ann Adams

Ann David

Miss Belinda Mier

Miss Simian Alexandra

Miss Anna Dockendorff

Mrs. Joanne (Brenan) Nairn

Miss Joanne Aprea

Ann England

Mrs. Lilly (Giorgi) Nardi

Miss Camille Baker

Julie England

Miss Anna Need

Miss Simone Balthazaar

Mrs. Elizabeth Escott

Mr. & Mrs. Newbold

Mrs. Ann (nee Ley) Banting

Miss Michelle Ferguson

Mrs. Marie (Brew) Nicholls

Miss Karin Bergstrom

Mrs. Maureen (Carew) Finney

Miss Monica Nolan

Miss Margaret Bourke

Caroline Ford

Mrs. Kathleen (Keenan) O'Kane

Ms. Philippa Brady

Mrs. Stella (Nixon) Gedye

Miss Sophia O'Shaughnessy

Miss Sarah Bray

Miss Diana Gillon

Miss Nicole Pizer

Miss Catriona Brennan

Miss Monique Godby

Miss Ksemija Prkic

Mrs. Norma (Daly) Browne

Miss Vivienne Gontier

Mrs. Susanne (Hess) Prowse

Miss Anne Burden