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news@pulteney No. 104 Term 1, 2013 Contents Upcoming Events

From The Principal 3 Wed 29th May Founders Day and Pre 50 Reunion War Memorial Room 4 one ninety 6 Thu 6th Jun Soccer Club 30th Anniversary Dinner

Head of the River 11 Sat 15th Jun Old Scholar Dinner Rowing Camps 12

Music 13 Tue 18th - Wed 19th Jun Junior School photos International Women’s Day 13 Sat 22nd Jun Venture Club Wine night 1st X1 Perth Trip 14

Art 15 Fri 26th Jul Whisky Dinner Rungie Cup Swimming Carnival 16

Archives 18 Sun 18th Aug Long Lunch

Senior Sports Day 19 Fri 23rd Aug- Sat 24th Aug Winter Intercol Intercol 20

Middle School 22 Fri 20th Sep Business Breakfast

Kurrajong 27 Fri 18th Oct Golf Day McKinnon Parade/Pulteney Athletics Meet 32

Venture Club 34 Tue 5th Nov Melbourne Cup Luncheon

Prep 35 Mon 11th Nov Remembrance Day Ceremony & Chapel 41 Reunion Community 42 Sun 1st Dec Friends of Pulteney Yr 12 farewell dinner In Memorium 43 Wed 4th Dec Speech Night Around The Traps 44

New Advertising Campaign 45 Fri 6th Dec Carol Service Sundowner 47

2002 Reunion 48

Pulteney Crabs Family Day 49

Cover: Megan Molony, Head of the River

Editor’s Note: The aim of the newsletter is to keep you informed of life at Pulteney. I value your input so if you have any articles or suggestions, please contact me on 8216 5504 or by emailing [email protected] Advertising in news@pulteney is limited to members of the school community and many of those who advertise are generous sponsors of the School and I would encourage you to support their businesses if the opportunity arises. Mark Bourchier

2 from the principal

Reaching across time performances at a number of venues, responded to those higher callings. Pulteney’s history is one aspect of the including the Power House Museum. Yet, in The Pulteney War Memorial Room, School that constantly astonishes me. these wide ranging experiences for current now, is a significant link to the ideals of While the daily focus is on the students of students, the embrace of Pulteney’s former education where “we seek not to follow the day, there are ever-present reminders, students, is evident elsewhere. Closely, the masters, rather we seek what they compelling ones at that, to bring to mind the Year 12 Drama class of 2012, as Old sought.” The School motto intones “oh the enriching past. The cycle of reunions Scholars, performed a highly acclaimed prosper thou our handiwork’. All who and events that commemorate the School’s reproduction of the Breakfast Club at the are now at the School gain from the past past students are an integral, and accepted, recent Fringe Festival to twelve sold-out deeds of those who journeyed before us part of the School’s heritage and ties. shows. The involvement of current students and this latest publication of the news@ They pair, yearly, to broaden and link more in a live, public and commercial show was a pulteney will ensure yet another marker to people, past and present. learning experience for all. the outstanding work, achievement and It would be expected that a School in its endeavour of many, today and yester-year. The important and sustaining links 166thFrom year would Thebe continually Princi reaching pal between the School and Old Scholars, aside across time, extending the experiences from the Breakfast Club, is demonstrated of all who share its life. In the School’s in the continuing success of the Old contemporary times the day-to-day lessons Scholar sporting teams. There are presently of learning may have variation in delivery seventeen teams, and likely, an eighteenth but the intentions to create long lasting with the addition of volleyball this coming knowledge and greater awareness of self winter: the influence of newly-minted Old remain. In recent times the academic results Scholars providing the impetus for this E.A.Groughan of the SACE students of 2012 give comfort new Old Scholar sport. Pleasingly, too, on the hoped-for learning experience in the School continues to hold promising the classroom. With two students, Vinay conversations with Adelaide City Council on Athreya and Lachlann McArthur, achieving development potential for the parklands. perfect scores the leading edge of our Any success on the discussions will be of departing students was sharp indeed and considerable benefit to all the students the futures of all the 104 students very and Old Scholars who use the parklands. promising. Undoubtedly, the chance to extend Beyond the classroom there is also Pulteney’s reach would entail a substantial much scope. In sport, this summer season financial commitment I anticipate that past, there were sixty teams representing the benefits would entice many to assist Pulteney and 11 rowing crews on the the School. In light of the 1921 Nicholls Torrens or West Lakes. The adventures of building becoming a retreat for a number the 1st XI cricketers to Perth earlier this of possums there appears, already, an year, coupled with the most recent Perth acceptance that the parklands and the trip by the senior girls’ netball and softball School, are easily linked and not only by the teams, extend the reach of Pulteney fields named to honour Pulteney people, students. the South Terrace pedestrian overhead, itself a 1974 addition, but also any number Last year’s ground-breaking international of memories of those who played on those expedition to Nepal is soon-to-be followed, grounds. in several months, with students travelling to a conservation park in Zambia. The The most recent commemoration of two anticipated reciprocation of children from rooms in Allan Wheaton House to honour both Nepal and Kathmandu coming military service of Old Scholars, however, to Pulteney is an exciting prospect. gives a permanent reminder of the deeds, Furthermore, there has been significant achievements and courage of former fund-raising for the visited communities to students. The Pulteney War Memorial complement, and extend, the charitable Room, linked with the Queen’s Room, are endeavours towards the Magdalene replete with honour boards of service and Centre that are a mainstay of the students’ memorabilia. Both rooms are reminders of community service. the legacy we have inherited from the sense of duty bound in the values and selflessness In the arts, the School’s concert band of courageous people. Pulteney is fortunate will travel to Sydney, mid-year, giving to have, among its number, many who have

3 War Memorial Room

Bob Cowper and Dr Groughan

A pleasant sunny afternoon When Queen’s College closed at the appreciated by future generations. We hope end of 1949, a number of its boys came to soon, to commence research to allow us to on April 26th saw 120 guests Pulteney, and so began a long relationship. replicate for Queens Old Scholars, what we gather for the opening of the Who might have thought it would develop have achieved for Pulteney Old Scholars lost Pulteney War Memorial into the bond we share today? Queens Old at War in the form of individual tributes. Boys have donated funds to establish the The illustrations for the stunning frieze Room and the Queens Room. Queens College War Memorial Scholarship in The War Memorial Room were drawn by at Pulteney. To date more than $140,000 The Pulteney War Memorial Room Kym Buckland, and his work on the project has been subscribed to this tax deductable houses the WWI and WWII honour rolls is supported by a grant from the ANZAC fund. and a fledgling collection of artefacts from Day Commemoration Council. The project all wars. Most importantly it also is home Queens magnificent WW1 honour roll has been strongly supported by Hutt Street to individual framed tributes to the 111 is housed in Christ Church Hall in North Photos and we are very grateful to Kym and Pulteney Old Scholars killed at war between Adelaide. Last year Queens Old Boys Alan. the Boer War and Afghanistan. commissioned Pulteney Old Scholar, John Pfitzner, to create an exact replica as an Mark Bourchier, The research for this project has been Honour Roll for those who served in the Director of Community Relations enormous and is ongoing. We have yet Second World War. This equally magnificent to locate photographs of some and new board now hangs in the Queens Room in information is coming to hand continuously. Wheaton House. Simultaneously, we have been gathering information for the construction of a The opening of the Queens Room, post WWII service memorial, our next big in honouring the memory of Queens project. Old Scholars, will further build the links between the two Schools. In addition to The War Memorial room will offer housing the WWII honour board the room the opportunity for current and future will be a repository of their artifacts and generations of Pulteney Students to learn records, the nature and variety of which of the contributions of their forbearers we expect will grow over time. The Room and indeed, will enhance their awareness will ensure that the memory of Queens and of the value of the support they provide the significant contribution made to South to Legacy, the Repat Foundation and the Australia by it’s Scholars, will continue to be RSL. Students from grade 3 upwards will Lt Col Jack Gregg (1972) and Wesley Hatcher (1953) visit the War Memorial Room and an age appropriate range of research projects is being prepared. We propose to arrange for senior students to record interviews with Old Scholar ex-servicemen as part of their research projects and for this material to help grow our Archive collection.

Brian and Melissa Lee

4 Mark Bourchier, Major Peter Male and Dr Groughan Hugh, Guy, James, Chris and Belinda Radbone with Elisabeth and Frank Russell

Peter Gurner, Jim Bowen and Colin Wagener Emma Neuhaus

Ted Wyly and Mark Bourchier Sam Cooper and Jim Bowen

Bugler Ryan Braund

Andrew and Tom Pfitzner

5 one ninety Forum of Prefects and House Leaders On Thursday 14th February, the Year 12 members of the Forum of Prefects and House Leaders were inducted into their positions of leadership within the school.

Leadership is not about methodologies or techniques. Leadership is about inspiring others and oneself. Leadership is not a set program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the one ninety hearts of others. It should not be viewed as a routine, but as a part of everyday life. While the School supports the belief that every student has leadership potential the elected Forum of Prefects and House Leaders will shoulder a large part of this responsibility.

Pulteney has been blessed with student leaders who have wanted to shape the future of school life. In fact our school Forum of Prefects and House Leaders leaders have left an enduring legacy of initiatives that all continue to benefit from today. The 2013 student group is no different and have already set to work on developing a number of projects to focus upon this year.

I look forward to working with this group of fine young leaders as they tackle some of the issues presented to them. Dee-Anne, Max and Steve Peters

Michael Holmes, Head of one ninety

Anna Gillespie and Sarah Golfis Tanya and Harry Hughes

Apostoli Kikianis, Julie Huynh and Jenny Pham Tash Culley, Lucinda Brown and Claudia Davey

Vivienne St John Robb and Ruby Genborg Ron, Demi and Nerida Axford A proud moment for the Nikias family as Karey is presented with his Leader’s blazer.

6 High Achievers Assembly

On Friday 15th February, the school came together to celebrate the achievements of the 2012 Year 12 cohort.

The 2012 graduates were a truly exceptional group of students. They represented the school at the highest levels in sporting, music and other cultural pursuits such as debating and as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. While our students were busy representing the school, they also studied hard and achieved to a high level.

The balance that many students achieved 2012 High Achievers between study and recreational pursuits saw many value the importance of hard work from the start of the year. While all our Year 12 students from 2012 can be proud of their efforts, the group listed represent those that achieved an ATAR of 90 or above, thereby placing themselves into the top 10% of the state.

Vinay was also the recipient of the Anneliese Corletto, Imogen Porteus and Rupert Piccoli Governor of South Australia SACE Award and the equal top student in Chemistry in the state.

Rod McArthur, Lachlann McArthur and Carolyn Mader

Mark Barnett and Anastasia Santoreneos Jo-Ann Pillay, William, and James Carlson Jones

Ramesha Murthy, Vinay Athreya and Dr Groughan, Patrick Livesey and Alice Leary Lachlann McArthur,Edward Ramsey and Dana Phillips Dr Sunita Ramesh

7 Andrew Bradey 90.10 Madeleine Beck 90.70 Caitlin Pretty 90.75 Imogen Porteous 90.75 Brenna Ellis 90.75 Max Hurrell 91.25 Anastasia Santoreneos 91.50 Eva Sianis 91.55 Dana Phillips 91.75 Brittany Guglielmo 91.80 Tanya Burton 91.80 Bart Flower 92.35 Rami Kaissi 92.60 Tijana Laganin 92.90 Merit awards service, Government House Nicholas Parker 92.95 Oliver Vallelonga 93.60 Arjun Sivakumar 93.60 Rupert Piccoli 93.60 Alexander Mader 94.40 Alastair Brown 95.25 Alexander Gigney 95.50 Henry Schofield 95.85

Georgia Goddard 96.10 His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce and Samuel Andrewartha Vinay Athreya Lexie Brooking-Carter 96.15 Lachlan Oreo 96.30 Nicholas Hay 96.30 Dora Abraham 96.70 Amanda Cao 97.25 Merit English Communications Stephanie Kallis 97.45 Merit in Accounting Sharon Li 97.50 Constance Kallis 97.65 Anna Beer 97.65 Merit in Modern History Ellen Gillett 97.70 Merit in Research Project Ailie Shaw 97.80 Merit in Legal Studies Narayan Shanmuganathan 98.20 William Carlson-Jones 98.35 Merit in Research Project Anneliese Corletto 98.45 Patrick Livesey 98.75 Merit in Drama Samuel Andrewartha 98.85 Merits in English Communications Physical Education Edward Ramsey 98.95 James Kieu 99.00 Alice Leary 99.10 Merit in Modern History Christina Theodore-Smith 99.65 Merits in Mathematical Studies and Physics Lachlann McArthur 99.95 Top student in Legal Studies Merits in Legal Studies Vinay Athreya 99.95 Merits in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematical Studies, Physics, English Communications, Research Project. Vinay was also the recipient of the Governor of South Australia SACE Award and the equal top student in Chemistry in the state

Special mention must be made to the following current Year 12 Students who undertook Year 12 subjects in Year 11. • Ishraq Murshed – Merit in Biology • Max J Peters – Merit in Biology • Jenny Pham – Merit in Biology • Lewis Brideson – Merit in Year 12 Music Individual Study

8 ‘Anna Karenina’ 11 History Excursion As part of the Stage 1 History course the Year 11 History students attended a screening of Joe Wrights’ “Anna Karenina”, starring Keira Knightly in the title role.

The Year 11 History course is covering pre-revolutionary Russia under the Tsar, Nicholas II and the Russian Revolutions. This film gave the History students a better understanding of the time and place they were studying, as well as the great disparity of wealth between the Russian elite and the peasants.

The film is based on the book by Russian aristocrat, Leo Tolstoy, and follows the tragic love story of Anna Karenina. Anna is the wife of a government official (Jude Law) who has an affair with a young cavalry officer (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). The affair, that was at first an affair purely of love and affection, leads Anna into depression and angst.

Director, Joe Wrights, chooses an unusual style to portray the Tolstoy novel. The film regularly jumps to and from the set of a play. This makes audience connection with the characters and themes weak. However, the brief insight to Russian peasantry in contrast with the Russian elite will give the History students a better background of the topic.

Dain Venning, Edward Mader and Matthew Ridley

Thank you to all students who attended the film excursion; it was a wonderful morning. I would also like to thank Mrs Kirsty Ryan for her generosity in supervising and attending the excursion with me. The film was stylistically interesting and incorporated stunning cinematography, which enhanced the underlining themes effectively. It was an ideal opportunity, however, to enhance the problematic nature of film as a historical source. It also encapsulated the context of Tsarist Russia visually for the students away from textbooks.

Michelle Hall, History/English/Legal Studies

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

Recent presentation of Gold Awards

His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce presenting James Kieu, Ellen Gillett and Samuel Andrewartha with their Gold Awards.

9 Year 10 Extension Science photos The students were asked to take a photo of their own and describe the science behind it. Some samples of what was produced are below:

This picture shows an apple, engulfed in blue flames. These flames are caused by brandy, which has been poured over the apple and then in the plate as well. The apple is not burning or cooking despite this heat, due to the way the brandy burns. Like some other forms of ethanols (eg. petrol), the liquid itself is unable to burn properly and the reason why there is burning, is because it evaporates. The vapours that the ethanol gives off is what burns well and so means that the air around the apple is on fire, not the apple itself or the liquid touching the apple. Vapour is what has been lit in this picture.

Ethanol has a very low flash point, the point where it begins evaporating and giving off ethanol vapour. This means that if there is enough brandy coating the apple, only some of it will evaporate, leaving behind some liquid on the apple. This vapour is then lit, allowing the apple and the plate to be engulfed in flames. These flames, despite heating up the apple, do not cook or burn it as there is still a layer of brandy on it, giving off vapour to be burnt, whilst protecting the apple at the same time. This then continues until all the brandy has been soaked up into the apple or been burnt away.

The flames seen in the picture are blue and purple, not ordinary colours for flames. This colour is due to the sugars found within brandy. Things such as salt can be added for a normal coloured flame though.

Cael Keenan

Why is the sky dark at night?

The answer seems obvious, it’s because the sun isn’t up. But the only reason the sky appears blue during the day, is because the light rays from the sun are scattered by our atmosphere. Without an atmosphere, like on the moon, the sky would always be dark, even when the sun is out.

Rephrasing, why is space dark? Surely, with an immeasurable number of stars and galaxies, wherever you point your telescope, you’re bound to see a star, so the night sky should be as bright as day. But since space has existed for a finite amount of time, light from some stars hasn’t had time to reach us yet.

But is this the answer? Space is dark because the light hasn’t reached us yet? No, because when we point our telescopes into space, we see a different type of light. Not from stars, but the light left over from the Big Bang, cosmic background radiation. So if our telescopes tell us that the night sky isn’t dark, why does it look that way?

The universe is constantly expanding, and due to the Doppler Effect, objects that are moving away from us appear redder. And as these objects move further away, they become faster, so much so that they shift into infra-red light, which is not visible to human eyes. So the distant stars and cosmic background radiation are no longer visible, and we are left with a few thousand close stars to observe.

Cameron Smith

10 Head of the River

Season 2012-13 culminated in the Schools Head of the River Regatta on April 6th, hosted by PAC. Pulteney boated eleven crews on the day including six junior coxed quad sculls and three intermediate coxed quad sculls. To the credit of all involved, we were also able to race boys and girls senior eights in elite company for the Gosse Shield and Florence Eaton Trophy respectively.

During the season, senior and Boys 1st V111 intermediate rowers attended two camps at Walker Flat, taking the opportunity to put some miles on the boat and to bond together. Both camps were well attended and crews achieved notable progress.

Junior rowers attended a ‘mini camp’ at West Lakes in January where our younger rowers experienced rowing in single sculls for the first time, quad sculls, ergo training Drum Corps Claire Churchill, Alanah Croft, Sally McLoughlin, and land sessions as well as taking part Carey Hurburgh and Alannah Gilsmore in an ‘Amazing Race’ on the final day! The camp objectives of skill development and building camaraderie were achieved thanks to the enthusiasm of the rowers and coaches who were able to attend.

This season the Boat Club was ably led by Captain of Rowing Ruby Genborg, supported by Vice-Captains Jack Hewson Brad Stone and David Sandison Year 8/9 A Boys and Nicole Laughton and Benjamin Stone as Captain of Boats. In addition to being a positive role model, Ruby also gained State Team selection and attended the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, coxing the Australian womens eight.

Captain of Boats Benjamin Stone successfully combined with brother Bradley and two others to contest the U/19 M4- (mens coxless four) at the National Rowing Daniel Glynn-Roe Lexie Van Gemert and Jordan Pokorny Championships in Sydney in March. Proudly representing Pulteney, the boys are to be congratulated for this outstanding effort - Gold on the national stage!!

The magnificent contribution of the parents committee and the rowing community generally were rightly acknowledged at the Head of the River Dinner. I would like to reinforce this and Charlotte Sexton and Toby Genborg Brandon Blight add my personal thanks to the school, committee, parents, rowers and coaches for the season passed, congratulations to all.

Richard Sexton, Rowing Co-ordinator

Year 9/10 Boys A Coxed Quad Scull

11 Rowing Camps

Toby Genborg Year 9/10 A Girls Coxed Quad Scull

Year 9/10 Boys A Coxed Quad Scull Luuly Francis

Belinda Craig Finn Brunning Alanah Croft and Claire Churchill

Sam Hore,Alex Anthony (coach), Lachlan Rawson, Elliot Bell, Sam Heal, Dion Vithoulkas and Sam Madsen Carey Hurburg, Belinda Craig, Alanah Croft, Claire Churchill, and cox Alannah Gilsmore 12 Music Pulteney Grammar school Music Department hits high notes in Music performance during term 1 2013 With an action packed term of music making from the Music faculty, music is certainly making its mark here at Pulteney Grammar School.

The term closed with a brilliant Performance from our Drum Corps at the Repat Hospital Foundation Gala Dinner His Excellency the Governor of South Australia Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce speaks to students at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Under the direction of Mr. Frank Fragomeni the Drum Corps has also performed at the Head of the River regatta, High Achievers assembly and at the Induction of Prefect’s assembly. The Drum Corps has certainly made its mark in the Adelaide Musical community with it in constant demand for events and concerts.

This term also saw a large growth in standard as well as size Junior training String Ensemble directed String Ensemble Commonwealth Day of our Senior String Ensemble. Louisa Giacomini

During 2012 The String Ensemble under guitar respectively. With precise direction from Nick Parnell and Paul Jankovic these two went a major transformation under our ensembles performed excellent programmes as part of our Term 1 Classroom Music concert. previous Head of Strings, Mary Raptis. The concert, which was held in Wyatt Hall during the last week of term 1, showcased This Year we have a new director of the the classroom work of students from Year 7 to 11. With Ms Gonsior Mrs. Howley and String Ensemble in Louise Beeston and Mr. Mears’ class groups all in fine voice the classroom concert was a resounding success with the strong foundation put in place with a packed hall and appreciative enthusiastic audience in attendance. Students were so from 2012 the ensemble now boasts 13 inspired from the concert that they are already planning for the next class performance! players covering all the parts of a small Well amongst the many rehearsals for all our ensembles and the many string ensemble. The string ensemble was lessons taught by all our wonderful instrumental and vocal teaching staff the privileged to play for the Commonwealth year is certainly gearing up for more brilliant performances from our Year Day festivities with His Excellency the 12’s as they enter their performance season through to our inaugural Music Governor of South Australia Rear Admiral Trip to Sydney with our Concert Band and Grammarphones choir. Kevin Scarce in attendance for the Keep your diaries open for the rest of the year as there are a couple of special event which was held in Wyatt Hall. performances currently being organized for term 2 and 3 with some special guest The Percussion and Guitar ensembles performance groups which will be a real treat for our students to be a part of. are important ensembles for our students undertaking lessons in Keyboard Glen Mears, percussion and Modern and Classical Head of Music International Women’s Day The Year 12 Forum girls rose early to attend the International Women’s Day breakfast attended by 2200 people on Friday 8th March at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Our female student leaders listened to Dr Anne Summers AO speak about the 20 year anniversary of the breakfast and the topic of violence against women. Despite the 6.30am start the girls found the breakfast an inspiring experience.

13 1st X1 Perth Trip From the perspective of the players, the 1st XI cricket trip to Perth was a fantastic experience for all of us.

The way that travelling brings a team closer together is invaluable, and it has set us up well for a tough term of Saturday fixtures culminating in the 3-day Intercol Overlooking the Swan River against Scotch College on March 21. Mr Rick Woolford, Josh Wills, Josh Manuel, Matt van der Sommen, Andrew Kimber, Harris Jessen, Brad Sipek, Tom Laity, Isaac Glonek, Ollie English, Sam McGarry, Adam Coumi, Will Bourchier, Mr Mark Webber The team played 3 matches, the first of which was a victory in a Twenty20 against Newman College, however this was followed in the second match by a disappointing loss to renowned cricket- orientated Aquinas College. It was in the third match, against Christchurch Grammar, I believe we played our best cricket of the tour. Brad Sipek v Christchurch Grammar Led by half-centuries to both Harris Jessen and Josh Manuel, the team built an innings to make a reasonable score. However, the Christchurch batting line-up proved too strong on a flat wicket and chased down our total. I regard this as Will Bourchier v Newman College our best effort because of the fight and endeavor we showed right until the end of the match against a school with over 1000 boys enrolled from years 7-12.

On top of the three matches the team Harris Jessen v Christchurch Grammar visited Rottnest Island for a day of cycling and snorkeling around some amazing beaches. The days spent away from the cricket field on this trip were just as valuable as the days spent on it, because of the character and team-building aspects of these excursions.

Congratulations to Harris Jessen, who was awarded the player of the trip award with 95 runs at an average of 32, and 3 wickets. Tom Laity v Christchurch Grammar Josh Wills v Newman College I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff and friends of Pulteney involved in the organisation and production of the trip, including Mr. Tony Ey, our regular umpire for all games in Adelaide, who made the trip over to assist in the umpiring of our games.

Tom Laity, Captain, 1st X1

Back row: Josh Manuel, Will Bourchier, Harris Jessen, Mr Mark Webber, Sam McGarry Front row: Josh Wills, Brad Sipek, Mr Tony Ey, Matt van der Sommen, Ollie English, Adam Coumi, Andrew Kimber, Isaac Glonek, Tom Laity, and Mr Rick Woolford

14 Art The diverse range of artwork Holidays are a great time to take a produced by Pulteney breath and be inspired by travelling to new destinations and meeting new people. In students always impresses the April school holidays it was a privilege me and this is achieved by for me to meet ceramic artist, Mark Pearse. He was an art teacher at St Peters Boys our imaginative students College in the 1960s and 70s and we both with the guidance of the discussed our experiences as art teachers. art teachers who have a It was inspirational to see his artwork and studio located in an old schoolroom at multiplicity of interests, skills the back of his beautiful historic property and experience. ‘Bungala’ in Yankalilla. We both agreed that making and constructing sculptural work During the first term, Year 10 students was especially rewarding and important for have produced a range of food inspired students. art pieces led by Wendy Muir; Year 11 I look forward to an exciting time ahead for photography students have created the Art faculty. amazing images of the South Australian South Coast led by Antonio Clamenti; Year Rod James, 8 students have made complex block prints Lead teacher of Art. led by Kym Wilson, and a selection of my Zac Sipek and his ceramic eye plate. Year 7 students have constructed animal inspired totem poles at Monarto Zoo. In Kurrajong and the Junior School, a busy and creative art program directed and guided by Anna Mahoney and Meredith Phillips has seen the children complete many imaginative pieces including creating tools and equipment used by miners to illustrate early Australian gold rush history.

Year 12 Art students have a challenging and rewarding year ahead of them and are making great headway working on a range of exciting projects. Their artwork promises to be quite exceptional when completed later in the year and an inspirational Year 12 art exhibition.

In the second term two exciting events are planned. In May The Art faculty is heading to the MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) in Tasmania for artistic inspiration and fresh ideas for art at Pulteney. Later Jack White with ceramic plate, square pattern. Monique Nguyen with her tree house sculpture. in the term a large elephant mosaic will be installed at Monarto Zoo. It was produced by old scholar Missy Pascoe, Year 8 students and myself over many months and is one of many artpieces produced by Pulteney students as part of a partnership with the zoo to educate students about environmental issues as well as the kudos of students having their work in a public place.

Kate Watts, Owen Watts, Alexander Newman, Ebony McQueen, Rory Egarr, Luka Amorico, Katia Stamatelopoulos, and Rod James

15 Rungie Cup Swimming Carnival

The 2013 Rungie Cup Swimming Carnival was a closely fought competition with only 10 points separating the top two houses. The lead changed numerous times throughout the day with Cawthorne Nicholls taking the Clay Shield at the conclusion of the day.

Matthew Zuill and Jack Hewson were dominant in the Year 12 boys, Matthew winning each of the three events with Jack following closely behind. Claire Robertson represented her house well winning two of her three events. The competition between Daniel Barnett, Nicholas Winter and Jacob Faulkhead was fierce, while Tia Mavropoulos and Emily Johnson battled in the Year 11 girls. Newcomer Matthew Hume gave James Rodda and Lincoln Edwards some competition in the Year 10 boys whilst Jackie van Renen continued her dominance in Year 10 girls. Alice Ascari was outstanding in the Year 9 girls, breaking two records and going on to win the Dunstan Cup. Samuel Hore raced solidly, while Caitlin Pearce won each of her three races in Year 8, Year 7’s, Alexander Newman and Charlie Rowe fought for first position in each of their events, with Lara Candy placing in each of her three events. Jackie van Renen and Jack Hewson

Final house results for the day were Cawthorne Nicholls 562, Bleby Howard 552, Moore Sunter 502 and Kennion Miller 406.

Results: Plastow Memorial Shield, Boys Year 12 4 x 50 m relay, Bleby-Howard

Coward Trophy, Girls Year 11/12 4 x 50m Year 10 Moore-Sunter Tunnel Ball Team Bleby-Howard Cheer Squad relay, Moore Sunter

Ware Trophy, 50m Freestyle Sprint for Boys, Matthew Zuill in a time of 27.24 seconds

Dunstan Trophy, 50m Freestyle Sprint for Girls, Alice Ascari in a time of 30.55 seconds

New records: Year 9 Girls: 50m Freestyle, Alice Ascari, 30.38 seconds Cawthorne-Nicholls cheer squad Chester Oliver Year 9 Girls: 50m Backstroke, Alice Ascari, 37.17 seconds

Sharon Pearce, Head of Swimming

Year 7/8 girls enjoying the day

16 Alice Ascari with Dr Eddie Groughan

Lewis Brideson Lara Candy Maya Madsen

Ryan Moseby Final leg of the Ware Trophy

Peter Coward with Coward Trophy winners Gabrielle Kiss, Jenny Pham, Brigette Rodda and Imogen Loftes Matthew Zuill with Dr Eddie Groughan

17 Archives Memorial Wing

When Pulteney moved to South Terrace in 1921 there was a factory next door. At various times 202 South Terrace was a margarine factory and an ice cream factory. It had fallen into disuse during the war and in 1942 was gutted by fire. In 1943 it was declared a dangerous structure.

As Pulteney prospered under the headmastership of WR Ray the existing school buildings were bursting at the seams with boys, and a new building was necessary. In February 1948 the derelict factory next door was purchased for £4250.

On May 29 1948, 100 years to the day after the school first opened its doors to students, the Foundation stone for the new building was laid by the Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie. The building was to be a memorial to those old scholars who had given their lives during WWII.

George Parker, an old scholar, was appointed architect and the plan was for a single storey building to house the kindergarten, rooms for the expanding junior school, science labs and Headmaster and secretary’s office. Due to materials constraints immediately after the war, the building was adapted from the original ice cream factory site. Work was undertaken in stages and was finally ready for use in late 1949.

In October 1950 the building was officially opened and blessed by Bishop Robin, Archbishop of Canterbury. The building was to be known as Memorial Wing, commemorating the 410 Old Scholars known to have served in WWII and in particular the 65 who died.

The upper story was completed in 1965 and the Schrader Library extension was added in 1970.

The original foundation stone of the building was placed at the northern end of the building facing the quad but at some time was covered by lockers. The foundation stone will be moved in May this year to a more prominent position facing South Terrace and will be unveiled on Founders Day 2013.

Samantha Cooper, Archivist

18 Senior Sports Day

Josh Wills Senior Girls Tug of War James Van Gemert

Jenny Pham Kate Chapman

James Kieu

Middle School hurdles Emelia Molony

Jacob Faulkhead

Billie Grady and Anne Tunstill Our diligent time keepers

Emma Henshall leads the pack Senior Boys Tug of War Go Bleby!

19 Intercol The March weekend proved extremely exciting, as Pulteney and Scotch went head to head in the annual Summer Intercol.

The sports we competed in included Ella Wiltshire Nicholas Winter Swimming, Girl’s Basketball, Cricket, Softball, Tennis, Rowing and Volleyball. Every sportsman and woman put in his or her very best. Everybody who competed should be congratulated on their positive attitudes, support for one another, enthusiasm, effort, sportsmanship and overall performance.

The results from each sports are as followed:

Cricket: Draw (Scotch retain shield)

Swimming: PGS defeated Scotch

Girl’s Basketball: PGS lost 35-43

Softball: PGS lost 12-14 Billie Grady Francis Huynh

Boy’s Drive Tennis: PGS lost 0-9

Girl’s Tennis: PGS defeated Scotch 5-1

Open Volleyball: PGS lost 3-1

Rowing: PGS lost 2-0

A huge thank you to all the students and parents who helped out with the running of the competition, and supported all the teams. Also thank you to the coaches and co-ordinators of all the sports who made the competition possible.

Emma Sara and Josh Manuel, Captains of Sport Billie Grady, Tash Culley and Olivia Cirocco

Will Bourchier Oliver English takes a wicket

20 Lucie Brown

Izzy Madsen

Mia Valk Rebecca Randell

Josh Kurpita Isaac Glonek Harriet Creaser

21 Middle School The beginning of a new school year is always filled with excitement, coupled with a few nerves, about the making of new friends, starting new subjects, meeting new teachers and the creation of new opportunities.

We in the Middle School endeavour to make sure that the embarking on a new year is a very positive experience and to help ensure this we begin the year with our Year 7 and 8 camps.

Year 7 Camp The Year 7 Camp to Kangaroo Island provides the opportunity for the new mix of students in a Home Group to gel, and to get to know their new Home Group teacher. Students also get to improve their Outdoor Education skills and to see the many wonders that KI provides. Nicholas Herriot (8MM) The students all participated in a number of activities, such as surfing at Vivonne Bay, kayaking at Harriet River, adventure caving at the Kelly Hill Caves, hiking at Snake Lagoon, and an Island tour at various sites in the Flinders Chase National Park.

Each student came away with their own personal highlights, whether it was catching a wave, wriggling through small cave openings, up close bird experiences or the sense of achievement as they accomplished a challenge.

Rory Egarr (7MB)

7MB in the cooking circle Tyler Thomson and Harrison Nisbet (8MM) Charlie Rowe and Sam Magarey (7HG)

7MB at Little Sahara Alex McKenny, Joshua Nicholls, and Harrison Nisbet (8MM)

22 8MM in the Coorong

Year 8 Camp

The Year 8 camp, held in week 3 at Hindmarsh Island, is equally as exciting as the Year 7 trip. It consisted of a two day kayaking expedition in the Coorong, as well as sailing, surfing and cultural studies, and competing for the Aqua Thong.

The biggest challenge for the Year 8’s was the expedition. Sleeping in tents, cooking for themselves on the trangias, as well as kayaking for two days was Nicholas Herriot, Isabel Oreo and Marcel Tugwell (8MM) personally challenging for some, but it will be an experience, an accomplishment that they will never forget.

The camps were again very successful, providing positive and memorable experiences. The Yr 7 and 8 Home Group teachers and Wilderness Escape are to be thanked for once again providing excellent care, service, guidance and a fulfilling program to the Pulteney community. Charlotte Brader and Henry (Easter Bunny) Saxon 7DP and Mr Ryan egg hunting

Harrison Nisbet (8MM ) Isabella Ioanni (9CC) looking very bunny!

23 Year 9 Our Year 9’s have a different focus. We look more towards the future and their development as young adults, in preparation for their transition into one ninety. To aid this we have Tobias Genborg (9BD) The Rite Journey, which was introduced in 2012. We begin the Rite Journey with a little ceremony called the ‘Calling’.

The students met at the top of Montefiore Hill in the wee hours of the morning to watch the sunrise, as they reflected on the aims of the Rite Journey Brooke Roberts (9RB) program. A short walk to the Torrens River followed this, where students had to consider what they hope to achieve or to change about themselves as they embark on their journey towards adulthood. This was then followed by breakfast at the Pulteney Boat Shed. 9RB at the Calling Ceremony High Ropes Course An aspect of the Rite Journey is the accomplishment of a range of challenges and so the Year 9’s spent two days at Woodhouse Scout Camp on the High Ropes course, being challenged by a range of activities, including high rope climbs, bridge building challenges, an orienteering course, problem solving challenges and billy Tom Slattery (9BD) Charlotte Brader and Daisy Buckland (9RB) cart racing.

The new year also involves new student leadership, and as with last year the Middle School has mirrored the one ninety leadership model with the selection of Middle School Prefects and Middle School House leaders. Both groups have had a busy term with leadership training sessions conducted by Malcolm Dolman. The House Leaders have been busy with Rungie Cup activities, Sport Day and the Swimming Carnival. The Prefects have also been busy and initiated a fun Easter egg hunt on Maundy Thursday. Each Home Group, in turn, went to the Ray Wing garden to hunt for Easter eggs deposited by two very pink Year 9 Easter bunnies.

Emily White (9BD) and Eliza Davey (9MD)

24 Three Year 7’s have also shown some initiative and organised a fundraiser for the Animal Welfare League. Home Groups were asked to bring in pet food and on the last Thursday of the term each Home Group had to creatively display their stash. The winning Home Group, based on quantity and creativity is to be given the opportunity to bring in their pets for part of a day in Term 2. Dr Groughan kindly volunteered to be the judge and the winning Home Group was 7DP. Congratulations to Erin Morello, Felix Hawkins and Isabella Wilson for their initiative and organization.

The first term for the Middle School is always dynamic and action-packed, making for an excellent beginning to the school year.

Paul Ryan, Owen Moseby (7DP), Mr Ryan and Jai Dahm (7DP) at the Museum Head of Middle School

Built Tough Exhibition

“In March, History came to life for all Year 7 students. An excursion to see the Built Tough Exhibition at the South Australian Museum saw the students immersed in an extensive array of interactive inventions from the Ancient Roman period. Students learnt how to build stone arch ways, practiced using early machinery to shift water and grain and had the chance to play ancient games. One highlight was trying on the various layers of armour of a Roman Warrior and holding battle shields. Thanks to Year 7 History teachers Daniel Polkinghorne, Mharianne Strong and Helen Gonsior, with support from Paul Ryan and Jodi Petherick, for making this great opportunity possible for our Middle School historians”. Kon Piliouras and Daniel Nielsen, dressed in Dr. Christina H. Jarvis costume at the SA Museum exhibition.

Rebecca Mintern and Lara Candy (7DP) at the Museum

25 History on Kangaroo Island

In week 2 the Year 7 students travelled to Kangaroo Island as part of the Middle School Outdoor Education program. They researched historical facts before leaving and were able to visit some of the places researched. The following is a sample of some of the places visited.

The first European to explore Kangaroo Island came by the name of Nicolas Baudin, who was a French explorer. He mapped out most of the island, which is the reason that most of the places there have French names. Kangaroo Island was almost claimed by the French but Captain Matthew Flinders claimed it first. Flinders founded Kangaroo Island with his crew on the 2nd of March 1802, another little known fact is that he named Mt Lofty from the top of Prospect Hill, which the students visited.

Kangaroo Island produces grain, sheep and honey. In fact, the honey farm produces a particular type of bees Students exploring the Remarkable Rocks called Ligurian bees. The Ligurian bees on Kangaroo Island are the only colony left in the world. Ligurian bees came from Italy and produce a particular type of honey, which has a range of flavours, dependent on the flowers they take the pollen from.

The Remarkable Rocks were formed in the post-Cambrian period. The weathered rocks are made of granite, which was laid down about 500 Million years ago. Over time the rocks made their way to the surface, in recent history they have been weathered by wind and water erosion, to form their unique shapes.

Daniel Polkinghorne, Year 7 Home Group teacher

Prospect Hill, looking out over American River towards Mt Lofty.

Students seeing how the honey is made, at Frenchman’s Rock, where Captain Baudin and Captain Flinders exchanged navigation notes and shared Clifford’s Honey Farm fresh water.

26 Kurrajong

The 2013 school year began with a buzz of excitement as we welcomed many new students and families to Kurrajong. We have welcomed one new staff member, Mrs Kathryn Clarke, who is currently working as the Resource Centre teacher whilst Mrs Kate White is on maternity leave. Kate and husband Andrew welcomed their third son, Angus, into the world in early March. On behalf of the Pulteney community we congratulate them on their exciting news. Mrs Sarah Noell (Yr 2 teacher) also returned to her full-time teaching position. Ms Cass Smith (Reception teacher in RK on a Thursday) has returned to Kurrajong in a part-time role to release Assistant Head of Jonathan Newman and Georgios Mavragelos from ELC W exploring the inside of a police car. Kurrajong, Mrs Natalie Natsias, to fulfil her role in this area. The teaching staff worked cooperative. Madhavi will present further their magic, creating stunning learning workshops in Term 2. environments for the children to immerse themselves in inviting and stimulating National Assessment for our classrooms. It has also been lovely to see Early Learning Centre the connections being made with the Nationally, all 0-5 year old settings are newly formed class communities! It is not overseen by the ‘Australian Children’s only important for your child but also for Education and Care Quality Authority’ parents to get to know the families in your (ACECQA). These settings need to comply new class. The parent reps have been busy with the ‘National Quality Framework for planning social functions for your class and Early Childhood Education and Care’ (NQF). I encourage you to attend these functions Within the NQF there are seven ‘National and become involved in the Pulteney Quality Standards’ (NQS) that are used community as well as organise ‘play dates’ by services to self-assess current practice, with new friends! determine where quality improvements can be made, and plan effective Information sessions for parents implementation of these improvements. There have been a couple of information Regulatory Authorities complete an ongoing sessions for parents so far this term, with assessment of each service and have the Jaime Martin from 1K with his boat he created as parents coming together for the Kurrajong primary responsibility for service approval, part of his inquiry study on the ocean. Parent Information Evening on Wednesday monitoring and quality assessment. 6 February where they enjoyed drinks The staff has spent considerable time and nibbles in the Antill Courtyard before throughout 2011 and 2012 writing a going to their child’s class to find out ‘Quality Improvement Plan’ (QIP), which was curriculum and classroom practices for the then submitted to the Regulatory Authority. year ahead. Mrs Shelley Stuart (LAP and An Authorised Officer spent the day on Reading Recovery teacher in the Learning the 26 March in our ELC observing and Support Centre) presented a ‘Reception discussing all aspects of the ELC with staff, Reading’ workshop for Reception parents parents and the wider Pulteney community. on Wednesday 27 February to assist their At the end of this process, the Regulatory learners as they begin the reading process. Authority viewed all documentation and Finally, on Wednesday 27 March, Madhavi gave the ELC an overall assessment rating, Nawana Parker, a Behavioural Consultant which was ‘Exceeding the National Quality who runs “What’s the Buzz” and “Bounce Standard’. This is the highest rating and Back” social skills programs at Pulteney, the ELC received this rating in all 7 Quality presented a workshop for all Junior School areas. I would like to take this opportunity families on the topic “The Building Blocks to thank Ms Dareska Brus, Manager of for Positive Discipline,” which focussed Early Childhood Education and Care, on enabling parents to develop discipline and all the ELC staff for the enormous methods that encourage their children to work they have done and continue to Peter Burton (ELC T) waiting for his ice-cream problem solve, to be more independent and do to ensure our ELC is outstanding. from the shop in the role play area in ELC T. 27 Kurrajong Sports Morning The children were very excited on Friday 15 March when students demonstrated their gross motor skills to family and friends at the Kurrajong Sports Morning. All of Kurrajong students participated in a warm up health hustle lead by Ms Kylie Stephanos, which is always a highlight of the morning. Developmentally appropriate non-competitive activity circuits then followed the warm up. Middle School Leaders together with 190 students assisted the staff and students throughout the morning, giving encouragement and guidance along the way. It was also fabulous seeing the many family and friends participating in some of the activities as well! 1N students, Chloe Kemp, Claudia Speirs and Hamish Wilkinson with their inquiry work Easter Celebration

The Kurrajong Easter Celebration was quite often, making and selling ice creams. held on Tuesday 26 March in Wyatt Hall. So staff set up an area at the ‘making The children prepared for the Easter table’ for children to make ice creams to Celebration during their weekly Music sell in their shop. Mrs Paternoster brought lessons with Ms Phyllis. The morning was in some shaving foam, which children filled with such joy as family and friends then mixed with paint and glitter to make witnessed a dynamic performance by puffy, ice-cream cone paintings! They have the students, who clearly showed their also been finger painting with ‘ice cream’ enjoyment and love of music as they smiled (shaving foam again!) on the easels. They Georgina Skibinski (ELC T) singing at the and sang and performed with such gusto! read an information book about how ice Kurrajong Easter Celebration. The students made their Easter bonnets cream is made and worked later with Ms with their class teachers and they continue Brus when she came to visit to create a list to be stunning creations! of things they might need to set up an ice cream shop! Students in ELC T are all very Sensory experiences in ELC eager to continue on with this interest, Tainmunta with many children suggesting that they In Week 8 ELC T celebrated Harmony make ice cream or sorbet to eat at school Day. Staff read a book called, “Whoever after Matilda Sims explained to ELC T what You Are” by Mem Fox and discussed how a delicious strawberry sorbet her Mummy even though we might look different and Sophia Vladimirov (2Y) singing at the Kurrajong makes! I look forward to hopefully tasting Easter Celebration. do things differently from other people, the ice cream or sorbet the students in ELC there are many ways which we are the T are so keen to make! same and that we need to look after one another and respect each other. During YOGA in ELC Wita group time the children and staff held orange streamers, which they linked In the ELC Wita classroom, yoga together at the end of the book to create a poses and sequences are a playful, non- circle. Students learned that orange is the competitive way to aid children’s strength, colour that represents Harmony Day. They flexibility, balance, co-ordination and ability made orange handprints and created a to relax. Through yoga the children become window display that linked all their hands more conscious of their own bodies, gain together in a circle. The ELC hand print flexibility, good coordination, self-control, art was a fun sensory experience that for focus and concentration. Using the yoga many ended up as a gloriously messy finger cards the children are able to approximate painting experience as well! yoga postures by looking at the pictures and watching others. Children of this age ELC T have also linked their love of love to practise yoga in a group. They tune sensory experiences with a current interest into the sense of community that practising of many of the children. Staff observed together creates. Through breathing Adam Brownbill and Hamish Ruff from ELC W the children playing under the playground exercises and positive affirmations children demonstrating yoga poses. 28 and teachers learn to stay positive, healthy, educational consultant, Lisa Burman, who happy and believe in themselves. collaborated with staff on the topic ‘Playful Learning’. Every morning the ELC Wita children bring out the Yoga cards, having the Year 1 Inquiry opportunity to make up their own routines Building research skills has continued and sequences. The children look through to be a focus in Year 1 Inquiry lessons. For the sequence cards and examine each Olivia Raestas and Amelie Calder from 1T eating example one week the children posed some image to interpret the pose accurately. They their Science experiment! questions they would like to answer about demonstrate understanding of themselves Whales and then spent the next Inquiry and their world through active hands on lesson using books and the Internet to exploration of yoga. This helps with a answer them. Staff has been very impressed strong sense of wellbeing and includes with their patience and concentration as good physical health, feelings of happiness, researching can be tricky! Further, the satisfaction and successful social skills. children also selected a sea creature of Playful Investigations interest to them to research both in Library lessons and in the classroom. Students then The Reception cohort meets each spent time presenting some information Friday morning for a 45 minute playful on this creature. At the end of the term investigations session. These sessions have the children brought home a special folder, been introduced for a number of reasons. which contained all their work about the It is a wonderful opportunity to catch up Ocean from Term 1. In completing this work Oscar Ayres from RK leading an ‘expert workshop with old friends from the ELC and also on colour mixing’. students have needed to recall, organise make new friends that they may not have and apply their knowledge of facts about mixed with before. Friday mornings are sea creatures both in factual and creative also an opportunity for children to attend ways. If you go to the Resource Centre page ‘workshop sessions’. Each Friday there are on the Learning Platform you will find more 2 to 3 workshops that are run either by interesting discoveries made by the Year 1 staff or students. Workshops completed so students in this inquiry topic area. far have been ‘Pirate Hat Making’, ‘Colour As part of the Year 1 Inquiry students Mixing’, ‘Observational Drawing’, ‘Joining also studied sinking and floating and the Materials Together” and ‘Tying Knots’. The children combined their Science topic of children sign up for any workshop session Barnaby Pearson-Cheek and Erin Adams-Mc ‘Heat changing materials’, in this case they are interested in and are expected Donald (2Y) sharing their Travel Folders and My jelly crystals and liquids into solids, in to attend the entire workshop. Once they World posters and information. combination with experimenting with jelly have completed the workshop they are babies to see at what stage of the process considered experts and can go on to teach the jelly baby divers ‘sank’ or ‘swam’ on other children the skills they have learnt.

Each Workshop is documented so that children can revisit the documentation to remind them of how to complete a particular task. These workshops are a wonderful opportunity for children to share their knowledge and skills with each other. It gives them a great boost to their self-esteem, as they know that they are the expert and are sharing their knowledge with their friends. The children are very keen to run workshops and our bank of workshop ideas is growing on a daily basis. Staff is keen for any parents to be involved in running an expert workshop and sharing their expertise with the children in Term 2, so it will be exciting to see what workshops will unfold in the coming term. These investigations have come about from staff professional development workshops held at the commencement of the term with ELC T students lining up for an ice-cream in their pretend ice-cream shop!

29 travel brochures from well-known tourist spots in America, Great Britain, Italy and France. Library lessons supported classroom research projects and students accessed web-links to many educational sites as they located and analysed information and then communicated their findings with others to answer their wonderings about Rebecca Rowe (2P) showing her mum, Isabel, her the world. They invited Mr John La Bella, inquiry project. Manager of Flight Centre, Newton to have an interview with the Year 2’s! For more information about this amazing interview, photographs and more please “check-in” to the Kurrajong Resource Centre page on the Learning Platform! This research project has supported students to continue developing their research skills as they pose interesting and insightful questions and gather Paul Romeo (2P), showing his dad, Anthony, his information from a variety of genuine and inquiry project. relevant sources in their quest to develop Leila Mislov and Hannah Corby from RT using the the top. This experience combined nicely new understandings. monkey bars on the TriSkills Gum bus with their study of the ocean and how it is explored, i.e. divers, submarines etc. TriSkills – Gym Bus On Thursday 11 April Kurrajong students were delighted to have a visit from the TriSkills Gym Bus. During their session Year 2 - Around the World students were introduced to the TriSkills Kathryn Clarke (Resource Centre teacher) General Gymnastics program and were and the Year 2 students and teaching taught a number of skills including safe staff have shared an amazing journey landings, body orientation (rolls, twists), ‘Around the World’ this term in their balance, power skills (jumping, leaping), Library lessons! They began with a book locomotion (cartwheels, vaults), strength study: ’Are We There Yet?’ by Alison Lester. and flexibility. This visit was a wonderful This fictional text was the provocation addition to the Physical Education program for their travels around Australia. They and allowed the children to work at their used a map of Australia on the interactive own pace ensuring a high rate of success. whiteboard to follow the family on their However, at the same time their gross three month trip around Australia. The motor skills were being challenged in new map was interactive and via hyper-links and exciting ways. we accessed: Google maps, you tube, Thomas Livesey from RK on the TriSkills Gym bus vimeo and travel websites to ‘visit’ the Virginia Evans, amazing landmarks, historical sights, natural Head of Kurrajong wonders and Australian cities and towns. They then created their own ‘Kurrajong Travel Agency’ where each student chose an Australian holiday destination. Students accessed research material from the travel brochures, educational websites, interactive whiteboard map and non-fiction books to write a postcard detailing information about their destination, or to create a map highlighting information of ‘must-see’ destinations. These postcards and maps were on display in the Library and were included in students Research Folder at the end of the term.

The Year 2 travels around Australia led them to wonder about amazing destinations around the world! The ‘Kurrajong Travel Agency’ grew to include Elsie Pearce, Emma Neuhaus and Rebecca Rowe (from 2P) sharing their inquiry projects.

30 Oscar Sabine from RT cheering on his classmates!

Matilda Paterson (ELC W) bouncing on the Fynn Gamlin from RT completing the egg and hoppers! spoon race.

Daniele De Marco from RT

Max Hortin-Matthes (RK) jumping in the sack race Samuel Kemp from RT enjoying the teamwork Samuel Kemp (RT) demonstrating his athletic involved when using the parachute! prowess!

31 McKinnon Parade/Pulteney Athletics Meet The 2013 McKinnon Parade/Pulteney Grammar School Athletics Meet was full of drama throughout the day. The major race of the day, the Thomas Wright Memorial Mile run over 1600m completed a day of close racing with a photo finish determining the winner from second place.

As part of the day Pulteney students took part in an invitational 400m race. Each student was handicapped according to their times taken at the recent Athletics carnival. This means that students start at different points on the track. It is very different to what the students are used to, but it gives them a taste of a different form of athletics, one becoming more popular each year, as supported by the record numbers nominating for such events as the Bay Sheffield.

Thirty six students accepted the invitation Elliot Bell, Emma Sara, Kate Barnett, Matthew van der Sommen, Daisy Buckland providing us with fields of 22 girls, a record number, and 14 boys. These were divided into two heats each with the first 5 girls and 4 boys qualifying for the final later in the afternoon.

The heats were all fiercely contested and provided top class fields for each of the finals.

In the Girls final Demi Axford started off the scratch mark with the group spread out to Imogen Evans on the front mark of 60m. When the gun went off Imogen showed she knew what she was to do and worked very hard into the back straight in an attempt to hold off the backmarkers. But it Daisy Buckland, Aliyah Balacano and Imogen Evans Emma Kittel, Tessa Manning,Demi Axford, and wasn’t to be as Daisy Buckland, using her Izzy Madsen experience of her heat win, to power to the lead. Back in the field Telopia Kailis showed what a talent she is as she powered past a number of runners from her mark of 25m. Not to be outdone Cartia Borrelli ran the race of her life in an attempt to make up ground and with Emma Kittel and Aliyah Balacano, she entered the final straight. At this point tired legs started to take their toll and Telopia started to reel Daisy in, but ever so slowly. Aliyah found a second burst and pulled away from Cartia and Emma. The final straight is run on guts and Daisy showed she had it in spades to hold out a fast finishing Telopia with Aliyah in third place. Cartia was a very gallant fourth with Emma in fifth. Daisy ran a time of 1.02.58 from 50m, taking 3 seconds off her heat time. Minor placings were filled, in order, by James Van Gemert, Nick Laity, James Cartwright, Elliot Bell, and James Sibly

32 Imogen Evans, Demi Axford, Izzy Madsen, Sally McLoughlin and Tessa Manning.

The boy’s race was a contrasting race with the two backmarkers showing they understood the demands on a backmarker to make up ground early. Jack Holmes had dominated his heat and looked every bit the favourite entering the final. James Van Gemert is a talent but had run in a comfortable fashion in the heat and was always going to have a little in the tank come the final. Nick Laity is a gun, but he had a tough handicap. James Cartwright and the Sibly brothers, James and Tom, are more than capable. Nick Golfis and Elliot Bell were unknown quantities off their front marks. On the gun it was obvious that the two backmarkers, Jack (0m) and James Van Gemert (12m) were out to win. Their explosive starts meant that they were the 2 to beat even before they’d made the 200m mark. It was a run off for third. James showed he was in dominant form with a Telopia Kailis-Phillips, Daisy Buckland and Aliyah Balacano blistering first 200. The only question now was could he hang on. He showed he could and although Jack made some ground in the final straight, he was strong enough to win with a comfortable margin in a time of 56.46. Jack’s 57.68 off scratch was an outstanding run. The interest then focussed on Elliot and Nick as they jostled for position over the last 120m. Nick, wanting to make his maiden speech from the dais, just edged out Elliot over the closing stages, with James Cartwright and Nick Laity close behind. Tom won bragging rights at home as James was to fill the last of the placings.

It was a great day of racing. The track was in tip top condition, a credit to our Nick Laity and James Sibly James Van Gemert, Tom Sibly and Elliot Bell grounds staff who have had to cope with cricket matches, athletics carnivals, pre- season soccer and football trainings and little if any rain. Thanks go to them. Thanks also to the Mark and Jo Bourchier and Bob Gigney for their continued support of the event and running the BBQ on the day. We also thank the many sponsors required to run an event and in particular Zapata’s Mexican Restaurant and Jogger’s World. Your support of our sponsors is appreciated.

Pulteney Grammar School and the McKinnon Parade Athletics Club have hosted carnivals now for 11 years. We had record numbers nominate for this years carnival and it continues to grow. May the partnership continue to flourish.

Mark Barnett Jack Holmes, James Van Gemert, Nick Golfis, and Damien Robinson

33 Venture Club New Zealand Diary excepts (Dec 2012, Bushwalking ) Over 2 weeks the group of 17 completed two overnight walks, and a 4 day extended walk.

The overnight walks were on the Rockburn Trail and the Earnslaw Burn Trail. Both are just north of the village of Glenorchy, near Queenstown.

The extended walk was on the Mavora Lakes Trail that joined onto Greenstone River Trail.

The trip concluded with a day where students and old scholars paraglided, jumped, rafted, fly-fished and slid their way through many of the adventure activities that Queenstown offers.

One of many creek crossings

Lunch in the sun Lake Silvia The Gang

Mt Earnslaw Clean in Queenstown

34 Prep

Jessie Aldridge, Anna Evans and Maggie Bailey enjoy discussing what they have been reading

What is happening in the Prep School? Our Prep School students have enjoyed many varied learning experiences and school events during our first term of 2013. Making the most of our city location, staff and students embarked on numerous excursions in the first weeks of the term. As well as visiting educational venues to assist in the introduction of History topics, classes also enjoyed the cultural experiences offered during the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

Gus Naidoo, Oliver Bishop and Angus Brown

3K sample Indonesian fruit delights

Year 4 students at the Mr Badger Fringe performance Patrick Winter, William O’Dea and Jack Price investigate living organisms in Science

35 Adelaide Fringe Festival The Adelaide Fringe Festival was particularly popular with all year levels and the children enjoyed a variety of performances.

The students in Years 3 and 4 were delighted with ‘The Adventures with Auntie B’, which was performed at Pulteney. In a very practical way this performance linked various historical aspects from the new Australian Curriculum using drama and adventure and was a particular favourite of all of the children in Year 3.

The children in Years 3, 4 and 6 also enjoyed visiting ‘The Garden of Unearthly Delights’ to see ‘Squaring the Wheel’ and ‘Mr Badger’. The Year 5 children visited the Pilgrim Church in the city for a performance by Pulteney’s percussion teacher, Nick Parnell, whilst the Year 6 Declan Beard, Ben Beswick and Alex Magarey working hard on their Guided Inquiry assignment classes walked to the Adelaide Town Hall to view a performance of ‘Free Fall’. These events, and the class discussions upon return, provided many creative learning opportunities for the children at all year levels.

Habits of Mind program ‘Respect’ the Prep School’s Values and Ethics theme for the term integrated well with the ‘Habits of Mind’ program Sophie Cardillo and Kelsey Brion introduced at all year levels by our specialist Gifted and Talented teacher, Wendy Stewart.

The concepts in ‘Habits of Mind’ focus on knowing how to behave intelligently when you don’t know the answer. Educational outcomes in traditional settings focus on how many answers a student knows. When we teach for the ‘Habits of Mind’ we are interested also in how students behave Jack Pamminger, Robert Rowe and James Burgess Tom O’Dea models clothes in German when they don’t know an answer.

The four ‘Habits of Mind’ that the children have been encouraged to explore in class over Term 1 are:

• Listening to others with understanding and empathy

• Managing Impulsivity

• Taking responsible risks

• Gathering data through all senses

Prep and Kurrajong buddies Aditya Nambiar, Hanukkah Devasagayam and Miesha Rollison working together

36 Four concepts from this program will be introduced to the children each term this year Building upon knowledge learnt in until they become familiar with all sixteen Habits of Mind concepts. Wendy will lead this Science lessons with Ms Cox in Year 3, program and team teach with staff to encourage the children to explore the ways they the Year 4 students were keen to again think, act and learn on a daily basis. become involved this year. Aware of the correct scientific terminology, the children Year 3 quite capably used language such as The Year 3 teachers, working in conjunction with our Prep School Librarian Georgie ‘equipment, procedures, hypothesising and Buenfeld, focused on a Guided Inquiry approach to the teaching of their Term 1 History predicting’ as they became actively involved topic ‘Celebrations in Australia and around the world’. in experiments relating to their topic ‘Life Cycles’. Class parties were used to introduce the theme to the children. The class discussions and activities that followed each celebration encouraged the children to explore their families The last couple of lessons of the term heritage and, in particular, a celebration from their families country of origin. The children proved to be the most exciting of all as they also used a variety of tools in their Information Communication Technology lessons to create watched their Monarch Butterfly caterpillars and label invitations before sharing what they had learnt with their peers. fatten up and morph into beautiful butterflies. The children also planted herbs, During Information Communication Technology lessons the Year 3 children also visited vegetables and flowers to observe plant the CyberSmart website to watch the animation ‘Hector’s World’ before completing a range lifecycles. The students observed, discussed of activities designed to reinforce safety on line. The students learnt of the importance and compared these to the different types of keeping their password private and of ways in which to keep information safe while of animal life cycles that they knew. The online. The RM Learning Platform was also used during weekly ICT lessons, with students children finished the term by discussing contributing to discussions created by teachers. how and why environmental changes may impact on plant and animal lifecycles.

Year 5 Students in Year 5 began their Term 1 History topic ‘Colonisation’ by investigating what it takes to set up a new community or settlement. Firstly they began by exploring how to establish a successful classroom community. The students worked in small groups to brainstorm the characteristics of a great classroom, highlighting one particular quality for each classroom. Each class came up with a different quality and these can be viewed on the Year 5 learning space ‘New Beginnings’ on the Learning Platform. Olivia Cameron, Terry Koumi, Nadia Luksich and Tom O’Dea model clothes in German From there classes moved onto investigating online communities and how to keep safe and happy in the online environment.

The Year 5 classes also visited the South Australian Art Gallery, State Library and Migration Museum as an introduction to this topic. This was a fantastic opportunity for the students to start building their knowledge base of the issues that faced early settlers in colonial Australia before returning to school to build on this body of research.

Nadia Luksich Maya Thesinger is up to the challenge in the Rock As they moved towards the end of the and Water social skills program term the children began a mini inquiry task. Year 4 This involved creating a letter or diary entry The Year 4 theme for the term focused on ‘Life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from the perspective of an early settler. before European settlement’. Classes studied the impact of the arrival of Europeans on the The students interacted with a number lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The Year 4 cohort worked on this as a year of different sources in order to build their level and the children impressed their teachers with how well they worked in small groups knowledge base. These included original during research. Once the students gathered all of the information they required, they primary source documents such as letters, entertained their peers by presenting their findings to the Year 4 cohort in the form of news diaries and short films and they drew upon reports. the research they gathered during their

37 visits to the galleries and museums.

The students have shown a genuine interest in history and the lifestyles and societies that have come before us and their teachers have worked with them to develop a deep and considered understanding of this topic.

Year 6 ‘Natural Disasters’ was the topic of choice for the Year 6 classes for Term 1. Introductory activities to the topic included critical viewing of recent natural disasters. The students also spent some time identifying the positive and negative reasons behind major cities and civilizations building so close to tectonic plates.

Further class activities and discussions led Moore Sunter students enjoying the day to the children using the Science laboratory to simulate the movement of tectonic plates by identifying rifts and destructive and constructive boundaries. They also loved simulating earthquakes and made lots of noise as they tested the seismometers they constructed! Following this the students had an enormous amount of fun as they became involved in further hands-on Accuracy Throw constructions as they simulated tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.

Sports Day The Junior School Sports Day for 2013 was again a most enjoyable day. All the children displayed tremendous school spirit by not only striving for personal best performances but also by continuously encouraging other House team members throughout the day. Seth Dolphin leads the way in tunnel ball Donna Albertini takes a great catch

The Prep School field events for the 2013 Sports Day were held on the Wednesday prior to Sports Day. It added even more excitement to the beginning of the day as the children were anxious to learn how many points were already awarded to each house. Throughout the day scores were close as only a few points separated the Human Log Carry was a highlight houses. However, at the end of the day Kennion Miller was congratulated as the winner of the Sports Day Shield for 2013.

Denise O’Loughlin, Head of Prep

William O’Dea sprints with the baton Zoe Roberts in full flight

38 Jake Reedman in full flight Aditya Nambiar in action during Corner Spry

Ava Pamminger leads the way Elyce Borrelli was determined to win the Tug of War Alexander Nikoloff in action during Goal Shoot

Moore Sunter on their way to victory in Tug of War

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Emilia Dolphin flies high Joseph Jantke

The 400m was a close run race

Millie van der Stelt dresses up to celebrate the day Moore Sunter cheer on their House

40 Chapel Seasonal celebrations have again been an important feature of Chapel services in Term 1 this year.

Ash Wednesday services in week 3 brought in the season of Lent, and our ABM Lenten Appeal. This year we have again focussed on raising funds for ABM’s Literacy for Vanuatu project.

Because Easter arrived at its earliest possible time this year, we had the rare privilege of being able to mark Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter all in the same term, either side of the Good Friday and Easter public holidays. Prep school students, especially those in 6V, enthusiastically folded palm crosses to share with other students in several Palm Sunday services. Students in oneninety experienced a foot-washing ceremony, and Year 7 and 8 students engaged reverently in a solemn service observing Good Friday.

The Easter Eucharist featured in five services in week 10, and we were very pleased to have Rev’d Sam Bleby and Pulteney old scholar Rev’d Dave McDougall join us for some of these services.

In addition to our seasonal focus, Chapel services for Prep and Middle School students focussed on hearing God’s call to love, considering what love really means, what it means to join in God’s mission, facing fear and finding courage, living life abundantly, the beauty and the power of forgiveness, and of encountering the risen Christ.

Chris White has received a warm welcome as the new Chaplain for oneninety this year. A new face at the front of chapel has been a great opportunity to take a fresh look at the basics of what Christians believe: In a God who made the world, who loves us and who invites us into relationship with him through Jesus. There has been new music and plenty for the students to think about. Perhaps the idea that caused most discussion was the way that God could be described as Divine Spirit, Almighty, Creator and yet we would understand God best by reading ink on paper. It seems that God communicates with us in the way that we learn best – through words. We have also begun a series of seminar classes with Year 12 students, giving them the opportunity to challenge and discuss their different perspectives.

Kurrajong has been thinking about what God is like. They have discovered that the Bible presents a God who loves us and who loves to forgive us when we make bad choices. It is always great to see the enthusiasm that these children show for working out how belief in God might make a difference in the way that they live. The presentations each week in Chapel show that they are learning how follow Jesus’ example of willing service for others.

It was also very special to welcome Finn Michael Duncan into the Christian family through his baptism in the Chapel on the 9th of February and, on the 23rd of February, to celebrate the marriage of old scholar Greg Cambrell to Dawn McBratney, whose great uncle was the architect for the Nicholls Building.

We pray that all our students, staff and families enjoy a safe and happy holiday break, and we look forward to continuing the journey together next term.

Blessings,

Sonya Paterson and Chris White, Chaplains

41 COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Community

As a community we congratulate Antonio and Elisabeth Romeo and Margaret Lange who were recently awarded The Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of their outstanding community service. Antonio and Elisabeth Romeo have been extremely generous supporters of Pulteney through their Foodland stores, and Margaret has played at innumerable Pulteney concerts and musicals since 1984.

Antonio and Elisabeth Romeo were photographed at Government House with His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce. Grandchildren Paul and Elise attended the ceremony at Government House.

Anthony Romeo and Anthony Kittel, present Pulteney parents are among 16 South Australian nominees for the national Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Margaret Lange, mother of Cathy Lange (teacher in the Prep School) and grandmother of Josh Kurpita (12CN) and Maddy Kurpita (11CN), was honoured for Services to Music as an educator and administrator. Margaret has served music education continuously from the 1960s until the present. She has embodied the ethos of Zoltan Kodály - that it is the right of every child to receive quality music education, that music should be a joyful part of the lives of all, and that music can enrich national culture and societal values. Margaret Lange has certainly been devoted to passing on these values and ideals at every level: with children, educators and within professional and volunteer organisations.

Idhika’s (year 2) dad, Rajiv Mahajan, recently presented at the Scientific Sessions at Heart Rhythm Society meeting at Denver May 2013. The Heart Rhythm Society conference is the global premier conference for arrhythmia research and practice. Rajiv is a cardiologist and training in the position of Fellow, Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Centre of Heart Rhythm Disorders, Royal Adelaide Hospital. He presented work from the PhD that demonstrates for the first time that the substrate for Atrial Fibrillation due to obesity can be reversed by weight reduction. He was awarded the Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator award in Denver on the 10 May 2013.

Luke Trotter wins gold medal for his Riesling. Boutique Coonawarra winery, The Blok Estate, has won one of Australia’s most prestigious wine awards in Canberra.

It’s already highly successful 2009 Riesling has now been named Australia’s Best Riesling in the invitation-only Winewise 2012 Championship.

Blok Estate was invited to submit their 2009 Riesling in what can be termed as “the Best of the Best” challenge for white and red wines which is judged by a select panel.

The Blok Estate currently produces a Non-Vintage Sparkling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Merlot and Shiraz, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and an Un-wooded Chardonnay.

42 [email protected] In Memoriam

William (Bill) Dankbaar (1970)

Born 7/11/1952,Died 4/3/2013 aged 60 years

In March, the rowing world was saddened by the loss of Bill Dankbaar - a mountain of a man who dominated rowing in South Australia and nationally in the 1970’s and 80’s, firstly as an athlete, then as a coach.

Bill attended Pulteney in the late 1960’s and threw himself into sports including table tennis, squash, shot put, football and rowing which he excelled at immediately. Bill was undefeated in U/16’s and was in the successful 1969 crew winning the Gosse Shield for boys 1st VIII. Later as a coach, Bill modeled himself on Pulteney mentor John Marshall who he rated as his best ever coach.

The legend of the man possibly began when, as a 17 year old schoolboy, he was selected in the 4 seat of the state heavyweight mens eight, competing in the Kings Cup in Ballarat! Aside from dozens of state Championships, Bill gained Australian selection in 1976 in pairs, fours and eights, reaching the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Through the 1970’s Bill was regarded by many as the best rower in Australia, through the 80’s he became widely

regarded as a coach at national and state level, more recently co-ordinating rowing at St Bill with sons Josh and Toby Josephs, Sydney (1989-2007), ending his glittering career at Loreto Normanhurst (2007- 2012).

Bill was a proud Pulteney boy and attended many Old Scholar functions. He leaves a massive legacy to the Pulteney Boat Club.

The Old Scholars Association notes with sadness the passing of the following community members: Keith Genders (1938) Alf Gard (1938) Steve Machin (1976) Clarrie Mitchell (1950) Obituaries to follow in the next edition of news@pulteney.

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43 Around The Traps

Christopher Franz (2005) Tim Goodes (1982) and Greg Keene David Tillet (1972) has been appointed Last year on November 24th Christopher (1964) currently hold the positions of Chairman of Jury for The Americas Cup was married to Hannah. The ceremony was Chair and Deputy Chair of The Board of and the lead up Louis Vuitton series where held at Stangate House and Gardens in Governors respectively. a competitor for the US will be chosen from Aldgate and the reception with close friends New Zealand, Sweden and Italy. The race was held at Utopia at Waterfall Gully. Chris series will take place in San Francisco in Bright (2005), and Barnaby Grant (2005) September. David’s daughter Louise (2002) were among the attendants. has completed a Law/Commerce degree and is Governance Convenor for NAB Bank. John Tillet (2005) is an Assisting Registrar, training to be a Physician

Congratulations to Fraser Porteous (2011) Angus Mitchell (2000) after working for 12 years as a motor mechanic, opened in 2012 who has been awarded AFL Sports Ready Angus Mitchell Automotive. Trainee of the Year. After completing his Angus Mitchell Automotive has been in the automotive industry for over 15 years. Angus traineeship, which included a Certificate III Mitchell is a 3rd generation mechanic in the Mitchell family and has worked on a large in Sport and Recreation, Fraser’s interest in variety of makes and models, specialising in service for Mercedes, BMW and Toyota along teaching was confirmed and he has now with others. He opened his business after working for BEA for a number of years. moved onto university studies

44 Ryan Bamford (2003) and his wife Laura Wade Ormsby (1997) earlier this month, Isabella James (2006) was chosen as the are thrilled to announce the birth of Olivia claimed his blue jacket through his first Mace Bearer for the University of Adelaide Laura Bamford born at 6.33pm on 15th Asian Tour win at Delhi Golf Club’s Graduation of the School of Architecture October 2012, weighing 7 pound 2 ozs. Panasonic Open in India. Wade Ormsby and Built Environment and the Business Ryan is currently an Associate Director at urged good mate Adam Scott to follow School on 22 April 2013. She is pictured Baker Young Stockbrokers. suit. “I’ve just won a blue jacket, it’s time with the University of Adelaide Chancellor, for you to slide a green one on,” he said in the Hon. Robert Hill. Isabella received her a text message to Scott. degree of Master of Landscape Architecture and also won the prestigious Taylor Cullity (Photo courtesy of The Advertiser) Lethlean Landscape Architecture Prize.

The Eddie Spotted in Banff Canada during the holidays by the Keene family (Lili 4L) who thought they had met our beloved headmaster also on holidays. Sadly it wasn’t our Ozzie Eddie!

Greg Crowhurst (1976) paid a visit earlier in the year. Greg, a regular attendee at the Canberra reunions, undertook a tour of the school and was pleased to see his name is still remembered on honour boards.

New Advertising Campaign Look out for the latest Pulteney advertising campaign on bus shelters and in the press. Embracing our long established history students dressed in uniforms of old.

45 Dr Mark Potter, who started Blessed Cheese along with GPS tours of the state’s wine and food regions, has joined with THEM advertising & digital.

THEM has bought the entrepreneur’s most recent venture, Connect Broadcast, focusing on creating smartphone and digital marketing for key regions such as the Barossa, Kangaroo Island and McLaren Vale. Mark Wightman (1973), managing director of THEM, said it was a winning move for the agency with Connect Broadcast signing businesses on subscription in each region to feature them in the local smartphone guides. This then linked users to the business’s web or social media sites. (Photo courtesy of The Advertiser)

Celebrating 100 years of Plumbing Over 200 people including a large Pulteney contingent came to celebrate the centenary of AJ Paternoster & Son, plumbers and gasfitters.

The Unley-based company is possibly the oldest plumbing business owned by the one family in Australia.

Remarkably, the old workshop set-up at the back of the company’s former long-time office on Unley Road remains as a museum to the past. All in the photo are old scholars except Luke who is a current student.

Back Row: Matthew Paternoster, Mark Bourchier, Kevin Rowland, Richard Staggs and Leah Woollatt Middle Row: Leigh Radford, David Banks Drew Radford, Scott Limbert and Matthew Whittle Front Row: Luke Radford, Robert Paternoster, Hayley Staggs, and Max Staggs

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46 Sundowner

Jo Coombe and Nicholas Griffiths Peter Priest (1969), David Myers (1971) , Scott Appleyard (1969) and David Andrewartha (1968)

Richard Sexton (1982), and Mike (1952) and Reinis Dancis (1991) Tony McArthur (1971) and Allan Wheaton (1944)

The Sundowner was moved to Friday of the Clipsal weekend this year. Whilst numbers attending were modest it was good to see a large group of younger old scholars attending including 2012 graduates.

Thomas Fabig (2010), William Carlson-Jones (2012), Nick Powell (2011), Callum Brett (2011), Jason Bensen (2010), Alex Forbes (2011), Eliesa Morello (2011) and Steven Franklin (2011)

47 2002 Reunion

Ryan Jones and Andrew Swift

Tim Clark, Louise Tillet, Tina Fouyaxis, Philip Richardson and David Andrewartha (1968)

The reunion was organised by Tim Clark via facebook and was held in December 2012 at The Curious Squire, O’Connell Street, North Adelaide (owned by 2002 OS Daniel Tropeano). Karen McDonald, John Pieterse, and John Tillet (2005)

Matthew Humphry (1993) gained a Bachelor of Biotechnology (Hons) at Flinders University, before moving to Brisbane, initially to work with the firm, Forbio Research.

Regular lunch friends He was offered the chance to study Caught having their quarterly lunch at The Morphett Arms were Aa group of 1940’s leavers for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in group. Steven King (1976) is a Director of The Morphett Arms Hotel. Botany at the University of Queensland, School of Life Sciences, working with the Standing: Jim Woodman (1949), Bob Westover (1944), John Cross (1943), Murray Stewart (1943) and Mark Bourchier (1978) CSIRO. Seated: Adrian Jones (1948), Geoffrey Morgan, Peter Gibbins (1944) and Allan Wheaton (1944) Following three years of research and subsequent Thesis, Matthew was offered a postdoctoral research position investigating Interstate Reunions plant-pathogen interactions at the Carnegie Sydney - Friday July 12 & Sunday July 14 Institute of Washington, , based in Stanford University. Canberra - Friday July 26 He is married to Melanie, a laboratory Hobart - Sunday July 28 technician/manager, whom he met while Brisbane - Friday November 1 working at Carnegie – they married on Melbourne - Friday August 30 the beach at San Francisco’s Golden Darwin - Sunday November 3 Gate Bridge – and they are now living in Hong Kong - Saturday October 12 Cambridge, England. 48 Pulteney Crabs Family Day The Old Scholars Soccer Club recently held their annual Family Day event as all three Mens teams played in the Pulteney Parklands on the 27th of April.

Blessed with a warm day the Crabs extended family were out in good force, treated to three games of entertaining football and some delicious home made scones. Special thanks to all of those who came out, from newborn (NextGen) Crabs to players’ grandparents, the atmosphere and camaraderie was outstanding. Both the As & Bs finished with hard fought draws against Immanuel, solidifying their standing mid-table.

Darren White (1996)

Grant Johnstone 1993 with Bethany

Zac Czuchwicki (2011) bursting down the Wing Matt Jones Fending off some close attention The Crabs supporters enjoying some drinks at the sideline BBQ Stephanie Hastie (2008) Stephanie Hastie graduated this March from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Management (Marketing). To the best of our knowledge she is the first Pulteney Old Scholar to graduate with a law degree from the University of South Australia. She was awarded the University Merit Award in 2010, 2011 and 2012. She was recently also awarded a School of Marketing Honours Scholarship, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute Vacation Scholarship and the KWP! Advertising Award. She is currently staying on with the University of South Australia to study an Honours degree whilst tutoring.

Paul Maddern (1980) is now the owner of Stihl Shop Payneham situated at 388 Payneham Rd Payneham and Stihl Shop Enfield situated 335 Main North Road. Paul works in the businesses with his wife Alanna and they employ a manager at the Enfield store. Mention you are an old scholar and he will apply a generous add on to your purchase.

49 Remember Us Teachers revisited the Ray Era at Phil Wollaston’s home in January whilst enjoying a BBQ and a few cool beverages of course.

The most important guest was Fred, who at 103, still goes to the gym once or twice each week.

Standing: Rod Becker, Peter Kentish, Peter Routley;

Sitting: Fred Smeaton, Phil Wollaston, Ellis Harris, Jock McKenzie, and John Moore.

Old Scholars Reunion Dinner Saturday June 15, 2013 7.00pm for 7.30pm Robert Henshall Sports Centre Pulteney Grammar School Cost $70pp 3 Couse Meal Cash Bar To book your seat www.trybooking.com/CKXZ

50 Viva Pulteney Long Lunch Ital Save the Date: Sunday August 18, 2013 ia Early Bird tickets available from: www.trybooking.com/CTIX

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