MAGAZINE PIN OAK ISSUE 30: TERM 1, MARCH 4, 2016 Welcome to the 30th issue of the Oxley College fortnightly magazine. IGNITE SWIM K-6 Contents 3 Headmaster’s Report 4 Big Issue 5 Films, Music, Books 6 K - 6 News 7 More K-6 YEAR 8 MEDIEVAL FEAST 8 Feature Article 10 Deputy Head Reports 11 In the Spotlight 12 MAD 13 On the Branch 14 Gallery 15 Calendar 16 Sport Pin Oak Team Editors in Chief Kaarina Allen, Cate Patterson, Heidi Bevan and Isabella Knowles Student Editorial Team Ella Moran, Jemima Taylor, Izzy Moore, Tom Hill Sports Editors Charlie Dummer, Ted Otavaino Student Photographers Olivia Donovan, Catriona Uliana and George Simpson Head Designers Emma Croker, Grace Patterson and Lachlan Billington- Phillips Design Assistants Savannah Sandilands, Bree Feary, Cameron Grice, Tom Whyte, Holly Jefford, Catriona Uliana Head of Marketing and PR Emma Calver Staff Editor Beattie Lanser Oxley College Railway Road, Burradoo, NSW, 2576. Ph: 4861 1366
[email protected] 02 HEADMASTER’S REPORT Last week I spent four days in Botswana making a relationship personable people many of whom would work well at Oxley. with two schools- Sedie Junior School and Mathibe Primary There is a decent hotel 700 metres away. School (they are on the same site). I am confident we can At the same time there are real challenges. Many of the ‘twin’ with them. They are safe, vibrant, in-need schools to students walk five or six kilometres a day to and from school which we can contribute and from whom we can learn a lot.