! IN THIS ISSUE L_fond farew~lls + warm welcome~ + optimistic o'connorites + scintillating sailors + creative computing + dynamic design technology COLLEGE
Encouraging excellence, rewarding endeavour: In the first CQ ofour twentieth some of our medal-winning rowers. anniversary year we gave special thaILks to orah Melsom and the Kcn!/lorthy family, who have helped the ollege From the elLOrmously over a number oJ years. III this editioll, we wOllld like to give special thanks to ofl Marks and Maree Holt, both current parents at tlte College. Principal Safi Marks is a familiar face in both the Junior and As Principal, I am very conscious of the need to set high despite our obvious successes, is different. Neil Collins (Head Senior Schools. Her targets, to encompass them in a very clear focus and to of our Physical Education Department), Grant Ward (Sports association with the College make them, wherever possible, attainable by all of those who Coordinator) and Mike Jenzen (Junior School Physical began in 1993 when her choose to participate. One of the challenges that faces me as Education Teacher/Sports Coordinator) emphasise that for daughter Samantha an educator is to widen the range of targets that young them, as physical education specialists, participation is the commenced as a Year 2 student. Sofi's son Callan is now in Year 7, and her involvement people may wish to embrace to include things other than main motivation, followed by personal best. This is the key to in College activities has maintained its sport. As a society in Australia we are presented with many our activities at All Saints': excellence and inclusivity. If intensity over the years. Sofi has coached and examples of sporting excellence, someone participates and then tries the best they can, we umpired netball, organised fitness club Vf;C should be and the media is largely cannot ask for more. breakfasts, assisted weekly in the Junior responsible for this mind-set. School Library, coordinated Year 7 farewell I saw a really good example of this in late June when I encollra<< All Saints' College's first twenty years have taken it from sand and scrub to a well-established, prestigious College whose former students are now making a significant impact in the wider world. To mark this special moment in the College's history, Marcus Beilby - father of Eleanor (Year 2), Patrick (Year 8) and Alexander (Year 10) and one of Australia's leading realist painters - has produced a commemorative painting which has already taken its place as one of our most treasured possessions. Marcus Beilby's style and reputation have been established through a series of important commissions including the well-known painting of Queen Elizabeth Il's opening of Parliament House in 1993 and a commemorative painting of the 1903 opening of the High Court of Australia. Die in vitae All Saints' College, the painting Marcus has produced Over the week we managed to beat every team to commemorate our special anniversary, captures both an instant and an era in College Above: Wearing jackets donated by except Queensland at least once, and were gradually life with warmth and affection. In one broad sweep, Beilby takes us from Junior School to Mainpeak (with Kaye Johns third from right) improving. Overall we finished a close fifth to and (below) rugby shirts donated by the Senior School via a lively classroom and the beautiful grounds for which the College is Parents and Friends' Society (with Dean of Victoria, learned many new skills and met lots of renowned, capturing along the way the myriad of tiny details that make every day special Studies Geoff Shaw at left). new people, and team members also definitely and which, together, convey the essence of All Saints' College. gained some valuable experience for next year. The painting was formally presented to the College during a special function held in On behalf of the team I would like thank Mrs Johns " honour of Jill Williams, who has recently retired as Junior School Head, and as a result the and Nick Bryant, who put in a lot of time and effort painting has a double significance for the College community. both before and during the event. Special thanks Top: Melissa and Trent in Gee/ong. also go to our sponsors: Main Peak (Cottesloe, Above: James and Warwick. Die in vitae All Saints' College, which measures an Richard Lushey), Brumbys (Parry Ave and Farrington Road Shopping Centres, Rob and enormous 224cm by 102cm, can be viewed in Print prices Linda Whitesmith), South of Perth Yacht Club, Shelley Sailing Club, East Fremantle Reception at the Senior School. Limited edition Signed and framed $404 Sailing Club, Yachting Association of WA, High Tide Surf (High Road, Willetton), Sobstad prints are available and can be ordered by Signed and unframed $250 (Paul Eldrid), Rotary (Applecrossl and All Saints' College Parents 8: Friends' Society. contacting Max Stewart, Director of Community Melissa Bryant Relations, on 9313 9333 or Unsigned and framed $254 Year 72 [email protected] Unsigned and unframed $100 page one It was an interesting experience saying farewell to Jill Williams, been of a very high order. She came late to teaching after who recently retired from the position of Head of the Junior significant roles in public relations and client education with School - having filled that position with distinction since its both BP and the WA Ballet, and her decision to change inception in mid-1992. direction was sound. She went on to become the Head of the Primary Department and Head of the Junior School, and was A wide range of functions was held in Jill's honour at the end a significant teacher right up until her last day at the College. of Term 2. A special Friday assembly was followed by a morning tea put on by the parents of the Junior School; the teaching Jill worked very closely with me as we developed the new staff of the Junior School took Jill and husband Simon out to Junior School buildings and she had tremendous input into dinner at a restaurant; and there was a special morning tea the fixtures and fittings, all to ensure that everything was just and presentation from the Staff Association. In addition there right for the children on their first day in 1993. From that was a special farewell and presentation at the final Junior In 7986, at the opening of the point on, Jill played an important role in developing the School Chapel Service, followed by a special evening function held in Jill's Primary Department. unique identity of the Junior School within the larger College honour. Many former staff and students joined the current community to community. There is a fine line between these two subtle see Jill being presented with the first of a limited edition of signed prints views, but Jill was able to work with me to develop the two of the Marcus Beilby painting featured on the front of this issue of in-one without either submerging the other. I have enjoyed College Quarterly. This gift came from the Board and the College and was Jill's very professional nature as she put her energies and will accompanied by a present from the Parents and Friends' Society. Finally into these developments. there was a quiet dinner with some Board members and the Executive of Jill has an inherent love of young people, which was clearly the College at my home. Each of these functions had its own ambience evident in her energetic promotion of each child working and special touches, and each was a testament to the many lives Jill has hard to develop to the very best within his or her natural touched since she began working as the Year 7 teacher in 1981, the year ability. It was words such as these that Jill used in her CV when she first applied to work at the Colleg ,and it of the College's first intake of students. was words such as these that Jill lived by whilst she was at the College. I was going to use the words 'work d Jill is the last of the 'original five' staff members to leave the College and at the College', but stopped myself, because Jill's role here was in the form of a 'vocation', in the very proper her contribution to the development of the All Saints' College culture has application of that word. She was such a very good example to so many staff and students over the years. two COLLEGE QUARTERLY Jill's departure evoked strong emotions in all of us, because she left at a personal peak, with the Junior School functioning very well. She deserves to have more time to devote to herself and to the things that have been deferred in her life, and to give her ever-patient and supportive husband Simon more time and attention. In wishing Jill and Simon a happy and fulfilling 'third age', we thank Jill Williams for her very fine contribution to All Saints' College (1981-2000). She has said that she will miss the children the most. Jill's legacy will be remembered by all of us - especially those with something of the child still within us - for a very long time. Tony London July 2000 Left and above: in her element. At a final Junior School Assembly held in her honour, students re-enacted Jill's life story. Her love of fine food was traced back to her early school days, when fellow students would look wistfully at her beautifully prepared lunches while solemnly unpacking their vegemite sandwiches (7). Students were particularly fascinated by details ofJill and Simon's courtship, with many previously private details being shared with a wide and appreciative assembly audience and a fine wedding ceremony sealing their partnership (2). And through it all (3), Jill was seated high above the audience, on a throne which befitted the esteem in which we all hold her. On the evening of the last Thursday of term, the College community gathered to farewell Jill (4) (5), to thank her formally for her work over the years, and to wish Jill and her family (husband Simon and daughters Victoria O'Connor and Rebecca Williams (6)) health and happiness in the years to come. page th Farewell also to... Jenny Andrewartha, Junior School Teacher Librarian, who will take long-service leave from August to November 2000; Elizabeth Bowyer, Literacy Support Teacher, who is taking maternity leave during Semester II 2000; Brownyn Fricke, who has left us for a full-time position at Carmel; Janine Guidera, who has left us to spend more time with her partner, who is unwell; Joanne McCarthy, who taught mathematics while Jenny Bell was on long-service leave. Welcome back to... Jenny Bell, who has returned to the Mathematics Department after long-service leave. Temporary welcomes to... Cloe Mauger and Jo Coghlan, who will each cover half of the period of Jenny Andrewartha's long-service leave in the Junior School Library. Norma Williams, who will take over Elizabeth Bowyer's role as Literacy Support Teacher. Mark Cox, who is standing in for Steve Worley on the grounds staff while Steve is on extended leave. Brad Menpes, who joins the English Department. Tony Guy. our new Grounds Manager. Sue Roberts, who joins us as a part-time information technology teach r. Vanessa Ross, who joins the Junior School to teach physical education. Berhan Guner, our band conductor. COLLEGE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE Introducing Head ofJunior School Excellence in Teaching Awards Glen Duffield, teacher of Year 6G, was recently awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching in recognition of his 'ongoing ~- commitment to the development and success of students~ Glen's nomination was Naylor initiated by a group of parents from 1999 and reflects the high standard of his classroom methodology, management and planning skills. As well as acknowledging the high standard of professionalism he brings to his teaching role, the award will Nearly six years ago now I became the Head of Primary at John enable Glen, and fellow awardee Ana Fisher of Applecross Senior High School, to Septimus Roe Anglican Community School, a dual campus primary participate in an exchange of teaching strategies and educational pedagogy with a school. I have very fond memories of my friends from John Glen ouffield. group of award winners in a similar programme in England. Septimus Roe and of the exciting personal learning journey I undertook in my first leadership role. But now I have arrived at All We would like to congratulate Glen warmly on this achievement and thank the parents of 6G 1999 who Saints' and I am really looking forward to meeting staff, parents made the initial nomination and supported Glen in his application. and students. I have always wanted to be a teacher, only once straying from the idea, and I have always loved learning, considering it to be a lifelong Elizabeth Durack engagement. This is perhaps the reason why I went back to university The funeral of Elizabeth Durack on Tuesday 30 May several times, completing a Bachelor of Education, an Honours was a sad occasion for those of us at the College degree and, most recently, a Master of Education by research. who knew and respected her. My teaching experience spans some fifteen years now. I commenced Strong associations between Durack House and the teaching, as many female graduates do, in early childhood classes with the pioneering family to which it owes its name were Education Department of Western Australia. My return to teaching after a ... Ifelt very firmly established during Elizabeth/s 1995 visit to short break to have my children involved a change to temporary status and I the College. The primary purpose of this visit was to found myself experiencing a number of different year levels in a variety of welcomed and officially open the 1995 Art, Design Technology schools. In 1985 New Zealand beckoned, and it was there that I had my first Exhibition. Elizabeth also joined us for afternoon tea taste of single-gender independent education, at Scots College in Wellington. excited about Elizabeth Durack pictured during and met the staff and some of the students from Durack House. We It was there, too, that I realised my love of science and inquiry. Returning to her 1995 visit to the ColIeg e, were honoured by the presentation of an autographed and dated Perth, I worked at St Mary's Anglican Girls' School for four years, continuing with Patricia Tyrrell, Sharron copy of The Art of Elizabeth ourack, reproducing sixty of her Blazejczyk and Ashleigh Fick. my interest in science. During this time I was awarded Science Teacher of the the prospect of paintings and drawings. Year and won an ICI!Earthwatch Fellowship which took me down to the Background: :.. the singing and Fitzgerald National Park to catch and tag the Australian honey possum as my new school. the gold' (Elizabeth Durack, 1948). Elizabeth's warm personality was apparent in her obvious joy in part of an investigation of the effect of nectar-eating birds on the looking at the work on display in the 1995 exhibition. She population of honey possums. continued to maintain contact with the College and with Durack House in particular, and we hope to continue this strong family connection through her descendants. My farewell from John Septimus Roe was tinged with a little sadness, but when I was given a bouquet of flowers Durack House gives thanks for the life and work of Elizabeth Durack. from Tait Marston and Lauren Separovich, Year 7 Student Council Representatives, I felt very welcomed and excited about the prospect of my new school. Patricia Tyrre/! Head of House Dawn Nay/or page five ALL It's yellow: it's the b James Dawson, ~ I like the camaraderie. Luisa Maio, Tutor. Continuing our s -======---=:.;-======--- We think we have the best Tutors. They are very supportive. O'Conno use All Q'Connor students. I love O'Connor. It's so warm We're actually doing good this year. and friendly. Our Interhouse Swimming Ben Taggart, Year 8. Anna Norton, Yea Carnival win was absolutely outstanding. I love the fact that everyone is so Mark McAuliffe, Year 72. It's a pretty cool House. passionate about the House. We laugh a lot! Adam Worthing ton, House Captain. Rhea McKeon, Year 8. There is a very strong sense of O'Connor House spirit and pride. Anthea Smyth, Year 72. O'Connor may not win all the Always guaranteed to lift Our past losses have brought us O'Connor: we time, but we always have fun. themselves off the bottom. together as a House. work as a team. Yellow is the colou r of April Brown, Year 72. Michael Pratt, Year 72. Georgie Cook, Year 72. Alana Blandford, ha ppi ness and bra inactivity... Year 72. O'Connor has lots of both. We are a House full of Maureen Bradshaw, Tutor. Rads is the best Head of House! cool, great people. O'Connor rules, the Year 72s. Kent Wil/iams, Tutor. rest drools! Brady Sonnenberg, Big yellow marshmallow! We are never pressured to do anything. It's all spirit. Year 8. Sarah Col/edge, Year 72. Janel/e Gumina, Year 72. A born and bred O'Connorian! Yellow doesn't suit my complexion! Paul Newman, Year 72. Luisa Maio, Tutor. ALL S During the first two days of the recent holidays, twenty-two Year 8 and 9 students experienced the special programme offered in this year's Science School of Challenge. The theme for the two-day experience was 'Science in Sport'. On the first day we visited the Department of Human Movement at the University of Western Australia, where several students pitted their running skills against a treadmill, had their lung volumes measured and experienced a fish eye's view of Olympic-type swimmers testing drag coefficients. After a short trip to the Omni Theatre we experienced mad Hawaiians surfing gut-wrenching 30m waves. The training for this type of activity is to dive underwater and, on a single breath, walk on the sea floor for 20 metres carrying a SOkg larva rock. If this was not enough, the IMAX movie had us all hanging from vertical cliffs by our fingernails as we watched climbing nuts scale pinnacles in the Mojave Desert. After lunch we entered SciTech Discovery Centre to take part in the Sport 2000 interactive exhibits. We are sad to say that no one could beat Cathy Freema n over a 10 metre spri nt On the second day students rotated through three sets of activities. Firstly they investigated the effects of chemicals on the contraction of fresh muscle they had dissected. Secondly students measured reaction time to various visual and auditory stimuli. Thirdly they experienced illusions and came to understand that whilst your eyes are incredible, they can be fooled. I would like to thank Anne Munro and Elizabeth Harrison for joining me to show students that science is part of sport, and that sport is not only about action, but also about reaction. Kent Williams Top: In the Physiology Lab at UWA's Department of Above left: The complex study of energy in food - Head ofScience Department Human Movement. special subjecLCheeze/s. Left: Still at UWA: Jessica Lambert on the treadmill. Above: Flexing their muscles at morning tea. Science School of Challenge 2001 is for Years 10 and 11. Look for it in the College Semester Calendar next year. Olympic athlete Vanessa Ward, who works in the College's Administration Department, was offered the opportunity to be one of the torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame through our streets as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay. Vanessa competed in the high jump in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She also competed in three Commonwealth Games (1982, 1986 and 1990) and two World Championships (1983 and 1991), and still holds the dual Australian and Commonwealth record for high jump (1.98m). Vanessa remarked, 'I snatched, seized and enjoyed every moment of what seemed such a short time: Bradley Channer (Year 11) applied to be an escort for the Torch Relay. Brad was successful and, by great coincidence, was selected to run alongside Vanessa - in addition to three other runners. Brad commented, 'It was the most amazing feeling - you can't put it into words. I even got asked for my autograph twice - yeah!'. Footnote. Prime Minister John Howard recently presented Vanessa Ward with the Australian Sports Medal, which commemorates Australian sporting achievement. Vanessa is pictured at right holding her medal. page eight COLLEGE Study TOur to France Earlier this year, a group of nine All Saints' students and eleven Leeming Senior High School students from Years la, 11 and 12 travelled to France accompanied by two teachers. The aim? To spend one month in France experiencing the French way of life, improving their French and having fun. A full five days were spent in Paris seeing sights such as the Eiffel Tower, N6tre Dame and the Louvre. Despite the bitter weather, we roamed the streets of Paris sightseeing, shopping and sitting in cafes. The first of two homestays was spent in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where we stayed with the students who visited us in February. While they were in school all day we saw some of the hundreds of fountains in the town and shopped at the markets. We tasted a specialty of the region, callison, an almond- and melon-based sweet. One day we took a bus to Avignon, a nearby town, and saw the 'Palais des Papes'. Our hosts also organised a mountain hike for us, and so we spent a day surrounded by French bush - which, surprisingly, looks a lot like Australian bush. Our second homestay was spent in Lyon, where we stayed with very interesting families. One family had a chauffeur, while another owned a chateau in the countryside. Our host families were kind and very generous, bombarding us with presents and making promises of return visits. Before returning to Paris to fly back to Australia we spent a restful three days in Annecy, admiring the magnificent view of the lake and snow-capped peaks and browsing through the quaint little shops in town. We came back to Australia with improved French and many everlasting memories and friends. We learned a lot about the French culture and way of life and all enjoyed the French cuisine. Many of us can't wait for the opportunity to return. Amy MacKenzie Year 72 page nine ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE ----- CQ Snapshots is the print cousin of Snapshots on the All Saints' web site, which are updated - every Friday during term time ... Year 2s went to the Fremantle Literature Centre with their Perth College buddies. page ten COLLEGE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE to the Fremantle Junior School chess players during the JSHM Senior School Early Childhood Studies students ... and lots of fun ...... and the Buddy System continued to Ei teddfod. Chess Competition at Frederick Irwin, Manduroh. and their Junior School proteges had lots.. help everyone to feel part of a special College family page eleven ALL SAINTS' COLLE Using information and communication technologies at All Saints} A whole new culture has grown up around the computer and the Internet in the last five years, and lingering sceptics ('Who in their right mind would buy their fruit and vegetables online?') have only to watch our students working with computers to appreciate the phenomenal growth in this field. The challenge that all teaching staff face is how to provide timely and appropriate computer-based learning interactions for our students. Historically, students used computers most when they studied a computer-oriented subject. The big change in the last two years at All Saints' has been that students have had the opportunity to use the computer as a tool for tasks in non-computing subjects. A major step forward occurred last year, when we put twenty-six computers into the Year 8 learning area. This led to members of this year group producing some amazing work - such as incredible computer-based artwork and Web pages, complete with digital portraits captured on the digital camera. The initiative expanded this year when the laptop programme freed up laboratory space a little and other classes gained access to computers for computer-based classes in core subject areas such as mathematics and English. The laptop programme focuses on Year 11 students who choose to study Information Systems, a course which leads on to higher education computing courses. The students are required to provide their own laptop, which is well used in the course and may also be used to replace paper files in other courses. Other students have also taken up the opportunity to use a laptop as their preferred note-taking and file management device. To support the students and staff members who also bought laptops, we installed a cutting-edge wireless network which connects the laptops to a wealth of resources on the College network and the World Wide Web. This wireless network also enables users to print to a range of printers from nearly every classroom on campus. Our students really are thinking and acting differently as a result of being connected, and there can be no doubt that the effective use of computing technologies at the College is on a steep upward rise. We are trying our best to put more students in front of a computer monitor when it offers a timely and appropriate learning experience. With the enormous amount of media-rich software now available in all subject areas and the explosion in the number of fantastic education-oriented sites on the Internet, the demand for these opportunities is escalating. Eager students are filling our labs at lunchtime to work on colourful presentations for their classes, whilst others come in to communicate and share information with friends far and wide. We live in exciting and constantly changing times, and the ever-growing information and communication technologies which challenge and enrich our lives will continue to enhance student learning within the College. Paul McMahon Learning Technologies Coordinator page twelve CO L GB QUA TB LY M GAZI B ERLY MAGAZINE A balanced approach The major focus for sport in the College is to provide opportunities for students to participate at a level that they enjoy and feel comfortable with. The range of sports available to students is vast. Apart from ACC swimming, cross-country and athletics, we have our excellent interhouse competition for Years 8, 9 and 10 which takes place after school during Terms 1, 2 and 4. This friendly but competitive activity involves well in excess of 200 students. Roles include coaching, umpiring, scoring, first-aid provision and, of course, playing. Other sports available this year include football, rugby, touch football, netball, sailing, rowing, waterpolo and triathlon events. In addition, students are encouraged to form their own teams and play in local community competitions. Year 11 and 12 students have sport on Tuesday afternoons as part of their compulsory curriculu m. Approximately fifty per cent of Year 11 sand 12s play in ACC interschool sporting tea ms, and the other fifty per cent have recreational sport. This programme is important in encouraging students to lead a healthy, balanced and active lifestyle. Term 3 sees athletics as the primary ACC sport and all students, from Year 8 to Year 12, are encouraged and welcome to attend training. We are looking for students to achieve their own personal bests and goals, and not necessarily to be leading the field. Neil Col/ins Head of Physical Education Department Footnote Our Year 10 Saturday Netball Team enjoyed a special game recently when it was invited to play against an intellectually handicapped team. The girls enjoyed this challenge and were able to give their opponents some good game experience - although there was one extremely tall player on the IH team who made defending a somewhat tricky enterprise. The idea behind these games is that Saturday netballers can help intellectually handicapped teams to raise their standards and participate fully in an active competition. We hope that this will be the first of many such games. Gail CasteI/o ve11.teen LL SAINTS' COLLEGE Edinburgh sAward Scheme Bronze Award Presentation, 26 June 2000 Recipients As the lights in the State Library's theatre dimmed, sixty-two recipients of the Duke of Breony Alien Edinburgh's Bronze Award eagerly awaited the arrival of the official party with special Eleanor Brockman guest Tashi Tenzing (grandson of Tenzing Norgay who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, Brad Channer first climbed Everest in 1953). With the formalities soon over, thirteen ASC students Suzannah Chisholm were among those who received their awards from Tashi, making this the largest group Daniel Cocker of recipients from the College so far. They had all successfully completed two Matthew Gumina (1997 leaver) expeditions, six months development of a skill ranging from singing to photography, Erin Guppy twenty hours of physical recreation and fifteen hours of community service. Timothy Harrison Tashi Tenzing and awardees posing for photographs. Katharine Ingram Judging by the many smiling faces as the cameras flashed and Tashi's autograph was Right: Signing autographs. Miranda Norquay sought, the effort and commitment had been worth while, and some students are now Karen Sheh turning their thoughts to the Silver Award. With around forty other students striving Taryn Tapper towards bronze, the scheme has become well established at the College. Tracey Wong Robert Simpson Mock Trials Award Coordinator Your Honour, as you are aware the case before you is that of the Mock Trial teams. They have been Chess Club charged with perverting the course of justice by winning ten out of We are proud to announce the formation of a Chess Club, which their fifteen cases at the Perth began early in Term 2 and has proved very popular with Year 8 and 9 Central Law Courts over the past boys in particular, with approximately 25-30 members attending. semester. Members of this team comprised students from the Year Chess Club is held on Tuesday during lunch break in the Senior 11 and 12 Political and Legal Studies classes who were assisted by lawyer Rohit Library. It is open to students of either gender and any age. The Malhotra and Mr Brown. They changed the course of lawsuits against the group is led by Michael McGregor, father of Chris McGregor, a Year 8 manufacturers of underwear, locked away burglars and made sure that pub-brawlers student at the College. A very keen chess player himself, Michael has got what they deserved. One Year 11 team is also alleged to have won all of its cases, played in many State tournaments and currently enjoys playing correspondence or email chess, with some games taking up to six which proves the extent of work and dedication put into this crime. months to complete. Michael is happy to teach beginners the fundamentals of the chess game, coach those who already know the basics, and challenge the more experienced players to a quick game. Your Honour, the 2000 Mock Trial team is therefore guilty of the best performance by an All Saints' team in the history of the competition. Chess Club will continue in Semester 11, with Michael planning to run a tournament for interested players. It is a great opportunity for students who intend to play interhouse chess to brush up their skills and we thank Michael for volunteering his expertise and putting Nigel Kerr aside time each week to help students at the College to develop a greater knowledge of the game. Above: Brown Et Partners' barrister Erin Alexander Brown Et Partners examines the witness, with partner-against-crime Barrister and Solicitors Oanica Quarrilllooking on. Sue Cameron Teacher Librarian page eighteen COLLEGE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE This musical life Speech Hamish Burton Kylie Liang Sheryn Cheah and Dra1na (Year 9) (Year 11) (Year 12) Several of our Junior and Senior School Speech and Drama students achieved excellent results at the fourth Perth My first experience in I've been a pianist for This year has been a very Speech and Drama Festival which was held between Friday busy year as far as my music was at the age of about ten years, passed 23 June and Sunday 25 June. Year 8 students James Hulmes music is concerned. I three, when I went for my Associate of Music and Terry Swanston received a 'Highly Commended' for their have carried on with group keyboard lessons. Australia exam and am performance of Toad of Toad Hall in the Under 15 College Strings and the At the age of five, I working towards my Duologues section, with the adjudicator commenting College Orchestra. The started piano lessons. Licentiate of Music. particularly on their excellent voices, diction and clarity. Jayma College Orchestra's new conductor, Mr When I was nine I was selected to play the I also play the violin, though I prefer Rimmer, is putting a lot of hard work into violin at primary school and since then I piano. Martin and Gemma Thackray (both Year 6) received a 'Highly getting our orchestra to a high standard. have been involved in many different Commended' for their rendition of Daisy Pulls it Off in the Under orchestras, AMEB awards nights and music What does music mean to me? Music is 13 Duologues. Their adjudicator congratulated them particularly This year I re-auditioned for the Western eisteddfods. an integral part of my life, not only on the exuberance and energy of their performance. Our Year 4s Australian Secondary Strings and was because of the practice, performance, charmed judges with their small group play There's a Bunyip under accepted back into it. We rehearse on a This year I came equal first in the Under 18 exams, eisteddfods and concerts, but my Bed, and our Year 5 students were congratulated on their clear Thursday afternoon for two hours: our Conc rto Competition and won the Under because at the very core of music is diction and excellent tempo changes in Swimming Lesson, entered conductor's name is Gunther Frey. At the 18 Instrumental Recital at the Fremantle enjoyment, appreciation and the never in the Middle Primary Choral Speaking section. moment we are rehearsing for our end-of Eisteddfod. Last year I obtained my ending quest for the perfect peformance. year concert in September and our trip Associate of Music Australia Diploma in To me, music is more than notes on a All our performers enjoyed this experience and were a credit to the down to Albany in July. Performance for pianoforte and I have page, but a gift from the musical College. Our congratulations go to the students named above and recently obtained a distinction in the geniuses of yesterday; perfection and to Kate Williams, Clinton Colledge and Rhea McKeon (all Year 8), I was doing all of this and I still wasn't Associate of Music Diploma in Performance history made tangible. Elise August, Sara Mitchell, Laura Thurston-Moon and Christa Van satisfied. I wanted to be in a big symphony for violin. Wyke (Year 9) and Emily McCarthy (Year 3). orchestra, so I auditioned for the Western Australian Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, I have played in many different orchestras. It was wonderful to see students from such a wide range of age and to my pleasant surprise I got in. I am As well as being leader of the College groups enjoying speech and drama. It was also commendable that the youngest cellist in the orchestra and the Orchestra and College Strings, I am speech students gained such good results in the English Speaking person I sit next to is in university. I have currently playing Violin 1 with the Western Board assessments held at the end of Semester I. As with music the best time at rehearsals, which are on a Australian Youth Orchestra. In 1998 I was kssons, this subject area has the capacity to develop lite skills and Saturday, and our orchestra recently had its leader of the WAYO Philharmonic. Being specific artistic skills which students take with them for the rest of first concert, which was a huge success. involved in the WAYO has allowed me to their lives. We look forward to seeing the results of this training as meet new people and make many new these students progress thl'Ough the College and are given Squ ezed into all of my orchestra practice I friends, as well as giving me the increased opportunitit's to use their public speaking and have my lesson practice as well, and opportunity to travel. pnformance skills. hop fully my Grade 5 exam in November will reflect how hard I have tried. June Cull' Speech rt Dmmu Tutor page nineteen ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE lear 7/8 Transition Programme Plans are progressing for the changes which will see our Year 7 and Year 8 students operating together in a looking to have a transition in Transition Programme from 2001. music between the Junior and Senior Schools, with Transition Our principal reason for establishing the Transition Programme is to enhance the effectiveness of our teaching Programme ensembles which and learning. The programme will enable us to offer increased opportunities to Year 7s and ease their carry through from the Junior transition to senior school, while simultaneously giving Year 8s a gentler, more caring introduction to senior School to the Senior School school life - avoiding the 'sink or swim' syndrome. In amongst this, we will seek to ensure that all students are orchestra, band and small extended in their achievements and inspired to go beyond their comfortable limits. With the two year groups ensembles. together, we intend to create a new leadership model which will give many students the opportunity to develop leadership skills throughout their time in The Year 7s have, for a few years, produced marvellous musicals. In 2001 we are looking towards an expansion Years 7 and 8. of this tradition to include the Year 8s as well. Time is being set aside for the teachers who will be Both Year 7s and Year 8s have been enthusiastically and successfully involved in debating for some time now, involved to collaborate on new programmes for next with the Year 7s receiving training early in the year and then moving on to an interschool competition, and year, and class numbers in Years 7 and 8 are the Year 8s developing their talent in another local int rs hool competition. Both groups will continue with deliberately being kept low to facilitate the programme. these activities, but we hope also to see further debates as part of the programme. Year 7s will continue to be involved in the JSHAA Year 8 will continue to be located in the D Block area. Room D7 is to be modified as a Year 8 Science sporting competitions they currently enjoy. We are Laboratory so that science classes will remain in the same block: this in turn will provide those classes with delighted with the structure and spirit of those easy access to the Year 8 Computer Laboratory. The major change, however, will be the move of Year 7 classes competitions and believe that continued access to into a specialist area. The eastern end of C Block is to become the Year 7 home area and plans are now being them will be of great benefit. The Year 8s will finalised for this development. The Year 7s will now have access to the D Block Science Laboratory, as well as continue to have their involvement in the College's to the various specialist areas of the art and design facility, enabling them to take advantage of more A smooth transition: Year 7 students working on the Value Added Quest in the Senior School (above, below and at right). after-school interhouse competition which, again, sophisticated facilities. Access to the Year 7 rooms will be from the outside and the central corridor will suits the Year 8s' needs ideally. During the course of become a withdrawal work area, visible from the classroom via windows and with sections for computers, the year we will look at the possibility that the Year 7s may sinks and benches. Students will be able to move between their home learning areas and this activity space also benefit from a certain while remaining under the supervision of the classroom teacher. amount of involvement in this competition. There is an enclosed locker area in C Block, and this will be for use only by Year 7 and 8 students, with easy access from both sets of classrooms. The outside space between the two blocks will also be a Year 7 and 8 area, We are very excited about feeding through to the grass space to the north, the closest section of which will be for Year 7 and 8 the potential for achieving recreation. The Transition Programme will thus be located within a secure area whil still enjoying th sense of even finer things in our space and openness that characterises the College. extracurricular programme in Years 7 and 8. This year, John Beaverstock has initiated a 2001 promises to be the beginning of an exciting development for our students in these transition year. Year 8 choir, which is preparing for its debut performance: G offrey Show next year, it will expand to include Year 7s as well. We are also Dean ofStudies page twenty QUARTERLY MAGAZI E Images left and right. Working together, moving forward: Year 65 in action. reflections Term 2 had many highlights and saw 6D and 6G involved in a I• We visited Parliament House as part of our Society and range of challenging and often unusual activities. What did we do? Environment programme, and had an enjoyable day in Fremantle at the Children's Literature Centre, with lunch at • We created imaginative egg packaging that could hold a raw Cicerellos. egg safely. Delighted Design Technology students dropped or • We kept our social calendar buzzing with ten-pin bowling, threw the packaging to test its effectiveness. followed by a scrummy lunch at a mystery location. • We took part in a variety of collaborative tasks in 'Speaking Mathematically'. For example, we held a Year 6 student/parent Term 3's programme has already begun, with events including: mathematics orienteering morning during which students and • a visit to Perth International Airport; parents teamed up to find their way around the Junior School. • ceramic designing; (Thankfully our exertions were followed by a delicious morning • athletics training; tea.) • preparation for our concert; • We designed a special mathematics discovery programme in • and, in our very first week back, a visit to Murdoch University conjunction with the Year 7 students and teachers. Each week, to see the play Dolphin Talk. students divided into six groups and rotated through a variety of activities exploring key mathematical concepts such as Year 6 at All Saints' is the place to be! chance and probability; 3D constructions; measurement of area and length; symmetry and networking; and computer Glen Duffield (Class Teacher, 6D) package problem-solving. This programme is continuing Melanie Gilks (Class Teacher, 6G) through Term 3. Term 2 sport focused on winter sports. The Year 6s and 7s overall winning House on the day. Training is continuing in Term competed in football, hockey, netball and soccer as part of the 3 and new participants are once again welcome as we prepare JSHAA Co-ed interschool competition and played against St for the interschool competitions. Andrew's, Loreto, Carmel and John XXIII. Touch football took place on Tuesday afternoons from 3.30pm to The term culminated in a Winter Lightning Carnival for the Year 4.30pm, enabling children in Years 6 and 7 to learn the game 7s which saw in excess of 700 children from eleven schools and compete in a friendly competition. Touch will continue participating. The carnival was held at John XX'" and was a throughout Term 3 and new participants are always welcome. tremendous success. Finally, a special thank you goes to Bronwyn Fricke for all her Also during Term 2, more than sixty children from Year 2 to Year efforts over the past eighteen months. Bronwyn is off to Carmel 7 came to cross-country training three times a week to improve and although we will miss h r dearly, we wish her all the v ry their fitness levels, and many put the results to the test on best in her new role. Thursday 22 June, at the Junior School Interhouse Cross-country Mike Jenzen Carnival. The participation rate was outstanding. Congratulations go to everyone who 'had a go', and well done to Bussell, the Year 7 Teacher COLLEGE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE All Saints) College Former Students) Association Know your FSA Committee The FSA Committee works for all members of the Colleges Profile: Dave Burbidge - Treasurer - 1987 leaver NOTICE Former Students' Association, which is growing in stature with _....~...... ) After leaving All Saints', Dave spent a every passing year. A number of important constitutional couple of years at Curtin learning the ins ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING changes will be raised at the Annual General Meeting advertised and outs of COBOl as well as a smattering ASC FORMER STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION on this page and we would value your attendance and support. of business-type subjects... and the finer TO BE HELD IN THE UPPER THEATRE Please come if you can! art of drinking. He moved into the TAFE AT 6.30PM ON MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 2000 system, which at the time had an It is always hard to support a committee without a face, and we excellent computer course. During this AGENDA are therefore intending to print small profiles of your committee time he worked at Pizza King (Parry Ave], members in this and subsequent issues ofCollege Quarterly. 1. Opening prayer where he quite often caught up with people from the College Please feel free to approach the committee with ideas and 2. Attendance while out doing deliveries. 3. Minutes of previous AGM suggestions at any time. You can contact them via their special 4. Business arising from previous minutes email [email protected] - and can keep in After TAFE Dave started working on small one-off programming 5. Constitution changes touch with other members of the association via our web site's projects for CALM's research arm as well as working a couple of special FSA area. days a week at Modular Metals, helping them to update their Amendment to Rule 5.1. Rule 5.1 to read as - Any person who attended the systems. When a full-time position came up at the Manjimup Profile: Adrienne Wright (nee Hartley - 1986 leaver) College as a student for a period of not less than one year. office he took it and spent four years living down south being Adrienne attended ASC between 1982 and New Rule 5.4. Former staff members of the College shall be admitted to the IT person for the entire Southern Forest Region. 1986. After leaving ASC she completed a membership of the Association upon payment of the subscription. Bachelor of Economics with Honours at When that contract expired Dave moved back to Perth and New Rule 5.5. The Director of Community Relations or his/her equivalent on the the University of Western Australia. worked at Telstra for a while. He is now at Greyhounds WA, staff at the College shall be admitted as a member of the Association upon During her studies she took a year off to where he is, once again, the sole IT person. He can still be found payment of the subscription. travel, and spent the majority of the time down south catching up with friends or having some time off. in France staying with the host family she New Rule 5.6. Former members of the Board of Management of the College shall Along the way, David has extended his musical talents. He played met on a Year 10 school trip. be admitted to membership of the Association upon payment of the subscription. the trumpet at ASC, but over the last couple of years has also Adrienne's first job was with the Australian Bureau of Statistics learned to play the recorder and is currently teaching himself the Amendment to Rule 16 (1) (b). Rule 16 (1) (b) to read - Shall convene annual in Canberra. After six months she moved back to Perth and flute. He keeps his skills alive by involving himself in the music general meetings within the time limits for the holding of annual general worked a further two and a half years in the Perth office. team at the local church wherever he's living, and he's also been meetings by section 23 of the Act and in any case during or before the second Adrienne then moved to the private sector and became an involved with two or three Christian bands. week of October in any year. economist with the Association of Mining and Exploration 6. Reports Companies, which is a political lobby group representing the ,,",~"""-~. ~.~'-.- .. interests of mining companies in Western Australia. . 7. Election of office bearers ..,.." 8. General business Adrienne married in 1994 and has two sons, Cameron (born in Adrienne Wright 1997) and newly-arrived Jeremy, born on Wednesday 5 July. She President lives in Bull Creek and is an All Saints' Board member. She still All Saints' College FSA works from home as an economic consultant. --- 20in2000 page twenty-three ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE the far left is Brad Barton, 1991 leaver; Emma Hayes 1998 leaver third from the right is Brad's wife Tanya, Emma was a student of the College for six years. She will be fondly Snippets Sharon's sister; second from the right is remembered by many different people for many different reasons, Kym Dennerley, 1999 leaver; and Shannon Christian Bone - 1994 leaver Wham, 1994 leaver, is on the far right. Our but everyone will remember Emma's beautiful smile, her ever-present Christian studied accounting at Murdoch thanks go to Lesley Wham for bringing this happy disposition, and her love of butterflies. University, spending his final year in Sydney lovely photograph in to the office. Emma became ill during her Year 11 studies, but despite the obstacles (UTS) in the hopes of winning an Olympic Nicole Heatley - 1990 leaver she returned to complete Year 11 and 12. I was lucky to have taught berth. Christian is an Olympic racewalker Nicole is currently working as an her for almost six years and she came on the 1996 Study Tour of Italy. We shared many and in 1996 was the first and only accountant with the family business, and laughs and had many happy times during our time in Italy. Emma's cheerfulness and racewalker ever to have obtained a full has been for about three years. She is happy-go-lucky nature did not disguise her sensitivity and care and concern for others. Western Australian Institute of Sport involved in State netball, which may scholarship. He also competed in Europe, We will all miss you, Emma, and we thank you for the memories. representing Australia, and finished eighth in prevent her attending the Ten Year Emma pictured during her Study Tour to an international grand prix held in Germany. Reunion ... but she'll be around to help with Italy in 7996 and, at right, in Year 72. Luisa MaiD the preparations, at least. Head of LOTE Department Unfortunately Christian was injured during a football match at the Australian Severine Weber - 1993 leaver University Games last year and After leaving All Saints', Severine finished Kip Wightman 1993 leaver consequently has failed to qualify for the an Advanced Diploma of Accounting and Olympics. He is now looking towards Athens has now almost completed th Bachelor of Within about three months of leaving All Saints', I travelled to Karratha in 2004 while working as an accountant at Commerce at Curtin, studying part-tim . following a short course in radio. Living there was an incredible the head office of Vodafone in Sydney. She has been an accountant at Cambridg experience as my first time away from home as well as my first full Accountants in Wembley for almost two time job. After six months of 'country radio' I returned to Perth and and a half years now but, when she emailed worked midnight 'til dawn at Sonshine FM followed by PMFM for about us in early June, was about to leav two and a half years combined. I then took another trip out of Perth Australia on a working holiday. Severin 's (not far though) to Mandurah, where I worked in breakfast radio at hoping other former students will email her Coast FM. Waking up at 5am each morning ... and let her know what they're up to [email protected] Now I'm back in Perth working at 96fm in the top 30 with Mel (my co host). I wake up at around lOam, play golf or basketball or go to the Joelie Mandzufas (nee May) - 1986 gym and watch a lot of tv...then in to work by 4pm. Damien Wham - 1989 leaver leaver Damien married Sharon Dennerley on 20 After completing a Bachelor of Commerce I'm building a house (should be finished in two weeks but I've been saying that for about Kip pictured at 96fm with co-host Mel and November 1999 in the College Chapel. There at UWA, Joelie worked in the head office of three months!) and to be honest things couldn't be better. I'm still in regular contact with Jason Backshall, Kent Mincherton, Jake are many College connections in the a hotel chain and as Assistant Financial at least five of my best mates from All Saints' and through the show I'm meeting more Jones, Cory Tickner and Gareth Kees. wedding photograph reproduced here: on Controller at Langley Hotel. She married and more current students all the time. I must admit I'm a little biased with the prizes! page twenty-fouy COLLEGE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE Apology ------, In CQ 43 we congratulated Endriko Winata, 1999 leaver, on his 'superb Tertiary Entrance Ranking of 98.5'. While 98.5 is certainly a superb ranking, it is not as superb as 99.5, which was Endriko's true score. We would like to correct the error ER and congratulate Endriko once again on an outstanding result. Jodie Christie (nee Soulsby - 1989 leaver) and husband Chris have just (28 June) given birth to a baby boy, Kye Christie, who weighed in at 81bs 110l. Chris in 1994 and moved to Kalgoorlie in Janelle was in a group living at a Catholic the same year, working for the local council seminary in Ainaro, a partially destroyed Kathy Purves (1989 leaver) sent us this lovely photo (right) of her beautiful daughters. To quote Above: Larissa and Jasmine. town in the mountains near the Indonesian and then for a local business. She spent Kathy... 'The rather nervous-looking bub is Larissa, and the toddler strangling her is Jasmine!'. Below: Shelley and Jaylin. four months overseas in 1994 before border, and a five-hour truck drive from Dili. returning and doing contract work for a The town is accessed by narrow, eroded Shelley Jordans (1993 leaver) and her partner Matt are the proud parents of Jaylin Jordan Mullins, short time. Perth beckoned in January 1999, roads and has no electricity, and the group born 21 August 1999. Jaylin was born in Port Douglas, Queensland, but the family has just moved with an accounting position at Gerard had to purify water for drinking and back to Broome. Shelley is now a qualified masseuse - so look her up for a discounted massage Daniels Australia. Joelie and Chris's son, cooking. Janelle was able to utilise her next time you're in sunny Broome! The picture here was taken on 4 June 2000. James Christopher, was born on 9 October environmental knowledge and first-aid 1999 and since then Joelie has been a full experience during her stay, which lasted just Adrienne Wright (1986 leaver) and husband Stephen have just welcomed their second child, Jeremy time mum and part-time contract over four weeks. John, who was born at Attadale Hospital and weighed in at 91bs 140l. Adrienne is President of the book-keeper/accou nta nt. FSA and an ASC Board member - see her introduction on page 23. Selina Bellenger - 1993 leaver - will Duncan Watkinson - 1994 leaver marry Darrell Horrocks at 2pm on 2 After doing some September this year. The wedding will take boring nine-to-five place at Christchurch Claremont, Stirling jobs and travelling, Highway, and former ASC Duncan finally metalwork/photography teacher Braden achieved his Short (now Father Braden Short) will be lifelong ambition officiating. Selina commented in her email, when he became a 'All former classmates, friends and staff are charter pilot and welcome to attend the ceremony'. Email flight instructor. He is pictured here with Selina on [email protected] one of the aircraft he flies around WA. Janelle Booth - 1997 leaver Super snips... Janelle is currently completing her Environmental Studies degree at Notre Jodie Callum - 1989 leaver - is working Community computing Dame. Along with ten other NDA students, as a web designer at Pretzel. This year the College began providing after-hours community computing classes. Kaye Johns instructed groups of adults and she recently spent time working with Tetum-speaking children in East Timor. The Kerri Weir - 1987 leaver - followed an students in word processing and desktop publishing for single-term courses in the F Block laboratory. We see it as a very group went with the intention of providing initial degree in Asian Studies with a important part of our role in the local community to conduct courses at reasonable prices for other members of the community. ESL teaching in three regional communities postgraduate qualification in Development The courses in 2000 have been welcomed by people wishing to add to their skills and we anticipate that their popularity will grow that had received limited aid. In addition, Studies and an MBA and is currently a in future years. they examined other ways in which aid Business Analyst with Cisco. If you would like to improve your computing skills through one of our courses, contact Geoff Shaw, Dean of Studies, on 9313 9333 could be provided in the future. or email [email protected]