Carey Community News TORCHVOLUME 26 ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2016 TORCHCarey Community News TORCH Contents Vol. 26 Issue 2, Summer 2016 1 From the Principal OUR COMMUNITY Publisher 26 Community News FEATURES Carey Baptist Grammar School 30 From The Archive 349 Barkers Road, Kew At the Heart of 2 Victoria 3101 Australia Student-Centred Learning OCGA 03 9816 1222 4 Inspiration in the Air 31 OCGA News Editorial Inquiries 5 Carey Sports Stars Shine 32 Jack Macrae: 2016 Premiership Hero Hannah Cartmel Innovation in Action Warwick Taylor 6 33 03 9816 1386 10 From Forest To Sea 34 Carey Medal [email protected] 12 Carey Celebrates Literature 35 Reunions and Events OCGA Inquiries 14 Seeing Change Where Are They Now? Kate Birrell Light In The Dark 15 41 Club News 03 9816 1357 16 Celebrating Diversity 44 Obituaries [email protected] 17 An Exchange of Ideas 46 Announcements 48 Community Support Program Cover image: Riley Arnold and Alana NEWS IN BRIEF 49 Contacts Barnes (Year 10) in the Centre for 18 Donvale Learning and Innovation’s ICT Sandpit. 20 Junior School Kew Photo: Heath Morrison 22 Middle School 24 Senior School The OCGA Scholarship Carey has always enjoyed a strong relationship • preference is given to sons and daughters The School, and previous recipients, are most with its alumni. In recognition of this of Old Carey Grammarians who require grateful for this scholarship and the ongoing relationship the Old Carey Grammarians financial assistance or, if no children of support of our OCG community. If you would Association generously provides for a half- OCGs have applied or been nominated, like more information about the scholarship scholarship for a student to attend Carey at children entering into Year 10 or 11 whose or would like to bring to our attention a any one time. parents are not OCGs but are in need of family that could benefit from such generous financial assistance support, please contact the Principal, Mr Philip At the Principal’s discretion, the scholarship is Grutzner at: [email protected] offered based upon the following criteria: • the confidentiality of the recipient is guaranteed, unless appropriate and mutually Strict confidentiality will apply to all • one 0.5 scholarship is available agreed by the School, the OCGA and the applications. Applications are welcome • the scholarship is for entry into Year 10 or 11 recipient’s family to release the details. until the end of the calendar year. ABN 83 051 576 062 | CRICOS # 00135G Print Post Publication No. 100001334 From the Principal From the Principal Being innovative requires courage. This and Innovation has been designed using year, in keeping with our school motto – environmentally sustainable building features Animo et Fide, By Courage and Faith – our and practices. This facility has received a theme is courage. In a school as stable and 4-Star Design Rating from the Green Building established as Carey it would be easy to Council of Australia, the first Australian remain conservative in decision-making. independent school to achieve this rating. But at Carey we are progressive and we will continue to challenge boundaries At the very heart of the Centre for Learning evidenced through innovations that many and Innovation is the Information Resource consider risky. The purchase of Bulleen, Centre – which used to be called the library the introduction of the International in my school days! In addition to housing Baccalaureate and the decision to be our extensive catalogue, this Centre offers co-educational have been marks of our a variety of spaces that cater for the many willingness to fly against the more common different needs of our students. There are trends of the time. There were many who meeting rooms, private booths for quiet questioned each of those decisions, but not study, less formal study areas and even a gas with the benefit of hindsight. fire where students can sit reading a novel. As with the Information Resource Centre, It is wonderful to see Carey students taking Year 8 Human Rights Convention week. the upper levels of the building allow for risks to learn, and, through this experience, At the start of the week each student is greater flexibility in teaching and learning due establishing bold directions. We respect given a flag, each representing one of 210 to the variety of learning spaces. There is a those students who are willing to struggle countries from around the world plus a tertiary feel to the building, with breakout in the short term because they can see the flag with a question mark that represents spaces providing an avenue for collaboration, potential for longer term gain. We applaud refugees. In the Information Resource Centre whether it be between two people or a those who select the Maths elective that they will research that country – the life whole class. Amongst these flexible learning challenges their thinking, change their work expectancy, GDP, educational outcomes, spaces are staff offices, providing students patterns upon receiving a disappointing test infant mortality, trading partners and with accessibility to teachers and House staff, result, or audition for the role on stage that recent history. At the end of the week, while the extension to the quad and the would highlight their strengths but might students gather around the United Nations inviting surrounds build upon the distinctive also put a spotlight on their weaknesses. roundtable to represent his or her country. atmosphere that has epitomised Carey. American educationalist Dr Seymour Papert You can imagine the rich conversation was renowned for his visionary thinking, At the very top of the building, the Cabinet between a group of students who represent making the observation in 1998 that we need Room and the United Nations Room provide East Timor, Indonesia, Australia, the USA, to produce individuals who know how to act two inspiring areas that can host myriad Israel, China and Syria. These discussions when they are faced with situations for which programs. They have already seen Peter strengthen Carey’s commitment towards they have not been specifically prepared. This Costello lead a discussion on global politics, social justice, preparing our students with message is even more pertinent in 2016 and and a collective of students from various knowledge about rapidly-changing local, that is why Carey students will continue to schools, representing different countries, national and international communities. be encouraged to be courageous in seeking lobbying for their country’s rights. With a The world can be volatile. At the end of out personally challenging environments. backdrop of the CBD skyline, the intention Year 12 our students receive a number on a is to promote engaged conversations that The Centre for Learning and Innovation piece of paper that directs their short-term heighten global awareness. Furthermore, was a courageous step. It is a project that opportunities. But we know that there are the vast differences across United Nations impacted, in some way, the majority of our other factors with greater impact that will countries is a sharp reminder that it is healthy school and we all had to demonstrate a determine whether they are happy and to have a broad socio-economic group degree of resilience through the two-year engaged – their values, their commitment to as part of our Carey community. This has construction period. I thank you for your learning and serving, their ability to establish a prompted recent initiatives that include the patience, flexibility and understanding. When cohesive friendship group and their resilience provision of humanitarian scholarships for it was opened in July we were delighted by may not be part of an ATAR, but are vital. refugee families and Indigenous students. the response from our students and staff to There is also acknowledgement that, like my A conundrum created all those years ago the welcoming and innovative spaces that parents did, many families are making huge by Dr Papert is understood. Armed with support engagement, wellbeing and learning. sacrifices, often financial, to provide their a Carey education, the Carey student While the natural tendency when evaluating a children with such educational opportunities. is prepared to face those situations for new building is to look merely at the physical In keeping with our Baptist ethos, we foresee which they have not been prepared. appearance, our students and teachers have that these rooms will continue to host people embraced the day-to-day functionality of Please enjoy reading this edition of the Torch, from a broad cross-section of religions the many different learning spaces. This is in which focuses on innovation at Carey. and a diversity of languages, nationalities, support of our strategic goal of developing backgrounds and sexual preferences, all wise, independent and motivated learners. Mr Philip Grutzner sharing personal ideologies in healthy debate. Principal In keeping with Carey’s commitment to At all levels of our school, there is an explicit sustainability, the Centre for Learning teaching of social awareness, typified by the Summer 2016 Torch | 1 Features AT THE HEART OF STUDENT-CENTRED LEARNING ANNE WHISKEN (Head of Library) reports on the incredible facilities available for students at the new Centre for Learning and Innovation Information Resource Centre. The new Information Resource Centre at Carey (the Centre) has achieved a particular sort of innovation: it has preserved and enhanced the traditional ‘feel’ and function of a school library, while at the same time transforming previous understandings of how library spaces, collections and staff support operate. Our new way of operating in the Centre for Learning and Innovation changes our view, from seeing libraries as storage places to seeing them as learning spaces. It sees libraries as providing particular learning-with- information experiences.