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TAS TALKS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 8 August 2018 Term 3 Week 3 FROM THE HEADMASTER HSC Music and Drama For a good number of our Year 12 students the pressures of HSC study IN THIS ISSUE are overlayed right now with the preparations for major works and for From the Headmaster .......................................... 1 those who are well organised the process Calendar of Events ................................................ 3 will now be close to complete. Tonight Community our HSC drama class will present their P&F ........................................................................... 4 efforts to an audience of students, Chaplain ................................................................. 5 parents and staff in the Hoskins Centre Academic and I wish them all well for that. For Mr Murray Guest the students, tonight is an assessment Director of Pastoral Care ......................... 6 task and serious business, but for the Round Square ............................................. 8 audience it promises entertainment and Director of Studies .................................... 9 the chance to see some real talent on Academic Matters .............................................. 10 HSC Trial Exams stage. The majority of our musicians have Our Year 12 students are rapidly already had the opportunity to present Careers ................................................................... 11 approaching the sharp end of their some of their work, either in assemblies Leadership, Service and Adventure senior year and all will be preoccupied this term or at the very impressive Cadets .................................................................... 12 now with the HSC trial exams to be twilight concert last Thursday and they held over the next two weeks. This is a will bring it all together later in the Co-Curricular Life Director of Co-Curricular .................................. 13 time of considerable pressure for the month at our ‘Final Note’ showcase. year group as a whole and I have been Co-curricular Reports ......................................... 14 very impressed with the way they have Undertaking major works in the Creative Creative Arts managed that thus far. For the great Arts, particularly in multiple subjects, is Creative Arts Coordinator................................ 18 majority there is good work being done not just about expressing creative flair whilst perspective is being maintained or natural talent. It demands high levels Middle School News and other responsibilities met and this is of personal organisation, motivation very pleasing to see. The reality for all in and commitment and requires students Head of Middle School .................................... 20 Year 12 though is that this is a very busy to put their work on show in a way that Junior School News time for them and much will be achieved other subjects do not. Beyond the effort Head of Junior School ...................................... 21 by those who are able to maintain the and dedication required, the challenge of Junior School News ........................................... 22 momentum of their study through major works also creates memories of the IB PYP Programme ............................................. 23 the trials and beyond. I am sure that senior year of school that may well last Junior School Sport ........................................... 24 all will want to join me in offering our a lifetime and I hope that all our creative Community News encouragement and best wishes to all students are already feeling a sense of Notices ................................................................... 25 our HSC students. pride in their work. www.as.edu.au FROM THE HEADMASTER Mountain Bike Championships City To Surf Last weekend the elite of the TAS This weekend TAS will send its biggest mountain bike team had the privilege ever team to the City to Surf fun run in of competing at the schools national Sydney and I wish every runner the very championships on the Sunshine Coast in best of luck. Around 200 students along Queensland and our MiC of the sport, Jo with dozens of staff and parents have Benham, has reported on the collection entered and this means that TAS will be, of very fine results from the competition again, the largest school presence in this in TAS Talks this week. Mountain Biking massive community event. I particularly is a relatively recent addition to the TAS congratulate Jim Pennington on his sporting program but it has managed to leadership and wish him well for his run build a high profile in that short time and too. the performance of our riders over the weekend will only serve to strengthen Murray Guest that further. Beyond the number of impressive individual results, TAS finished seventh overall from 66 schools and that is a great credit to both the riders themselves and Mrs Benham as an inspiration to them. NIAS Athlete of the Year Friends of the TAS Facebook page will have seen the good news that Lily Neilson (Year 10) was named ‘Female Athlete of the Year for Hockey’ at the NIAS awards in Tamworth over the weekend. This is wonderful and well deserved recognition for one of our most talented and dedicated athletes and I am sure that all will join in offering our congratulations to her. TAS TALKS 2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS TERM 3 WEEK 3 Wednesday 8 August Curtain Up P&F Meeting (7pm) Saturday 11 August TAS v Kings (FIRST XV ONLY) (Sydney) Uniform and Book Shop Sunday 12 August City to Surf Hours for the Uniform and Book Shop will be WEEK 4 reduced over the following Monday 13 August Year 12 Trial Exams two weeks due to staffing Tuesday 14 August Year 12 Trial Exams issues. Wednesday 15 August Year 12 Trial Exams NCIS Athletics ( Coffs Harbour) The shop will open on Mon-Fri from 4pm-5pm Thursday 16 August Year 12 Trial Exams and 1-145pm. Friday 17 August Year 12 Trial Exams Saturday 18 August TAS v SHORE (Sydney) If you have any urgent enquires please contact WEEK 5 Mrs Kate Lawrence in the Business Office on Monday 20 August Year 12 Trial Exams continue 6776 5800. Tuesday 21 August Year 12 Trial Exams AgQuip Wednesday 22 August AgQuip Year 12 Trial Exams Thursday 23 August Year 12 Trial Exams AgQuip Friday 24 August Year 12 Trial Exams Saturday 25 August Rugby v Downlands (TAS) Tournament of the Minds Regional Final TAS TALKS 3 FROM THE P&F PRESIDENT, MRS RACHAEL NICOLL P&F 80th BIRTHDAY SOIREE This is a free event although there will be SHOW YOUR TAS SPIRIT - TAS The Armidale School Parents and Friends a cash bar. Drinks will be $5 a glass and SUPPORTER JACKETS STILL Eftpos will be available. Association turns 80 this year and we AVAILABLE are having a little soiree in Big School To assist with minding the kids we The TAS Clothing Shop still have some on Saturday 1 September 2018 from are looking at screening a supervised TAS Supporter Jackets for friends and 5pm to 8pm to say thank you. We wish movie at TAS. However, in order for this family of TAS available (in both mens and to celebrate all the amazing things the to happen we need to know who is womens). P&F has done over the years and the coming so that we can make appropriate friendships we have made in a convivial The jackets are $120 each and there arrangements. Please indicate on environment with drinks and nibbles. are a limited numbers left. You can pay TryBooking whether you need the cash, eftpos or put them on your school Eighty years is an incredible milestone babysitting service and for how many account. If you have any queries please and without all the wonderful and their ages. Alternatively please contact the Clothing Shop. enthusiasm, hard work, barbequing, contact Fiona Nash P&F Treasurer jf.nash@ events, cake baking and organisation bigpond.com or 0402 228 733 SAVE THE DATES: undertaken in the past we would not be Finally, to make this a great night we are There are a few P&F events on the horizon the where we are today. So, thank you seeking people with their Responsible so please mark these is your diary: to all the previous members of the P&F, Service of Alcohol certificate to help serve thank you to the current members, thank drinks at the bar. If you have your RSA • Saturday 25 August - Home rugby game you to staff both current and previous and would like to help for an hour or so against Downlands and thank you to everyone else who has please also contact Fiona. • Saturday 1 September – P&F 80th Soiree helped over the years. • Saturday 8 September – Home rugby games against TACAPS & Scots PGC Please come and celebrate with us and • Wednesday 12 September 12 - P&F please forward our warm invitation on P&F MEETING TONIGHT meeting 2 for Term 3 to anyone whom you think might like to WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST 7PM • Saturday & Sunday 20-21 October- attend – current, past and future parents, Our first P&F meeting for Term 3 is on (TBC) - Puddings friends and staff are all welcome – we tonight. If you would like to attend • Wednesday 31 October - P&F meeting would love to see you there. please pop on in to Big School at 7pm. 1 for Term 4 All are welcome. • Friday, Saturday, Sunday 16-18th To help us organise catering numbers November – Art Show please RSVP by 24 August on trybooking. •Saturday 17 November – TAS@Dusk com/XITX TAS P&F The Armidale School Parents and Friends Association request the pleasure of your company at our 80th Birthday Soirée on Saturday 80th Birthday 1 September, 2018 in Big School from 5pm to 8pm. Soirée Enquiries: TAS P&F Treasurer RSVP: www.trybooking.com/XITX Fiona Nash 24 August (for catering purposes) E [email protected] Drinks $5/glass, Eftpos available M 0402 228 733 TAS TALKS 4 FROM THE CHAPLAIN MR RICHARD NEWTON Seemed Like God Idea Our attitude to God is just like this. At the Time #2 We think to ourselves, it seems like a good idea to trust myself, after all, we Genesis 3 often hear that encouragement, ‘trust The Family road trip: offers so much, yourself’, and it’s true when you want delivers… a lot of effort.