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Volume 27 No.1 April 2017 NEW GYMNASIUM Year 12 Success 2016 Neil Dansie Cricket Festival TGS Teacher Receives The School has celebrated another The First XI squad were victorious International Recognition excellent set of academic results from for the first time in the nine year Dedicated to improving student the Year 12 school leavers from 2016. history of the Festival. outcomes through technology. From the Chairman of the Board of Trustees .............................2 From the President ......................................................................................21 From the Headmaster ...................................................................................4 Generations Gathering .............................................................................23 Year 12 Academic Success 2016 ...........................................................5 Old Boy News ...................................................................................................24 Introducing the School Executive .......................................................6 Obituaries ............................................................................................................27 Bursary to Study at NIDA ...........................................................................8 National Youth Science Forum ..............................................................8 Editor: Toowoomba Grammar School The Demolition of the 'Old' Arts Building .....................................9 Publications Department Design: Jason Seiler, Publications The New Gymnasium .................................................................................10 and Digital Media Officer The New Buildings........................................................................................11 Photography: TGS Publications Department and various students and New Zealand Cricket Tour.......................................................................12 staff members TGS Cricket Camp ..........................................................................................12 Front Cover: Artist impression of the new gymnasium to be completed in early Neil Dansie Cricket Festival ...................................................................13 2018. School Records Broken .............................................................................14 A publication of Toowoomba Grammar School PO Box 2900, Toowoomba Qld 4350 Year 11 Geography Excursion .............................................................15 24 Margaret Street, Toowoomba Qld 4350 Tel: 07 4687 2500 Fax: 07 4687 2582 Boys Assist TRAMS .................................................................15 Email: [email protected] Web: www.twgs.qld.edu.au Cricos Registration No: 00525D ABN 86 510 299 250 TGS Teacher Receives International Recognition ............16 Incorporating Balliwanga, the newsletter of the News around the School ......................................................17 Toowoomba Grammar School Old Boys’ Association Inc. Email: [email protected] Web: www.tgsoba.org.au From the Junior School ........................................................19 ABN 38 614 918 181 1www.twgs.qld.edu.au Download the TGS App Toowoomba Grammar School @toowoombags From the Chairman of the Board of Trustees MR GLEN MCCRACKEN Dear Members of the School Community, Firstly, I take this opportunity to welcome all parents, and boys, new and returning, to the School and, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, I extend to the entire School Community our best wishes for a productive, fulfilling and happy year ahead. My main purpose, however, in writing to The Trustees have given lengthy the School’s Board of Trustees from you, is to inform you of a decision made by consideration to updating the naming of the 1934 to 1943. Previously there was a the School’s Board of Trustees regarding the School’s buildings, Houses and facilities. It is Junior School House named ‘Lavers’ names of some of the School’s buildings, my pleasure to detail these for you. but this was also removed once the Houses and facilities. Junior School adopted all the Senior It has been a long-standing tradition 1. JUNIOR SCHOOL School House names in 2015. at this School that various buildings, 1.1 In the Junior School, the Assembly Hall 1.3 The former Corfe Annex will now be ovals and Houses are named in honour of (constructed in 2010) will now be formally referred to as the A.M Nesbitt Room. various individuals. This is generally, but known as the B.I. Parkinson Assembly This has been named after Mr Alfred M. not exclusively, limited to the Headmasters Hall. Mr B. Ian Parkinson was Chairman Nesbitt, the School’s third Headmaster, of the School and the Chairmen of of the School’s Board of Trustees from in office from 1882 to 1887. the School’s Board of Trustees. 1982 to 1990. Previously, there had Over the last decade we have seen been a Junior School House named 2. SENIOR SCHOOL an unprecedented level of expansion ‘Parkinson’. This ceased when the Junior 2.1 It is the pleasure of the Board of in the School’s infrastructure with many School adopted all the Senior School Trustees to announce that the new buildings being constructed. At House names for consistency in 2015. School’s Aquatic Centre constructed the same time there has been a re- 1.2 The Junior School Library, also in 2010 will now be formally known organisation of the Day and Boarding constructed in 2010, will now be as the P.B. Hauser Aquatic Centre. This House structure with some names being formally known as the A.E. Lavers Library. has been named after our current added and others removed from use. Mr Arnold E. Lavers was Chairman of Headmaster (the School’s fifteenth 2 Headmaster) and the third longest-serving Dr Ian Gibson who was Chairman 3. OVERALL Headmaster in the School’s history. of the School’s Board of Trustees 3.1 The naming of the School’s Pavilion It is fitting that this significant facility bears from 1973-1979. Previously there (The Parents and Friends’ (P&F) Mr Hauser’s name as he has driven its had been a Dayboy House in the Pavilion) will be retained but the two development and the commencement Senior School named ‘Gibson’ but separate rooms within this building of the building programme over this was discontinued following the will be identified by the names: the last decade and more. amalgamation of ten Senior School (i) The large room – the Jacaranda Room We congratulate Mr Hauser on this honour. Houses into five Houses in 2009. (ii) The smaller room – the Bunya Room 2.2 With the construction of the new Boyce (iii) Following the naming of the I. The naming of these two rooms and Taylor Boarding House in 2015, the Gibson Design and Technology in the Pavilion will assist with former Boyce and Taylor Boarding House Centre, the word ‘Technology’ will booking and identification. buildings respectively will be renamed: be removed from the L.T. Heenan (i) The former Boyce Boarding House Science & Technology Laboratories building will now be formally known The members of the School’s Board of Trustees which will now be known as the L.T. as the J.W.P. Henderson Art & Drama are delighted with the improvements in the Heenan Science Laboratories (Mr ‘Len’ Centre. This has been named after Dr School’s infrastructure and resource base Heenan was the School’s eleventh J.W.P. Henderson who was Chairman provided for all boys of this School over the Headmaster, in office from 1956- of the School’s Board of Trustees last fifteen years. from 1979-1982. Previously there 1961 and previously the School’s We are now very much looking forward had been a Dayboy House in the Deputy Headmaster for 18 years). to the construction of the new Gymnasium Senior School named ‘Henderson’ 2.3 The building formerly known as ‘O’ Block throughout this year. We are hopeful that it will but this was discontinued following will now be referred to as the R. Freshney be available to the boys early next school year. the reduction of ten Senior School Classrooms, named after Dr Reginald Houses into five Houses in 2009. Freshney who was Chairman of the Kind regards, (ii) The former Taylor Boarding House School’s Board of Trustees from 1911- building will now be formally known 1929. ‘Freshney’ House was in operation Glen McCracken as the I. Gibson Design & Technology in the Senior School until the reduction Chairman Centre. This has been named after of the ten Senior School Houses in 2009. The P & F Pavilion The P.B. Hauser Aquatic Centre 3 From the Headmaster Dear Reader, There has been increasing media and political attention given to the decline in the academic standards of Australian students relative to other nations as seen in many international tests. In late January of this year it was reported of “dumbing down” with the removal of that measure of progress and success that a draft test designed by the Australian mental calculations in mathematics. which they feel confident should attach Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Frequently I am critical of the expression to it, if placed under the guidance Authority (ACARA) included a comprehension used by students and some journalists. They and supervision of a superior class of exercise as part of a literacy test for Year 9 tend to write in a form of shorthand and experienced masters specially selected students in which they had to analyse a text I assume this comes from the current use from duly qualified graduates of one or message including use of emojis. The Courier of text messaging. ‘Twitter’ forces