All Saints' College QuarterlyISSUE No. 33

NOVEMBER 1996

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The College traditionally uses students'artwork on the covers of its publications,and is pleased to reproduce Kathy Potter'scharcoal drawing ofa restaurant inNorthbridge for this issue of CollegeQuarterly. Kathy's drawing was producedas part ofa Year 11 Art assignment whichis described in more detail on page 10.

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I recently visited Brewster Academy in NewHampshire (USA), where I attended anintensive two-week course at what is calledthe Future School Institute. I would like,in this article, to share with you some ofthe key themes raised during the courseand to discuss with you some of the issuesthat will face schools in the future underthe topic of teaching and learning.

Research is revealing a much deeperunderstanding of the teaching andlearning processes, and as a result they areundergoing something of a revolution.Concurrent with this there are changes inthe technology through which knowledgeis transmitted and received. Accessing andutilising information is all-important, andindividuals' expectations are risingaccordingly. All of this is driving us toquestion many of the assumptions onwhich education has been based for thelast century.

Cooper and Henderson* call the newestera in education the Electronic/EcologicalEra. They see the purpose of school asbeing to teach people how to learn-andlove learning-throughout their lives.They see the school as a collaborativelearning community engaged with thelarger world. They see students asexplorers and constructors of knowledge,and as both producers and consumers.They see teachers as facilitators andcoaches.

Theirs is just one view, but it offers us amodel through which to consider newdevelopments in the area of teaching andlearning. It also suggests some of the waysin which the new information technologiesmight be more effectively integrated intoschools in the future. But first we mustunderstand the teaching and learningprocesses and all their implications.

Here at the College we have beeninvolved in a variety of projects which haveas their focus a clearer understanding ofteaching and learning processes and theadoption of best practice: the Multi-AgeGrouping in the area of early childhoodeducation; the Perceptual MotorProgramme; the First Steps approach tothe teaching of literacy in the JuniorSchool; the Year 8 Transition Programmein the Senior School; the teaching ofthinking skills; the Literacy EnhancementProgramme in the Senior School (whichcomplements First Steps). Theseprogrammes are provided by the teachersof the College to enhance the curriculumby enriching teaching and learningmethods and shifting their emphases tothe processes which enrich the learningenvironment for the students. This new

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approach will aid students inunderstanding their own learningprocesses-processes which will be withthem through the rest of their lives. Insimple terms, students are learning tolearn. Classroom management isbeginning to change, the nature of theinteraction between teachers and studentsis undergoing a transformation, and theexpected outcomes are being viewed froma different perspective.

Into this environment has come theworld of information technology and theapparent potential of computers. In a fewshort years we have moved from needingto be computer literate to needing to beinformation literate. This need has to bemet by teachers who have a good grasp ofthe new implications of teaching andlearning and not by administrators andteachers simply adding technology andnew ways of packaging information intothe curriculum without understanding thelikely effects. Such understanding must begained first, despite community pressureto have the latest equipment and gadgetry.

I know that over the next few yearsthese issues will be teased out by the staffat the College so that we can become amore effective teaching and learninginstitution, made up of learners who areadaptable to new ways and new tech­nologies, secure in their understanding ofhow they learn and able to discriminateeffectively between what there is to knowand what they need to know.

A H London, October 1996

*Cooper, C, and Henderson N, 1995.Motivating Schools to Change.Launceston: Global LearningCommunities.

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5 aFAREWELL ...

In this, the final issue of College Quarterly for 1996, we would like to acknowledge the outstanding contributions made by four members ofstaff who have left us during the year. Leonie Kirke, Sue Bedford, Megan Lewis and Allison Perchard provided the College with servicesabove and beyond the call of duty over a number of years, and we thank them most appreciatively for their excellent work.

LEONIE KIRKE

Leonie joined All Saints' College in 1981 asa part-time member of the foundationstaff, and took on the full-time role of Headof Science in 1982. She was appointedAssistant Principal (Administration) in1988, and her position was renamed Deanof Students in 1996. Leonie was part of theCollege for as long as most of us canremember and it is therefore impossible, inan article of this length, to properlyacknowledge the enormous impact she hashad on its development.

Initially, Leonie worked with theCollege's architects to plan the sciencelaboratories-when most of the Collegewas a sandpit-and went on to establishthe Science Department. As Head ofScience, she nurtured and honed thedepartment, which is now a successful andvibrant part of the College. In the positionof Assistant Principal/Dean of Students,

Leonie took on the development of and responsibility forthe pastoral care system at the College, including theprogramme of Year 12 Retreats. She dealt equitably andpatiently with everything a large and bustling College fullof students could rustle up to set in her path. Along theway she won the affection and respect of the entirestudent body and the staff who worked alongside her.

It was made abundantly clear, through the many send­offs that Leonie had to endure, that she is held in thehighest regard by everyone at the College. From theBoard of Management's Dinner to a breakfast for PastoralCare Heads, a staff lunch and a College Assembly devotedto her farewell (at which she received special CollegeColours-the first time they have been awarded to anystaff member), it was obvious that Leonie has a specialplace in all our hearts and has firmly established herselfas one of the key founders of the College.

We were enormously sad to lose Leonie and still expectto see her rounding almost every corner at almost everymoment of the day. We are, however, confident that shewill continue to be closely associated with the Collegethroughout a happy and productive retirement.

Past and present staffmembers iill Williams (centre), Dr Peter Simpson (far right) and DebbieCoombs (back to camera) farewell Leonie at a special staffmorning tea.

The Pastoral Care Committee pays tribute to Leonie at a breakfast at theDome in Applecross.

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5 a fFAREWELL. .. . AND WELCOME

Sue BedfordSusie joined ASC in 1989, teachingcomputing and science at first, thenspecialising in computing from 1990onwards. A keen diver herself, Susie hasrun the Dive Club and organised DiveCamps while at the College, neatlymanaging to keep in touch with heroriginal field, marine biology.

Susie's contributions to computing,diving and as the Head of Cowan Househave been tremendous. Her enthusiasm,love of students and 'punny' sense ofhumour will be sorely missed.

Susie is moving to Exmouth with Ben(of course) and the two dogs, and is hopingto combine her three loves-marinescience, computing and diving-in oneteaching job. We wish Susie the very bestof luck for the future: plenty of sun, seaand sand!

Megan LewisMegan worked at the College for three anda half years, initially as FoundationSecretary and latterly as SpecialPublications Editor. As FoundationSecretary, Megan carried out her taskswith thoroughness and an eye for detail.Her innovative ideas and insistence that allpublications be presented in a professionalmanner were the hallmarks of her role asSpecial Publications Editor, and thestandard of this quarterly is a testament toher skills.

We wish Megan every success andhappiness in her new position. Her regularattendance at Staff Choir on Fridaymornings ensures that she maintainscontact with the College-and that we cancontinue to enjoy her fine alto voice.

Allison PerchardAllison worked at the College for four anda half years and impressed us all with herrange of skills and friendly nature. Alwayswilling to attempt the impossible, Allisonwas an expert at navigating the Internet,extracting information from CD ROMdatabases, and operating high-techequipment and liquid crystal display units.In short, she was invaluable when it cameto locating information and providingtechnical assistance.

We wish Allison a restful holiday in theUnited Kingdom and every success for thefuture.

Gail CostelloGail Costello assumed the role of Dean ofStudents in July of this year, followingLeonie Kirke's retirement. Althoughprimarily a mathematics educator (she hasbeen President of the MathematicalAssociation of WA for the past two years),Gail maintains an enthusiastic interest inliterature, film and art. Gail has workedmost recently at Methodist Ladies College,Claremont and St Brigids' College,Lesmurdie. She was tempted away from StBrigids' by the challenge of working withand for students in a co-educational,Anglican environment. We are delighted towelcome Gail to the College and lookforward to many happy years ahead.

Brett KlucznikBrett joined the College in August, takingover Allison Perchard's role as MediaTechnician. Brett has a Diploma inPhotography (Audio Visual) and worked atGosnells Public Library for three yearsbefore joining All Saints'. He is interestedin general technology, photography, artand film and lists his hobbies as thecinema, music, restaurants, soccer andtravelling. His ambition is to semi-retireand work part time. In the meantime, wewelcome him to the staff of the Collegeand trust that his stay with us will beenjoyable and interesting.

Helen RenwickHelen Renwick joined the College in Julyof this year, replacing Megan Lewis asSpecial Publications Editor. Helen spenther formative editorial years working inmajor publishing houses such as OxfordUniversity Press, Hutchinson and Coil insbefore going freelance after the birth ofher first child. She spent two fascinatingyears studying for a Graduate Diploma inInformation and Library Studies at CurtinUniversity before returning to editing. Sheis working at the College on a part-timebasis and will principally be involved inlooking after Columba and CollegeQuarterly.

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Antonio Carcia instructs members ofthe Jazz Ensemble.

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

The Jazz Ensemble was established in 1991by its present conductor, Kevin Fenner.The ensemble enjoys the prestige of beingthe vanguard of the Music Department'sperforming groups and is popular withaudiences both inside and outside theCollege.

During 1996 the Jazz Ensemble willhave been involved in more than twelveperformances. These include the CanningMusic Society Concert, Jazz Australia's1996 Jazz Ensemble Festival, a lunchtimeconcert at St George's Cathedral and theYouth Jazz Fest 1996 at Hillarys BoatHarbour.

In 1993 the Jazz Ensemble was part ofAll Saints' music tour to Japan and was thehighlight of concerts at Otsuma NakanoGirls' Senior High School in Tokyo.Currently, the group is involved infundraising to travel to Sydney for the1997 International Music Festival.

The ensemble varies in size and instru­mentation each year, but is usually acomposite of some ten to twelve musiciansdrawn from Years 7 to 12. The All Saints'ensemble places no limitations on instru­mentation, so that all students have theopportunity to play jazz. Its current line­up includes violin and cello as well as themore traditional saxophones and brassinstruments.

While the front-line instrumentationremains flexible and may vary from year toyear, the rhythm section of piano, optionalguitar, bass and drums is an integral partof the band. One of the group'soutstanding jazz musicians is MonicaBarratt, who first joined as a flute playerand now has a reputation as the best jazzpianist the group has had. The College will

be hard-pressed to find a replacement forher next year. Monica, along with KathyPotter, has contributed originalcompositions and arrangements to thegroup. Kathy was awarded a specialcitation for outstanding musicianship forher jazz violin playing at this year's JazzAustralia Festival. In 1993 she won a prizeas the most promising soloist, alsoawarded by Jazz Australia.

The ensemble's raison d'etre is improvi­sation. A large part of rehearsals is devotedto the development of students' ability toimprovise in a jazz style.

All Saints' Jazz Ensemble is unique inthat it uses special arrangements tailoredto suit its unusual instrumentation and atthe same time offering a springboard forall its members to create their own solosin a spontaneous manner. This was evidentduring a two-hour clinic held at the

College in June as part of the JazzAustralia Festival. The clinic was led byVisiting Professor Antonio Garcia fromNorthwestern University, Chicago, whocommented that 'this ensemble offersextraordinary opportunities to itsmembers'. Professor Garcia, who is theeditor of the International Association ofJazz Education's Jazz Educators' Journal,also noted that the All Saints' Ensemblewas unique (even in the USA) in that all itsmembers improvised, an ability notnormally expected until university level.

The Jazz Ensemble epitomises AllSaints' desire to develop the musicaltalents of its students, and its willingnessto step outside normal creative boundarieshelps students to develop a long-termaffection for their music.

Kevin FennerMusic Tutor

Does the left hand really know what the right hand is doing?

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COLLEGE CONCERT

As usual, the finale of the musical year atAll Saints' was the College Concert. Thestandard of playing reflected the strengthof the College Music Department: as wellas outstanding performances by the forty­piece College Orchestra, the CollegeChorale, Senior String Ensemble, Jazz andFlute Ensembles, College Band and variousvocal groups, the audience was treated to avariety of solo items played by musicianswhose pleasure in their craft was a delightto see. The entire evening was anoutstanding success, greatly enjoyed by allwho attended.

MUSIC CAMP

This year's Music Camp was held athistoric New Norcia and proved to be aweekend full of fun and hard work. Theobject of the camp was to give the studentsan opportunity to mix socially and topractise for the College Concert, which washeld on Friday 20 September in the schoolPA Centre. Mr and Mrs Angel were on handand provided students with a miniolympics and a quiz night for eveningentertainment-a welcome change fromthe rigours of playing in the Orchestra,Band and String Ensemble!

Although many students suffered fromsore shoulders and overblown lips, theeffort they put in was rewarded bothsocially and in the excellent performancethey gave to parents and friends on theSunday afternoon.

Julie-Ann Clarke,Music Teacher

Student musicians Ciaire Jones (above) andRobert Paul, Mathew Collings and JenniBooker (at right).

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Inspirational surroundingsenvelop our music studentsin the New Norcia Chapel.

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organisation of this group.In the months leading up to the heat,

Nicole Barton and her band of backstagecrew members designed, planned and builtthe incredible set that transformed thestage into 'Dep. Department Store'. Thedifficulties which arose during this timewere numerous. Fortunately four 1994leavers who have faced these difficultiesbefore were there to lend a helping hand:Jamie Albanis (Producer/Coordinator),David Turk (Art and Creative Design),Brent Barton (Technical and ConstructionDesign) and Trevor Simpson(Troubleshooter) helped enormously atevery stage. The value of such formerstudents, who willingly accept responsi­bility and so capably oversee theproduction from the technical point ofview, is enormous.

The success of this year's RockEisteddfod cannot be measured in terms ofreaching the final or what the judges hadto say. The real measure of the worth ofsuch a project is the camaraderie andfellowship that emerges over thepreparation period.

Each year the All Saints' College RockEisteddfod team becomes stronger. Thefinal product, which is all most people see,is a just reward to all involved for over sixmonths' dedication and commitment.

A production the size of the RockEisteddfod requires an extraordinaryamount of planning and preparation beforebuilding and choreographing can begin.Sets, scene changes, timeframes andoverall creative concept must be decidedon and adhered to. The members of thecommittee are required to come to anagreement on the finest of details, witheach member learning the art of diplomacyand negotiation in the process.

Many people agreed that the finalproduct this year was outstanding. Thenoise coming from the crowd during theheat and final performances was anindication of how much the performancewas enjoyed. As the photograph belowshows, the dancers on stage produced apolished and professional act. But whatwas happening backstage? A team ofeighteen current and former students washolding props, flicking light switches,turning screens and helping dancers withcostume changes. The success of the wholeteam depended on the cohesion and

DRAMA

Drama at All Saints' College has grownover the past years, both as a subject andthrough participation in extracurricularactivities. Involvement in small perfor­mances held throughout the year andespecially in Productions gives studentsthe opportunity not only to exhibit theirexisting skills but also to learn a greatmany more. It has been a fulfillingexperience for both parents and staff to beable to watch the growth and maturationof many students through the Productionsof recent years.

The Lesson, in 1993, marked thebeginning of a change of attitude towardsCollege Productions. Being an extremelypowerful piece of theatre, it allowed thestudents to try their hands at a more'serious' style. It also tied in with what waslearnt in class by utilising techniques ofBrecht's 'Epic Theatre' and Greek Choruswork.

1994 saw a complete divergence fromtradition with Passages, which used thelatest techniques of process- rather thanproduct-based performance. The studentswere able, with supervision and guidance,to devise their own play. This was aninvaluable experience which enabled thestudents to learn, through trial and error,what does and doesn't work in the theatre.Passages was coupled with Ionesco's playThe Bald Prima Donna, a supremelyabsurdist piece which allowed the studentsto demonstrate the skills they haddeveloped through the study of this genre.

The musical made a comeback in 1995with Canterbury Riders, based onChaucer's Canterbury Tales. Manystudents who had previously only beeninvolved in spoken theatre discovered ahidden talent for singing, and much comictalent was also unearthed. CanterburyRiders proved immense fun for actors andaudiences alike.

This year we were lucky enough to workwith a group of very talented actors, someof whom had participated in as many asthree previous Productions. This enabledus to stage our most ambitious project yet:Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz andCuildenstem are Dead, a brilliant but verydifficult play, thought by many to bebeyond the capabilities of school students.It was, however, a success: one that wasachieved not only through talent and hardwork but as the result of a cast with skillsand professionalism that can only bedeveloped through a variety ofperformance experiences.

Patricia DerringtonDrama Coordinator

Celeb g Ive sityOur College gains tremendous strength from boys and girls working and playing together in the natural environment which onlycoeducation can offer. Our pastoral care programme is rooted in maximising opportunities for interaction between students in differentyear groups and, as the following two pages show, in the area of curriculum we offer many opportunities for students of different agegroups, different religions and different cultural backgrounds to interact and learn from each other.

TAKING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TOABORIGINAL STUDIES

Above: foam print by Natalie Miller(Year 8).

Right: Dean Pascoe and Rachel Warddiscussing the structure ofAboriginal

legends with Year 3 students.

Earlier this year, the Year 3 class teamedup with a Year 8 Social Studies class toenable both classes to learn from eachother in the area of Aboriginal Studies.

Teachers ick Dundas and Jill Kennedyoriginally thought that the project wouldallow each class to pool resources andprovide a rich experience in Aboriginalculture. It surpassed that expectation inmany ways.

Initially, the Year 8 studentsresearched Dreamtime stories andAboriginal art, culture and lifestyle withthe aim of retelling legends to the Year 3students, who were to begin the SocialStudies topic 'Living in a harshenvironment' by studying AustralianAborigines. The teachers could revise andreflect on Year 8 learning outcomes as theYear 8 students answered Year 3 questionsabout the Dreamtime and otherexplanations of creation. The youngerstudents delighted in challenging theirseniors' knowledge.

Later, the Year 8s needed a clearunderstanding of the structure ofAboriginal legends to be able to help theYear 3s to write a legend of their own.They appreciated the role that they couldplay in the development of youngerstudents, thus boosting their own selfesteem. Familiarity with the seniorstudents provided support for the Year 3sand served to build important bonds withthe Senior School.

Both classes responded very well to a

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visit from two Aboriginal men who spokeof their traditional culture and of some ofthe challenges facing modern Aboriginalpeople. At all times the students wereenthralled, and they now look forward to apossible return by these men with anAboriginal dance troupe.

The culmination of the varied individualclass activities brought the classes togetheragain for an excursion to the WA Museumand Art Gallery of WA. Here, the studentsbenefited from working with each other,other staff from All Saints' College and thestaff from the museum and art gallery.Museum staff noted how 'buddying' thestudents gave the Year 8s a responsiblerole which served to keep thempurposefully engaged in the tasks required.

This whole project also served as a pilotprogramme to explicitly introduce keyCollege values into the mainstreamcurriculum. Journal responses by the Year3s showed enthusiasm for the project andits content, high levels of knowledge,respect for Aboriginal people and theprocess of reconciliation, and tolerance ofdifferences.

Overall, this project was an excellenteducational experience for everyoneinvolved. It covered the core concepts,issues, values and skills in these areas ofthe Social Studies curriculum and much,much more.

Jill KennedyYear 3 Teacher

Year-group interactions. Clockwise from top left: Year 3 and Year 1 reading together; Year 12 Physical Education Studies students coaching Year5-7 sport; Ryan Brogden (1996 College Captain) and Kim Tribbick (Stirling House Captain) sharing their ideas on leadership with the JuniorSchool Executive; the Teddy Bears' Picnic-Year 3 and Year 11 entertaining friends.

YEAR 9 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION EXCURSIONSAs part of the All Saints' College ReligiousEducation curriculum, the Year 9 studentshave been studying comparative religions.Included among the six main worldreligions is Islam. In order to provide abetter understanding of the ways ofworship and other cultural and perceiveddifferences, the Year 9 students visited theAustralian Islamic College at Thornlie.Prior to the visits, the students listed theirexpectations in order to allow acomparison between the envisaged andreal differences.

The interaction between the two groupsof students was a social and educationalsuccess which was reflected in thestudents' written assignments. As a followup to this visit, the Islamic students will bevisiting All Saints' College next term.

JilI AngelReligious Education Coordinator

Amy Kaczmarczyk, Emily Moore and Talei Longbottom with new-found friends at theAustralian Islamic College.

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NORTHBRIDGE DRAWINGS

The Year 11 Art students visited orthbridge in April this year toabsorb the atmosphere of this lively, cosmopolitan area of Perthand to record the many facets of its unique environment. The cafes,

nd the eclectic architectural styles which characterise theNorthbridge district, became a particular focus.

The observations recorded were brought back to the art studioat the College and the students' drawings subsequently emerged.The charcoal drawing featured on the front cover of this issue wasproduced by Kathy Potter as part of this assignment. Otherexamples of the completed drawings are reprinted on this page. As

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you can see, the students responded to the challenge with consid­erable maturity and technical skill, and produced drawings of ahigh quality.

The results of this project were displayed in the Art, Design andTechnology Exhibition at the end of October. The entire collectionwas well worth seeing, as, indeed, were the many other fineexamples of work produced by students from all years in theCollege.

Keith BrewinHead of Design Technology Department

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YEAR 8 JEWELLERY

The development of jewellery-makingwithin the College has allowed students toproduce work of a very high standardwhich is designed to a brief and which theycan justly describe as unique. In additionto design requirements, students have tosatisfy a high standard of finish criteria,which tests their resolve and patience. Theresults are excellent, and the high standardwas evident in the exhibits at the Art,Design and Technology Exhibition.

This Year 8 course leads directly intoYear 9/10 courses, when studentsexperience additional techniques,including stone setting and casting.

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Examples of the excitingwork of Year 8Jewellery students.

Ralph ChandlerDesign Technology Teacher

YEAR 10 WOODWORK:TOYS AT WORK

Last year, Year 10 Woodwork studentsdesigned and made more than a dozen toysand activities for use by children aged0-12. lane Roberts, from the MeerilingaEarly Childhood Resource Library, came tothe College earlier this year to collect theprojects and to talk to this year's Year 10Woodwork students about ideas for theirtoy projects, focussing particularly on theneed for durability and quality.

This is an ongoing project whichenables students to learn about therelationship between form and function ina practical and challenging real-lifesituation. The students enjoy the fact thattheir projects will have a useful life oncecompleted, and lane Roberts is happy toprovide a worthwhile home for them.

Jane Roberts and Cerry Schirinzi discussideas with their Year 10 Woodwork class.

1996 CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITIONThis year's Creative Writing Competition attracted a wonderfully diverse andimaginative selection of literary contributions, from detective stories involvingEaster Bunnies and custard pie guns to deeply probing pieces on some of thesituations that confront, challenge or sadden us all. We were delighted to seethat the high standards we have come to associate with the College were upheld,and took great pleasure in reproducing winners' and finalists' contributions in aspecially-produced booklet, Muse.

WINNERSYears 11 and 12: first place Melissa Rainey (Year 11), second place NarelleMcAuliffe (Year 12).Years 8, 9 and 10: first place Ashleigh Adamek (Year 10), second placeKimberley Angel (Year 9).Years 6 and 7: first place Chung Foo (Year 6), second place Cynthia Cassidy(Year 7).Years 4 and 5: first place Frances Verbaan (Year 5), second place Lara Holbeck(Year 5).Years 1, 2 and 3: first place Andrew Blyth (Year 3), second place Cameron Third(Year 2).

Some of this year's creative writers.

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ROWING

Kelly Combes became involved in rowing two years ago, through WAIS, and has been rowing ever since.During the rowing season she rowed for Murdoch University, but she has now moved to Swan River RowingClub.

Late last year, Kelly won two medals in the State Championships, and from then on she trained up tonine times a week for the three months leading up to the Australian Championships.

On 12 March, she attended the Australian Rowing Championships in Sydney. Whilst there she competedin the Under 17 Double and the Under 17 Coxed Quad. She won a gold medal in the Under 17 Coxed Quadand finished in seventh position out of thirty-two crews in the Under 17 Double.

Kelly has achieved an enormous amount in a very short time and looks set to have a very strong futurein this exciting and challenging sport.

SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOLS

We have several Year 11 students representing All Saints' College and theState at National Summer Schools. Rodney Limerick and Laura Birt wereselected to attend the National Engineering Summer School in Sydney andDaniel Abbott (seen below receiving his award from Liz Westoby of theLeeming Rotary Club) will be one of a very select group of studentsrepresenting Australia at the Genesis Science Summer School in NewZealand.

Closer to home, Raymond Sheh (Year 10) has been selected to attend theMurdoch Science Summer School.

Kent WilliamsHead of Science Department

GENESIS SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOLRodney Limerick, Daniel Abbott and Laura Birt

The CRA National Youth Science Forum and the Genesis Science and Technology Summer School aresupported by Rotary Clubs throughout Australia and New Zealand. Their purpose is to encourage andassist the science students who will become tomorrow's scientists and managers. The Rotary Club of

Leeming nominated Daniel Abbott to attend the CRA National Youth Science Forum in Canberra,and Daniel was subsequently nominated to attend the Genesis Science and TechnologySummer School in Auckland, New Zealand.

Daniel has already demonstrated his strong interest in science by attending the Year 9Chemistry Olympiad programme at UWA, the Siemens Summer School and the MurdochScience Summer School, and is a regular participant in the College's Science Olympiad. He isaiming to study for a science or engineering degree after finishing Year 12. We would like toextend our congratulations to Daniel, who is a fine representative of the College and deservesall the success he is currently enjoying.

TOURNAMENT OF MINDS

On Saturday 7 September, two teams represented the College in theTournament of Minds competition held at Edith Cowan University. This wasthe first time the College has participated and the success of theLanguage/Literature Team was outstanding. The team, which comprisedAmanda Patching, Rachel Ward, Kym Abbott, Ashleigh Adamek, MarkBertinshaw, Joanna Phillips and Jane Rosevear, came third in the State-anexcellent achievement! Our Maths/Engineering Team also acquitted itselfvery well indeed, and congratulations go to Amy MacKenzie, Shona Mills,Richard Baillie, Blake Klyen, Rohan Mahendran, Peter Ward and RichardMaynier. All the students involved gained numerous skills from thisexperience, including team building, creative thinking and spontaneousproblem solving.

Special thanks for what proved to be a great day for all concerned mustgo to our expert facilitators, Miss Julie-Ann Clarke (Language/LiteratureTeam) and Mr Paul McMahon (Maths/Engineering Team), who contributedso much to the teams' success.

Toni DaleHead of Society and Environment Department

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The AHISA debating teams-an argumentative bunch?

BOUND FOR THAILAND

Janelle and JuNe:caring for others.

Toni DaleHead of Society and

Environment Department

By experiencing first hand the agonyand poverty that exists in parts of Thailand,I may begin to more fully understandwhat, as a member of the futuregeneration, I can do to help. I do not wantto be one of those people who sit back andwait for somebody else to do something: Ibelieve that if I don't do something aboutthe unfairness of this world, nobody will. Ican only do my best, and going to Thailandmay help me to start to grow and developand become a more compassionate person.

Julie MullinsYear 12

debaters. They won six out of ten debatesand became progressively more proficientat impromptu debating and points ofinformation.

A great deal was required of all thestudents who took part in thiscompetition: they acquitted themselvesexceptionally well, and we can all be proudof their achievements.

I have been fortunate enough to beselected to go to Thailand next January onan eye-opener trip with VisionGeneration-a group of young peopleconcerned about the poverty and pain ofour world today.

Twelve students (eight from WA andfour from Queensland) have been selectedto accompany Jack Joyce (Area Managerfrom World Vision Western Australia) anda few other World Vision workers toThailand. The aim of the trip is to exposethe future generation to areas with ThirdWorld conditions.

These students won three out of fivedebates. Thanks go to Ms Keating and MrsPotter, who coached this team.

Miss Shields and Mr Lance coached ourYear 10 team, which comprised AshleighAdamek, Aaron Barton, Mark Bertinshaw,Alan Chong, Didi Delaney, Jye McCaffreyand Brad Medcroft. This team won threeout of five debates.

Steven Anderson, Laura Birt, AndrewChan, Deanne Chiu, Georgia Clark, ChrisDew, Tamsin Ford, Taryn Jones, SereenaKenworthy, Phi lip Keirle, Rodney Limerickand Andrew Barnett were our senior

Many College students worked hardpreparing for and competing in the AHISADebating Competition, which was held atPerth College every Wednesday night overfive weeks. Topics for debate included therepublican issue, the treatment ofcriminals, the Cold War and whether Elvisis dead.

Our two Year 8 teams won six out of tendebates. Many thanks go to Breony Alien,Courtney Adamek, Kristen Brown, DanielChan, Errfun Essfahani, Jared Evans,Sarah Hayter, Max Jeganathan, NatalieMiller, Cameron Mole, AnthonyPapamatheos and Anthea Smyth. Thesetalented and capable students werecoached by Mrs Knox and Miss Kelly.Indeed Mrs Knox's team were winners inthe overall competition.

Our Year 9 team consisted of LouiseCumins, Charlotte Deague, Stacey Fuller,Blake Klyen and Simone Lindsay-Rae.

INTER-SCHOOL DEBATING

Our involvement in World Vision hasboomed this year, bringing with it newchallenges and opportunities. Julie Mullins(Year 12) is one of twelve Australianstudents who have been selected to travelto Thailand in January 1997 for an 'eye­opener tour' to raise awareness of thereality of poverty in the world today (seereport below right). I was fortunateenough to be selected for a week-longsummit in Canberra, where the focus wason learning about non-government organi­sations and speaking to politicians aboutthe action that needs to be taken toeradicate poverty.

To add to the College's achievements,we had tremendous support for theForty-hour Famine. We set out toraise $1,000 and have fifty peopleparticipating in the famine. Itwas therefore a pleasantsurprise to have eighty Senior School andsixty Junior School participants, whoraised just over $5,000. A big thank yougoes to all the participants and the familyand friends who sponsored them.

Janelle BoothYear 11

Since Janelle submitted this article shehas been elected College Captain for 1997.We would like to extend our congratu­lations to Janelle and to all the studentswho have been elected to positions ofresponsibility in the 1997 StudentExecutive. A full report will follow in thefirst College Quarterly ofnext year.

WORLD VISION

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College Colours recipients for Terms 1-3.

COLLEGE COLOURS

College Colours are awarded each term tostudents whose commitment, service andperformance are considered by the CollegeColours Committee to be outstanding andworthy of recognition.

In Term 2, the criteria used to decidewhich students could qualify for CollegeColours were fine-tuned to enable theCollege to recognise students who havemade an outstanding contribution to anarea without necessarily achieving at thehighest level. Colours may be awarded tostudents who demonstrate at least two ofthe following three qualities: commitmentto a specific area; achievement in a specificarea; services to a specific area.

In Term 1, College Colours wereawarded to Zoe Brand (dance and drama);Ryan Brogden (cricket); Troy Dyson(swimming); Christopher Irvine(swimming); Bradley lohnson (swimming);Matthew Leonard (swimming); MatthewLyon (cricket); Danielle Smith(swimming).

In Term 2, College Colours wereawarded to Robert Barge (achievements inand services to soccer); Sharron Blazejczyk(achievements in and services to hockey);Claire Booker (achievements in andservices to music); Ryan Brogden(achievements in and services to rugbyunion); Rebecca Cooper (achievements inand services to touch football); TimothyCrowe (achievements in and commitmentto drama); Felicity Fletcher (achievementsin and services to netball); Meghan Grant(achievements in and commitment tosport); Christopher Gray (commitment toand services in computing); Emily Halliday(achievements in and commitment totouch football); Kim Hands (achievementsin and services to sport); ChristopherIrvine (achievements in and services tohockey); Adam lakovich (achievements inand commitment to football, andachievements in and services tobasketball); Tamsin Kennerson(achievements in and services to sport);Trent Passmore (achievements in andservices to cross-country and achievementsin and services to basketball); lane Porter(achievements in and services to sport);Naomi Quartermaine (achievements in andservices to netball); Anna Toussaint(achievements in and commitment toorchestra); Kim Tribbick (achievementsin and services to sport); Ella Tribe(achievements in and services to sport).

In Term 3, College Colours wereawarded to Monica Barratt(achievements in and commitment to

orchestra); lessica Cook (achievements inand services to music); Felicity Fletcher(achievements in and commitment toathletics); Christopher Gray (achievementsin and commitment to music); Kim Hands(achievements in and services to athletics);Wade Machar (achievements in andcommitment to rugby union); AdamMitchell (achievements in and services tolighting); Katherine Potter (achievementsin and services to orchestra); NaomiQuartermaine (achievements in andservices to athletics); Danielle Sellwood(achievements in and commitment todance); Ryan Strawbridge (achievements inand commitment to rugby union).

We would like to offer our warmestcongratulations to all these students. Term4's College Colours, which will be awardedon 28 November, will be listed in the firstCollege Quarterly for1997.

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MATHS GAMES CAMP

Each year since 1973, the MathematicalAssociation of WA has conducted the MathsGames Camp. This residential campinvolves four students from Year 10 whorepresent their school and compete againststudents from other schools inmathematical strategy games. This year,from Friday 6 September until Sunday 8September, 164 students from forty-oneschools throughout WA participated in thecamp held at the Noalimba Centre inBateman. All Saints' College wasrepresented by icholas Ralph, StuartMunro, Matthew Sargeant and RaymondSheh. During the weekend the fourstudents held off some stiff competition towin. Hale School came second andEsperance Senior High School third.

Each of the four students received aHewlett Packard graphics calculator andthe College keeps the perpetual shield

until the competition next year.Congratulations and well done toall four students on anoutstanding performance.

David HaytorHead of Mathematics Department

From left to right:Nicholas Ralph,

Raymond Sheh andStuart Munro: three

members of thesuccessful Maths

Games Team.

Work shadowing in action. Top photograph: Sereena Kenworthy working with Mrs lanetParmenter and the delightful pre-primary children at Oberthur Primary School. Bottomphotograph: Steven Moreschini (centre) working with Murray Bumett (left) and former ASCstudent lames Willett at Kleenheat Cas.

Students at All Saints' College are able totest out possible career options through anumber of innovative and excitingprogrammes offered by the CareersEducation staff. Each programme enablesstudents to look at the workplace from adifferent viewpoint, and a combination ofprogrammes offers students a first-classpreview of the world of work.

The most traditional of the programmesoffered is work experience, which involvesthe student going into a business toperform a specific role. The students gainan insight into work practices and are ableto see how the skills learnt at school willtransfer into the workplace.

Work experience is fundamentally task­orientated and gives a 'micro' experience ofthe workplace. For a more role-oriented,'macro' experience of the workplace,students are now able to access the workshadowing programme.

Work shadowing is a powerful way oflearning about the world of work. Inessence, it enables students to 'keep in stepwith'-or shadow-workers so they canobserve the various tasks performed inpeople's jobs and learn about their roles.

Work shadowing was offered to Year 11students for the first time this year. Theprogramme complements Year 10 workexperience, switching students' focus topeople's roles in the workplace rather thanthe individual tasks they perform.

As part of the work shadowingprogramme this year, students gave theiremployers a handbook which was speciallywritten and produced in the College togive employers information about thestudents in their charge, the expectedstudent and employer benefits and theresponsibilities of all parties in the process.This handbook proved to be a valuableguide to the work shadowing programme.

The comments and assessmentsrecorded by employers in the students'work shadowing journals indicate that allconcerned were fine ambassadors for theCollege and the Year 11 students are to becongratulated.

Work experience and work shadowingare further complemented in the Collegeby the Business Alive programme, which iscoordinated by the West Australian Officeof Young Achievement Australia. BusinessAlive is a curriculum-based enrichmentprogramme which teaches seniorsecondary students about business throughthe experiences of a consultant from asponsor organisation.

During the Business Alive programmethe consultant spends approximately anhour a week in the classroom (teamed with

a teacher) over a ten-week period. One ofthe classes usually involves an industryvisit, which consolidates the link betweentheory and practice for the students.

The programme gives students a goodunderstanding of the overall operation of abusiness, introduces them to positive rolemodels from the business world, givesthem an improved understanding ofrelevant business issues through informeddiscussion and, finally, offers a greaterbreadth of knowledge on which to basecareer choices and post-school options.

I would like to take this opportunity to

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thank Mr Peter Alien of Visy Board Pty Ltd,who acted as our Business Alive consultantagain this year, and Mrs Robyn Biddle ofYoung Achievement Australia, whocoordinated the programme. I would alsolike to thank the parents who offeredworksite placements for our students thisyear, and the students who participated soenthusiastically and effectively in theprogrammes we offered.

Bob GlasheenCareers Counsellor and

Work Shadowing Coordinator

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE

Glyn Parry was invited to the College asour Writer-in-Residence during theFestival of the Arts for 1996. His friendlyand down-to-earth manner and unusualsense of humour were a delight, and as weall got to know Glyn, and students foundhim to be genuinely concerned withhelping them to improve their creativewriting, he became something of a PiedPiper. Even on his last day, he wasregularly spotted walking around theCollege surrounded by a small band ofstudents asking many questions.

Glyn workshopped with studentsthrough English classes. He taught themto transpose versions of reality into theirwriting, to write from experience, torecreate in words what they had heard andseen to develop a story. Glyn also provideda workshop for parents, grandparents,students and friends one Saturdayafternoon. The workshop was packed andran for longer than expected.

The College Creative WritingCompetition was also judged by Glyn, whopresented students with their prizes at theCollege Assembly on behalf of the ArtsFoundation. His speech to all of us on thatfinal day of his residency made asignificant impact on staff and students. Ifyou were not there, then you missed thespecial reality of his honest and sincerepresentation to us all! We thank Glyn forhis wonderful contribution to the life ofour College during this year's verysuccessful Festival of the Arts.

Organised by the Arts

Foundation The aim of the

Arts Foundation is to foster

the development of Fine

Arts, ere tive Arts and

Performing Arts within the

community of All Saints'

College

ALL 'AJ " COLLE E

Ewmg Avenue, Bull Creek 614q

Telephone, (09) 332 5344

F"r"imilp, (0913104726

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ALL SAl T 'COLLEGEFESTIVAL OF THE RTS

UG T 5 - 22, 1996

MEET 1

Dawn elementsHead of English Department

Glyn Parry addressing the College Assemblyafter presenting the Creative WritingCompetition prizes.

The Ladies' Forum organised a special 'Meet the PIand Bill Jeffrey the opportunity to discuss their wo'Fired Up' Exhibition.

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CREATIVE WRITI C COMP TITIO

Patricia DerringtonDrama Coordinator

The inaugural Arts Festival provided theideal opportunity to bring to fruition aproject that has been of interest to me forsome time. With the backing of the ArtsFoundation, we were able to introduceTheatre Sports into the College. Under theexpert guidance of Angela and MichaelSanderson-Greene, the only fullyaccredited Advanced Theatre Sportsteachers in WA, our students enjoyedtwelve hours of intensive training.

At 9.30 a.m. on the first Saturday of thetraining programme, thirty eager (if a littleapprehensive) students milled outside theUpper Theatre awaiting their fate. Alljoined in the warm-up and improvisationactivities with energy and enthusiasm. Bythe second week the numbers had grownand the word was out that Theatre Sportswas fun. It is a particular feature ofTheatre Sports that so many drama andlife skills are acquired in such an enjoyableand entertaining manner.

The three-week training programmeculminated with the Theatre Sportsevening, which was held in the UpperTheatre. Each House provided at least oneteam, who chose an interesting variety ofnames and costumes for the evening.Michael compered the night with skill andhumour while Angela, David Ballantyne(Drama Director at Penrhos College) and aTheatre Sports competitor played thehated judges, taking the crowd's boos andhisses with true stoicism.

It was a most entertaining evening fullof comedy and laughter. Seeing thecreativity, team work and energy displayedby the students was most exciting and Ilook forward to this event becoming a

regular one on the ASCcalendar-although yearlyrather than at the somewhatmore frequent intervalssuggested to me by the verykeen students! It is alwaysgood to have an audience thatwants more and participantswho are eager to give more,and we can all look forward toeven more vibrant andenergising performances nextyear.

THEATRE SPORTS

MOnday Il to rnday 16 AuguStLA GUAGE:Awareness Week

.. DANCE FESTIVAL.P.A. Centre Tuesday 6 August 7.30pm

Emily Moore and a hidden Cheryl Swanstonanxiously await the next object with whichthe devious Michael Sanderson-Greene willattempt to confuse them.

JUNIOR SCHOOl:Book Week Monday 19 co Friday 23 August

Iu IOR SCH Ol:Book Character Day Thursday 22 Augusc

YEARS 4-7:Visit to Barking Gecko Theatre Company to see productionof"Way Home" Tuesday 6 August 12.1 Spm

TVW (HA EL 7: VISIT BY TVW CHA El I PERSO ALII Y

Tuesday 6 August 1.301'11'

• OPE I G OF THE FESTIVAL:Theatre Foyer Monday S August 7.301'11'

.. WORKSHOP - ARl15T I RESIDENCE: GLY N PARRYRoom C4 Saturday 17 August 2.00-3.30pm

.. THEATRE SPORTS 1$4 PER PERSO ):P.A. Cencre Friday 16 AURuSt 7.30pm

.. LECTURE:DR DEN IS HAC; FlI - Cl CllIOC;TRFFTRooms 02J04 Tuesday 13 August 4.00-S.00pm

.. PIA 0 R C1TAL 1$ I0 ADULTS, $5 STUDE TS):Gll SULUVANUpper Theatre Tuesday 13 Augusc 8.00pm

.. LECTURE:MRAndrew Lynch - JOHN DONNF - MrTAPHYC;1 AI POnRYRooms 02J04 Wednesday 14 August 4.00-S.00pm

.. JUNIOR S HOOl:Arts Afternoon Wednesday 14 August 1.20-3.1 Spm

.. LECTURE:MARCARI:.T MclNrYRE - TRANSLAIIONSRooms 02/04 Wednesday 21 August 4.00-S.00pm

.. MUSIC RECIT L - YEARS 11-12:Theatre Tuesday 20 Augusc 7.30prn

,. These e en are open to the whole College community

For lunher information contact Mark Stapleton, on 312 ~344

A group exhibition

featUring the work of

Chm.lIne Dyer Graham Hay,

Dee laeger Bill Jelfrey, Irene

Poulton. and

Stewart Scambler:

six established

and emerging

West Australiiln

artists who will be

working with

students and the

College community

GLY PARRY - Artist in Residence

Glyn is a successfully published

writer wlio will be working with

members of th College Community

during the Festival

Work will be on view, for the duration

of the Festival, in th Gallery.

rmalists and winners will be featured in a

publication called 'Muse'

Sponsored by the Arts Foundation, this

dnnual competition will involve students from

Years 1-12

otEventsMonday 5 August ­Thursday 22 August

ea to giver potters Stewart Scambler, Irene Poulton::h was on display in the College Gallery as part of the

ponERS

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•ommunl yPIG OUT FOR PERTHCITY MISSION

Janelle Gumina and Rachel Ward helping'Piggy' with his (or her?!) breakfast.

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Seventy members of the All Saints' CollegeYear 8/9 Youth Club 'pigged out' in theCollege's Performing Arts Centre on Friday9 August, all in aid of Perth City Missionand its winter fundraising campaign. Onehighlight of the evening was theappearance of Piggy, a four-month-olddwarf pig belonging to Joy O'Grady, one ofthe College's administration staff. Otherevents for the night included the PigOlympics, which featured activities such asPiggy Back Races and Sty Scrapers(stacking foam cups to achieve the higheststructure). After devouring pizzas (kindlyprovided through Perth City Missionsponsors) and warm drinks, the students'final event was the Pig Quiz-four roundsof questions, all related to pigs.

Early on Saturday morning, therevellers were treated to cereals, porksausages and bacon, all courtesy of PerthCity Mission, to round off the Pig Out inSTYle.

The event, organised by Mr and MrsAngel and Mrs White, proved to be a hugesuccess-even if it did only allow theorganisers three hours sleep-andmanaged to raise $700 towards Perth CityMission's facilities for Perth's homelessyouth.

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ANGLICARE BLANKETAPPEAL

Following Father Terry's call for thedonation of blankets for Anglicare's appeal,we were inundated with many completeblankets. The idea of knitting squares forpatchwork blankets was also very eagerlyaccepted, and I was delighted to take onthe role of coordinator.

Grandparents, parents, staff, students ofboth the Junior and Senior Schools andfriends of the College worked enthusias­tically to produce hundreds of colourfulsquares. Particular mention must be madeof Mrs John, Mrs Loxton and Mrs Rappold,who crocheted the squares into beautifulblankets, and of Mrs Holbeck and MrsMitchell, who donated complete knittedblankets. The fourteen handmade blanketshelped us reach a total of over forty fordonation to a delighted recipient atAnglicare.

Father Terry and I would like to thankeverybody who gave up their time andeffort to help with this appeal.

Jill AngelReligious Education Coordinator

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GALA FUNDRAISING BALL

The All Saints' College Gala Fundraising Ball was held on 10 August at the ItalianClub and proved to be an outstanding success on every front. The surroundingswere perfect, the company dazzling, the food delicious and the music inspira­tional. Dancing and general festivities continued until the last revellers left at2 a.m. All the guests-Year 12 students, staff, parents, the local parishcommunity, friends and dignitaries and their partners-had a wonderful time in arelaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Needless to say, the evening's success was due in no small part to the energyand generosity of a core group of very dedicated helpers whose donations of timeand effort were invaluable.

As well as providing another opportunity for the College community to havefun together, the evening generated additional funds which will be given to theAll Saints' College Foundation Appeal for the completion of the Lower Theatre.

All Saints' College staffand partners relax at the Fundraising Ball.

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Some of the members of the blanket­making team.

CHRISTMAS APPEAL

At Christmas, the Youth Club is aiming toraise $400 to sponsor places at two tablesfor the Christmas Appeal for the Perth CityMission. These places will be given to thehomeless and needy on Christmas Day.

YEAR 11 OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Smiling faces say it all on the Year 11 Outdoor Education Camp.

(50 tired . .. didn)tthink I could go onextremely proud ofmyefforts . .. )

(... very exhilarating . ..the best fun I have everhad . .. )

(.. .very confident fromthe first rapid and lovedit for the rest of theday ... )

Eventually, after one term of fine-tuningflat-water kayaking (Kl) skills in OutdoorEducation classes, learning river features,camp-craft and rescue procedures andwatching Avon Descent footage, the classembarked on the Avon River paddlingGrade 2-3 Whitewater, the sections paddledbeing the harder parts of the AvonDescent.

The camp began at Bells' Rapids. Thistime participants paddled the middle andtop sections to perfect ferry glides, surfingand breaking in and out of white water. Wewere blessed with glorious blue skies forthe entire expedition, so capsizes were nota concern to those continuouslyswimming!

We camped at Possetts' Ford, one of theless frequented and prettier sites on theriver. The students decided to keep groupimpact on the area to a minimum, and sospread out their tents, group cooked onstone areas, built fires in permanent firepits, used sump holes for liquid waste andbagged out food in garbage bags. Theyresisted any form of soap washing in theriver, toileted at least 100 m away from theriver and left the area cleaner than it hadbeen found. It is certainly rewarding towatch teenagers make responsibledecisions about the environment andthemselves.

The next two days were challenging andpotentially very dangerous. Students

paddled the tea-tree section-a mass oftea-trees forming a maze (with runningwater and rapids-exciting!) and thetreacherous 'valley'-a collection of rapids,tea-trees and head-high standing waves.

This was an outstanding group. Theypaddled extremely well in the hardersections of the Avon, showing greatcamaraderie, leadership skills and highself-esteem.

The camp would not have been such asuccess without the valuable help of MrNeil Coli ins and two instructors fromAcacia Canoes.

Special thanks to Mrs Judy Barge, MrPaul Wightman and Mr Mike Leonard fortheir assistance and kind words.Commendations and thanks to theseventeen Outdoor Education studentswho showed responsibility, exceptionalskills and maturity at all times. It was apleasure taking them on camp.

Melanie BozichOutdoor Education Teacher

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(... the biggestsatisfaction andsuccess . .. )

Luke Wightman doing it tough!

OTSTUDY TOUR OF ITALY 1996

Capri!

The fifth All Saints' College Study Tourconsisted of fourteen Year 11 students andmyself. The tour began with four nights inFlorence, during which we strolled alongthe Arno river and visited PiazzaleMichelangelo, from where you get a fullview of Florence. We queued for threehours in the rain to see the Uffizi Gallery,and no trip to Florence would be completewithout seeing Michelangelo's David at theAcademia.

There were two day tours fromFlorence: one to Pisa and one to Siena.Our next stop was Bologna, where we weregreeted by our host families from IstitutoE Mattei, with whom we spent the nextnineteen days. While there, the studentsexperienced an Italian Easter and somewere lucky enough to receive some ratherlarge Easter eggs containing a surprise gift(as all Italian eggs do).

During our stay in Bologna, apart fromgoing to school, we had a private tourthrough the sixth largest pasta factory inItaly ('Corticella'), went on a day tour tothe medieval city of Mantova, werewelcomed by the Mayor with ascrumptious morning tea and visited themuseum and park where prehistoricremains have been found. Perhaps one ofthe most memorable mornings was whenwe were invited to visit a family-ownedbakery, '11 Panificio Beccari'. Mr and MrsBeccari showed us how they made a varietyof breads, rolls and pizza. They gave thestudents a chance to make their own rollsand then, when we thought the food wasbeing baked for the shop, it was all dishedout to us. When we were too full to eat anymore, they brought out large paper bags,filled them with all the leftovers and gaveus one each to take home. Their generositywas overwhelming.

I organised a surprise three-day side trip

during our stay in Bologna. When wearrived in Stresa on Lake Maggiore innorthern Italy, the students were veryexcited. They had tried for almost a year tofind out where I was taking them! LakeMaggiore extends into Switzerland, so wetook a boat trip to Locarno in Switzerlandwhere we bought some Swiss chocolateand had lunch.

Our departure from Bologna was bothsad and rather eventful (one absent­minded student 'forgot' to put herbackpack on the train).

The students enjoyed Venice immensely,exploring the little streets, going on atraditional gondola, a day trip to CortinaD'Ampezzo (a ski resort in the Alps) andshopping.

Our next stop was Rome. We spent fivedays seeing all the major sights in glorioussunshine, eating large amounts of ice­cream and spending whatever money wehad left. We had a three-day side trip to theisland of Capri near the Bay of Naples,which was a perfect end to another

wonderful trip. Seeing the beautifulturquoise waters, the Blue Grotto and thehuge terraced villas was breathtaking andour hotel was perfect.

I must thank our sister school inBologna, Istituto E Mattei, the Principal,Ingegner G Innocenti, and the coordi­nating teachers Professoressa AlessandraRebecchi and Professoressa ValerieAuthers. They welcomed us all with openarms, and everyone was very kind to us.

Each tour I take is different and thegroups of students are all remembered fordifferent reasons. The members of thisparticular group impressed me with theircaring attitude towards one another andtowards me. There is only one thing I don'tunderstand: how can so much ice-creambe eaten so incredibly often?

Luisa MaioHead of LOTE

Getting a taste ofItaly! Students enjoying the Corticella pasta factory and the Beccari family's bakery.

Luisa MaioHead of LOTE

Amy Gates with host sister and mother (top); Monica Barratt inVenice (middle); and Natasha Roza-Butler offshooting with her hostbrother (bottom).

THE WAATI·INTERCULTURA ITALIAN EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

All Saints' Collegehas been involvedin this exchangeprogramme forfifteen years, andthis year has beenour biggest ever.

Last year wewere offered fourplaces for theChristmas holidaysexchange andconsequentlyMonica Barratt,Jessica Cook, AmyGates and NatashaRoza-Butler spenttwo months inItaly in December'95 and January'96. In June, twoexchange studentsarrived from Italyfor their two-month stay in Perth. Sara Barbieri and AliceGeymonat, who were hosted by the Leonard and Lintonfamilies respectively, had a wonderful time in Perth and onlyrecently returned home.

In addition to our two official exchange students, we hadtwo visiting students from Italy for two months. Susanna Fiorini and ChiaraRinaldi, Jessica Cook's and Amy Gates' Italian host sisters, came to Australia tovisit their families. They too had a fabulous time.

The College's Australian-Italian relations are growing every year, andcultural exchanges such as these are important for our students as they teachthem about our multicultural society. The exchanges would not be possiblewithout the generosity and hospitality of our College families, who are alwayswilling to host students from all over the world. Thank you. I would also like tothank, in advance, the families who will be hosting our seventeen visitingstudents from Bologna in December 1996.

REUNION ISLAND

On 30 June we escaped Perth's mid­winter blues and headed to sunny,tropical Reunion Island. We were part ofthe annual MLTA exchange to Reunion,which this year consisted of seventystudents and four teachers from allaround Western Australia who stayedwith a Reunnaise family for four weeks.

Reunion Island is located in the IndianOcean, close to Mauritius. It is anamazingly beautiful island withmountains, volcanoes, lush rainforestsand beaches which would rival the best inAustralia.

The four weeks went quickly. We spentthe time lazing on the beach trying toachieve the perfect tan to take back toour envious friends in Australia, going toschool and shopping. All the Australiansmet up in the second week for a three­day camp in the mountains, which was arelief for us all-three days of speakingand hearing English was great. The campconsisted of hiking up mountains andother activities and catching up on lostsleep.

The last two weeks were spent like thefirst-at school, going to the beach and

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shopping. We were also shown all themany beautiful sights of Reunion. Thisincluded visiting the volcano and themany waterfalls, museums and markets.Our families were all very nice andeveryone was very friendly. They showedus around Reunion and also introducedus to the fantastic French and Creolefoods, which we were always eating.

We both had a fantastic time and havefond memories that will last a lifetime.

Emma Groves and Tamsin FordYear 11

FLEETING IMPRESSIONS OF JAPANESE HOMESTAY

The Japanese Homestay students from Otsuma Nakano Girls' Senior High Schoolwith their teacher Mrs Miwako Iga.

Japanese Homestay begins-speeches, home-stylebiscuits, presents andhesitant conversation. ArtsFestival opening-strangepottery, more speeches, avocal number from themovie From the Boys. Picnicat Fred Jacoby Park,barbecue steak and walkingthrough the pines. Aromas,bright yellow wattle. Writer­in-Residence-charismaticGlyn Parry-much laughterand parties in the library­different. Numerous jazzmusicians and TheloniusMonk at Assembly,wildflowers at Wireless Hillon a damp day. Eisteddfodand Dance Festival, glidingballet dancer, giant plates,forks, colours massed,smoke and rhythmic gyrations. TheSorrento, crowded, in Northbridge, senseof bonhomie, delicious foods, operatic trioand being 'blessed' by a lady after a sneeze.Eating out at Tumblegum, corroboree

dancer, didgeridoo, clapping sticks, spearand boomerang throwing.

Homestay birthday party-meeting therellies-more Aussie cooking withstudents next day, pies and sweet pavlova.

River walks just after dawn. Timid white

egret, scruffy little dog.Miwako-camaraderie andpuzzling humour of seniorstaff at the dinner meeting,harmonious grace ending.

Sunny's restaurant, fairylights, the Otsuma Schoolsong, more presents, hugs,tears, fond farewells.

Tea ceremony, 'Tastes likeseaweed', girls in kimonos,chatting, giggling. ArtGallery, one wet Saturdayarvo, classical flute musicmingling with dottedAboriginal art, the film.Yawning koalas-cuddly­kangaroos and dingos atCohunu. Sunny Perthsnuggling close to theSwan.

Memories I hope Miwakotakes home with her.

Sandy PotterHead of Senior Library

RUGBYWELL DONE DURACK!

The final resultsof the

1996 Inter-house Carnival were:Durack 3,213Stirling 3,172Cowan 3,086Forrest 2,996

O'Connor 2,937Murdoch 2,904

In many respects frustration would be aterm that comes to mind in consideringlast season. The boys in the First XV didn'treach their full potential, although theydid get to the semi-finals. At Under 15 levelwe had an excellent level of participationfrom Years 8, 9 and 10 students, even if thetraining was at 7 a.m. on Friday mornings.The Under 15 team reached the final,where it met a very large Newman sidethat was just too strong. I don't know what

they feed them on north ofthe river.Wade Machar and RyanStrawbridge were chosen to

• play for Western Australiaand Ryan went one betterand did what Aussie Rulescan't do and that is beselected and play for hiscountry: and he is only aYear 11. Well done Ryan!Charles Street played acouple of games as a Year 10

The Tug of War event revealsthe enthusiasm and effortevident at the Inter-houseAthletics camival.

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and was selected for WA in his age group,as was Matthew Kees.

We have great hopes for the future,particularly with the level of talent comingthrough. Thanks to all staff members andparents who have given their support thisseason.

Ralph ChandlerRugby Union Coordinator

The Year 8/9 Rugby Team lineout challeng­ing for possession against Newman College.

Senio SportSUCCESS, IN DEFEAT, FOR ATHLETICS TEAM

An amazing athletics success story at ASCoccurred when, in only its second year in'~ Division, All Saints' College finishedsecond to Corpus Christi at the Inter­school Athletics Carnival at Perry Lakes. Itwas an achievement far beyond anyone'sexpectations and further indicated AllSaints' College's sporting prowess in manydisciplines.

The athletics season looked as though itwould be successful right from the start.One hundred plus enthusiastic attendees attraining sessions, enthusiastic supportfrom a huge band of parents, ex-studentsand staff and strong leadership from KimHands, Trent Passmore, NaomiQuartermaine, Troy Dyson, SharronBlazejczyk and Adam Jakovich as captainsall contributed to a strong and highlymotivated team.

Besides training sessions, all athleteswere given the opportunity of attending a'training day' at Perry Lakes in preparationfor the big day. All Saints' also hosts theQuadrangular Carnival in our magnificentgrounds, which are tended so well by thegrounds staff. Every event offered to thestudents further boosted our strength andpreparation for the Inter-school Carnival,and it is evident that it all paid off.

Congratulations to the entire team. Thiswas a highly competitive, disciplined andskilled group of students who trainedextremely hard for an eight-week bloc.Congratulations to Alex Pooley, MichaelSenini and Stacey Fuller, who were namedin the ACC Honorary Representative teamfor outstanding achievements.

All Saints' was very strong in all throws,jumps and track events and the relayteams were outstanding. It was a teameffort in which all athletes contributedtheir best efforts-and the College, asusual, contributed tremendous support.

Melanie BozichAthletics Coordinator

From left to right: Joshua Smithson, Jane Porter and Ross Brown, with staffmembers NickDundas and Sarah Richens observing the relay changeovers with a degree of trepidation.

Sarah Logan hands the baton to Melissa Rainey in pursuit of the Chisholm College relay team.

SLALOM KAYAKINGOn Sunday 28 July, the Winter SchoolSlalom Championship was held at HesterPark. Eight schools were represented bydedicated paddlers who had attendedtraining sessions in the previous weeks toprepare for the event. Sessions were heldat Bells Rapids and Walyunga, but due toheavy rainfall, which resulted in the rapidsbeing too large and the water flowing toofast, the race itself was held on theCanning River.

It was a fantastic turnout. Forty-two

competitors were involved in all, three ofthem-Sarah Linton, Liz Ronson andRichard Linton-from All Saints'. Thecourse was fairly straightforward sincethere wasn't any fast-flowing water, but thegate manoeuvres were still challenging.

Concentration and carefulness were thekeys to getting a good race time. In theUnder 18 division, Liz Ronson took outfirst place with a time of 135 seconds andSarah Linton came second ... also with atime of 135 seconds, and in the Boys'

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Under 16 Richard Linton came fourth on145 seconds.

Overall, All Saints' College came secondto Newman College's first-an excellentresult.

Anyone interested in representing theschool in slalom paddling at the SummerChampionship can speak to Sarah, Liz orMr Coli ins.

Sara LintonYear 12

ALL SAINTS'-TOUCH FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

For the fourth time in five years, the All Saints'College Girls' Touch Football Team has won theWASSA Touch Football Championship. AllSaints' proved too strong in the grand final,defeating Como Senior High School 6-0. Theteam was on top throughout the entirecompetition and recorded a 20-0 win in thequarter final and an 8-1 victory in the semifinal.

Special mention should be made of EmilyHalliday, who was named Player of the Final,and the Head of Physical Education at AllSaints', Mr Neil Collins, who has coached theteam for the past five years, with tremendoussuccess. As a point of interest, Emily is also aState representative hockey player.

Five of the All Saints' team have representedWestern Australia in the National Champion­ships, and Emily was selected for the AustralianMerit Team.

The successful touch football squad. Left to right: staffmember Neil Collins and studentsClaire Derbyshire, Rebecca Cooper, Cressida Bell, Emily Halliday, Kelly Combes, NaomiQuartermaine, lane Porter and Meghan Grant.

From left to right Kate Loveday, Kim Hands, lane Porter and aomi Quartermaine at theWomen in Sport Breakfast.

WOMEN IN SPORTBREAKFAST

Female athletes who excel in sport at ASCwere able to attend a breakfast at theSuperdrome to listen to keynote addressesby female Olympians. Diet, training, sociallife and competition were discussed.Students asked Questions and mixed withthe athletes during the breakfast, the mainaim being to encourage students to focuson goal setting and performanceimprovement.

Students found the breakfaststimulating and thought-provoking andwill be able to use the insights gained fortheir own career planning.

TAE KWON·DO

During Term 2, the Year 12 PE Studies class was treated toeighteen sessions of punching, kicking, blocking and free­fighting. Sounds fun! Honestly it was physically demandingand required a high level of concentration. The key to thecourse's success was the enthusiasm and maturity of theYear 12s involved and the quality of instruction. RodneyLockyer (4th Dan) and Tanya Tomshin (2nd Dan) aremembers of ATI Tae Kwon-Do. Rodney has been training forfourteen years: he has been National Champion twice, amedallist at three European Championships and is lookingto compete at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Tanya is also anAustralian Champion (1992, 1993, 1996), has won medals atthe World and European Championships, and at eighteenyears of age has set her sights on being an Olympian. Ourthanks go to them for a most professional and enjoyablelearning experience.

Peter Whipp'Grand Master' Yoda Kim Hands (centre) connects with Kate Loveday (left) under the watchful eye of

Tanya Tomshin during a Tae Kwon-Do session.

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YEARS 8, 9 AND 10 INTER-HOUSE SPORT

Whilst still in its first year, it is pleasing toreport on the enthusiastic level of supportshown for the new Inter-house SportProgramme. Each House has fulfilled itscommitment to the following activities:

Term I-Years 9 and 10Boys' basketball, hockey;

Girls' touch football, hockey.Term 2-Years 8 and 9

Boys' soccer;Girls' soccer, basketball.

Term 2-Years 9 and 10Boys' rugby 7s.

Most noteworthy is the excellent spiritin which the games are played, and the

'dedication to the team' displayed by thestudents.

These fixtures would not happen if itwere not for the efforts of the seniorstudents who umpire, coach, score andencourage the players. They provide a fineservice to their respective Houses anddeserve to be commended.

The programme will continue in Term 4with a repeat of the Term 1 fixtures forYears 8 and 9. We look forward to studentsfrom Years 10 and 11 assisting withofficiating.

Peter WhippInter-house Sport Coordinator

CROSS-COUNTRY

Goalmouth action from the Year 9 boys'soccer competition.

The 1996 Cross-country Team maintained the College's traditionally highperformance level at the Associated and Catholic Colleges' Inter-schoolevent, finishing in fourth place overall for the combined boys' and girls'aggregate trophy. The girls were placed eighth and the boys second in theirrespective categories.

Of course the team's magnificent effort was evident not only at the Inter­school event but also in its members' regular attendance over many weeksat training sessions which ran at 7.15 a.m. four mornings a week. It wasoften cold and raining, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the team,who turned up and trained with commitment to the College and in order toachieve personal goals.

I must say a big thank you to the many staff, parents and P&F memberswho helped with training and breakfasts and provided financial support, andto the captains, Kim Hands and Trent Passmore, and vice captains KimTribbick and Troy Dyson, who provided more support to me personally andthe team than I could possibly ask for. Roll on the 1997 season.

Neil CollinsHead of PE

Kiera Chorley and Kristy Davies focused at the start of the Under 16 Girls'Inter-school Cross-country.

Saturday Netball is offered as an extracur­ricular option for both Junior and SeniorSchool students. This season, we hadfourteen teams (five Junior and nineSenior) playing for All Saints'.

The Year 7 team was coached by ZoyGoff and Michelle McKim (both Year 10),who have done extremely well to get thisenthusiastic team through to the GrandFinal.

Our Year 8 team treated a large numberof spectators to a tremendous PreliminaryFinal. At half time they were level with theopposition (Leeming). At the conclusion ofthe game the score was still even, so onthey went for a further seven minutes eachend-still a draw. Next the teams were told

SATURDAY NETBALL

the winner would be the first team togo two goals in front-at least anotherfifteen minutes away. Not once did thisfine young team of competitors giveup, and with great determination andeffort they went through to win. Againtheir young coaches were fromYear 11-Petina Yeoh and Jaye Dadley.Well done to you all: the sports­manship displayed by our students wascertainly a pleasure to watch.

Jill GreenSaturday Netball Coordinator

Action from the Saturday netball Year 8Preliminary Final.

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o er 5 udentsLIZ RILEY

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Liz Riley has been outstandingly successfulin her work in quality assurance in theviticultural industry and has recently hadthat success recognised by the award of amuch-coveted Nuffield Scholarship, whichwill enable her to travel in Europe and theUS to study sustainable viticulture.

The Nuffield Farming Scholarship-theMarigold Southey Scholarship for womenin agriculture-is one of five scholarshipsfor Australian farmers offered each year,and Liz is its youngest recipient. DavidShannon, Chairman of the SA branch ofthe Australian Nuffield Farming ScholarsAssociation, commented, 'Although she isjust beginning her career, Liz has alreadymade significant contributions to reducingcontamination in grapes and improvingquality assurance in the Australian wineindustry.' Liz's research will focus on

avoiding vine resistance to fungicides,insecticides and herbicides andmaintaining what has been termedAustralia's 'clean green' image overseas­'It's all about making chemicals work forus so that we don't have to use too much,'Liz says. 'The wine industry is a hugegrowth sector for Australia and it's reallyimportant that we get this qualityassurance for chemicals right.'

Liz's success in the Nuffield Scholarshipbuilds on her highly-regarded RoseworthyBachelor of Applied Science degree and aprestigious job with Southcorp, where sheoversees work in twenty-two vineyardscovering 6,000 ha throughout SouthAustralia, Victoria and New South Wales.To complete her 'dream run', Liz willmarry boyfriend Jerome Scarborough inDecember this year at Angaston in theBarossa Valley.

We'd like to offer our congratulationson all fronts to Liz and wish her all thebest for the years to come.

We always hope, on these pages, tohave only good and wonderful thingsto report about our past and presentstudents. However life is not alwaysgood and wonderful, and sometimeswe have to pass on sad news to friendsin the wider College community.

Nicholas Catt was a student at theCollege from 1985 to 1988. His wasa big spirit: the sort of spirit thatcannot and should not beconstrained. Nick could bepersuaded to conform, butconformity was not his naturalway. Those of us who attendedthe funeral service held afterNick was tragically killed in amotor accident in Augustthis year felt his spirit to beat work even there. Althoughthere was tremendoussadness, Nick's irrepressiblenature was everywhere. Hewould have been pleased withthis service.

The tribute below wasspecially written for CollegeQuarterly by Nick's brother Simon,who we would like to thank forframing Nick's essence soappropriately.

Nick's spirit is not lost, but enjoyingthe ultimate freedom.

Editors

NICHOLAS CAn19881eaver

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In the school yard roams a diverse range oflife's individuals: big, small, boys, girls,dark, fair, quiet, noisy, naughty... NicholasCatt was one of those individuals.

Nick attended All Saints' Collegethrough primary and then secondaryschool. During that time he made an

impression on students and teachersalike. Some will remember Nick as a

friend in the playground. Some,perhaps teachers, will rememberNick as a high-spirited person whodidn't like doing homeworkmuch and regularly made hisway up to the Principal's office.Sadly and suddenly, Nick, ourfriend, my beautiful brother,was taken from us on 6 August,in a fatal car crash. While itmakes no sense at all that Nickenjoyed such a brief time withall of us, we look back withhappiness and laughter at the

times we shared: for thefirecrackers in the middle of class,

the food fights in the locker room,or for the friend we remember Nick

as in a time of need. We are gratefuland remember Nick's time at All Saints'

and his life as a fun-filled adventure.Thanks for the good times, Nicko. We

will cherish the memories.Simon CaU

3 October 1996

Briony Whitmore19931eaverAfter leaving ASC, I spent two years at thePerth School of Hospitality and Tourismand received an Associate Diploma inHospitality Management. I began work atthe Perth International Hotel (now theMercure Hotel Perth) in July 1994. I amstill working in the Banquets andConferences Department at the Mercure.(Julia Overington was also working herebefore going to Europe in September lastyear.) In January 1996 I travelled to Sydneyfor a week before going to North Americaand Europe. I spent two weeks in -30°C atCalgary, then two weeks in Vancouver,where I also spent a few days with BrookLindquist (1992-3 Rotary ExchangeStudent). I also went to South Carolinaand Georgia, to see where the 1996Olympics were to be held. I spent ten days(including St Patrick's Day) touring inIreland, a week in sunny London and a fewdays in Vienna before coming home atEaster. I am now working for my parents'railway maintenance company and at theMercure Hotel.

Brook Lindquist, incidentally, isstudying at Western University inWashington State. She spent a year at aCommunity College before enteringUniversity to study science. She will finishin approximately two years.

Nicki Hagan and Jason Flockton are engaged and will bemarried on 1 November 1997-All Saints' Day-at StJohn's in Fremantle. We wish them all good things fortheir life together and are delighted that they have chosento tie the knot on such a special day for the College.

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WEDDINGBELLS

Well, life has been interesting since I leftASC in 1991. In 1992 I spent one year inGermany as an exchange student. Itravelled around Europe in the holidaysand developed an intense love for theContinent and travel which I haven't beenable to shake. I also came back with anincredible need to speak German, whichI've now turned into a potential careerpath. Moving along, though, afterreturning to Perth I went to Curtin Uni tostudy journalism-but this wasn't quitewhat I expected, so I decided to transfer toUWA (after two months of door-to-doorsales-big mistake). I picked up an Artsdegree at UWA in 1994 and am now in thethird year of a BA majoring in-surprise­German. Just to boost my ego, I won theJ M Wolf Memorial Prize for German in myfirst and second years. Oh, and at the endof last year I briefly moved to Brisbanewith my boyfriend so we could pursue ourstudies: however neither of us thought theUni of Queensland as good as UWA and wereturned home three weeks into semester.

Friends might also like to know thatAlicia Travaglione and Jodie Gibson (1991leavers) spent time in Italy this year on a'working holiday' (won't Mrs Maio beproud!).

Susan Ghent won first andsecond place in the Rocky BayPhoto Competition, an annualcompetition open to allcomers. Susan's first-placephotograph, 'Prisoner', wasfeatured on the cover page ofthe January issue of CollegeQuarterly, and Susan is pictured atright with her second-place winner, 'IceCave'. Part of Susan's prize included a trip toHong Kong for two people.

Susan is currently working for Hood, a sail-making company based in Nedlands, and ismaking her own sails for a forthcoming 420 National titles to be held in Hobart inDecember 1996/January 1997.

We'd like to congratulate Susan on her photographic successes and wish her all the beston the water in December/January.

Susan Ghent19951eaver

Larrisa McGuire19911eaver

An ASC student from 1982 to 19 6, Cathytook her B Psych (UWA) to the US for ayear in 1991 with fellow former studentsDeonie McCann and atalie orth (both ofwhom are now living in Canada).Returning to WA in 1992, Cathy gained herDip Ed from UWA before working as aSchool Psychologist in Albany from 1993to 1994. She transferred to Hedland for1995 then returned to Perth this year totake up a job as a Recruitment Consultantwith Adia Centacom Personnel and beganstudying for a Postgraduate Diploma ofBusiness (majoring in Human Resources).In 1996 Cathy worked with the CollegeBursar, providing temporary staff for theCollege administration.

Somewhere in the middle of all thisachievement and travelling, Cathy marriedJohn Redman (1987 Joint Dux) inDecember 1995. At the moment John isworking with BHP on its hot briquetteiron project in Port Hedland. Cathy andJohn are living in Fremantle andthoroughly enjoying the vibrant lifestylewhich is offered by the Port.

After leaving All Saints' in 1989, I spenttwo years at CMC TAFE. I graduated in1993 with my Associate Diploma in SocialScience (Child Care) and worked for twoyears at a child care centre in Nedlandsbefore jetsetting to Canada for six months,where I lived in British Columbia with afriend from primary school and herhusband. When I had just about run out ofmoney and my Visa card was groaning, Ispent two weeks doing the 'California,Hollywood, Las Vegas' thing beforereturning home to the 'safe'-and alwaysthe same-Perth. I'm now doing reliefchild care throughout Perth and trying toget (and keep) my feet back on the ground!

Katrina Brogden19911eaver

Jo Fathers19891eaver

I left All Saints' unsure of where to go andwhat to do with the rest of my life, andended up studying Multi-science, majoringin Biology, at Curtin. After an uneventfulfirst year, I decided Biology wasn't for meand transferred to Pharmacy. Three yearslater, I graduated with a Bachelor ofPharmacy degree and am currentlyworking as a pharmacist at St John of GodHospital in Subiaco. I still catch upregularly with friends from All Saints'­when I'm not working.

Cathy Redman (Adams)19861eaver

rS ISaturday 12 October was a veryspecial evening for those of usfortunate enough to attend thisreunion. Over forty formerstudents, several partners and agroup of past and present staffthoroughly enjoyed an eveningof reminiscences and fondmemories of school days. Therewas a fabulous display ofphotographs provided courtesyof Larissa Morcombe and CathyRedman (Adams) and enoughgood food and drink to nourishthe continuous conversation.

THE 1986 LEAVERS' TEN-YEAR REUNION

Kathryn Morrison and RebeccaGulvin were overseas visitors,Georgie Gardener (Day), JodyFenn and Eliza Compton camefrom the Eastern States, andKeely Field (George) and SarahHynes (Bee) made the trip fromcountry regions of WA.

All in all it was a top nightwith many requests made for aneleven-year reunion. Sincerethanks go to Cathy Redman andLarissa Morcombe forundertaking much of the organi-

Chris Warren and backing group enjoying the evening's revelations. sation.

Left: David Scoff,Andrew Smyth,Marlo Blackbeard,Rebecca Gulvin andBill Bradshaw.

Right: FelicityScoff, GabrielChan, LarissaMorcombe andKeely Field.

PARENTS' AND FRIENDS' SOCIETY

It is always difficult to find new things tosay in reports for College Quarterly, whichseems to be published so often!* However,at the last P&F committee meeting it wassuggested that I should summarise the'good deeds' of the P&F in 1996. Thecommittee firmly believes that its role is toencourage excellence and participation,and our donations are a means ofachieving this aim. They are given to helpdefray the cost of activities or to enable theCollege to acquire particular pieces ofequipment, and looking over the list ofbeneficiaries I can find a mixture ofindividual students' names, activities andbroad areas that have in some waybenefited from our help. The list includes,for example, A1ex Pooley, Kate Loveday, MrBrewin, Mrs Tyrrell, Junior School FitnessClub, Rock 'n' roll Eisteddfod, Teachers'Wish List, Lower School Theatre andSenior School athletics activities.

The P&F also organises socialgatherings and fundraising events whichare designed to help mould the entireCollege community into a single unit,which leads me neatly to the latest P&Factivity-the City to Surf. The College P&F

Fun Run was brought forward one week tocoincide with this Activ Foundation event,with the intention of entering All Saints' inthe 'Largest School Team' competition,which we won! The team was rewarded forits enthusiasm with 108 free movie tickets,greatly enjoyed by us all. MrsPapamatheos, Mrs Holtham and Mr Klyenused their combined efforts to arrangebuses, submit multiple entries, collectmoney, distribute numbers and liaise withthe Ladies' Forum for the 'post jog BBQ'.The day proved to be excellent. We hadover eighty people on the buses, whichdelivered us to Perry Lakes, stored ourtracksuits etc. and collected us at thefinish line. We even managed to have theCollege name read out twice by TerryWillessee at the start line! After watchingthe 12 km runners pass, we either jogged,walked or crawled the 4 km up hill anddown dale to the very welcome finish line.It was a major surprise that we failed tolose any of the ASC team at the finish,where 7,500 people were milling around inthe blazing sunshine. Our return to theCollege was greeted by the hard-workingLadies' Forum catering team which had

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prepared a wonderful barbecue lunch(complete with chocolate cake!), causingsome of us to regain the kilos lost duringthe morning!

In addition to the people mentionedabove I would also like to thank AdsheadBus Hire for donating the buses for themorning and McDonald's FamilyRestaurants for providing us with vouchersfor the participants.

In closing, I would like to mention thesecond Junior School disco, which wasstaged by the P&F on Friday 13 September.The evening proved to be another monstersuccess, and I would like to thank all thosehelpers who made it such a wonderfulevening for everyone who attended.

Phil AngelP&F President

*Eds'. note: We have decided to produceonly three issues of the Quarterly eachyear, making it an endearingly idiosyn­cratic thrice-yearly quarterly. We hopereaders will appreciate the increase in costawareness and efficiency this will produce,and the small College joke in the title ofthe publication.

First day on air-the technical rehearsal.

YEAR 6 ZOO VISIT

Priya Mahendran eating her spaghettibolognaise.

What do 6T and 6C have in common withthe Perth Zoo? Many ideas spring to mind!The two Year 6 classes (armed withclipboards and pens) descended on the zooto study endangered species and enclosuredesign. The classes were split into twogroups: Group A investigated theendangered species and Group B inves­tigated enclosure design. At 12.30 p.m. wegathered for lunch and then moved into alecture theatre to hear a talk on how thezoo has changed over the years. Mter thislecture, we went back into our groups andGroup A looked at enclosure design whileGroup B studied endangered species.

A great day was had by all, and we allhope to go back to the zoo very soon.

A recipe for spaghetti bolognaise appearedin one of our reading texts as a compre­hension activity based on followinginstructions. Once the questions wereanswered, we decided to organise ourselvesinto groups, invite some parents in andattempt to cook the recipe.

As the photograph at right indicates,much fun was had by all-and readingcomprehension has taken on a newmeaning for the children.

Mike JenzenYear 7 Teacher

COMPREHENDINGSPAG BOL

RADIO 103 ASC

Jane CaleSpeech and Drama Teacher

I began doing some community radio worklast year at Curtin University and realisedthat it involves many hands-on communi­cation skills, skills that could be applied ina school setting.

I visited Palmyra Primary School andwatched its well-established and highly­successful Radio 60K in action. I thenapproached Jill Williams in the JuniorSchool about applying the idea to AllSaints' College. Jill was keen, the staff werekeen, and it was finally decided to makethe Year 7 classes responsible for the initialbroadcast with Mike Jenzen coordinating.The Year 4 and 5 classes ran a segment onlocal sport and news, the Year 6 classpresented a segment called 'Chalk andTalk', and the Speech and Drama studentscontributed a radio drama segment.

With funding from the Ladies' Forumand the P&F, All Saints' College can nowboast its own FM radio station. At the endof Term 2, a limited-range transmitter wasinstalled on the roof of the AdministrationBlock in the Junior School. A mixingboard, CD and tape players, microphonesand headphones were purchased and theplanning process began. The All Saints'College radio station-103 ASC-made itsfirst broadcast from the Junior School on28 August 1996.

The Year 7s have adapted very quickly tothe demands of the preparation andexecution of such a broadcast. They havetaken to the technical side very easily andenthusiastically.

All Junior School classes are in someway involved in the broadcasts, withclasses being 'featured' on a rotationalbasis. The entire Junior School tunes inevery second Wednesday morning from8.30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Students from eachclass become involved via competitionsand the music request box, and there is atheme selected for each broadcast whichinvolves a live interview with an invitedguest. The invited guests to date have beenRicky Grace and Glyn Parry.

The level of interest, commitment andcreativity sparked by this project has beenquite astounding, and it is great to seesuch cooperation between the classes. It isa chance to develop confidence,performance and technical skills and realcommitment to concrete tasks-and isalso great fun for the whole Junior School.

Year 6 students enjoying their visit to PerthZoo.

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J •no c ISEnLERS ALL

Earlier this year Years 4 and 5 went ontheir excursion to Pioneer Village inArmadale. We all had to dress up as earlysettlers. After we paraded our costumes, wehopped onto the bus to go to the village.

When we got there we were split intofour groups. We were met by Mrs Griffiths.She welcomed us to the Swan RiverColony. Our group went to the laundryroom first. They did not use a washingmachine, they used a washing board. Theirsoap was very precious, because they madeit themselves. They rubbed it three timesdown each piece of clothing so as not towaste it. Water was also precious.Sometimes the settlers did not have a bathfor a long time because they needed waterfor drinking and farming.

The next thing we did was rag rugs.Supplies were very scarce so they maderugs from hessian and old pieces of cloth.They also used softer hessian for towels.Then we were shown how to make butter.We were then shown a Coolgardie safe. Itkept food cool and fresh. It was made ofhessian and had a tray of water on the top.As the water dropped through the hessianand the wind blew through, it kept coolinside. On the legs of the safe there werecups filled with water to stop insects fromcrawling in. This was a great invention!The last two things we did were making apeg doll and privy paper (we call it toiletpaper now).

It was now time for lunch. At lunchtime we had a look around. My favouriteshop was the lolly shop and my favouriteplace was the gold mine. After we hadlooked around we came back to MrsGriffith's cottage and had a bit of damper.We thanked Mrs Griffith for inviting us toPioneer Village. We had a great day.

Thanks go to Ms Burns and MissOldershaw for taking us.

Michaela GambleYear 4

Year 4/5 pioneers.

JUNIOR BOOK DAY

In a wonderfully imaginative affirmation of the power of the printed word, Junior Schoolstudents celebrated Book Day by dressing up as their favourite literary characters. Onceagain we were dazzled by the inventiveness of the children (and their parents?). Picturedbelow are members of the Pre-primary class dressed to the nines with their teacher, JillianDinsdale (right) and Teacher Assistant Lyn Jack (left).

Below left: After-school Care Coordinator Mona Lingensjo with fellow calligraphers.

Below right: David Thomson with captive Pre-primary audience.

JUNIOR SCHOOLARTS DAY

In another Festival of the Arts bonanza,students were able to spend time workingwith potter David Thomson and callig­rapher Mona Lingensjo, who inspired usall with their talent and impressed us withtheir willingness to share their skills withyoung people.

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AFTER-SCHOOL CARE

The College's after-school care service began in 1996 with theappointment of a fully-trained primary teacher, Ms Mona Lingensjo,to run the After-school Care Centre. The centre operates from 3 p.m.to 6 p.m. on all school days and is available for students from Pre­primary to Year 8. The charge for this service is extremelyreasonable, making it a valid after-school option for all Pre-primaryand Junior School children.

The centre's programme includes a comprehensive range ofrecreational activities, homework supervision and a nourishingafternoon tea.

The centre is a valuable and much appreciated extension of thepastoral care that the College offers to its parent and student body.Any parents who would like more information should contact theCollege and speak to the Junior School Secretary, Mrs GlenysWatson.

The smiles say it all.

SOCIAL EVENING

The Junior School social evening once againproved to be a fabulously successful event.Three sessions were run to keep numbersmanageable and enable students to mix withtheir own age group, and our talentedorganisers (we are thinking of hiring EleanorPapamatheos, Ruth Holtham and Phil Angelout, so skilled are they at running thesediscos!) laid on a fun-filled and trouble-freeevening.

We'd like to thank, as usual, the manyJunior School staff and parents who helpedstage this lovely evening-and the students, forbeing such a pleasure to entertain.

Right: Elliott Phillips, Thomas Bickfordand Peter Dolzadelli at the Year 1/2/3social.

Left: lake lones, lonathon Kochand larrad Cantatore (back tocamera) at the Year 6/7 social.

Lisa Blyth, Melanie Winata and BrodieDewar planting trees.

ARBOR DAY

Once again this year, students from theJunior School planted trees with greatenthusiasm (under the expert guidance ofStephen Bright, Assistant Groundsman) tocelebrate Arbor Day.

This is an activity which is greatlyenjoyed by all involved, and which coinci­dentally enhances still further the College'sbeautiful grounds.

WAFL FOOTBALL CLINIC

Mark Cummins with an attentive Year 4} 5 and 6 group.

On 6 June Mark Cummins-a league player from the East Fremantle Football Club­conducted a coaching clinic for boys and girls from Years 4, 5 and 6. Mark gave thestudents many handy tips on skills such as kicking, handballing, bouncing, marking anddefending. A very worthwhile and enjoyable experience was had by all students.

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