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From the Principal ./ '" Hcippy birthday All Saints' College! ~

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They wore with pride a quiet smile of achievement that said, 'We have achieved our objective of establishing a new and exciting

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It seems strange saying 'happy birthday' to a school or an organisation. To whom should you address your comment and on what day and at what time? Clearly there was the day when students were enrolled and attended their first day at the College in 1981. Should we have had a birthday cake on the first day of this College year?

What seems to be important is the opportunity we have to look back with pride, pleasure and gratitude on the achievements of the staff, parents, pupils and the Board of Management over the last twenty years. An Anniversary Ball has been planned for August and there will be special functions to recognise the contributions of foundation staff member and retiring Junior School Head, Jill Williams. These will take place before the end of the current semester.

When I first came to the College there was a special set of parents who were known as 'foundation parents'. This appellation had nothing to do with the wearing of stays, but rather with having had faith and a belief in the views and values of the new school. They wore with pride a quiet smile of achievement that said, 'We have achieved our objective of establishing a new and exciting College'. I shared in this same sense of adventure one recent Sunday when Penny and I attended the opening of the Peter Moyes Anglican Community School in Mindarie. The parents there had a quiet sense of excitement as the draw-cord was pulled and the new plaque was unveiled. They too have something of a desert and limestone setting to begin with, but lots of energy to build a school and a new community.

Now I believe our parents, staff and students have a different sort of quiet smile. This is the smile of mature confidence, still fuelled with energy and excitement, but based on a sense of achievement and the fact that the cultural traditions are strong, well formed and powerful. It is this baton (a suitable image for an Olympic year) that will be passed on to the new Junior School Head, Dawn Naylor, as she commences her journey among us in Term 3. It is the same baton that I will pass on to Peter Laurence during the Christmas holidays, when he commences his run as the Principal of the College. I will work closely with Dawn during Semester 11 and will be in close communication with Peter towards the end of the year.

I am sure that the College will go forward through this 'birthday year' with a continuing happy celebration and well deserved sense of achievement.

A. part of ollr twentieth birthday celebratio1/s /lIe arc goillJ? to IIse this spot ill the lIext few issues cj' llege uarterly to ac/mow/edge . ome (~r the people Il'ho have colltributed quietly to the ollege over mallY years, alld to /11110111 we 011'(' a lIery special tltallk yOIl. J

Our first thank you goes to Norah Melsom, whose association with the College goes back to the beginning of her grandchildren's time at the College. Elizabeth Dallimore (nee Mal) left in 1986 and Andrew Male left two years later in 1988, but Norah stayed on, working as a volunteer helper in the College Library from 1982 until her 'retirement' the other day at the tender age of eighty-eight. Norah is pictured here with Teacher Librarian Sue Cameron during the farewell morning tea held to thank her for her hard work in the Library over many years.

Our second thank you goes to Betty and John Kenworthy, whose youngest daughter Michelle was one of our foundation students. John was Vice Patron of the College, and alongside many other rol she coordinat d th initial development of the College sit and was responsible for fitting out the uniform stor .

Betty worked in th canteen and the uniform store, was a home economics assistant, undertook book list collation and raised hug sums of money from cake and plant stalls at College fetes.

Karen Spencer, our Reprographics Officer, is Betty and John's oldest daughter. Karen's thr children attended the College along with her brother Steve's two daughters. Jenessa, Steve's youngest daughter, is currently in Year 9 and will soon be joined by her cousin Dan Michelle's oldest child - further consolidating the family's links with the College.

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Happy birthday to you alii

A H London May 2000

If you know ofsomeone who deserves a special 'thank you', please let us know.

Email hre@allsaints.wa.edu.au or write to Helen Renwick, All Saints' College, PO Box 765, Willetton, WA 6955.

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Welcome A number of staff joined the College at the beginning of Term 1: Max Stewart took up the position of Director of Community Relations, having come to All Saints' from Sacred Heart College in Sorrento, where he held a similar role. Max, who is a trained teacher with twenty years' experience, has at different stages of his career also run his own business and worked in private industry.

Melanie Gilks joined the Junior School to teach Year 6. Melanie taught at Penrhos College for four years before taking leave to work in London during 1999.

Bronwyn Hardinge joined the Junior School as a Teacher Assistant, having previously worked in the public sector as an employment consultant.

Jennifer Leahy was welcomed into the Science Department, taking up the role of Laboratory Technician vacated by Pauline Snowden, who is now Laboratory Manager. Jennifer previously worked in the medical science field at Royal Perth Hospital.

Stephanie Meagher joined the Senior School to teach English.

She previously taught at Aranmore Catholic College in Leederville.

Roy Rimmer took up the reins as Conductor of our College Orchestra.

Roy was Superintendent of Music for WA and Director of Music at Christ Church Grammar until his recent 'retirement' freed up enough time in a busy life to enable him to join us at ASC. Laura Rocholl, a GAP student from Germany, came to Perth from a stint in the Eastern States. Laura will be spending four months at All Saints' working in a variety of different roles during this, her 'gap' year between school and university.

On Friday 17 March 2000, several staff members gathered with a large number of family and friends at St David's Applecross for the funeral of Jan Riley, a dear friend and highly regarded colleague who was a staff member of the College for many years before leaving us late in 1997. Jan had moved to Brisbane to accompany her husband Tim in his work and was working as the archivist at Brisbane Girls' Grammar, her alma mater in Brisbane, when she contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. The nature of CJD was explained to the bewildered mourners as a part of the funeral ceremony which took place on that beautiful sunny autumn morning.

Jan was first known to all of the College staff, students and parents as the open, friendly, knowledgeable, energetic and purposeful Librarian in the Senior School library. This was a role that she occupied alongside several teacher-librarians, all of whom she helped to become more and more technically literate as she embraced and pioneered information technology. As a part of her interest in capturing the history and the culture of the College, which she loyally and faithfully nurtured for many years, Jan embarked upon the course of study that was eventually to make her the first formally trained school archivist in Perth. When she completed her studies, Jan had topped the Masters course at Monash University and had secured a new position as the Archivist of both All Saints' College and Perth College. Jan accepted the challenge of working with two schools that had almost diametrically opposite archival needs with aplomb and vigour.

All Saints' College now has a very well-established archives collection and the staff and the Board of Management have the reassurance of having all of the College's records and the key elements of its culture and history properly stored, recorded and archived.

This means that future generations will have ready access to important and valuable information when they ask the questions that they inevitably will ask. For this facility in the College we have, in a large part, to thank Jan Riley.

We have also had the opportunity to have Jan and Tim's daughters, Elizabeth and Catherine, as students and now former students of the College. I am confident that the family's connections with the College, already formalised in Riley House in the Junior School (named after Archbishop Riley, Tim Riley's great grandfather), will continue into the future through the lives of these people, and through the fond memories of everyone in the College.

There were several circles concluded that Friday morning. One of these was my depositing of the service sheet from Jan's funeral in the Archives in-tray, knowing that it would soon be a part of the archive collection that Jan had been so instrumental in helping to establish.

We give thanks for the life and work of Janine Riley.

We welcome all staff who are new to All Saints' and give our best wishes to everyone taking on new responsibilities within existing roles or moving to new roles within the College.

A H London

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The West Australian, Saturday 18 August 1979.

All Saints' is Celebrating the past, looking to the future: reflections on the first twenty years As I have been working through another exciting year at All Saints', knowing that it is my final year as the Principal and a special anniversary for the College, there have been an increasing number of occasions when I have found myself reflecting on the history of this marvellous school and on the changes that I have seen and of which I have been a part.

The College's comprehensive photographic archives provide a record of the many physical changes that have taken place over the years. Those readers who were 'foundation parents' can clearly remember Archbishop Sambell and Sir Charles Court, the father of our current Chairman, Ken Court, battling away with the sand and the sea breeze (or was that an easterly?), blessing the site and dreaming of the future in a rugged Perth bush setting. At the recent New Parent Welcome, Scott Ritchie, a19851eaver and our first College Captain, remembered the early days of cleared bush, sand and a few bare buildings. Others can remember the opening of the PA Centre, the Sport and Rec. Centre, the Sambell Centre, the commissioning of the Chapel and the opening of the Junior School, to name but a few. These are all fine buildings which have been developed over the years, and they are now set in some of the loveliest school gardens in the State - a far cry from the desert setting of the early days.

So as we celebrate our twentieth year we can reflect upon these human and cultural traditions with a sense of pleasure. The foundation parents and the foundation staff were driven by a dream. The small number of staff and students (four classes) had to learn to live and work together in close proximity and in a physically challenging environment. This is where I believe the traditions of cooperation, teamwork and open friendliness traits that are now hallmarks of the College - were born. I like to think that in the sacred trust that we all have for the culture of the College, these are traits and expectations we all have of each other and now pass on to successive generations.

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Extending the Sambell Centre to include music and drama areas, the theatre and the Chapel.

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We have also created opportunities for self-discovery and selfBrigadier H B Norman presenting knowledge. Much of this has come through learning and Joanne Thomson, the first student teaching, through our worship and Christian education, through to enrol at the school, with a our rich and flexible extracurricular programme, through our dictionary. (78 August 1979.) pastoral care structures and relationships and through special

The latest version of the College videotape spins quickly through some of this rich history and reminds newcomers of the simple difficulties and challenges that faced the teachers and the students in the earlier years. The human and cultural traditions that the early founders established have become equally enduring, breathing life into the buildings we have put in place.

Sir Charles Court unveiling the plaque which commemorates the establishment of the College.

they were referring to what we at the College hold high: the attributes that we hope will develop in the young people who are in our care and then pass on into the world outside.

Kristen Nowak (1992 leaver) also spoke at the New Parent Welcome, and she and Scott - both eloquent speakers and real ambassadors for the College - referred to the values, the selfesteem, the development of self-discipline and the opportunities and challenges that had been an integral part of their time at the College. Separated as they were by nearly a decade, it was reassuring to hear those comments. They were reassuring because

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programmes like Peer Support in the Senior School and the 'buddy system' in the Junior School. Older students and former students working with younger and less experienced students is a real feature of our culture, and one of the many examples of giving back to the next generation for which we are well known.

The uses of collaboration and consultation are an integral part of the decision-making processes in the College and we have always put a high value on student input, where practical and possible.

Another of our traditions is that we have dared to be different.

All Saints' being the first coeducational Anglican school in Perth is an example of this. Camp Week was another 'dare to be different' development, as was Unitrack, which is now emulated by other schools around Perth.

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The Chapel: a skeleton brought to life by the people who use itstudents and staff from Q'Connor House at House Singing (inset).

The Junior School emerges from the sand.

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The Year 12/13 Learning Centre is another concept where we have stepped out in front of the other schools to meet the special needs of the College's older students in the post-compulsory years. We also hold reviews and regularly question why we do the things that we do. Indeed, outside consultants have carried out three major inquiries in the last decade. This is a very helpful learning tool and an opportunity for continuous improvement.

Teachers Mark Stapleton and Jan Prescott with students at the opening ceremony held on Sunday 8 February 7987.

I believe that the dreams of the founders have clearly been realised in these last few years and that as each year presents its new challenges, it also presents new opportunities. As we look back over the last twenty years, certain traditions have emerged from our rapid growth and development. We have lovely buildings and surrounds in which to live and work. But as we live and work in this marvellous College, we are conscious of ourselves and conscious of each other. We are also conscious of the precious culture that we have been given to nurture and to allow to grow and flourish.

...the dreams of the founders have clearly been realised in these last few years...

Early Childhood Studies students from the Senior School working with Junior School students, 2000.

As we receive, we also give from generation to generation: and as we celebrate the past, we turn our eyes to the future. The Year 7/8 Transition Programme, the Year 12/13 Learning Centre and the Aquatic Complex all lie ahead of us, waiting to become homes, in their turn, to valued elements of our culture.

As an individual I am personally grateful for l~ all that I have received from this College andÂťl:t ~~~. hope and pray that I have given at least as ~7 much in return. I would like to think tha~ is how everyone else feels about their , place in the College, in its history and i~ft~ Its futu re.

A H London The 'buddy system' in action earlier this year in the Junior School.

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All Saints' College Gala Twentieth Anniversary Ball To celebrate our twentieth anniversary, we are holding a special ball at the Embassy Ballroom, Carlisle, Perth. A fantastic night of food (Asian/Continental plus carvery), music (live band), cabaret items (from inside and outside the College). celebrities, general fun, merriment and prizes galore awaits you! All members of our College family - including former students, friends and supporters - are invited and it is envisaged that tickets will sell very quickly.

Please book early to be sure of your place at this very memorable twentieth anniversary celebration.

Date: Friday 25 August 2000 Venue: Embassy Ballroom Time: 7.00 for 7.30pm Price: $50 per ticket To order tickets, complete the order form enclosed with this issue of CO and return it to the College (marked 'Ball tickets') with your cheque, made out to All Saints' College. If you need further information, email Max Stewart on mst@allsaints.wa.edu.au or contact Dorelle Coates (9457 3343) or Carrol Western (93139333). Block bookings are available.

Payment for tickets is required by 11 August 2000.

Swimmer of the Year - Trent Bowden/Micha I Bollig Development Award - Kieran Longbottom Outstanding Performer - Bradley Dawson

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Focus, commitment, motivation Achieving personal best has always been the focus of the All Saints' College Swim Squad. The individuals who made up the 2000 Swim Squad brought with them a diverse range of talents and skills but were nonetheless striving for a common goal: throughout the season, each swimmer sought to achieve his or her personal best with a view to creating a successful team.

Whether the individual's goal was to improve times, increase fitness or work on swimming technique, the road to success was common: commitment. Regular attendance at training and a high level of concentration throughout each session gave swimmers the best opportunity to achieve their goals.

Bicton water polo pool...the last year in which it will play host to the vigorous training sessions completed by students of All Saints' College?

This year's swimming training set examples and raised new goals. It made our swimmers reach for the stars. Right from day one, the commitment started: still on holidays, most people wouldn't be see" ad at swimming training. But not All Saints' students! Sixty-five people turned up and numbers kept inc aSi g, with everybody enthusiastic to get a top position in the ACC 'A' Division Carnival. As Mr Whipp oft sayS: 'In lanes 1 and 2, our sensational swimmers; in lanes 3 and 4, our super swimmers; and in lanes 5 6, our top swimmers!: Everybody was number one in this team.

A large group of students consistently attended the four training sessions held per week, beginning before the official College year began. What motivated them? The enjoyment, challenge and reward of being a member of a cohesive and supportive team.

Training creates a sense of team spirit for the swimmers and encourages maximum participation with heaps of enjoyment. I would like to give a very special thanks to Mr Whipp and Miss Richens for the priceless time and effort they put in to swim training this year. It was greatly appreciated by us all. Thanks also to the other teachers, parents and former students who gave up their valuable time for us all.

It was a pleasure to be associated with such a dedicated group of students. On behalf of the Swimming Coordinators, thank you to all Swim Squad members for their focus, commitment and motivation in 2000.

If you haven't ventured to swimming training vet, try it next year: it's a blast, and you'll wish you'd tried it earlier!

Sarah Richens Swimming Coordinator

Miranda Norquay Year 12

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Interhouse Swimming Carnival 2000 After a hard-fought battle, O'Connor House took the title at the Interhouse Swimming Carnival 2000, which was held on Friday 11 February at Challenge Stadium. The final scores were:

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O'Connor Forrest Cowan

1,413 1,368 1,341

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Murdoch Durack Stirling

1,300 1,260 1,243

Individual results were: Under 13 Champion Girl: Bianca Monaco Runner-up: Paige Bowden Champion Boy: Michael Hansen Runner-up: Kym Monteath

Under 16 Champion Girl: Katie Cooper Runner-up: Jenni Tibbits Champion Boy: Timothy Newing Runner-up: Benjamin Richards

Under 14 Champion Girl: Caitlin Bridgland Runner-up: Clare Davidson Champion Boy: Hamish Burton Runner-up: Blair Moonen

Under 18 Champion Girl: Anna Norton Runner-up: Jenni Booker Champion Boy: Bradley Dawson Runner-up: James Groom

Under 15 Champion Girl: Jayde Loxton Runner-up: Rahni Greene/ Aleisha Anderson Champion Boy: Trent Bowden Runner-up: Angus Penno

New records were set in a number Under 18 Boys' 50m Freestyle Division 1: Bradley Dawson (Forrest): 25.67 Under 18 Boys' 50m Breastroke Divison 1: Bradley Dawson (Forrest) : 33.18 Under 15 Boys' 50m Butterfly Division 1: Trent Bowden (O'Connor): 30.89 Under 18 Boys' 50m Butterfly Division 1: Bradley Dawson (Forrest): 27.50 Under 18 Boys' 50m Backstroke Division 1: Bradley Dawson (Forrest): 30.92 Under 18 Boys' Relay 50m Freestyle: Forrest: 1:54.62

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Reel Big Fish ...

My team - Reel Big Fish - had been training for the GIO Rottnest Channel Swim since November '99. The team consisted of Jenni Booker (Year 12), Taryn Tapper (Year 11), Simone Bennett (Rossmoyne Senior High School) and myself, Anna Norton (Year 12). We also had two paddlers: Belinda Giles (Year 12) and Jessica Bayens, from Rossmoyne Swimming Club. lan Graham and Mal Barr kindly donated their time, skill and boat for us to use on the day, and all of the costs incurred were generously covered by our sponsor, Darryl Francis of Darryl Francis Realty Executives.

The swim's early start (6.15am) meant we had to rise at 130am to be at the boat ready to leave at 4.30am, in order to arrive at Cottesloe Beach at 5.30am. The race covered roughly 20km, which our team completed in 6 hours, 8 minutes and 39 seconds, placing us 169th overall and seventh in our age group. It was the first time everyone in our team had been involved with this race so w were very pleased with our result.

I must thank the other swimmers in my team, our paddlers, Mr Whipp for helping to organise our team, and especially our sponsor Darryl Francis and skippers lan Graham and Mal Barr.

Anna Norton Year 12

Which sporting event gives you the opportunity to swim with the sharks, intimately investigate the habitat of stingers, play 'dodge' with both oil tankers and at least 600 small pleasure craft and experience hypothermia first hand? The GIO Rottnest Channel Swim, of course!

Will we do it again?

'No man is an island', and our island swim could not have gone ahead without our extensive support crew. We owe an immense thank you to our parents, coach, paddler, boat skipper and well-wishers (although you're still not getting the prize money!!!).

We are not sure whether it was the lure of participating in the world's largest open water swimming event that tempted us, or whether we, too, succumbed to that as yet undiagnosed mental illness that saw 1,880 others (competing as teams, duos and solos) take to the water one very early morning in February.

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Will we do it again? Absolutely! You'll see Water Brats back in the water next year, aiming to break this year's time.

Katie Cooper (Year 11) and Trent Bowden (Year 10)

Our duo, Water Brats, was born from a vague idea that we should do the Rotto swim together. Little did we realise the monster we had created! Our normal training sessions blossomed to an average of ten per week, irrespective of the weather conditions. All junk food was banned, 'carbos' became the buzz word and using the term 'social life' was akin to swearing.

The day arrived too soon, thanks to the 4.00am rising time required to get everyone to the right place by the right time. The conditions were ideal as the starter's gun sounded on Cottesloe Beach at 6.00am.

Four hours, 46 minutes and 35 seconds later we arrived at Thomson's Bay, the gruelling 20km behind us. We had made it...but better than that, we had made it first - the first mixed duo over the line! Suddenly the fatigue, chafing, sunburn and cold were all irrelevant. We had achieved our goal.

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PS Any sponsorship would be greatly appreciated!!!

Ed's note: Water Brats may have competition next year. .. rumour has it that another mixed duo is being formed in the College.

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Top: Peter Whipp and Gayl, Sinith waiting/or the last two swimmers before going thtbtl1h the finishk1g line.

Below: An exhausted Or Kaczmarczyf( qpproaching the finishing line.

Top: Nick Oundas slipping on to the surf ski during the changeover with NeifCollins.

Btlow: Beauty and the Beasts: Wally Kaczmarczyk, Gavte. Smith, Keith lJorton and Peter Whipp.

The GIO Rottnest at ASC. Every some way

any intrepid swimmers out of the woodwork students who swam or were involved in become something of an AS adition.

Jeremy Alien emerges from the ocean at Rottnest.

Tren Bowden and Katie Coo~ater 8fats).and Anna Norton and the Reel Big FiSh., whose reports open this feature. ~ompleted an outstanding ASC contingent. The sense of community amon~t the swimmers and their support extraordinary and w~ liR to congratulate everyone who helped make ASC a real presence 2000 GIO Rotfnest Channel Swim.

And yet more strength and endurance.... family members involved in other girls from the Rare Indigo team (which aced fifth in its age/gen minutes and 31 seconds), and Andrew Chi (Year 12), who swam wi I'fftembe time 6 hours and 12 minutes).

Most of our student congratulations are now being published in the Parent Newsletter, but some achievements just have to appear in CQ too. Jenni Tibbits (Year 10) received a wild-card entry for the Cook Islands International Triathlon held on 8 April this year. In an outstanding result, Jenni came first in the overall female open category with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes. She received a return airfare for next year and a cash prize to the value of $500.

Michael Senini (Year 12), Ter swam as an individual an seventeenth place.

Results such as this do not come easily, and Jenni richly deserves her first prize. We share in her sense of achievement and congratulate her for her hard work and perseverance in this demanding and challenging event.

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t Gender Issues Coordinator In the newly created role of Student Gender Issues Coordinator it is my responsibility to develop supplementary programmes to improve the social and learning experiences of students through the more effective addressing of gender-based issues.

The initial focus at All Saints' College will involve the establishment of a mentoring programme for boys. Mentors will be matched with boys who would benefit from the establishment of a close, supportive relationship with a male staff member who can provide them with guidance, support and encouragement. The wide variety of talents, personalities, interests, skills and life experiences on which our boys can draw is exceptional, and many male staff at the College have enthusiastically put their names forward to be involved in the programme. The mentor relationship has great potential to be fulfilling for both parties and of critical importance to our boys.

Other issues to which attention will be given this year include organisational skills of ADDjADHD students, leadership by students in the College, and literacy of boys. It is important to establish a baseline so that future performance can be measured and the success of the programmes gauged, and to that end I plan to collect a wide range of data related to boys and girls at All Saints' College.

I am very happy to discuss my role with parents and friends, who can always contact me at the College. We have built up a good range of resources that members of the College family may find interesting, and I can recommend some very good books in this field.

Steve Davies Student Gender Issues Coordinator

Bienvenue au (College des Precheurs)

From Su nday 13 Februa ry to Su nday 27 Februa ry, All Sa ints' College played host to sixteen students and one teacher from Aix-en-Provence in France. The weather was hot, the activities were 'cool' and surfing at Margaret River was 'hypercool~ The group enjoyed excursions to Tumbulgum Farm, Underwater World, Fremantle, Perth and three days in Margaret River.

Two school days included woodwork and making Anzac biscuits, and two evening picnics gave host families a chance to share experiences and conviviality and enjoy our balmy summer nights by the river.

We all learned a lot about cultural differences and hopefully about communication - be it in English, French or Franglais!

Le College des Precheurs then played host to nine All Saints' College students as part of this year's Study Tour to France. This proved to be an action-packed week with visits to all the important cultural and historical sites of Aix-en-Provence as well as a day-trip to Avignon. We truly walked in the footsteps of Cezanne whilst devouring many 'pains-au-chocolat' to maintain our energy.

Further details of the Study Tour to France will appear in the next issue of College Quarterly.

Maureen Bradshaw French Teacher

Above: visiting students with their teacher and Maureen Bradshaw, pictured outside the College. Below: the Study Tour to France bringing LOTE to life.

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2000 SunSmart WA Secondary Schools Team Sev n All Saints' students took part in this year's Secondary Schools Team Racing Competition held at Mounts Bay Sailing Club. All Saints' has done well in this competition in previous years, placing second and third, and although this year's team members were not overly confident, they hoped to put up a reasonable fight. Melissa Bryant (captain), James Henderson and Elliot Lawrie (skippers), and Trent Stead, Warwick Stead, Robert Senior and Damon Johns (crew) therefore deserve special congratulations on a spectacular performance which left them in first place overall at the end of the day.

The team will now compete in the 2000 Australian Secondary Schools Team Racing Championships to be held at Royal Geelong Yacht Club in July. We would like to thank all the organisations and individuals who are currently in the throes of donating money and/or equipment to support them, and look forward to giving readers further news in the next issue of CQ. Winning smiles: it's taken ten years, but it was worth it.

Damon (at back), Elliot, Melissa, James, Trent, Robert and Warwick.

Specia I cong ratu lations on a spectacular performance.

Students and Government The 2000 Youth Media Survey 'Count Me In!' was officially launched at All Saints' College on Friday 17 March 2000. The College was delighted to play host to Mike Board MLA, Ray Della-Polina (chair of Marlows and of the Steering Committee managing the project), Paul Rajan (General Manager of Westrek) and a clutch of cameramen and PR people who buzzed around the PA Centre ensuring that everything ran smoothly.

A group of senior students gathered to listen to Mike Board introduce the survey and were given time to pose some astute questions of their own. Mike Board provided interesting and relevant answers to a range of questions on some important and difficult issues - including the contentious 'three strikes' policy so much in the news at the moment, youth suicide, the media perception of youth, and the concern that rising university fees are making higher education inaccessible for many people.

Above: Viv Lister and other Year 72s with Principal Tony London, keeping the press photographers happy.

Right: Mike Board addressing a perceptive audience during the launch of 'Count Me Int:

One of the Year 12s in the audience, Viv Lister, was also involved in the National Schools Constitutional Convention 2000, held in Canberra. Viv was one of fifteen WA representatives to attend the conference of about 160 students, which is the fifth and last convention to be held by the Constitutional Centenary Foundation.

Both these events demonstrate that State and Federal Governments are prepared to actively open up governmental processes to the next generation - a hopeful sign for the future.

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College Quarterly's version of Snapshots: a birds-eye-view of some of the events that have come and gone during the last term.

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Induction of 2000 Student Executive at Assembly

The burst water main that disrupted the Junior School in February, and...

... the Parents and Friends' Sundowner, held the same day

A refurbished science classroom, complete with new stools I

Kristen Nowak and Scott Ritchie, former students and speakers at the...

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Heads All Saints' College is a relatively young school, yet it has already grown into a highly respected institution of learning. Part of that growth is attributable to the College's House system, which is growing stronger as each year progresses.

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House. Students showed excellent support across all Houses - and Forrest House showed the rest of the College what a real cheer squad sounds like.

The Thursday afternoon Interhouse Sport Competition was another well-supported event. Term l's sports were boys' cricket and basketball and girls' netball and volleyball. The fixtures were well represented across all six Houses and competition was fierce. While the end results were very close, Cowan House was victorious and the shield now sits proudly in Miss Bozich's office.

As usual, Term 1 was a hectic term, full of House activities. The well-attended House breakfasts continued to be a very enjoyable start to the year. We saw record attendances at all the breakfasts, and wonderful weather meant that those attending were able to enjoy casual, relaxed conversations with parents, tutors, students and other College staff over a feast of croissants, muffins, pizza and fresh fruit.

Some of the Houses organised an informal breakfast for their Year 12 cohort. These events have been added to the House programme in order to recognise the importance of the year to these students and to acknowledge the many contributions they make to their Houses over the years. They are just one of the many events that will be organised for the Year 12s as they pass through this very important year of their schooling.

As an Anglican College we are proud of our Christian heritage, and our Chapel services and regular hymnsinging practices have enabled each House to show a deep appreciation of this heritage.

l Principal Tony London presenting Adam Worthing ton with the Lambert Cup.

The interhouse competition is now in full swing, with three major events having been completed during Term 1. The Interhouse Swimming Carnival saw very intense competition throughout the day. O'Connor succeeded in winning the Lambert Cup, much to the delight of its Captain, Adam Worthington, and Head of Interhouse Sport Competition.

The Interhouse Senior Chess Competition extended throughout Term 1. The competition was coordinated by Mr Brown, who spent Monday lunchtimes ensuring that the games were completed under strict supervision. The Durack House team showed that it was the most competent at this game of skill and strategy and won the overall competition.

The Peer Support Programme, which is embedded in the House system, enabled the new Year 8 students to assimilate into life at the College. Selected facilitators from Year 11 in each of the Houses did an outstanding job in making the newcomers feel a part of the College community and of their respective Houses.

Even though Term 1 is a short one, it is always crammed with things to do, people to see and Houses to support. The traditions that we are building will ensure that the House system continues to flourish as one of the most successful pastoral care systems in the State.

Anthony Radich House Coordinator

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In this new series, Heads of Department will have a chance to share with the College community their sense of where their particular subject area is heading.

In this issue, Kent Williams (Head of Science) looks at

Science The present Science is one of the major subj cts offered at All Saints' College as part of the wide range of exp riences necessary for a balanced secondary education. Courses at all levels, from Year 8 to Year 12, emphasise the day-to-day relevance of science and at the same time provide for the systematic development of knowledge, process skills, practical skills and attitudes.

The future Our role as science teachers is to develop courses and implement strategies that will encompass the new Curriculum Framework in a context suitable for our students here at ASC. The learning programme must meet common curriculum goals such as lit racy and values education, and must integrate realistically with other curriculum areas.

Int gration, which is a key element of the Curriculum Framework, develops from existing structures and teams. The current scienc teaching staff have a breadth of knowledge and xp ri nce which will enable them to understand and embrace change while ensuring that the processes behind those changes are carefully planned and developed.

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The future holds even more promise, as various parts of the subject area are integrated with other curriculum components to help produce students who are independent learners with the transferable knowledge, understanding and skills necessary for both continued education and work.

Science in the future will be hands-on, student-centered, integrated, relevant, fun and developmental. The science classroom at ASC will have the students as the centre of all learning experience, and how they learn may be just as important as what they learn.

Coming back to the present, please remember that there is a range of additional science activities available to students who enjoy science at All Saints~ The opportunities are there for the taking, and I encourage everyone to grasp them. Please feel free to contact me on kwi@allsaints.wa.edu.au if you would like further information about science schools, science fairs and related activities - or if you would like more general information about science at All Saints'. Keep an eye on our web page, too, which you will find under the Curriculum section of the Senior School pages.

Kent Williams Head of Science Department

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Junior School swimming Junior School swimming had an exciting start in Term 1, with Year 4-7 students attending swimming trials at the Challenge Stadium. While some strove for personal best times, others vied for a position in the ASC Junior School Swimming Team.

The Swim Squad began a rigorous training programme in the second week back at school. Swimmers and coaches were up at the crack of dawn for training sessions on Mondays and Fridays at Leeming Recreation Centre. The squad worked on technique and swam time trials on Wednesday afternoons at Melville Aquatic Centre.

The first big event was the Interhouse Swimming Carnival. Every student in the school competed in 25m or 50m events, and at the end of an exciting competition, Bussell took first place from Riley in a close finish.

The interschool carnivals hosted by Newman College and John Wollaston provided a friendly and competitive atmosphere. No scores were k pt, but our swimmers gave of their best. Gemma Thackray, Matthew Monaco and Tait Marston took first places in the 'A' division, and Tait also set a new record in the boys' 50m breastroke. Our thanks go to all the mums who provided breakfast for our hungry swimmers, and many congratulations go to all the swimmers for a great effort.

Also in Term 1, our Years 5-7 attended open water swimming lessons at Cottesloe Beach in preparation for their camps, which all took place on the coast. The students displayed good surf skills while negotiating some pretty big dumpers.

For their part, Years 1-3 had a fun-filled day at the Ascot Water Playground, where they took part in activities such as kickboard races, diving for rings, hurtling down water slides and rowing boats - just to mention a few. Thank you to all the parent helpers who made the day so special for the children - and thanks, too, to the Open water swimming lessons at Cottesloe. Turco family, who let us use their photographs.

This term it's out of the water and on to the crosscountry track!

Bran wyn Fricke Physical Education Teacher

Interschoolers (left) and fun in the sun at Ascot (right and above right).

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Teni//e Ca/e, Emi/y Kayser and Jennifer Blaxill.

Bronte Van He/den.

Since the Pre-primaries arrived at All Saints' at the beginning of Term 1 they have been making friends and exploring their new surroundings. They have tried out a variety of ways to express their observations and experiences with the help of supportive adults. There were moments of wonder as they found many ladybirds climbing one tree in the playground; fun as they lent a helpful hand to the grounds staff when they pruned the trees; thoughtfulness and care as they concentrated on doing the best job possible; and pride as they completed a job well done.

The children's experiences have been enriched by the involvement of the whole College community, with visits from parents to help plant plants in our garden and to show that police are friendly; Year 11 and 12 Early Childhood Studies students have visited and set up learning experiences in their room for our students; and the Year 4s have become wonderfully supportive buddies.

Gabriel Vanni.

The Pre-primary students are well settled in to life at All Saints'.

Sara Harrop Pre-primary Teacher Helping the grounds staff with pruning.

Jordan Lake, Ryan Janes, Braden Tucker and Bradley Clarke

Mr Cale and Ryan Janes.

Nathan Harper.

The Year 4s giving an impromptu concert for Pre-primary students.

Kyle Tharne.

The beginning of All Saints' twentieth year has seen enormous developments in the Junior School music scene.

1999's inaugural Year 3 String Programme has created a strong Year 4 String Ensemble Programme. Aside from this, the Junior School now has a Junior School Training Orchestra and a Junior School Orchestra.

The Junior School Training Orchestra is made up of selected Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 children. It is regarded as an opportunity for them to learn the basics of ensemble playing - following a conductor and learning to work and cooperate as team members. The Junior School Orchestra consists of selected Year 6 and Year 7 students and has become the Junior School's premier ensemble.

Year 4 violinists Daniel Stone and Simon Hughes.

Other developments in the Junior School Music Programme include the introduction of Music Ensemble term progress charts for ensemble members, and an intra-ensemble merit system for promotion to higher groups at the end of the term or semester.

Photographs of our young musicians are also placed on the College web site during the term (on the "Snapshots" page, accessible via "News").

Apart from the more formal concerts and music competitions held during the year, lunchtime concerts are held on the last Thursday of each term. They provide a wonderful opportunity for all children to perform in front of their teachers and peers in an informal atmosphere. These happy and joyful young musicians are helping to create the vivacious and fun-filled atmosphere at All Saints' College Junior School throughout the year.

Tanya Ramakrishnan Teacher of Strings

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Above: Year 4s performing in Term l's lunchtime concert in the Junior School music classroom.

Left: Year 4 String Ensembles. Back row (left to right): Rachel Hatton, Lauren Minosora, Jordan Stone, Elise Bertoncini, Kel/y EI/ison, Simon Hughes. Middle row (left to right): Marcel Teschendorff, Brooke Yal/op, Reinaldo Gunawan, Emily McCarthy, Thomas Martin.

Front row: Daniel Mono. Absent: Daniel Stone, Anita Hyde.

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Looking to the future: the Former Students J Association Former students' reunions There will be three former students' reunions held this year: 1995leavers: Saturday 27 May at the Left Bank, Fremantle, from 7pm; 1985 leavers: Saturday 12 August (venue to be advised); 1990 leavers: Saturday 12 October at the Left Bank, Fremantle, from 7pm.

FSA email register I encourage all former students to register their email addresses with the College by visiting the web site. I also want to know what you are doing! Engagements, marriages, births, new employment prospects etc are all worthy news items. Also remember to add the names of your businesses to the All Saints' online Business Directory, which you'll find under 'Contacting the College~ Max Stewart

While I have only been at All Saints' for a short time, I have already been impressed by the people who make up this large and busy community. The staff - teaching and administrative are diligent and highly competent.

There is a real concern for the One of my main welfare of our students, and a spirit priorities over of cooperation between staff the next few members.

a focal point for the FSA but will also take pressure off former students who, in their early thirties, have significant work and family commitments and really cannot spare the time for many of the tasks involved in running the association. Centralising operations will enable me to improve communication between the College and its former students and strengthen the presence of the FSA in the College community.

years will be to lift the profile of the Former Students' Association ...

Currently the Former Students' Association's Constitution is being examined, and changes will be proposed at the AGM to be held later this year. Details of the proposed changes will be advertised in the next edition of CQ.

One of my main priorities over the next few years will be to lift the profile of the Former Students' Association and provide a supportive framework within which it can consolidate and continue to grow. After lengthy discussions with many former students - and I thank everyone who has given up their time to talk to me - I have come to the conclusion that the FSA needs some restructuring and that the activities of the FSA should be directed through my office. This will not only provide

I look forward to hearing from you all, and hope that our association will be a long and happy one.

Max Stewart Director of Community Relations mst@allsaints.wa.edu.au

leavers Dux of All Saints' College in 1999 was Endriko Winata. Endriko also gained one of the forty General Exhibitions awarded throughout Western Australia. With his superb Tertiary Entrance Ranking of 98.5, Endriko won a place in the Law School at the University of Western Australia.

Another student to receive recognition for her hard work throughout Years 11 and 12 was Kym Abbott, who was awarded a Business Information Technology and Law Scholarship at Murdoch University on the basis of her TER, an essay on globalisation, a reference from the College and an interview. Kym is now studying psychology and law at Murdoch.

Marianne Broadbent received a Certificate of Distinction for Ancient History in recognition of the fact that she was in the top 0.5% of candidates sitting the examination.

Certificates of Exc Ilence are awarded to students who have earned 'A' grades in at least ten courses in their last two consecutive years of secondary education in Western Australia, provided the other grades are no less than 'B'. In 1999, Certificates of Excellence were gained by Serena Blackney, Holly Cheung, Ryan Chorley, Michael Gibbons, Blake Klyen, Jeremy Kung, Rohan Mahendran, Emily Moore and Endriko Winata. Since

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students at All Saints' complete either eleven or twelve courses over those two years, the Certificate of Excellence represents a very commendable level of consistency.

The overall achievements of our students were very impressive, and many students were rewarded with fine results after two years of application and steady work. Of those students who applied for university places in Western Australia, 84% were offered a place and 73.4% of offers were to the student's first choice course. A further twenty-four students were offered TAFE places in WA, and a number have accepted offers overseas and interstate. Other students have taken up employment, started apprenticeships or gone travelling.

Now, of course, the 2000 Year 12s are well into their studies, recognising the vivid truth that important years seem to pass very quickly. We all wish them the best for a successful year's work, as we wish our 1999 leavers an exciting and successful life after All Saints'.

GeoffShaw Dean of Studies

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Michael Andrewartha

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Michael studied engineering at UWA for two years before moving to the University of New South Wales to specialise in naval architecture. He'recently completed his degree with First Class Honours, winning the David Carment Memorial Prize for the best performance in the final year Naval Architecture degree course, and was awarded the University Medal for Naval Architecture. The University Medal is awarded for highly distinguished academic merit and is the university's highest possible recognition of an undergraduate student.

Michael has a scholarship for doctoral studies in naval architecture and is specialising in the design of high-speed ferries. He lives at the New College, where he is a tutor.

Left: Michael Andrewartha pictured at his recent graduation ceremony.

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Kim Angel -1999 leaver

I started a course in aromatherapy straight after leaving All Saints' but after twelv years of school found that studying was not for me, so I moved up to Port Hedland and took on a job as a labourer for an

I'm here in Italy on an STS exchange programme, which means that I spend the year with a host family and go to school. It sounds a little depressing to go to school after finishing in Australia, but the subjects here are different and they keep me interested (for the moment! I can't promise anything about the future l !). I'm

electrical contractor. An interest in electronics finally inspired me to move back to Perth to start a diploma in electronic engineering. Half way through the diploma (late in 1999), I received a call from an lectronics engineer I had worked with in Hedland. He was starting up an engineering contracting business and offered me the position of technician in his fledgling company. Well, six months on we have won our first contract and are in the final stages of designing and building a device which will help Kathmandu Customs authorities, especially with the illicit drugs which are so prevalent in that region. Of course this means spending most of my time in the Nepali capital with only two weeks back in Perth every three months, but we get the chance to take long weekends and enjoy walking in the beautiful foothills of the Annapurna ranges east of Kathmandu. As this job comes to a close we are putting in a tender for a similar job at Universal Studios in Hollywood, where I am hoping to catch up with fellow 1996 leaver Trent Passmore, whom I have heard is pursuing an acting career in the bright lights of lA

studying at a Scientific School, which means that I do courses in Italian, Physics, Chemistry, Calculus, English, Philosophy, History, Latin and French. French would have to be my favourite subject because it's such a lovely language. Latin on the other hand is the most difficult, and I don't suppose it helps that I have the worst, grumpiest teacher in the school either l Apart from going to school, I have been fortunate to go on trips to Florence (for an orientation) and Paris (a school camp).

Both of these were great fun, but I must admit that Paris was the best - mainly because of our timetable. We spent the whole day walking around Paris, from 8.30am until 8.30pm, ate dinner and went out to a pub or nightclub until 1am...returned to the hotel and partied in one of the hotel rooms until 4am. Then we got up at 7am! Italians know how to have a good time, I'll tell you that now! Well, I must be going now because the bell's just rung and that means that my Latin teacher is going to start ambling down The "citrus festival" in Menton, France - celebrating the local produce. the corridor making his way to my classroom. Wish me luck!

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