College Quarterly August 2000 - Issue 44

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COLLEGE Encouraging excellence, rewarding endeavour: some of our medal-winning rowers.

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Principal As Principal, I am very conscious of the need to set high targets, to encompass them in a very clear focus and to make them, wherever possible, attainable by all of those who

despite our obvious successes, is different. Neil Collins (Head of our Physical Education Department), Grant Ward (Sports Coordinator) and Mike Jenzen (Junior School Physical

choose to participate. One of the challenges that faces me as an educator is to widen the range of targets that young people may wish to embrace to include things other than

Education Teacher/Sports Coordinator) emphasise that for them, as physical education specialists, participation is the main motivation, followed by personal best. This is the key to

sport. As a society in Australia we are presented with many

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responsible for this mind-set.

Part of the media frenzy is determined by the fact that success in el ite ad uIt sport usually equates with unimaginable wealth. According to one newspaper report, soccer star Mark Viduka will this year

be earning more than $4 million as a soccer player, and six Australians will receive more, ranging up to Greg Norman who will earn in excess of $40 million. There seems to be an obsession with this quite particular area of human activity.

The media gives much less publicity to academic and research achievements and to achievements in the performing or the visual arts, except for auctions of the works of painters often long-gone, with the emphasis on the dollar outcome and little interest in the inherent qualities of the painting itself.

At the College we try to offer a wide range of targets and these include many of the sorts of activities that are included in this copy of CQ - as well as many others that we could not include which still form a key part of the programmes that the College promotes. It is true that some of these activities include sport, but our focus in sport,

I saw a really good example of this in late June when I attended the presentation ceremony for the twelve students who were receiving their Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Awards [see page 18). The presentation was addressed by Tashi Tenzing, and in his address he spoke to the students about the importance of dreams being supported by dedication.

Coming from someone who has conquered Mount Everest twice and is a member of a family that has six such conquerors within it, this was a very inspiring comment.

Activities such as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award are very popular with students in the College and we now have one of the largest groups in the State. Tashi Tenzing himself graduated from bronze to silver and then to gold before he went off on his famous pursuits. What limits will our students place on themselves?

This edition of CQ has a theme running through it of many forms of excellence, but they are examples of excellence coming from active participation in activities that are open to anyone with an interest, as long as the participants try and do the best that they can. We should be encouraged by the energy and vigour of these young people, and we should try to make the same commitment to ourselves.

A H London

In the first CQ of our twentieth anniversary year we gave special thaILks to orah Melsom and the Kcn!/lorthy family, who have helped the ollege elLOrmously over a number oJ years. III this editioll, we wOllld like to give special thanks to ofl Marks and Maree Holt, both current parents at tlte College.

Safi Marks is a familiar face in both the Junior and Senior Schools. Her association with the College began in 1993 when her daughter Samantha commenced as a Year 2 student. Sofi's son Callan is now in Year 7, and her involvement in College activities has maintained its intensity over the years. Sofi has coached and umpired netball, organised fitness club breakfasts, assisted weekly in the Junior School Library, coordinated Year 7 farewell dinners and assisted in the canteen, and she is currently part of the Anniversary Ball committee. We all appreciate Sofi's good humour, kindness, hard work and friendship and her contribution over the years has been both generous and greatly appreciated.

Maree Halt's creative ideas and artistic expertise have been appreciated in the College for many years. Her sons James and Jordan attended the Junior School from its opening, and Maree's talents were immediately recognised when she assisted in classroom activities and displays. Maree always gives generously of her time and abilities and has contributed to numerous outstanding visual displays, Junior School productions, Ladies' Forum, the annual College Art, Design Technology Exhibition and the Senior School Library. She has worked tirelessly in the Senior School Art Department, always showing great creativity and flair. We are very thankful to Maree for sharing her time and talent with us all.

Die in vitae All Saints' College

Marcus Beilby All Saints' College's first twenty years have taken it from sand and scrub to a well-established, prestigious College whose former students are now making a significant impact in the wider world. To mark this special moment in the College's history, Marcus Beilby - father of Eleanor (Year 2), Patrick (Year 8) and Alexander (Year 10) and one of Australia's leading realist painters - has produced a commemorative painting which has already taken its place as one of our most treasured possessions.

Above: Wearing jackets donated by Mainpeak (with Kaye Johns third from right) and (below) rugby shirts donated by the Parents and Friends' Society (with Dean of Studies Geoff Shaw at left).

Marcus Beilby's style and reputation have been established through a series of important commissions including the well-known painting of Queen Elizabeth Il's opening of Parliament House in 1993 and a commemorative painting of the 1903 opening of the High Court of Australia. Die in vitae All Saints' College, the painting Marcus has produced to commemorate our special anniversary, captures both an instant and an era in College life with warmth and affection. In one broad sweep, Beilby takes us from Junior School to Senior School via a lively classroom and the beautiful grounds for which the College is renowned, capturing along the way the myriad of tiny details that make every day special and which, together, convey the essence of All Saints' College.

Over the week we managed to beat every team except Queensland at least once, and were gradually improving. Overall we finished a close fifth to Victoria, learned many new skills and met lots of new people, and team members also definitely gained some valuable experience for next year.

On behalf of the team I would like thank Mrs Johns and Nick Bryant, who put in a lot of time and effort

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both before and during the event. Special thanks Top: Melissa and Trent in Gee/ong. also go to our sponsors: Main Peak (Cottesloe, Above: James and Warwick.

Richard Lushey), Brumbys (Parry Ave and Farrington Road Shopping Centres, Rob and Linda Whitesmith), South of Perth Yacht Club, Shelley Sailing Club, East Fremantle Sailing Club, Yachting Association of WA, High Tide Surf (High Road, Willetton), Sobstad (Paul Eldrid), Rotary (Applecrossl and All Saints' College Parents 8: Friends' Society.

Melissa Bryant Year 72

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The painting was formally presented to the College during a special function held in honour of Jill Williams, who has recently retired as Junior School Head, and as a result the painting has a double significance for the College community.

Die in vitae All Saints' College, which measures an enormous 224cm by 102cm, can be viewed in Reception at the Senior School. Limited edition prints are available and can be ordered by contacting Max Stewart, Director of Community Relations, on 9313 9333 or mst@allsaints.wa.edu.au

Print prices Signed and framed $404 Signed and unframed $250 Unsigned and framed $254 Unsigned and unframed $100

It was an interesting experience saying farewell to Jill Williams, who recently retired from the position of Head of the Junior School - having filled that position with distinction since its inception in mid-1992.

A wide range of functions was held in Jill's honour at the end of Term 2. A special Friday assembly was followed by a morning tea put on by the parents of the Junior School; the teaching staff of the Junior School took Jill and husband Simon out to dinner at a restaurant; and there was a special morning tea and presentation from the Staff Association. In addition there was a special farewell and presentation at the final Junior In 7986, at the opening of the School Chapel Service, followed by a special evening function held in Jill's Primary Department. honour. Many former staff and students joined the current community to see Jill being presented with the first of a limited edition of signed prints of the Marcus Beilby painting featured on the front of this issue of College Quarterly. This gift came from the Board and the College and was accompanied by a present from the Parents and Friends' Society. Finally there was a quiet dinner with some Board members and the Executive of the College at my home. Each of these functions had its own ambience and special touches, and each was a testament to the many lives Jill has touched since she began working as the Year 7 teacher in 1981, the year of the College's first intake of students.

Jill is the last of the 'original five' staff members to leave the College and her contribution to the development of the All Saints' College culture has

been of a very high order. She came late to teaching after significant roles in public relations and client education with both BP and the WA Ballet, and her decision to change direction was sound. She went on to become the Head of the Primary Department and Head of the Junior School, and was a significant teacher right up until her last day at the College.

Jill worked very closely with me as we developed the new Junior School buildings and she had tremendous input into the fixtures and fittings, all to ensure that everything was just right for the children on their first day in 1993. From that point on, Jill played an important role in developing the unique identity of the Junior School within the larger College community. There is a fine line between these two subtle views, but Jill was able to work with me to develop the twoin-one without either submerging the other. I have enjoyed Jill's very professional nature as she put her energies and will into these developments.

Jill has an inherent love of young people, which was clearly evident in her energetic promotion of each child working hard to develop to the very best within his or her natural ability. It was words such as these that Jill used in her CV when she first applied to work at the Colleg ,and it was words such as these that Jill lived by whilst she was at the College. I was going to use the words 'work d at the College', but stopped myself, because Jill's role here was in the form of a 'vocation', in the very proper application of that word. She was such a very good example to so many staff and students over the years.

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Jill's departure evoked strong emotions in all of us, because she left at a personal peak, with the Junior School functioning very well. She deserves to have more time to devote to herself and to the things that have been deferred in her life, and to give her ever-patient and supportive husband Simon more time and attention.

In wishing Jill and Simon a happy and fulfilling 'third age', we thank Jill Williams for her very fine contribution to All Saints' College (1981-2000). She has said that she will miss the children the most. Jill's legacy will be remembered by all of us - especially those with something of the child still within us - for a very long time.

Tony London July 2000

Left and above: in her element.

At a final Junior School Assembly held in her honour, students re-enacted Jill's life story. Her love of fine food was traced back to her early school days, when fellow students would look wistfully at her beautifully prepared lunches while solemnly unpacking their vegemite sandwiches (7). Students were particularly fascinated by details ofJill and Simon's courtship, with many previously private details being shared with a wide and appreciative assembly audience and a fine wedding ceremony sealing their partnership (2). And through it all (3), Jill was seated high above the audience, on a throne which befitted the esteem in which we all hold her.

On the evening of the last Thursday of term, the College community gathered to farewell Jill (4) (5), to thank her formally for her work over the years, and to wish Jill and her family (husband Simon and daughters Victoria O'Connor and Rebecca Williams (6)) health and happiness in the years to come.

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Farewell also to...

Jenny Andrewartha, Junior School Teacher Librarian, who will take long-service leave from August to November 2000; Elizabeth Bowyer, Literacy Support Teacher, who is taking maternity leave during Semester II 2000; Brownyn Fricke, who has left us for a full-time position at Carmel; Janine Guidera, who has left us to spend more time with her partner, who is unwell; Joanne McCarthy, who taught mathematics while Jenny Bell was on long-service leave.

Welcome back to...

Jenny Bell, who has returned to the Mathematics Department after long-service leave.

Temporary welcomes to...

Cloe Mauger and Jo Coghlan, who will each cover half of the period of Jenny Andrewartha's long-service leave in the Junior School Library.

Norma Williams, who will take over Elizabeth Bowyer's role as Literacy Support Teacher.

Mark Cox, who is standing in for Steve Worley on the grounds staff while Steve is on extended leave.

Brad Menpes, who joins the English Department.

Tony Guy. our new Grounds Manager.

Sue Roberts, who joins us as a part-time information technology teach r.

Vanessa Ross, who joins the Junior School to teach physical education.

Berhan Guner, our band conductor.

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Nearly six years ago now I became the Head of Primary at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School, a dual campus primary school. I have very fond memories of my friends from John Septimus Roe and of the exciting personal learning journey I undertook in my first leadership role. But now I have arrived at All Saints' and I am really looking forward to meeting staff, parents

Glen ouffield.

Glen Duffield, teacher of Year 6G, was recently awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching in recognition of his 'ongoing commitment to the development and success of students~ Glen's nomination was initiated by a group of parents from 1999 and reflects the high standard of his classroom methodology, management and planning skills. As well as acknowledging the high standard of professionalism he brings to his teaching role, the award will enable Glen, and fellow awardee Ana Fisher of Applecross Senior High School, to participate in an exchange of teaching strategies and educational pedagogy with a group of award winners in a similar programme in England.

We would like to congratulate Glen warmly on this achievement and thank the parents of 6G 1999 who made the initial nomination and supported Glen in his application.

and students.

Elizabeth Durack

I have always wanted to be a teacher, only once straying from the idea, and I have always loved learning, considering it to be a lifelong engagement. This is perhaps the reason why I went back to university several times, completing a Bachelor of Education, an Honours degree and, most recently, a Master of Education by research.

My teaching experience spans some fifteen years now. I commenced teaching, as many female graduates do, in early childhood classes with the Education Department of Western Australia. My return to teaching after a short break to have my children involved a change to temporary status and I found myself experiencing a number of different year levels in a variety of schools. In 1985 New Zealand beckoned, and it was there that I had my first taste of single-gender independent education, at Scots College in Wellington.

It was there, too, that I realised my love of science and inquiry. Returning to Perth, I worked at St Mary's Anglican Girls' School for four years, continuing my interest in science. During this time I was awarded Science Teacher of the Year and won an ICI!Earthwatch Fellowship which took me down to the Fitzgerald National Park to catch and tag the Australian honey possum as part of an investigation of the effect of nectar-eating birds on the

The funeral of Elizabeth Durack on Tuesday 30 May was a sad occasion for those of us at the College who knew and respected her.

... Ifelt very welcomed and excited about the prospect of my new school.

Elizabeth Durack pictured during her 1995 visit to the Co lIeg e, with Patricia Tyrrell, Sharron Blazejczyk and Ashleigh Fick.

Background: :.. the singing and the gold' (Elizabeth Durack, 1948).

Strong associations between Durack House and the pioneering family to which it owes its name were firmly established during Elizabeth/s 1995 visit to the College. The primary purpose of this visit was to officially open the 1995 Art, Design Technology Exhibition. Elizabeth also joined us for afternoon tea and met the staff and some of the students from Durack House. We were honoured by the presentation of an autographed and dated copy of The Art of Elizabeth ourack, reproducing sixty of her paintings and drawings.

Elizabeth's warm personality was apparent in her obvious joy in looking at the work on display in the 1995 exhibition. She

population of honey possums.

continued to maintain contact with the College and with Durack House in particular, and we hope to continue this strong family connection through her descendants.

My farewell from John Septimus Roe was tinged with a little sadness, but when I was given a bouquet of flowers from Tait Marston and Lauren Separovich, Year 7 Student Council Representatives, I felt very welcomed and excited

Durack House gives thanks for the life and work of Elizabeth Durack.

Patricia Tyrre/!

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about the prospect of my new school.

Dawn Nay/or

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It's yellow: it's the b James Dawson, ~

I like the camaraderie.

Luisa Maio, Tutor.

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O'Conno I love O'Connor. It's so warm and friendly.

Anna Norton, Yea I love the fact that everyone is so passionate about the House.

Adam Worthing ton, House Captain.

There is a very strong sense of O'Connor House spirit and pride.

Anthea Smyth, Year 72.

use Our Interhouse Swimming Carnival win was absolutely outstanding.

Mark McAuliffe, Year 72.

We're actually doing good this year.

Ben Taggart, Year 8.

It's a pretty cool House.

We laugh a lot!

Rhea McKeon, Year 8.

We think we have the best Tutors.

They are very supportive.

All Q'Connor students.

Our past losses have brought us together as a House.

Georgie Cook, Year 72.

O'Connor: we work as a team.

Alana Blandford, Year 72.

Rads is the best Head of House!

Year 72s.

Big yellow marshmallow!

Sarah Col/edge, Year 72.

A born and bred O'Connorian!

Paul Newman, Year 72.

O'Connor may not win all the time, but we always have fun.

April Brown, Year 72.

We are a House full of cool, great people.

Kent Wil/iams, Tutor.

Yellow is the colou r of ha ppi ness and bra inactivity...

O'Connor has lots of both.

Maureen Bradshaw, Tutor.

We are never pressured to do anything. It's all spirit.

Janel/e Gumina, Year 72.

Always guaranteed to lift themselves off the bottom.

Michael Pratt, Year 72.

O'Connor rules, the rest drools!

Brady Sonnenberg, Year 8.

Yellow doesn't suit my complexion!

Luisa Maio, Tutor.

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During the first two days of the recent holidays, twenty-two Year 8 and 9 students experienced the special programme offered in this year's Science School of Challenge.

The theme for the two-day experience was 'Science in Sport'. On the first day we visited the Department of Human Movement at the University of Western Australia, where several students pitted their running skills against a treadmill, had their lung volumes measured and experienced a fish eye's view of Olympic-type swimmers testing drag coefficients.

After a short trip to the Omni Theatre we experienced mad Hawaiians surfing gut-wrenching 30m waves. The training for this type of activity is to dive underwater and, on a single breath, walk on the sea floor for 20 metres carrying a SOkg larva rock. If this was not enough, the IMAX movie had us all hanging from vertical cliffs by our fingernails as we watched climbing nuts scale pinnacles in the Mojave Desert. After lunch we entered SciTech Discovery Centre to take part in the Sport 2000 interactive exhibits. We are sad to say that no one could beat Cathy Freema n over a 10 metre spri nt On the second day students rotated through three sets of activities. Firstly they investigated the effects of chemicals on the contraction of fresh muscle they had dissected. Secondly students measured reaction time to various visual and auditory stimuli. Thirdly they experienced illusions and came to understand that whilst your eyes are incredible, they can be fooled.

I would like to thank Anne Munro and Elizabeth Harrison for joining me to show students that science is part of sport, and that sport is not only about action, but also about reaction.

Top: In the Physiology Lab at UWA's Department of Human Movement.

Left: Still at UWA: Jessica Lambert on the treadmill.

Kent Williams Head of Science Department

Science School of Challenge 2001 is for Years 10 and 11.

Look for it in the College Semester Calendar next year.

Olympic athlete Vanessa Ward, who works in the College's Administration Department, was offered the opportunity to be one of the torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame through our streets as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay.

Vanessa competed in the high jump in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She also competed in three Commonwealth Games (1982, 1986 and 1990) and two World Championships (1983 and 1991), and still holds the dual Australian and Commonwealth record for high jump (1.98m).

Vanessa remarked, 'I snatched, seized and enjoyed every moment of what seemed such a short time: Bradley Channer (Year 11) applied to be an escort for the Torch Relay. Brad was successful and, by great coincidence, was selected to run alongside Vanessa - in addition to three other runners. Brad commented, 'It was the most amazing feeling - you can't put it into words. I even got asked for my autograph twice - yeah!'.

Footnote. Prime Minister John Howard recently presented Vanessa Ward with the Australian Sports Medal, which commemorates Australian sporting achievement. Vanessa is pictured at right holding her medal.

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Above left: The complex study of energy in food special subjecLCheeze/s.

Above: Flexing their muscles at morning tea.

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Study TOur to France

Earlier this year, a group of nine All Saints' students and eleven Leeming Senior High School students from Years la, 11 and 12 travelled to France accompanied by two teachers. The aim? To spend one month in France experiencing the French way of life, improving their French and having fun.

A full five days were spent in Paris seeing sights such as the Eiffel Tower, N6tre Dame and the Louvre. Despite the bitter weather, we roamed the streets of Paris sightseeing, shopping and sitting in cafes.

The first of two homestays was spent in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where we stayed with the students who visited us in February. While they were in school all day we saw some of the hundreds of fountains in the town and shopped at the markets. We tasted a specialty of the region, callison, an almond- and melon-based sweet. One day we took a bus to Avignon, a nearby town, and saw the 'Palais des Papes'.

Our hosts also organised a mountain hike for us, and so we spent a day surrounded by French bush - which, surprisingly, looks a lot like Australian bush.

Our second homestay was spent in Lyon, where we stayed with very interesting families.

One family had a chauffeur, while another owned a chateau in the countryside. Our host families were kind and very generous, bombarding us with presents and making promises of return visits.

Before returning to Paris to fly back to Australia we spent a restful three days in Annecy, admiring the magnificent view of the lake and snow-capped peaks and browsing through the quaint little shops in town.

We came back to Australia with improved French and many everlasting memories and friends. We learned a lot about the French culture and way of life and all enjoyed the French cuisine. Many of us can't wait for the opportunity to return.

Amy MacKenzie Year 72

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Junior School chess players during the JSHM Chess Competition at Frederick Irwin, Manduroh.

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... and the Buddy System continued to help everyone to feel part of a special College family

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Using information and communication technologies at All Saints} A whole new culture has grown up around the computer and the Internet in the last five years, and lingering sceptics ('Who in their right mind would buy their fruit and vegetables online?') have only to watch our students working with computers to appreciate the phenomenal growth in this field. The challenge that all teaching staff face is how to provide timely and appropriate computer-based learning interactions for our students.

Historically, students used computers most when they studied a computer-oriented subject. The big change in the last two years at All Saints' has been that students have had the opportunity to use the computer as a tool for tasks in non-computing subjects. A major step forward occurred last year, when we put twenty-six computers into the Year 8 learning area. This led to members of this year group producing some amazing work such as incredible computer-based artwork and Web pages, complete with digital portraits captured on the digital camera. The initiative expanded this year when the laptop programme freed up laboratory space a little and other classes gained access to computers for computer-based classes in core subject areas such as mathematics and English.

The laptop programme focuses on Year 11 students who choose to study Information Systems, a course which leads on to higher education computing courses. The students are required to provide their own laptop, which is well used in the course and may also be used to replace paper files in other courses. Other students have also taken up the opportunity to use a laptop as their preferred note-taking and file management device. To support the students and staff members who also bought laptops, we installed a cutting-edge wireless network which connects the laptops to a wealth of resources on the College network and the World Wide Web. This wireless network also enables users to print to a range of printers from nearly every classroom on campus.

Our students really are thinking and acting differently as a result of being connected, and there can be no doubt that the effective use of computing technologies at the College is on a steep upward rise. We are trying our best to put more students in front of a computer monitor when it offers a timely and appropriate learning experience. With the enormous amount of media-rich software now available in all subject areas and the explosion in the number of fantastic education-oriented sites on the Internet, the demand for these opportunities is escalating. Eager students are filling our labs at lunchtime to work on colourful presentations for their classes, whilst others come in to communicate and share information with friends far and wide.

We live in exciting and constantly changing times, and the ever-growing information and communication technologies which challenge and enrich our lives will continue to enhance student learning within the College.

Paul McMahon Learning Technologies Coordinator

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A balanced approach The major focus for sport in the College is to provide opportunities for students to participate at a level that they enjoy and feel comfortable with. The range of sports available to students is vast. Apart from ACC swimming, cross-country and athletics, we have our excellent interhouse competition for Years 8, 9 and 10 which takes place after school during Terms 1, 2 and 4. This friendly but competitive activity involves well in excess of 200 students. Roles include coaching, umpiring, scoring, first-aid provision and, of course, playing.

Other sports available this year include football, rugby, touch football, netball, sailing, rowing, waterpolo and triathlon events. In addition, students are encouraged to form their own teams and play in local community competitions. Year 11 and 12 students have sport on Tuesday afternoons as part of their compulsory curriculu m. Approximately fifty per cent of Year 11 sand 12s play in ACC interschool sporting tea ms, and the other fifty per cent have recreational sport. This programme is important in encouraging students to lead a healthy, balanced and active lifestyle.

Term 3 sees athletics as the primary ACC sport and all students, from Year 8 to Year 12, are encouraged and welcome to attend training. We are looking for students to achieve their own personal bests and goals, and not necessarily to be leading the field.

Neil Col/ins Head of Physical Education Department

Footnote Our Year 10 Saturday Netball Team enjoyed a special game recently when it was invited to play against an intellectually handicapped team. The girls enjoyed this challenge and were able to give their opponents some good game experience - although there was one extremely tall player on the IH team who made defending a somewhat tricky enterprise.

The idea behind these games is that Saturday netballers can help intellectually handicapped teams to raise their standards and participate fully in an active competition. We hope that this will be the first of many such games.

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Edinburgh sAward Scheme Bronze Award Presentation, 26 June 2000 As the lights in the State Library's theatre dimmed, sixty-two recipients of the Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award eagerly awaited the arrival of the official party with special guest Tashi Tenzing (grandson of Tenzing Norgay who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, first climbed Everest in 1953). With the formalities soon over, thirteen ASC students were among those who received their awards from Tashi, making this the largest group of recipients from the College so far. They had all successfully completed two expeditions, six months development of a skill ranging from singing to photography, twenty hours of physical recreation and fifteen hours of community service.

Tashi Tenzing and awardees posing for photographs.

Right: Signing autographs.

Mock Trials Your Honour, as you are aware the case before you is that of the Mock Trial teams. They have been charged with perverting the course of justice by winning ten out of their fifteen cases at the Perth Central Law Courts over the past semester. Members of this team comprised students from the Year 11 and 12 Political and Legal Studies classes who were assisted by lawyer Rohit Malhotra and Mr Brown. They changed the course of lawsuits against the manufacturers of underwear, locked away burglars and made sure that pub-brawlers got what they deserved. One Year 11 team is also alleged to have won all of its cases, which proves the extent of work and dedication put into this crime.

Your Honour, the 2000 Mock Trial team is therefore guilty of the best performance by an All Saints' team in the history of the competition.

Nigel Kerr Brown Et Partners Barrister and Solicitors

Above: Brown Et Partners' barrister Erin Alexander examines the witness, with partner-against-crime Oanica Quarrilllooking on.

Judging by the many smiling faces as the cameras flashed and Tashi's autograph was sought, the effort and commitment had been worth while, and some students are now turning their thoughts to the Silver Award. With around forty other students striving towards bronze, the scheme has become well established at the College.

Recipients

Breony Alien Eleanor Brockman Brad Channer Suzannah Chisholm Daniel Cocker Matthew Gumina (1997 leaver) Erin Guppy Timothy Harrison Katharine Ingram Miranda Norquay Karen Sheh Taryn Tapper Tracey Wong

Robert Simpson Award Coordinator

Chess Club We are proud to announce the formation of a Chess Club, which began early in Term 2 and has proved very popular with Year 8 and 9 boys in particular, with approximately 25-30 members attending.

Chess Club is held on Tuesday during lunch break in the Senior Library. It is open to students of either gender and any age. The group is led by Michael McGregor, father of Chris McGregor, a Year 8 student at the College. A very keen chess player himself, Michael has played in many State tournaments and currently enjoys playing correspondence or email chess, with some games taking up to six months to complete. Michael is happy to teach beginners the fundamentals of the chess game, coach those who already know the basics, and challenge the more experienced players to a quick game.

Chess Club will continue in Semester 11, with Michael planning to run a tournament for interested players. It is a great opportunity for students who intend to play interhouse chess to brush up their skills and we thank Michael for volunteering his expertise and putting aside time each week to help students at the College to develop a greater knowledge of the game.

Sue Cameron Teacher Librarian

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This musical life Hamish Burton

Kylie Liang

Sheryn Cheah

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(Year 12)

This year has been a very busy year as far as my

My first experience in music was at the age of three, when I went for

I've been a pianist for about ten years, passed my Associate of Music

group keyboard lessons.

At the age of five, I

Australia exam and am working towards my Licentiate of Music.

Speech and Dra1na Several of our Junior and Senior School Speech and Drama students achieved excellent results at the fourth Perth

music is concerned. I have carried on with College Strings and the College Orchestra. The College Orchestra's new conductor, Mr Rimmer, is putting a lot of hard work into getting our orchestra to a high standard.

started piano lessons.

When I was nine I was selected to play the violin at primary school and since then I have been involved in many different

23 June and Sunday 25 June. Year 8 students James Hulmes and Terry Swanston received a 'Highly Commended' for their performance of Toad of Toad Hall in the Under 15 Duologues section, with the adjudicator commenting

I also play the violin, though I prefer

particularly on their excellent voices, diction and clarity. Jayma

piano.

Martin and Gemma Thackray (both Year 6) received a 'Highly Commended' for their rendition of Daisy Pulls it Off in the Under

What does music mean to me? Music is an integral part of my life, not only because of the practice, performance, exams, eisteddfods and concerts, but because at the very core of music is enjoyment, appreciation and the neverending quest for the perfect peformance.

To me, music is more than notes on a

orchestras, AMEB awards nights and music This year I re-auditioned for the Western Australian Secondary Strings and was accepted back into it. We rehearse on a Thursday afternoon for two hours: our conductor's name is Gunther Frey. At the moment we are rehearsing for our end-of-

Speech and Drama Festival which was held between Friday

eisteddfods.

This year I came equal first in the Under 18 Conc rto Competition and won the Under 18 Instrumental Recital at the Fremantle Eisteddfod. Last year I obtained my

13 Duologues. Their adjudicator congratulated them particularly on the exuberance and energy of their performance. Our Year 4s charmed judges with their small group play There's a Bunyip under my Bed, and our Year 5 students were congratulated on their clear diction and excellent tempo changes in Swimming Lesson, entered in the Middle Primary Choral Speaking section.

All our performers enjoyed this experience and were a credit to the

down to Albany in July.

Associate of Music Australia Diploma in Performance for pianoforte and I have recently obtained a distinction in the

I was doing all of this and I still wasn't

Associate of Music Diploma in Performance

satisfied. I wanted to be in a big symphony

for violin.

orchestra, so I auditioned for the Western Australian Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, and to my pleasant surprise I got in. I am

I have played in many different orchestras.

It was wonderful to see students from such a wide range of age

As well as being leader of the College

groups enjoying speech and drama. It was also commendable that

the youngest cellist in the orchestra and the person I sit next to is in university. I have the best time at rehearsals, which are on a

Orchestra and College Strings, I am currently playing Violin 1 with the Western Australian Youth Orchestra. In 1998 I was

speech students gained such good results in the English Speaking

Saturday, and our orchestra recently had its first concert, which was a huge success.

leader of the WAYO Philharmonic. Being involved in the WAYO has allowed me to meet new people and make many new friends, as well as giving me the opportunity to travel.

specific artistic skills which students take with them for the rest of

year concert in September and our trip

Squ ezed into all of my orchestra practice I have my lesson practice as well, and hop fully my Grade 5 exam in November will reflect how hard I have tried.

page, but a gift from the musical geniuses of yesterday; perfection and history made tangible.

College. Our congratulations go to the students named above and to Kate Williams, Clinton Colledge and Rhea McKeon (all Year 8), Elise August, Sara Mitchell, Laura Thurston-Moon and Christa Van Wyke (Year 9) and Emily McCarthy (Year 3).

Board assessments held at the end of Semester I. As with music kssons, this subject area has the capacity to develop lite skills and their lives. We look forward to seeing the results of this training as these students progress thl'Ough the College and are given increased opportunitit's to use their public speaking and pnformance skills.

June Cull'

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Transition Programme

Plans are progressing for the changes which will see our Year 7 and Year 8 students operating together in a Transition Programme from 2001.

Our principal reason for establishing the Transition Programme is to enhance the effectiveness of our teaching and learning. The programme will enable us to offer increased opportunities to Year 7s and ease their transition to senior school, while simultaneously giving Year 8s a gentler, more caring introduction to senior school life - avoiding the 'sink or swim' syndrome. In amongst this, we will seek to ensure that all students are extended in their achievements and inspired to go beyond their comfortable limits. With the two year groups together, we intend to create a new leadership model which will give many students the opportunity to develop leadership skills throughout their time in Years 7 and 8.

A smooth transition: Year 7 students working on the Value Added Quest in the Senior School (above, below and at right).

looking to have a transition in music between the Junior and Senior Schools, with Transition Programme ensembles which carry through from the Junior School to the Senior School orchestra, band and small ensembles.

The Year 7s have, for a few years, produced marvellous musicals. In 2001 we are looking towards an expansion of this tradition to include the Year 8s as well.

Time is being set aside for the teachers who will be involved to collaborate on new programmes for next year, and class numbers in Years 7 and 8 are deliberately being kept low to facilitate the programme.

Both Year 7s and Year 8s have been enthusiastically and successfully involved in debating for some time now, with the Year 7s receiving training early in the year and then moving on to an interschool competition, and the Year 8s developing their talent in another local int rs hool competition. Both groups will continue with these activities, but we hope also to see further debates as part of the programme.

Year 7s will continue to be involved in the JSHAA sporting competitions they currently enjoy. We are delighted with the structure and spirit of those competitions and believe that continued access to them will be of great benefit. The Year 8s will continue to have their involvement in the College's

Year 8 will continue to be located in the D Block area. Room D7 is to be modified as a Year 8 Science Laboratory so that science classes will remain in the same block: this in turn will provide those classes with easy access to the Year 8 Computer Laboratory. The major change, however, will be the move of Year 7 classes into a specialist area. The eastern end of C Block is to become the Year 7 home area and plans are now being finalised for this development. The Year 7s will now have access to the D Block Science Laboratory, as well as to the various specialist areas of the art and design facility, enabling them to take advantage of more sophisticated facilities. Access to the Year 7 rooms will be from the outside and the central corridor will become a withdrawal work area, visible from the classroom via windows and with sections for computers, sinks and benches. Students will be able to move between their home learning areas and this activity space while remaining under the supervision of the classroom teacher.

after-school interhouse competition which, again, suits the Year 8s' needs ideally. During the course of the year we will look at the possibility that the Year 7s may also benefit from a certain amount of involvement in this competition.

We are very excited about the potential for achieving even finer things in our extracurricular programme in Years 7 and 8. This year, John Beaverstock has initiated a Year 8 choir, which is preparing for its debut performance: next year, it will expand to include Year 7s as well. We are also

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There is an enclosed locker area in C Block, and this will be for use only by Year 7 and 8 students, with easy access from both sets of classrooms. The outside space between the two blocks will also be a Year 7 and 8 area, feeding through to the grass space to the north, the closest section of which will be for Year 7 and 8 recreation. The Transition Programme will thus be located within a secure area whil still enjoying th sense of space and openness that characterises the College.

2001 promises to be the beginning of an exciting development for our students in these transition year.

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Images left and right. Working together, moving forward: Year 65 in action.

reflections Term 2 had many highlights and saw 6D and 6G involved in a range of challenging and often unusual activities. What did we do?

• We created imaginative egg packaging that could hold a raw egg safely. Delighted Design Technology students dropped or threw the packaging to test its effectiveness.

• We took part in a variety of collaborative tasks in 'Speaking Mathematically'. For example, we held a Year 6 student/parent mathematics orienteering morning during which students and parents teamed up to find their way around the Junior School.

(Thankfully our exertions were followed by a delicious morning tea.)

• We designed a special mathematics discovery programme in conjunction with the Year 7 students and teachers. Each week, students divided into six groups and rotated through a variety of activities exploring key mathematical concepts such as chance and probability; 3D constructions; measurement of area and length; symmetry and networking; and computer package problem-solving. This programme is continuing through Term 3.

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We visited Parliament House as part of our Society and Environment programme, and had an enjoyable day in Fremantle at the Children's Literature Centre, with lunch at Cicerellos.

• We kept our social calendar buzzing with ten-pin bowling, followed by a scrummy lunch at a mystery location.

Term 3's programme has already begun, with events including: • • • • •

a visit to Perth International Airport; ceramic designing; athletics training; preparation for our concert; and, in our very first week back, a visit to Murdoch University to see the play Dolphin Talk.

Year 6 at All Saints' is the place to be!

Glen Duffield (Class Teacher, 6D) Melanie Gilks (Class Teacher, 6G)

Term 2 sport focused on winter sports. The Year 6s and 7s competed in football, hockey, netball and soccer as part of the JSHAA Co-ed interschool competition and played against St Andrew's, Loreto, Carmel and John XXIII. The term culminated in a Winter Lightning Carnival for the Year 7s which saw in excess of 700 children from eleven schools participating. The carnival was held at John XX'" and was a tremendous success.

Also during Term 2, more than sixty children from Year 2 to Year 7 came to cross-country training three times a week to improve their fitness levels, and many put the results to the test on Thursday 22 June, at the Junior School Interhouse Cross-country Carnival. The participation rate was outstanding. Congratulations go to everyone who 'had a go', and well done to Bussell, the

overall winning House on the day. Training is continuing in Term 3 and new participants are once again welcome as we prepare for the interschool competitions.

Touch football took place on Tuesday afternoons from 3.30pm to 4.30pm, enabling children in Years 6 and 7 to learn the game and compete in a friendly competition. Touch will continue throughout Term 3 and new participants are always welcome.

Finally, a special thank you goes to Bronwyn Fricke for all her efforts over the past eighteen months. Bronwyn is off to Carmel and although we will miss h r dearly, we wish her all the v ry best in her new role.

Mike Jenzen Year 7 Teacher

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All Saints) College Former Students) Association NOTICE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ASC FORMER STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD IN THE UPPER THEATRE

The FSA Committee works for all members of the Colleges Former Students' Association, which is growing in stature with every passing year. A number of important constitutional changes will be raised at the Annual General Meeting advertised on this page and we would value your attendance and support.

Please come if you can!

AT 6.30PM ON MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 2000

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Opening prayer Attendance Minutes of previous AGM Business arising from previous minutes Constitution changes

It is always hard to support a committee without a face, and we are therefore intending to print small profiles of your committee members in this and subsequent issues of College Quarterly.

Please feel free to approach the committee with ideas and suggestions at any time. You can contact them via their special email address-fsa@allsaints.wa.edu.au - and can keep in touch with other members of the association via our web site's special FSA area.

Amendment to Rule 5.1. Rule 5.1 to read as - Any person who attended the College as a student for a period of not less than one year.

New Rule 5.4. Former staff members of the College shall be admitted to membership of the Association upon payment of the subscription.

New Rule 5.5. The Director of Community Relations or his/her equivalent on the staff at the College shall be admitted as a member of the Association upon payment of the subscription.

New Rule 5.6. Former members of the Board of Management of the College shall be admitted to membership of the Association upon payment of the subscription.

Amendment to Rule 16 (1) (b). Rule 16 (1) (b) to read - Shall convene annual general meetings within the time limits for the holding of annual general meetings by section 23 of the Act and in any case during or before the second week of October in any year.

6. Reports 7. Election of office bearers 8. General business Adrienne Wright President All Saints' College FSA

Profile: Adrienne Wright (nee Hartley - 1986 leaver) Adrienne attended ASC between 1982 and 1986. After leaving ASC she completed a Bachelor of Economics with Honours at the University of Western Australia.

During her studies she took a year off to travel, and spent the majority of the time in France staying with the host family she met on a Year 10 school trip.

Adrienne's first job was with the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Canberra. After six months she moved back to Perth and worked a further two and a half years in the Perth office.

Adrienne then moved to the private sector and became an economist with the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, which is a political lobby group representing the interests of mining companies in Western Australia.

Adrienne married in 1994 and has two sons, Cameron (born in 1997) and newly-arrived Jeremy, born on Wednesday 5 July. She lives in Bull Creek and is an All Saints' Board member. She still works from home as an economic consultant.

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Know your FSA Committee Profile: Dave Burbidge - Treasurer - 1987 leaver _....~...... )

After leaving All Saints', Dave spent a couple of years at Curtin learning the ins and outs of COBOl as well as a smattering of business-type subjects...and the finer art of drinking. He moved into the TAFE system, which at the time had an excellent computer course. During this time he worked at Pizza King (Parry Ave],

where he quite often caught up with people from the College while out doing deliveries.

After TAFE Dave started working on small one-off programming projects for CALM's research arm as well as working a couple of days a week at Modular Metals, helping them to update their systems. When a full-time position came up at the Manjimup office he took it and spent four years living down south being the IT person for the entire Southern Forest Region.

When that contract expired Dave moved back to Perth and worked at Telstra for a while. He is now at Greyhounds WA, where he is, once again, the sole IT person. He can still be found down south catching up with friends or having some time off.

Along the way, David has extended his musical talents. He played the trumpet at ASC, but over the last couple of years has also learned to play the recorder and is currently teaching himself the flute. He keeps his skills alive by involving himself in the music team at the local church wherever he's living, and he's also been involved with two or three Christian bands.

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1998 leaver

Emma was a student of the College for six years. She will be fondly remembered by many different people for many different reasons, but everyone will remember Emma's beautiful smile, her ever-present happy disposition, and her love of butterflies.

Emma became ill during her Year 11 studies, but despite the obstacles she returned to complete Year 11 and 12. I was lucky to have taught her for almost six years and she came on the 1996 Study Tour of Italy. We shared many laughs and had many happy times during our time in Italy. Emma's cheerfulness and happy-go-lucky nature did not disguise her sensitivity and care and concern for others.

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Emma pictured during her Study Tour to Italy in 7996 and, at right, in Year 72.

Luisa MaiD

Kym Dennerley, 1999 leaver; and Shannon Wham, 1994 leaver, is on the far right. Our

Christian studied accounting at Murdoch

thanks go to Lesley Wham for bringing this

University, spending his final year in Sydney

lovely photograph in to the office.

(UTS) in the hopes of winning an Olympic berth. Christian is an Olympic racewalker

Nicole Heatley - 1990 leaver

and in 1996 was the first and only

Nicole is currently working as an

racewalker ever to have obtained a full

accountant with the family business, and

Western Australian Institute of Sport

has been for about three years. She is involved in State netball, which may

representing Australia, and finished eighth in

prevent her attending the Ten Year

an international grand prix held in Germany.

Reunion...but she'll be around to help with the preparations, at least.

Unfortunately Christian was injured during

Head of LOTE Department

Kip Wightman

Sharon's sister; second from the right is

Christian Bone - 1994 leaver

scholarship. He also competed in Europe,

We will all miss you, Emma, and we thank you for the memories.

the far left is Brad Barton, 1991 leaver; third from the right is Brad's wife Tanya,

1993 leaver

Within about three months of leaving All Saints', I travelled to Karratha following a short course in radio. Living there was an incredible experience as my first time away from home as well as my first fulltime job. After six months of 'country radio' I returned to Perth and worked midnight 'til dawn at Sonshine FM followed by PMFM for about two and a half years combined. I then took another trip out of Perth (not far though) to Mandurah, where I worked in breakfast radio at Coast FM. Waking up at 5am each morning...

a football match at the Australian

Severine Weber - 1993 leaver

University Games last year and

After leaving All Saints', Severine finished

consequently has failed to qualify for the

an Advanced Diploma of Accounting and

Olympics. He is now looking towards Athens

has now almost completed th Bachelor of

in 2004 while working as an accountant at

Commerce at Curtin, studying part-tim .

the head office of Vodafone in Sydney.

She has been an accountant at Cambridg Accountants in Wembley for almost two and a half years now but, when she emailed us in early June, was about to leav Australia on a working holiday. Severin 's hoping other former students will email her and let her know what they're up to severine_w@hotmail.com

Now I'm back in Perth working at 96fm in the top 30 with Mel (my cohost). I wake up at around lOam, play golf or basketball or go to the gym and watch a lot of tv...then in to work by 4pm.

I'm building a house (should be finished in two weeks but I've been saying that for about three months!) and to be honest things couldn't be better. I'm still in regular contact with at least five of my best mates from All Saints' and through the show I'm meeting more and more current students all the time. I must admit I'm a little biased with the prizes!

Joelie Mandzufas (nee May) - 1986

Kip pictured at 96fm with co-host Mel and Jason Backshall, Kent Mincherton, Jake Jones, Cory Tickner and Gareth Kees.

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Damien Wham - 1989 leaver

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Damien married Sharon Dennerley on 20

After completing a Bachelor of Commerce

November 1999 in the College Chapel. There

at UWA, Joelie worked in the head office of

are many College connections in the

a hotel chain and as Assistant Financial

wedding photograph reproduced here: on

Controller at Langley Hotel. She married

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In CQ 43 we congratulated Endriko Winata, 1999 leaver, on his 'superb Tertiary Entrance Ranking of 98.5'. While 98.5 is certainly a superb ranking, it is not as superb as 99.5, which was Endriko's true score. We would like to correct the error and congratulate Endriko once again on an outstanding result.

Jodie Christie (nee Soulsby - 1989 leaver) and husband Chris have just (28 June) given birth to a baby boy, Kye Christie, who weighed in at 81bs 110l.

Chris in 1994 and moved to Kalgoorlie in

Janelle was in a group living at a Catholic

the same year, working for the local council

seminary in Ainaro, a partially destroyed

and then for a local business. She spent

Kathy... 'The rather nervous-looking bub is Larissa, and the toddler strangling her is Jasmine!'.

four months overseas in 1994 before returning and doing contract work for a

town in the mountains near the Indonesian border, and a five-hour truck drive from Dili.

The town is accessed by narrow, eroded

Shelley Jordans (1993 leaver) and her partner Matt are the proud parents of Jaylin Jordan Mullins,

short time. Perth beckoned in January 1999,

roads and has no electricity, and the group

born 21 August 1999. Jaylin was born in Port Douglas, Queensland, but the family has just moved

with an accounting position at Gerard Daniels Australia. Joelie and Chris's son,

had to purify water for drinking and

back to Broome. Shelley is now a qualified masseuse - so look her up for a discounted massage next time you're in sunny Broome! The picture here was taken on 4 June 2000.

James Christopher, was born on 9 October

cooking. Janelle was able to utilise her environmental knowledge and first-aid

1999 and since then Joelie has been a full-

experience during her stay, which lasted just

Adrienne Wright (1986 leaver) and husband Stephen have just welcomed their second child, Jeremy

time mum and part-time contract

over four weeks.

John, who was born at Attadale Hospital and weighed in at 91bs 140l. Adrienne is President of the

book-keeper/accou nta nt.

Selina Bellenger - 1993 leaver - will

Duncan Watkinson - 1994 leaver After doing some boring nine-to-five jobs and travelling,

FSA and an ASC Board member - see her introduction on page 23.

place at Christchurch Claremont, Stirling Highway, and former ASC

Duncan finally

metalwork/photography teacher Braden Short (now Father Braden Short) will be

lifelong ambition

officiating. Selina commented in her email,

when he became a

'All former classmates, friends and staff are welcome to attend the ceremony'. Email

flight instructor. He is pictured here with

Above: Larissa and Jasmine.

Below: Shelley and Jaylin.

marry Darrell Horrocks at 2pm on 2 September this year. The wedding will take

achieved his

charter pilot and

Kathy Purves (1989 leaver) sent us this lovely photo (right) of her beautiful daughters. To quote

Selina on s.bellenger@murdoch.edu.au

one of the aircraft he flies around WA. Janelle Booth - 1997 leaver Janelle is currently completing her

Super snips...

Environmental Studies degree at Notre

Jodie Callum - 1989 leaver - is working

Community computing

Dame. Along with ten other NDA students,

as a web designer at Pretzel.

she recently spent time working with Tetum-speaking children in East Timor. The

Kerri Weir - 1987 leaver - followed an

group went with the intention of providing

initial degree in Asian Studies with a

important part of our role in the local community to conduct courses at reasonable prices for other members of the community.

ESL teaching in three regional communities

postgraduate qualification in Development

The courses in 2000 have been welcomed by people wishing to add to their skills and we anticipate that their popularity will grow

that had received limited aid. In addition, they examined other ways in which aid

Studies and an MBA and is currently a Business Analyst with Cisco.

in future years.

could be provided in the future.

This year the College began providing after-hours community computing classes. Kaye Johns instructed groups of adults and students in word processing and desktop publishing for single-term courses in the F Block laboratory. We see it as a very

If you would like to improve your computing skills through one of our courses, contact Geoff Shaw, Dean of Studies, on 9313 9333 or email gsh@allsaints.wa.edu.au