ASC NEWS | ISSUE 58 | DECEMBER 2017

News Issue 58 December 2017

Featuring FROM THE CEO CATHEDRAL COLLEGE WANGARATTA JOHN WOLLASTON ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL HEALTHY EATING TECHNOLOGY GOLF CHALLENGE 2018 CALENDAR CHRISTMAS MESSAGES

From the Chief Executive Officer THE REVEREND PETER LAURENCE OAM

The Power of Story Every teacher knows the power of ‘story’. As Christians, our faith is grounded in the story of Jesus and God’s people of long ago, retold through the centuries and made our story today. Each person’s daily work forms part of this story.

ASC schools have an awesome responsibility to keep the Christian myth alive. That’s why in this season we call Advent, schools go to great trouble to ensure that the part of the Gospel which tells the Good News of our Saviour’s birth is shared with young and old.

I well understand that it is no mean feat to stage a Nativity Play in the early learning years, nor an Advent Carols Service or Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, especially when children and possibly animals are involved! Seriously, the retelling of God’s story is more important today than ever, when most of the students in any school have no meaningful connection with a worshiping community outside the school, and their parents or guardians largely comprise a generation which is ‘unchurched’.

As cute as it is, your school’s Nativity Play is not simply a re-enactment of the virgin birth, with all the complexities that come with this theology. Surely one would choose an easier concept for children (or adults) to grasp, if we had a choice?

If I was designing a school play for any one of our school’s early learning years, this wouldn’t have been the preferred option for a theme!

But the birth narratives are our story, an essential and central part of the Gospel story. Without an understanding of Jesus’ early years, we will never understand fully the Jesus who journeyed to

Contents

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From the CEO

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What’s On

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Curriculum

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Feature Schools

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Feature Theme

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Biography

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Calendar 2018

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Anglican Identity

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Cover image: JWACS students.

and beyond the cross. Because we now have several generations of largely ‘unchurched’ adults, today’s children have not been immersed in the Gospel stories as we were. If we don’t retell it, they may not hear it from any other source.

In generations past, parents passed to their children the truths and wisdom they had learned from their parents.

For many today, these truths as told through story and song come from the lips of children to the ears of their parents, retold with a freshness that has the power to be life-giving and life-changing.

That’s why in December each year I never grow tired of attending nativity plays and carols services in our schools. Our story is one that is meant to be retold. Day by day; Advent by Advent; Christmas by Christmas. For in re-telling Jesus’ story, our prayer is that one day it will become part of their story too. That’s the power of story.

Moves Across the Schools This time next year (indeed earlier), five of our schools will have new Principals leading them. The vacancy currently filled by Interim Principal Susan Shaw at St George’s Anglican Grammar School will be filled, along with Peter Moyes Anglican Community School through Julian Dowse’s decision to return to Melbourne, and St Mark’s Anglican Community School through Cameron Herbert’s move in April to be Principal of St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School in the Diocese of Gippsland in Victoria. We will give thanks to Susan and Cameron in the appropriate edition of ASC News next year before they leave us.

For now I wish to acknowledge with deep gratitude the outstanding leadership of JULIAN DOWSE over the past seven years at Peter Moyes ACS. Julian came to us from Camberwell Grammar School in Melbourne where he served as Head of Senior School.

From the beginning, he brought a considered, Christian leadership to the School. Peter Moyes grew in enrolments and facilities, but more importantly as an Anglican school community – spiritually, academically, culturally…and in so many other intangible ways. Julian also gave much time to serve the Church, as an active member of Diocesan Council and in hosting the Diocese of Perth’s annual Synod at Peter Moyes.

Above: Wangaratta Jazz Festival Eucharist with ASC Combined Schools.

At this time I thank Julian for this service to the Peter Moyes community, to the ASC and Diocese, and wish Lydia and Konrad well as they move over east.

This month also marks the conclusion of JASON BARTELL’S time as Principal of Swan Valley Anglican Community School, as he moves to lead the largest Anglican school in WA, John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (JSR), with its two campuses at Mirrabooka and Beechboro. Jason is one of the ‘sons’ of the ASC, having started at JSR in 2007 as Assistant Principal Middle School, before moving to his first Principalship at Esperance Anglican Community School, where he oversaw its growth in enrolments and infrastructure. In 2013 Jason moved back to Perth with his wife Leah and children Caleb, Violet and newborn son Jackson to take up the Principal’s position at Swan Valley; at a time when the school had experienced a period of leadership instability. Jason quickly earned the respect of parents, students, staff and colleagues, as he rebuilt community spirit, strengthened academic, pastoral and cultural standards, and took steps to secure the School’s financial future.

For the past two years, Jason has also served on the ASC Board.

Returning to JSR as its Principal is a home-coming. Jason’s leadership is grounded in the ASC’s core purpose of providing high quality low-fee Anglican schooling to a wide cross-section of the community. I wish Jason well as he prepares to lead the JSR community for the years ahead.

Congratulations to MELISSA POWELL on her appointment as Principal of Swan Valley Anglican Community School from January. Melissa is well known to many as the former Principal of the International School of Western Australia at City Beach. After leaving WA, Melissa spent a short time in Adelaide before moving to Queensland, from where she will return to WA shortly. Melissa is described as one of those rare teachers who is equally comfortable teaching English, Drama and Debating as she is teaching Mathematics.

We look forward to welcoming Melissa to the ASC family.

I also extend sincere appreciation to BEN LOMAS who has served as JSR’s Interim Principal for 2017 since Matthew Hughes stepped aside to contest the last State election, retiring on winning the seat of Kalamunda. Ben has endeared himself to all, through his calm yet confident and purposeful leadership of the school over this time. He has done as we would hope an Interim Principal would do…move JSR forward in a positive direction during this period, ready for the arrival of Jason Bartell. Thank you Ben for rising to the challenge. JSR has been in excellent hands under your leadership.

Business Managers in Our Schools This edition of ASC News contains a special section about which I wish to comment. Three Business Managers are featured – Jillian Healey at JSR, Andrew McKenzie-Fraser at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School and Greg Davies at Trinity Anglican College. As you will read, all are well experienced in their roles. Indeed, many of our Business Managers have served in their positions (or as assistant Business Managers) for a decade or more. Their wealth of experience is an invaluable resource to their schools and the ASC. A Business Manager in a school is often one of the unsung heroes. They do not have the public role with students and families as do Principals and senior academic staff.

However, their leadership underpins the financial, operational and strategic direction and wellbeing of any school. With the triple responsibility of finance, buildings & grounds, and support staff (what is often called the Triple P of ‘people, plant and profits’!), our schools’ and system’s health is dependent on the diligent stewardship exercised by our Business Managers. It is good and right to acknowledge their work at this time.

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From the CEO continued

Top 50 Hot List The Educator magazine recently published its list of the Top 50 Australian educators. Included were Simon Birmingham (Commonwealth Minister for Education), three professors of Education at leading universities, the CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, AND our very own GARY RACEY, Deputy Principal at Swan Valley Anglican Community School. It is an appropriate recognition of one of our senior staff members whose commitment to the wellbeing of students and staff is evident in all he does. Beyond his daily work, Gary has initiated and overseen a professional learning initiative for teachers in ASC schools – ‘Learning Journey, Learning Exchange’. Congratulations Gary.

Wangaratta Jazz Festival I had the privilege of joining students from five ASC schools at this year’s Wangaratta Jazz Festival in early November.

Recognised as one of the preeminent jazz and blues festivals in Australia, it was great that students from Cathedral College Wangaratta (CCW) and Trinity Anglican College Albury were joined by fellow jazz musicians from St George’s Anglican Grammar School, St Mark’s Anglican Community School and Swan Valley Anglican Community School. With jazz and blues stages located throughout Wangaratta, there were ample opportunities for students to perform as well as take in the sounds of Australia’s greatest jazz and blues musicians.

CCW’s band ‘The Liturgies’ performed during the festival. A performance highlight of the combined ASC student musicians was their leadership of music at the Jazz Mass in Wangaratta Cathedral on the Sunday morning. With approximately 1,000 worshipers ‘packed’ into the Cathedral, students led songs and hymns from ‘Just a closer walk with Thee’ and ‘This little light of mine’ to ‘Oh when the saints go marching in’.

Thank you to the music staff in our five schools for enabling the workshops and performances. All schools present said that they want to make it ‘bigger and better’ in 2018, with more students and schools from WA joining their eastern States counterparts in Wangaratta for a weekend of jazz and blues music.

FINALLY, the Christmas reflections from our Bishops (on the back page of this edition of ASC News) provide poignant reminders of the place of our Anglican schools within the wider Church community and world. As another school year comes to a close, this is especially so for the students and staff at the Wodonga campus of Trinity Anglican College. Students from Kindergarten to Year 6 will move to the Albury campus from 2018, leaving only the ‘Little Tackers’ preschoolers onsite from January. The decision to consolidate classes at the Albury campus will bring academic and pastoral benefits to the students. We give thanks to the students, teachers and support staff who have made the Wodonga campus their home since it opened in 2004 and look forward to the next chapter in Trinity’s history.

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I take this opportunity to thank all the special people who have dedicated their lives this year to the care and wellbeing of the young people in ASC schools from Alkimos to Esperance, Albury to Cobram. Teaching is a vocation not a job. As teachers, you are storytellers, not only through your words but also through your lives, which are scrutinised daily. The Christmas holiday provides a time for refreshment and renewal. Take it. Enjoy it. For unto us a child is born…

The Reverend Peter Laurence OAM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

What’s on

Anglican Schools Commission Golf Challenge 2017 The inaugural Anglican Schools Commission Golf Challenge was held at Melville Glades Golf Club on Thursday 28 September 2017. The skies cleared just in time for the players representing Frederick Irwin AS, John Wollaston ACS, Peter Carnley ACS and John Septimus Roe ACS to tee off at 12.30pm.

All of the players enjoyed the opportunity to spend four hours on a challenging golf course interacting with other members of our ACS family in a competitive, yet friendly, manner.

The ASC Board was represented by the Chair Mrs Barbara Godwin OAM who spoke of the great atmosphere in the clubrooms following competition before she presented trophies to the winners. The trophies were designed along the lines of the British Open ‘Claret jug’.

CHAMPION SCHOOL Peter Carnley ACS, Roh Weddikkara, Adam Halliday, James Morris and James Pinkham CHAMPION PAIR Roh Weddikkara and Adam Halliday, Peter Carnley ACS BEST GROSS SCORE James Morris, Peter Carnley ACS BEST NET SCORE Brendan Kilmartin, John Wollaston ACS LONGEST DRIVE James Morris, Peter Carnley ACS NEAREST THE PIN Adam Halliday, Peter Carnley ACS As the winning school Peter Carnley ACS wins the right to host the 2018 ASC Golf Challenge.

All ASC staff interested in golf are encouraged to be a part of next year’s event. We all found it a very rewarding experience to represent our school in such a tangible way and spend an afternoon with other ASC school colleagues.

We thank the Reverend Peter Laurence OAM for his support of this initiative, which we hope will grow into a wonderful tradition for our schools.

Curriculum

Technologies Georgiana Molloy Anglican School Taking over the Technology Department at Georgiana Molloy Anglican School has been a pleasant surprise. As an enthusiastic new Head of Department the increase in workload has been balanced by the adaptability of the School to progress in the area of technology development.

A new Textiles course has been created from student demand and students now create items for the annual School productions and School events throughout the year.

Having recently acquired a state of the art laser cutter and engraver, and combining this new technology with our existing strong 3D printing capabilities, the possibilities of individual design and manufacture of artifacts by students have increased exponentially. A Year 3 making a Father’s Day present from geometric shapes, or a Year 12 student adding the finishing touches to a piece of fine furniture before embarking on a career pathway, the Technology Department here at GMAS is providing opportunities now to benefit students for life.

Swan Valley Anglican Community School

Cobram Anglican Grammar School

Aligning our existing backbone courses with new technologies and recent curriculum changes and introducing new courses such as Engineering Systems has students excited! Students engage in real life problem solving, creating solutions with the additional bonus of electronic and computer automation control.

“I’ve got the whole world in my hands!” and “It’s so small compared to the Sun!” were some of the enthusiastic comments Year 5 students announced when exploring the Virtual Reality (VR) Solar System in the innovative technology trial of VR for Inquiry lessons at SVACS this year. Students were able to locate the orbits of the planets, see the speed at which they orbit the Sun and compare the planet sizes which turned the abstract mathematical concept of comparing numbers, into the (virtual) reality of actual size differences.

2017 marks the first year of dedicated teaching of Technologies in the Primary School. Students have embraced using their 1:1 ASUS tablet devices to learn block coding and automate Ozobots in their project work. As they develop their programming skills, they use Scratch to code Makey Makey invention kits and advance their understanding of how computers can control electrical circuits and interfaces. Along with 3D printing to integrate mathematical skills on their projects, the students have strengthened their computational thinking to cultivate strong collaborative and communicative skills.

Outside of curriculum hours, an ever growing number of students have engaged in the SVACS afterschool Minecraft club. Given project outcomes to create a city centre with certain constraints, students have demonstrated amazing real-world cooperation and teamwork abilities to achieve a common goal in the virtual Minecraft world. The problem solving and critical thinking which has taken place to overcome design flaws and spatial requirements has undoubtedly had a positive impact on the students.

As we embrace the opportunity to explore, enhance and enrich traditional classroom practices, we encourage our teachers to prepare multi-faceted and flexible learning environments for our students. This development whilst in its infancy will continue to develop with the further introduction of such technologies.

At CAGS, we recognise that our students will need to draw on their creativity to be able to move into a future where social, political and economic structures will be continually changing. The world will need more creative people to solve the difficult problems that will confront us. Our Art/ Technology curriculum enables our students to be involved in subjects that develop skills that encourage them to find solutions to problems, by asking better questions and discovering and inventing possible answers, and to think about alternatives and improvements to enhance their learning experiences. In 2017, as well as participating in the Visual Arts, Drama, Music and Food Technology, both primary and secondary students have been given the opportunity to apply these ideas and concepts to building a “human powered vehicle” and participating in racing events throughout the year. They even improved the performance of the car and themselves at each race meeting. Also, Year 8 Humanities students used creative problem solving to research and construct papier mache Viking Weapons and Medieval Castles made from clay. It is exciting to see the enthusiasm with which students engage in these activities, bringing their own unique ways of looking at the world to each task.

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Cathedral College Wangaratta Wangaratta Festival of Jazz The Cathedral College Wangaratta band “The Liturgies” has been heavily involved at both local and National events over the last four years, with performances at the “Kool Skools” Award Ceremonies in Melbourne, “Generations in Jazz” in Mt Gambier, Melbourne’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, and as part of the “Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues.” 2017 was the second year of collaboration at the Festival of Jazz, with bands from other ASC schools joining us in Wangaratta for four days of music, workshops, improvisation and public performances. This year, we welcomed students from Trinity Anglican College, St George’s Anglican Grammar School, Swan Valley Anglican Community School, and St Mark’s Anglican Community School for a full itinerary of performing as well as listening, watching and learning from musicians such as James Morrison, Paul Grabowsky, Katie Noonan and Jon Cleary to name just a few.

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity for our young students to perform at such a prestigious, international event and to share this with other ASC staff and students. The highlight of the trip, was being able to lead the Jazz Mass at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, with CEO of the ASC, The Reverend Peter Laurence OAM preaching, and then for us to share the stage with internationally recognised singers and musicians such as Bridie King, Kerri Simpson, Pat Powell, The Boogie Kings and the Harmony Queens to sing “Oh When The Saints Go Marching In”; an unforgettable experience for all involved.

We look forward to the ASC bands being able to work together again in 2018.

Above: ASC Combined Schools inside Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta

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Social Enterprise Cathedral College has partnered with the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship (ACRE) to create a curriculum based on building skills that will help students set up their own Social Enterprise business, navigating the many obstacles and challenges they may face along the way. In Year Nine and Year Ten, enterprise skills were placed at the heart of learning in the Social Enterprise curriculum with experience and immersion for our students as they worked with their peers. Through a specifically timetabled program, students were exposed to several organisations operating in Melbourne and were involved in a range of sessions aimed at broadening their understanding of social enterprise and homelessness, through working with The Big Issue, Thank you Water and the Social Enterprise Café.

During the course of this program, students explored different causes relating to issues affecting people around the world, developed ideas of how these causes may be supported, and invented ways to contribute to the cause which were not simply fundraising. They learned about the processes involved in setting up a business, presented their ideas to a panel, adopted strong communication skills, worked in teams, cooperated, negotiated, collaborated, united, liaised, created, designed, learned, re-learned, unlearned and problem solved.

It has been wonderful to see the students creating and working on projects, and then seeing them grow and contribute to something larger than themselves.

Each year our Year Nine Community Service students are involved in a range of projects as part of their commitment to work for local and national charities and organisations. In early November, we were privileged to work with Zonta under the guidance of Jane Derrick and the Zonta group. Year Nine students helped to create sterile birthing kits as part of their Community Service program. These birthing kits are shipped worldwide to communities in need and help women give birth in a clean environment. Zonta estimates that these packs have reduced the infant mortality rate by 40 per cent in some communities and our students were pleased to have been involved in something that helps those who need it most.

Above: Indigicate Shawn Andrews and Year Six Joshua Forbes

Indigicate The College has continued to work with Shawn Andrews from Indigicate this year, with interactive, engaging sessions that complement our current learning of Indigenous history and culture. Shawn, a Yugambeh man, is passionate about Indigenous education and the journey of reconciliation for all Australians. Students across the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools have participated in national events and days of significance this year.

A significant part of our Senior School Outdoor Education programming includes Shawn, his team, and engaging with concepts around Indigenous Australia. Indeed, this year’s Year Eleven Camp was very successful and included “fireside” conversations and important emphases on these topics.

National Reconciliation Week was a chance for the School to celebrate achievements in our journey towards reconciliation and School Assembly was led by Year Seven RAVE students and Shawn Andrews, who spoke about the persistence and courage taken over the last fifty years and the continued need to build on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. With discussions centred on connection to land, spirituality and Dreamtime, students and staff at CCW continue to be better informed about Indigenous culture and our place within it.

Above: Tess Palubiski, Gabby Boulton and Ashley Farmer.

Top: Jack Boulton

State Athletics This year we have seen many students participate in Regional, State and National sporting events and most recently, we had over 25 of our finest athletes compete at the School State Athletics Championships in Melbourne. There was a plethora of wonderful individual performances with Jack Boulton winning an incredible five Gold Medals (Triple Jump, Long Jump, 100m, 200m and 400m), Tess Palubiski a Gold in 400m and Bronze in 800m, Ashley Farmer Silver in both 400m and Hurdles, Jess Calvert, a Bronze in the 800m, Sam Henderson a Silver in the High Jump and Bronze in the Triple Jump and Gabby Boulton a Silver in the 100m and a Gold in the 200m.

These results, as well as the combined results of students across the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools, meant Cathedral College Wangaratta finished fourth in the State of Victoria, out of 246 schools; an achievement of which all our athletes can be proud.

Above: Zonta birthing kits; Zoe Goodger accompanied

by Swan Valley Anglican trumpeters

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John Wollaston Anglican Community School University Success Through Vocational Pathway John Wollaston Anglican Community School is extremely proud of past pupil Chloe Devereux who travelled the vocational education pathway to gain her university degree. Chloe Devereux is a John Wollaston alumna, fondly known as an “Old Wollastonian”.

She is now teaching in the Early Learning Centre at John Wollaston with oversight of the School’s Pre-Kindergarten program known as the “Little Wollies”.

Chloe has had an interesting pathway in her journey to become a fully qualified Early Childhood Teacher and is a success story of the School’s vocational education program.

Chloe always knew she wanted to work with children and realising she potentially didn’t have the ATAR subject requirements, she chose the Vocational Education Program (VET) pathway in Year 11.

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Above: Chloe Devereux

She completed a First Aid Certificate and a TAFE Certificate II in Childcare. This involved traveling by train one day a week to Meerilinga TAFE in West Leederville as well as completing work experience at a childcare centre once a week for one term.

Chloe thought working in a childcare environment would suit her; and, she was thrilled to have that real work experience with children, as it cemented her desire to work in schools.

During Years 11 and 12 she also secured 18 months’ work experience at Challis Primary School one to two days a week.

Challis Primary School has a high indigenous population and some challenging students but excellent early intervention and reading programs. “I knew through that experience that working in schools in early education was what I wanted to pursue,” she said.

Choosing the VET pathway meant Chloe graduated from John Wollaston in 2009 with a Certificate II in Childcare. She enrolled full time in TAFE in 2010.

A hard working student who prefers to learn through real work experience, Chloe completed two TAFE certificates in 2010; Certificate III and Certificate IV in Education Support. She then applied to Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley and began her studies in a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education in 2011.

This involved an intense 4.5 years of university study but Chloe remembers her final practicum at a Catholic school in Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten classes fondly.

Above: Chloe with students

“I fell in love with the Pre-Kindergarten age group and I experienced how many three year olds are ready and eager to learn in a play-based environment,� Chloe explained.

In her first 12 months Chloe has demonstrated a natural aptitude for the Early Years and we are proud she has chosen to commence her career at John Wollaston Anglican Community School.

playgrounds for specific year groups from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 1 to promote imagination, inquiry, social interaction and the development of motor skills.

Current VET/Careers and Hospitality Coordinator Mrs Susan Leach said alternative pathways to tertiary studies are proving extremely successful for many students and Chloe is a shining example of this.

Our Early Learning Centre aims to build strong foundations for a life-long love of learning. The Centre has been purpose-built to provide a safe and secure environment for children to begin their schooling at John Wollaston. The classrooms for PreKindergarten, Kindergarten, Pre-Primary and Year 1 have been configured to stimulate, engage and challenge the curious minds of our youngest students, allowing them to develop at their own pace and to their full potential.

John Wollaston Anglican Community School has an outstanding Early Learning Centre, set in a creative, stimulating, natural environment with beautiful views of the Perth foothills. The attractive, spacious grounds include native bush gardens, nature playgrounds, water play, fruit and vegetable patches and a worm farm to teach children about sustainability.

Children are encouraged to get dirty, wet, have fun and interact with the natural setting and they love it! The Early Learning Centre houses inner courtyards, meeting places and separate

Working within the framework of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) our teaching philosophy for three to eight-year-olds (Pre-Kindergarten to Year 1) encourages exploration and discovery through playbased learning. Play enables our students to develop understanding through interaction with others, explore and use their senses, create meaning in their world, consolidate key concepts, practise social skills, solve problems, gain confidence and develop positive attitudes toward school. Literacy and numeracy are key elements of the inquiry-based programme, which reflects the interests of young children and celebrates their natural wonder and curiosity.

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Food and Healthy Eating Esperance Anglican Community School Food technology is studied by all students in Years 7 and 8 and is available as an elective thereafter right up to WACE-level courses.

Our programmes provide for a logical development of all the skills and insight necessary for the creation of healthy food dishes to meet our needs.

There is the opportunity to evaluate recipes and modify them to suit the challenges faced in providing appropriate food products which ensure nutritional balance. Our courses also embrace the investigation, design and production of food products. More is learned about the products that can be used to make food and how these can be modified for specific purposes, using a wide range of different skills and equipment.

Moral issues such as food equity, sustainability and healthy eating are also investigated, with an opportunity to develop recipes based on the wide variety of culinary traditions within the Asia-Pacific region. The idea of enterprise is also introduced and how food can be developed in a responsible entrepreneurial context.

Year 11 and 12 students continue to develop their understanding and skills but with an emphasis on food as part of the hospitality industry within our community. This involves students in practical work in aspects of entertaining, in a range of different contexts and at different scales. A recent innovation has involved the creation and planting of a sustainable garden to provide fresh, beneficial foods to use in our cooking processes.

It is engaging to see how our students create simple but nourishing dishes, and how these initial skills are enhanced as the students grow and develop; dishes are created and served within a variety of settings in the School and local community. Enjoyment of both process and product is obvious and adds much to the education of our young people in the important element of diet, nutrition and healthy eating.

Frederick Irwin Anglican School Students at Frederick Irwin Anglican School are encouraged from Kindergarten to eat healthily, learning tips for both school and home. Healthy eating is an important aspect of Frederick Irwin Anglican School, as students who eat healthily and stay active are more likely to stay focused and enthusiastic across the day.

In Kindergarten, students enjoy a fruit morning tea every day, while Primary students enjoy ‘Slinky Apple Thursdays’ where the Head of Primary wires up student-brought apples to a de-corer and spins the machine until the apple turns into a slinky! This is very popular each week.

Lower secondary students are introduced to higher level healthy eating and a variety of cooking methods when they begin their Home Economics course in Year 8. Students learn about the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, the Healthy

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Eating Pyramid, and put their new knowledge and skills into practice by completing a Healthy Breakfast design brief.

Year 9 students learn more about the nutrients and their function in our bodies by completing a design brief which encourages them to convert ‘old favourites’ (such as Macaroni Cheese) into healthier, high fibre, lower fat varieties.

Above: Peter Moyes Anglican Community School (PMACS) Healthy Eating Kitchen Garden Classroom

Peter Moyes Anglican Community School WAVES Café The School’s WAVES Café provides students and staff with delicious and nutritious foods throughout the year at recess, lunch and special functions. They focus on incorporating fresh and wholesome ingredients into the menu, with nearly everything prepared on site in the School’s modern, industrial kitchen. The Café does not serve fast food, carbonated soft drinks and/or prepackaged confectionery.

Kitchen Garden Classroom The garden project focuses on the principle of pleasurable food education, with the School being a member of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation.

Year 2 students have primary responsibility for the Kitchen Garden Classroom and spend Friday mornings outdoors.

They work in small groups to create and care for the garden by growing seeds, watering and weeding, planting seeds and creating compost.

Middle and Senior School students visit during recess and lunch, with Primary School lunches ordered online and delivered straight to their classrooms.

The education continues back in the classroom with lessons about healthy eating, the food chain, sustainability, recycling and composting, and how to be water wise. Students also use the fresh produce they have grown to make healthy meals.

The aim is to help students appreciate seasonal produce and equip them with the knowledge to make good food choices.

We are a member of the WA School Canteen Association, and our Primary School menu is prepared in accordance with the ‘Traffic Lights School Canteen’ Policy that is enforced within the cafeterias of WA State Schools.

This type of inquiry based learning provides a hands-on understanding of subjects like literacy, numeracy and science, as well as practical skills related to team work and cognitive thinking.

Our Senior Secondary students expand upon their initial knowledge base and use the ‘Food Miles’ concept of the distance food travels before it reaches the consumer. For this reason, students use locally produced food commodities for practical lessons, which are not only fresher, less expensive and healthier, but better for the environment too.

PMACS Healthy Eating Kitchen Garden Classroom

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Feature Theme Healthy Eating continued

St James’ Anglican School The health and wellbeing of the students at St James’ Anglican School is relevant to their learning and is important to our School. The present and future health of our students can be enhanced by quality learning and positive experiences at St James’.

St George’s Anglican Grammar School Healthy eating is a diet that assists in the maintenance and support of overall health.

Vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and adequate protein sources contribute to providing the body with essential nutrition.

This is especially important for our young growing students.

We aim to provide our School with a healthy and ‘fun’ canteen, with varied food and drink options. Our School is now registered with the Western Australia School Canteen Association (WASCA), and we are working with the Department of Education to implement and maintain a Healthy Food and Drinks Policy. Our tasty menu encourages our students to make healthy choice options. Students have the options of both warm and cold food selections.

St James’ Anglican School also uses the traffic light system developed for school canteens to promote healthy eating, as the guide for all school programs and activities relating to or involving food and drink.

Our canteen Manager Hayley Bulloch, is a qualified Nutritionist and Cook with a passion for childhood nutrition.

Hayley has presented several seminars to our parents on healthy eating. Our Staff at St James’ have also participated in a Raw Foods workshop, where they were taught the importance of ‘clean eating’.

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It is so important to help children discover diversity in the wonderful world of food and building positive, long-lasting attitudes towards trying new foods. Hayley makes all our menu items from scratch, sourcing fresh, local ingredients.

Staff at St James’ Anglican School will continue to have a positive influence on the health of our students, healthy eating and model being active as a way of life at our School.

Above: Healthy Canapés

Above: Lunch Catering

Life at a school in the city exposes our students to plenty of exercise - walking the streets of Perth to get to their next destination, climbing stairs to get to their next class and the countless sports activities they participate in daily including Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Cross-country, Rowing, Soccer and Tennis just to name a few. Exercise and healthy eating is a focus for many of the students at St George’s.

Our Year 11 and 12 students also have the advantage of being able to venture out into the city for lunch, and students are often spotted sitting on the Central Park lawns with their salads and juices. A recent survey conducted at the School shows that many of our students prefer healthy meal options and feel better when they eat healthy food.

The St George’s School Cafeteria is unique and unlike a typical school canteen. The café services students, staff and visitors daily for recess and lunch and provides an array of healthy food options from fruit salads, garden salads and sandwiches to cooked hot meals such as curries and healthy stir-fries. The café caters for many School events providing healthy meal options.

All students from Years 7 to 12 cover essential healthy eating practices in Health and Physical Education classes and other areas of the curriculum. This knowledge assists the students in making positive healthy eating choices for the future.

St Mark’s Anglican Community School Café Raw Café Raw at St Mark’s Anglican Community School aims to increase awareness of the importance of healthy eating, and develops practical basic food processes. The course is currently offered to Year 7 students, and in 2018, Year 6 students will also have the opportunity to learn in Café Raw. Students are empowered to start taking responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. The main message delivered in each lesson is simply ‘Eat Better’.

Through a variety of recipes, students learn to create healthy fun snacks that can be easily prepared at home, possibly as an addition to a nutritious lunchbox.

Each recipe has a twist, allowing the students to minimise excess fat, salt and sugar in their diet, without compromising flavour. Students have access to ice cold water that has been infused with fruit in the summer months, encouraging them to enjoy more water. Some of the recipes the students love making, use lots of fresh unprocessed ingredients, some of which have been grown at School. Lovely Layered Lunches, Vibrant Vegie Noodle Rolls, Tasty Tortilla Toasties, Super Smoothies and Fabulous Fondue are some of the recipes that students love to make!

Students develop confidence, social and problem-solving skills in a variety of group work based lessons. Students are empowered by learning (and enjoying) that they can take more responsibility for their food choices and their overall health and happiness. Discussions around the idea of looking after your health by balancing food and water intake, exercise, sleep needs, mental health and social needs is the main focus of this course. Students look forward to their time in Café Raw as they further develop practical and communication skills and friendships in a positive and uplifting food-related setting.

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Biography

Greg Davis BUSINESS MANAGER, TRINITY ANGLICAN COLLEGE, ALBURY-WODONGA Trinity Anglican College Business Manager Greg Davis started life at the College in 2004 as a parent of Luke, who completed his HSC examinations this term, and James currently in Year 9.

Five years later, he was appointed Business Manager of a College with 500 students. Today he administers the business side of a College that has more than doubled, with 1200 students enrolled for 2018.

Greg has overseen some massive infrastructure development as the College has expanded. More than $10m was invested in infrastructure development in 2015 alone – a year after the College was acquired by the Anglican Schools Commission.

Capital works under Greg’s tenure include the $7.2m Senior School Centre, $1.8m Founders Science and Environment Centre, $1.2m Trade Skills Centre, $1.8m Administration block, $2.1m Infants Centre, $2.7m Multi-Purpose Hall and carpark and $350,000 Early Learning Centre. Staff at the College has grown to more than 120 and the College is now a significant business in the town with turnover of $18m a year.

While Greg has worked in management for 35 years as an employee and business owner, he finds the diversity of his role at Trinity interesting, satisfying and rewarding.

Andrew McKenzie-Fraser BUSINESS MANAGER, PETER CARNLEY ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL I was born and bred in Zimbabwe where I spent my formative years and undertook my primary and secondary education.

My family owned a smallholding where roses were cultivated for export to the European market.

I am a graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa where I gained a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Economics and Business Administration. In 1993 I migrated to Australia where I completed conversion courses toward a Certified Practicing Accountant [CPA] qualification at Curtin University in Perth.

Since graduation I have been employed in many organisations ranging from agricultural commodity processing in Malawi (a small landlocked country in central Africa) to hospitality in Sydney and shipowners’ agents in Fremantle. Over the past 15 years I have been employed in the business of education in private schools over a number of different systems. In 2006 I was appointed foundation Business Manager at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School. I am honoured to have had the privilege of playing a part in the establishment and development of this fine School and look forward to this relationship continuing for the foreseeable future.

As a keen swimmer, I swam competitively at State level in Zimbabwe and have also completed numerous open water swims including twice participating in the Rottnest Island Channel Swim. I follow the professional tennis circuit and attend both the Australian Open and Hopman Cup whenever possible. I have to confess though, that my love of the game far exceeds my ability to play it!

Jillian Healey BURSAR, JOHN SEPTIMUS ROE ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL I commenced my employment at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School in May 1999 as an Accounts and Payroll officer under the Bursar, Ms Wendy Lee. Back then I could put names to the faces of most of the 115 staff at both campuses – however with our current staff exceeding 300 this is no longer the case.

Fast forward to 2006 and I found myself in the Bursar’s chair with responsibility for the Administration, Accounts and Payroll, Grounds and Maintenance departments and the Canteen, Uniform Shop and Out of School Care operations.

I have been fortunate to have worked with the recently retired Principal, Mr Matthew Hughes and have very capable staff assisting with the demanding work involved in the administration of a large dual campus school.

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Similar to other Senior Management roles in ASC schools, the role of Bursar is not an 8-5 job. I am thankful that I have a supportive husband, 2 adult children and 5 grandchildren to assist me to switch off the work button on weekends and to enjoy time-out with family.

Apart from family there is little time left over for hobbies, however I do enjoy reading, especially biographies of people who have made a difference in the lives of others, and I am learning to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. My husband and I also enjoy caravan road trips particularly to the north of Western Australia chasing the sun.

I look forward to continuing to serve the School community of JSRACS in the future.

Calendar

2018 Highlights Date

School

Event

19 JAN

WAASA

New Staff Induction

23 JAN

ASC

Wangaratta New Staff Induction

31 JAN

FIAS

Halls Head Campus first day

2 FEB

SGAGS

New parent Sundowner

3 FEB

SMACS

Year 12 Ball

7 FEB

CCW

Parent Welcome Evening

9 FEB

SVACS

Year 12 Ball

10 FEB

SGAGS

Fringe Festival Performance

10 FEB

SGAGS

Year 12 Ball

20 FEB

FIAS

Family Picnic & Bush Dance, Halls Head Campus

24 FEB

JSRACS

Year 12 Ball

28 FEB

WAASA

Anglicare Ambassadors Launch

9 MAR

SMACS

Opening Alan Cadby Senior Academic Centre

10 MAR

FIAS

Year 12 Ball

14-27 MAR

SMACS

Exchange with Reunion Island sister school

15 MAR

JSRACS

Commissioning of Jason Bartell as Principal

22 MAR

SGAGS

“On the Roof” Concert

23-24 MAR

CCW

“A Chorus Line”

30 APR

ASC

Christian Purposes Day

4 MAY

WAASA

Year 12 Student Leaders Reunion

1-4 AUG

PMACS

“Lion King Jnr”

2 AUG

SGAGS

Drama production

3 AUG

WAASA

Anglicare Sleepout

9-11 AUG

ASA

Annual Conference

17 AUG

PMACS

Peter Moyes Day

5-7 SEP

SVACS

Art Exhibition

7 SEP

ASC

Biennial Combined Schools Concert

13 SEP

SVACS

Founders’ Day

20 SEP

JSRACS

Year 12 Valedictory Assembly

10 -12 OCT

SGAGS

Art Exhibition

27 OCT

SVACS

Community Fair

31 OCT

JSRACS

Art Exhibition

2 NOV

WAASA

Year 11 Student Leaders Day

8 NOV

SGAGS

“On the Roof” Concert

30 NOV

FIAS

Year K-2 Presentation

1 DEC

SVACS

Summer Music Concert

3 DEC

FIAS

Primary Presentation

4 DEC

FIAS

Secondary Presentation

5 DEC

JSRACS

Primary Presentation Day

6 DEC

JSRACS

Secondary Presentation Night

7 DEC

SGAGS

Outdoor Music Festival

10 DEC

CCW

Carol Service

13 DEC

CCW

Whole School Presentation Evening

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Anglican Identity

Christmas Messages

In Australia, our school year and social rounds keep in close step with our calendar, so that there’s a strong sense of a “year” [of school, of social or sporting or work commitments] beginning in January and ending in December.

This is in contrast to many northern hemisphere countries where schools and universities begin their “year” after the long summer holidays of June and July.

Christmas though, is not about an end but a beginning. It marks our recognition of God being with us in a new way.

Christmas is the celebration that Jesus came as Emmanuel [which means “God-with-us”].

Christ came into the world not to congratulate us for the parts of our lives that are clean and shiny, but to offer hope and a new way forward in relationship with God and with each other.

This new relationship is especially offered to those who feel that their hopes are lost and their future has failed.

On Saturday 18 November I consecrated a new Church building in Marysville, Christ Church. The former Church was destroyed by fire on Black Saturday, along with almost every other building in that picture-book village.

It is fitting that the dedication of the church is in honour of the Lord Jesus.

Christmas reminds us that the birth of the baby Jesus enacts and incarnates Immanuel, God with us. The new church building in Marysville is living proof that God is with us through all the changes and chances of this fleeting world: our joys our triumphs and our tragedies.

The mission of our Anglican Schools is to give witness to the good news of Jesus in every aspect of the everyday of our learning; catering to the whole person, intellectual, physical, psychological, spiritual. As you celebrate Christmas, rejoice in this gift of God to us and to all.

One of the aspects of life in the Anglican Church which I celebrate is that our New Year starts in early December.

I like the idea that we can get in early with our own New Year Resolutions.

The best resolutions are those which engage with the heart of what it is to be a human being, things like giving.

Giving is an expression of love.

Without love there can be no giving, and without giving there can be no love. Giving is always more than the presents or money, at their best these can only be tokens of something deeper. More important are the gifts of time and self. To share time with others, and to engage in caring relationship are gifts that cannot be purchased or sold. A resolution concerned with giving should be one that demands something of the giver beyond finance. The act of giving should be one that changes permanently the one who gives.

May you have a wonderful New Year.

Go forward, strong in faith and in the power of God’s Holy Spirit.

This is really what Christmas is about; not endings but beginnings, not complacency for the well-presented and spotless, but new possibilities for what seems hopeless, poor and lost.

May these hopes be yours at Christmas.

The Right Reverend Kate Wilmot

The Right Reverend John Parkes AM

The Right Reverend Allan Ewing

ADMINISTRATOR DIOCESE OF PERTH

BISHOP OF WANGARATTA

BISHOP OF BUNBURY

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