ASC NEWS | ISSUE 59 | APRIL 2018

News Issue 59 April 2018

Featuring from the ceo • FREDERICK IRWIN ANGLICAN SCHOOL • SWAN VALLEY ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL • PE AND SPORT • ARCHBISHOP’S INSTALLATION • SCHOOL COUNCILS• RELIGIOUS STUDIES • CALENDAR • EASTER MESSAGES

From the Chief Executive Officer THE REVEREND PETER LAURENCE OAM

Welcome Archbishop Kay

A spirit of celebration permeated St George’s Cathedral on Saturday, 10 February as 1,000 Anglicans from across the Diocese of Perth and well beyond gathered to welcome The Most Reverend Kay Goldsworthy AO as Archbishop. For those of us in Anglican schools, the joy is great, as Archbishop Kay’s ministry has been immersed in our schools, whether as a Chaplain, member of School Council, ASC Board member or Visitor to schools.

The ASC was well represented at the Installation Service.

Madeleine Sparks, a Year 12 student at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School prayed for Archbishop Kay, while Ms Anne Ford, Principal of John Wollaston Anglican Community School welcomed her back to the Diocese and Province, as the world’s first female Archbishop.

In the coming months, we look forward to Archbishop Kay spending time in each of our schools located in the Diocese of Perth and, in time, hopefully our schools beyond the Diocese!

Already, she has dedicated a new campus, blessed a new school building, commissioned two Principals and hosted all School Council Chairs and Principals at Archbishop’s House; a busy first couple of months! Welcome, Archbishop Kay.

Contents From the CEO

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Feature Schools

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Feature Theme

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Archbishop’s Installment

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School Councils

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Curriculum: RAVE

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Calendar 15 Anglican Identity

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A Number of Openings

The first days of the school year saw great excitement at Frederick Irwin Anglican School with the opening of the Halls Head Campus. After a hectic six weeks of refurbishment of the former Living Waters Lutheran College, 135 students commenced as the foundation Kindergarten to Year 6 Frederick Irwin Halls Head Campus cohort. The ASC has the dual mission of supporting our existing schools and establishing new schools.

When the opportunity came our way last year to acquire the Lutheran school, it was warmly embraced by the Frederick Irwin Anglican School Council, Principal and ASC Board.

It was also good in March to attend the blessing and dedication of the Alan Cadby Senior Academic Centre at St Mark’s Anglican Community School. The new three-storey state-of-theart learning facility is the largest single building project in the ASC’s history.

In the ASC’s first 25 years, almost all schools were what we call ‘greenfield start-ups’; that is, land was acquired and buildings were erected one by one. St James’ Anglican School at Alkimos is our most recent ‘start-up’. This decade, most of the ASC’s growth has come from ‘acquisition’. These include: • Cathedral College, Wangaratta, Vic in 2011 • Murdoch College (now St George’s Anglican Grammar School), WA in 2015 • Trinity Anglican College, campuses in Albury NSW and Wodonga Vic in 2011 • Cobram Anglican Grammar School, Vic in 2015 • Peter Carnley Anglican Community School, Calista Campus in 2016 (opened 2017) • Frederick Irwin Anglican School, Halls Head Campus, WA in 2017 (opened 2018) The ASC is always looking for opportunities to establish new schools and expand our existing schools in growth areas. Our Vision is “to fulfil the Gospel imperative to teach and live the faith and nurture the young by strengthening and growing low-fee Anglican schools as centres of excellence in teaching and learning, pastoral care, worship and service.”

(ASC Strategic Plan 2020).

The opening of the Alan Cadby Centre SMACS – Principal Mr Cameron Herbert, Mr Alan Cadby, and senior students.

The Board has set our strategic direction and priority over the next five years as being one which is mission driven to: • support the sustainable growth and development of our existing schools, • develop/acquire new schools in keeping with our business model and capacity, with a primary focus on Western Australia, yet open to opportunities beyond, and • enrich the capacity of our schools to deliver a quality education, renew and strengthen our mandate to teach and live the Christian faith, and be proactive in ensuring inclusivity for all students and staff.

Whether by the traditional ‘greenfield start-ups’, such as St James’, or through acquiring another school as we did at Halls Head, this vision remains at the core of our mission and purpose.

In dedicating the Halls Head Campus on 15 February, I prayed: “May this always be a place where each child grows in truth and wisdom, and may the truth set them free”. A prayer for all our schools … and for each young person who learns in one of our schools.

New Principals This year commenced with Ms Melissa Powell joining the staff of Swan Valley Anglican Community School as Principal. Mr Jason Bartell moved from Swan Valley ACS to take up the principalship of John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School. Mr Richard Alchin serves as Acting Principal of Peter Moyes Anglican Community School until the next Principal commences later this year.

In late February it was announced that Mr Gary Racey will be moving to St George’s Anglican Grammar School mid year as Principal. Gary has served with distinction in senior leadership, including as Deputy Principal of Swan Valley Anglican Community School, for the past five years. Last year, Gary introduced a program of professional learning for teachers in ASC schools called “Learning Journey, Learning Exchange”. It was also a significant year for him, in being included in the Top 50 Australian educators of 2017. An active communicant Anglican, Gary is an innovative, creative, progressive and visionary educational leader who will bring a unique skills-set to St George’s. He is married to Gaile (also a teacher) and they have two children, Taylor and Taj. Congratulations go to Gary on his appointment to St George’s.

General Exhibition winner, Luke Thomas, with the Hon. Kim Beazley AC.

SCSA Exhibition & Awards One of the many high points of Term 1 each year is the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) Exhibition and Awards Presentation Ceremony at Government House Ballroom.

At this ceremony, the former Year 12 students who achieved the highest results in WA in both the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses are recognised with awards presented by the Minister for Education in the presence of the Governor. It is a big night!

Congratulations to Luke Thomas (St George’s Anglican Grammar School) on being awarded a General Exhibition, and Harriett Watt (Peter Moyes Anglican Community School) on achieving a Subject Exhibition. A General Exhibition is awarded to the top 50 students in WA, whilst a Subject Exhibition goes to the top student in an ATAR subject. Well done to both Luke and Harriett, and to all the students in our 14 schools who graduated last year. May each young woman and man pursue a future of hope and promise.

We wish them God speed.

And Finally ...

Term 1 concludes with Holy Week and the great day of resurrection, Easter Day, well behind us. But as those wellschooled in the liturgical calendar know, we remain in the season of Easter until Pentecost, which this year falls on Sunday, 20 May. So it is right and good that we have the usual back cover contributions from the three Diocesans in whose dioceses our schools are located … Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy AO (Perth), Archdeacon Julie Baker (Bunbury), in place of the Bishop during this time of vacancy, and Bishop John Parkes AM (Wangaratta). Their reflections remind us of the important place that Easter plays in our faith, our schools and our world. It is a message of hope we should live out through the year.

I look forward to seeing our WA teachers and many others at our Christian Purposes Day at HBF Stadium on the first day of next term, Monday 30 April. Until then … Easter blessings.

The Reverend Peter Laurence OAM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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Feature School

Frederick Irwin Anglican School At Frederick Irwin, we are always looking forward to events that connect us with families, new and old, and members of our school community who are at the heart of any school.

At the start of 2018, we celebrated the opening of our new Halls Head Campus, which has provided the opportunity for new Frederick Irwin Anglican School students to start with us from Kindergarten to Year 6.

February, 2018, marked a very special day for Frederick Irwin Anglican School, as the new Halls Head Campus was opened and blessed by The Reverend Peter Laurence OAM, Chief Executive Office of the Anglican Schools Commission. Guests from ASC Schools, the ASC Board, the local Anglican Diocese and the Frederick Irwin School Council joined together for the ceremony, sitting alongside foundation students from Years 3 to 6.

The service was a wonderful reflection of how the Halls Head Campus has evolved, since its purchase in 2017, to become such a wonderful complementary campus for the Meadow Springs Campus through all the hard work of Frederick Irwin staff.

As well as the Opening Ceremony, the Halls Head Campus has hosted a variety of community events to welcome our new families, including the Family Breakfast, Blessing of the Backpacks, and the Family Picnic and Bush Dance, all early in Term 1. These community events bring our families together, and are ideal opportunitiesfor new (and existing!) families to meet other families and members of the School Executive, and Primary and Secondary staff, in a relaxed environment.

Mr Noah Clark, Head of Primary – Halls Head Campus, and his staff have created a fantastic, welcoming environment at the new primary school and the upgraded buildings and grounds are testament to the hard work that has been put in by staff members before opening for Term 1, 2018. The Halls Head Campus Opening Ceremony, held on Thursday, 15

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In Primary at the Meadow Springs Campus, the nature playground is still providing much entertainment during recess and lunch, with all students enjoying the choice between the traditional shaded slide and bars equipment and the high ropes and water-pump areas. Primary students at the Halls Head Campus are looking forward to the moment when their own nature playground will be installed, especially for the students who transferred to the new Campus and know how much fun the playground really is!

Previous page: the new Halls Head campus; Above: the nature playground at the Meadow Springs Campus; Below: The Overseas Service Learning group and working at the Transform Cambodia Learning Centre.

At the Meadow Springs Secondary Campus, we are pleased with our students’ academic progress.

The FIAS Overseas Learning Pilgrims had an eyeopening experience at the Transform Cambodia Learning Centre early this year.

We have grown our VET Course list for secondary students with a Certificate II in Business (one year) now available to Years 11 and 12 students in 2018. We are looking forward to our ATAR and General Pathway students taking advantage of this great academic opportunity in future years as well. We were also pleased with our Class of 2017 ATAR results, with a number of students recognised with Certificates of Merit, Distinction and Excellence. With an increased focus on curriculum and extracurricular clubs (such as the ‘Ladies in STEM’ 2018 after-school club), we are consciously continuing to promote Frederick Irwin Anglican School as the best academic school in the Peel region.

After a quick destination change from Myanmar to Cambodia late last year, our Secondary Overseas Service Learning Pilgrims completed their two-week travel journey with Cambodia Connect, teaching English in a Transform Cambodia Learning Centre, Phnom Penh in January 2018. The Pilgrims’ eyes were opened to many different experiences, with all the reflection blogs mirroring each other in their appreciation of the small moments and how their awareness of those around them, in different situations, has been changed for the better.

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Swan Valley

Anglican Community School

Outstanding Year 12 WACE Results In welcoming our new Principal, Ms Melissa Powell (pictured above, right of photo), it is very pleasing to note that Swan Valley Anglican Community School (SVACS) has achieved outstanding results in the 2017 WACE. Not only was SVACS listed as 26th in the Top 50 schools in the state based on our highest ever median ATAR of 86.55 (The West Australian, January 6-7), but we were also listed as seventh in the Top 10 most improved schools in the state for the median ATAR (The Sunday Times, January 14). This is an exceptional achievement, of which all staff, students and families should be very proud. SVACS was also listed as being a Course Leader (one of the schools with the highest performing students in Year 12 ATAR courses in the state) in Biology, English and Human Biology.

We take this opportunity to congratulate the Year 12 students and also thank the staff at SVACS and, of course, our parents and families. As the well-known proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child”. No truer words have been said. The partnership between home and school is crucial in helping our students achieve their best. We look forward to nurturing our students over many years to come as we guide them towards achieving personal excellence.

Hospitality Traineeship At SVACS, our students can choose to take the Certificate II/III Hospitality Traineeship over Years 11 and 12. Demand for the course is very high, with classes close to capacity. The course is suited to all students and teaches the trainees Front of House, Back of House and specific Hospitality skills. Utilising the skills taught by industry professionals during scheduled class lessons, Hospitality students work in the School Café on a rostered basis and can work at school functions, such as the Father’s Day Breakfast, Year 12 Valedictory Morning Tea and the Technology and Enterprise Visual Art Exhibition.

These students are paid for their work, being employed by the school as school-based apprentices.

Year 12 student, Caitlin Whittle, said, “The Hospitality course allows you to be in a real-life environment whilst still at school, which ultimately has made me feel more prepared for life outside the safetynet of my school community.”

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Reflective Teaching Practices Reflective teaching is considered best practice at SVACS. Staff are committed to enhancing internal reflective practices by using a range of strategies to critique the quality of their teaching. One such approach is videoing lessons. The In-class Reflective Practice program promotes evidencebased techniques and supplements the school’s professional development program. Whole, or parts of, lessons are videoed and reflected upon by the teacher and his or her line manager, with professional discussions leading to suggestions for improvements. Teachers who demonstrate best practice are invited to share their experiences with other staff members.

The staff have welcomed this approach to improving teaching and learning. Alongside learning walks, peer observations and formal lesson reviews have resulted in greater confidence in lesson delivery and improved results in the classroom.

Mixing Explicit Direct Instruction with Guided Play and Inquiry Based Learning At SVACS, we use explicit direct instruction in our core subjects in Early Childhood. This involves an interactive warm-up of skills and concepts that children have already been taught. This is delivered in a fun way and sees children moving around the class, punching out words, singing, skipping and hopping. Research indicates that it takes at least 20 repetitions for something to go into long-term memory. The warm-up repeats the concepts taught until children have automatic recall.

The main lesson then explicitly teaches new skills, breaking them down and giving children the repetition, demonstration and support they need to enable the majority of the class to achieve success when they come to carry out the task independently.

During inquiry time, students have the chance to inquire, play and investigate in different areas around the room. These areas are set up to reflect the interests of the children within the class, promote creativity and exploration, and allow students to practise new skills and concepts. Young children need to make their own sense of the world around them and build on existing knowledge. Knowledge of numbers, letters and sounds needs to be taught before children can begin to experiment and explore how they are used.

Educating Students to Thrive in the 21st Century

In the Middle School, we are developing specific skills which will allow students to succeed in a rapidly changing and increasingly globalised world. A perfect example of this approach can be found in a new program called The Year 9 Project. The central focus of the Project is relationship building and collaboration through challenge-based learning and inquiry. There is an emphasis on problem solving, creative thinking and character building - skills which ensure our students are ‘world ready’. During the course of the year, students are engaged in a number of projects. These include an investigation into The Ultimate Dream Team for Success where students develop their own line of inquiry into the notion of teamwork and then put their ideas into action; a studentcentred research project based on Google’s Genius Hour where students explore their own passions, and a service learning project where students make a real difference in the local community. It is our belief that the Year 9 Project epitomises the School’s focus on 21st century skills as we prepare our students for life post-school.

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Primary School PE & Sports

Cobram Anglican Grammar School’s teams are highly competitive At Cobram Anglican Grammar School, our PE and Sports programs for our Primary-aged students are delivered by specialist teachers, with added staff assistance for major events.

Students’ sporting abilities, game sense and tactical knowledge are extended through age-appropriate activities. This sees the younger students develop base gross motor skills and movement patterns, which are then developed in modified games requiring more structured/game-specific skills before adapting these to sporting situations. All our Primary-aged students are involved in our three major carnivals: swimming, cross-country and athletics, where they proudly represent their House: Cowell (red), Farrer (blue) and Stanyer (yellow). Farrer dominated the swimming this year, their first success in this discipline since 2007!

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From the age of turning nine in the calendar year, students are able to advance to divisional, regional and state levels on outstanding performance at school level. Students from Years 3 - 6 can be involved in interschool sport, where Cobram AGS’s teams are highly competitive, especially in netball, soccer and T20 Blast cricket. Individual students are also able to nominate for mainstream summer and winter sports, including girls’ cricket, through School Sports Victoria, which can lead to divisional, regional and State representation.

At present, ties are being established with the ASC’s Victorian sister schools, by students in the Upper Primary coming together for sporting days.

The John Wollaston Anglican Community School Primary Physical Education program strives to meet the needs of all students, generating meaningful involvement for every child. The School has an award-winning Learning Enrichment Centre which caters for students with high learning needs, supporting their engagement in mainstream programs. With the focus on inclusivity, Physical Education classes can involve students with a range of disabilities, as well as exceptional athletes who have represented WA and/or Australia. Finding the balance to showcase every child brings these classes to life. The caring nature of our students comes to the fore, with children instinctively making adjustments to ensure all their classmates enjoy success in sport.

Accessing funding through the Federal Government sponsored Sporting Schools program has enabled the Primary School to engage students in sports, including hockey, athletics and soccer, over the last three years. This year, Years 4 to 6 students have participated in activities with Golf WA. This program has fostered strong sporting networks, with many families actively seeking out greater access to sports and clubs in the wider community.

Inclusivity is the key at John Wollaston Anglican Community School

The Physical Education program at John Wollaston allows for creativity. Edu-Dance has been welcomed into the Term 1 program with students from PrePrimary to Year 7 participating in this high energy experience. Students and teachers have flourished while grooving their way through the term! Utilising Edu-Dance has also been a terrific way to include everyone and strengthen links across the School. We are all looking forward to some fantastic end of term performances.

Peter Moyes Anglican Community School helps students reach goals

Previous page top: PMACS student at the NIPSSA carnival; Above left: the Primary School athletics carnival; Above right: students try their hand at slack-lining

Peter Moyes Anglican Community School offers a comprehensive Physical Education program for Primary School students that aims to instil a love of sport in students by exposing them to a wide variety of activities in an enjoyable environment. The curriculum content begins in the early years by focusing on fundamental movement skills that help both body movement and object control.

As students progress through the School, these skills are combined with simple tactics to develop basic skills and an awareness of game play within specific sports. Students also work towards overcoming personal challenges and reaching goals. An integral part of the Physical Education program is inter-house sport. The School runs several participation carnivals throughout the year where each student has the opportunity to represent his or her House in swimming, cross country and athletics. We are also a member of the Northern Independent School Sports Association (NIPSSA). Top performing students are selected to compete against other schools in a wide range of other participation and points-based carnivals.

Our comprehensive co-curricular program offers a wide range of sporting activities, including a running club to keep our athletes fit during the year, seasonal sports such as tee-ball, athletics, swimming and cricket, and pre-season training for NIPPSA events. Other activities that students can participate in are table tennis, badminton, golf lessons, Zumba, basketball and tennis.

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Sport in the Secondary School

Esperance Anglican Community School Physical education and sport at Esperance Anglican Community School (EACS) has got off to a flying start in 2018 with a range of opportunities including sports specialist programs in netball and tennis; our inter-house beach carnival; the selection of Country Week teams; outdoor education trips; physical recreation and aquatics programs; inter-school swimming; and the Think Again High Schools Beach Volleyball Cup. EACS has been selected as one of only seven pilot secondary schools in Western Australia to deliver the new Tennis for Secondary Schools curriculum resource. The School has already benefited from a generous resource pack (worth $1000), and additional funding to enable our students to participate in the Metro School’s Tennis Classic in Perth in late March.

The curriculum for this program aligns itself with Tennis Australia’s “Player Development, Stroke and Tactical Fundamentals” guide, and the lessons promote active and

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healthy lifestyles, and develop concepts of technique and movement.

Since the beginning of Term 1, the netball girls have been focusing on improving their fitness through a variety of endurance drills. They have also been strengthening their core muscles through circuit sessions. They are going, quite literally, from strength-to strength and showing huge improvements.

Soon, we will be holding trials to select a junior side to take to Kalgoorlie for the annual carnival at the end of May. We look forward to them showcasing on the competition court the skills they have developed.

Involvement in co-curricular activities such as sport is encouraged to make students’ time at Esperance Anglican Community School a memorable and nurturing experience.

Peter Carnley Anglican Community School Sport at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School creates opportunities for all students to flourish, just as the School continues to develop and grow. All our students from Kindergarten to Year 12 undertake two periods of Physical Education a week, which encourages a healthy school culture of leading an active and well-balanced lifestyle.

The Keith Lindbeck Centre, our new gymnasium, is a welcome addition to the Wellard Campus and staff and students are taking advantage of this well-designed, light and modern facility. Not only has the gymnasium created a space for a variety of additional sports, it has increased the desire for students to improve their overall well-being. The fitness room is used by staff and students for targeted fitness programs. For young adults, sport plays a vital role in their personal development. Team work, commitment, effective communication, problem solving and decision-making skills are enhanced through their involvement in Physical Education and the School’s wider sport program.

“At PCACS, we are striving to create sports women and men who are full of integrity and grace in all they do and achieve: by equipping students with a thorough understanding of general health and wellbeing, they can lead healthy and active lives. This is at the forefront of everything we do in sport at the School.”

St George’s Anglican Grammar School Providing a traditional sports program at St George’s Anglican Grammar School is a challenge but one that we meet in a variety of ways. As an inner CBD high-rise campus with no oval, hardcourts or swimming pool, the students utilise facilities outside the campus. Many of these facilities are worldrenowned, state-of-the-art spaces, including Elizabeth Quay, UWA Sports Park, Langley Park, Kings Park Tennis Club, WA Rowing Club, Loftus and Lords Recreation Centres and many more. A fully functional fitness centre has been created on the ground floor of 50 William Street which allows students to participate in group fitness, boot camps, cross fit classes, Zumba, personal training and other activities. The rooftop recreation area has been utilised for yoga, tennis, capoeira, volleyball and basketball.

Students participate in a range of Physical Education activities in the PE curriculum such as archery, athletics, basketball,

cricket, softball, football, netball, rowing, rugby, squash, tennis, yoga and much more. As well as these sports, students participate in whole-school carnivals including the annual InterHouse Athletics, Cross Country and Swimming Carnivals, with the unique SyncSwim event. A range of Charity Days occur throughout the year which have physical components such as an annual Colour Run on the South Perth Foreshore.

Last year was St George’s inaugural year as part of the Associated and Catholic College’s (ACC) Inter-School competitions. We have been elevated from I division to H division in both Athletics and Swimming, with many students performing at an exceptional level. St George’s won the 2018 H Division ACC Swimming Carnival at the HBF Stadium. Years 7 to 10 students are now also involved in the weekly sporting fixtures in the North Western Associated Schools (NWAS).

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Who’s Who

“Who are you, and why do you request entry?”

Second from the left: Madeleine Sparks, JSRACS, leading the Intercessions: Far right: Bishop Sarah Macneil, recently retired Bishop of Grafton; Archbishop Kay; Bishop Kate Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth; Bishop Victoria Matthews, Bishop of Christchurch, NZ, and a Keynote Speaker for the 2016 ASC Christian Purposes Day

“Who are you, and why do you request entry?”

With these words began the Installation in St George’s Cathedral of the Most Reverend Kay Goldsworthy AO, as the Eighth Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of Western Australia.

cathedra before being given the Diocesan Pastoral Staff and the Metropolitical Cross of WA. She was then blessed by the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, after which thunderous applause broke out to truly welcome her.

Did we need to hear the answer? After all, many of us had known Bishop Kay during all the years she ministered in the Diocese of Perth before leaving in 2015 to be the Bishop of Gippsland. And, having knocked three times on the Great West Door, she wanted to be welcomed into the Cathedral on that Saturday,10 February because the whole world it seems, knew she had been elected as the first female with the title Archbishop.

Who then is our new Archbishop? In the words of Anne Ford, Principal of John Wollaston Anglican Community School, who was among those to formally welcome Archbishop Kay, the new Archbishop returns to Perth “a little different.” Anne noted that Archbishop Kay “will bring to bear skills and experience acquired in her most recent role. She will have returned with fresh eyes and energy to embrace the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.” Anne continued by saying, “We look forward to strong inclusive leadership, a clear vision for the future and your pastoral presence among us in our schools, parishes and agencies.”

Archbishop Kay’s answer was, “I am Kay, a servant of Jesus Christ, and I come as one seeking the grace of God, to travel with you in God’s service.” So commenced her journey through a packed Cathedral, with many others watching on a large screen in Burt Hall, to the Nave Altar where Noongar Elders greeted her and challenged her to bring the Gospel to their people as well. Flanked by 25 bishops from across the country and around the world, legal formalities were attended to; prayers were said over her; and our new Archbishop was formally seated in her

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As our CEO has written earlier, we who are part of the Anglican Schools Commission look forward to Archbishop Kay journeying with us. In the words of the hymn written for the occasion, we ask the Holy Trinity to “start with us your world made new.” May God bless Archbishop Kay and her family.

Biography

School Councils TRINITY ANGLICAN COLLEGE Trinity Anglican College taps into the expertise of some amazing people who toil, often invisibly, as College councillors to better the school community. Led for the past seven years by Dr Ron Bailey, an anaesthetist, the councillors have navigated the College through all sorts of challenges over 16 years since foundation to become a reputable K-12 educational precinct with more than 1,100 students.

While our councillors may labour invisibly, they are visible in their support of College events throughout the year. They enjoy special privilege at our College production, our annual Art Exhibition and many other celebratory events.

We are lucky to have as Deputy Chair, Alice Glachan, who is an Albury City councillor and local business owner. Parent and law firm owner, Peter Campbell, has been a councillor since 2016 and is further involved as a sponsor of our annual Art Exhibition. Christine Nesbit, a local business operator, was elected to Council in 2011 and, along with Dr Bailey, is the longest serving current councillor. Fiona Elgin, a Trinity parent is working in the private sector, having recently served as a Senior Coordinator at La Trobe University. She was elected to her position on the College Council in mid-2013.

An accounting principal, Marcus Davis, is also a Trinity parent and brought his expertise to council in 2015. Fr Peter MacLeod-Miller, the Rector at St Matthews, and Alan Kelb, a Parish Priest, joined in 2016. The CEO of the ASC, the Rev’d Peter Laurence OAM, joined the Council in February 2015.

Pictured above: Many councillors retain a strong link to the College beyond their term: Founding board member Prof David Mitchell returned to celebrate the opening of the Infants Centre last year with Bishop John Parkes; His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley, AC DSC (Ret’d) Governor of NSW; and Council Chair Dr Ron Bailey at the opening of Trinity’s Infants Centre.

ST MARK’S anglican community School The Council at St Mark’s has overseen some significant building projects in recent years, culminating in the newly opened Alan Cadby Senior Academic Centre. Chair since the start of 2018, Simon Green (left), has been on the Council at St Mark’s since 2015 although his association with the School dates back to 2002 when his daughters, Hannah and Pippa, joined the School as students.

Simon’s career spans more than 30 years in senior financial roles, and he is currently Chief Financial Officer at Ngala, Western Australia’s oldest not-for-profit organisation.

Simon’s financial acumen is complemented by a Council whose skills encompass a range of disciplines. Rob Chapman, Dennis Coetzee and Debbie Mills have extensive experience in finance and banking, while Sonia Langridge has a background in tertiary education. Bryson Derbyshire provides expertise in IT, Jane Mahon in management, with Yung Nguyen and Kathryn Roach adding significant legal knowledge. The team is rounded out by Franzl Shannon, a builder and business owner, and the Revd Des Smit, from the Whitfords Anglican Parish. Like Simon, Rob’s children attended St Mark’s, and both Jane and Yung still have students at the School, while Franzl is a St Mark’s Old Scholar.

ST JAMES’ anglican School The St James’ Anglican School Council feels very privileged to be involved in the development of the School since it opened in 2015 as a Kindergarten to Year 6 school and has been very active in supporting the Principal, Adrian Pree, and his staff through the School’s rapid growth in a new suburb in Perth. The focus of the Council for the next four years is guiding the development of St James’ into a Kindergarten to Year 12 school in 2021. It is specifically involved in the extensive building program and the opening of our first secondary school building in 2019.

The Council is able to draw on its expertise to support the School in a wide range of areas including education, finance, accounting, leadership, communications, PR, marketing, theology, policy development, project management, and strategic planning.

Front L to R: Johanna Notley, Allan Griffiths, Keva Crouch (Chair), Adrian Pree (Principal), Lal Perera , Lisa Whitty Back L to R: Jane Stacey, Louise Love, Tony Stopher, Caroline Giles, the Revd John Taylor

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Curriculum

Religious Studies

At John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School students are offered the WACE ATAR course: Religion and Life.

The Religion and Life courses are designed to improve students’ knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the interplay between religion, society and individuals.

Students investigate historical events, explore how religion responds to specific contemporary issues and discuss the developments and changes that have occurred over time in religious beliefs and rituals.

New this year has been a unit on Peace and Non-violence. This unit was developed for trial use in ASC schools in 2018 through a collaborative project of the ASC and Pace e Bene Australia (Brendan McKeague and the Revd Michael Wood). This unit introduces peace and non-violence as a philosophy and practice, allowing students to become aware, explore and gain knowledge in order to develop an informed view of their own. The unit has also encouraged students to explore personal, faith, societal and global perspectives and apply problem solving and new skills to particular issues where violence is involved. The scriptural basis for a theological (Christian) foundation for peace and non-violence has also been considered, as well as individual and organised Christian responses to injustice and conflict. It has given our senior students a chance to reflect on and practise a non-violent response to conflict in their lives and the world.

Year 8 Beliefs in Action students at Georgiana Molloy Anglican School had a presentation from Scott Darlow, a musician and Indigenous Australian.

The students were captivated and more than a little horrified at his telling of some aspects of the history of our First Nations people. He challenged them to be the generation that makes a difference, telling them to throw around some more FLUTE (Forgiveness, Love, Understanding, Tolerance and Empathy) in order to change the world. This fitted in beautifully with the topic of Beliefs, which students have been studying in Christian and Religious Studies classes.

Students have examined how people express their beliefs, including using the creeds, songs and poetry. They then looked at how belief informs our actions and created posters to demonstrate how students at our school should act, based on the beliefs we hold as an Anglican school. These posters will be displayed around the Secondary School in order to share their message with the wider school community.

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Religious and Values Education at Cathedral College Wangaratta provides students with links between personal values and the teachings of the Bible.

From Prep, students identify key Christian values such as forgiveness, kindness and compassion. In Term 1, our youngest students have been learning the College Prayer and looking at the blessings within. Alongside fortnightly Chapel services, students are encouraged to develop a capacity for spiritual sensitivity and growth in their daily lives by developing an understanding of the beliefs and practices of the Anglican Faith.

As students progress through the School, this framework of beliefs is looked at in cultural contexts and they are encouraged to grow into effective, sensitive and empathic global citizens.

Our Year 10 students have been studying world views as part of RAVE, engaging in discussions and activities that encourage them to critically challenge and respectfully express and articulate their own viewpoints in relation to religions of the world.

Above: Year 10 students Jacob Goodger and Isaac Pitches with the Revd David Jones and Preps Asher Jordan and Tom Benton colouring in the College Prayer

Calendar

Calendar Highlights of Second Term April, May, June 2018 Date

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Event

APRIL

CAGS

State Swimming Championships

30 APRIL

ASC

Christian Purposes Day

4 MAY

WAASA

Yr 12 Student Leaders’ Reunion

10 MAY

GMAS

Music in May Concert

11 MAY

SJAS, CCW & CAGS

Mothers’ Day Breakfast

13 MAY

JSRACS

Chapel Choir at Christ Church, Claremont

14-15 MAY

JWACS

Into Adulthood Workshops

14 MAY

SGAGS

St George’s Day

16-20 MAY

SMACS

Hobart Quartet Tour and Competition

17 MAY

SVACS, FIAS & GMAS

Drama Productions

24 MAY

CAGS

Opening of PAC

23-26 MAY

SMACS

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

23 MAY

SVACS

National Simultaneous Story Time

23 MAY

TAC

Wiradjuri Artist in Schools

30 MAY

PMACS

Parent Seminar by Christina Self

6 JUNE

TAC

Trinity Sunday worship

6 JUNE

EACS

10th Anniversary Celebration with +Kay

11-15 JUNE

FIAS

Yr 12 Outdoor Ed Camp

14 JUNE

SJAS

Music Camp

15 JUNE

PCACS

Founders’ Day

15 JUNE

JSRACS

Music of the Heart, Astor Theatre

20 JUNE

CCW

Family Eucharist, Holy Trinity Cathedral

22 JUNE

SGAGS

Gandhi House Charity Day

22 JUNE

PMACS

Stress Down Day

23 JUNE

GMAS

P&F Fashion Parade

ASC NEWS April 2018

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Anglican Identity

Easter Messages from the Bishops

Hello everyone, I am writing this, my first greeting, to the community of students, their families, the staff and friends of our Anglican Schools Commission schools.

It is a new thing for me to be able to greet you in this way. It is a new gift for me as Archbishop to be able to wish you all the grace and hope and promise of Easter. Easter is the time of the year when Christians remember and give thanks for the promise of God’s love brought to new life as Jesus rose from the dead on that first Easter morning.

There have been many new things happening in our schools through Term 1 and I have been privileged to be part of them, welcoming new Principals, commissioning new chaplains, celebrating new buildings and all that these moments signal in the life of a school: new beginnings, new opportunities, new horizons to look toward, new people to be part of the life and story and shaping of a school community. In the midst of all these new things, I pray that the constant and wonderful love of God will be the sure ground for all the new things being learned and lived into by the students of every ASC school.

The Most Revd Kay Goldsworthy AO Archbishop of Perth

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On Easter Day we join the world-wide church to sing Alleluia to the mighty resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Easter is our new year celebration as we light the Paschal Candle and trace the sign of the cross, bless the numerals of the year 2018, reminding ourselves that Christ is the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega, the first and the last. In Christ, God makes all things new and this is exactly what we are reminded about as we share in this newness of life and continue our journey of faith.

As Easter refers to new beginnings, let us make use of this opportunity to renew and re-establish our relationship with God and each other, accepting God’s will for our lives and allowing God to guide us throughout our lives.

May we rise from those situations that hold us back from living and celebrating our lives to the full potential. The tomb was empty, but not our lives, because Jesus fills us with all we need for our journey.

As Easter approaches, we would expect to begin the holidays but, as Easter is pretty early this year, we have to wait a while until we reach the end of term. As disappointing as that will be for pupils and teachers alike, for clergy who work in or alongside schools, this timing offers a rich opportunity to walk the path of Holy Week in the Anglican school community.

There is no time in the Church year which contains as much drama, intrigue, and sheer emotional investment as the story of the last week of Jesus’ earthly life and the circumstances surrounding his resurrection from the dead.

Despite the race to the finish of Term 1, I encourage you all to enter the mystery of our Christian faith this Holy Week and Easter. Take the opportunity to tell the story afresh and draw from it the hope that sustains all life: that even when it seems all is lost, God can bring new life.

We are an Easter people – let’s celebrate that!

The Right Revd John Parkes AM

The Ven. Julie Baker

Bishop of Wangaratta

ADMINISTRATOR DIOCESE of Bunbury

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