The Connection Newsletter | September 2010 | Number 43

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THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF ST ANNE AND ST JAMES H SEPTEMBER 2010 H NUMBER 43

Principal

It has been great to see so many past students of both St Anne’s and The Cathedral School at the various functions and get togethers this term. There is no doubt that we have seen more former students this year than last, and it is a number I would like to see grow even further. Former students have such an important role to play in providing not only a historical perspective to the school in its 93rd year, but they also demonstrate to our current students that the bonds formed during your school days are often lifelong ones.There is real joy to be witnessed when old friends reunite for the first time in 5, 10, 20, 30, and more years and the intervening years melt away in seconds. I know I speak for some of our longer serving staff members when I say how pleased they were to see so many of their former students and to recall old stories with them.

It was a pleasure to have Mr Neil Tucker at our Foundation Day ceremony and Reunion Weekend celebrations. He may well have departed The Cathedral School some 25 years ago, but his memories of both St Anne’s and Cathedral are very fond and I thank him for sharing this very important anniversary with us.

Later that afternoon it was time for a complete change in both sentiment and energy, with only school spirit and sense of community remaining from the morning’s activities. Family members, staff, and both current and former students gathered by the lagoon for a memorial service for Ben Chuck, a student who left The Cathedral School in 1998 as a Year 10 student, who was recently killed while on active service in Afghanistan. Ben’s brother Jason, a former School Captain of Cathedral gave a truly moving eulogy that touched all those present.

Our Foundation Day concluded with a gathering of over 30 of our five year reunion students. They were enjoying their get together so much that Mrs Lanphier had to go home, leaving them in the Bird Cage with the esky until well after “closing time”.

CONTENTS

2 BOOK WEEK 3 WAKAKIRRI 2010 - THE LION WHO LOVED 4 CAMBODIA TRIP 5 NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK 6 PRESENTATION BALL 7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 8 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 9 SUPER CHALLENGE PAST STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 10 PRESIDENT’S REPORT PAST STUDENT PROFILES 11 HAPPY 93RD BIRTHDAY CATHEDRAL 12 LAGOON DASH AND MEMORIAL SERVICE 13 REUNION WEEKEND - AFTERNOON TEA 14 REUNION WEEKEND - DINNER 15 REUNION NOTICES 16 FROM THE PRINCIPAL

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The Reunion Weekend was a great opportunity for old friends to catch up and many past students had the chance to tour the school’s new facilities and catch up on news of the school. There were over 100 former students at the dinner on Saturday evening and we had a very enjoyable night. Some enterprising and very cheeky current boarders decided to put out a tip jar which patrons were encouraged to support when purchasing drinks.You will be pleased to know that these tips were donated back to the Past Students’ Association by morning tea of the following Monday.

The Reunion Weekend also saw a new look PSA committee set up, with 3 subcommittees looking to split up the tasks to be done over the next year. A huge thank you to all of those who have put their hands up to further develop the work of the PSA. Please keep an eye out for functions that the Events subcommittee are planning later this year.

To conclude, past students will be interested to know that the PSA committee has given the go ahead to use some of the PSA funds to level the area in front of Heatley House. This will make this shady and picturesque area by the lagoon a far more user friendly location for dinners, assemblies, and gatherings. I thank the current PSA committee for their decision to donate this considerable money to the school for this purpose.

Mr Ian Gamack Principal

The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James PO Box 944, Aitkenvale QLD 4814 154 Ross River Road, Mundingburra Telephone: (07) 4722 2000 Facsimilie: (07) 4722 2111 Email: tcs@cathedral.qld.edu.au Web: www.cathedral.qld.edu.au

Book Week for

Babies During Book Week (23 – 27 August), Janelle and Ally, the staff from the Babies Room, focussed their programming on the wonders of language and literacy. The babies were involved in many experiences promoting the development of language.

Rhymes and songs help babies practise sounds and sharing a book also helps with the beginning of reading. Displaying words and letters around the room also provides letter recognition to a baby that will continue through with them as they grow and develop.

To also celebrate the week, babies dressed up into characters of stories and had a small parade showing off their beautiful costumes to their families. Book Week is a special time for children of all ages and promotes the importance of story time.

Literature Week In order to highlight the value of reading quality books, our Middle and Senior Schools annually celebrate Literature Week. During this time, we have a writer-in-residence conducting workshops and seminars, with the week culminating in our Writers’ Camp at Gumburu.

As this is the 30th anniversary of boys joining the senior school, I chose Simon Higgins to be our eighth writer-in-residence. Simon’s novels, particularly his Moonshadow series, are boys’ own adventures, set in Medieval Japan with sword wielding samurais.

Simon captivated the attention of both boys and girls alike, with his entertaining communication style and helpful hints about how to be a more effective writer.

This year being a special celebration, we organised a literature evening where we had a panel of male guest speakers discuss their experience with books and why they love reading. The panel also outlined the particular difficulties boys have in switching on to reading. We opened this event to the general public and the approximately 100 people who attended obviously enjoyed the talks from and banter between our panel: Simon Higgins, Professor Andy Vann (Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of JCU and The Cathedral School Board Member), Peter Gleeson (Townsville Bulletin Editor), Russell Hinder (Captain of Townsville McDonalds Crocodiles), and Glenn “Minty” Mintern (4TO Radio announcer). To round off the night, we wined and supped in the courtyard, being entertained by a sword display from Simon – in full samurai regalia!

We also offered a professional development opportunity for teachers from other schools, entitled

“Literacy through Literature”, conducted by Simon. This was very well received with several teachers commenting to me that they wished it could have gone for longer.

However, the 40 students from Years 7 to 12 who attended the Writers’ Camp will probably tell you that this was the best part of our celebration. Misty Gumburu, set in the rainforest at Paluma, is an ideal setting for a group of budding writers to hone their skills and receive intensive workshops. Not that the weekend is all work and no play. We intersperse the sessions with some fun activities like the hotly contested Campfire Idol (this year won by the Frogs, led by Nathan Toll and Jacinta Conroy), rainforest walks, sports and craft activities. Students also have an opportunity to share their favourite books with the group.

In this world of digital technology, literature is an important part of the education process at The Cathedral School.

The central experience in reading is of immersion, of entering so completely into the world of the story that everything else fades away. . . When we identify with a character in a novel, or with the voice of a poem, we not only experience a sense of connectedness, we also begin to reflect on our own self. Consciously or unconsciously, we start to sort through what we want or don’t want for ourselves, what we like or don’t like, what kind of person we want to be or don’t want to be, and how that fits with the other kinds of people we have encountered in life and literature . . . Literature does not give us a set of rules for living but it gives us a wider frame of reference, and it does enable us to reflect more broadly and engage more deeply. (Ann-Marie Priest) Ms Judy Salk English - Head of Department

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We were very excited! The host announced us, we went on stage and the curtains came up. It was show time! The atmosphere on stage with the lights and stage smoke was electric. The time on stage went so fast it felt like it was over before it began, but it was amazing.

After our dance three representatives went on stage to answer a question each about our performance. They executed their speeches very well. The judges announced that we got a gold award for movement and characterisation.

We enjoyed having time out to watch other schools perform. Once it was over we went back to our dressing room and some of us went with our parents and had a shower and came back to the Whitsunday Anglican School to sleep.

On Thursday 4 August, 54 Cathedral students from Years 4-6 drove to Mackay to participate in the Wakakirri story festival. It was a long tiring drive, but we had lots of fun on the way. When we arrived at Whitsunday Anglican School in Mackay, we quickly found our classrooms that we were going to sleep in.

Soon after we got dressed into our animallike costumes we drove to the Entertainment Centre. We met one of the people in charge and she led us to our huge dressing room.

She then led us to the stage where we did our rehearsal. While we rehearsed Mr Taylor

organised the lights and stage smoke. We then went back to our dressing room and started to do our hair and make-up.

We were finally ready to go one stage. The storysingers did their singing exercises and after that we lined up in one line and walked over to the theatre. We went into a room called “space” to watch the other performances. First up was our story-singing group. They sang beautifully. They got a gold award for singing. After we watched a few story-dancing performances it was our story-dancing’s turn. With butterflies in our stomaches, we waited nervously to go on stage.

The next morning we got an opportunity to do buddy reading with some younger students at the Whitsunday Anglican School. We then prepared to return to Townsville. It was time to say goodbye to Mackay. We were very tired but the long drive was worth it. On Monday we found out that the story-dancing group came 2nd. We will find out the story-singing results in a few weeks.

I would like to thank all the students that took part in Wakkakiri for a great experience! Most of all I would like to thank Miss Greaney, Miss Lanham, Mrs Dellapina, Mrs Will, Mr Taylor and our parents for the effort they put in throughout Wakkakiri. A special thanks to Mrs Dellapina for giving me a piggyback over the grass!

Written by Myckenzy Carr, 5W

STAFF PROFILE YEAR 5 CLASSROOM TEACHER

Mrs Sheree Will Sheree has been teaching for almost 20 years. Her first 2 years of teaching were in Townsville at a variety of State Schools. She then moved to Charters Towers in 1994 and had the great privilege of introducing Year 1, 2 & 3 at All Souls and St Gabriel’s. This was a very special year because not only did she begin a wonderful chapter in the school’s history but she also met her now husband, who is also a teacher.

Sheree and her husband returned to Townsville in 1995, since then Sheree has worked at Bohlevale State School and Kelso State School and has had 2 children Raelee, who is 11 and Reece, who is 8. Sheree started work at Cathedral 4 years ago and believes this is the pinnacle of her career to date.

What is the best thing about your job?

I love working with the students at Cathedral. They bring a smile to my face each and every day. There are a myriad of things that excite me and no day is the same. I thoroughly enjoy working with my

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colleagues too. The parents are also very supportive and appreciative and all of these things make me want to come to school every day.

Hobbies?

My hobbies include spending time with my family, cheering madly at their sporting events, reading, watching movies and sleeping.

What sets Cathedral apart from other schools in Townsville?

The students make this school so special. They always say thank you for all the extra things that I do. I feel part of our wonderful community and feel very blessed to be teaching here.

Interhouse Athletics Carnivals There were many tired students by the end of the Interhouse Athletics Carnivals (Middle and Senior School 16 June and Junior School 21 July) as they competed in events such as long jump, high jump, shot put, javelin, discus, 800m, sprints and relays. The atmosphere on both days was excellent with lots of encouragement for team mates to do their best. This year’s carnivals saw many personal bests and also many school records broken The winners were: Junior School - More Middle School - Bede Senior School - Langton

On 12 June 2010, a group of 11 students and staff from The Cathedral School including 3 students from the Year 12 English Communications class set out on a 3,400 nautical mile journey around the world to Cambodia.The group was expertly chaperoned by Prof Glenn Dawes and Christine Dawes (past Cathedral parents) who have visited Cambodia many times in the past and were the instigators for the trip.

This once in lifetime opportunity gave us the chance to immerse ourselves in our English Communications curriculum by visiting the country we had been studying. Our class, under the guidance of Miss Emma Dunlop, had learnt about the history and economics of Cambodia and the horrific genocide that reduced a national population of 8 million to 5 million only 40 years ago.

Our focus for the trip was also to visit The Lighthouse Orphanage in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. We travelled to the orphanage with 100kgs of clothing and $1,000 for the children, which had been generously donated by the school community and local businesses.

The day we arrived at the orphanage, we had 3 truckloads of dirt brought in to create a vegetable patch for the children to grow their own produce, as they consume 70 kilos of rice each day. Along with helping the children with some of their financial issues, we played games and numerous activities with them. The kids are all very good at sports; they even beat us in a soccer game! We also painted with them on paper and tea towels which will be available for sale from the school later in the year - all profits will go back to the orphanage.

We ended our visit to the orphanage by sharing our cultures in the form of dance, with us showing them some contemporary dance and the children treating us to some of their native dances. Seeing the children so happy to see us each day was so uplifting.

Throughout our trip, we visited many of the age-old temples that scatter their land, along with museums, The Royal Palace and the Killing Fields.

The Killing Fields were quite a graphic experience and it really changed

Cambodia Trip my outlook on the country. As you walk through the streets, you can see how this country has been affected: the homeless, the poor and the slums along the river.

The oppression has really changed the way I think and being my first trip overseas, I can definitely say that it was excellent and I would encourage anyone to consider having this experience.

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National Science Week was celebrated at The Cathedral School 16 - 20 August, along with all schools across the nation. This week is promoted through educational institutions to engage students with science, through interactive and exciting topics.

Miss Wenta coined the phrase, “Students of Today, Scientists of Tomorrow” and this was the focal point of our Science Week. Our students were treated to visiting scientists and James Cook University academic staff.

On Monday and Tuesday, Ms Heidi Streiner, the Manager of CSIRO North Queensland and her team led Middle School students through a procedure to extract DNA from barley plants. Later in the week, Senior School students were instructed by James Cook University lecturer, Professor James Burnell. Students worked with Dr Burnell on the process of testing for enzyme action, which involved them testing their own saliva samples for traces of enzymes.

At the same time, science activities were being run in classrooms. Students from Prep to Year 9 designed posters to promote science, with the best efforts being awarded fun science prizes. Year 7 students designed straw cradles to protect their egg when it was dropped from a great height.Year 8 students built parachutes and flew them off the veranda behind the lecture theatre. The longest flight time was used to the judge the overall winners.

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If this was not enough to engage students in science, then a visit by Dr Peter Eastwell, editor of Science Time Review surely topped it off. Peter travels throughout Australia conducting science shows and ‘hands on’ science days. His show, “Invisible Air” was a hit with students from Prep to Year 9, Students were able to witness the effects of air and air pressure. Peter also conducted a hands on activity day where Year 3 students were buddied with Year 7’s to participate in a range of scientific activities.

The highlight of this session was the exploding soft drink bottle, which was heard throughout the school!

Only one year to go, and it starts all over again, but remember, quality science is happening in the classroom everyday!

Mr Allan Carman Head of Department, Science

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Presentation Ball 2010

The 2010 Presentation Ball was held on Saturday 31 July at Jupiters Hotel and Casino. This event is a glittering night in our school calendar and this year we had 27 couples who were presented to the Bishop of North Queensland – Bishop Bill Ray. Three hundred guests attended the ball from all over the north, Brisbane, other states and even overseas. Mrs Diana Gamack was Matron of Honour and the student biographies were read on the night by Head of Senior School Mrs Diane Brisbane and our School Counsellor Mr Peter Vollugi.

The tables in the ballroom were beautifully decorated by Mrs Karen van Lieshout and Ms Jill Turner. This year the theme was ‘Tiffany’ blue. We’re already working on next year’s colour and theme! The highlight of the evening was the dances that the presentation couples performed. The students had been working for a few months on learning the Presentation Dance, the progressive barn dance, the progressive jive and the cha cha

cha. The Presentation Dance is choreographed for us each year by our talented dance teachers Melissa and Rohan Prince and it is spectacular to watch on the night.

The thank you speeches were expertly delivered on the night by Caitlin Roseby, Joel Abraham, Christian Pretorius and Alexandra Kanowski. The cake was cut by Jessica Goldner and Lachlan Porter.

The Presentation Ball at The Cathedral School is a rite of passage event for our students as they move from adolescence to early adulthood.

Congratulations to those students who were presented and thank you to those people who assisted in making the night so successful.

Mrs Judy Newman Deputy Principal, Academic Dean

STAFF PROFILE HEAD OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) AND LEARNING SUPPORT

Mrs Catriona McGuire Catriona comes from a family of 9 children and education was very important to her parents.

Her brothers and sisters are a nurse, a teacher, a librarian, a linguist, an activist, an engineer, a LT-colonel in the army and the youngest is a doctor.

Catriona’s husband Mark works in the gas industry so they have lived in a lot of different places where gas pipelines are built. They have 2 sons, Lachlan 25 who is a surveyor and Angus 15, who attends The Cathedral School.

Catriona began teaching in 1984 as a primary school teacher (majoring in Drama), in 1989 she studied again and moved to secondary school as an English teacher. In 2003 she worked in Launceston Tasmania with refugee children from Sudan. She then studied again TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) so she could help them. Catriona’s

teaching career has been varied, but always a challenge.

How long have you worked at Cathedral?

I started at the beginning of 2008, so 2 and a half years.

What is the best thing about your job?

The diversity of staff and students I work with.

I look after the 2 departments which covers Learning Support for the Middle and Senior School, and ESL for International students. I have a mixture of teaching and management and even though it is often hard to switch between the two, no day is ever boring.

Hobbies?

I LOVE to read. I can get through 4 books a week, and often to the dismay of my husband will wake in the night to read. I quite like fishing, but only if I get a bigger catch than anyone else.

What sets Cathedral apart from other schools in Townsville?

I think it has a friendly feel and all the staff work enormously hard for the students. The staff really do care for each student in their classes. I had never heard of this school but when we moved to Townsville at the end of 2007 but a colleague suggested I take a look at Cathedral. I chose this school for my son, before I applied for a job here. When I walked around the school on my first visit the students were courteous but happy. They still are!

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Where has all the time gone? In April, when we began the casting of Beauty and the Beast, October seemed so far away. Now, in less than two months, we will be presenting four performances of the Disney classic to appreciative audiences at Riverway Arts complex.

The cast have been working incredibly hard.

With a total cast of over 100 students, and up to nine hours of rehearsal each week, the participants are nearing the end of a long, sometimes difficult journey. In the next few weeks, the cast will work harder than ever in order to perfect their parts. Additionally, a crew of nearly 40 students will join our ranks.

Production week will be extremely tiring, yet hugely rewarding for both the cast and crew.

The story so far…

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harmonies. For many Chorus members, this has been their first experience working in a choral group and they are to be commended for the diligence and skill they have shown.

Our specialist Dancers are in the process of perfecting their routines.

Expertly choreographed by the talented past student Melissa Prince, these routines have proved to be visually stunning. Melissa’s husband and dance partner, Rohan, has helped with the choreography of the beautiful waltz for Belle and the Beast – it will be one of the highlights of the show.

The main characters are nearly script free and accents are almost there. Directing these talented students has been a very enjoyable experience and I am looking forward to seeing how they will perform on the night. Their excitement is tangible – their delight in playing an array of quirky characters is clear.

Finally, the orchestra, which is made up of students, past students and our talented Instrumental teachers, has worked tirelessly through an enormous, and very challenging, orchestral score. The music in this show is memorable and audiences will enjoy a delightful experience. Again, Mrs Orr is playing a crucial role as the conductor.

Overall, this show promises to be a very special one and families in particular will thoroughly enjoy watching it together. Tickets will go on sale by the middle of September and will be available for purchase through Riverway or the Ticketshop. We look forward to seeing you all there, or, in the words of Lumiere, “Please be our Guest!”

Ms Jill Turner Director

Science and Engineering

Super Challenge It was an exciting yet nerve-wracking experience for 26 Cathedral School students when on 26 August they competed in the Queensland Science and Engineering Super Challenge State Final.This challenge, which was held in Brisbane, places the top Science and Engineering teams in the state head to head, as they compete in various activities designed to inspire students to study science and engineering at a senior level. It is open to students in Years 9 and 10.

The students worked in teams to tackle the set goals. Each challenge requires students to think around obstacles and design and build to meet criteria, with only a limited amount of time and resources. All teams performed extremely well, especially those students participating in Heli Rescue, who won their task. At the conclusion of the event, The Cathedral School team pulled in a nail biting second, as they were neck and neck with the eventual winners, Forest Lake College. This was The Cathedral School’s first year participating in the event, which is conducted nationally by the University of Newcastle.

Their second place at the State finals has awarded The Cathedral School students the

opportunity to compete down in Gosford in the Bronze division of the national championships challenge. Here, they will face new challenges against a larger field of competitors from across Australia. This will be the third and final stage of the competition for the students, the first of which was held here in Townsville.

Some of The Cathedral School students who participated in the Challenge.

From left: Eliza Sen Gupta, Grace Baldwin, Morgan Collinson and Greg Horscroft.

Head of Mathematics, Mr Andrew Arratoon, said: “The Science and Engineering Challenge provides students with the opportunity to take their creativity outside the classroom and work as a team to build and design while working to certain design and budget constraints. This is how scientists and engineers are required to work in industry and in the laboratory.”

As well as testing the students’ knowledge and creativity, the challenge also emphasised team work. All half-day or full day challenges required absolute commitment from all team members, as they often worked right up until the final minute of the challenge.

Competing Year 10 student Grace Baldwin, said: “The Cathedral School team co-operated efficiently as a team which brought many highlights to the day. The challenge was a great experience for the team as it brought out our talents amongst a variety of challenges.”

Students are now preparing for their national challenge and are hoping to further expand their science and engineering knowledge and make the most out of this unique experience.

Georgina Kanowski, Year 9 Young Reporters Club

Children and staff excelled themselves this year dressing as a variety of characters from favourite childhood classics like little Red Riding Hood, the Cat in the Hat, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Wizard of Oz. There were also Dalmatians and dinosaurs, tin men and witches, bears and pirates, knights and princesses. Children stayed in their costumes all day and celebrated in the Library with CBCA winning and shortlisted books.

Library monitors organised interactive activities for the students based on these books.

Across theB OStory Bridge OK WEEK 2010

The picture shows how staff and students dressed as the characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland including the Mad Hatter (Mr Taylor) the Queen of Hearts (Mrs Byrne), the White Rabbit (Mrs Fisher) the Duchess (Teille Larsen), the Cheshire Cat (Abigail Lee) , Alice (Caitlin Johnson) and we borrowed Allegra Wharrier from Year 1D for a Door Mouse.

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Another successful reunion weekend has been held, with the School Service and Lagoon Dash on Friday, the School Tour and Afternoon Tea prior to the AGM on Saturday afternoon, the Reunion Dinner on Saturday night and the service at St James Cathedral on Sunday morning.

Thank you to all past students, partners and family members who came to our reunion events – I am sure you would have enjoyed them.

I am continuing my role as President this year and we are expanding our committee roles and coopting additional members to sub-committees so we can reach more people. Congratulations to Tom Porter (Class of 1997) who has joined the committee as Vice President, and Renita Baker (Allan – Class of 1987) who is the new Secretary. Thanks to Johanna Richardson

and Mary Gallagher who had filled the roles previously and who have chosen to stay on as committee members again this year. All other positions on the committee remain unchanged, but new members are always welcome.

Committee members are now busy looking into our history, memorabilia and old photos while others are organising fun events for all ages. Yvonne Melville spends every Tuesday morning sorting and storing old photographs, while the new Social Events sub-committee is planning an inaugural Touch Football Challenge between past students and current students of the school. This will be held at 3pm on Sunday 17 October on the school oval. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the game and the Sausage Sizzle to follow.

We are proud to announce that the Past Student’ Association has taken on the task

of developing the front lawn into a more accessible function area. We have appointed a contractor who is also a Past Student for the leveling of the ground between the lagoon and Heatley House. This area will be pride of place beside our rose gardens and will create a space that will be more useful to the school and for functions. When work is completed you will all be invited to the Past Students Function Lawn to celebrate.

If you have any suggestions for the Past Students’ Association, or you would like to be involved in any of our activities, please contact us. We’d love to hear from you.

Sandra Hubert President of the Past Students’ Association of The Cathedral School Retaining the Connection with the School

CLASS of 1980

My Class of 1980 had a wonderful Reunion making every day count. On Friday 16 July, we met at the School for the Foundation Day service and the Lagoon Dash. We were all yelling for the Past Students Team who won their race as did both the boys and girls Langton Teams. Langton is the best house! We had a quick look around the school then off to get ready for a night out.

Friday night we went out to dinner, lots of hugs and giggles and chatter was heard. Stories shared and the old school days relived. We all

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brought photo albums and this was a fantastic way to catch up on all those years apart as we talked through the night. Look at us now!

Everyone enjoyed the afternoon tea and tour of the school on Saturday with many changes since the old school days. If you missed this, please pop in and we will show you around.

The Reunion Dinner Saturday night, is always fun and all year groups enjoyed catching up with each other and with our special guest, Mr Neil Tucker, the first male lay Principal.

One of my class mates brought along her old school diary and we laughed reading those notes from years ago. Being a boarder there was lots of talk about food! Even a couple of 30 year old lolly wrappers which made us laugh even more.

Breakfast was down the Strand on Sunday morning and none of us wanted the day to end.

It had been such a wonderful time together. We are counting the days till we get together again and we are not waiting another 10 years.

Sandra Hubert

Margie with her eldest daughter Caitlin (left), Year 11 at this year’s Presentation Ball

Past Student Profile -

Margie O’Hara

Margie O’Hara (nee Grimshaw) has two daughters at The Cathedral School and is proud they are attending the same school she did in 1983 and 1984.

Graduating in 1984, the things that Margie remembers most as a boarder are the late night swims in the pool, cream buns for morning tea on Fridays and those friendships made. Her favourite teacher was Mrs Newman. Margie participated in the Duke of Edinburgh which has she believes has helped her as a wife and mother.

Margie has travelled to many countries including backpacking around Europe, living in Denmark and Malaysia. Now when Margie isn’t working beside her husband, Shane in his shop fitting business, “SOH design & fit-out”, she is studying Commercial Design.

Margie’s life is busy but she always makes time for family and friends. Margie loves watching her husband race outriggers and each year is a race official for the Hamilton Island Outrigger Cup.

Past Student Profile -

Adam Nichols

Adam is now a Townsville local but between 1988 and 1990 he was a boarder at Cathedral from Year 8. Though he wouldn’t comment on his behaviour at school he did say that the mates he made at school stand out in his memories. Adam did share that his nick name was “Snoopy” so could one of his mates let us know how he got this!

building industry. Adam now has his own shed business called, All Aussie Sheds & Carports.

Adam was in Langton and his love of sport has never stopped.

One of Adam’s passions is his lovely wife Marissa and two young sons, the other one for the past 5 years is Offshore Powerboat racing. This sport is definitely not for the faint hearted.These boats go over 100 miles an hour on the water where you rely on your partner and Adam is throttle man.

Adam sums it up as “Formula 1 on water”.

He finished his schooling in Cairns and worked as a Lifeguard before starting his career in the

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Happy 93rd Birthday Cathedral determined to establish a school for girls in Townsville.

They succeeded, despite a lack of finance, shortage of staff, failed previous attempts and the uncertainty surrounding World War One.

On Friday 16 July The Cathedral School community had two reasons to celebrate at the annual Foundation Day Ceremony; it was 93 years since the school was first opened and 30 years since the school first became fully co-educational.

St Anne’s Church of England Girls School officially opened on 21 July, 1917. In 1980 the school became fully co-educational and changed its name to The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James, through the reins of the first male lay Principal, Mr Neil Tucker.

In 1917, three Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent arrived from Brisbane,

The Foundation Day ceremony included a full school service including an address from Mr

renaming of the school in 1980.

These strategic decisions were taken very thoughtfully by the Diocese in 1979 following the withdrawal of the Sisters of the Sacred Advent from North Queensland at the end of 1978.

I wish to acknowledge publicly through the Connection Newsletter my gratitude to the school.

Thank you to the Board and Principal for the honour of returning to the school to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the introduction of coeducation throughout the school and the

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I also wish to thank you for the gracious honour afforded to me by the naming of the new Junior School library and classroom block. My children began their school lives at St Anne’s in the primary school.

There were particular highlights of the weekend that were very special, these include: - Seeing the wonderful development that has occurred and is still occurring at the school.

Neil Tucker, music performances, the much anticipated Lagoon Dash and a morning tea, at which more than 1,200 pieces of cake was served to every student and staff member.

Foundation Day is a very important day to The Cathedral School as it is a time to reflect on the past and celebrate the anniversary of one of North Queensland’s oldest and most outstanding schools.

The day is a chance to share some of the history of the school with current students and to give all members of the school community an opportunity to take stock of the school’s progress and achievements, not only over the past 12 months but through the many generations of students and families who have been connected with the school.

On this special day the school also opened the new Junior School classrooms and library. The new buildings have been named in honour of Mr Tucker.

The redevelopment of Heatley House is superb.

- The opportunity to speak at the Foundation Day Assembly, to meet with Year 5 and with the Middle School leaders - Meeting many students and staff from 19791986, now mothers and fathers of grown families - The opportunity to speak at the Past Students Reunion Dinner on the Saturday night - Joining the service at St James Cathedral on Sunday Thank you for enabling me to participate again in the life of this wonderful school.

I hope to be able to return in 2017 when the school celebrates its Centenary.

I pray that God will continue to bless The Cathedral School and its people.

Mr Neil Tucker First Male Lay Principal 1979 - 1986

Lagoon Dash This is the second year this event has been included as part of the annual Foundation Day Service. This race allows staff, current students and past students to support their house in the relay event.

Participants race around the 400m track which takes them around the lagoon and the boys’ boarding entrance and finishes on the verandah of Heatley House.

There are three races including the Girls Interhouse, Boys Interhouse and the feature race between Staff, Students and the Past Students.

This year the Past Students won the Bragging Rights Trophy taking it from last year’s winners the Staff.

In the Girls race there was a dead heat between Bede and Langton and Langton also won the Boys race.

This year’s runners were: PAST STUDENTS V TEACHERS V STUDENTS Past Students: Susan Bennett (1988 Chatham), Gerard Meade (1997 Langton), Perac Gaidan (2009 Chatham), Harry Hubbert (2009 More) Teachers: Cameron Triffett, Scott O’Neill, Rebecca Wenta, Rachel Grotherr

Students: Gemma Ruddell (Langton), Frankie von Knorring (More) Alick Gaiden (Chatham) Brooke Campbell (Bede) BOYS INTERHOUSE More: Max Bartsch (Y6), Keelie Woodfield (Yr 9) Edward Dawson (Yr 12) Chatham: Kyle Verhaff (Yr 6) Jordan Bell (Yr 9) Darby Walmsley (Yr 12) Langton: Hayden Arratoon (Yr 6) Jesse James (Yr 9) Joshua Leigh (Yr 12) Bede: Jacob Rose (Yr 6) Riley Young (Yr 9) Keithean Bowen (Yr 12) GIRLS INTERHOUSE More: Kelsey Popham (Yr 6), Jeremy Wearne (Yr 9), Samara Whaleboat (Yr 12) Chatham: Ashton Moncrieff (Yr 6), Isabella Guides (Yr 9), Frances Mahlouzarides (Yr 12) Langton: Sophie Kiernan (Yr 6), Katelyn Lucey (Yr 9), Hayley Steele (Yr 12) Bede: Lily D’Arcy (Yr 6), Georgina Kanowski (Yr 9), Ayla Turner (Yr 12)

Memorial Service –

Ben Chuck

On Friday 16 July, Foundation Day, a memorial service was held near the lagoon for past student Ben Chuck who was one of three soldiers killed recently in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Ben was a student at Cathedral, along with his brother Jason and sister Tiffany, for two years in 1997 and 1998. Ben left Cathedral at the end of Year 10 when the family relocated to Yungaburra. Father Tim conducted the service and the ode was read by past student (and classmate of Ben’s) LT Andrew Hargreaves. Jason and his wife Gemma attended the memorial service and he presented the eulogy. Approximately 30 of Ben’s and Jason’s friends from their time at Cathedral joined current staff and students at the service. This date was chosen for the service as several of Ben’s classmates were in Townsville for our Past Students Weekend (the class of 2000).To the best of my knowledge, Ben is the first past Cathedral student to be killed in active service. The sympathy of the whole Cathedral community is extended to the Chuck family.

Mrs Judy Newman Deputy Principal – Academic Dean

SEPTEMBER 2010

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Cath Luder (Hill)

ala (Morgan)

and Linda Zapp

Michele Baue r (Perriman), Juanita Ling and Johanna Richardson (B ragg)

Gail Holley (Godwin) and

Alvena Harch (Morgan)

Class of 1980

Yvonne Melville (W illiams), Millicent Mu nn (Smith), Margaret Cumner (Ca sey), Judith Cochran (Cox), Rosemary Savage (Sm ith)

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Left to Right – Bob Burton,

s, Marina Brown, Melissa Hargreaves, Alistair William Class of 2000 - Left: Andrew s), Amy Clark ugla n Scott (Do Right: Brianna Roberts, Hele

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Lynn Burton (Webb) and

Jan Graham (Robinson)

Back: Julia Kennedy (Morell) , Rowena Murphy (Paine), Libby Gleeson (Stoneman), Front: Melissa Williams, Kay Barr (Humphries), Susan Free man (Plant) and Alison Winkless (Stoneman)

ard), Ashford (Pritchard),Valmai Carson (Pritch Left:Yvonne Melville (Williams), Melva Lyn Ruff (Kelly) and shaw) (Craw her Gallag Mary le, Right: Russell Melvil

Class of 1970 - Dee De Lacey (Hecht), Toni Lanphier (Parsons), Jacqueline Curley (Hasted), Lynette Simm (Van Beek), Margaret Gallow ay (Lando) and Linda Zappala (Morgan)

ck, Lucy Tucker

ma Neil Tucker, Di Ga

umphries)

and Kaye Barr (H

Kelli Todd (Hinschen), Julie Thomas, Patsy-Ann Fox (Fick ling), Brad May, Ian Gamack, Alan Nelson, Chris Nielsen and Philip Bulm er

Sauve-De Rose, (Nielson),Tamika Jenny Thompson Sauve-De Rose, e e Rose, Claudett nds) Kandyce Sauve-D hammed (Symo ed and Fiona Mo mm ha Mo ie tal Na Robyn Atkinson SEPTEMBER 2010

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2011 Reunion Weekend Date Clai mer

Mark in yo ur diaries now for th e 2011 Foundation Weeken d Fri day 22 – Sunday 24 July 2011 (Reunion Dinner is on Saturday night).

Get in touch with others fro m yo ur year gro up an d plan to meet up at the school for the reunion activities.

Volunteers are required to help spr ea d the word an d encourage yo ur class mates to atten d. If yo u wo uld like to help out, please sen d yo ur contact det ails to reg istrar@cathedral.qld.e du.au Class of 2006 Class of 1981 Class of 1971 Volunteers required Jackie Mealey Volunteers Require d Class of 2001 Jackie.m@uqconnect.net Volunteers required or 0402 021 964 Class of 1961 Lis sa Everest (Schmidt) Class of 1991 Volunteers Require d liss a.everest@gmail.com Volunteers required

ars) Class of 1981 (30 ye

een Year 8 tended the scho ol betw at at th s te ma ss cla ar r For all ou to celebrate our 30 ye us in jo e as ple ) 81 (19 (1977) to Year 12 . kend (23-24 July 2011) reunion on Reunion Wee ie Mealey ing please contact Jack nd te at in d te es er int 964 or Lissa If you are phone/text 0402 021 or et t.n ec nn co uq m@ ie. at Jack sa.everest@gmail.com.

Everest (Schmi dt) at lis please ect with old frien ds – nn co d an u yo e se to ries to share We would love old photos or fond memo y An . nd ou ar rd wo e spread th are also welcome.

If arrange our gathering. to u yo m fro ing ar he yway.

We look forward to love to hear from you an uld wo we nd te at to le you are unab

2012 Reunions Class of 1972 (40 years) Joanne Gowen (nee Beauchamp) gowen.familys2@bigpon d.com 0458 778 151

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Touch Football Challenge

Past Students vs Current Students (boys & girls) When: 3pm, Sunday 16 October Where: School Oval Come and cheer for your team and stay for a BBQ and drinks.

RSVP: marco@winqld.com.au