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"So how are we to contend with these many
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to be clear about our vision. We need to
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our staff groups, in our parent groups and
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forces that press on us? For a start we need articulate it, share it, to celebrate it, within
past pupil groups. There is a desperate and growing need for adult faith development in Australia and schools have a vital role to
play in a more general, pastoral strategy of
PRINCIPAL
community formation in the Australian
In welcoming Mrs Anne Hunt to the
The vision is not just a beautiful picture to
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position of Principal of Loreto, Mandeville Hall from January 1989, we are welcoming a long-standing colleague and friend to the
school. Prior to her departure for studies in the USA at the beginning of this year, Mrs Hunt had been at Loreto for nine years. During that time she held the positions of class teacher, Senior Chemistry teacher, Year
admire on occasions. We must be prepared
to examine our structures and procedures in its light, and allow it to live in our schools.
Nor is the vision a static one, but a growing and evolving reality. We need to form our staff and our families in the vision, and we need also to allow them to share in the life of the vision."
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1986, Deputy Principal. Before coming to Loreto she had taught briefly in the State system and at another Catholic girls' school. To her already impressive list of qualifications (B.Sc. (Melb), B. Ed. (Mon), B.
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Theol. (MCD)) Mrs Hunt will add a Master's in Educational Studies from Frodham
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by the time she returns to Australia at the end of 1988. These qualifications will enhance her deep understanding of the
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working and cultural life of the school. In her time at Loreto she played an important role in integrating and implementing the two key IBVM documents which guide our efforts - the Loreto Philosophy of Education and the IBVM Mission Statement for Schools. Her studies at Fordham have
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reinforced her belief in the vital need to
give the vision of a school living expression in the policy statements and practices of its daily operation. 1
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Loreto is fortunate to have a person of Mrs Hunt's qualities ready, willing and able to
A WANDERING
entertaining lessons conducted in hand
take over as Principal at this important
signals and demonstrations.
moment in the school's history. The IBVM
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The Suzuki method was originally
welcome her warmly to this position,
developed for violin but has since been
confident that the Loreto tradition will thrive
- ANNELIESE GILL
adapted for many other instruments and
and find vital new expression under her
there were students of flute, cello, viola,
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talented leadership.
piano and violin attending the conference.
It is fitting to end with an extract from the
After touring Southern Germany we flew to
talk she gave at the IBVM Education
London. My first impressions of London
conference in August, 1986 at St Mary's
Mrs Anne Hunt
were that it was grey, crowded, dirty, old
College.
Mandeville's First Lay Principal
effective.
PILGRIMAGE
convenors, who are accountable to Sr
teaching music, not cars and motorcycles as
After touring Switzerland and France we
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pragmatic mastermind co-ordinating the
some misinformed people believe!)
journeyed by train from Paris to Stresa in
The conference was held at the International
Italy. Situated on Lake Maggiore, it was one
News of the Senior School's "Journey to the
Congress Centre in Berlin. It was a
of the most beautiful places that we visited.
Centre" next year has certainly spread fast.
The joint staff-student composition of a number of these sub-committees has proved
magnificent complex looking somewhat like
Here we attended 2 concerts which were
a giant stainless steel spaceship. The interior
part of their month long summer music
contained everything from a post office,
festival. One of the concerts was held in the
similar ventures have been organised to
infectious. It has become increasingly
restaurant and bank, to practice rooms, huge
tapestry room of the Borromeo Palace on
commemorate the bicentenary! Now that the
apparent that the success of the Pilgrimage
halls for concerts, lecture theatres and even
the Isola Bella, an island in the Lake. The
initial excitement has died down and the
will depend on the nurturing of this
a rooftop garden. It was here that students, teachers and parents from 31 different
audience was transported to and from the
reality of this extraordinary undertaking
palace by ferry. The twinkling lights on the
unfolds, we have had to come to grips with
countries in the world - including such
the practicalities of transporting 750 people
tutorials, concerts, lectures and, of course,
mainland, the gentle lapping of the water against the boat and the wonderful music performed by a French violin professor and a Russian pianist all contributed to the
partnership between staff and students. We are also grateful for the expertise, skills and time of parents and past pupils who have also agreed to work on these sub-
practice. It was concentrated work from 8
magical evening.
What a difficult choice I had to make: travel overseas or remain at school! I realised that
I needed some form of rest after a taxing 2 weeks Term 2 holiday, 2 weeks of school and 1 week of work experience, so on 8 August my mother and I boarded a Lufthansa flight destined for Berlin. My excuse for 6 1/2 weeks holiday overseas was the 8th International Suzuki Conference
and wet. However it was nice to hear and
speak English all the time even if one did
feel like a token on a Monopoly board. While in London we were lucky enough to see "Les Miserables". It was a fantastic
production and the revolving stage was very
("Suzuki" - as in a special method of
places as Iceland, Finland and Peru gathered for 6 days of master classes,
am to 6 pm everyday and despite our
language differences music provided a common ground. In my tutorials I had a teacher who did not
After 2 weeks in Italy we flew out of Venice to Frankfurt where we caught the plane
did not happen to speak Japanese! The
home to Australia. The flight home seemed endless and it was nice to be greeted at Tullamarine by my father's smiling wide-
result of this combination was a series of
awake face at 3.30 in the morning!
speak English; being a typical Australian, I
Elizabeth (Brigadier) Donnan - the operation.
It's a pity we didn't patent the concept, as
most successful and the enthusiasm of the
we have since heard that a number of other
Year 11s on these committees is quite
to the centre of Australia and back.
One aspect of this process has been the
committees.
establishment of sub-committees to deal
For most of this year a large red and white
with the multitude of areas that will
notice has adorned our staff notice-board,
contribute to the overall success of the
have been taken up with endless meetings dealing with issues from curriculum to
defining 'character' as "the ability to carry through an idea, long after the mood in which it was conceived has passed". It is the task of these sub-committees to support Sr
games/entertainment, student welfare to
Elizabeth and the School administration in
liturgy. Eleven sub-committees have been established under the auspices of staff
maintaining the vision of this once-in-alifetime enterprise - making it a reality.
venture. Throughout Term 4, lunchtimes