KOOKABURRA 1991

PRESBYTERIAN LADIES' COLLEGE

A College of the Uniting Church in Australia

Cover photo: by S. Angus Yr 12

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Z Turner

EDllORIAL

1991 has been another lively and exciting year at PLC with continuing growth and achievement in all aspects of School life.

The year started on an incredibly high note when PLC finally ended St.Mary·s seven-year reign over the Inter-school Swimming, providing the entire School with a feeling of immense pride. This team success generated a number of outstanding individual achievements in the sporting arena.

Michelle Telfer again made us proud with a personal best performance in the World Gymnastics Championships held in the United States, while here at home Michelle's sister, Nicola, was selected for the National Championships in the Eastern States. Other outstanding individual performances came from Elizabeth Shave in diving, Jenny Keen in netball, Michelle Worland in both netball and volleyball, Alison Mills in volleyball and Kerrie Crawford in hockey. All these girls must be congratulated for their selections for teams at national or international level.

We have also seen wonderful performances from many PLC girls in Arts activities. The two Arts Days were again enormously successful and the level of participation was outstanding. There were again numerous theatrical productions performed outside the school. On the Razzle was performed with Christ Church, and By Common Consent with Scotch College. This year also saw PLC enter a team in the Rock 'n' Roll Eisteddfod for the first time. Although PLC did not make it to the finals, the participation and hard work contributed by all concerned was evident.

KOOKABURRA COMMITTEE (Year 12)

Back (L-R): E Rigg, S Pye, L Price, SKelly, N. Giblett, Z Turner, S Angus.

Centre (L-R): N Low, A Hutchison, T Johns, A Lim.

Front (L-R): SHeng, K Webb, E Keen, E ewland, A Reddin.

1991 also saw the introduction of rowing at PLC. Under the guidance of Mr Thornton, the rowers worked tirelessly to ensure that rowing will become a major part of PLC sport in years to come.

This year's Kookahurra, as always, is a culmination of hours of hard work by many people, and their efforts must be recognised. Firstly, thank you to Suzy Angus for the stunning cover photograph featuring Jayne Nottle on pipes - an integral part of the PLC tradition. Thanks are extended to Meredith Olsen in the Development Office for the many hours spent typing the seemingly endless number of reports. We greatly appreciate her hard work. Thanks also go to the Year Eleven photographic committee who helped relieve the stress placed on the Year Twelves during exams. Mr Pedretti has also been of greatassistance with photography, and Mr Leach's help with the selection of material for the literary section was also appreciated.

We cannot begin to express our appreciation for the help and guidance given to us by Mrs McMahon, Ms Lukin and Mrs McArthur. Their tireless assistance and support helped us get through the times when we believed "It will never be finished on time!"

We would also like to thank all the members of both the photographic and literary committees, particularly those who came in during the holidays in order to meet the deadline. We both appreciate all the time and hard work you have contributed.

Finally, we would like to wish all the Year Twelves good luck for the future and extend our best wishes to the rest of the school for the continuing growth and success of PLC.

Ainslie Reddin and Zoe Turner

KOOKABURRA EDITORS Zoe Turner, Ainslie Reddin

KOOKABURRA COMMITTEE (Year II) Back (L-R): K Treloar, T Patiniotis, K Norgard, J Hocking, A Turnseck Front: A Snowball, M Caporn, A Nielsen, K McDonough

Principal's Notes

As the school year draws to a close, it is time to say goodbye to yet another set of Year Twelve girls as they leave PLC for "life after school" and it is into a rapidly changing world that they are going. The phrase "life wasn't meant to be easy" has taken on real meaning as the future holds many question marks for all of us. What will be the issues of the twenty-first century? I suggest that some of the main issues will be - nuclear threat, the population crisis, the use and abuse of the environment, the increasing gap between developed and underdeveloped countries, the importance of Asia to us in Western Australia, the shrinking of the world through technological advances, the return of the importance of ethics, educational reform, unemployment, the use of increasing free time for many people, and a spiritual revival.

My Staff and I have tried hard to make our students aware of these issues and to give them the confidence to face the future with optimism. This has been achieved in many ways as we have given them opportunities to be flexible, to take risks in a sheltered environment, to

Annual School Service

On the 18th of August, almost seventyfive years to the day after the School's first birthday, Senior School students and teachers arrived at SI. Andrew's Uniting Church in Perth for PLC's Annual School Service.

The Service began traditionally with the official party entering while the school hymn, Land of our Birth, was sung by the congregation. Reverend Zayan welcomed all present and led the prayers of thanksgiving and confession.

As at the previous year's Service, the sermon was replaced by a Liturgy of Hope. Read by Reverend Zayan, Catherine Murray and other Year Twelve students, the liturgy, entitled Australia, Land of Light, Colour and Contrast, took us through the theme of the service, which was a general message about hope for the future.

An interesting and innovative addition to the Service was a dance performed by Year Eight and Ten students.

The Choir sang All Things Bright and Beautiful and then joined the Chorale to sing Thine he the Glory before the Moderator of the Uniting Church in W A, Reverend Hulbert, summed up the theme

Mrs Hazel Day.

manage change. We have encouraged them to have global vision, rather than a personal one, to see the larger picture rather than focusing only on specific issues, to have ideas and be able to communicate them to others, rather than merely be the spokesman for others, and to co-operate to solve problems. I hope we have also encouraged them to be of service to the community, to help others less fortunate than themselves, and to see the PLC community as a very special community to which they belong.

of hope with his charge for the future. The Choir also sang while the offering was collected for the Mission and Service Fund of the Uniting Church. After the dedication of the offering, Mrs Day led the congregation in prayers of intercession.

The congregation then sang the final hymn, after which the official party left in procession -a traditional ending to another memorable service, one of the highlights of the School's calendar.

Speech Night Report

Speech Night 1990 was again a very successful and entertaining evening, providing the Year Twelves with fond, final memories of PLC and the remainder of the School with encouraging thoughts for the year ahead.

After the procession of the official party, Year Twelve students, Staff and School Council, Mr Langdon (the Chairman of Council) gave a speech centering on future developments of PLC and the Diamond Jubilee Appeal.

In beginning the 1990 Principal's Report, Mrs Day spoke of difficult economic times throughout the world and empha-

This year has been an extremely busy one for the School, particularly in the area of extra-curricular activities. Many girls have participated in these activities with great enjoyment and I have been thrilled with the level of participation. There have been too many highlights of the year for me to mention them all here. You will find them elsewhere in this publication, but perhaps I should mention our new venture into rowing, providing yet another opportunity for girls to participate in a cooperative venture where working together is all-important.

I know that all girls would want me to thank all my Staff for their efforts. Their level of commitment makes me very proud to be associated with them. They provide good role models for our girls as they work hard, achieve well, co-operate with and help each other and provide valuable support for all the girls that they teach. A very special thank you goes to Mrs Temby, who has been Director of the Junior School for the past two years and will now take some well-earned leave.

To Head Prefect, Liz Easton, her prefects and other student leaders, well done! Best wishes to all the girls leaving PLC this year. Keep in touch!

sized that in thefuture the School will be endeavouring to learn from the experience by working together to implement a policy of austerity. The Hon. June Craig spoke of the history of the School and its development over the years and gave her best wishes for good luck to the Year Twelves.

Ms Dixie Marshall, a former PLC School Sports Captain, then presented an entertaining speech about her school days and her career. This was quite inspiring to students, in particular to the Year Twelves with journalistic ambitions.

The final speech was that of the Head Prefect, Tanya Davies, who reflected on the past year and thanked the Year Twelves for their support. During the second part of the evening, various musical performances were presented and were enjoyed immensely by all. Especially appreciated were the combined Pipe and Concert Bands' Devils' Dance and a Beatles' arrangement performed by the Concert Band.

This seventy-sixth School Speech Night concluded with the Staff forming a guard of honour for the departing Year Twelves, while the Lone Piper, Katrina Joyce, played Auld Lang Syne, a fitting end to a memorable evening.

Nicole Giblet! Year J2

HEAD PREFECT'S REPORT

1991 has been a very busy and exciting year for me, perhapsso eventful that I cannot begin to remember what I have done. There is so much to say and there are so many people to thank - where do I begin?

The start of the year was an anxious one as the other School prefectsand I were feeling a little apprehensive and unsure of our duties in the following months. However, with a lot of support and endless advice from Staff, family and friends, we gradually gained confidence.

Perhaps the biggest highlight of 1991 was our victory in the Inter-School Swimming which to many was very unexpected but well deserved, demonstrating that dedication and hard work do get rewarded. It was definitely a night to be remembered. This victory in the swimming demonstrated another important asset of PLCits school spirit. PLC has always been a school that has been acknowledged for all-round achievements, high morale and, perhaps most importantly - participation. The introduction of the new Work Pocket, the previously introduced Sports Participation Pocket, and plans for an Arts Participation Pocket in the future, demonstrates the emphasis placed on participation at PLC. It is something we should pride ourselves on.

Probably the most anticipated event for the Year Twelves is the long awaited dance. It is the time of year when fabric shops and shoe stores think there is no recession and parents think that we are plummeting into a depression! This year a new venue was chosen - Langley Plazaand thanks to those creative decorators, Miss Rankin. Mrs Tarulli and my mother, the venue looked magnificent. Everyone rose to the occasion to look stunning and the night was a great success.

The position of Head Prefect has helped me appreciate, along with many other things, the administrative side of the School. I found out all the hard work Mrs Day, Mrs Bull and the Staff put in to make the School function smoothly.

I would like to thank all the girls who were involved in the Student Council this year. Student Council is very important because it allows the girls involved to voice their own and their peers' opinions and ideas about the running of the School. Some worthwhile and significant ideas have come out of the fortnightly meetings.

Forum is another important part of the student body. It aims to present the opinions and ideas of the students from Years Eight to Eleven. I then take note of the "input" and pass it on to the members of the Student Council who discuss it. I wish to thank these girls and I am only sorry that there was so little time. Forum was altered this year so that it met only once a month. Instead, Year meetings were introduced. These had the same aims as Forum but involved the whole Year as well as its representatives. The main aim was to bring the student body and the prefects closer together.

A special thank you goes to Abigail Whiteman, who has become our unofficial "greenie." As the world becomes more conscious of the environment so too has PLC, with the introduction of bins for the recycling of paper in classrooms and the conservation of materials in the canteen. It is said that if we all do our bit, then the earth will give in return.

I would like to take this opportunity now to thank PLC on a personal level. The School has offered me many challenges and opportunities. I wish to thank Mrs Day who has helped me through this year with her advice and friendship, always being encouraging and positive. Thanks too, to Mrs Bull whose willingness to listen and to offer advice has also helped me through some difficult times. My thanks also go to my teachers and other Staff, particularly my HouseTutor, Mr Vickers.

As this year comes to an end, I wish to extend my thanks to all the students of PLC who have made my position as Head Prefect worthwhile and an experience I will never forget. To the Year Twelves especially, thanks for your support. We have all, over the past twelve months, grown closer together. My special thanks and friendship to Jayne, Catherine and Ali who must be commended on all their hard work. They often made my job much easier. (At least we lived to tell the story!)

One thing that all Head Prefects desire is to be remembered for some new idea or concept, but this is very difficult to achieve, since PLC has everything it needs to be a top school. I suppose I will just have to be remembered for my singing ability!

My best wishes go to Devika. I hope 1992 is as enjoyable and fulfilling for her

as 1991 was for me. Just keep in mind that you were appointed for being you and that guidance and support are always available. Best wishes also go to Fiona, Jennie and Kirsten who, I am sure, will all do an excellent job and enjoy themselves.

As the year draws to a close, and with it an important chapter of our lives, all the Year Twelves begin to reminisce. I look back at our Year Eight photos and think "Who would have thought that the time would go so fast?" To the rest of the School I would like to remind you that "the world is your oyster", so make the most of the friendships, opportunities and experience offered at PLC.

HEAD PREFECT Elizabeth Easton

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SENIOR BOARDER'S REPORT

I can still clearly remember the day I was appointed to the position of Senior Boarder. Like many others, I could hardly believe it was true. Was someone playing a joke on me or was I really going to represent the whole of the PLC Boardi'1g House? This would mean trying to be perfectly behaved, giving up many afterschoolhours for meetings and other commitments and wearing my uniform properly at all times. (I'd even have to pull up my tie!) Was I capable of fulfilling the demands of this position?

My task as Senior Boarder would have beenmuch more difficult without help from other people. Sincere thanks to Mrs Day and Mrs Bull for their kind words and support, to Miss Raston for her productive help and to other Boarding House staff for their warm smiles and encouragement. My thanks also go to my prefects - Louise Pearce, Pia Cooke, Fiona Reid, Taryn Crombie, Sarah Kelly and Nichila Trenorden for their assistance throughout the year. A special thank you, too, to my family and close friends outside the School community for their understanding, support and love throughout such a difficult year.

As in every other year, the Boarding House has not just been a place for students to become bored with the daily routine of sleeping, eating and studying. Throughout 1991, this routine has been enlivened by numerous activities, including ice-skating, ten-pin bowling, concerts, visits to the zoo, horse-riding, cake decorating, the Red Cross Door Knock, games in the gymnasium for years Six, Seven and Eight, the annual Rotto visit, Eagles football matches, a Wildcats basketball game, a rodeo and many socials. And the increase of invitations to socials, in particular from Guildford Grammar, prove that PLC boarders are wonderful guests.

This year Miss Durrant (an assistant mistress who is a very enthusiastic singer and guitar player) has enlivened our Sunday chapel services with modern hymns. She has also formed a Boarding House choir which sang very beautifully at one our visits to St. Andrew's.

Thanks must go to organisations affiliated with the School for contributions to the Boarding House, in particular to the Old Collegians of the Southern Region, who used the profits from their country luncheon to purchase a wide variety of books for the Boarding House through the school library.

Fortnightly meetings of the Boarding House Forum, enabling students from all years to voice their opinions through their chosen representative, have resulted in many changes and improvements. For example, we now have an extra hot breakfast every week and we use recycling boxes for waste products in the Boarding House.

My year as Senior Boarder will always remain in my memory as unique. Through both its trying moments and moments of ease, I have gained much personal satisfaction. Both good and bad times have made the year a wonderful experience. I would like to wish this year's Year Twelves the best of luck in all that they endeavour to do in the future, and to 1992's Year Twelves go my best wishes for their final year at PLC. Special best wishes and congratulations to next year's Senior Boarder, Kirsten Tubby, and her prefects.

Jayne Nattie SENIOR BOARDER Jayne Nottle

BOARDING HOUSE PREFECTS Back (l-r): FReid, P Cooke, L Pearce Front: N Trenorden, SKelly, J Nottle, T Crombie

SERVICE REPORT

McNeil's service representative, Jacqui Ryan, with House Captain, Carmen Willmott, competed most ably with the chocolate marketers with packets of Hot Cross Buns. It was a week of abandoned diets and rising coffers. Confectionery and snack sales on Open Days also seemed popular with students more used to a well balanced "five basic food groups" diet.

Casual Day brought with it the opportunity to discard the tartan in preference for smarter attire - and the (surprise!!) penalty of a fifty cent fine for doing so.

On August 22nd it was the Senior School's privilege to witness the handing over of a new refrigerator to the Inner City Youth Services representative. This showed the meaningful and serious side of Service collections.

The end of August saw students, parents and teachers sitting around tables, ears alert, pens poised, ready for.. QUIZ NIGHT! Quiz Masters Saunders and Leach tested the grey cells, while Mrs Smith and Mrs Zayan checked answers. My committee and I thank them, and the many local retailers and service people who donated prizes so generously in a

SERVICE CO-ORDINATOR

Sally Voce

Throughout the year many people gave generously of their talents and time in collecting money for up to twenty organisations outside the PLC community.

Once more, and not for the last time, five proven areas of fund raising were employed with great success, thanks to the imagination and participation of Nita Allan and Tammy Gain of Baird House, Amy Hutchison of Carmichael, Nicole Giblett and Katie Lawrence of Ferguson, Jacqui Ryan of McNeil, Bronwyn Andrew and Sonja Pratt of Stewart and Nurette Matijasevich and Emma Stringfellow of Summers House.

There was an excited buzz in the Senior School on March 25th as the word spread that Easter eggs were available. A four day feeding frenzy followed! (Naomi Meares, who succeeds me as Service Coordinator for 1992, may want to consider packaging Easter chocolates with Clearasil!)

SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES

hard year. The prizes ranged from imported wines to paint spray guns and priceless treasures like a football signed by the entire Eagles team. Imagine its worth when they become the 1992 premiers!

All Staff gave ready assistance at all times throughout the year. I'm sure I wil be forgiven for specifically mentioning Mrs Zayan for round the clock constant support and Mrs O'Hara for organising students in street appeals for various charities. Well done students in your collections for those groups.

The ideas, suggestions and support of Mr Day, Mrs Bull and the Student Council also contributed to our success.

This edition of the Kookaburra shows the many and varied interests of PLC students. For my part, I am grateful to have been part of a community, busy with its own goals, but which has the will to look outside itself and help.

I hand the office over to Naomi Meares and wish her well for 1992.

Sally Voc Service Co-ordinato

Back (L-R): SPratt, B Andrew, K Lawrence, N Matijasevich, E Stringfellow Front: A Hutchison, N Giblett, S Voce, N Allan, S Gain, J Ryan

STUDENT COUNCIL

As Student Council draws to its end for 1991, it is interesting to look back and see the various achievements and activities which have arisen from the fortnightly meetings throughout the year. Student Council allows the students' views to be voiced and taken into consideration when various decisions are made, ranging from environmental issues to the band for the Year Twelve dance. And, of course, there are the perennial discussions of school uniform and the litter problem.

The environment was one topic which received much airing throughout the year. Ideas were discussed on how the School could encourage conservation and the result was the introduction of recycling bins for paper in the classrooms. After a talk by Abigail Whiteman at a school assembly to "raise people's awareness" about the use andbenefits of this scheme, it has developed into a well-used system.

Maintenance around the school is another area where student input is well received. These discussions have resulted in a maintenance list for Council and Staff members, as well as the long awaited arrival of soap dispensers in the toilets.

However, the duties of Student Council extends beyond these fortnightly, halfhour meetings, as we all discovered. One of the chief roles of Student Council is to act as a liaison between students and administration at PLC. In order to better realise this aim, a dinner was held in the Boarding House for the members of both the School Council and ourselves. The result was a very pleasurable evening (as the trials and tribulations of one Council member's poor goldfish were unravelled) which gave the opportunity for the interaction of the two bodies.

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T Adonis, A Pidgeon, A Whiteman, P

E Easton, J ottle, C Murray

Our other major activity for the year was the visit of four schools (Aquinas, Guildford, Trinity and Wesley) to PLC. Four student representatives, accompanied by their principals, were taken for a tour around the grounds, followed by a lunch and then Assembly before they returned to their respective schools. This visit allowed them some notion of the way our school operates, as well as the chance to compare, contrast and exchange constructive ideas on the different systems of the schools. (We decided that making the Year Eights set out and put away the

chairs for every assembly, as was the case with one school, would not be too well received here.)

All in all, the year seemed to pass very quickly as we worked to maintain the standards set by previous Student Councils. It was a very enjoyable and worthwhile year and, after congratulating the members of next year's Student Council on being appointed, we would also like to wish them the best of luck for 1992.

(/-r): Z Turner, S Foreman, S Voce, 0 Gillam, P Horwood, C Willmott, E Wilson Centre:

Cooke, H Wright, F Reid Front: A Mills,

Elspeth Wilsoll Year /2

YEAR 11 STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENT ATIVES

Back (L-R): M Johnston, J Gifford, E Kopke, F Ainsworth, J Officer, H Picton- Warlow Front: T West, 0 Hovell, L Vanderboom, Y Pearce, E Wendt

FORUM

Back (/-r): E Kopke, S Whiteman, T de Bijl, S Price, A Greer, G Micke, M Gardiner, E Matthews, Y Pearce Front: M Robinson, T Calnan, A Hansen, S Lillis, N Howard, M Branson

BAIRD

Well, in traditional Baird style, we have seen another very successful and exciting year for Baird in all Inter-House activities and it was fantastic to see the whole House participating - not only competing, but also supporting their fellow Bairdites.

Baird began the 1991 season with a great victory in the Inter-House Diving which acted as inspiration for the whole House, and generated great House spirit - which lasted all year. Despite not doing so well in the Inter-House Swimming, there was still plentiful encouragement coming from the Baird girls within the stands. This House spirit, particularly generated by the Year Elevens, certainly made things easier for Kerry, Sarah and me, as there was always an abundance of girls willing to participate in all House competitions throughout the year.

The beginning of the year also brought with it the exciting news of Miss Wright's engagement to a certain Mr O'Hara.

Apparently the wedding was beautiful and the now Mrs O'Hara returned to school after her honeymoon both refreshed and in high spirits, which no doubt contributed to the outstanding success of Baird House during the year.

Baird saw a very successful year in the sporting field as well as in the Arts. Inter-House sport was an area in which Baird was able to excel and we saw many wins not only from our Senior and Junior teams, but also from our Year Eights who have plenty of enthusiasm and House spirit -a combination which will make them, as a group, a huge asset to the House in the years to follow.

Other than the Inter-House Swimming and Diving which occurs at the beginning of the year, the other major InterHouse sporting event was the Inter-House Athletics which was held at the beginning of third term. This was a time of major headaches for all three House leaders - however, due to Kerry's expert organisation, the day ran with only the occasional hitch, which is extremely unusual for this

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occasion! Although Baird was unable to triumph in the Athletics, we still managed to be placed a commendable third in the marching and special congratulations must go to Michelle Worland, who was the Champion Girl for Year Ten and to Michelle Branson (Year Nine), Sally Addison (Year Eleven) and Pia Cooke (Year Twelve), who were all Runners-up for their year groups.

Baird also participated well in the Arts this year, and although we were not highly placed on the Performing and Functional Arts Day, the standard of the performance and the efforts that our House members made was very pleasing and reflected the kind of spirit that exists within Baird House. This year's House play, The Foe, was a huge success and my thanks go to Sarah who spent many hours choosing the play, holding auditions and casting, then rehearsing for the final performances. Everyone was extremely impressed with the high standard of this year's plays, and the Baird play was particularly commended. We narrowly missed out on winning the competition, but we were placed second, which was extremely pleasing and certainly made all that extra time and effort, particularly by the cast, seem more worthwhile. Special congratulations go to Sophie Gargett who was chosen as our Best Actress.

Special thanks to our two Service Representatives, Nita Allan and Tammy Gain, whose combined efforts have contributed to the School's great achievements in fundraising this year. The PLC Quiz ight was a particularly successful night. A vote of appreciation also to Mrs O'Hara. whose continued support throughout the year has been invaluable.

Finally, our best wishes go to Shannon, Sally and 10, and we hope that they make the most of their year and enjoy 1992 as much as Kerry, Sarah and I have enjoyed 1991.

Pia Cooke House Captain

CARMICHAEL

1991 has been a rewarding year for Carmichael and all members ofof the House have put in a memorable effort to contribute to Carmichael's consistent success.

Coming third in the Inter-House Swimming and second in the Inter-house Diving was a fantastic start to the year. Special mention must be made of Chelsea Ludbrook from Year Eleven and Alexandra Dunstan from Year Nine, who both won Championships.

Our first Open Day for the year resulted in great success. The House play, Dream Jobs, directed by Trudi, which the girls had been rehearsing since the beginning of the year, came third. The House choir, which comprised the entire House, was declared a pleasing second.

Carmichael alsohad a good contingent of public speakers who represented us well.

In third term we had our Inter-House Athletics. Although our athletes ought to be commended for their valiant efforts, this was not one our high-achieving days.

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The best way to put it is that we were a strong sixth!

The last major event in the year was the Arts Day in which Carmichael gained many firsts and seconds in both the Functional and Performing Arts, overall gaining a place of third in both. It was good seeing a general increase in House spirit with a lot of girls participating and we hope to see this continuing through the years to come.

In all the sporting events of the year Carmichael has obtained consistent results, thanks to the outstanding level of participation. Special congratulations must go to Nicki Telfer who won the Junior section of the Inter-House Gymnastics. The three of us have "had a ball", leading Carmichael into better times.

We hope to see more victories in the future, and wish Liz, Susie and Lara as much fun as we had this year.

Trudi, Alison and Fiona

FERGUSON

Ferguson House: there is so much to say about this brilliant group of people. Throughout 1991 the Ferguson team has displayed many outstanding talents in all possible avenues. There are girls who participate in an extraordinary number of activities and these people deserve particular acclaim. However, Ferguson can be referred to as a team because all members make valuable contributions, even if it's simply coming to House meetings to applaud those who are recognised as outstanding achievers.

The unity and spirit that has become tradition for Ferguson House have undoubtedly carried on this year. It has been a pleasure, even an honour, for us to represent this dedicated group of people.

Throughout the year several major Arts activities took place including the House Play Competition, Creative Arts and Performing Arts festivals. The House play, Barnstable, directed by Arts Captain, Lizzie Burt, proved to be a very successful and rewarding event. Special congratulations must go to the cast: Catherine Murray, Victoria Patton, Patti Horwood, Stephanie Price and Georgina Walsh. The cast's dedication, consistent talent, House spirit and enthusiasm eamed them first place. Although it was a small cast, other Ferguson girls contributed backstage as well as in the production of a very effective and professional set.

Ferguson gained first place in the Debating in the Performing Arts and second place in the Functional Arts. Congratulations to Abby Mackie of Year Eight for her talented contribution throughout the year in all areas of the Arts. It was the

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support from the House members like Abby that made Lizzie's job so rewarding. Congratulations to Ferguson for winning the Arts Festival Cup -a victory that was definitely deserved!

Ferguson has also excelled in sport this year. To begin with, Fergo swam past the other teams to win the swimming. Some outstanding "Ladies in Red" were Carolyn Jenour and Suzanne and Meisha Stirling. We were also successful in the Inter-House Athletics, Ferguson coming second overall. Special mention goes to Pia Kilburn of Year Eight and Trilby Smith of Year Nine. Lizzie Smith also displayed sporting excellence. Other sporting events saw Fergo come first in the Senior hockey and fifth in the Senior netball.

Fergoites' agility and flexibility were displayed when our gymnasts took out second in the Inter-House Gymnastics Competition. Thanks to all those who put in many hours of training in order to achieve such an outstanding result. Lots of fun was had by all volleyball and badminton participants, regardless of our comparitively small degree of success. Once again, a sense of Fergoship saw almost the whole of Ferguson House running in the Cross Country to be rewarded with first place. Sasha is proud of the House's performance and their overflow of enthusiasm, bravery and a willingness to participate. In conclusion, Ferguson has had a wonderful year. Congratulations to all Fergoites. You really made our roles this year very rewarding. Good luck to next year's officials - Dani, Kate, Jo and Helen.

MCNEIL

McNeil's House motto is "Victory or Death" and we certainly lived or died. We began the year with a slow start which showed in the Inter-House Swimming as McNeil placed sixth in the swimming and fourth in the diving. However, throughout the year, with enthusiasm and hard work by many girls, McNeil did well in tennis, volleyball, basketball and hockey. (Special mention must be made of the Senior hockey team who came an incredible and well-deserved second!) We were placed fourth in the Inter-House Gymnastics and a very creditable second in the Cross Country.

Athletics was next and a buzzing began around the school. The question was asked: "Could Mc eil win again?" With enthusiasm increasing as the day grew closer, our team looked fit, healthy and ready to defend the title. At the end of the individual events McNeil's chances did not look so promising, as we had not had many first place-getters. Victory depended on our relays and the pressure was on. Then the depth of talent in McNeil House showed in all years, as both first and second divisions came in either first or second. We also had three champions in the athletics: Simone Barker and Marie Pennock of Year Eight and Carmen Willmott of Year Twelve. This team effort allowed Mc eil to triumph and win the trophy once again. Well done girls, especially those who entered events at the last minute due to a few casualties. With victory in sight, McNeil "swung those arms" and also won the marching trophy.

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The first Arts Day saw strong performances from both debaters and public speakers, with a special mention to Anita Hansen who won the Year Eight public speaking. The House Choir performed The Streets of London and was deservedly placed third. The play Crossways, directed by our dedicated Arts Captain, Anna Ladyman, was McNeil's entry in the Inter-house Drama Competition. The time and effort the cast and crew put in proved to be worthwhile, with Anna gaining only a few grey hairs! Congratulations go to Jessica Bunning, who was our Best Actress.

The final Arts Day was successful for McNeil with many entries in both the Functional and the Performing Arts. The high standard of entries in the Functional Arts was reflected in achieving second place. Our peformances in the Performing Arts were not quite as brilliant with an overall placement of sixth. Special mention should be made of the Year Twelve House Tutor Group who came first in the Group Improvisation and our dancers, who received a standing ovation for their dance to Crease Megamix.

Thank you to all McNeilians for your support and enthusiasm and hopefully next year's House Officials, Meagan, Kate and Mel, will have as good a year as Anna, Sue and myself have had. Special thanks to Mr Leach, who helped us throughout the year to do as well as we have. Congratulations McNeil!

Carmen Willmott House Captain

STEWART

Congratulations to all the talented individuals who have contributed to the success of Stewart House this year. It is not only talent, but more importantly, the continued strength of participation in all House activities which has allowed Stewart to achieve consistently in all areas.

Inter-House Swimming was the first activity for the year and the dedication and enthusiasm of our little green people in the pool (and those cheering wildly from the stands!) resulted in a well-deserved second place. Special congratulations must go to Tiffany West of Year Eleven and Megan Brand of Year Eight, each of whom was Runner-up to the Champion in her year.

After weeks of rehearsal the first Arts Day of the year arrived. The activities began with the House Choir Competition, with Stewart producing a hard act to follow. Our first placewas undoubtedly achieved through the constant commitment of ninety Stewart girls who practised hard in order to breeze through the three-part harmony of Lollipop!

One of the most testing tasks was the production of the House play. Its success wouldnot have been possible without the dedication and hard work of the entire cast and crew. The combination came together to produce a moving and thought-provoking play. Congratulations to Devika Hovell who was declared Best Actress and to Simone Shugg who was Runner-up.

Public Speaking was well organised by Bronwyn Andrew. Many thanks to all those who worked so diligently on their speeches.

Our debaters were equally dedicated and all debates were of a high standard. However, our Year Eleven!fwelve team won with flying colours! Thank you to Simone Shugg, Margot Whittall and Sanchia Whiteman for their hard work.

This year to raise money for the Service fund, a scones, jam and cream stall was organised on Arts Day. Its success must be attributed to the hard work of Bronwyn Andrew,

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Liz Dawson and Louise Pearce.

The Cross Country presented our House with another chance to demonstrate our sporting prowess! Thanks to the organisation of our Sports Captain, as well as team spirit and participation, we achieved a commendable third place!

The second Arts Day of the year was for both Performing and Functional Arts. This provided students with an opportunity to show their artistic talents. The overall enthusiasm and high standard of performance resulted in a well-deserved first place for Stewart in the Performing Arts and fourth in the Functional Arts.

The Inter-House Athletics was the last major sporting event for the year and it was once again enjoyed by all. Stewart gained a comfortable third place in the athletics and a close second in the marching - thanks to all those lunchtime practices!

The other House sports throughout the year - volleyball, hockey, basketball and badminton to mention a few - were well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by both Senior and Junior groups. Many thanks to all those dedicated afterschool participants.

Last, but by no means least, our special thanks must go to all the Staff members of Stewart House and in particular Mrs Robinson for her guidance and support in all House activities, but especially in times of crisis!

Overall, Stewart has achieved much throughout the year and our thanks go to the students of all years, particularly the Year Twelves who have backed up the officials consistently and without whom our success would not have been possible.

Best wishes to the House Officials for 1992 - Tiffany West, Sanchia Whiteman and Emma Kopke.

Carie Low, Sue Foreman and .len Skipworth.

SUMMERS

Summers House has once again had an outstanding year. Effort was put into all activities and congratulations must be extended to all members of the House.

The year began with the Inter-House Swimming Competition and a well deserved fourth placewas achieved. Congratulations to the several members of the House who were either Year Champions or Runners-up. Well done also to the Summers girls whohelped PLC with their tremendous victory in the Inter-School Swimming. Although Summers is not renowned for exceptional results in the swimming it did not in any way disgrace itself.

The Inter-House Play Competition was the next major event on the School calendar. An extremely difficult one act drama, Man on the Mountain, was chosen. However, thanks to Fleur's directing and acting ability, the able support given by Nurette on stage and the efforts of the back-stage crew, the production was of a very high standard. Throughout the whole of the year Summers girls continued to display the high standard of performance in the Arts which· has been evident in the past. Great performances were given in the debating, public speaking and all the individual events on Performing Arts Day. A high standard was also exhibited in the Functional Arts area, with quite a few Summers girls showing their artistic flair!

The House choir proved to be a little difficult to get underway but we eventually gave a truly remarkable performance,

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even if the judges didn't think so. Well done to those who DID sing and good luck to the girls who organise it next year.

Inter-House sports was an area where Summers certainly showed its true ability. Firsts and seconds were gained in the netball, basketball and hockey. Well done to all the teams. Also, thanks to all the boarders who were continually relied upon to make up numbers.

The Inter-House Athletics was once again a great day. A good effort was put in by all of the House, with some girls gaining exceptional results. Congratulations to those members of the House who were either Year Champions or Runners-up and also special thanks to those girls who helped with the marshalling etc.

On behalf of Fleur, Kirsty and myself, I would like to thank all the members of Summers House for their enthusiastic participation and great efforts throughout the year. Summers performed at a level of which we can all be proud.

Special thanks to Mrs Milne and Mrs Mills for their great support as House Advisers, Mrs Moon for being a terrific House Tutor and to all the Year Twelves for their continual support and help throughout the year.

Good luck to Yonnene, Jane and Harriet. You will all do great things for the House and if you have as much fun as Kirsty, Fleur and I did, you'll love it!

Dallas Gillam House Captain

ARTS REPORT

PLC Arts in 1991. What a full and exciting year!

Once again, PLC students have maintained an outstanding level of both participation and ability in Arts. The enthusiasm and dedication of all the House Arts Captains was reflected in the energy and spirit of the students and I must thank and congratulate Trudi, Lizzie, Anna, Fleur, Catie and Sarah for their perseverance and excellent work. Mrs Heptinstall has enthusiastically coordinated a variety of Arts activities throughout the year. I am extremely grateful to her and to all other Staff members who have supported the Arts this year.

Inter-House debating and public speaking headed the agenda for 1991. Once again it was revealed that PLC girls can hold their own in a good argument! Over all, Ferguson won the debating and Stewart came first in the public speaking. However, all girls performed admirably, displaying not only talent and skill in the preparation of their speeches, but immense courage in their ability to deliver them - particularly those who reached the finals and performed on Open Day.

The first of the Open Arts Days was held shortly after the first term holidays. Debating and public speaking finals, the Inter-House Choir Competition and House Plays took place, enabling the wider School community to sample some of the cultural delights that PLC has to offer. In House Choirs this year, a large emphasis was placed on participation, with some choirs consisting of almost the entire House. The Arts Captains or their delegates offered a wide range of songs, with Stewart House's outstanding performance of Lollipop deservedly receiving first place.

The House Play performances were a culmination of weeks of hard work by all involved. The audience was presented with a variety of delightful performances, from comedy and melodrama to theatre of the absurd. Ferguson House won the competition with their performance of the hilarious absurdist play, Barnstahle. Everyone showed great enthusiasm, resulting in a very enjoyable day and inspiring us to work towards our second Arts Day in September.

PLC's involvement in the Arts in 1991 extended further into the community. Once again, other schools drew on the talents of PLC and many girls had the

opportunity to participate in theatrical productions outside the School. Our girls were involved in very successful productions of On the Raz:le with Christ Church Grammar School and By Common Consent with Scotch College. A team of Year Ten students participated in Theatresports, and a dance team was entered into the 1991 Rock' n' Roll Eisteddfod. We can also be proud of the efforts of our Year Eleven Mock Trial teams who competed very successfully this year.

Golden Valley, the Year Twelve production for this year, involved the entire Theatre Arts group. This required many hours of work on scenery, set and costume design and rehearsals by the girls with guidance and support from Mrs Cable, who also took charge of the lower school production of The Italian Straw Hat.

Music students were in demand and kept very busy throughout this year with many activities for the various groups. The Pipe and Stage bands and Chorale had several engagements including the wedding of our very own Miss Wright and a lunch for Harry Secombe. The Stage Band was well received at the York Jazz Festival and, for the first time in many years, the Concert Band performed in the WA Schools' Bands Festival and was awarded an 'excellent' rating. The Chorale's annual combined concert with Guildford Grammar School was a great success, delighting everyone who came to St Andrew's with their performances of Mozart's Vespers and a selection of songs. The whole Music Department was involved in the annual Music Camp to Fairbridge Village in Pinjarra. What seem to have become 'camp traditions' (the dilemma of the disappearing firewood, the gourmet delights and the Saturday night 'jam sessions ') were upheld and four days of intensive rehearsal kept everyone occupied. Other highlights of the camp were the beautiful chapel service and a stirring farewell song to Mrs Jarvis, sung by all the campers. Thank you to Mr McNess and all the Staff of the Music Department who contribute so much to the Arts at PLC

With the advent of spring came our second Arts Day, an opportunity for girls to display (or discover!?) their talents in the areas of Performing and Functional Arts. Visitors to the School could choose from a programme of music, dance and drama performed in various venues or

SCHOOL ARTS CAPTAIN

Catherine Murray

could view displays of art, and creative sewing and cooking. During the lunch break, overseas students again delighted the audience in Carmichael Hall with a special performance. All Houses are to be commended for their participation and organisation on the day. This year the Arts Festival Cup was reintroduced and presented to Ferguson House for the best placing over the two Arts Days.

And so the major Arts activities for 1991 have come to an end. What a stimulating and demanding year it has been! The area of Arts encompasses such a diverse range of activities at PLC that there is always an activity to organise or to participate in. House Arts Captains, it must sometimes seem a thankless task as you contemplate the weeks of preparation for each event but your work does not pass without appreciation. The evidence lies in the continuing high quality of performance at PLC Remember this as yOll take up the challenge in 1992!

As School Arts Captain for 1991 I have enjoyed being involved in this area of School life. The year has been a wonderful culmination of my five years at PLC leaving me with many happy and lasting memories. I extend my heartfelt thanks to Mrs Heptinstall and to all the Year

Twelve girls who gave up their time in such a busy year, to assist with Arts activities. [wish next year's School Arts Captain, Jennie Officer, the best of luck. May you find the year to be all that you hope it to be.

Catherine Murray

Year Twelve Production

From June 16th to June 21st this year, the two Year Twelve Theatre Arts classes performed (on alternative nights) Dorothy Hewett's play, Golden Valley. During this time those who were students by day were transformed by night into witches flying on broom sticks, mysterious green boys, uncles and aunties, villains and heroes, cats, wombats, cranes and possums, nuns, fairies and magical trees. Needless to say, the performances by both classes were very successful and delighted audiences both young and old (as well as those in between).

However, before the performances could begin, there were endless rehearsals and the usual demanding task of designing and making costumes and constructing sets and props (not to mention the destruction and mysterious disappearance of some of them) so that at times it seemed almost impossible that we would be ready by the deadline.

The six nights of performance saw desperate efforts to get moustaches and wigs to stay on and to make up lines spontaneously to cover forgotten cues, as well as coping with countless technical failures. In spite of all this, there were many enjoyable moments and, by the last night, feelings of anxiety gave way to relief and a sense of satisfaction for a job well done.

In her own individual way, every girl involved in the production gained something, whetherexperience, enjoyment or perhaps the making of friendships that will last for many years to come. We would like to say thank you to Mrs Cable, the lady who "put it all together" and brought the play to life as well as showing the talents of the cast and backstage crew.

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Audrey Lim

House Choir Competition

This year the House choirs reached an extremely high standard, reflecting a lot of hard work and effort by everyone concerned.

It was a very difficult task to adjudicate, as all the songs were so varied in style, many containing interesting harmonies. However, the adjudicator provided the choirs with some valuable insights and helpful hints on their performances.

The final results were: First - Stewart House Lollipop, Second - Carmichael House California Dreamin' and ThirdMcNeil House Streets of London.

The enthusiasm shown by all participants was great, especially in Stewart's choirwhere their enjoyment of singing Lollipop was so obvious.

Congratulations to everyone involved, especially the House Arts Captains and conductors. Best of luck to next year's choristers!

Anna Ladyman Year /2

House Plays

This year's House plays were once again of an exceptionally high standarddisplaying the wonderful dramatic talent of many PLC girls. The plays were performed over two nights, with the final adjudication taking place on May 8th, the first Arts Day of the year. The adjudicator was Mrs Margaret-Ann Dastlik, from Scotch College, who found it tremendously difficult to separate the plays due to their incredibly high standard. Thank you, Mrs Dastlik, for your time and effort.

Although all the plays were very entertaining, and performed brilliantly, a winner had to be decided. The Ferguson play, Barnstable, superbly directed and performed, was given first place. The play, in the absurdist style, centred around the Carboy family, and its fast-paced action and dialogue kept the entire audience in stitches.

Baird House was awarded second place with their play, The Foe. This play revealed that each of us has a dark side to our character, and was particularly clever in its choreography.

Third place was awarded to Carmichael's Dream Jobs, which concerned the dreams and aspirations of five teenage girls as

they waited in an employment office. The Exit, performed by Stewart House, was a spine-chilling play concerning an evening in which one character disappears by the end - never to be remembered again!

McNeil presented Crossways, which revolved around Elizabeth and her new house (Crossways) where she made some surprising discoveries about a past life.

Summers' play, The Man on the Mountain, was the story of a disturbed woman struggling to communicate with the man who stole her world.

All plays were enormously successful and a credit to the directors (who spent many a sleepless night worrying!) as well as the hard-working cast and backstage crew of each House.

Ainslie Reddin Year /2

Results

- Lizzie Burt Ferguson Director

Best

- Barnstable

Actress - Catherine Murray

Inter- House Public Speaking

This year the Public Speaking Competition reverted to the format of 1987, with the heats being held during House meeting times in first term.

Once the finalists were chosen they had the holidays to prepare what proved to be some very interesting and controversial speeches.

The finals were held on the first Arts Day, May 8th, and they were adjudicated by Mrs Hollyock from Methodist Ladies' College. Mrs Hollyock was very impressed by the high standard displayed and commented that her job was very difficult as all finals were very close.

The competition began with the Year Eights who spoke on the topic "I hate Mondays" which gave a very humorous insight into some people's Monday morning activities. Anita Hansen of McNeil House defeated Abby Mackie from Ferguson, but both speeches were of an exceptionally high standard.

The Year Nine topic "I'll Do it Tomorrow", produced similarly humorous speeches from Lucy Erskine of Baird House and Liz Shave from Ferguson. Liz won by a small margin.

Year Tens were presented with a very difficult topic, "Illusions", but both speakers handled it well, with Sophie Gargett from Baird defeating Carmichael's Jacinta John.

The Year Elevens also had a difficult topic, "He who Pays the Piper ", however, both speeches were of a very high calibre and Mrs Hollyock was visibly impressed. Lara Edelman (Carmichael) defeated Harriet PictonWarlow (Summers).

The Year Twelve topic, "The Silent Majority Deserves What it Gets", was by far the most interesting, and the two speakers' interpretations of the topic were completely different. Both Nurette Matijasevich of Summers and Amy Hutchison of Carmichael scored highly, but Amy just defeated Nurette.

To everyone involved in the competition this year, both speakers and helpers, thank you and congratulations on your efforts.

Fleur Hull

DEBATING

Back (I-r): C Hogg, S Gargett, N Lannin, S Steed, C Piper, A Hutchison, L Price, N Howard Centre: S Rees, L Murray, R Lannin, K Moss, N Parkinson, C Murray, S Pickard, A Mackie Front: R Ferry, M Kennaugh, M Kelly, N Pearse, A Poynton, B Shoesmith, E Martin, J Johnson

Debating

"Good evening Adjudicator, Chairperson, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to tonight's debate. This evening's topic is debating at PLC"?

Well perhaps not, but while we're on the topic, PLC, ably coached by Mr Saunders and Ms Naughton, have just completed the 1991 debating season. With the large number of new debaters, (especially in the junior teams) the emphasis this year was on participation, rather than winning. As we all tried our hands at the' gift of the gab', wittily out-smarting our opposition, we proved that debating really is fun. PLC entered both junior and senior teams in two competitions this year - AHISA and W ADL. A Year Twelve impromptu team was entered for the first time this year, making for interesting results. The team was given forty-five minutes to prepare a convincing argument for topics such as "It's Better to Die Rich than Live

Rich" -a nerve-wracking experience!

The Year Ten team did well, reaching the final rounds of the competition, but unfortunately were defeated.

The disappointment of being knocked out before the finals was compensated for as we all made our way to 'Sizzlers' for the end of year dinner. We knew all those lunch-times in C25 would payoff!

Thank you to Sarah Steed who did a fantastic job as Debating Captain, offering advice and support whenever it was needed. Good luck to next year's teams (especially to next year's captain, Melanie Kennaugh) and a word of advice to all debaters: don't let Mr Saunders get out of his promisedpost-debate trips to Hungry Jack's!

Amy Hutchison and Linda Price.

String Ensemble

1991 is the second year that the String Ensemble, as such, has existed and the improvement in our playing has surely been heard in the pieces that we have performed during this year.

Our repertoire is increasing and the variety of music that we have played ranges from pieces such as Silver String Rag to Pachabel 's Canon. The enthusiasm within the ensemble is growing as the standard is getting higher and the hard work of our conductor, Ollie Cuneo, is much appreciated.

Music Camp provided time for the ensemble to improve on various aspects of our playing as we rehearsed for many hours each day.

The results of our efforts were heard on the Sunday of the Music Camp and at the two other concerts held at Hollywood Retirement Village and at PLC. If the applause from the audience is any measure of judgement of our performance, our efforts throughout the year were worthwhile. Good luck for 1992 and best wishes to Nia Pericles who is String Ensemble leader for next year.

Becky Dean Year 12

STRING ENSEMBLE

Back (L-R): G Bolden, R Dean, N Pericles, C Munay Front: H Tabert, J Kenyon

MUSIC CAPTAINS

Back (L-R): SPratt, S Foreman Front: R Dean, J Nottle, K Brodie

Concert Band

P Holmes, SKelly, K Williams, H Wilcox, R Dean, K Brodie, K

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L Price, SPickard, C Cooper, D Hovell, D Ferry, H Picton-Warlow, M Piowczyk-Kruk, K Pilkington

C Murray, S Huggens, G Knowles, A Mutch, J John, S Foreman, J Egan, C Forbes, J Bunning, P Thunder, M Gardiner

Z Stewart, E Jackson, K Dahl, B Andrews, STubby, C Low, A Robson, L Gara Front: Holdsworth, K Munckton, M Moir, J Paganoni, G Micke, J Moir, C Mildern, J Adams Abs: C Walsh

Despite the depleted nature of the band after the departure of the 1990 Year Twelves, the addition of many new members at the start of this year soon restored the lost numbers and the band pulled together to achieve pleasing progress throughout this year.

We have all benefited greatly from the energy andexperience of our conductor, Mr Brian Underwood, who has improved the standard of the band so much that we were able to achieve success in the 1991 WA Schools' Bands Festival (which will be mentioned again later).

A concert at the Cottesloe Civic Centre in May to raise money for the music centre featured the Concert Band as well as the Stage Band. Other groups such as the Chorale, String Ensemble and Pipe Band also demonstrated their talents. The Concert Band was able to show their progress in the performance of Meditation from Thais, two movements from the Hebrides Suite, and the theme from Ice Castles. A delicious afternoon tea 'topped off' an enjoyable afternoon.

On 2nd August, approximately 180 students all piled into buses and drove to Fairbridge Farm for the renowned, annual Music Camp. Despite late nights and exhausted bodies, the hours of intensive

rehearsal applied during this weekend did much to improve some of the band's pieces. We also worked on a 'fun' piece called Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, which featured three soloists in three part harmony: Sonja, Sue and Sarah. Our main aim at Music Camp was to prepare our two pieces (Westport Overture and three movements from Hebrides Suite) for the Bands Festival to be held on August 23rd. We gave a practice performance of these for family and friends on the Sunday afternoon.

The Concert Band and Stage Band combined with the City of Perth Brass Band on the Sunday after Music Camp to give a concert for family and friends. This was a great success with our bands playing well and the pleasure of listening to the talents of the Brass Band, also conducted by Mr Underwood, all contributing to the enjoyment of the occasion.

It was the first time for many years that the PLC Concert Band had been entered in the Schools' Bands Festival, so we wanted to put on our best performance to show them what PLC could do. Many rehearsals and performances went towards refining and improving our pieces, until we almost knew them backwards. The day for our performance at the festival

finally arrived and we all boarded buses to take us to John Forrest Senior High School. We performed extremely well and returned to school feeling that we had done our very best, and when the adjudicators' report came back, we were awarded an "excellent" for our efforts.

As a finale to the great year the band has had, we will perform at Speech Night which will, I hope, demonstrate our progress throughout the year. Many thanks must go to Mr Underwood, who has been extremely patient and encouraging and who has inspired the band to a higher standard of playing.

I would like to say, as a last thought, that I believe music should be enjoyed by everyone, the performers and the audience, and this is, I hope, what is achieved through the many concerts given by the music department of PLC.

Thank you to all the members of the Concert Band. I appreciated your support and effort in everything the band did. Best wishes to next year's Band Captain, Shannon Tubby, and I'm sure the band will be as successful, if not more so, than it was this year.

Kathryn Brodie Year 12

Back (L-R): J Gifford, T West, M Fletcher, G Wilkins, E Wilson, T Cooper, E Kopke, J Tremlett, A Ladyman

5th row: S Huigens,

Sadler,

Moss, K Crawley, S Mutch 4th row: B Basnett, Hyde,

3rd row:

2nd row:

Pipe Band

This year has been very exciting for the PLC Pipe Band, not only for the many varied performances, but also because 1991 marks the tenth anniversary of its establishment.

We began the year with an exciting first performance at Government House and the band was still kept busy during second and third terms. Some of our performances included the reunion of Normandy Veterans at St Columba's Church, solo performances at Observation City and the Foundation Dinners, plus a very exciting involvement in the play On The Ra:zle held at His Majesty's Theatre. This was a very new experience for the band. The girls played exceptionally well every night for the week and although it was tiring it was well worth being involved.

Music Camp came around again and as usual a great deal of time, effort and fun was shared by all. The many hours of practice certainly paid off and the improvement shown made the camp worthwhile. The performances at Hollywood and at the PLC gymnasium demonstrated how much had been accomplished in such a short space of time.

Although the band did not participate in the Anzac Day parade this year, we certainly made up for it at the graduation march of Airforce cadets through Perth. It was a long march and will be remembered by all, especially by those who wished they had longer legs!

Once again, the band played for the InterHouse Athletics and also at the Cottesloe Primary School Fair. We were also

PIPE BAND

BACK(L-R): Pipe Major: S Pran, K Wilkinson, J Edwards, G Devlin, N Kelly, J Marquis, C Seubert, S Addison, A Walden, D O'Driscoll, J Manton, T. Crombie, Drum Major: J Nonie.

Front: S. Lapsley, R Monis, Lead Stroke: K Wallace, L Munro, A Shepherdson. E Finlayson, N Meares, L Goff, T Laurie, S Tribe, FReid.

invited to play at the International Cricket Match at Lilac Hill Park. This was again an honour and it was most exciting to see the great game of cricket up close.

Thanks must go to our instructors, Mr and Mrs Jones and Mrs Miller, whose tremendous efforts and support have been greatly appreciated. They will be sadly missed by those leaving the band this year.

Well done to all members of the band for the enormous amount of time and effort given throughout the year.

All the best for 1992, especially to Kim Wallace (Drum Major), Sally Addison (Pipe Major) and Libby Finlayson (Lead Stroke). We hope you continue to enjoy belonging to the PLC Pipe Band just as much as we have! We will miss you all.

JUNIOR SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE Standing (L-R): T Shapter, M Kopcheff, K Duckham, J Golding

Seated: L Bath, E Knox, CM Fadjiar, J Taylor Jane, Sonja alld Kim

JUNIOR SCHOOL STRING ENSEMBLE

Standing (/-r): Riles, H Tabert, R Blackmore, J Kenyon, A Matich Seated (L-R): Mrs A Kan, S Dixon, K Hovell, K Hartz, D Jayaraman, J Nelson, E Pickard

YEAR 4/5 STRING ENSEMBLE

Standing (L-R): C Crompton, C Cazzolli, G Kopcheff, L Peacock, L Chan Seated (L-R): V Lee, C Alexander. Z Turner, K Michelly, Mrs A Kan

Stage Band

The PLC Stage Band has had a tremendous year this year, performing at several interesting and exciting occasions. The support of our band leader, Mr Brian Underwood, enabled the band to perform at a high standard and to gain much valuable experience through these many and varied performances.

Our first public perfornlance for the year was at the Kalamunda Jazz Festival on April 7, where we were very well received. We played twice, once in the afternoon under the marquee and also that night in the hall. Considering the small amount of time that we were able to spend on our pieces, we played very well and the enthusiastic audience certainly cheered us on to greater efforts. This was Sonja, our vocalist's, first public performance and her renditions of Summertime and California Dreamin' were greatly enjoyed by the audience.

The Stage Band also received an exciting invitation to play at the Sheraton Hotel in Perth at a birthday luncheon for Sir Harry Secombe. We accepted with a certain amount of trepidation for fear that our ability would not live up to the high expectations of our audience. We need not have worried, however, as our listeners were very receptive and we enjoyed playing immensely. Later, the School received a framed photograph of us playing there, which is now hanging in the Music Centre as a reminder of the occasion.

Our next performance was at the annual Music Camp at Fairbridge Farm. The many hours of rehearsal allowed us to extend our repertoire and include a piece for our other vocalist, Sue Foreman, It Don't Mean a Thing, If You Ain't Got that Swing. The informal family concert on Sunday allowed us to demonstrate our progress to our families and friends and the afternoon was greatly enjoyed by everyone involved. We also performed with the other music ensembles at Hollywood Village on the way back from Fairbridge and also in the PLC Gymnasium when we returned, for a primary school audience.

The warm spring days in late September saw us in York for the WA Jazz Festival. This was a great experience and has become a main event each year for the PLC Stage Band. We were scheduled to play at 4.00pm on Saturday so, after walking around and listening to other bands for a while, we assembled our gear

STAGE BAND

Back (L-R): G Wilkins, K Dahl, K Sadler, L Price, K Brodie, A Ladyman, STubby Centre: D Ferry, C Low, S Foreman, C Murray, J Egan, C Forbes, A Robson Front: G Micke, N Holdsworth, A Stratford, H Wilcox, T West, SPratt, E Wilson, RAmey

and proceeded with our performance. Despite the unfamiliar venue and the warm conditions, the audience increased in number while we were playing, which was most encouraging. After our performance on Saturday, we went to Katie Munckton's grandmother's home, where Mr and Mrs Munckton provided us with a delicious meal of hamburgers and steak. They had generously given up their time to drive to York from Toodyay to help with this meal, so thanks go to them for their kindness

Saturday night proved to be a perfect opportunity to watch many really good jazz bands playing and to marvel at their powers of improvisation. The bands in the Town Hall provided music for dancing and a few people dressed up in interesting costumes. The US Seventh Fleet Band and the trio "The Skirts" were two bands which I personally enjoyed.

We left York late Saturday night to go to the Muncktons' farm 'Deepdale' near Toodyay. It was a long drive, with many of us dropping off to sleep on the way there. We all slept very well that night, too, exhausted from the day before and morning came much too quickly for most of us. Mr and Mrs Munckton provided a lovely breakfast for us so that we did not need to leave early to return to York for the Jazz Breakfast. (I'm sure the sleepy Year Twelves will be eternally grateful for this!) Our performance on Sunday wasrecei ved well and we were most pleased with the standard we reached. After lunch and a walk around York, mingling with the enormous crowd and

listening to bands playing in the main street, we left in the bus to return to Perth, all exhausted, but really pleased to have been involved in such an exciting event. Jazz really offers a lot of opportunities in music!

Many thanks to Mr Underwood for organising our participation in the Festival again this year, and for driving us around, and thank you too, Mr Lanagan, for helping with the driving. Special thanks also to the Munckton family for their generous hospitality.

Our last performance for this year will be, of course, Speech Night - where our amazing musical skill will demonstrate the results of a lot of hard work done by us and by Mr Underwood throughout the year.

I would like to express our appreciation to Mr Underwood for all the enthusiasm and energy he has spent on us to help the Stage Band reach a high level of performance.

Thank you also to all the members of the Stage Band for your co-operation and support throughout the year. It was great having a full band present at most rehearsals!

I would like to wish next year's Stage Band Captain, Genevieve Wilkins, the best of luck in 1992 and I'm sure the band will continue its success in the years to come.

Kathryn Brodie Year 12

CHOIR

Back (L-R): M West, C Paparde, H Fitzpatrick, S Foreman, B Andrew, M Fletcher, C Piper, K Brodie, A Jorgensen 6th row: F Tan, E Yeo, A Johnson, C Raines, C Anderson, K Ludecke, J Mills, A Ahmad, G Wilkins, K Pile, SPratt, R Dean, A McLarty, S Rees, H McKenzie, K Warren 5th row: S Gwee, C Anderson, S Huggens, Z Stewart, A Mutch, K Evershed, J Barnes, L Munro, STubby, H Wilcox, V Mee, K Tubby, J Wheatley, E Bovell, N Sanbrook, J McKenzie, B Grave 4th row: A Kong, L Mar, R Huggins, S Stratford, A Stratford, J Bartley, S Price, C Williams, SPickard, L Lee, R Yeap, J Bunning, S Gargett, F Tribe, S Mok, S Lee 3rd row: E Jay, Y Wallman, S Boshart, D Hovell, H Picton-Warlow, L Edelman, T West, L Koh, J Hocking, K Pilkington, L Stone, I Ho, N Pericles 2nd row: F Warren, M Kopke, FLee, M Cushion, S Litwin, K Fitzpatrick, J John, C Seubert, S Knox, S Litwin, A Dahl, K Suresh, L Yong Front: S Stewart, K Sheehan, C Mather, J Johnson, L Garrity, S Prickett, J Moir, E Martin, A Joll, R Attwood, EGee.

Choir

The Choir this year has continued to maintain its usual high standard and it was encouraging to see many new faces. These new faces made their debut at the annual Easter Service where they combined with the more experienced members of the Choir. Over all, this was a polished performance, making a good start to the year.

Music Camp this year was once again held at Fairbridge Farm, Pinjarra, and provided all musicians with the opportunity to broaden their musical talents. The Choir was one ensemble that gained from this experience and, although rehearsals were somewhat tiring, our perfonnances during the camp displayed a high level of

achievement and all audiences were appreciative. The Choir's contribution was particularly valuable in such items as Flying Free and The Rhythm of Life. Congratulations to all involved.

The next task for Choir members was to demonstrate their talents at the annual School Service. The Choir's singing contributed to the flow of the service as well as the atmosphere of worship. All Things Bright and Beautiful by J. Rutter was particularly impressive as it set the peaceful, yet joyous mood for the congregation.

The Choir is presently rehearsing for the final performance at Speech Night. The programme is quite exciting as the Choir, Chorale and Concert Band will be joining together to present a selection of music

from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom o/the Opera.

Many thanks must go to Mr McNess, the conductor of the Choir. Our thanks also extend to Mrs Page and Mrs Kan, our piano accompanists. Their constant assistance is greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to all members of the PLC Choir. Enthusiastic participation as well as hard work has paid dividends.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my year as Choir Captain and would like to extend my best wishes to all members of next year's Choir. Good luck to Natasha Poynton, who is Choral Captain for the Choir in 1992.

Sue Foreman

Year /2

Presbyterian Ladies' College is very fortunate to have such a talented group of singers called the Chorale. The Chorale is made up of students who are currently studying voice under the expert guidance of Mrs Maribeth Williamson, who greatly inspires all her pupils with her individual and very enthusiastic style of teaching.

The Chorale's first performance for the year was at the funeral of the late Mr Tom Bunning at St. George's Cathedral on March 22, where we sang Hear us 0 Sal'iour.

The next performance was a privilege as we were asked to sing at the wedding of a member of our Social Studies staff, Miss Wright. This was especially enjoyable as we know her personally. Such experiences as these not only helped each of us to further and extend our musical talent but also gave us valuable experience singing in a group.

Two more concerts for the Chorale were at the Cottesloe Civic Centre on May 19 and then at Trinity Church on June 23, the

Chorale

anniversary of the Uniting Church.

The PLC Music Camp was the next event on the musical calendar, a chance for all ensembles to get together for a few days of intensive practice as well as performance. These extra rehearsals on the camp proved to be very beneficial to the Chorale.

The three performances which were given as a result of Music Camp were firstly to the parents and visitors who attended the barbecue on the Sunday at the camp, secondly to the Hollywood Repatriation Village in Nedlands on Monday August 4, and thirdly in the PLC Gymnasium for students from local primary schools.

The highlight of the year for the Chorale was to combine with Guildford Grammar School to give two concerts. The first was at St. Andrew's, where PLC sang a bracket of songs conducted by Mrs Williamson, followed by PLC and Guildford Grammar performing Mozart's Vespers, conducted by John Beaverstock. The experience was unforgettable and

extremely rewarding. The second combined concert took place at the beautiful Guildford Grammar Chapel, where the acoustics are superb. The performance was a huge success. thanks to a lot of hard work by all concerned and the quality of singing was outstanding. Congratulations to everyone involved.

For the past five years I have loved every part of my involvement with the Chorale and, needless to say, have gained immense enjoyment from it. There are many people to thank, but first and foremost I would like to say thank you to Mrs Williamson for her never-ending support and encouragement. Thank you also to Mrs Page, Mrs Kan and Mr McNess for accompanying us at our rehearsals and performances. Good luck to Melinda Fletcher, who is Choral Captain for Chorale in 1992.

Keep up the wonderful singing. I wish I could keep singing with you.

CHORALE

Sue Foreman Choral Captain

Back (L-R): A Jorgensen, S Litwin, K Ludecke, A Ahmad, C Piper, R Dean, S Pratt, A McLarty, S Rees 3rd row: A Mills, A Mutch, N Pericles, J John, S Foreman, H Wilcox, L Munro, M Fletcher, J Bunning, S Gargett, A Greer

2nd row: H Picton- Wariow, L Edelman, D Hovell, S Prickett, K Sheehan, J Wheatley, C Low Front: FReid, L Pearce, N Matijasevich, B Andrew, C Murray, J Edwards

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SPORTS REPORT

1991 has been a most successful year in the sporting field and one in which the School has, as a whole, excelled. Both individual performances and full team participation have been rewarded with high levels of achievement in many areas.

Perhaps the highlight of the year was our unexpected success at the twenty-seventh Inter-school Swimming Carnival. The solid all-round performances resulted in a thirty-one point win, breaking the seven year winning streak of St. Mary's, who finished in second position. Having only a handful of first places, we built up our point score mainly by consistent second and third placings, which was a credit to every member of the team. The overwhelming amount of school spirit generated by this win was enormous and something I'm sure everyone will remember for many years to come.

Success was also achieved by a combined age PLC volleyball team who participated at the National Schools' Volleyball Competition in Canberra last December. The team returned with gold medals from the Open Women's C grade, and these high standards were continued in the IGSSA volleyball competition, where PLC came fourth over all, with both the Senior A and Junior A winning their respective pennants. Special mention should be made of Michelle Duckworth who competed in Tasmania with the WA State under-seventeen team, and was then selected for the Australian Junior "All Star" team.

PLC participants in the Inter-School tennis competition were equally successful with the Junior A team winning their pennant and the school finishing in third position over all.

The same dedication and enthusiasm was also displayed in the Inter-school Netball Competition. The school finished in fourth position, with the Senior A winning their pennant. Outstanding individual performances were achieved by Michelle Worland and Jenny Keen who both represented the State in the underseventeen Netball Championships.

Special congratulations to Michelle Telfer who has continued her outstanding performances in gymnastics at both national and inter-national level. Michelle recently competed with the Australian team at the World Championships in America, where Australia came an outstanding sixth, thus qualifying for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Simi-

SCHOOL SPORTS CAPTAIN Alison Mills

larly, Michelle's sister, Nicola, has excelled in gymnastics as she has recently been selected to compete in the National Championships in the Eastern States. Even without the skills of Michelle (who, unfortunately for us, was competing elsewhere at the time) our own gym team performed extremely well at the annual Inter-school Gymnastics, where the team finished an excellent second. A similar result was achieved by the School diving team, who finished third at the IGSSA Diving Competition at the Superdrome. Special congratulations must be extended to Elizabeth Shave who earlier this year competed at the World Championships in Sweden.

Perhaps the biggest improvement shown this year was by the PLC basketball teams who completed the season in a worthy third position. This same creditable result was also achieved by our hockey teams, with the Senior A team winning their pennant. Kerrie Crawford then went on to play for the State in both under-eighteen and under twenty-one National Hockey Championships. Another outstanding individual performance was achieved in lacrosse by Caitlin Mildem who also represented W A.

An additional highlight of the year has been the introduction of rowing into the School's sporting calendar. Special

thanks must be extended to Mr Thornton for his untiring efforts with large numbers of Year Tens and Elevens. Our achievements, whilst not outstanding, have been very creditable for our first attempts.

This year saw PLC host the annual Interschool cross country at Perry Lakes, with the School teams coming fourth against tough competition. The organisation by both Staff and students resulted in a most successful afternoon.

The final I.G.S.S.A. event of the year was the Inter-school Athletics Competition held at Perry Lakes stadium on 26th October, where PLC finished a creditable third behind MLC and Penrhos. Perhaps of greater significance was that PLC won the Handicap Trophy recently renamed the Heather Barr Memorial Trophy, in honour of our late Principal -a fitting tribute to a dedicated educationist and a wonderful result to end the sporting year. In addition to the many inter-school activities, numerous inter-house competitions have also been held throughout the year. These have enabled all students to participate and it has been great to see many students taking advantage of these opportunities offered by the School and enjoying sport.

1991 has been a challenging year and one that I have thoroughly enjoyed. I would like to thank the PE Staff for all their support and advice throughout the year (it has been greatly appreciated) and for the commitment and enthusiasm of the House Sports Captains. Congratulations and best wishes to next year's Sports Captain, Fiona Ainsworth, and to the other sports officials.

I wish you all the best of luck in 1992, and most importantly enjoy your sport! Alison Mills Sports Captain

YEAR 12 SWIMMING

Swimming

Our swimming team had been training since the Christmas holidays and finally, on Friday March 15th, the night had come for us to prove to the other schools that we had the strength and the ability to come out on top.

St Mary's were going for a record of eight successive wins (to beat PLC's record of seven) so we were hoping to prevent this - and we did. From the first event, Beatty Park was electric! The School's support through the war cries and cheers was a tremendous boost to all team members who rose to the occasion and performed amazingly. Special congratulations to the Year Eights who put in a fantastic performance to win their Year pennant.

Thank you to Mrs Knight and Miss Hannon for all the time and effort they put in to help this year's team. Without their assistance we would not have been the dominating force that we were.

It was an excellent effort on the team's part, to win both the Handicap and the Boans trophies, Congratulations to the team. We all hope that PLC will continue to be a strong force in the InterSchool Swimming Competition for years to come.

YEAR 11 SWIMMING

YEAR 10 SWIMMING

Back (L-R): D Boichel, L Lovell, C Murray, K Jasper, F Gardiner, A Mills, A Buck, C Walsh Front: FReid, K Bowlay, E Smith, P Horwood, S Stirling, N Lannin, S Mackie Ahs. A Price

Back (L-R): J Tremlett, Y Pearce, J Officer, N Wakelin, E Kopke, L Edelman Front: R Creek, T West, A Turnseck, J Humphrys, D Hovell Abs. K Riley, C Ludbrook

Back (L-R): A Mutch, M West, L Gara, J Bunning, H Fitzpatrick, J Wheatley Centre: C Jenour, M Duckworth, A Walden, L Goff, R Lannin, A Smith Front: STate, M Worland, M Stirling, C Thorley, L Julian

Kirsty Bowlay Year 12

Diving

PLC is once again to be congratulated on a very successful diving season. Each girl trained hard and this was shown in the excellent results.

In my five years of diving for PLC I have never experienced such a high standard of competition as there was this year. It was hard work but I know we all enjoyed being a part of the team.

Special congratulations must go to Pia Kilburn, Elizabeth Shave and Jane McGillvray for winning their respective divisions in the IGSSA competition. Well done to all Year Eight and Year Nine divers for bringing back their Year pennants. Overall, the team finished in third place.

The performance at the State Schoolgirls' Competition was no exception to the previous high standard set by the divers. In both the Junior and Senior sections, PLC was placed third.

Mrs Whipp and our two diving coaches, Juliette Jones and Katie Stannage, gave a great deal of support and encouragement to the team this year and they must be thanked for all their effort and continual support during training and competitions.

Best of luck to all competitors for 1992, and keep up that team spirit.

Jayne NOllIe Year /2

YEAR 9 SWIMMING

Back (L-R): R Nicholson, P Thunder, T Green, J McGillvray, E Prowse, C Murray Front: J Thorley, T Camac, S Dunstan, T Smith, B Scott Ahs. E Shave

YEAR 8 SWIMMING

Back (L-R): S Barker, M Franetovich, A Mackie, M Brand, M Pennock Centre: T Caldwell, P Kilburn, A Hopkins, N Katz, E Zuvela, T Watts Front: V Tough, T Maskell, B Pearce, C Mather, C Campbell, L Garrity

DIVING

Back (L-R): A Head, E Shave, Z Phillips, J Nottle, G Walsh, S Cann, P Thunder Centre: K Wilkinson, K Crawley, N Hyde, J McGillvray, L Lovell, F Bush, N Telfer Front: B House, K Halford, C Mather, A Mutch, S Barker, C Bell, A Harvey Abs. L Edelman, P Kilburn

Tennis

The tennis this year has again been of a very high standard. All teams played well and all deserve full credit for their "sportswomanship".

On behalf of all the tennis players, I would like to thank Mrs Flecker for all her help and hard work. I hope everyone who participated had fun, and I would like to wish the future tennis teams best of luck in 1992.

SENIOR TENNIS

Back (L-R): C Walsh, J Williams, S Addison, J Officer, J Tremlett, S Stratford, A Stratford Centre: J Bedford-Brown, K Williams, F Mackie, M Capom, K Crossing, E Smith, A Hutchison Front: J Morton, C Willmott, H Wright, P Cooke, N Trenorden, K Sadler, K Brodie Ahs. T Crombie, H Pimlott, P Horrex, K Houghton

JUNIOR TENNIS

Back (L-R): B Chu, C Treloar, C Seubert, C Fisher, L Gara, C Mackie Centre: F Bush, K Gillam, A Robson, C-L Davies, G Knowles, J Hart, S Maddox Front: N Hashimoto D O'Driscoll, M Worland, L Hutton, S MacPherson Ahs. S Gladman, J Marquis, J Egan, G Farrell

YEAR 8 TENNIS

Back (L-R): T Caldwell, F O'Driscoll, A Hansen, M Robinson, N Pearse, N Murray Front: C Campbell, C Cousins, M Franetovich, N Katz, M Pennock, T Laurie Ahs. A Poynton

Ken·ie Crawford Year /2

Volleyball

The volleyball season began on rather shaky ground. however with Mrs Maclean and Miss Viner's support and coaching, both the Junior and Senior teams returned to their previous high standard.

The large number of Year Eight players this year is a promising indication for the future of PLC Volleyball teams. Under Mr Pedretti, Miss Hannon and Mrs Maclean's guidance, these enthusiastic players were introduced to the skills of volleyball.

The Senior teams played games of a consistently high standard, the Senior A winning the pennant. Senior B coming a close second and Senior C drawing for second place. Once again, the Junior A won the pennant for the sixth consecutive year.

Congratulations must go to Michelle Duckworth for her selection in the undersixteen and under-seventeen State teams. Michelle was also chosen for the All-StarSix Australian team. Special mention should be made of Alison Mills who represented WA once again in the undernineteen State team.

Congratulations to all members of the PLC volleyball teams for their effort and participation.

Carmen Willmott Year /2

SENIOR VOLLEYBALL

Back (L-R): C Willmott, F Mackie, K Williams, J Williams, A Mills, J Crone, K Jasper, E Kopke 3rd row: N Meares, C Daw, K Treloar, T House, M Logue, J Hocking, K Lawrence, A Beeck 2nd row: L Jones, J Anderson, F Ainswsorth, A Turnseck, S Addison, A Donald, S Howe, S Crossing Front:· K Munckton, L Pearce, S Lapsley, M Caporn, J Humphrys, G Zadow Ahs S Triggs

JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL

Back (L-R): T Smith, B Scott, E Barr, H Fitzpatrick, J Sorensen, S Davis, J Koh Centre: E Raffan, A Robson, A Stringfellow, M Worland, A Stewart, F Wilkinson Front: K Gillam, E Prowse, J McGillvray, M Duckworth, L Erskine, N Barris, M Branson Ahs. J Keen

YEAR 8 VOLLEYBALL

Back (L-R): C Koh, E Grzyb, S Chionh, J Morrell, K Thomson, K Eyres, A Price. M Brand, K Fitzpatrick, D Watson, S Barker Centre: M Kopke, E Mildern, S Stewart. A Hansen, V Tough, T Laurie, R Ferry, N Pearse, T Watts, B House Front: A Mackie. K Wellham, B Leaman, A Hopkins, M Robinson, B Leith, R Huggins, C Campbell. N van Benten

Pymble Tour

On Saturday 22nd June, after a frenzy of last minute packing, everyone arrived at the Airport more or less on time for the 1.20pm flight. We arrived in Melbourne with a bump, to be greeted with an Antarctic wind as we made our way to the plane for Sydney.

The waiting buses gave us a night tour of Sydney then took us to meet our billets who were clustered on the lawn at Pymble Ladies' College. Most girls were a little apprehensive before meeting their temporary families, but everyone soon made friends and most people had a wonderful time.

After an exciting morning with our billets, seeing the sights of Sydney, we all met again at the opening ceremony which included some wonderful performances from various arts and sports groups from Pymble. After the ceremony, a delicious afternoon tea was served on the lawn.

The next day was Monday and the start of the tournament, with thirteen schools in all competing. We did very well in hockey to reach the final but were narrowly defeated (one goal to nil) by the Pymble A team.

Our A netball girls won their final against Pymble A team by ten goals, while the B team were just nudged out of the semifinals but still managed to end the competition ahead of St. Hilda's.

Cindy-Lee Davies and Anna Robson were one of the tennis pairs who played extremely well in the tournament. Jayne Hayter and Natasha Pearse were also strong competitors. Anna and Cindy-Lee were in the quarter finals but were defeated six-two.

On Wednesday everyone went on a shopping spree to Darling Harbour and then on to Taronga Park Zoo by ferry. We all had a great time on the touring day and indeed on the Pymble Sports Tour itself. Mrs Flecker, Miss Viner and Miss Hannon trained the teams well and all the hard work paid off. The athletics too, although not a serious event, proved very successful for many, especially for Michelle Branson who won a trophy. The whole tournament and tour were extremely worthwhile and enjoyed by everyone involved.

Helen Fitzpatrick Year 10

Back (L-R): T McLellan, C Treloar, E Prowse, A Robson, A Jorgensen, F Wilkinson, M Sounness, M West, G Calnan, J Wheatley, C Seubert, E Campbell Centre: M Branson, A Stringfellow, J Greenup, T Camac, S Day, M Gmeiner, A Hansen, S Barker, H Fitzpatrick, J Morrell, L Erskine, C-L Davies Front: G Falconer, A Grant, P Thunder, J Hayter, J Howard, B Pearce, B Driver, J Johnson, F Bodycoat, S Colombera, N Pearse Ahs. A Bishop

Rock '0' Roll

A team of eighteen Year Elevens and Twelves competed this year in the Rock 'n' Roll Eisteddfod held in August at the Entertainment Centre.

Tamsin Courtney and Amanda Mills, both of Year Twelve, choreographed a beautiful Dance Drama to the haunting music of Sadness Part J by Enigma. The dance depicts a group of enslaved people who are freed by one girl until the power figures once more take control. The dance was named Kavita after one of the dancers, Kavita Suresh, who performed as the girl freeingslaves. Many long hours were spent bringing it all together and then, supported by a wonderful backstage crew, the dancers performed with excellence before a huge audience in the Entertainment Centre.

Thank you to the girls who gave up so much of their time and whosededication made this possible.

Christina Cahle Drama Department PYMBLETOUR

Hockey

We began the season of hockey in 1991 with high hopes for the Senior A, as the members of the winning team from Junior A hockey in 1989 were re-united.

With Mr Tibbitt as the coach. and with Mrs Knight's support, the Senior A finished the season undefeated (with one draw) to win the pennant.

The Senior Bleam, coached by Mrs Knight, gained sixth place. The girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves and even when they losllhey kept smiling. (It just shows what' good sports' we are and the spirit we have as PLC sludents!)

Junior A, Junior B and Junior C, coached by Miss Viner and Mrs Knight, placed sixth, fourth and fourth respectively. The enthusiasm of these younger girls will surely provide the strong leams needed in the future.

The Year Eights, coached by Julie Sandi lands, did well to gain third place. The potential shown by them also promises continuing success for PLC hockey teams.

Overall, I would like to congratulate everyone who participated, the players themselves as well as the people who gave us encouragement from the side lines.

Thank you very much, it was greatly appreciated.

Carmen Willmott Year 12

SENIOR HOCKEY

Back (L-R): C Daw, J Tremlett, K Crawford, K Williams, J

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JUNIOR HOCKEY

Back (L-R): P Thunder, A Jorgensen, F Wilkinson, L Gara, A Walden, A Bishop, V Mee, T McLellan, N Pericles Centre: S Knox, K Toovey, S Gladman, CHouse, C Treloar, R Lannin, J Sorensen Front: D O'Driscoll, L Erskine, E Raffan, J Greenup, K Pile, J Paganoni, G Calnan, T Smith, A Grant Ahs. L Munro, C Williams, M Gardiner, G Micke

YEAR 8 HOCKEY

Back (L-R): M Kopke, E Martin, T Calnan, B Paganoni, A Hansen, N Katz. K Wellham, M Evans, T Watts Front: E Mildern, L Garrity, M Pennock. N Burch, D Watson, W Lee, R Webster, J Thomas Ahs. K Manning

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E Easton, M Radford, S Ball, T Patiniotis Front:

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Basketball

Congratulations must go to all the basketballers for an outstanding performance in the 1991 season. The enthusiasm of all players led to an enjoyable year. with dedication at training contributing to a high standard of skill and consequently excellent results.

PLC finished a commendable third overall, with all teams keeping up the high levels of sportsmanship well known in PLC basketball.

On behalf of all the basketball players, I would like to thank Mrs Maclean and coach Peter Wadianski for their great support throughout the season and for the training sessions which added a new dimension to the word "training".

SENIOR BASKETBALL

Back (L-R): S Webb, J Williams, S Addison, D Gillam, A Mills, L Lovell, J Skipworth, E Smith Centre: K Williams, M Logue, C Jenkinson, K Crossing, K Treloar, S Greenup, S Gain Front: R Creek, K Tubby, M Caporn, J Nottle, J Humphrys, F Reid, S Bardill Abs. K Eicke

JUNIOR BASKETBALL

Back (L-R): M Duckworth, E Prowse, J McGillvray, K Gillam, H Fitzpatrick, T McLellan, C-L Davies Centre: A Robson, K Toovey, F Bush, C Seubert, S Gladman, M Riggall, J Hart Front: J Greenup, B Scott, T Smith, CHouse, S Davis, G Knowles, LM Or Abs. J Keen, K Gee, C Raines, J Marquis, N Parkinson, A Jasper

YEAR 8 BASKETBALL

Back (L-R): S Chionh, V Tough, T Maskell, A Price, M Brand, K Fitzpatrick S Barker, A Mackie, E Zuvela Centre: M Kopke, T Calnan, P Kilburn B Leaman, S Hansen-Knarhoi, N Murray, B House Front: N Katz, A Hansen, M Pennock, A Hopkins, T Moir, C Campbell, T Laurie, C Cousins Abs. I Wongphattarakul

SENIOR NETBALL

Back (L-R): S Voce, E Smith, J Williams, D Gillam, SKelly, C Jenkinson, K Treloar, R Sounness 3rd row: S Crossing, C Cooper, A Stratford, A Reddin, T Cooper, A Hutchison, C Crossing, S Addison, K Tubby 2nd row: S Stratford, STubby, F Cheffers, H Wright, P Cooke, L Jones, N Capper, M Logue, N Armstrong Front: N Holdsworth, L Pearce, M Caporn, S Battley, J Donald, J Andersen Abs. R Glatz, T Crombie, N Lannin

Because of the large number of girls wanting to play netball this year, many of them with a high degree of skill, the PE department had a hard task grading and selecting teams - but, after several training sessions, all girls managed to find a position in a team which played at InterSchool level.

Both the Senior and Junior teams showed a high standard of sportsmanship and skill, while the Year Eights showed the rest of the School that there are great things to come.

Much to their delight, the Senior A team managed to walk away with a pennant and most other teams achieved second or third placings.

Thanks must go to the PE staff who were involved in coaching, as well as to the outside coaches and umpires.

Best of luck to all teams for the 1992 season.

Dallas Gillam Year 12

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NETBALL

Back (L-R): T de Bijl, H Fitzpatrick, C Murray, C Jenour, T Green, A Dunstan, B Davies 4th row: A Stringfellow, C Fisher, L Munro, P Bennett, J Hart, B Ferguson, S Hind, F Bodycoat 3rd row: S MacPherson, B Chu, R Harridge, F Bush, C Seubert, S Davis, C Mackie, L Crossing, M Branson 2nd row: T Nicholls, N Barris, E Coyle, S Maddox, M Wnuk, K Halford, J Manton, M Gmeiner, C Orr Front: T Camac, C Wright, J Reading, J Wheatley, E Prowse, M Worland, K Gillam, M Sounness Abs. G Rosendorff, J Comb

Year 8

YEAR 8 NETBALL

Back (L-R): M Robinson, N van Benten, C Williams, G Falconer, R Ferry, C Campbell, S Lillis, C Chiu, J Mews, R Huggins, B Leith 3rd row: E Chan, G Byers, C Koh, P Kilburn, A McDonald, B Pearce, F O'Driscoll, A Joll, RHart, D Aynsley 2nd row: N Allan, B John, M Brand, M Franetovich, E Grzyb, K Thomson, K Fitzpatrick, J Morrell, A Mackie, K Eyres, B Trowell, S Barker Front: S Stewart, T Caldwell, J Johnson, R Attwood, L Goundrey, N Pearse, N Murray

Junior

Senior

Cross Country

The day had finally arrived for the Cross Country team: Friday 9th August. After many weeks of hard training in the earlymorning cold, the team felt well prepared for the competition that lay ahead.

The strong contingent of PLC supporters providedmany girls with that extra bit of encouragement and at the end of the day the team gained a solid fourth. Each girl competed to the best of herability and all were rewarded with a strong feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment.

On behalf of the squad, I would like to thank Miss Viner for her continual encouragement and support. Well done to all the Cross Country team and good luck in 1992.

Kirsty Bowlay Year 12

CROSS COUNTRY

Back (L-R): M Pennock, M Brand, C Shepherdson, S Stratford, J Hart, C Treloar, M Logue, F Ainsworth, L Edelman, D Hovell, T Camac, J Overheu Centre: L Fitzgibbon, T Calnan, S Lapsley, L Goundrey, J Moir, B Paganoni, J Humphrys, E Coyle, G Walsh, A Moir, K Gee, N Murray Front: J Hayter, P Kilburn, K Bowlay, S Gain, E McKenzie, F Cheffers, A Mackie, L Gara, S Boshart, N Meares, J Thrum, S Colombera Ahs. H Wilcox, H Picton-Warlow, E Colombera, C Raines, K Sadler, A Stewart, E Wilson.

Canberra Volleyball Tour 1990

In the first week of the Christmas holidays 1990, ten PLC students left Perth, accompanied by Mrs Knight and Mrs Maclean, to compete in the National Schools' Volleyball competition in Canberra.

The competition, an annual event, originated five years ago and has since become the largest National Schools' sporting event held anywhere within Australia. Last year's tournament involved one hundred and seventy-four teams and this meant that close to two thousand students were competing. PLC was one of five WA schools competing in the tournament. The other teams were from St. Hilda's and from Balga, Balcatta and Lynwood Senior High Schools.

It wasthe first year that PLC had competed in the tournament, with students in Years Nine, Ten and Eleven combining to form a Senior Division C team.

The team stayed at the Lynham Motel which had the advantage of being close to the city of Canberra as well as to the playing venues and shopping arcades. The tournament took place at the Australian Institute of Sport and Canberra University, with the teams playing an average of two games a day. PLC completed the eight preliminary games undefeated and advanced to the final series, playing "Red Bank Bulls" (a girls' team from Queensland) in the Grand Final

which PLC won in a close game by two sets to one, thus winning the Women's C Grade Open Championship.

All the teams competing from WA did extremely well, with PLC, St. Hilda's, Balcatta and Lynwood all receiving medals.

Many thanks to Mrs Maclean and Mrs Knight, who not only chauffeured us all around Canberra, but offered great support and commitment to the team.

All the girls were worthy winners of the championship, a reward for all the time and effort put into training in the weeks leading up to the event.

Members of the team were: Year Nine 1990 - Michelle Worland, Michelle Duckworth and Jenny Keen, Year Ten 1990 - Sally Addison, Emma Kopke and Tracy House, Year Eleven 1990 - Carmen Willmott, Alison Mills, Kirsty Moir and Sarina Triggs.

CANBERRA VOLLEYBALL TEAM

Back (L-R): Mrs J Maclean, T House, M Worland, T Smith, E Kopke Front: S Triggs, A Mills, C Willmott, S Addison.

Alison Mills Year 12

Rowing

ROWING FIRST EIGHT

Back (L-R): K Munckton, K Pilkington, E Finlayson, A Turnseck, S Greenup, B Lonnie Front: A Donald, N Meares, C Ludbrook, S Addison Abs. L Vanderboom

1991 saw rowing as an Inter-School sport introduced to PLC for the first time and by the time the Schoolgirls' Head of the River Regattacame around in September, PLC rowing had come a long way.

With little or (in most cases) no experience behind us, we used the University of Western Australia's boatshed and boats, found four willing coaches in Eleanor Brock, Tamsin Walton, Jackie Peckham and Fiona MacGill, and began training three times a week in the afternoon. After trial and error we found ourselves in three Year Ten 'fours' and one Year Eleven' eight'.

All three Year Ten crews competed in their first regatta on August 17th, not really knowing what they had let themselves in for, or even if they could possibly make it to the end of the one thousand metre course. Crews two and three competed in the first of the "Freshmen's Fours" heats and came fourth and

YEAR 10 ROWING

Back (l-r): J Paganoni, T Cook, C Jenour, J Edwards, M Gardiner, G Micke, L Murray, C Mackie, F Wilkinson Front: M Bliss, CRose, K Halford, STate, K Rischbieth, N Williams, A Smith, C Thorley Abs. A Bishop, H McKenzie, J Warren, K Peter, R Byass, B Ferguson, D McAllister

fifth respectively. Crew one competed in the other heat and came fifth. After a huge, confidence-boosting pep-talk from all coaches, crews one and two combined to make up an 'eight' for the very first time. The eight came in third in the 'Freshmen's Eight', after beating MLC and almost beating St. Hilda's. Encouraged greatly by this success, we began to prepare for the Schoolgirls' "Head of the River" Regatta.

Once again, there were three Year Ten 'fours' competing as well as two 'eights'one from Year Eleven and one from Year Ten. The first event was the Year Ten 'four', in which crew two entered but unfortunately finished last. Undaunted by this, crew one competed in the first of the "Freshmen's Fours" heats and finished third, putting them into the final where they finished fifth out of six. The remaining two Year Ten crews competed in the other heat for the "Freshmen's Fours" and

came in fourth and fifth.

In the Year Elevens' first race in the "Freshmen's Eights" it was unfortunate that the stroke seat broke in the early stages of the race. However, the Year Ten 'eight' came in fourth out of six, once again beating MLC and only just behind St. Hilda's.

Despite a few mishaps, everyone gained from the experience and had a lot of fun rowing in the regattas. Thanks must go to Mr Thornton, the co-ordinator of rowing at PLC, andalso to the four coaches, Eleanor, Jackie, Tamsin and Fiona, all of whom put in a tremendous amount of time and effort.

We look forward to next year's rowing season andalso to seeing more and more girls involved in the sport at PLC.

Gina Micke Year 10

ATHLETICS SQUAD YEARS 11/12

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Athletics

The' Aths' season began in the first week of third term, and after a term and a half of seriolls training for the Inter-School Athletics the team arrived at Perry Lakes on Saturday, October 26th with high hopes.

PLC performed very creditably on the day with some outstanding results. Simone Barker of Year Eight broke the javelin record for her year with a throw of 28.66 metres and was second in the shot putt and discus (Division two). Pia Kilburn and Briohny Pearce also performed extremely well with Pia winning the second division of the Year Eight javelin and Briohny winning the second division of the 800 metres. Emma Prowse of Year Nine won the division one shot putt with a creditable throw of I 1.0 I metres.

Congratulations to the Year Eights, who won their Year Pennant but credit mustgo to all team members who put in many, many hours of training. Their reward came with the announcement that PLC had won the Heather Barr Memorial Trophy. Overall, we achieved third place behind MLC and Penrhos. Team members appreciated the wonderful support from the rest of the School in the stands, led by the Year Twelve cheer-leaders. Thank you also to the P.E. staff and to John Hutton, Julian Mathias and Katie Stannage for their support and coaching.

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J Edwards, K Wilkinson, C Fisher, F Bush, C Shepherdson, T Camac, T Smith, C Treloar, L Gara, F Bodycoat

4th row: G Calnan, E Prowse, A Walden, G Walsh, E Shave, C-L Davies, M Worland, A Robson, L Goundrey, D Rosen

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3rd row: L Goff, J Marquis, A Mackie, T Maskell, S Barker, J Hayter, S Boshart, S Rees, M Stirling, J Koh, Z Manton, S Colombera, E Coyle, C Murray 2nd row: M Franetovich, T Caldwell, T Calnan, B Pearce, J Overheu, B Trowell, C Mildern, N Pearse M Robinson, M Brand, A Moir, A Mutch Front: P Kilburn, J Morrell, B Paganoni, L Garrity, C Koh, B House

Back (L-R): M Logue, P Horwood, J Williams, D Gillam, A Mills

row: J Bedford-Brown, C Jenkinson, R Sounness, K Williams, E Smith, K Riley

row: S Webb, J Nottle, S Cann, J Humphrys, M Caporn, F Ainsworth, S Addison

Front: C Willmott, E Wilson, T Adonis, K Bowlay, S Lapsley, P Cooke

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ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

The highlight of the year for gymnasts was the I.G.S.S.A. Competition in August.

The "new blood" and extra enthusiasm in this year's gymnastics team spurred us on to defeat St. Mary's and achieve an outstanding second place behind MLC, the "surprise packets" of the competition. Each girl had to compete on the beam, floor and vault and had less than five minutes in total to show what three months of training had produced. Never

Artistic Gymnastics

before had the beam looked so high or legs felt so wobbly, but all the girls did themselves and their school proud with their fantastic performances.

Divisions Two and Three performed compulsory routines and both divisions achieved third place behind MLC and St. Hilda's, less than five points separating first from third in both cases.

The gym team performed above all expectations and with this season's experience behind them, they can only

look forward to bigger and better things in 1992.

Sincere thanks must go to Emma, Mrs Whipp and Mrs Knight, our patient coaches, for the work they put in to enable us to achieve such a high standard of performance. Best of luck to the 1992 team.

Natasha Hyde Year 12

Rhythmic Gymnastics

This year rhythmic gym was as popular and successful as in previous years. Everyone performed well in the annual competition at Len Fletcher Stadium, with many PLC girls getting through to the finals.

Special thanks must go to our coach, Robyn Winckel, for the time and effort she devoted to helping us perfect our routines.

Congratulations to all competitors and good luck to next year's team.

Rosemary Morris Year 11

Back (L-R): A Donald, R Morris, A Head, C Anderson, E Jackson, J Nottle, E Smith, G Walsh, S Cann, A Taseff, D Rosen Centre: B Lonnie, Z Phillips, A Martin, K Crawley, N Hyde, S Battley, N Telfer, P Thunder, E Caddy, G Thomas

Front: A Harvey, N Pearse, C Mather, A Mutch, S Barker, A JolI, E-J Bovell, K Hofmann, B House Abs. L Edelman, L Webb

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

Back (L-R): C Anderson, E Jackson, R Morris, B Driver, N Ford, RAmey

Front: B Shoesmith, E Martin, N Pearse, A Joll Abs. A Ford, F O'Driscoll

DANCE

Cricket

The enthusiasm displayed by the members of the cricket team showed in the improved performance of this year. Despite players being unavailable at vital times during the season, we still managed to do well in most of our games. The loss of the last game, which could have put us in the final, only slightly dampened the spirits of the players but they were soon raised again by the presence of Bess (Mr Pedretti's dog), who assisted in the umpiring at every chance available.

We finished third over all in the WA Schoolgirls' Cricket Competition, but in spirit the team took first placing. Our PLC boarders' cheer-leading squad soon became an integral and unforgettable part of the cricket circuit. The major challenge for us all, however, was to drag ourselves out of bed for the early morning trainings and Saturday morning matches.

Much of the credit for our success must go to our endlessly patient coach, Mr Pedretti, who endured a lot more than he had bargained for.

Thanks also to Mrs Hatch, who came each Saturday morning to score and encourage us at every opportunity.

All associated with the cricket team agree that it was a very enjoyable season.

Melinda Capom Year 11

BRIDGE

INTER-SCHOOL ONE-DAY EVENT

Seated(L-R):

Back (L-R): A Taseff, C Thorley, D Rosen, G Walsh Front: L Yong, A McLennan, L Erskine

Back (L-R): Z Stewart, J Bartley, J Moir Front: K Evershed, E Jackson, RAmey

S Day, S Battley, R Luttrell, E Pearson, A Stewart, D McAllister. Standing (L-R): L Goundrey, F Wilkinson, C Yates.

Japanese Trip

On December 18th 1990, six excited Year Elevens, four cool, calm and collected Year Twelves and Mrs Cuneo set off from Perth Airport and headed for Narita Airport near Tokyo. From there we went on to Nagoya, where we stayed with host families and started to adjust to Japanese life. During our two and a half weeks there, we visited our sister school, Tsushima Girls' High School (where we met up with Brianna and Emma, who were on exchange) saw the local sights (such as Nagoya Castle and the amusement park) and, of course, improved our Japanese.

We also made an overnight trip to the ancient cities of Kyoto and Nara, where we visited their many temples and made a late night excursion to a Pachinko Parlour (a pinball casino). It was during this part of the trip that many of us saw our first snow.

We spent the New Year in Nagoya and, as members of our host families, received gifts of large sums of money, traditionally given to teenagers!

We left Nagoya for Miyajima on 4th January, by Shinkanseh (the famous Bullet Train), stopping at beautiful Himeji (White Crane) Castle and the traditional village of Kurashiki along the way. From here we were able to visit Hiroshima, where we saw thousands of paper cranes at the Peace Park, and the beautiful island of Miyajima.

After this we travelled to the mountain village of Takayama, where we stayed for five days, suffering through the cold of a snow storm and discovering the joy of heated toilet seats. Some people, however, stayed in traditional (rather than western) host homes and learned to use toilets that were literally holes in the ground, while the thermometer registered the temperature in the unheated room at minus four degrees centigrade!

We enjoyed a day of skiing in Takayama and while a few people were confident enough to hurtle down the slopes, demolishing five year-old professionals and desperately trying to remember how to stop, the majority of us spent most of our time developing our contortion skillsskis crossed over, back to front, head under one leg and a mouth full of snow and beanie - at the bottom of the beginners' slope.

On our way to Tokyo, again by Bullet Train, we passed Mt Fuji but unfortu-

nately it was obscured by the smog. Despite the pollution, Tokyo (where we stayed for one week) was great and our days were crammed with every sight possible to see. Diversions included tea with the ambassador's wife, discovering delicacies such as raw octopus and crab brain at the fish market and, of course, shopping, shopping and more shopping at places such as the high class Ginza and Akihabara, the electric city. We went to Kamakura for a day and saw temples, temples and more temples, which were very interesting, even though they do look alike after you've seen thirty or forty of them.

After our experience with the Tokyo rush hour trains, where we were pushed on and off with the crowd at every station, the three trains we took to Hokkaido, Japan's northern-most island, were luxurious.

We spent two days at a Youth Hostel in Datemonbetsu. Here we visited live volcanoes and enjoyed beating seven year-olds over the head with bamboo poles, in the name of Kendo -a Japanese martial art.

From here we proceeded to Sapporo,

where we stayed for a week, braving the minus six degrees temperatures to go skiing, shopping and trekking over icy roads and through piles of snow to visit a beer factory, an icecream factory and a "Waterworld" with heated pools amid the snow. Walking on ice was difficult, but fun, especially when Paula demonstrated her agility on an icy road to the amusement of all of us, as well as a number of Japanese motorists.

We flew back to Narita Airport all too soon and after some last minute shopping we were on our way home. Those six weeks were, for all of us, some of the most enjoyable and unusual we've ever experienced. Thanks must go to the wonderful host families with whom each of us stayed and to Mrs Cuneo for organising and accompanying us on the trip. I would urge any Japanese student brave enough to eat Sashimi and fit enough to climb every temple step at Kamakura to go on the Japanese trip. All you'll need is a sense of humour and a very basic grasp of the language. You'll have a great time.

Sam Weaver.

Media Camp

On Friday, 5th April, the Year Eleven and Twelve Media students set off to Mandurah for their annual Media camp, the aim of the camp being to give Media students a chance to learn in a more informal atmosphere than is possible at school. Although a lot of the time was spent in the spa and sauna and watching videos, the weekend was very productive as well as enjoyable.

The Year Elevens experienced colour photography for the first time and they took quite a few scenic photos of the estuary, while the Year Twelves shot two thirds of their production work over the two-day period.

Thank you Mrs Mac, Mr Pedretti and of course, Alf, not only for this Media camp, but for the opportunity you have given to the girls you have taken on past camps.

Liz Keen Year 12

La Reunion

In the blustery wet month of July, five Year Elevens and two Year Twelves, along with thirty-eight other students from high schools around the State, had the good fortune to spend four weeks on the tropical French island, La Reunion, experiencing a French lifestyle.

The island is located off the east coast of Africa, forty minutes flight from Mauritius. Geographical features of the island ranged from white beaches lapped by clear water, to rocky mountains and also a volcano - which happened to erupt during our stay! There are very few 'flat' areas on Reunion, even most of the main towns being nestled on the slopes of mountains. There is also a wide diversity of vegetation, from extremely green forests to areas with practically no trees at all. This is mainly at high altitudes and near the volcano.

The inhabitants (Reunionaise) and the families we stayed with were absolutely fantastic. They were extremely kind, very friendly and (most importantly) patient with our often disjointed attempts at French! We were amazed to find in a place comprised of Europeans, Africans, Creoles and Indians that life went on with virtually no racial problems at all.

The foodwas also quite different from what we were used to. As well as the typically French dishes such as les Pats (pasta with nothing on it except tomato paste), the wares of the renowned French bakeries (and of course baguettes) we also dined on traditional Creole curries.

It was a valuable experience to speak 'real French' and to take part in French culture for a month. We all loved the trip and

made lots of new friends (Australian and French) and are all looking forward to hosting some of the Reunionaise who will return to stay for a month in December. I strongly encourage any interested students of French to consider taking part in the La Reunion exchange next year.

Zoe Turner Year 12

Ski Trip

Friday 12th July is one that will alwaysbe remembered by the twenty girls (and three lucky adults) who attended the Falls Creek Ski Tour 1991. This was the night that we all boarded the plane, unprepared for the long plane and bus ride to follow, and for the sight we would see when we finally reached the snow at Falls Creek.

On arriving in Melbourne we were joined by Mrs Whipp and Mr Tibbitt and we began our seemingly endless wait in Tullamarine Airport for the coach to arrive. Some ate, some slept, but most of us were too excited to do either, so just sat and twiddled our thumbs until 8.30am when we were once again on our way.

After a six-hour bus ride, some could be excused for not noticing the minimal covering of snow on the surrounding landscape, but the more observant soon let everyone know. When we finally arrived it was mid-afternoon and all were eager to check into our lodge, Caroona. After sorting out who were to be our room-mates for the nextnine days, everyone headed down to Gebi' s for the routine fitting of boots, skis and poles, then everyone waited with eager anticipation for the next day's skiing to begin!

The next day's routine set the stage for the following week. Everyone trekked up to the 'Bowl' where we were supposed to be having our ski lesson, but (as with many other ski runs in the area) it was barely covered with snow! The beginners managed admirably in spite of this setback, while the more advanced trekked up to the top of the mountain after a less than successful grading. The beginners' instructor, Rod, turned out to be a favourite with everyone, breaking a few hearts, while Janaka, Christoff and Finn provided stiff competition with the more advanced skiers!

At lunch everyone met at either Cloud Nine or the Frying Pan for a hot chocolate before heading back to the slopes for a few more hours skiing. As the week passed, many surprised themselves with the progress made, while others amazed themselves with the new and original falls they accomplished!

The weather was beautiful throughout the week and provided a perfect backdrop for the numerous photos that were taken. Some of us on the last day actually experienced skiing while it was snowinga thri II for all!

Work Experience

On Monday April 29th, most Year Eleven students embarked upon a week of work experience, a program that enables girls to take part in a working week within an occupation that interests them.

This year was different from others in that each student was encouraged to organise her own placement, with the help of Mrs Wood, the co-ordinator of the program. This in itself was a learning experience and a major challenge for many girls, who faced the daunting task of ringing up to enquire and often being flatly refused!

The occupations chosen were extremely varied, ranging from being a nanny on an ocean cruiser to spending a week in the police force. Popular occupations chosen were in medicine, law, teaching and journalism.

Work experience proved to give all who participated an extremely beneficial and valuable insight into "the working world".

Many students found it difficult to choose just one occupation, yet it was the actual experience of working that was important. Students were encouraged to travel by public transport and many were surprised to find the nine to five working day even more exhausting than school!

By the end of the week, most girls had overcome their apprehension and formed a clear opinion of whether they were suited to the occupation or not.

On the following Monday the return to the usual mundane school day was greeted in a variety of ways, but everybody agreed that work experience had been extremely useful and worthwhile.

Much credit must go to Mrs Wood, who spent countless lunchtimes and hours on the telephone attempting to secure placements. Her advice and help ensured the work experience week was a tremendous success.

Finally on Saturday our stay at Falls Creek was over and everyone boarded the coach to take us to Melbourne after an optional day of skiing. Typically, just as we left, it started snowing after a week of blue skies. Our time in Melbourne was spent shopping at the Victoria Markets and various other venues and then the epic voyage home began.

Very special thanks to Mrs Knight, Mr Tibbitt and Mrs Whipp for their effort and patience throughout the trip.

Sanchia Whiteman Year 11

Jennie Officer Year 11

Outward Bound

Outward Bound '91 began with an excited group of Year Tens looking forward to ten days of adventure and fun after enduring the long bus trip to our destination, Walpole. We arrived at our campsites throughout Walpole, where our instructors taught us useful strategies which would keep us alive during the tenday period.

Without the help of teachers or parents, we had to battle it out in the wilderness, carrying thirty kilo packs stuffed with 'bivis' (clear sheets of plastic, closely resembling Glad Wrap), three water bottles filled with strangely flavoured iodised water, our sleeping mats and many smelly clothes.

Not only did we struggle through acres of wild bush with human bulldozers at work up front, we hiked up mountainous terrain, then rafted through treacherous, gushing waters and jumped off sea-view cliffs.

Thermals were a major part of the camp. They were worn in the day, in the night and by everyone. When we went rafting they clung to us eventhough we were wearing shorts and T-shirts. Outward Bound was definitely not a fashion parade! Thermal underwear also made a warm home for ticks, as some unfortunate people found out.

The food was hard to cook and sometimes hard to swallow but, because of extreme hunger, none of us seemed to have much trouble eating anything that was offered.

It was hard to get used to the break from the usual chocolate snacks and most of us suffered minor withdrawal symptoms, deprived of our Snickers and Mars Bars. (We made up for this on the bus trip home ten days later.)

After rolling down the hill, out of the bivvy, in the middle of the night, we appreciated a good night's sleep at home in a warm bed and resolved that from now on we would keep our promises to clean our rooms and feed the dog, having had a taste of what it would be like to livelike one!

Outward Bound may seem like a nightmare to those who have not experienced it, but when it's all over and it's time to go home, you actually want to go back!

Fran Warren and Yvette Wallman Year

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The PLC Young Achievement Venture for 1991 was a great success for all eighteen Year Eleven girls who participated. Sponsored by the National Australia Bank, we endeavoured (from 26th February until 24th September) to form a small business company, research, produce and market a product in order to make a profit and, after liquidation, pay dividends to company shareholders.

Our first few weeks were spent choosing a company name, electing a board of directors and deciding upon a product. The company name was YAriginal (we decided the name NABY A was not really appropriate!) and our recycled cardboard gift cards, with natural motifs on the front, were off to a good start.

Weekly meetings were held each Tuesday afternoon from 4pm - 6pm in the NAB building (directly after the ritual chocolate bar stop at the Newsagent's).

Under the guidance of our advisors from NAB ("real life" business people), we all benefited tremendously from the YA venture. Apart from gaining a new perspective of Perth from the tenth-floor cafeteria window, we learned the fundamentals of setting up a small business, the importance of teamwork and the necessity to set goals and grasp any favourable opportunities that may come along.

Opportunities did arise throughout the twenty-eight weeks: a trade fair in Forrest Chase, several Young Achievement seminars and aYA product-selling chance at the Sheraton Hotel.

A few minor crises also arose (for example, when our cardboard supplier went out of business) however these were overcome by the company's resourcefulness and faith in their venture.

All in all, the Young Achievement Venture was exciting and beneficial to all those who participated, and many thanks must go to Miss Simpson, our YA coordinator, and to all those who supported our venture.

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Mock Trials

This year PLC was only able to enter one team in the State Secondary Schools' Mock Trial Competition. Eight Year Eleven students took part and, overall, the team was very successful.

The Competition involved two teams arguing a hypothetical civil or criminal case, with one team being the defence and the other being the prosecution or the plaintiff. Each team consisted of two barristers, two solicitors and a magistrate's clerk or a court orderly. Points were awarded to each individual, based on their court-room manner, clarity of speech and general ability to fulfil their roles.

Some of the cases were quite challenging, while others were humorous. From the starting sixty-four entries, PLC made it through to the last sixteen, where we were narrowly beaten by ewman College.

Perhaps the most exciting case was when the Year Eleven PLC team beat the Scotch Year Twelve team. (Just proves we can be better than the boys).

Overall, the girls involved thoroughly enjoyed the experience and will certainly do it again next year. Thanks must go to Mrs Durack for her tireless efforts in helping us to prepare each case, and to Mrs Wood for organization and support. This year's team consisted of Harriet Picton-Warlow, Carolyn Hogg, Devika Hovell, Margot Whittall, Sanchia Whiteman, Lara Edelman, Kirsten Dahl and Yonnene Pearce.

We encourage any of next year's Elevens and Twelves to participate. Although fairly time consuming, it is a worthwhile experience. So, good luck to next year's team.

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MOCK TRIALS

Back (L-R): H Picton-Warlow, Y Pearce, M Whittall, L Edelman, S Whiteman Front: K Dahl, D Hovell, C Hogg

I don't think that I knew what I was getting myself into the day I ag.reed to do the Fifty-Mile Walk and In saYing that, I think I speak for many of us.

It wasn't until about 6.30pm on Friday, June 31st, when the bus pulled into Moray, that everyone seemed to realise that there was no turning back!

That night was spent racing around trying to get a little organised for the 3am wake up, and attempting to come to terms with the fact that in eight hours we would be walking.

We crawled into bed ready to listen to Mr Frietag's words of wisdom, and were then entertained by Mr Peck's speech assuring us that this fifty miles would be what he described as' 0 sweat' - which was yet to be proven!

At 3am the next morning we werewoken by the sound of Mr Frietag's cheerful, eager voice and, as we crawled out into the cold air and piled on the clothes, many of us tried to tell ourselves that by this time on Saturday night we would all be back in bed, the walk finished.

As the minutes were counted down, we huddled together for a group photo, something which would give us fond memories of the 1991 Fifty-mile Walk. Then at exactly 4am we left. Most of us were in high spirits and as we walked through the cold, dark morning air we chatted and gossiped to each other, making the most of the energy that we knew would be in short supply as the day went on.

By the time breakfast came at 8am, we began to realise that we had only been

Fifty-Mile Walk

walking for four hours. The walkmans were dragged out and many of us began to switch off to the sounds of our own music. The five or ten minute breaks each hour were greeted eagerly by us all and the yoghurt-topped muesli bars and drinks were a treat that many of us will never forget.

It wasn't until lunch that many of us began to ache, due to blisters and painful leg muscles, and it was then that we realised that we were only half way.

After the twenty-minute lunch break we hauled ourselves off the ground and continued to walk with our music playing. Those who weren't listening to music were blessed with the sound of Angus attempting to sing, and those who did have their own music on often had it so loud that it was difficult to hear the warnings about on-coming traffic!

As the hours dragged on, the sight of Mr Frietag at the top of each hill telling us it was only another seven hundred metres until the next stop became more and more frustrating, as we soon realised that Mr Frietag's seven hundred metres really meant twenty minutes of walking.

By the time we were greeted with a dinner of hot dogs and Pepsi at around 6pm, very few of us had the energy or the desire to eat it. We still had about four more hours of walking and we tried to use this twenty-minute rest to give our aching legs and feet a break.

After dinner we talked amongst ourselves and attempted to keep our spirits up by singing war cries, and all along the road people could be seen holding each other up and offering words of support and

encouragement - anything to keep us going.

At the last stop we were greeted with Mars Bars that many of us didn't have the energy to eat, and thenfinally we were on the home straight. As tempers rose and tears fell, we kept hoping that the next corner would be the one, but that last hour seemed to drag on, and we often wondered if we were ever going to arrive.

Finally, the moment we had all been waiting for - the sight of a huge bonfire, streamers and decorations strung across trees - the FINISH LINE! We all huddled together to cross the line as a group. More tears were shed as we were all congratulated. At last we had completed what we had set out to accomplish.

On behalf of everyone who participated in the 1991 Fifty-Mile Walk, I would like to thank all those who helped: the four Year Twelves from PLC, and the Year Twelves from Scotch, who were a support crew that we couldn't have done without; Dr Fitzpatrick, who attended to all our "battle wounds"; and Mrs Gadsdon for all her help and encouragement.

To those who organised it all - Mr Frietag, Mr Pedretti and Mrs Faulknermany thanks to you and all the staff from both PLC and Scotch College.

Finally, to all those Year Tens considering doing the Fifty-Mile Walk next year, our advice to you all is to do it, because you will make it - 'NO SWEAT'.

Anna Turnseck Year JJ

KINDERGARTEN

JUNIOR SCHOOL

The Junior School has had a busy and productive year with students engaging in their classroom studies and many musical and sporting activities.

The Kindergarten has doubled in size, and we have thirty children in the Morning Group and thirty four in the Pre-Primary class. Mrs Woodend has ably led all the Kindergarten and their year concluded with their delightful ativity Play.

We now have many musical groups and they have entertained us throughout the year. There are percussion bands in Year Three and Year Four and they play at each Assembly. Two string ensembles meet for practice weekly, as do the wind ensemble, the recorder consort and the choir. In Term Three our choir sang at the J.S.H.A.A.'s Festival of Performing Arts at the Concert Hall. The girls of Year Six were charming entertainers to elderly residents of nursing homes at the

Soroptimist's Concert in Term One.

On Open Day in September, parents and visitors saw a varied presentation of musical and speaking activities. The Public Speaking Competition winners were Year One: Celia Bolden, Year Two: Mala Kennedy, Year Three: Georgia Gerson, Year Four: Sarah MacKellar, Year Five: Kimesia Hartz, Year Six: Lucy Bath, Year Seven: Melanie Kopcheff and Danika Thomas. Musical plays were presented by Year One and Year Two and our various musical groups performed.

During winter, Years Five, Six and Seven students were active in Saturday morning sports competitions. One hundred of our girls played either hockey, basketball or netball. They trained and played enthusiastically throughout the season and we are grateful to all their parents for their encouragement.

The Year Seven students have again achieved excellent results in the Australian Schools' Science Competition and thirty girls gained a credit or distinction award. Jemma Golding gained the highest marks for a West Australian girl student.

Students in Year Six had an instructive spring camp at Pickering Brook and all Year Seven girls attended camp at Point Walter.

We thank our departing Year Seven students for their leadership and wish them every success in the Senior School.

A happy Christmas and holiday to all and many thanks to the very supportive staff of the Junior School, the students and parents who have enabled us to have a successful year.

Patricia Temby Director. Junior School

HOUSE CAPT AI S

Standing: S McGillvray, R Dixon

Seated: E Knox, V Jackson, L Bath

Standing: J Ventouras, J Leys, J Lutz

Seated: B Moffitt, M Hopkins, J Taylor

Standing: J Mullineux, Wright, J Chazen

Seated: M Sules, E Atkins, N Campbell

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Standing: E Barnes, C Harris, J Ledger

Seated: C Pope, L Howells, R Ward

Standing: N Lewis, H Tabert, C Fuhrmann

Seated: C Fadjiar, A Alvarez, T Gooneratne

Standing: N Duckworth, A Norwood, M Kopcheff

Seated: E Reading, C Crage, B Caldwell

BAIRD

McNEIL

CARMICHAEL HOUSE CAPTAINS

STEWART HOUSE CAPTAINS

FERGUSON HOUSE CAPTAINS

SUMMERS HOUSE CAPTAINS

How soft the sound of

A rubber shaving being blown off the desk

A leaf falling from a tree many stars twinkling bees landing in the nectar they are going to collect A tree growing in a garden flags blowing around.

Laura Peacock Year 4

Worms crawling flowers dying silkworms munching on mulberry leaves babies sleeping people breathing grass growing in the bright sunshine a rainbow coming out flowers blooming all so quiet and beautiful.

Vera Lee Year 4

Fire

Flames dance and crackle happily, coals hiss and paper shrivels down to sleep. I sit gazing into the fire, teeth chattering, with my blanket around my shoulders.

I think spirits come out and try to spook me.

The wind howls but, I keep my eyes glued to the fire.

I smell smoke that keeps me warm. I think about the past and the good times that are going to happen.

I love winter days when I can gaze into the fire.

Jean Woodward Year 4

I wish I could live in a two storey house. Then I could walk upstairs and downstairs.

I would like my bedroom upstairs. I could look out the window and watch the birds nesting in the trees.

Jessica Duckett Year 2

Shyness

Shyness is white. It tastes of flour It smells like dust and it looks as still as a bat.

It sounds lonely and quiet Shyness is hidden.

The Beach

Zilla

Turner Year 4

Sun bleached sand and clear blue skies, People swimming in the sparkling water, Fat ladies shouting at young children, Magnificent sand castles being jumped on, Waves crashing on the sand,

The sun sets, The smell of fish and chips drifts over the beach

At last the beach is deserted.

Samantha Quinn Year6G

The Beach

The ocean surf breaks upon my feet, Sand sticks between my toes. Coral is washed up onto the shore, Ready to be collected. A peaceful breeze arises and pulls back my hair.

A massive wave swivels up the sand leaving many bits and pieces, some buried, some lying uncovered. Now at three in the afternoon, the tide is way out on the horizon, and the reef is left bare.

The beach scenery is calm and quiet Dad is scuba diving, and I am alone. I pull out my cinnamon bun, the scavengers arrive, perching on my shoulders and some even swooping.

The sunset starts to form, I lie down on the beach and stare up into the sky which is now a pinky, yellowy colour and watch the golden nugget that had earlier been shining on me, sink into the still and glistening water.

Sarah Martini Year 5

Something Strange

I'm in my bed all cosy and creepy

I'm cold and scared and feeling sleepy

A ghostly shadow shines on my desk of pine, Is it my shadow, is it my mum or is it

........ FRANKENSTEIN !!

My glowing light shines down on my bed

Something fuzzy slowly touches my head

The creepy midnight slowly drenches my sleep

And far down there I hear a creak

Now I certainly can't get to sleep

I look through my window at the white fog

I look at the door. It was only my dog.

Stephanie Reish Year6W

Snails

The other day when I was in the garden I saw a snail looking at me. I looked back at him that shiny old thing and he probably thought the same about me.

Jennifer Cheesebrough Year 4- Winner of Young Writers' Award.

Tobias Thrnip and Friends

I was feeling extremely bored, just sitting there with almost the whole of my body covered in dirt except for the tip of my green head. I longed for adventure. No other turnips in the big field bothered to talk to me. They didn't care what happened or what was going to be done to them.

Then, all of a sudden, I heard a whirring noise and the noise of metal clanking. I looked up and saw the farmer's truck coming up from the far side of the field. The farmer stopped the truck and clambered out. He started picking, or should I say pulling, the turnips out vigorously and throwing them into the back of the truck. In about half an hour, all of us were in the truck and waiting to be sent to the packaging works. At the packaging works I was put side by side with oranges and plums. I tried to talk to the plums but they just turned their noses away muttering about how dirty looking I was. The oranges, on the other hand, were very friendly and I played with the younger ones, rolling about everywhere.

We finally reached the store about half an hour later. When we were in the store, I and about ten other turnips, potatoes and carrots were brought to a restaurant whose specialty was soup. We were taken to the kitchen where all the sharp, dreaded knives were kept. The chef strode in at that very moment and admired the size of us.

He then took down a knife and sharpened it. Then he took down a chopping board, and put a pot of hot water on the stove, boiling, waiting for its ingredients. The chef then took a carrot and grated it, chopped it and plopped it into the pot. He did the same with the rest of the carrots. After that, he proceeded to chop up the potatoes, then the turnips. I was feeling extremely anxious, just waiting there for my execution.

When it was my tum, the chef remarked that there were already more than enough turnips in the soup and that I didn't look clean and there was a hole in bne side of me. I sighed and was greatly relieved. The chef dropped me into the garbage bin and there I stayed, talking to the other rubbish.

Farrah Valibhoy YearS

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The-oLone laHe.r proteet!>lAs 8u.Lwe.- o(o,;t pro te-c-t it. Tht's Ia.nd i& ours bu.1

If ... we qon't look after it dr.ta.rt.con :,e-rvin3 noW Th,s world w'-// be. rLII·ne.a.. 'We-. c.o.n cdl now ant,;( Do ov.r bit to r.o.ve.o",r world.

Wishful Thinking

I wish I could rewind and fast forward time. It would enable me to not have to endure times that are hard or times of suspense. I could relive my childhood years without becoming a toddler or even see what wonderful things my life had in store for me. I would only have one doubt: I would never want to find out when I would die. The idea of knowing I would die on a certain date, at a certain time, would be very hard to live with. Those types of things are what I consider the deep dark secrets of my life. To rewind and fast forward time would be my first wish.

Secondly, I would wish that all my relatives, dead or alive, would live again and live near me. They would be my closest friends. My wish doesn't mean that I want my relatives to live forever, but I would like to live some happy years with all of my relatives.

Lastly, I would wish that the world would take greater pride in this planet so that my children could live happily in a clean and fresh environment.

A smile on your face, A tear in your eye, A moment worth sharing, with a friend coming by.

The happiness together, The times you've had, We've been through the good times, And survived the bad.

The fun we have, No matter the weather, The secrets we tell, When we're together.

If I ever leave you, We'll never be apart, Because you'll always have A special place in my Heart.

Bryndis Moffitt Year 7

My River, My Life

The tributary

Where the lifeless Cormorant lies wound in our durable plastic. The defenceless Blowfish puffed up as big as a ball of wool, with a rusty hook pinned inside its mouth. Helpless Dolphins being rescued from this rubbish tip.

The useless jetski flying across the water with harmful gases escaping.

The deadly fun-cruiser's rubbishcans, bags, cups, beer can holders, wrappers and fishing line that's never been used before.

The oil and deadly fumes soaked into our fish and marine life, But all is not lost, for we are trying to make the Cormorant sing and the Blowfish swim in schools, and the Dolphins dive from crystal clear waters.

So it goes on. As I change the river changes with me too.

Claire O'Callaghan Year 7G

Davina Jayaraman Year6W

This poem was one of six winners in a poetry competition run by "The West Australian" newspaper.

Woman of the Future

I am achild.

I am all the things of my past. I am the image of my mother's face and personality.

I am my father's brown hair blowing in the wind.

I am all I see.

Poverty and disease.

Death and war.

Corruption and dishonesty.

I am all I hear.

"Don't kiss the dog!"

"Don't fight with your brother!"

"Don't be late for school!"

The storm crashing wildly on a blackened night.

The leaves rustling gently in the breeze. I am all I feel and taste.

The saltiness of freshly popped com.

The cool sea lapping over my feet.

The sorrow when sadness looms.

And all I remember

Is the day I fare welled my best friends and tears fell in giant gushes.

I am all I've been taught.

"Always respect your elders."

"Leave off the 'e' when using 'ing'!"

I am all I think.

Do unto others as you would have done unto you.

The simpler the better.

I am all these things.

I am like a bird learning to fly and experiencing new things everyday. For I am the woman of the future.

Jessica Chazen Year 7

Friendship

Friendships are something you enjoy sharing.

They are like a spider's thread, delicate and new,

Hanging precariously, unsure of where to cling,

Battered by numerous storms, Spinning over the gaping holes to strengthen the thread

Until the thread can be strengthened no more.

Bryndis Moffitt Year 7K

Small Victory

Midnight.

The house is silent, nothing moving. Suddenly, a small blurred figure Scurries out from behind the leg of the table,

Stops to sniff the air, Pauses and runs on, Tail trailing behind. Trapped.

Slow grin on predator's face, Cunningly holds its snack in a clawed cage.

Small nose peeps out between the bars, Tests the space, And squeezes through To freedom.

Rhiannon Blackmore Year 7M

The Maths Teacher

The maths teacher is as ugly as an old witch

Roaring loudly like an evildragon

Saliva spewing out of his mouth like drops of rain

Children fear him like they fear a great cyclone

His walk is like a tidal wave lurching forward with each step

His beard as revolting as mud after a heavy downpour

His brain full of mathematical equations

His nose like an old walking stick

Ears that stick out like cabbages

Disgusting as mould cheese.

Helen Tabert Year 7G

Year Eleven Dance

By 4pm on Friday 10th May, the PLC Gymnasium had been transformed into a psychedelic scene of excitement. Brightly coloured freizes hung from the ceiling amongst parachutes, streamers and helium balloons.

At 7.30pm, girls and their partners began to arrive, some in an exceedingly glamorous manner - emerging from a pink stretch Cadillac! But Cadillac or no Cadillac, everyone was in a party mood.

After the partners had been introduced to Mrs Bull, the dancing, photography, eating and laughing began. The Ramjets arrived at around 8pm and the Year Eleven dance was in full swing.

Everyone looked gorgeous - including the partners - and everyone had a wonderful night. Thanks must be given to many, including the boarders and groundsmen for the decorations, teachers and parents for the supervision, Mr Pedretti and Year Twelves for photography, and Mrs Smith for the delicious supper.

A special thanks mustgo to Mrs Bull and Mrs Day for organising the band and helping to make the 1991 Year Eleven Dance such a success.

Cindy Wehh

Year Twelve Dance

The day we had all been eagerly anticipating for so long, April 10th 1991, had finally arrived - the day of our Year Twelve dance, held this year in the beautiful Langley Plaza ballroom.

Upon arrival, we were greeted in all our splendour by Mr and Mrs Bull, Liz and her partner, and Liz's parents - Mr and Mrs Easton. Everyone appeared to be in effervescent spirits on the evening as we mingled, enjoyed the splendid array of food and danced the night away to the music of King Krush.

Many grateful thanks must be given to Mrs Bull, Liz and the Student Council for organising such a memorable and enjoyable evening. Special thanks must also be extended to Mrs McMahon and Mr Pedretti, who both spent hours in very cramped conditions, preparing a pictorial record of this very special occasion.

All year Twelves would agree that the night was a great success and a highlight of our years at PLC.

Sharon Heng and Nicole Low

OVERHEARD FROM

Mr Vickers - "Bear with me girls, only another 300 overheads to go."

- "They don't call me the photocopying king for nothing!"

- "What class is this, Alison and Amanda - History or Politics?"

Mrs Hockings - "Girls, I expect you to have perfect manners when I enter my class. I am here to teach mathematics, not manners!"

- "Girls, you are absolutely diabolical!"

Mrs Pidgeon - "What I want more than anything else on earth is a gorilla pelvis."

- "Put your gluteus maxim us back on the seat and do some work."

Mrs Ward - "There's no point trying to teach you girls Chemistry."

Mrs Bull - "Be honest girls, who hasn't got her hymn book?"

Mrs McMahon - "I'd much rather read your work than my husband's."

Mrs Tarulli - "I wish you would at least pretend to be scared when I yell at you!"

Mrs Morris - "I would bet my bottom dollar .... "

Mrs McArthur to speak!"

- "Girls, it's my tum

Mrs Moon - "The other class is so far ahead of us."

Mrs Heptinstall - "It's like a little love story - the Fe2+ joins up with the OH-and together they produce rust."

- "Don't guess! I don't care if you don't know the answer."

Mr Leach - "Have I discussed the ferret imagery with you yet?"

- ''I'm shocked you're

not blown away."

Mrs Saffen - "Don't lose sight of common sense."

THE FRONT

Mr Lankester - "Make this point two, big B, little a, part five, bracket one, example six. Are you with me girls?"

- "When I was a boy and Scarborough was a dairy area "

Mrs Gadsdon famine "

Mr Rennie - "Rennie's Law a body will remain at rest until half an hour after the alarm clock has rung, unless an external force is applied - like a parent."

- "A tub of margarine and an elephant were floating in space, and they had a head on collision. According to Newton's 3rd Law, which would have the greatest inertia?

Mr Saunders - "I'll beef you up on it next week."

Mrs Bynon - "Believe you me -I know."

- "Now I say 'Good morning', and you smile and say 'Good morning' back."

Mr Eyres enough!"

- "Keys to success!"

- "It's just not good

Mr Tibbitt - "Well, Bob and Bill got together and made the accord."

Mrs Maclean ones."

" the 40 hour - "C'mon my wee

Mr Underwood - "Sounds like a Chinese funeral band."

- "Talk in braille!"

- "It's a bit hard to play with your instruments in your laps unless you've got extremely long lips."

PRESBYTERIAN LADIES' COLLEGE 1991 COUNCIL

The Moderator of the Uniting Church in W.A.

Mr JY Langdon M.Sc. (Agric.), Chainnan

Mrs S Andrew

MrR E Argyle

Hon. MJ Craig (nominated by the Old Collegians' Association)

Mr J Farrell B.Sc., T.Cen., M.A.C.S.

Mrs HGrzyb A.I.M.M. (nominated by the Old Collegians' Association)

Mr T Humphry B.Eng. (Hons).

Mr F Crawley F.C.A. (nominated by the Parents' Association)

Dr P Kailis O.B.E., MB.BS

Mr M Murray B. Comm.

Mr H Plaistowe F.A.S.A.

Rev. B May

Rev. P Sindle B.A.

Principal: Mrs HJ Day B.A Dip.Ed., L.Mus., L.T.e.L., A.A.S.A., MAe.E., F.I.E.A., A.A.I.M.

Director of Pastoral Care and Discipline, Senior Resident-in-Charge Boarding House and Deputy Principal: Mrs G Bull Dip.Home Sc Teach.Cert., MAe.E.

Director of Administration: Mr P Alp B.App.Sc. (Physics), Grad.Dip.Comput., Dip.Teach M.I.E.A.

Director of Junior School: Mrs P Temby, B.A., Dip.Ed. Director of Studies: Mr A Tibbin M.A. (Hons) (axon.), M.Ed.(Man.), P.G.e.E.

Head of Staff: Miss J Rankin M.A., T.H.e., L.S.D.A. Chaplain: Rev. MZayan L.Th., Dip.R.E. Counsellor: Mrs J Hulcup B.A Dip.Ed., MAP.S.

Development Officer: Ms R Lukin T.A.I.F. Assistant to Principal: Mrs S Hollins B.App.Sc. (Nutr), GradDip.(Diet)

Registrar: Mrs D Lee

Accountant: Mr A Mulford F.S.e.A., M.B.I.M.

Heads of Departments: Computing & Business Studies - Mr B Jenkins GradDip.Comp.Ed., Dip.Teach. English - Miss J Rankin M.A., T.H.e.. L.S.D.A. Humanities - Mrs M Best Teach.Cert., Dip,R.S.A. Languages Other Than English - Mrs S Jenkin BA, Dip.Ed.

Mathematics - Mrs S Rankin B.A Teach. Cert. Music - Mr B Me Ness B.Mus., Teach.Cert A.Mus.A. Personal & Creative Education - Mrs N Wood B.A. Dip.Teach.

Physical Education - Mrs K Knight B.P.E., Dip.Ed. (Senior Resident - Boarding House) Science - Mr R Rennie B.Sc., Dip.Ed. Library - MrsJ icholls B.App.Sc.(Lib.stud) Grad.Dip.Ed.,Grad.Dip.ReadingSlUdies.

House Advisers: Baird - Mrs P O'Hara B.A., Dip.Ed. Carmichael- Mrs J Duzevich B.Sc Dip.Ed. Ferguson - Mr M Saunders B.A., Dip.Teach. McNeil- Mr R Leach B.A., Dip Ed., M. Phil. Stewart- Mrs C Robinson Fashion Dip., Teach.Cert. Summers - Mrs E Milne B.Comm., Dip.Ed. (on Leave Terms 3 & 4). Mrs B Mills Dip.Teach.Grad.Dip.Teach. Remediation (Terms 3 & 4)

Co-ordinators:

Art - Mrs E O'Callaghan ATe.. A.T.A., B.A.H.e. Biological Sciences- Mrs C Pidgeon M.Sc Dip.Ed. Drama - Ms C Cable B.A., Dip.Ed. Examinations - Mr H Lankester B.A B.Ed. Health Education - Mrs J Maclean Dip.Teach., Cert.Phys.Ed.(Edin.)

House Arts - Mrs H Heptinstall B.Sc. (Hons), Cert.Ed., Dip.lib.Stud.

Peer Support - Mrs J McMahon B.Ed., GradDip. (Media) Year 6/7 - Miss LGeorgeson B.P.Ed., Dip.Ed. (Primary), Grad.Dip.Ed.SlUdies Kindergarten - Mrs D Woodend Teach.Cert. - Kind., T.P.T.e., T.I.T.e. (Mel b)

MrC Poynton B.E.,M.I.E.(Aust.},Dip. Chern. Eng. (Lond.), B. Comm.

Mr P Pearse A.A.I.l., A.F.A.I.M. (nominated by the Parents' Association.) Dr. NTuckwell B.A.,B.Ed.(Hons}.,M.Ed., Grad. Dip. Admin., M.Ed.Admin., Ph.D

Life Members

Mr FG Barr J.P., B.A., Dip.Ed. MrCHSnowden F.C.I.V.

Miss M Slew an

Secretary to the College

Mr TM Gorey F.C.A.

STAFF

Other Academic Staff:

Mrs H Atchison Teach.Cert. - Junior School

Mrs B Blackmore HDT (SAC) - Art

Miss J Buckenara B.Ed. - Science

Mrs L Bynon B.A. Dip.Ed. - English

Mrs D Cuneo B.A., Dip.Teach. - Languages

Mrs M Davies B.Ed Grad.Dip. (Reading) - Junior School

Mrs T Ebert Dip. Teach. - Junior School

Mrs J Eddington B.Ed., Dip.Phys.Ed. Physical EducationJunior School

Ms J Edmunds B.A., Teach.Cert., Grad Dip.Lib.St., Grad.Dip.Children·s Literature - Junior School Library

Mr J Eyres B.Sc. - Science

Mrs MFlecker Dip P.Ed., Teach.Cert. - Physical Education

Mrs S Forbes Teach.Cert L.SD.A B.A. - Drama

Mrs A Forma B.Psych.Dip.Ed. - Counsellor - Junior School

Mrs C Gadsdon B.A Dip.Ed. - Humanities

Mrs M Goodlet B.Ed - Junior School

Miss J Hannon B.P.E. Dip.Ed - Physical Education

Miss C Harrington B.Ed. - Science

Mrs D Hockings B.A., Dip.Ed. - Mathematics, Economics

Ms D Holmes Dip.Teach. - Junior School

Miss C Hook B.A. E.e.E. ,e.e.e. - Kindergarten

Mrs J Jolley B.Ed. - Business Studies

Mrs MJolly Dip.Bus.Stud., Dip.Ed. - Languages

Mrs A Kan B.A. - Music. Maths

Miss F Karlson Dip. Primary Teaching - Junior School

Mrs S Keeble M.Ed. - Home Economics

Mrs E Kenworthy B.A Teach.Cert. - Junior School

Mrs C Lanagan B.A Teach.Cert. - Mathematics

Mrs G Marsh Teach. Cert. - Junior School

Mrs D McArthur B.A Dip.Ed. - English

Mrs J McGuinness B.A. Teach. Cert. - Languages

Mrs F Millar Dip.Teach. - Computing

Mrs A Moon B.A Dip,Ed. - HumanitieslEnglish

Mrs S Morris B.A., Dip. Ed. - Mathematics

Mrs C Muir A.T.e.L A.Mus.A. Music - Junior School

Ms R Naughton B.Ed. - English

Mrs M Page L.Mus L.T.e.L. - Music - Piano

Mr R Pedreni Dip. Teach. - Media

Mrs C Ranger BA (Hons), Dip Ed, AIPC - Computing

Mrs A Saffen B,Sc. (Hons) - Mathematics

Mrs R Saunders B.Sc Dip.Ed. - Mathematics

Miss MSimpson Dip. Teach.(Bus. Ed) - Business Studies

Mrs A Smith B.A Dip.Ed. - Early Childhood Studies, R.E.. Cottage Crafts

Mrs ATarulli BA, Dip.Ed. - English

Mr DThornton M. Ed., ATA. - Art

Mr B Underwood LTCL, MIMT - Music

Mr R Vickers B.A.(Hons), Grad.Dip.Ed. - Humanities

Miss E Viner B,Phys.Ed., Dip.Ed. - Physical Education

Mrs J Walters B.A., Teach.Cert. - Junior School

Mrs SWard B.Sc., Dip.Ed, - Science

Mrs K Whipp B.Ed. - Physical Education

Miss A Whitfield B.Ed. - Junior School

Mrs M Williamson - Music - Singing

Mrs V Hill

Mr J Livingston

Mrs F Stimson

Visiting Specialists:

Miss S Barwood - Music - Cello

Mr S Fairbairn A.R.e.M L.T.e.L. - Music - Clarinet

Mrs MGadsdon A.Mus.A. - Music - Piano

Mr A Hassan AssocDip.Perf.Arts - Music - Guitar

Mr WJames - Music - Flute

Mrs KJones - Music - Drums

Mrs A Miller - Music - Bagpipes

Miss KSanders BSc (Hons I) - Music - Double Bass

Mr S Shaw B.A.(Hons.), Grad.Dip.Recreation. - MusicPercussion

Miss L Tayler A.Mus.A, - Music - Flute

Mr a Cuneo - String Ensemble

Other Staff:

Mrs G Bennen - Science Laboratory Assistant

Mrs M Black Teach Cert. - Boarding House Mistress

Mrs I Cornwall - Clothing Exchange

Miss C Dalton - Typist

Mr A Earnshaw - Maintenance

Mrs J Emerson - Ass.Dip.lib.(Media) - library Technician

Miss A Fillingham - ClerkfTypist

Mr K Forbes - Maintenance

Mrs B Frost- Dip. App.Sc - Science Laboratory Technician

Mr R Ginings - Maintenance

Mrs N Glatz Canteen - Senior School

Mrs AGreenhalgh - Principal's Secretary

Miss SHall - ClerkfTypist-Junior School

Mrs I Hann - Kindergarten Assistant

Mrs P Hatch - B.Sc.,B.Ed Dip.Ed. - Boarding House

Mistress

Miss J Hedemann - Administrative Assistant

Mrs Henriques - Day Care Centre

Mr SHill - Maintenance

Mr P Horlin - Maintenance

Sister! Hunter - ursing Sister

Mr K Hutchings - Maintenance

Mrs NJeffs - Boarding House Mistress

Mr D Karnasz - Maintenance

Mrs S Kenton Assoc. Dip. Library Media - Library

Technician

Mrs a Knoch - Home Economics Assistant

Mrs C Lamat - ClerkfTypist- Library

Mr B Lee - Maintenance

Mrs D Loan - Reeeption

Mrs G Martin B.A., Grad Dip I.L.S - Assistant Librarian

Mrs S Munro Canteen - Junior School

Mrs Malden - Reception and Boarding House

Miss MOlsen - Development Office

Mrs C Parker Cert. Child Care - Kindergarten Assistant

Mr R Parkin - Maintenance Foreman

Mr C Prater - Maintenance Property Supervisor

Miss H Raston B.Sc. Dip Ed - B.H. Mistress/Outdoor

Education

Mrs GRidley - Kindergarten Assistant

Mrs J Ritchie - Art and Media Assistant

Ms K Rogers - Aecounts Clerk

Mrs C Rushworth - Boarding House Mistress

Sister S Sadler - Nursing Sister

Miss S Skelhorn - Typist

Miss E Stenhouse - Kindergarten Helper

Mrs E Whitmore - N.N.E.B.- Kindergarten Assistant

Mr D Wilson-Adams - Maintenance

Sister BYoung - Nursing Sister

photo by: C. Rose

"CAROLINE"

Alison was sure the house was haunted. Everyone knew it was.

"I bet you can't!" Jessica's voice was heard loud and clear all around North Dratmore School. Alison looked up from the family album she was examining to speak. "I, I, I think I'd better not", whispered shy Alison.

"Told you!" screamed the obnoxious Jessica.

Everyone had been pestering Alison for weeks. They all thought she was a wimp, not to mention the fact that they wouldn't have done it either. Going into the house of Mrs Whiteloby was what everyone at Dratmore was afraid of. Ten years before, Lady Whiteloby had mysteriously disappeared. Everyone suspected that the house was haunted.

Then it happened ...

"I dare you!" Jessica drawled slowly, staring at Alison with a look on her face that gave away the whirring that was obviously going on in her mind. Jessica was always plotting things. Alison weakened as a chorus of children chanted, "Dare, dare, dare." With the greatest reluctance, Alison's self-esteem crumpled. If she didn't take the dare, she would be "Wimp!" at North Dratmore, a title she most detested.

"All right." She managed to squeeze this

out of herself with the greatest effort. An echo of voices spoke in awe of Alison. Sure, she thought, it was going to be fun being popular (after the great event) but was she even going to be here after?

That afternoon, at 4.45p.m., everyone met at the public tennis courts. These were just near the house of Lady Whiteloby. Alison was cheered on as she crept towards the dilapidated, but grand old house.

As she stepped inside, an echoing noise filled her ears. It was partly the cheering outside, but also consisted of something else she could not quite make out. Her eyes slowly travelled about the large room. It was a hallway, she thought, but a very grand one. Pillars with carved faces embedded in them stared back at her. A stony coldness filled her as she stood on the hard floor. Above her, the ceiling was a mass of roses, flowers, animals and oldfashioned designs. Her mother had once called them ceiling roses. Alison's eyes travelled quickly to a picture of a young girl over the mantlepiece. She was very pretty.

Proceeding down the long hall, the sound in her ears was becoming clearer. Above her, someone seemed to be slowly speaking the word "Caroline," over and over again. She shuddered and glanced quickly above her, but only the ceiling roses were there. They seemed to be coming closer. Alison blinked. What a silly imagination she had! She pushed her confidence to take her

around the old house. It really was grand and Alison began to like it. She began to see the ancient wooden staircases as beautiful, rather than terrifying. In front of her there seemed to be a bedroom. She peeked through the door at beautiful silk bedsheets with ... something under them. Alison's eyes grew as wide as herown hand. The sound in her ear was growing louder. "Caroline, Caroline." The same picture of the beautiful girl from the hall way was on the dresser.

A hand from the bed clothes reached out and grabbed her. Alison felt dizzy. "Caroline!" thevoice sobbed and at the same time thundered in her ear. The bed clothes moved and a face showed. Eyes that bored through Alison's own were blue, almost purple. With a stomach full of terror and eyes to match, Alison fled. She was so scared that tears were streaming down her cheeks. She raced out the door and flopped onto the ground. All of her friends had left.

A wave of recognition flew through Alison's whirling mind. She burst into tears out of pure distress. Then she stopped short. The woman on the bed had looked exactly like the one in a very old photo in the photo album she had been looking at earlier. Her Great,Great, Gran

Alison went white. Nothing could be more horrible, she thought. Too distressed to think anymore she fainted.

Anastasia Joll Year 8

The Beach

The smell of the salty sea air

Comes stumbling over my nose And finally I see it

The crystal clear water, as blue as the sky And as flat as a pancake But as refreshing as lemonade.

I slam the car door and it echoes in my mind

And I run like fire to the sand dune's peak the silky, soft sand swallows my feet

As I race toward the look-out of the world And there it is.

I run down the broken wooden path

As my head fills with happiness the water's arms are open

As I stand there swallowing its beauty When a mischievous wave

Becomes greedy and gobbles me up But I allow its hunger

As the waves begin to gain strength Crash!Crash!Crash!

Weakening everything in their path And as I surface from a wave

My senses tell me: the sea! the sea! What a great place to be!

Fiona Bodycoat Year 9

A twisted moon hung slim while wild clouds swept a stormy path over quivering seas a silent scream from a hungry gull left its teary tune as dancing reeds wept silver tears.

The Cats

I woke this morning molten fury in my ears flooding my sheets. I stood, dew toed and saw them, under the bottlebrush locked, shoulder to shoulder, claw to claw a matt of fur and blood a flattened ear, a raging tongue. Through thewails of lock jawed anger an eye, rolling wildly fixed on me and they lurched, released, scattered, fled and I stood, dew toed and imagined anger imagined fear, before I went back in and made some toast.

artwork by: K Lawrence Yr 12

Victoria Patton Year 12

photo by: N Shapter Yr 9

Samantha Weaver Year 12

artwork by: S Price Yr 10

artwork by: S Foreman Yr 12

As I gazed at the silent stars swimming in the black of the night, Fond memories of you lapped gently on the shores of my imagination

Nicky Williams Year 10

Orphaned

Her sad eyes drooped appealingly patiently waiting for her mother to return She loped up to the top of a rock, smooth and clean from the waves continual washing.

She scanned the nearby ledges, for the smooth soft grey coat and loving eyes, that she knew so well. Although many of the seal ions look alike she knew her mother was not among them.

She lumbered slowly down, whimpering, and halted near the water, resting her chin on the slippery rock. The pounding waves were all she could hear even her own cry seemed meaningless and empty.

She curled up and pressed against a cold rock, hoping it would keep her warm. Every wave stung her when her mother was not riding it waiting .... waiting ....

Louise Fitzgibbon Year 10

The Attic

"The attic was a wonderful place," said Juliana as she stared off into space. Whenever she had felt down in the dumps, depressed, frustrated or bored, the attic was always there for her. Juliana often found her self-willed feet carrying her up the well-worn jarrah step ladder that led to the attic, to the dark, mysterious, nostalgic world of old Christmas decorations, delicate, ancient cloths, shawls and hats and postcards and photographs of deceased great aunts and uncles crammed into drawers of almost antique furniture.

When in the stuffy, musty smelling attic Juliana usually slouched back in the old cushions and beanbags, flipping through stiff mottled paged books, a knitted crochet rug spread over her knees. She listened to the possums scratching on the slanted roof of creaky beams and rafters at night. It gave her a great feeling. Juliana had often heard creaking noises coming from that roof, but the one today had been different: louder, longer and more disturbing. Slouched back in her bean bag Juliana had slowly turned her head and listened curiously until it suddenly became obvious to her that the roof was collapsing around her. Acting quickly but clumsily, she scrambled desperately for the ladder. As pieces of debris fell from the ceiling Juliana screamed as she tripped over the books piled in heaps on the floor and fell down the step ladder as helpless as a fish out of water. She felt her head as it thumped hard on the carpet and her leg, which had been caught on one of the steps as it twisted around, hurting her intensely.

Juliana now remembered her last thought before she had fainted. It was of all the photos and wonderful old furniture trapped under the wood, tiles and plaster. She thought of themnow, poor Juliana. Ever since her mother died she became shy withdrawn and felt unwanted and deserted. The attic had been her thinking place and lately she had been doing a lot of thinking. About school, her father and her mother. Juliana tended to be a little bit sentimental and the attic had been her favourite place. But that was all gone now.

Year 8

Becky Webster

Sailing

The white capped waves roll rhythmically

The salty rotten smell seeps everywhere

The sails are flapping in the strong sea breeze

Tasting the clear fresh air

Touching the damp salty ropes.

Pulling hard on the tiller

Leaning over the port side

With water rushing over the front deck

Your cold shivering body fights hard to keep out the icy blast.

The wind pulls at your tousled hair

Birds swoop around the boat

Salt crystallizes on your face

The want for fresh water grows.

Finally you reach your goal

The hot shower cleanses your body.

The salt washes off in rolling sweeps

You welcome the ice cold water refreshing your inner body.

Sailing, exhilarating, satisfying.

Tamsin Sweet YearS

A Night Walk

In stifling cocoons fugitives from darkness cluster desperately around their televisions, drowning in the light.

Outside the blackness moves in and sweeps me up, carries me gently with slapping feet along a torrent of hard dark road between infinite lines of streetlamps, strange crucifixes, each haloed face staring benignly down on each spreading pool of fluorescent blood.

Sudden figures, transient spirits, float through the walls of night, pass the coral faces drawn with me towards the dark depths of self, till reluctantlynight ebbs, and I am relinquished to the pain of light, washed up on the shores of dawn.

photo by: K. McDonough Yr JJ

Samantha Weaver Year 12

artwork by: K Lawrence Yr 12

Underwater World

Look at the sea Serene and silent like a flat mirror no depth, no life.

But if you were a tropical fish elegant and beautiful

Yes, if you were a Moorish Idol, An enormous maze of coral No start and no goal

Yes, it would be an endless labyrinth. Coral fields of lettuce all over the place vivid and brilliant And a forest of deer antlers.

Hide and seek with a Bull Head is reckless and thoughtless Yes, you will never find him.

Soft corals unfold slowly like a baby's hand Nassau Groper drifts slowly and thoughtfully And time flows slowly.

The Spanish dancer in florid red dress fervently dances flamenco The dance of passion.

The murmuring of the waves is your soft lullaby and you fall to sleep.

Now look at the sea again Serene and silent like a deepdeep blue carpet full of life, full of beauty.

Yoko Hanai Year 10

Strong, well built thighs, powerfully leaping up to catch food, Harsh sharp claws, like razors, savagely tearing its prey apart.

Ears pricked, sensitively vibrating Alert and aware of any movement.

Eyes like sparkling opals, with explosions of colour coming from the bright reflections of the jungle.

Eyes staring sharply around, daring anyone to attack.

Those flaring quivering pink nostrils, smelling out danger.

Long whiskers feeling their way, Sensing any movement without even moving

And soft, soft silky golden fur, Together with a wild, flowing mane and rope-like tai I.

Lion. The King of the Jungle.

Georgia Falconer Year 8

Dire Outcome

I felt the anger scream through my body when I heard the words of Death scrape past my ears

it echoed throughout my heart and dented the inner-walls of my body Stopping me Scaring me and then moving on

the death was understood but couldn't be controlled maybe that, or didn't want to be heard

It stopped a moment, to assess the situation like a mathematical problem but itself was confused

It then, when defeated, arose, and continued to the emotion of another stranger to receive another dire outcome.

Raines Year 10

Death

A shadow rests upon a pin-cushion rocking horse.

In the flickering hallways lurk ancestors framed in gold and silver and in every forgotten comer lurk memories laced with bourbon ready to jump out and burrow into him like a tick or whisper around his feathery mind to the moan of a picnic-by-the-river gramophone.

Behind his looking-glass window he sees children with sand in their hair extinguishing cellophane fires with red fire-engines and looking into their eyes he sees a secret island valley where falls not rain nor hail nor any snow.

The cellophane fires tum to ash and blow away in smoke. Tomorrow, there will be no dawn.

A shadow kicks memories along dusty streets with newspaper boots

A beam of stale light dances to the last number of some forgotten blues singer playing at the cafe on the comer "1 wish I could wash the world away"

He rests upon an icicle park bench. Tomorrow, there will be no dawn.

Wilkinson Year 10

Caroline

Katherine

eat's Fur On and On ...

The blue skies of tomorrow, the pink sunsets of always brutally bashed and tortured by elephant-size black and grey weapons ... killers this goes on and on neverending on and on our green, strawberry lives suddenly changed and we are dragged through senseless darkness a nightmare colder, more terrifying than the bottom of the ocean, where at least animals can take shelter. there is no shelter on and on this destruction a piece of paper in a firewe have no hope of survivingperhaps only a moonbeam of hope to see the next day, but why?

we know what tomorrow, today and yesterday will bring, more black holes, more deadly vegetable cloudsour ears are now blind to the doorslamming suddenness of bangs, bashes and wild animal screams and sirenson and on tomorrow's yesterday is today - we have no meaning of time just flashes of crashing bushes, houses, lives our apricot smiles of life are now mushroom-grey as death ticks closer. .. on and on.

If I were the eat's fur cool air would pull me apart and tickle the skin beneath my stripes and spots.

If I were the eat's fur branches would plough through me leaves would drop onto me but get shaken off and leave me alone again.

If I were the eat's fur - especially around the tailI'd twitch and sway I'd spread in all directions as fright and fury would shake me and pull me up above the rest of my body.

If I were the eat's fur I'd be damp, yet clean I'd feel his tongue push part of me out and let that part of me settle on the carpet, or in the master's food.

If I were the eat's fur I'd crease and fold and feel the weight within me roll me into the grass and let me feel the bugs and worms beneath me and the air and sun above.

Marie-Louise Thonell Year 10

Bush Setting

Twilight sips at the heart of the bush the heat of the day is sucked up to melt the sapphire sky.

He sits on the verandahakubra pulled firmly over a deeply furrowed forehead and watches Cockatoos caressed by a fading sun are chased from swaying gums by a gentle breeze.

He swipes at a mosquito deep green eyes blaze from under dusty, bronzed skin.

Sky flushes ochre reviving aching musclesa hard day's droving. He drinks tea leaves work at him from the bottom of his mug. In the bush, all is still. The day is at an end.

Devika Hovel!

Year 11

Sarah Huggins, Year 10

Photo by: K Norgard

YEAR TEN

YEAR ELEVEN

Trudi Adonis 6 years

Nita Allan 5 years

Sarah Allchurch 8 years

Bronwyn Andrew 5 years

Suzy Angus 4 years

Claire Barr 6 years

Kate Broadbent 5 years

Kirsty Bowlay 2 years

Dani Boichel 2 years

Charlene Bell

Amanda Beeck 3 years

Samantha Battley 5 years

Kathryn Brodie

Amy Buck 2 years

Elizabeth Burt

Melissa Bush

Annabelle Bushell

Natalie Capper 4 years

Pia Cooke

Dorothy Ching

Denise Cheng

Doris Chen

Freya Cheffers

Marisa Chapman

Claire Cooper

Tara Cooper

Tamsin Courtney 5 years

Kerrie Crawford 2 years

Penny Crewe 6 years

Taryn Crombie 5 years

Jenny Crone 6 years

Elizabeth Easton 6 1/3 years

Sara Crossing 6 years

Amanda Evans 5 years

Elizabeth Dawson 43/4 years

Kylie Evans 5 years

Rebecca Dean 8 years

Susan Foreman 7 years

Jacqueline Donald 5 years

Tracy Forward 5 years

Elizabeth Dowsett 2 years

Samantha Gain 9 years

Fiona Gardiner 5 years

Nicole Giblett 5 years

Dallas Gillam 5 years

Karena Gilmore

Marina Goff

Necia Grant

Gemma Greer

Katie Houghton

Amanda Hamersley

Noriko Hanai

Fleur Hull

Sharon Heng 2

Rebecca Humphrys 2 years

Peta Horrex 14 years

Amy Hutchison 2 years

Patti Horwood 12 years

Sandie Hutton 5 years

atasha Hyde 5 year

Kate Jasper 5 years

Susan Jenour 6 years

Trisha Johns 5 years

Lisa Jones 3 years

Elizabeth Keen 7 years

erida Kelly 5 years

Sarah Kelly 5 years

Joanne Kim 3 years

Anna Ladyman 6 years

Natasha Lannin 2 years

Susannah Lapsley 5 years

Katherine Lawrence 6 years

Janet Lee 5 years

Winnie Lee 6 years

Audrey Lim 2 1/2 years

Simone Litwin 4 years

Liane Lovell 6 years

Catherine Low 8 years

Erica McKenzie 8 years

Nicole Low 2 years

Fiona McKenzie 8 years

Fiona Mackie 6 years

Amelia McLarty 10 years

Sasha Mackie 5 years

Tamieka Menzies- Mason 12 years

Lavender Man 2 years

Alison Mills 7 years

Nurette Matijasevich 2 years

Amanda Mills 4 years

Jacqueline Mills 4 years

Carly Morrison 7 years

Catherine Murray 5 years

Sarah Mutch 1 1/2 years

Emma ewland 5 years

Mamie orgard 9 years

Jayne Nottle 5 years

Kristy Panton 2 years

Victoria Patton 7 years

Louise Pearce 5 years

Alison Pidgeon 10 years

Chloe Piper 5 years

Sonja Pratt 6 years

Alina Price 3 years

Linda Price 2 years

Sarah Pye 7 years

Ainslie Reddin

Fiona Reid 5

Elizabeth Rigg II years

Natalie Riggall 5 years

Jacqui Ryan 7 years

Kirsten Sadler 2 years

Pippa Sansom 9 years

Amber Shepherdson 5 years

Simone Shugg 3 years

Caroline Simenson 5 years

Jennefer Skipworth 5 years

Elizabeth Smith 5 years

Rachel Sounness 5 years

Anita Spragg 5 years

Sarah Steed 5 years

Fiona Stewart 5 years

Suzanne Stirling 6 years

Emma Stringfellow 5 years

Tina Sudjana 1 year

Pia Syms 5 years

Sarina Triggs 5 years

Claire Warren 3 1/2 years

Cassandra Walsh 5 years

Nichila Trenorden 5 years

Michelle Telfer 6 years

Sally Voce 12 years

Indrawati Tedjakusumo 1 year

Dimitra Ventouras 14 years

Zoe Turner 6 years

Sophia Tasker 12 years

Irene Tam 2 years

Erica Tsui 3 years

Samantha Weaver 5 years

Kylie Webb 8 years

Samantha Webb 5 1/2 years

Ashleigh White 5 years

Abigail Whiteman 10 years

Caryn Williams 5 years

Carmen Willmott 4 years

Elspeth Wilson 5 years

Helen Wright 6 years

Let's begin with the leaving a time of possible whens and future nows.

And when you forget as you will the formulaes and dates, the causes and effect, when the grammar of past is going, take with you one verb just the one verb of 'to live.'

Reach out a wanting hand to life feel its warm skin its pulsing mystery feel it pull at your hand and drag itback, drape it overyour head wear it as a shawl, a hat, a tent, an Indian head-piece anything is possible.

You need not be a poet to live poetry cast out your lives over a night sea they will dance like dolphins in a sudden sea

Let not life be a shadow on a wall when ancient paintings were promised . not a mere reflection of fire

Wear flames from your hair and fly burning through the flight of sky.