Ammonite Autumn 2016
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Contents 3. Council update 4. Thank you 5. Scholarships 6. 2015 Year 12 results 10. Snippets 12 . Junior School steams ahead 15. The time is NAO 16. LNG Forum a hit on holidays 17. Year 7 SHINE day 18.
Vietnam
Galleries
20. Junior School Arts Fest 22. Senior School Arts Fest 24.
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IGSSA Swimming
26. Year 12 Induction 28. NY Art Tour 30. Fit for life 32. Pilgrimage to Fiji 34. In search of Dirk
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36. WA Women’s Hall of Fame 38. Vale to a St Hilda’s treasure 40.
English update
41. Anthem for Doomed Proof 42.
Sea-beds
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Winter warmer
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Brain teasers
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Front cover: Madu Venkatesan, Year 12.
From the Chair of Council
Ms Deidre Willmott Chair of Council
Council update We are now well underway with key parts of our Strategic Plan and one of our focus areas is the facilities and physical environment our students and staff use every day. The Building and Grounds Sub Committee has many earnest discussions about how to continuously improve at St Hilda’s. We often seek input from staff and I particularly remember our debate about the new pool back in 2007. As a Committee we believed our funds would only stretch to a new 25 metre indoor pool but the sports staff persuaded us that an outdoor 50 metre pool would provide the best benefit for our students. Reflecting on our recent success at IGSSA swim carnivals, water polo and our busy Swim School, I am personally proud that we changed our view and developed a facility that was fit for the long term. Since the pool opened, we have also developed the Joy Shepherd Performing Arts Centre and the Nicholas Rinehart Science Building, both incredible and well used facilities.
Annual Giving Our buildings and grounds need regular upkeep to ensure we maximise their working life and we are asking for your support for this through our 2016 Annual Giving campaign. Annual giving provides an opportunity for all members of the St Hilda’s community to invest in the school – whether as an Old Scholar, a current or past parent, a grandparent, staff member or friend of the school.
Annual giving is the foundation of philanthropy at St Hilda’s. It is a way of giving back or giving a little extra, to support the life and future of our wonderful school. Annual giving is exactly that – there is not an ongoing commitment and all donations regardless of size are very much appreciated and warmly received. This year your donations can be directed to our fully tax deductible Building or Scholarship Fund.
New faces Since the last issue of Ammonite, we have welcomed Mrs Nita Peploe and Mr Josh Thomson to the School Council. Both have children in our Junior School and Nita is an Old Scholar. Joshua’s mother and sister went to St Hilda’s so he also has strong St Hilda’s connections. Mr Murray Johns has been appointed Deputy Chair of Council and Mr Douglas Craig as Treasurer and I thank them for their ongoing support. I would also like to pay tribute to Ms Karen Farley who has stepped down from Council duties. Karen joined the Council in 2002 and was Chair from 2007 to 2013. Karen worked tirelessly for St Hilda’s and provided support and guidance for Council members and senior staff during her tenure. As an Old Scholar she is not lost to us but we are really thankful for her time and energy as part of School Council.
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you! Thank you to everyone in the St Hilda’s community who supported us financially last year. We raised $67,430 from our Annual Giving and received a $3650 donation to our Scholarship Fund from our Year 12 parents and a $940 donation from Year 6 parents to our Early Learning Centre Playground improvements. We would also like to acknowledge the $56,520 contribution to the Parents’ and Friends’ Association made by parents which was used for social events and speakers Paul Dillon and Julie Meek. We are incredibly grateful for the support from all our donors that make a difference to the services and facilities we provide for our students.
Other 8%
Whitby 8%
Current Families
44%
Old Scholars
Supporters of 2015 Annual Giving
Joy Shepherd Performing Arts Centre
Student Scholarship 57%
Annual Giving Donors 2015 Dr Julian & Mrs Deborah Andrews Elizabeth Bagshaw (Formby, ‘63) Elizabeth Black, ‘61 Bosak Family Ms Norah Brockman, ‘37 J Brown (McNaughton, ‘55) Ildy Button Colton Family Mrs Junette Cook (Shepherd, ‘54) Dallavanzi Family Rikki Dans (Trenaman, ‘54) Mrs Christine Dissanayake Dey Family Ellison Family Feeney Family Andrew & Ann-Maree Foster Elizabeth Gamble (Ritson, ‘56) Robert Glew & Amanda Swift Astrid & Michael Hughes Mrs Nicola Iffla (Cameron, ‘74) Ben & Jo Kimberley Ms Deidre Willmott, ‘78 Mrs Jan Lord (Ransom, ‘62)
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Love Family Claire Macaulay, ‘69 13% MacDermott Family Mrs E Marris (Rothery, ‘57) Paul & Lenka McCabe McFarland Family Projects Supported Alan & Susan McGill (Loeper, ‘65) McLaren Family Mrs Susanne Moore (Lawrie, ‘54) Mr & Mrs L S Ng Mr & Mrs P R Perry Jon & Jennifer Petelczyc Ruth Phelps (Rowell, ‘61) Father David Prescott Ms Jennifer Rankin, ‘63 Mr Thomas Rose & Ms Helen Mifka Mrs Margot Siemer, ‘56 Olga Ward ‘83 Melanie & Graeme White Janet Williamson (Ball, ‘49) Mr & Mrs G Wilson (Thomas, ‘81) Margaret Wonson, ‘51 and 12 donors who wish to remain anonymous
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From the Principal
Mrs Kim Kiepe Principal
Scholarships Throughout the years, St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls has been offering a number of scholarships in acknowledgement of students’ academic aptitudes and backgrounds. Our scholarship program is important as it helps students achieve their full potential, while making a strong and positive contribution to the life of St Hilda’s. For some five decades, we have been pleased to offer scholarships for entry to the Senior School, through Academic, Old Scholars Association, Indigenous and Music Scholarships. Scholarships
open doors to girls who might not be able to attend St Hilda’s by providing full or part remission of tuition fees for a number of years of a student’s education. Past scholarship students have been fortunate to have enjoyed the benefits of the generosity from many donors. We recognise the kindness of benefactors who acknowledge the importance of providing an opportunity for students who are academically able and also able to contribute to the cocurricular life of the School, through music, drama, sport and leadership.
Principal Mrs Kim Kiepe with our 2016 scholarship recipients.
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2015 Year 12 results 2015 was another successful academic year for St Hilda’s with the Class of 2015 achieving the following outstanding results. We are proud to acknowledge the hard work and determination of these students and the support they received from their teachers and parents.
Graduation 144 of our 145 students achieved graduation from school and were awarded the Western Australian Certificate of Education.
University Entrance 138 of our 145 students completed an academic program to gain university entrance by the Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR). This means that they studied at least 4 Stage 3 and/or Stage 2 courses during Year 12. Of the 138 students who applied for University Entrance, 100% were eligible for a university place in WA because they achieved above the threshold ATAR for university entry or met the portfolio entry requirements.
Summary of Achievement On the basis of the ATAR, St Hilda’s students achieved the following results: • 14% (20 students) achieved in the top 1% of the State. This means that they obtained an ATAR of 99.00 or above. • 30% (43 students) achieved in the top 2.5%. This equates to an ATAR of 97.50 or higher. • 58% (85 students) were in the top 10%. (ATAR 90 and above.) • The median ATAR for our students was 93.2. • 91.25% of units completed by students were at Stage 3.
Course Results In terms of individual course results, St Hilda’s was listed 19 times as having the highest performing students. The course listing is compiled from the percentage of students at each school who achieve a scaled mark of 75 or more in the course. In order to be included on the list, there must be a minimum of 10 students in the course.
Individual success Six students were awarded a General Exhibition: Naina Akella Alexandra Finlay-Jones Annie Jiang Leila Kint Mohar Mandal Laura Peh Two students achieved Course Exhibitions for the highest score in the course: Naina Akella Economics Leila Kint Philosophy 22 Certificates of Distinction were awarded to our students. These are awarded to students in the top 0.5% of candidates in a particular course.
Accounting and Finance Jacintha Fraser-Gillard
Chemistry Naina Akella Melissa Giumelli Leila Kint Laura Peh Katherine Roche
Economics Naina Akella Mohar Mandal
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2015 results
English Cassandra Bond Leila Kint Emily Morgan Tessa Sproul
Geography Cassandra Bond Alexandra Finlay-Jones
Literature Christina Grant
Materials Design and Technology Angelyn Wu
Mathematics Laura Peh Katherine Roche
Mathematics: Specialist Katherine Roche
Modern History
Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking of 99.00 and over The following students achieved an ATAR of over 99.00 and deserve special mention. Katherine Roche Annie Jiang Laura Peh Naina Akella Leila Kint Georgina Clarke Sophie Smith Christina Grant Mohar Mandal Georgia Salmon Alexandra Finlay-Jones Eloise Smith Rohanna Stoddart Oluwatomisin Adesanya Serena Li Alexandra McCracken Faith Chow Cassandra Bond Lisa Cartwright Kate Woolhouse
99.95 99.90 99.90 99.85 99.80 99.75 99.70 99.65 99.65 99.65 99.60 99.55 99.50 99.30 99.30 99.15 99.05 99.00 99.00 99.00
Georgina Clarke Christina Grant
Vocational Educational Training results
Philosophy and Ethics
Eight students completed vocational educational certificates this year.
Leila Kint
Grace Bollands Peta Drummond Rhiannon Dunn Elenna Fisher Shannay Laidlaw Jasmine Peachey Tessa Sproul Alyce Stanley
Certificate IV in Education Support Certificate IV in Education Support Certificate IV in Business Certificate II in Retail Make-up and Skin Care Certificate IV in Education Support Certificate IV in Business Certificate II in Hospitality Certificate IV in Business
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Where are they now? Naina Akella Naina is studying a double major in physiology and economics at the University of Western Australia and will be doing post-graduate medicine. She is still unsure where she plans to take medicine or what field of medicine she wants to specialise in, but she would like to do volunteer work overseas. Naina is interested in working for the United Nations and plans to make the most of her degree to make a positive change to the world around her, as well as have fun along the way.
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Alex Finlay-Jones Alex is studying a Biomedical Engineering degree, majoring in Chemistry, at the University of Sydney. Her favourite aspect of Sydney is living at St Andrews College. Similar to school, she is keeping up with the University’s Environmental Club as well as sports like springboard diving, tennis and basketball. She aims to live a happy balanced lifestyle by maintaining a high average, whilst balancing co-curricular and social activities.
We caught up with a few of our 2015 students to see what the first year after school holds.
Alice Hamilton Alice is sharing a unit with exHead Boarder Bella Aird and is at the University of Western Australia studying a Bachelor of Design (Architecture/ Integrated Design) to become an architect. Along with Maggie MacEvilly, she has continued with Speech and Drama with Dr Logie at her private studio and is completing her AMEB teaching diploma so she can teach at the Junior or Senior School. Alice is headed to Europe in July with two other St Hilda’s girls and is planning to visit ex-Deputy Head Boarder Tessa Meecham, who is an Au Pair in Sweden for her gap year.
2015 results
Annie Jiang Annie moved to Melbourne a couple of months ago and is studying a Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne University under the Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program. She is enjoying university though it is different from school, it’s a fun experience. She is planning to complete the Juris Doctor program at Melbourne University after completing her Bachelor of Arts and wants to work in foreign affairs: potentially even the United Nations.
Leila Kint Since graduating last year, Leila has become part of the Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons) at the University of Western Australia. She plans to complete the Bachelor with a double major in philosophy and physiology before taking on post-graduate medicine. During these studies, whilst working on the side, she hopes she becomes further involved in her local and global community. Leila wants to help others in a way that is academically enriching and ethically conscious.
Katie Roche Katie is studying a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne and is living at Trinity College. She is studying under the Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program and is hoping to major in Neuroscience and have an assured postgraduate pathway into medicine.
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Snippets Arguing with WA’s best St Hilda’s students Imogen Clayton, Alice Wylie and Mia Shapland with children’s author Jacqueline Harvey.
Jacqueline Harvey comes to visit Best-selling children’s author Jacqueline Harvey, the brains and the pen behind the very popular AliceMiranda and Clementine Rose novels, stopped by St Hilda’s Junior School on her whirlwind tour of Western Australia for an inspiring and hilarious talk. The ex-teacher had the Years 3 to 6 girls in stitches for her hour-long talk about her life and her passion for writing.
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Most people would name public speaking as one of their greatest fears, but not Year 12 St Hilda’s student and now Captain of the WA Debating Team Isobel Smith. “I’ve always liked public speaking,” Isobel said. “You get to a place where you realise that everyone is listening to you. They don’t want you to fail, so you do your best and they will appreciate it.” She did a lot of public speaking and performing in primary school, so when the opportunity came up to take up debating in Year 7 she took it with open arms. Isobel has just been made the Captain of the State Debating Team, which is an impressive feat for the budding lawyer.
Mrs Harvey spoke to the girls about the inspiration behind the famous characters, from her own pony MooMoo to three of her most memorable students, and what makes an intriguing page-turner.
She has a keen interest in political and social debates, particularly feminism and the representation of minority groups.
With some encouragement from her husband, she decided to make the move from teaching to writing children’s books. At 31 she published her first book.
“Looking at the refugee crisis at the moment is something that I am really passionate about, so I’d like to help out wherever I can,” she said.
“I love to tell stories and I thought it would be fun to tell my stories to more children and not just the ones that I taught,” Mrs Harvey said.
“I would like to do some work for the UN. That would require public speaking, communicating and effective arguing.”
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From around the School
Excited artists (back row to front row) Olivia Priddy, Alessia Radici, Hannah Warren, Maya Smallbone, Jessica Stone, Alexandra Fleming and Lauren Smyth with Ms Tanya Blong.
Sustainable art swimming along Artist, passionate environmentalist and St Hilda’s art technician Tanya Blong has been spreading the word about how to turn waste into something beautiful. Ms Blong uses art to highlight environmental issues and teach children how to create sustainable art from things they would normally throw away. “I ran this project with the Year 3 girls, with the aim to educate about waste in the environment and how to work with recycled materials,” she said. Instead of throwing away unused materials, the Art Club used waste materials from Senior School art projects. “The girls loved the hands-on project,” Ms Blong said. “Using the offcuts of timber from Senior School art projects, coupled with items from REMIDA (a company that collects factory waste products and sells them to the public), we created fish designed as wall art.” Ms Blong taught the girls about design, surface pattern, colour theory, composition, construction and distressing techniques. Once completed, the girls took home one or two timber fish ready for wall hanging.
Songwriting for success Stella Kelly (Year 12) was chosen as one of four finalists across Australia to take part in the Music: Count Us In (MCUI) National Songwriting Competition. She was given the opportunity to co-write a song for the MCUI Song of the Year in Sydney, Australia, which will be performed by more than 500,000 students nationally and was fortunate enough to receive the mentorship of Australian music heavyweights Jay Laga’aia and John Foreman.
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Junior School steams ahead You may be familiar with the push to increasing the numbers of girls who pursue Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics (STEM) careers but an extra dimension has now been added, art and design, which results in the STEAM acronym. STEAM has been embraced by our Junior School students with a number of project based activities running every week this year. Lead by Deputy Head of Curriculum Mrs Robin McKean and our classroom teachers, the students are tackling subjects that sound like they are more suited to university.
Digital technology Students have embraced computational thinking activities involving logic, digital technologies, discrete structures, computation, data processing, and algorithmic concepts. To really embed the concepts, we participated in the Bebras Challenge. This is Australia’s largest student computational thinking / computer science challenge and is open to all students from Years 3 to 12. Bebras is coordinated by Digital Careers - a collaborative national initiative of industry, research, primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions. Congratulations to Phoebe Lovegrove (Year 6), Matilda Noble (Year 4) and Krista Zuvela (Year 4) who received High Distinctions placing them in top 1% of their age group nationally.
Opposite page – Giulia Naccarato and Cait Watkins, Year 6.
Computer programming No longer for geeks, computer programming is fun! These days visual programming languages allow students to drag-and-drop icons rather than type code which helps the girls to rapidly develop their own computer programs. After achieving a basic certification, our students have negotiated their own coding projects with themes including Minecraft, Star Wars, animation, robotics, dance choreography and music making. We have a partnership with the Fogarty Foundation’s CoderDojo WA program. Our Dojo is open every lunch for students to complete coding activities of their own choosing. Our Year 6 IT Committee and interested students are available to troubleshoot and assist wherever possible. We also partner with CSIRO’s national Scientists and Mathematicians in Schools (SMiS) program and we are delighted one of our Year 7 parents, Mrs Sheree Pudney, is our official scientist. Our Year 6s are working on the Arduino Project which adds an electronics and design technology component to their studies on electricity. Their technical drawings of prototypes will be completed under the guidance of Art teacher Ms Teresa Richards. The design brief for products will follow the Stanford University engineering design process – empathy, design ideate, prototype, test and share. Final products will be shared with other Young ICT Explorers which is a SAP Australia initiative that enables students to apply what they learn in their ICT/Digital Technologies classes to develop a technology related project of their choice.
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Grace Donnelly, Emma King and Cassidy Gagel, Year 6.
At the judging event in early September, students will present their project to a judging panel of academia, industry partners and ICT professionals. We look forward to reporting back on their success.
Playing the game Year 6 History lessons are also coming to life using Taleblazer a new web based platform that allows students to create location based, augmented reality games that can actually be played on mobile devices. The girls are using visual blocks of code to create their own historical narrative and location based mobile game. Their finished Tale will augment reality around a real location including both the school oval and the Perth Zoo with its range of habitats. Players will interact with their virtual characters, objects, and data from the past and the present in order to solve a range of clues giving Maths and Science problems. The project will engage students in thoughtful role-playing, exploration or investigation and will be available on most GPS-enabled Android and iOS smartphones and mobile devices.
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Still to come As our school year unfolds, there will be more STEAM at Junior School. Year 6 will be taking on Microblitz, a citizen science project where crowd-sourced science is building a state-wide map detailing the biodiversity and health of our environment using DNA sequencing to identify the biodiversity of microbes in our soils. Year 5 is developing entries for the Sleek Geeks Competition. They are creating a multimedia presentation about the five states of matter and the Bose Einstein Condensate in particular. It combines research, creativity and media arts and animation capabilities. Year 4 is designing and planting a herbarium that will take a traditional book/ journal form and an innovative student design for a living museum exhibition. It is an adjunct to their nature and botanical science studies.
NAO the humanoid robot with new friends Angelique Preau and Angela Bourne.
The time is NAO with St Hilda’s robotics Keen St Hilda’s students were lucky enough to meet the innovative and adorable NAO humanoid robot in a special demonstration last week.
“The robot is cute and fun and engaging and it inspires children to delve into more complex programming and coding languages.”
Robotics specialist Jonathan Kingsley from Geelongbased Brainary Interactive made time to stop at St Hilda’s during his visit to Perth, bringing along the NAO robot to demonstrate how far technology has come.
St Hilda’s students are able to study robotics, which is an uncommon stream to take at high schools.
While it may look simple and cute, the 58cm tall NAO robot is an incredibly clever piece of technological engineering. Mr Kingsley showed off NAO’s technical prowess with a demonstration of the robot understanding and obeying human speech, balancing itself without prompt and its impressive spatial awareness. “A robot like NAO can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be,” he said. “We use these in tertiary research at a really high level to work on crazy algorithms, but we also use them in early learning and primary schools to teach basic algorithmic logic like a sequence of events.
St Hilda’s science teacher Dr Jasmine Henry said Mr Kingsley’s visit was perfectly timed. “The girls have been introduced to Lego Mindstorm and built their own robots in their Science and Engineering classes and in Design and Technology classes. “They have started to program these robots and it has been really exciting for them to complete tasks using their own creativity. “Jonathon’s visit reinforced the idea the robots have many useful applications, particularly in helping children with autism and medical rehabilitation: not just working in factories.”
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LNG Forum a hit on holidays During the April school holidays, three students were selected to attend the LNG18 Student Forum as part of the LNG18 Conference. The conference allowed leaders of the oil and gas industry, including 250 companies from 60 countries, to come together and showcase the latest technological advancements and environmental innovation in LNG. Students learned the science behind an LNG plant, including the step-by-step purification process to convert natural gas to a pure liquefied natural gas. “As one of the attendees, I can say with confidence that the day spent at the LNG18 Student Forum was the most captivating day of my April School Holidays,” Year 12 student Celeste Kalnenas said. Students participated in team-building activities and an interactive workshop where they were tasked to use their chemistry and physics knowledge to produce and store carbon dioxide by reacting a pink acetic acid solution with calcium carbonate.
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“Despite the ‘theoretical’ potential of my team’s elaborate prototype system (composed of plastic cups, straws, sand and plasticine), unfortunately we experienced a slight technical malfunction which resulted in more mess being produced than gas,” Celeste said. “Considering the aftermath - a fluorescent-pink aciddrenched tablecloth - I am assuming that future Student Forums may purposely avoid the use of white linen.” Among a number of interesting facts, students discovered that it would take 600 ships to transport the same mass of natural gas in its gaseous state than just 1 ship for liquefied natural gas. Celeste described the LNG18 Student Forum as “an incredible experience”. “It has certainly sparked a desire in me to pursue a career in the oil and gas industry,” she said.
Jacqueline Shallcross, Dr Suzanna Russell-Smith, Ms Rachel James, Julia Kent, Joni Grainger and Mrs Naomi Bryant.
Year 7 SHINE Day S H I N E
Social and emotional wellbeing Health - physical and mental Interactions - relationships with others Nurture of self and others Engagement - flow, being in the moment, mindful
Our Year 7 girls were excited to start their Senior School journey with SHINE Day, a program focused on health and wellbeing by social and emotional learning organisation EveryDay Leader. The girls were transported by bus to the University of Western Australia to participate in lectures and presentations about resilience, embracing differences, compassion, defining your own success, wellbeing and kindness. The Year 7s represented St Hilda’s with outstanding pride, intelligence, respect and dignity. The students were involved in interactive activities and presentations from inspiring guest speakers including: Akram Azimi (2013 Young Australian of the Year award winner), Eloise Wellings (Australian Olympic Athlete, long distance runner who will be competing at the Rio Olympics 2016), Preston Smiles (author, YouTube bloggers, Huffington Post contributor and ambassador of love and living boldly) and Dr Robert Isaacs (accomplished and highly respected Aboriginal leader). The students focused on being brave, bold and kind. The event was designed to recognise the challenges and opportunities that come from the transition from Junior School to Senior School.
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Vietnam In December 2015 a group of 17 excited St Hilda’s girls woke up at 4am for the flight to Vietnam for what was to be a memorable adventure. Accompanied by Mr Doyle and Ms Sewell our group embarked on a successful nine day service tour.
We landed in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, which is very different to Perth. The traffic situation was hectic with thousands of unpredictable motorcycles to dodge when crossing any road. To not get hit, you had to go against all natural instinct and walk slowly, calmly and “with purpose�- it took a lot of getting used to! The main part of our stay was a service project in the village of Mai Chao, which was a five hour trip from Hanoi. Upon arrival we were greeted by the most welcoming people: I have never seen such gratitude and hospitality in my life. The community embraced us and we spent the next five days making new friendships and learning a huge amount about their culture and life. We lived with local families, visited local schools, took part in cooking, dance and embroidery lessons and took centre stage during a final community party. A special moment was presenting the local school with some gifts we purchased with funds raised back in Perth. The joy of seeing students playing with new sporting equipment was humbling. The main purpose of our visit was to help complete building a dam, a community project that had been underway for a year. With teamwork, encouragement and a positive attitude we mixed cement, built scaffolds, dug trenches and managed to complete the project on time. It was exhausting but ultimately rewarding as it would help protect the valuable village crops during heavy seasonal rains. We also expanded a future fish pond which the owner will use to breed fish, creating a sustainable income for the village.
Upon leaving Mai Chao we took the time to reflect upon how fortunate we are in Perth, and noted that, despite some basic conditions, the people there were happy and content. After many hugs from the local children we departed proud of the contribution we had made. Well rested, we then departed for the iconic Halong Bay. There, we canoed and sailed through one of the most amazing landscapes on the planet. Attempting, unsuccessfully, to fish, venturing into one of the massive cave systems and savouring some fresh seafood were other highlights. Spending the night on a junk was a unique experience. Back in Hanoi we took the time to learn the art of bartering in the local markets. After some practice we were able to purchase some keepsakes to remind us of our time abroad. A water puppet show and farewell dinner signalled the end of our Vietnam experience and we ventured home. The trip was a huge success and I encourage all future Year 9 girls to become involved.
Angela Bourne, Year 9
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It was sunshine and smiles at Arts Festival in Junior School on the last day of Term 1. We are always surprised by the creativity and imagination of our youngest students and this year was no exception. Our students were surprised by the appearance of Principal Mrs Kiepe and Head of Junior School Mrs McNally in a flash mob.
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The artistic talent of St Hilda’s girls knows no bounds. Again for Arts festival in Term 1 we were blown away by our singers, dancers, choirs, actors and rock bands along with our Year 7s who know a thing or two about lip sync battles. Congratulations to Gascoyne House as overall winner for 2016.
Gallery Senior School Arts Fest
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Gallery IGSSA Swimming
In an impressive feat St Hilda’s has proved itself top of the swimming leaderboard with its fifth consecutive win at the 52nd Independent Girls Schools Sports Association (IGSSA) Swimming Carnival, making history as the school with the most titles since the competition began in 1965. The carnival, held at HBF Stadium, saw Iona and Santa Maria finish in second and third position respectively. The electric atmosphere and close competition with Iona pushed St Hilda’s to win with a total of 988.5 points. Adding to the top results, the girls achieved 110 season-best times on the night, broke 1 of 6 records and won a number of Year Group Pennants including Year 8, Year 10 and Year 11. St Hilda’s now has 11 wins at the IGSSA Swimming Carnival, putting the school ahead of Penrhos (10) and Methodist Ladies College and Presbyterian Ladies’ College (8).
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It was a special morning for our Year 12s and their parents as the girls formally took on their role of School leadership. The first of the St Hilda’s rites of passage for all Year 12s, the Class of 2016 are a happy bunch and took the day in their stride.
Gallery Year 12 Induction
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Gallery NY Art Tour
In the April holidays, 19 Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts and Design students and three teachers landed in Manhattan, New York City, for 14 days of cultural immersion. A street art walk across the Hudson River into Brooklyn, Bushwick and Williamsburg Boroughs then back to Manhattan Lower East Side and Midtown was just the beginning. Activities ranged from a NY Knicks basketball game, Central Park, Broadway shows, eating at an All-American Diner, visiting some of the less tourist-trodden boroughs like Harlem and getting on stage at the Apollo Theatre. The group enjoyed Picasso, Van Gogh, Warhol, Chicago and Klimt at MoMA, The Solomon Guggenheim, the Whitney, the MET, DIA and the Cooper-Hewitt to name a few. Some of the artmaking practice involved conceptual models for body adornments, tested their engineering and design skills in building skyscraper models, drawing conceptual art, printmaking and mixed media.
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Over the last three years our Junior School Physical Education team has had a clear goal to increase the fitness levels of all students and some simple changes are now showing results. “At the beginning of 2013 we had a really honest conversation as a team about the girls’ general attitudes to physical activity,” says PE teacher Lara Clarke. “We felt that by and large, with some notable exceptions, we had a culture where the girls did not push themselves physically and were often resistant to being out of breath or feeling any muscle soreness at all. There was a very low bar set for basic cardio respiratory fitness and physical games at lunch time had almost disappeared. Everything we know about growing bodies told us we needed to make some changes.”
So some simple steps were taken: • Increased expectations and goals for basic cardio respiratory fitness. This included distances for runs or swims at the beginning of all lessons. • Teaching students to push themselves and trust that being out of breath and having sore muscles is good thing. • Altering the swimming program away from certificate based participation to a focus on fitness and stroke development. • Playing more robust and physical games from Kindergarten to Year 6 which require greater resilience. • A focus on core, fitness and strength development via Gymnastics. • Increased physical play at lunch with House activities such as netball, basketball and soccer matches.
Last year and so far in 2016, the results are very encouraging. From a competitive standpoint, St Hilda’s has gone from not gaining a place in JIGSSA competitions to winning year level championships in cross country and swimming. In 2015 we finished fifth overall for JIGSSA swimming and this year we improved to second place narrowly missing out on first. “And while these results are always pleasing, it is the improvements in stamina and fitness observed every day that are making a real difference,” says PE teacher Mrs Wendy Rickarby.
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Pilgrimage to Fiji
Our Year 8 St Hilda’s and Christ Church Grammar School students have just returned from an amazing two weeks on the Pilgrimage to St Christopher’s Home in Fiji.
This was our tenth trip to visit our Fiji family and we were welcomed by the Sisters and children with kindness and total love. In our time at the Home we assisted the Sisters in many tasks including gardening, cooking, painting several large rooms and spaces, sorting and restocking the dispensary, assisting in the nursery and kindergarten as well as reorganising and making the library a space the children can use each day after school. All students worked extremely hard and the Sisters were amazed by the vast array of tasks completed in such a small amount of time. Each afternoon the kids participated in ‘buddy time’ with the St Christopher’s children where they assisted them with homework and reading followed by craft activities and sporting games. One day we also assisted at St Joseph’s Primary School and another day were able to take the children on an excursion to the local swimming pool, McDonalds and the cinema. These are the thoughts of some of the girls who attended.
“The kids at the Home taught us a lot about love. They taught us to love someone for who they truly are and that you can love many people, not just one person. St Christopher’s also taught me that family is the most important thing in the world: just because the kids were not all related they came together as one big family which was a beautiful thing for me to see.”
Sophie Gray
“My favourite part of the trip was at the end of the day during singing and prayer time. Every one of the kids was singing and laughing and smiling. It was the most encouraging sight.”
Maia Akhlil
“Although we were working extremely hard so the Sisters and children could have the best possible equipment, I had so much fun doing it. My favourite job I had was working in the nursery alongside Paris, Olivia, Arman, Rufus and Asha. We had so much fun painting the ABC pictures on the wall and trying so hard to finish half a wall in four minutes with not much paint left.”
Lucy Foley
“This trip was truly life-changing and encouraged me to solve problems, look from different angles, ‘live in the moment’ and be grateful and it made me realise that background, gender and time don’t matter when it comes to making friends.”
Paris Capolingua
“The Home’s way of life has made me realise that it doesn’t matter what or who you have, as long as you have faith you’ll be ok. They live life loving and appreciating everything they have and they have effortlessly taught me how to do the same.”
Iman Kaplanian
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In search of Dirk 400 years ago this year, a young Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog happened upon some uninhabited islands off the coast of Shark Bay. With slightly more creature comforts, a group of our senior girls explored the area by kayak with our Outdoor Education leaders in the recent school holidays. Here’s their account: Arriving in Denham, the barge was loaded and we headed in the direction of Dirk Hartog Island. Two hours later we hit the white sand and set up camp, treated to a fantastic stir fry, and the stars that were illuminated like never before in the absence of city lights. Awoken to a brilliant pink glow on the horizon, we organised our belongings and safety gear and, dipping our paddles into the crystal clear beach, we set off by kayak for the first time. With the help of the southerly winds, we paddled up the eastern coastline, mesmerised by the marine world around us. Turtles, lemon sharks and rays passed beneath us and eagles soared in the crisp, early air. Following a quick break at Notch Point,
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we continued on towards our destination for the night – Quoin Bluff South. Having paddled much more efficiently than expected, by midday we had set up camp and had time to explore the area. Hurling out hand-reels and collecting fresh oysters, our leader Matt returned with a golden trevally. To our delight, we were surprised by the funky yellow twilight crabs that scuttled at the water’s edge to set us to sleep. That night we feasted on trevally tacos, complete with fresh salsa, guacamole, fire roasted corn, and haloumi. Careful consideration of wind currents the next day sparked the idea to back track around the curve of Quoin Bluff and into the sheltered bay on the opposite side of the cliff. Our herd of boats careered around the reef, the decision was made to kayak into the safety of Tetradon Loop. The last day of kayaking was upon us. Off we paddled back towards the homestead. Caressed by the salty breeze and midday fatigue, we spontaneously jumped out of our boats for a quick dip to refresh us. Watching
the incredible fauna dash beneath us was incredible. Camping on the familiar beach of the homestead, we were given a tour of the original homestead and informed on the interesting history of Dirk Hartog Island. The barge collected us early and we farewelled the intriguing island. Dirk Hartog (1580-1621) was a Dutch sailor and explorer. In 1616 Hartog was employed by the Dutch East India Company. At this time Hartog was also appointed master of a ship The Eendratch (meaning ‘unity’) in a voyage from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). The Eendratch set sail along with other ships on the 23 January 1616, however during a storm The Eendratch was separated from the rest of the group. The ship ended up independently at the Cape of Good Hope. Hartog and his crew sailed the Indian Ocean in hope of finding Batavia (Indonesia) but was blown by strong westerly winds.
It was 25 October 1616 when Dirk Hartog and crew came across various islands that were uninhabited, so he made an arrival on an island off the coast of Shark Bay now known as Dirk Hartog Island. Hartog spent three days examining the coast and nearby islands. When he left he attached a pewter plate to a post, now known as the Hartog plate. On the plate he had scratched a record of his visit to the island. The inscription read: 1616. On the 25th October the ship Eendracht of Amsterdam arrived here. Upper merchant Gilles Miebais of Luick (Liege); skipper Dirck Hatichs (Dirk Hartog) of Amsterdam. On the 27th we sail for Bantum. Under merchant Jan Stins; upper steerman Pieter Doores of Bil (Brielle). In the year 1616. Finding nothing of interest or worth staying for he continued sailing north towards Batavia, where he arrived safely in December 1616, five months after his expected arrival.
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WA Women’s Hall of Fame
The Hon. Liza Harvey MLA and Margaret Seares. MCB Photographics courtesy the WA Women’s Hall of Fame.
Margaret Seares There are few people who have dedicated so much of their time to the arts over the course of their life than Emeritus Professor Margaret Seares (Edwards, ’65), now recognised in the WA Women’s Hall of Fame. In a male-dominated industry, Professor Seares took the reins of some of the biggest arts bodies in the country. She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003 for her work in arts and education and is an Honorary Life Member of the Chamber of Arts and Culture. Professor Seares is proud to have left her mark on an industry dominated by men. “There is this popular association that goes back to the 1930s that women were the ones who were most engaged and involved in the arts, but when you look at senior levels it’s just like everywhere else – the men are still earning the big money and have the top positions,” she said. As the only person from WA to chair the Australia Council, the Federal Government’s arts funding and
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advisory body, she has lent her hand to the national arts sector for decades. Professor Seares said she looked back on her time chairing the Australia Council fondly, although it was a difficult and time-consuming position. “To an extent it was very difficult because I spent more time in the air travelling between Perth and Sydney and other states than on the ground but I got to meet a diverse range of people and I learned very quickly how to work at the Federal level of government,” she said. Professor Seares graduated from the University of WA with a PhD in Music, specialising in keyboard music of the 18th century. She combined two things that she enjoyed and excelled at while at St Hilda’s: particularly because she was the School pianist. Although she is retired, she refuses to rest. Professor Seares will likely join another national arts board this year amid spending time at her farm in Albany, travelling and playing the keyboard.
GHS and St Hilda’s Old Scholars Association
The Hon. Liza Harvey MLA and Pam Halbert. MCB Photographics courtesy the WA Women’s Hall of Fame.
Pam Halbert Trauma is a word frequently used by Pam Halbert as she shares her history of broken relationships. As the stories of hardship in her life unravel – personal accounts of abuse, anger and sadness - Mrs Halbert’s story, ironically, is not one tragedy but of inspiration. Her deep faith in Christ and work as a Chaplain for the Anglican Church gave her the strength to forgive and advocate strongly for the empowerment of women.
“In prayer I ask the Lord for strength to face what life delivers and wisdom to make correct choices.”
Following the death of her mother at a young age, Mrs Halbert was deprived of the opportunity to pursue nursing and forced into marriage by her controlling father. Following the release of her published book Desert Deacon, she is now sharing her story encouraged by friends in the Zonta Club. Zonta International is a leading global organisation of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.
“It is a great honour to be thought worthy of this recognition,” she said.
“Love and Fear: everything comes out of those words,” Mrs Halbert said.
At the age of 81, Mrs Halbert considers herself a free spirit, living joyously in a reasonable state of health. Her daughters remain close and supportive.
As the Mother of three St Hilda’s Old Scholars, Mrs Halbert is passionate about educating women, building confidence to make informed decisions and embracing opportunities. After being inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame (2016) and recently interviewed on ABC radio, she is finding the attention a humbling experience.
Ordained a Deacon in 1988, Mrs Halbert’s work took her to Leinster (north of Kalgoolie) where angry miners and aggressive drunks sought solace from her guidance. Now retired, her mission is to continue helping others, avoiding blame and encouraging personal responsibility.
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Vale to a St Hilda’s treasure Since our last edition we have farewelled a St Hilda’s treasure, Mrs Osra Wisbey. Mrs Wisbey was a much loved teacher and friendly face at St Hilda’s for 25 years before her retirement in 1998 and was fondly remembered by thousands of St Hilda’s girls.
Osra moved from teaching to Head of the Languages to House Co-ordinator for Blackwood and then moved into the Development Office for seven years before her retirement at almost 80. After such dedicated service, she was made an Honorary Life Member of the Old Scholars’ Association.
Born in East Perth in 1918, Osra moved with her parents to a farm at Walkaway, south of Geraldton, when she was very young. Sadly both her parents had died by the time she was eight and she was adopted by the farm owners Ida and Harry Eves.
To her students Osra was a wise, dedicated and compassionate teacher who always gave freely of her time and knowledge and took great pride in their achievements in and out of the classroom. She had a particularly soft spot for the more challenging students and is known to have ‘rescued’ more than a couple of girls from the under the Principal’s gaze.
Osra was an excellent student in her primary and secondary schooling with a passion for reading and music. She was awarded a scholarship to Perth Modern School but a lack of suitable boarding accommodation meant she was unable to accept the position. Later she also gained entrance to the University of Western Australia but again she couldn’t accept the place as she was needed on the farm. Osra married Jack Wisbey in 1940 and they had two sons and a daughter as well as adopting another daughter. They moved to Nedlands in Perth in 1957 and adapting to city life was a huge challenge. Osra gave piano lessons at home and at last was able to enrol part time at UWA as a mature age student studying music, French and Italian. She graduated in 1971 and in 1973 came to St Hilda’s to teach French and Italian.
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Osra’s daughter, grand daughters and great grand children also joined the St Hilda’s family. The news of her death attracted over 15,000 views to our Facebook page along with many heartfelt comments and memories. There are too many to record here so it is best to leave the last word to the indefatigable Mrs Wisbey, her motto that will be familiar to everyone who spent time with her:
“If you can’t say anything good about a person, don’t say anything at all.” Opposite page – Blackwood House Officials, 1984. Left to right – C. Brown (Captain), Mrs Wisbey, K. Wilson, F. Wallace, R. Clarke.
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English update Term 1 in Senior School provided English and Literature students with rich cultural experiences across all years. Early in the term Year 9s enjoyed a memorable production of The Lion King. Then, as part of the Perth International Arts Festival, Literature students attended an innovative and confronting production of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck which enhanced their understanding of drama texts and the ways in which classic texts can be adapted. They continued their theatre education with an interesting adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock. To finish the term, Year 8 students immersed themselves in the fascinating Titanic Exhibition.
Aparna Jeganathan (Year 9) In February, all Year 9 girls had an opportunity to attend The Lion King. It was held at Crown Theatre Perth. We were all excited to watch the musical as we had all heard the great reviews. We were also all on the edge of our seat throughout the performance as it made us all involved. I thought that The Lion King musical was very interesting and perfectly executed. The fusion of catchy music, amazing dialogue and excellent choreography led to a most enjoyable experience. Each actor took up the persona of the character so well that it was as beautiful as the film. The special effects made the performance more thrilling and exquisite. Everyone that I talked to after the musical raved about how good it was: it was an amazing experience that we will surely never forget.
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Katie Frazier (Year 8) When you think of a shipwreck, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the Titanic. If you’ve ever longed to stroll through the ship in all of its former glory, you might be a little jealous that the Year 8 Cohort had that opportunity. In March, we made our way down to the Perth Convention Centre during school hours to see the Titanic themed exhibition. We wandered through hallways, lined with photographs, stories and information, before finally stepping up the gangplank and boarding the ill-fated cruise liner. We were greeted by the tall, charismatic captain, decked out in fine white uniform and presented him with our boarding passes, which contained information about which passenger each person was. The captain was eager to tell us about who we were and how we fared on our journey. We strolled through the exhibits, passing by the majestic staircase and chandelier and stopping to take a picture with the unsinkable Molly Brown. Feeling quite tired after all the excitement, we made our way to our rooms: the first class travelling through halls of plush red carpet and white painted walls to their luxurious suites, complete with couches and four-poster beds; the second and third class passengers arriving to much humbler affairs. We all knew what was coming when we passed into the dimly lit section of the exhibition where a giant, freezing cold iceberg glittered proudly to one side and the follies of captain and crew were written across the walls. With a little trepidation, we approached the lists of survivors. Many of us were lucky; some were not. Perhaps the highlight of the excursion was the next section of the exhibition which featured the interpretations and media portrayals of the Titanic’s sinking. The well-known movie, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, was given a large section. At school, we were able to use these experiences to write a postcard and a short story from the perspective of a passenger. Viewing the Titanic exhibition was a fantastic experience, not only stimulating our creative writing skills but also giving us a greater insight into the infamous tragedy.
Student spotlight
Anthem for Doomed Proof Creative Writing Chloe Walker Crinyion, Year 11
The world is changing, shifting, mutating. Mankind is inflicting an insidious metamorphosis on our good Earth. Acquisitive, driven by the mantra of the ‘must have’, He gives scant regard to the planet Erecting spewing chimneys, pumping poisonous plumes to manufacture his every want. Arrogantly, he toys and tampers, corrupts and corrodes. There are consequences… The ice caps are thawing, dissolving, deliquescing. Enormous cold tears drip down the faces of glaciers, immense sheets of opacity Evanesce to sombre cobalt. And the water rises, rises, rises. Icebergs capitulate, fracture and fragment under this inexorable impact. An abrading carve, a frigid crack and crumble as the iceberg splits, exhaling its final Feeble breath. The reef is failing, suffocating, languishing. Once a pleached canopy of coral curlicues, with a psychedelic intensity, luminous, Teeming. Now ailing, bleached in watery whitewash. Etiolated, the coral’s skeletal arms quiver in the empty current Blanched, barren. The plangent moans of mournful whales echo, in hunger, in pain, in grief. The drought is choking, smothering, exhausting. The Earth, desiccated and waterless, flinches and blisters under the angry, infected Eye of the sun. Her wizened skin cracks in parched protest. Careless corpses, bovine victims of the futile heat, ornament her landscape. Her meagre heartbeat fades Slow… Slower… Still slower… Meanwhile The climate sceptics, doubters, and deniers dismiss, reject, repudiate, Maintain their blinkered anthem“Where is the evidence? Where is the proof? What is the science? What is the truth?” And, like King Canute, they recline on their throne at the sea’s edge, Commanding the tide to turn back.
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Sea-beds Creative Writing Ariella Steinberg, Year 11
Olive and Simon sat side by side on an overly floral couch going stale. The couch sagged, pillows collapsing to folds and wrinkles, and was almost as worn as its two occupants. She sat, chin resting on hands on cane, by his side. He sat, arched spine cascading to shoulders well in front of knees, by her side. One had long and wrinkled forearms with pointy wrists and elbows. The other had cheeks imprinted with coves to enclose seafaring knuckles. Cumulatively they saw and were seen as sepia reflections in tarnished rose-gold rings. When she spoke her blurred eyes resurfaced from deep within their sockets, ocean-floor blue, lips wind-worn and pursed but coral pink. Her dress hung heavy on her thin and gangly arms, her frail form: gull bones bearing an albatross’ wings. She preened and over preened, plucking at herself, too concerned with minutiae to observe the absence of her left earring. In her way she would say to him: “When he listened his eyes turned dark as the coffeestained table, pinned by poppy-seed pupils. (This staring had become a more and more regular occurrence) He once looped strings to storm clouds and led them to earth, but now could hardly lace his shoes. In his way he would respond: “Stretched and snoring by two pairs of wrinkled feet lay a beast no less tired and lonely than its owners, muzzled into the slender pocket of a sock covered ankle. Collar with tags offering a number to call if the dog was ever lost. A number belonging to people who wouldn’t notice that the dog was even missing.
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Student spotlight
They had always been together and always been content in their own comfortable way. But now they sat on the greying-sunken couch. His mind rolled over oceans and thought up shimmering fish larger than men - while silver fish and moths ate away at the clothes in his drawers. Her mind crashed in a foamy wake onto pebble-covered beaches hauling multitudes of tuna and bream into kitchens that smelt of lemon and thyme - while the microwave salmon from last night sat soggily in the sink. Through the silence almost as pungent as the fish, the smell drifted up both sets of nostrils disturbing delicate daydreams. Not quite the wail of a foghorn, but just as disrupting, the old clock chimed on the hour. A mark of one hour until dinner and following that, one hour until sleep. Both beings sat still and motionless, fragile frames frozen in static routine. Not a move until 6pm: dinnertime. Slipping from the couch to dining table marked the height of activity for the day. He with his left leg lagging ever so slightly. Her with left earring still absent. The re-heated lasagne was warm; its white layer of cheese glossy and yellowing perched on a sea of gristle and semifrozen peas. Following dinner they washed, moving somewhat rhythmically despite the difference in pattern. She washed hair, he changed into a mustard pyjama set, she combed her hair, he removed his teeth. They passed each other entering/exiting the bathroom. Things were the same as they had been since it happened- since they happenedand the same as they would be until Olive and Simon were gone. The same monotonous existence that was now their reality.
Drifting into a dream-filled sleep, the sadness of their senile existence suddenly slipped from their prune lips and floated away with the sea breeze and soft snores. Sleep was the solution. The world seemed to slow almost still until the silence subsided as he spoke. He did not just speak he suggested. “And so they went. It was like nothing they had felt since it happened. Frail figures gaining strength they walked into the moon-filled night air. The sting of cold pavement blocked by a pair of matching mustard slippers and a musk pink pair, almost the same colour as the now faded coral lips and rosy nightgown. Dotted with streetlights they skipped together into the night, the smell of the sea kissing at their nostrils. The transition onto the creamy beads of sand resulted in the filling of their slippers and a sudden cooling of the toes. The old feet no longer felt so worn and wrinkled skin felt was forgotten. Silken sweeps of sand between smoother fingers and softer palms‌ - sand angels. They sat down and sunk into the sea, they soaked his salty stubble, and watched her wrinkled fingers prune, both quite happy just to drink the night air. They lay on their backs, moonlight spilling across seawater and bare skin. The long edges of their lips simultaneously curved in ceaselessly comfortable smiles and they sung, hand in hand, into the silence.
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Winter warmer Apple crumble Photos Year 7 Food class Ingredients
Method
Filling 2 cooking apples 3 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon sugar 2 cloves
Preheat oven to 190°C.
Filling 1/3 cup flour 30g butter 1 tablespoon brown sugar Âź teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons coconut 2 tablespoons rolled oats
Peel, core and slice apples. Place apples, water, sugar and cloves in a saucepan and simmer until soft. In a small bowl, sift flower and rub in butter until the mixture is crumbly. Add the brown sugar, coconut, cinnamon and rolled oats. Put cooked apples into 20cm baking tin and sprinkle the dry mixture over the apples. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Serve warm with custard, cream or ice cream.
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Elizabeth opened a café near Central Park. A small cup of coffee sells for $3.00, and a medium cup of coffee sells for $4.00. On the first day, 158 coffees were sold. Elizabeth took in $570.00. How many of each size were sold?
Elinor and Marianne want to go swimming in their new pool. However, first they need to fill it with water. It takes one hose 24 hours to fill the pool, it takes another hose 16 hours to fill the pool. How long will it take to fill the pool if both hoses are running at the same time?
Find the largest prime less than 100 that is the sum of three consecutive squares.
You have researched patio designs. Your favourite designs continue the pattern shown below. You have at most 52 bricks to use. Can you use them all to make one of your favourite designs?
Problems sourced from Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, NCTM.
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??? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Brain teasers
?????????????? ????????????????????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???5????????????? ????? ??? ?????????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?????????????????????????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6 7 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? TUNA ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? HAIR ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? = 321 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? RATIO ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? When the shape below is folded to form a cube, just two of the following can be produced. Which two?
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Make a calculation whose total is the figure on the right using some or all of the numbers in the circle with any of the four standard mathematical operations (+, -, × and á).
Rearrange these letters to form a single word.
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Solutions
1. 96 medium and 62 small, 2. 9 hours 36 mins (9.6 hrs), 3. 29 (4 + 9 + 16), 4. No (each pattern is a square number, 52 is not a square number), 5. B and C, 6. Authoritarian, 7. (10 x 8 x 3) + 75 + 6 = 321
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