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NEW HEAD By now most of you will have read the letter from our Board of Governors’ Chair, Mrs Alford re-garding the ap-pointment of Mr Darren Fleming as my successor at ASSG.

It is our plan that Mr Fleming should come to school this year on a number of occasions, when possible, to get to meet staff and key people in the school. I first met Darren in 1998 when he worked at West Moreton AC, and we had similar roles. I have met him at conferences and meetings over the years and while he was Acting Princi-pal at fellow NQ school, Whitsunday Anglican School, in 2013. He is very personable, approachable and sensi-

ble. He also comes with much ex-perience. I think he will be a very good fit for our school, especially with the great team that we have built up here over the last few years. We look forward to welcoming Dar-ren, and his wife, Wendy. NEW STAFF Other appointments are in the pipeline at the moment, so that we are ready for the second half of the year. Mr John Hayes and Dr Ovidiu Trus-ca have left us for Glenden SHS and William Ross SHS respectively. I have been conducting interviews for replacement staff, and job of-fers are being finalized. I cannot provide names at this point, but we are very close to concluding our staffing. One change that has re-sulted as a result of Dr Trusca’s resignation is that Mrs Kelly will take over his Senior Physics class. Mrs Kim Chapman is taking leave for Term III, but we have been able to replace her for the term with Miss Katelyn Doyle. Katelyn taught English & Humani-ties at Souls for 9 years, leaving us at the end of 2013 to teach at St Hildas on the Gold Coast. Her sub-jects make her a perfect replace-ment for Mrs Chapman. So Katelyn

Contents Headmaster’s Report Page 1

Deputy Head Page 3

Dean of School Page 3

Dean of Students Page 4

Grand Secret Books Notice Page 4

Long Tan Youth Leadership

Awards Criteria Page 5

School Counsellor Page 6

School Chaplain Page 7

School Prayers Page 7

Confirmation Preparation Page 7

Values Education Final

Week of Term Page 8

Cattle Club Malanda Report Page 10

Cattle Club @ Malanda

Photos Page 11

Cattle Club Winton Report Page 12

Cattle Club @ Winton

Photos Page 13

Sport News Page 14

Inter-House Athletics

Program Page 15

Year 8 Drama Page 16

Humanities Page 16

Term II Work Experience Page 16

Junior School Page 17

Junior School State of

Origin Dress Up Day Page 17

Head of Boarding Page 19

Page House Page 20

Feetham House Page 20

Ramsay House Page 20

Alban House Page 21

Becket House Page 22

Chad House Page 23

ICPA Sports Clinic Photos Page 23

2015 Charters Towers Careers

and Opportunities Expo Page 24

Out & About Page 25

Staff Profile Page 27

The Last Word Page 28

Headmaster

Issue No 9/2015 24 June 2015

Cattle Club celebrate success at Malanda

will leave behind the Merc & BMW set on the coast to return to the ute and bullbar set here in the deep north for a term. We look for-ward to welcoming her back. At the younger end of the school we have welcomed Mrs Vanessa Herring as our Prep Aide to work with Mrs Riddle, after Mrs Smale made the move to Becket dorm as their Senior Resident. Mrs Herring has been in Prep for a few weeks now, but we still welcome her, even if belatedly. AUF WIEDERSEHEN, UND DANKE We have also said good bye to our four German GAP students, Jan-nick, Lutz, Fabian and Dominic. The boys have completed their 11 month stay at ASSG and have headed to Melbourne and Tasmania before heading back to Germany for the start of a new academic year in August. All four boys will be commencing university study. They have had an enjoyable and busy year helping in Junior School, the dorms and accompanying stu-dents on trips and excursions, be-sides getting well acquainted with Australia during school holidays. They have also been our first Ger-man language classroom assistants helping Mrs MacLean with German lessons. Part way through next term we have 3 young German ladies com-ing to replace them for another 11 months. Having three or four “Gappies” each year is very good for the school. It is great for our students to have another cultural group in the school as well as providing us with young, active assistants around the school. The flow of Gappies to Souls has always been one way traffic with adventurous Germans or English coming here. However, one of last

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years Seniors, Tessa Donaldson, is enjoying a similar gap year in a UK boarding school. I would heavily recommend the experience to our graduates. It is a great way to see another culture, cheaply, without the concerns of going backpacking. BYOD Another project about to reach the next stage is the Bring Your Own (Computing) Device program, which will involve Year 7 and 8 in 2016. We have been weighing up the pros and cons of various laptops/notebooks and as a final step we have purchased a trial device with all the specifications we sought and will give this to a student to trial in the first few weeks of term. We want to be sure that the speci-fications we have decided upon ac-tually are the specifications that will work for students. Important factors are durability, screen size and definition, memory and bat-tery life. Once the trial is over, we will an-nounce the specifications so that parents have time (5 months) to seek the model which best suits their student and budget. We are confident that there will be a wide range of prices from relatively cheap consumer models to more expensive enterprise standard models. CONFRATERNITY This newsletter will be published as our two Confraternity teams head off for their respective carni-vals – the Netballers to Boondall in Brisbane and the Rugby League players to Ipswich. I wish them well for a safe and successful trip. I know that they will represent the school with pride and distinction under the leader-ship of Mrs Karen Storey, Ms Nata-sha Meyer (Netball), and Mr Adrian Guldbransen, Mr Darryl Fry and Mr Darren Guldbransen (Rugby League).

I look forward to catching up with them towards the end of their week. A SIGH OF SATISFACTION As term comes to an end I must thank All Staff for a massive effort during the term, especially towards the end. Mrs Barbara Salisbury was respon-sible for our Alternative Pro-gramme for Week 10. There are so many elements to this with differ-ent worthwhile activities for each year level. It is an essential part of our offering to our students. Also in the last week is the Athlet-ics Coaching Clinic we run free of charge for ICPA Students on O’Keeffe Oval. Our PE staff lead the way here coaching the country youngsters. If students are looking forward to the break, then I have to tell you that staff are as well. We have a more than normally busy term, es-pecially with the staffing changes and covers we have had due to family illnesses and deaths, as well as the departure of staff and the late appointment of replacements. GYMNASIUM Work will commence these holi-days on the construction of our new, small gymnasium in the Rebgetz Sports Centre. The gym will be built at the southern end, between the two sets of change rooms. Ever since the centre was built we have created space for our gym equipment behind fairly unsightly temporary fencing and hessian at the northern end of the centre. This has been a good temporary solution, but the School has allo-cated funds to create a permanent solution. Some of you may have seen that we advertised for a part-time gym supervisor to run our gym pro-gramme in the Northern Miner on

Deputy Head Dean of School 19 June. An essential part of having a gym is that students must be su-pervised and the Supervisor will be responsible for the out of school hours use. Qualified teaching staff will of course supervise during school hours, especially for the Cert III in Fitness students. It is important to note that after-school and at weekends we will not be able to operate the gym on a ‘drop-in’ basis, as in a student thinking, “I have 30 minutes spare now, so I will go to the gym” Stu-dents must be supervised. So we will run sessions at different times throughout the week for different groups (eg girls only, Open league players, etc) but when there is no supervisor on duty, the gym will be closed to student use. Nevertheless, it will be great to have the new gym and I am sure that it will get much use by our classes during school and by stu-dents and teams before and after school and at weekends. We hope that the building work will be fin-ished early in Term III. This is not the end of Rebgetz Cen-tre work, but rather the next stage. In 2015 we built the toilets and change rooms and put down the new sports floor. This year we have added the electrical motors and basketball hoops and scoreboard, and now the gymnasium. In future we still have the kitchen to be installed at the northern end, as well as PE staff offices and stor-age rooms. It is a gradual process. We already have a great facility, unlike any other school in Charters Towers. And it will only get better. Gordon Royall Headmaster


Sam Kelly Deputy Head / Academic Dean Exams The exam blocks are over for an-other term. I must say that I have been particularly impressed by the students’ commitment this week in ensuring assessments (both exam and assignments) are completed on time. Staff have been busily writing the reports for students and these will be sent via post at the end of the first week of holidays. I think we all need a bit of a break! Timetable changes for Semester 2 include: 1) Year 7 & 8 option swaps. The

semester option swap that occurs is: Art, Drama and Home Economics swaps with Design and Technology, Com-puting and Music.

2) Year 10 Semester 2 starts the new “Pre-Senior” Semester. Parents will be receiving noti-fication on which subjects have been selected during the holidays

3) Other small timetable chang-es due to incoming staff eg. Mr Trusca’s and Mr Hayes’ re-placements.

Thank you for the communication we have been receiving about ab-sences. Although our students are very used to talking to adults, I must stress that discussions about Leave can only be done through the legal guardian. I am going to keep my insert short this Phoenix Rising. There is plenty happening next Term with regards to Subject Selection and Speech Day information for me to communicate more.

Karen Storey The End Having just finished the final ses-sion of the exam block I can breathe a sigh of relief that the end is here. When I then looked over the schedule of events for this weeks’ alternate schedule I know that the last week would be one of the most interesting and most re-warding of the term. I am sure that the students who attended when some had already signed off for holidays will have been disappoint-ed with the activities on offer. I would like to thank staff for making these activities possible and it would be remiss of me if I did not thank Mrs Barbara Salisbury who arranged a large portion of the week. Beginning of Term 3 Beyond this week we will all be en-joying a very well-deserved and (hopefully) relaxing holiday. Wher-ever you are and whatever you are doing, enjoy the break with your children. Next term will begin with Travel Day on Monday July 20th with classes commencing Tuesday 21st July. I look forward to seeing our students back rested and re-freshed after a joyous holiday. A re-minder for all students that the uni-form for the first day will be formal uniform. Parent–Teacher Interviews Further to the information pub-lished in the last Phoenix Rising, Parent-Teacher interviews will again be conducted from 2:00 – 4:00 pm on travel day, MONDAY 20th July. If you wish to book an appointment with your child’s teacher please contact Jon Teichmann or Flo King via email: [email protected] [email protected] or at the School office.

Formal I also wrote about this in the last edition but I just wanted to remind parents that the Combined Schools Formal is on the first Friday of term 3, 24th July. Students were asked to purchase tickets prior to going on holidays and, unfortunately there can be no extension on this date. A reminder that students re-quiring appointments in preparation for the formal are asked to book these after lunch. Your co-operation in this matter are much appreciat-ed. Enjoy your holiday!


Dean of Students Shannon Lee

We made it, and now for a well earned break!

Another great term, and a success-ful first semester complete. Stu-dents (staff and parents) can now breathe a sigh of relief as their hard work and persistence has paid off with their final assessments.

The student body should again be commended for their behaviour, particularly during the recent exam block which is traditionally a stress-ful period for all. I am continually impressed by the positive behav-iours of the majority of the stu-dents and I look forward to this continuing next semester.

An opportunity for students in Year 10 and 12 The ADF Long Tan Youth Leader-ship and Team Awards recognise students who demonstrate leader-ship and teamwork within both the school and the broader community, and who display strong values, such as doing one’s best, respect for others and “mateship”, that are integral to Australian society. Why Long Tan? The Battle of Long Tan holds a spe-cial place in the hearts and minds of Australians. In recognition of one of the defining moments in Australian military history, in Au-gust 2006 the then Prime Minister announced that it would be fitting to name the awards the 'ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership & Teamwork Awards'. It is also a fitting tribute to the Long Tan veterans, as the very traits they demonstrated such as determination, mateship, team-work, tenacity, compassion and leadership, are the same attributes we hope to encourage and recog-nise in students The establishment of the Awards is an initiative by the Australian Gov-ernment designed to encourage senior students, tomorrow’s lead-

ers, to actively participate in the life of their schools and local communi-ties. Each school may select one student from each of Years 10 and 12. Recipients of a Long Tan Youth Leadership & Teamwork Award will receive a certificate and a financial reward - $250 for a Year 10 student and $500 awarded to a Year 12 student. Any student who wishes to be con-sidered for this award will need to write a letter addressed to Mr Roy-all outlining how they meet the se-lection criteria seen overleaf. Their letter must be submitted by no lat-er than 10am Wednesday 22nd July (the first Wednesday of Term 3) and may be submitted either by hard copy to the Secondary Stu-dent Services office or via e-mail to me at [email protected] 14 Years Rugby League I just wanted to take this oppor-tunity to give a quick shout out to the 14 Years Rugby League team. They were an absolute pleasure to coach showing great commitment, respect and enthusiasm - if only they could replicate this in Maths and Science I can hear their teach-ers say. While we only won one game the boys improved every week and I look forward to their success in the future. There were a couple of players who were stand-outs each week and should be commended for their efforts; Aiden Franettovich, Aaron Core and Toby Rankine. There were also a few im-provers including; Brad Kelly, Char-lie LeFeuvre and Riley Candy as well as others in the group. Well done to all the boys who were a part of the team this year, you did yourselves proud.

I hope you all enjoy a well-deserved break and come back re-freshed, ready to do it all again.

Good luck to the Confraternity Teams!

I look forward to seeing you next semester.

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SELECTION CRITERIA

Based on the values upheld by the Australian Defence Force and developed in conjunction with Australian schools and the wider community, this Selection Criteria chart should be used as a guide only, to assist you with selecting the winning students. It is not necessary for students to meet all criteria.

CRITERIA Year 10 Year 12 LEADERSHIP A student who achieves leadership A student who demonstrates a very results to a very good standard. high degree of leadership ability. TEAMWORK A team player who fosters cooperation A student who appreciates the value within teams and routinely makes a and contribution of everyone in the team, positive contribution to the team’s and whose presence in the team performance. enhances the outcome. VALUES A student whose knowledge, A student who demonstrates the appearance and behaviour demonstrate application of a high standard of vales respect for the values of the school and in all facets of life. the community. PROBLEM SOLVING A student who generates workable A student with excellent problem solving solutions to problems. abilities and who utilises creative approaches. RESOURCEFULNESS An enthusiastic student who is A student who takes the lead in achieving resourceful in completing tasks within difficult tasks in aversive circumstances. guidelines provided by teachers. COMMUNICATOR A student who communicates well with A student with excel lent communicat ion others to complete a task. abilities. COOPERATOR A student who cooperates well with A student who is wi l l ing to l is ten to other others to complete a task. points of view and incorporate them where

necessary. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT A student who is involved in A student who takes the lead in community some sort of community activity. activities. AWARD GUILDLINES The ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards recognise students who demonstrate leadership and teamwork with-in both the school and the broader community and who display strong values, such as doing one’s best, respect for others and “mateship”, that are integral to Australian society.

The establishment of the ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards

is an important initiative by the Australian Government designed to encourage senior students, tomorrow’s leaders, to actively par-ticipate in the life of their schools and local communities.

The awards are open to all schools in Australia with students enrolled in Years 10 or 12.

Award winners must be enrolled at the school for the year in which the award is presented. Award winners must be Australian citi-zens or permanent residents of Australia.

Separate awards (a cheque plus a certificate) will be made for both of the year groups.

Participation in the awards is purely voluntary and is at the discretion of the individual school principal.

School principals will select the award winners for their school.

School principals can use their discretion in choosing the method of selecting the award winners.

The ADF has provided this selection criteria (over leaf) for the guidance of school principals.

Awards are expected to be presented at school Speech Nights or another appropriate school assembly.

The names of schools with award winners may be made available to local media. As recognition of the Australian Government’s funding of the awards, schools are

asked to provide an opportunity for the Minister for Defence or his representative to attend the presentation ceremony. Invitations should be forwarded to the Minister’s office once the date of the presentation ceremony is known. The local federal member may also be invited to attend the presentation ceremony.

School principals are asked to promote the ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards within their school and to the local community, acknowledging the assistance of the Australian Government in funding the awards.

Dean of School

School Counsellor

Tania van Wijk Go to Sleep! Whilst the pressures of achieving at school are likely to have some impact on students’ emotional states, sleep deprivation may be an even bigger problem. Up to 85% of students in their teens are under-sleeping; they are not getting the 8 to 10 hours sleep per night recom-mended by the National Sleep Foundation. It is not uncommon for students to tell me that they did not get to bed until midnight or later, and then have to be up again at 6.30am. On the week-ends they often don’t go to sleep until later, and then sleep in, making it even harder to get back on track for the start of the next school week. Get-ting into a good sleep routine is made more difficult by biological changes associated with puberty. Sleep hormones, such as Melato-nin, are found to be at their high-est levels in teenage brains. What is the problem with sleep loss? Poor sleep in teens is linked to many problems including irritability, depression, anxiety, poor school performance and poorer health overall. One study found that by decreasing a students’ sleep to less than 7 hours per night can drop their grades from the top 10% of the class, to match the grades of the bottom 9% of their classmates who are getting good sleep. Sleep debts are also cumulative; this means that if you get poor sleep each night the effect keeps adding up, and if the debt is not paid on the weekend it will be car-ried through to the next week. For example; another study showed that soldiers operating complex hardware experienced a 30% drop in cognitive skill and performance following just on night’s loss of sleep; this was doubled if a second night was lost.


What this means is that sleep loss reduces your cognitive ability in just about every aspect including attention, memory, executive func-tion, and logical reasoning, and your performance skills, including fine motor dexterity and gross mo-tor movements. A tragic example of the effects of sleep loss is driv-ing when tired; up to one in four accidents on country roads in Aus-tralia involve only a single vehicle and are due to the driver falling asleep. How can teens get the sleep they need?

1. Have a set bedtime and awak-ening time – try to stick as close to this as you can even on the weekends.

2. Naps can help pick you up and make you work more effi-ciently – but not too long or close to your bedtime. Try 20-40 minutes mid-afternoon.

3. Avoid caffeinated drinks after noon as caffeine stays in your body for longer than you think. Caffeine can be found in coffee, tea, soft drinks and chocolates.

4. Make your room a sleep ha-ven. Keep it cool, quiet and dark, but make sure that nat-ural light can get in in the morning to signal your body to wake up.

5. Keep all sources of artificial light out of your bedroom, such as electronic devices and make sure that all electronic devices are switched off at least 30 minutes before bed-time. A great clip to explain the impact of electronic devic-es such as smartphones, can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1V0rDSTC9I (or Google ‘Dan Siegel smartphone’)

6. Don’t eat, drink, or exercise within a few hours of your bedtime. Don’t leave your

homework for the last minute. Stick to quiet, calm activities, and you’ll fall asleep.

7. If you have trouble sleeping try 4-7-8 breathing.

4-7-8 Breathing or the Relaxing Breath This is a technique developed by Dr Andrew Weil. It is simple, takes hardly anytime and can be done anywhere.

1. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound.

2. Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four.

3. Hold your breath for a count of seven.

4. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight.

5. This is one breath. Now inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths.

Dr Weil emphasises the im-portance of holding your breath for the count of 7; keeping your breath in allows oxygen to fill your lungs and circulate throughout the body, producing the relaxing ef-fect. A demonstration can be seen on his website: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/VDR00112/The-4-7-8-Breath-Benefits-and-Demonstration.html

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In our thoughts and

prayers;

We pray for the com-

munity of Ravenshoe

as they continue the

process of recovering

from the café explo-

sion.

We also pray for the

community of Winton

and those affected by

the fire at the Waltzing

Matilda Centre.

We pray for those

travelling over the

holidays. We particu-

larly pray for staff and

students involved in

sporting and other cur-

ricular activities.

We give thanks for

those involved in the

discernment process for

the appointment of a

new Head of School.

We pray for Darren

and Wendy Fleming as

they conclude their

time in Mackay and

prepare to join our

community.

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Dean of School

School Chaplain

Br Nathan-James SSF Prayers for Ravenshoe and Winton Members of All Souls St Gabriels School wish to extend their thoughts and prayers to the com-munities of Ravenshoe and Win-ton. Many of our families come from or have connections to these regions. Naturally we share concerns for the people in these communities. Ravenshoe was shocked by the devastation caused by an explosion when a Ute hit a gas tank outside the Serves You Right Café. The Ravenshoe community have lost members and others remain recovering from injuries. Recently the town of Winton lost its iconic Waltzing Matilda Centre in a fiery blaze in the early hours of Thursday the 18th of June. Thankfully there were no injuries sustained as a result of the fire. However, the financial and histor-ical loss to the community and its members will be significant. Please continue to hold the com-munities of Ravenshoe and Win-ton in your thoughts and prayers. Surviving your Son or Daughter’s Adolescence I would like to commend the arti-cle by our School Counsellor Tan van Wijk in the previous edition of Phoenix Rising. In her article Tania mentioned a couple of pro-


grams that could be undertaken by parents and guardians to support them in navigating the challenges of the transition from childhood to adolescence. Invariably, when I am talking with parents and young people a common theme arises. Sons and daughters moving from child-hood through adolescence into young adulthood are seeking to make the break from being de-pendent on their parents to de-veloping an independent and unique identity. Parents and guardians, however, may be unprepared for this tran-sition or may simply wake up one day and find that tried and tested strategies of the past no longer work. Consequently there is unintentional tension and con-flict while adjustments are made by both young people and care-givers as a new equilibrium is found. Programs like Triple P and 1-2-3 Magic can help caregivers to re-jig old, or discover new, strate-gies for dealing with the tension and conflict that arise during this transition period. As Tania said, participating in such programs should not be seen as a judgement on one’s parenting skills, but rather as a means of enhancing communica-tion and relationships between parents, guardians and young people.

Confirmation Preparation

Thursdays 3:30 – 4:30 pm

TERM 3, Week 3 to Week 8

Please see Br Nathan-James for further details

Values Education

Final week of Term


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Values Education

Final week of Term

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Cattle Club

Jessica Lusk Rural Activities Prefect

Malanda Cattle club took off to the Malanda Judging School of the 28th of May, to participate in the array of workshops and lessons that would be given at the school. Upon arrival, we were introduced to where we were staying, settled in and enjoyed a game of touch in the ever lovely drizzling rain of Malanda.

Friday saw us take a hike up to Malanda Falls in the morning after we had taken care of a few light duties. The school kicked off around midday, with us kids being split up into groups – Under 12, 13 and 14, and Over 15 years. We rotated through small talks with the Hartwigs and Matthew Castino, discussing shed etiquette when presenting cattle, washing cattle and knot tying. We spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning and preparing the stalls of those generous enough to allow us to use their cattle.

After an early morning start in the cattle stalls, Saturday saw another rotation of groups through low stress stock handling, reproductive systems of cattle and meat marketing. Each workshop held the interest of all of us who participated, especially being able to touch a small four month old calf from the butcher. By taking note of what each speaker explained, we were truly able to understand the aspects that go into making the beef industry work. Later in the afternoon, we started the judging competition. First were the commercial cattle, with only a handful being chosen to speak on the animals being judged. We were lucky enough to have several students in each age group get the opportunity to speak. Following the commercial cattle were the stud cattle, split into bulls and heif-ers. The younger students were chosen to all speak on the heifers, whilst the older group were speaking solely on the bulls. We concluded the afternoon with again assisting the exhibitors with their cattle, and starting to select those cattle that we would be taking to the parading competition the following day.

Another early start saw us back in the stalls cleaning, along with preparing halters and cattle for the parading that day. The parading competition saw many of our students show off what they had learnt at Cattle Club combined with the school tips. We received many places in both experienced and unexperienced, with Billy Dakin taking out the Champion Parader award for the day. A small awards ceremony presenting both judging and parading awards, saw many of our students walk away with a ribbon or two. All results are as follows:

These results and all other student participation saw the All Souls St Gabriels take out 2nd place in the Overall Champion School competition. Ask anyone in the club, we were all shaking with excitement as they worked their way up the places. Even though we didn’t take out the top prize, the effort that went into achieving what we did is a major credit to our club, and all participants should be extremely proud. We would like to thank Lionel for organ-ising a great trip away for all of us, the ladies in Malanda that kept us fed, day in day out, Tania and Nicole Hart-wig alongside Matthew Castino for sharing their vast knowledge in judging and presenting cattle. We must also thank Sheree Davis for allowing us to use her lovely Charbray cattle We are forever grateful! We are already plan-ning our trip back next year to see if we can go one better!

Ceelena Lawrence Encouragement

Toby Fitchett Encouragement

Branden Finger 4th Under 12 Experienced Handler

1st Experienced Commercial Judging

Dakota Gough 4th Experienced Stud Judging

Jack White 4th Inexperienced Stud Judging

4th 15 and Over Unexperienced Handlers

Peter Walsh 5th Inexperienced Stud Judging

Harrison Finger 4th Experienced Commercial Judging

5th Experienced 13 and 14 Handlers

Dylan Rodgers 2nd Inexperienced Stud Judging

3rd Inexperienced 13 and 14 Handlers

Aiden Franettovich 1st Experienced Stud Judging

3rd Experienced 13 and 14 Handlers

Billy Dakin 1st Experienced 15 and Over Commercial Judging

1st Experienced 15 and Over Handlers Overall Champion Handler

Jessica Lusk 5th Experienced 15 and Over Stud Judging

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Cattle Club @ Malanda Photos

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Winton And away we went again, on the 6th of June to the annual Winton Show. We arrived and were thrown straight into work with the Young Judges competition kicking off that afternoon. Saturday afternoon was only fleece and sheep judging, which we handled nicely given that a large part of the club does not claim them as their strong point. We also got introduced to the cattle we would be handling the following day, with many of us stepping straight into stride with the cattle we were given. That night, we enjoyed the side show of Winton, with the Rooftop Express performance in the main arena. Sunday saw us up at the crack of dawn, with Matty Finger as the designated camp cook whilst he was on the bench with injury. We prepared our cattle for the judging and parading day ahead. Needless to say, the All Souls Cattle Club cleaned up the paraders competition, with both age groups being topped by our kids. We also present-ed the cattle for their owners with several of them gaining places throughout the competition. Following the pa-rading, we set off to judge cattle and horses. Following the presentation of the judging competition, I don’t think there was one of us left standing without a place. It appears we have some future stud judges coming through the ranks! Congratulations must go to Camden Finger and Gayleen Lawrence who took out the Overall Young Judge award in their respective age groups. All results are as follows: We must again thank the ever amazing Lionel Hartig for donating another weekend of his time to put up with us on yet another trip away! Alongside Lionel was the lovely Glenysis from the Laundry, who, following Winton, is now a keen Cattle Clubber! We must also thank Dolly Grant, alongside Jeff and Carly Cox for donating their cattle for us to use and sharing vast knowledge with us. Without these people on our trips away, we would not be able to show off the skills that we have when we have no access to our own cattle. They are a large part of what helps the club keep going on trips away. Well it is the end of term, and the last show on the cards is Charters Towers. Bring it on!

Matthew Franettovich 2nd Under 13 Handlers 2nd 350 – 450kg Led Weight Class

Ceelena Lawrence 3rd Over 13 Handlers

Kayla Gough 1st Over 13 Handlers

Billy Dakin 2nd Over 13 Handlers 3rd 200 - 350kg Weight Class

Gareth Mercy 3rd Under 13 Handlers 2nd Under 13 Bull Judging

Brandon Finger Overall Under 13 Young Judge 2nd Under 13 Wool Judging 1st Under 13 Sheep Judging

Camden Finger 3rd Overall Under 13 Young Judge 3rd Under 13 Sheep Judging 1st Under 13 Handler 1st 600kg + Over Weight Class Champion Heavy Weight Reserve Champion Led Weight

Brandon Shepherd 1st Over 13 Wool Judging

Jack White 2nd Over 13 Horse Judging

Toby Fitchett Encouragement – Handlers 3rd Over 13 Horse Judging

Gayleen Lawrence Overall Over 13 Young Judge 2nd Over 13 Wool Judging 1st Over 13 Sheep Judging

Jessica Lusk 1st Over 13 Bull Judging 4th Over 13 Handlers

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Cattle Club @ Winton Photos

Sport News Sport News

Karen Storey Secondary Sports Co-ordinator Inter-School Sport The Rugby League and Netball seasons were wrapped up last week with our final games against CCC being played under lights at CCC on Friday evening, 12th June. Below is a summary of each team’s results and premier-ship placing for the season. I would like to say a huge thank-you to all of the coaches who gave up their time to coach teams this season. 1st Netball 2nd Netball

Premiership Placing: First Premiership Placing: 2nd

15yrs Netball 14yrs Netball

Premiership Placing: Equal 1st Premiership Placing: 4th 13yrs Netball 12yrs Netball

Premiership Placing: 1st Premiership Placing: 2nd

1st Rugby League 15yrs Rugby League

Premiership Placing: 2nd Premiership Placing: 1st


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Premiership Placing: 3rd Premiership Placing: 2nd

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Inter-House Athletics The annual Inter-House Athletics Carnival will be held in the second week of term 3 (Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st July). A summary of the program for secondary students appears in this newsletter. I look forward to seeing many parents and spectators turn out to support our students. QISSN and Confraternity Rugby League As the rest of the school slips quietly away to holidays our 1st Netball and Rugby League teams will depart for the annual QISSN and Confraternity Carnivals to be held in Brisbane and Ipswich respectively. I know all students will represent the School exceptionally and with pride. Good luck to all involved.

Inter-House Athletics Carnival Program Summary THURSDAY July 30th: 12.30 pm – 3:15 pm NB – Students will have an early (12:00 pm) lunch in preparation for a 12:30 pm start on O’Keeffe Oval Events 1-12: 12yrs, 13yrs, 14yrs, 15yrs, 16yrs, Open Hurdles Events 13-24: 12yrs High Jump, 13yrs Shot Put, 14yrs Discus, 15yrs Long Jump, 16yrs Triple Jump and Open Javelin Events 25-34: 12yrs, 13yrs, 14yrs, 15yrs, 16yrs Open 1500m Events FRIDAY July 31st 8:15 am – 3:15 pm



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Year 8 Drama Kylie Kempster Drama Teacher This term Year Eight Drama has been fortunate to take part in a collaborative project between all Charters Towers secondary schools and the Queensland Theatre Com-pany. “The Scene Project”, as the collaboration was titled, saw one script commissioned by QTC (“The Landmine is Me” by David Burton and Claire Christian) interpreted several different ways, with these interpretations performed on Thursday 4th June at the World Theatre for a live audience. The groundwork for this project be-gan in Term One when Laurel Col-lins from QTC came to Charters Towers to lead a workshop for Dra-ma teachers. Impressed with the enthusiasm for the Arts of our local community, she suggested Charters Towers for the Scene Project. By the end of Term One, via a flurry of emails, teleconferences and after-noon meetings, the details were determined and it was game on! Thanks to the sponsorship of min-ing company Sibelco, two profes-sional actors from QTC spent a week with Year Eight at the begin-ning of the term workshopping the script, and at the end of the term helping them to polish their perfor-mance. Year 8A added a new char-acter to the existing script, a detec-tive helping to solve the mystery of the bomb’s identity. Year 8B decid-ed to take a more choral approach, with class members acting out characters collectively. Both clas-ses, however, learned an amazing amount about script interpretation, characterisation, co-operation and stagecraft. The climax to the project saw all schools converge on the World Theatre on June 4th for a day of workshops and fun, followed by the unleashing of their performances on the appreciative citizens of


Charters Towers. Thanks to Mrs Rossi Moore, who stepped into the breach when I couldn’t be there on the day of performance, Ms Kate Thomson, Mr Darryl Fry and Mr Denis Riddle for their kind help with transportation, the kitchen staff for feeding our thespians and Mrs Storey and Mr Royall for reliev-ing Mrs Moore as she attended to other duties.

Humanities Denis Riddle Head of Humanities

In Term 1 the School entered all the Year 9 HASS students into the Australian Geography Competition. Some 76,000 students across 770 schools sat the map-based test.

We have some excellent results to announce.

The following students achieved a Credit: Jordan Bidewell, Josephine McKellar, Connor Rose, Zak Smale and Ben Wilkinson.

Distinction was awarded to Hannah Fraser.

The highest award, High Distinc-tion, went to Rachel Hall.

Well done to all our achievers and all those who learned key geo-graphical skills in doing the test.

Josephine McKellar, Ben Wilkinson, Hannah Fraser and Zac Smale

Term II Work Experience

Mac Horne

Stuart Bucklar Yr 11 Tri Woz Industries, Charters Towers Boilermaker Bryce Franettovich Yr 12 Vanderfield Pty Ltd, Mackay Diesel fitter Callum McDougall Yr 12 Hirst Mechanical Solutions, Longreach Diesel fitter/mechanic Brooke Whalley Yr 9 Craig Howell Horse Trainer, Rockhampton Horse trainer The School appreciates the generosity of these employers in giving our students a chance to increase their skills and knowledge.

Junior School

Tina Akers Head of Junior School We have had a very busy and re-warding term with lots of engaging learning and high quality extra-curricular activities. Many of the highlights, successes and achieve-ments have been featured on the School Facebook site throughout the term All Souls Dance with Mrs Heuir The introduction of the ‘dynamic’ All Souls Dance sessions has been a huge hit. Interested students from Year 2 – 6 are thoroughly enjoying learning some ‘move ‘n groove’ dance steps and routines with their awesome, dance instructor, Mrs Heuir. The students have been full of enthusiasm and energy as they move off to the MPC to participate in this activity on Thursday after-noons. Thanks Mrs Heuir – the stu-dents are not only developing their physical skills, stimulating their im-agination and channelling their en-ergy through movement and dance - they are having lots of fun doing so.

Spinal Education Awareness Team (SEAT) Visit Last Monday, veteran SEAT pre-senter Wayne Leo came to talk to the JS students about the im-portance of playing safe and taking care of their spines. Mr Leo has been confined to a wheelchair since his spine was damaged in a hit and run car accident over 25 year ago. An excellent presenter, Wayne was more than happy to share his per-sonal story with the students, but more importantly he described strategies the students can use to stay safe and look after their spine, a message that could prevent them from a lifelong injury.

Wayne Leo from SEAT Staffing Update As you will have read in the last Phoenix Rising, Mrs Teneil Smale has changed her role in the School. Teneil is now working with the girls in boarding as the Senior Resident


of Becket Boarding House. Teneil has made a significant contribution to the JS and I know she will be dearly missed by the Prep stu-dents. We thank Teneil for the quality time she has spent with us in Prep and her involvement in all JS activities.

I am pleased to announce and ex-tend a warm welcome to Mrs Vanessa Herring who has joined the JS team as a Teacher’s Aide, supporting the teaching and learn-ing in the Prep Classroom. Vanessa has a broad background of working with rural children and her inter-ests in music, art and photography will complement the Prep’s rich and diverse learning environment.

I recently spoke with Mrs Janelle Cragg who is happy for me to share that her treatment is going very well and her doctors are pleased with her progress. Janelle has asked me to pass on her sin-cere thanks and appreciation for the get well wishes she has re-ceived during her treatment. She is hoping to return to Charters Tow-ers in the next couple of weeks. All continuing to go well, Janelle will return to Pre-prep/ASC in Term 4.

Semester Reports It has been a delight to spend time reading each student’s report, to learn about their strengths and achievements as well as the areas for further improvements. JS re-

ports will be ready to distribute to parents/carers on the last day of term (Thursday 25 June). We are committed to a ‘no surprises’ ap-proach to reporting and the docu-ment should be consistent with your understanding of your child’s class-room achievement and progress throughout the semester. I would encourage all parents/carers to spend time with their child reading the report and celebrating each child’s unique successes. Our work with the Australian Curriculum dur-ing the past few years has helped us to understand that a ‘C’ rating means that a student is performing at the standard expected for their grade. However, it is important to focus not only on the achievement ratings, but also on the comments about application, effort and im-provements.

Parent teacher interviews are im-portant for providing further clarity on your child’s progress. It is at these interviews, that you can dis-cuss your child’s strengths and chal-lenges. I would encourage all par-ents/carers to make an appointment with your child’s teacher to engage in conversation about how you can continue to support your child’s fur-ther growth and achievements dur-ing Semester 2.

Junior School parents will have two formal opportunities to attend a parent-teacher interview: Friday 26 June - 1:00 pm-

3:00 pm. Monday 20 July - 2:00 pm -

4:00 pm.

Appointments for both these dates can be made directly through the Junior School Office 4788 2242 ([email protected]) or through the main office: 4787 1433.

Happy holidays As this term draws to a close, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the JS Staff for their hard work and dedication. I wish our stu-dents and families a relaxing school holiday break and look forward to seeing you all at the start of Term 3 (Tuesday 21 July).

State of Origin Dress Up Day


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Head of Boarding Darren Guldbransen Head of Boarding Mobile: 0415 903 479 Email: [email protected]

Boys’ Boarding Feetham House Chris Lerch Senior Resident Mobile: 0419 471 433 Email: [email protected] Page House Davin Marshall Senior Resident Mobile: 0409 071 433 Email: [email protected] Ramsay House Brendan Travers Senior Resident Mobile: 0400 751 433 Email: [email protected]

Girls’ Boarding Alban House Narelle Kelly Senior Resident Mobile: 0419 771 433 Email: [email protected] Becket House Teneil Smale Senior Resident Mobile: 0407 142 493 Email: [email protected] Chad House Yvonne Schaefer Senior Resident Mobile: 0439 764 638 Email: [email protected]

Dormitory News Dormitory News Head of Boarding Darren Guldbransen State of Origin It feels like it was just last week that I was writing my end of Term 1 newsletter, but here we are in the middle of exam block and our boarders are making plans for their holidays. For our First footballers and netballers they will have to wait another week before they will get to their holiday’s, they have to com-pete at their respective Confraterni-ty carnivals first. These carnivals are still the major prize for our foot-ballers and netballers, and these two teams have been working to-wards this week all year. I will be making the trip with the boys to Ipswich this year, but we will be staying in close contact with our girls to see how they are going. I wish both teams the very best and hope everyone gets through the week injury free. Looking forward I am really looking forward to Se-mester 2 because I know it won’t be quite as hectic for our boarders, or our boarding staff. Mrs Teneil Smale is now in place in Becket House and all of our other new Senior Residents will have a full se-mester behind them. When we re-turn the students sporting load won’t be quite as heavy, and our new and younger boarders will be over the worst of their homesick-

ness. We will then have a bit more time to work with our boarders and really start to shape the way we want our dormitories to look and feel, and the type of culture we want to have in boarding.

All of our dormitories have gone through a fair amount of change in recent years, from having new staff put in place and a different way of doing things, Year 7 be-coming part of senior school, some students moving from one dormi-tory to another, or in the case of Green dormitory simply being di-vided in half. It hasn’t really given our staff or students the oppor-tunity to make their House and dormitory their own, and have that real Souls House spirit all of our kids pride themselves on. We won’t be looking to the students to take on any extra responsibilities, but we will get our Year 12’s, and more importantly our current Year 11’s, to model the type of behav-iour and attitude that we want to see in our dormitories. My hope is that we have lots of happy, healthy kids, who have a sense of belonging and ownership of their House and dormitory. That’s about it for now, enjoy the hol-idays.

Page House

Davin Marshall Senior Resident We are rapidly approaching the end of the 1st Semester and everyone is in the final stages of completing their assessment. I have noticed that the boys are very tired in the mornings and they will welcome some rest and relaxation on the holidays. It has been a hectic term with lots of footy being played and trained for, athletics trials and a whole host of extra-curricular activ-ities that have been undertaken by our boarders. Despite being tired and sometimes cranky the boys have maintained a good attitude to-wards each other and the general conduct of the dorm has been good. The Rugby League season is over with the Confraternity Carnival to be played in the 1st week of the holidays. We have Jack Fitchett, Callum McDougall, Trey Perrier, Bro-die Campbell, Dylan Knuth and Zane Zabel all taking part in this event with a few others narrowly missing out. Well done to everyone from Page Dorm who participated in the footy this term in any capaci-ty. It is good to see the high levels of participation we are achieving this year. We will be past the half way through their first year for our new boarders when we return next term and hopefully they will feel more settled and at home here. Most of them have made a good start and are contributing positively to the structure and sense of community we have in the dorm. Well done to our new boarders. Next term we have the athletics carnivals and anyone who wants to achieve well should start doing some training during the holidays to give them the edge. I look for-ward to seeing everyone return fit and refreshed at the beginning of the 2nd Semester.

Feetham House

Chris Lerch Senior Resident Now most of the exam’s and as-sessments are completed for the semester Feetham has returned to it’s usual laid back house and the boys are starting to smile again. Term 2 certainly had plenty packed into it and the boys are to be com-mended for the way they conducted themselves throughout it. Talking with many of the boys the holidays sound like they will keep everyone busy as well, but hopefully there will be enough downtime to re-charge the batteries. Feetham will be represented by Will Healing, Clayton Gough, Max Al-lingham and Mitchell Rankine at the annual Confraternity Shield Rugby League carnival held in Ipswich in the first week of the holiday’s so we wish them all the best and hope the winter is kind to them down there. Sparing a thought for Feeth-am senior Lachlan Durkin who will not be able to make the journey down due to a knee injury. Lach-lan’s valuable contributions will surely be missed. The All Souls Second’s football team finally got their long awaited sec-ond game which was against BTC at home last week and Feetham house was well represented by Mitchell Drennan, Cameron McDou-gall, Brandon Shepherd, Clancy Schaefer, Casey Rankine and coached by Lachie Durkin. Our boy’s went down in a close game 14-4 but great to see the guys have another game. This weekend the Year 10 boy’s will travel to Tully for their next adven-ture as part of their Duke of Edin-burgh bronze medal commitments. Lance, Marcelo, Clancy, Casey and Darcy will head up with Mr Denis Riddle for an exciting weekend of kayaking I believe.


Last week some of the Feetham boy’s went to the Winton show with the cattle club and a good time was had by all, Gareth Mercy had a successful weekend at the show taking out the ribbon for 12 years and under junior handler. I hope all families have a great se-mester break and the boy’s enjoy a well-earned holiday and will see everyone in Term 3. If there are any questions regarding your child and their semester please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thanks, Chris

Ramsay House

Brendan Travers Senior Resident

The end of semester one is upon us after a long and successful term two. We have been kept busy over the final weeks with Exam Block, Footy, Duke of Edinburgh, First Aid Courses and RSA’s. Some of our younger brigade has managed to sneak away a little early while our older boys battle along waiting to take part in mock interviews with a select few so comfortable at school they are waiting until Saturday to leave. I am of course talking about Patrick Galvin, Kacy Kelly and Talon Simpson who are flying down to Ipswich after the school term ends to take part in the Confraternity Carnival. A lot of time and effort has been put into the preparation for this week long carnival and we wish the boys luck as they journey south to represent the school.

As Week Nine came to an end so did the local touch competition. A number of Ramsay Dorm boarders were involved across all three boys teams, with a few finding them-selves involved in the finals. Jack Dwyer and Kacy Kelly helped the 1st’s team to make the final for B grade where they took out the divi-sion. Tristan Mosch was a part of the 3rd’s team which did battle against a far superior opposition, learning a lesson about the value

of experience which he will no doubt take into next season. The boys were, however, still awarded the victory and were duly crowned D division champions. Overall our touch teams performed really well and we congratulate all the partici-pants in this year’s competition.

Throughout the hustle of the final few weeks, there have still been a number of occasions where we managed to take some time to en-joy ourselves. We had the Friday Night Football under the lights where our U12 and U15 contingent managed to come away with well-deserved victories. This makes both teams the eventual premiers for their individual age groups which is a fantastic result for Soul’s. Unfortu-nately our 1st boys fell short in the wet in what was a hard fought con-test over in enemy territory. We also had the second State of Origin which was disappointing for most, but enjoyable for our three NSW supporters who are temporarily con-tent, but bracing for the inevitable retribution when origin returns to Queensland in a few weeks’ time. We’ve had touch games and camp outs as part of a weekend recrea-tion with Ramsay Dorm’s participa-tion being high, as expected. All in all our final weeks have been enjoy-able, but the intensity of term two is starting to take its toll with every-one looking forward to the well-earned break.

As Semester One draws to a close we wish everyone safe travels and an enjoyable break before we all re-turn for Term Three and the begin-ning of Semester Two!

Boys and their flicks

Alban House

Narelle Kelly Senior Resident This being our final Phoenix for the term, I don’t have too much to write about. It has been a long term and the girls have packed plenty into their weeks, they are certainly looking forward to the three week break. Of late they have been head down busily catching up on their assign-ments and nervously studying for their exams, many of which all fall at the same time. So late nights all round for many of them. I am happy to welcome Teneil Smale as the new Becket mother, so to speak. Teneil and I have al-ready formed a very valuable work-ing partnership. Although the girls are divided into the two houses, we are keen to make the whole dorm work alongside each other as smoothly as possible. I think that with Teneil coming into boarding and doing some extra shifts before she started the enjoyable job of running a dorm and becoming fa-miliar with all the girls has benefit-ed us in being well on our way to achieving our goal. Welcome Teneil. Gayleen Lawrence is very proud of her achievements. She travelled to the Winton show with the Cattle club a few weekends ago. The big smile on her face reflects the win she had over some of the boys. She gained herself a FIRST in the Young Judges Aggregate. Congratulations, Gayleen.


On a humorious note: Sophia Gibo repeatedly goes to Breakfast wear-ing the wrong socks. Gully usually picks it up every time she is out of uniform. Sophia has taken to most times, hiding her feet, dodging Gully, standing behind rocks out-side the dining hall and eventually gives herself away as she is the last one to leave the dining hall. It has been an ongoing occasion of her trying to get away with it. She has a few good excuses but they just don’t succeed. One morning Gully called Sophia back into the dining hall after everyone had left and presented her with a gift (that he wrapped himself) and guess what the contents of the parcel were. PE SOCKS X 6 PAIRS. Leav-ing Sophia embarrassed, grateful and without excuses. Thank-you Gully. Just a reminder note: There have been a few girls who have suc-cumbed to a common cold that has been shared around. Next term if the girls could be prepared and return with some aids to help relieve their Cold and Flu symp-toms that would be great. Until, next Term, I wish all my girls a happy, safe and enjoyable holi-day break. Good luck to the Net-ball Confro players.

June is the month of birthdays. Isa-bel Blennerhassett kicked it off on the 2nd. She had beautifully deco-rated cup cakes, Sarah Frohloff on the 9th, was lucky as the girls all pitched in and cooked her patty cakes as well, Taylor Ievers on the 12th, she had cake at school mak-ing her special, then on the 18th we celebrated a TRIPLE. Annabel Hatch, Tiahni Lee and Tara Yung. The girls all ate well on Thursday night. Annabel and Tara had huge cakes delivered; Tiahni presented me with a recipe for White Choco-late Cheesecake, her favourite. They all enjoyed themselves de-vouring cake; it always brings the dorm together over a birthday cake.

Becket House

Teneil Smale Senior Resident New arrival With exams looming the arrival of Skye-Lee Stevens in Becket Dorm was a welcomed distraction from study. We celebrated her arrival with ice cream and M&M’s, which was enjoyed by all. As Skye and I are both new to boarding, we are learning the ropes together. Skye is a confident young lady who has achieved State and National medals in Judo and gymnastics. Based on an intense game of ping pong where Skye went easy on me, I suspect her sporting talents do not end there. This week she has been teaching the girls some gymnastics, which has seen the common room converted to a gymnasium and has resulted in screams of laughter ech-oing through the dorm.

Rae Evans, Piper Davey & Skye Stevens making friends

Piper Davey (top), Rae Evans & Skye Stevens


Second State of Origin Our night started well with a huge turnout to watch football and eat pizza. In the end, the Becket com-mon room cheers soon faded and were replaced by the sounds of Al-ban’s small but loud contingent of blues supporters. Regardless of the disappointing outcome, fun was had by all.

Holidays already I have been having so much fun getting to know you all, that I can not believe the holidays are upon us. I would like to thank all our Becket Girls for making me feel so welcome. With the support of more experienced dormitory staff, I will aim to provide a relaxed and harmonious boarding environ-ment. My main goal is that board-ers feel safe, secure and happy, so that they can concentrate on their studies and look back on their time in boarding with fond memo-ries. Finally I look forward to meeting parents that I have not yet met. For any issues that are con-cerning you before then, please do not hesitate to call or email. I would like to wish everyone safe travels and an enjoyable holiday.

Chad House

Yvonne Schaefer Senior Resident The end is here By the time you read this, we will all be home, enjoying holidays. Whether it be working getting weaners off, branding, moving or going away on a well-earned break, we hope you enjoy this time with your girls. We have really loved having them in our care over this last semester. They are continuing to grow and mature as wonderful young ladies. Goodbye It is with sadness that we say goodbye to one of our most out-going and friendly young ladies at the end of this term. Vicky Dakin is heading off to brave the cold of Canberra to be with her family. Vicky has been a great member of our dormitory, not only as a loud and outgoing member but also a wonderful supporter mentoring the younger members of our dorm. If there was anything going on in the dorm, you would always know that Vicky would be a part of it. We will all miss you Miss Vick and we wish you all the best in your future en-deavours. Inter-School Netball Inter-School Netball has wound up this week and as the term has gone on, I was fortunate enough to take some photos of some of the games. Vasenai Dabea and Jemma Mafrici in the 13’s team

Rachel Hall and Freya Stewart play-ing for the 14’s team.


Freya Stewart and Kayla Barrett watch on as Josie McKellar defends

the goal.

ICPA Sports Clinic

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Out & About

Sarah Valentine Year 3 Singing I was walking past the music room today and I heard “Skip To My Lou” being sung by young voices. I peeked inside and saw the Year 3’s with Miss Leslie and Mrs Larpent and the children dressed in State of Origin clothes. It was a Junior School Free Dress day with all pro-ceeds going to ‘The Black Dog In-stitute”. The children always enjoy having their photos taken and they posed happily for me. The Year 5 class was with Mrs Sil-verwood in the library so another photo opportunity beckoned. I couldn’t let this chance go by be-cause the students looked so happy to be taking part in Free Dress Day. Tennis John Single’s tennis students took part in a Comp. The All Souls St Gabriels tennis players do very well and it was fun to gather them up for a photo. The following students were involved in The Junior Devel-opment Series Tournament

L to R: Slayd Hall, Kurtis West, In-die Schaefer, Casey Flanagan, Me-gan Rigato, Stuart Bucklar and Co-dy Bucklar.

Mac Horne has a permanent seat with “The Boys.”

Chef Deborah Kelly and Mandy Jones getting in the Origin spirit serving pies, mashed potato and vegs. Pies and football go together and this is the case at State of Origin time at Halse Hall. I noticed that many of the students followed tradition by painting their food red. I swear that one boy in particular swamped his pie in so much tomato sauce that the pie was completely hidden. He said “I put on much more sauce at home.” All I could think was a litre of sauce seemed sufficient in this situation. The good thing was that the boy had a clean plate at the end. He said “If I was home, there would be nothing at all on the plate.” Who needs a dog?


It has amused me when I see that a boy could have three pies, his, then he went for seconds then he finished off his friend’s, he gobbled up some fruit on the way out. He talked about food all the time. He told me that his passwords were all food names. It is around this time each year that I notice a growth spurt in mainly the boys. Maybe I’m getting shorter. I got a pat on the head the other day from a boy who used to come up to my shoul-der. I still see that small child when I look at him.

Speaking of growth spurts, these three boys have shot up recently. Noel Bridges, Sam Coffison and Duncan Elliott. Photo Bombing is still very popular in these parts. Rhys Donaldson does a good job of it below. Enjoy-ing a chat in the library are David Bode, Kayla Gough, Andie Stanger and Josh Duncombe.

There is always plenty of activity in the Art room. Mrs Rossi Moore in-structs students David Walsh, Will Sibson and Harry Titley in their project.

Luka Hall, Lydia Lindsay, Kate Jons-son and Hollie Deans.

Michael Meteyard and Tom Marshall Zoe Donaldson

Tom Morris and Jack White Patrick Galvin putting the finishing touches to his assignment.

The Seconds team with their coach, Lachlan Durkin. The team played very well and despite a few injuries they managed to have fun.

Two of the team players, Bryce Franettovich and Ernie Wilkie, were supported by Rowan Fittock and Trey Perrier

Talon Simpson and Kiara Henry-Nash supporting the team.

Rose Elliott, Jessica Lusk and Micka-la Gough supporting our team.


Miguel Spence gloating over the “Blues” win. The sadness on Skye Stevens face says it all. However, we, the QUEENSLANDERS will rally for the gladitorial spectacular in Brisbane in July.

Freya Stewart, Billie Copeland and Larissa Mafrici sorting through the laptops in the library.

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Staff Profile

Staff Name: Tania van Wijk

Duties at ASSG: School Counsellor

How long you have been at ASSG? I started here on 23

March this year

Where you are from? I have been living in

Charters Towers for

the last 11 years.

Before that I was in

Townsville.

Something people may not know about you: I am a Dr Who fan!

What encouraged you to do this job? I had wanted to be a Guidance Officer when I

started my university studies; I enjoy working with

children and young people, and this job gives me

the opportunity to get back to my original goal.

What work did you do before coming to ASSG? I was a Senior Psychologist at

Community Mental Health, working with people of

all ages who experienced a range of mental health

difficulties.

What is your favourite aspect of your job? Spending time with the students; since I

have been here some of the things I have really

enjoyed have been eating lunch with the preppies,

working with whole classes in Life Skills, and doing

an art-based group for girls

And your least favourite? The paperwork

What was your favourite subject at school? English and Art – I can’t decide!

What was the most important part of your education? Developing great friendships

that I still have today

Which person (or thinker) has had the greatest influence on your life? I’m not sure

that I could pick just one! Mostly I admire how

everyday people cope with the challenges in their

lives with grit and determination.

What would you never do, no matter the price? I will NEVER jump out of a perfectly

good plane

If you had a motto, what would it be? Just Breathe!

If you could choose, what would you have for your last meal? I’m not sure that I

could choose - I love all types of food! Possibly

Japanese, but then I would need some type of

decadent chocolatey dessert too!

ISSUE NO 9/2015 24 JUNE 2015

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