PETER MOYES ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Alumni Association

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WELCOME BACK TO YOUR SCHOOL!

It is ironic that I am typing this welcome to the School’s alumni on

Remembrance Day. In reading The Crest, I am sure individual minds

instantly remember the School as it was when you attended it and

within that there are additional memories of events, rituals, staff and friends.

I am delighted to report that the School

continues to develop in many ways.

Physically, the past year has seen the opening

of two very important School buildings.

The first is our gymnasium which opened for

student use at the start of this year. As you

can see from the following images it is a truly

splendid venue. I have immodestly, but accurately, described it as the finest School

gymnasium in the Commonwealth. The gymnasium has two full-sized basketball courts

which allow a range of sports to be played

including Indoor Soccer, Volleyball,

Badminton and Handball. The gymnasium

has a weights room that is well utilised by

students and staff. Two new hardcourts have

been added to the previous two, so there are

now four external playing surfaces for Netball

and Tennis. Cricket nets have also been

installed on the Northern Oval!

The second new building is the School’s Administration Building. Opened at the beginning

of Term 4, our staff now have a dedicated staffroom for the first time in the School’s

history. The staffroom has panoramic views over the Indian Ocean and I look forward to

an Alumni Function being staged there before too long! The Administration Building has a

purpose built Sick Bay, Boardroom, Meeting Rooms and it houses the School’s Principal,

Business Manager, Enrolments Officer, Database Officer and Marketing and

Communications Officer as well as the School’s IT consultants.

Adjacent to the Administration Building is our

wonderful new Nature Playground for our

Primary Students, which I am sure, has

tempted many a Middle and Senior School

student to jump its fence and climb into the

Crow’s Nest. Without breaking your hearts,

all our classrooms are now air-conditioned!

The School continues to be recognised and

visited by increasing numbers. For the second successive year the School recently hosted

the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Perth, which saw close to four hundred visitors at

the School during the last weekend of October. There are close to 1600 students at the

School and I am proud of the activities and subjects that our students can participate in

and select.

Most importantly, the welcoming, open and

respectful qualities of our students, about

which I am often complimented, continue to

be evident to all visitors to the School. Such

an impression and pleasing culture is only

possible because of the work of students and

staff past, so take a bow!

I trust that your lives following your time at Peter Moyes have been purposeful and

productive ones. It is always wonderful to hear of the exploits of our students, be they

students being selected for the inaugural AFL Women’s Competition, students exploring

and travelling the world, students creating their own businesses and/or pursuing various

degrees at University! An invitation to visit the School and make fresh your memories is

always open to you.

Act Justly and Honour God!

Julian Dowse Principal

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Crest!

First and foremost, the Alumni Committee would like to congratulate the Class of 2016 on

their graduation. They are joining a community of over 1000 people who have graduated

from PMACS since 2004. We hope that the 2016 graduates have the chance to enjoy a

well-deserved break over the summer months and we wish them all the best for their

next endeavours, whatever they may be.

It has been a busy year for both the Alumni Committee and the

School (see Julian’s article above), with many exciting

developments complete or in the works. Many thanks to those

Alumni who completed our survey earlier this year, we were

very happy to have received responses from all year groups. It

seems PMACS alumni have ventured far and wide since leaving

PMACS. We heard from TAFE students, university students,

dancers, consultants, journalists, midwives, police officers,

teachers and many others. The majority of respondents said

that they would like more social events, so keep your eyes

peeled for another sundowner event early next year!

Survey respondents also stated that they would be interested in

volunteering to help the PMACS community. So we are in the

process of engaging with the school to see where alumni can be

of most help. For the moment, we have our sights on organising

a few alumni presenters for the 2017 Connect Learn Engage

seminar series or 2017 Career Expo. We have also been told

that work placements for Year 10 students are needed for June

next year. If you or your workplace would be interested in

presenting at the School or providing work placements, please

let us know.

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We trawled through the archives to find old year group photos for the PMACS Alumni

Facebook page and it was great to see all of the talk that these photos created on the

page. We were very pleased to hear how well our fellow alumni were doing and so we

have a dedicated ‘Happy News’ section in this edition. Check it out! If you or your friends

have news that you would like to share with the PMACS Alumni, please get in contact

with us for the next edition of The Crest.

We were also very lucky to get in contact with Emma King (Class of 2011) who has been

selected as a marquee player for the Collingwood Football Club in the inaugural AFL

Women’s competition. Read Emma’s interview on the next page!

The Alumni Committee said goodbye to Karen Russell (Class of 2004) in August this year.

Karen had enthusiastically served as chair of the committee since 2012 and those of us

remaining on the Alumni Committee are extremely grateful for all of Karen’s direction

over the years. We welcomed Kate Major (Class of 2007) as our new chairperson and

thank her for stepping up to the role, having already served on the Alumni Committee

since 2013.

We have also recently put a call out for two new Alumni Committee members to ensure

that we are able to continue working towards our committee objectives. We look forward

to introducing the new Committee Members in the New Year!

And finally, we wish everyone the best for the remainder of 2016. We hope that you have

a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you in 2017!

Best wishes,

PMACS Alumni Association Committee

Emma King (Class of 2011) has been selected as a marquee player for the Collingwood

Football Club in the inaugural AFL Women’s competition. Emma is also one of only

eleven members which make up the AFL Women’s Advisory Committee. This group will

develop the strategic plan for new league, focusing on workplace equality and player

support. The first season of the AFL Women’s competition will involve eight clubs, each

playing seven games across February and March 2017, followed by a grand final match.

We spoke to Emma from Melbourne.

How long have you been playing footy for? I've been playing football on and off since

Auskick. I started playing with the Quinns Bulls boys in U7s (Auskick) and played with

them up until U14s where they basically say girls can't play anymore. Then I went onto

to play for Joondalup Falcons Women's team in 2009-10 (14/15 years old). Then I

stopped again for Year 12 and uni, but came back to play for Coastal Titans women's

team in 2014 until now.

You play in the ruck - is that a position you've always

played? Why do you enjoy playing in that position?

I've always been tall, so through juniors I dabbled in

the ruck, but I only really took the position on when I

came to Titans FC. I really enjoy playing ruck as it’s a

play-making position. I feed it to the on-ballers and

they carry it into the forward. It allows me to create

space and be a tall target around the ground too! It

also helps that I'm 6'1”, which makes it hard harder

for my opponents to contest and/or defend against

me.

What do you believe your role will involve in Collingwood next year? What do you

hope to achieve there? At Collingwood, I'll be looking at taking on some form of

leadership role within the side, being a marquee player as well, we have to encourage

the other girls and create a good culture within the club on and off the field. On field,

I'll be looking at playing in the ruck and forward as a nice tall target. As a marquee

player, Moana Hope and I will be seen as the 'faces' of Collingwood FC Women's team,

and showing the pathways for young girls. This involves media appearances,

community clinics, marketing, advertising etc. Personally I hope to develop as a player

both in skill and in leadership, taking in knowledge from not only my immediate

teammates and support staff, but also Collingwood football club and the AFL

community in Melbourne.

How long do you plan to be in Melbourne for while you're playing for Collingwood?

(i.e. How frequently will you come back to Perth?) So I’m currently contracted to

Collingwood for one year. Marquee players are on a one year ambassador contract for

their respective clubs whilst other players just have a 6 month playing contract. I'll

hopefully be back in Perth for Christmas (and if Collingwood v Fremantle is a Freo

home game).

You have an architecture degree from UWA. What made you choose to play footy

over going into architecture? Yes I graduated end of 2015 with a Bachelor of Design. I

went travelling at the beginning of 2016 so didn't look for an internship or job and then

talk of football came around so I just decided to wait it out and see what comes of it.

When the opportunity came to be a marquee player, I jumped at the chance! Women's

football is only just beginning at a national level so I wanted to be a part of it all. It

won't be long until a true national draft begins and all the 18 year old girls will be

getting picked up and the older ones retiring. Football is for now and I'm glad I'll have a

degree to fall back into after this chapter of my life finishes. It's something I'm really

passionate about; I love everything about football, training in the gym, on the field;

working hard during the week to play good on the weekend - week in week out.

Can you see yourself moving into architecture once your footy career is over? Yes,

definitely! I will be going down the architecture pathway when the time is right. I'll be

looking at doing some sort of part time internship whilst in Melbourne next year, to get

my foot in the door somewhere.

Stephanie Harrison

Class of 2010

Stephanie had her illustrations

on display at REVEAL art

exhibition in July this year. [Photography courtesy of Jason Matz

Photography.]

Nicola Davies

Class of 2010

Nicola recently had her

illustrations on display at

Supernova. The image below

shows Nicola and her partner

Rob at Supanova in June this

year.

Benn Tudor-Roberts

Class of 2012

Benn was awarded first place in

the student category of Canon

Australia’s 2015 Light Awards,

winning himself a spot on a

photography expedition to

Africa.

We are always keen to hear your news and welcome anyone wishing to submit an article. Please send your stories and news to:

alumni@petermoyes.wa.edu.au

Michael Evans

Class of 2010

Michael and his wife Bethany

were married in 2014. They have

two boys – Brad and Jack.

Aurelie Mahony (née

Sauvage)

Class of 2010

Aurelie and her husband Craig

were married in Mauritius in

October this year.

Adam Inder

Class of 2010

Adam and his fiancé Zani are

building in Jindalee and are to be

married in January 2017.

Praka Swominathan &

Jessica Swominathan

(née Cochrane)

Class of 2008

Praka and Jess were married in

April this year. They are

expecting their first child next

year.

Aaron Childs

Class of 2009

Aaron and his fiancé Ashley are

to be married in February 2017.

If you would like to advertise your business in The Crest or on the Facebook Group, get in contact with the Alumni

Committee at alumni@petermoyes.wa.edu.au.

PETER MOYES ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Alumni Association

alumni@petermoyes.wa.edu.au

www.petermoyes.wa.edu.au/community/alumni

www.facebook.com/groups/petermoyesalumni/

(08) 9304 5500