PETER MOYES ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
A School of the Anglican Schools Commission
VOLUME 17 - EDITION 8
25 MARCH 2015
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Knowledge & Insight
Equality & Compassion
Integration & Wholeness
Confidence, Competence & Responsibility
Self-worth
FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL
Cyber-Safety: The Importance of Protecting our Computer Systems
This week our school experienced one negative aspect of the increased use of technology in the form
of a computer ‘virus’. The ‘virus’ was contained in an email which appeared to be legitimate from a
person seeking employment at the School and included an attached resume. When opened, this
resume released the virus which entered the School’s computer system and caused some files to be
corrupted.
We were fortunate that the IT support staff identified this issue quickly and were able to limit the
affect of the ’virus’ on the School’s computer system. However, it did result in the system being shut
down Wednesday afternoon which disrupted classes and caused the loss of documents created or
used on that day for both staff and students. This included the final version of the Newsletters which
have been re-written today, causing a delay. Such incidents are frustrating and can cause significant
problems including the loss of work and data. On this occasion, this was limited but it is a timely reminder to us all of the need to
protect our computers and ICT systems against such attacks. Whilst the School does employ anti-virus software or ‘firewalls’ , they
are not perfect and due to the constantly evolving nature of the problem, will not provide a complete solution. We all need to be
aware of the importance of good practice when using email or the internet and avoid opening emails or attachments from
unknown sources, be careful when downloading from the internet and remember that when connected to the internet, we are
connecting to the ‘world wide web’ and potentially any of the users of the internet, both good and bad. Further information
regarding online safety is available from the website ‘Stay Smart Online’: http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/computers
Inter-School Swimming Carnivals
Congratulations to the ACC Inter-School
Swimming Squad for their performances at
the ‘C’ Division Carnival on Monday of this
week. The competition was very close with
a number of Schools competing strongly
and despite many of our students achieving
personal best times, we were unable to
place highly enough across all events to
challenge for the top three positions.
However, the dedication, effort and
commitment shown by all members of the
team was impressive and our students
represented the School very well indeed
throughout the day. They can all be proud
of their effort and achievements. A full
report is contained in the Sports Newsletter
this week and I would like to add my thanks
to the Team of coaches, led by Mr Streeter
for their hard work and support of the team
this year.
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Our Primary School Inter-School Swimming team also compete this week in the NIPPSA Inter-School Carnival to be held at Arena
Joondalup. Our best wishes to the team and we look forward to a report next week.
End of Term Approaches!
A reminder that students and staff conclude Term 1 on Thursday 2nd April. Our Term One Award Assemblies occur next week with
Primary School Assembly on Tuesday at 2:00pm; Middle School Assembly at 1:00pm on Thursday to be followed by Senior School
Assembly at 2:00pm. A number of awards will be presented to students and we invite parents to attend each assembly to share in
the celebration of student achievements in Term 1.
Richard Alchin
Acting Principal
PRIMARY NEWS AND EVENTS
Learning Journeys – All parents are invited to participate in your child’s Learning Journey on Tuesday 31st March starting at
6.00pm and finishing at 7.30pm. Specialist teachers and Classroom teachers will each have an opportunity to show case an aspect
of learning in their pocket of the School this term, led by the students.
First Communion Service for Year 4 – This coming Monday 30th March, students of Year 4 will have their very first Holy
Communion service. They have spent the term preparing for admission to communion with Father Chris. As this is a significant
occasion in our School we would like parents of Year 4 to have the opportunity to attend this service which will also be a part of our
Easter Service at 2:00pm.
Whole Primary School Assembly - Tuesday 31st March led by the Primary House Captains. The Term 1 Honour Awards will be
announced at this time.
ANZAC Assembly – Parents are invited to attend Tuesday 26th April at 2:00pm. This will be led by the Upper Primary Student
Leadership team. The assembly will give context to why we celebrate ANZAC day and how this relates to our generation of students
in the Primary School. Our Primary School ANZAC Service takes place on Friday 24th April at 8.30am and will be Led by Father Chris.
Parents are invited to attend this important service with out students.
Roderick Wood
Associate Principal - Primary School
RAC Bstreetsmart Excursion
The RAC Bstreetsmart Event was held at the Perth Arena. Throughout the day,
our Year 10 students were exposed to the consequences associated with
reckless driving.
The day started with members of the WA Police, Department of Fire and
Emergency Services, St John Ambulance and Royal Perth Hospital re-enacting
the aftermath of a ‘real’ crash scene. This re-enactment showed students how
the emergency services are involved at the scene of a crash, and also the direct
impact a road trauma incident
can have on those involved.
Students heard accounts from
those who are directly affected
with trauma every day, including trauma surgeons and members of our emergency
services. There was a basic first aid demonstration as well as real life accounts from
people who have either lost loved ones or killed others due to the bad decisions
they made. The experience was eye opening for many of our students and a
valuable opportunity to learn about the dangers of road traffic accidents and the
need to be safe when using the roads. Thank you to the staff who attended and
assisted with the excursion.
Kristina Oxley
Health and Physical Education Teacher
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CHAPLAIN’S CHAT
Dear Friends,
The first ANZAC Day Dawn Service was conducted in Albany WA by the Anglican Priest of Albany,
The Rev’d Arthur White, on April 25 1930. The service began with Holy Communion in the church,
and then proceeded to the memorial on the hill above Albany for the wreath laying ceremony. The
tradition of this service has spread from Albany right around Australia. War is evil in Christian
understanding. It kills needlessly and hurts the innocent. It is sad that
wars exist, but the need for action against those who are against
peace requires a military response from time to time. Those who give
their lives in this cause are especially honoured each ANZAC Day. It is a
day of expression of grief and commemoration of the dead.
In recent times, ANZAC Day has moved from being a day of expression
of grief and loss and the terrible evil of war, to a celebration of and
glorification of war. Many Defence Force Chaplains and returned
soldiers to whom I speak are very worried and concerned at this shift
in emphasis and meaning, and feel that it has been driven by
politicians and the media in their desire for attention grabbing or
‘waging war agendas’. They feel that they no longer connect with or
relate to ANZAC Day, and that it no longer meets their needs or
beliefs. The recent observances and marches in Albany are a sign of
this shift. What does one make of smiling children standing with
Andrew Gaze in a reconstructed WW1 trench where men died bloody
and purposeless deaths? Strange and inappropriate. It breeds a
reverence for war and a misplaced celebration of war as a good and
valiant thing. Ask the citizens of Hiroshima or Vietnam or Iraq if they
think that this is so.
Best wishes,
Fr. Chris Beal
School Chaplain
CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAMME TERM 2
27th March 2015 – Enrolments open for Term 2.
28th April – Co-Curricular activities commence.
1st May – Enrolments close for Term 2 via the Parent Portal.
8th May – Final changes to enrolments accepted.
25th June – Term 2 Co-Curricular activities conclude.
Beverley Goosen
Co-curricular Co-ordinator
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Truina Cook
Head of Science
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SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL FEE ACCOUNT—LATE PAYMENT FEE
School Fee Accounts that are not paid by the required due date will incur a Late Payment Fee of $100, this will be
billed to outstanding accounts on a monthly basis whilst the account remains in arrears unless an alternative
payment arrangement has been agreed with the Accounts Department.
DISHONOURED PAYMENTS
Families with School Fee Accounts on monthly payment arrangements should note that monthly payments which
are declined and dishonoured without any prior notice will incur a $50 dishonoured fee on each occasion the
payment is declined.
Philip Cartwright
Business Manager
UNIFORM SHOP
WINTER UNIFORM - TERMS 2 & 3
UNIFORM SHOP
OPENING TIMES
At the beginning of Term 2, we change
into our winter uniform and winter sports
uniform. Tracksuit jackets and all winter
garments are now in stock. All preordered Blazers are also in stock and
available for collection.
Normal Term Time Opening Hours
Winter Uniform Appointment Days are all
FULLY BOOKED.
Easter Holiday Opening Hours
If you require any further information,
please contact the Uniform Shop on 9304
5544 or email
[email protected]
Tuesdays and Thursdays
8.00AM – 12.00PM
Monday 13th April 2015
9:00AM - 1:00PM and 3:00PM - 7:00PM
Tuesday 14th April 2015
10:00AM - 3:00PM
Sara Smith
Uniform Shop Manager
[email protected]
Tuesday 21st April 2015
9:00AM - 1:00PM
FAME JR - TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Everyone is eagerly anticipating the 2015 whole-school production of 'Fame Jr'. Middle School students were privy to a sneakpreview performances of the 'The Teachers Argument' song by our very talented students, Sophie Todd and Brooke Lamb. It is
clear that this is a performance that NO ONE should miss!
Fame Jr is set in the 1980’s and focuses on the lives of talented students
at 'The High School of Performing Arts' as they learn to develop their
skills in the areas of music, dance and drama. The show is being
performed over three nights, Thursday 30th April, Friday 1st May and
Saturday 2nd May. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased online
from trybooking.com. Adult tickets are $15.00 and Concession is $10.00.
Get in soon, or you will miss out!
Peta Flanigan
Head of Dance & Drama
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LANTERN LIGHTS
Over the last two weeks, Visual Arts Co-Curricular students have taken part in a lantern
building workshop with professional lantern maker, Bec Massey from Little Carrot Productions. Within these two sessions, students learnt how to construct a lightweight frame, apply
paper to the framework and then embellish the surface through collage and drawing.
This week, students will apply finishing touches to their work in preparation for taking part in
the Twilight Lantern Parade which is part of the Joondalup Festival held this weekend.
The Co-Curricular students will join a selection of Year 7 students who have also worked on
constructing lanterns of differing forms in representing Peter Moyes ACS at the festival.
For those wishing to see the lantern parade, it will take place on Saturday 28th March at
approximately 6:30pm. For further details regarding the Joondalup Festival, please see the City of Joondalup website.
Ms Toni Rockliff
Acting Head of Visual Arts
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P & F NEWS
P&F LEVY CARDS 2015
All families should have received their P & F Levy
Cards in the mail. If you have not received yours,
please contact me as soon as possible.
Thank you to all of the parents who have helped in
our School Community this term.
Please return all signed Levy Cards to the P & F Box
in Main Administration by Friday 27th March 2015.
You can still hand in cards labelled Term 1 at any
time before the end of the school year, but the
rebate will only be applied to your School Account
at the end of the term in which they are submitted.
You can earn any of your 12
P & F Levy hours in any term.
Volunteer opportunities
Event
Date
Contact
Indonesian Garden –
help to plan and design
an Indonesian garden
Anytime
Guinnevere Bell
Home Economics
(Food Room)
Anytime
Primary School Art
Room
Anytime
[email protected]
Rita Wilson
[email protected]
Chloe Kyriakacis
[email protected]
Science Laboratory
Anytime
Vicky Carter
[email protected]
Laboratory experience
and qualifications
Mother’s Day Stall
If you have any questions regarding the P & F Levy
Programme, please ask!
P & F MEETINGS: Change of advertised date
Tuesday
5th May 2015
1.00pm –
2.30pm
Claire Long:
[email protected]
Wednesday
6th May 2015
8.00am –
12.00pm
We wish to advise you that our May meeting, in
which we will consider all submitted funding
applications, will be held on Tuesday 12th May
2015 at 7.00pm.
We extend a warm invitation to all parents to
attend our meetings. They are relaxed and friendly,
although we do observe the formalities of a
minuted meeting. Light refreshments are served.
You can claim P & F Levy Hours for time spent at
meetings and it is a great way to get to know other
parents and find out what is planned in the School
Community as a whole.
Claire Long
P & F Office
P & F Meeting Dates
Meetings begin at 7.00pm and are held in the
2015 P & F Events
Mother’s Day Stall
Wednesday 6th May 2015
Walk and Ride To School Day
Friday 22nd May 2015
Entertainment Book Fundraise
May – August 2015
Bunnings BBQ Fundraise
Saturday 20th June 2015
Father’s Day Stall
Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser
Saturday 3rd October 2015
T & E Rooms entered via the Waves Café.
Tuesday 12th May 2015 – Funding Round
Tuesday 23rd June 2015 – General Meeting
Tuesday 15th September 2015 – AGM
Tuesday 27th October 2015 –
Funding Round
Family Photographs
Saturday 31st October 2015
Tuesday 17th November 2015 –
General Meeting
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COMPETITION – DEADLINE: Friday 24th april
1ST PRIZE: $50 ITUNES VOUCHER
2ND PRIZE: $30 HOYTS MOVIE VOUCHER
3RD PRIZE: $20 ITUNES VOUCHER
In order to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign
the Humanities Department is holding a competition to discover
the links our School community has to this landmark event and
World War One in general. Most people have an ancestor who
was affected by this conflict and we want to hear your story. The
subject of your presentation does not have to be as personal as a
forebear; you could also create a short piece on any chosen
individual with links to the Gallipoli campaign or any other event
during the First World War.
You can present your submission in a written account, a poster,
photostory or short video clip. If it is in video form, please keep it
between 3 to 5 minutes in length.
The best presentations will form part of displays around the
School and feature in an assembly to commemorate the
centenary.
My Great Grandfather: ANDREW JAMES BRIGGS
Born: 1890
Where: London, England
Married with two children
Enlisted: 21 August 1914
Rank: Private
Regiment: 9th Battalion, West
Yorkshire Regiment,
British Army
Served: Gallipoli
Prisoner of War:
9 August 1915 to
6 November 1918
Died: 6 June 1936
Adjacent is a picture of my great grandfather,
Andrew James Briggs, who is pictured here with his
daughter Louisa Rebecca Briggs. The picture was
taken in the spring of 1914 when he was 24 years
old. He had married in 1911 and was the father of
three children (one was adopted). Life was about to
change considerably for him with the onset of World
War One. Work had always been casual and hard to
come by. A labourer by trade, Andrew had worked in
an iron foundry, a confectionery shop, descaling
ships’ boilers and as a docker. Money was tight and
the docks area of London was one of the most
Impoverished parts of Britain. Living conditions were
tough and a contributory factor to the loss of his
adopted daughter through meningitis at the age of 5.
This was in May 1914 and caused much grief;
therefore, when Britain declared war on Germany on
4th August 1914, Andrew had many reasons to take
the King’s shilling and enlist. Patriotism, a regular
income and an escape from the sadness at home
may have all played a part. He had become part of K1
or War Secretary General Kitchener’s first 100,000
men to sign up since the outbreak of hostilities.
Throughout the second half of 1914 and first 6
months of 1915 Andrew was in training with the 9th
battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment. The
majority of them were all ‘New Army’ men with no
experience of warfare; however, some seasoned
officers were assigned to them who had fought in
the Boer War 15 years before.
On April 25th 1915 British Empire forces invaded the
Dardanelles peninsular (Gallipoli) with the intention
of knocking Turkey out of the war and helping Russia
fight the Axis powers on the Eastern Front.
Interestingly, Andrew was given leave on that day
and overstayed his pass. It was the last time he
would see his father, two sisters and son.
With the invasion of Gallipoli stalling, Andrew’s
battalion were sent as the vanguard of a second
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invasion force designed to
break through the Turkish
lines. His battalion landed at
night on the 6th August 1915
and immediately came under
fire. To the south, Australian
troops were storming the Nek
and attacking Lone Pine as a
diversionary effort to ensure
an effective landing.
Keith Briggs
Humanities Teacher
Nevertheless, over the next 3 days Andrew’s battalion
lost over 80% of their officers and men as the Turkish
forces repelled their attacks. In the confusion in the 9th
August, my great grandfather was captured and taken
behind enemy lines. He was extremely lucky to escape
with his life because the Turkish forces did not often
take prisoners. However, an order had been issued by
the German commander, Liman Von
Sanders, to secure a number for questioning on order
to work out the British intentions at this renewed
invasion attempt.
In total, Andrew spent the next three and a half years
as a Prisoner of War in numerous Turkish work camps.
The most notorious was Belemedik/Pozanti which was
the labour camp responsible for building the Berlin to
Baghdad railway through the Taurus Mountains.
Roughly half of the prisoners in the camps died
through starvation and over-work. Andrew himself
contracted malaria which was to affect him for the rest
of his days.
He returned to England at the beginning of December
1918 to find that events on the Home Front had been
equally as tragic. Two sisters, Esther and Grace, had
died of tuberculosis; his father had died of pneumonia
in the March and his son, also named Andrew, had
died 4 weeks before from the epidemic that was
currently sweeping the globe – Spanish Flu. He had
been eighteen months old when his father had left and
had just turned five before he died.
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The Pi Day Challenge 2015
Pi Day is held on the 14th March each year and is an exciting day for mathematicians as it celebrates all things ‘Pi’; the ratio of a circle’s circumference to
its diameter. 2015 was a particularly special Pi Day as the date (written in the
American style) is 3/14/15, which are the first 5 digits of Pi.
To celebrate Pi Day, Ms McDiarmid from the Mathematics Department
organised The Pi Day Challenge, in which students competed to see who
could memorise and recite the most decimal places of Pi.
Six students from Year 9 to Year 12 entered and the competition was fierce.
The winner on the day was Ross Godwin (Year 11) who recited an impressive
100 decimal places of Pi. The runners up were Alex Timpson (Year 12) and
Jake Weddell (Year 10) who memorised 60 and 56 decimal places, respectively. Their efforts were rewarded with apple pie.
According to the Guinness World Records, Lu Chao holds the record for
memorising and reciting the first 67, 890 digits of Pi. So, start practicing for
next year’s Pi Day Challenge!!
Wendy Hurst
Mathematics Department
HILLARYS YACHT CLUB START SAILING SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM—APRIL 2015
Start Sailing 1, Start Sailing 2, Better Sailing, Start Racing, Better Racing
Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th April 2015 8:30am to 12:30pm (4 day program) $220
Monday 13th to Friday 17th April 2015 8:30am to 12:30pm (5 day program) $250
The Yachting Australia ‘Discover Sailing’ program is designed to progressively teach you how to sail dinghies, starting
with the essential skills in the first course, ‘Start Sailing 1’ to more advanced skills and techniques which are
gradually introduced in each of the five courses, leading to Better Racing.
Contact Mel T 9246 2833 E [email protected]
A 65 Northside Drive Hillarys
W www.hillarysyachtclub.com.au
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Pay it Forward House
Activities - Compliments,
Warm Fuzzies, Games
and Quizzes all took
place during House time
on Friday.
During Recess – The Year 12 Prefects raised money to purchase over 200 flowers to
disperse throughout the entire school on Pay it Forward Day.
Pay it Forward
In continuing our School’s promotion of good mental health and wellbeing through positive behaviours, we held our second ‘Pay it
Forward Week’. ‘Pay it Forward Day’ is based on a concept from a Catherine Ryan Hyde novel which urges people around the world
to commit random acts of kindness and instruct the recipient of your good deed to ‘pay it forward’, and return the good deed to
another person.
Pay It Forward has been a great success this year. In only its second year, the idea is growing in leaps and bounds and it is great to
see the students really embrace the event as a notion and an action.
In the Senior School:
Last week the Senior School celebrated ‘Pay it Forward’, which emphasises the importance of being kind to one another. We
enjoyed activities that ran throughout the week such as cards hidden under desks with random acts of kindness attached to
lollipops. In addition, we also had ‘compliment boxes’ set up so we could write random compliments to one another which were
distributed to people on Friday. Furthermore, the House Captains distributed flowers across the entire school on Friday during
recess to brighten everyone’s day and complete our successful week with a smile.
Jess Purchase
Durack House Captain
In Middle School:
Imagine a world where everyone gave complements to everyone all the time. Imagine a
world where people were never depressed or sad but everybody was always happy and
content. This is the idea behind ‘Pay It Forward’.
Last week the Middle School House Captains organised activities to promote random acts of
kindness. One such activity was writing an anonymous message to someone,
complementing them on something they did well. These anonymous messages were then
handed out to the students in the hope that they felt happier knowing someone
appreciated them for the things that they did. Pay It Forward was a huge success because we
had lots of students doing random acts of kindness and I am sure that lots of our
students felt better afterwards.
A ‘thank you’ board was also set up for people to write ‘thank you’
messages to the people who did random acts of kindness and to express
appreciation for other peoples’ efforts.
Thanks to all the student leaders and teachers who were involved in
organising Pay It Forward, and in particular Pak Davis and Mrs Lamers, as
it wouldn’t have been such a huge success without them.
Callum Borck
Cuthbert House Captain
In Primary School:
To celebrate Pay It Forward the Year 4 and Year 5 students designed a card for
someone they wanted to do something kind for. Some shared these at school while
others took them home to chat with family and friends about.
Lucy Hinson
School Counsellor
(Primary School)
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NATIONAL YOUNG LEADERS DAY
On Friday 6th March, 2015 Mrs Coetzee and I had the pleasure
of accompanying our Primary School House Captains to the
National Young Leaders Day. On behalf of the House Captains I
would like to sincerely thank Mrs Coetzee for giving up her
time to assist us.
The purpose of the day was to inspire students to begin a lifelong journey of leading themselves and others according to
good leadership values. This year’s theme was ‘Nothing Significant, Enduring or Amazing Ever Began That Way’ and the students were encouraged to ‘Get Started’.
The House Captains have written a short paragraph outlining
their favourite speakers. I hope that you will be inspired by
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his dad
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LET KIDS PRACTICE LOSING
Parenting Ideas posted by: Michael Grose
http://www.parentingideas.com.au
Recently I listened to short video by Parentingideas
Magazine contributor Maggie Dent that made so much
sense.
In the video Maggie implores parents to let kids practise
losing so they can become more resilient and also more
social.
I couldn’t agree more.
Currently, there’s a flaw in modern Western culture that
won’t allow kids to lose, to struggle or to experience
disappointment. Interestingly, this is at a time when
childhood anxiety is going through the roof.
In an effort to improve outcomes for kids we’ve created a
childhood culture that is highly structured, highly organised and highly adult-initiated. This high level of
organisation minimises failure, avoids disappointment and reduces struggle. And it does kids no favours!
The solution is to reduce adult-initiated activity and introduce more unrestricted, child-initiated, social play.
It’s through free play that kids have always learned about winning and losing; how to handle it when things don’t
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your turn and; how to hang in there long enough until things eventually go your way.
Unstructured play is usually very hierarchical in nature. Older kids tend to boss around younger kids, who often
return the favour in spades when it’s their turn to be the eldest.
Kids often rely on natural consequences to influence their friends and siblings. “I’m not going to play with you
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Get kids away from screens
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sport; includes child-initiated calming down-time such as listening to music, and group-oriented free play
(involving at least one other person) that is done either inside or outside (the latter should be included) where
your child can practise losing, struggling, following the lead of others and heaps more great life skills and attitudes.
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