THE GRAMMAR WORD
13 November 2014
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From The Headmaster/CEO
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Our freedom has come at a price with 102,700
Australians paying the ultimate price and giving
their lives for their country. On Remembrance
Day we remember our fallen soldiers and those
from Ipswich Grammar School:
• WORLD WAR I: Pte Allen Beresford Bourke,
Pte William James Alexander McAllister, Sgt
James Leslie Bowling, L Cpl Edgar Gordon
Makepeace, Pte Frederick James George Brown,
Pte Colville Currie Muir, WO James Lawrence
Brodie, Lt Harold James Pettigrew, Sgt Roy Colin
Caston MM, Pte Noel Robert Green Ridgway,
Lt William Thomas Shenton Deacon, Pte Ralph
Frederic Oswald Paul, Lt Walde Gerard Fisher,
Capt Chap Edward John Sydes,
Pte Edward Rawlings Fittock, Lt Cyril Cutcliffe
Ward MC, Sgt Eric Joseph Trestrail Foote MM,
Second Lt Leslie Arnold Ward, Pte Norman
Victor Foote, Lt Arthur Warren, Second Lt Oliver
Cecil Hardwick Foote, Pte Charles William Wehl,
Sgt Herbert Howard Kentwell Fowles, Pte Allan
Alexander Winks, Capt Trevor Francis MC, Pte
Ormond Wentworth Wilson, Pte Cecil Germain,
Lt George Wood, Capt Norman Gibbins, Capt
William John Handley, Pte Charles Woodward,
Pte Henry Femister Wriggles, Second Lt James
Scholes Hogg, Lt Hamilton St Clair Yaldwin, Spr
James Archibald Lindsay, Cpl Williams James
Young, Pte Ashley Codrington Lord.
• WORLD WAR II: Cpl Robert Arbuckle, WO
Dudley Reed Hooper, WO George Thomas
Bannerman, Sgt Leo Oscar Uhrbrand Jannum, Sgt
John Walter Benn, Flt Lt Philip Charles Copeland
Kerr, Pte Ronald Brown-Bishop, Flt Sgt John
Kevin Ladley, PO James Thomas Buchanan,
Pte Desmond John Linton, PO Donald Shaw
Cormack, PO Whitmore Alexander Bailey Logan,
WO James Bowes Cossart, Sgt Colin Roderick
Donald Lowis, Sgt Peter Cribb, LAC Colin Dent
Litzow, Gnr Thomas Bridson Cribb, Pte Allen
John Meekin, Pte George Colin Cunnington, Flt
Sgt Angus Donald MacKay Ross, Gnr Thomas
Gordon Dare, FO Leslie Joseph Schwartz, FO
Leonard John Draheim, Pte Charles Robert Scott,
WO George William Duncan, Flt Lt Eric McLaren
Scott, Sgt Kenneth Hayne England, Pte Neal
Gordon Smith, Sgt Desmond Noel Gredden, PO
Leonard King Teitzel DFC, Sgt Horace William
Hall, Flt Sgt John William Van Cooten, OS Edgar
Murray Hancock, Gnr Arthur Knight Winks,
Sgt Charles Maurice Harding, Flt Lt Charles
Raymond Kerford Young DFC.
• VIETNAM: Pte Victor Roy Grice.
LEADERSHIP
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing
prospective Prefects for 2015. I listened to our
future leaders discuss their young lives and their
hopes and aspirations for the future. A school in
my previous life used the motto of ‘Men for Others’
and constantly promoted the ideal of sharing
their gifts and talents with the school community.
It was heartening listening to our young men
and learning of their ideas for the future. I once
heard an educational speaker discuss the notion
of ‘giftedness’ and he related it to leadership. He
talked through the various phases of his own life
and how his various gifts and talents had changed
over time. As a young teacher he was brilliant with
young people but as he got older that gift waned.
In middle age he turned his talents to leading an
educational community then later again he turned
his attention to writing and presenting. He also
explained that he often learned more about himself
from his failures than his successes. It is 20 years
since I heard that simple message and I believe it is
equally relevant today.
Yours sincerely
Mr Robert Henderson
Headmaster/CEO
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2015 CSTP Scholarship Exam
- Locked Bag 6000, North Ipswich QLD 4305 - www.ipswichgrammar.com - (07) 3813 9600 - CRICOS # 00499A The annual Co-operative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP) examination will be held at Ipswich
Grammar School on Saturday, 28 February 2015. Please note, this will be the only scholarship
testing held in 2015. If you live a long distance from the school some country centres are available
for students who wish to sit the exam.
Scholarships will be awarded to students who obtain outstanding results in the exam.
Scholarships cover varying amounts depending on results. Bursaries may also be awarded to the
families of students who show they have reached required standard and whose parents would
like them to attend Ipswich Grammar School but can demonstrate limited financial means.
Students going into Year 7 in 2016 will sit for Level 1, and students going into Year 11 in 2016 will
sit for Level 3. Applications for the Co-operative Scholarship Testing Program are to be lodged
online through the Ipswich Grammar School website at:
www.ipswichgrammar.com
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Enrolments
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Scholarships
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Links: Co-operative Scholarship Testing Program
Important dates, details and costs are as follows:
Online registration facility closes:
Registration fee:
Overseas registration fee:
Candidate results available to parents:
* All costs include GST
Monday, 9 February 2015 at midnight AEST
$120*
$270*
Monday, 13 April 2015
For more information please contact:
Enrolments & Marketing Office
Ipswich Grammar School
P: 07 3813 9604
E: [email protected]
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IGS P&F AGM
26th Nov 6:30pm - Mark your calendars
Parents Supporting Sons, Parents Leading By Example, Parents Engaged
with School
Plato once said “Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable”. An interesting observation
which feeds into the roles we have as parents, teachers and mentors to the men of grammar. Whilst
taming boys would be a mistake providing encouragement, guidance and support as they grow into
manhood is the domain of parents, carers and educators. A great opportunity to share in your son’s
journey is by being part of one of the support groups within the school. Support groups are
associated with many of the GPS sports and have more intensive periods of involvement for 8 to 10
weeks or can cover activities which are spread across the school year. The umbrella to all these
groups is the P&F .The P&F provides a different avenue for parents to be involved in their son’s
education and school life.
The P&F forms a vital part of the IGS Community with major aims and objectives:
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To provide guidelines, support and promote support groups which come under the umbrella of
the P&F;
To promote the interests and spread knowledge of the aims of Ipswich Grammar School;
To foster and promote the interests of students at the school.
To represent the viewpoint of Parents’ and Friends’ with respect to the School’s aims and
activities.
Education does not stop and start at the school gates and the P&F is a vital bridge which links the
school community providing the relationship between school and home, parents and sons and
parents and staff. The P&F is keen to expand upon its educational, consultative and fundraising
objectives. As well as supporting your sons schooling, it is also an excellent mechanism for meeting
and engaging with our families at IGS.
Parents and friends are invited to come along and see what the P&F if about at the AGM being held
on Wednesday the 26th Nov commencing at 0630pm in the Staff Room. Not sure about filling a role
and the prerequisites, details are can be found on the web at
http://www.ipswichgrammar.com/web/community/pandf/ or speak with a current office bearer.
Positions which are elected each year are President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. If you
wish to nominate for a position please fill in details below and email to the current Secretary , Lesley
Barthelme at [email protected]
_________________________________________________________________________________
I ____________________________ wish to nominate for the position of:
(Insert Name)
President / Vice President/Secretary/Treasurer (Please Circle positions you wish to stand for)
Nomination accepted by: ____________________
(Name)
Date: ______________
Signature ______________________