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Contents                                        ISSUE 2 2018

                                      9                              3      From the Acting Head of College
                            5
                                                                     4      From the Chaplain

                                                                     5      Whole School News

                                                                     7      From the Acting Head of Senior
                                                                            School

                                                                     8      Senior School News
10
                                                                     15     From the Head of Junior School

                                                                     16     Junior School News

                                                                     23     Old Bathurstians’ News

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                                                                                          Cover Photos: Our
                                                                                          talented students
                                                                                          weave their
                                                                                          dramatic magic in
                                                                                          ASC’s production of
                                                                                          Godspell.

VIM                          Desktop Publisher/Photographer
                             Mrs Cherylene Anderson
                                                                     Proof Reader
                                                                     Mr Scott Anderson
    MAGAZINE                 02 6332 7372                            02 6331 3911
Issue 2 2018                 cherylene.anderson@saints.nsw.edu.au    scott.anderson@saints.nsw.edu.au

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Experts have their say

                                                                                                                  FROM THE ACTNG HEAD OF COLLEGE
                     but NAPLAN here to stay
                       I have written a number of articles       that “the NAPLAN writing assessment is
                   on NAPLAN over the last few years –           making Australian students poor writers
                   probably because it is such a contentious     by promoting low-level mechanical skills.
                   topic. Everyone has a view. There have        Teaching to this test will make students
                   been calls for NAPLAN, now in its tenth       poor writers by having them focus on non-
                   year, to be scrapped altogether for being     essential tasks such as memorising spelling
 Mr Stewart Ross   useless for teachers and too stressful for    lists. NAPLAN’s influence in the classroom
                   students. There have also been concerns       could even negatively affect Australia’s
                   about how NAPLAN data published on the        standing in international test scores.” This
  “There have      My School website is being used by media      is a view shared by a number of education
    also been      outlets to create ‘league tables’ and rank
                   schools’ performance against others. It is
                                                                 ministers in different states. NAPLAN has
                                                                 become more complex than it was designed
    concerns       this controversial aspect of NAPLAN that      to be. What was designed as a simple check-
   about how       the Federal Government says it will now
                   review.
                                                                 up has indeed become a major operation.
                                                                     A report by writing assessment
NAPLAN data            The review will not impact on next        expert Professor Perelman concludes
 published on      year’s NAPLAN, which will go ahead as
                   normal, focusing on the basic literacy and
                                                                 the test is extremely limited and highly
                                                                 reductive, placing mechanical correctness
the My School      numeracy skills of Australian students.       in the foreground while giving limited
    website is     However, it will deal with the publication
                   of the data. It comes after the change
                                                                 acknowledgement of writing as primarily
                                                                 a communicative act. There is too much
 being used by     to NAPLAN by the New South Wales              emphasis on spelling, punctuation,
                   Education Minister Rob Stokes in February.    paragraphing, and grammar at the expense
media outlets to       Following detailed consultation over      of higher-order writing issues. I am sure
 create ‘league    the past 12 months, results for Year 9        that some people would disagree with such
                   NAPLAN tests will no longer be linked to      reliance.
   tables’ and     the minimum standard of numeracy and              The Australian Curriculum Assessment
 rank schools’     literacy for the HSC. Mr Stokes recognised    and Reporting Authority (ACARA), which
                   the link placed unnecessary pressure          administers NAPLAN, has been criticised
  performance      on Year 9 students saying “NAPLAN             for its failure to include other stakeholders
against others.”   should be a simple check-up, not a major      including, teachers, parents, professional
                   operation. It is one tool used to assess      writers and the business community to help
                   educational progress – not a high stakes      with the formulation, design and evaluation
                   test.” All Saints’ College has recently       of the essays and its marking criteria. At the
                   undertaken the online testing required        same time though, there are some educators
                   by those students who did not meet the        that disagree with such people having an
                   minimum standard and most students have       influence on education and what is being
                   now accomplished the level required.          taught in our schools.
                       Mr Stokes was recently quoted as saying       All I can say is “watch this space.”

First STEM class racing for good results
                                                         Robotics                 with Mr McLean, learning
                                                            STEM has been         how to program a robot
                                                         introduced as a separate vehicle to race around a
                                                         subject for Year 7 this  replica Mount Panorama
                                                         year. The first STEM     track.
                                                         class enjoyed their               Mrs Natalle Sutton
                                                         coding and robotics unit        (STEM Coordinator)

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For All The Saints
FROM THE CHAPLAIN

                           There is something which strikes at our hearts       to popularity when
                        when we sing the College Hymn. It is a marching         it was allied with the
                        song and it is a stirring song, even though we do       tune Sine Nomine.
                        not sing it frequently. Here are the eight verses and   There is another layer
                        they build on each other, to form a panorama of         of intrigue in this
                        experience.                                             story as the English
                                                                                composer Ralph
                        For all the saints who from their labours rest,         Vaughan Williams
                        who to the world their Lord by faith confessed,         and The Rev’d Percy
                        your name, O Jesus, be for ever blessed.                Dearmer were given                                 Father
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.                                 the task of compiling an English
                                                                                Hymnal at the beginning of the 1900s            Paul Woodhart
                        You were their rock, their fortress and their might,    which was published in 1906.
                        you were their captain in the well fought fight,           Vaughan Williams had the gift of
                        in deepest darkness still their one true light.         transcribing to musical notation songs           “There is
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.                                 which were sung in the villages and
                                                                                this he did but when he took down the
                                                                                                                                something
                        So may your servants, faithful, true and bold           music for what we now know as For All       which strikes at
                        Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,            the Saints’ he ran out of names and so
                        And win with them, the victor’s crown of gold.          it was hurriedly called No name or, in      our hearts when
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.                                 Latin Sine Nomine.                             we sing the
                        O blest communion, fellowship divine!                                                                College hymn.
                        We feebly struggle, they in glory shine,
                        All yours, all joined in unity divine.
                                                                                                                            It is a marching
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.                                                                              song and it is
                        And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,                                                    a stirring song,
                        Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
                        And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
                                                                                                                            even though we
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.                                                                               do not sing it
                        The golden evening brightens on the west;
                                                                                                                               frequently.”
                        Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest,
                        The peaceful calm of paradise the blest.
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.

                        But see, there breaks a yet more glorious day;
                        the saints triumphant rise in bright array;
                        the King of glory passes on his way.
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.

                        From earth’s wide bounds, and ocean’s farthest shore,
                        through heaven’s gate the holy people pour;
                        the Three in One for ever they adore.
                        Hallelujah, hallelujah.                                       I hold this hymn deep in my heart
                                                                                  and one quirk which I love is the
                            Let’s look at its formation. It was written by a      syncopated first beat – which means
                        faithful and popular Parish Priest in 1864, William       that we imagine a beat and then on
                        Walsham How. He was the Parish Priest for 28 years        the second beat sing. You can see the
                        at the village of Whittington, Shropshire near the        notation with the crotchet rest at the
                        Welsh border. He wrote over 50 hymns and was              beginning of the bar.
                        such a well-loved cleric that he was asked to become
                        the founding Bishop of Wakefield, in the north of
                        England. The name of the Cathedral was, of course,
                        All Saints’ and the date was 1888. He served as
                        Bishop till his death in 1897.
                            I visited this Cathedral in 2014 and saw the
                        memorial to him as the first Bishop. The hymn sped

                                                                                      The words which we use are
                                                                                  modernised by the compilers of the       distant triumph song. And
                                                                                  Together in Song Australian Hymn         hearts are brave again, and
                                                                                  Book which was published in 2000.        arms are strong.’ We say
                                                                                     My favourite verse? The call          Halleluia to that.
                                                                                  to resurgence in the heat of battle:        With good wishes, and
                                                                                  ‘And when the strife is fierce, the      thanks for such a full term.
                                                                                  warfare long….steals on the ear the         Paul Woodhart

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WHOLE SCHOOL
Crowds defy cold to give artists warm welcome
              Festival of Art                                 parents who gave their time to serve
                 The 2018 Festival of Art, the last to be     and/or supplied food, Jon Clipsham
              held under the All Saints’ banner, has been     and his students for providing
              hailed a huge success.                          beautiful entertainment on opening
                 Coordinator Rosie Bayliss said that          night and last but not least the
              while the opening night crowd may have          maintenance staff who helped set up
              been slightly down visitor numbers were         and clean up.
              fantastic across the weekend.                      The winners of the Festival of Art
                 “It was brilliant,” she said.                Raffle were:
                 “People just kept on coming in which            1st Prize - Dean Mobbs Artwork -
              was great considering how cold the              Danielle Ball
              weekend turned out to be.                          2nd Prize - Night’s
                 “Our cafe was packed to the rafters and      Accommodation at Rydges - Lynda
              people couldn’t get enough of the art!”         Ireland
                 No less than 43 works were sold over            3rd Prize - 3 x Julie Foxall
              the weekend which featured the works of         Children’s Painting Classes - Jo
              special guest, internationally exhibited        Murphy
              artist Guenter Barth.                              4th Prize - Guenter Barth Artwork
                 ASC P&F President Tracey Finau said          `Rainville Creek’ - Marnie O’Brien
              the event would not have been the success
              it was, were it not for the dedication of the
              people behind it.
                 “In particular we send a massive thanks
              to Rosie Bayliss, her husband Trevor,
              Mrs Lizzy Moller and the members of the
              subcommittee,” she said.
                 “But there are so many more who
              helped including the lovely volunteers
              who assisted with the hanging of the
              artworks and the parents and prefects who
              helped on opening night.”
                 Thanks also to Olga Burgess for
              running the cafe all weekend and the

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ASC students honour diggers at ANZAC march
WHOLE SCHOOL

                                                                 ANZAC Day
                                                                    It was an honour for our
                                                                 students to participate in the
                                                                 annual ANZAC Day march
                                                                 through the streets of Bathurst.
                                                                 I appreciate the support of
                                                                 the parents who brought their
                                                                 children along all looking very
                                                                 smart.
                                                                                Mr Chris Jackman
                                                                         (Head of Junior School)

                                                                           Great teaching STEMS
                                                                           from great training
                                                                           STEM Academy                        2018 has already seen
                                                                                                            the introduction of a Year
                                                                              A team of five staff recently 7 STEM class and in 2019,
                                                                           graduated from the Sydney        Year 9 and 10 students will
                                                                           University STEM Academy          have the opportunity to
                                                                           Program.                         choose STEM as an elective
                                                                              It was a privilege to be      class.
                                                                           accepted into this prestigious      Thank you to Rob, Cassie,
                                                                           fully funded program which       Lizzie  and Greg for their
                                                                           has enabled staff to develop     enthusiasm and commitment
                                                                           a range of great opportunities   to this Program.
                                                                           for our student community to                 Mrs Natalle Sutton
                                                                           benefit from.                              (STEM  Coordinator)

                 Our prefects
                 impress on this
                 premier occasion
                 Premier’s Visit
                    Four prefects from All Saints’ College joined
                 a host of significant members of the Bathurst
                 community at a special breakfast with the
                 Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejilkian, on July 4.
                     It was a wonderful opportunity for the
                 students and they represented the College with
                 distinction.
                          Mr Chris Jackman (Head of Junior School)

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The end of an era marks the end

                                                                                                                   FROM THE ACTING HEAD OF SENIOR SCHOOL
                  of the line for a much loved leader
                     Reflecting back on the term just             sooner was the Art Show over than we were
                  completed, it is amazing how much we            into show week for the musical, Godspell.
                  manage to pack into 9 short weeks!              Rehearsals for this had been going along
                     Early in the term our Year 9 & 10            in the background for months while all of
                  students attended presentations by the          the other activities were taking place. The
                  Troubadour group. The two presentations         students are to be congratulated on a terrific
                  were - WW1 ‘Fighting the Kaiser’ and            show. They can be very proud of their efforts
 Mr Greg Jones    Vietnam ‘Dusted Off’. I am grateful to          and will no doubt have great memories of
                  Mr Feebrey and the HSIE Department for          the experience. Thank you to all who came
                  arranging this important experience for our     along to support the show and your children.
                  students which tied in nicely with ANZAC        Also thanks to our very generous sponsors
                  commemorations. Some may recall the             and financial supporters. Quality shows
                  poem, ‘For The Fallen’ written by Robert        are expensive to stage and these ventures
“Perhaps most     Laurence Binyon in 1914. The poem and
                  some background as to how it came about
                                                                  could not be embarked upon without your
                                                                  support. A special thank you to Mr Morrisey
 significantly,   can be read at http://www.greatwar.co.uk/       (producer/director), Mr Clipsham (musical
   the Year 12    poems/laurence-binyon-for-the-fallen.htm        director), Mr Sinclair (stage manager), and
                     In May our students sat the annual           Mrs Wells (assistant stage manager). Your
    group, on     NAPLAN tests and around that time it was        efforts on behalf of our students are greatly
   learning of    announced by the government that these          appreciated.
    Mr Ross’      would no longer be used as a means of
                  demonstrating students have met minimum
                                                                     Finally, there was the announcement of
                                                                  the retirement of Mr Ross after more than
 retirement on    standards required for the HSC. On the one      a decade at the College. I will say more
   the last day   hand, this is good because if NAPLAN has        about that in a moment but first I make a
                  any value it is as a diagnostic tool. On the    comment on the end of an era. It is, by any
    of school,    other hand, this is bad because there will be   measure, a historical moment. While this
  put together    yet more tests for students to demonstrate      campus will continue to operate as a largely
                  they have met the minimum requirements.         separate entity for the remainder of 2018,
   a beautiful,   Around the same time, we were able to           with all of the usual All Saints’ activities
  spontaneous     share our beautiful facilities as the CWA       (Benefactors, Speech Day, etc.), we are now
 tribute which    again ran their annual public speaking
                  competition. It is always an opportunity for
                                                                  part of a single school. I wrote at the end of
                                                                  the last term that this is to be embraced and
 showed how       our students to showcase how well behaved       the future is exciting. But after 144 years (a
   much he is     and welcoming they are.                         dozen dozens!) we should allow ourselves a
                     The Presentation Ball was an outstanding     moment of sadness and regret, before picking
  loved by the    success and a very enjoyable evening. It        ourselves up and charging enthusiastically
    students.”    was a privilege to see how graceful our         into the future.
                  young men and women are. I am most                 Stewart Ross is a great servant of All
                  grateful to Mrs Moller and Mrs Sanders for      Saints’ College. He has taken an active
                  all of the work they put into a great night.    interest in every child, parent and teacher
                     Before you could turn around it was          in the College over many years. He was
                  time for the House Music Festival. Long         regularly on the sidelines of sporting events,
                  was able to overcome Barton’s recent            and in attendance at all sorts of activities
                  domination of this house event and              from parent-teacher interviews and sporting
                  deserved the narrowest of victories over        dinners to presentation balls and musicals.
                  Bean. In a shortened preparation time it was    He has been very professional and discreet,
                  delightful to see the houses pull together      dealing with countless sensitive issues
                  and produce an outstanding evening of           thoroughly and with care and compassion. He
                  entertainment. As an all-student driven         willingly took on the role of Acting Head of
                  event, it is a testament to the talents of      College three times (and informally briefly
                  our students in terms of preparing and          when Jenny Williams was on crutches when
                  arranging music, as well as managing            he first arrived). Perhaps most significantly,
                  students in the house.                          the Year 12 group, on learning of Mr Ross’
                     Under the watchful eye of Rosie Bayliss,     retirement on the last day of school, put
                  the Art Show once again came together           together a beautiful, spontaneous tribute
                  well attracting good crowds and displaying      which showed how much he is loved by the
                  some terrific local works. It is some time      students. I feel we will see him about in the
                  since Rosie has had a child at the College      next little while and we wish him well as he
                  and we are very grateful that she continues     embarks on the next chapter of his life.
                  to be involved in our community. No

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SENIOR SCHOOL

                  Audiences spellbound by performance
                 Godspell                                 made many attempts throughout              Special thanks must go to:
                                                          every performance!
                    It was a show full of laughter but        The voices were beautiful and          The OBU,
                 there were also plenty of tears as the   well trained by gap student and            The All Saints’ P&F,
                 final curtain fell on Godspell.          singer Emma Venier while the band,         The All Saints’ Foundation,
                    After months of late nights,          directed so well by Jon Clipsham,          Busby Medical Practice,
                 stacks of pizza and loads of stress,     played superbly.                           Inside Outside,
                 Godspell finally came to the stage and       Staging, lighting and sound were       TFH,
                 wowed the All Saints’ and Bathurst       all under the control of the excellent     Burke Printing,
                 community with four shows over three     Patrick Sinclair and it was a genuine      Cosventure,
                 days.                                    pleasure to see new students work          Oxygen Recruitment and
                    The principal cast of Paxton          the desks.                                 Dubbo Storage and Warehousing
                 Hewitt, Lachlan Phillips, Hannah             A musical comes together through
                 McCarthy, Jessica Settree, Stella        its choreography and the wonderful          for their sponsorship and
                 Gavey, Samantha Porter, Loretta          work of Abbey Miller and her             assistance with the production.
                 Francis, Taylah Cooper, Anna Single,     dancers put the icing on the cake.          Long may productions like this
                 Holly Hare and Madeline Siemsen              Last but certainly not least, the    continue and with the depth of talent
                 were superb throughout.                  chorus were magnificent, bringing to     at our disposal, I’m sure they will.
                    Each had a moment to ‘steal the       life many of the songs ably assisted             Mr Leigh Morrisey (Director)
                 show’ though it must be said Lachy       by Justin Settree on his unicycle.

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   Investigating the shape of things to come
                                            Design and Industry Tour
                                                Year 11 Design & Technology
                                            students from ASC and Scots
                                            combined with NEGS to enjoy 3
                                            days in Sydney visiting a range
                                            of industries, meeting designers
                                            and viewing the 2017 HSC Shape
                                            Exhibition. Part of the experience
                                            involved a case study to support
                                            student learning and the curriculum.
                                            Emerging technologies, innovation,
                                            industrial processes and design were
                                            all investigated as part of the trip.
                                                                 Mrs Natalle Sutton
                                                             (Design & Technology)

Water workout aqua aerobics was!
Fitness Fun                                 participate in an Aqua Aerobics
                                            class at the Bathurst Aquatic centre.
   Yr 11 PDHPE students have been           All students enjoyed the benefits of
studying fitness options as part of their   a vigorous workout.
preliminary course.                                               Mrs Kay Nelson
   They have explored various fitness                                   (PDHPE)
settings and were especially keen to

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                        Long takes House Music Festival gong!
                                                            House Music Festival
                                                               The Inter-House Music Festival was
                                                            held in the Bickerdike Centre - and what an
                                                            excellent night of music and fun it was.
                                                               The adjudicator for the evening was Mrs
                                                            Denise Garland who awarded the victory
                                                            to Long House. The program was excellent
                                                            with a large selection of musical styles that
                                                            was well received by the audience. The large
                                                            ensembles performed ‘What is Hip’ (Bean
                                                            House), ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ (Long
                                                            House) and ‘Shape of You’ (Barton House).
                                                               Thanks must go to the Heads of Houses,
                                                            House Captains, Music Captains and the
                                                            Tech Team for their outstanding lights and
                                                            sound presentation.
                                                                                   Mr Jonathan Clipsham
                                                                            (Coordinator of Senior Music)

                    An interesting body of work ...
                    Human Bodies                              knowledge of the human body and
                                                              used chalk to construct anatomically
                      Year 8 have been learning about the     correct human bodies.
                    human body in Science.                                    Miss Brooke Cowan
                      Students called on their prior                                      (Science)

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Forget spam, we’ll have blue eggs and ham!
                Year 8 Technology
                  Year 8 Technology
               students completed
               their ‘Chicken or
               the Egg’ Unit with a
               cooking challenge.
               Students had to use
               either ingredient to
               create appealing and
               delicious meals. These
               ranged from blue eggs
               and ham to a chicken
               and cauliflower gratin.
                   Miss Brooke Cowan
                           (Technology)

                Year 12 work overtime on designs
              D&T Major Works                         momentum with their products. The
                                                      scope and range of projects is once
                 Year 12 Design and Technology        again very diverse and highlight the
              students were hard at work during a     innovative nature of the subject.
              weekend workshop one Sunday.                                Mrs Natalle Sutton
                 With the Major Design Project                       (Design & Technology)
              deadline looming students gained some

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                      Year 7 get an eyeful of
                       engineering at CSU
                  CSU EngFest
                     Year 7 STEM students enjoyed all CSU EngFest had to
                  offer. It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to see
                  real solutions to real problems and to be able to ask CSU
                  Engineering students questions about their designs and the
                  design process. The Makerspace and Questacon exhibits were
                  very popular parts of the day.
                                         Mrs Natalle Sutton (STEM Coordinator)

                 Our bands prove
                dab hands at Cowra
                Cowra Eisteddford Success
                   The ASC Concert and Big Bands recently
                travelled south west to participate in the
                Cowra Eisteddfod.
                   They performed ten outstanding works
                across 5 sections, winning each division!
                    Strong rhythmic and expressive qualities
                were particularly noted by the judges.
                   Congratulations to our many talented band
                members who represented the College in
                such an outstanding fashion.
                                       Mr Jonathan Clipsham
                               (Coordinator of Senior Music)

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   ASC girls join movement for change
 Young Change Agents                       they explored areas including market        of the girls worked with commendable
                                           surveys, root cause analysis and budget     creativity and diligence throughout.
    Ten motivated young ladies             formation.                                     It was certainly a great opportunity
 from All Saints’ College joined              The project culminated with the          to develop their understanding of
 like-minded girls from The Scots          groups presenting a five-minute pitch       the business world that awaits them
 School, MacKillop College,                to the audience and four judges, all        beyond school and I am confident
 Bathurst High School and Kelso            prominent businesswomen in the              they benefited enormously from the
 High School to participate in a           Central West.                               experience.
 ‘Young Change Agents’ project at             The two groups presented very               I would like to congratulate the
 Charles Sturt University recently.        realistic and commendable business          girls (Samantha Porter, Zoe Lewis,
    The aim of ‘Young                      plans; one focused upon providing           Bridget Ellis, Kate McEwen, Samantha
 Change Agents’ is to develop              paid work for unemployed people             Mitchell, Jessica Settree, Callie
 entrepreneurial skills in females         to assist in keeping the streets of         Molkentin, Charlotte Russell, Sophie
 and encourage them to express their       Bathurst clean, whilst the other aimed      Porter and Isabella Taylor) on their
 ideas.                                    to develop a Saturday night ‘youth          commitment to the project and would
    The All Saints’ girls worked in        club’ which provided entertainment          also like to thank the Young Change
 teams of five to research, explore        and companionship for the youth of          Agents and Charles Sturt University
 and create a social enterprise            Bathurst in a supervised and enjoyable      for providing such a valuable learning
 initiative that could be viable in        environment.                                experience for our students.
 the Bathurst area. In the process,           While neither group won the day, all                              Mr Phillip Cant

 Tapping Phoebe’s                                                                         Paxton talks her
tremendous talent                                                                         way to the top!
Talented Athlete Program                                                             CWA Public Speaking
   ASC student and Bathurst                                                         All Saints’ College hosted the 2018 CWA
Goldminers star Phoebe Moller                                                    Public Speaking Competition on Tuesday
recently attended the Talented Athlete                                           22nd May.
Program (TAP) for Under 14 women                                                    Congratulations to James Burgess,
in Basketball.                                                                   Isabel Randall, Isabella Tesoriero, Natalia
   TAP is a single camp-based                                                    Burgess, Stella Gavey, Zoe Lewis, Ricky
program that aims to expose                                                      Chen, Charlie O’Neill and Paxton Hewitt,
selected athletes to the NSW/                                                    who did a fabulous job.
Australian style and concept of play                                                Special mentions to Paxton, who won the
while also providing educational                                                 Year 11 & 12 section, and to Stella Gavey
opportunities in the areas of nutrition,                                         and Natalia Burgess who were first and
injury prevention and effective                                                  second highly commended in the Year 9 &
rehabilitation.                                                                  10 section.
   Phoebe was one of just 45 girls                                                  They will head to the next level of
from Country and Metro NSW to be                                                 competition at Molong later in the year.
selected.                                                                                                  Mrs Alice Mulligan
                      Mr Scott Gardner                                                 (Senior Debating and Public Speaking
                  (Sports Coordinator)                                                                           Coordinator)

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>>> Principal’s update
SENIOR SCHOOL

                      Students solving the world’s prolems
                                                           Evatt Competition
                                                              The College recently hosted
                                                           the regional round of the highly
                                                           regarded Evatt competition.
                                                              It was wonderful to welcome
                                                           4 teams from Bathurst High
                                                           School and their teacher, Mr
                                                           Nathan Kenny, in addition to
                                                           the 12 ASC teams.
                                                              Teams represented their
                                                           nation in a mock session of
                                                           the UN Security Council,
                                                           proposing amendments to
                                                           resolutions, negotiating
                                                           alliances and speaking
                                                           passionately about their
                                                           views, all while maintaining a
                                                           diplomatic perspective.
                                                              The judges from United
                                                           Nations Youth were impressed
                                                           with the debating and
                                                           diplomacy skills of all the
                                                           students.
                                                              Everyone gained a lot from
                                                           the experience and I would like
                                                           to thank the students for their
                                                           enthusiasm and effort.
                                                                         Mrs Sarah O’Neill

                                                                       Seniors share their love of Maths
                                                                      Bean House
                                                                         Senior students
                                                                      from Bean House took
                                                                      some time out from
                                                                      study to do some peer
                                                                      tutoring of Year 8 in
                                                                      Mathematics recently.
                                                                         It is extremely
                                                                      valuable for our junior
                                                                      students to see our
                                                                      senior students so
                                                                      excited and interested
                                                                      in Maths and willing
                                                                      to help out.
                                                                         Well done all!
                                                                          Mr Patrick Sinclair
                                                                       (Head of Bean House)

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Knowing your rights

                                                                                                                            FROM THE HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL
                       and responsibilities
                         At the end of each term we have a special       Safety
                     assembly in the Junior School where the             I have the right to be safe.
                     teachers have the privilege of presenting
                     Citizenship Awards to a small number                My Property
  Mr Christopher     of the students in their class. It is very          I have the right for the things I own to be
     Jackman         obvious to the students that at All Saints’       kept safe.
                     we value these highly and believe them to
                     be the most important awards we hand out            My School
                     all year. At the centre of all conversations        I have the right enjoy my school
                     and decision making in the Junior School          environment.
“At the centre of    is the way in which the students treat each
all conversations    other and respect each other’s rights and
                     responsibilities.
                                                                          Learning
                                                                          I have the right to learn (Pre K -2) and
   and decision          This term the students have been              I have the right to gain maximum benefit
  making in the      discussing their rights and responsibilities
                     with their teacher and their class. A ‘right’
                                                                       from all classes and I have the right to learn
                                                                       (3-6).
 Junior School is    is something that belongs to you and the
the way in which     children have learnt that their classmates
                     and teachers are all entitled to have the same
                                                                         RESPONSIBILITIES
the students treat   rights. A ‘responsibility’ is something you          Respect
  each other and     should do without being told. Some of these          It is my responsibility to behave in a
                     things the children do for others and some of     responsible, respectful and courteous
      respect        them they do for themselves.                      manner.
   each other’s          The teachers constantly support and
                     remind the students of the importance                Safety
    rights and       of treating everyone the way they would              It is my responsibility to respect personal
responsibilities.”   like to be treated themselves. Having a           safety and the safety of others.
                     shared understanding of their Rights and
                     Responsibilities helps children feels safe and       My Property
                     cared for whilst at school. Following is a list      It is my responsibility to respect and care
                     of shared rights and responsibilities that all    for the property of others.
                     students in the school have discussed and
                     are striving to live up to in their everyday        My School
                     life.                                               It is my responsibility to care for my
                                                                       school and to make it a good place.
                       RIGHTS
                                                                          Learning
                       Respect                                            It is my responsibility to work to the best
                       I have the right to be treated with respect.    of my ability and to allow others to learn.

  Kindergarten makes an early start on cracking coding
                                          STEM in Kindergarten
                                             Kindergarten students spent some
                                          time practising Coding on the iPads
                                          in the library recently. The children
                                          love exploring and inventing using
                                          these intuitive programs.
                                                               Mr Chris Jackman

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>>> Principal’s update
JUNIOR SCHOOL

                   Archibald’s adventures brought to the stage
                                                Choral Concert                                  lot about what it was like living through
                                                    On Thursday 7 June, All Saints’ College     World War II. Year 6 student, Lily Phillips
                                                students from Years 5 and 6 presented their     said, “The play was very historical and
                                                musical, ‘Archibald’s War’. The musical         gave the audience a good idea of what it
                                                was staged as part of the All Saints’ College   was like for people in 1939”.
                                                Choral Concert which saw students from              A lot of preparation went into making
                                                Kindergarten to Year 6 perform a variety of     Archibald’s War a fantastic success with
                                                musical items.                                  the students practising their lines and
                                                    Archibald’s War centres around a little     rehearsing their roles for three months
                                                girl named Maggie and her teddy bear,           prior to the performance. All of the
                                                Archibald, during the time when children        students in Years 5 and 6 very much
                                                were being evacuated from London during         enjoyed the experience of being involved
                                                World War II.                                   in the production. They learned a lot from
                                                    After Maggie absent-mindedly leaves         the process and had lots of fun putting it
                                                Archibald on the train, the story follows       all together.
                                                the adventures of the teddy bear during the         The Years 5 and 6 students will be
                                                war, ending in a very surprising twist! Cast    travelling to Sydney to perform in the
                                                member, Fergus Campbell, said: “Being           IPSHA Music Festival in August. This
                                                involved made me feel happy because             event is being held at Sydney Town
                                                there were a lot of characters that made me     Hall. As a part of this performance, the
                                                laugh and some moments when I felt sad,         students will be presenting a scene from
                                                especially when the children were being         Archibald’s War, including a song and
                                                separated from their families to start a new    dance item called ‘The Jitterbug’.
                                                life”. The musical taught the students a                                 Ms Jodie Shurmer

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JUNIOR SCHOOL
     ASC leads the stampede at HICES
HICES Cross Country                          600 students preparing to race.           with but the ASC team certainly put
                                                Each event boasted between 70 and      their best foot forward on the day and
   Congratulations to the members of         80 participants making the starts a bit   achieved some terrific results. Special
the ASC Junior School Cross Country          of a stampede!                            congratulations to Lincoln Craft who
team who participated in the HICES              The ASC runners concentrated on        raced with blistering speed to lead the
Cross Country Carnival at Orange             just holding their space at the start     11 Years Boys race from start to finish.
Anglican Grammar.                            before putting their race plans into         Chontelle Burgess and Elle
   The runners had the opportunity to        action once they reached open ground.     Tasker represented our 8/9 girls with
race on the very same course used at            ASC officials were extremely           distinction, finishing in 3rd and 8th
the WAS carnival one week prior and          pleased with the determination of the     respectively.
with familiarity and the weather on          students.                                    These three students will represent
their side, it shaped as an excellent day.      Cross Country can be gruelling with    HICES at the NSWCIS carnival and we
   You could feel the excitement in the      uneven surfaces, congested patches,       wish them the best of luck.
air with 14 schools and no less than         hills, bends and the weather to contend                          Mrs Kay Nelson

                                                            New friends get together for games
                                                            Games Day
                                                               Year 3 to 6 students from both Scots and All Saints’ got
                                                            together recently on the All Saints’ Campus for some fun
                                                            games.
                                                               The All Saints’ Infants students travelled to Scots to
                                                            participate in some fun activities with the Scots Infants
                                                            students.
                                                               Such occasions provide a wonderful opportunity for all
                                                            of the students to get to know their future class members.
                                                                             Mr Chris Jackman (Head of Junior School)

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JUNIOR SCHOOL

                                                             Kids walk a road
                                                             once well travelled
                                                             on Hartley trip
                                                             Hartley Visit
                                                                 Our Year 3 and 4 students travelled to
                                                             Little Hartley recently where they toured the
                                                             old court house and village, learning about
                                                             life in the 1800’s.
                                                                 They then went to the top of Mount
                                                             York and walked along Cox’s original road
                                                             that enabled people to travel over the Blue
                                                             Mountains to Bathurst and the Central West.
                                                                 It was a wonderful learning experience
                                                             for all.
                                                                                       Mrs Jennifer Arnold
                                                                                     (Year 4 Class Teacher)

                    After school care was royally amused!
                    Royal Wedding Week
                       After School Care got right into the royal spirit this term by making
                    crowns & flags, designing and playing a royal game of memory and
                    practising our royal waves for the Royal Wedding!
                                                                                Kierin & Leanne
                                                                             (After School Care)

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JUNIOR SCHOOL
Year 6 help bring smiles to mums faces
           Mother’s Day
              Year 6 held their annual Mother’s Day stall on
           Wednesday 9th May to raise money for the end of
           year Valedictory Dinner.
              The stall was well organised by the Year 6
           students and proved to be very successful.
              Thank you to all the students who supported
           Year 6 with their fundraising.
              Thank you to all of the Year 6 parents who
           donated items to sell and to Mrs Brabham and her
           helpers who gave much of their time to make and
           wrap some beautiful gifts.
              We really hope all of the wonderful mothers,
           grandmothers and other special mother figures
           enjoy their goodies!

           Who needs uniform when you have PJs!
            Pyjama Day
               Last term our Infants
            students celebrated the
            winter solstice with a
            cosy pyjama day!
               They spent the
            middle of day moving
            between classrooms and
            enjoying hot chocolates,
            painting snowflakes
            and designing their own
            pyjamas! It was a fun
            day and the students
            went home ready for an
            early night!
                  Mr Chris Jackman
            (Head of Junior School)

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JUNIOR SCHOOL

                       Outback costumes upfront at disco
                                                  Junior School Disco
                                                     The Pre Kinder to Year 6 students has a
                                                  fantastic time at the annual disco. The theme
                                                  was ‘Aussie Outback’ and the costumes were
                                                  sensational not to mention the lovely goodies
                                                  supplied by the parents.
                                                       Mr Chris Jackman (Head of Junior School)

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JUNIOR SCHOOL
    What’s ‘bingoing’ on at Macquarie?
                                                                 Bingo
                                                                    Each week a group of students go to Macquarie Care
                                                                 Centre (MCC) to help the residents with their weekly game
                                                                 of Bingo.
                                                                    The experience provides great benefits to both the
                                                                 children and the residents of MCC. We always have a
                                                                 wonderful time visiting our dear friends.
                                                                                   Mr Chris Jackman (Head of Junior School)

 Year 10 students lead great junior crew
Crusaders                                 people. Grace, (Year 10) led a time of
   Junior Cru resumed at Saints’ this     prayer and encouraged the students to
term with a whole flock of students       pray often. They also enjoyed searching
spending time together led by our         for some lost lollies.
Senior School Cru Leaders.                   Junior Cru will run every fortnight in
   Stella, (Year 10) shared one of        Mrs Arnold’s room during lunch.
Jesus’ stories about the lost sheep and                          Mr Chris Jackman
how excited God is when he finds his                       (Head of Junior School)

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Chontelle and Ruby shine
JUNIOR SCHOOL

                 NSWPSSA Swimming
                    Two extraordinary ASC swimmers
                 attended the NSWPSSA Swimming
                 Championships, the pinnacle of the
                 state season, at the end of last term.
                    After an amazing and successful
                 lead-up, Chontelle Burgess and
                 Ruby Thorne were primed for big
                 performances and it was indeed an
                 exciting and momentous day.
                    Pocket rocket Chontelle Burgess
                 could not have been in better form
                 having broken the 8 Yrs 50m freestyle
                 record at the HICES carnival before
                 recording two massive PB’s at the
                 NSWCIS carnival.
                    She qualified second after
                 swimming a magnificent heat and
                 fearlessly stood behind the blocks with
                 the best 8-year-old swimmers in the
                 state for the final.
                    Chontelle swam with blistering
                 speed and determination to push her        carnival and qualified for NSWPSSA        and breaststroke and 10th in the
                 CIS rival all the way and was only just    50m freestyle, 50m butterfly and          individual medley.
                 touched out in the end.                    the 200m individual medley with              Ruby’s main focus was the 50m
                    The smallest competitor in the field    great performances at the NSWCIS          butterfly where she qualified for the
                 showed she has the biggest heart and       carnival.                                 final.
                 is now officially the second fastest           She was also fortunate to pick up a      She gave everything she had
                 8-Year-old freestyler in NSW.              swim in the 50m breaststroke.             and finished in sixth position, an
                    Congratulations Chontelle – this is         To qualify for so many events         incredible result at such a high level
                 an outstanding achievement.                at this level is a wonderful              and one to be extremely proud of.
                    The versatile and ever determined       acknowledgement of Ruby’s all-               Congratulations to both girls on
                 Ruby Thorne also went into the meet        around talent.                            representing the school with such
                 in great form having broken the Jnr            She was gutsy in her heats, placing   distinction.
                 50m butterfly record at the HICES          12th overall in both the 50m freestyle                           Mrs Kay Nelson

                      Stage one learn all
                     about showing respect
                   Respect
                      Stage 1 classes recently enjoyed sharing their
                   ideas on showing respect to one another.
                      After writing some acrostic poems, the
                   students played a fun game about respect at
                   school.
                                             Miss Victoria Matheson
                                                and Mrs Jo Nicholls
                                                  (Stage 1 Teachers)

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Rare vintage: A story of love, tragedy,

                                                                                                                                      OBU
resilience, passion … and wine
   More than a decade after surviving
an explosion which killed two wine-
making colleagues, William Rikard-
Bell is more than finding his feet.
   Mr Rikard-Bell’s boutique label
Rikard Wines, based in Nashdale,
recently won over wine godfather
James Halliday, who has scored its
2016 Black Label Chardonnay and
Black Label Pinot Noir 95 points
and its 2016 Shiraz, Pinot Noir and
Chardonnay 94 points.
   Mr Rikard-Bell is a former
Bathurst man who completed his
schooling at All Saints’ College. His
parents Hal and Megan are well-
known members of the Bathurst
community.
   The winemaker and his
veterinarian wife Kimberley have
also bought a 10 hectare-block at an
elevation of 1050 metres near Mount
Canobolas, where they will raise
their two daughters and nurture their
business.
   A plan has been submitted to         mere footsteps from Mr Rikard-Bell at           Flown to the John Hunter Hospital
council to build a cellar door and      the time of the explosion, was killed,       with burns to 70 per cent of his body
winery so Mr Rikard-Bell can            alongside Eddie Orgo, a contract worker      – his chest, face and feet untouched –
continue his bread and butter as a      who was welding near a metal wine vat,       he was transferred to the burns unit in
contract winemaker for about 16         unaware that it contained flammable          Concord Hospital.
labels.                                 liquid before he began working.                 He was determined not to let his
   The land acquisition will also          He was set alight but managed to          injuries “define” him, as he saw other
allow him to plant several clones of    crawl out of the shed and run to a dam,      burns victims allow themselves to do.
their pinot and chardonnay, and later   where he waited for paramedics to               “It was ‘Right, focus, this [recovery]
some riesling, so he can build on the   arrive.                                      is your job for the next two years,” he
success of Rikard Wines.                   “It was ‘I’m on fire, let’s get out of    recalled.
   The winemaker’s single-              the building, got to get to water, there’s      “I was very lucky to have a medical
mindedness stood him in good stead      the dam, that’ll do, no um-ing and ah-       family that took care of absolutely
when tragedy struck at Hunter winery    ing,” he said.                               everything around me and so all I had
Draytons in January, 2008 when an          “I had no idea, I thought I would be      to focus on was getting up, physio and
explosion ripped through the main       back at work a couple of weeks later         so on.”
processing shed.                        … I thought ‘I am missing some skin, I                     Photo and story courtesy of
   Leading vigneron Trevor Drayton,     have some burns, I didn’t realise the full                      The Western Advocate
                                        extent of it.”

 Laura honoured at NSW VET awards ceremony
                                                                      Recent All Saints’          director David Collins said.
                                                                  College graduate Laura Van      “Laura has also performed
                                                                  Uum has taken out one of        strongly as a business
                                                                  the top honours at the 2018     trainee across many different
                                                                  NSW Training Awards for         areas of Bathurst Council’s
                                                                  the Western NSW region.         operations.”
                                                                      Laura, who worked at            NSW Skills Minister
                                                                  Bathurst Regional Council       John Barilaro said regional
                                                                  while completing a Cert IV      winners would now compete
                                                                  Business Services course        at the NSW Training Awards
                                                                  at TAFE NSW, was named          state finals in September.
                                                                  local Trainee of the Year           “The training awards pay
                                                                  at the awards ceremony in       tribute to our apprentices,
                                                                  Orange.                         students, trainees, educators
                                                                      “Laura has proven to        and training providers
                                                                  be among the state’s best       from all over the state and
                                                                  and brightest Vocational        show young people that
                                                                  Education and Training          VET is a great pathway for
                                                                  (VET) students,” Training       a rewarding career,” Mr
                                                                  Services NSW executive          Barilaro said.

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