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THE 90/10 PRINCIPLE At Headmaster’s Assembly I spoke to the students about Stephen Covey’s 90/10 Principle.

The following are Stephen’s words

with some student based examples. 10% of life is what happens to you…90% of life is decided by how you re-act. What does this mean? We really have NO control over 10% of what happens to us. Think of a situation you have been in… you are stuck be-hind a road train just as the road be-comes hilly and you can’t overtake. Maybe it throws your schedule out but you can’t control it, that is the 10%. The other 90% is different. You deter-mine the other 90%. How? By your reaction. The example I used with the students involves sport.

The referee blows the whistle for a free against you in a 50/50 con-test. You can’t control their per-ception or interpretation but you can control your reaction. You can lose your temper and let it play on your mind for the rest of the game, maybe resulting in you giv-ing away more frees. Your team mates are not happy with you for giving away silly frees which might affect the outcome of the match. You had no control over the decision originally but the way you reacted impacted the rest of your game. So what if you had just accepted the decision and got on with it? You gave away no more frees, had a continued focus on the game, supported your team mates, all the things that matter. So what do we learn from this? React properly in situations. Ultimately everything we do, give, say or even think is like a boom-erang. It will come back to us. If we want to receive, then we need to learn to give first.

Contents

Headmaster’s Report

Deputy Head Page 3

Dean of School Page 4

Dean of Students Page 4

Alternate Program

- Week 11 Page 5

QCS Test Page 6

School Chaplain Page 7

School Prayers Page 7

Values Education Page 8

Careers 2016 Page 8

Futures Dinner Photos Page 9

Cattle Club Report Page 10

Horse Club Page 11

Participants Needed Page 11

Junior School Page 12

Sports News Page 14

Townsville Netball

Carnival Report Page 15

Rural Visits Page 16

Artiz Digital Page 17

Head of Boarding Page 18

Feetham House Page 19

Feetham House Captain Page 19

Page House Page 19

Ramsay House Page 20

Alban House Page 20

Alban House Captain Page 21

Becket House Page 21

Becket House Captain Page 21

Chad House Page 22

Mixed Inter-House

Netball Photos Page 22

Men’s Rugby League

Dinner Page 23

Staff Profile Page 24

Headmaster

Issue No 8/2016 3 June 2016

Cattle Club members looking smart in their new uniforms

WHOLE SCHOOL BREAKFAST It seemed like an interesting idea, what if the whole school, Pre prep to Year 12 and all staff came to-gether in Halse Hall for a combined breakfast? The idea was to have a later start and all get together as “one school” something that we never get to do. For the younger students it was their first time in the Hall. When I spoke to Deb with this “what if“ idea she was very supportive. Then suddenly within a week it was happening. I am sure she thought “What have I done?” However, I am very grateful for the support from staff and parents who assisted with the logistics and espe-cially Deb and her team in the kitchen who made it happen. What a huge task to feed the whole school and clean up in an hour.

I was very impressed with the stu-dents who sat patiently, helped the little ones and just cleaned up with-out being asked.

FUTURES DINNER The Futures Dinner is a part of our Career Development Program. Year 12 students and members of the community have a sit down meal and engage in conversations about work and what is involved in differ-ent careers. The ability to engage in conversation with a variety of

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people is an important skill and I was pleased to see students chat-ting away and asking good ques-tions of our guests. We were fortu-nate to have Mr Brett Maff as our guest speaker. Brett has had a va-riety of executive positions which has taken him around the world. His messages of self- belief, hard work and never giving up struck a chord with our students. Thanks to all our staff and industry guests for their contributions. REGIONAL VISITS The show season is upon us and we will again be visiting a range of regional centres. Mr Teichmann has been to Lon-greach and Clermont and I visited Hughenden last weekend. Thank you to everyone who came and in-troduced themselves. This week-end Wendy will be joining me at the Winton Show and then at the Richmond Field Days the following weekend. If you are at the events, please pop in and say hello.

SPORT AGAINST BTC This Sunday, we will be hosting BTC. As the season draws to a close it is a good chance to come and watch the students play. We would like all the students to come along and support their fellow competitors. All students are re-quired to wear PE uniform even if you are spectating only. Junior school students are welcome to come along and watch and they can wear PE uniform.

CATTLE CLUB MALANDA SHOW Cattle Club have just returned from the Malanda Show where they took out the schools’ trophy. Everyone is very excited as they had set this as one of their goals for the year. They all looked smart in their new uniforms. I look forward to seeing them in action at Winton this weekend.

UNDER 8S DAY On Wednesday 18 May, Year 5 & 6 students, staff and helpers con-ducted a number of fun activities for Under 8s Day. I was impressed with the way the older students interacted with the younger ones. Further information in the Junior School report. LADIES DAY Congratulations to Tracy Maff and her helpers for putting together a wonderful day. We were fortunate to receive strong support from the community both in terms of at-tendance and financial assistance. Around 140 ladies attended, of all ages supported by students in a range of roles.

This was a good follow up story on Charters Towers Plus More. So-las, the major sponsor, were very pleased with the event. $2,400 was raised.

CAMPDRAFT AND HORSE OF THE NORTH All Souls provided the clean- up crew for the Campdraft and then stepped in to provide students to clean up for the Horse of the North. Thanks to all those that helped out.

Sam Kelly

As I write this, we are in the final stages of organising for the trial ex-ternal exams for Maths B for Year 11 students. The decision to be-come part of the trial, I believe, was a “no brainer” as we will gain valuable knowledge about process-es and procedures when the new Senior Assessment becomes a reali-ty in 2018. Good luck to all in-volved. When more information has been released by the QCAA, I will write an update on the new system being introduced in Queensland for Year 11 students in 2018. I wrote last time about senior as-sessments – these have been com-ing thick and fast and I have been pleased that more students are tak-ing the opportunity to book extra time with teachers to improve on their Term 1 results. The exam block timetable should be available to the full community hopefully on Wednesday 8th June. The exam block is from Monday 13th June to Thursday 16th June. Students who are intending to sit the QCS test have a session with Matthew Rigby on Friday 17th June. More infor-mation about that session will no doubt be sent to parents of intend-ing students by Mrs Salisbury or Mr Dietrich. A reminder to parents of Year 12 students that this report card is the last that the school prints for stu-dents. There is no Term 3 report card, and the Semester 2 results are the Senior Statements that the QCAA send to students. We have been reminding Year 12 students of the importance of “pulling out the stops” for this report card as this will be the last that students will have to show future employers. Teachers are in full swing with re-ports and, for those parents new to ASSG, these are far more compre-hensive than the interim mid se-mester reports and are posted out to parents during the holidays. If


you have changed your address during semester one and have not updated your information, please phone the school on 07 4787 1433 to do this.

I have been engaging in good con-versations with Year 10 students about their subject selection for Semester 2. I have now created the “lines” for students to select their final subjects for Semester 2 and parents will receive a letter with final selection (along with the lines that students chose from) with the end of Semester 1 report card. I would like to add here that parents/students may change their selection in discussions over the Semester 1 report card up to 4.00 pm on Monday 18th July (Term 3 travel day). As usual, we will be having Parent Teacher Interviews on this day from 2.00 - 4.00 pm. Week 11 is our alternative week with a variety of assessments or career projects. The Year 10’s go on their Duke of Edinburgh expedi-tion, the Year 11’s complete their mock interviews with a range of employers, and the Year 12 QCS students have their practice test. This is also their main assessment task. Mrs Barb Salisbury and Mrs Rossi Moore will have the full over-view of the week very soon. I thank them for their many hours of connecting with the generous com-munity who supports our endeav-ours. I remind parents that the last week is not a week where the kids sit there and “do nothing” – no matter how much your child says so to get you to let them start their holidays early. Leave permission for legitimate purposes must be to me either via email [email protected] or mo-bile on 0409 783 658. Students in Year 11 and 12 must adhere to the QCAA (Queensland Curriculum As-sessment Authority) guidelines of attendance and assessment. In other words, students must reach their minimum hours for each sub-ject and hand in the mandatory syllabus assessments.

The awards season is fast ap-proaching. For new parents, we have two ceremonies for celebrat-ing success at the end of the year: Preliminary Prize Giving (held in the MPC Thursday 17th Novem-ber) and Speech Day (held at the World Theatre Friday 18th Novem-ber). At Preliminary Prize Giving, we cel-ebrate excellence in academic per-formance (VHA or A’s in subjects throughout the year), sporting and cultural pursuits. Speech Day is the day that we cel-ebrate the top student in each ac-ademic subject, and special awards for School, Sporting and Cultural achievements. I did prom-ise in last Phoenix Rising more in-formation about Preliminary Prize giving. Whilst we value effort and acknowledge academic achieve-ments, semester by semester, at Preliminary Prize giving, we cele-brate the achievements of the Year. All teachers are asked to submit to me (generally by about week 2 of Term 4) the student re-sults for each class in rank order. The top student in the class will be awarded the subject prize which is given on Speech Day. All students who have achieved a VHA (Very High Achievement or “A”) for that subject will be acknowledged with a certificate at Preliminary Prize-giving. Should a student receive a VHA for 50% or more of their subjects, the student will receive a medal with a certifi-cate. I am looking forward to the first official 2017 Europe trip meeting on Travel day. Just a reminder that there will be passport paperwork available should no procedure have been organised yet. Thank you for your continued sup-port in the education of your child.

Deputy Head

Dean of School

Karen Storey Combined Schools Formal Columba Catholic College will host the Combined Schools Formal for Years 11 and 12 students from 7:00 – 11:00pm on Friday July 29th at the Arthur Titley Centre. We have just received a package of information from Columba advis-ing details of the evening and tick-ets are currently on sale at Student Services for a cost of $30 per tick-et. I would like to offer a reminder to students who are booking ap-pointments for this day that these are to be made for after lunch on-ly. Obviously attending a hair/beauty appointment is not a QCAA approved reason for absence so students and parents are asked to keep this in mind and abide by the School’s request to book appoint-ments after lunch. Your co-operation in this matter is expected and appreciated. Support for students I know that Mr Lee and Mrs Kelly write often about this topic and many students are proficient in ac-cessing the support that is on offer to them should things get tough academically or emotionally. With the exam and assessment period looming I would just like to offer a reminder to both parents and stu-dents that we are here to help you. In the secondary school the first port of call for both students and parents should be the tutor or aca-demic subject teacher but there are countless other avenues of support that are readily available on a daily basis. These range from everyone’s 2nd Mother, Flo, to the School Counsellor, Senior Resi-dents, Heads of House, Sporting coaches, Dean of Students, Deputy Head, administration, kitchen and laundry staff and beyond. Please, if you find that your son or daughter needs support or if you wish to find out how they are travelling Do


not hesitate to phone or email and speak with one or many of these people. We are all here to help each other and the students are our top priority. School Photographs School photographs were deliv-ered to our office last week and have been checked against the or-ders received. These are available at student services for parents should they wish to collect them. Alternatively, they will be issued to students just prior to the begin-ning of the exam block. Previously we have issued them midway through the term but unfortunate-ly many students have placed them in their bags and left them there until the holidays, resulting in crinkled or squashed photo-graphs making their way home to parents. For those that are locals, please feel free to call in and see Flo at Student Services at your convenience if you would like to collect them in person. Cooler weather I know many who prefer the cold weather still live in hope that we will see some winter between now and the end of the term. Students have been reminded over the past weeks as the need for a jumper first thing in the morning has crept in for some that the PE tracksuit top is only to be worn with the PE uniform. Students in day uniform who require a jumper are required to wear the grey pullover jumper. Additionally, school trip jumpers (such as the Gallipoli Trip and QISSN and Confraternity jumpers) are not to be worn to school. Thank you for your support in re-minding students of these require-ments.

Dean of Students Shannon Lee It has been great to catch up with so many parents at various events this term. I look forward to further opportunities for this to occur. If you are passing through and would like to pop in to say hello I would love to catch up. We are deep into the grind of the term now, this is usually the time when cracks start to appear. One of the best ways students can keep their stress levels down is to start their assessment pieces and revision early. If they require sup-port or are struggling to meet a deadline, I would always encour-age early communication with a teacher, support is always availa-ble. In the last edition I spoke of a couple of issues; respect, chewing gum and disruption to the learning of others. I know Mr Fleming has continued to speak with the staff and students about respect, it will surely be a continuing theme. I am also pleased to report I have seen a significant drop in students chewing gum and I appreciate any support which people have shown towards breaking this trend. Last-ly, disruption to learning will con-tinue to be an area of focus for me as we strive to ensure all stu-dents are able to access their learning free from the interruption of others. Inter-House Academics During the week beginning the 6th June ASSG will hold its first ever inter-house Academics competi-tion. This has been an initiative led by our Academic Prefect Dyl-an McKenna and supported by the rest of the Senior cohort. One of the goals set by the Seniors at the beginning of the year was “Encourage a culture where aca-demic success is celebrated” this event, or series of events as it is,

will serve as an avenue for those who are more academically minded to contribute to the overall success of their house. Dylan is passionate about meeting this goal and says “it is a step in the right direction to get the academics of the school the recognition they deserve.” The event will take place each day for the whole of the week 9, there is an opportunity for every student to be involved, much like the stand-ards race at our Swimming and Athletics carnivals as well as oppor-tunity for the super brains of each age group to face off. Please see below the schedule of events. Monday Year 11 & 12 Quiz Tuesday House Academic challenge (House Uniform) Wednesday Year 7 & 8 Quiz Thursday Year 9 & 10 Quiz Friday Academic Relay A big thank you to Dylan for his ef-forts in organising this event, I’m sure it will be a great success!


Alternate Program - Week 11 Marshell Smallwood Prefect The Year 12’s are putting together a color run during Week 11 as part of the alternative program week to promote Multi-week. We have decided to run a competition to design a t-shirt which communicates ideas indi-viduality, harmony and happiness. The winning design will be printed by students onto t-shirts which will be worn throughout the color run. A cost of $2 is required to purchase a shirt - which is a small price for a custom design. All money raised will be going to support a charity. The multi week also aims to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is-lander culture in the lead up to Naidoc events during the June/July holi-days. Therefore, many of the activities offered during multi week will fo-cus on culture and individuality. Some of these activities include: Indigenous weaving workshops Dance workshops by dance north Indigenous ball games Indigenous art workshops Create your own fossils Face painting Create your own diorama Presentations by TSS and Projectable The week will finish with performances and displays including weaving installation, indigenous painting display, and performance by the multi dance group. And of course the most anticipated event of the pro-gram………………… the multi-color run. As part of saving up for charity we will be holding a stall in the quadrangle selling junk food. With such great activities on offer it is really important that we know who is going to be here during Week 11. If you have not already had a Senior come to your tutor please have the time to see myself or Kiara, Lacey, Ngarita, Ceelena, Katie Core or Katie Jones. You will also need to ensure that if you are not attending Week 11 please inform either Flo or Mrs Kelly.

QCS Test – Who should sit? Ian Dietrich QCS Test Chief Supervisor [email protected]

Background The education system in Queensland relies heavily upon reviewed school-based assessment and teacher judgement in the calculation of final subject results. This is in comparison to southern states relying upon a mixture of school-based assess-ment and separate subject external examinations.

For the Queensland system to keep its integrity, not only does it rely upon external moderation and review of school-based subject results, there is also a common external test of core skills that should have been acquired throughout 10 years of schooling and refined in the senior phase of learning. This is known as the Queensland Core Skills Test (QCST).

The test is made up of four separate papers conducted under strict examination procedures over two days. All Year 12 stu-dents in Queensland are able to sit the test and receive a result (A, B, C, D or E) on their Senior Statement.

Students wishing to receive a numerical score used to gain direct entry into most tertiary courses in Australia should have been studying the correct number of Authority Subjects during their senior years and also need to sit the QCST toward the end of Term 3 Year 12. The result on this test and the subject results of students in the cohort are used by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) to calculate the ranking number known as the Overall Position (OP). OPs range from the top (1) to the bottom (25). OPs are mainly used by tertiary (Universities, TAFEs and Colleges) to rank students from across the state and then offer placements into courses according to this ranking.

Do OP-ineligible students sit the test? Students with subject combinations that would not lead to the possibility of receiving an OP can still sit the QCST. These stu-dents are known as OP-ineligible students. If they sit the QCST they will receive a result (A, B, C, D or E) on their Senior Statement. However, their result will not be used in the calculation of OPs for OP-eligible students.

OP eligibility would have been a decision made in Year 10 or early Year 11 as students and parents looked at Career Path-ways and ultimately subject choices.

All Souls St Gabriels School joins with the QCAA and encourages OP-ineligible students to consider sitting the test. A good result on the QCST could be an advantage in an employment application. A good result on the QCST can be used to im-prove a Tertiary Rank (used by OP-ineligible students gain entry to tertiary courses). However, the flip side of these com-ments is that a poor result on the QCST would not be advantageous for future career options.

Sitting the QCST is not compulsory for OP in-eligible students. At this stage of planning at ASSG, all OP-ineligible students in Year 12 will be continuing with normal classes during the time of the testing in August and they will undertake a sepa-rate alternative program in the final week of this term. OP-ineligible students deciding to sit the test must sit the practice test arranged by the school in the final week of this term.

If you wish your OP-ineligible son or daughter to sit the QCST, please send me an email by the end of May so arrange-ments can be finalised for the practice and real testing days.

Can OP-eligible students decide not to sit? As I stated earlier, OP eligibility would have been a decision made in Year 10 or early Year 11 as students and parents looked at Career Pathways and ultimately subject choices. As your son / daughter moved through their senior years, ca-reer paths and decisions made at this time may have changed. It is now possible for a student studying the right combi-nations of subjects to be OP-eligible and yet decide to not sit the QCST. Not sitting the QCST will mean the student will not receive an OP. However, all subject results will be listed on their Senior Statement.

If your OP-eligible son or daughter is considering not sitting the QCST (and therefore not receiving an OP score), they need to book a time to meet with Mrs Salisbury by the end of the term to review their career planning. Parents will certainly be included in these discussions and written parent permission will be required to finalise this process.

QCST Preparation Up-date Our current Year 12 OP-eligible students have been completing a preparation course for the QCST. They have had some very promising practice results. Practices and full day workshops with an ex-perienced, external Literacy Consultant, Mr Matthew Rigby, have been very well received and com-pleted by the Year 12 OP group. We continue this preparation course with a full two day practice in the final week of this term. I will share more on this practice in future editions of The Phoenix Ris-ing.

In the meantime, I am happy to answer any questions regarding the QCST. Please feel free to either email me or call the school.


Mr Matthew Rigby

mailto:[email protected]

In our thoughts and

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We pray for those who are

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We give thanks for the

success of the Ladies Day

luncheon and the oppor-

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School PrayersSchool Prayers

School Prayers

School Chaplain

Br Nathan-James SSF

New Altar Frontal for Corpus Christi The Arts department and students have once again done themselves proud in contributing to the crea-tion of yet another Altar Frontal. This time, they created a piece in-fluenced by the style of stained glass painting and tapestry. Olivia Titley, Junior School Chapel Prefect, presented the new Frontal on be-half of those who gave a considera-ble amount of time and effort to re-search, plan and create such a fine piece of work. Olivia explained: The collaborative artwork was cre-ated to commemorate the Festival of Corpus Christi. The name 'Corpus Christi' is Latin for 'the body of Christ'. This festival is cele-brated to proclaim the truth of the transformation of bread and wine into the actual body of Christ dur-ing Mass. The geometric, triangular segments therefore represent the grapes and the wheat that are transformed into bread and wine. The painting design was inspired by other art forms like stain glass win-dows and tapestry. All require many small parts to make up the whole in the same way that the bread and wine make up the body of Christ.

Olivia Titley with Bro Robin

The Feast of Corpus Christi falls be-tween late May and the middle of June, on the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday (60 days after East-


er). In Seville, Spain the festival was known as 'the Thursday that shines greater than the sun'. These links to Easter and light have been reflected in the application of colour and white which radiate from the centre of the artwork. I would like to express my thanks to all the staff and students involved in the production of the Altar Frontal. It is always good to see students in-volved in the Chapel. It is particular-ly good to see students from the Arts department involved by sharing their skills, creativity and talent; whether through music or art. Confirmation Confirmation will take place in Term 4. Students are encouraged to dis-cuss their interest in being Con-firmed with their parents in the first instance, then with Br Nathan. Con-firmation classes will take place in Term 3.

Values Education

Barbara Salisbury Head of Values Education

Oh no, it’s too late! We are heading in to our busy as-sessment period. Those that are or-ganised tend to manage this time so much better. Stress is increased for those that are not organised and leave things until just before the as-sessment is due. The few who de-cide ‘it is too late, so no point put-ting in effort now’ are the ones who definitely require our extra encour-agement and support, leaving the lecturing about getting more organ-ised next time until after the assess-ments are completed. Tania Van Wijk has been running Study Suc-cess workshops for interested Year 11 and 12 students who want to re-duce stress and increase academic results. Overall we are seeing an improvement in student organisa-tion and persistence towards pre-paring for assessments.

Futures Dinner The Futures Dinner was again a big success. Melissa Peace and Darren Fleming invite a range of business people from our region to join our Year 12s for dinner. Year 12s swap tables each course so that they talk to a variety of people about their life experiences. Our younger students volunteer to wait on the tables and did a great job serving a delicious three course meal prepared by Deb and her team.


IMPORTANT – LAST WEEK OF TERM This is an important repeat of in-formation from the last Phoenix. Mock Job Interviews Year 11s spend Term 2 preparing for their Mock Job Interview in Week 11. Being confident and pre-pared for a job interview will serve them well in the current competi-tive job market. Each student re-searches jobs of interest, prepares an application letter and resume, plus practices answering interview questions. On the day, students must wear appropriate clothes for an interview. We have a team of business people who then conduct the interviews and provide feed-back to students. In 2015, all Year 11s appreciated this opportunity to practice some very important skills for their future. Some Year 12s having taken up the opportunity to have another practice interview. QTAC Application Process Applying to University is part of most students’ career plan, wheth-er it be the first option or the back-up plan. The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) is the central body who manages all the applications in QLD and it is im-portant that students understand the process. Applications are due in Term 3 which is a very busy term, so the end of Term 2 is the best time for us to explain this so students have time to think over their options while at home on hol-idays. www.qtac.edu.au ProjectABLE Course With an estimated 70,000 new workers needed by 2019 because of the NDIS, now is the time to learn more about the diverse roles in the disability and community care sector. Dianne Rogers spoke to Year 11 and 12 students at the start of the term about the FREE ProjectABLE half day course being run on Wednesday 22nd June from 10.30 to 3pm at the DTTC. A dozen students have taken up the oppor-tunity. To learn more about care

careers go to: http://projectable.com.au/ Yr 11 and 12 Camp at JCU Year 11 and Year 12 parents will be emailed this week with detailed information about the JCU Uni Ex-perience being held July 11th to 13th. This is a fantastic oppor-tunity for students to learn details about courses that interest them and really helps in decisions about future study. We have many at-tend that are in two minds about going to University. Most return feeling more confident about what they plan to do and have a sense of relief as they narrow down what they are interested in.

“ On behalf of the Year 12 students we would like to thank you for your contribution to our Futures Dinner on Tuesday.

We are approaching the end of our secondary schooling, and we are excited and a little bit scared about what lies ahead.

It was therefore very enjoyable and informative to sit with you over a meal and gain some insights into life after school.

Thank you Hollie Grant & Max Allingham School Captains

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Cattle Club Report Mickala Gough Year 11 Last Thursday our ASSG Cattle Club team set off to the Malanda Judging and Handling School accompanied by Li-onel and female supervisor Glenysis Stralow. The group was super excited to be going on this trip, we had high hopes on taking out first place this year. As a number of students had never been up into the tablelands they were jumping for joy when they got to see something very rare... GREEN GRASS! The bus ride was a lot of fun but that was only the start of a super successful weekend. Our afternoon was spent exploring Malanda Falls and bush walks, one of our students was so committed to his Cross Country he did a 6km run. That evening we sat down to a lovely meal followed by a birthday cake for our member Lachy Lathwell. On the Friday we were up and ready for a tour of the town, Glenysis caringly took us down the main street to have a bit of a look at Malanda’s shops. Once finished browsing through the stores we had a big feed at the Malanda bakery. At noon we had returned; unloading the cattle from Cherie and Ricky Davis who lent us their cat-tle for the 3 days. We were then briefed by the Malanda show committee who organised the weekend’s events. We were then split into groups of experienced and non-experienced and rotated between two activities. The first was a demonstration on different techniques of how to wash bos-indicus and bos-taurus cattle and the second was quick release knots tutorial. After lunch we had a hints and tips session about cattle handling and parading, afterwards the cattle were fed and put to bed. That night we had a friendly game of touch with the other partici-pants while getting to know them all. Saturday was one of the busiest days of the entire weekend, our students had an early rise and shine at 5:30 am (some needing more push than others) for stall muck out and feeding. The morning was soon started some lec-tures on cattle composition and judging; after morning tea we were then taken over to a table with different stag-es of cattle pregnancies. Each embryotic sack was explained in detail showing the different sections and how each species is different. The lectures were interesting and assisted in the commercial and stud judging that followed after lunch. With each class we were all given a series of cattle to judge; out of each age and experience group a selection of students was chosen to speak over the microphone about their decisions. A number of our students were chosen to speak. This included; Mathew Finger, Jack White, Karrina Oswin, Robert Lawrence, Harrison Fin-ger, Brandon Finger, Camden Finger, Dakota Gough, Casey Hopf, April Dixon and myself. All our students were commended on their speech and their presentation. Saturday night was full of entertainment when our students entered three teams into the farmers’ challenges; together we came out of it with two firsts and one third. Sunday morning was kicked off at 4:30 am to prep and ready the cattle for the Junior Handlers competition, at 10:15 am. We were all organised into heats for each age group. In each heat we had some students make it to the finals and some even placed. After lunch it was time for presentations; each competition had the top 5 win-ners. Most of our students came away with a ribbon or two, but those who didn’t came back with more knowledge. Then came the big prize, it was a margin of 27 points between first and second place but we were


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Horse Club Report

Gayleen Lawrence Year 11

Well what a great couple of weeks horse club has had. We have been kept busy as we are now on the home run towards the end of term. With Sally’s help, we have been teaching our horses (and ourselves) to have the correct pace and strides.

With the Charters Towers Show quickly approaching we have been busy working on jumping. Every-one has been going great, and are improving their skills with the guid-ance from Sally.

Last Thursday our horses were all visited by the vet to check their teeth. The cattle club joined us as the vet (Josh) discussed the im-portance of having the Horse’s teeth checked every year. It was good to learn about a totally differ-ent (but just as important) area of the horse. Josh explained what each different set of teeth do and what they should look like when they are healthy and what to look out for. Thanks Sally for organising the day and thanks to Josh for coming to check all of our horses teeth.

able to take the bull by the horns and come out with the top posi-tion. Over the last four years the ASSG Cattle Club have attended the Malanda Cattle handling school, we have gone from a low 7th to the strong 1st place. The weekend was a huge success and we would like to thank those who made it possible, but a huge com-mendment must go out to the Da-vis family and Lionel. Without them none of this would have been possible. Throughout the weekend we as a club were com-plimented on our behaviour, man-ners and presentation. Next week we will be attending Winton show and hope to come out with first place there, we will represent our school with pride and hope to keep up expectations.


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Junior School

Tina Akers Head of Junior School We have passed the half way point of the term and our focus on qual-ity teaching and learning remains strong in every way. It is wonder-ful to hear the students talk about how they learn and not just what they learn. Focusing on learning skills and using a variety of strate-gies to find and use information provides opportunities for our stu-dents to consolidate and build on their achievements as strong, ac-tive learners. The ability to solve problems and think creatively and critically are essential skills for suc-cessful learners. This Semester, parents are asked to collect their child’s report direct-ly from the class teacher or JS Of-fice on Wednesday 22 June (at the end of the School day) or Thurs-day 23 June. Writing Workshop Collaboration is another skill for success and it was wonderful to observe the interactions between Year 4 & 6 and Year 3 & 5 as they worked together and enjoyed the inspiring writing workshop pre-sented by Phil Kettle. Phil is the author of the famous “Too Cool” series for children. He was very impressed with the way our stu-dents shared their enthusiasm for writing and decided to return the following day to work with our Prep and Year 2 class. Under 8’s Day


staff who helped make the day lots of fun and enjoyable.

Great weather made for a sensa-tional Under 8’s Day last week. It was lovely to see so many ‘Little Souls’ children and families from the Charters Towers community join in with All Souls St Gabriels stu-dents in the variety of fun activities.

Gemma Gilmore and Jade Stoll were charged with the responsibility of liaising with Mrs Riddle, Mrs Peagham, Mrs Toohey, the Year 4 and 5 Student Representatives and Year 6 Leaders to plan and co-ordinate the fantastic activities for the day. A job well done, thank you to all the JS student leaders for making the day fun for the younger children.

On behalf of the Under 8’s commit-tee, we would also like to thank Mr Jesberg, Mrs Goodwin, the ladies from Qld Credit Union and the JS

Vegetable Gardens taking shape Sophie Coffison (Environmental Prefect) has fully embraced this role and has been very active facili-tating the planting of the JS garden beds. Beans, tomatoes, herbs and other seedlings are all growing well. Sophie and her fellow Year 6 leaders have been doing a fantastic job of involving our younger stu-dents in the preparation and plant-ing of the vegetables. Thank you Mr Coffison, for your assistance with putting the new garden beds together and helping us to prepare our new garden areas.

Extra-Curricular Activities Something we are incredibly proud of is the authentic learning oppor-tunities our School provides stu-dents. In the final few weeks of this term our Year 4 students will be travelling to Townsville to at-tend the 52 Storey Treehouse the-atre production, our Year 3/4 and 5/6 Choirs will have the opportuni-


er interview. Reports that have not been collected by the end of the term will be sent out in the mail. School Culture At ASSG we pride ourselves on developing a positive School cul-ture by building strong relation-ships with students and col-leagues. As educators we enjoy the time spent with our col-leagues, laughing at lunch, learn-ing together, nudging one anoth-er professionally, pouring over da-ta, reflecting on student success-es and challenges and sharing our learning. Throughout the se-mester we have taken the time to build a community in which our students support each other and feel supported. We continue to have conversations about what is expected of an ASSG student, re-inforcing that all interactions in the School are to be respectful and courteous. Following the ASSG Code: Always learning, Serving others, Staying safe and Going forward, is central to main-taining the positive learning envi-ronment and encouraging high levels of achievement and well-being. We spend hours each day with our students, watching, measuring and celebrating their successes, big and small. Small academic achievements, positive behavioural changes and social triumphs bring us pride, joy and fulfilment. Our students enjoy a caring and supportive learning environment where a sense of family and togetherness thrive.

ty to perform for the residents at Eventide, the Souls Shakers (Mrs Heuir’s Dancers) will participate in a workshop with Dance North and Mrs Moore is organising a number of Art workshops for the JS students that will celebrate NAIDOC Week. All stu-dents in Years 1 – 6 will also have the opportunity to attend the Live and Loopy performance at the World Theatre. Semester Reports Teachers are currently preparing to write the Semester 1 reports. Stu-dents’ learning is assessed against the Australian Curriculum achieve-ment standards which describe the expected level of achievement at the end of the student’s current year. In the Semester 1 reports, the students’ learning is assessed on the teacher’s professional judgement of the work the student has completed so far this year against the achieve-ment standards covered so far. Many assessment tools, work sam-ples and professional dialogue be-tween staff contribute towards ac-curately placing students against the Australian Curriculum standards. We encourage parents to share the information in the report with your child and celebrate their efforts and achievements during the first half of the year. Any questions you may have about your child’s report should be directed to the classroom teacher during a parent teacher in-terview. This semester, the Junior School teachers will host parent teacher interviews over three after-noons in the last week of the term: 21 – 23 June between 3:30 and 4:30 and again on Monday 18 July (Travel Day) between 2 – 4pm. Ap-pointments can be made by contact-ing Mrs Alisha Maff at the JS Office 4788 2242, [email protected] or by phoning the main Admin Office 4787 1433. Semester reports will be available for parents to collect directly from the class teacher or the JS Office prior to attending the parent teach-

Sport News Sport News

Karen Storey Secondary Sports Co-ordinator

Netball and Rugby League nearly over By the time you read this our Inter-School Sporting season for Netball and Rugby League will be nearly over for 2016. This week will see a busy week of Rugby League and Netball as we complete the final 2 rounds of Inter-School Sport for the season. On Wednesday (1st June) and Thursday (2nd June) afternoons we take on CCC and on Sunday, 5th June, we will play BTC here at ASSG. This is an eagerly awaited return fixture after we played BTC at BTC on May 22nd. A full summary of each team’s results and placings for the season will be published in the next Phoenix Rising. Inter-House Athletics Please note that there has been a change to the initial dates published mid last year for the Inter-House Athletics Carnival. This has been corrected in the calendar since January but recently we have taken quite a number of phone calls and enquiries asking after the dates. The ASSG Inter-House Athletics Carnival will take place at the end of Week 1, Term 3 – Thursday afternoon 21st and all day Friday 22nd July. I look forward to seeing many parents and spectators in attendance. NQ Trials successful Last week a large number of our students travelled to North Queensland Cross Country trials under the watchful eye of Mr Beacom-Halliday. While there was no one successful in gaining selection this year the following students finished seventh, meaning they are reserves for the North Queensland team; Annika Peace (12yrs Girls), Joe Bode (16yrs Boys) and Breanne Peace (16yrs Girls). Piper Godfrey (12yrs Girls) and Tom Gordon (12yrs Boys) finished in the top 10 which is also a great achievement.


Townsville Netball Carnival Report Written by Club Netball Captains Compiled by 1st Netball Captains Kiara Henry-Nash and Hollie Grant On the weekend of the 14th and 15th May 7 club netball teams travelled to Townsville for the Macdonald’s Cup Netball Carnival. Gabes Flames enjoyed the carnival experience, playing in the top division for their age group. It was a tough weekend for the girls who played many more experienced teams but they really enjoyed themselves and man-aged to finish the weekend with just the one win. Nevertheless, they had a great time and would really like to thank Miss Browne for her efforts in coaching them throughout the weekend. The carnival was the first for most of the Gabes Sparks team. Their coach, Mrs Durrington, told the girls about her first carnival and like the Sparks girls they didn't win many. The whole team enjoyed the weekend and learnt many new skills and techniques. Over all it was a good weekend and I'm sure it will be one that the team remembers for a long time. Gabes Scorchers won the 13B division last year, leaving the girls with a high goal for this year; to take out the 14 B division. Scorchers played 8 games in total, winning 7 and drawing 1. They were the only Souls team to win their division and are hoping to keep the winning streak going with three in-a-row next year. Gabes Blaze played 10 games over the course of the weekend, claiming victory in five. Rylee, Kate, Kuage and April were a formidable force in the centre court while Indy and Sarah displayed great accuracy in the shooting circle. Grace and Kacey showed no signs of slowing down throughout the weekend, working hard in the defen-sive circle and keeping pressure on the opposition's shooters at all times. Kacey was awarded the most valuable player for the 13yrs A Division for her excellent efforts in defence. At the completion of the carnival Gabes Blaze was ranked third on the ladder for their division. They would like to thank Miss Meyer for her hard work in coaching them throughout the season and especially over the weekend of the carnival. Gabes Fire came out with 3 wins and a draw over the two day weekend with Faith Whelan picking up most of the best and fairest votes for her team. Josie McKellar must be acknowledged for her consistent efforts throughout the weekend. Gabes fire would like to say a huge thankyou to Miss Marley for guiding us through the carnival. At the McDonalds Netball Carnival Gabes Heat put up a good fight in all the games they played for the whole weekend and came out on top, not physically but mentally, by winning 2 of their games and being very proud of what they had achieved as a team. On behalf of the team Gabes Heat would like to say a big thank-you to Miss Taylor for coaching and supporting us the whole weekend and Miss Marley for cheering us on and keeping our spirits alive. A big thankyou to the Captain Chelsea Hislop for having a good attitude throughout the whole carnival. Over the weekend the Gabes Inferno girls played 8 great games of netball. Unfortunately, due to injury and sickness they only got to play with 8 members of their team, but that didn't stop them from getting a few wins. Although the results weren't as good as last year’s the team came away with 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses which placed them in 5th in the Cadets division. The best game was against Townsville Grammar, narrowly losing by just 1 point, after 2 goals scored right at the end of a quarter were disallowed. Everyone played incredibly well throughout the carnival and it was a great practice run for the girls leading up to QISSN these holidays. On be-half of the first netball team I would like to thank Mrs Storey for giving up her weekend to coach and put up with all of us. Thank you.



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

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

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

Dormitory News Dormitory News Head of Boarding Darren Guldbransen Senior Resident

By the time this newsletter gets home we will be 8 weeks down and have 3 to go in the longest term of the year. We always knew this was going to be a tough term on our boarders, especially our younger ones, and while it has certainly not been problem free, I am hopeful the measures we put in place over the past couple of weeks will help get everyone to the end in good shape. At the end of this week we will have finished all of our official Inter-School sport, and the Cattle Club will have done their two major outings of the year, Malanda and the Winton Show, so we will be able to turn our focus toward aca-demic assessment. To help break the monotony of this long term we will be doing a couple of different Inter-House activities. The first was a mixed netball com-petition which Nina ran last Friday night as part of our Recreation pro-gram, and even though the night was only for fun and wasn’t actually for House points, we had a large number of day students come in to play which helped make the night even better. To say everyone got in-to it and had a great time would be an understatement, and even though it was a social event with no outright winner it certainly didn’t make it any less competitive. It did

however allow the House Captains to give everyone a game without worrying about anyone feeling bad about not really knowing how to play. The night finished with our Senior boys versing our Senior girls, and after watching our girls play netball for so many years and thinking how easy it looked our boys got a bit of a shock. I would love to be able to say that netball was the winner as is always spru-iked on TV, but that was not the case here. Some of our boys were less than elegant on the court and spent most of the night with dumbfounded looks on their faces when the whistle blew for contact or stepping. The game finished as a 5 all draw even after going into overtime which was a great way to finish the night, and it kept all the students entertained right up until the end. The second is the brain child of Dylan McKenna who has come up with the concept for an Inter-House Academic competition, which is something completely dif-ferent to all our other House com-petitions. Knowing Dylan and his nature, I am sure it will be very challenging but very entertaining, and I will not be surprised if there isn’t a bit of fun poked at some of the staff in the process. I can’t wait to watch. That’s all for now.

Feetham House

Jake Diery Senior Resident Almost there, but still a few more weeks to go in what has been a long term. The message in the dorm at the moment is to keep on top of their school work and finish the term strongly. The boys have achieved so much over the last few weeks of term. School work and sporting commitments have taken up so much of their time and I think they all deserve a pat on the back for their efforts of late. Footy has been a big talking point in the dorms, with guys like Gareth Mercy and Kayden Fogarty who were telling me how well they played after their games. You would swear they have never had a bad game.

We also had the Inter-School Cross Country a few weeks ago where Feetham had a lot of the boys in the team. You could not take the smile off my face when Max Alling-ham walked into the dorm and told me another win for Souls. 11 years of winning the Cross Country is just unreal, and I know how much ef-fort is put in by the guys. All those early morning runs and sore legs are worth it. So guys a massive congratulations on another win and 11 years in a row. Last term I mentioned that Jack Winsper had made the Australian side for roping. Well in a few weeks Jack will be heading to America to compete and show the yanks how it is done. I wish him all the best and hope he breaks a few records while he is there.


Page House

Davin Marshall Senior Resident

The end of this long term is in sight and it can’t come too soon for our younger boarders. The standard of behaviour and the re-spect they are treating each other with has declined as the boys are becoming more tired. While they are loving the League season and the training, it is taking its toll and it will be great for them to get to the holidays and rest up a bit.

The older boys in the dormitory continue to maintain a high stand-ard of behaviour and the Year 10’s in particular have made great steps in the maturity they are con-ducting themselves with. We are lucky to have such a great leader-ship group and I thank them for the guidance they provide.

I will take this opportunity to re-mind parents and hosts that it is important to sign the boys back in when you return them to the school. This gives a record of when the transfer of Duty of Care occurs and makes it easy for relief staff to see who’s in at change of shift. If you could please be more diligent in this regard it would be greatly appreciated.

Some things around the Dormito-ry: Connor Rose has won a scholar-

ship to help with his schooling in his Senior years.

Dylan McKenna is doing a fan-tastic job in his role as Academic Prefect.

Duncan Elliott has a great sense of humour.

Brodie Campbell is playing great footy for the First Thirteen Rug-by League side at the moment.

Kade Banset has finished a suc-cessful season with the Under 16 Blackhawks. Queensland Cham-pions!

Jesse Hall is training Rachel Mar-shall as part of his assessment for Cert 3 in Fitness and she is struggling big time.

I would also like to congratulate Lance Shephard on his great effort making the 2016 Young Endeavour sailing scheme. Well done mate. I hope you enjoy it out on the water.

Feetham has welcomed a new boarder this week Jimmy Mann. Jimmy is year 5 and a hell of a footy player. Welcome to the dorm mate hope you enjoy it. I have been impressed by how clean the dorm has been of late. Cameron Campbell has been re-ward with a pizza this week for having the tidiest bay in the dorm. Dwight Croft-Ellis could almost taste it as well but Cameron won by a hair. Lastly guys I would just like to say “Go Queensland” and if you have any concerns or need to get in touch with me give me a call on 0419471433 or email me at: [email protected]

Charly Burge Feetham House Captain Now that we are getting late into the term many of the boys are starting to miss home. But we are nearly there. We are all eager for the holidays to start. They have been enjoying their footy this term and I would like to point out that the under 13’s team is undefeated at this stage. Well done guys. We have our footy tipping comp going strong at the moment and not to brag but I’m out in front. This term has been a long one with the school achieving a lot such as 11 years of cross country wins. I wish all the boys the best for the rest of term and to keep up the good work.

The Page boys have been awe-some helping out with the clean-ups at the Camp-draft and Horse of the North events.

The life expectancy of a ping pong ball in the dorm has in-creased. We’ve had the same one for two weeks!

Ky Banset has been a great pres-ence in the junior wing. Well done Ky.

Joe Bode came 7th in North Queensland for his age group in Cross Country.

The boys are into the assessment end of the term and no doubt some will struggle at this time of term. Please remind them to keep on track and that the end is in sight. If you have concerns with your son please feel free to contact me any time.

Ramsay House

Brenden Travers Senior Resident

Three quarters of Term two has now lumbered by and we are steaming into the final part of the longest term of the year. This is easily the most difficult period of the year in boarding. Not only is Term two the longest of the year but it is also the busiest. With the hectic footy season in full flight, consecutive trips away for cattle judging competitions for our Cattle Club students, club sport continu-ing on and most importantly exam period rapidly approaching, we are in dire need of any rest we can get. Already the heavy burden is taking its toll and I will ask all par-ents to be mindful of any signs suggesting our boarders might need a break. It is so much easier to be proactive at times like these than it is to be reactive. However, with all the extra activities and sport taking place it does mean that we can celebrate a lot of indi-vidual and team successes. This was highlighted on the weekend


Alban House

Narelle Kelly Senior Resident

Over the last 3 weeks since I last wrote an article there has been a lot of action and that 3 weeks has flown past.

We are happy to welcome Tara back after her injury, she knows that she is truly missed and loved when there is a huge gathering in her room at the excitement of her returning. And as usual they are all there to lend a helping hand to a friend on crutches. To catch her if she falls so to speak!! Thank you to the girls for caring for Tara.

We welcomed a new Albanite, Tahlia Bellamy joins us in Year 10 and hails from Cairns. Tahlia has quickly learnt the ropes with the guidance of the girls. Tahlia has been enjoying the benefits of at-tending the gym and also joined in with playing netball at BTC a few weekends ago.

This is what Teneil and I were greeted with one morning on our return from breakfast - Body-Guards!!! AKA Isabel Blenner-hassett, Abbey Heidrich and Tay-la Davidson. There is a story be-hind why they were guarding the door, but I think it’s best left un-said, just say that they were hav-ing a heap of fun in the common room. Not very scary body guards, except the little one in the middle. Abbey Heidrich your face is priceless.

Isabel, Abbey and Tayla

when our Cattle Club representa-tives, Matthew Finger, Robert Law-rence, Harrison Finger, Casey Hopf, Camden Finger, Brandon Finger, Lachlan Lathwell and Aiden Powell all travelled to Malanda to compete in a cattle judging competition. The boys had a number of first, second and third places in a variety of indi-vidual events but most importantly the team finished first overall. Con-gratulations to all of the students in-volved who have been working tire-lessly with Lionel all year to prepare and have justly earned the rewards. Best of luck in the upcoming trip to the Winton show.

Also getting rewarded for continu-ous effort were Corey Stanger and Logan Guldbransen who both picked up Man of the Match awards for their respective age groups when we took on BTC in our annual Net-ball/Rugby League Sunday’s. Unfor-tunately, our first and U15 boys went down in hard fought contests but our U13 boys were lucky enough to get away with a win. I have been assured that BTC won’t find it so easy when they make there way over for our home game this Sunday.

Now that we are approaching the business end of Term two, the theme for Ramsay Dorm is Toler-ance. With everything that is going on in the school we have all been guilty of getting tired and cranky at different stages and we are asking that at these times we all remain tolerant. Tolerant of all the individu-al intricacies and nuances that were funny quirks a fortnight ago which now seem a little less funny and lit-tle more annoying. With so many personalities in one area collisions are bound to occur but if we can re-main tolerant and understanding then hopefully we can get through to the end of this term unscathed. Fingers crossed.

That’s all from Ramsay Dorm for now. As always, if any parents wish to get in contact with me in regards to their sons, please feel free to do so via phone or email at any time.

Kiara Henry-Nash Alban House Captain

In the past few weeks our Alban girls have been getting stuck into the academic side of school, along with going to tutoring and Ringers Club for extra help. With the sport-ing side being that our senior Ceelena took a few younger stu-dents to Malanda for there annual show. April and Sarah said they had such a great time and it was a good ex-perience going down there. On Friday night everyone who was in the dorms and some day stu-dents came down to the MPC for a fun time of mixed Inter - House Netball. It was great to see every-one involved and having fun even though it wasn't about winning Al-ban and Ramsay were the real winners of the night. We only have 4 weeks left so everyone just hang in there, it's nearly over.

Isabel and Gayleen are keeping up

their fitness with attending their

Deb dance practices. Some Sun-

days the girls have to dance with

other girls if their partners are ab-

sent. That would be interesting for

them.

Morning gatherings…..

Ceelena Lawrence, Sarah Frohloff and April Dixon wandering in at 10.58pm (I was not watching the time) on Sunday night from being on a road-trip to Malanda Show with Cattle Club. As you can see they were happy to pose for a pic-ture at that hour of the night. Thanks girls, they all reported that they had a good weekend and were very proud of their win. Con-gratulations to the All Souls Cattle Club.

Sarah, Ceelena and April

Well, that’s all I have to contribute this time. Please keep safe and keep listening to your girls from home. Call if you need to chat about anything.


Becket House Teneil Smale Senior Resident

Year 12 Profile

Name: Belinda Hughes How long have you been at ASSG? Since Year 8. Where are you from? I was born in Bris-bane and then we moved to Greenvale. Now I live in Karum-ba. What is your favourite aspect of school? I really enjoy being with my friends. What is your least favourite? Being away from my family and not being able to see them whenever I want to. What is your favourite sub-ject? Building and Con-struction. What is something people may not know about you? Through school, I am completing my certificate 3 in Child Care. Who has been the greatest influence on your life? My parents. What would you never do, no matter the price? Go against my fami-ly. If you could choose, what would you have for your last meal? I would choose crumbed steak and vegetables.

Megan Rigato

Becket House Captain

What a big few weeks it has been,

with multiple activities happening

around the campus. Friday night

saw all the houses come together

for a night of indoor mixed netball,

it was a fun night and everyone en-

joyed themselves, regardless of

what the score board said. Thank

you to Nina Guldbransen for tak-

ing the time to organise all these

events for us to enjoy.

In the coming weeks the Becket

girls will begin to see the end of

athletics trials, this week we will tri-

al for the 100m sprints. Next week

will be filled with Inter-House Aca-

demics, this will be held during

lunchtimes and will give students

the opportunity to represent their

house in a series of academic activ-

ities.


Mixed Inter-House

Netball

Chad House

Rachel Hall - Year 10

Thanks very much to my ‘Ghost Writer’ Rachel Hall who wrote our report this week.

Week 8 everybody!! Holy toledo, the term has gone way too fast! Then again, fair enough considering the cemetery visits, Netball Carnivals and State of Origin preparations that have been occurring. Almost all of our girls got involved in InterHouse Netball, and with heaps of undefeat-ed under 14’s in our dorm, it’s a wonder we got beaten by Alban and Ramsay. Thanks very much to every-one, we had a great night!

Our Touch girls have also been hav-ing a good time this season, with our thirds team coming fourth so far with rising stars Zoe Godfrey, Casey Campbell and Vivienne Elliott. Georgie Clark and Martha Zaro are in our Firsts team, and they are first on the ladder at the moment, while our Seconds team, including Ngarita Chappell, Anna Winsper, Julia Keough and Breanna Kent are doing well too. Good on you girls!

On the weekend, most of our girls went out with Yvonne and experi-enced the Horse of the North, an af-ternoon of horses, friends and as much fun as you can fit into your Akubra! From the stories I have heard, it sounds like it was great and everyone loved it. I think that they are petitioning for the dormers to take them to more camp drafts and horse events in the future .

This Wednesday will see our first State Of Origin night. I’m sure that everyone will hear cheers for Queensland, (and maybe even some for New South Wales from the Mafri-ci’s) as the mighty teams go head to head. Be ready for some excitement!

As you can see, we have had a jam packed couple of weeks, with the next few weeks being all about as-sessment. If you are finding that your girl is starting to struggle, let us know and we will do our best to help out. We are always available by phone or email.


Staff Profile

Staff Name: Bindi Brassington

Duties at ASSG: Registered Nurse in Clinic

How long you have been at ASSG? 2 1/2 Years

Where you are from? Born in Brisbane.

Grew up on acreage

near Mt Nebo

Something people may not know about you: I am a licenced scuba diver

What encouraged you to do this job? Our family has a long history at All Souls, and I love

getting to know the boarders and day students

while being able to help them.

What work did you do before coming to ASSG? After University to become a Registered

Nurse/Midwife, I worked in Charleville and

Longreach. Then I moved to Cloncurry and was

married and had our children.

What is your favourite aspect of your job? Working with down to earth bush kids - and

realising that there are several children at Souls,

whom I delivered when they were born.

And your least favourite? Dealing with students disappointment when they

cannot participate in sport due to injury.

What was your favourite subject at school? Biology and Geography.

What was the most important part of your education? The steep but rewarding learning

curve that comes with a first job after university.

Which person (or thinker) has had the greatest influence on your life? My parents and my

sisters and brother, as well as my own family.

What would you never do, no matter the price? Touch a big spider.

If you had a motto, what would it be? Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you

have (Maeve Binchey).

If you could choose, what would you have for your last meal? Corned beef with white sauce

and vegetables.

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