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Junior School News 29 November 2017

Pre-prep to Year 12

Co-Ed Day & Boarding 30 Dr George Ellis Drive,

PO Box 235, Charters Towers Qld 4820

Phone: 4788 2242 Email: juniorschool@allsouls.qld.edu.au

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR

Once again we have come to the end of a very successful

year at ASSG Junior School. Thank you to everyone;

teachers, parents, support and ancillary staff who have all

worked hard to provide the best opportunities for our

students to grow and their learning to flourish. The whole-

hearted passion of our School community provides many

opportunities for our students to develop as a whole

person – in mind, body and spirit.

As the year comes to a close, I wish the Year 6 students all

the very best as they move on into the next phase of their

education, Secondary School. We will miss their leadership,

cheerful faces, friendship and the support that they have

given to our younger students throughout the year.

I would like to congratulate all our students and staff for

their contribution to a very successful year. I am very

thankful for and proud of, each and every one of them.

Together we have learned much and shared experiences

that will remain with us in the years to come.

LOOKING FORWARD

On behalf of the JS students and staff I would like to say

thank you and all the best to Mrs Tonya Peagham Miss Pia

Taylor and Mrs Vanessa Herring for all their hard work in

the JS. We wish them all the very best as they embark on

their new roles at ASSG in 2018.

To accommodate the increased enrolments in 2018, we

will have an additional Year 6 class. We look forward to

welcoming Mr Peter Turner; a highly experienced upper

primary teacher, as the second Year 6 teacher next year.

Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Mrs Janita

Reardon and Mrs Jane Dickson; also very experienced

teachers, who will join the JS team in 2018.

At the time of writing this newsletter, the JS staffing for

2018 is as follows:

Pre-prep: Mrs Margaret Riddle

Prep: Mrs Rachel Marshall

Year 1: Mrs Janita Reardon

Year 2: Mrs Laura Heuir

Year 3: Mr Rob Roughley

Year 4: Mrs Jane Turner

Year 5: Mrs Jane Dickson

Year 6 M: Mrs Marilyn Toohey

Year 6 P: Mr Peter Turner

JS Music: Mrs Alison McGuire

LOTE: Mrs Melita Dunn

HPE/Sport Co-orinator: Miss Melissa Browne

Library/Learning Support: Mrs Beth Silverw ood

Educational Assistants

Mrs Peta Polsen

TBA

Pre-Prep Educators:

Mrs Colleen Limkin

Mrs Jenelle Cragg

I look forward to the many new experiences, challenges

and opportunities 2018 will bring us. As a community, we

can continue the positive partnership and dialogue

between home and school.

On behalf of all the JS staff I would like to wish everyone a

very enjoyable, restful and safe holiday. May the Festive

Season fill your families with joy and happiness.

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Congratulations to the following students who received the Academic Prizes, Scholarships, Major Sporting Service and Other Major Prizes at the ASSG Awards Day:

ACADEMIC PRIZES:

Academic Achievement Year 1: Rebecca Galvin

Consistent Effort Year 1: Sophia Boyle

Academic Achievement Year 2: Archer Reardon

Consistent Effort Year 2: Ben Kirkwood

Academic Achievement Year 3: Bridget Boyle

Consistent Effort Year 3: Dale Beatty

Academic Achievement Year 4: Oliver Colthup

Consistent Effort 4: Georgia Mann

Academic Achievement Year 5: Hunter McKellar

Consistent Effort Year 5: Lauren Atwell

Academic Achievement Year 6: Meg Brassington

Consistent Effort Year 6: Hannah-Grace Smoothy

Dux of Junior School: Lucie Taylor

SCHOLARSHIPS Burry Mills Bursary (2018-2023) Seth Guldbransen

MAJOR SPORTING PRIZES: Best All Round Junior Sportswoman:

Charlotte Jesberg Best All Round Junior Sportsman:

Seth Guldbransen

SERVICE AND OTHER MAJOR PRIZES: Charters Towers Regional Council Citizenship Prize:

Reagan Butler Charters Towers Regional Council Award for Junior School Captains:

Meg Brassington and Jed Marshall Junior School Cultural Award:

Alexandra Holt The Headmaster’s Award for Writing:

Meg Brassington The Jenkinson Prize for the Best All Rounder Male proceeding to Senior:

Seth Guldbransen The Larpent Award for the Best All Rounder Female proceeding to Senior:

Meg Brassington The Goldfield Ashes Junior Sportsmanship Award:

Seth Guldbransen

Congratulations to the following students who received the following Awards at Preliminary Prize Giving:

YEAR 1:

Academic Merit: Sophia Boyle, Bohdi Herring,

Judith Koglkia, Gabirel Leo, Gabriel Pattison, Hayley

Risdale, Chase Logan.

Academic Medal: Rebecca Galvin, Curtis

Reardon.

Cultural Award: Judith Koglk ia.

YEAR 2:

Academic Merit: Matt Dunn, Ben Kirkwood, Taj

Koch, Isabella Maff, Bailey McGuire, Clayne Musk,

Adam Skinner, Matthew Tait, Grace Turner.

Academic Medal: Archer Reardon.

Cultural Award: Bailey McGuire.

YEAR 3:

Academic Merit: Dale Beatty, Lincoln Coleman,

Henry Jesberg, Taleeah Leer, Miranda Mann, Annie-

May Johnson, Clancy Twine.

Academic Medal: Bridget Boyle.

Cultural Award: Annie-May Johnson.

YEAR 4:

Academic Merit: Rory Barr, Clancy Brassington,

Rory Clark, Georgia Mann, Yasmin Musk, Jewel

Simpson, Nate Taylor.

Academic Medal: Oliver Colthup, Sheden West.

Cultural Award: Shelden West.

YEAR 5:

Academic Merit: Tammazin Chong, Blair Colthup,

Steve Hare, Keegan Henley, Charlotte Jesberg, Charlie

Maxwell, Samuel McCartney, Anna Milton, Dru

Mossman, William North, Perren Samarasekera.

Academic Medal: Lauren Atwell, Hunter

McKellar.

Cultural Award: Samuel McCartney.

YEAR 6:

Academic Merit: Reagan Butler, Millie Davey,

Zali Downes, Seth Guldbransen, James Mann, Jed

Marshall, Crystal McFadyen, Walter Shadforth, Hanna-

Grace Smoothy.

Academic Medal: Meg Brassington, Alexandra

Holt, Lucie Taylor.

Cultural Award: Alexandra Holt.

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS:

Most Promising JS Softball player: Lucie Taylor

Most Promising JS Netball player: Charlotte

Jesberg

Most promising JS Rugby League player: James

Mann

Most Promising JS Cricket player: Seth

Guldbransen

Most Promising JS Boy Touch player: Jed Marshall

Most Promising JS Girl Touch player: Alexandra

Holt

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JS Captains’ Speech 2017 – Meg Brassington and Jed Marshall

Good morning Members of the Board, invited guests, Mr Fleming, Mrs Akers, staff, students, ladies and gentlemen. My

name is Meg Brassington and joining me today is Jed Marshall. We have been honoured to be the Junior School Captains

for 2017.

Today we are reminded of the significance and strength of the wider All Souls St Gabriels community. After another busy

year, it is reassuring to know that this community has always been there to celebrate our successes and to support us on

our educational journey.

As we near the end of our time in Junior School, we have been thinking about our School motto ‘Servire Regnare’ – to

serve is to reign. We know that service to others is very important as the Junior School code includes ‘service to others’ as

one of its main goals. We then started thinking about some of the ways that service can be shown and how it is often

linked to friendships or mateship. For example, on ANZAC Day, we march to honour those who have shown service to our

country and loyalty to their mates. Whilst in Canberra, our visit to the Australian War Memorial gave us some understanding of the unbelievable commitment and service shown by Australians during times of war.

Much closer to home, every year after the Burry Work Weekend, we enjoy improvements to our School thanks to the

service, loyalty and commitment of former students and staff. Their willingness to give something back to their school is

an inspiration. It is wonderful to see that the spirit of ‘serving others’ and enjoying time with mates continues long after

finishing school. As Souls students, we try to demonstrate service by willingly helping out wherever we are needed and by

looking for opportunities to help. We show our commitment to our School by giving every task our very best effort.

As Meg and I have attended All Souls St Gabriels since we were very little, I am sure that in the future, we will also come

back to our School for Reunion Weekends. We will recall many of the exciting events and unforgettable times we shared

during our time in the Junior School, such as our success at the sporting carnivals and our amazing trip to Canberra.

This year, the Junior School students have experienced another action packed year with many successes in the

classrooms, in cultural endeavours and on the sporting field. The following events have been especially memorable for

each year level:

Our Pre-Prep class have enjoyed all their learning with Mrs Peagham, Mrs Limkin and Mrs Cragg including building an

Aboriginal shelter called a Mia-Mia, giving magic playdough to the new Year 6 leaders in Chapel and building a scarecrow

to frighten the birds from our garden.

Mrs Riddle’s Prep children have loved designing machines with collage and blocks and learning about authors and their

books, especially ‘Harry the Dirty Dog’ and ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’.

Mrs Marshall’s Muppets, Year 1, have really enjoyed swimming lessons, reading their dinosaur narratives for the students

at assembly, going to the museum to see robotic dinosaurs and learning about sea creatures.

The excursions to Reef HQ and to the Venus Battery were a highlight for Year 2 and Miss Browne. They have also

appreciated reading with their Year 5 buddies and learning about portraits with Miss Whitby. Using the Cubetto and Maze

Mouse in Technology has also been a great challenge.

Mrs Heuir’s Rock Stars, Year 3, have enjoyed creating and dancing to their own rock song, drawing self-portraits, finding

out about the solar system and designing a trap to catch Fantastic Mr Fox!

Year 4 have had a great year with Mrs Turner. Their excursion to Billabong Sanctuary, completing Science experiments in

the Science labs and exploring their creative side in the Visual Arts have all made Year 4 a fantastic year.

Year 5 have kept Mr Roughley very busy this year. They visited Jezzine Barracks and the museum in Townsville and had

an amazing experience learning more about film in a workshop with Jed Cahill. They designed and flew paper planes to

learn about averages in Maths and experimented with Dry Ice in Science!

Some of the highlights for Year 6 have been the excursion to Townsville for our History unit and, of course, our trip to

Canberra.

As Leaders in the Junior School, we have also appreciated the opportunity to run the Chapel Services, lead our teams at

Sporting events and run a successful Under 8s Day for the younger students in our community.

We are looking forward to many exciting adventures and new challenges in Secondary School, including the Year 7 camp

and the opportunities to make new friends. We hope to create great memories like those that bring former students and

staff back to our School annually for the Reunion Weekend.

Of course none of these things would be possible without the support of our families, teachers and the wider School

community so we would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our education and well-being over the past 8

years.

Thank you, and all the best to the Year 6 class of 2018. We hope you enjoy your time as Junior School leaders as much

as we have.

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Saturday 20 January, 2018 Burry Weekend

We look forward to you joining us to help prepare the School for the 2018 academic year.

Sunday 21 January, 2018 Burry Weekend

We look forward to you joining us to help prepare the School for the 2018 academic year.

Week 1

Monday 29 January, 2018

Boarders’ Travel Day

P & F Meet n Greet (MPC) 6pm—9pm

Week 1

Tuesday 30 January, 2018

After School Care/ After School Activities 3:00— collect children by 5:15 pm

Week 1

Wednesday 31 January, 2018

After School Care/ After School Activities 3:00— collect children by 5:15 pm

Week 1

Thursday 1 February, 2018

After School Care/ After School Activities 3:00— collect children by 5:15 pm

Week 1

Friday 2 February, 2018

JS Welcome Back to 2018 Assembly