Issue 8 Thursday, Mar 23 2017

Mr Chris Jackman

All Saints’ College Bathurst Eglinton Road (Locked Bag 9) Bathurst NSW 2795 ABN 43 418 897 717 Telephone +61 2 6332 7317 Facsimile +61 2 6332 7325 Email leonie.keogh@saints.nsw.edu.au Website www.saints.nsw.edu.au

Combined Independent Schools (CIS) Pr imary Swimming Carnival TodaySix of our talented Junior School students travelled to the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre today to represent HICES at the CIS Swimming Carnival. Congratulations to Kate Edwards, Lachlan Nelson, Milla Nelson, Todd Nelson, Emily Saint and Ruby Thorne for making the HICES team. Best of luck in your efforts to make it to the next level!HICES DebatingOur Junior School debating team travelled to Kinross Wolaroi School today to compete in Round 2 of the HICES debating competition. Their topic is ‘That every Australian household should compost’ and they have to argue in the negative which will be quite a challenge!Parent/Teacher InterviewsAll parents have been invited to attend an interview with their child’s class teacher during the last week of Term One. These interviews form an important part of our Assessment and Reporting Schedule in the Junior School and I encourage all parents to take the opportunity to meet with the teachers.

Artist in ResidenceNyree Reynolds, a well-known local artist, will be visiting our Junior School classes during the last week of Term 1 to assist the students with artwork commissioned by the Festival of Art committee.Junior School AssembliesAll parents are welcome to attend Junior School assemblies. In the warmer months they are conducted on the Outdoor Assembly area and during the colder months we move into the Kemmis Building. Assemblies begin at 9:00 am.Wk Date Class08 24 Mar Year 109 31 Mar Kindergarten10 07 Apr Year 6 – last

assembly of term

Important Dates for the Calendar23/03/17 HICES Debating Round 223/03/17 CIS Swimming Carnival03/04/17 JS Parent/ Teacher04/04/17 JS Parent/ Teacher05/04/17 JS Parent/ Teacher 07/04/17 Pre K & Infants Easter Hat Parade (2:00 pm)

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COLLEGE CALENDARThursday 23 March 2017

Year 12 ExaminationsCIS Primary Swimming (JS)

Year 12 ExaminationsHICES Debating Round 2 (JS)

Friday 24 March 2017Year 12 ExaminationsBasketball semifinals

Saturday 25 March 2017ISA Division 2/3 Rugby TrialsMonday 27 March 2017

Year 12 ExaminationsTuesday 28 March 2017

Year 7 VaccinationsYear 12 Examinations

Wednesday 29 March 2017Year 12 Examinations

ISA Swimming at SOPACThursday 30 March 2017

Year 12 ExaminationsFriday 31 March 2017

Year 12 ExaminationsBasketball Grand Finals

Saturday 01 April 2017Rugby First XV Div 2 Trials Bowral

Getting the jump on the oppositionhttp://bit.ly/2nb6sHj

Recital a grand occassion!http://bit.ly/2nyWD6V

Old school friends meet up in Dubbohttp://bit.ly/2o2rYvm

PRE-KINDERGARTEN NEWS

Joshua is adding chocolate eyes to his teddy bear

bread.

Who’s that peeking of their tent? Alannah, Lewis and Finn think camping looks like great fun.

Happy 5th Birthday Jacob. We all did a Jacob pose.

Oli, Jacob,

Samuel, Finn and

Oliver made

awesome garages for their

incredible Mobilo

machines.

Lewis and Rowland made identical boats.

Anyone for tea? Oliver, Alannah, Khali and Samuel enjoy a little sip.

Eating at our Teddy Bears Picnic.

Forget cars,trucks and planes ... Finley made a

scorpion from

Mobilo!

Hunter and Oli bounce balloons on their teddies while looking

for new colours that appeared.

Rowland’s teddy bread.

Ryan resting with his bunny after a big day.

The chocolate eyes have it! Super cute and super tasty

teddy bear bread.Teddies like to bounce on the

trampoline too!

The little teddy bears have had a wonderful time this week. Stories, songs, YouTube stories, trampolining on the stretchy fabric, playing teddy bear tennis with a balloon over a tennis net, cooking teddy bear bread, visiting the library together and of course a picnic lunch. And that was just Wednesday! This week we have been exploring the colour brown and semicircles. Our resident boat artist, Lewis, showed everyone how he would turn his semicircle into a boat on the sea and added all the important features of propeller, anchor, kick board, sunshade, steering wheel and antennae. The children enjoyed adding these features to their boats too as well as awesome semicircle fish underneath. We have been colour mixing red, yellow and blue on teddy bears and finding all the colours we have made in the past weeks as well as brown when we mix them all up. Our new autumn display is creating great interest with our brown and green ‘camo’ print tents and some cute campers inside. It ties well into our appreciating nature theme. We visited Mr Pike in the Japanese centre for the dolls festival. Altogether a tremendously terrific and tiring week!Sally Parsons Pre-K 5 Teacher

This Sunday evening instead of an inside Chapel we plan to take the boarders to the river. Not one to miss an opportunity I plan to take a story from the Bible which was set beside a river. It is the story of the first convert in Europe, Lydia. She was a dealer in fine purple cloth.

From Acts 16 the story goes: We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days.

On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. A certain woman named Lydia, a worshipper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. When she and her household

were baptized, she urged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.’ And she prevailed upon us.

My commentary on Acts says that the purple dye came from the murex shell and that each crustacean only yielded a drop of purple. Hence the expense of the material which was dyed.On Thursday April 6, the day before term ends we plan as Easter Assembly at 10.30. The theme will be The Seven Words from the Cross.

There is a plaque in the Chapel commemorating the life of Lieutenant Harold McIntosh. He died leading the Second Gaza Light Horse charge 100 years ago on April 24. He also served on two occasions in the Boer War in 1899 and 1901. We have two memorials in our dining room to soldiers from All Saints’ College who fought in South Africa.

QUARRY DUSTReverend Paul Woodhart

Our records show that there were 31 men who fought and one, Charles Kite who died in action.

To my knowledge we have not had a time in the last 25 years to recognise these soldiers and as Harold McIntosh served in both the Boer and Great War we are planning a dinner in our dining room to remember them. It is set for the evening of Anzac Day, Tuesday April 25. Coming from Sydney to address us will be the Chairman of the NSW Committee for the National Boer War Memorial Associat ion, Lieutenant-Colonel David Deasey. If you have someone in your family who served in the Boer War this would be just the time to remember them. Final details will be up next week.On the Wednesday we return for Term 2 and at 10:30 am the College will gather for an Anzac Assembly. Our College Chamber Orchestra is preparing to lead us and we will be addressed by Mrs Diane Morton, a distant relative of McIntosh.Lastly, and looking ahead, Mr Deasey has invited a group from the College to be present at the unveiling of the Boer War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday May 31st.Working with you,Father Paul.

KANGA CRICKET ENDS THIS WEEKEND!This is the last week for Kanga cricket. I would like to offer a HUGE

thank you to Mr David Saint and Mrs Maggie Walsh and all the parents and grandparents who have helped these teams this season. Your

dedication is truly appreciated by All Saints’. I would also like to thank the following Senior School students who have helped over the season:

Tom Siede, Jonah Siede, Hugo Goodlet, Jono Gardiner and Ralph Nicholls. Their enthusiasm and love of cricket has set a great example

for our younger players! There will be no more Wednesday afternoon training for any cricket

teams. Mrs Jo Nicholls

CRICKET

Saturday 25 March Fixtures

Kanga 7s vs RUCC Mitch Marsh at Brooke Moore 1

Kanga 9s vs Bushrangers at George Park

Please be at the ground at 8:25 am for an 8:45 am start unless your coach asks you

to be earlier. Please check the Bathurst

District Junior Cricket Association Facebook Page

on Saturday morning to check if games are still on.

ASC field well but too cautious with the batKanga 9s vs ORCOn Saturday the Under 9s played a great game against ORC on All Saints’ Junior School Oval. Winning the toss, captain Oscar elected to bowl first.Once again we really proved ourselves in the field with some excellent skills and teamwork on display.Unfortunately our bowling went a bit astray and a lot of runs were scored on free hits. On the bright side a couple of run-outs were achieved by various players as well as a few amazing catches. Going into bat our players were a bit too cautious and only managed 68 runs which wasn’t enough for a win.Thank you again to Ayla’s grandfather, Mr Chris Coleman, who helped with the umpiring.One game to go, so play hard All Saints’!

Keep our children safe stay below 20 on school grounds!

Bathurst District Team Trials

The Bathurst District Junior Cricket Association (BDJCA) will have selection trials for the Winter squads in April. The dates are as

follows:Under 12s

Wednesday 5 April and Wednesday 12 April at 4:00 pm at the

Sportsground.Under 14s & Under 16s

Thursday 6 April and Thursday 13 April at 4:00 pm at Sportsground

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Term 1 in the library is all about the All Saints’ College Literature Festival held in Week 10 (Monday 3rd – Wednesday 5th April). This year we are very excited about the authors and illustrators who will be visiting and conducting workshops with all students of the college. This week’s featured author is ….

Louise Park may not be an easily recognisable name in the world of books – that’s because she writes not only under her own name but THREE different pseudonyms. H.I. Larry (the author of the ZAC POWER series), Mac Park (author of the BOY VS BEAST series) and Poppy Rose (the author of the BELLA DANCERELLA series).

Every boy dreams of being a spy—a very cool spy operating under the agent name of Agent Rock Star! Each book is an exciting stand-alone mission in which 12-year-old Zac has to save the day in 24 hours. Zac is a secret spy for the Government Investigation Bureau, just like the rest of his family. Seemingly ordinary, Zac has a secret life full of extraordinary fast-paced adventures involving state-of-the-art gadgets and spy equipment.

Bella’s Bella’s dreams of becoming a ballerina on stage come true in the most unexpected ways when she unlocks her mum’s jewellery box—Amagical jewellery box that transports Bella to the extraordinary ballet lands of Tututopia!

In this best-selling series one boy and his dogbot defend the wall and protect Earth. He is Kai Masters. Border guard and beast battler. Let the battles commence!

Grandparents & Special Friends’ DayWe would like to extend a big thank you to the grandparents and friends who donated

books on behalf of the students to be added to the library collection. The books with their donation plates are ready to be borrowed!

Submit nomination online atsportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/volunteeraward

WESTERN REGIONSUMMER VOLUNTEER SPORTING SPIRIT AWARD

The Western Regional Summer Volunteer Sporting Spirit Award is an opportunity to recognise volunteers who are the lifeblood of grassroots sport in country NSW.

Sporting club and association members are invited to nominate individual volunteer(s) or youth (25 years and under) who would be deserving of such an award.

To be eligible for the summer award the nominee must have been a volunteer with the club or association during the period from October 2016 to March 2017.

Nominations close on Friday 31 March 2017. Terms and conditions apply.

To nominate your volunteer, tell us in 150 words or less why your nominee is the most deserving volunteer. This might include the:• Time they dedicate to the club, association or committee• Positive attitude they demonstrate while volunteering• Positive role model they provide to younger, and other club members• Expertise and knowledge they bring to volunteering• Encouragement they give to others in the club, association or committee.

In September 2017, there will also be an opportunity to nominate someone for the Winter Volunteer Sporting Spirit Award (for those who volunteer between April 2017 and September 2017).

YOUTH + OPENCATEGORY

Calling All Green Thumbs!

If you can spare an hour or two each week to

help keep ASC beautiful please consider joining

the Beautification of Grounds Committee.

The committee meets at various times

(usually mornings) to work on the grounds and all you need to bring along is your

gardening utensils and a hat.

To join, or find out more, please text Mrs

Trudy O’Connor on 0408 004 044

ACCOUNTS FORMS NEEDED! The account forms that were sent out with your first bill need to be

completed and returned to the Accounts Department as soon as possible.

As per the Fee Payment Details form: non-return of these forms will require

the FULL TERM’S FEES to be paid within 7 days of the start of each term.

The Accounts Department appreciate your speedy assistance with this matter.

UNIFORM SHOPHOURS FOR 2017

MONDAY 8.30AM TO 4.30PM

TUESDAY CLOSED

WEDNESDAY 1.30PM TO 3.00PM

THURSDAY 1.00PM TO 4.30PM

FRIDAY 8.30AM TO 12 NOON

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