Building good men

Principal’s Report

May 2018 Attachment

Media Clips

Old Boys’ Association Parents’ Association

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WAASA A request was made at the recent Western Australian Anglican Schools Association (WAASA) meeting for a Chair of an autonomous Anglican school to join the WAASA Standing Committee. CIS self-study Staff are currently working in various committees on the CIS self-study. The School will be informed in July as to the makeup of the visiting team in August. Gender diversity Dr Caroline Goossens will be presenting to Executive and senior staff members on Tuesday 8 May in regard to gender diversity and how the School can support and manage students in this area. Staffing Appointments

Thomas Goodbourn (Old boy): Humanities Teacher

George Variyan: Maths Teacher Resignations

Freida French: Archivist

James Morgon: Prep School Teacher Trinity College Ivan Banks of Trinity College has resigned as Headmaster. He will complete his time at the College at the conclusion of Term 2, 2018. Aquatic precinct Christ Church and MLC have met with Diving WA and Water Polo WA in regard to the joint aquatic precinct. AHISA Chairs, Boards and Heads Forum The next AHISA Chairs, Boards & Heads of Independent Schools Forum will be in Adelaide on Friday 18 May and Sydney will follow shortly after on Friday 27 July. In this half day forum, AHISA seeks to address the fact that while there is no shortage of material on the topic of good governance there is less material available on the critical professional relationship between a Board and head of a school. Please let me know if you would be interested in attending either of these forums. Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools The Review Panel for the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools delivered the final report to the Prime Minister and Minister for Education and Training on Wednesday 28 March 2018. The Prime Minister and Minister will make a decision about publication of the report following a period of consideration. The panel for the Review was established in July 2017 to examine evidence and make recommendations on how school funding should be used to improve school performance and student outcomes. The Review Panel was chaired by Mr David Gonski AC. School funding The Turnbull Government will consider using tax returns of parents to determine how much they can afford to pay to send their children to Catholic and private schools. The massive shakeup, which could be revealed as early as June, is expected to help neutralise the political war waged by the Catholic school sector against the Government.

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Selective schools do more harm than good The selective school system in NSW is harming both low and high-achieving students, says a leading academic, as a new study finds that grouping pupils by "ability" can be especially detrimental to those at the bottom. "From a social and cognitive point of view, students generally do better if they have a range of abilities and social groups that they're mixing with for their schooling," said Chris Davison, head of the University of NSW's school of education and deputy director of the Gonski Institute for Education.

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Community news

Students give staffers’ cars the businessEnterprising students at Christ

Church Grammar School are running a successful car wash.

During third and fourth peri-ods on Tuesdays, senior students in the Peter Moyes Centre wash, vacuum and polish staffers’ cars.

The seven boys, from Years 9 to 11, are full bottles on the costs and risks of running a business.

“Cash fl ow is very important,” student Ben Strong said.

Staffers give their car keys and registration details to PMC coordinator Daniela Chacon.

After the cleaning is done the boys get the money – $15 for a small car and $20 for a big one – from their customers.

At the end of each job the boys put a mirror hanger in the car which says, “Thanks from PMC Senior Dirt Away Car Wash”.

“The boys said they wanted to

open it to the community,” Ms Chacon said.

“But we are starting small and seeing where we go from there.”

As part of the boys’ prepara-tion Ms Chacon brought in an oil industry consultant to speak about business.

“In the fi rst two weeks of the term they discussed everything about opening a business,” Ms Chacon said.

“They talked about what ma-terials they needed to buy and how much money they would need to spend.

“They investigated what other car washes charged; some are up to $50.

“They talked about the fact they didn’t have to pay rent or electricity, so their prices wouldn’t be that high.”

The boys also examined the

responsibilities of operating a business.

“We had a colleague from school maintenance visit to talk about using earplugs while using the pressure washer,” Ms Chacon said.

“Also, when it is hot they need to make sure workers have hats and get breaks for water.”

She said the project’s aim was to see the boys getting in-dependently organised, solving problems, being creative and being responsible, all while developing their numeracy and literacy skills.

“The next step is what do they do with the money they’ve earned,” Ms Chacon said.

Students are thinking about spending some of their profi ts on a trip to Scitech, seeing a movie, or another excursion.

Wax on, wax off … Some smart boys are cleaning up at Christ Church Grammar School. Photo: Billie Fairclough

The wonders of science for U3AThere are 250 scientists at

the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Nedlands working to fi nd ways to beat major diseases.

At the University of the Third Age (U3A) Western Suburbs meeting on Monday, April 9, Judi Lane from the Perkins Institute will speak about the research being done there to try to combat cardio-vascular disease, diabetes and cancer as well as other diseases.

She will explain how col-laboration between medical researchers and scientists from around the world makes it pos-sible for the community to ben-efi t from innovative treatments and drugs.

The talk will be followed with a U3A visit to the institute on

Monday, April 16, to learn more about historical highlights in medical research as well the research being done today.

Before Judi’s talk there will be a variety of short talks from U3A members, including one about a recent trip to the world famous Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, north China.

The talk will be illustrated with photographs of the colour-fully lit snow and ice structures, enhancing the sense of being in an icy winter wonderland.

U3A meets in the community room at the Grove library from 1 to 3.30pm on alternate Mondays. Visitors are welcome.

Both visitors and members pay $3 to cover the cost of the room and a cup of coffee or tea. For more information, phone Judith on 9388 1242.

Men’s health and well-being campaigner Dean Dyer will inspire older men at the next meeting of the WA Self Funded Retirees’ Association.

Dean says too many men retire and stop in their tracks, some-times literally, and his topic at the meeting is Who Said Retired Men are Worth Less?

“Can a man get another 20 years of value out of retire-ment?” he asks. “The answer of course is ‘yes, absolutely’!”

There are many ways a retired man can express his “gifts” of

knowledge, skills, experience and wisdom.

And, there are many younger men, women and children who would really benefi t from these gifts.

Head along to the talk at 10am on Friday, April 13, at the Cambridge Bowling Club and go away with valuable insights into how older men can live healthy and happy lives well into their 80s and beyond.

Visitors a re always welcome – for more information call Ron de Gruchy on 9447 1313 or Margaret Harris on 9381 5303.

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Community news

From industrial centre tohaven for the wealthy

Oral historian Cate Pattison will give a talk about her Ghosts of Mosman Park project at the Grove library.

Mosman Park was one of Perth’s oldest industrial areas, home to the Colonial Sugar Refi nery, the General Motors-Holden assembly plant, CSBP Farmers fertiliser works, the State Engineering Works and other smaller factories.

Cate, who lives in Cottesloe, was commissioned last year by the Grove library to interview people who had worked in the factories and to record stories of the suburb’s industrial lifestyle.

Cate said that as the profi le of Mosman Park had changed and riverside real estate became more valued, its industrial past was completely wiped away.

“There are no physical remains of the industry that once domi-nated the area, only the memories of those people who worked in

them,” Cate said. “Many of them are saddened that this part of their past has been completely wiped away and there’s no trace of those who worked there or of those who lost their lives in the factories.”

Through 11 interviews, Cate’s oral history project has captured stories of Mosman Park’s indus-trial chapter, and considers how its past has shaped the unique profi le of this demographically diverse suburb.

Her talk is at 6pm on Tuesday, April 24, in the Grove community room in Leake Street. She will also play some recorded inter-views and show photographs of the old sites.

In June, she will present a paper on the project at an international conference in Finland.

The interviews can be accessed on the Grove library online his-tory site.

More silver for the trophy cabinetWinning the Corr Cup for

the fourth time in a row, and going through the season undefeated, weren’t the highlights for Christ Church Grammar School tennis player Narayan Judge.

“What made it special was that this year our team was the youngest we’ve ever had,” Naryan, the school tennis captain, said.

“This fi lls me with confi -dence that the years to come will hopefully be just as suc-cessful.”

The winning team included one Year 7, one Year 8, four Year 10s, two Year 11s and two Year 12s.

Christ Church has recently won four Private School Association sport competi-tions – swimming (Tregonning Cup), rowing (Hamer Cup), water polo (Dickinson Shield), and tennis.

Rowing captain Tobi

Amaranti said his teammates were talented.

“From the start of pre-season we had our aims set high, knowing what was needed to achieve them,” Tobi said.

“On the Head of the River day everything clicked as a squad, and we were able to back ourselves and each other.”

Though they didn’t win Head of the River they won the Hamer Cup for best overall rowing school.

“We were proud of the man-ner in which we challenged and made the winning crew work until the very end to earn their win,” Tobi said of the Head of the River.

“We came second by less than four seconds, having given it our all and leaving nothing out on the course.”

At the PSA Swimming Inters, Christ Church retained the Tregonning Cup.

The school has won rowing

honours 18 times, swimming 12 times, tennis nine times, and water polo four times.

The UWA City Beach under-18s water polo team that recent-ly won the national champion-ships in Canberra included six Christ Church students.

The players were a year younger than the rest of the competitors, and also won the under-16 competition last October.

The Christ Church swim-mers in the team were Toby White, Ollie Sheldrick, Lachie Emanuel, Aron Kovacs, Hamish White and Eddie Taranto.

In ninth place at the compe-tition for Melville Water Polo Club were Christ Church’s Harry Cranswick and Nick Shellabear.

Toby, Ollie, Lachie, and Harry Cranswick are all mem-bers of the Australian squad for their age group.

Year 12s Narayan Judge, left, Tobi Amaranti, Harry Cranswick, and Adam Sudlow with some of Christ Church Grammar School’s latest silverware.

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