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School Newsletter Week 2 Term 2 2019
Important Information 10 May 2019
Head of School’s News Welcome back to all our families after the holiday break, which already seems quite some time in the past! It is
always such a pleasure to hear about vacation adventures at the beginning of a new School term.
Congratulations to all students for their excellent preparation for the 2019 Poetry Recitation Competition, the final
round of which took place on April 11, the last day of Term One. Mrs Trish Symonds (external adjudicator) and
the Tudor House staff were most impressed with the variety and complexity of poems, and quality of presentation.
Judging this competition was a difficult assignment!
Class Name Poem Position
Kindy Pia Benardos One Day I’ll Be by James McDonald 1 Tommy Twomey Snowball by Shel Silverstein 2 Wilbur Young My Garden by Kevin Henkes 3 Sina Murphy When Daddy Fell Into the Pond by Alfred Noyes HC Gigi Watt The Little Turtle by V. Lindsay 3
Year 1 Leia Hassos Dust if you Must by Rose Milligan HC Amelia Hartwright I taught my cat to clean my room by Kenn Nesbitt 3 Montana Moleno Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey 1 Harry West The letter A by Darren Sardelli HC Amelie Gardiner The Wild Colonial Boy By Anonymous 2
Upcoming Events:
Tues. 14 May: NAPLAN commences Wed. 5 June: Yr 6 Production @ 11.30am & 6.00pm
Wed. 22 May: Grandparents’ Day + THE BIGGEST
MORNING TEA for the Cancer Council
Thurs. 6 June: Yr 6 Production @ 6.00pm
Wed. 29 May: School Tour (Open Day) Friday 7 June: MID-TERM BREAK
Wed. 29 May: Tudor Rose Auxiliary Meeting @ 6pm Mon 10 June: Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
Sun. 2 June: Yr 12 Reunion, Class of 2013 Tues. 11 June: Student-led Conferences
School Notices
SCHOOL CALENDAR: go to
http://www.tudorhouse.nsw.edu.au/calendar
BRAESIDE please contact by email:
SCHOOL BUSES:
Please email all communications re. buses to:
SPORTS WET WEATHER PHONE No:
4868 0051 – Call to check from 6am Saturday
ABSENCES, LATE ARRIVAL or EARLY
SIGNOUT:
Email: [email protected]
All relevant staff are notified upon receipt of email.
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Year 2 Zara Garnett My Country by Dorothea Mackellar 3 Eddie Leahy The Volunteer by Mick Collis 2 Oscar Walsh The Ghost of Mrs Rose by Darren Sardelli HC Ada Twomey Sick by Shel Silverstein 1
Tommy Lawson The Triantiwontigongolope by C.J. Dennis 2
Year 3 Charlie Truman The Armpit of Doom by Kenn Nesbitt 1 Ryan Frewen Be glad your nose is on your face by Jeff Polaski 2 Millie Dudley Seal by William J. Smith 3
Year 4 Willoughby O’Brien Survival by Michael Rosen 2 Harry Leahy The Big Bet by Mick Collis 1 Ava West Clooney the Clown by Shel Silverstein 2 Poppy Hartwright Oh I wish I looked after my teeth by Pam Ayres 3 Jude Wilkins Slinky Malinky by Linley Dodd HC
Year 5 G Sydney Dyer Little Red Riding Hood by Roald Dahl HC Chloe Doughty Bitten by the Bug by Jacqueline Harvey HC Charlotte Perry Augustus Gloop by Roald Dahl HC
Year 5J Miller Twomey Turbulence by Murray Hartin 1 Tim Leahy The Great Australian Dream by Mick Collis 2 Henrietta Hayman The Dying Stockman by Banjo Paterson HC Louie Hodgson Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roahl Dahl 3 James Trudgeon Ballad of the Drover by Henry Lawson HC
Year 6B Teddy Wilkins A Bush Christening by Banjo Paterson HC Banjo Campbell 59 by Harry Baker 3 Georgie Rapp Paper People by Harry Baker 1
Year 6J Archie McConnochie Bush Christening (Banjo Paterson) HC Cameron Gray Brumby’s Run (Banjo Paterson) HC Astin Gerstl Common Cold by Ogden Nash HC Minal Rowjee McCavity the Mystery Cat by TS Elliot 2
On Friday April 12, a squad of eighteen Tudor House rugby players travelled to The Armidale School (TAS) to
compete in the TAS Rugby Competition. Over two days they played five games against Club and School teams.
The games all proved to be a valuable experience, and some scores were close! The Tudor House students showed
their characteristic grit, despite acquiring several injuries during games. Mr Goodfellow expressed his pride in the
sportsmanship and behaviour of the team. Many thanks to Mr Blue and Mr Goodfellow for spending the first
weekend of the holidays in Armidale and to our wonderful parents for their support at the games, and in
transporting the students. This week, Jason Campese; Jack Fuller; Alfie Jensen; Jock Kennedy-Green; Marko
Markovic went to Shore for IPSHA Rugby trials. Jack, Alfie and Marko will proceed to the next selection round.
I am pleased to inform you that we have received a very encouraging report (with reference to our progress as a
Candidate PYP School) from our International Baccalaureate PYP Consultant, Mr Glen Hayres, who visited Tudor
House in the last week of Term One. I am most grateful to Mrs Hayman (PYP Coordinator) for her leadership and
to the staff for their dedication and hard work in this rigorous process. Tudor House staff Professional Learning
opportunities are at an all-time high! Many thanks also to the parents/carers who graciously agreed to meet with
Mr Hayres to discuss their understanding and experience of the Tudor House journey to become a PYP School, to
date. We will continue to inform you about this process - School Reports in Semester One have been slightly
modified to reflect PYP learning, details to come.
The Tudor House staff was delighted to welcome the entire King’s School staff (300 teachers and support) to Tudor
House on Monday April 29 (student-free day) for a King’s Staff Well-Being Day. We were blessed with beautiful
autumnal weather, which meant all the planned activities (indoors and outdoors) could go ahead. The activities
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included: mindfulness, sketching and drawing, paddock-to-plate (with a horse driven plough), movie watching,
roving photography, a tour of the School, barista training, fishing, touch footy, tennis, pilates, yoga, book club,
bible study……..The Catering Team fed the entire group who left feeling very satisfied after an inspirational
presentation by Dr Natasha Lazareski, co-director with Dr Russ Harris (The Happiness Trap) of Psyflex, an
organisation whose purpose is to empower employees to efficiently deal with everyday life challenges, and to help
employers build safe, healthy and supportive work environments. For some King’s employees this was their first
visit to the Tudor House campus. We’re confident, they’ll be back to visit!
Thank you for your understanding with the transition to Braeside as the stockist for Tudor House School
Uniform and for informing me that some items of uniform have been tricky to purchase recently. The intention is
to provide an online purchasing service as an element of the new website, currently under construction. School
(team) rugby jerseys are expected to be in stock this week. Following conversations with the Director of
Development, it is anticipated that Braeside will be open for a number of days during holidays in the future -
we’ll publish these dates as soon as we have them. Braeside deliveries usually arrive at Tudor House on
Tuesdays. Families have the option to have uniform delivered by post if this is more convenient. It is
recommended that you plan ahead when purchasing uniform, particularly at the end of a term or ‘season’. For
uniform purchases please email: [email protected]. If you have arranged for uniform to be delivered to
Tudor House this can be collected by an adult from the Enrolments Office, at the main entrance to Lower School
(opposite Mrs Lenarduzzi’s Office).
For those of you ‘tuned’ to the local radio station 2ST, you may have heard our second student recording, with
Mary Walsh and Declan Twomey (Year 4) now on the airwaves, inviting the community to come to our next School
Tour (Open Day) on Wednesday May 29, from 9.30am. Please continue to encourage family and friends from the
local area and further afield, considering Tudor House as an option for their child/ren to come to Take a look at us
now.
It is always such a pleasure to welcome new students to Tudor House. At the end of Term One, Ari Nassibian
enrolled as a Year 4 Boarder. At the beginning of Term Two, we’re delighted Oliver Rowntree has joined us as a
Year 5 Boarder (and celebrated his birthday in his first week!) and Harry Aldridge (PK), will start soon.
Next week, from May 14, students in Years 3 and 5 will participate in NAPLAN assessments. It is mandated that
the Writing assessments take place first (paper test for Year 3 and online test for Year 5), followed by online tests
for Year 3 and Year 5: Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy over the course of the week. We’re
fortunate to have the well-equipped iHub, set up for a whole class to use desktop computers for these assessments.
We’re all looking forward to welcoming many Grandparents and special senior citizens in the lives of our students
to our School on Wednesday May 22 for Grandparents’ Day. The day begins with an Assembly in the War
Memorial Hall at 9.30am. We ask that our guests are seated by 9.30am as the programme is extensive! You’ll note
from the Grandparents’ Day invitation and a recent email from Jamie Everingham (Chef and Catering Manager)
that we plan to host an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea on Grandparents’ Day - with all guests, students and staff
on Hamilton Lawn (weather permitting) at 10.45am. Please encourage grandparents and guests to wrap-up
warmly in case the weather is cool. Most Morning Tea snacks will be provided by Tudor House families. Jamie
will assist the Boarders to make a tasty snack to share too. We’ll have collection tins for gold coin donations to
support the Cancer Council. This year we also have some carefully selected books for sale, which may be purchased
(at or after Morning Tea time) and given to the School Library. Bookplates will be placed in each donated book
with the name of the student and date so they can borrow and share this book with pride after Grandparents’ Day.
After morning tea, Grandparents are invited to visit the classrooms from 11.30am - 12.30pm to participate in some
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activities. Lunch will be served from 12.30pm in the Dining Room for our guests. The students will have a picnic
separately on this day.
Please save the date(s) for the Year 6 musical, Alice in Wonderland. The students are enjoying rehearsals for their
performances on Wednesday June 5 (11.30am and 6.00pm) and Thursday June 6 (6.00pm). Thank you to the
parents and friends working behind the scenes with props and costumes.
The safety and well-being of our students is of paramount importance. At the end of Term One, all Tudor House
employees completed the Association of Independent Schools (AIS) self-paced online module, which provides an
essential overview of the legislation in NSW that relates to Child Protection, detailing our responsibilities with
reference to safeguarding children in NSW. It is a compliance regulation that all employees in schools are reminded
of their Child Protection responsibilities, annually. This certificated, assessed course ensures that everyone who
works at our School is formally updated on this matter. It is compulsory for all employees and volunteers at The
King’s School, Tudor House to have a current Working with Children Check Clearance (WWCC) certificate when
working directly with students. The Complaints and Grievances Resolution Procedure is on P.18 in the School Diary.
On Tuesday June 11 (after the Term Two Mid-term break/the Queen’s Birthday holiday weekend) we invite all
parents and carers to attend Student-led Conferences (previously student/parent/teacher conferences that take
place on this day). Classrooms and other learning spaces around the School will be open on TUESDAY June 11
from 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm. The purpose of Student-led Conferences is to give students the opportunity to
take responsibility for their learning by sharing the process with their parents/carers. The students are able to
identify their achievements and areas for growth as they guide others through their learning journey. Before the
Student-led Conferences, the students make a plan with their teacher(s) about what they’ll share with their
parents/carers and how. On TUESDAY June 11, at a time chosen by individual families, no need to book an
appointment (between 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm), Tudor House students, in their Full Blues uniform, will lead
parents/carers on a ‘tour’ around the School, on a planned route, showing and explaining learning
experiences/work samples in their classroom and in the Art, French, Woodwork, Music classrooms, Library and
iHub. The parents take the lead from the students, the child is the leader. Parents may be asked to provide feedback
as they exit a learning area to guide the efficacy of the Student-led Conferences. The teachers will be stationed in
the classrooms, supporting the students, watching and listening as the student acts as ‘guide’. Should you wish to
organise a Parent/Teacher Interview with (or without) your child present to discuss individual achievements and
next steps in learning, please arrange a suitable time with your child’s class teacher on a day other than Tuesday
June 11. Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions about this process.
Thank you to Mrs Lawson, the Catering team, AJ Moran (photographer) and the Pre-Kindergarten parents for a
wonderful PK Mothers’ Day Morning Tea on Wednesday May 8, a truly memorable morning. There are some
beautiful photos on the Tudor House Facebook page. I look forward to seeing many mums, grandmothers,
godmothers and special ladies in the lives of Tudorians at the Tudor House Mothers’ Day Dinner this evening
(May 10) at The Taphouse, from 7pm. Thank you for your support for this event.
Thank you for your wonderful support for our School.
Anni Sandwell
Head of School
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Boarding News It was great to see the Boarders return last Monday afternoon and hear all about their adventures. From all reports,
everyone enjoyed family time together and really pulled their weight - whether that be chipping cotton burrs,
feeding out hay or just helping unload the dishwasher each evening.
Tiff and I had the good fortune of visiting some of our Boarders from Western NSW over the break. We called in
and saw Adelaide Black (Trangie), Archie Lefebvre (Coonamble), Olly Rowntree (Walgett) and Charlie Barlow
(Mungindi). We loved spending this time with some of our
boarding families and seeing where our Boarders spend their time
when not at Tudor House!
This Term we have started our first Sunday evening prep sessions
(7:00pm - 7:30pm) for Year 6 Boarders. It is an ideal time to make
sure all homework is done before the start of the week or to work
on a Seniors Award project.
Boarders are also busy learning their lines and choreography for the
Year 6 Production of Disney’s ‘Alice in Wonderland,Jr.’ Stirling Heriot (The Mad Hatter),
Charlie Morgan, Charlie Barlow and Archie Lefebvre (Playing Cards), Marko Markovic (March Hare), Jock
Kennedy-Green and Cameron Gray (a pair of fairly blokey flowers), Arabella Wood (Tweedle-Dee), Tyler Salis
and Archie Hallett (Sea Creatures and Party Guests) are looking forward to opening night!
The boarders have also been excelling on the sports
field. Adelaide Black, Jack Okill (Linfield) and Lincoln
Hoskins (Minnamurra) both enjoyed their first ever
game of rugby last Saturday playing for the Tudor
House U10’s team. They helped defeat Trinity by nearly
40 points. Not bad for a first game of rugby!
Charlie Morgan (Walcha), Charlie Barlow, Archie
Lefebvre , Archie Hallett (Coolah), Miller Twomey, Jock Kennedy-Green (Mudgee) and
Marko Markovic (Vaucluse) played in the Tudor House 1st XV against Mosman Prep. Jock
scored two great tries, helping us beat Mosman, 33 to 12.
Tyler Salis (Ruse), Cameron Gray (Burradoo), Hanson Xu (Shanghai), Harley Jones
(Bronte), Hamish Bull (Holbrook), Rath Radebe (Tamworth), Stirling Heriot (Holbrook),
Louie Hodgson (Greenwich) and Olly Rowntree played against a well-drilled St Pious
2nd XV. Although we were defeated, the team played exceptionally well. Rath, and Harley
scored a try each and Olly score two tries. Harley showed some
outstanding defence and Hamish won every lineout.
Hamish Bull, Miller Twomey and Harley Jones also played for the
Bowral Blacks rugby team on Sunday against Camden. Harley and
Hamish scored tries and Miller’s defence was excellent. Bowral
Blacks won, 36 to 12.
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Arabella Wood (Milton) and Jonte McPherson (Goulburn) have enjoyed a positive start to the hockey season.
Arabella (back and centre half) and Jonte (inner) are members of the Moss Vale “White” team. Arabella and Jonte
have helped their team draw two out of the past four games.
This Tuesday, Jock Kennedy-Green and Marko Markovic travelled to Sydney to
participate in the IPSHA Rugby Trials. Both boys played well and had a lot of fun. We’ll
wait to hear whether they were successful in being selected in the CIS team.
Each Thursday evening after dinner, we hold our weekly “Boarders’ Book Club”. This is
an opportunity for Boarders to practise public speaking and to share a little bit about a
book they are reading. Last Thursday, Miller Twomey gave a very moving review of “The
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne.
Fridge-Worthy Details for the Next Fortnight:
Saturday May 11 - Boarding Duty:
Cameron Williams (m) 0413 825 098
Courtney Williams (m) 0499 881 351
Sport:
U10’s - BYE
2nd XV v Newington Wyvern (Old Boys) 8.45am
(Away)
1st XV v Trinity (TGS3) 9.30am (Away)
Sunday May 12 - Boarding Duty:
Tim Jenkinson (m) 0414 457 164
Jamie Everingham (m) 0405 124 652
Boarders Activity:
Picnic at Avon Dam
Depart 10am
Return 3pm
Saturday May 18 – Boarding Duty:
Cameron Williams (m) 0413825098
Courtney Williams (m) 0499881351
U10’s v Knox (Gillespie Field) 9.30am (Away)
2nd XV v Cranbrook (Woollahra 3) 8.45am (Away)
1st XV v St Aloysius (Primrose Park) 9am (Away)
Sunday May 19 – Boarding Duty:
Tim Jenkinson (m) 0414457164
Chelsey Grimes (m) 0455991628
Boarders Activity:
Picnic at Kangaroo Valley
Depart 10am
Return 3pm
Boarders’ Chapel: 5:30 - 6pm
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Boarders’ Phone Lines
The Boarders’ phone lines are open from
7pm - 8pm Tuesday - Sunday. The phones
are not open Monday evenings as the
Boarders are writing their handwritten
letters home. Please remember the 10-
minute call time limit per family per night.
Over the next few weeks, Year 6 Boarders will be in the Memorial Hall practising their dances for Alice in
Wonderland between 7pm and 7:30pm each evening. Please try calling after 7:30pm if your child is in Year 6.
Boarder’s Fundraising Car Wash
The Car Wash will be held on Saturday 25 May, between 9am - 11am, on Westfield and Hamilton Lawn. We are
welcoming as much help as we can get! We are raising money for a tap to be installed at Johnson’s Fire pit and
then, hopefully, to purchase an outdoor pizza oven.
Lastly, it gives me great pleasure to announce that Mr and Mrs Williams are expecting a
baby! This is incredibly exciting news and we wish Cameron and Courtney all the best
for the imminent arrival! Mrs Williams will not be working in the Boarding House
during Term 3 but we are looking forward to her returning to Medley House in Term 4.
We are in the process of organising a replacement for Mrs Williams for Term 3 - I will
notify you as soon as these arrangements have been finalised.
Happy Mother’s Day to all our Mums this Sunday!
Tim Jenkinson
Head of Boarding/Year 6 Teacher
News from the Director of Teaching & Learning
and PYP Coordinator BOOK FAIR ON GRANDPARENTS’ DAY IN OUR LIBRARY
This year we are changing our Book Fair on Grandparents’ Day. Our focus this year is to continue building the
quality and quantity of literature in our School Library. Teachers have selected texts they wish to have in our
Library and there will be a vast array of titles on display for our students to select and donate. We are so grateful
for the generous donations made by Grandparents each year to our Library. We will not be using the Scholastic
Book Fair anymore and have chosen the books for this year’s event, consequently there will not be novelty or
stationery items for sale. We are very excited with the selection of books we have on offer and look forward to
welcoming our treasured Grandparents and special guests into the Library. If your child also wishes to purchase
a book for themselves, to take home, we will take orders for these on the day and deliver them after Grandparents’
Day. The focus for our Book Fair on Grandparents’ Day is to build our Library collection.
The Book Fair will be in the Library from 10:30am-12:30pm.
Library Borrowing
Each week the students visit our school Library. We share stories together, learn about how to use the Library and
borrow and return their Library books. Please make note of your child’s Library day and ensure they have their
Library books with them to return. If they are in Lower School, they must have a Library bag.
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If students have two or more library books overdue, they are not permitted to borrow anymore books until they
have returned the books. We encourage the students to borrow a variety of appropriately levelled literature. Please
feel free to email me anytime to discuss your child’s reading selection and borrowing patterns.
Shelfies
We are building a new display in our Library and I would
be most grateful if you could email me a ‘shelfie’ of your
child. A ‘shelfie’ is a picture of your child with their reading
material next to their bed. I have included some as an
example. All the teachers have sent me their ‘shelfie’ and
now I wish to collect the students’ shelfies.
Please email your child’s shelfie to [email protected].
We want the students to share their love of literature and to encourage others to read their favourite books.
PYP Consultation Visit
In the last week of Term One, Glen Hayres visited Tudor House to assist us on our PYP journey to authorisation.
He met with our Pedagogical Leadership Team, staff, parents and students. He spent time in classrooms,
participated in lessons and we even threw him in the back of Mr. Goody’s ute and drove him out to Kahiba! Glen
was delighted with how Tudor House is preparing to become an authorised PYP school. He was enthralled with
our magnificent School and how our students are living the PYP Learner Profile on a daily basis. We have received
a lengthy report commending the standards and practices we have implemented and highlighted those we need
to focus on next. This feedback was extremely positive and an exciting step in our journey to becoming and
authorised PYP school.
We are working towards having each class’ POI (Programme of Inquiry) displayed for all members of our School
community to see. We are going to use the display board in the Lower School entrance foyer for this purpose.
We are currently redesigning our School reports so they reflect our PYP candidacy. You will have noticed the Plus
Scores were altered in Term One and the Semester One Reports are in the process of being redesigned. The main
difference will be an ‘Inquiry’ comment as opposed to a History, Geography and Science comments.
I would like to invite any interested parents to a consultation meeting to provide feedback on our new look reports
before they are finalised. Please let me know via email ([email protected] ) if you are able to join me for a
discussion, next Friday, 17 May at 8:30am in the Library.
PYP Timeline
March 2017: Application for Candidacy to become a PYP School
May 2017: Application for Candidacy Approved
April 2019: Consultation Visit
October 2019: Application for Authorisation
May 2020: Authorisation Visit
PYP Professional Learning
Part of being in the teaching game, is the need to maintain professional practice. However, beyond the NESA
standards, being a student again is the best part of being a teacher! Being a life-long learner is key to one’s success.
We are very lucky at Tudor House to have access to brilliant professional learning opportunities.
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Just this year so far, we have had two staff attended a PYP Conference in Adelaide in January (Caitlin – Approaches
to Learning, Lizzie – Learning Diversity and Inclusion); six staff attended PYP workshops during the last holidays
(Caitlin – The Role of the Coordinator, Tim – The Exhibition, Kim/Abby/Emma/Richard – Making PYP Happen:
Implementing Agency) and two staff attended the MSL course (Eugenie and Penny). We have three staff heading
off to other PYP courses in Melbourne (PYP In the Early Years – Alison) and Brisbane during the next holidays
(Dave - Transdisciplinary Learning for Subject Specialists, Sam Goody - Science Discoveries: Exciting Ways to
Weave Science into the POI). Both Sophie and Lachlan are completing ‘Making PYP Happen: Implementing
Agency’ online. The University of NSW, GERRIC, conduct a three-day course on Gifted Education and Samantha
Griffiths, Kim and Lizzie are attending this course next term.
We are very fortunate to have staff who are dedicated to their own professional learning. Our goal is to implement
best practice across all areas of our School.
Caitlin Hayman
Director of Teaching & Learning, PYP Coordinator
EXTRA CURRICULAR MUSIC LESSONS
Please ensure your child has his/her instrument and music books for their music lessons.
Please encourage your child to practice daily for 15 minutes.
Monday – Violin
Wednesday – Drums
Wednesday/Thursday – Piano
Thursday – Guitar and Saxophone
Friday – Flute
Nouvelles Françaises / French News
Bonjour. This term you may notice your children coming home and talking about topical issues related to France
like the recent fire in the Notre Dame Cathedral. They were fascinated by this and how it started as well as the
artefacts contained within the Notre Dame. Moving forward French lessons will integrate more with the themes
being learnt in their regular classroom, as well as incorporating every day phrases and issues of interest to the
students. An idea of what is being covered is included in the Curriculum Overviews, which you will have received
from your child’s teacher.
Although learning the language is a big part of the lessons, many interesting cultural topics are discussed, like the
origins of Mother’s Day in France. Napolean originally gave a gold medal to mothers who had over eight children,
then a silver medal to mothers of six to seven children, even a bronze to mothers of five…so the research says. I’m
not sure this is reinforced today (with over-population a world issue) but it was an interesting concept to discuss
in terms of Napolean wanting France to be a great country. Mother’s Day was also dedicated to widows who had
lost their husbands to the war.
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) is a French organisation dedicated to going anywhere in order
to help those suffering medical issues. Although not directly part of the Year 6 theme of expressing themselves
through performance it is nevertheless an organisation that expresses French identity through wanting to help the
poor, suffering and helpless. Year 6 students will look at this organisation as a part of their French lessons this
term. The verb aider=to help is part of the vocabulary they will learn around this topic. Year 6 will also be assisting
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to organise a possible French Activities Day next term if all goes to plan. Year 6 have also benefitted from seeing
some of the Parisian student videos from Year 5’s pen pal class. All children love to see their peers speaking in
their natural language, talking at their normal speed…mostly fast!
Year 5 continue to benefit from hearing and seeing their
peers talk in French from a school in Paris, Mont Martre-
the oldest part of Paris, Elementary School De
Clignancourt. My French friend, whom I met when she
was travelling in Australia, is the class teacher of this
class and she lives with her husband and child in an
apartment in Paris. It is interesting for our students to
see some of the differences between this Paris school and
Tudor House. Wow we are lucky with our space and
resources! Their school is built right onto a quaint street
with a central courtyard as the playground. Don’t you
love their street front blue door! (See the photo above.)
It’s nice to hear students mentioning family members or friends they know who speak French as it shows that they
are picking up on it and observing it in their surroundings.
A song that various classes have listened to is called ‘Si on chantait’; translated; ‘if you sing’. It is a song from a
relatively new children’s film in France titled ‘le Petit Spirou’. You may like to look it up on YouTube with your
child and get them to sing and or watch it. The singer is a fantastic songwriter Vianney who I am a big fan of. He
became very popular in the last five years or so and is currently having a break as his rise to fame was full-on. Any
of his music is quite beautiful to listen to but there are some particularly nice songs for children.
As mentioned before the holidays a French movie that your children might want to watch in Years 3-6 is ‘Asterix
at the Olympic Games’ which I stumbled upon: This is available on YouTube that is unusual but might not last, as
it is relatively new, so be quick. ‘Asterix at the Olympic Games Bluray 720p’
At this address online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5st2hVm4Al8
There were many good quality French children movies playing in the recent Sydney French Film Festival and
elsewhere this year.
Ma’moiselle Annabelle West
SPORTS NEWS
2019 TAS Rugby Tour
At the start of the holidays, 18 Tudor House students travelled to The
Armidale School (TAS) for a weekend of rugby. This is an amazing
opportunity for the Tudor students to play 5 trial matches against a
variety of schools and clubs.
Friday night:
After settling into the dorms, the students played chess and watched some rugby before heading off to dinner.
Bangers and mash was a hit. Upon arrival into the dorms, the children showered and relaxed before a team
meeting and then bed. The respect that the Tudor House students showed towards to the dorms, other schools
and the staff was incredible. Without having to be asked, Tudor House students were extremely respectful.
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Game 1: Tamworth Junior Rugby Club on Adams West
Starting the game with eager anticipation, Tudor allowed a through
early on. After a tackle that injured his shoulder, Alfie Jensen scurried
through the defence and scored a try. He then converted it. The game
stayed 7 all until the final minute when Tamworth scored. Final score
7-12. Great effort. Players Player was Alfie Jensen.
Game 2: Waverly 2nds on Cricket East
Only 30 minutes after finishing our previous game, Waverly
seconds were a strong team. We were brave and showed
glimpses of brilliance, but unfortunately lost 27-0. We play this
team in Term 3 and it will be a great way to see how the students
have grown. Players Player was Marko Markovick.
Game 3: Moree Junior Rugby Club on Wakefield
After a disappointing first half, Marko heading to hospital with a suspected fracture in his foot and Alfie Jensen
benched with a shoulder injury, the second half of this game was much better. Only conceding one try in the
second half showed the Tudor students that they are capable of defending and putting pressure on. Players
Player was Minal Rowjee.
Game 4: Lismore on Adams West
In our final game for the day, the aim was to have a close game. With a depleted bench, the team had to step up.
They did. Defending well, making big tackles and working as a team, we kept Lismore to two tries in the game.
Players Player was Jack Fuller.
Sunday Final Match:
Coming 5th in our pool, we were set against Toowoomba Anglican at 9am. With Kings and Scone running us on,
we started strong. Again we had no bench to replace players, but the team played well. We went down 3 tries to
nil, with a few very close calls going the other way. Showing respect, Tudor House students supported the
decision of officials and played with great
sportsmanship. Players Player was Jock
Kennedy-Green.
A Big thank you to the students for their
behaviour throughout the weekend. They
showed the Tudor House character throughout
the weekend. Demonstrating the 7 Tudor
House values at every step. Thank you to Mr
Blue who was a great team manager and giving
up your time. Thank you to the parents for their
support and encouragement.
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IPSHA Rugby Trials
On Tuesday 7 May, five Tudor House students travelled to SHORE in Sydney to participate in the IPSHA Rugby
Trials. Alfie Jensen, Jack Fuller, Jock Kennedy-Green, Marko Markovic and Jason Campese all represented the
School at this event. Starting at 10:00am, the boys were placed into groups and started with some drills. After an
hour of drills, the group broke into two groups, forwards and backs. We broke for lunch and then played three
games. The competition was hard with 94 outstanding rugby players representing their schools. Well done to all
boys for their efforts on the day. Jack Fuller, Alfie Jensen and Marco Markovic have been selected to represent
IPSHA at the CIS Trials.
Sam Goodfellow
Sport Master
News from Lower School Annual Poetry Competition Finals
The annual Tudor House Poetry Competition encourages students to learn and recite poems from memory.
Reading 'performance poetry' is not new; in fact, many of the rhymes, songs and hymns we sing here at School
can be interpreted as poetry recited from memory.
Each year, students from K- 6 select a poem to recite in class. They are given an explanation on how to present a
poem and participate in the poetry writing activities during English. In Stage One, students focused on recognising
the purpose and audience for spoken language and, recognising organisational patterns and features of predictable
spoken texts
A poetry performance rubric was then used to evaluate and assess each student’s class presentation. From this, a
top five were selected from Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two, to advance to the finals on April 10.
In the words of Libby Hathorn, award winning Australian author and poet - Read poetry often and write it, most of
all, for yourself. Poets don't write poetry to pass exams (or to help you pass exams). They write from an inner need
to examine the human heart, to look more closely at human emotions and to express ideas in the best possible way.
If you read a lot of poetry, it develops your thinking and imaginative abilities.
Kindergarten Finalists
Vaimasina Murphy, Wilbur Ironmonger-Young, Gigi Watts,
Tommy Twomey and Pia Benardos
Year One Finalists
Harry West, Leia Hassos, Amelia Hartwright and
Montano Moleno
And, Year One Mascot – Lachie West
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Year Two Finalists
Zara Garnett, Oscar, Walsh, Eddie Leahy, Tommy Lawson and
Ada Twomey
With the winter term upon us, it is an opportune time to inform parents new and not so new, of our Lower
School Winter Uniform requirements. In the Lower School, that is Kindergarten to Year Two, boys and girls come
to school in their uniform for the day. Lower School children do not change their uniform throughout the day.
It is a Tudor House requirement that School shoes are polished nightly and that all uniform items should be in
good repair.
Please take the opportunity to dry-clean blazers, hats and ties over term breaks.
It’s a good time for haircuts, eye sight, hearing and dental checkups too.
The holidays are also a good time to complete any minor repairs or alterations (missing buttons, frayed jumper
sleeves, ripped shirts, stray hem lines, uniform items that are too small or too large…).
All items of uniform should be individually labelled to ensure its safe return when misplaced.
WINTER FULL BLUES –
K-2 BOYS TERMS 2 & 3 Blazer
Blue long sleeve shirt
Tie – long for Years 1 and 2, elastic for K.
School socks – long grey
Garters
Moleskins
Brown leather belt
Brown riding boots
Baggy Cap
Red Raincoat
Lumber Jacket
Beanie
Navy floppy hat
Navy Jumper
WINTER FULL BLUES – K-2 GIRLS TERMS 2 AND 3 Blazer
Blue long sleeve shirt
Tie: long for (Y 1 & 2, elastic K)
School socks -long navy knee high
or thick navy stockings
Grey Tunic
Tudor House Hair ribbon
Black lace up school shoes or Mary
Janes
Red felt Hat
Red Raincoat
Lumber Jacket
Beanie
Navy floppy hat
Navy Jumper
Director Lower School / Year 2 Teacher
Equestrian Coordinator / Saturday Soccer Coordinator
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News from Pre-Kindergarten
Anyone for Tea?
It was a joyful morning on Wednesday hosting the Pre-Kindergarten
Mums for a morning of spoiling at our annual Mothers’ Day Tea
Party.
The students thrilled their much-loved guests with a repertoire of
favourite songs. There was also an extra special ‘glittery’ canvas
waiting for each Mum.
The opportunity to dress up in the photo booth resulted in many
laughs and there was also time for bracelet making and water colour
painting.
Thank you to Jamie and his team for preparing another delicious selection of tea party treats for us to enjoy.
Alison Lawson
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
