Knowledge & Insight

Equality & Compassion

Integration & Wholeness

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Self-worth

PETER MOYES ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL A School of the Anglican Schools Commission

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL YEAR 11 AND YEAR 12 EXAMINATIONS

Year 11 and Year 12 students commenced their Semester One Examinations on Monday with the examination period concluding on Friday 5th June. The setting, staging, supervision and marking of examinations requires considerable effort , so I wish to thank all staff involved in organising and overseeing this important academic period.

YEAR FIVE CAMP

Year Five students departed today for their annual camp to New Norcia. After the recent rains the students should enjoy a greener environment and some brisk nights alongside the unique history of the area. My thanks to the staff and parents who will accompany the students to the Camp.

ACC CROSS-COUNTRY CARNIVAL

Tomorrow sees the School’s Cross-Country Squad compete in the annual ACC Inter-Schools Cross Country Championships at Perry Lakes. This day is a highlight of the ACC’s annual sporting calendar. Last year the School finished in third place overall out of over sixty schools. I wish this year’s Squad, led by the exemplary and highly talented Savannah Steinbach and Sam Rayner, and the Squad’s coaches every success.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

I wish School families a relaxing Western Australian Day Public Holiday this coming Monday, 1st June.

Julian Dowse Principal

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Thank you

Danielle Palmer-Smith

Acting Head of Library Services

This week all Junior School students have been issued with catalogues for Scholastic Book Club. If you wish to order please return the order form to the Junior School library by Friday 5TH June. Please ensure you order from Issue No. 4. Payment may be made using either credit card payment direct to Scholastic, or, cheque made payable to Scholastic included with the order form. If you are shopping for a gift for your child, please let Ms McLeod know and she will contact you directly when the orders are returned.

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Dear Friends,

Christians recently observed the Feast of the Ascension of Jesus. The following is a homily by the previous Archbishop of Canterbury,

Dr. Rowan Williams, on the significance of the Ascension of Jesus:

“Plenty of people look around and say, ‘This is a world without God’. It’s a world where, moment by moment, children are dying in poverty

of preventable diseases, where tyrants are planning to secure their power over suffering populations, where men and women are

struggling to put their lives back together in the wake of natural disaster and where people are dying in loneliness and living in anxiety all

around us. Any Christian with a shred of intelligence will surely understand why so many are driven to say, ‘Well, it feels like a world

without God’ – and perhaps in secret they agree that, for quite a lot of the time, that is indeed how it feels for them too.

On Ascension Day, the friends of Jesus face the fact that they are going to have to get used to living in a world without Jesus – or at least,

living in a world without the Jesus they have known. After those frightening and exhilarating few weeks of Easter, when – amazed and

confused – they have almost got used to the possibility of meeting Jesus in unexpected faces and places, he is now saying to them, ‘It’s

going to be different. Don’t expect to see me around in the old way.’ They must have felt deeply disoriented, even fearful.

According to St John’s gospel, he’d already said to them, ‘It’s better for you if I go away.’ What kind of sense does that make, though? In

what way can it be better for us to live in a world from which the visible signs of God’s love seem to be absent? Not only the signs of love

or joy that might persuade us to believe, but the greatest sign of all, the actual presence of Jesus, risen from the dead in his flesh and

blood? If Jesus’ friends are feeling apprehensive at the thought of his going away, we can identify with that, because we know what it’s like

to live in a world where it often looks as if God has withdrawn and left us to it.

But there are two all-important things that completely change our perspective on this. The first is a theme that St John’s gospel in

particular is keen to underline. We are always liable to hang on to what we can see and understand so as to make ourselves feel safe;

when Jesus is simply ‘there’ like the other things we find in the world, part of the furniture, there’s a big risk that we can make him too

familiar. We domesticate him and we lose the possibility of being shocked and surprised by him. We don’t grasp the fact that he isn’t just

one thing among others, one person among others. We miss out on the great truth that he is within and beyond all things, mysteriously

holding everything together.

So if the world often feels like a world without God, is that a sort of caution to us? Be careful not to think that God is there to fill the gaps,

to solve the problems, to fit in in our terms. God isn’t a thing among other things. God is the depth of energy out of which every single

thing comes. If we can’t instantly ‘see’ God in the world, perhaps it’s because he is like the air we breathe, so all-pervasive that we can

never pin down its presence as if it were an object..

Jesus hasn’t just gone away. He has gone deeper into the heart of reality – our reality and God’s. He has become far more than a visible

friend and companion; he has shown himself to be the very centre of our life, the source of our loving energy in the world and the source

of our prayerful, trustful waiting on God. He has made us able to be a new kind of human being, silently and patiently trusting God as a

loving parent, actively and hopefully at work to make a difference in the world, to make the kind of difference love makes.

The friends of Jesus are called, in other words, to offer themselves as signs of God in the world – to live in such a way that the underlying all

-pervading energy of God begins to come through them and make a difference. If we are challenged as to where God is in the world, our

answer must be to ask ourselves how we can live, pray and act so as to bring to light the energy at the heart of all things – to bring the face

of Jesus to life in our faces, and to do this by turning again and again to the deep well of trust and prayer that the Spirit opens for us. As

St. Teresa said; We are Jesus hands now to reach out with his love now; we are his feet with which to go about doing good.”

Best wishes,

Father Chris Beal

School Chaplin

Indonesian University Experience 2016

Where else could you visit the centuries-old palace and see the inner workings of the Sultanate? Where else could you visit a 9th

Century UNESCO World Heritage Site and see centuries-old stone carvings? Where else could you ride on bicycles with friends

through villages, speaking in a foreign language to local families? Where else could you shop in a traditional market for ingredi-

ents before learning from locals how to cook a traditional meal?

On the Indonesian University Experience is where you can do all of these things.

From the 15th to the 22nd April 2016 it is planned that students who are in Year 10, 11 and 12 (in the 2016 school year) will be

able to participate in a 7 day tour to Java. The tour is to Yogyakarta (Central Java) for a 5 day University placement with ACICIS

along with two days stop-over in Jakarta. Students will attend language classes each week-day and travel on field trips in the

afternoons. This is a great opportunity to see another culture and university life first hand!

If you are interested in receiving information about the tour, please contact Pak Linden Davis via email at

ldavis@petermoyes.wa.edu.au. Registrations for the Study Tour will open before the end of Term 2.

Borobudur temple,

Central Java)

Last week students in Primary, Middle and Senior School were fortunate to have a visiting teacher

from Bali, Indonesia. Ibu Widya is a teacher in the Indonesia Australia Language Foundation and

holds formal teaching qualifications from Australia. She worked with our Year 6-8 and Senior

School Languages classes to share her story and bring some authentic Indonesian flavour to

Indonesian lessons.

V Year 6 students impressed Ibu Widya with their ability to interview her using the Indonesian

language. Year 7 students were active in learning some traditional Indonesian dance moves with

the poco-poco dance. In year 8, students took part in a ‘masterclass’, learning how to make dadar gulung (crepes coloured with

pandan and filled with coconut and palm sugar). In Senior School students were able to converse in preparation for upcoming

examinations and learn some traditional handicrafts.

Ibu Widya made special mention of how skilled many of the Languages students were and was impressed with students’ language

proficiency from Year 6 through to Year 12. Thank you to the Indonesian teachers and the students who contributed to make

Ibu Widya’s visit a meaningful and memorable one.

Have you thought about taking some language classes on your next holiday to Bali? There are some organisations that offer short

and longer term language study options (usually 5 days mini-

mum):

Cinta Bahasa: http://cintabahasa.com/ IALF: http://www.ialf.edu/learningindonesianinbali.html

On the 4th of June a team of ten Year 5 students will participate in the Academic All Stars contest at St Mark’s ACS. On the day the

students will compete in a number of activities, such as Mathematics Masters, English Einsteins, Drama and the Brain Strain Quiz.

An integral part of the contest is for each team to organise fundraising for Compassion Australia’s Child Survival Programme, which

helps to prevent child mortality in many countries around the world.

Over the last six weeks our team have organised a wide range of different fundraising events to help raise funds for this worthy cause.

Firstly, over the Easter School holidays they volunteered their time at home to do chores they didn’t normally do, such as washing the

car, or weeding. They each raised the target they had set as a group of at least $15.

Some of our enterprising team members also baked delicious treats at home and sold them to students and staff, who snapped up

the caramel popcorn, cookies and rice bubble treats at recess.

Some other students took the initiative to make pretty bracelets and headbands and felt iPhone and iPad covers and sold those to

students and staff. They were joined in these efforts by students who are not in the team, which is an impressive reflection on the

generosity of our school community.

On Friday 22nd May the students organised a fun free dress day for all of the Year 5 students when they dressed up in the colours of

the rainbow for a gold coin donation. Money is still coming in from some of the other activities, but the ten students involved have so

far raised over $300.

Thanks to the students and families who have supported the team’s fundraising efforts.

Team members: Whitlam Hendricks, Joshua Cronin, Leia Keegan Rogers, Jenna Bronnum-Lee, Anya Coetzee, Bobby Yang,

Caitlyn Thomson, Amy Farrier, Imogen Sarolea, Hazel Gathani.

Chrissie Payne

Primary Academic Extension Teacher

Connect Learn Engage Parent Seminar

On Thursday 14th May, 2015 the second ‘Connect Learn Engage’ Parent Seminar of 2015 was held in the Allan Shaw Centre

Auditorium. The topic for the evening’s discussion was ‘Living with Teenagers’ presented by Graham Hyman.

Graham has been a regular presenter at our School for many years and his parent seminar followed talks to both Year 10 and Year 9

students earlier in the day. Many parents came along after discussing Graham’s talk with their child when they went home from

School! Graham offered a humorous and insightful look into the minds and habits of teenagers, encouraging parents to ‘pick their

battles’ and ‘let them fail’ whilst reassuring parents that they can get through the teenage years relatively unscathed!

The ‘Connect, Learn, Engage’ programme includes a wide range of resources for parents, including DVDs, books and leaflets and it

was good to see all Graham’s resources borrowed on the evening. Please contact Claire Long in the P&F office if you wish to borrow

any resources.

Nicole Brown, Alison Grey & Natalie Shaw

Deputy Associate Principals

Hi All,

The Year 6's students are currently mak-ing LARGE works of art and require equally large quantities of newspaper to construct them.

If you have any newspapers that you are not using, please can you deliver them to the primary art class.

Any school deliveries will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Patricia De Lange

Teacher Assistant

P & F NEWS Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an

annual, national event when all Primary School

children are encouraged to walk and commute

safely to and from school. It is a Community

Event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health,

Public Transport and the Environment.

It was held throughout Australia on Friday 22nd May 2015. Over forty PMACS parents and students walked from Quinns Village Shopping Centre to school, using the School Crossing. Some of these parents enjoyed taking advantage of a discount kindly offered to them by Hardware Café, Quinns Rocks to reward themselves for their efforts! Another intrepid group of parents met at Portofinos Café car park on the afternoon of 22nd May 2015. They walked up Quinns Road to collect their children from School and then walked back down the hill together. More hot drinks were consumed in celebration! Other families made their own plans and helped us to celebrate this wonderful initiative. Why wait for Walk Safely to School Day? Why not start a healthy habit with your children by choosing one of these options one or more times a week? Leave the car at home and walk your child to or from school walk to and from public transport or, if you must drive, park the car a good distance away from the school gates and walk the rest of the way. We can all benefit from taking part by

reducing traffic congestion around our school

reducing air pollution created by motor vehicles

reducing car dependency habits

promoting the health benefits of walking

reinforcing all-important road-crossing skills.

More information can be found at http://www.walk.com.au

Claire Long

P & F Office

pf@petermoyes.wa.edu.au

You can earn any of your 12 P & F Levy hours in any term.

P & F Meeting Dates Meetings begin at 7.00pm and are held in the T & E Rooms

entered via the Waves Café.

Tuesday 23rd June 2015 – General Meeting

Tuesday 15th September 2015 – AGM

Tuesday 27th October 2015 – Funding

Round

Tuesday 17th November 2015 – General

2015 P & F Events

Entertainment Book Fundraise May – August 2015

Bunnings BBQ Fundraise Saturday 20th June 2015

Father’s Day Stall Wednesday 2nd September 2015

Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser Saturday 3rd October 2015

Family Photographs Saturday 31st October 2015

Volunteer opportunities

Event Date Contact

Indonesian

Garden –

help to plan and

design an

Indonesian

Anytime Guinnevere Bell

gbell@petermoyes.wa.edu.au

Home

Economics

(Food Room)

Anytime Rita Wilson

rwilson@petermoyes.wa.edu.au

Primary School

Art Room

Anytime Chloe Kyriakacis

ckyriakacis@petermoyes.wa.edu.au

Science

Laboratory

Laboratory

experience and

qualifications

Anytime Vicky Carter

vcarter@petermoyes.wa.edu.au

Entertainment™ Membership Fundraiser

The P & F are again selling the ever-popular Perth Entertainment™ Books and

Memberships.

Entertainment Books are valid until 31st May 2016 and are now in stock. They can be

ordered online, purchased at Main

Administration or from the P & F Office.

Digital Memberships are downloaded to your device when the online payment is

processed.

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LAST FEW DAYS TO SIGN UP FOR A FREE

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH THE

SECOND-HAND SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL SHOP.

OFFER ENDS SUNDAY 31ST MAY 2015

We are delighted to inform you that the school’s new initiative to provide parents with the ability to trade second-hand uniform items via the Sustainable School Shop. www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au is proving a great success. The opening offer of complimentary annual subscriptions (lasts 365 days) ends on Sunday 31

st May 2015. We would

encourage parents to take full advantage of this opportunity. For the best results:

Register on the Sustainable School Shop website prior by Sunday 31st May

List your secondhand uniform items for sale List wanted ads for those items you are looking to buy The school’s uniform lists are loaded into the system to make listing ads easy The system matches the ads of buyers with sellers and notifies the buyer via email Buyers contact sellers and arrange where and when to trade. The school is not involved in the transaction Parents are well supported via Sustainable School Shop’s telephone (1300 683 337) and email help lines The system is simple and easy to use - If you don’t have a computer, internet access or an email address, please call the Sustainable School Shop for assistance

All enquiries should be directed to the Sustainable School Shop on: 1300 683 337 or help is also available through ‘Contact Us’ on their website at www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au If you currently have any second-hand items in the Uniform Shop that have not sold, they will be returned to you via your student by the end of this term along with a letter detailing any outstanding monies owed. Any outstanding amounts will be credited to your school account during Term 3. Information leaflets about this new service will be available from the Uniform Shop, however if you have any questions, please feel free to email me on sasmith@petermoyes.wa.edu.au or phone 9304 5544 during normal opening hours, Tues-day & Thursday 8am – 12pm. Kind regards

Sara Smith

Uniform Shop Manager

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