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THE TARTAN The Journal of John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School Term 2, 2019 Volume 94 NIPSSA Cross Country Carnival

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THE TARTANThe Journal of John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School

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IN THIS ISSUE

01 Principals Message

02 Primary School

14 Middle School 30 Sport

29 Secondary

20 Culture

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Term 2, 2019 1

From the PrincipalThe commencement of the Ashes series, currently being held in England, has for some, seen the onset of an increase in the sales of ‘clear eyes’ to alleviate those bleary eyes caused through a lack of sleep. I for one have committed far too much of my time to watching ‘The Ashes’ as I am motivated by riding the ‘coat-tails’ of the current success of the Australian Team in this Ashes series, so far.

I am inspired by each cricketer’s dedication and devotion to their chosen sport from both teams. It takes years of sacrifice, persistence, dedication and commitment to make a National Team. While there can only be one winning team, and I hope that is the Australian Team, the sum of the performance of each team can only be equal to the many individual performances within the team. There will be many individual ‘failures’ by members of both teams, but it is the perceived actions of those who we assume have failed, that I wish to focus on.

It is my opinion that all sportsmen and sportswomen competing in the National Teams have indeed achieved. In the Mens and Womens Ashes series, each cricketer has had to ‘strive for personal excellence’ just to compete in the Ashes series. There have been many successes and failures experienced over many years for these sportsmen and sportswomen; with persistence, resilience and a lot of hard work being the recipe for success.

It must be noted that behind every cricketer competing in the Ashes series, there is the support and investment of coaches, trainers, sports psychologists, physiotherapists, chiropractors and other support personnel, that guide each performance, provide feedback, facilitate future training sessions, encourage and lead each cricketer to do their very best in order to continuously improve their performances.

We must also acknowledge the fact that behind each cricketer there are family members who have made many sacrifices in support of the individual’s pursuit of excellence. The support team and the family members are inherently interested in the performances of the Team, but are more invested in the individual.

The Ashes, as described above, could be used as an analogy for the work we do here at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School. We encourage each student to strive to do their very best in each learning area with regular teaching and learning experiences and feedback provided by the teachers. In support of each teacher and student, we have a team of helpers that include Education Assistants, School Psychologist, Chaplains, Administration Officers, Maintenance and Facilities Officers, Chefs, Café Managers and Assistants, ICT Staff, Library Staff, Community and Marketing Relations Officer, Pastoral Care Group Tutors, Year Coordinators/House Leaders, Technicians and others. Just as each cricketer has a significant support team behind them, the team of helpers as listed above are invested in each student’s success and are willing and trained to support students when lower than expected performances are achieved.

While we celebrate the high achievements of our students here at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School throughout this issue of The Tartan, we also celebrate those who achieve their personal best and give everything a go. I get inspired by our high achievers as equally as I get inspired by the achievements of our students who are not always in the limelight, but who do their very best.

Keep striving for personal excellence.

Every Blessing

Jason BartellPrincipal

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The JSRACS Playgroup is available for all siblings aged 0-4 years of JSRACS students and their parents and is available at both the Beechboro and Mirrabooka campuses. We begin our sessions in the Library for story time and book borrowing, then move on to exploring the sensory room, which has a range of activities on offer. Please feel free to meet Mrs Murphy in the Library at the Mirrabooka campus at Mirrabooka and Mrs Catlin Mills in the Library at the Beechboro campus every Wednesday morning at 8.45am during the term.

Code ClubThis semester the Year 5 and 6 students had the opportunity to participate in Coding Club. The students competed a number of coding games and learnt how to create their own apps and games.

Once they had developed their skills over the term the tudents then applied their knowledge and creativity to make their own activity or game to use with the Kindy students to teach them some some of the fundamental skills of coding. To celebrate the students hard work over and dedication the semester we had a special breakfast to thank them.

Below are some quotes the tudents shared about their experience in Coding Club.

“It is really fun and it will help us in the future with like technical work or robotics.”

Ryan - Year 6

“It is really educational. I learnt that Coding Club is really fun and I think I will do it next year too”.

Anthony - Year 5

“I liked working with the little kids and sharing the game that I made with them. The Kindy kids learnt to code from my game!”

Jorja - Year 6

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Beechboro Kindy’s Talk to the Animals Year 3 ArtWhat an amazing day we had at the Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm. The Kindy students and teachers were very excited about getting up close and personal with some of the friendly farmyard animals. The farm is a perfect place for children and adults to have a real encounter with some wonderful creatures. The students were able to feed and hold the rabbits and guinea-pigs in a safe environment as well as pet the sheep, goats, horse and come face to face with a huge bull.

The feeding of the baby goats is always a highlight as the they come charging forward to get their milk. The students experienced a variety of different birds from chickens, peacocks to ‘Locky’ the cockatoo who likes to say ‘hello’. Of course it was a long day for the kindy kids and some even fell asleep on the bus ride back to school. Great day!

The Year 3 students looked at feature artist ‘ Friedrich Hundertwasser’ and his colourful landscape artworks. Using Hundertwasser as an inspiration, each student designed and developed their own landscape using their homes and personal experiences in their work.

Students used oil pastel, ink and paint markers to create a colour scheme for their work. The art principle ‘balance’ was a focus for the project and students needed to create balance in their work through the repetition of colour.

The Year 3 classes can be commended on their fantastic efforts and beautifully bright and personal artworks.

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National Simultaneous Storytime In Search of Safety: Red Cross

On Wednesday 22 May, the students at both our primary campuses were treated to a visit from Al the Alpaca, as part of National Simultaneous Storytime 2019. Al shared his hilarious story ‘Alpacas with Maracas’ with students and demonstrated his impressive skills on the maracas, delighting one and all!

What a wonderful way to celebrate reading!

Caitlin Mills and Sharon Murphy

For Refugee week out Year 6 students were involved in an incursion provided by the Australian Red Cross called: In Search of Safety. This was an interactive and informative presentation that included information around the situation of and issues affecting asylum seekers and refugees. Australian Red Cross volunteers came to meet with our Year 6 students to discuss the differences between asylum seekers and refugees and explored human rights and multiculturalism through discussions and activities.

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Constitutional Centre ExcursionThe Most Amazing Excursion Ever!On 13 June the Year Six Smyth and Year Six Parsons classes left the school to go on an adventure through the Constitutional Centre. We learnt about many interesting things there such as what the Magna Carta was and how laws are made.

When we first got there, we dropped off our bags and excitedly walked of to our first session. Mrs Smyth’s class were going with a lady named Lisa to learn about Magna Carta. The Magna Carta is the first law the bishop made to contribute to democracy in which the monarch (Queen/King) had limited power. It establishes the principle of the rule of law which means that no one is above the law. The rule of law has created rights for people, such as the right to a fair trial. King John (King Richard’s Brother) was at the top of the pyramid of power, then the barons and bishops, next the knights, and lastly, the peasants. Now, in modern Australia the monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) is at the bottom, the Parliament and Prime Minister (Scott Morrison) are in the middle, and we, the democracy, are at the top.

Next we had a quick recess and moved onto our next session with Miss Remie. We did a role play on how the Bill for Online Safety for kids was made. There was a Madam or Mr Speaker, a Clerk, a Sergeant at arms, the government, the minor parties, the independent parties, and the opposition. We learnt about how they make laws and debating in Parliament through a real life re-enactment.

In Conclusion, it was a really fun and educational excursion. We learnt about Magna Carta, how to make laws and debating in Parliament. I was really sad to see it go when the bus left, but we will all take great knowledge with us and hopefully one day become a great politician or even better…a Prime Minister!

KeelyYear 6 Student

Throughout Semester One Mirrabooka and Beechboro students had the opportunity to participate in a writing club. Dedicated authors and illustrators were busy creating their own books, which were subsequently entered in the Make Your Own Storybook Competition. Run annually by the WA branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, the popular competition receives entries from over 1000 keen authors and illustrators statewide.

As part of entry requirements, the bound books must include a back and front cover, title page, blurb and author profile. The impressive books will soon be on display in your Primary Library.

Sharon Murphy, Jessica Stewart and Stephanie WhiteWriting Club Co-ordinators

make your own storybook

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Primary Cross Country

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2019 ChampionsBeechboro Champions Mirrabooka Champions

Year Individual Champions House Year Individual Champions House3 Girls Apajok Duot

Ruby Jecks - Runner UpSandleford Roebourne

3 Girls Ellashaye AdamosMegan Waldby - Runner Up

DurhamParmelia

3 Boys Jacob Barz Cormac Quinn - Runner Up

NewburySandleford

3 Boys Matthew KaralisChace McLennan - Runner Up

RoebourneSandleford

4 Girls Telisha MahoneyPaige Miles - Runner Up

KelmscottRoebourne

4 Girls Victoria DonisFahrani Kusumaningrum - RUp

RoebourneRoebourne

4 Boys Dinal WeerakoonLucas - Runner Up

SandlefordNewbury

4 Boys Max FinleyPetar Miloseski - Runner Up

RoebourneKelmscott

5 Girls Amanda JohnsonAnastasia Nankivell - Runner Up

ParmeliaRoebourne

5 Girls Joanna LuongKristina Chau - Runner Up

KelmscottDurham

5 Boys Ayiik DuotJames Edmonds - Runner Up

SandlefordDurham

5 Boys Event OkotAidan Zammit - Runner Up

NewburyKelmscott

6 Girls Keely FanningShirin Lim - Runner Up

ParmeliaKelmscott

6 Girls Sienna BowdenKaitlin Lloyd - Runner Up

DurhamNewbury

6 Boys Riley QuinnElijah Draper-Maltas - Runner Up

SandlefordDurham

6 Boys Anthony KaralisTadhg Adamos - Runner Up

RoebourneDurham

Overall ResultsPlace House

1 Roebourne

2 Sandleford

3 Durham

4 Newbury

5 Parmelia

6 Kelmscott

The JSRACS Primary Interhouse Cross Country Carnival took place in week 5, Friday May 31 and we were very lucky to have ideal conditions for this event. Our Year 1 and 2 cohort once again kick started our carnival in fine fashion, with all students giving it their finest effort. They certainly enjoyed running down the finishing straight with the upper primary students, staff and families giving them a massive cheer. Blue Chip Timing were there to help us out again, to once again keep track and time of every runner in Years 3 to 6. The dedicated and enthusiastic parents who put their hand up and competed in the parent and staff race as well were timed. The Year 2 runners were also timed, just to give them the experience in preparation for next year’s carnival. All the students, staff and parents who participated on the day did such a wonderful job and it was amazing to witness everyone giving it their absolute best. Once again, an enormous thank you goes out to all staff and students who were able to assist in the running of this carnival. Without their help and support, a carnival like this is not able to be run successfully.

A big congratulations must go to Roebourne, who took out the Cross Country House Shield for 2019. A link to all results can be found on our school web page or at www.bluechiptiming.com.au

All students who participated in the event should be extremely proud of their efforts and the sportsmanship that was demonstrated before during and after each race was first class.

Matt DobsonPrimary Sports Coordinator

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NIPSSA Cross Country Mothers DayOn Friday June 21, our Primary Interschool Cross Country Team made their way to the NIPSSA Cross Country Carnival at Mawson Park, Hillarys. The top six students in each category at our JSRACS Interhouse Cross Country Carnival were selected to represent the school at the event.

The preparation for this event included the team turning up to many very early, cold and wet mornings. The hard work, dedication and willingness to improve displayed at each training session, made our team very well prepared for the carnival. We had some impressive individual results with a few students finishing in the top ten for their categories. Our stand out performers were:

Year 5 Boys - Event Okot – 1st Year 5 Boys – Ayiik Duot – 2nd Year 4 Boys – Dinal Weerakoon 4th Year 6 Boys – Anthony Karalis – 7th

JSRACS competed in the NIPSSA division A category of the carnival. In this division, there is a wonderful spread of talent across all schools, making it challenging for all students. This is what made our team effort very impressive as all students demonstrated a fantastic work ethic during all races. We can all be extremely proud of every one of our runners and team for their sportsmanship, attitude and results. JSRACS finished 9th overall out of 12 division A schools. A massive congratulations to all staff and students involved and a huge thank you to our cheer squad of parents, family and friends who came and supported us on the day.

Matt DobsonPrimary Sports Coordinator

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Middle School ESS Freo Dockers Clinic“Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything

they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.”

Kobe BryantNBA Basketball Champion

The Educational Support Services (ESS), in conjunction with the Health and Physical Education Department at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (JSRACS), provided a select group of students with the opportunity to attend a football clinic with Fremantle Football players.This was a wonderful chance for the staff and students to engage beyond the classroom and to strengthen their trust, camaraderie and respect. Sport is one vehicle that can enable the development of these relationships. Research conducted by the Australian Government Department of Health, highlights the positive affect that physical activity has on a teenager’s social, health, emotional and intellectual wellbeing. These include;

• Social Opportunities for fun with friends and family.• Reduced anti-social behaviour, including aggressive

and disruptive actions.• Helping to develop cooperation and teamwork skills.

Emotional and intellectual benefits, such as:• Improved self-esteem and confidence.• Help with management of anxiety and stress.• Improved concentration.

Health benefits, such as:• Promotion of healthy growth and development.• Strong muscles and bones.• Improved physical fitness, including coordination and

movement skills.• Reduced risk of disease and unhealthy weight gain.

Athletes Scott Jones, Tom North, Dillon O’Reilly and Mitch Crowden shared their stories about making it into the AFL and actively engaged in a number of football skills with the students. The atmosphere was bustling, inclusive and most of all, fun.

We aim to provide our students with a successful mindset where they learn time management skills, the encouragement of adopting creative way to try and improve, to develop the ability to become focused and improve concentration skills, resilience and to learn to handle pressure, to make right choices and knowing when to take educated risks. These skills were encouraged and nurtured by the Fremantle Dockers players and go far beyond the sports field or even the classroom. All students represented JSRACS with great pride and integrity and we look forward to providing the ESS students with many more sporting opportunities in the future.

Naomi BryantESS Teacher

Edith Cowan University came into the school to meet with the Year 7, 8 and 9 student leaders to complete a Community Survey, this information will be used to provide a report to the School later in the year. Elevate Education have been presenting a Study Skills programme to our Year 7 students and also a Junior Time Management Skills programme to the Year 9’s. These are important skills for all our students and these programmes will be further developed to include different strategies and tools to aid study as the students’ progress through their time in Secondary school.

The final week of the term will see the Year 9 girls and boys leave for their annual camps. The girls will be in Fairbridge with a group of teachers while the boys will be at Nanga Bush camp in Dwellingup. These times are particularly special for our students where they are challenged and probably pushed outside their comfort zones. New friendships, cementing existing friendships and generally having a rewarding time is definitely the order of the day.

As term two ends it is with thanks and appreciation that Mr Smith and I congratulate everyone involved with the Middle School for providing a rewarding environment for our students.

Julie BigginsDirector of Teaching and Learning Middle School

Term 2 has been a busy and challenging term for our Year 7 to 9 students with a variety of excursions, incursions and activities taking place to complement and support classroom learning. The term started with the Interhouse Athletics Carnival where it was encouraging to see all the Middle School Students enjoy a fantastic day. Participation is the key in these events and it was evident that House Spirit was alive and strong among students throughout the day. The Education Support teachers were involved in an International Netball carnival at the state netball centre in Jolimont, the netballers had a fantastic day and came back with the winner’s trophy. The Football carnival was also enjoyed by a number of our students and a great time was had by all.

There have been a significant number of external speakers come into the school to present to different year groups across the middle school. Included in these are the Internet Safety talks given to Year 7 and 9 students by Paul Litherland. The information that he presents to students is not only engaging but provides everyone with much to think about. This year Paul also included a parent evening where parents had the opportunity to be use their iPads to be actively involved in some of social media platforms that Paul was referring too.

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Raj Yamuna School Visit Year 9 Chinese ExcursionChinese is one of the languages provided by John Septimum Roe Anglican Community School. Language learning is more than just learning within the classroom classroom. We believe that to learn and understand a language well, it is essential to immerse yourself in the culture.

The Year 10 students always look forward to the days when we are able to learn more about the cultural activities of the Perth Chinese community in Western Australia such as our excursion to the Perth radio station. On 1 April, twelve Year 10 Chinese Language students led by Chinese Teacher, Mrs Emery, visited Chung Wah Association and the Chinese Radio Station FM90.5 in Perth, and the Oriental Post Chinese Newspaper Office.

Volunteer, MsWang, spoke to the students about the history of the Chinese migration to Western Australia and the establishment history of the Association. After that, we travelled to the Australian Star Broadcasting station

FM90.5, the Western Australian Chinese Channel and the Oriental Post Office. After an enthusiastic reception from FM90.5 Western Australia Chinese Channel Program Director, Chen Xuan and “905 News Consulting” Program Manager Ma Jingjing, they also shared their experience of being Chinese within a Western culture and the effort it takes to run a radio station. It was a very meaningful lesson as the students learned about the daily operations of radio stations, such as recording programs and live shows. The students were full of curiosity and were even able to recorded their own lines. They also learned to say the slogan of the broadcast “FM90.5 Western Australian Chinese martyrdom! China is not far away, just in the ear.”

Students benefited greatly from this event. Thank to the Chung Wah Association. FM90.5 Western Australia Chinese Channel and Oriental Post for giving our students the opportunity to learn more about activities in the Chinese community

Emily EmeryHead of Department - Languages

Our annual visit from Raj Yamuna Junior High School students took place this year at the end of Term 2. We were visited by seven students and their teacher Mr Farez. The seven students named Cahya, Fitria, Dita, Weda, Yudha, Julio and Samuel were hosted by our JSRACS students Erin Tuckwell – Year 8, Anthony Frank – Year 9, Lochlan Sutherland – Year 7, Jaya Watt – Year 7, Aaron Caldwell – Year 10 and Olivia Rose Erasmus – Year 7. Their stay this year was slightly different because of the weather. The group from Raj Yamuna are usually visiting JSRACS at the end of summer; however, this year they decided to come during the winter! They really enjoyed experiencing the cold weather as this is very different to what they are used to!

Although it was wet and rainy, the weather certainly didn’t dampen their spirits as they helped our JSRACS Indonesian language students once again practise their Bahasa Indonesia. The Bali students also toured Perth City, King’s Park and Perth Zoo. They had an amazing time and took many photos!

The most memorable event during their stay was the farewell dinner. Host families and Raj Yamuna students shed a few tears after bonding over the 2 weeks and this was truly amazing to witness. I never get tired of seeing lifelong friendships blossom in such a short time with our visitors.

Thank you to all the host families for opening your homes to these students and I know you will agree that they have made a lasting impression on us all. I look forward to hearing the stories of our students keeping in touch with their new friends in years to come.

Mr Brendon CookIndonesian Language TeacherCoordinator of Indonesian Exchange Programmes

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On July 2nd, the Year 9 boys set off to Nanga Bush Camp with a sense of adventure for the next three days. After a lengthy bus ride, we arrived to hot dogs and pumpkin soup. Mr Rocchi described the soup as “sensational”. We soon began our team building activities, such as Food and Water and the Nuclear Isotope game. We finished off the activities with one actual activity, which for our group was rock climbing. That night, after a dinner of lasagna and salad, we enjoyed the movie Talladega Nights with a hot chocolate. After waking up bright and early to Hells Bells by AC/DC, we were given the choice of cereal or toast for breakfast. Our group began our first activity of the day, mountain biking. It was quite a task to climb the hills but the reward was well worth the effort, as we enjoyed a mountain biking trail on the way down. After a quick break we headed to the aerial rope activities, which included things such as bouldering, walking along a rope and climbing over a wall with nothing but our hands and feet. After a lunch of burgers and some chicken and leek soup, we did a bush walk which was quite enjoyable. We then played some water games, which included things such as firing sponges with a giant elastic slingshot at

This year, we went to the historic Fairbridge Village for our Year Nine Girls Camp. We left school on Tuesday the 2nd of July and arrived in Pinjarra for lunch. The activities at Fairbridge were varied and hands on, including bike riding, yoga, high ropes activities and damper making. The highlight for us was the Giant Swing, where we got to freefall and swing upside down, all while throwing objects into tyres beneath us.

One of the best things about camp was the ability to experience something outside of our comfort zone. Many girls faced their fear of heights with activities such as Walk the Plank, where we jumped off a raised plank and grabbed a metal bar a metre away. We put our faith in each other as well as the enthusiastic instructors who guided us through each activity.

another team, who's task was to catch them. We also did activities such as fetching water from a bucket to a tub with pipes that didn’t make the distance, so communication was key. We had a dinner of steak, cheesy cauliflower and peas and then we had the choice to watch James Bond: Casino Royale or go to bed. Some of us, including myself, elected to watch the movie with a hot chocolate. On the third day we had the same breakfast and began our final activity, which for our group was Enviro Art. This was when we had to make artwork depicting our favourite moments from camp out of only the surrounding nature. After that we all sat down as a group and talked about our favourite parts of camp. We had a lunch of either sub sandwiches and some pumpkin soup, or only one if we weren’t particularly hungry, and then we began to prepare to leave. Everyone packed up the dorms for an inspection, loaded the bus and we departed the camp to begin our holidays.

Jonathan Razmovski and Giorgio Stamelos

During camp, we were able to make friends with people from different social groups and share stories with others in our year. We had a chat around the fireplace at night with a warm Milo and roasted marshmallows. None of us ever went hungry with so much delicious food cooked by the chefs at Fairbridge Village.

On Thursday the 4th of July, we packed our bags ready to head back to school. We all felt tired after the amazing experiences we shared over the last two days, and everyone slept well that night!

We would like to thank Ms Tosi for organising such a great camp, as well as all the other teachers who gave up their time to attend.

Kailee Longden and Nikki Lampard

Year 9 Camp- Boys Year 9 Camp- Girls

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ASC Piano Competition

Big Night In: UnpluggedThe Arts Captains organised another great night of entertainment, for the first time transforming the Senior Learning Centre into an amphitheatre and stage. Students again nominated themselves to perform some of the music they enjoy singing and playing. During the evening we enjoyed the variety of talent that is amongst our students at JSRACS.

It was great to have a number of Year 7 and 8 students performing again this term. Grace Cusworth beautifully sang John Lennon’s “Imagine” and Kimberley Adamos and Matilda Bean wowed us with their rendition of “Hostage”. Samantha Nguyen showed us she is a great soloist and we look forward to hearing more from her while Romy Taylor and Olivia Corvia entertained us with Cindy Lauper’s “True Colours”.

Our senior students also showed off their talents with our new Chaplain Mr Brad Galvin joining Flynn Collins (a regular Big Night In performer) on the Cajon box. Claire Armstrong gave us a stunning performance with an original song as well as performing a well-loved cover. Our School Captain, Amy Le performed with Susan Giglia, Susan making her debut BNI appearance. Other debut appearances were our own Arts captain Leah Daymond, Kate Sisely and Jaedan Pham. Why did they wait until Year 12 to perform at BNI – they were mazing!

It was a great night and thanks must go to Zach and Leah who spent hours setting up the sound system and the SLC, well done guys.

Stay tuned for Big Night In Ultimate next term.

Christine PattisonBNI Coordinator

On Wednesday 19 June 2019, 26 piano students from JSRACS in Year 2 to Year 12 participated in ASC Piano Competition which was held in the Allan Shaw Centre at the Peter Moyes Anglican Community School. For this event, 180 competitors from ten of the fourteen ASC Schools have come together to compete in six categories before four specialist adjudicators.

This is the 7th consecutive year that JSRACS students have performed with great enthusiasm and held an impressive stage presence. There were 12 heats from which the 22 finalists have been selected for the Finals concert. Four JSRACS students, Ashwin Balavignan, Lucy McDonald, Isabelle Chea and Jiang Coventry progressed through the heats into the finals, with Ashwin Balavignan placing first in the Integrity category (AMEB Grade 4-5). Isabelle Chea and Jiang Coventry placing third in the Respect Category (Duet). Special recognition was given to 11 students from six ASC Schools who have competed in five or more ASC Piano Competitions. Queenie Nguyen was one of the recognised students for her participation in six ASC Piano Competitions since 2014.

It was a fantastic day of piano performance and congratulations to all students for their efforts.

Yesim AtilaHead of Department - Music

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Generations in Jazz Interhouse Theatresports

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Although JSRACS has attended James Morrison’s Generations in Jazz in Mt Gambier several times previously, for Ms Atila and myself this was a first time. Mt Gambier is South Australia’s second largest city and is situated nearly halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide or in other words nowhere near Perth. We flew out from Perth around lunchtime on Thursday 2 May, arrived in Adelaide and met our coach driver, Kym, who got us safely to our accommodation in Mt Gambier after midnight, SA time [there is an hour and a half time difference]. We had excellent accommodation in three apartments and although it rained slightly and was definitely colder than Perth, we were not inconvenienced.

On the Friday, after some sightseeing with Kym – the Blue Lake was most interesting – we went to the Town Hall and performed to local residents and other schools that had arrived early. John Morrison, James’ older brother, was the MC. He is an excellent drummer and jazz educator and has in fact presented workshops at JSR previously. I was able to invite to “sit in” a former guitar student of mine, now studying at James Morrison Academy in Mt Gambier which is an annexe of University of Adelaide. Kyle Imlah is an excellent young guitarist and I think both our band and the audience enjoyed his contribution.

On the Friday and Saturday nights concerts took place with some of the world’s finest jazz musicians who James has got to know through his illustrious career. Joey DeFrancesco [Hammond organ], Ricky Woodard [tenor sax], Kurt Elling [vocals] and Lizz Wright [vocals] performed both nights. Australian musicians were also featured including several originally from Perth – Mat Jodrell [trumpet], Jordan Murray [trombone], Carl Mackey [alto and tenor sax] and Grant Windsor [piano]. All this plus more took place in this massive marquee that seated 7,800 mainly secondary school students from Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth – over 300 big bands, small bands and jazz choirs participated.

JSR Jazz 1 performed on the Saturday with Jordan Murray adjudicating. I taught Jordan at WAAPA and played for his Degree Recital in 1992. He has provided us with some very positive feedback. Most of the other school bands consisted of senior students – Yr11/12s – whereas we had students from Yr7,8,9,10,11 & 12. I am sure this has been a most positive learning experience and I am very proud of the behaviour and attitude of our band. I was especially impressed by the way the older students looked after the younger ones.

Thanks must go to Mrs Diane Marsh for organising the entire trip and rehearsing Jazz 1; Mrs Yesim Atila for stepping in to go with the students when Mrs Marsh was unable to attend due to her knee and Mr Garry Lee for all his musical expertise with the students.

It was a fantastic opportunity for our students to be part of such an event, listening and watching world class performances of amazing musicians. Mr Garry Lee, Mrs Yesim Atila and Mrs Diane Marsh

The annual Inter House Theatre Sports competition was held on Sunday 23rd June. The competitors had participated in a series of workshops teaching them the rules and techniques for the theatre sport games. Lead by the talented Michael and Poppin from the Australian Institute of Theatre Sports, everyone quickly learned the games and soon were practicing and rehearsing like professionals. A fierce competition was sure to follow as the amazing levels of talent within each house became evident as people improvised their way through all manner of hilarious scenarios and challenges.

The big night had finally come. Newbury, the reigning champion of 2018, were confident that they would take out the trophy for yet another year. Durham were nipping at their heels, determined to bounce back from their devastating 2 point loss to Newbury last year. All of the houses waited anxiously backstage as the show started and the curtains rose. One by one each house introduced themselves with comical and inspiring opening numbers, earning the first points of the night. After a close round

of house games the scores were tight and the rivalry between the houses amplified. The junior and senior games followed shortly and the scores continued to rise as every house impressed the judges with their unity and quick wit, keeping the entire auditorium in stiches. The night ended with the houses were huddled on stage awaiting the final results. Durham was 6th, Newbury graciously accepted 5th place, Sandleford 4th, Parmelia 3rd . A hushed silence fell across the two remaining houses, Kelmscott and Roebourne and Kelmscott had fallen 2nd and Roebourne had taken the trophy. Feeling like superstars Roebourne held up their trophy to the crowd and accepted their position as Theatre Sports champion for 2019.

Tracy CarrHead of Dance and Drama

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A Homage to...Year 11 General Art were asked to design a sculpture based on a Homage to a famous artist. After researching the artist in-depth, the students developed a design that reflected the artist symbolically or realistically. Students selected the medium that best suited their design ideas. The sculptures were very successful and students produced an exceptionally high standard of work.

Bev BrownHead of Visual Arts and Media

The Year 7 Art students have completed a ceramic sculpture unit based on “Fat Animals”. The emphasis was to design a fat and humorous animal from their research on animals. They developed skills in pinch pot and slab technique and used acrylic paint to decorate their fat animals. Below are some examples of their great artwork.

Bev BrownHead of Visual Art and Media

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Year 10 Visual Art Workshop

Year 12 ATAR ArtThe Year 12 ATAR art students have completed their first artwork for the year. Their artworks are based on a personal or social commentary they have chosen to research, in a medium they feel best suits their design idea. The students have worked incredibly long hours to create their final pieces. Their artwork is a credit to their artistic creativity and skill. These students are well equipped to pursue careers that require creativity, critical thinking and problem solving, three areas that are strongly developed in Visual Arts and desirable characteristics for all future employees to possess.

Bev BrownActing Head of Visual Arts and Media

The Year Ten Visual Art students worked with portrait artist Mark Tweedie, to develop expressive portrait painting skills before they embarked on a portrait painting unit in class. Mark discussed how he became involved in painting and the inspirations behind his painting. He then demonstrated his expressive painting style breaking it down into easy steps for the students to follow. The students painted two portraits in three hours using this loose painting style. The workshop was very successful and the students surprised themselves with their skills in this painting technique. It also allowed the students to realise there are many ways to create a likeness in paint.

Bev BrownActing Head of Visual Arts and Media

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Late last year I met a mid 20s woman whose name is Kass, she tells me “I’m a Maintenance A&I and Planning Superintendent at BHP,” my Head of Mathematics mode kicked in. I am proud of the girls at JSRACS who achieve high scores in advanced mathematics. Kass tells me she would love to have a day where girls could come to the mines up north and see just what goes on at BHP.

Fast forward to Friday, May 24 2019. Ten very lucky girls were selected, based on their maths and science grades from Year 9, to attend the inaugural BHP on-site Careers day “A Day in the Life of a FIFO worker” at Mining Area C (MAC), along with 37 girls from other schools. MAC is located in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, 92km west-north-west of Newman. The mine currently employs in excess of 1000 people and produces 62 million tonnes of or Iron Ore per year.With a very early start at 6 am at Terminal 2, the girls started the day with breakfast in the lounge, Our flight left at 7 am on its way to Coondewanna airport. We arrived at approximately 8:45 am and were then transported on the bus to go to camp.

All girls were greeted with morning tea and then an introduction from Andrew Buckley, the general manager of Mining Area C. Several female colleagues then shared their stories of how they ended up at BHP. It was interesting to hear about their previous positions of employment, such

BHP Excursionas being a nurse or wanting to be an accountant. It is also very pleasing to see BHP talk to the girls about how they are building their Inclusion and Diversity programme to cater for all walks of life. After approximately 1 hour of talks and videos, the girls participated in 6 rotating activities, reflecting a “Typical day as part of the Supply Chain.”

Some of these included using your engineering skills to build the tallest possible tower using some paper, to which an egg had to be supported for 15 seconds. Another enjoyable activity had the girls using their mathematics skills in determining the best waste management model of an iron ore area, in order to make maximum profit. These activities are proof that mathematics and science are vital in the modern world.

After lunch and finishing the last 2 activities, the girls were taken on a Mine tour, something which is normally not allowed to the public. The highlight was when we stopped at the viewing platform to watch loading operations. The bus tour finished with the girls heading back to the airport before heading back to Perth.

It was a very enjoyable day for the girls and myself, and I am really keen for next year’s girls to be given the chance to fly up north and spend a day in the Life of a FIFO worker.

Robert MessinaHead of Department - Mathematics

Going on this excursion to Pilbara was a really great experience and I’m grateful for the opportunity. Before going on this trip I had no clue what a FIFO worker was or what they did. I was aware they were fly in and fly out but I

didn’t know their job, I always assumed they just did mining. Once we arrived we were told some of the jobs they had in areas like geology, engineering and managing. We did a series of tasks teaching us some of the skills each job used. I learnt that there is a large variety of jobs available for those at BHP which provides them with a lot of

flexibility. I thought they worked for 1 week and then went home but they can actually choose their days like doing 3,4 and 5,2. The facilities and freedom at the camp surprised me as they have access to so many great things like

a gym, fitness groups, bars to hang out in, outdoor volleyball court and a chill out space with wifi, sofas and a pool table, and they get lots of food included in their stay. This trip made me realise that there are lots of cool things

about being a fifo worker and that fifo workers don’t just do mining.

Ashlyn Bain

STUDENT SNAPSHOT

Visual Art ExcursionPulse Perspectives is an annual exhibition that celebrates the most talented Year 12 visual arts students graduating work from the previous year. What used to be called Year 12 Perspectives, Pulse Perspectives 2019 is an exceptional body of work that gauges the pulse of what is important to the young artists. Year 10, 11 and 12 students at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School were fortunate enough to view this exhibition along with a short tour of the other collections. They were asked to reflect and read the artworks’ meanings, so they could engage with current issues shared by their peers and learn how their own ideas and thoughts could be expressed through visual arts.

In the exhibition, the visual arts mediums communicate

ideas that are stronger than what can be written or verbalized, as well as representing the developed skills of painting, ceramics, textiles and more. There were 46 works in total, the topics covered included political issues, identity, climate change; all of which demands the viewer to see our young person’s insight into how the world, and by extension how we as adults affect them and their future.

Giving space to the perspectives of our young artists in such a culturally important space as the Art Gallery of Western Australia is a positive act of support for both young artists and their role in visual arts. We look forward to seeing the works coming from the JSRACS inspired from this excursion.

Erica ClarkSecondary Art Technician

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Interhouse Athletics CarnivalStudents spent their Term 1 Physical Education lessons honing their skills to compete to the best of their ability in the Interhouse Athletics Carnivals early in Term 2. House Captains were really pushing each student to attend the day and contribute towards the success of their team. With at least one point earned per event by participating, the difference between the Houses does not come down to the best individual athletes, but to every student in each House. The faster they run, the further they jump or throw, the more points that a student can earn for their House.

We were blessed with a very good level of participation and fun over the 2 days. The cheering and chanting for their peers to do their best was amazing to see and hear. Everyone got behind each other to do their best. So much support was offered that some of our athletes broke records. A special mention to Cadence Grey, Amber Davies, Tahlee McVee, Tyler De Lacy, Ethan Luu, Violet Bartell and Ashley Raven, some who broke multiple records. Well done!

The students also competed in the Pre Carnival Events of 400m, 800m, 1500m and also the High Jump. Again, this was well supported by our students. We were blessed on both carnival days with spectacular weather and students kitted themselves out in their House Colours. Newbury were the team to beat after last years clean sweep of all Carnivals, or would one of the other Houses come in and take the honours? First, it was down to the Champions and Runners Up of each House to set the tone for the day.

At the end of the first day, Kelmscott had taken a strong lead by taking out the Middle School Carnival with a solid contribution from all students. The Senior School Trophy was tightly contested by all Houses, with Roebourne taking out the day. Our overall results are a combination of the two days and this year the overall winning house was Kelmscott. A huge effort by the students and their House Coordinators to get them over the line.

Finally, the Athletics Carnivals would not have gone ahead without the assistance of many staff in the lead up to the carnival and also on the actual carnival days. The HPE Department ran all the Pre Carnival Events and attended both days from 7.15am in the morning to get the events set up, so thank you to those staff for all their efforts. Various staff were allocated jobs throughout the days and again, did a fantastic job. Our Grounds and Maintenance Staff were once again outstanding in their preparation of the ovals for all track and field events, and also the set up and pack up on the day. Tom Dudek again entered all the data with the assistance of various staff, again a huge job that makes our carnivals run smoothly. We are looking forward to a very strong Interschool Carnival performance again this year and I wish all these athletes the best in their preparation to try and take out A Division in 2018.

Mr David TraynorHead of Department - Health and Physical Education

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2019 ChampionsYear Champion Girls Points Year Champion Boys Points

7 Milla BarrettMacy FairErin Griggs

1108279

7 Maxim ScekicWesley RoweAusten Moffat

866762

8 Lauren BrownCadence GreyAmy Tucker

877556

8 Jeremy HammondJoel HortonTomas Gianoli

976247

9 Amber DaviesJanice OgbeSylvia OgbeRickiesha Thornborough

118656561

9 Mitchell WilliamsAden BrowneAluth John

979659

10 Abby GriggsShontelle TaylorTara Scekic

1309673

10 Elias JenkinsCooper ScottJamie Galeotti

696146

11 Tahlee McVeeLauren InnesZoe Davis

69268

11 Tyler De LacyEthan LuuAlan Wan

147039

12 Jessica WilliamsCaitlyn NewlandsViolet Bartell

968542

12 Noah JenkinsThomas HortonHarmon Dewar

57866

House Middle School

Senior School

OverallResult

Newbury 4 2 1

Roeburne 6 1 2

Durham 1 3 3

Sandleford 2 5 4

Kelmscott 3 4 5

Parmelia 5 6 6

House Placing

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NWAS Winter Wrap Up

ACC Cross CountryAfter a wet and miserable 2018 event, a cool fine morning led into a beautiful autumn day for our cross country team in 2019. We had been training hard since late term 1, with our students showing excellent commitment to training and working very hard on refining their race-specific fitness. Our year 8 team showed the best commitment with a 92% attendance rate at training, followed closely by our year 7s at 90%. Tough act to follow for next year’s runners!

After all of our efforts, we came 19th overall, which is a commendable result considering the quality of competition and injuries/illnesses to key athletes during the lead up. With over 300 runners in each race representing the best runners from over 70 schools, these races are always highly competitive, so to achieve a top 50 result is particularly noteworthy. The following students were able to achieve this benchmark:

Bryce Tapscott 16th in Open Male Daniel Nikoloski 19th in U13 Male Jamie Galeotti 20th in U16 Male Joshua Byrne 22nd in U14 Male Violet Bartell 39th in Open Female Lily Masson 39th in U13 Female Amber Davies 45th in U15 Female

In addition to these exceptional athletes who have achieved these impressive results, everyone who competed on the day ran their best and should be very proud of their efforts. Thanks to Dave Russell for his help with preparing the team and on the day, and to all parents / support crew for feeding our hungry athletes and getting them to training.

Robert DudleySecondary Sport Coordinator

After our successful summer season where we finished runners up, it was time to prepare ourselves for our winter teams! Students had the opportunity to participate in Soccer, Badminton, Netball and Mixed Touch Rugby and our revolutionary new sport AFL 7X.

All of our teams and coaches seemed to display new levels of sportsmanship and professionalism this season and this was clear from our results across a number of different sports and age groups. Our Year 7/8 age category had 4/5 teams contesting in grand finals and all of these teams came away with victory’s in some close contests! Our 7/8 Boys Soccer played Aranmore in the final and after normal time finished 2-2 we went to penalties. Special mention to Patrick Nguyen who saved two consecutive penalties as we went on to win 7-6 in dramatic style.

Our 7/8 Girls Netball and AFL 7X teams both won their respective games by 3 goals in tense and tight encounters. Finally, our 7/8 Mixed touch rugby team achieved the seemingly unachievable by defeating Aranmore 7-2 in a clinical display led by Toby Gatenby and Sienna Nicholaidis.

Congratulations to all these teams and hopefully these can lead to further success in the years to come.In the 9/10 age division, we had 3/5 teams competing for grand final glory. Unfortunately, the Girls Netball, Boys Soccer and Badminton couldn’t get the chocolates. However just reaching the final is a fantastic achievement and should be celebrated.

Just like that our NWAS seasons have finished for the year. In the final placings, JSR ended up winning the 2019 NWAS Winter Competition and as a result were crowned the 2019 NWAS Champion School (summer and winter combined). This is a sensational achievement and is not possible without the help and combined efforts of our teachers who give up their time to coach, the Sport and Recreation classes for assistant coaching and umpiring and of course the students who participated. Last but not least I would like to thank Jasmine Basioli and James Grehan our AFL trainees who have helped immensely throughout the year.

Nathan ChapmanNWAS Coordinator

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Senior Boys Football Eagles Schoolboys Cup The Senior Boy’s Football team competed in the Subiaco Glen Jackovich Division (B Grade) of the Simply Energy Cup. The competition is just one aspect of the Western Australian Football Commission’s vision to lead and engage all West Australian through a positive experience with Australian Football.

It is fair to say that the 2019 season was a challenging one and the team did not taste victory in any of their fixtures. Despite periods of each match where the boys were seriously competitive against strong opposition, there were equally periods of the game where the opposition took control and scored multiple goals. This is quite normal for a developing side with many who have very little football experience. The sides lack of experience was made up for in enthusiasm and desire to come off the ground at the end of the game a winner no matter the score. Impressive was the boys sportsmanship throughout the games, this was noted by the oppositions coaches on a number of occasions and speaks volumes about the type of individuals we had representing the School. While we firmly believe each player produced their best effort for every moment they were on the ground, we would like to highlight the efforts of a few who stood tall every game.

Johnson Nguyen - strong, consistent defensive efforts. Hardly got beaten one on one playing full back.

Harmon Dewar – excellent playing out of the middle. Hard at the ball with clean skills and great work rate.

Tom Horton – courageous and strong at the contest. Played in the backline and instructed others where to run. Great leadership.

Tyler was super before and post his injury, Jack Mortimer and Jack Micallef were strong at the contest and Jed gave great run on the wing.

We had an extremely young team, so looking forward to building on what we achieved this season, so bring on 2020!

Simon WeaverCoach

The 2019 season of the Eagles Schoolboys promised to be an exciting one for JSR. With a number of our experienced players competing for the final time before they progress to our Senior Team. This season we began training at the end of term 1, with the boys extremely keen and enthusiastic to start the hard work early and set the example for some of the younger members of our team. In JSR’s Subiaco division, were Balga SHS, Duncraig SHS, Girrawheen SHS, Ashdale Secondary College and the always strong, Carine SHS.

With a relatively healthy list to choose from and a solid block of training under our belts, our confidence was riding high heading into Round one against Carine away. After a fairly even start to the game, Carine proved a class above our boys, missing the midfield run from Mitchell Williams and Nic Venetis we eventually went down by 10 goals.

Our next game was away against Ashdale. With the addition of a few senior players and Harry Micallef feeding it straight down to our strong midfield of Mitchell Williams, Nic Venetis and Jake Calvert we eventually ran out convincing winners 10.4 (64) to 1.04 (10). Mark Reynolds provided a spark up forward kicking 3 goals.

Our third and unfortunately final game of the season was at home against Duncraig SHS. The boys were brilliant from the outset with a number of winners in a variety of positions all over the ground, Dejan Antunovich and Alex Cooper providing plenty of run out of the backline and we eventually ran out strong winners 15.08 (94) to 1.03 (9).

We were due to play two more fixtures against Girrawheen SHS and Balga SHS. Unfortunately, these schools struggled for numbers for their teams and had to forfeit. I would like to thank all of those boys for their commitment and efforts throughout the season. There are some encouraging signs for both the boys playing in our team next year and also for those moving up to the senior team.

Mr ChapmanFootball Coach

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Student SuccessAnton - Year 7Congratulations Anton for being selected for a role in the Mercedes College Musical, Wicked.

Anton played Boq a munchkin boy who is forced to love Nessarose. When all things go wrong he was transformed into the Tinman. With Anton’s signficant choir experience and previously performed with the WA

Opera Company, he was perfect for the role.

Riley - Year 7Riley was been selected in the Australian, Under 12 Baseball team to compete at the Baseball U12 World Cup in Taiwan.

Riley will travelled to Sydney to meet with his teammates on July 21, and then travelled to Taiwan to compete in World U12 Tournament. Australia won their first game at the U12 World Cup and Riley was credited as the winning pitcher when they beat South Africa 7-4.

Congratulations on this amazing oppurtunity and success.

Edward - Year 10Edward successfully auditioned for the residential Gondwana National Choral School held in Sydney in January 2019. Edward has been offered a place in the Gondwana Voices Choir, Australia’s leading children’s choir for treble singers aged 10-17 and was part of their tour to Berlin in May.

Congratulations Edward on this amazing acheivment.

Jayden - Year 7Congratulations Jayden on being selected to play baseball at the Little League Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, California. What an acheivement!

After winning the National Baseball tournament in Mildura NSW back in June, Jayden’s team then earned the right to represent Australia in the Little League® Intermediate (50/70) Baseball World Series in Livermore, California.

Australia played 3 games at the tournament, unfortunately not getting a win. Jayden batted well with 7 plate appearances, he got 4 hits and a walk and ended with a batting average of .666 and an on base percentage of .571 both on the high scale for baseball statistics. He pitched in 2 innings with a total of 39 pitches, 26 strikes and 13 balls at 66% efficiency, as a pitcher you always want a higher efficiency so he was happy with that % given the talent he was playing against.

Liam - Year 8Congratulations to Liam who for the third year in a row achieved gold and is once again the State champion Black Belt Cadet under 49Kg.

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THE TARTANThe Journal of John Septimus Roe Anglican Community SchoolA School of the Anglican Schools Commission Inc

Contact DetailsJohn Septimus Roe Anglican Community SchoolBoyare Avenue Mirrabooka and Blackboy Way, BeechboroPhone: 9247 2242 Web: jsracs.wa.edu.au

Future EventsEvent and Venue

Choreography NightMatthew Hughes Performing Arts Centre,Mirrabooka

Big Night In: UltimateMatthew Hughes Performing Arts Centre,Mirrabooka

Instrumental Concert (free event)Matthew Hughes Performing Arts Centre,Mirrabooka

Primary Band ConcertMatthew Hughes Performing Arts Centre,Mirrabooka

MIddle School Production - James and the Giant PeachMatthew Hughes Performing Arts Centre,Mirrabooka

Date and Time

7.00pm Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 August

7.00pm Saturday 7 September

6.00pm Monday 9 September

5.00pm Monday 23 September

7.00pm Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 October

Information regarding the School’s Performing Arts events and links to purchase tickets are available via the School website; News and Events, Arts Calendar.