In Focus No 9 - 2019 - June

Nothing stands still at PCACS. Since our last newsletter our students have competed in the ACC Cross Country, 4B have pushed themselves and their guests in Fitter, Faster, Better. Exams and parent teacher interviews have continued to roll through. The music department have been busy with the new sound lab in full swing and the Year 5 and 6 students heading to the Perth Concert Hall.  Activities such as these build confidence, team spirit, cooperation and well-being. Details of these and other exciting opportunities can be found further in the newsletter.

Our School Patron, Dr Peter Carnley will join us for Founders’ Day celebrations next week. His legacy is an extraordinary one. Born in New South Wales, Peter Frederick Carnley began his tertiary studies in Law. A deep thinker who continually searches for meaning and knowledge, it wasn’t long before he acted on a deep calling into the priesthood, changing his studies to Theology. He completed his Ph.D at Cambridge University and went on to become the Archbishop of Perth at the age of only 43 and later Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. Dr Carnley is noted for challenging traditional thinking of the Church. A strong voice in support of the ordination of women, he ordained the first women priests in Australia at St George’s Cathedral in 1992. Those women and many who followed now hold positions in the Church that were previously unthinkable, including the Archbishop of Perth, Kay Goldsworthy, the first female Archbishop in the Anglican Church. Our School is honoured to be named after a living legend, one of the great characters of the Anglican Church. This year we have created ‘A Day with Dr Carnley’ on Tuesday June 11. Dr Carnley will start the day at Calista with our early learners in Chapel and then he will come across to Wellard to spend time with our students and student leaders. He is a devoted husband, father and grandfather and his wife Ann will be delivering the Homily at the Founders’ Day service. Parents are welcome to join us for the Service.

Founders’ Day will begin with a Founders’ Day Service at Calista at 8:45am for our Kindergarten to Year 1 students. The Service for the Year 2 to Year 12 students will begin at 10am in the Keith Lindbeck Centre, Wellard Campus. We honour our School and House Patrons and present our 2020 Scholarship winners, as well as awarding our Service Badges to staff who have been at the School for 5 and 10 years respectively. The students will continue their celebrations with games and activities including the Junior School lapathon. The day will be a lovely blend of respectful reflection, celebration and fun.

This year our focus for fundraising has turned to our local community. We are supporting Anglicare through a number of initiatives including the Junior School lapathon. At Calista, we are raffling a bike thanks to the generous donation from The Honourable Mr Roger Cook MLA – Member for Kwinana. Tickets can be purchased from Calista administration. We are pleased to announce that Mr Cook will be in attendance at the Calista Founders’ Day Service to draw the winner of the bike on 14 June. All proceeds will go to the Anglicare Winter Appeal to support the important work they do in this region.  We thank Roger Cook for his ongoing support of our School.

God bless.

PRINCIPAL

As always, there are many exciting events in the Junior School.

Fitter, Faster, Better!

Last week Miss Barker’s class, 4B participated in an incursion like no other!  If you haven’t seen the video please watch it below. During Week 9 Mr Morris’ class, 4M will be participating in Fitter, Faster, Better!  We look forward to sharing photographs of 4M in Week 9.

Access the feature Video of the incursion HERE

Parent Teacher Interviews

Communication between families and the School is an integral aspect of learning at PCACS, ensuring the children optimise their educational experience.

Thank you to the Year 2 to Year 6 parents and carers who met with teachers on Wednesday 5 June for the Wellard Parent Teacher Interviews. 

Calista families, please remember your Parent Teacher Interview evening is Wednesday 12 June.  If you wish to meet with your child’s teacher and have not been able to make a PTO booking please arrange an alternate meeting time directly with your child’s teacher.

A Day with Dr Carnley – Tuesday 11 June

Dr Carnley will visit Calista and participate in the Calista Chapel service before visiting Calista classrooms.  Afterwards, Dr Carnley will travel to Wellard to be interviewed by the Year 3 students.  We look forward to getting to know our school’s namesake on Tuesday 11 June.

Founders’ Day and Lapathon – Friday 14 June

By now you will have received detailed information about Founders’ Day.  Calista children will travel to Wellard by bus.  Calista families, please ensure your return the permission slip to your child’s teacher by Friday 7 June.

This year the lapathon will raise money for supporting Anglicare WA, a worthy provider of support to those in need in local and surrounding communities.  Please assist your child in gaining sponsorship for the lapathon.  Family members are welcome to attend and participate in the lapathon with their child.

NAIDOC Week Celebrations in Week 10

This year NAIDOC occurs between 7 and 14 of July, which falls within the winter school holidays.  Therefore, at PCACS we will be celebrating NAIDOC in Week 10.  We are seeking families in our community with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage or knowledge to assist with NAIDOC activities in our Junior School.  Please contact Mrs Shirley Steel if you know anyone who can assist us.

Sydney and Canberra Tour

The countdown is on until Sunday 7 July when this tour departs!  The participants have been meeting weekly at lunchtimes to share researched knowledge and to bond as a group.  The next two meetings for the participants are as follows:

I wish students and families a fantastic fortnight ahead!

Mrs Shirley Steel
HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

The new Music Sound Lab is up and running.  Our Senior Music students have been using the new lab to record and edit music demos as a part of their Certificate II in Music Industry. The course requires students to explore the techniques of technology in music making.  In addition to their live recordings, the students have been experimenting with using MIDI instruments, loop sequences and effects to create their own compositions.  The students are enjoying exploring this area of music making, in the collaborative environment of our new lab.  

For more information about the Certificate Music course, please contact

Ms Alicia Walter
LEARNING AREA COORDINATOR - MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

The annual Peter Carnley Anglican Community School Music Recital Evenings are being held over three nights and one afternoon in Week 9.  All recitals will be held in the Calista Auditorium.  The Music Recital Evenings are an opportunity for our instrumental students to share what they have been working on in their Semester 1 lessons, while also practising their performance skills.  

We encourage all students to perform, including beginners; however, if you or your child has any concerns regarding this please contact me.  Instrumental tutors will work with the students to select an appropriate piece and to ensure an adequate performance standard is ready for the recital.  All instrumental students should have received an information note regarding their performance.  If you have not received your note, or if you learn an instrument externally and would like to perform, please contact Alicia Walter in the Music Office or email music@pcacs.wa.edu.au

Junior Recital I (Years 2 – 6): Tuesday 25 June, Week 9 - 5.00pm

Junior Recital II (Years 2 – 6): Wednesday 26 June, Week 9 - 5.00pm

Senior Recital (Years 7 – 12): Thursday 27 June, Week 9 - 5.00pm

Calista Campus (PP – Year 1): Thursday 27 June, Week 9  - 2.00pm

The Wellard Book Fair is just around the corner. It is an event that the Junior School in particular looks forward to each year.

The Scholastic Book Fair is a great way to promote literacy and at the same time raise funds for our school library to purchase new items.

This year’s Book Fair will be held in Week 2 of Term 3.  On Monday 29 July, the Junior Students will be given the opportunity to come to the Book Fair with their class to write up their Wish lists. 

DATE:   29 July - 2 August 2019
VENUE:  Undercover Area at Wellard Campus

TIMES FOR PURCHASING OF BOOK FAIR ITEMS:

• 8.00 – 8.30am Tuesday to Friday
• 3.15 – 4.00pm Monday to Friday

For the Scholastic Book Fair to be a success it requires parent volunteers to assist.  If you feel that you would like to assist during the week please contact Mrs Melanie Hill in the library or email library@pcacs.wa.edu.au

Mrs Melanie Hill
LIBRARY OFFICER

Once a month the Wellard Library runs a Busy Bee.  This is a great time to network with other parents and to assist the library with the covering of new books for the Wellard and Calista Campus.

Date: Wednesday 26 June & Wednesday 31 July

Time: 8:30am - 10:30am

Venue: Library at the Wellard Campus

Morning tea provided.

If you are able to assist please email the library on library@pcacs.wa.edu.au

This year our Calista and Wellard Campus will be holding a 2^nd Hand Book Sale in Week 10 as part of Naidoc Week.

The students are being encouraged to bring a couple of their preloved, good condition books to school that they are happy to donate for the event.  Students will be given the opportunity to purchase books for $1 per book.  The money raised will be sent to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation works to put books into the hands of children and families in remote Indigenous communities across Australia.

Calista donations may be placed in a box in the school foyer.

Wellard donations will be collected from your classrooms or may be dropped off to the library.

Event Days

Wellard - Library - 1 July – 8.00am to 8.30am and 3.00pm to 3.45pm

Students will also have the opportunity to purchase books at lunch time.

Calista – Auditorium next to the library – 2 July - 8.00am to 8.30am - 3.00pm to 3.45pm

Mrs Melanie Hill
LIBRARY OFFICER  

On Wednesday 29 May, the Year 5 and 6 instrumental students attended a rehearsal of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra at the Perth Concert Hall, as they prepared for their concert “Romantic Rachmaninov and Symphonic Sorcery.” 

 Under the baton of conductor Nicholas Carter, the orchestra took us through the process of a professional rehearsal, with lots of stopping and starting as they perfected their performance of Rachmaninov’s “Symphony No. 2”.  The students enjoyed seeing the many different instruments on stage. Some they were familiar with, such as the violin and flute, while some were new such as the tuba and the timpani.  All agreed that the giant Bass Drum was particularly impressive.

Playing in an musical ensemble offers the opportunity to express oneself, form strong friendships and work as a team. It is also lots of fun!  Peter Carnley ACS has a number of fantastic instrumental ensembles to join, led by our expert instrumental teachers.  These include Junior Band, Senior Concert Band, Certificate Music Contemporary Band, Violin Ensemble and Cello Ensemble.  We also have 3 choirs on offer:  Young Voices (Year 2-3), Peter Carnley Children’s Choir (Year 4-6) and Senior Choir (Year 7-12). Our ensembles perform at various school and community events throughout the year.  Last year saw a number of our ensembles performing on the stage at Perth Concert Hall and at the Perth Arena.

If you would like to learn and instrument or join an ensemble, please contact Ms Alicia Walter in the music office, or email music@pcacs.wa.edu.au.  Instrumental enrolment forms can also be found on the SEQTA portal.

ACC Cross Country

The 2019 ACC Interschool Cross Country Carnival was held on the surrounds of Perry Lakes on Thursday of Week 5.  A squad of 67 Years 7 to 12 students were selected to compete in the gruelling course of 3km for the girls and 4 km for the boys.  With approximately 4000 students from 80 schools, it was a big event, with races having up to 400 competitors.  It was a fantastic experience for our students as this was a good indicator of how fast they were compared to some of the best runners from some of the biggest schools in the state.

Our squad members performed to their best and did the school very proud.  It was a great to see the students cheering each other on and showing wonderful PCACS sportsmanship and behaviour.  Our top performing student was Year 7 Anotida Chiyangwa who placed 13^th in the Under 13 Boys race.

Congratulations to all students who competed and proudly represented our School.  Thanks you to Mrs Layman, Mr Radulovic and Mr Halliday and our student helpers Alisia and Frances who helped on the day.

All results can be seen on the ACC website.

Follow the link http://www.accsport.asn.au/carnivals/cross-country/results/2019  

Term 3 RKAS Sport    

RKAS Sport is underway for Term 3, we have a Year 7 Girls Netball Team coached by Mrs Ward, and Year 8/9 Girls Netball Team coached by Mrs Barrett and a Year 8/9 Boys Basketball Team coached by Mr Radulovic.  All 3 teams have played 2 games so far and have had some excellent results.

The next 2 games are against Living Waters Lutheran College and Kolbe Catholic College, if you have some time please come along to the Keith Lindbeck Centre and support the teams. Download the ACC Sports APP for all fixtures and results.

On  26 June (Week 9) our Year 10-12’s will be competing in an RKAS Day Carnival in Netball and Soccer.  Nominations and the training schedule will be available soon.

Mr Roh Weddikkara
LEARNING AREA COORDINATOR - HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

Congratulations to Year 6 PCACS student, Olivia Walters who has received an award at the recent WA Model Railway Exhibition at Claremont showgrounds.

Olivia picked up 1st place for the "Best Layout not exceeding 24sq feet" trophy as judged by the official judges. 

The "Most Popular Exhibit" award is still yet to be announced, as this award is judged by the public (which she won last year) so she may even claim a second trophy!   Good luck Olivia.

Congratulations to Jennai Malaquin and Caela Trent on representing Rockingham Districts Netball Association in the 2019 Fuel to Go and Play Association Championships over the June long weekend. These Championships saw forty one associations from Western Australia and Singapore compete against each other over the three days.

Their U14 Division 4 team won six of their seven games leaving them on top coming into the Grand Final. At full time they were a draw, but unfortunately they lost in overtime to Bridgetown.  An Amazing effort girls.

Hello parents and friends,

Winter is certainly upon us now but with that comes our always popular winter movie night!

This year the movie night will be held at Ace Cinemas in Rockingham on the evening of the last day of term, Thursday 4 July 2019. Full details will be released next week but we are sure everyone will be very excited with our selection this year! Tickets will be sold both online and on campus and Calista parents will also have an additional opportunity to purchase tickets after the ELC Music Recital afternoon.

The P&F committee will also be supporting the music recital evenings in the coming weeks so make sure to come and see us for a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit as well as a great chance to catch up with fellow parents.

Our next meeting is being held on Wednesday 19th June from 6.15pm in the Admin Seminar Room at Wellard Campus. All parents and friends are invited to come along and see what we are planning for the rest of the year.

Ms Clarissa Thomson
P&F PRESIDENT