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BULLETIN | FRIDAY 6 MAY 2016
PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWS
From Chris IveyI recently heard a brilliant presentation by John Marsden, esteemed author and educator on his passionfor creativity and writing with children.
Dear Parents
At the Queensland Anglican School’s conference last weekend, I heard a brilliant presentation by John Marsden, esteemed author and moreimportantly, dedicated educator. His passion for creativity and writing was inspiring and naturally his focus was on the importance of writingand language with children. To listen to him speak was both encouraging and challenging. What struck me was his scathing attack on ourability as both parents and educators to limit, and sadly crush creativity. We have an obsession with the idea of ensuring our children areproducing perfectly constructed writing in the early years of education and yet as research tells us, we need to feed and encourage thewriting, not limit children with our own desire to see child tick a box that we adults feel is important.
To support this notion, research has clearly indicated that children are born with an innate sense of creativity and yet by about eight years ofage we have essentially pushed out much creativity with our focus on rules and expectations in learning. One of the challenges we face inLiteracy is to assume that once children are writing correctly, success has been achieved. Being somewhat NAPLAN driven, the narrowcriteria set by bureaucrats to measure levels of achievement have been confused with a child’s ability to express themselves, tocommunicate effectively, to reflect independent thought and ultimately creativity.
A simple example provided by John Marsden was of a 14-year-old girl on the North West Coast of Tasmania. As he took a group of studentsto the edge of a hill that overlooked Bass Straight he asked them to write what they saw. As he glanced at this girl’s writing he saw thewords, ‘the blue glinting ocean’. As Marsden himself looked up he saw a very grey and choppy Bass Strait with a storm approaching andrealised the student had been conditioned to responded to ‘ocean’ with words like blue and glinting, rather than actually observing, thinkingand writing something which reflected what she saw.
What lesson can we as parents and educators learn from John Marsden’s wisdom with writing? Essentially, to get the balance right betweenexpecting children to have an appropriate level of literacy with the need to foster creativity and a love of exploring language without the fearof ridicule. Don’t be afraid to use big or different words with your children in oral conversation to stretch their vocabulary. Play with rhymingwords and made up words, or sing silly words to well know tunes! Pick a topic and everyone write about it for five minutes, then share whatis written. We should all encourage our children to write without fear of making mistakes or being compared to a standard. Talk to yourchildren’s teachers, read widely on the issue and let’s begin to get the balance back, giving more children the confidence to write, knowingcreativity will flow through their later learning. At some point our voices need to have the courage to tell those who determine theeducational agenda that creativity, exploration and independent thinking are the key to lifelong learning.
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I want to publically commend the work on encouraging writing here at the College. In particular, for the way in which our early yearseducators are looking to embrace these sorts of ideals as encouraged by Walker Learning. To Mr Ben Dean in particular, for both his passionof writing and his modelling to other staff what this area of learning could look like without the rigidity that we are so quick to place aroundwriting to ensure we tick a National Curriculum box. Also to our Head of English Mrs Trina Provan and the Year 7 English staff who areundertaking the unique challenge of reviewing our program to ensure students are taught both the basics of language required for furthersuccess but at the same time, encouraging and celebrating the creativity that has been sown by Mr Dean in the Primary School.
Secondary Musical
As I write this article, the finishing touches are being made to the Secondary Musical, Into The Woods. Ms Tara Mackie and her team took onan extraordinary challenge when they decided to produce Into the Woods, known for its wonderful tale but full of theatrical complexities. Inaddition, due to a busy College calendar they agreed to open early in May! Whilst we have many disappointed members of our Collegecommunity who didn’t manage to secure a ticket because the shows rapidly sold out, I am sure we will all send a collective ‘best wishes’ tothe cast, crew and orchestra of the 2016 Secondary Musical. The unseen hours and commitment to produce such a show are extraordinaryand I know we are in for three wonderful nights. I look forward to seeing you there.
From Rob PatersonIt was wonderful to see our mums and friends enjoy our very special Mothers’ Day Chapel.
Thank you to the mums and friends who attended our very special Mothers’ Day Chapel this morning which was presented by Mrs Swift andthe students of Year 3HS. It was a very special Chapel Service to honour our wonderful St Andrew’s mums. I wish you all a very happyMothers’ day on Sunday.UNDER 8'S WEEK
Under 8’s Week is celebrated from Monday 23 May to Friday 27 May. The theme for this year is “Early Learning, Everyone Benefits". OnWednesday, 25 May, the Prep – Year 2 students will be involved in the Under 8’s week Day of Celebration. This year Queensland is alsoCelebrating 60 years of Under Eights’ week. Activities on our day of celebration at school will include games and art and craft which Under 8children enjoy. In order to maintain core teaching time in the morning session, we will run our Under 8’s activity from 12.00 noon – 1.00pm. Thank you to the Prep – Year Two teachers for preparing and running the various activities on the day and for their enthusiasm for thisexciting morning. Particular thanks to Miss Cath Green for her organisation of this event for the children. We look forward to seeing youthere!
COLLEGE PHOTO DAY - Monday 23 May 2016
A reminder to all Primary families that the class photos are being held on Monday 23 May. On this day, the Year 6 students will need to weartheir Formal uniform and the Year 5 students need to wear their usual Day uniform. The students will then need to change into their Sportuniform after their photos to attend their Sport afternoon.
CHAPEL – 27 May2016
Years 1 to 6 students will be given the opportunity to experience Chapel inside an authentic Anglican Church this year and the AnglicanChurch at Noosa have generously offered to host St Andrew’s Primary students.
Years 3 and 4 students will attend this in Term 2
Years 1 and 2 students will attend in Term 3
Years 5 and 6 students in Term 4
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On Friday morning, 27 May, students from Years 3 and 4 will be travelling to Sunshine Beach to experience this off campus Chapel Service.The bus will leave the College by 8.45am to arrive at Sunshine Beach for a 9.15am Chapel start. The service will conclude by 9.45am andstudents should be back at school shortly after 10.15am. Parents of students in Years 3 and 4 are most welcome to meet at the AnglicanChurch of Noosa at Sunshine Beach to join us for the service. We look forward to seeing you there. On the days when we visit the SunshineBeach Anglican Church, there will not be any Primary Chapel in The RGC for the other students.
YEAR 4 CAMP - 11-13 May 2016
The Year 4 Outdoor Education Camp will be held at Kiah Park, north of Gympie, on Wednesday, 11 May until Friday 13 May. Students will bespending one night in tents where they will have a “Bush Camp” experience. The other night will be spent in bunk dormitory styleaccommodation. I wish them well throughout the camp’s duration. Thank you to Mrs Cooksley for organising and attending the camps, andto Ms Rock, Mrs Miller, Mr O’Neill, Mr Grauf and our GAP students for their attendance and supervision of the students.
IMPORTANT DATES THIS TERM:
NAPLAN testing – Years 3 & 5 – Tuesday 10 May, Wednesday 11 May, Thursday 12 MayYear 4 Camp – Wednesday 11 May, Thursday 12 May and Friday 13 MayCollege Photo Day – Monday 23 MayBundle and Bin Day – Wednesday 25 MayUnder 8's Day – Wednesday 25 MayYear 3/4 Chapel at Sunshine Beach – Friday 27 MayYear 5 Immersion Concert – Friday 27 MayCollege Fair – Saturday 28 MayYear 4 Immersion Concert – Friday 3 JuneBuranga Camp – Monday 6 June and Tuesday 7 JunePrep - Year 2 Athletics Carnival – Wednesday 8 JuneYears 3 - 6 Athletics Carnival – Thursday 9 JuneNambour Show Holiday (College Closed) – Friday 10 JunePoochies at Peregian – Saturday 11 JuneClassroom Expo Day – Monday 13 JunePrimary Music Tour – Tuesday 14 June, Wednesday 15 June, Thursday 16 JuneFoundation Day – Friday 17 JuneEnd of Term – Friday 17 June
From Cath GreenIt seems that on a regular basis parents have conversations about the challenges of managingtechnology in their household.
Below is an article from Kathy Walker regarding how we can support children with social media as well as some practical tips to assist withsome expectations in the home.
Supporting Children With Social Media
How do you avoid children spending endless hours in front of a screen, on their smart phones, computers and iPads and using Facebook,Instagram and other social media?
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How do you strike the balance between supporting children to access the means of communication that are so much a part of growing up intoday’s society and ensuring that they learn that social and emotional contact is very much still part of spending real time, not just virtualtime together?
The experiences of many parents is quite frightening, with young teenagers spending hours each night, even after everyone else is asleep,texting and on Facebook.
The issues of cyber bullying, “selfie” photos that once posted never go away, and lack of maturity mean it is often harder for young,inexperienced children and teenagers to self-regulate, to think before acting or reacting, to think before posting something, to not actimpulsively. Social media is often addictive and some children become obsessed with it. Rather than living in moments, they becomeaddicted to documenting every moment instead.
Here are some tips to proactively help support children as they grow up in a world where social media surrounds their every moment.
Don’t be afraid of technology use and don’t just ban all types of technology or screen time.Monitor the use of screen time including TV and gaming from when children are very young.Children under the age of around 8 years don’t need their own personal iPad for games and certainly don’t need a phone or iPod.Never put a TV or computer into a child’s bedroom. This can establish a pattern of children hiding away without others knowing whatthey are doing or watching.Ensure that children have the balance of imaginative play and outdoor activities rather than just wanting to play screen games.Ensure that once children are older and have a phone or device for games that there are rules such as:
A common docking station where all devices are placed communally before bed.Designated times when the devices can be used.Devices that cannot be used in bedrooms or in isolation.
Miss Cath Green
DEPUTY HEAD OF PRIMARY (P-3)
Primary CurriculumNAPLAN
All St Andrew’s students in Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 will sit the NAPLAN tests on three consecutive days in May. Students will undertake thefollowing:
Tuesday May 10 - Language Conventions and WritingWednesday May 11 - Reading Test Thursday May 12 - Numeracy Test
The overall purpose of the NAPLAN Test is to account for and to contribute to the improvement of students’ learning in aspects of literacyand numeracy in Standard Australian English. The specific purposes of the 2016 Literacy and Numeracy Tests are to collect data from thepopulation of Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students for reporting to parents, carers and schools and to accommodate the assessment of studentsagainst national benchmark standards. Information gathered from the tests can assist the school by:
helping analyse student achievement and to monitor growth of individual student performance over timecomparing the results of the individual students with those of the rest of the Nation and assisting with further planning about how bestto assist students in their learning
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When this data is viewed collectively with information gathered from other external assessments in Years 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, coupled with ourown extensive assessment, it presents us with a clear picture of how to best manage the learning of students at an individual, cohort andschool level.
We ask that all students in Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 have 2 sharpened HB pencils, an eraser and a sharpener for each day. Studentsin Years 7 and 9 will need a calculator for the Numeracy test. They will sit the tests in the sessions prior to lunch each day. In the situationwhere a test has two parts, the students will get a break between parts. All students in Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 are aware of the tests. Theirroutine for each day should not alter other than to ensure they are well rested, at school on time and are well nourished and hydrated.Students are permitted to have a water bottle with them in the test room and they are encouraged to do so.
We wish our students well during these tests and please contact me at [email protected] if you have any further questions.
Year 3 Starlab
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Our Year 3 classes had a great experience looking at the moon, stars and planets at the Starlab incursion on Thursday April 28. It was anexciting way to springboard into the Term 2 subject and Education Research Project (ERP) focus of Science. Thank you to Paul Tickner fromStarlab for such a wonderful morning of learning!
Ms Sue Bambling
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT LEARNING
Year 4 Visual Art visits Little SaintsIn Visual Art, the Year 4 students have been working to create ‘Interactive’ Art for the children at Little Saints. Students discussed whatmakes art interactive and what forms that may take, they also thought about what the kindy kids might like and age appropriateness. Boththe Year 4’s and the Kindy children loved the visit and enjoyed sharing in each other’s work.
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Mrs Libby Derham
PRIMARY ART SPECIALIST
Learning Centre NewsRedgum Book Club
Just a reminder that orders for Redgum Book Club are placed online at www.redgumbookclub.com.au . There is no need to send cash toschool. Every order provides credit for the school to purchase additional items for our collection. Your orders from Term 1 allowed us to buy$400 of new resources.
The closing date for orders is Monday 16 May. Please note that although books are sent from Sydney on Monday 1 June we dooccasionally experience a delay in delivery time. Orders will be distributed as soon as possible after that date.
Kids' Book Review
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Well worth a look is the fabulous Kids' Book Review - a 100% voluntary children’s literature and book review site that supports and featuresauthors, illustrators and publishers Australia-wide and internationally. It is run by a team who have decades of experience in the children'sbook industry. They cover news, reviews, interviews, articles, guest posts, events, specialist literacy articles and much more, attractingreaders from all over the world including teachers, librarians, industry professionals, and of course - parents and kids. It is one of the mostrespected literary sites on the web.
Mrs Allison Paterson
LEARNING CENTRE DIRECTOR
From Ben DeanIn education, especially in the Primary years, we encourage the students to set goals, experience newactivities and open their eyes to the world and the possibilities around us.
I would like to mention two events that have stood out to me that capture the phrase ‘the impossible can be possible'.
1. I came across the following quote… “Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, thewon'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” Shel Silverstein
2. This week saw Leicester City win the English Premiership, an amazing achievement by a team given the odds of 5000 – 1 to win theleague at the start of the season. At times their season has been referred to as a fairy-tale, now it is a reality and has given hope to many. These similar sentiments are echoed in the film about “Eddie the Eagle”. I went to this film with a set idea of Eddie the Eagle. This idea wasestablished when I watched him in the Olympics, he was a man ridiculed by the press and at times he was the butt of many jokes. I left thecinema with a completely different impression, the man whom so many laughed at was a man who believed in his dreams, strived to makethem happen and never gave up.
In this ever changing world I think it is important we remember that at times the impossible is possible and that school plays a major part increating these opportunities.
Mr Ben Dean
DEPUTY HEAD OF PRIMARY (Years 4-6)
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St Andrew's Fair - Saturday 28 May 2016The excitement is building for the Fair which is three weeks away! There will be new attractions, greatfood, fantastic entertainment and fun to be had by all and finishing with the very popular fireworksdisplay.
Raffle TicketsIf you haven’t yet received a book of tickets to sell, please look out for one coming home with the youngest child in each family very soon. There is a competition this year for the Home Room (Secondary) and Class (Primary) who returns all of their ticket books first and also for theHome Room/Class which sells the most tickets. We do have to account for all tickets so please return them even if not sold.RidesWristbands will go on sale shortly at an early bird reduced rate. Please look out for an email home with the details on the rides. If you wantto get in early the link to purchase wristbands is www.trybooking.com/KZKFDonationsDonations are coming in for our pre loved clothing, books and toy stalls. Please continue to bring in your donations. Also if you can spare abottle of wine or two, that would also be appreciated for the very popular Wine Tombola stall.All of our Primary Classes are underway organising their stalls. Secondary Year levels have been allocated the following stalls, please lookout for an email with details on how you can help;
Year 7 – BBQ
Year 8 – Soft Drinks
Year 9 – Pies
Year 10 – Pizza
Year 11 – Hot Chips
Year 12 – The Bar (parent volunteers only)
Thank You To Our Sponsors
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AVEO Retirement Living Peregian Springs
Laguna Bay Air conditioning, and Daikin
Mercedes-Benz Sunshine Coast
Your Move Property
Mark Bain Constructions
Eumundi Meats
Harvest Restaurant
Local Life, Peregian Family Medical Centre
Haymans Electrical
And thank you to all of the families and businesses who have contributed items for our Silent Auction. The support has been wonderful.
Mrs Sue Sagar
HEAD OF COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT
EVENTS
Fortnight at a Glance
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SPORT
Sports NewsThe latest round up from St Andrew's Sport:
Cross Country CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to the entire St Andrew’s Cross Country Team of 107 runners who competed so superbly at the Sunshine Coast IndpendentSchools Cross Country Championships. It was a fabulous day with both the Primary and Secondary teams coming away as IndependentDistrict Champions. It was an absolutely superb day of running and every single team member contributed to the overall success for theCollege. The many weeks of training and hours of hard work certainly paid off and there were so many outstanding individual achievements.Thank you to all families for your support of Cross Country as the wonderful tradition of St Andrew's running continues.
The Primary team has now won the overall trophy 11 times - 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005The Secondary team has now won the event in 2016, 2015 and 2014
The students were wonderful and I spoke to the team prior to running that they had an opportunity to make the most of the event and give100% and without fail, every student did just that. I am a firm believer to reinforce that you can not only learn a lot about yourself as aperson, but also lot about other people from a Cross Country event and the performance on Wednesday made many people proud to beassociated with a great group of young people from the College.
It is of course a team effort and thank you to Mrs Porter, Mrs Powell, Mrs Bowen and Mr Jones on the day and to our course marshals, Callumand Rory. Thank you also to Nick Croft for his brilliant work with the team with the support of Mrs Bowen and Mr Austin over the last fewmonths and through the holidays.Thank you families for your support with training, fuelling and preparing the students. It truly is a team effort! Lastly to the students – thankyou for representing yourselves and the College so proudly. The St Andrew’s Running culture is very special.
More photos are available here.
Key results
Age Champions Toby Everard – 10 Years BoysAmber Kimmel – 14 Years GirlsJosh Law - 14 Years BoysGus Luhrs – 16 Years BoysSarah Jackson – 16 Years Girls
A special mention to the 16 years age group. The girls team of Sarah Jackson, Ellie Shaw, Scarlett Rees, Zoe Dick, Rana Dickson and MiaSmallman finished 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th in a field of 50 runners over the 4km.The 16 years Boys then stepped up in their 6km event and not to be outdone by the girls - finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th in a field of54 runners with Gus Luhrs, Riley Modini, Cooper Davies, Matt Graham, Jakob Wollin and Tom Evitts.I know there were so many individual personal achievements from many of our runners and my congratulations to everyone.
Congratulations to the following 30 students who have provisionally been selected to compete at the Regional Carnival on Tuesday 31 May:
District Reps - Primary (to be confirmed)
10 Years Girls Lucia Donger, Jordan Wright
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11 Years Girls Lola White
12 Years Girls Isabelle Anderssen, Zaelia Dunsdon
10 Years Boys Toby Everard
11 Years Boys Connor Meechan
12 Years Boys Luca Warman-Flood
District Reps - Secondary (to be confirmed)
13 Years Girls Charlotte Lethbridge, Aurelia Donger
14 Years Girls Amber Kimmel
15 Years Girls Emily Lethbridge, Nelly St Baker, Maddison Woodward
16 Years Girls Sarah Jackson, Ellie Shaw, Scarlett Rees, Zoe Dick, Rana Dickson
13 Years Boys Jake Tolhoek
14 Years Boys Joshua Law, Gus Powell
15 Years Boys Louis Parker
16 Years Boys Angus Luhrs, Riley Modini, Cooper Davies, Matt Graham
Open Boys Jack Brownlee, Chester Rees, Sam Jackson
Age group placings
Congratulations to the team who won 10 of the 18 Age divisions.
First Place 10 Years Girls, 10 Years Boys, 11 Years Girls, 12 Years Boys, 13 Years Girls, 14 Years Boys, 15 Years Girls, 16 Years Boys,16 Years Girls and Open Boys
Second Place 9 Years Girls, 11 Years Boys, 12 Years Girls, Open Girls
Third Place 9 Years Boys, 14 Years Girls, 15 Years Boys
Fourth Place 13 Years Boys
Representative Sport Success
Congratulations to 103 students who have already been selected in District and Regional Sport teams. It is becoming increasingly prestigousand opportunities are available from 12 years to 18 years. All the details are here of our current selected representatives in a wide range ofSports.
Many of the students now head to Regional Carnivals and hopefully then on to State and National selections.
There are additonal opportunities to make rep teams coming up in Golf, Athletics, 12 years Rugby Union, Water Polo and 12 yearsCricket.
Click here to view selected students to date .
St Andrew's Tennis Serves Up Some Aces
St Andrew's Tennis is thriving in Term 2.
Our Secondary teams are currently playing in the Sunshine Coast Secondary Schools Tennis competition and are topping the tables after 2rounds.
We will also be nominating a Senior Boys and Senior Girls team to conetst the Sunshine Coast Schools Championships on Monday 25 July toreach the State Final which is played in Rockhampton. More information to follow.
Noosa District Tennis CompetitionPlaying matches is a vital component of player development even from an early age. It allows students to put into practice what is beingtaught in lessons. Below is information regarding opportunities to get involved in Match plays and Competitions both in house orrepresenting the College. Please feel free to contact the coaching team if your have any questions.
We are currently taking nominations for the Winter season of the NDTA Noosa District Tennis Association Junior fixtures competition. The competition caters for all standards from elite players to entry level. Students must be able to serve and rally to be suitable. Division 1-4 Friday nights - 5:30pm - 7:30pm - Term 2 & 3 home and away games.Division 5-8 Saturday morning - 8:00am -10:00am - Term 2 & 3 home and away games.
Congratulations to a large number of students who compete each season and enjoy much success - Dash Comiskey and Ben Donger whoended up as Division Champs.
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FAST 4 Match Play CompetitionFriday's in house FAST has been very popular in Term 2. This Competition has two divisions, Federer and Djokovic to cater for varying ageand standards. Students are supervised by the coaching team. Weekly prizes are awarded for attitude, sportsmanship, footwork, team worketc.
Friday's: 3:15pm - 4:45pm at St Andrew's. Cost is $12 per session. Term 2, 3 and 4.
RED and ORANGE BALL Rally Zone Red Ball Rally Zone will begin in Term 3 for Year 1-3 students. It's is played on smaller courts and with low compression balls to promoterallies.
Orange Ball Rally Zone will be in Term 3 for Year 3-6 students. This is a great entry level program. It is also a great opportunity to get someextra practice for the Brisbane International School Competition. See information on this below. Cost is $12 per session 3:15pm - 4:15pm inTerm 3.
Brisbane International Primary Schools Competition In Term 3 St Andrew's will once again field teams in the Brisbane International Primary Schools Competition. Many schools enter the Regionaltrials where the winners in each class Red, Orange and Green ball go through to the finals, share the courts and play at the BrisbaneInternational in January. Over the last three years St Andrew's has been the most successful school in Queensland either winning or placingsecond at the Finals played at the Brisbane International.
The event will take place on Friday 12 August for Orange ball and Green ball - this will be for Year 3-6 students. Please watch this space forfurther information. Please feel free to contact Glenn, Mark or Danny if you have any questions or would like to nominate for any of theabove competitions or match plays.
For more information please contact Glenn Irwin on 0414 494 645.
Rugby Round Up
Secondary Rugby
Our Under 14’s and Under 13’s were in action on Wednesday afternoon taking on Unity and St Teresa’s respectively. The Under 14’scontinue to show fantastic spirit for a team that only had 11 players at the start of the season. We travelled to Sunshine Coast Grammar with17 players and it has been great to welcome Max Grzegozewski and Xavier Muller into the squad. Unity were a good side with an excellentback row and centre pairing and this was always going to challenge us at the breakdown. Our commitment was once again without questionwith the St Andrew's boys tackling their bigger counterparts at every opportunity. Max Crockford and Oliver Dixon led the defence and EthanRichardson was outstanding in keeping his opposite man quiet. St Andrew's had a lot of ball but were met by an organised Unity defence.
With a 26-0 halftime deficit it would have been easy for our players to crumble but we really took the game to Unity in the second half andkept them to just one try whilst scoring ourselves. Josh Richardson and Zac Van den Heuvel linked together well throughout and CharlieDryburgh had a great second half in both defence and with ball in hand. Max G, Oliver Dixon and Ethan Frame combined excellently to repelthe opposition attacks and the forwards were well marshalled by half back Gus Powell. A special mention should go out to the Douglasbrothers who week after week put their bodies on the line against much bigger opponents. The scoreboard was irrelevant as the Under 14’sonce again produced a performance to be proud of.
The Under 13’s took on St Teresa’s at Noosa Rugby Club but just fell short with a disappointing 17-5 defeat. St Andrew's were in the matchright up until a late St Teresa’s try sealed victory for the hosts. Continual pressure from St Andrew's could not be converted into points as acombination of strong defence and casual ball retention forced turnover ball on several occasions.
Jackson Woodward followed his Player of the Match performance on Saturday with another outstanding contribution from fullback and waswell supported by winger Lachlan Cole. Harry Bowen worked hard throughout and made a number of telling tackles at crucial times. MaxDavidson was again busy at halfback and always kept the St Andrew's team going forward.
Round 6 sees all three of our teams in action against Unity at our home ground, Peregian Fields. The 13’s and 14’s kick off at 4.30pm withthe First XV playing at 5.30pm.
Primary Rugby
Saturday saw another full day of rugby for our Primary teams and there were, once again, a number of fantastic individual and teamperformances.
The mighty Under 6’s continued their winning start to the season with a 30-25 win over Brothers. Liam and Finn Grant were awesome withLouis Bertholini backing up again after a strong performance last week. Noa Scott worked tirelessly in defence and was supported well byJackson Hopper.
The Under 7’s had a great win showing massive improvement on last week with all players focussed and committed to the game. Thedefensive work was solid with everyone maintaining a well spaced line and Archie Bourne leading from the front. Also some special coverdefensive work from James Milligan and Angus Cole saving certain Caloundra tries. Great attacking runs from several players, with Will andSterling Cole scoring several tries each and helping St Andrew's on to a strong 45-35 point win.
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The Under 8’s put in another spirited performance against University and Noosa. Lachie Bristow, TobyCostanzo and James Sterling stormed away for three magnificent tries in the first game against University and ArchieBlair, Toby and Hamish Eadie bagged another three in their second game against Noosa. Newcomers Lachie, Monty McGavin and MaxHudson have really fitted in with the team, showing great rugby skills plus backing up their team mates. Hamish, WilFranklin, Charlie Robinson and Jude Ward’s expertise in tackle rugby from last year is great to watch and a real asset to the team.Max Leo made several barnstorming runs through the opposition defence.Charlie Bourne and Oscar really like mixing it with the“forwards” and wereagain, tackling machines. Our two smallest players Mitchell Peterson and Archie Blair zig-agged around the field advancingthe team throughout the game and James’ wonderful speed around the field both in attack and defence really inspired the rest of the team.Although both teams lost on the scoreboard, the scores were not an accurate reflection of how well our boys played.
The Under 10’s also celebrated victory with a fine 17-12 victory over Noosa. A great game all round with both sides playing extremely well. St Andrew's defended & attacked with gusto with all working hard and encouraging each other. The real difference was the breakdownwhere the St Andrew's forwards worked tirelessly to turn over ball. Spencer Frame crossed for two tries with Ben Bromage adding a third.Josh Bertholini kicked the conversion.
The Under 11’s matched up against last weeks opponents, Noosa and it was clear that Noosa were looking to avenge the previous weeksdefeat. Noosa started strongly and were well led by St Andrew's students Matthew and Daniel Cashman who made strong runs through theheart of the St Andrew's defence. With St Andrew's not able to find their normal level of intensity, Noosa were able to score two well workedtries to take a 10-0 lead deep into the game. St Andrew's did fight back with a Zac Lewis try and conversion but it proved too little too late asNoosa held on for a 10-7 win.
The Under 13’s took on the day’s toughest test as they met a free scoring Sunshine Coast Grammar side. Grammar had pace all over thepitch and although they ran out 61-7 winners, the St Andrew's team can be very proud of their attitude and performance. In a strange game,St Andrew's enjoyed long periods with the ball and were able to put phase after phase together. Unfortunately, when play broke down theGrammar side were excellent at turning defence into attack and many of their tries were scored from long range turnovers.
It was an unexpected pleasure to receive a phone call from the Under 13’s match referee. He told me that he had been refereeing for over30 years and had never felt compelled to contact a coach until this week. He wanted me to pass on a message to our Under 13’s saying thathe had been unbelievably impressed with our tenacity and 'never say die' attitude despite conceding some really unfortunate tries. A clearmessage that although winning is important, it's not the only thing that matters. I am sure this news will lift the spirits of their coach Mr Deanand congratulations to the Under 13’s boys.
Netball News
Secondary Netball
With only three rounds remaining of the competition we have 5 teams sitting in semi-finals contention. Well done to our Open Red, OpenWhite, Intermediate Blue, Junior Blue and Junior Cherry teams, keep playing hard and aiming for the top. The Vicki Wilson Cup is fastapproaching and selections will be based on on-court performance during Monday night matches for all Year 9 to Year 12 players.
Primary Netball
Congratulations to Marcella Donger on being selected in the 11 Years Independent District team and Abbi Weldon on being selected in 12Years Independent District Team to compete at the Regional trails on Tuesday 3 May. A super effort from Grace Veivers and Jordan Freemanfor being selected as shadow players for 12 Years team. Well done to all girls who trialled, the standard was very high and gave us here at StAndrew's an indication of the depth of players we are starting to produce with the large number of girls making it through to second roundtrials. Remember that players will develop at different times and stages so keep up the great work and never give up!!
All our Primary teams continue to impress at Coolum Netball with Year 6 Road Runners and Diamonds presently sitting in semi-finals spots.Our St Andrew's Year 2 - Year 5 teams are showing such skill growth and confidence, it is a huge indication of the wonderful coaches thatgive up their time and fully support our youngest netballers.
MUSIC
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Co-curricular MusicD'Addario Artist Sam Boon Visits The College
Facilitated by Brass Music Specialists in Brisbane, Sam took some time to work with our Saxophones from Jazz Orchestra. A big thank you toSam for fitting us into his busy schedule.
Students Perform At College ANZAC Day Service
Many thanks to all of our Primary and Secondary musicians, led by Mrs Vanessa Herriman, who performed at our ANZAC Day Service held atthe College on Friday 22 April.
LEST WE FORGET.
Anglican Schools Music Festival A Huge SUCCESS
A massive congratulations to all of the staff and students involved in the 2016 Anglican Schools Music Festival that was held at theQueensland Performing Arts Centre Concert Hall on Friday 22 April. What a night it was and to all of the students involved (around 40 of you)CONGRATULATIONS! Can't wait to see what the next Festival in 2018 will look like. View photos from the Festival on the Music Facebookpage.
Students Perform At First Music Recital For The Year
Congratulations to all students who performed at our Music Recital. The first recital for the year did not disappoint and many thanks to allthe students and staff in attendance.
Year 7/8 Girls Choir Perform At Secondary Assembly
Last Wednesday our 7/8 Girls Choir sang beautifully for our Secondary students and they should be commended for their performance. Aspecial thank you to their director Mrs Gefken and Mrs Ives for all the work they do with this group.
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First Open Mic For Term 2
It was great to see both young and more experienced performers sharing the stage at last Friday's Open Mic. Some great performances (anddance moves) from our Year 2 girls as well as an amazing repertoire from James Ivey. A special shout out to student media team memberAston Chapman for assisting with photos at the event.
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