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Spring Form Drawing — Abigale, Class 5 Diary Dates
Issue Number 14 l Thursday 26 September 2019
Friday 27 September 2:45pm P&F Cake Stall Outside the Honeysuckle Room
Friday 27 September Last Day of Term 3
Monday 14 October First Day of Term 4
Wednesday 16 October 9:00am—11:00am Heartwarmers Café Hall Foyer
Saturday 19 October 7:00pm—10:00pm The Great Tarremah Quiz Night Hall
Tuesday 22 October 6:00pm P&F Meeting Honeysuckle Room
Wednesday 23 Ostober 9:00am—11:00am Heartwarmers Café Hall Foyer
Wednesday 23 October TBC ECC Spring Festival
Thursday 24 October Royal Hobart Show Public Holiday
Friday 25 October School Holiday
Karma and Activism! The concept of moral cause and effect known as karma
readily finds itself associated with fatalistic concepts in
the East, Why do anything when it is already karmically
determined?
Western adepts like Gurdjieff and Steiner emphasised
that our past actions determine our circumstances, not
our present choices and actions. Gurdjieff famously
framed it once, "Today is what it is, because yesterday
was what it was. So too, if you want tomorrow to be
different, you must make today different." In his
‘home’ town of Vienna, Steiner once stated it thus,
“Bearing within us the effects of past deeds, we are the
slaves of the past, but the masters of the future. If we
are to have a favourable future, we must make as many
good entries as possible in the ‘book of life’.”
Steiner describes an exercise, which he asserted will
support our emerging from the ‘prison’ of the self,
freeing ourselves from the narcissism that plagues our
western cultures. We are all conditioned by untold
‘opinions’ we have formed prejudicially or adopted
from elsewhere and to attain to the truth, we must,
first and foremost become free of our opinions and
prejudices. He suggests we ask ourselves, whenever we
encounter one or other characteristic feature of our
conditioning, “What is it in life that has given my
thought this particular trend? Would my thinking have
been different if karma had assigned to me some other
situation in life?”
To get free of their childhood conditioning, adolescents
naturally strain toward this ideal themselves.
|Everything must be re-evaluated. In Nietzsche’s terms,
the great adolescent quest is, “The re-evaluation of all
values.”
Echoing Steiner’s formulation, the youngest US
Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez puts it,
“History has been written, the future has not.”
A new generation of young people are now prepared to
review the picture of the future. They have been
bequeathed one which fills them with despair and are
prepared to re-imagine a future they are wanting to
create and which will fill them with hope and a reason
to live. In the current cultural malaise of addressing
problems through litigation as ‘victims’, projecting and
blaming, we are witnessing a generation taking
responsibility, holding others to account and bearing
witness to the truth. When students can learn these
things by taking a day off school, then they lose little by
absenting themselves from their classes for a day.
Rod Tomlinson
Students Against Racism Students Against Racism came and shared their stories
with Classes 9 and 10.
These young people have come from many different
countries around the world, and some have had
experienced the process of seeking asylum. Listening to
these experiences has given the Tarremah students a
small insight into the world outside of Australia.
Class 9 are on their Refugee Camp , where they will step
outside of their comfort zone and walk a few miles in
Class 7 & 8 PE As part of Class 7 and 8 PE this term, students have been learning and refining their circus skills with circus performer Mark Sands.
The students have discovered different ways of
balancing, manipulating objects, coordinating their
bodies, rotating, travelling and working in teams.
Greg
Class 4 Play Class 4 have been
working hard getting
ready for our play 'The
Capture of the
Sampo'. Here are a
couple of preview
images! Isabella
Class 9 Physiology Class 9 have just finished their main lesson looking at
the human form, developing an understanding of its
homology with the animal kingdom and its uniqueness
as the basis for human life and intention. Students
learnt about the anatomy of the skeletal system,
conducted live studies of animals at Bonorong Wildlife
Sanctuary and explored how their body should move
with Exercise Physiologists.
Greg
The Rainbow Bridge The Class 1 play is set in the Dreamtime and begins with
the tribe singing Milyathina, Welcome to Country, in
the Tasmanian Aboriginal language Palawa Kani. The
dances, verses and songs were all choreographed in
conjunction with the children. Unity is created through
speaking as one and moving as one in a circle. The play
is performed as a theatre-in-the-round in the middle of
the classroom, using different fabrics to express the
different elements - earth, air, fire, water and
wood. Our final performance is on today at 2:30pm.
Elise
News and Events Spring Fair Craft
A lovely afternoon was spent
with some enthusiastic
crafters making beautiful Spring Blossom Fairies, such
cuteness.
Informal Friday Craft
If you see the craft blackboard out on a Friday morning
then we are crafting at school. Check in at the office
and they will let you know where we are. Karin and
Freya will welcome you.
Weekend Workshop
Our last weekend workshop before the Fair is being
held on Saturday 5 October from 1pm - 4:30pm at a
private home in Howden, 5 minutes from school.
We will be making seahorses and summer/ocean relat-
ed items for sale at the fair. Beginners are welcome,
there are many different skills required and we will be
making them together.
Planning for the Fair
Thank you to all who have been stitching away in the
background. If you are planning to make items for the
craft room and have not let me know, drop me a line so
I know what to expect.
If you would like to make something, but cannot make
it to our informal Friday mornings at school or the
weekend workshop, again contact
me.
Also if you'd like to be on the roster
for the room, let me know
Anna, 0419 234 795,
Goethe Competition 2019 On Friday, 20 September, awardees and families, friends, German teachers and honorary guests gathered at Hobart College for the annual Prize giving Ceremony for students who participated in this year’s competition.
Students of Tarremah were well represented in the audience, amongst the prize winners and even performers who entertained us during the evening. Annelin and Ali played a piece on the piano, and talented Jude gave a ventriloquist rendition of the poem “The little witch” with his puppet Sammy, for many the highlight of the evening.
The theme for the poster competition this year was called “My Favourite Celebration”; the interpretations varied between popular holidays like Easter and Christmas, but also Tarremah school festivals and international celebrations like Halloween.
Winners in the poster category: Grade 3: 1. Hannah, 2. Lucy Grade 4: 3. Bijou, Honourable Mention: Peggy Grade 5: 3. Abigail, Honourable Mention: Rachael Grade 6: 1. Izabella & Joe, 2. Finlay, Honourable Mention: Annelin Grade 7: 2. Romilly
From Class 5 onwards students in each grade learn a German poem by heart and some gave a rendition in front of a panel of judges a couple of weeks ago. The contents of the different poems included someone who likes playing in the rain and jump into puddles, someone who likes counting things like cake crumbs and peas in a can, pebbles in a creek and gummy-bears in a packet and also a witch who thinks about the menu plan for the week and people, big and small, in general.
Winners in the poetry category: Grade 5: 2. Pia, Honourable Mention: Rachael Grade 6: 1. Thea, 3. Silver, Honourable Mention: Izabella Grade 7: 1. Isabella, 2. Romilly Grade 8: 1. Jasmine, Honourable Mention: Jude Grade 9: 3. Aloisia, Honourable Mention: Oliver Grade 8: Conversation in German: 3. Jasmine , Honourable Mention: Aimee Reading Comprehension in Grade 9: Honourable Mention: Aloisia Listening Comprehension in Grade 10: Honourable Mention: Bruni and Ben
Congratulations to all prize winners and Honourable Mention recipients, and well done everyone who was working on posters and poems for the past few weeks to participate in the competition. Ursula Miklauschina
Publishing details
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Cake Stall this Friday after school!
Please bring your spare change and hungry bellies to
the cake stall this Friday (the last day of term!) at the
front of the school outside the Honeysuckle room.
Spring Fair
Sunday 10 November, 10am-3pm
The SPRING FAIR is only a few months away, please put
SUNDAY 10th November on your calendars! It's time
to start allocating some time to the signup zones your
Class Parent has sent out.
PIPIT Signage and decoration
FANTAIL Lemonade
Class 1 Young Outdoor children’s activities
Class 2 Children’s tent, pocket lady, and BBQ
Class 3 Young indoor children’s activities
Class 4 Children’s tent, pocket lady and BBQ
Class 5 Coffee shop
Class 6 Hot spuds
Class 7 Treasure Trove (clothes/books)
Class 8 Car parking/shuttle bus/set up/pack up
Class 9 Coffee shop/ help set up/pack up
Class 10 Ice cream, help set up/pack up
Alumni Coffee shop
Our fair is such a beautiful community event and we are
very grateful for the support of so many. Your
contribution (in any way!) is so very encouraged and
welcomed.
Class 7 would love donations of quality second hand
clothing and books to sell at the Treasure Trove & Book
Nook Stall at this years Spring Fair
Guidelines for donations: Please -
Washed, no logos or obvious branding, no holes,
rips or tears,
no undergarments, no school uniform type things,
no bric a brac,
no white elephants
Book Nook Donations: Please-
No torn, damaged or stained reading matter, no
textbook type material
Donations can be dropped anytime into the red wheelie
bin outside the school office. Thank you for your
generosity!
Thursday Tuck Shop
Soup: $3 cup (pumpkin, potato and leek, chicken
noodle or minestrone)
Hot cheese rolls $2
Plain roll $1
Chocolate Anzacs $1
GF and DF options
Only available for classes 1-10, and staff.
To make the Tuckshop run smoothly and quickly
we do need volunteers, please sign up to the
online roster below (bookmark it, so you can
access at any time).
https://signup.zone/xDWmhgHwnSq4mnMDT
Parents and Friends Meetings
Sadly we are farewelling some long standing members
of the Parents and Friends committee :( We are
therefore advertising for the role of chair for our
meetings. We are on the hunt for any delightful and
savvy people out there who could help to keep our
meetings on track? Please email your interest to
P&F MEETING 22nd October at 6.00pm in the
Honeysuckle room (beside the office). Please email us if
you would like to come along:
We would love to see you there!