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Cover: Megan Molony,

Head of the River

Wed 29th May Founders Day and Pre 50 Reunion

Thu 6th Jun Soccer Club 30th Anniversary Dinner

Sat 15th Jun Old Scholar Dinner

Tue 18th - Wed 19th Jun Junior School photos

Sat 22nd Jun Venture Club Wine night

Fri 26th Jul Whisky Dinner

Sun 18th Aug Long Lunch

Fri 23rd Aug- Sat 24th Aug Winter Intercol

Fri 20th Sep Business Breakfast

Fri 18th Oct Golf Day

Tue 5th Nov Melbourne Cup Luncheon

Mon 11th Nov Remembrance Day Ceremony &

Reunion

Sun 1st Dec Friends of Pulteney Yr 12 farewell dinner

Wed 4th Dec Speech Night

Fri 6th Dec Carol Service

Upcoming EvEntscontEnts

Editor’s Note: The aim of the newsletter is to keep you informed of life at Pulteney. I value your input so if you have any articles or

suggestions, please contact me on 8216 5504 or by emailing mark.bourchier@pulteney.sa.edu.au Advertising in news@pulteney is limited

to members of the school community and many of those who advertise are generous sponsors of the School and I would encourage you to

support their businesses if the opportunity arises. Mark Bourchier

From The Principal 3

War Memorial Room 4

one ninety 6

Head of the River 11

Rowing Camps 12

Music 13

International Women’s Day 13

1st X1 Perth Trip 14

Art 15

Rungie Cup Swimming Carnival 16

Archives 18

Senior Sports Day 19

Intercol 20

Middle School 22

Kurrajong 27

McKinnon Parade/Pulteney Athletics Meet 32

Venture Club 34

Prep 35

Chapel 41

Community 42

In Memorium 43

Around The Traps 44

New Advertising Campaign 45

Sundowner 47

2002 Reunion 48

Pulteney Crabs Family Day 49

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from thE principalReaching across time

Pulteney’s history is one aspect of the

School that constantly astonishes me.

While the daily focus is on the students of

the day, there are ever-present reminders,

compelling ones at that, to bring to mind

the enriching past. The cycle of reunions

and events that commemorate the School’s

past students are an integral, and accepted,

part of the School’s heritage and ties.

They pair, yearly, to broaden and link more

people, past and present.

It would be expected that a School in its

166th year would be continually reaching

across time, extending the experiences

of all who share its life. In the School’s

contemporary times the day-to-day lessons

of learning may have variation in delivery

but the intentions to create long lasting

knowledge and greater awareness of self

remain. In recent times the academic results

of the SACE students of 2012 give comfort

on the hoped-for learning experience in

the classroom. With two students, Vinay

Athreya and Lachlann McArthur, achieving

perfect scores the leading edge of our

departing students was sharp indeed and

the futures of all the 104 students very

promising.

Beyond the classroom there is also

much scope. In sport, this summer season

past, there were sixty teams representing

Pulteney and 11 rowing crews on the

Torrens or West Lakes. The adventures of

the 1st XI cricketers to Perth earlier this

year, coupled with the most recent Perth

trip by the senior girls’ netball and softball

teams, extend the reach of Pulteney

students.

Last year’s ground-breaking international

expedition to Nepal is soon-to-be followed,

in several months, with students travelling

to a conservation park in Zambia. The

anticipated reciprocation of children from

both Nepal and Kathmandu coming

to Pulteney is an exciting prospect.

Furthermore, there has been significant

fund-raising for the visited communities to

complement, and extend, the charitable

endeavours towards the Magdalene

Centre that are a mainstay of the students’

community service.

In the arts, the School’s concert band

will travel to Sydney, mid-year, giving

From The PrinciPal

performances at a number of venues,

including the Power House Museum. Yet, in

these wide ranging experiences for current

students, the embrace of Pulteney’s former

students, is evident elsewhere. Closely,

the Year 12 Drama class of 2012, as Old

Scholars, performed a highly acclaimed

reproduction of the Breakfast Club at the

recent Fringe Festival to twelve sold-out

shows. The involvement of current students

in a live, public and commercial show was a

learning experience for all.

The important and sustaining links

between the School and Old Scholars, aside

from the Breakfast Club, is demonstrated

in the continuing success of the Old

Scholar sporting teams. There are presently

seventeen teams, and likely, an eighteenth

with the addition of volleyball this coming

winter: the influence of newly-minted Old

Scholars providing the impetus for this

new Old Scholar sport. Pleasingly, too,

the School continues to hold promising

conversations with Adelaide City Council on

development potential for the parklands.

Any success on the discussions will be of

considerable benefit to all the students

and Old Scholars who use the parklands.

Undoubtedly, the chance to extend

Pulteney’s reach would entail a substantial

financial commitment I anticipate that

the benefits would entice many to assist

the School. In light of the 1921 Nicholls

building becoming a retreat for a number

of possums there appears, already, an

acceptance that the parklands and the

School, are easily linked and not only by the

fields named to honour Pulteney people,

the South Terrace pedestrian overhead,

itself a 1974 addition, but also any number

of memories of those who played on those

grounds.

The most recent commemoration of two

rooms in Allan Wheaton House to honour

military service of Old Scholars, however,

gives a permanent reminder of the deeds,

achievements and courage of former

students. The Pulteney War Memorial

Room, linked with the Queen’s Room, are

replete with honour boards of service and

memorabilia. Both rooms are reminders of

the legacy we have inherited from the sense

of duty bound in the values and selflessness

of courageous people. Pulteney is fortunate

to have, among its number, many who have

responded to those higher callings.

The Pulteney War Memorial Room,

now, is a significant link to the ideals of

education where “we seek not to follow

the masters, rather we seek what they

sought.” The School motto intones “oh

prosper thou our handiwork’. All who

are now at the School gain from the past

deeds of those who journeyed before us

and this latest publication of the news@

pulteney will ensure yet another marker to

the outstanding work, achievement and

endeavour of many, today and yester-year.

E.A.Groughan

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War mEmorial room

A pleasant sunny afternoon on April 26th saw 120 guests gather for the opening of the Pulteney War Memorial Room and the Queens Room.

The Pulteney War Memorial Room

houses the WWI and WWII honour rolls

and a fledgling collection of artefacts from

all wars. Most importantly it also is home

to individual framed tributes to the 111

Pulteney Old Scholars killed at war between

the Boer War and Afghanistan.

The research for this project has been

enormous and is ongoing. We have yet

to locate photographs of some and new

information is coming to hand continuously.

Simultaneously, we have been gathering

information for the construction of a

post WWII service memorial, our next big

project.

The War Memorial room will offer

the opportunity for current and future

generations of Pulteney Students to learn

of the contributions of their forbearers

and indeed, will enhance their awareness

of the value of the support they provide

to Legacy, the Repat Foundation and the

RSL. Students from grade 3 upwards will

visit the War Memorial Room and an age

appropriate range of research projects is

being prepared. We propose to arrange for

senior students to record interviews with

Old Scholar ex-servicemen as part of their

research projects and for this material to

help grow our Archive collection.

When Queen’s College closed at the

end of 1949, a number of its boys came to

Pulteney, and so began a long relationship.

Who might have thought it would develop

into the bond we share today? Queens Old

Boys have donated funds to establish the

Queens College War Memorial Scholarship

at Pulteney. To date more than $140,000

has been subscribed to this tax deductable

fund.

Queens magnificent WW1 honour roll

is housed in Christ Church Hall in North

Adelaide. Last year Queens Old Boys

commissioned Pulteney Old Scholar, John

Pfitzner, to create an exact replica as an

Honour Roll for those who served in the

Second World War. This equally magnificent

board now hangs in the Queens Room in

Wheaton House.

The opening of the Queens Room,

in honouring the memory of Queens

Old Scholars, will further build the links

between the two Schools. In addition to

housing the WWII honour board the room

will be a repository of their artifacts and

records, the nature and variety of which

we expect will grow over time. The Room

will ensure that the memory of Queens and

the significant contribution made to South

Australia by it’s Scholars, will continue to be

appreciated by future generations. We hope

soon, to commence research to allow us to

replicate for Queens Old Scholars, what we

have achieved for Pulteney Old Scholars lost

at War in the form of individual tributes.

The illustrations for the stunning frieze

in The War Memorial Room were drawn by

Kym Buckland, and his work on the project

is supported by a grant from the ANZAC

Day Commemoration Council. The project

has been strongly supported by Hutt Street

Photos and we are very grateful to Kym and

Alan.

Mark Bourchier,

Director of Community Relations

Brian and Melissa Lee

Lt Col Jack Gregg (1972) and Wesley Hatcher (1953)

Bob Cowper and Dr Groughan

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Hugh, Guy, James, Chris and Belinda Radbone with Elisabeth and Frank Russell

Sam Cooper and Jim Bowen

Emma Neuhaus

Mark Bourchier, Major Peter Male and Dr Groughan

Ted Wyly and Mark Bourchier

Peter Gurner, Jim Bowen and Colin Wagener

Bugler Ryan Braund

Andrew and Tom Pfitzner

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On Thursday 14th February, the Year 12 members of the Forum of Prefects and House Leaders were inducted into their positions of leadership within the school.

Forum of Prefects and House Leaders

Leadership is not about methodologies

or techniques. Leadership is about inspiring

others and oneself. Leadership is not a

set program, it is a human activity that

comes from the heart and considers the

hearts of others. It should not be viewed

as a routine, but as a part of everyday

life. While the School supports the belief

that every student has leadership potential

the elected Forum of Prefects and House

Leaders will shoulder a large part of this

responsibility.

Pulteney has been blessed with student

leaders who have wanted to shape the

future of school life. In fact our school

leaders have left an enduring legacy of

initiatives that all continue to benefit from

today. The 2013 student group is no

different and have already set to work on

developing a number of projects to focus

upon this year.

I look forward to working with this group

of fine young leaders as they tackle some of

the issues presented to them.

Michael Holmes,

Head of one ninety

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Ron, Demi and Nerida Axford

Tash Culley, Lucinda Brown and Claudia DaveyApostoli Kikianis, Julie Huynh and Jenny Pham

Anna Gillespie and Sarah Golfis

Forum of Prefects and House Leaders

Tanya and Harry Hughes

Dee-Anne, Max and Steve Peters

Vivienne St John Robb and Ruby Genborg

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A proud moment for the Nikias family as Karey is presented with his Leader’s blazer.

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High Achievers Assembly

On Friday 15th February, the school came together to celebrate the achievements of the 2012 Year 12 cohort.

The 2012 graduates were a truly

exceptional group of students. They

represented the school at the highest

levels in sporting, music and other cultural

pursuits such as debating and as part of

the Duke of Edinburgh Award. While our

students were busy representing the school,

they also studied hard and achieved to a

high level.

The balance that many students achieved

between study and recreational pursuits

saw many value the importance of hard

work from the start of the year. While

all our Year 12 students from 2012 can

be proud of their efforts, the group listed

represent those that achieved an ATAR of

90 or above, thereby placing themselves

into the top 10% of the state.

Vinay was also the recipient of the

Governor of South Australia SACE Award

and the equal top student in Chemistry in

the state.

Rod McArthur, Lachlann McArthur and Carolyn Mader

Jo-Ann Pillay, William, and James Carlson Jones

Dr Groughan, Patrick Livesey and Alice Leary Lachlann McArthur,Edward Ramsey and Dana Phillips

Mark Barnett and Anastasia Santoreneos

Anneliese Corletto, Imogen Porteus and Rupert Piccoli

2012 High Achievers

Ramesha Murthy, Vinay Athreya and Dr Sunita Ramesh

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Andrew Bradey 90.10

Madeleine Beck 90.70

Caitlin Pretty 90.75

Imogen Porteous 90.75

Brenna Ellis 90.75

Max Hurrell 91.25

Anastasia Santoreneos 91.50

Eva Sianis 91.55

Dana Phillips 91.75

Brittany Guglielmo 91.80

Tanya Burton 91.80

Bart Flower 92.35

Rami Kaissi 92.60

Tijana Laganin 92.90

Nicholas Parker 92.95

Oliver Vallelonga 93.60

Arjun Sivakumar 93.60

Rupert Piccoli 93.60

Alexander Mader 94.40

Alastair Brown 95.25

Alexander Gigney 95.50

Henry Schofield 95.85

Georgia Goddard 96.10

Lexie Brooking-Carter 96.15

Lachlan Oreo 96.30

Nicholas Hay 96.30

Dora Abraham 96.70

Amanda Cao 97.25 Merit English Communications

Stephanie Kallis 97.45 Merit in Accounting

Sharon Li 97.50

Constance Kallis 97.65

Anna Beer 97.65 Merit in Modern History

Ellen Gillett 97.70 Merit in Research Project

Ailie Shaw 97.80 Merit in Legal Studies

Narayan Shanmuganathan 98.20

William Carlson-Jones 98.35 Merit in Research Project

Anneliese Corletto 98.45

Patrick Livesey 98.75 Merit in Drama

Samuel Andrewartha 98.85 Merits in English Communications Physical Education

Edward Ramsey 98.95

James Kieu 99.00

Alice Leary 99.10 Merit in Modern History

Christina Theodore-Smith 99.65 Merits in Mathematical Studies and Physics

Lachlann McArthur 99.95 Top student in Legal Studies Merits in Legal Studies

Vinay Athreya 99.95 Merits in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematical Studies, Physics, English Communications,

Research Project. Vinay was also the recipient of the Governor of South Australia SACE

Award and the equal top student in Chemistry in the state

Special mention must be made to the following current Year 12 Students who undertook Year 12 subjects in Year 11.

• IshraqMurshed–MeritinBiology

• MaxJPeters–MeritinBiology

• JennyPham–MeritinBiology

• LewisBrideson–MeritinYear12MusicIndividualStudy

His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce and Vinay Athreya

Samuel Andrewartha

Merit awards service, Government House

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As part of the Stage 1 History course the Year 11 History students attended a screening of Joe Wrights’ “Anna Karenina”, starring Keira Knightly in the title role.

The Year 11 History course is covering

pre-revolutionary Russia under the Tsar,

Nicholas II and the Russian Revolutions.

This film gave the History students a better

understanding of the time and place they

were studying, as well as the great disparity

of wealth between the Russian elite and the

peasants.

‘Anna Karenina’ 11 History Excursion

The film is based on the book by Russian aristocrat, Leo Tolstoy, and follows the tragic love story of Anna Karenina. Anna is the wife of a

government official (Jude Law) who has an affair with a young cavalry officer (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). The affair, that was at first an affair

purely of love and affection, leads Anna into depression and angst.

Director, Joe Wrights, chooses an unusual style to portray the Tolstoy novel. The film regularly jumps to and from the set of a play. This

makes audience connection with the characters and themes weak. However, the brief insight to Russian peasantry in contrast with the

Russian elite will give the History students a better background of the topic.

Dain Venning, Edward Mader and Matthew Ridley

Thank you to all students who attended the film excursion; it was a wonderful morning. I would also like to thank Mrs Kirsty Ryan

for her generosity in supervising and attending the excursion with me. The film was stylistically interesting and incorporated stunning

cinematography, which enhanced the underlining themes effectively. It was an ideal opportunity, however, to enhance the problematic

nature of film as a historical source. It also encapsulated the context of Tsarist Russia visually for the students away from textbooks.

Michelle Hall,

History/English/Legal Studies

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

Recent presentation of Gold Awards

His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce presenting James Kieu, Ellen Gillett and Samuel Andrewartha with their Gold Awards.

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Year 10 Extension Science photos

The students were asked to take a photo of their own and describe the science behind it. Some

This picture shows an apple, engulfed

in blue flames. These flames are caused by

brandy, which has been poured over the

apple and then in the plate as well. The

apple is not burning or cooking despite this

heat, due to the way the brandy burns. Like

some other forms of ethanols (eg. petrol),

the liquid itself is unable to burn properly

and the reason why there is burning, is

because it evaporates. The vapours that

the ethanol gives off is what burns well

and so means that the air around the apple

is on fire, not the apple itself or the liquid

touching the apple. Vapour is what has

been lit in this picture.

Ethanol has a very low flash point, the point where it begins evaporating and giving off ethanol vapour. This means that if there is enough

brandy coating the apple, only some of it will evaporate, leaving behind some liquid on the apple. This vapour is then lit, allowing the apple

and the plate to be engulfed in flames. These flames, despite heating up the apple, do not cook or burn it as there is still a layer of brandy

on it, giving off vapour to be burnt, whilst protecting the apple at the same time. This then continues until all the brandy has been soaked

up into the apple or been burnt away.

The flames seen in the picture are blue and purple, not ordinary colours for flames. This colour is due to the sugars found within brandy.

Things such as salt can be added for a normal coloured flame though.

Cael Keenan

Why is the sky dark at night?

The answer seems obvious, it’s because

the sun isn’t up. But the only reason the sky

appears blue during the day, is because the

light rays from the sun are scattered by our

atmosphere. Without an atmosphere, like

on the moon, the sky would always be dark,

even when the sun is out.

Rephrasing, why is space dark? Surely,

with an immeasurable number of stars and

galaxies, wherever you point your telescope,

you’re bound to see a star, so the night sky

should be as bright as day. But since space

has existed for a finite amount of time, light

from some stars hasn’t had time to reach

us yet.

But is this the answer? Space is dark because the light hasn’t reached us yet? No, because when we point our telescopes into space, we

see a different type of light. Not from stars, but the light left over from the Big Bang, cosmic background radiation. So if our telescopes tell

us that the night sky isn’t dark, why does it look that way?

The universe is constantly expanding, and due to the Doppler Effect, objects that are moving away from us appear redder. And as these

objects move further away, they become faster, so much so that they shift into infra-red light, which is not visible to human eyes. So the

distant stars and cosmic background radiation are no longer visible, and we are left with a few thousand close stars to observe.

Cameron Smith

samples of what was produced are below:

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hEad of thE rivErSeason 2012-13 culminated in the Schools

Head of the River Regatta on April 6th,

hosted by PAC. Pulteney boated eleven

crews on the day including six junior coxed

quad sculls and three intermediate coxed

quad sculls. To the credit of all involved, we

were also able to race boys and girls senior

eights in elite company for the Gosse Shield

and Florence Eaton Trophy respectively.

During the season, senior and

intermediate rowers attended two camps

at Walker Flat, taking the opportunity to

put some miles on the boat and to bond

together. Both camps were well attended

and crews achieved notable progress.

Junior rowers attended a ‘mini camp’ at

West Lakes in January where our younger

rowers experienced rowing in single sculls

for the first time, quad sculls, ergo training

and land sessions as well as taking part

in an ‘Amazing Race’ on the final day!

The camp objectives of skill development

and building camaraderie were achieved

thanks to the enthusiasm of the rowers and

coaches who were able to attend.

This season the Boat Club was ably led

by Captain of Rowing Ruby Genborg,

supported by Vice-Captains Jack Hewson

and Nicole Laughton and Benjamin Stone

as Captain of Boats. In addition to being a

positive role model, Ruby also gained State

Team selection and attended the Australian

Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, coxing the

Australian womens eight.

Captain of Boats Benjamin Stone

successfully combined with brother Bradley

and two others to contest the U/19 M4-

(mens coxless four) at the National Rowing

Championships in Sydney in March. Proudly

representing Pulteney, the boys are to be

congratulated for this outstanding effort -

Gold on the national stage!!

The magnificent contribution of the

parents committee and the rowing

community generally were rightly

acknowledged at the Head of the River

Dinner. I would like to reinforce this and

add my personal thanks to the school,

committee, parents, rowers and coaches for

the season passed, congratulations to all.

Richard Sexton,

Rowing Co-ordinator

Brandon BlightCharlotte Sexton and Toby Genborg

Lexie Van Gemert and Jordan PokornyDaniel Glynn-Roe

Boys 1st V111

Year 8/9 A BoysBrad Stone and David Sandison

Claire Churchill, Alanah Croft, Sally McLoughlin, Carey Hurburgh and Alannah Gilsmore

Drum Corps

Year 9/10 Boys A Coxed Quad Scull

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roWing camps

Carey Hurburg, Belinda Craig, Alanah Croft, Claire Churchill, and cox Alannah Gilsmore

Finn Brunning

Sam Hore,Alex Anthony (coach), Lachlan Rawson, Elliot Bell, Sam Heal, Dion Vithoulkas and Sam Madsen

Alanah Croft and Claire ChurchillBelinda Craig

Year 9/10 Boys A Coxed Quad Scull

Toby Genborg

Luuly Francis

Year 9/10 A Girls Coxed Quad Scull

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intErnational WomEn’s dayThe Year 12 Forum girls rose early

to attend the International Women’s

Day breakfast attended by 2200 people

on Friday 8th March at the Adelaide

Convention Centre.

Our female student leaders listened to Dr

Anne Summers AO speak about the 20 year

anniversary of the breakfast and the topic

of violence against women. Despite the

6.30am start the girls found the breakfast

an inspiring experience.

With an action packed term of

music making from the Music faculty,

music is certainly making its mark

here at Pulteney Grammar School.

The term closed with a brilliant

Performance from our Drum Corps at the

Repat Hospital Foundation Gala Dinner

at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

Under the direction of Mr. Frank Fragomeni

the Drum Corps has also performed

at the Head of the River regatta, High

Achievers assembly and at the Induction

of Prefect’s assembly. The Drum Corps has

certainly made its mark in the Adelaide

Musical community with it in constant

demand for events and concerts.

This term also saw a large

growth in standard as well as size

of our Senior String Ensemble.

During 2012 The String Ensemble under

went a major transformation under our

previous Head of Strings, Mary Raptis.

This Year we have a new director of the

String Ensemble in Louise Beeston and

with the strong foundation put in place

from 2012 the ensemble now boasts 13

players covering all the parts of a small

string ensemble. The string ensemble was

privileged to play for the Commonwealth

Day festivities with His Excellency the

Governor of South Australia Rear Admiral

Kevin Scarce in attendance for the

event which was held in Wyatt Hall.

The Percussion and Guitar ensembles

are important ensembles for our students

undertaking lessons in Keyboard

percussion and Modern and Classical

guitar respectively. With precise direction from Nick Parnell and Paul Jankovic these two

ensembles performed excellent programmes as part of our Term 1 Classroom Music concert.

The concert, which was held in Wyatt Hall during the last week of term 1, showcased

the classroom work of students from Year 7 to 11. With Ms Gonsior Mrs. Howley and

Mr. Mears’ class groups all in fine voice the classroom concert was a resounding success

with a packed hall and appreciative enthusiastic audience in attendance. Students were so

inspired from the concert that they are already planning for the next class performance!

Well amongst the many rehearsals for all our ensembles and the many

lessons taught by all our wonderful instrumental and vocal teaching staff the

year is certainly gearing up for more brilliant performances from our Year

12’s as they enter their performance season through to our inaugural Music

Trip to Sydney with our Concert Band and Grammarphones choir.

Keep your diaries open for the rest of the year as there are a couple of special

performances currently being organized for term 2 and 3 with some special guest

performance groups which will be a real treat for our students to be a part of.

Glen Mears,

Head of Music

His Excellency the Governor of South Australia Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce speaks to students

Junior training String Ensemble directed Louisa Giacomini

String Ensemble Commonwealth Day

Pulteney Grammar school Music Department hits high notes in Music performance during term 1 2013

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1st X1 pErth trip

The way that travelling brings a team

closer together is invaluable, and it has set

us up well for a tough term of Saturday

fixtures culminating in the 3-day Intercol

against Scotch College on March 21.

The team played 3 matches, the first

of which was a victory in a Twenty20

against Newman College, however this

was followed in the second match by a

disappointing loss to renowned cricket-

orientated Aquinas College. It was in the

third match, against Christchurch Grammar,

I believe we played our best cricket of the

tour.

Led by half-centuries to both Harris

Jessen and Josh Manuel, the team built

an innings to make a reasonable score.

However, the Christchurch batting line-up

proved too strong on a flat wicket and

chased down our total. I regard this as

our best effort because of the fight and

endeavor we showed right until the end of

the match against a school with over 1000

boys enrolled from years 7-12.

On top of the three matches the team

visited Rottnest Island for a day of cycling

and snorkeling around some amazing

beaches. The days spent away from the

cricket field on this trip were just as valuable

as the days spent on it, because of the

character and team-building aspects of

these excursions.

Congratulations to Harris Jessen, who

was awarded the player of the trip award

with 95 runs at an average of 32, and 3

wickets.

I would like to take this opportunity

to thank all staff and friends of Pulteney

involved in the organisation and production

of the trip, including Mr. Tony Ey, our

regular umpire for all games in Adelaide,

who made the trip over to assist in the

umpiring of our games.

Tom Laity,

Captain, 1st X1

From the perspective of the players, the 1st XI cricket trip to Perth was a fantastic experience for all of us.

Tom Laity v Christchurch Grammar

Harris Jessen v Christchurch Grammar

Brad Sipek v Christchurch Grammar

Will Bourchier v Newman College

Josh Wills v Newman College

Overlooking the Swan RiverMr Rick Woolford, Josh Wills, Josh Manuel, Matt van der Sommen, Andrew Kimber, Harris Jessen, Brad Sipek, Tom Laity, Isaac Glonek, Ollie English, Sam McGarry, Adam Coumi, Will Bourchier, Mr Mark Webber

Back row: Josh Manuel, Will Bourchier, Harris Jessen, Mr Mark Webber, Sam McGarry

Front row: Josh Wills, Brad Sipek, Mr Tony Ey, Matt van der Sommen, Ollie English, Adam Coumi, Andrew Kimber, Isaac Glonek, Tom Laity, and Mr Rick Woolford

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artThe diverse range of artwork produced by Pulteney students always impresses me and this is achieved by our imaginative students with the guidance of the art teachers who have a multiplicity of interests, skills and experience.

During the first term, Year 10 students

have produced a range of food inspired

art pieces led by Wendy Muir; Year 11

photography students have created

amazing images of the South Australian

South Coast led by Antonio Clamenti; Year

8 students have made complex block prints

led by Kym Wilson, and a selection of my

Year 7 students have constructed animal

inspired totem poles at Monarto Zoo. In

Kurrajong and the Junior School, a busy and

creative art program directed and guided

by Anna Mahoney and Meredith Phillips

has seen the children complete many

imaginative pieces including creating tools

and equipment used by miners to illustrate

early Australian gold rush history.

Year 12 Art students have a challenging

and rewarding year ahead of them and are

making great headway working on a range

of exciting projects. Their artwork promises

to be quite exceptional when completed

later in the year and an inspirational Year 12

art exhibition.

In the second term two exciting events

are planned. In May The Art faculty is

heading to the MONA (Museum of Old and

New Art) in Tasmania for artistic inspiration

and fresh ideas for art at Pulteney. Later

in the term a large elephant mosaic

will be installed at Monarto Zoo. It was

produced by old scholar Missy Pascoe, Year

8 students and myself over many months

and is one of many artpieces produced by

Pulteney students as part of a partnership

with the zoo to educate students about

environmental issues as well as the kudos of

students having their work in a public place.

Holidays are a great time to take a

breath and be inspired by travelling to new

destinations and meeting new people. In

the April school holidays it was a privilege

for me to meet ceramic artist, Mark Pearse.

He was an art teacher at St Peters Boys

College in the 1960s and 70s and we both

discussed our experiences as art teachers.

It was inspirational to see his artwork and

studio located in an old schoolroom at

the back of his beautiful historic property

‘Bungala’ in Yankalilla. We both agreed that

making and constructing sculptural work

was especially rewarding and important for

students.

I look forward to an exciting time ahead for

the Art faculty.

Rod James,

Lead teacher of Art.

Kate Watts, Owen Watts, Alexander Newman, Ebony McQueen, Rory Egarr, Luka Amorico, Katia Stamatelopoulos, and Rod James

Monique Nguyen with her tree house sculpture.Jack White with ceramic plate, square pattern.

Zac Sipek and his ceramic eye plate.

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rUngiE cUp sWimming carnival

The 2013 Rungie Cup Swimming Carnival was a closely fought competition with only 10

points separating the top two houses. The lead changed numerous times throughout the

day with Cawthorne Nicholls taking the Clay Shield at the conclusion of the

day.

Matthew Zuill and Jack Hewson were dominant in the Year 12 boys,

Matthew winning each of the three events with Jack following

closely behind. Claire Robertson represented her house well

winning two of her three events. The competition between

Daniel Barnett, Nicholas Winter and Jacob Faulkhead

was fierce, while Tia Mavropoulos and Emily Johnson

battled in the Year 11 girls. Newcomer Matthew

Hume gave James Rodda and Lincoln Edwards

some competition in the Year 10 boys whilst

Jackie van Renen continued her dominance in Year 10 girls. Alice Ascari was outstanding in

the Year 9 girls, breaking two records and going on to win the Dunstan Cup. Samuel Hore

raced solidly, while Caitlin Pearce won each of her three races in Year 8, Year 7’s, Alexander

Newman and Charlie Rowe fought for first position in each of their events, with Lara Candy

placing in each of her three events.

Final house results for the day were

Cawthorne Nicholls 562, Bleby Howard

552, Moore Sunter 502 and Kennion Miller

406.

Results:Plastow Memorial Shield, Boys Year 12 4 x

50 m relay, Bleby-Howard

Coward Trophy, Girls Year 11/12 4 x 50m

relay, Moore Sunter

Ware Trophy, 50m Freestyle Sprint for Boys,

Matthew Zuill in a time of 27.24 seconds

Dunstan Trophy, 50m Freestyle Sprint

for Girls, Alice Ascari in a time of 30.55

seconds

New records:Year 9 Girls: 50m Freestyle, Alice Ascari,

30.38 seconds

Year 9 Girls: 50m Backstroke, Alice Ascari,

37.17 seconds

Sharon Pearce,

Head of Swimming

Jackie van Renen and Jack Hewson

Bleby-Howard Cheer SquadYear 10 Moore-Sunter Tunnel Ball Team

Cawthorne-Nicholls cheer squad Chester Oliver

Year 7/8 girls enjoying the day

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Peter Coward with Coward Trophy winners Gabrielle Kiss, Jenny Pham, Brigette Rodda and Imogen Loftes

Ryan Moseby

Alice Ascari with Dr Eddie Groughan

Lewis Brideson Lara Candy Maya Madsen

Final leg of the Ware Trophy

Matthew Zuill with Dr Eddie Groughan

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archivEsMemorial Wing

When Pulteney moved to South Terrace in 1921 there was a factory next door. At various times 202 South Terrace was a margarine factory

and an ice cream factory. It had fallen into disuse during the war and in 1942 was gutted by fire. In 1943 it was declared a dangerous

structure.

As Pulteney prospered under the headmastership of WR Ray the existing school buildings were bursting at the seams with boys, and a new

building was necessary. In February 1948 the derelict factory next door was purchased for £4250.

On May 29 1948, 100 years to the day after the school first opened its doors to students, the Foundation stone for the new building was

laid by the Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie. The building was to be a memorial to those old scholars who had given their lives during WWII.

George Parker, an old scholar, was appointed architect and the plan was for a single storey building to house the kindergarten, rooms for

the expanding junior school, science labs and Headmaster and secretary’s office. Due to materials constraints immediately after the war, the

building was adapted from the original ice cream factory site. Work was undertaken in stages and was finally ready for use in late 1949.

In October 1950 the building was officially opened and blessed by Bishop Robin, Archbishop of Canterbury. The building was to be known

as Memorial Wing, commemorating the 410 Old Scholars known to have served in WWII and in particular the 65 who died.

The upper story was completed in 1965 and the Schrader Library extension was added in 1970.

The original foundation stone of the building was placed at the northern end of the building facing the quad but at some time was covered

by lockers. The foundation stone will be moved in May this year to a more prominent position facing South Terrace and will be unveiled on

Founders Day 2013.

Samantha Cooper,

Archivist

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sEnior sports day

Emelia Molony

James Van Gemert

Go Bleby!Senior Boys Tug of War

Senior Girls Tug of War

Our diligent time keepersBillie Grady and Anne Tunstill

Jacob Faulkhead

Middle School hurdles

Kate ChapmanJenny Pham

James Kieu

Emma Henshall leads the pack

Josh Wills

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intErcolThe March weekend proved extremely exciting, as Pulteney and Scotch went head to head in the annual Summer Intercol.

The sports we competed in included

Swimming, Girl’s Basketball, Cricket,

Softball, Tennis, Rowing and Volleyball.

Every sportsman and woman put in his or

her very best. Everybody who competed

should be congratulated on their positive

attitudes, support for one another,

enthusiasm, effort, sportsmanship and

overall performance.

The results from each sports are as

followed:

Cricket: Draw (Scotch retain shield)

Swimming: PGS defeated Scotch

Girl’s Basketball: PGS lost 35-43

Softball: PGS lost 12-14

Boy’s Drive Tennis: PGS lost 0-9

Girl’s Tennis: PGS defeated Scotch 5-1

Open Volleyball: PGS lost 3-1

Rowing: PGS lost 2-0

A huge thank you to all the students and

parents who helped out with the running

of the competition, and supported all the

teams. Also thank you to the coaches and

co-ordinators of all the sports who made

the competition possible.

Emma Sara and Josh Manuel,

Captains of Sport

Billie Grady

Billie Grady, Tash Culley and Olivia Cirocco

Ella Wiltshire Nicholas Winter

Francis Huynh

Will Bourchier Oliver English takes a wicket

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Harriet Creaser

Rebecca Randell

Isaac GlonekJosh Kurpita

Mia Valk

Lucie Brown

Izzy Madsen

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middlE school

We in the Middle School endeavour to make sure that the embarking on a new year is

a very positive experience and to help ensure this we begin the year with our Year 7 and 8

camps.

Year 7 CampThe Year 7 Camp to Kangaroo Island provides the

opportunity for the new mix of students in a Home Group to

gel, and to get to know their new Home Group teacher. Students also get

to improve their Outdoor Education skills and to see the many wonders that KI provides.

The students all participated in a number of activities, such as surfing at Vivonne Bay,

kayaking at Harriet River, adventure caving at the Kelly Hill Caves, hiking at Snake Lagoon,

and an Island tour at various sites in the Flinders Chase National Park.

Each student came away with their own

personal highlights, whether it was catching

a wave, wriggling through small cave

openings, up close bird experiences or the

sense of achievement as they accomplished

a challenge.

The beginning of a new school year is always filled with excitement, coupled with a few nerves, about the making of new friends, starting new subjects, meeting new teachers and the creation of new opportunities.

Charlie Rowe and Sam Magarey (7HG)

Rory Egarr (7MB)

Alex McKenny, Joshua Nicholls, and Harrison Nisbet (8MM)

Tyler Thomson and Harrison Nisbet (8MM)7MB in the cooking circle

7MB at Little Sahara

Nicholas Herriot (8MM)

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Year 8 Camp

The Year 8 camp, held in week 3 at

Hindmarsh Island, is equally as exciting as

the Year 7 trip. It consisted of a two day

kayaking expedition in the Coorong, as well

as sailing, surfing and cultural studies, and

competing for the Aqua Thong.

The biggest challenge for the Year 8’s

was the expedition. Sleeping in tents,

cooking for themselves on the trangias,

as well as kayaking for two days was

personally challenging for some, but it will

be an experience, an accomplishment that

they will never forget.

The camps were again very successful,

providing positive and memorable

experiences. The Yr 7 and 8 Home Group

teachers and Wilderness Escape are to be

thanked for once again providing excellent

care, service, guidance and a fulfilling

program to the Pulteney community.

8MM in the Coorong

Charlotte Brader and Henry (Easter Bunny) Saxon

Harrison Nisbet (8MM )

Nicholas Herriot, Isabel Oreo and Marcel Tugwell (8MM)

Isabella Ioanni (9CC) looking very bunny!

7DP and Mr Ryan egg hunting

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Year 9

Our Year 9’s have a different focus. We look more towards the future and their development as young adults, in preparation for their transition into one ninety. To aid this we have The Rite Journey, which was introduced in 2012. We begin the Rite Journey with a little ceremony called the ‘Calling’.

The students met at the top of

Montefiore Hill in the wee hours of the

morning to watch the sunrise, as they

reflected on the aims of the Rite Journey

program. A short walk to the Torrens

River followed this, where students had to

consider what they hope to achieve or to

change about themselves as they embark

on their journey towards adulthood. This

was then followed by breakfast at the

Pulteney Boat Shed.

High Ropes CourseAn aspect of the Rite Journey is the

accomplishment of a range of challenges

and so the Year 9’s spent two days at

Woodhouse Scout Camp on the High

Ropes course, being challenged by a range

of activities, including high rope climbs,

bridge building challenges, an orienteering

course, problem solving challenges and billy

cart racing.

The new year also involves new student

leadership, and as with last year the

Middle School has mirrored the one ninety

leadership model with the selection of

Middle School Prefects and Middle School

House leaders. Both groups have had a

busy term with leadership training sessions

conducted by Malcolm Dolman. The House

Leaders have been busy with Rungie Cup

activities, Sport Day and the Swimming

Carnival. The Prefects have also been busy

and initiated a fun Easter egg hunt on

Maundy Thursday. Each Home Group, in

turn, went to the Ray Wing garden to hunt

for Easter eggs deposited by two very pink

Year 9 Easter bunnies.

Charlotte Brader and Daisy Buckland (9RB)Tom Slattery (9BD)

9RB at the Calling Ceremony

Brooke Roberts (9RB)

Tobias Genborg (9BD)

Emily White (9BD) and Eliza Davey (9MD)

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Three Year 7’s have also shown some

initiative and organised a fundraiser for the

Animal Welfare League. Home Groups were

asked to bring in pet food and on the last

Thursday of the term each Home Group

had to creatively display their stash. The

winning Home Group, based on quantity

and creativity is to be given the opportunity

to bring in their pets for part of a day in

Term 2. Dr Groughan kindly volunteered to

be the judge and the winning Home Group

was 7DP. Congratulations to Erin Morello,

Felix Hawkins and Isabella Wilson for their

initiative and organization.

The first term for the Middle School is

always dynamic and action-packed, making

for an excellent beginning to the school

year.

Paul Ryan,

Head of Middle School

“In March, History came to life for all Year 7 students. An excursion to see the Built Tough

Exhibition at the South Australian Museum saw the students immersed in an extensive array

of interactive inventions from the Ancient Roman period. Students learnt how to build stone

arch ways, practiced using early machinery to shift water and grain and had the chance to

play ancient games. One highlight was trying on the various layers of armour of a Roman

Warrior and holding battle shields. Thanks to Year 7 History teachers Daniel Polkinghorne,

Mharianne Strong and Helen Gonsior, with support from Paul Ryan and Jodi Petherick, for

making this great opportunity possible for our Middle School historians”.

Dr. Christina H. Jarvis

Built Tough Exhibition

Kon Piliouras and Daniel Nielsen, dressed in costume at the SA Museum exhibition.

Owen Moseby (7DP), Mr Ryan and Jai Dahm (7DP) at the Museum

Rebecca Mintern and Lara Candy (7DP) at the Museum

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History on Kangaroo Island

In week 2 the Year 7 students travelled to Kangaroo Island as part of the Middle School Outdoor Education program. They researched historical facts before leaving and were able to visit some of the places researched. The following is a sample of some of the places visited.

Students seeing how the honey is made, at Clifford’s Honey Farm

Prospect Hill, looking out over American River towards Mt Lofty.

Frenchman’s Rock, where Captain Baudin and Captain Flinders exchanged navigation notes and shared fresh water.

Students exploring the Remarkable Rocks

The first European to explore Kangaroo

Island came by the name of Nicolas

Baudin, who was a French explorer. He

mapped out most of the island, which is

the reason that most of the places there

have French names. Kangaroo Island

was almost claimed by the French but

Captain Matthew Flinders claimed it

first. Flinders founded Kangaroo Island

with his crew on the 2nd of March

1802, another little known fact is that

he named Mt Lofty from the top of

Prospect Hill, which the students visited.

Kangaroo Island produces grain,

sheep and honey. In fact, the honey

farm produces a particular type of bees

called Ligurian bees. The Ligurian bees on

Kangaroo Island are the only colony left in

the world. Ligurian bees came from Italy

and produce a particular type of honey,

which has a range of flavours, dependent

on the flowers they take the pollen from.

The Remarkable Rocks were formed in

the post-Cambrian period. The weathered

rocks are made of granite, which was laid

down about 500 Million years ago. Over

time the rocks made their way to the

surface, in recent history they have been

weathered by wind and water erosion, to

form their unique shapes.

Daniel Polkinghorne,

Year 7 Home Group teacher

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KUrrajongThe 2013 school year began with a buzz

of excitement as we welcomed many new

students and families to Kurrajong. We

have welcomed one new staff member, Mrs

Kathryn Clarke, who is currently working

as the Resource Centre teacher whilst Mrs

Kate White is on maternity leave. Kate and

husband Andrew welcomed their third

son, Angus, into the world in early March.

On behalf of the Pulteney community we

congratulate them on their exciting news.

Mrs Sarah Noell (Yr 2 teacher) also returned

to her full-time teaching position. Ms

Cass Smith (Reception teacher in RK on a

Thursday) has returned to Kurrajong in a

part-time role to release Assistant Head of

Kurrajong, Mrs Natalie Natsias, to fulfil her

role in this area. The teaching staff worked

their magic, creating stunning learning

environments for the children to immerse

themselves in inviting and stimulating

classrooms. It has also been lovely to see

the connections being made with the

newly formed class communities! It is not

only important for your child but also for

parents to get to know the families in your

new class. The parent reps have been busy

planning social functions for your class and

I encourage you to attend these functions

and become involved in the Pulteney

community as well as organise ‘play dates’

with new friends!

Information sessions for parents

There have been a couple of information

sessions for parents so far this term, with

parents coming together for the Kurrajong

Parent Information Evening on Wednesday

6 February where they enjoyed drinks

and nibbles in the Antill Courtyard before

going to their child’s class to find out

curriculum and classroom practices for the

year ahead. Mrs Shelley Stuart (LAP and

Reading Recovery teacher in the Learning

Support Centre) presented a ‘Reception

Reading’ workshop for Reception parents

on Wednesday 27 February to assist their

learners as they begin the reading process.

Finally, on Wednesday 27 March, Madhavi

Nawana Parker, a Behavioural Consultant

who runs “What’s the Buzz” and “Bounce

Back” social skills programs at Pulteney,

presented a workshop for all Junior School

families on the topic “The Building Blocks

for Positive Discipline,” which focussed

on enabling parents to develop discipline

methods that encourage their children to

problem solve, to be more independent and

cooperative. Madhavi will present further

workshops in Term 2.

National Assessment for our Early Learning Centre

Nationally, all 0-5 year old settings are

overseen by the ‘Australian Children’s

Education and Care Quality Authority’

(ACECQA). These settings need to comply

with the ‘National Quality Framework for

Early Childhood Education and Care’ (NQF).

Within the NQF there are seven ‘National

Quality Standards’ (NQS) that are used

by services to self-assess current practice,

determine where quality improvements

can be made, and plan effective

implementation of these improvements.

Regulatory Authorities complete an ongoing

assessment of each service and have the

primary responsibility for service approval,

monitoring and quality assessment.

The staff has spent considerable time

throughout 2011 and 2012 writing a

‘Quality Improvement Plan’ (QIP), which was

then submitted to the Regulatory Authority.

An Authorised Officer spent the day on

the 26 March in our ELC observing and

discussing all aspects of the ELC with staff,

parents and the wider Pulteney community.

At the end of this process, the Regulatory

Authority viewed all documentation and

gave the ELC an overall assessment rating,

which was ‘Exceeding the National Quality

Standard’. This is the highest rating and

the ELC received this rating in all 7 Quality

areas. I would like to take this opportunity

to thank Ms Dareska Brus, Manager of

Early Childhood Education and Care,

and all the ELC staff for the enormous

work they have done and continue to

do to ensure our ELC is outstanding. Peter Burton (ELC T) waiting for his ice-cream from the shop in the role play area in ELC T.

Jonathan Newman and Georgios Mavragelos from ELC W exploring the inside of a police car.

Jaime Martin from 1K with his boat he created as part of his inquiry study on the ocean.

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Kurrajong Sports MorningThe children were very excited on Friday

15 March when students demonstrated

their gross motor skills to family and

friends at the Kurrajong Sports Morning.

All of Kurrajong students participated in

a warm up health hustle lead by Ms Kylie

Stephanos, which is always a highlight of

the morning. Developmentally appropriate

non-competitive activity circuits then

followed the warm up. Middle School

Leaders together with 190 students

assisted the staff and students throughout

the morning, giving encouragement

and guidance along the way. It was also

fabulous seeing the many family and friends

participating in some of the activities as

well!

Easter Celebration The Kurrajong Easter Celebration was

held on Tuesday 26 March in Wyatt Hall.

The children prepared for the Easter

Celebration during their weekly Music

lessons with Ms Phyllis. The morning was

filled with such joy as family and friends

witnessed a dynamic performance by

the students, who clearly showed their

enjoyment and love of music as they smiled

and sang and performed with such gusto!

The students made their Easter bonnets

with their class teachers and they continue

to be stunning creations!

Sensory experiences in ELC Tainmunta

In Week 8 ELC T celebrated Harmony

Day. Staff read a book called, “Whoever

You Are” by Mem Fox and discussed how

even though we might look different and

do things differently from other people,

there are many ways which we are the

same and that we need to look after one

another and respect each other. During

group time the children and staff held

orange streamers, which they linked

together at the end of the book to create a

circle. Students learned that orange is the

colour that represents Harmony Day. They

made orange handprints and created a

window display that linked all their hands

together in a circle. The ELC hand print

art was a fun sensory experience that for

many ended up as a gloriously messy finger

painting experience as well!

ELC T have also linked their love of

sensory experiences with a current interest

of many of the children. Staff observed

the children playing under the playground

quite often, making and selling ice creams.

So staff set up an area at the ‘making

table’ for children to make ice creams to

sell in their shop. Mrs Paternoster brought

in some shaving foam, which children

then mixed with paint and glitter to make

puffy, ice-cream cone paintings! They have

also been finger painting with ‘ice cream’

(shaving foam again!) on the easels. They

read an information book about how ice

cream is made and worked later with Ms

Brus when she came to visit to create a list

of things they might need to set up an ice

cream shop! Students in ELC T are all very

eager to continue on with this interest,

with many children suggesting that they

make ice cream or sorbet to eat at school

after Matilda Sims explained to ELC T what

a delicious strawberry sorbet her Mummy

makes! I look forward to hopefully tasting

the ice cream or sorbet the students in ELC

T are so keen to make!

YOGA in ELC Wita

In the ELC Wita classroom, yoga

poses and sequences are a playful, non-

competitive way to aid children’s strength,

flexibility, balance, co-ordination and ability

to relax. Through yoga the children become

more conscious of their own bodies, gain

flexibility, good coordination, self-control,

focus and concentration. Using the yoga

cards the children are able to approximate

yoga postures by looking at the pictures

and watching others. Children of this age

love to practise yoga in a group. They tune

into the sense of community that practising

together creates. Through breathing

exercises and positive affirmations children

1N students, Chloe Kemp, Claudia Speirs and Hamish Wilkinson with their inquiry work

Georgina Skibinski (ELC T) singing at the Kurrajong Easter Celebration.

Sophia Vladimirov (2Y) singing at the Kurrajong Easter Celebration.

Adam Brownbill and Hamish Ruff from ELC W demonstrating yoga poses.

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and teachers learn to stay positive, healthy,

happy and believe in themselves.

Every morning the ELC Wita children

bring out the Yoga cards, having the

opportunity to make up their own routines

and sequences. The children look through

the sequence cards and examine each

image to interpret the pose accurately. They

demonstrate understanding of themselves

and their world through active hands on

exploration of yoga. This helps with a

strong sense of wellbeing and includes

good physical health, feelings of happiness,

satisfaction and successful social skills.

Playful Investigations

The Reception cohort meets each

Friday morning for a 45 minute playful

investigations session. These sessions have

been introduced for a number of reasons.

It is a wonderful opportunity to catch up

with old friends from the ELC and also

make new friends that they may not have

mixed with before. Friday mornings are

also an opportunity for children to attend

‘workshop sessions’. Each Friday there are

2 to 3 workshops that are run either by

staff or students. Workshops completed so

far have been ‘Pirate Hat Making’, ‘Colour

Mixing’, ‘Observational Drawing’, ‘Joining

Materials Together” and ‘Tying Knots’. The

children sign up for any workshop session

they are interested in and are expected

to attend the entire workshop. Once they

have completed the workshop they are

considered experts and can go on to teach

other children the skills they have learnt.

Each Workshop is documented so that

children can revisit the documentation

to remind them of how to complete a

particular task. These workshops are a

wonderful opportunity for children to

share their knowledge and skills with each

other. It gives them a great boost to their

self-esteem, as they know that they are the

expert and are sharing their knowledge

with their friends. The children are very

keen to run workshops and our bank of

workshop ideas is growing on a daily basis.

Staff is keen for any parents to be involved

in running an expert workshop and sharing

their expertise with the children in Term 2,

so it will be exciting to see what workshops

will unfold in the coming term. These

investigations have come about from staff

professional development workshops held

at the commencement of the term with

educational consultant, Lisa Burman, who

collaborated with staff on the topic ‘Playful

Learning’.

Year 1 InquiryBuilding research skills has continued

to be a focus in Year 1 Inquiry lessons. For

example one week the children posed some

questions they would like to answer about

Whales and then spent the next Inquiry

lesson using books and the Internet to

answer them. Staff has been very impressed

with their patience and concentration as

researching can be tricky! Further, the

children also selected a sea creature of

interest to them to research both in Library

lessons and in the classroom. Students then

spent time presenting some information

on this creature. At the end of the term

the children brought home a special folder,

which contained all their work about the

Ocean from Term 1. In completing this work

students have needed to recall, organise

and apply their knowledge of facts about

sea creatures both in factual and creative

ways. If you go to the Resource Centre page

on the Learning Platform you will find more

interesting discoveries made by the Year 1

students in this inquiry topic area.

As part of the Year 1 Inquiry students

also studied sinking and floating and the

children combined their Science topic of

‘Heat changing materials’, in this case

jelly crystals and liquids into solids, in

combination with experimenting with jelly

babies to see at what stage of the process

the jelly baby divers ‘sank’ or ‘swam’ on

Olivia Raestas and Amelie Calder from 1T eating their Science experiment!

ELC T students lining up for an ice-cream in their pretend ice-cream shop!

Barnaby Pearson-Cheek and Erin Adams-Mc Donald (2Y) sharing their Travel Folders and My World posters and information.

Oscar Ayres from RK leading an ‘expert workshop on colour mixing’.

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the top. This experience combined nicely

with their study of the ocean and how it is

explored, i.e. divers, submarines etc.

Year 2 - Around the World Kathryn Clarke (Resource Centre teacher)

and the Year 2 students and teaching

staff have shared an amazing journey

‘Around the World’ this term in their

Library lessons! They began with a book

study: ’Are We There Yet?’ by Alison Lester.

This fictional text was the provocation

for their travels around Australia. They

used a map of Australia on the interactive

whiteboard to follow the family on their

three month trip around Australia. The

map was interactive and via hyper-links

we accessed: Google maps, you tube,

vimeo and travel websites to ‘visit’ the

amazing landmarks, historical sights, natural

wonders and Australian cities and towns.

They then created their own ‘Kurrajong

Travel Agency’ where each student chose

an Australian holiday destination. Students

accessed research material from the travel

brochures, educational websites, interactive

whiteboard map and non-fiction books

to write a postcard detailing information

about their destination, or to create a map

highlighting information of ‘must-see’

destinations. These postcards and maps

were on display in the Library and were

included in students Research Folder at the

end of the term.

The Year 2 travels around Australia

led them to wonder about amazing

destinations around the world! The

‘Kurrajong Travel Agency’ grew to include

travel brochures from well-known tourist

spots in America, Great Britain, Italy and

France. Library lessons supported classroom

research projects and students accessed

web-links to many educational sites as

they located and analysed information and

then communicated their findings with

others to answer their wonderings about

the world. They invited Mr John La Bella,

Manager of Flight Centre, Newton to have

an interview with the Year 2’s! For more

information about this amazing interview,

photographs and more please “check-in” to

the Kurrajong Resource Centre page on the

Learning Platform! This research project has

supported students to continue developing

their research skills as they pose interesting

and insightful questions and gather

information from a variety of genuine and

relevant sources in their quest to develop

new understandings.

TriSkills – Gym BusOn Thursday 11 April Kurrajong students

were delighted to have a visit from the

TriSkills Gym Bus. During their session

students were introduced to the TriSkills

General Gymnastics program and were

taught a number of skills including safe

landings, body orientation (rolls, twists),

balance, power skills (jumping, leaping),

locomotion (cartwheels, vaults), strength

and flexibility. This visit was a wonderful

addition to the Physical Education program

and allowed the children to work at their

own pace ensuring a high rate of success.

However, at the same time their gross

motor skills were being challenged in new

and exciting ways.

Virginia Evans,

Head of Kurrajong

Thomas Livesey from RK on the TriSkills Gym bus

Leila Mislov and Hannah Corby from RT using the monkey bars on the TriSkills Gum bus

Paul Romeo (2P), showing his dad, Anthony, his inquiry project.

Rebecca Rowe (2P) showing her mum, Isabel, her inquiry project.

Elsie Pearce, Emma Neuhaus and Rebecca Rowe (from 2P) sharing their inquiry projects.

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Samuel Kemp from RT enjoying the teamwork involved when using the parachute!

Daniele De Marco from RT

Fynn Gamlin from RT completing the egg and spoon race.

Oscar Sabine from RT cheering on his classmates!

Matilda Paterson (ELC W) bouncing on the hoppers!

Max Hortin-Matthes (RK) jumping in the sack race Samuel Kemp (RT) demonstrating his athletic prowess!

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mcKinnon paradE/pUltEnEy athlEtics mEEt The 2013 McKinnon Parade/Pulteney Grammar School Athletics Meet was full of drama throughout the day.

The major race of the day, the Thomas

Wright Memorial Mile run over 1600m

completed a day of close racing with a

photo finish determining the winner from

second place.

As part of the day Pulteney students

took part in an invitational 400m race. Each

student was handicapped according to their

times taken at the recent Athletics carnival.

This means that students start at different

points on the track. It is very different

to what the students are used to, but it

gives them a taste of a different form of

athletics, one becoming more popular each

year, as supported by the record numbers

nominating for such events as the Bay

Sheffield.

Thirty six students accepted the invitation

providing us with fields of 22 girls, a record

number, and 14 boys. These were divided

into two heats each with the first 5 girls

and 4 boys qualifying for the final later in

the afternoon.

The heats were all fiercely contested and

provided top class fields for each of the

finals.

In the Girls final Demi Axford started off

the scratch mark with the group spread out

to Imogen Evans on the front mark of 60m.

When the gun went off Imogen showed

she knew what she was to do and worked

very hard into the back straight in an

attempt to hold off the backmarkers. But it

wasn’t to be as Daisy Buckland, using her

experience of her heat win, to power to the

lead. Back in the field Telopia Kailis showed

what a talent she is as she powered past a

number of runners from her mark of 25m.

Not to be outdone Cartia Borrelli ran the

race of her life in an attempt to make up

ground and with Emma Kittel and Aliyah

Balacano, she entered the final straight.

At this point tired legs started to take their

toll and Telopia started to reel Daisy in, but

ever so slowly. Aliyah found a second burst

and pulled away from Cartia and Emma.

The final straight is run on guts and Daisy

showed she had it in spades to hold out

a fast finishing Telopia with Aliyah in third

place. Cartia was a very gallant fourth with

Emma in fifth. Daisy ran a time of 1.02.58

from 50m, taking 3 seconds off her heat

time. Minor placings were filled, in order, by

Emma Kittel, Tessa Manning,Demi Axford, and Izzy Madsen

Daisy Buckland, Aliyah Balacano and Imogen Evans

James Van Gemert, Nick Laity, James Cartwright, Elliot Bell, and James Sibly

Elliot Bell, Emma Sara, Kate Barnett, Matthew van der Sommen, Daisy Buckland

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Imogen Evans, Demi Axford, Izzy Madsen,

Sally McLoughlin and Tessa Manning.

The boy’s race was a contrasting race

with the two backmarkers showing they

understood the demands on a backmarker

to make up ground early. Jack Holmes

had dominated his heat and looked every

bit the favourite entering the final. James

Van Gemert is a talent but had run in a

comfortable fashion in the heat and was

always going to have a little in the tank

come the final. Nick Laity is a gun, but he

had a tough handicap. James Cartwright

and the Sibly brothers, James and Tom, are

more than capable. Nick Golfis and Elliot

Bell were unknown quantities off their front

marks. On the gun it was obvious that the

two backmarkers, Jack (0m) and James

Van Gemert (12m) were out to win. Their

explosive starts meant that they were the 2

to beat even before they’d made the 200m

mark. It was a run off for third. James

showed he was in dominant form with a

blistering first 200. The only question now

was could he hang on. He showed he could

and although Jack made some ground in

the final straight, he was strong enough to

win with a comfortable margin in a time

of 56.46. Jack’s 57.68 off scratch was an

outstanding run. The interest then focussed

on Elliot and Nick as they jostled for

position over the last 120m. Nick, wanting

to make his maiden speech from the dais,

just edged out Elliot over the closing stages,

with James Cartwright and Nick Laity close

behind. Tom won bragging rights at home

as James was to fill the last of the placings.

It was a great day of racing. The track

was in tip top condition, a credit to our

grounds staff who have had to cope with

cricket matches, athletics carnivals, pre-

season soccer and football trainings and

little if any rain. Thanks go to them. Thanks

also to the Mark and Jo Bourchier and

Bob Gigney for their continued support

of the event and running the BBQ on the

day. We also thank the many sponsors

required to run an event and in particular

Zapata’s Mexican Restaurant and Jogger’s

World. Your support of our sponsors is

appreciated.

Pulteney Grammar School and the

McKinnon Parade Athletics Club have

hosted carnivals now for 11 years. We had

record numbers nominate for this years

carnival and it continues to grow. May the

partnership continue to flourish.

Mark BarnettJack Holmes, James Van Gemert, Nick Golfis, and Damien Robinson

James Van Gemert, Tom Sibly and Elliot BellNick Laity and James Sibly

Telopia Kailis-Phillips, Daisy Buckland and Aliyah Balacano

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vEntUrE clUb New Zealand Diary excepts (Dec 2012, Bushwalking )

Over 2 weeks the group of 17 completed two overnight walks, and a 4 day extended walk.

The overnight walks were on the

Rockburn Trail and the Earnslaw Burn

Trail. Both are just north of the village of

Glenorchy, near Queenstown.

The extended walk was on the Mavora

Lakes Trail that joined onto Greenstone

River Trail.

The trip concluded with a day where

students and old scholars paraglided,

jumped, rafted, fly-fished and slid their way

through many of the adventure activities

that Queenstown offers.

The Gang

Clean in QueenstownMt Earnslaw

Lunch in the sun Lake Silvia

One of many creek crossings

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prEp

Our Prep School students have enjoyed many varied learning experiences and school

events during our first term of 2013. Making the most of our city location, staff and

students embarked on numerous excursions in the first weeks of the term. As well as visiting

educational venues to assist in the introduction of History topics, classes also enjoyed the

cultural experiences offered during the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

What is happening in the Prep School?

Year 4 students at the Mr Badger Fringe performance

3K sample Indonesian fruit delights

Gus Naidoo, Oliver Bishop and Angus Brown

Jessie Aldridge, Anna Evans and Maggie Bailey enjoy discussing what they have been reading

Patrick Winter, William O’Dea and Jack Price investigate living organisms in Science

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Adelaide Fringe FestivalThe Adelaide Fringe Festival was

particularly popular with all year levels

and the children enjoyed a variety of

performances.

The students in Years 3 and 4 were

delighted with ‘The Adventures with Auntie

B’, which was performed at Pulteney. In a

very practical way this performance linked

various historical aspects from the new

Australian Curriculum using drama and

adventure and was a particular favourite of

all of the children in Year 3.

The children in Years 3, 4 and 6 also

enjoyed visiting ‘The Garden of Unearthly

Delights’ to see ‘Squaring the Wheel’

and ‘Mr Badger’. The Year 5 children

visited the Pilgrim Church in the city for

a performance by Pulteney’s percussion

teacher, Nick Parnell, whilst the Year 6

classes walked to the Adelaide Town Hall

to view a performance of ‘Free Fall’. These

events, and the class discussions upon

return, provided many creative learning

opportunities for the children at all year

levels.

Habits of Mind program‘Respect’ the Prep School’s Values and

Ethics theme for the term integrated

well with the ‘Habits of Mind’ program

introduced at all year levels by our specialist

Gifted and Talented teacher, Wendy

Stewart.

The concepts in ‘Habits of Mind’ focus on

knowing how to behave intelligently when

you don’t know the answer. Educational

outcomes in traditional settings focus on

how many answers a student knows. When

we teach for the ‘Habits of Mind’ we are

interested also in how students behave

when they don’t know an answer.

The four ‘Habits of Mind’ that the

children have been encouraged to explore

in class over Term 1 are:

•Listeningtootherswithunderstanding

and empathy

• ManagingImpulsivity

• Takingresponsiblerisks

• Gatheringdatathroughallsenses

Prep and Kurrajong buddies Aditya Nambiar, Hanukkah Devasagayam and Miesha Rollison working together

Tom O’Dea models clothes in GermanJack Pamminger, Robert Rowe and James Burgess

Sophie Cardillo and Kelsey Brion

Declan Beard, Ben Beswick and Alex Magarey working hard on their Guided Inquiry assignment

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Four concepts from this program will be introduced to the children each term this year

until they become familiar with all sixteen Habits of Mind concepts. Wendy will lead this

program and team teach with staff to encourage the children to explore the ways they

think, act and learn on a daily basis.

Year 3The Year 3 teachers, working in conjunction with our Prep School Librarian Georgie

Buenfeld, focused on a Guided Inquiry approach to the teaching of their Term 1 History

topic ‘Celebrations in Australia and around the world’.

Class parties were used to introduce the theme to the children. The class discussions and

activities that followed each celebration encouraged the children to explore their families

heritage and, in particular, a celebration from their families country of origin. The children

also used a variety of tools in their Information Communication Technology lessons to create

and label invitations before sharing what they had learnt with their peers.

During Information Communication Technology lessons the Year 3 children also visited

the CyberSmart website to watch the animation ‘Hector’s World’ before completing a range

of activities designed to reinforce safety on line. The students learnt of the importance

of keeping their password private and of ways in which to keep information safe while

online. The RM Learning Platform was also used during weekly ICT lessons, with students

contributing to discussions created by teachers.

Year 4The Year 4 theme for the term focused on ‘Life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

before European settlement’. Classes studied the impact of the arrival of Europeans on the

lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The Year 4 cohort worked on this as a year

level and the children impressed their teachers with how well they worked in small groups

during research. Once the students gathered all of the information they required, they

entertained their peers by presenting their findings to the Year 4 cohort in the form of news

reports.

Building upon knowledge learnt in

Science lessons with Ms Cox in Year 3,

the Year 4 students were keen to again

become involved this year. Aware of the

correct scientific terminology, the children

quite capably used language such as

‘equipment, procedures, hypothesising and

predicting’ as they became actively involved

in experiments relating to their topic ‘Life

Cycles’.

The last couple of lessons of the term

proved to be the most exciting of all as they

watched their Monarch Butterfly caterpillars

fatten up and morph into beautiful

butterflies. The children also planted herbs,

vegetables and flowers to observe plant

lifecycles. The students observed, discussed

and compared these to the different types

of animal life cycles that they knew. The

children finished the term by discussing

how and why environmental changes may

impact on plant and animal lifecycles.

Year 5Students in Year 5 began their Term 1

History topic ‘Colonisation’ by investigating

what it takes to set up a new community or

settlement. Firstly they began by exploring

how to establish a successful classroom

community. The students worked in small

groups to brainstorm the characteristics of a

great classroom, highlighting one particular

quality for each classroom. Each class came

up with a different quality and these can

be viewed on the Year 5 learning space

‘New Beginnings’ on the Learning Platform.

From there classes moved onto investigating

online communities and how to keep safe

and happy in the online environment.

The Year 5 classes also visited the South

Australian Art Gallery, State Library and

Migration Museum as an introduction to

this topic. This was a fantastic opportunity

for the students to start building their

knowledge base of the issues that faced

early settlers in colonial Australia before

returning to school to build on this body of

research.

As they moved towards the end of the

term the children began a mini inquiry task.

This involved creating a letter or diary entry

from the perspective of an early settler.

The students interacted with a number

of different sources in order to build their

knowledge base. These included original

primary source documents such as letters,

diaries and short films and they drew upon

the research they gathered during their

Maya Thesinger is up to the challenge in the Rock and Water social skills program

Nadia Luksich

Olivia Cameron, Terry Koumi, Nadia Luksich and Tom O’Dea model clothes in German

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visits to the galleries and museums.

The students have shown a genuine

interest in history and the lifestyles and

societies that have come before us and their

teachers have worked with them to develop

a deep and considered understanding of

this topic.

Year 6‘Natural Disasters’ was the topic of

choice for the Year 6 classes for Term

1. Introductory activities to the topic

included critical viewing of recent natural

disasters. The students also spent some

time identifying the positive and negative

reasons behind major cities and civilizations

building so close to tectonic plates.

Further class activities and discussions led

to the children using the Science laboratory

to simulate the movement of tectonic plates

by identifying rifts and destructive and

constructive boundaries. They also loved

simulating earthquakes and made lots of

noise as they tested the seismometers they

constructed! Following this the students

had an enormous amount of fun as they

became involved in further hands-on

constructions as they simulated tsunamis

and volcanic eruptions.

Sports DayThe Junior School Sports Day for 2013

was again a most enjoyable day. All the

children displayed tremendous school

spirit by not only striving for personal best

performances but also by continuously

encouraging other House team members

throughout the day.

The Prep School field events for the 2013

Sports Day were held on the Wednesday

prior to Sports Day. It added even more

excitement to the beginning of the day

as the children were anxious to learn how

many points were already awarded to each

house. Throughout the day scores were

close as only a few points separated the

houses. However, at the end of the day

Kennion Miller was congratulated as the

winner of the Sports Day Shield for 2013.

Denise O’Loughlin,

Head of Prep

Zoe Roberts in full flightWilliam O’Dea sprints with the baton

Human Log Carry was a highlight

Seth Dolphin leads the way in tunnel ball Donna Albertini takes a great catch

Accuracy Throw

Moore Sunter students enjoying the day

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Jake Reedman in full flight

Moore Sunter on their way to victory in Tug of War

Elyce Borrelli was determined to win the Tug of WarAva Pamminger leads the way Alexander Nikoloff in action during Goal Shoot

Aditya Nambiar in action during Corner Spry

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Millie van der Stelt dresses up to celebrate the day

The 400m was a close run race

Emilia Dolphin flies high

Julia Pounentis

Joseph Jantke

Moore Sunter cheer on their House

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chapElSeasonal celebrations have again been an important feature of Chapel services in Term 1 this year.

Ash Wednesday services in week 3 brought in the season of Lent, and our ABM Lenten

Appeal. This year we have again focussed on raising funds for ABM’s Literacy for Vanuatu

project.

Because Easter arrived at its earliest possible time this year, we had the rare privilege of

being able to mark Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter all in the same term, either side of

the Good Friday and Easter public holidays. Prep school students, especially those in 6V,

enthusiastically folded palm crosses to share with other students in several Palm Sunday

services. Students in oneninety experienced a foot-washing ceremony, and Year 7 and 8

students engaged reverently in a solemn service observing Good Friday.

The Easter Eucharist featured in five services in week 10, and we were very pleased to

have Rev’d Sam Bleby and Pulteney old scholar Rev’d Dave McDougall join us for some of

these services.

In addition to our seasonal focus, Chapel services for Prep and Middle School students

focussed on hearing God’s call to love, considering what love really means, what it means to

join in God’s mission, facing fear and finding courage, living life abundantly, the beauty and

the power of forgiveness, and of encountering the risen Christ.

Chris White has received a warm welcome as the new Chaplain for oneninety this year.

A new face at the front of chapel has been a great opportunity to take a fresh look at the

basics of what Christians believe: In a God who made the world, who loves us and who

invites us into relationship with him through Jesus. There has been new music and plenty for

the students to think about. Perhaps the idea that caused most discussion was the way that

God could be described as Divine Spirit, Almighty, Creator and yet we would understand

God best by reading ink on paper. It seems that God communicates with us in the way that

welearnbest–throughwords.WehavealsobegunaseriesofseminarclasseswithYear12

students, giving them the opportunity to challenge and discuss their different perspectives.

Kurrajong has been thinking about what God is like. They have discovered that the Bible

presents a God who loves us and who loves to forgive us when we make bad choices. It

is always great to see the enthusiasm that these children show for working out how belief

in God might make a difference in the way that they live. The presentations each week in

Chapel show that they are learning how follow Jesus’ example of willing service for others.

It was also very special to welcome Finn Michael Duncan into the Christian family through

his baptism in the Chapel on the 9th of February and, on the 23rd of February, to celebrate

the marriage of old scholar Greg Cambrell to Dawn McBratney, whose great uncle was the

architect for the Nicholls Building.

We pray that all our students, staff and families enjoy a safe and happy holiday break, and

we look forward to continuing the journey together next term.

Blessings,

Sonya Paterson and Chris White,

Chaplains

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commUnity rElations

commUnity

Margaret Lange, mother of Cathy Lange (teacher in the Prep School) and grandmother of

Josh Kurpita (12CN) and Maddy Kurpita (11CN), was honoured for Services to Music as an

educator and administrator. Margaret has served music education continuously from the

1960s until the present. She has embodied the ethos of Zoltan Kodály - that it is the right of

every child to receive quality music education, that music should be a joyful part of the lives

of all, and that music can enrich national culture and societal values. Margaret Lange has

certainly been devoted to passing on these values and ideals at every level: with children,

educators and within professional and volunteer organisations.

Luke Trotter wins gold medal for his Riesling. Boutique Coonawarra winery, The Blok Estate, has won one of Australia’s most prestigious

wine awards in Canberra.

It’s already highly successful 2009 Riesling has now been named Australia’s Best Riesling in

the invitation-only Winewise 2012 Championship.

Blok Estate was invited to submit their 2009 Riesling in what can be termed as “the Best

of the Best” challenge for white and red wines which is judged by a select panel.

The Blok Estate currently produces a Non-Vintage Sparkling, Cabernet Sauvignon,

Cabernet Merlot and Shiraz, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and an Un-wooded Chardonnay.

As a community we congratulate Antonio and Elisabeth Romeo and Margaret Lange who were recently awarded The Medal of the

Order of Australia in recognition of their outstanding community service. Antonio and Elisabeth Romeo have been extremely generous

supporters of Pulteney through their Foodland stores, and Margaret has played at innumerable Pulteney concerts and musicals since 1984.

Antonio and Elisabeth Romeo were photographed at Government House with His

Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce. Grandchildren Paul and Elise attended the ceremony

at Government House.

Anthony Romeo and Anthony Kittel, present Pulteney parents are among 16 South

Australian nominees for the national Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Idhika’s (year 2) dad, Rajiv Mahajan, recently presented at the Scientific Sessions at Heart

Rhythm Society meeting at Denver May 2013. The Heart Rhythm Society conference is the

global premier conference for arrhythmia research and practice. Rajiv is a cardiologist and

training in the position of Fellow, Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Centre of Heart Rhythm

Disorders, Royal Adelaide Hospital. He presented work from the PhD that demonstrates

for the first time that the substrate for Atrial Fibrillation due to obesity can be reversed by

weight reduction. He was awarded the Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator award in

Denver on the 10 May 2013.

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mark.bourchier@pulteney.sa.edu.au

William (Bill) Dankbaar (1970)

Born 7/11/1952,Died 4/3/2013 aged 60 years

In March, the rowing world was saddened by the loss of Bill Dankbaar - a mountain of a

man who dominated rowing in South Australia and nationally in the 1970’s and 80’s, firstly

as an athlete, then as a coach.

Bill attended Pulteney in the late 1960’s and threw himself into sports including table

tennis, squash, shot put, football and rowing which he excelled at immediately. Bill was

undefeated in U/16’s and was in the successful 1969 crew winning the Gosse Shield for

boys 1st VIII. Later as a coach, Bill modeled himself on Pulteney mentor John Marshall who

he rated as his best ever coach.

The legend of the man possibly began when, as a 17 year old schoolboy, he was selected

in the 4 seat of the state heavyweight mens eight, competing in the Kings Cup in Ballarat!

Aside from dozens of state Championships, Bill gained Australian selection in 1976 in

pairs, fours and eights, reaching the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Through the 1970’s Bill

was regarded by many as the best rower in Australia, through the 80’s he became widely

regarded as a coach at national and state level, more recently co-ordinating rowing at St

Josephs, Sydney (1989-2007), ending his glittering career at Loreto Normanhurst (2007-

2012).

Bill was a proud Pulteney boy and attended many Old Scholar functions. He leaves a

massive legacy to the Pulteney Boat Club.

The Old Scholars Association notes with sadness the passing of the following community members: Keith Genders (1938) Alf Gard (1938) Steve Machin (1976) Clarrie Mitchell (1950)

Obituaries to follow in the next edition of news@pulteney.

We need youremail address@

Where possible, we would like to communicate with Old Scholars via email. If you haven’t registered your email address with Community Relations, please contact info@Pultenay.sa.edu.au or phone (08) 8216 55 55

in mEmoriam

Bill with sons Josh and Toby

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aroUnd thE traps

David Tillet (1972) has been appointed

Chairman of Jury for The Americas Cup

and the lead up Louis Vuitton series where

a competitor for the US will be chosen from

New Zealand, Sweden and Italy. The race

series will take place in San Francisco in

September. David’s daughter Louise (2002) has completed a Law/Commerce degree

and is Governance Convenor for NAB Bank.

John Tillet (2005) is an Assisting Registrar,

training to be a Physician

Last year on November 24th Christopher

was married to Hannah. The ceremony was

held at Stangate House and Gardens in

Aldgate and the reception with close friends

was held at Utopia at Waterfall Gully. Chris

Bright (2005), and Barnaby Grant (2005)

were among the attendants.

Christopher Franz (2005)

Angus Mitchell (2000) after working for 12 years as a motor mechanic, opened in 2012

Angus Mitchell Automotive.

Angus Mitchell Automotive has been in the automotive industry for over 15 years. Angus

Mitchell is a 3rd generation mechanic in the Mitchell family and has worked on a large

variety of makes and models, specialising in service for Mercedes, BMW and Toyota along

with others. He opened his business after working for BEA for a number of years.

Tim Goodes (1982) and Greg Keene (1964) currently hold the positions of

Chair and Deputy Chair of The Board of

Governors respectively.

Congratulations to Fraser Porteous (2011) who has been awarded AFL Sports Ready

Trainee of the Year. After completing his

traineeship, which included a Certificate III

in Sport and Recreation, Fraser’s interest in

teaching was confirmed and he has now

moved onto university studies

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Greg Crowhurst (1976) paid a visit earlier in the year. Greg, a regular attendee at the

Canberra reunions, undertook a tour of the school and was pleased to see his name is still

remembered on honour boards.

Spotted in Banff Canada during the

holidays by the Keene family (Lili 4L)

who thought they had met our beloved

headmaster also on holidays. Sadly it wasn’t

our Ozzie Eddie!

The Eddie

Wade Ormsby (1997) earlier this month,

claimed his blue jacket through his first

Asian Tour win at Delhi Golf Club’s

Panasonic Open in India. Wade Ormsby

urged good mate Adam Scott to follow

suit. “I’ve just won a blue jacket, it’s time

for you to slide a green one on,” he said in

a text message to Scott.

(Photo courtesy of The Advertiser)

Isabella James (2006) was chosen as the

Mace Bearer for the University of Adelaide

Graduation of the School of Architecture

and Built Environment and the Business

School on 22 April 2013. She is pictured

with the University of Adelaide Chancellor,

the Hon. Robert Hill. Isabella received her

degree of Master of Landscape Architecture

and also won the prestigious Taylor Cullity

Lethlean Landscape Architecture Prize.

Ryan Bamford (2003) and his wife Laura

are thrilled to announce the birth of Olivia

Laura Bamford born at 6.33pm on 15th

October 2012, weighing 7 pound 2 ozs.

Ryan is currently an Associate Director at

Baker Young Stockbrokers.

nEW advErtising campaignLook out for the latest Pulteney advertising campaign on bus shelters and in the press. Embracing our long established history students dressed in uniforms of old.

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Dr Mark Potter, who started Blessed Cheese along with GPS tours of the state’s wine and

food regions, has joined with THEM advertising & digital.

THEM has bought the entrepreneur’s most recent venture, Connect Broadcast, focusing

on creating smartphone and digital marketing for key regions such as the Barossa, Kangaroo

Island and McLaren Vale. Mark Wightman (1973), managing director of THEM, said it was

a winning move for the agency with Connect Broadcast signing businesses on subscription

in each region to feature them in the local smartphone guides. This then linked users to the

business’s web or social media sites. (Photo courtesy of The Advertiser)

Celebrating 100 years of Plumbing

Back Row: Matthew Paternoster, Mark Bourchier, Kevin Rowland, Richard Staggs and

Leah Woollatt

Middle Row: Leigh Radford, David Banks Drew Radford, Scott Limbert and

Matthew Whittle

Front Row: Luke Radford, Robert Paternoster, Hayley Staggs, and Max Staggs

www. j r d b u i l d i n g . c om . a u

• Additions• Renovations• Bathrooms• DecksandPergolas

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Email:john@jrdbuilding.com.auABN:16120398610BldLic:199315

Over 200 people including a large

Pulteney contingent came to celebrate the centenary of AJ Paternoster & Son,

plumbers and gasfitters.

The Unley-based company is possibly the

oldest plumbing business owned by the one

family in Australia.

Remarkably, the old workshop set-up at

the back of the company’s former long-time

office on Unley Road remains as a museum

to the past.

All in the photo are old scholars except

Luke who is a current student.

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sUndoWnEr

The Sundowner was moved to Friday of the Clipsal weekend this year. Whilst numbers attending were modest it was good to see a large group of younger old scholars attending including 2012 graduates.

Tony McArthur (1971) and Allan Wheaton (1944)Richard Sexton (1982), and Mike (1952) and Reinis Dancis (1991)

Peter Priest (1969), David Myers (1971) , Scott Appleyard (1969) and David Andrewartha (1968)Jo Coombe and Nicholas Griffiths

Thomas Fabig (2010), William Carlson-Jones (2012), Nick Powell (2011), Callum Brett (2011), Jason Bensen (2010), Alex Forbes (2011), Eliesa Morello (2011) and Steven Franklin (2011)

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2002 rEUnion

Ryan Jones and Andrew Swift

Tim Clark, Louise Tillet, Tina Fouyaxis, Philip Richardson and David Andrewartha (1968)

Karen McDonald, John Pieterse, and John Tillet (2005)

Standing: Jim Woodman (1949), Bob Westover (1944), John Cross (1943), Murray Stewart (1943) and Mark Bourchier (1978) Seated: Adrian Jones (1948), Geoffrey Morgan, Peter Gibbins (1944) and Allan Wheaton (1944)

Regular lunch friends Caught having their quarterly lunch at The Morphett Arms were Aa group of 1940’s leavers

group. Steven King (1976) is a Director of The Morphett Arms Hotel.

The reunion was organised by Tim Clark via facebook and was held in December 2012 at

The Curious Squire, O’Connell Street, North Adelaide (owned by 2002 OS Daniel Tropeano).

intErstatE rEUnions sydnEy - friday jUly 12 & sUnday jUly 14 canbErra - friday jUly 26 hobart - sUnday jUly 28 brisbanE - friday novEmbEr 1 mElboUrnE - friday aUgUst 30 darWin - sUnday novEmbEr 3 hong Kong - satUrday octobEr 12

Matthew Humphry (1993) gained a

Bachelor of Biotechnology (Hons) at Flinders

University, before moving to Brisbane,

initially to work with the firm, Forbio

Research.

He was offered the chance to study

for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Botany at the University of Queensland,

School of Life Sciences, working with the

CSIRO.

Following three years of research and

subsequent Thesis, Matthew was offered a

postdoctoral research position investigating

plant-pathogen interactions at the Carnegie

Institute of Washington, , based in Stanford

University.

He is married to Melanie, a laboratory

technician/manager, whom he met while

workingatCarnegie–theymarriedon

the beach at San Francisco’s Golden

GateBridge–andtheyarenowlivingin

Cambridge, England.

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Stephanie Hastie (2008)

Stephanie Hastie graduated this March from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Management

(Marketing). To the best of our knowledge she is the first Pulteney Old Scholar to graduate with a law degree from the University of South

Australia. She was awarded the University Merit Award in 2010, 2011 and 2012. She was recently also awarded a School of Marketing

Honours Scholarship, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute Vacation Scholarship and the KWP! Advertising Award. She is currently staying on with the

University of South Australia to study an Honours degree whilst tutoring.

The Old Scholars Soccer Club recently held their annual Family Day event as all three Mens teams played in the Pulteney Parklands on the 27th of April.

pUltEnEy crabs family day

Paul Maddern (1980) is now the owner

of Stihl Shop Payneham situated at 388

Payneham Rd Payneham and Stihl Shop

Enfield situated 335 Main North Road.

Paul works in the businesses with his wife

Alanna and they employ a manager at

the Enfield store. Mention you are an old

scholar and he will apply a generous add on

to your purchase.

Matt Jones Fending off some close attention

Grant Johnstone 1993 with Bethany

Zac Czuchwicki (2011) bursting down the Wing The Crabs supporters enjoying some drinks at the sideline BBQ

Darren White (1996)

Blessed with a warm day the Crabs extended family were out in good force, treated to

three games of entertaining football and some delicious home made scones. Special thanks

to all of those who came out, from newborn (NextGen) Crabs to players’ grandparents, the

atmosphere and camaraderie was outstanding. Both the As & Bs finished with hard fought

draws against Immanuel, solidifying their standing mid-table.

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Old Scholars Reunion Dinner Saturday June 15, 2013

7.00pm for 7.30pm

Robert Henshall Sports CentrePulteney Grammar School

Cost $70pp3 Couse Meal

Cash BarTo book your seat www.trybooking.com/CKXZ

Remember Us

Teachers revisited the Ray Era at Phil Wollaston’s home in January whilst enjoying a BBQ and a few cool beverages of course.

The most important guest was Fred, who at 103, still goes to the gym once or twice each week.

Standing: Rod Becker, Peter Kentish, Peter Routley;

Sitting: Fred Smeaton, Phil Wollaston, Ellis Harris, Jock McKenzie, and John Moore.

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Viva ItaliaPulteney Long LunchSave the Date: Sunday August 18, 2013Early Bird tickets available from:www.trybooking.com/CTIX

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