PO Box 920, BUSSELTON WA 6280 ~ www.gmas.wa.edu.au ~ (08) 9752 5252

Friday, 26 February 2016

PRINCIPAL, Mr Ted Kosicki

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

MONDAY 8:30 - 10:30 AM

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

2:00 - 4:00pm

CLOSED: WEDNESDAY 30th & THURSDAY 31st MARCH 2016 DUE TO STOCKTAKE 

MON 29/02/16 10:40 SS Assembly

TUE 1/03/16 8:40am YR 11/12 Chapel 2:25pm JS Assembly 6:00pm Cambodia Expressions of Interest Night (Science Rm 3)

WED 2/0316 YR7-12 Swimming Carnival

THUR 3/0316 8:40AM YR7/8 Chapel

FRI 4/03/16 8:40AM YR 9/10 Chapel 12:00PM JS Chapel 1:00PM EC Chapel

 

 

FOR YOUR DIARY

WEEK 5

Dear Parents I would like to take this opportunity to compliment each and every one of our Year 12 Ball participants on their outstanding presentation at Palmers Winery on Saturday evening. On a wonderful summers evening the students were fine ambassadors for GMAS, resplendent in style and glamour – picture perfect!! Thank you to all the staff and volunteers that have assisted in making this event something to cherish as a fond memory for many years to come. In particular to Mr & Mrs Treloar for all the preparation and logistics of organising something “akin to a wedding”. Well done everyone. Congratulations to our Junior School soccer players of whom some had the pleasure of playing on the Perth Glory pitch last Saturday during the game interval. From all reports they had a fantastic day out and were perhaps the inspiration for the Glory having such a big win. We are very fortunate to have wonderful staff at GMAS and many of these have given extraordinary service to the school over many years. This year Mrs Jennifer Joslin, Mrs Jill Mewett, Mrs Lisa Ness, Mrs Justine Richmond and Mr Jonathon Yates were added to the school honour board in recognition of 10 years’ service to GMAS. These staff provide the school with a wonderful platform on which to build and are a fine example to those joining our school staff community. With good wishes.

Admin: 9752 5252 Student Services: 9752 5270 Registrar: 9752 5237 Accounts: 9752 5273 Uniforms: 9752 5204 Café: 9752 5203 

CHAIR OF SCHOOL COUNCIL, Mrs Eleanor Lewin

The Council wishes all students, both those who have returned from “last year” and those who have joined GMAS this year an exciting term ahead. Already the weeks are passing, the students all look so fresh in their uniforms, eager to participate and smiling faces are everywhere. We trust our new students are settling in well to the GMAS family and enjoying the day to day programme of activities, of which there are many. The Council also sends good wishes to the families of our new students, we look forward to having the opportunity of meeting you all and thank you for choosing to enrol your child/children at GMAS.

CAMBODIA SERVICE TRIP 2016 Year 10, 11 and 12 students have an opportunity to “Rejoice in Service” by participating in a Service Trip to Cambodia 24 November to the 5 December 2016. An information night for students and parents will be held in Week 5, on Tuesday the 1 March from 6 pm to 7 pm in Science Classroom 3. An expression of interest form for students wishing to participate is available from student services. Any enquires please contact Marian Rowe mro@gmas.wa.edu.au

 

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SENIOR SCHOOL, Mr Steve Treloar

ACTING DEPUTY PRINCIPAL, Mr Phil Deroost

YEAR 12 BALL - Danielle Kitchen and Mackenzie Campbell The 2016 Georgiana Molloy Anglican School Ball was held on 20 February and was a very successful evening. From Glitz and Glamour to sharp and handsome, the students of Year 12 did not disappoint! The dance floor was on fire and Mr Kosicki was busting some killer moves. The food delivered by Palmers was a hit with all the students and teachers who attended the event. On behalf of all the Year 12 students and parents, we would like to thank everyone involved in organising this wonderful event! It was a night to remember! And also a huge thank you to Palmers, for hosting our crazy year! YEAR 12 LEADERS CAMP - Regan O’Callaghan On the 23 and 24 of February, the Year 12 Leadership Group along with Mr and Mrs Treloar, went to the Explorus Adventure Camp in Karridale. Here we participated in numerous team-building challenges to further develop what is already a strong and cohesive group. All the activities were fun while being physically and mentally challenging. The main favourites were the low ropes course and the crocodile game; where we came up with some very creative ways to solve challenges, and the monumental face plant by Dana and army rolls by Danielle and Kelly. We faced our natural fear of heights on the high ropes course, putting our trust in our partners on the ground holding our safety lines. Overall the camp brought us even closer together as a team (not so much just a group anymore). With encouragement and support from each other, like demonstrated on the camp, I think we will be an unstoppable force this year for the school community. Year 10-12 Camps – forms and information have been distributed for all these camps. Please ensure that your child’s permission forms with medical information (and other “special” items for Year 12 Retreat) are returned as soon as possible. Please note that all camps are costed based on full student attendance, so students not attending will still incur charges. Family holidays do not count as valid reasons for exemption from school camps. Please contact the relevant Camp Coordinator if you have any queries or special needs regarding your child’s camp.

CAFÉ

SWIMMING CARNIVAL This coming Wednesday is the Secondary School swimming carnival at the Geographe Leisure Centre. It will be a great day with the emphasis being on participation and earning points for your house. Just a reminder that it is a compulsory school day. I hope parents can come down and cheer on the students competing. OLNA OLNA is fast approaching with only one and a half weeks away before the writing test. A letter has been given to each student required to sit these assessments outlining the times and rooms they need to go to on the day. Make sure that laptops are charged when arriving at school on these days and if you are going to be absent to let your homeroom teacher know so we arrange a make up test. Please note that the writing test is only open to us from 8 to the 11 March so if you miss these dates you will need to take the assessment in September. NAPLAN The deadline for parents wishing to withdraw their child from the upcoming NAPLAN assessments is 8 April. Please complete an exemption form available from reception or inform Mrs Victoria Kearns in the front office if you wish for this to occur Have a great week everyone and go Eagle in the swimming carnival!

MON 29/02 Justine Mitchell Sarah Kenny

TUES 1/03 Jacqui Warner

WED 2/03 Patricia Kelly

THURS 3/03 Annie Douglas Wanda Johns

FRI 4/03 Loren Joyce

LEADERS CAMP 2016

 

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2016 YEAR 12 BALL

 

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From Monday 29 February, School Special 742 will be departing five minutes earlier in the morning to improve the time that the bus arrives at Georgiana Molloy Anglican School. This means that the bus will depart the first stop (Stop No: 70878 – Layman Road after Sandilands Bvd) at 7:40am. The later arrival times of the bus this term have been as a result of road works in Busselton, however the PTA would like this service to be scheduled to arrive ten minutes before the bell as well. There is no time change to the afternoon School Special 742 service.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE! BUS INFORMATION

MIDDLE SCHOOL, Mrs Lisa Ness

KELLY-ANN MCDONALD

Interesting Fact - I’m a Christian and I was originally born in New Zealand but moved to Australia 8 years ago. I enjoy any outdoor activities as well as Dancing, Horse Riding and Singing. What is your role as a leader? Hamelin House Captain What are your main goals for this year as a leader? To encourage participation and house/school spirit in all areas of the school community. Why you chose to be a leader? To have the opportunity to give back to the school and hopefully help give

voice to students wants and needs. What portfolio have you been given? Arts Portfolio What does this portfolio cover/what will you do? As the Arts Captain, I will be helping at and attending arts evenings as well as being in charge of ideas and issues that relate to art, drama and music.

SCOTT ROBERTS

I was born in England in 1998 and at the age of 3 immigrated to Australia with my mum and dad. I attended the 2015 Cambodia service trip which was a great experience and am the Head Boy for 2016. 

My main goal as a leader this year is to try and increase the inter-house competitive spirit. I have the Student Welfare Portfolio which covers the development of programs to help the general well-being and welfare of the student body at GMAS. 

Thank you to the parents who came along to the Year 7 & 8 Parent Information evening and I hope you found the information valuable and made the most of the opportunity to meet your son/daughter’s Home Room teacher.

Last Thursday all Year 7 & 8 students were fortunate to spend time listening to and enjoying a performance by Scott Darlow. The key message of his presentation was to challenge students to live by the acronym – FLUTE – forgiveness, love, understanding, tolerance and empathy. I hope everyone took something worthwhile from the presentation and take on the challenge presented to them. On Monday all Middle School students participated in study skills workshops presented by Elevate Education. The feedback received from students and staff is very positive and students were well engaged with

the young presenters who are all currently studying at university and had some very useful tips on how to kick start their study skills, better manage time and use memory mnemonics.

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted” - Albert Einstein

LEADERS PROFILE

LEADERS PROFILE

 

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JUNIOR SCHOOL, Mr Rob Whirledge

How fortunate we are that our children are able to express themselves and excel in so many different ways. This week, we have been able to recognise many different qualities: Our high achievers within the classroom were presented with Merit

Certificates at assembly for their distinguished acts. Quiet Achiever Awards were presented to students throughout the Primary

School. They had demonstrated quiet perseverance in all that they do while at school.

Our talented swimmers were recognised on Wednesday at the Swim Carnival, receiving ribbons, medals and trophies.

Throughout the year, there are many qualities that we are able to celebrate and reward. While it is important that we recognise these achievements, we must also not lose sight of the huge potential in each and every one of our students. As a school we must value every individual and ensure they have the opportunities to be the best they can be. We should place greater emphasis on the effort and less on the outcome; for those that learn to work hardest towards a goal are usually more likely to achieve success. Many thanks to Mrs Kammann (Miss Reynolds) for another wonderfully organised Swimming Carnival. Those that stayed until the end were rewarded in taking part in the novelty race, undoubtedly the highlight of the day – wonderful to see so many smiles and so much laughter. I encourage all parents and children to remain for the final presentations for all carnivals, in order to celebrate our successes together. Thanks also to our wonderful Swimming Club for their catering at the pool; I loved my burger! Finally congratulations to our Year 3 soccer players and our Junior School Tennis Team who were in action this week. Almost 20 soccer players took to the turf, at NIB Stadium in Perth, over the weekend. They received a huge roar from almost 13,000 fans on the night (I concede that several spectators might have been there to watch Perth Glory beat League Leaders Brisbane Roar 6-3). Thanks to Geoff Wright and Val Best for making this special night possible. Then on Monday, a small number of tennis players ventured to Bunbury with Mrs Mahoney for a tournament, many competing for the first time. They all had fun and will have benefited greatly from this experience. Just another standard week at GMAS!

JS Swimming Carnival

Perth Glory Soccer

 

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EARLY CHILDHOOD, Mrs Kath Campbell

ENRICHMENT, Dr Linda Mosen-Lowe

Week 4 already!! Wow, where does the time go? Students have settled in well to their new classes and are full steam ahead into their learning. Teachers are busy completing Settling In Reports which will go home later in the term. Interviews will be made available through the PTO system online for you to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss these reports if necessary. The report will provide a snapshot of how your child has settled into the new school year with English, Mathematics and Pastorally. The Pre-primary and Year 1 students have continued completing the On-Entry Assessment Program this week. The assessment provides a baseline for the student’s literacy, numeracy and phonological awareness skills. The online assessment is in its second year for independent schools and GMAS are continuing their participation as a trial school. The assessment diagnoses individual student work and provides data on areas students are achieving well in and identifies areas where they need further development. It also assists in predicting future performance for identifying individuals who might benefit from early intervention. This information is rich and assists in the classroom program planning. By the end of the assessment period, all teachers will have sat one-on-one with each of the students in their class. Please note that all playgrounds are out of bounds before and after school, even with parents supervising. This is a school rule and is a duty of care issue. There is not staff supervision during these times; so ALL children must stay off the equipment. Thank you for your support and understanding in this matter. Unfortunately a return to school also means a return of bugs and germs in our classrooms. We have had a case of hand, foot and mouth in the EC, as well as gastro. Please take note of the following: Hand, Foot and Mouth: This disease is caused by the coxsackie A virus. The virus is in fluids from the nose, mouth and chest, and spreads when children sneeze and cough, or when they touch the fluid inside the blisters. The virus is also in the poo of infected children. Hand, foot and mouth disease is very contagious among groups of children, but it’s usually a fairly mild and harmless infection. This disease has nothing to do with animal foot and mouth disease. You can’t get it from animals. Outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease typically happen in summer and autumn, and mainly affect preschool children. The incubation period is 4-6 days – that is, the virus infects your child 4-6 days before you see any symptoms. Your child might have a mild fever for a day or two before the other symptoms appear. Small mouth ulcers usually appear first on the cheeks, gums and sides of the tongue. Your child might also complain of a sore mouth or throat, or just go off food and refuse fluids. Your child might also have a headache and aching muscles, or complain of mild stomach pain or nausea. Small blisters also appear on the hands and feet, usually on the palms and soles. Tiny red spots might appear on your child’s bottom, but these usually don’t form blisters. The rash usually clears up after 7-10 days. Your child is infectious until the blisters are gone. Gastro: Exclude for 24 hours after diarrhoea and vomiting have ceased.

Reading Support Program – Parent Volunteers Required This year the Enrichment Department will be continuing with its successful Reading Support Programs, currently run by Mrs Kerri Peters in Years 1 and 2 and Miss Lisa Basell in Years 2-6. The Reading Support Program provides students who struggle with their reading skills and gives additional support in developing their reading confidence and fluency. Currently we have large group of students who require support. The Enrichment Department are looking for parent volunteers who would be able to support this program by listening to students read. In order to provide consistency, we would prefer volunteers to commit to a minimum of a 10 week block (one term). The times we require volunteers are from 1.10-3.10pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays and 1.10-2.10 on Tuesdays. If you have some spare time to volunteer to assist in the Reading Support Program, please contact me by email: lmo@gmas.wa.edu.au or Lisa Basell lba@gmas.wa.edu.au or via the School reception 9752 5252. Your input will provide valuable support to these students and highlight the importance and enjoyment of reading.

 

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CO-CURRICULAR, Mrs Val Best

BASKETBALL Congratulations to Amy Kerr, Tiana Frame and Mackenzie Christian (from Year 5) who were selected to play for the Busselton Bullets Under 12 team at the Country Championships on 13 and 14 March. Well done to Amy Kerr, Tiana Frame, Lola Pearson and Daisy De Morton who made it through two weeks of trials to be selected in the South West Slammers under 12 teams for the upcoming WABL season. SWIMMING Lauren McGregor, Abbey Johnson, Jai Johnson, Ashley Eibrink Jansen, Sienna Eibrink Jansen, Callum Hannan, Olivia May and Amy Kerr, represented the Busselton Swimming Club at the Collie Open on the weekend. Lauren claimed four medals, including three gold. Ashley won two medals and Abbey won bronze in the 200m Breaststroke. Callum won three medals and took over 40 seconds off his personal best times. Amy won four gold and five silver medals at the meet. Well done! CLAY TARGET SHOOTING Oscar Evans from Year 8 claimed the 50 handicap on the weekend, beating all the adults and eventually going on to come 2nd and making the WA State team. CRICKET Bailey Knipe from Year 6 has something to be very proud of. Bailey plays in our GMAS Under 12 Cricket team and is the youngest student in this team. Not only does Bailey have the best bowling average in U/12 for BMRCA of 2.75 runs per wicket, but is the second best for U/12 in Western Australia. We love your work Bailey. NETBALL Thanks to everyone that has signed up to play netball for GMAS for the upcoming season. We still have a few spots left to make up a 3rd Net Set Go team (born 2007) if anyone is interested in joining up. SCHOOL SPORTS WA STATE TEAM TRIALS Parents interested in nominating their child to trial for the WA School Sports teams, please see information below and on the website for all the information you need: http://www.schoolsportwa.com.au/ Click on the Intersate tab to search for your sport.

SPORT NOMINATION CUT OFF TRIAL DATE COMPETITION DATE AFL 11 + 12 year olds Open now 1 – 13 April (weekly trials) 22 – 30 July AFL 15’s Open now SW TBC 22 – 30 July Basketball Day of trial 24 March 6 – 12 August Basketball Day of trial 23 March 6 – 12 August Cross Country 13 May 20 May 18 – 22 August Soccer 12’s Day of trial 2 March (1st trial) 20 – 26 August Soccer 19’s Day of trial 19 March 21 – 26 August Hockey U12’s 7 April Start 9 April 30 July – 5 August Hockey 16’s 15/27 April May 6 – 13 August

TENNIS NEWS, Mrs Kelly Mahoney & Ms Georgia Broad

Two GMAS teams competed at the Bunbury Tennis Club against quality competition from Donnybrook and Bunbury Grammar on Monday. We showed excellent sportsmanship and team spirit throughout the day. Players got a chance to improve their skills and learn the Fast 4 Tennis format. The GMAS 1 team finished 3rd in the competition and GMAS 2 finished the day 5th. Congratulations to all players, you all put in a tremendous effort. A big thank you to Tara and Annette, two parents who assisted with transport and scoring during the day.

There will be no tennis training for the rest of this term. Information will come if availability allows us to run tennis training in term 4 this year.

Bunbury Sunsmart Schools Tennis Classic On Tuesday the 23 February Miss Broad and Mr Ducasse took 7 teams consisting of 4 students each ranging from years 7-11 to compete in the Sunsmart Schools Tennis Classic in Bunbury. It was a great day jampacked with some great tennis skills and great weather! All teams played very well and our Junior girls team consisting of Hannah Bowden, Chloe Fraser, Megan Roberts and Maggie Millington won their division! Excellent work by the girls and they will now head off to Perth at the start of April for the finals. Looking forward to next year as we are fortunate to have some boys who are tennis stars in Year 7 and 8.

 

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COMING UP IN TERM 2 Hockey (Pre-Primary – 3) (Year 4 – 6), Soccer (Kindy to Year 12), Netball (8 – 18 year olds), Fun Net (Year 1 and 2) Dance Troupe (Year 5 and 6)

AFTER SCHOOL SPORT ACTIVITIES FOR GMAS STUDENTS

MONDAY

FITNESS CLUB PP - 6. 3.30 – 4.30 pm, meet Mrs Black and Ms Bowen-Sant in the Junior School Undercover area. Wear your sports uniform and bring a drink bottle. No cost. All Welcome.

HOT SHOT TENNIS

This program is now full for Term 1. Students that have missed out will be able to do this 8 week program in Term 4.

HOCKEY SKILLS PROGRAM

YR 3-4. Commences,15 February. 3.30 – 4.30 pm on the Soccer Pitch at the MAC. Wear your sports uniform and bring a drink bottle. Meet Brian Stewart, (who played for Australia) and his Year 11 student helpers. No cost. All equipment provided. Registration is required for this program: vbe@gmas.wa.edu.au Come along and improve your hockey skills in readiness for the hockey season.

WEDNESDAY ULTIMATE FRISBEE

YR 10-12. Meet Mr Nicholson on the Soccer Pitch at the MAC. Wear your sports uniform and bring a drink bottle. No cost. All equipment provided.

TRYSTARS KIDS TRIATHLON

7 – 12 year olds. 5.00 pm. Run by Busselton Triathlon Club. Meet at the Busselton Marine Safety Building. For more information on how to join: https://regonline.activeglobal.com/Busselton2016

SURF CLUB YR 7-12 6.45/7 am pick up and return students to school by recess. Students must register with Mr Ducasse or Ms Redman-Carr to do this program.

MOUNTAIN BIKING

Information is available in the Autumn/Winter Sport downloadable off the GMAS website. We will be starting MTB club sessions very soon.

GMAS SWIM CLUB

GMAS Swimming Club (Inc) caters for recreational and fitness swimmers, through to competitive swimmers from 7 years up. New members are always welcome. Any interested swimmers should fill out an application form and bring it to the pool or email it to our registrar at registrar@gmasswimmingclub.com . Application forms, our training schedule and further information are available on our website www.gmasswimmingclub.com.au

THURSDAY

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB’S/ ACTIVITIES FOR GMAS STUDENTS

ENGINEERING CLUB

YR 7-10. 3.30 – 4.30pm. Meet Mr Steven Riddell in Room 45 (D&T Block) Looking to develop robotics and 3D printing projects to incorporate Arduino / Raspberry Pi based programming. No cost. E mail Mr Riddell for more information: sri@gmas.wa.edu.au

THURSDAY

JUNIOR TECH TEAM (ROBOTICS)

YR 3-6. Starting Thursday 25 February. Please meet Ms. Rowena May at the front of the library. No need to bring anything. No cost. Anything from computers, robotics, photography, coding, blogging! Email Ms May for more information: rmy@gmas.wa.edu.au

MEDIA CLUB YR 7 – 12. Want to improve your media skills and be involved in the exclusive GMAS Media Club? Join Miss Daryan and the team in the iMac suite ready for a media extravaganza! Thursdays 3:30 – 4:30! Email Ms Daryan for more information: sda@gmas.wa.edu.au

WEDNESDAY

 

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The Uniform Shop is clearing excess stock - all current items but old supplier! We will have bargain bins out the front every day with assorted items and sizes at heavily discounted prices. You will need to come in and take a look as a large variety of items are available including: Scarves Umbrellas Large sized white boys shirts Teal Polo in size 10 only Skorts size 8 & 10 only S-M-L house polos 4-6 boy leg briefs Tara Dress in 12-14-16 Navy tights selected sizes Hair accessories

UNIFORM SHOP, Mrs Michelle Knipe

PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT, Mrs Sue Thompson

Auditions are well underway for this year’s school production of:

GET SMARTER - the spy musical. Meet Mac Hunter, a shabby, down on his luck PI. He’s street-wise and wise-cracking and he's on the case of his life. Could this finally be his ticket to the good life? Enter Violet Strange; street-wiser and wiser-cracking journalist. Only by joining forces can they outwit their growing number of adversaries as they trip around the globe in search of the kidnapped professor, missing Chicago street-kids and - can they find the Princess of India before the meglomaniac Carla? They get more than they bargain for as they tango in Casablanca, slap-dance in Geneva, carnival in Rio and enter a mysterious world of ancient Chinese intrigue in Macau. This show takes a look at the sleazy side of a PI's life, with action, danger aplenty, slapstick, dames, crooked cops and corny gags.

I am thrilled at the number of students wishing to win a lead role this year. Over fifty from Years 7 to 12 are prepared to audition. Remember, it is not the end of the world if you don’t get that lead role this year. The minor roles are lots of fun to perform and you are still a huge part of the cast no matter how many lines you are given. In fact, the chorus is on stage more often than the leads, since they appear in every scene in an array of fabulous costumes. Hang in there – your time to shine will come!!!

ST MARY’S SUNDAY SERVICE This Sunday morning will see the first performance in 2016 by the GMAS St Mary's Music Scholarship students. The service begins at 9.45am in the St Mary's Family Centre with activities provided for the little ones, so bring the whole family along!

2016 INTER HOUSE SWIMMING CARNIVAL Wednesday 2nd March (Week 5) - Interhouse Swimming Carnival (Years 7-12) at Geographe Leisure Centre from 9.30am. The Interhouse Swimming Carnival is to be a fun event for everyone - students, parents and staff. It is a calendared event and all students are expected to attend. If for any reason a student cannot attend, a written note will be required for their Home Room teacher. On arrival at school students will proceed to their Home Room for a team meeting and then board the buses for transportation to the Leisure Centre. Please note there will be a return bus to the school at the end of the carnival. The Carnival will commence at 9:30am and will finish at approximately 2:30pm. This year we will have electronic timing on each of the lanes. An events program with participating students will be posted on the school website by Monday 29 February, for parents to know the approximate time their child will be swimming. Students will need to bring their bathers (one piece for girls if possible), rashie, sunscreen, a towel, enough food and water for the whole day and wear their school house t-shirt or physical education uniform. The GMAS Swimming Club will be selling food items and drinks throughout the day. Students are NOT allowed to use the Leisure Centre Café or vending machines. If any parents are able to assist with coaching, or any other aspects of the swimming training and carnivals, such as timing or marshalling, please email me at rvo@gmas.wa.edu.au. All parents/guardians are encouraged to attend and give your child and the school your support. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at school if you have any questions.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, Ms Robyn Vogel

 

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EFT Payments : School Fee References Parents are requested when paying for school fees by EFT Transfer to use their Family Reference Code that is located on their Term Statements. The school has received a few payments which only have the bank as the reference which makes allocating payments for those families difficult. Term 1 School Fee Statements Payment date for the Term 1 school fee account is Monday 22 February, 2016. Accounts not paid by the above date will attract the balance penalty charge of 4%. School Fee Statements were posted on Tuesday 9 February, 2016. Parents are asked to contact Wahnita Banwell in our Accounts Department on 9752 5273 or by email wba@gmas.wa.edu.au if they have not received their Statement. The school’s preferred method of payment of school fees is by way of direct debit either monthly or fortnightly. DIRECT DEBIT Payment Arrangements 2016 The school does offer payment arrangements to all families by way of direct debit either monthly or fortnightly. These payment arrangements assist families with spreading the cost of their school fees over the course of the year. For NEW enquiries please contact the Accounts Department by telephone on 9752 5273, or alternatively by email wba@gmas.wa.edu.au Parents who have existing direct debit payment arrangements in place, where these arrangements have not been updated for 2016, are asked to contact the Accounts Department to update their direct debit for 2016. This only applies to those families who have not updated their direct debit payment amount from last year. Direct debits do start automatically each new year, and as students move from one year level to the next, the amount payable does change. Notice of Withdrawal It is School policy that we require a full term’s notice (in Term time) of a student’s intention to leave Georgiana Molloy Anglican School. If this notice is not given a term’s fees will be charged in lieu.

TERM 1 SCHOOL FEE STATEMENTS

We have a number of opportunities here at GMAS for students to participate in student exchange. Currently, I am trying to finalise numbers of participants in the Italian exchange which is sponsored by the Western Australian Association of Teachers of Italian (WAATI). We are seeking host families for students who will arrive at the end of Term 2 and leave in about week 5 of term 3 (8 week program). Students who host these students are eligible to apply to go to Italy at the end of year 10 or 11 and receive considerable cost savings as a result (approximate cost to go to Italy would be $3500, as opposed to around $7500). Please contact me ASAP for advice and further details as applications are closing very soon. This is a cultural exchange and knowledge of the Italian language is not a prerequisite. Year 9 students have the opportunity to apply to go to Japan in the October school holidays as part of the Sugito/Busselton sister city exchange, they would also need to host in August 2016. Further details will be issued soon. We currently also have some other hosting opportunities: four Japanese students awaiting placement in WA for around 6 to 12 months, these students will not be able to come to

Australia unless host families are found soon. Please consider hosting one of these students, their details are listed at the end of this article.

French students for programs of between 6 weeks and 4 months, with differing arrival times. Additionally, I have had many students ask me about participating in student exchange to other countries. I am available to discuss any of these opportunities with parents or students. There are many programs which the school supports and I welcome parent or student queries about any exchange related matters. In some instances, there are scholarships available to assist you, please let me know if you would like more information. Mrs Justine Richmond - Student Exchange Coordinator Email address: jri@gmas.wa.edu.au AFS has 4 Japanese exchange students that are still looking for a host family to start the Australian student exchange experience. The following students urgently require host families to be confirmed before the end of this week. They are due to arrive on the 18th of March and we really need you help to either host one of these students or pass this opportunity to friends and colleagues. Even if a family cannot host for the full program length, we are also open to welcome families for 2 to 6 month periods! Saki from Japan is 16 years old and is interested in science, sport and listening to music. She got the interest for science

through the schools chemistry club. Toru from Japan is 17 years old and is interested in playing baseball and trumpet. He also likes to go to the baseball

stadium to watch baseball. Yoko from Japan is 16 years old and is interested in swimming, tennis, running, skiing and painting. She belongs to the

skiing team at her school and practices every day. Kotone from Japan is 16 years old and likes playing the trumpet, listening to music and reading. Her favorite kind of music

is Rock and she belongs to the high school brass band. She also likes sport and played soccer in Junior high. She is excited to learn new things and make Australian friends.

STUDENT EXCHANGE NEWS, Mrs Justine Richmond

 

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Georgiana Molloy Anglican School Parents & Friends Association The P&F is an essential and active member of the Georgiana Molloy Angli-can School community. The two aims of the P&F are FRIENDRAISING and FUNDRAISING. Such work helps provide additional facilities and re-sources for children at the school which otherwise may not be possible. I would encourage everyone to come along to a P&F meeting. They are held at 7pm on the second Monday of each month in the GMAS staff room in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is welcome. Parental assistance across a wide range of activities is essential to the smooth running of the School. We ask that each year group assist the P&F with one activity for the year, except every second year when we host the Christmas Fair (next in De-cember 2016). Some of these activities are initiated by the P&F and others are by the School. In Early Childhood and Junior School the Class Representative will liaise with the P&F and parents to co-ordinate their activity. In Secondary School, Staff and the P&F will liaise with families to organise their activity. **Yr 7 & 8 require someone to help organise event. P&F has all instruc-tions & will help. Please consider taking on this role EVENT SCHEDULE FOR 2016 The P&F need your help YEAR EVENT DATE Kindy/PP Early Childhood Disco June Year 1 Book Fair June Year 2 Mother’s Day Stall Friday 6th May Year 3 Father’s Day Stall Friday 9th September Year 4 Jnr Athletics Carnival cake stall & sausage sizzle August Year 5 Year 6 Moving On Ceremony December Year 6 Junior Disco June Year 7 Secondary Athletics Carnival cake stall & sausage sizzle ** Tuesday 16th August Year 8 Assist with Fashion Parade ** Saturday 25th June Year 9 Biggest Morning Tea Thursday 26th May Year 10 School Production – Refreshments Thursday 11th – Saturday 13th August Year 11 Year 12 Eucharist dinner June/July Year 12 Thank you morning tea for staff Friday 21st October Christmas Fair Committee – end Nov/early Dec 2016. We need to put together a committee to start organising this event. I will set up a date to get together to form committee when I hear back from people able to help. We would require around 8-10 helpers, each aspect is broken down to share the workload. Each job is not too huge, and can be easily done by 1-2 people. Positions to fill would be: Fair Convenor (would like someone else to learn this role to take over in 2 year’s time) – Forms committee, chairs meetings, overall control and responsibility of Fair. Secretary – Keeps records of all contacts, meetings & distributes correspondence. Treasurer – Handles invoices & receipts. Organises floats for Fair & collecting cash on the day. Publicity (school marketing officer will help) – Design & Print flyers, banners, Fair signs, programs etc. Organise school & public advertising through newsletter, flyers, newspaper ads. School Stalls Junior & Senior (2 separate roles) – Liaise with PLNs, Heads of Sub-schools & student leaders to co-ordinate what each class/year group’s activity or stall will be. Community Stalls/Vendors – Gain outside stall holders through publicity, contacting previous stall holders, inviting them to our Fair. Liaise with them all information needed & provide map of Fair when available. Entertainment – Sources and organises a program of entertainment with the Music Department and outside of school for event duration. AGM Monday 14th March, 7pm in School Staff Room We require nominations for the following positions: Vice President x 2 – Supports the President, chairs meeting if President absent. Assists with events when possible. Treasurer – Pays all invoices, Banks money from events, does up Monthly Treasurer’s Report for meeting, annual reconciliation for Audit. Assists with events when possible. 5 General Committee members – Assists with events when possible. All positions will become vacant. If you are interested in one of these positions, please contact me. Thank you for your support. Karen Beynon P&F President 0417 541 638 dkbeynon@bigpond.com Being part of the P & F team does not involve a lot of 

me,…. just enthusiasm. It’s fun, free and you make new friends ! 

 

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