17112009 - Ipswich Grammar School

Issue
17
November
2009
Junior School Bulletin
Ipswich Grammar School
Junior School Ph: (07) 3813 9630
Junior School Absentees: (07) 3813 9666
Junior School Fax: (07) 3280 1384
Prep Ph: (07) 3280 1387
BASC Ph: 0439 077 650
Email: sperrem@igs.qld.edu.au
dmacknish@igs.qld.edu.au
basc@igs.qld.edu.au
November
21 Junior School Support Group
Xmas Pool Party
23- Year 5 Camp
25
24 Year 4 Overnight Camp
26 Junior School Speech Night
27 Conclusion of Semester 2
Junior School Office Hours
8.00am – 4.00pm
Yard Duty Commences 8.00am
Secondary School Office Hours
8.00am – 4.30pm
Dear Parents,
From the Head of Junior School’s Desk
Moving into the final week, it seems that Term 4 should only just have begun.
However, we are well into the process of rounding the year off with reports almost
completed, class placements completed and Speech Night rehearsals almost
completed.
One of our special teachers calls it a day at the end of this year. For Mrs Burns,
teaching has been a passion for the last fifty years. One only needs to walk past her
classroom to witness her devotion to her young charges. She continues to squeeze
every last teachable moment out of these last few days of the year to make a
difference for her boys.
We are blessed to have had Mrs Burns conclude her teaching career at IGS. Having
been coaxed out of a previous retirement, I know that she will remain a close IGS
friend in future years, visiting occasionally and maybe assisting in small periods of
relief work and maybe even leading some performance groups. However, next year
holds other challenges as Mrs Burns embarks on directorial duties in the local Ipswich
Little Theatre Company. Having been a passion for many years, finally this is the
chance to be able to commit the enormous amounts of time and energy to this other
love alongside Mr Burns.
We will miss Mrs Burns’ energy, enthusiasm, intelligence, guidance, wit and devotion.
She has touched so many in her few short years teaching at IGS.
We will be holding an evening in Mrs Burns’ honour and would be delighted to have
any parents, past students and staff members who would like to wish Mrs Burns well
attend.
Invitation
After 50 years in the profession, Mrs Shirlee Burns is retiring. Having assisted so many
students, parents and staff, it is now time to celebrate Shirlee’s achievements and wish
her well in her new endeavours.
Date: Tuesday 1 December
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: Staff lounge (first floor of main administration block – The Ladley Building)
Finger food and non-alcoholic drinks to be served.
Invitation extended to all parents, past students, staff, friends and past acquaintances
of Mrs Shirlee Burns to help celebrate her retirement from fulltime teaching.
R.S.V.P. by Wednesday 25 November to Mrs Kym Horsey on 3813 9630.

Speech Night
A reminder of some of the crucial details for Speech Night on Thursday 26 November:
Time:
• Final rehearsals will take place from 5.00-6.00pm (Listed below).
• Doors open to audience members at 6.00pm.
• All boys to report to their teachers in their class seating areas by 6.15pm.
• Commences 6.30pm.
• Aimed to conclude approx 8.15pm.
Dress:
• All students to wear full formal school uniform (without hats).
• Year 4 students to wear ties.
• Year 5 & 6 students to wear ties, trousers and blazers.
P-1 Early Collection:
Parents in Prep and Year 1 should have notified their son’s class teacher by now with an indication if they will be
taking advantage of the early collection opportunity. This will take place in the program following the Headmaster/CEO
Address and as the Year 4-6 award recipients are marshalling. All P-1 boys who are being collected by parents will be
escorted to the paved courtyard between the Auditorium and the Great Hall, beyond the confines of the Auditorium
precinct, where they will await parents under supervision. Please be mindful that the formalities will continue and it is
requested that parents moving to collect their P-1 students do so with minimal noise and disruption.
Should parents wish to drop off passengers directly at the Auditorium, cars will be able to enter the school grounds via
the Darling Street entrance , drop off at the Auditorium and then proceed out to Woodend Road to seek parking.
Giving Tree:
The Giving Tree again will operate. These gifts will be distributed via one of Ipswich’s local charity programs. Boys are
asked to bring a small gift, wrapped with the age and whether it is for a boy, girl or adult written on it, for depositing
under the tree. These will be put to very good use when distributed to families less fortunate than our own over
Christmas. This is an opportunity to ensure that our boys are able to think of others at this time. Many boys look to
purchase a small gift from their own pocket money, further reinforcing their generosity. The Giving Tree will be set up
at the front of the Auditorium so that boys can place their gifts under it upon arrival.
Final rehearsals:
The following groups are required to attend final performance rehearsals from 5.00pm:
• Year 6 speakers
• Year 5 Band
• Junior IGS Singers (Choir)
Camps
Camps for Year 4 and 5 are approaching rapidly and boys are being made acutely aware that only students who meet
the behaviour criteria (Levels 1, Bronze, Siler or Gold) will be invited. These camps provide an exciting and enjoyable
social end to the year and enable the boys to develop relationships with other boys beyond their own class as the get
ready to move into the next year level in 2010.
Class Lists
Class lists for 2010 have been compiled over the past two months in consultation with the class teachers. These
teachers have discussed the social, emotional and academic needs of each student and sought to place them
strategically according to these requirements. These lists are now final and each family should receive a letter in the
next few weeks outlining the staffing make up for 2010 and the teacher to whom their son has been allocated. It is
Junior School policy not to post whole class lists to families.
Final Day of the School Year
Please note that school concludes on Friday 27 November at 12.00pm. While Year 2-6
students usually wear their sports uniform on Fridays due to their participation in sporting
activities in the afternoon, I ask that all boys wear their grey uniforms for this final half
day. Buses will depart in line with the half day allocation.
The placement of the JS Speech Night on the Thursday evening before the conclusion of
school is purposeful in order to finish the year on a crescendo. As the final morning is only
a half day of finishing off and celebrating with students prior to the final Assembly, those
parents of younger boys who wish to keep their son home following the slightly later
evening the night before are more than welcome to do so.

Meanjin Young Writers’ Camp
I would like to commend Patrick Moroney (6C) for attending the recent Meanjin Writers’ Camp at Brookfield. He spent
three days working alongside like-minded peers with a passion for writing and being mentored by writers of the ilk of
Ross Clarke, Simon Higgins, Pat Flynn and Sue Gough. I know that Patrick learned much in this time and look forward
to his next adventure narrative.
Patrick particularly connected with Simon Higgins, whose books often have a Japanese context infused with cultural
information and samurai references.
2010 Term Dates
Term 1 - Monday 25 January (all P-6 half day) – Friday 26 March
Term 2 - Tuesday 13 April – Friday 18 June
Term 3 - Tuesday 13 July – Friday 17 September
Term 4 - Monday 4 October – Friday 26 November
Student Awards – presented Friday 6 November/13 November
Flyn Park
- 500 Reading Club
Aidan Paull
- 500 Reading Club
Louis Tonel
- 1000 Reading Club
Matt Van De Weyer - 1000 Reading Club
Martin Koorts
- 1000 Reading Club
Liam Brown
- 1000 Reading Club
William Rosemond
- 1000 Reading Club
Jack Shaw
- 1000 Reading Club
Alex Auschra
- 2000 Reading Club
Blake Smallwood
- 2000 Reading Club
Jack Denton
- 3000 Reading Club
Mark Holme
- 3000 Reading Club
Joshua Dalton-Peacock - 5000 Reading Club
Jeremy Herron
- fantastic reading and spelling results.
Lucas Roux
- working hard to revise your spelling.
Riley Bichel
- informative report writing.
Kye Burton
- terrific work in Mathematics.
Harrison Jarrard
- super reading and comprehension.
Three C
- FUN FUN FUN on the sleep-over!
Mackenzie O’Donnell - his excellent SOSE study – a real winner!
Bradyn Cawood
- his sensational sense of humour
Lachlan King
- consistent quiet work ethic
Hayden Randall
- effective work ethic and patience when helping others
Ben Carter
- always striving to do his best in all subjects
Oscar Park
- improvement in Maths results
Angus Whitburn
- exceptional 3D floor plan for his project
Luke Palmer
- outstanding classroom behaviour this term
Jeffrey chou
- great effort and achievement in his exams
Mitchell Currie
- great positive attitude to school
Mitchell Smith
- 1000 club
Morgan Whitehouse - showing great maturity and putting in tremendous effort with exams
Alexander Smith
- being a quiet achiever going about his work with such gusto
Liam Cassidy
- applying himself to his work and writing an excellent SOSE assignment
Thomas Howard - presenting all four sharing time tasks on time in Term 3
Yusuf Memon
- excellent behaviour in the computer rooms and utilising computer time well
Hamish Thomson
- excellent behaviour and manners during reading groups
Mitchell Biggs
- outstanding leadership as a class co-ordinator
Jack Hansen
- working to best of ability in all subjects
Jamie Cameron
- a concentrated effort to refrain from calling out in class
Jesse Greive
- attention to detail and remarkable exam results
Nick Swain
- maintaining a positive mature attitude resulting in exam success
Ben Laidlaw
- a thoughtful response to a scientific investigation
Matt Stower
- being ready and organised for class
Kyle Palmer - being an all-round fantastic member of the 2E.
Harrison Rule
- cooperating well with others in group situations.
Finlay Rush
- having a great sense of humour and a fantastic smile.
Sancak Durmaz
- improved sentence writing and punctuation skills.
Michael Holmes
- displaying a positive attitude and trying his best always.
Calais Parsonage
- a great improvement in his reading and comprehension.
Bradyn Cawood
- 50 minutes of reading
Jack Dent
- 50 minutes of reading

Jack McLeary
Jack Dent
Mackenzie O’Donnell
Dylan Boettcher
Blake Smallwood
Zac Wendt
Craig Beater
Michael Krause
Lachlan Goodbun
Oliver Laidlaw
Wolfgang Wallace
Niel Hamman
Riley Wilton
Mattison Gibson
Ben Mate
Angus Whitburn
Haedyn Rawson
Riley Tear
Jordan Sigmund
- 50 minutes of reading
- 1000 minutes of reading
- 1000 minutes of reading
- always aiming to be the best that he can be
- an outstanding project on the Industrial Revolution
- working even with stitches in his head. (Great Inventions Research)
- being a consistent worker and a good sport
- excellent examination results
- excellent examination results
- changed attitude to class work with good results
- working consistently in all areas
- great dynamic dialogue in creating your narrative
- 5000 minutes of reading this year
- an improved effort with his homework this term
- his cheery disposition in class
- excellent 3D floor plan (from a junior school leader)
- having pride in his work and striving to create an interesting report on China
- working very well in Maths to solve division problems
- working hard – you have got a huge amount done in a week – well done!
Sincerely,
David Macknish
Head of Junior School
TUCKSHOP NEWS
On Saturday 14 th November, the ladies from the tuckshop attended the Queensland Tuckshop of the Year Awards.
These Awards are held annually through the Queensland Smart Choices Program, with nominations from all over the
State, which included Primary, Secondary and Private Schools. Our Tuckshop at IGS was short listed in two
categories, Tuckshop of the year and Convener of the Year. As this was the first time we had entered, to be short
listed was a very proud achievement.
Maureen would like to thank her Staff, the IGS Staff, volunteers and Students for their support over the year and look
forward to next year. To all the volunteers who have helped throughout the year, please note, our Christmas Morning
Tea will be held on Tuesday, 24 th November from 10am. All are welcome. Please RSVP to 3280 1350 by Monday
23 rd November. Maureen Sweeney
BASC NEWS
We have recently completed our budget for the 2010 year. This has helped us identify some issues that may affect
the service provided in the near future. One of these being a much needed fee increase to help us with Compliance,
Licensing, wages, running costs, equipment and administration of the Service. It has been 3 years since we
commenced the Before and After School Hours Care facility in 2006 and we have not increased our fees during this
time however, the costs of running this service have increased considerably. We advise that as from January 1 2010
our fee for each session will increase. Parents receiving Child Care Benefit will have their fees adjusted accordingly.
The new fee structure for 2010 will be as follows:
Care Type Previous Fee New Fee Permanent New Fee Casual
Before School Care $3 per ½ hour $4 per ½ hour $5 per ½ hour
After School Care $3 per ½ hour $4 per ½ hour $5 per ½ hour
Vacation Care $30 per day $35 per day $40 per day
½ day Care $15 per ½ day $20 per ½ day $25 per ½ day
Excursion costs during vacation care are charged extra depending on the activity. Details are available upon booking.
Permanent fees are for regular weekly bookings. Casual fees are for bookings taken with less than 24 hours
notice – and sufficient spaces are available.
Ipswich Grammar School BASC would like to thank families for their continued support in 2010. For any queries
please contact Sue Corke – Director BASC on 0439 077 650. Bill Allan - Secretary to Board of Trustees

29 TH ANNUAL MEANJIN WRITER’S CAMP 2009
On Thursday 5 th to Sunday 8 th November, I attended the 29 th Annual Meanjin Writer’s Camp at the Queensland
Conference and Camping Centre in Brookfield. From the 150 applications, 70 students from Years 6 to 8 were
selected to attend. There were five Authors who attended, Simon Higgins, Pat Flynn, Terry O’Connor, Ross Clarke
and Sue Gough. The Authors ran workshops with about 15 students to the one Author. We had to choose two
writer’s workshops, one for Friday and most of Saturday, and a second Author for another session on Saturday
afternoon.
I chose to attend Simon Higgins’ workshop and boy, was he fantastic!. Firstly, he told us about dramatic openings,
then ways of defining characters, good ways of planning stories and then he talked about the publishing industry. My
second Author was Terry O’Connor, a journalist who has recently published a book celebrating Queensland’s 150 th
Anniversary. Friday and Saturday nights were presentation nights. On Friday, we presented drama acts and then on
Saturday we presented some of our written work. Mr Macknish, whose daughter Emma, also attended the camp,
came on Saturday night. He is currently the President of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association, Brisbane
Council.
I would like to thank Mr Macknish for suggesting I attend this camp, as it was a fun and great experience for young
budding Authors. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in writing to apply to attend next year (I will be).
Patrick Moroney (6C)
FROM THE JUNIOR SCHOOL ART ROOM
Only 1 week to go until the end of another very busy term and indeed, year in the Junior School Art room.
Most of the boys are finishing off the last of their projects – Year 6’s are working with recycled materials to make
Robots, the Year 5’s are completing their Kites which they will (hopefully) be flying in the coming week or so, and the
Year 4’s are putting the finishing touches to wire figures and photo frames.
The last batch of Junior School Artist of the Month for 2009 have been selected.
These Year 6 boys have not only worked consistently well throughout the year, they have produced some outstanding
Lino Prints and Masks.
Congratulations to the following boys:
October
Ricky Nguyen, Lachlan King, Jamie Livingstone, Patrick Moroney, Jake Morris and Liam Clarke.
November
Aiden Bichel, Charlie Morton, Aiden Saarman, Justin Wise, Lachlan Grieve, Alexander Gradin, Lachlan King, Jamie
Livingstone, Harry McFarlane and Justin Wales.
A display of their work will be on view in the Junior School office during the next few weeks. Happy Holidays!
Mrs M. Brown - Art Teacher
YEAR 4-6 INTERHOUSE SWIMMING CARNIVAL
Finally we were able to complete the carnival which was halted due to appalling weather back in March. The beautiful
blue skies and warm water proved a big contrast to the last time we attempted to run the carnival.
Congratulations to all for the friendly, yet competitive, spirit in which the competition was completed. Throughout the
course of the day, Eugene Koorts and Martin Koorts set a total of eight new school age records. Fantastic! No surprise
then when it was announced that they each had achieved their respective age champion goals.
Final results:
1 st - Cameron- 638pts
2 nd - Kerr-488pts
3 rd - Hawthorne-468pts
4 th - Lawrance- 460pts
Age Champions:
U9: Eugene Koorts
U10: Liam Harrigan
U11:Martin Koorts
U12:Oliver Pye
Congratulations, boys.

Year 3 Sleepover Acrostic Poems
Water everywhere
A lot of fun
Terrific
Exciting to finish it
Really easy sliding down the slide
Daring
Rectangles are on it
Amazing
Great
One teacher made it, Miss Caton
Nothing cooler!
By Alex Dobson
Ghosts lurking in the school
Haunted boarder’s towers
On Friday night
Strange noises
Teachers got really scared
Walking around the school
A terrifying, spooky night
Lots of mysterious things happenings
Kind of awesome
By Joshua Dalton-Peacock
Pillows are soft and fun
In the morning
Lots of fun
Lots of pillows crashing against people
On the beds we jumped around
We got Miss Caton down on the ground
Fighting the teachers was fun
In the classroom
Getting hit by pillows
Having a great time
The pillow fight was fun!
By Brooklyn Tear
Great fun
At the courtyard
Mighty handball
Every boy played a game
Small balls and big balls everywhere
By Cale Lewis
So hard on the rocket
Lots of water in the pool
Extremely awesome
Excellent food in the dining hall
People could go on the water dragon
On the big screen we watched Bolt
Very cool on the ghost walk
Everybody liked it
Rocket and Water Dragon were so good
By Sancak Durmaz

SPORT RESULTS (Friday 6 November)
Basketball
Senior A v Central 1 WIN 36-11
Senior B v Silkstone 2 WIN 25-12
Junior A v Junior C WIN 44-4
Junior B v Silkstone 2 WIN 25-12
Junior D v Brassall 1 WIN 12-8
A great week for the boys. Great defence and attacking passing. Looking forward to the Finals next week.
Cricket
Junior B v Karalee WIN 10/49 – 8/76. A good effort to win in the rain.
AFL
Junior v Churchill WIN 16.8.104 – 0.0.0. Jack McKay fantastic in defence. James Ploetz with 3 great goals.
Congratulations to Mitchell Currie – first goal of the season.
SPORT RESULTS (Friday 13 November)
Basketball
Senior A v Lowood 1 WIN 41-4
Senior B v Lowood 2 Won on Forfeit
Junior A v St Mary’s WIN 24-6
Junior B v Mt Crosby LOSS 6-24. A good effort by the boys, but beaten by a better team.
Junior C v Junior D WIN 18-17. Almost an upset of the season. Great game boys
Good luck to the Senior’s and Junior’s off to the finals next week.
Cricket
Junior A v Junior B (In progress). Junior B team (year 5) put Junior A (year 6) into bat on a hot, humid and
overgrown Blair wicket. Junior B’s delivered an enthusiastic bowling attack taking 7 wickets for 127 runs. Junior A
batsmen M. Thomas and J. Bagby scored a great partnership. All are looking forward to completing this exciting
innings next week.
Touch Football
Senior A (Win 10-1). Senior B (Loss 5-7). Junior A (Win 7-3) and Junior B (Win 6-4).
AFL
Junior v Raceview LOSS 2.9.21 – 5.1.31. Sam Corby determined in defence. Martin Koorts always involved in the
action. Quinton Hunter used his height to good advantage.
TENNIS NEWS
Queensland Tennis
As part of our ongoing Tennis programme at Ipswich Grammar School we have joined forces with Tennis
Queensland to host a Tennis Hotshots event at our Grammar Park Courts. This event is for all our players and will
take place on Friday 20 th November, 2009 at 9am. A bus will transport the boys from the Junior School at 8.45am
to the Tennis Centre where Ms Efia Hill from Tennis Queensland, myself and two other Coaches will conduct a
Hotshots Tournament and lunch for all players. There will be prizes and lots of fun for all boys.
Our School is the first to offer this programme and it is an excellent chance for each player to be part of. A bus will
return the boys back to school by 12 noon. Best of all, the day is free with lunch provided by our days sponsor
Tonel Holdings and we thank Leanne and Dom for their magic support.
We hope to run this day every term and keep Tennis at Ipswich Grammar School progressing. Please help make
this day big and fun by putting your name down at the Junior School Office or by contacting me if you would like to
attend.
Brisbane International Tournament
During the school holidays, Brisbane is hosting the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament with players such as
Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Anna Ivanovic and Kim Clijsters to name a few. So on Monday 4 th January 2010, I
am planning on taking a bus load of boys who would like to go as well as parents. The bus will leave Ipswich
Grammar School at 9am and return at 4:30pm. Cost is $30.00 per person and parents are welcome to attend on
this day as it would be great for all Tennis fans.

Boys will have a day not just to watch matches, but to observe the stars practising up close and gain autographs.
Some of our boys are ball-boying. All those interested, please contact me or register at the Junior School Office
before 20 th November, 2009.
Yours in Tennis
David Glinster (0411 455 567)
JUNIOR SCHOOL PARENT SUPPORT GROUP NEWS
1. A reminder to all parents about this weekend’s family pool party (Saturday 2-5pm with a gold coin donation
per person for entry). Sausage sizzle, drinks and snow cones for sale. If you haven’t yet replied, please
notify Reception ASAP so that the group can include you in their catering considerations.
2. The Junior School Support Group is considering producing an ‘IGS Junior School Community Directory’.
This directory would showcase businesses owned by families in the Junior School, and give each business
the opportunity to promote their business in a different forum.
Firstly, we are seeking interest from our ‘community’ to ensure that this project is viable, and would be
supported.
If you are interested, would you please complete the form below and return to Reception by Friday 27
November.
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Junior School Community Directory 2010 - Expression of Interest
I would like to express an interest in being included in a Junior School Community Directory in 2010
should the project go ahead. Please contact me early in 2010 should the directory become a viable
reality:
Name: ______________________________________________
Business name: _______________________________________
Business type: _______________________________________
Contact numbers:
_________________________________
Please return to Reception by Friday 27 November

Dear Parents,
This year the Before/After and Vacation Care children will be adopting
3 families from the Queensland Times Adopt a Family for Christmas
appeal.
The Families that we have chosen to support are:
1. Emergency food hamper for a family of 4
2. Gifts for a Mum, Dad, boys aged 7, 6, 5
3. Gifts for a Dad and boy aged 7.
The children attending vacation care on the 8 th
December will be
participating in a fundraiser – “Be a Rock Star for a day”
Funds raised from this will be used to purchase the gifts for the families
which the children will go shopping for.
We would appreciate any suitable food items to make up our
emergency food hamper.
These can be left in J20 – BASC Room.
The Queensland times will collect the gifts from us and photograph the
children presenting them.
Let’s make it a Christmas to remember – Please support our local
families who are less fortunate than ourselves.
The BASC children and staff thank you for your valued support and
wish you all a very merry Christmas.