19072012 - Ipswich Grammar School

Junior School Bulletin
19 July 2012
Contents
Prep - 2 Assembly.................. p 2
Track and Field Carnival...... p 2
Student Awards...................... p 3
Music Day of Excellence....... p 4
Legend of the Grinja............. p 6
Evening with Jackie French.. p 13
Dear Parents,
From the Head of Junior School’s Desk
Welcome back to a new semester. I was very impressed recently when reading all of
the students’ reports. It was very obvious that all boys from Prep through to Year 6 have
been working very hard and reaping the benefits of their efforts.
July
It is hard to believe that we are midway through the academic year. The three-week
student vacation has proven profitable on many fronts. The Grounds and Maintenance
team has been very busy in amongst our facilities. Similarly, a number of teachers
attended professional learning opportunities while others spent considerable time
preparing for the coming semester.
23 Junior School Parent
Support Group Meeting
23- Year 6 Emu Gully Excursion
24
24 Year 5 Gold Rush Excursion
25- Prep to Year 6 Parent
26 Teacher Interviews
31 Junior Schools' Invitational
Music Day of Excellence
ICAS English Competition
August
1- Bookfair
16
14 ICAS Mathematics
Competition
15 RNA SHOW HOLIDAY
16 Book Week Parade
18 Junior Schools' Invitational
Track & Field Carnival
20 Junior School Parent
Support Group Meeting
22 Sports Photos
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◆ Transport/Bus Info
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This year, as explained in recent weeks and in the accompanying letter, reports for
students in Years 4-12 included two new aspects. The GPA (Grade Point Average) has
been included to enable boys to track general overall development across their entire
report and to set goals each semester. It also enables us to commend the students in
each year level who have excelled. Below are the boys who have succeeded in reaching
the top ten academic students in their respective cohorts. Special congratulations to
each of these students. In publishing (and displaying) these lists, it is hoped that others
may aspire to this goal.
Top Ten Academic Results in Year 4
Position Student Name Semester 1 GPA
1 Stieler, Ryan 11.6
2 Horsey, EJ 11.3
3 Bracker, Isaac 11.1
4 Cook, Andrew 10.8
D’Castro, Jameson
Rosevear, Levi
Wolvetang, Gabriel
8 Biggs, Declan 10.4
Machin, Sean
10 Ross, Campbell 10.3
Top Ten Academic Results in Year 5
Position Student Name Semester 1 GPA
1 Jones, Charlie 11.8
2 Wood, Mitchell 11.6
3 Palmer, Kyle 11.5
4 Raleigh, Daniel 11.4
5 Herron, Jeremy 11.1
6 Stevenson, Dominic 11.0
7 Kearney, Sean 10.9
Kong, Kris
Webber, Jackson
10 Leathem, Andrew 10.6
Dixon, Henry
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Top Ten Academic Results in Year 6
Position Student Name Semester 1 GPA
1 Barnham, Alexander 11.8
Cassidy, Liam
Malcolm, Thomas
4 Dobson, Alexander 11.3
5 Irons, Isaac 11.1
6 Oldham, Benjamin 10.8
7 Dent, Max 10.6
Wijeyewickrema, Visun
9 George, Bayley 10.4
10 Macknish, William 10.3
Additionally, over the course of the semester, all teachers of any subject across Years 4-12 have completed six Pastoral
"gradings" of each student according to their performance in their subject lessons in the four domains: Work Ethic, Grooming,
Peer Interactions, Behaviour. Students who received 100% of these ratings above the expected standard (Positive Indicators)
were:
Year 4 -
Year 5 -
Year 6 -
Jarrod Turley
Daniel Raleigh, Sean Kearney, Andrew Leathem, Harrison Spencer-Matthews, Christian Krause,
Jackson Cooper, Finlay Rush, Julian Hay, Ethan Amos, Dillon Stone, Konrad Wallace
Benjamin Oldham, William Kraschnefski, Joshua Dalton-Peacock, Miguel Onate, Mason Trevanion,
Stefan Thottunkal, Liam Andrews, Owen Burgess, Connor Gard, Mitchell Fearon
Boys who achieved 80% Positive Indicators were:
Year 4 -
Year 5 -
Year 6 -
Isaac Bracker, EJ Horsey, Declan Biggs, Campbell Ross, Harry Dobson, Connor Shaw, Jayden
Tucker, Mitchell Litzow, Noah Pratt, Noah Auld
Mitchell Wood, Ethan Entwisle, Luke Usher, Blaine Goodbun, Charlie Jones, Kyle Palmer, Jeremy
Herron, Dominic Stevenson, Kris Kong, Henry Dixon, James Yates, James Brabrook, William
Robinson, Jack Denton, Mitchell Ward, Jackson Webber, Hussan Al-Hashemy, Nicholas Meek, Matt
Van De Weyer, Timothy Gibb, Brodie Seccombe, Cooper Brown, Nicholas Taber, Lochlann Heers-
Ackworth
Adam Baradel, Mitchell Clow, Alexander Barnham, Liam Cassidy, Thomas Malcolm, Isaac Irons, Visun
Wijeyewickrema, Bayley George, Theo Parrott, Alexander Rixon, Harrison Jarrard, Cameron Rafferty,
Erik Pountain, Haedyn Rawson, Sancak Durmaz, Callum Downes, Jack Shaw, Connor Street, Ben
McKay, Alexander Dobson, Gus Bowman,, Adam Ross, Charlie Utz, Brooklyn Tear
Prep-Year 2 Assembly
This morning, Prep to Year 2 students attended their first P-2 Assembly. While they was a number of presenters, the Assembly
focused upon outlining the school's four core values of Excellence, Leadership, Integrity and Community. From next week,
students in P-2 will be presented with awards which commend student in these different values domains. While these will be
similar to those used in the Year 4-6 Awards Assembly, in order to enact a visual cue for the younger students, each value has
been allocated a creature. The meaning and connections behind the association of these particular creatures and each value
have been incorporated into a story and was presented to the students by Mrs Cate McGrath, P-2 Coordinator. This story is
attached to this edition of the Junior School Bulletin so parents can garner similar understandings.
Prep-Year 2 Assemblies will be held each Thursday morning from 8.40am. Parents are more than welcome to attend.
Year 4-6 Interhouse Track & Field Carnival
Congratulations to the following age champions. These were announced and presented on the last day of Term 2.
U9
U10
U11
U12
- Isaac Bracker
- Jack Webber
- Archie Owen
- Ben McKay
House results were as follows:
1st - Kerr House
2nd - Lawrance House
3rd - Cameron House
4th - Hawthorne House
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Sincerely,
Upcoming Assemblies
David Macknish
Head of Junior School
Fri 20 July - Yr 3-6 Awards Assembly (8.40am in Literacy Centre)
including induction of JS Pastoral and Academic Mentors
Mon 23 July - Year 4-12 Assembly (10.00am in Auditorium)
Thurs 26 July - P-2 Assembly (8.40am in Literacy Centre)
Student Awards
Fri 27 July - No Yr 3-6 Awards Assembly
Haseeb Raza
- improved comprehension skills
Macauley Rapmund - fantastic progress in oral reading and comprehension this term. Keep up the great reading!
3C
- working incredibly hard during the Semester One assessment tasks
Tim Pallett
- Excellence – working consistently on his Explorers project
Dominic Stevenson - Excellence – conscientious effort in completing his Explorer project
Alexander Jacobson-Jones - improved attitude and fantastic work on his SOSE oral
Angus Preston
- excellent results in his exams
Jameson D’Castro - his excellent oral presentation
Cooper Powell
- an excellent improvement in work habits in the classroom
Gabriel Wolvetang - following instructions and setting a good example
Michael Holmes
- consistently helping out when asked. Michael is a wonderful example of “the IGS Way”
Andrew Cook
- helping others in class
Tarran Llewellyn
- always using beautiful manners
Lawson Bell
- for an amazing term
Lachlan Skull
- great sportsmanship and mateship shown by looking after his classmate in the Sports Dome
500 Grinja points - Mitchell Ward
1000 Grinja points - Finlay Rush, Nicholas Taber
500 reading award
Rhyce Greive, Gabriel Wolvetang, Tudor Leonida, Archie Horneman-Wren, Jonas Hughes, Jameson D’Castro
1000 reading award
Blake Palmer, Lochlan Gale, James Eddington, Matthew Gallagher, Will Rosemond, Cooper Brown, Jack Denton, George
Rowcliffe, Ryan Phillips, Ryan Stieler, Hunter Mills, Jackson Cooper
2000 reading award - Campbell Moore, Liam Donnelly, Sean Kearney, James Yates, Allan Chivanga
3000 reading award - Dominic Stevenson, Christian Krause, Daniel Raleigh, Harrison Spencer-Matthews
4000 reading award - Hussan Al-Hashemy, Daniel Raleigh, Christian Krause
5000 reading award - Mitchell Wood
6000 reading award - Jesse Whiteman, Jack Fanshawe
7000 reading award - Levi Rosevear, Isaac Bracker
19000 reading award - Sebastien Carvolth
20000 reading award - Sebastien Carvolth
Library awards (Donation of books)
Jack Shaw, Lee Beckett, Noah Clark, Matthew Schoeman, Brian Wakista, Brandon Beckett, Matthew Goodwin, Brodie Seccombe,
Reuben Seccombe, Mackinlay Sturges
BMW reading awards
William Patterson (Prep L), Cody Wood (Prep M), Sebastian Lacey (1A), Caelan Macaulay (1M), Angus McBain (2G), Oshadha
Edirisinghe (3C), James Eddington (3E), Isaac Bracker (4S), Allan Chivanga (4T), Hussan Al-Hashemy (5C), Christian Krause
(5T), Callum Downes (6B), Adam Ross (6C), Archie Owen (6S)
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Junior Schools' Invitational Music Day Of Excellence – 31 July 2012
Once a year, boys from junior GPS schools come together - not in competition, but for a day of working as part of a large team.
Schools nominate their most capable and experienced musicians to be considered for this prestigious day of music-making and
those chosen are issued with music a few weeks prior to the event so that they have the opportunity to familiarize themselves
with the works before coming together to rehearse.
This year we have been successful in having twenty students from across Years 6 and 7 selected to take part. After a long day
of rehearsing with their various ensembles at a variety of venues in Brisbane on the day, these groups will come together in the
early evening to perform a public recital.
The designated day for 2012 is Tuesday 31st July, with the evening concert to commence at 6pm at BBC’S College Hall in
Kensington Terrace, Toowong. The evening performances are always wonderful and quite astounding when considering the fact
that the students participating are only eleven and twelve years of age.
It would be wonderful for students and parents alike to come along and support our IGS boys on the evening which is free of
charge.
We should like to congratulate the following students on their selection for the GPS Junior Music Day of Excellence:
Concert Band students:
- Ben Oldham Yr 6 (Trumpet/Cornet )
- Charlie Utz Yr 6 (Trumpet )
- Mitchell Clow Yr 6 ( Trombone )
- Ben Stieler Yr 7 (Clarinet ) (Trumpet )
- Zane Steel Yr 7 (Trumpet )
- Alex Auschra Yr 7 (Tenor Saxophone)
String Ensemble students:
- Will Smith Yr 7 (Cello)
- Kieran Boyle Yr 7 (Violin)
Choral students:
- Ethan Hardy Yr 6
- Gabriel McKinnon Yr 6
- Miguel Onate Yr 6
- Theo Parrott Yr 6
- Brydon Moore Yr 6
- Lachlan Stephens Yr 7
- Thomas Chapple Yr 7
- Declan Johnston Yr
- Nolan Do Yr 7
- James Smith Yr 7
- Aaron Herbst Yr 7
- Jack Walters Yr 7
Our best wishes to you all for what is hoped to be a memorable musical experience.
Mrs R. Tank – IGS Junior School Music Teacher
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The Legend
of the
Grinja

In the glory days of ancient Japan, the people were protected by
two forces.
The Samurai were strong, brave, and brilliant swordsmen. They
wore shiny uniforms made of golden threads and brightly coloured
metals and gems. They were an awesome sight. The Samurai
were very powerful, and were feared by all who encountered them.
Across the valley were the Ninja. They too were brilliant at what
they did. They protected the people through their use of stealth
and clever tricks. The Ninja wore a simple uniform and kept to
themselves. The people called them ‘the silent warriors’.
Between the mountain palace of the Samurai and the cave hideout
of the Ninja, there was the tiny village of Grammaria. Every day,
the villagers would watch the Samurai practicing their skills, and
training for combat. They assumed that the Ninja did the same,
but no-one had ever seen them do it.
Every time the Samurai achieved success, they would march
through the streets in their shiny uniforms, demonstrating their
strength. And still no-one saw the Ninja - just the result of their
hard work. All around the village, you could see the repairs that
had been made to the walls to help keep out intruders, or fences
erected to keep the livestock safe. The roads to and from the
village were always open, and the water to the well ran clear.
Of course, all the young men of the village wanted to be just like
the Samurai. All except one - a young man called Gee.

The Ninja fascinated Gee. They did not seek the glory that the
Samurai sought, yet they were just as important to the success and
safety of the village. One day, Gee went to visit Master Okami - ‘The
Wolf’ - to see if there was a way that he could combine both the power
and the strength of the Samurai with the stealth and cleverness of the
Ninja.
Master Okami told Gee that he would have to follow ‘The Code’ to
achieve such enlightenment. He warned Gee that the path to ‘The Code’
was long and challenging, but that the answers he sought were close at
hand.
Being a very curious and adventurous young man, Gee agreed to listen to
everything the old Master said, and to follow his instructions.
The first part of ‘The Code’ was COMMUNITY. Master
Okami gave Gee a jar full of ants, and told him to empty the
jar onto a mound of dirt and watch them closely. Gee
thought this a very strange request, but nevertheless he
followed the old man’s instructions. For one whole day,
Gee watched the ants as they went scurrying about the
garden.
At nightfall, he returned to Master Okami, and told him what he had
learned. “On its own, one little ant has no purpose. He scurries to and
fro but does not achieve anything, but when he joins in with a group of
ants, they find their purpose and work together to build a colony that
will provide for other ants. Each ant has a job to do. Each job is very
important to the success of the colony. On the surface, it looks as if
the ants are just running around, but when you look underneath, you see
the wonderful and complex support systems that they have built for
each other. Being a part of a community is just like being a part of an
ant colony. We are each an important part of our group. We must
make sure we do our job well, but also be ready to help others when they
are unable to help themselves.”

Master Okami was pleased with Gee, and told him that he could now
work towards achieving the second part of ‘The Code’ -
EXCELLENCE. He sent Gee down to the pond to find something
that brought excellence to the water habitat.
Again, Gee did as he was asked. He walked down to the fishing
pond, and sat upon a rock to watch and wait for EXCELLENCE. He
saw the turtle and the salmon swimming about. He saw the frog
pop his head out of the reeds. He even saw the duck with her
family of ducklings, but he could not see any EXCELLENCE. Then,
as the sun came out from behind a cloud, he saw the dragonfly.
With swift wings that shimmered in the light, she flew across the
water, stopping every so often to land softly on a water lily or tree
branch. Suddenly Gee saw what he was looking for. He ran
quickly back to the old man to tell him.
“The pond is a very busy place where the animals live quietly
together. It is peaceful, but very dull, until the dragonfly arrives.
She brings new light to the pond with her creativity and freedom of
flight. Her wings reflect the light off the water, and that light
allows us to see ourselves differently. To achieve EXCELLENCE I
must work hard and quietly, trying new things that will challenge me
to be the best.”

Okami could not believe what a great scholar the young boy was.
So he set him the next challenge - LEADERSHIP. “Go to the
hen house,” he told Gee, “and find the rooster.”
Again, Gee did not ask questions, but followed the old man’s
instructions. At the hen house, it didn’t take him long to find
the rooster. There he was, quietly sitting on a post, watching
his hens clucking and foraging in the dirt. Every now and then,
the rooster would jump down, go to an area, and have a scratch
around in the dirt himself. The other chickens would soon
follow him there, and very quickly
they would be feasting on some
nice new grubs. The rooster
would then go back to his post.
When the sun went down, he made
sure that all of his hens were
safely away in the hen house, and
then let out a loud crow to let
people know that he was on duty.
Gee knew straight away what the rooster was telling him. He
ran back to the Master to let him know. “Just like the rooster,
a leader does not always need to be the one in charge.
Sometimes he has to sit back and watch what others are doing,
so that he can get to know the people he is with. Sometimes
he has to help them by leading them to an answer, and a leader
should always be ready to stand up for those who cannot stand
up for themselves. This may sometimes mean being loud and
different.”

Okami had never seen anybody achieve the elements of ‘The Code’
so quickly. He realised that Gee was ready now for the last
element - INTEGRITY.
Okami had noticed that everywhere Gee went, his dog Yujin went
with him. He asked Gee to explain to him why the dog was so
special.
“That is easy,” said Gee. “When I come out in the morning, Yujin is
always happy to see me, his eyes light up, and he wags his tail so
hard I think it will fall off! If I need someone to play with, he is
always there ready. When I am sad, he sits by me, listening to my
worries. He never tells a lie, and he looks out for me if danger is
nearby. Yujin does not leave me for strangers, but sticks by me
when I am feeling cranky, and keeps me warm in the cold months.”
Master Okami said to Gee, “Why do you think he does all of this for
you?”
“Because he is my friend, and I am his friend,” answered Gee.

“Congratulations, little one,” said Okami. “You have
completed the pathway of ‘The Code’. You understand what is
needed to demonstrate Community, Excellence, Leadership,
and Integrity. These are the true skills of a great warrior.
What will you call yourself, young one?”
Gee thought hard about that, and smiled when he answered.
“I will be known as a Grinja - an invisible warrior.”
From that day on, Gee made it his job to go out and find other
Grinjas just like himself. However, the Grinjas don’t live in
secrecy like the Ninja, or parade around in public like the
Samurai. They live down in the village, or in your street, or
even in your school, just like you.

The Brisbane Meanjin Local Council of ALEA invite teachers, pre-service
teachers, parents and interested community members to a presentation, book
signing and an opportunity to meet well-known children’s author, Jackie French.
An Evening with Jackie French
Jackie French is an award-winning Australian author. She writes mainly
children's fiction and books on gardening. Two of her books, Hitler's Daughter
and To the Moon and Back have been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the
Year Award: Younger Readers and Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve
Pownall Award for Information Books respectively.
When:
Where:
Monday 20th August
5pm - 6pm: Book sales and signing, drinks and canapés
6pm - 7pm: Jackie’s presentation
St James Primary School, Kirkland Ave,
Coorparoo.
Cost:
$55 (includes drinks and canapés)
On-line registration available on the Meanjin website.
www.meanjin.edu.au
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