KINROSS WOLAROI SCHOOL – CANTEEN ROSTER - Month of :September 2009MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY21. 22. Kim Rossi 23. Julian ShillingtonFelicity Lukins24. Jenny Pottie 25. Melissa BellamyJill Peterson28. Tess Herbert 29. 30. Kerryn Samways IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND ONYOUR ALLOTTED DAY, PLEASE PHONEREBECCA ON 63920387Do you have any of these items?Mrs Ridge is looking for somebooks with purple dots onthem. If anyone has any reader bookswith purple dots on the back ofthem, can you please returnthem to the Library or to MrsRidge? The books are missing form Room 8.Please check your folders and at home. Youcould have borrowed the books as long asthree years ago, so Years 12, 11,10 and 9 need to check, as well asYears 8 and 7.<strong>Social</strong>Saturday September 26 th .Theme: Farewell to Year 12.Come dressed as your favouriteYear 12.Time 7.00-10.00Dorothy Knox Hall at PLCCost: $7.00Prize for best dressed.Year 12 are our guests.KWS FAIR 2010PACIFIC ISLANDSTo all parents,Sally Wilson has been appointed as the 2010 Fair Co-ordinatorWhat we need now is a lot of people doing small jobsIf you had a stall and are keen to do it again we would be thrilled to hear from youOR ...you are happy to help on a stallOR ...you have any ideas or contacts for our themeWe are seeking contributions of money & goods in kind within the KWS community forthe 2010 KWS Fair & we are seeking your support first prior to opening it up to the widercommunity.We are also looking for people who know how to:• Basket weave,• Hair beadingPlease contactSally WilsonBy email: scars@ix.net.auORMelanie PrattenBy email: mimpratten@bigpond.comphone: 63652234
BOARDERS’ BITZWelcome to “Boarders’ Bitz”, acolumn designed to keep parentsabreast of developments in Boarding.The families and staff of StuartDouglas took advantage of the beautiful weatherduring last weekend to enjoy a very pleasant Saturdayafternoon luncheon in the grounds of PLC. Thejumping castle proved to be a great success with thestudents and their younger siblings, and parentsenjoyed the opportunity to get together and makenew friends. Thank you to Mr and Mrs May for theirsuperb organisation.On the Saturday evening, the families of NewHouse met in the Derek Pigot Auditorium for theirannual House Dinner. The hall was decoratedbeautifully by the Year 12 girls and Mrs Aitken, andparents and students enjoyed a relaxed evening ofconversation. Thank you to to Mrs Aitken for herorganisation and thank you also to Christina Travers-Jones and Polly Hanigan for entertaining us sowonderfully during the evening.Year 12 boarders and parents are remindedthat during the upcoming exam period, there will bebus facilities provided by the <strong>School</strong> to transportstudents between the PLC and <strong>Wolaroi</strong> sites. Studentswill not be permitted to drive cars between the twosites.With the change of seasons, comes a changeof school uniform for our girl boarders. During theholiday break it would be appreciated if you couldundertake a complete check of your daughter’ssummer school uniform, to ensure that hem lengthsare at the appropriate level, and that you haveadequate summer school blouses available for Term 4.It has also been noted that many of our boyboarders have been surviving through Term 3 withonly one pair of school trousers, which are now in avery poor state of repair. Please ensure that yourson’s trousers have been checked before the return toschool, and purchase an additional pair, if required,from the <strong>School</strong> Shop, or Clothing Pool. Could youParents who attended the recent meeting ofthe Boarders Parents Committee, and also parentswho were unable to attend can obtain the minutes byemailing me at sshepherd@kws.nsw.edu.au or SallyRattray-Wood at srattray@kws.nsw.edu.auDates to remember:-Sunday 20 September – Miller House - The 100 MileBrunch, at PLC 11.00am for 11.30amThursday 1 October – Yr 12 Boarders and families –Morning Tea in the Centennial Gardens prior to theYear 12 Graduation CeremonySimon ShepherdDirector of BoardingMusic MattersWe congratulate students from MrsScott’s studio who achieved thefollowing results in the recent AMEBexaminations:- Violin; JaylinCollett Grade 2, A; PianoPreliminary; Amelia Rawson,Kiara Taylorwood-Roe A+,Grade 1 Jessica Simpson C;Grade 2 Madeleine Silvester B+, Grade 3 EmilySimpson C+; Grade 7 Stuart Bryan A.Mrs Callaughan’s students have performed well in theIMEB Speech and Drama Theory examinations:-Katie Shaw Gr 7 Honours, Claudia Youngman Gr 8Honours, Olivia Kerr Gr 8 Honours, Liam FletcherAssociate Honours.At the prestigious Grand Concert of the City of OrangeEisteddfod on Saturday night <strong>Kinross</strong> <strong>Wolaroi</strong> studentsand ensembles were well represented. Our Year 2class delighted the audience with their renditions of‘Dad and the Cat and the Tree’ and ‘Hugger Mugger’ ,violinist Anthony Solari gave a commandingperformance of ‘She’ll be coming round the mountain’,Barbara King-Christopher and Meghan Wheelhouseperformed the duologue ‘The Three Bears’, MaryMunro recited ‘The Adventures of Isabel’, pianist LukeMoxey entertained the audience at Interval, ChamberStrings and cellist Eileen McDonald-Sparks began thesecond half in style with their respective performancesof the ‘Praeludium from the Holberg Suite’ and ‘KolNidei’.In addition to the awards mentioned in previousweeks, Ailish Seedsman and Mary Munro received theSpeech and Drama Pointscore Trophies for 9 years and10 years respectively. We congratulate all ourperformers who participated in the Eisteddfod. Itremains as an excellent opportunity for our ensemblesand individuals to perform at a high level and todemonstrate to the wider community the quality ofmusic and other performing arts at the <strong>School</strong>.Our HSC Music students will undertake theirPerformance Examinations on Wednesday and Fridaythis week. We wish them all the best and hope thattheir hard work will reap the desired rewards.Have a musical week!William MoxeyCo-ordinator of Music PerformanceDates for Your DiaryOCTOBER25 – 27 – Music CampNOVEMBER6 – Grandparents’ Day13 – Music FestivalDECEMBER4 – Carol Service5 – Speech Day
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