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Frederick Irwin Anglican School
A School of The Anglican Schools Commission (Inc)
Newsletter
Website: www.frederickirwin.wa.edu.au
Dear Parents
A very warm (both figuratively and literally) welcome to the 2016 academic year, with a special welcome to new students and families.
It is really wonderful to have our students back from holidays. I have very much enjoyed talking to a number of them in the grounds over
the past few days – not as many as I would have liked, but the beginning of the year is very busy for everyone. Nonetheless it is fantastic
to have their energy back in the school after the holidays.
Staff
This term we welcome the following staff members to Frederick Irwin:
Administration
Miss Amber Carton (Community Relations)
Library
Mrs Rita Jessop (Library Assistant Term 1)
Primary
Mrs Carlee Egan (Year 5), Mrs Deanne Fee (Year 2), Miss Keira Livingstone (Year 6), Mrs Casey Slaughter (ICT)
Secondary
Mr Oliver Callaghan (Health and Physical Education Term 1), Mrs Holly de Jonge (Home Economics Term 1), Mrs Vicky Flatt (Year 7 Terms
1-3), Miss Briana Klasztorny (Health and Physical Education), Miss Alison Pyke (Humanities and Social Sciences), Mrs Sarah Richardson
(Learning Enrichment Education Assistant), Mr Nicholas Rust (Science), Mrs Eliza Steyl (Home Economics), Mrs Jade Telford (Mathematics)
Congratulations to the following staff who will be taking on extra or other responsibilities for part or all of the year:
Mr Marcus Baker (Acting Assistant Head of Barrett House Term 1), Mrs Averil Evans (Acting Head of Barrett House Term 1), Mrs Denise
Logue (Acting Head of Mathematics Semester 1), Miss Sophie Rowland (Acting Assistant Head of Ellis House Semester 1), Miss Brooke
Van Aalen (Assistant Head of Jamieson House)
Welcome back from Maternity or Long Service Leave to:
Mrs Renee Goard (Year 3), Ms Amy Upton (Primary Learning Enrichment) Mrs Louise Swift (Year 6)
Congratulations to:
Mrs Natasha Hantler (and her husband) – on maternity leave – on the birth of their daughter, Jamie, during the holidays.
Secondary Student Leaders’ Assembly
We were delighted to welcome parents and grandparents to our Secondary Student Leaders’ Assembly on Wednesday 3 February. It was
such a wonderful occasion with our School Prefects being commissioned for their work this year, and the House Leaders being presented
to the School.
At this assembly, being the first for 2016, I like to start the year with a story, analogy, idea or quote that hopefully will motivate and
inspire us all through the course of the year.
Last week I shared with staff this quote from Vince Lombardi who was an Italian-American football player and later coach and executive:
Perfection is not attainable, but if you chase perfection you can catch excellence.
I wanted to tie the quote to a suitable folk tale or legend to illustrate my point, but this year I realised that I had an excellent story literally
almost in my own backyard.
Since I moved into my present home nearly four years ago, I have often heard piano playing coming from over my back fence. The fence
is one of those Colorbond contraptions so you can’t see through it and it is very high, so I have no idea who it is playing the piano in the
house diagonally to the north-west. However, I have ascertained that there must be at least three pianists – a very accomplished adult
and two younger people, probably children. When I first heard the music four years ago, one child I guessed was a bit older and
progressing well and one just starting out. In my mind I have imagined them as a mother, possibly a music teacher, and two children –
an older boy and a younger girl – just learning. But the truth is I have no idea if the adult is male or female, or if the children are boys
or girls. All I know is this, every weekend and in the holidays (because that’s when I’m home to hear them) they are practising… and
chasing perfection.
Over the four years both children have advanced considerably; so much so that it is quite difficult for me to tell them apart – both have
progressed so much; but I think the younger one may be catching up! The adult continues to practise all the time.
Issue 1
5 February 2016