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School Newsletter Week 5 Term 4 2018
Important Information 12 November 2018
Head of School’s News As I reflect on the events of the past two weeks, the journey from one very memorable real life learning experience
to another, for the Tudor House students, continues at our customary fast pace!
The Opening of the Low Ropes Course on Friday
November 2nd set a wonderful example for our boys and
girls as they witnessed how a shared vision (by the Year 6
students and parents) became reality through careful
planning, persistence and collaboration, empowering and
influencing others (the rest of the School!) to join them in the
fundraising and construction of a low ropes course beyond
our dreams in size and complexity. We look forward to years
of swinging from the ropes. On behalf of the whole School
Upcoming Events:
Tues 13 Friday 16 Nov. Year 6 Camp
Fri 16 Nov. Year 5 Excursion
Thurs 22 Nov. Parent & New Parent Drinks
Thurs 22 Nov. 2019 New Boarder Sleepover
Fri 23 Nov. 2019 New Students Yr1- 6 Experience Day
Fri 23 Nov. Braeside Uniform Shop at Tudor
Tues 27 Nov. Lower School Xmas Play Matinee
Wed 28 Nov. Lower School Xmas Play Evening
School Notices
SCHOOL CALENDAR: go to
http://www.tudorhouse.nsw.edu.au/calendar
SCHOOL BUSES:
email: [email protected]
CLOTHING POOL:
Open: 8.30am – 9.15am Tuesdays, term time or by
appointment.
STUDENT ABSENCES:
email: [email protected]
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community I thank particularly the Year 6 parents, the Tudor Rose Auxiliary and the individuals who dared to
think big, gave much time and expertise and enabled this project to come to fruition.
The 1st XI Cricket squad had a very successful tour to Queensland from November 3rd - November 7th, playing
matches against King’s Christian College, Reedy Creek, St Stephen’s College, Coomera and All Saints Anglican
School, Merrimac, winning two of their three games. The tourists also squeezed in a visit to Seaworld - coming
away with some colourful memorabilia! Many thanks to Mr Sam Goodfellow and Mrs Sharon Johnson for all the
work that went into organising this tour and for looking after the students whilst on tour. From all reports, the
Tudor House 1st XI Cricket team members were fine ambassadors for our School.
We were pleased to welcome new and existing members of our School community to the PK - 2 Information
Evening on Tuesday Nov 7th followed by the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Orientation session the next
day. Judging by the boys’ and girls’ enthusiasm for this classroom experience, the 2019 School year will get off to
a very positive start.
The Year Five students, along with Miss Tina Brown, Miss Stacey Baker and Ms Emma Johnson organised a
beautiful Remembrance Day Commemoration Service in the School Chapel on Wednesday November 9th. The
Field of Honour, with a cross on the lawn for each fallen Old Tudorian, wreaths created by each class, poppies
made and worn by each student and the address at the service by The King’s School Community Chaplain,
Reverend Matthew Pickering made this occasion particularly memorable. Thank you to the Tudor House students
who represented our School with such reverence at the Bowral Remembrance Day Commemoration on Sunday
November 11th in the Memorial Gardens. Particular thanks to Elliot Perkins who read a prayer at St Jude’s Church
preceding the gathering around the Bowral War Memorial. Weekly, in the Tudor House War Memorial Assembly
Hall, we acknowledge Old Tudorians who gave their lives fighting for their country.
The Year 6 students eagerly await their Camp which starts this week on Tuesday November 13th at Wombaroo.
We look forward to hearing about their challenging experiences, which includes a hike up the notorious Mt Jellore,
when they return.
Thank you for supporting and celebrating Tudor House
2018 at the Foundation Dinner on Friday November 9th.
We are most grateful for the donation of auction items.
Money raised enables us to continue to honour our unique
traditions and to move forward to ensure we’re preparing
our boys and girls to flourish in their future lives. Recently
the Foundation provided financial support (along with
money generously raised by Tudor House parents in the
past and private benefactors) with the new multi-purpose
(tennis) court, hopefully ready (weather permitting) for Leavers’ Week, the renovated cricket nets on RB Darke,
the girls’ bathroom (Boarding House) and countless building upgrades. Mrs Rosemary Abrahams (Chairman of
the King’s School Council) and Mr Michael Abrahams, The Headmaster and Dr Jen George, Mr Ed Simpson and
The Hon John Sharp AM (Old Tudorians and Tudor House Foundation) were delighted to attend the Foundation
dinner. Please have a look at the Dinner photos taken by AJ Moran, on the Tudor House Facebook site. Thank you
to Mrs Sue Trudeau and Mrs Jo Grinham for all their help behind the scenes to make this wonderful event such a
success. We raised $19,600 on the night from our guests’ support of the raffle of the Bunda Tudor Rose cufflinks,
and the varied live and silent auction items.
I look forward to seeing as many parents and carers (current and future) as possible at the Annual Drinks with the
Head of School, this year at the HOS Residence on Thursday November 22nd (the evening before the Year 1 - 6
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Experience Day on Friday November 23rd) from 5.30pm. Please RSVP by Nov 19th through the Tudor House
website www.tudorhouse.nsw.edu.au or by contacting Sue Trudeau [email protected]
Lower School is busily preparing for their Christmas production, Baubles, Baubles, Baubles (Matinee performance,
Tuesday November 27th at 11.30am and evening performance, Wednesday November 28th at 6.00pm) the Choir
is preparing for Christmas performances at Bowral House (Wednesday Nov 21st) and the Carol Service (Friday
December 7th 6.00pm) and we’re just about to start whole School Carol rehearsals.
Please continue to follow Tudor House highlights on our Facebook page.
Anni Sandwell
Head of School
Boarding News
Follow Medley House on Instagram: tudor_house_boarders
The Year 6 Dance was held recently at Tudor House and it was a tremendous
success. The students made a lovely
bracelet during Art Class for their
partners out of cubes of decorated, baked
clay and the girls took them home as a
memento of the wonderful evening. The
Year 6 Mums made the hall look amazing
and Mr Woodburn’s laser lights and
smoke machine added a nice finishing touch! In true style, Justin Bojanac
(Bowral) arrived in a stretch limousine and Jack Clancy (Berrima) was chauffer driven in his Dad’s restored Morris
J van.
The following day the boarders enjoyed some great games of sport. The Yr 4 Super 8 team played against Barker
at James Park.
The Yr 5 Red and Blue Super 8
teams played Barker at home. The
1st XI enjoyed a very close game
against Mosman, at home, on RB
Darke.
The Tudor House Open Softball
teams played St Patrick’s at home.
The Tudor House 2019 Prospective Boarders’ Experience was held at the end
of last week. H dorm is now a girls’ dream bedroom and the girls loved it. It
was great seeing girls join in the game of touch cricket on Hamilton Lawn
after school, jump in the pool after dinner and then join the boys for a movie
in the common room after dinner.
I have had emails, texts and phone calls from our prospective families thanking Tudor House Boarding Staff for
“going to the special trouble of providing all those wonderful activities”.
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So you know, I do my best to explain that we actually haven’t done anything
“special” other than allow prospective students a chance to experience a “a
normal day or two in the life of a Tudor House Boarder”.
The next Tudor House Boarders’ Experience for New and Interested
Boarders for 2019 will be held from Thursday November 22 to Friday
November 23 with New and Current Parents Drinks with Head of School
on Thursday November 22 from 6pm - 7.30pm
Last Wednesday, Hugo Wood (Grenfell), Will Johnson (Grenfell), Hunter Bowman (Harden), Jack Binnie
(Singleton), Angus Lenehan (Harden), James Parry-Okeden (Winsdor) from the annual 1st XV Cricket Tour of
Queensland. Hugo scored 10 runs against St Stephens and took a wicket (run out) with some great fielding. Angus
scored 50 against St Stephens and Will Johnson took a great wicket too with some snappy bowling.
This weekend, our 1st X1 were defeated by St Aloysius at home.
Angus Lenehan and Will Johnson both claimed a scalp each and
Hunter made a lovely pull shot that made the boundary. Our Year
U 11’s played Sydney Grammar Edgecliff. Archie Hallett (Coolah)
had a good innings at the crease and scored 15 runs. Harley Jones
(Bronte) and Miller Twomey (Sutton Forest) also played Grammar
in the U10’s Super 8 Cricket. Miller claimed two wickets with
some lovely bowling. Harley took a catch at mid-on and made
twenty runs at the crease.
Han Chusang (Bangkok) and Tom Jenkinson (Moss Vale) enjoyed
a great game of Softball against Trinity Grammar School. Han made one home run and got three people out, with
a great catch at second base.
Weekend Duty Staff Week 5:
Saturday 17/11/18: Chelsey Grimes, Hugo Schreuder and Mr Jenkinson
Sunday 18/11/18: Mr Cameron and Mrs Courtney Williams
Staffing in Meyer
A shortlist of applicants were interviewed by our Head of School, Head of Operations and our Human Resources
Department, Mrs Tiff Jenkinson has been appointed the full-time Boarding House Matron ‘Mother’ which is a
new role for Tudor House.
Mrs Courtney Williams is now concentrating on gaining more teaching experience having graduated with an
MTeach (Master’s Degree in Teaching) in 2017. Mrs Williams will remain a staff member of Medley House but
she will pursue her teaching career during the day. Thank you for everything you have done for the boarders
over the past two years, Courtney!
Weekend Leave
Please email details of leave to me, The Head of Boarding, by the Wednesday evening of each week. This allows
time for the catering team to plan and prepare meals and the boarding staff to ensure safe staff-student ratios are
maintained. Please telephone the Boarding Staff on duty if your return is likely to be delayed for any reason.
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Sport Week 5:
Saturday Sport (17/11/12):
9.00am Year 3 Super 8 v Mosman White (Westfield 2) (Mr Jenkinson)
10.30am Yr 4 Super 8 v St Aloysius (St Leonard’s Park) (Mrs Hayman)
9.30am Yr 5 Red Super 8 v St Patrick’s (Rudd) (Mrs Johnson)
9.30am Yr 5 Blue Super 8 v St Patricks (Phillips 2) (Mr Schreuder)
9.00am 1st X1 v St N’ton Wyvern RB Darke (Mr Goodfellow)
10.00am Open Softball v Grammar St Ives (Westfield 3) (Mrs Baker)
Remember: It is the coach’s responsibility to organise transport for any boarders in their team.
Sunday (18/11/12) Boarders’
Chapel 5:30pm
NOTE: BOARDERS’S TRIP TO JAMBEROO ACTION PARK PLANNED FOR SUNDAY 25TH NOVEMBER.
Here and There
Mrs Susi Bell wrote to me recently with news the Tudor House Rose
her son Jack Bell (’17) received as a Leaver’s Gift is extremely
vigorous and flowered well all last season (see photo, left). Jack is
going very well at King’s and he topped his class in tech drawing. On
the drought, Susie writes: “Our paddocks are green with very short
grass and Dave hasn’t had to feed the cattle for 6 days. We’ve had
nearly 3 inches for October but we are a long way from being safely
out of danger. Hopefully we’ll get some more.”
Iggy Westwood (‘17) reports that he is enjoying Year 7 at Waverly College. He says he has been making lots of
new friends and is studying very hard. The study has clearly paid off because Iggy got 94% in his end of year
maths exam!
Mackenzie Bowman (’14) emailed me to say he is in his final year of
Engineering and Project Management at the University of Sydney. He has also
been awarded a cadetship with Prime Constructions. (Mack is pictured, right).
Toby Salkeld (’14) left Medley House (after boarding from Year 4 to Year 6) and
boarded at King’s. Toby has enjoyed many aspects of school life including camp
week and the opportunities to be involved in singing and drama. He has been
able to work on the tech crew of the musical 'We Will Rock You' and also play
the part of an orphan in Fagin’s Gang in the Tara musical, Oliver! This year Toby
moved to Bishop Barker Harris with four of his friends from Tudor House and has shared a room with Ryu (’14)
all year.
Theo Strang (’09) has also been in touch. After leaving Tudor House at the end of Year 6, he attended The Scots
College. Now Theo is in his 3rd year of a Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Bachelor of Project Management at
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Sydney University. He lives in, at St Paul's College and plays rugby for
the Sydney University Football Club. Theo represented 1st Grade for the
2018 season where his team went on to win the Shute Shield. Theo writes
that the Leavers of ‘09 are still a close group and keep in regular contact
with each other.
If you have any news of past boarders’ progress, please email me
[email protected] or call me on: 0414457164.
Tim Jenkinson
Head of Boarding
2018 Queensland Cricket Tour News Over the Mid Term break of the 3 - 7 November, the First XI went to the Gold Coast for the 21st Cricket Tour.
Saturday 3rd November: We set off from Tudor at 9:15am on Saturday and made our way to the airport. We checked
in, went through security and made our way to lunch in the food court. After lunch we walked to the Gate and
awaited our flight to the Gold Coast. The boys were exceptional on the plane and in the airport. When we arrived
in the Gold Coast, our driver dropped us at our accommodation at Ashmore Palms. We quickly settled into our
rooms and prepared for a grocery shop for breakfasts. Off to dinner at the Ashmore Tavern and 11 boys had 450g
rump steaks. We walked back to our rooms for a night in.
Sunday 4th November: Today we headed to SeaWorld. The boys had the freedom to explore the park in groups.
They enjoyed the Storm and Jet Ski rides. The highlight for the day was the Jet Ski show where the professional
riders did tricks and moves that the boys had to see to believe. Back to Ashmore Palms for a swim, dinner and then
back to the dorms to relax and write diaries.
Monday 5th November: We played cricket against King’s Christian College today. Jack lost the toss and were set
out to bowl. We bowled well, keeping King’s to 135 off 30 overs. Wickets went to Will, Hunter and Darcy. Charlie
took two wickets while claiming a runout as well. Hugo also managed a runout. When we batted we reached their
runs in 20 overs. Jack O’Brien scored an unbeaten 50 and Darcy an unbeaten 20. The boys displayed great
sportsmanship.
Tuesday 6th November: We played St Stephan’s
today for the 21st Year in a row. We were sent in
for a bowl again. We kept them to 4 for 135 (same
as King’s) off 40 overs. We had a great lunch and
went into bat. Reversing the order, we batted well.
Angus scored an unbeaten 50 off 21 balls. Charlie
had an unbeaten 36 and James was bowled on 27.
We ended up on 238, winning the Tudor/St
Stephan’s Cup for the 3rd Year in a row.
Wednesday 7th November: Our final game of tour
was against All Saints in our 21st game against each
other. We were sent in to bat and scored a modest 131 off 30 overs. Will Johnson scored 34 and Angus 28. After
lunch, we bowled and bowled well. Austin McLean took 2 wickets, Will Johnson and Jack O’Brien took one each.
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Runouts went to Inigo, Phoenix Sparke and Will Johnson. They needed 3 off the last over, and after 4 dots, it was
looking close. But as the cricket gods were obviously bored, the ball was edged past fine leg for 4. We lost by 1 run
and 1 ball. The boys played very well. After the presentations, we changed and headed to the airport to head home.
The Queensland Tour was a great opportunity for the boys and they met every expectation handed to them.
Their behaviour was extraordinary throughout the whole 5 days. Thanks to Sharon for giving up her time to be
with the boys on Tour. Thank you Frank for dropping us off and picking us up safe from the airport. It was
greatly appreciated.
Thank you to the boys for an amazing tour. You made being your coach very pleasant.
Sam Goodfellow
Sportsmaster
Well-Being at Tudor House
What is Well-Being?
A sustainable state characterised by predominantly positive feelings, attitudes and relationships. It involves resilience, self-
efficacy and a high level of satisfaction with self. PDH&PE Syllabus 2019
How then do we teach Well-Being?
Research supporting social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools demonstrates numerous benefits for students
including well-being. The significance of educational programming to support ethical competencies alongside or
within SEL curriculum needs to be incorporated within all areas of teaching. Doing so would advance the efforts
of educators to provide an education for the whole child (Burroughs, 2017). Teaching children to believe (self-
efficacy) in their abilities to manage, solve and reach various competencies should be inherent in all areas of
education (Bandura, 1997). Evidenced research indicates a tendency for primary school staff members to target
social and emotional behaviours valued by specific groups of children (Wood, 2018). Furthermore, by bringing
those experiences with constructs of character governed by morals, SEL operationalised as a tool to assimilate its
promotion of behaviours and values deemed central to positive citizenship.
Kidsmatter is one component of our resources we utilise at Tudor House when developing our programmes
addressing social and emotional intelligence development with our students. While this is inherent in our entire
teaching and learning it receives greater focus in Colour Family Groups and addresses outcomes of the PDHPE
Key Learning areas.
As part of our Well-Being developmental work for 2019, we invite you to be a part of this aspect of your child’s
education. Firstly, we ask you to take a few minutes to complete the online survey which is at
https://secure.peoplepulse.com.au/survey.php?mid=140124ef0657b439330. At the website, you are asked to
identify your school: Tudor House School. Privacy Information about this survey is available at
https://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/sites/default/files/public/KidsMatter_Parent_Survey_Information.pdf.
Secondly, if you would like any further information regarding any aspect of this part of the curriculum, please
contact me, and I will be happy to share with you where we are at in our programme development for 2019. Our
students will be completing the survey for children during school time.
Anne Stanley
Well-Being Officer
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Nouvelles françaises/French News
PK - 2
Students this term have been learning the names for objects in the classroom.
To name a few they are below. Starting with easier- to- remember- ones for
the younger students.
The vocabulary
le crayon-the pencil Le sac à dos-the back pack La fenetre-the window
le table-the table Le sac-the bag Le livre-the book
Les ciseaux-the scissors La trousse-the pencil case L’horloge-the clock
Le gomme-the eraser La porte-the door Le stylo-the pen/biro
Le globe La bureau-desk Le tableau blanc-the white board
Year 2
The verbs incorporated this term have been used throughout the year;
aimer; to like, or avoir; to have and etre; to be
Therefore students by the end of the term should be able to say some items within their classroom and to put it
into a simple sentence with some guidance and prompting ofcourse. Examples; I have a school bag (J’ai un sac à
dos), I like the pencil (J’aime le crayon) and It is a chair (c’est une chaise). I have 3 red pencils (J’ai trois crayons
roux).
General instructions; Asseyez-vous (sit down) ècoutez (listen) silence s’il vous plaîtes (quietly) Faites une ligne à
la porte. (make a line at the door) Faites un cercle (make a circle) Levez-vous (stand up)
Years 3-4
Learning the basic geography to France and location using google maps and atlases. They have been looking at
what one would say about themselves to another student of their age.
General revision and consolidation of prior learning like colours and numbers. Looking at le, la, les, un, une
(meanings).
Years 5-6
Continuing with Hobbies, cultural aspects to the country like buildings:
J’adore skier. I adore skiing.
Aimes-tu skier? Do you like skiing?
As-tu fait du ski á Thredbo? Did you ski at Thredbo?
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Charlie, tu as bien skié aujourd’hui? Johny did you ski well today?
J’aime jouer au golf. I love playing golf.
C’est trés cool. It’s very cool. J’ai gagné le jeu. I won the game.
Comment était le match de golf? How was the golf match?
Qui a gagné le match? Who won the match?
Je suis resté à l’école et j’ai fait les expériences scientifiques. I stayed at school and I did science experiments.
Looking at le, la, les, un, une, ma, mon, mes (meanings).
If you are keen for your child to learn more French I recommend a youtube channel called ‘A Green Mouse’. The
stories and accents are authentic and provide, slightly old but lovely content via speaking animals.
A Green Mouse is a free Spanish and French language learning youtube channel + website for teachers, parents
and children that provides free listening practice + KS1-4 stories, songs, topics and activities to learn and use
grammar + vocabulary and encourage questions, discussion, and interactive participation.
Merci et à bientôt!
Annabelle West
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8.30am to 9.15am. Also available for purchase: new socks and floppy hats at the Clothing Pool.
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