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Issue No. 6: 8 April 2019 The Easter break offers us all an opportunity to stop and draw breath after the pulsating pace of the start to the year. No doubt Easter buns and chocolate eggs will feature heavily in the diets of many families during this period. However, with the opportunity to halt the pace of the regular routine, the Easter break affords precious time for us to reflect. It is a time for us to think about “ultimate things” and not to simply be cluttered with consumerism and distractions. As a Prep School we will gather together next Thursday afternoon at 1:45pm before the Easter break to reflect on the message of forgiveness, atonement, hope and the grace of God as displayed in His masterful rescue plan for our lives. Parents are most welcome to join us for the chapel service in Horrocks Hall. The Bible tells us that from the beginning of time God planned to send Jesus into our world to save us from the punishment of our own rebellion against Him. God knew that the only way to repair that relationship with Him was through the sacrifice of His own son. What an extraordinary gift! This message is beautifully captured in the words of a modern day hymn which is one of my favourites, “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us.” How deep the Father’s love for us, How vast beyond all measure, That He should give His only Son To make a wretch His treasure. How great the pain of searing loss – The Father turns His face away, As wounds which mar the Chosen One Bring many sons to glory. Behold the man upon a cross, My sin upon His shoulders; Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice Call out among the scoffers. It was my sin that held Him there Until it was accomplished; His dying breath has brought me life – I know that it is finished. INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: “Sweet friendships refresh the souls and awaken our hearts with joy.” Proverbs 27:9

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Issue No. 6: 8 April 2019

The Easter break offers us all an opportunity to stop and draw breath after the pulsating pace of the

start to the year. No doubt Easter buns and chocolate eggs will feature heavily in the diets of many

families during this period. However, with the opportunity to halt the pace of the regular routine, the

Easter break affords precious time for us to reflect. It is a time for us to think about “ultimate things”

and not to simply be cluttered with consumerism and distractions.

As a Prep School we will gather together next Thursday afternoon at 1:45pm before the Easter break

to reflect on the message of forgiveness, atonement, hope and the grace of God as displayed in His

masterful rescue plan for our lives. Parents are most welcome to join us for the chapel service in

Horrocks Hall.

The Bible tells us that from the beginning of time God planned to send Jesus into our world to save us

from the punishment of our own rebellion against Him. God knew that the only way to repair that

relationship with Him was through the sacrifice of His own son. What an extraordinary gift!

This message is beautifully captured in the words of a modern day hymn which is one of my

favourites, “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us.”

How deep the Father’s love for us,

How vast beyond all measure,

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure.

How great the pain of searing loss –

The Father turns His face away,

As wounds which mar the Chosen One

Bring many sons to glory.

Behold the man upon a cross,

My sin upon His shoulders;

Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice

Call out among the scoffers.

It was my sin that held Him there

Until it was accomplished;

His dying breath has brought me life –

I know that it is finished.

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: “Sweet friendships refresh the souls and awaken our hearts with joy.” Proverbs 27:9

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I will not boast in anything,

No gifts, no power, no wisdom;

But I will boast in Jesus Christ,

His death and resurrection.

Why should I gain from His reward?

I cannot give an answer;

But this I know with all my heart –

His wounds have paid my ransom.

by Stuart Townsend

I wish you a safe, refreshing and meaningful Easter break.

The King’s Prep School plays host to 5,000 visitors The cars arrived in droves and once entering The King’s School gates, were quickly herded into

ordered parking queues. The egg and bacon, and sausage sandwiches were sizzling on the hot plates,

the coffee machines humming and the canteen tills were buzzing with the trade. Such was the activity

on Saturday 6th April as King’s Prep played host to the annual IPSHA Cross Country Championships.

The IPSHA carnival involves representation from independent schools across the Sydney and outer

Sydney region. With the involvement of 1,700 competitors and around 5,000 visitors in all, it was a

major organisational undertaking for the school. The huge success of the day was largely due to the

superb commitment and support of the fathers of the Prep School and the outstanding organisation of

the Prep School Fathers’ Association. Co-ordinating the parking, admission collection, set-up of

marquees, managing the BBQ and canteen facilities, the fathers of the Prep School enabled the

morning programme to run like a well-oiled machine and demonstrated what can be achieved within

a school community when volunteer support and commitment is harnessed. Even the soggy ground

conditions didn’t falter the team as they altered parking plans accordingly so that no cars were left

stranded in mud at the end of the morning.

As Head of the Prep, I was extremely proud of the demonstration of the strong spirit of community

that is such a hallmark of the Prep School. On numerous occasions on the morning, visiting parents,

teachers and Heads of other independent schools passed on their praise and congratulations for

hosting such a large scale event so successfully.

The majority of the logistics for the day were co-ordinated and managed by our tremendous Director

of Sport, Mr Darren Lawrenson. My thanks go to Darren, our fathers who co-ordinated and assisted

in various roles, the staff who assisted in various official capacities and the King’s School grounds

staff for enabling this major athletic event to be such a success and an impressive presentation of the

King’s Prep School community to our visitors. Our boys were well prepared for their races and our

thanks are extended to Chris Xegas and Brett Pickup for assisting the team at early morning training

sessions this term.

The morning saw some outstanding athletic performances. All boys representing the Prep School

performed admirably, pushing themselves to their best performance. Some boys were successful in

reaching the top 15 places in their age category of over 200 participants and will move on to represent

the school at the Combined Independent Schools Championship for all independent schools in NSW

on 13 June. Our congratulations go to the following boys who were successful in reaching selection

for the IPSHA team:

Joseph Saba (11th at IPSHA in the 8/9 year’s boys)

Max Fader (6th at IPSHA in the 10 year’s boys)

William Ford (13th at IPSHA in the 10 year’s boys)

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Prep School Entry in the Royal Agricultural Show The Royal Easter Show is almost upon us and there is added excitement amongst the Prep

Agriculture Club. Eight weeks ago the Prep boys took possession of 16, two day old broiler chicks.

Since then, they have been involved in caring for the chicks, helping to raise them for entry into the

Royal Agricultural Meat Birds Pairs Competition. This competition sponsored by Steggles, requires

entrants to feed and fatten birds over a limited timespan with the view for gaining the necessary

weight required for consumption. The birds must reach a minimum weight to be allowed

participation in the final judging process.

The boys have enjoyed raising the birds and learning about their feeding requirements and daily

habits, under the guidance of Prep Agriculture Coordinator, Jordy Wickham. There have been regular

weigh-in sessions where the weights of each bird has been recorded. It’s been a delight to watch the

boys arrive each day and quickly move to the chicken pen to check on the daily progress of the brood.

On Friday, a group of representative students from the Agriculture Club will head to the Royal

Agricultural Pavilion where they will deliver the birds for the final stage of judging. There will be a

feedback session from judges and an education presentation from previous winners of the

competition to help students gain further knowledge of raising chickens for future meat consumption.

It has been a fascinating and valuable experience for the boys involved.

NSWPSSA Swimming Carnival Three boys from the Prep School will be representing our School and the Combined Independent

Schools team at the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships on Wednesday.

We pass on our best wishes to James Napoli, Roy Ma and Joshua Jia as they compete in their races.

There have been many months of hard work invested to reach this level of competition.

Prep Musicians Delight Audiences There have been a number of musical performance events that have occurred over the past two

weeks. The strength of the string program across the school was evidenced with the Kindergarten

Orchestra, Year 1 Orchestra, Year 2 Orchestra, Year 3 Orchestra and Mozart Quartet (Nicholas Wang,

Elliott Biggs, Billy Dacey and Felson Ji) performing recently to parents, grandparents and other

supporters in Horrocks Hall.

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At a Senior School music evening held in Futter Hall last week some Prep students also showcased

their talents with the Mozart Quartet and a duet featuring Felson Ji and Arthur Jiang performing. On

Friday morning for the same week, our Year 3 Band and Wind Ensemble performed in front of

parents at their very first public performance since beginning with instruments earlier this term.

On Wednesday evening of this week, it was the opportunity for the String Orchestra, Chamber

Orchestra, Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, Chamber Choir and the King’s Camerata adult choir

to entertain a delighted audience with their talents in Horrocks Hall. The standard of performance

was outstanding, and far beyond what one would expect to find in a primary school setting.

There have been other smaller concerts as well with the vocal students of Ms Cooper performing in a

soiree.

I congratulate all the boys and their music teachers for the hard work that has been invested in

preparing for these events and for the high standard of the performances. I’d particularly like to

herald the praises of our Director of Music, Mr Jonathan Todhunter, our Head of Strings, Mr Trevor

Addison and our Head of Bands, Mr Ben Crocker for their outstanding leadership within the music

programme at the Preparatory School.

Dads Evening at The Cedars – Tuesday 14 May 6:30pm – Save the Date Each year, fathers from the Prep School are invited to an evening at The Cedars, the residence of the

Head of the Prep School and his family. The residence is located next to Kingsbridge and the Year 1 &

2 classrooms.

The evening provides the opportunity for dads to connect for a social time together as well as to hear

a message from a guest speaker. Drinks and canapés are provided for guests on arrival and there is no

charge for the evening as the event is hosted by the Fathers’ Association.

This year, we are fortunate to have the newly elected Chairman of the School Council, Mrs Rosemary

Abrahams joining us for the Dads Evening on Tuesday 14 May. Rosemary has enjoyed an extensive

and broad career in education that has seen her involved in leadership within independent schools in

Australia and various international schools abroad. She became a member of the School Executive in

2013 and her contribution and standing within the Council has seen her election to the prestigious

position of Chairman of the School Council. Rosemary is also a mother and grandmother and will

share her experience of raising her children. The evening also presents as an opportunity to hear

about the strategic directions of the School over the coming triennium.

Finally… I want to wish all our School community an enjoyable holiday break. The boys and staff

have had a long and busy term and are in need of some rejuvenation. I do hope that the time presents

families with an opportunity for additional time together.

Peter Allison

Head of the Preparatory School

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Headmaster’s Distinctions

Term 1 Week 9-11

Pre-Kindergarten

Year 1

Year 3

Year 5

GROAT, Ethan

LEE, Joshua

LIM, Toby

LIU, Charlie

TALWAR,

Hurditya

BALL, Jacob

GUPTA, Vihaan

MCNAMARA, Oliver

SARKARIA, Harshaan

TALWAR, Rayaansh

ASONITIS, Marcus

CHILD-TORR, Ethan

FLEET, Harry x 2

HANNA, Harry

SABA, Joseph

CHEN, Jason

DEAN, Toby

GARG, Ryan x 2

HAY, Lucas

MCDONALD, Finn

NAGARSEKAR, Adeep

ZHU, Eric

Kindergarten Year 2 Year 4 Year 6

LUU, Kaeden x 2

VALANI, Zaiden

ATHAR, Max

CHOW, Richie x 3

HASHEM, David

MOUJALLI, Noah

SERGI, Patrick

SINGH, Ekam

BARTLE, William

CAO, Anton

GHOSH, Aryan

MORRISON, Edward

SERGI, Rocco

ZAMMIT, Andrew

BASTEN, Monty

CALLUS, Joshua

HAMILL- MAMO, Ewan

SINGLA, Ishan

TODD, Oscar

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New Sports Jacket Option A new jacket is now available in Braeside. This jacket is warmer than the current

tracksuit top and is allowed to be worn instead of the tracksuit top. This includes

coming to and from School on Sport days (Wednesday K-2 and Thursday for

Years 3-6) and on Saturdays.

NAPLAN All families in Years Three and Five should have received, outlining NAPLAN

arrangements for 2019. King’s will be using the online platform this year. The

tests will be held on:

Year 3 Year 5

Method Date Method Date

Writing Pen and Paper (must

be completed in the

first two days)

Tuesday, 14 May

2019

Online (must be

completed in the

first two days)

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 (the incorrect date was published

in the letter and previous

newsletter. I apologise for any

inconvenience)

Reading Online Tuesday, 21 May

2019

Online Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Conventions

of Language

Online Wednesday, 22 May

2019

Online Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Numeracy Online Thursday, 23 May

2019

Online Thursday, 23 May 2019

Catch-ups Writing Wednesday, 15 May

2019

All tests Friday, 24 May 2019

Catch-ups All tests, except

Writing

Friday, 24 May 2019

If you believe your child is entitled to Disability Adjustments and you have not been contacted by a

member of our ESS team, please contact Mrs Angela Williams, Head of Educational Support Services,

at [email protected] or by phone, 96838 550 to request a “Consent for Disability Adjustments” form.

These forms must be completed and returned to the ESS Department by Friday, 3 May 2019.

Please be aware that Disability Adjustments are made each year. If your son has had an adjustment

for a NAPLAN test in the past, it does not necessarily mean one will be given this year or in the

future.

Any parent considering withdrawing their son from any of the NAPLAN tests should contact me at

[email protected] to receive a Withdrawal form, which needs to be completed by Friday, 3 May 2019.

If you have any further questions about the NAPLAN tests please feel free to contact me by email at

[email protected] or by phone, 9683 8444.

End of Term One Arrangements Term One concludes on Thursday, 11 April at the normal times.

Buses – There will not be any late King’s bus services on Thursday, 11 April.

After School Activities – There will not be any after school activities, including KIP, on the

afternoon of Thursday, 11 April.

DEPUTY HEAD

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After School Care, run by Camp Australia, will be available on a user pays system. Please

note that all boys must be registered with Camp Australia before the boys are allowed to

use this service. There is no charge for registration and further information may be found at:

https://www.campaustralia.com.au/

Commencement of Term Two All Academic and Support staff are involved in a Professional Development day at Tudor House on

Monday, 29 April. As a result, the Prep Office will be closed on this day.

Term Two commences for the boys on Tuesday, 30 April. After School Sport Training commences on

this day.

Monday: U/11 Rugby, U/11 Football, U/9 Rugby, U/9 Football

Tuesday: Open Rugby, Open Football

Wednesday: U/10 Rugby, U/10 Football

Term One Term One has been an extremely busy term for the boys and staff. It has been wonderful to see our

new Kingsmen quickly become one of the ‘old boys’ and enjoying all that King’s has to offer. I would

like to wish all Prep families a safe and relaxing break and look forward to hearing the boys’ stories of

their holiday when we return in Term Two.

Upcoming Events

Week 11 Sunday, 7 April 2019 Daylight saving concludes (turn clock back 1 hour)

Monday, 8 April 2019 CIS Boys Football Trials

Tuesday, 9 April 2019 Prep Music Night – Horrocks Hall (6:00 pm)

Wednesday, 10 April 2019 NSWPSSA Swimming and Diving Championships

Thursday, 11 April 2019 Term One Concludes

Friday, 12 April 2019 Armidale Rugby Tour

Saturday, 13 April 2019 Armidale Rugby Tour

Holidays Sunday, 14 April 2019 Armidale Rugby Tour

Term Two

Week 1 Sunday, 28 April 2019

Monday, 29 April 2019 Staff PD Day - Tudor House

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 Term Two Commences

After School Sport Training commences

Wednesday, 1 May 2019 Primary School Days Writers Festival

King's Fest Meeting (7:30 pm)

Thursday, 2 May 2019 Dalleywater Auxiliary - Lower Dalleywater Centre (8:25 - 10:25 am)

Friday, 3 May 2019 Prep School Tour (9:30 am)

ANZAC Day Chapel Service - Horrocks Hall (1:40 pm)

ISDA Debating - Away - Barker

Saturday, 4 May 2019 Winter Sport Round 1

Greg Blackman

[email protected]

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NWEA MAP Assessment

This year, we have implemented a whole-school assessment program called MAP Growth. We know

that children learn better when teachers have a clear picture of what each student knows and is ready

to learn next. Developing this understanding of each student’s learning needs is behind this

assessment program. Developed by NWEA, a not-for-profit group of educators in the US, MAP

testing is used by more than nine million students in the US and 140 countries worldwide. This means

the range of normative data is immense and highly reliable.

How it Works

MAP Growth is a series of computer-adaptive tests. If your child answers a question correctly, the

next question is more challenging. If they answer incorrectly, the next one is easier. This type of

assessment challenges top performers without overwhelming students whose skills are below grade

level. It ensures we aren’t stopping testing before a student shows the range of what they know. MAP

tests are done entirely online and will be administered three to four times a year for all of our students

in Kindergarten to Year 6.

What it measures

MAP Growth uses a scale called the RIT scale to accurately measure what students know, regardless

of their class level at school. It also measures growth over time, allowing us to track progress across

years of schooling. RIT scores have the same meaning across year levels, which means that if a Year 1

student and a Year 3 student have the same RIT score in reading, they are testing at the same level in

that area.

How we will use the data

Along with a range of other assessments, including formative and summative assessment, we use RIT

scores to inform our teaching and personalise teaching a little more. As a whole school, we will look

at trends over time to see how our boys are progressing. RIT scores will not be used alone for placing

boys in groups or for deciding on rankings; they are a tool we will use to develop a sound picture of

the learning needs of our community. As we see the boys progress along a continuum of learning, we

will be able to create targeted teaching programs that focus on specific skills and learning areas

through a transdisciplinary approach.

Sonia Weston

[email protected]

ESAFETYPARENTS I commend the directions and information on the eSafety Commissioner website and will bring a fact

sheet to you from time to time in this newsletter. The flyer attached below this week gives clear

directions on the issue of smartphones and children. It is important that parents note the mobile

phone usage agreement they signed states that any device brought to school must have a net filter.

DIRECTOR OF STUDENTS

DIRECTOR OF LEARNING

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EASTER Families are encouraged to discuss the symbols and rituals associated with Easter from both a cultural

and a faith based perspective. Why do we have Easter eggs? What about the Easter Bunny, Easter

chickens, Hot Cross buns, baskets of goodies? So what is Easter? Given we are about to have a lovely

long weekend, this is a pretty good question for all of us to ask.

The importance of providing our children with a significant and secure future is of concern for every

parent. I wonder how many parents consider the importance of spiritual health. Humans are created

with a soul and that soul needs nourishing; just the same as our bodies require fresh food and water,

our souls thirst for comfort and for strength.

This is why I love teaching Biblical Studies. I enjoy talking with the boys about my eternal security

through a relationship with Jesus. Easter is a significant time on the Christian calendar when we

reflect on the ultimate sacrifice made for us.

Over the coming long weekend, I encourage families to connect with the cultural fun of Easter and

use this as a springboard to explain the real reason for the season. As parents and educators we aim to

provide our children with security and safety. What better security can one have than the spiritual

wellbeing of the knowledge that they are loved completely by our great God who came to earth as a

sacrifice for our sins.

May all families have a safe and blessed Easter season.

Belinda Baxter

[email protected]

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Is Easter just for kids?

It can be easy to think that Jesus’ resurrection is another

made up Easter story for children that’s thrown into the

mythological mix along with fluffy rabbits and colourful

eggs. This can have adults asking, is it true that Jesus rose

from the dead? To answer that, I say a resounding yes! But

don’t take my word for it, inquire for yourself, as Christians

have been doing for centuries.

By my calculations, this year is the 1,989th Easter since 7 April AD 30, which is widely accepted

among historians as the date for the crucifixion of Jesus. So Christians have been thinking about this

event for a long time. During this time we’ve faced textual, historical, and philosophical scrutiny and

as a result the church has left a sophisticated trail of intellectual reasons for believing the resurrection

of Jesus.

These reasons were mentioned a few years ago in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by

historian Dr John Dickson, called Top 10 tips for Atheists this Easter.

In the article, Dr Dickson cited the church's intellectual tradition by quoting such giants of Western

thought as Origen, Augustine and Aquinas. He claimed that if we weren’t familiar with these authors

and still assert that Jesus resurrection was a myth then we can sound a bit like a ‘kid in an English’

class who says, "Miss, Shakespeare is stupid!"

But if you want a little modern literature on the subject, jump on to Goodreads and download one of

the following modern classics:

● The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright

● Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham

● The Historical Reliability of the Gospels by Craig L. Blomberg

● The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? by F.F. Bruce

If you prefer to discuss your questions with someone, head to a local Anglican church over the break

and chat to the minister (a great source of information about this). We even have some services at the

school that your whole family could come and be a part of that will be conducted by Rev Matthew

Pickering. Alternatively, feel free to give me a call.

This event is too important to be dismissed as just another fable for infants. We all need to think

carefully about what the resurrection means and there’s a great deal of resources to help.

May you and your family have a very blessed Easter break.

But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by

believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31

Rev Stuart Tye

[email protected]

Associate Chaplain

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Our Year 6 Ag boys have worked really hard over the past 7 weeks preparing our Steggles chickens

for the Royal Easter Show. Not only have they been in with the chickens each day, feeding and

watering them, but they have had to collect and collate data as part of the Project Component.

Students have created a PowerPoint presentation detailing how the chickens were raised and

prepared for the Show and this will be submitted as part of the overall competition.

If you would like to visit the Show and support The King’s Prep boys in this competition, the first day

offers an education session on Friday 12 April 2019 from 12:30-2:00pm. The Program will take place

on the Steggles Stage and includes:

- Judges feedback on the Meat Birds and the Competition

- Judges Feedback on the Competition Projects

- Feedback from Megan Atkinson, Elderslie High School, multi award winners in the

Competition

- Feeding and Husbandry of Meat Birds from Steggles Veterinarian and Judges.

I would like to thank all the boys who have contributed to this project, giving up their lunchtimes to

care for these birds.

Mrs Jordy Wickham

Prep Ag

Agriculture Club

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Chess Coaching Enrolments for Term 2 coaching are now open.

Years 1 and 2 coaching is held in the Year 1 classrooms each

Wednesday 7:45 am - 8:25 am.

Years 3 to 6 coaching is held in the Year 3 classrooms each

Thursday 7:30 am – 8:25 am.

Boys do not need to have begun coaching in Term 1 to enrol for

the upcoming term.

Enrolment forms are found in this newsletter. Please follow the

instructions to enrol online making sure you select the correct

form for either Wednesday or Thursday.

Interschool Chess Challenge A team of 15 Year 5 and 6 boys competed in the Sydney Academy of Chess Interschool challenge this

week. There were 145 individual competitors from 19 schools vying for one of 3 school places in the

Semi-finals.

I was immensely proud of the boys in the way they played and also with their behaviour. They were

wonderful ambassadors for our school.

Congratulations to the following boys whose scores were added together to arrive at our School score.

Their outstanding performance amongst skilled competitors enabled the School to gain 2nd place only

missing a tie with 1st place by just 0.5!

6th place overall Meng Xi Yang winning 6 out of 7

games

8th place Ricky Wang 5.5 out of 7

14th place Roy Ma 5 out of 7

18th place Derek Zhang 5 out of 7

20th place Rylan Prasad 5 out of 7

Other notable performances, but just missing out on a

place in the semis were:

21st place Ryan Rahimi 5 out of 7

26th place Connor Andrew 5 out of 7.

These results are encouraging as we head into the

NSWJCL competition next term!

Well done boys!

Catherine Pearman

Chess Coordinator

CHESS

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Embracing Change

‘Change’ is one of the key PYP concepts that we encourage our Prep boys to embrace. We discuss

with them that change can sometimes cause anxiety and the fear of failure. We urge the boys to see

change as something exciting that will help them to grow and develop into amazing Kingsmen.

Over the last 9 months, I have had to practise what I have preached for the last 9 years of teaching

PYP at the Prep. It was an emotional time for me to leave the classroom, the fun of House meetings

and the camaraderie of the Snow Family.

With my new role as the Regional & Preparatory Registrar of TKS, not only have I become more

familiar with the map of NSW, but I have really enjoyed meeting many new families and telling them

stories about you. So thank you to the many wonderful King’s Prep and Tudor families that I have

had the pleasure of knowing over many years. You have given me the confidence and many great

memories to share with others who are considering following in your footsteps.

I often think, would the Zou or Dunn family be happy like the McDonald family in our special world.

I also wonder whether our current King’s Prep and Tudor families might know of some families

interested in joining our School. We have some Year 5 places that I am currently interviewing for

2020. We are also considering applications for 2021 and beyond. I would appreciate hearing from you

about any family that you think would love us as much as we would love them! Whether it is for next

year or years beyond. See, I have transitioned well from Teacher to Marketing!

One thing that hasn’t changed is that I still love seeing the happy boys, girls, families and teachers

around our Schools. I believe that we are all so blessed to be a part of a unique community and family

who encourage, share and show great kindness to one another.

Please feel free to contact Nikki Duke or myself via

email, on [email protected] and

[email protected] or alternatively call Jo on her

mobile, 0419272572.

Exciting times ahead,

Jo Grinham

The Preparatory and Regional Registrar

Prep & Regional Registrar

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The snow has started to fall in the mountains. It may be a little early but I can only hope that is the

beginning of what will be a fantastic winter!

I am hoping to run our first ever Snowsports Tour in January 2020 to Park City Utah with Peak Ski

Racing Academy. I have been coaching over at Peak Ski Racing Academy the past few years and truly

believe that this tremendous opportunity will allow our Snowsports students to further their skills in

all Interschool disciplines and develop their all over mountain skiing.

Peak Ski Racing Academy is a multi-disciplined ski, snowboard and cross-country development

program for children aged between 6-18 years. The program caters for passionate young skiers who

love skiing and competing in the Australian Interschool competition. The program caters for all

Australian Interschool disciplines, including Alpine, Skier X, Moguls, Snowboarding and Cross-

country, with a strong focus on developing core fundamental techniques required for long and

consistent athletic development.

This Tour is open to all Snowsports families with plenty of different options to suit your family. If you

are interested and have not yet received the booklet on the Tour please contact me

[email protected] I look forward to hearing from you.

Mandy Guinness

MIC Prep & Tudor House Snowsports

Snowsports

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