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Red Hill outlook : a newsletter / issued by the Canberra Grammar School

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Nf 373.9471 RED
Created/Published
[Red Hill, A.C.T.] : The School, 1961-2011
Issue
Vol. 3 No. 1 (June 1983)
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Contents

RED HILL OUTLOOK 1
THE HEADMASTER REPORTS:— 1
RADFORD COLLEGE CANBERRA'S NEW ANGLICAN SCHOOL 2 , 3
Advertising 3
FOUNDATION'S THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 4
Advertising 4
MEMBERSHIP OF THE CANBERRA GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION LIMITED—JUNE 1983 5
Advertising 5
VALETE 6
David Wilkes 6
STAFF INTRODUCTIONS 7 , 8
ART SHOW 8
OUR CAREERS SCENE 9
SCHOOL COUNCIL 1983 9
SCHOOL EVALUATION 9
DEBATING 9
SUMMER SCHOOL '82 10
PREFECTS'SEMINAR WEEKEND-(KOOMERANG LODGE—THREDBO) 10
SCHOOL CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS 11
PUBLIC SPEAKING 11
DRAMA 11
1982 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE RESULTS 11
Advertising 11
CADET UNIT 12
ANZAC DAY SERVICE 1983 12
BURGMANN HOUSE CAMP 13
CLEMENTS HOUSE CAMP 1983 13
GARNSEY HOUSE CAMP – WEE JASPER 13 , 14
GARRAN HOUSE – RED HILL OUTLOOK REPORT 14
THE HAY HOUSE SYMBOL THE MURRAY COD 14
Advertising 15
GAMES "ORIENTEERS RUN THE COUNTRY” 17
CYCLING 17
1982-83 ROWING SEASON 17
CRICKET 18
CROSS-COUNTRY 18
SWIMMING 18
INTER-HOUSE SWIMMING RESULTS 18
INTER-HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 18
RUGBY REPORT 18
CHAPEL NOTES 18
SENIOR SCHOOL INTER-HOUSE COMPETITION 18
SAILING AND YACHTING 19
APPEAL FOR A YACHT 19
JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWS 20
JUNIOR SCHOOL CRICKET COACHING SEMINARS 20
COMPUTER AWARENESS 20
INFANTS' SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Art in the Infants' School 21
NORTHSIDE INFANTS' SCHOOL 22
1983 SCHOOL FETE AND ART SHOW SETS A NEW RECORD: 23
IN FOCUS 24 , 25
OLD BOYS' UNION 26
NEW SECRETARY 26
P. & F. SCHOOL FETE 26
CRICKET 26
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS 26
REUNION WEEKEND (1983) 26
REUNION DINNER 26
LIFE MEMBERSHIP 26
ART SHOW (Australian Painters) 25-26 June 1983 26
1982/83 OLD BOYS' CRICKET SEASON 26
OLD BOYS GRADUATE FROM DUNTROON 27
The Union welcomes as new Life Members (from 1.12.82): 27
Advertising 27
REUNION WEEKEND 28 , 29
HELP! 30
Advertising 30 , 31 , 32

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RED HILL  

OUTLOOK  

newsletter issued by the  

Canberra Grammar School  

Vol. No.  

June 1983  

THE HEADMASTER  

REPORTS:—  

Up till Easter, have been  

leading relatively quiet life  

recovering from heart surgery  

on 25th January. An experience  

such as this gives one great re-  

assurance and indeed sense  

of pride in the quality of Aust-  

ralian medical skill, especially  

the surgery. My wife and were  

deeply grateful to so many for  

their support and concern and  

we very much appreciate that  

goodwill and help. The School  

was in good hands while was  

away and would specially like  

to thank Mr Robert Grant, the  

Deputy Headmaster, for shoul-  

dering the extra responsibility  

while was away.  

One benefit of having been  

absent for couple of months is  

that one returns to find building  

development completed or  

nearing completion. The new  

Science Block made good pro-  

gress and enabled occupation  

early in second term. It provides  

modern facilities for the teach-  

ing of Geology, Physics, Chem-  

istry, Biology and Botany. It also  

relieves some pressure on  

classrooms by releasing three  

classrooms in the Quadrangle.  

The new administration office  

area was also completed during  

the early part of the year, there-  

by bringing into close proximity  

the educational and general  

administrative personnel of the  

School. Renovations have now  

commenced which will take the  

teaching staff out of room  

originally built to provide for  

quarter of the present number.  

This will be completed before  

the end of the year.  

Changes in education during  

the past two decades have been  

as significant as any during this  

century. Apart from develop-  

ments in subject material within  

particular academic disciplines  

(and in some cases these have  

been considerable), there have  

been changes in the methods of  

teaching. Such adjustments  

have enhanced the quality of  

our work, yet they have placed  

greater, not less, expectations  

upon both teacher and school.  

The simple text-book of yester-  

day is increasingly supple-  

mented or replaced by various  

reference texts; by audio-visual  

material; and by other forms of  

presentation. Behind this is the  

desire to enhance the quality of  

learning by enabling pupils to  

discover more for themselves.  

Ironically this philosophy, and  

the associated use of more aids,  

experimentation and reference  

work places greater, not less  

demand on both school and  

staff to prepare, organise and  

generally to operate efficiently.  

The recent building and alter-  

ations programme is necessary  

in the process of providing for  

the growing complexities and  

requirements of worthwhile  

education.  

The results of our labours as  

educators are not in all cases  

readily measurable. How does  

one gauge the degree or value  

of character development in  

pupil? Or his developing per-  

ceptions of life? Can we ever  

measure the work of the  

Orchestra, of the casts of “The  

Crucible" or "The Club"; or the  

Guard at the Service in Com-  

memoration of the Fallen; of  

the corporate involvement en-  

joyed at House Camps or Ven-  

ture Group outings; or of the  

leadership of the Prefects?  

Clearly one cannot, even if  

one wished to.  

However, there is some  

measurement possible in the  

academic sphere and the re-  

sults in the upper level of the  

School in the 1982 H.S.C. were  

gratifying. 85% of our candi-  

dates gained entry to at least  

one tertiary institution, and 5%  

of our students were in the top  

1% in the State. Leading our  

students was the Dux of the  

School, Hugh Stone. It is some-  

times suggested that our  

students' successes end at this  

level and in this context it is  

pleasing to mention recent out-  

standing successes of Old Boys.  

Rowland Taylor who received  

the University of N.S.W. Uni-  

versity Medal for Physiology;  

Oliver Raymond who topped  

Geology at the A.N.U. and  

John Stone, who received the  

Sydney University Medal in  

Geology/Geophysics.  

It would be easy to become  

complacent with such suc-  

cesses and to assume that  

nothing needed review. How-  

ever, it is vital that we con-  

stantly consider whether our  

aims as school are being  

realised. One means of doing  

this is through the Schools  

Evaluation Programme and  

during the final two terms of  

1983 all elements of the Canber-  

ra Grammar School community  

will be involved in self-  

appraisal. We shall be examin-  

ing our aims and then carefully  

assessing the methods by  

which we set out to achieve  

them. Our deliberations will in-  

volve Board, Parents, Staff and  

Pupils, and will result in  

written report containing ap-  

propriate recommendations. In  

the Trinity Term of 1984 an in-  

vited committee of educators,  

having read our report, will visit  

the School to discuss our  

recommendations and see how  

we are achieving our goals. This  

process has been widely used in  

the United States and amongst  

those who pioneered it in Aust-  

ralia was Canberra Grammar  

School. From our last Evalu-  

ation in 1977 emerged num-  

ber of insights and subsequent  

developments and the fact that  

we will go through the process  

again says something about the  

pace of educational change.  

The Foundation continues to  

grow steadily. Established in  

1979 the Foundation has now  

enabled the funding of the new  

Science Block and has provided  

the first of what we hope will be  

several educational scholar-  

ships to students. The total  

amount promised is now  

$587,000. For the success of the  

Foundation in its inaugural  

years we are deeply indebted to  

Sir David Hay, who has now  

decided to step down from its  

Chairmanship, and his place  

will be taken by the Hon. Wai  

Fife. With the change of govern-  

merit and the threatened  

change in government funding  

of Group schools, the import-  

ance of the Foundation for our  

future is underlined. It is hoped  

that this year we shall double  

the number of members and  

thus begin to make proper  

provision for the School's  

future. With such an attack on  

parents' choice of schools for  

their children, it is clear that  

parents with sons and daught-  

ers in Independent Schools  

must have their voice heard by  

the government so that an  

equitable distribution of taxes is  

made possible forthe education  

of all children.  

At the end of First Term we  

farewelled two long-serving  

members of staff. Mr David  

Wilkes gave unstintingly to  

various aspects of school life as  

Head of Agriculture in particu-  

lar. Mr Jeremy Madin, House-  

master of Blaxland House and  

former Head of History, was  

well known also for his contri-  

bution to outdoor activities and  

the Third Form Camp. He has  

departed to take up his position  

as Master of Timbertop, Gee-  

long Grammar School. We shall  

miss both members of staff and  

wish them well.  

P.J. McKeown  

Headmaster  

SCHOOL PREFECTS 1983  

DOUGLAS GRATION (Captain)  

CLINTON J. PORTEOUS  

(Vice Capt.)  

STEPHEN F. BYGRAVE  

PETER J. DOHERTY  

NICHOLAS A.L. DYER  

ANDREW FAIRFIELD-SMITH  

ANDREW M. HART  

TIMOTHY J. KIMPTON  

PAUL K. KITCHIN  

ANDREW J. MAJOR  

DAVIDS. McCUBBIN  

STEPHEN J. NICHOLS  

NICHOLAS J. PEARSON  

MARKG. RAYMOND  

ROBERT McLAREN  

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