School Newsletter Week 8 Term 4 2018

Important Information 7 December 2018

Upcoming Events:

Fri 7 Dec. Christmas Carols – 6.00pm

Sat 8 Dec. Prize Giving& Speech Day – 10.00am

HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE AND RELAXING

HOLIDAY BREAK!

School Notices

SCHOOL CALENDAR: go to

http://www.tudorhouse.nsw.edu.au/calendar

SCHOOL BUSES:

email: tudor_bus@kings.edu.au

SCHOOL UNIFORM Tudor House Clothing Pool (second-hand School uniform) open Tuesday’s term time 8.30am to 9.15am.

Or by appointment: phone the Office to arrange a time on 02. 4868 0022.

For all new uniform requirement please contact The Braeside Shop at The King’s School:

PHONE: 02 9683 8463 EMAIL: braesideshop@kings.edu.au

HOURS: Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday: 8.00am – 1:00pm

ADDRESS: 87-129 PENNANT HILLS RD. NORTH PARRAMATTA NSW 2124

2019 School Term Dates (inclusive)

Term 1 Wednesday 30 January to Thursday 11 April

Easter: Good Friday 19 April – Easter Sunday 21 April

ANZAC Day: Wednesday 25 April

Term 2 Tuesday 30 April to Thursday 27 June

Term 3 Tuesday 23 July to Thursday 26 September

Term 4 Tuesday 15 October to Saturday 7 December

** With this advance notice of next year’s dates can you please endeavour to plan your family holidays

during our extensive School breaks.

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Head of School’s News

We’re almost at the end of the School year! As you read this, I expect we’ve just got the Carol Service (Friday

December 7th at 6.00pm) and Prize Day (Saturday December 8th at 10.00am), both in the War Memorial Hall, for

K - 6 students (and family and friends), to look forward to.

Congratulations to the Lower School students and staff on their amazing performance(s) of Baubles, Baubles, Baubles

in Week 7. Thank you for the time and effort that went into this colourful, sparkly, amusing and yet pertinent

Nativity Play. The students, family, friends and staff who came to see this spectacular stage production were

impressed and delighted, leaving the War Memorial Hall full of seasonal cheer. Miss Griffiths and team

continually create magnificent Christmas pageants for us to enjoy! We are so grateful.

This week, Ruby Elliott, George Manka and Willoughby O’Brien, all from Year Three, enjoyed their debut as radio

announcers! They made a ‘festive greetings’ recording currently being broadcast on 2ST across the Southern

Highlands in the lead-up to Christmas. Tune-in between breakfast and morning tea time and you may catch their

cheerful voices on the radio waves. We all hope this gets lots of air time!

Last weekend we started the count-down to ‘farewelling’ our magnificent Year Six 2018 cohort from our School.

The Tudor House Leavers’ Weekend is indeed an important milestone. On Saturday morning, the students played

either cricket or softball against their parents, in glorious weather. After a magnificent Tudor House lunch in the

Dining Room, it was time for tennis, traditionally against the mothers, but not this year (!), we did have a rogue

Dad player….. on the new tennis courts. After late afternoon snacks on the Head of School’s Residence patio, we

enjoyed a Bush Dance with live music by Ross Webb’s Band on Hamilton Lawn, finishing the evening with a

mass Tudor House Choir singing Country music. On Sunday morning at 10.00am, The Reverend Dr Jason

Hobba led the Leavers’ Chapel Service in our School Chapel. He spoke to the students about the journey ahead

using Dr Seuss’ Oh, The Places You’ll Go as an illustration about the likely ‘ups and downs’ in their future life.

He reminded the students about the importance of loving God and respecting others along the way - to ensure

they have strength to deal with what life brings in the future (Isaiah 40: 27 - 31) and Luke 10 (25 - 28). Thank

you to the Choir for leading the singing, and for Mrs Blanchard’s accompaniment and Mrs Richter’s

support. Thank you to Miss Coleman for the wonderful slideshow which brought back so many memories for

the students. We were pleased that Mr Mark Webeck, Old Tudorian (class of 1971), Governor of The King’s

School and Chairman of Tudor House Foundation was in attendance, to present the boys with their Old

Tudorian tie, Year Six book (thank you Mrs Sparke) and certificate. We were delighted that so many family

members, friends and staff came along to the service.

On Tuesday December 4th, the Yr 3 - 6 students went to see the play, Me and My Girl at Frensham. As usual they

enjoyed this annual outing, watching several sisters of Tudor House students performing on the stage.

Whilst the older students were off-site on Tuesday, the Pre-Kindergarten to Year Two children had an end of year

Recognition Assembly. At this ceremony they each received a ‘graduation’ certificate from their 2018 class teacher.

Later, they were delighted to welcome a very special guest to the Lower School playground; a large gentleman

dressed in red and white with a woolly beard and his wife arrived, with much Christmas cheer! Having checked

that Mr and Mrs Claus had parked their sleigh safely, the students enjoyed a chat with our guests and each child

received a gift from the jolly pair! The festivities finished with a wonderful al fresco lunch in Lower School.

On Wednesday the whole School and special VIP guests, Mr and Mrs Manka (George, Yr 3 and Max Yr 6), who

bid and won the auction prize for this privilege at The Foundation Dinner, enjoyed a High Tea Lunch in the Dining

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Room. Thank you to the

Catering team for the most

magnificent feast of treats

served from exquisite tiered

plates, plates, tea pots, cups

and saucers.

During the afternoon, we all

enjoyed the dress-up parade,

with certificates awarded for the following categories, The Most Original, Most

Amusing, Bits and Pieces, Best Character, Best Group and Play on Words. The

costumes were amazing, making the judges’ job extremely difficult.

Towards the end of the School holiday period, I encourage you to replace, or

mend any items of School uniform which require attention. For all new uniform

requirements please contact, The Braeside Shop at The King's School: Phone 02

9683 8463 and email: braesideshop@kings.edu.au Please note all orders are sent

to Tudor House weekly unless post is requested. Last trading for The Braeside

Shop for 2018 is December 7th and the shop re-opens on January 14th 2019.

There is a second hand clothing shop on site at Tudor House, open during term

time on Tuesdays from 8.30am to 9.30am and by special appointment, very limited times during the holidays (4868

0000). Please also check shoes are in good repair or replace these ready for next year. You will receive text book

and requisite lists during January - please ensure your son/daughter has everything they need for a great start to

the 2019 School year. You will receive text book and requisite lists during January - please ensure your

son/daughter has everything they need for a great start to the 2019 School year.

This term we farewell Miss Tina Brown (Chaplain), Mr Malcolm Powys (Special Duties Master), Mrs Julie

Blanchard (Choral Music), Mrs Fiona Lydiard (Regional Community Relations) and Miss Stacey Baker (Year 5

Class teacher). We thank them for their significant contribution to our School community and wish them every

happiness and success in the future. I look forward to announcing the 2019 Staff in mid-January, when this has

been finalised. This process is taking longer than anticipated due to several very recent enrolment applications

and therefore additional teachers are required.

At The Tudor House Prize Giving and Speech Day on Saturday December 8th at 10.00am in the War Memorial Hall

we’ll bid ‘Good-bye,’ to the outstanding young men in the Class of Year 6 2018 and reflect on the ‘year that was.’

Please stay in touch with us, Year Six 2018 families.

We wish Mirabelle McLean (Year 1, 2018), one of the first Tudor House girls, every happiness at her new school

as the McLean family relocate to the Queensland warmth, ready for 2019.

Many of our special Tudor House events over the past couple of years have been captured brilliantly for posterity

by AJ Moran’s photography. You may be interested in purchasing photos from AJ’s website: ajmoran.com.au

Please continue to follow what we’re doing by logging onto the Tudor House Facebook page - this is updated

regularly.

Thank you for your tremendous support in 2018.

I look forward to writing to you before the start of the 2019 School year.

Have a safe, happy and holy Christmas.

Anni Sandwell

Head of School

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Boarding News On Saturday 24th, the Tudor House 1st XV played Redlands at RB Darke. They won the toss

and chose to bowl. James Parry-Okeden (Windsor) opened. He smashed his way to a quick

48 in an innings that included two sixes. Angus Lenehan (Harden) just about hit a boundary

each delivery he faced and stayed at the crease until retiring on 50. Will Johnson (Grenfell)

scored 28 runs off ten balls. Hugo Wood (Grenfell) came in at number seven and notched up

eleven runs with two lovely boundaries

We took to the field defending 196 runs. Angus Lenehan

took a lovely wicket with some cracking bowling. Hugo Wood took a great wicket

(caught behind by James Parry-Okeden) with his tricky leg spin. James Parry-

Okeden had an awesome match as keeper and at the crease. Justin Bojanac

(Bowral), Jack Clancy (Berrima) and Hunter Bowman (Harden) all bowled well

too. Tudor House defeated Redlands by 76 runs.

Over on Westfield, Han Chusang (Bangkok) and Tom Jenkinson

(Moss Vale) played in the Open Softball Team. They were playing

Trinity Grammar. Han got two people out on second base, several

people out as pitcher and he belted some outstanding shots with the

bat. Tom got an opponent out whilst fielding at third base and did a

fantastic job as catcher. Tudor House defeated Trinity 21:12.

The Year 5 Red Super 8’s played Newington on Westfield. Marko Markovic (Vaucluse) made

a personal top score of 20 runs. Charlie Morgan (Walcha)

also bowled well. Unfortunately the Reds went down by five runs.

The Year 5 Blue Super 8’s also played against Newington. Tyler Salis (Ruse) ran

an opponent out with some nifty fielding. Cameron Gray (Tirrannaville) took a

nice wicket and bowled well throughout the match. Archie Hallett (Coolah) and

Stirling Heriot (Holbrook) bowled well too and

helped the team win the match by six runs.

Miller Twomey (Exeter) bowled some lovely leg spin and bowled a maiden over

for the Year 4 Super 8 cricket team. He also enjoyed a great innings at the crease and

hit several fours and a six!

After sport, the boarders enjoyed a BBQ lunch and spent the afternoon fishing and

canoeing on Kearney Dam.

On Sunday, we headed out into the paddocks and collected a trailer

load of firewood for the boarders’ fire pit. Some boarders went

fishing again, whilst others headed out exploring around Foxy

Creek and Year 5 Kahiba. We then went out onto Westfield and

cheered on Will Johnson as he completed the cycling sprint to

achieve his Double Blue Bar

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Archie Hallett helped Jamie Everingham make fresh rissoles and a salad. Archie then cooked us Sunday’s lunch

all by himself on the BBQ – thanks, Archie!

The boarders took out the 2018 Boarders v Day

Students Cricket Ashes Series with a win in the final

match on Friday 30th November. Angus Lenehan took

two wickets and a great catch on the boundary at deep

square leg. Archie Hallett also bowled a super wicket.

Angus, Will Johnson and Jack Binnie excelled at the

crease too, bringing our lead over Fisher House to 69 runs. Everyone had a

great time and the game was played in excellent spirit.

Here And There …

It was lovely to have Old Tudorian and past boarder James Hoare (’13) join us for

Boarders’ Chapel. After leaving Tudor House, James attended Barker College. He

went on to work as a law clerk in Canberra and also worked as an English and History

tutor in Shanghai. James graduated with a Bachelor or Laws (Hons) from ANU in 2015

and he is now Legal Associate to the Honourable Justice Gill at the Family Court of

Australia.

Roo Taylor (’17) got in touch last week with news of

his first year of secondary school. Roo (pictured right with Olympic Skier Matt

Graham) is enjoying boarding at SHORE. He came 17th in Nationals (moguls) and

he has worked hard to achieve some terrific academic results. Roo played a

peasant in the school production of Oliver! – An experience he really enjoyed.

Hugh Squire-Wilson (’17) writes that he has thoroughly enjoyed his first year boarding at King’s. He reports that

Year 7 Camp was outstanding. Hugh continues to thrive in athletics and participated well in the GPS Athletics

Carnival. He says he will never forget the roar of all the schools singing their war cries!

This is the last Boarders’ Newsletter for 2018.

Thank you to all our families for helping make this such a wonderful year. Tim and Amy

Wood, thank you so much for doing an outstanding job as Boarders’ Parents’ Representatives.

You have both gone well-beyond the requirements and left a pair of massive shoes to fill. Your

fortnightly editions of The Boarders’ Periscope have even helped keep me in the know! I am

most grateful for your friendship and wise counsel over the past two years – thank you.

Congratulations all Year 6 Boarders on finishing your time in Medley

House on such a strong note. Each of you have developed into outstanding individuals and

I’m looking forward to hearing about your future accomplishments. A special thank you goes

to the 2018 Captain of Boarding, Hugo Wood. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Hugo

this year. He should be very proud of the way he has led our boarders.

Finally, I wish all our staff and boarding families a very Merry Christmas and a happy, safe

New Year. I’m looking forward to seeing our boys and girls back in Medley House for an

action-packed 2019!

Tim Jenkinson

Head of Boarding

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2018 TUDOR HOUSE TRIATHLON

As we are coming to the end of another jam packed year, the Tudor

House boys and girls demonstrated the amazing Tudor Spirit once

again. On Thursday 29th November, it was the Triathlon.

Students were able to compete as a team or individually. All are

encouraged to participate and pleasingly, the majority of the Upper

School competed. Encouragement, perseverance and determination

were all qualities that the Tudor students demonstrate every day, but

were highlighted on a cold, wet morning.

Students were to swim 8 laps of

War Memorial Pool, ride their

bike around the grounds for

2.5km and then run 2km. There

were 13 teams and 30 individual

competitors.

Some outstanding results from all

students. Finishing is the main

aim and all did this. Well done!

The Musgrove Trophy (Stage 2 Individual winner) was awarded to

Tristan McGorman in Year 3 with a time of 26.13 minutes. The Penman Cup (Stage 3 Individual winner) was

awarded to Phoenix Sparke with a new School record of 19.13minutes, beating the previous record held by

Alister Yaffa of 21.38 minutes.

I was very proud of all who braved the weather and cheered on, participated and tried their best. It is a great

finish to the sporting year for Tudor House.

Sam Goodfellow

Sports Master

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2018 TUDOR HOUSE TRIATHLON RESULTS

Nouvelles françaises/French News

The year has come to an end and students have now learnt French for their first year

at Tudor House. I have really enjoyed teaching it and am thrilled to be continuing to

teach French here next year. I think the students are enjoying it and hopefully in years

to come it will prove to be a great basis for any future languages they learn.

Year 3 Team Swim Bike Run

1st John-Paul Leimroth Sam Tout Declan Twomey

2nd Mary Walsh Ethan Hassos George Manka

3rd

Year 4 Team Swim Bike Run

1st Sydney Dyer Harry Kowalski Nithya Rajendra

2nd James Trudgeon Josh Strong Will Strong

3rd Paddy Toll Harley Jones Miller Twomey

Year 5 Team Swim Bike Run

1st Jack Fuller Rich Estens Teddy Wilkins

2nd Archie Hallet Minal Rowjee Elliott Perkins

3rd Charlie Morgan Stirling Herriot Tyler Salis

Place Name Time

1st Tristan McGorman 26.13

2nd Harry Leahy 30.13

3rd

Place Name Time

1st Niamh Walsh 26.54

2nd Tim Leahy

3rd Eddie Savage

Place Name Time

1st Alfie Clark 24.32

2nd Alfie Jensen

3rd Annabel Arnot

Place Name Time

1st Phoenix Sparke 19.13

2nd James Parry-Okeden

3rd Max Manka

Tristan McGorman

Phoenix SparkePenman Cup

Year 3 Individual -Musgrove Cup

Year 4 Individual -Musgrove Cup

Year 5 Individual - Penman Trophy

Year 6 Individual - Penman Trophy

Musgrove Trophy

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Below is a recap:

Pre K-2

Students this term have been learning the names for objects in the classroom. To name a few are noted 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

They have also been playing games like bingo with French food, Silent ball except when you catch the ball you

speak French (this has been lots of fun), and dancing to French songs.

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, of course. Examples; I have a school bag (J’ai un sac à

dos), I like the pencil (J’aime le crayon). I have 3 red pencils (J’ai trois crayons roux).

General instructions; Asseyez-vous (sit down), ècoutez (listen), silence, s’il vous plaîtes (please), Faites une ligne à

la porte (make a line at the door), Faites un cercle (make a circle), Levez-vous (stand up), Fermez la porte (close the

door).

Years 3-4

Learning the basic geography of France and locations using Google maps and atlases. They have also 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). They have also looked at some topics in relation to questions from their pen-pal class from Paris. The

French class were interested in what animals we see on a daily basis, how spacious our school is, and how long we

stay at primary school because they leave for middle school when they are 10/11. We asked them what music they

like and have responded with our preferences. We will be sending them some Christmas cards with some drawings

and comments in English and French.

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?

Charlie, tu as bien skié aujourd’hui? Johny did you ski well today?

J’aime jouer au golf. I love playing golf.

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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).

Years 5 and 6 looked at saying where they would like to visit should they visit France e.g. le tour Eiffel ou le louvre

ou les Pyrenees etc. For example: Je voudrais visiter Paris (I would like to visit Paris) or, Je voudrais visiter l’arch

de triomphe.(I would like to visit the Arc of Triumph).

Joyeux Noël to everyone (that’s Happy Christmas). I hope Papa Noël finds the students on Christmas Eve. Have

a great holiday. Bonnes vacances!

From Mademoiselle West, Merci et à bientôt!

Rosthwaite Farm Riding Program 2019 Following the successful launch of our 2018

equestrian programme at Tudor House, it is

with great pleasure and excitement that we

will offer a continued schedule of lessons for

2019 at Rosthwaite Farm.

In 2019, we are looking to group students

according to ability where possible. We are

very fortunate to have on our team, highly experienced riding instructors. Our Riding School instructors and

three capable grooms are always ready to offer a helping hand.

Christmas Holiday Lessons and Day Camps

During the summer holidays, Rosthwaite Farm will be offering their very popular day

camps again.

Time:

When:

9.00am - 3.00pm

10th December – 21st December 2018 and again from

14th January – 25th January 2019

Times will also be available throughout the holidays for those interested in extra lessons as well. All bookings

can be made by calling Chrissy Persson on 0407 015 836.

Please follow us on our Instagram page rosthwaitefarm to keep up with current news events.

Please email Miss Griffiths for the 2019 information package and enrolment forms at sgriffiths@kings.edu.au

Thank you for your continued support of this very exciting new venture.

We wish you and your loved ones a happy and safe summer holiday.

Giddy up,

Miss Griffiths

Equestrian Programme Coordinator

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Term Four Equestrian Programme Update This term, the Tudor House Equestrian Program has proved to be an

amazing adventure for all involved. Each week fourteen Tudor students

jump off the bus to greet their ponies here at Rosthwaite Farm.

Each of our students are now riding independently, at a walk and trot, over

small jumps, on long trail rides around the farm and even in the large jump

arena.

This Term, we have focused on building

our confidence in the rising trot, steering independently in trot and identifying the

correct rising diagonal. Some riders have now moved onto learning how to canter.

The children are all now able to control their own ponies in a group one behind the

other (causing just a few traffic jams along the way).

We have enjoyed a few games on horseback including ‘the egg and spoon race’

which provided much amusement and laughter. Witnessing each student form a

bond with their ‘favourite pony’, has been a delight.

I must make special mention of Year Five rider,

Charlotte Perry who competed for the very first time,

ever, in the Berry Interschools competition on the 29th and 30th of September. Charlotte

rode Rosthwaite Farm’s ‘Pickles’, competing in two dressage tests and enjoyed the

mounted games. This was very big undertaking and achievement for Charlotte and

her onsite grooms (also known as her parents). We look forward to many more

competitive moments in 2019. Opportunities to compete for Tudor House/Rosthwaite

Farm will be available to any competent equestrian

rider wishing to experience the competition

environment.

A big thank you must go to each and every one of our dedicated students and

parents for their support of our inaugural equestrian offering this past semester.

Well done Miss Griffiths for organising such a worthwhile extra-curricular

programme.

The aim of which is to promote education and sportsmanship to student athletes in

horsemanship and horse management.

The Rosthwaite Farm team would like to take this opportunity to wish our new

friends and families a happy and safe holiday break. We look forward to seeing you

all early in the new year, ready to ride.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Chrissy Persson

Riding Instructor

Rosthwaite Farm Riding School