This is the year to give it 20 out of 19.
To give it more than you think you have! Decided and voted on by the Year 12 cohort, Give it 20 out of 19 resonated with our Year group for our final year. To give something 20 out of 19, you give it more than you’ve got, which is an attitude we find ourselves constantly surrounded by. As our window of opportunities at PLC slowly draws to a close in an experience we never thought would end, a sudden realisation has dawned on most: why did we wait until now? Why wait to start taking every opportunity that comes to you? Why wait to seize the day? Within our motto, we wanted the idea of challenge and opportunity to be embraced, and for it to be welcomed with open arms. For our parting year, we want to let every younger and future PLC girl
know to take everything she is given, and to give it more than she has. From Academics to Sports, the Arts and Music, the most mundane tasks should be completed with gusto and passion. Whether it be trying out for a softball team, and being thrilled with getting in the F team because you couldn’t hit the ball before (relatable from personal experience), or sitting a test and walking out knowing you studied studiously weeks before, this is the year to try your hardest and nothing less. To give it 20 out of 19 means that when you participate, you put in the effort and every part of yourself into whatever you’re doing, to give something more than you expect to receive, to give more than you take in this year, and to give more than you think you’re capable of. It is a true
feat to find inspiration to do more than what’s required, to go above and beyond, but I know that every girl is capable of finding it this year. Whether on the sports field getting a strike in IGSSA softball, about to go into a test, or auditioning for an upcoming musical, we want every girl to leave that field, classroom or stage knowing they gave it their all and more. Whenever you’re presented with an opportunity, you take it, give it a go, and give it everything you’ve got and more. “You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.”
- Winnie the Pooh
Girls, you are wiser than you know, you can achieve more than you do, and you can be more than you hope to be. This year, give it 20 out of 19, and more! - Maxi Ford, Head Prefect
- Moonyean Le Roux, Deputy Head Prefect
PLC Perth's Make a Difference Week: Sir Bob Geldof
We are extremely excited to announce that Sir Bob Geldof will be a special guest speaker for PLC Perth's Make a Difference Week on Wednesday 13 March. A campaigner for numerous causes throughout the world, Sir Bob Geldof uses his high profile to champion causes from African famine and business to global politics. Rising to fame thanks to his music career with The Boomtown Rates, Sir Bob soon turned his attention to charity, organising Band Aid and the fundraising event Live Aid. In recognition of his charity work, Sir Bob received a knighthood in 1986. Through his co-ownership of Planet 24, a production company which launched The Big Breakfast in 1992, Sir Bob became recognised as an astute businessman.
Sir Bob has received a number of awards including the Nobel Man of Peace Award, several Honorary Doctorates and a number of Nobel Peace Prize nominations. He uses his experiences to talk in a provocative and entertaining way about a variety of topics. Sir Bob will be using this opportunity at PLC to talk about making a difference in the world.
When: 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm, Wednesday 13 March 2019
Where: PLC Perth – venue to be confirmed
Cost: Free
Book tickets here (maximum 5 tickets per family).
Parent Music Information NightDate: Monday 11 February
Time: 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm
Location: Junior School Music Room
This information evening will cover both co-curricular and curriculum music offerings at PLC. The Information session will be followed by time for parents and guardians to speak with music staff. A reminder to parents that the undercover parking (Tennis courts) will be opened for parent parking. Friends of Pipe Band MeetingDate: Tuesday 12 February
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Menora House Parents Welcome SundownerDate: Friday 15 February 2019
Location: PLC Quad
Time: 6.00 pm
Click here to book. International Women's Day BreakfastDate: Friday 8 March
Time: 7.15 am for a 7.30 am start - 9.00 am
Venue: PLC Quad
Click here to book. PLC OCA Art Exhibition Date: Friday 24 May - Sunday 26 May
Inviting all Artists from the PLC Community to register for the 2019 PLC OCA Art Exhibition. To register your interest, click here and for all other enquiries please email: artexhibition@plc.wa.edu.au.
"None of us is as smart as all of us".
- Ken Blanchard We have different skills, gifts and opportunities that open up for us throughout life. The Bible uses an analogy that we are one body, but we’re not carbon copies of one another. Someone might be an eye or arm or neck or an ear lobe. We should appreciate and celebrate our diverse giftedness and use it for the common good. We need our connectedness to one another to achieve our full potential. It might be that you are fully aware of your gifts and skills, or (like most of us) you might still be on the mysterious journey to find it. Yes, it could sometimes be challenging and exhausting, but never loose hope. Keep on trying and you might be surprised at what you could accomplish, especially when you use it to benefit
your team! Top performing sports teams and leadership teams grasp this fundamentally important concept and live by it. The PLC students and community appreciate both individual giftedness and effort. We’re a team striving towards a common goal. Working together we achieve much more than any single individual could achieve. - Rev Manie Strydom, Chaplain
I was bitterly disappointed that I was unable to attend the Support Your Daughter evening on Monday. I thought I had injured my back, although a cardiologist friend persisted and found I actually had pericarditis, a benign inflammation of the membrane around the heart. Although painful, I will have no long-term effect on my health. It is just painful at present. It is not contagious, so I returned to School on Wednesday. Nothing like the enthusiasm of children to re-energise you! I was disappointed that I missed Monday because I wanted to introduce myself and let you know a little of who I am and what I stand for. This is my third Headship and my 14th year leading Junior Schools. My last full-time class was here at PLC, in 2004. In my years as a Head of Junior School, and
importantly as a parent, I have learnt a great deal and gained some valuable experience. So, from this knowledge and experience, you could describe my approach to Junior School as: Academic Rigour and the Joy of ChildhoodThese are not mutually exclusive and what I see as our role in the Junior School, and as a wider community. What I mean by academic rigour is simply an academic programme that is challenging, relevant, significant and engaging, delivered through exceptional and appropriate pedagogies. We have very high expectations of our children’s achievement of their academic potential. The joy of childhood is simply
allowing kids to be kids. You only get one shot at childhood, you might as well make it a good one. What research has shown all through my career is many of the joys of childhood are exceptionally strong markers for academic achievement. Play, talking, climbing, singing, dancing, role play, being bored and finding creative solutions are example of joyful childhood activities that are effective supports of academic progression. I have had the great honour of watching a number of cohorts leave primary schooling and then six years later finish Year 12. In the past three years over 30 of the boys I had had in the Prep School at Christ Church had gone on to achieve 99+ in WACE, one measure of academic achievement. I had the ability to track these boys right back to Year 3. What I found is that although these boys were above
benchmark, they were often not in the highest few NAPLAN scores. Many of these boys had never been selected for extension classes or co-curriculars. This shocked me the first time I saw it, but after three times was more reliable. I say the Junior School years are a lot like the first week of the Tour de France (cycling aficionados would know this adage): You can’t win the tour in the first week of the tour, but you can lose it. For long term academic success, we do need a rigorous academic programme, however, we also need to be aware that education is a long journey and not everything needs to be achieved by aged 12. What is required is a very solid foundation (predominately English and Mathematics skills and knowledge) and a wide variety of higher order skills including, the skill to communicate in various way to a
variety of audiences, think and analyse critically and work collaboratively. However, academic achievement is only part of the story and part of the whole child, but that is for another week. I promise this will be my longest ever Links, but I did feel I needed to introduce myself. I look forward to working with parents and the entire community to have our students reach their academic potential and find their childhood a joy. - Richard Wright, Head of Junior School
Junior School Assembly Date: Friday 8 February
Time: 8.40 am – 9.15 am Pre-Kindy and Catch-Up Photo Day Date: Tuesday 12 February Year 6 Outdoor Education Programme Dates: Tuesday 19 – Friday 22 February Junior School Assembly Date: Friday 22 February
Time: 8.40 am – 9.15 am Parent Teacher Meetings Dates: Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 February Inter-House Swimming Carnival (Years 1 – 6) Date: Tuesday 26 February
Time: 8.00 am – 12.30 pm Mid-Term Break Dates: 1 March – 4 March
Inter-House Swim and Dive CarnivalWell done to everyone who participated in the Inter-House Swim and Dive Carnival on Monday. It was so lovely to see everyone having a go and supporting their Houses. Congratulations to our 2019 Inter-House Aggregate Swimming Champion, McNeil House! Click here for all the results, including individual awards. I would also like to congratulate our record breakers, Lucy Murdoch, Inez Miller and
Ellie Fry. Rotary Youth ExchangeWant to have ‘the best year of your life’? How about a year of study and living overseas? Rotary Youth Exchange is for 15-18 year-old students and offers them an opportunity to attend school while living abroad for 12 months. Applications close on 31 March for 2020 departures. Anticipated countries of exchange may vary but typically include Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan. Further information can be found at www.youthexchange.asn.au. Please note that it is necessary for potential applicants to be sponsored by their local rotary club, details of which can be found at the same website. Support Your Daughter EveningAs I write, it is with great anticipation about tonight’s Year 7 Support Your Daughter Evening. Sharing a light meal prior to the event is an initiative that the School implemented some years ago as we really value the three-way partnership between parents, staff and the School. The Year 9 Support Your Daughter Evening is scheduled for Tuesday 12 February,
commencing at 7.00 pm and we look forward to parents coming along to learn about what is in store for their girls in this, their first year in the Define ME hub. The Duke of Edinburgh International AwardStarting next week and running until the end of Term 1, Mr Liam Sullivan will be in the Lighthouse Workshop Room on Tuesdays during lunch so that girls can drop by to ask any Duke of Ed questions. Lucy Jarrett (Year 12), our Duke of Edinburgh Youth Award Leader, will be there on occasion, too. Whether you’re just beginning, half-way, nearly finished or want to find out how to sign up, we’ll be there to
answer your questions. - Sharon Anderson, Head of Senior School
Cheam ScholarshipWould you like to take advantage of a gap year at Cheam School in the UK in 2020? The role entails long hours, but is highly rewarding. As the recipient of the Cheam scholarship you will be helping children meet new levels of sporting and/or academic achievement. Ultimately independence, energy and mindfulness are the most important qualities you should have. Sporting abilities and strong academic records are highly sought after. The scholarship is designed at assisting students who would not normally have the financial capacity to experience a GAP year. Please
forward your resume by Friday 22 February 2019 to foundation@plc.wa.edu.au. If you have any questions please contact, Suzanne Pelczar, Co-ordinator, PLC Foundation on the email above or calling into the Communications and Engagement Office, Senior School Building.
Theory of Knowledge Faith Survey Each year, the graduating class for the IB Diploma Theory of Knowledge class engages in a community survey which focusses on one of the Ways of Knowing. These include imagination, intuition, memory, reason, faith, language, emotion and sense perception. The students in that year’s graduating class interview respondents, exploring key questions that seek to explore how that Way of Knowing may mean very different things and operate different ways depending on the context in which it is applied. If you have ten minutes to
spare then we would love to hear from you. Email Damien Kerrigan on dkerrigan@plc.wa.edu.au.
Aviation@PLC Information Evening - RecordingLast night, Wednesday 6 February, we heard from our Aviation Partners about their training offerings for PLC students. For those interested parents and students who could not make it, here is a Gallery hyperlink to their presentations. You are more than welcome to attend the Open Day on 23 February. - Heliwest (Helicopters), 9 am - 11 am
2 Harvard Road, Jandakot - WA Aviation College / Royal Aero Club WA (Fixed-wing), 10 am - 12 pm
41 Eagle Drive, Jandakot
Boarding House NewsThe Boarders have just enjoyed an amazing closed weekend. Click the button below for more photos and news.
Year 12 Ball Date: Saturday 9 February
Time: 6.30 pm
Location: Hugh Baird Sports Centre Years 7 - 12 Scotch/PLC Swim Club Meet Date: Thursday 14 February
Time: 6.15 pm warmup for 7.00 pm start - 9.00 pm
Location: HBF Stadium
Students received an email inviting them to register for the PLC/Scotch Swim Club meet. Times from this meet, in conjunction with other timed events, attendance/performance at training, will be used for final IGSSA team selections. Parents are to drop off and pick up their daughters from HBF Stadium. Please contact Ms Annette Pearce if you require further information. Principal's Assembly Date: Friday 15 February
Time: 8.40 am
Location: Hugh Baird Sports Centre Army Museum Sunset Concert Date: Sunday 24 February
Time: 5.30 pm
Book: Click here
A concert spectacular featuring our wonderful PLC Pipe Band, The Australian Army Band Perth, Royal Australian Navy Band WA and the 51 ACU Swan Regiment Drums and Pipes.
PLC Parents MeetingsPLC Parents meetings take place every term and all parents and carers are invited to attend. Please see dates below. Term 1 Tuesday 19 February, 9.00 am and 6.30 pm, Lighthouse Community Room
Tuesday 5 March, 9.00 am and 6.30 pm, Lighthouse Community Room Term 2 Tuesday 4 June (time TBC) Term 3 Tuesday 27 August (time TBC) Term 4 Tuesday 29 October (time TBC)
Election of Office Bearers for 2020 We are currently calling for agenda items for the first meeting to be held on Tuesday 19 February. Please send any proposed agenda items to plcparents@plc.wa.edu.au. Seeking Open Garden Day Co-ordinator We are currently seeking an Open Garden Day Co-ordinator for 2019. If you would like more information, please contact Susannah Evans tonysuz@bigpond.net.au. - Michelle Barrett, Chair, PLC Parents
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