Torch - Spring 2015

Table of Contents

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Principal’s Message

Snapshots

Developing Physically Literate Students

10 The Havergal Education— A Confluence of Experience 12 Kate White—A Passionate Educator

15 Institute at Havergal 16 Student Initiatives 18 The Language of Support 21 Giving Ambassadors 22 The Havergal Spirit— 24 Havergal Says Goodbye 26 Community News 27 Old Girls News

Connecting Our Community

Front Cover: Members of the U13 and U14 Swim team practice their starts in Havergal’s 25-metre pool. Inside Front Cover: Grade 3 students study the composition of soil using microscopes in Science class. Back Cover: Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk is this year’s Grade 12 Communications Technology animation. The film tells a story of Mia, who uses her super-human powers to replace Michael’s chocolate milk after her clumsiness in the cafeteria knocks him over. (Camille Archer, Sarah Burgess, Stephanie Ronald, Olivia Townsend and Daniella Whitelaw)

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