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ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ News Term 2 Week 4: From the Leader of Early Childhood

Jo Dunn on 22/05/2020

Children are naturally curious – from birth they are listening, watching, wondering and exploring. Children’s daily experiences and interactions are how they learn about the world around them. Play is one of the most powerful and important interactions children have; it has a very strong influence and effect on their social, emotional, physical and cognitive development. Research continues to show us that the best learning occurs when children are playing.

The Early Childhood Staff at ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ are strongly committed to providing a play-based learning experience for our students. In doing so, they are encouraging students to actively talk, write, read and think. Through the three main types of play-based learning (child initiated, guided and adult-led) children can: discover, take risks, negotiate, problem-solve, be creative, learn to interact with others and develop self-awareness. Teachers carefully plan lessons and provide students with feedback so that students are challenged in their learning and become critical thinkers, whilst also successfully negotiating and collaborating with others.

Assembly

Last Friday, Marian Campus held its first live-streamed assembly. A special thanks to Ms Anderson, Mrs Kadak and the students of Year 1 Blue who hosted the assembly and informed us about their remote learning experiences. The students also sung a fantastic song, demonstrating how much they missed their friends whilst in remote learning mode. It was very obvious that there is lots of joy in their return to face-to-face learning and how much they are enjoying the opportunity to be back learning collaboratively with their friends.

Future assemblies will continue to be live-streamed whilst restrictions prohibit our families from being able to attend in person. A link will be distributed to families via email, the day prior to the event.

Marcellin Award

Congratulations to the following student who received a Marcellin Award in Week 4.

Emily Hearne, Year 2 –  Emily received the Marcellin Award for being inclusive, kind and thoughtful in her dealings with other students in our school community. She displayed the Marcellin characteristic of Family Spirit, in the way she treats everyone with love, care and thoughtfulness.

The Marcellin Award at Marian Campus is drawn from submitted nominations each Wednesday morning at Prayer Assembly.
Marcellin Award

School Photo Day 2020

Students will have their school photos taken on Friday 4 September.

Students in Years 1 and 2 are required to be dressed in their full Winter Uniform and Pre Primary students should be dressed neatly in their Sports Uniform. Further information, including how to purchase photos, will be distributed closer to the date.

Mercy Care Out-of-School Hours Care (OSHC)

We are very fortunate to have a high-quality, nurturing before and after school care service onsite at ÐãÐãÖ±²¥. Mercy Care runs this program Monday – Friday (during Term) in the Marian Hall, from 7.00am – 6.00pm, as well as holiday care programs and full-day programs on the College’s pupil free days.

If you would like information on the program and availability of places for your child, please contact the program manager, Luisa from Mercycare at ldelima@mercycare.com.au

ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ News Term 2 Week 4: From the Vice Principal

Jo Dunn on 22/05/2020

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The College’s pastoral and educational response to COVID-19 has demonstrated the strength of our Vision for Learning, our commitment to the wellbeing of the young people in our care and the absolute privilege and responsibility our vocation holds on the hearts and minds of others. As we navigate, plan and discern the return to a busy College life, we continue to prioritise collaboration in learning by ensuring goals, intentions and outcomes are shared between school and the home. This is particularly important for our graduating students of the class of 2020. Your individual and collective success, as you overcome the disruption of this year, will be your legacy… Let Your Light Shine!

COVID-19 Update

Thank you to all families for their support as we transition back to compulsory schooling this week. The students have responded very well despite there still being restrictions in place for large group gathering and some activities. The College is preparing to reinstate sport, arts events and other co-curricular opportunities with careful consideration and due diligence.

If you are concerned about your own family situation, you are invited to contact Lisa Fogliani, Vice Principal, for additional clarity and advice lisa.fogliani@newman.wa.edu.au

If Students are Unwell 

The College asks that students who are presenting with a fever or flu like symptoms stay at home until their symptoms are clear.  It is of the responsibility of all families to ensure they support the wider College community.

Parents and Visitors to the College

We thank all parents and caregivers for their support and understanding by utilizing the kiss and ride processes in place to ensure adults are not congregating on College grounds. As restrictions ease and the advice from Catholic Education Western Australia changes, we will communicate any respective changes with our parent community.

The College is planning to continue with our gazetted Parent Teacher Interview day on Tuesday 21 July. Details regarding the format, either remote or face to face for this day, will be shared closer to the date.

College Calendar

As restrictions ease, many co-curricular activities, groups and events will return. The details of these activities will be added to the College Calendar as well as a communication from the staff responsible for coordinating the activity. In some instances, there will be additional protective measure and guidelines to adhere to, to ensure the safety of staff and students.

Save the Date – NPCC Meeting – Monday 8 June, 7.00pm

The ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ Parents Consultative Committee will meet online on Monday 8 June at 7.00pm. A link to the meeting will be sent to families, with a call for questions in the next newsletter. This will help to facilitate collaboration in an online environment.

ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ Parents Presentation with Justin Coulson – Thanks

Many thanks to the parents and staff that joined Mr Finneran and I in welcoming Dr Justin Coulson to work with our community. Justin had planned to be at the College last Term and we are very grateful that he was able to adapt his presentation to be online. It was very successful and we look forward to welcoming him back to the College in 2021.

Reporting and Assessment

Secondary

Semester 1 reports will include a learning attributes and a progress grade that is aligned to judging standards. The judging standards describe the standard of achievement students should attain by the end of the school year. More information regarding reporting and judging standards will be shared with families in the weeks ahead.

Primary

Details regarding Semester 1 reports will be communicated from each campus in due course. It is important that we provide feedback and progress on each student, mindful on how teachers and students have adjusted to different modes of learning delivery.

Parent Facebook Groups

A reminder to parents that are members of the Parent Facebook groups that there is a Terms of Reference for the groups so that the intent of the group is understood by all parents. If you have concerns about College decisions, processes, teaching or learning, I strongly encourage you to direct your concern to your child’s Leader of Wellbeing or classroom teacher. Ensuring the parent community is accurately informed is important to us and College staff are best placed to resolve any queries.

The Terms of Reference can be found below:

This forum is intended to assist in building stronger communities and better relationships. Use the Facebook Group to:

  • Organise year group social gatherings (parents)
  • Ask for assistance in drop off / pick up of your child when needed
  • Arrange carpooling
  • Lost property
  • Provide pertinent year group information such as assembly dates / times
  • Remind parents of key dates relating to their child’s year group
  • Sharing key information or posts from the ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ website and social media pages
  • Sharing relevant College photos (not personal/family photos)

This is NOT a forum to discuss teaching and learning issues. This is a community group to connect parents of your child’s year group. Questions relating to your child’s education should be directed to the relevant teacher and/or Leader(s) of Wellbeing. You should not comment on teaching and learning or other College related matters in this group.

Code of Conduct

A reminder to all families that the Code of Conduct can be accessed via the College website. The Code is mandated by Catholic Education Western Australia and the application of the code extends to all staff, students, parents, guardians, caregivers, and volunteers.

The Code seeks to value the dignity of every person, foster positive relationships, ensuring confidentiality and accountability and supports professional boundaries. Events held during school hours AND outside of school hours that are associated with the College are also supported by the Code of Conduct. Postings on social media platforms that identify the College or College events are also bound by the Code of Conduct.

Any perceived breaches of the Code can be discussed with any member of the Senior Leadership Team. We thank you in advance for your understanding and support of how we strive to partner positively with one another.

Pathways and Careers Update Term 2 Week 4

Jo Dunn on 21/05/2020

Our aim is to provide students with all the latest information that will help them to make decisions about future careers and life beyond school.Please contact Justin Farley, Pathways and Onsite Coordinator for any further queries Justin.Farley@newman.wa.edu.au | 9204 9457

Year 10 Subject Selection for Year 11 2021

Please see below for the timeline for Year 10 subject selection.

Term 2, Week 2
(Week beginning 4 May)
  • Subject Selection Research booklets distributed to all Year 10 students.
  • Senior Student Pathways booklet distributed to all Year 10 students.
Term 2, Week 4
(Week beginning 18 May)
  • Letter to families advising of the process for subject selection, and support offered by the College.
Term 2, Week 5
(Week beginning 25 May)
  • Year 10 students undertake Allwell Testing (in place of Semester 1 examinations).
  • Student Mentor Support Sessions with Year 12 students.
Term 2, Week 6
(Week beginning 1 June)
  • Online subject information handbook available to students and families.
  • Students provided with their subject selection forms for Year 11, 2021.
Term 2, Week 8
(Week beginning 15 June)
  • Due date for students to return subject selection forms to the College.
Term 2, Weeks 9/10
(Week beginning 22 June)
  • College contact with families to finalise the subject selection process.
Term 3
  • Information provided to students and families about work experience and VET Certificate qualifications.

Changes to University entry options for 2021

In response to the current situation and associated disruption to Year 12 students, some WA Universities have announced that alternative entry pathways will be available to Year 12 students. Interested parents and students can check the latest information at the addresses below.

• Curtin: Students can apply to a range of courses, using their predicted ATAR based on Year 11 marks. Applications are via the TISC website.
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• ECU: No changes announced as yet.

• Murdoch: Year 12’s can apply using their predicted ATAR from Year 11.
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• Notre Dame: Early Offers judged on Year 11 results, instead of Year 12 Semester 1. Non-ATAR students can apply for Early Offers to enabling courses.
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• UWA: Some significant and generous changes that open several new pathways for Year 12’s.
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Upcoming Careers Events

Many of these events have now moved to online delivery. Parents and students are advised to use the links below to check details for particular events.

EVENT VENUE DATE WEBSITE
Education and Teaching Course Information Evening Murdoch University Wednesday 27 May
Technology Open Evening Murdoch University Wednesday 10 June
UWA Course Advisory Sessions: Year 12 University of Western Australia 15-17 July
A Day In The Life of a Notre Dame Student University of Notre Dame Friday 17 July
Parent Power Hour: skills and employability for the future Murdoch University Sunday 26 July

Wednesday 5 August

Wednesday 19 August
UWA Open Day University of Western Australia Sunday 2 August
Law and Criminology Open Evening Murdoch University Wednesday 5 August
Notre Dame Open Day University of Notre Dame Sunday 9 August
Science Open Evening Murdoch University Wednesday 19 August
Curtin University Open Day Curtin University Sunday 16 August
CQ University Perth Campus Open Day CQ University Saturday 22 August studentrecruitment@cqu.edu.au
Admissions Information Evening University of Notre Dame Tuesday 8 September

ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ News Term 2 Week 4: From the Deputy Principal Wellbeing Secondary

Jo Dunn on 21/05/2020

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Marcellin students are back and working through their normal school programs. It has been very exciting to welcome all our cohorts back to onsite learning and I would like to thank the staff for the immense amount of work that has gone into our switch back from remote learning.

It has been pleasing to see the positive attitude the students have shown towards their classes and the way they have interacted with one another. While social distancing and hygiene are important to maintaining the safer environment we currently enjoy in Western Australia, students do have opportunities to come together in small groups and reconnect as peers. As restrictions slowly ease we will continue to work on creating more opportunities for them to get involved, represent their Guild and represent ÐãÐãÖ±²¥.

Locker Update

As part of the College’s Capital Development Plan, the Senior Leadership made the decision to upgrade the 30-year-old metal lockers and create more flexible learning areas around the College. In line with our Vision for Learning, how we use learning spaces is changing and this incorporates how we use lockers and what equipment students use at school. As we continue to redevelop learning spaces, this has reduced the space available to adequately store lockers and provide shelter for the students from the elements. Since early 2019, we have been phasing out the old lockers and have purchased a newer design that provide students with adequate space to store items safely.

In light of social distancing and remote learning, the College fast tracked this process as students would be working offsite and not require their lockers in Term 2. As we are all aware, this plan changed significantly at the start of Term 2 and we have had students onsite while this upgrade has occurred. I know this has been a challenging time for students, but I would like to commend them on the way they have conducted themselves and carried on during this process.

With social distancing restrictions easing, student access to lockers will begin to resume from midway of Week 5. We will be rolling out locker allocations to the Years 7 and 12 cohorts from next week and other year groups will follow. Each student will be allocated a locker for use and this will be facilitated by Pastoral Care Teachers and Leaders of Wellbeing.

Students will receive more information at the start of Week 5 about the new locker system and other changes that will make life easier for them moving around throughout the day and looking after their belongings.

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this transition.

Years 11 and 12 Semester 1 Examinations

Good luck to all students who will be completing their Semester 1 Exams in Weeks 6 and 7. Click here to view the relevant timetables, rules and procedures.

Guild Activity

In Week 4, the Guilds took part in a series of activities that saw year groups working together to complete several tasks. It was wonderful to see students collaborate in small groups and work together. Click here to see more photos from the day.
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RAP & Principal Assembly

Week 5 will see the launch of the College’s Reconciliation Action Plan across PK-12. This will occur on Wednesday via a live stream that will be shown across all three campuses.

Following the launch, Marcellin students will move into our first Principal’s Assembly for the term. This will be filmed from the College’s Marist Auditorium and streamed into PCG classrooms. The assembly will be our first opportunity to come together as a Years 7 – 12 campus and, as part of the assembly, we will be acknowledging our Year 7 Guild Representatives and outstanding student achievement from Term 1.

Wellbeing Team Update

The College’s Wellbeing calendar continues to operate and provide a number of activities throughout Term 2. Students have received information sheets via TEAMs and SEQTA regarding maintaining a healthy mind and body which we hope are helpful. Students have also taken part in Guild activities this week, with more events planned for Weeks 6 and 7.

If students ever feel they would benefit from some form of assistance, we would encourage them to speak to a trusted adult in their lives. At the College, PCG teachers, Leaders of Wellbeing and the Counselling Team are always happy to help and assist students.

Weeks 6 and 7 Activities

In Week 6, students in Years 7 – 10 will take in part in different activities during extended PCG. Our Years 7 and 8 students will compete in their Cross Country races that were postponed in Term 1 while our Years 9 and 10 students will enjoy an art challenge set by the Arts Department. Photos and highlights will be published in the next edition of ÐãÐãÖ±²¥ News in Week 6.

In Week 7, the year groups will swap activities so that each cohort is given the opportunity to take part in the art challenge and the Cross Country.

Pathways and Careers Update

Click here to see all of the upcoming list of events that may be useful for students and parents.

School based Immunisation Program

The new dates for the immunisation program available to students in Years 7 and 10 are:

  • Year 7 – Monday 25 May (1st round)
  • Year 10 – Wednesday 5 August
  • Year 7 – Monday 23 November (2nd round)

Students can wear sports uniforms on these days.

Any queries regarding this program should be directed to the following Health Units:

  • Perth Central Immunisation Clinic – 9321 1312
  • City of Joondalup – 9400 4938
  • City of Bayswater – 9272 0622
  • City of Wanneroo – 9405 5000

School Photo Days 2020

Please be aware that the School Photo Days are taking place on the following days:

  • Monday 29 June – Years 7-12 Sport Photos
  • Tuesday 30 June – Years 10-12 Photo Day
  • Wednesday 1 July – Years 7-9 Photo Day

Photo packages and further information will be communicated to families in early June.

Guild Activity Day

Jo Dunn on 21/05/2020

The Guilds took part in a series of activities that saw year groups working together in small groups to complete several tasks such a creating a newspaper hat, making a large structure out of Jubes, completing riddles, creating a tall structure out of cards and using newspapers to create a short story.

It was wonderful to see students able to collaborate in small groups and working as a team to complete the tasks provided. Guilds were also awarded points for the number of students in the correct Guild uniform and participating on the day.