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Term 3 Week 4: From the Dean of Wellbeing

The opportunities our students have to be challenged leads to better engagement and behaviour.

Taking Students out of their comfort zone, where they need to navigate risk and problem solve, supports student engagement in the learning task and fosters perseverance and determination to achieve the goal or set task. When students are actively engaged in their learning, they are filled with a sense of pride, can move past times of disappointment and strive for personal excellence.

Year 7 Disco

Last night the College held its first Year 7 Disco. This wonderful initiative came from our Year 12 Student Council. Their work in organising the event reflects their commitment to student leadership, engagement and celebration. Students had a wonderful evening dancing to playlists from DJ Aaron Tsalis, a current Year 12 student, joined in games and posed with friends at the photo booth.

Congratulations and thanks to students, Year 12 Student Council and staff who made this such a memorable evening. to see more photos from the night and a Year 7 reflection from Emilie Costley.

Building Bridges

On Wednesday 8 August, 秀秀直播 hosted the Building Bridges project. The Building Bridges Project aims to assist secondary students of different religious backgrounds and cultures, from Years 10 and 11 to build bridges of trust and friendship. to read more and see more photos from the day.

 

PALS Performance

On Friday 3 August, distinguished guests, parents, the Year 10 cohort and members of staff enjoyed an inspiring performance by the 秀秀直播 Years 7-12 Arts collective students. The students performed Koort Kadadjiny Kadidjiny (Heart Learning) as part of their PALS project – an initiative which encourages Western Australian schools to develop projects that promote reconciliation in their local community, and closely aligns with our Catholic social teaching values. to read more and see more photos from the day.


Subject Selection Year 11, 2019

Many Year 10 students, along with their parents, have already met with their designated Pathway Advisor to choose the subjects they intend to study in Year 11 2019. If you have not booked an interview, please visit PTO to make your booking. The last date for interviews is Friday 17 August. Any enquires in relation to an Apprenticeship pathway should be directed to Ms Kelsey Fink (kelsey.fink@newman.wa.edu.au).


Homework Club 鈥 Weeks 5 and 6

OLNA Support Workshops
There are a number of OLNA Support Workshops running each Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon during Homework Club. Mrs Calegari, the College鈥檚 new Literacy Support Teacher, will be running the Tuesday workshop related to the Reading and Writing Tests. On Wednesdays support will be offered to those students who are required to sit the Numeracy test.

#challengeyear12 – WACE Wednesdays
Throughout Weeks 5 and 6, WACE Wednesdays will continue running during Homework Club. There are a range of workshops on offer. The timetable is included below:

Year 12 Semester 2 Examinations

The Year 12 Semester 2 Examinations Timetable is now available听
A reminder to all students, that they must ensure they are prepared with the correct equipment and arrive at their exam locations in plenty of time.

Careers Update

for all the latest information that will help students’ decisions about their future career and life beyond school.

Secondary Angelico Art Exhibition

The Secondary Angelico Art Exhibition opens on Monday 13 August. Congratulations to the students below who have had their artwork selected to be showcased. We encourage you to attend this exhibition to view our amazing Visual Arts student works. The program of events and performance has been published on the whole school College Calendar.

  • David Dal Busco
  • Chloe Meyer
  • Molly York
  • Ella Nicholas
  • Grace Hasler
  • Keira Burgess


Laptop Care

Students and families are reminded that all devices must be carried in an approved laptop bag. This protects the device as students move across the College throughout the day. In the event that a students鈥 device is damaged, the College is not required to provide a loan device. Pastoral Care Teachers and Leaders of Wellbeing will check that the students have a laptop bag and are using it to carry their device. It is also an expectation that students bring their devices fully charged so that they are prepared for the day ahead. Students can charge their devices at school, however, they will need to bring their own charger and be responsible for their own accessories.

2019 Parent Funded Device

Next year 秀秀直播 will continue the parent funded, designated device model. Students in Years 7 鈥 11 will require a Microsoft Surface Pro. 2019 will be the last year for the College funded MacBook programme, for students in Year 12.

This designated device model will be made available in cooperation with a nominated supplier; providing a discounted educational bundle including a damage resistant cover and enhanced warranty. Details of the bundle and nominated supplier will be made available later in 2018.

Year 12 Graduation Photo 鈥 Tuesday 14 August

All Year 12 students are required for this photo. Students are reminded they must be neatly groomed wearing full winter uniform adhering to the College dress code, with particular reference to hair and grooming.

Pickup / Dropoff of students

It has come to our attention that parents are parking in the drive through area near the technology / gym area on the Marcellin Campus. The College grounds must be safe for all students, staff and visitors. Parents are reminded to take special care when parking and driving on school grounds. Please observe all parking signs and only park in designated areas. Please refrain from parking in staff carparks. Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation and support.

Upcoming Events

Science Week
Y7-12 Feast of the Assumption Celebrations
APSMO Maths Olympiad
Y7-12 State Surfing Zone Titles
Remar Blue Solidarity Camp

Past Events

The students at 秀秀直播 are continuously engaging in motivating learning experiences that support embedding and enhancing their education. Some highlights from the past two weeks are:

Y11 Earth and Environmental Science Excursion
Y12 Human Biology Harry Perkins Excursion
Years 8/9 Eagles Cup
Y9 Barking Gecko Macbeth Performance

PALS Performance

On Friday 3 August, distinguished guests, parents, the Year 10 cohort and members of staff enjoyed an inspiring performance by the 秀秀直播 Years 7-12 Arts collective students. The students performed Koort Kadadjiny Kadidjiny (Heart Learning) as part of their PALS project – an initiative which encourages Western Australian schools to develop projects that promote reconciliation in their local community, and closely aligns with our Catholic social teaching values.

This is the first year 秀秀直播 has been involved in PALS. PALS complements the teaching syllabus and can assist schools in implementing the Aboriginal Cultural Standards Framework. PALS was developed in collaboration with the Department of Education, Catholic Education Office and the Association of Independent Schools WA. Miss Abigail Lamont the Project officer from PALS, and Aboriginal History WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries will attend the performance to evaluate our college entry in the Aboriginal History and Language category.

鈥楬EART LEARNING鈥 (Koort Kadadjiny Kadidjiny) is an original piece of Epic Theatre devised by the 秀秀直播 Arts Collective. The performance used Verbatim Theatre techniques, Aboriginal Noongar language, original music, and song, body percussion and movement, and digital projection of visual art to share a cultural history of Australia, 140鈥000 BC to the present day. This collaborative Arts work explores the Aboriginal history of Australia in its beauty, strength pain and weakness.

This theatre piece is a celebration of diversity, survival, transformation, and growth in the hope for reconciliation and a better future in the relationships between Aboriginal and Non Aboriginal people. The collective stories in this work reveal the burden of history for the Aboriginal peoples. Heart Learning aims to bridge gaps of understanding in an effort to enhance cultural competency and cultural sensitivity in a view to promoting social change. The hope for reconciliation that this piece presents links the Marist theme of 鈥楬ope鈥 for 2018.

The hopefulness embedded in 鈥楬eart Learning鈥 (Koort Kadadjiny Kadidjiny) can help us to acknowledge and face our past, and present actions as a nation, hearing voices rather than silencing voices is essential in our hope for reconciliation.

This piece features an original song written by Nicole Boddy, arranged and accompanied by Sue Bluck. The song lyrics have been translated into Noongar by Della Rae Morrison. The original didgeridoo composition is written and played by Phil Walley Stack and the original voice over recordings are by Maitland Schnaars.

Year 7 Disco

On Thursday 9 August, the Year 12’s put together an incredible disco filled with singing (so loud most of us lost our voices the next day), dancing (so hard by the end of the night our feet couldn鈥檛 stop moving) and other fun activities including limbo and dance offs.

The night started a little awkwardly because all we wanted to do was dance but everyone was enjoying talking, but less than 5 minutes in myself and some of my friends started the dance floor which got everyone dancing!

When Mr Woolley gathered us all together to tell us dinner was ready it was like a herd of elephants stampeding through the hallway to get to the food first. We enjoyed a hot dog and either a Fanta, Coke or water. I have a hunch most of us chose the soft drink option though.

When dinner was finished we headed back into the Auditorium and started to dance again and let me tell you the second half of the night was even crazier than the first! We walked into the Auditorium to the song 鈥淚 love it鈥 by Icona Pop. Seeing this is my favourite song I decided to make the crazy decision of jumping up on stage and dance. Then I saw a limbo pole!!!

As soon as the limbo pole came out everyone flocked to the stairs so they could get a good spot in line so they could have a go. I really surprised myself on how well I did, I made it to the lowest level but then I stumbled and ended coming in the top 5 (not necessarily 5th). I think that everyone can agree that Madison Pizzazo took the cake and won limbo.

Then came everyone鈥檚 favourite part of the night; THE DANCE OFF!!! The girls and the boys separated into two groups. We started the competition with girls vs boys. Sadly, for us girls I think the boys got that point. We next had a solo competition which was one of the girls (me) vs one of the boys (Shaun) and I KNOW the girls won that round. Soon afterwards we did a duo round which was Jasmine and Yesnaia vs Christian and Nicholas. The girls won the next point. We came into the last round and the boys desperately needed this point. Once again it was girls vs boys and the girls were more confident than ever. The boys went first, all doing the exact same fornite dance 鈥榯he hype鈥. The girls went next and all did completely different things. This resulted in a final win for the boys, which meant it ended in a tie!

The night was amazing with everyone going home with a memory they with hopefully will cherish forever.

Emilie Costley, Year 7 Student

Term 3 Week 4: From the Head of Primary

As we move through the term I am pleased to see how settled and engaged our students are at the Marian and Lavalla campuses. This is because of the support we receive from the families and their efforts at home to build strong, resilient children who are ready to learn. Our students then come to school and are greeted by dedicated staff who are all looking to see each day how they can grow their students. This personal growth is why our students receive such a good education and why their learning is challenged every day.

Marcellin Award

Congratulations to the following students who have recently received a Marcellin Award in Weeks 2,3 and 4:

Sienna Wheeler, Year 2 Red – for being quick to share equipment with others and giving up her equipment to younger students.

Sophie Pearson, Year 2 Red – for being positive and encouraging to others during team games – especially those who find it challenging.

Luca Trettel, Year 2 Blue – for working collaboratively with a team of students to help clean up and tidy the nature play materials into the nature play space.

Holly Thompson, Year 4 Green – Holly is described as a happy and positive person with a ready smile. She is able to see the positive in all situations rather than finding things to complain about. Holly works hard, putting every effort into all that she does, and always completes tasks to the best of her ability.

Holly is also described as someone with a gentle nature, is a good listener, is friendly and inclusive, and considerate of the needs of others. She is not someone who seeks attention, but rather puts other people’s feelings before her own.

One of the greatest attributes of Holly, is that not only does she look for the positive in things that happen each day, but looks for the positives in people. She is always looking for the best in others, and what a beautiful way to approach life that is.

The Marcellin Award is presented to children who show, in their everyday actions and words, the spirit of the character of St Marcellin Champagnat. The Marcellin Award at Marian Campus is drawn from submitted nominations each Wednesday morning at Prayer Assembly. At Lavalla Campus, the Marcellin Award is presented at campus assemblies to one student selected by the Leadership Team from submitted nominations.

Staff Changes 鈥 Lavalla Campus

Mrs Therese Le-Sanders will be leaving our College at the end of Week 5 on Maternity Leave. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Le-Sanders for the way she has worked tirelessly with our students and the 秀秀直播 community. We wish her and her husband all the very best as they welcome their newest family member into the world. God bless. The new teachers working in Year 4 Red are Mrs Queva Fitzgerald and Ms Kate Warchomij. Ms Fitzgerald has worked in a number of Catholic schools in Western Australia and will be starting on Monday 13 August. We also welcome Mrs Annika Sampson who will be supporting our Learning Support Program.

Primary Night at Scitech

Primary Angelico Art Exhibition

The following students have had their art work displayed at the Primary Angelico Art Exhibition for 2018. The students have displayed outstanding commitment to their craft and we are blessed that they are able to share their talents. Thank you to Mrs Amy Farrell for your instruction and support

  • Charlotte Laurent, Year 6
  • Ella Hills, Year 4
  • Ella Scott, Year 5
  • Zoe Ehlers, Year 3
  • Savannah Doyle, Year 6
  • Harper Gamble, Year 6

Speak Up Finals

Speak Up is a wonderful extra-curricular opportunity afforded to our students which challenges them to grow in the area of public speaking, develop confidence and entertain their peers. In Week 4, the Finals were held at the Lavalla Campus. Congratulations to Joshua Do, Harry Klein, Aadil Thekkayil who were the winners of their year groups. These students will be representing the College in the Speak Up Awards. We wish you well. to read a student reflection about the competition from Joshua Do (Year 6) and Leyla Do (Year 5).

Year 3 Bishops’ Literacy Test 鈥 Tuesday 14 August

Next Tuesday, our Year 3 students will take part in the state-wide Bishops Literacy Test. This allows our system to gauge the knowledge and understating of our students and to shape the Religious Education curriculum for the future.

Parent Support

It is important that we all work together to uphold the highest standards at our College. After the Years 3-6 Assembly in the Marist Auditorium, many coffee cups were left behind by parents. Please be reminded that only bottled water is allowed in this wonderful space. I wish to also point out that it is also very disruptive when parents leave during the assembly. Please be mindful and respectful of those on stage.


Guided Planning

I would like to highlight the professionalism of our teachers as they all work with our Leaders of Learning, Mrs Zelich and Ms Anderson, to provide the best learning opportunities for our students. This has been exemplified in our guided planning sessions dedicated to planning and programming learning experiences through a differentiated curriculum and a meaningful and relevant assessment process.

Upcoming Events

Primary STEM Festival
K-Y6 Feast of the Assumption Celebrations
Year 1 Father鈥檚 Day Bunnings Workshop
Book Week
Kindy Better Beginnings Incursion
PP-Y2 Assembly – Item Pre Primary Blue

Past Events

The children at 秀秀直播 are continuously engaging in motivating learning experiences that support embedding and enhancing their education. Some highlights from the past two weeks are:

Pre Primary Green Assembly
Pre Primary Landsdale Farm Excursion
Year 3 Green Prayer Assembly
Year 3 Red Assembly
Pre Primary 100 Days of Learning

Speak Up Competition

On Friday 27 July, representatives from each year (Years 3-6) presented a speech on a topic of their choice for the Speak Up competition. Some made people laugh while others were left in wonder. We really enjoyed presenting our speeches to the school and enjoyed all of the encouragement from each other. Even though we had a huge amount of encouragement, we were still pretty petrified on the stage with nothing but a few palm cards in our hand.

It was a phenomenal experience for both of us and it helped us gain valuable public speaking experience, skills we look forward to use in the future. Practice makes perfect; this is what you learn during Speak Up.

During Week 3’s assembly, we were all recognised for our achievements and the three finalists who will be competing against other schools in the Round 1 Speak Up Awards were announced. Congratulations Harry, Aadil and Joshua.

Joshua Do (Year 6) and Leyla Do (Year 5)