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‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’ Matthew 28:18-20听

This month we have been celebrating May as the month of Mary. Earlier this week, Mr Nelson鈥檚 Year 11 PCG team led us in a crowning ceremony of Mary, to recognise her special place in our community. You can watch the ceremony . 

Here is a short prayer that you might like to pray or share with others over the week. 

Dear God, 

As we gather together in this month of May, we ask for the intercession of Mary, the Mother of Jesus and our spiritual mother. We thank you for the gift of her love, compassion, and guidance, which continues to inspire us and lead us closer to you. 

We pray for ourselves and each other, that we may be blessed with wisdom, strength, and grace as we seek lead and serve our school community. May we be guided by Mary’s example of humility, obedience, and faith, and may we always seek to put the needs of others before our own. 

We ask that Mary intercede for us in all our endeavours. May she help us to be faithful witnesses to your love and mercy, and may she guide us towards a deeper relationship with you. 

We offer this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.  

Amen. 

Year 3 and Year 4 Retreats听

Over the past two weeks, students in Year 3 and Year 4 have had the opportunity to participate in a Sacramental Retreat, presented by 24:7 Youth Ministry. The students have been learning about the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist in their classrooms, and the retreats were a fantastic opportunity to deepen their understanding of the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. We keep our Year 3 and Year 4 students in our prayers as they receive the sacraments this year. Some of our students have prepared reflections on their day.听

 I loved all the activities, especially the one when we cut the paper cup into pieces and we had to put them back together. This helped show us that it is hard when we break the rules, but we can say sorry and make friends again. – Leo Andrezejewski 

I learnt that sometimes your decisions can affect people around you and Reconciliation is a time when you say sorry for the mistakes you make. I loved the game which helped us learn about Reconciliation and the games where we linked arms. – Emily Anderson 

The Reconciliation Retreat was a fantastic day and we all had lots of fun. I learnt that you can always become friends with people again if you are kind and caring and say sorry. – Chanel Italiano 

Marist Connect Night听

Last night, some of our senior students joined students from St Joseph鈥檚 School in Northam for our Marist Connect night. These are held once every term and are a good chance for the young people of our College to connect with other students from Marist communities. The theme of the evening was perspectives, and how we can take the time to be more aware of ourselves and those around us. This helps lead us to be curious about others rather than judgemental and to try and understand others rather than enter into conflict. It was also a good time for students to take some time out from the very busy and sometimes stressful time of exam preparation and instead just connect with their friends while forming new relationships. A big thanks to our Izzy from Marist Youth Ministry for her support in coordinating and leading the evening.听

LifeLink Launch

Yesterday, Mrs Peters and I travelled with a group of students to Aranmore Catholic College for the launch of the Archbishop鈥檚 LifeLink Appeal for 2023. Led by the Archbishop of Perth, Timothy Costelloe, and Director of Catholic Education Western Australia Dr. Debra Sayce, the day was a great opportunity to better understand some of the work of LifeLink, as well as engage in some conversation about what it means to be part of the Church today. Students had the chance to discuss a number of contemporary issues including how we can make the Church inviting to those living on the margins of society, and the example we can draw from the words and actions of Pope Francis. It was a wonderful event, and we are looking forward to hosting the Primary Schools Launch here at 秀秀直播 in just a few weeks time.听

Year 8 Game Changers Retreat听

On the 9th of May, the Year 8 game changers group had the opportunity to take a day away from school to develop their leadership and team-building skills, and also to reflect on the importance of relationships in their lives. We kicked the day off with a few games to help the students get to know each other, then their teamwork skills were put to the test when they were challenged with 3 mini-workshops, including one that required them to build a tower from marshmallows and pasta! After lunch, and a reminder of Mother Mary鈥檚 relationship with her friend Elizabeth, the Game Changers group were given the opportunity to reflect on their own relationships with their family and friends and the importance of such relationships throughout their lives. Thus, by the end of the retreat, this small group of students had some huge ambitions to work together and create a better school environment for the year ahead! – Izzy Ochtman (Marist Youth Ministry & Youth Chaplain)听

Upcoming Events

Thursday 25 May 鈥� Year 5 & 6 Liturgy 

Tuesday 30 May 鈥� Game Changers Meeting (Years 7-10) 

Wednesday 31 May 鈥� Year 10 Mass 

Thursday 1 June 鈥� Marian Campus Liturgy (St. Cecilia鈥檚 Church 9.00am) 

Community Mass听听

A reminder that the whole College community is warmly invited to join us in the Champagnat Chapel at 8.10am on Thursday mornings for Mass celebrated by one of our local Parish Priests and hosted by our students from Marcellin and Lavalla.   

Please see the upcoming schedule for the next two weeks:  

Thursday 25 May, Romero and 3 Red 

Thursday 1 June , MacKillop and 6 Green 

We look forward to seeing you there.  

Dear Parents and Guardians

Welcome to our first newsletter for Term Two, I hope that you had a safe and restful break with family and friends over Easter.

It is with great excitement that I write this newsletter as the new Principal of 秀秀直播.听 I am honoured to become part of this community which has already given me such a warm welcome.听 I am looking forward to becoming acquainted with students, families and getting to know the diverse 秀秀直播 Community, finding out the strengths and talents of our students and helping our teachers to support our students in their learning journeys.听

I would like to thank Dr Lucie McCrory who was acting Principal in Term One.  Her professionalism and leadership was exemplary and to be commended as it was a very challenging term.  Mr Simon Martino supported Dr McCrory as acting Vice Principal and also showed exceptional leadership. 

I would also like to welcome new staff members and families to the College Community.  Best wishes for the term ahead and I trust the Marist experience will be a rewarding one.

Formation Day

Staff from 秀秀直播, Bunbury Catholic College and St Joseph鈥檚 Northam gathered at 秀秀直播 on Monday 24 April for a joint Marist Formation Day. 

In 2023, we are invited by our Marist theme 鈥� Created and Called: a revolution of love and tenderness, to look at our lives and to see how we might better be the people that God has created and called us to be, the Marist Formation Team focused on this on the day.

Anzac Service

ANZAC ceremonies were held on Wednesday 26 April at each of the campuses. Each of the ceremonies highlighting the significance and importance of ANZAC day. We remembered and gave thanks for those women and men who served and for those they left behind.   The students led a respectful and reverent service and I sincerely thank the staff and students who were involved.  I also had the opportunity to speak with the students briefly and share my support of them in their 秀秀直播 journey. One message that I want them to hear is that their personal best in whatever they do is always good enough, and it should be shared and celebrated

Y7-Y9 Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent, Teacher, Student interviews provide a formal opportunity for teachers and parents to discuss student achievements and progress.  Feedback was given along with actionable steps for students to meet their goals.  The hybrid model of both face-to face and online via Teams was well received by families

Y7-Y12 Guild Cross Country Carnival

Our annual Year 7 to Year 12 Cross Country was completed on Friday, it was fantastic to see so many enthusiastic runners on the day. Congratulations to all the students who participated,there were some superb performances. Thank you to the PE staff who organised the day and the students for their participation and efforts.  It was a fantastic day.

Year 12 Tie Ceremony

On Monday, Year 12 gathered in the Champagnat Chapel to receive their ties. This was another milestone moment in their 秀秀直播 Journey and we took a moment to consider the significance of this event.

Year 6 Camp

The camp is a milestone event in the life of a Year 6 and both the students and staff entered into the adventure with great spirit and unity. I am sure Year 6 will have many stories to share and cherish from the great learning and community experiences they encountered on camp. Thank you to our staff, Delia Kretzman, Robyn Hatchett, Sarah Dalton, Justin Kirry, Marnie Fitzpatrick, Stuart McClorey, Marnie Fitzpatrick, Kathy Biancuzzo and Ryan von Bergheim who attended and for the work they did to make this a truly memorable event for all.

Events Ahead

We look forward to significant events occurring within the next few weeks which include Years 9-10 Singapore Immersion Trip departing this Saturday, Mother’s Day celebrations on Thursday 11 May and Friday 12 May, Years 7-12 Principal鈥檚 Assembly on Wednesday 17 May and Years 11-12 Marist Connect Night scheduled on Thursday 18 May.

Wishing our families all the best for the weeks ahead.

Andrew Watson

PRINCIPAL

I trust that students and families were able to enjoy down time during the Term 1 holidays and that students returned to school with a renewed sense of vitality, ready to embrace both the joys and the challenges of Term 2.   

Over the break I had the absolute pleasure and privilege of attending the Marist Pilgrimage 2023. The experience saw 30 Marists from across the country spend three weeks overseas retracing the stories of the Old and New Testament in Jerusalem surrounds, the Old City, Jordan, Palestine and Bethlehem. We then followed in Marcellin鈥檚 footsteps across Rome and France. Each place and space had its own unique energy and emotion associated with it, which opened a deeper insight into my Christian faith, the Marist heart, and our spiritual stories. A pilgrimage of this nature can be experienced as the fifth Gospel, completing the spiritual understanding, and that was certainly the case for me.  

Highlights of the first part of the pilgrimage included visiting the town of Magdala, where Mary Magdalene is suggested to have come from. The presence in the Chapel of the Encounter was particularly moving, as was celebrating the eucharist in Jesus鈥� tomb. Visiting Marcellin鈥檚 hometown and sitting at the Marist table in Lavalla were powerful experiences.  

We had an audience with the Pope and enjoyed our time learning about the future Marist global intuitions with the Brothers in the Marist General House in Rome, led by Brother Ernesto Sanchez, Superior General. The pilgrims spent a week in the first official Marist home of L鈥橦ermitage in 
St-Chamond, France, which felt like home away from home. The Brothers鈥� welcoming hospitality across the three countries was warm and inviting.   

The pilgrimage was a spiritually nurturing experience that will no doubt lead to sustained friendships and significant encounters that will stay with me for life.

Singapore Immersion 6 to 13 May

秀秀直播 recognises the challenge and importance of creating resilient, global thinkers; students who are agile, collaborative, and embracing of the demands of our modern world.  I am delighted the College are once again able to facilitate this Project Based Immersion in collaboration with Republic Polytechnic Singapore. We have 18 students across Years 9 and 10 who will be immersed in classes facilitated at the Polytechnic where their learning and metacognition (thinking about thinking) will be challenged. This experience will ultimately provide the participants with skills they can apply to their learning within the setting of 秀秀直播 and beyond the College walls.  

We wish the students and accompanying teachers a safe journey and look forward to sharing their experiences upon their return. Thank you to Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning Mrs Beth Murphy for leading the immersion and to Digital Innovator Mr Joel Kandiah, Digital Integrator Cate McKnight and teacher Adeline Hendriks for your efforts in attending the immersion.  

Uniform Review and Alignment Committee 鈥� Expression of Interest  

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are being sought to join the Uniform Review and Alignment Committee.  By 2025 all students PK-12 will be on one site, and it is important to have alignment of our uniform.  The College will therefore be auditing our current uniform items across the College.  It is essential we receive EOI鈥檚 from a broad range of parents, PK-12, to form this committee.  We encourage you to by Friday 12 May.  The committee will be announced as soon as possible after this day. 

School Photos

Please ensure students are well-groomed and ready for their Year Group鈥檚 scheduled photo days.  Order envelopes with details on ordering procedures have been distributed to students.  Students are required to bring their envelopes to school on their scheduled photo day, regardless of whether an order has been made.

Staffing 

We welcome the following new staff to the College, Matthew Brown 鈥� Arts Technician and Joaquin Connelly 鈥� Education Assistant. And welcome back Janet March and Rosalia Testa as they return after their time away.  

Catholic Performing Arts Festival

We have a very exciting performance opportunity this year and we invite our 秀秀直播 Music Students Years 4 鈥� 12 to participate.

Catholic Performing Arts Festival is an annual event which provides Year 4 鈥� 12 students an opportunity to perform on any instrument they have been learning and be provided with feedback from a professional musician in the industry. They can perform as a soloist or duet, attached is the calendar details outlining the dates for each available section to enter. The 秀秀直播 ensembles will be entered at the discretion of the ensemble director.

We have a very short timeline to enter these applications, and therefore if you would like to participate, please:

1. Notify your tutor and they will complete your online entry form (if you are receiving Music Tuition from 秀秀直播)

OR

2. Email Selena Barrett or Aleisha Dows our Music administrator, by Tuesday May 2^nd听with the following details:

• Solo Performers Name
• Teachers Name
• Teachers Email
• Student Year Levels
• Item Name
• Item Duration (MM:SS)
• Item Composer/Arranger

We encourage all students from Years 4 鈥� 12 to participate, as it is a wonderful opportunity to grow and develop as a performer. Click here for a draft calendar.

CODE OF CONDUCT

I hope everyone has had a wonderful first two weeks to begin the term. We were very fortunate as a staff to commence our term with the Marist Life Formation team where we undertook a faith formation day alongside our other Marist communities from Western Australia 鈥� Bunbury Catholic College and St. Joseph鈥檚 School Northam. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to reflect on our Marist theme for 2023 and to gather together as one Marist Community. 

May the month of Mary 

This week marks the beginning of May, the month of Mary. This is an especially important time for our Marist community, with Mary playing such a pivotal role in the formation of the Marist Brothers. 

Many people may be unaware, but when Marcellin Champagnat first went to school as a child, he only stayed one day due to the cruel nature of his teachers. He left to work at home with his Dad instead and was able to do some learning with his mother.  

Years later, when Champagnat was ordained as a priest, he knew that he wanted to make Jesus Christ known and loved to young people everywhere and to provide an education to those in his community. However, having remembered his own time at school, Champagnat was determined to create a different experience for his students. Following his ordination, Champagnat travelled with a group of his friends to Fourvi猫re in Lyon where at the feet of Mary, they promised to establish the Society of Mary (which later became the 鈥楲ittle Brothers of Mary鈥� or the 鈥楳ary-ists鈥� and eventually the Marists). Champagnat and his brothers dedicated themselves and all their good works to Mary. They wanted to educate children in the way of Mary 鈥� showing compassion and gentleness to the young people in their community. In this way, to be Marist means to be a disciple of Mary. The month of May is the perfect time to remember this and reflect on this throughout the month. I hope everyone can take some time to reflect on where they see Mary working in their lives. 

2023 Marian Lecture

Each year, the Marist Association hosts a Marian Lectue 鈥� an opportunity for the community to come together to share in a message of hope and share in conversation around a particular theme or topic.  

The 2023 Marian Lecture features a conversation with Dr. Medi Volpe about our Marist theme for 2023: A revolution of love and tenderness. This 1-hour lecture is a great opportunity to understand our Marist theme and to better understand how we can bring to life a revolution of love and tenderness in our own lives. This lecture is a live-streamed event and is open to all members of our community, including the general public.  

Participants can enrol via the form below, and have the option of watching from home, or gathering together with other participants at the 秀秀直播 Auditorium.  

You can register your intent to attend via the Microsoft Form below, which in turn will be registered with the Marist Association.  

We look forward to sharing in this event very soon! 

Mother鈥檚 Day Mass 

Families are warmly welcome to attend our Mother鈥檚 Day mass celebrations next week. We look forward to welcoming all of our mothers and mother figures and celebrating their contributions to our community.

Marist Theme Art Competition 

Students and families should keep an eye out for information coming shortly about an upcoming Art competition based on our Marist Theme for 2023. 

Students will be invited to submit a piece of artwork that reflects the Marist theme for 2023 鈥� Created & Called: A revolution of love and tenderness. There will be categories for students from PK鈥�12 with prizes for award winners. Winning entries and honourable mentions will be showcased at our PK-12 Arts Festival later in the year.  

We are looking forward to sharing details soon and seeing lots of excellent entries! 

Year 9 Game Changers Retreat 

On the 28^th of May, a wonderful group of Year 9 Game Changers students assembled at St Joseph鈥檚 Church in Subiaco for their Regional Retreat Day.  The students chose to begin the day with a beautiful Mass led by Monsignor Kevin, before meeting up with Issy, their Marist Youth Ministry MC for the day. From there, the group discussed the meaning and role of simplicity in their lives and how we, as Marists, are encouraged to live in the present. As Albus Dumbledore once said, 鈥淚t does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live!鈥� The students then explored the importance of solidarity and how they can contribute to this in not only their own communities but also the wider global community, even if it鈥檚 just in small steps. In summary, the Year 9 Game Changers had a fun yet reflective day and, by the end, had bonded closer as a youth group and become excited to 鈥榗hange the game鈥� for the year ahead. 

Izzy Ochtman 鈥� Marist Youth Ministry & Youth Chaplin 

Year 10 Game Changers Retreat 

This morning, the Year 10 Game Changers students set off to St. Joseph鈥檚 Subiaco to take part in their final La Valla Retreat Day. In the spirit of embracing our journey, students studied the symbol of the compass, and reflected on their personal North鈥檚, East/West鈥檚, and South鈥檚 (Goals, distractions, and significant past experiences). This symbol will be used to remind the Year 10鈥檚 that it is the compasses needle (people whom we can look to for guidance) that will make it a lot easier to find our True North. The day provided a safe and relaxing space for the students to reflect deeply on their lives moving forward, as we know many big decisions lie ahead for them! 

Izzy Ochtman 鈥� Marist Youth Ministry & Youth Chaplin 

Upcoming Events 

• Tuesday 9 May 鈥� Year 8 Game Changers Retreat 
• Thursday 11 May 鈥� Year 3 Reconciliation Retreat 
• Tuesday 16 May 鈥� 2023 Marian Lecture 
• Thursday 18 May 鈥� Year 4 Eucharist Retreat 
• Thursday 18 May 鈥� Secondary LifeLink Launch 
• Thursday 18 May 鈥� Year 11 & 12 Marist Connect Evening 

Community Mass 

A reminder that the whole College community is warmly invited to join us in the Champagnat Chapel at 8.10am on Thursday mornings for Mass celebrated by one of our local Parish Priests and hosted by our students from Marcellin and Lavalla.  

Please see the upcoming schedule for the next two weeks: 

• Thursday 11 May, Chisolm and Year 3 Blue (Mother鈥檚 Day) 
• Thursday 18 May, Camara and Year 4 Blue  

We look forward to seeing you there