14 May 2021 - Newsletter (Vol 38 No 7)
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Principal's Message
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Assistant Principal - Mission - Staff and Student Wellbeing
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Assistant Principal - Learning and Teaching
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Year Coordinators
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English Matters
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Languages
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Literacy Coach
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Library Matters
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The Career Path
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PDHPE in Focus
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Sports Corner
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Open Boys Football
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Girls and Boys Bill Turner Trophy
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Girls League Tag
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Growing Good Men
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Duke of Edinburgh 2021
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Mothers Day
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Term 2 Social "Dance through the Decades"
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Office News
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P & F Association
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Parish School's Office
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Jetty Theatre - Into the Woods
School Improvement Plan and College Goals 2021 - Focus #2
Following on from the last newsletter, this week we focus on our second goal – Mission and Catholic Identity. Remembering that whilst these are aspirational and are driven by our current data, there is room for change as the need arises during the year.
School Improvement Theme: Raising the Bar to build a Culture of Excellence.
MISSION: To accompany staff and students on their faith journey.
Intended Outcome(s):
- Staff and students to have a deeper understanding of and relationship with, the person of Jesus.
- Embed the teachings of the Catholic Church into social justice, peace, and stewardship opportunities within the College.
- Revitalise the importance of liturgy, prayer and worship in the College community.
- Clarify and develop our understanding of Church as Mission to all we serve.
Agreed Measures of Success:
- Greater participation in faith formation opportunities for both staff and students.
- A more prominent role for the Parent Assembly group in contributing to Evangelisation opportunities for the parent body.
- Church social teachings are embedded and discussed in appropriate forums, classes and units of work.
- Staff, students and parents articulate key priorities around the work of Catholic schools and our central call to evangelise.
- A continued increase in positive feedback from faith focused events and other professional development opportunities.
This goal is particularly hard to measure given we are looking at faith development. How do you measure something that can be incredibly personal? The answer isn’t necessarily about measuring it, but, more importantly ensuring that we provide every opportunity for staff students and family to have an encounter with Jesus.
No less than other schools, does the Catholic School pursue cultural goals and the human formation of youth…
BUT
Its proper function is to create for the school community a special atmosphere animated by the Gospel .
A challenge for us all that is central to who we are and how we operate as a Catholic College.
God bless
Michael Carniato
Principal
Raising children is one of the most important jobs together with being the most difficult, stressful and busiest job. Fortunately it can also be one of the most rewarding. It is, however, not all plain sailing. This means we have to be at the top of our game to do the best we can. Looking after yourself helps you do the job well. That’s because looking after yourself physically, mentally and emotionally helps you give your children what they need to grow and thrive. Looking after yourself involves looking after your relationships, your health and your wellbeing.
When you’re focused on looking after children, it’s easy to forget or run out of time to look after these parts of your life. Many of us also have work, extended family and community commitments that don’t allow a great deal of spare time for ourselves. You might sometimes have to navigate bigger challenges like financial issues, health concerns, relationship issues and so on.
You can manage stress by thinking positively, using routines, staying connected with others, and making time for yourself. Even a few minutes alone to drink a cup of tea or walk on the beach can help bring your stress levels down.
Asking family or friends for support – or just talking to others about how you feel – can take the pressure off as well. Asking for help can sometimes be the most difficult action to take.
Looking after yourself is worth it – it’s good for you and good for your children.
Three things make a world of difference to your energy levels and ability to help your children grow and thrive:
- staying active
- eating healthy food
- getting as much rest as you can.
Raising teenagers can sometimes be a little more challenging, which means that it’s just as important to take good care of yourself now as it was when your child was younger. Looking after your physical and mental wellbeing can help you stay calm and consistent, so that you’re better able to deal with challenging times.
Staying positive and keeping things in perspective might help you get through some of the ups and downs of raising teenagers. If you’re having a bad day, or a disagreement with your child, you could try asking yourself, ‘Do we really need to fight about this? Can I let this one go?’ When you let go of the small issues, you save your energy for more important issues like your child’s health, safety and wellbeing.
In this short video, grandparent carers talk about the importance of looking after themselves physically and mentally. They talk about how they make time to exercise, socialise and stay well. They also discuss using respite care and having support from other family members. A family support worker talks about caring for grandchildren when you’re older.
Raising Children - Grandparent carers looking after yourself
Much of the information from this week’s article is from the Raising Children website. Useful information can also be found at the Parenting Ideas website to which the College has a subscription. Please take the time to check these out.
Until next time:
“Be the parent today that you want your kids to remember tomorrow.” ~Unknown
Assistant Principal - Mission
Staff and Student Wellbeing
Changes to Year 7-10 Semester Reports
In recent years our teaching staff have identified our Academic Reports as an area for review. As such a Working Party was established in 2020 to not only review our reports but to make recommendations to our Leaders of Learning. The aim has been to create a reporting system that offers a more effective and efficient way of reporting student progress inline with best practices.
As a result, parents will see several changes to our Semester Reports. These changes will include reporting on a student’s knowledge, understanding and skills based on NESA Common Grade Scale. In addition, teachers will be reporting on Learning Behaviours in class and Recommended Strategies for Improvement.
These changes will come into effect for our Year 7-10 Semester Reports published toward the end of Term 2. A process of feedback will be sought from not only staff but from parents and students.
Parent Student Teacher Conferences
My thanks to the families who were able to commit to attending our recent Parent Student Teacher Conferences. These conferences have included separate nights for teachers of Years 8-12 to discuss the academic progress of each student with parents and their child.
This has been the second year in which the College has been focussing on student led conferences with the following key questions:
- How are you feeling about your progress in this subject?
- Have you tried hard to do your best?
- Have you been distracted/distracting?
- What goals do you have to improve your learning habits and effort?
- What strategies do you need to have in place to support your goals?
- Where can you put more effort in?
Study Skills - Structures for Learning at Home
PARENTS: Many students come home from school and end up just waiting until they might ‘feel’ like doing schoolwork. Or else they drag everything out over the whole night.
A much better way is each night to set allocated times for home learning. Many students find that learning in 20-30 minute blocks works well for them. During this time students should do homework first, then work on any assignments or upcoming tests, then use the rest of the time allocated for schoolwork to complete independent learning activities such as reviewing work they find difficult, making study notes or doing practice questions to build their skills.
All distractions should be removed during this time, so students learn to focus for 20-30 minute blocks of time. It is a great idea to make a timetable of home learning and place it on the fridge so everyone is clear when students are focusing and when they are doing other activities or having free time.
STUDENTS: Some of the benefits for students of having set times allocated for home learning are:
- You are more likely to learn at home if you know when to start and when to end.
- You will be more effective when you remove distractions and learn to focus for 20-30 minute blocks.
- In all the times NOT allocated to schoolwork you can do whatever you like without feeling guilty about it.
- Having set times stops arguments between students and parents as everyone has agreed when the timeslots allocated to students will be.
- You know that you are definitely doing enough work for school.
- Keeping your home learning and personal life separate means you will be able to manage all of the distractions in your life and still complete your work for school.
Study Skills
Learn more this year about how to improve your results and be more efficient and effective with your schoolwork by working through the units on www.studyskillshandbook.com.au. Our College access details are:
Our school’s access details are:
School’s Username – stjohnpaul
School’s password – 89success
In addition, our subscription to Elevate Education may assist in this area.
This online platform contains resources and useful study tips that all SJPC students will find effective. We encourage them to access this Student Portal and try some of the strategies. Students have the password to this site. The password can also be found on the Curriculum Noticeboard.
AMDG
James Furey
Assistant Principal
Learning and Teaching
Year 12
The year continues to rumble along for the Year 12 group and at the moment it’s a case of don’t blink or you’ll miss it.
This week the group have participated in their final school retreat at Bonville Adventure Centre, and it provided many of the special memories they will look back on in years to come.
The fundraising group are hard at work preparing for the Trivia night on Friday 18 June which will be a great night out. I strongly encourage everyone to start organizing a team to challenge the other Trivia whizzes who will be in attendance.
The boys in the year group have taken up their own challenge to participate in a mullet challenge as one of our fundraising initiatives. This will involve the boys refraining from having the back of their hair cut for the next 14 weeks while at the same time meeting a minimum sponsorship target of $5 per week. At half time of the students v teachers basketball game on SJPC day one of the boys will be crowned the Mullet champion; an honour that will no doubt live on in the folklore of the college. After the challenge, the boys will cut and donate their hair to make wigs for the Cancer Council NSW. Follow along with photographic updates each newsletter and support the boys with your donations.
Each Super Wednesday students will have the opportunity to participate in ALARM workshops to help them improve their exam writing techniques. ALARM is a matrix scaffold that enables students to address questions appropriately and understand the marking criteria against which they will be assessed. A big thank you to Jo-Anne Benten for giving up her free time to make this happen and sharing her knowledge will the group.
YEAR 8
Half of Year 8 are currently completing a cross-curricular Stage 4 English/ Drama unit.
This new unit requires students to engage with scripts and playbuilding in order to improve students' understanding of setting and character. The other half of the year group will be completing the unit in Term 3.
Year 8
Students have been looking at the special celebration of Children’s Day in Japan in their classes over the past week. Children’s Day occurs every year on 5th May and the Japanese pray for the good health of their children on this day. One of the important symbols of Children’s Day is the “Koinobori” – carp flags. These are displayed outside homes around the many cities of Japan. Year 8s engaged in an activity where they made their own “koinobori” origami that also serve as chopstick holders.Year 9
Students have been learning how to build sentences in Japanese based around their daily routine. They have learnt the vocabulary as well as the correct word order of a Japanese sentence. In class last week, they took part in a group activity where they had to build sentences including particular vocabulary. The group that constructed the most number of correct sentences in the shortest time earned themselves a point. The winners scored themselves a “hi-chew” as a prize.
Kirsten Binnie
Leader of Learning - Languages
LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT VOCABULARY
Our literacy focus across the SJPC this fortnight is VOCABULARY.
One of the key indicators of students' success in school, on standardised tests, and indeed, in life, is their vocabulary. The reason for this is simply that the knowledge anyone has about a topic is based on the vocabulary of that information (Marzano & Pickering, 2005).
Books and other reading material are the number one way to expose children to a richer vocabulary.
Talking to teenagers about the importance of vocabulary, and learning and retaining new words, is a great starting point to get them to take on some of the responsibility for learning vocabulary and the excitement and power of words.
Typically, a child needs to hear a new word 4 to 12 times before it is added to vocabulary memory. Repeated exposure is one of the best ways to master new words. In addition, for children to actually learn new vocabulary, they need to be able to read it, say it and write it.
Children always have bigger receptive vocabulary than expressive vocabulary: that is, they understand more words than they are able to use. This means that there’s no need to oversimplify the way in which we talk to our children or restrict ourselves to only using the words we know are understood. Teens essentially communicate as adults, with increasing maturity throughout secondary school. They comprehend abstract and figurative language, such as: idioms ("hit the nail on the head,"), similes ("tough as nails,”), metaphors ("she's a night owl,").
Board games like Scrabble, Boggle, Upwords and Scattergories are fun ways to explore and enjoy words. Crossword puzzles and cryptic crosswords help improve vocabulary and enhance cognitive and analytical skills and help the brain to think about words differently.
Make a big deal of language. Positive reinforcement is known to help children learn, so create an environment where vocabulary is praised and celebrated, where conversations are rich and worldly and reading and writing are readily witnessed.
While we advocate reading and writing to enhance vocabulary, there are also many online vocabulary-building sites to help children learn and practice their skills. Free.Rice.com is one such site which starts with easy words and quickly increases in difficulty until a challenging level is reached.
Whatever the avenue, let’s promote vocabulary building and get excited about words.
Maggie Dent is one of Australia’s foremost experts in adolescent boys. Her latest book, From Boys to Men, is an empowering common-sense manual to enable families to thrive while guiding their boys through the bumpy road of adolescence. This book will offer compassionate yet practical advice on how to communicate with your son; help with facilitating healthy relationships and navigating technology and the digital world…among a range of other issues that teenaged boys have to tackle on a daily basis.
Lisa Damour is a clinical psychologist who through her extensive work with teenage girls, has established a blueprint for how girls grow; Untangled describes seven easily recognizable ‘strands’ of transition through childhood to adulthood. Each chapter describes a strand with hints and tips for parents and daughters and even includes a ‘when to worry’ section. Damour provides helpful, practical advice while being sympathetic to the challenges both parents and their daughters are faced with.
Adolescence is a complex and challenging time of life in which parents and teenagers often feel adrift on a sea of competing emotions and behaviors with no life-raft in sight. Brainstorm by renowned neuropsychiatrist, Daniel J. Siegel provides that life-raft by taking the mystery out of why our teenagers behave the way they do as well as giving parents much needed tools and strategies to help guide and empower their children. Siegel explains in an easy to understand way, the science behind adolescent brain development allowing both parents and teenagers to turn conflict into connection and form a deeper understanding of each other. An eye-opening, inspiring book that teens and their parents will benefit from reading separately or together.
National Careers Week 17 – 23 May
National Careers Week is an initiative of the Career Industry Council of Australia and aims to celebrate careers, career development, career development services, and career development practitioners.
Career development is a process of managing learning, work and leisure to progress through life. It includes gaining and using the skills and knowledge needed to plan and make informed decisions about education, training, and work. Everyday decisions and priorities affect career development. Ultimately, career development is about much more than jobs – it is about how to live your life.
SJPC students will be able to participate in Career Trivia via the Daily Notices.
Year 10 Work Experience (7 – 11 June)
This event is approaching fast and students are reminded that their placement paperwork needs to be returned to our school office by Friday 21 May. To clear up any confusion about this, all students in Year 10 who are not attending the Sydney History Excursion in Week 8 are required to participate in work experience.
Charles Sturt University Early Advantage Offer Information Webinar Session
When: Tuesday 18 May 2021, 6:45 pm
An opportunity for students and parents to find out about the Charles Sturt Advantage early offer program. Find out more: Charles Sturt Advantage Webinar
How To Reduce Your Study Notes By 80% - Free Webinar
When: Saturday 22 May 2021, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Do you spend hours writing notes in class or after school, but struggle to remember half of what you wrote a week later? Do you spend almost 80% of all of your studying and class time just writing down notes, bullet points and key points? Maybe you don’t even have time to review all your notes! Or do you not write any notes and just “listen”, or potentially rely on commonplace and partially effective techniques like summary notes?
Note-taking is a surprisingly technical skill. Decades ago, we thought writing more notes was better, but modern research overwhelmingly shows that it’s much more complicated than this! Not writing notes is bad, writing too many notes is bad, and even writing just the right amount of notes can be dramatically more or less effective depending on your techniques.
This webinar will teach you why some notes work, why some notes don’t, and why some notes apparently work and are even taught to students, while research shows that it can even make things worse. After this webinar, you’ll never look at another #studygram post the same way again.
This webinar is for students who are serious about achieving top grades, want to save time, and are keen to learn how to write notes in a style used by top-achieving students in the world’s most demanding universities and schools.
Find out more:
Upcoming Event
21 August 21 - ADFA Open Day: In 2021 this event will be online. More details to follow in future newsletters.
Paul Corsalini
Careers Adviser
Year 11 Exploring Early Childhood
Learning Intentions: Year 11 Exploring Early Childhood had an amazing experience at the Southern Cross University, learning about the many aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. Students were exploring ways to monitor pregnancy,discuss antenatal tests, stages of labour and used a childbirth simulator supported by a midwife professional. This class were also lucky enough to receive a visit from new mum Hannah Haworth and daughter Emi. Hannah did an amazing job explaining the joys and challenges of being a new Mum. A big thankyou to Hannah and Nick and class teacher Ms Istrate for making this happen.
Kurt Marle
Leader of Learning - PDHPE
SJPC Representative Teams sporting success
Diocesan Open Football Championships
In Week 3, Our Open Boys took on the might of Trinity Catholic College from Lismore to see who would be crowned Diocesan Champion for 2021. After a tight game, our boys came away with the win 4 - 1. This means they will represent the Lismore Diocese against the winner from the Armidale Diocese to progress to the finals in Sydney later in the year. Congratulations to all the boys and to the coaches, Mr Rod Abbott and Mr Mark Coster.
NSW Netball Cup Local Round
For the first year ever, our Year 7/8 and 9/10 SJPC Representative Netball teams were able to enter this local Netball Cup event. Despite warm conditions on the day the girls were outstanding in both skill and sportsmanship, coming away undefeated in their respective divisions. The teams will now progress to the Regional Finals in Port Macquarie on 28 July. We congratulate the girls and coaches and wish them well for the next round.
Bill Turner Trophy Football
The rain filled grounds could not hold our Bill Turner Trophy team back from a decisive win 10 - 1 against Orara in round 2 of the competition. The girls looked impressive and displayed their skills to the full in front of a home crowd at SJPC. Well done and good luck in Round 3.
Bill Turner Cup Football
The boys also took on Orara in front of a home crowd on Monday 10 May. Like the girls, the boys took control of the game early on and came away with a convincing win defeating Orara 7 - 2. Congratulations and good luck in Round 3.
For further details about these sporting successes, please see the coaches reports.
Congratulations
- Finn Martin (Year 12) recently travelled to Sydney to trial for the CCC Open Rugby Union side. He was successful in his quest and will now take part in the NSWCCC Rugby camp and NSW All Schools Rugby Championships in the coming months.
- Lila-Yana Moody (Year 11) attended the CCC Open Girls Basketball trials in Sydney and was selected as a member of the team. She will now be eligible to trial for the NSW All Schools Basketball team which competes in Victoria in the School Sport Australia Championships.
Year 9-10 Sport Selections Term 3
The selection process for Term 3 will need to be slightly different to past terms due to a change in access to selection software. As a result, the following process will now be undertaken:
- Wednesday 12 May - Email sent to students and parents with selection options and costings
- Friday 14 May - Google form sent to students and parents with pin. The form is not open at this time.
- Tuesday 18 May - Google form opens for selection at 7am. Parents must insert pin for permission.
- Wednesday 19 May - Sport selections close at 9am.
- Friday 21 May - Invoices will be emailed to parents by this date.
- Friday 4 June - Closing date for payment due back to the College.
- Wednesday 16 June - Absolutely no changes to sporting selections from this date.
* If parents do not receive an email about sport by Friday 14 May, please check your junk email. Should you not receive an email, please contact the College office on Monday 17 May - 66533155, email tanya.slaviero@lism.catholic.edu.au or students can see Mrs Slaviero at school.
* Every term students and parents make contact after the due date to change sport or pay late. This causes a great deal of complications for many people, not in the least bus and venue bookings, as well as staff allocation to sport. For this reason, please understand that once a sport has been selected and an invoice sent out, it may not be possible to change sporting selections. Once the close date passes, students who have not returned their notes and payment will be moved to an on-campus sport.
Coming up |
10 May |
Sport sign up at the Palace open for:
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12 May | Parents and students emailed Google form and pin for Term 3 Sport selections opening on Tuesday |
18 May |
Year 9/10 Sport selections Term 3 Google form opens at 7am |
19 May |
Year 9/10 Sport selections Term 3 Google form closes @ 9am Diocesan Open Basketball, Sportz Central |
20 May |
CCC Open League game v McKillop, Coffs Harbour |
21 May |
Diocesan Cross Country, Grafton CRL Open’s Cup, Geoff King Oval Year 9/10 Sport selection Term 3 invoices emailed home |
27 May |
Country Rugby League Juniors Cup, Geoff King Oval |
31 May |
CCC Tennis, Bathurst (depart 30 May) |
2 June |
Diocesan Junior Football championships, Coffs Harbour |
4 June |
Year 9/10 Sport selection Term 3 payments due TBA - Lismore v Armidale Diocese Football round (Open boys) |
14 - 16 June |
Open Boys and Girls Basketball, Penrith |
15 July |
SJPC Athletics Carnival, Cex Stadium Coffs |
28 July |
Netball Cup NSW Regional Finals, Port Macquarie |
3 August |
Open Boys Hockey, Newcastle |
12 August |
Diocesan Athletics Carnival, Cex Stadium Coffs |
18-19 August |
Open Girls Hockey, Newcastle |
Danielle McAra
Leader of Learning - Sport
The SJPC Open Boys Football side took to the park last week against an always strong Trinity College side from Lismore in the Diocesean playoff final. Trinity had been to this play-off game for the past four years and so we were expecting a tough game.
The winner to be crowned Diocesan Champions.
After some initial words of wisdom and encouragement from the 'Ivan Cleary' of SJPC football, Rod Abbott, our boys sprang out of the boxes to start well. It helped our cause as it seemed like Trinity were ‘still on the bus’ in the first half of the match.
SJPC dominated the first half and created chance after chance, getting out to a 3-0 lead after only 20mins (we even missed a penalty kick in this time).
The new midfield pairing of Taj Buck and Noah Searle dominated the middle and brought our strikers into the game over and over again. They were ablely supported by the wide men Charlie Shipperlee and Rory Green who patrolled the sidelines like men possessed.
It was clearly a case of taking the chances on offer that saw our boys take a comfortable three goal lead into the break. Although a good cushion to have at halftime, the scoreline didn’t relax the coaches at all.
Trinity tried hard to get some goals back to make a game of it in the second half, but the SJPC defence of Couper, Horseman, Ylinen and Kooyman kept repelling their advances so keeper Lex Weiley 'Coyote' had little to do the whole game. The team held on and also managed to score another goal to sail through to the next round with a margin of 4-0.
The SJPC goals were scored by Bennet Bar Reech, along with Ta Buck (x2) and Charlie Shipperlee.
Congratulations goes to all the boys on a fantastic game as well as the way they displayed respect for the opposition, officials and each other, something that this team is built upon. The team now moves on to play the winner of the Armidale Diocese, sometime in the next few weeks with the winner moving into the Quarter final of the statewide knockout competition.
On Monday 10 May SJPC Year 7-9 girls Bill Turner Trophy team played host to Orara High school in round 2 of the annual competition. After the rainfall that occurred in the area on Sunday night the field was wet and muddy but this did not stop the SJPC girls from dominating all game and coming away with a very satisfying 12-1 win. The team will now progress to round 3 and will play the winner of the Woolgoolga High School and Bellingen High School in the coming weeks.
The Year 7-10 boys Bill Turner Cup team had a great win also defeating Orara High School 7-2. As it was the first time the boys had played together they took a bit of time getting to know each other’s game but once the first goal was bagged the rest seemed to roll on. Orara were able to sneak a couple in however, our boys were always in charge of the game. Well done on a great win. Our next match will be a round 3 match against BDC in a couple of weeks. Good Luck Boys!
The Year 9-10 Girls League Tag team were an energetic and enthusiastic group of students. Whilst the team was very diverse in experience, they played well together, each utilising their strengths and skills to find their place and work together as a team.
Our first game saw us up against McAuley Catholic College. The girls implemented the game play we had practiced, which saw Alex score the first try. However, shortly after this McAuley scored. The excellent teamwork and communication throughout this game resulted in Abby scoring shortly after and then Alex scored again. Not only did the girls excel in offence, they also defended in a way that meant McAuley were not able to score again, resulting in a win of 12 - 4.
After this excellent start to the day the girls were excited and full of energy, ready to take on Grafton High School for game two. Within the first few minutes we saw Abby use her agility and speed to dodge the opposition and score the first try, followed by an excellent conversion from Kyah. We then saw Kyah score the next try shortly after. A lapse in defence saw Trinity score, however Zoe, Oak and Ella made sure it didn't happen again. This resulted in a win for our girls with a final score of 10 - 4.
Game three saw us up against Woolgoolga High School. We knew this would be our toughest game of the day and checking the score board prior to this only confirmed that. Woolgoolga had also won all of their prior games by a significant margin. We were lucky enough to have the support of other students from SJPC to come and cheer us on for this game. Woolgoolga came close to scoring on a number of occasions, although Libby and Ore managed to stop them every time. The tough competition in this game resulted in a 0-0 draw.
Our final game was against Melville High School, the girls equipped themselves with fair play and determination and took the field. This was an outstanding game for all of our girls, although Bella, Abby and Mia each managed to score to bring home a solid win for the day resulting in a score of 12 - 0.
It was a pleasure to coach such a pleasant, thoughtful and determined group of young ladies. Throughout the entire day they showed excellent sportsmanship and respect towards the other players, coaches and referees. All members of this team should be very proud of their efforts and the way in which they represented our College.
Team members: Zoe Bohm, Libby Waugh, Oak Greenaway, Alexandra Nealand, Ella Klinkers, Mia Mckeon, Bella Morrison, Abby Stokes, Ore Olutayo, Kyah Sarvariv.
Lauren Woodward
Year 9 Coordinator / Coach
What: An experiential-based program which encourages and enables fathers and sons to strengthen their relationships and explore important issues of growing into manhood.
Who: Fathers and their sons aged from 12-16 with the optimal age being 13-14 years old.
Where: PGL Kindilan Adventure Camp Redland Bay, QLD
When: June 25-27, 2021 (Starts 6:30pm on the Friday and concludes after lunch on Sunday.
Cost: $380 for father and son together and includes two nights of accommodation, meals and activities.
Why: Because our society needs Good Men more than ever!
*More information:
- Growing Good Men: Growing Good Men Brochure
- Please contact the organisers directly via contacts on the brochure or Tim Davis at SJPC as he will be attending as part of the facilitating team.
- There may be an opportunity to carpool to the camp and back.
- If finance is holding you back please contact Tim Davis to discuss possible support
- strategies.
The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme is underway and all participants are busy getting active and learning new skills.
Dancing, fishing, coaching and guitar playing are some of the skills that our participants are taking part in and we were lucky enough to get to try some of Ella’s amazing cake that she had decorated as part of her skills development program.
Thank you to the many mothers, grandmothers and carers who supported the annual College Mother’s Day Breakfast. With great company, scrumptious food, superb weather and an outstanding array of talent on display it certainly was a recipe for success. Our mums (& mother figures) are often the unsung heroes of society and it is important that we take time out to thank them for this and the many roles they play in our lives.
Thanks also to the staff who contributed to the organisation of the day as well as the wonderful music students and department who supplied the music for the morning.
Missing Items
From time to time student’s items go missing at the College. This is a very frustrating situation for parents, students and staff. In future year meetings and homeroom time students will be reminded of the following:
(i) It is not acceptable to use/take other peoples equipment without their knowledge.
(ii) All student clothing should be clearly labelled with a permanent marker. Other pieces of equipment (calculators etc) should be labelled in the best way possible.
(iii) Do not be a bystander. If you see something, report it to a teacher.
Parents can be of assistance with these matters by questioning their children if different pieces of schooling equipment arrives at home.
By following these directions life at school will be better for all.
Any individual concerns by students can be addressed for follow up via their Home Room teacher each morning, their Year Coordinator, Leader of Pastoral Care or Assistant Principal for assistance.
Students arriving late
If a student arrives after the homeroom bell, they must sign in at the Office. Within 7 days, Parents/Carer can provide a note, email or phone the College to explain a late arrival. After this date the student's absence will be marked as an unexplained unjustified absence and will be shown on the student's school report.
Students leaving early
If a student needs to leave the College early, a note or email must be provided to the office. A phone call is not accepted. The note must clearly state the student's name, homeroom, time and reason for an exit pass. If the student returns to the College later in the day, they must sign back in at Office.
Feeling sick
If a student feels unwell, they must go directly to the Office to be seen by a First Aid Officer. The Office staff will contact a Parent/Carer requesting the student to be collected.
St Augustine’s Parish OSHC Position Vacant
Coffs Harbour parish is looking for an Administration Support person for its Out of School Hours Care service located at St Augustine’s Primary School, Coffs Harbour.
The position will provide a career in administration and accounting with this dynamic child care service that serves not only the school community but the Coffs Harbour community at large.
The important skills and experience for candidates to have are past experience in office administration, accounting skills (the service uses the Xero accounting package) and ability to work as part of a team in a busy office environment.
The position is part time, four days per week at 6 hours per day with the possibility of additional casual hours as an OSHC Educator.
Please contact Krystal Morris at cofhp-oshc@lism.catholic.edu.au or 0499 933 161 for enquiries, access a role description and to submit your application.
We will be accepting applications until Monday 31 May 2021.