Week 2 Term 2 - 6 May 2022

Dear Parent/Carer

‘We are His people, the sheep of His flock’
 Psalm 99:1-3,5

Our first two weeks back for the term have certainly been very busy ones. We have honoured ANZAC Day with a magnificent student-led ceremony. We had our Cattle Team attend the Wauchope, Kempsey and Macksville shows with outstanding results and had our ‘Day in the Life’ experience for interested Year 7, 2023 students along with our Twilight Open Day - both of which were extremely successful.

What was impressive about each of these activities was the interest students had to take part. All of the activities involved student volunteers who wanted to contribute to the College and be a part of something valuable. This sets a tone across the College, a standard of expectation that this school community is only strong when students are involved and engaging in all areas of College life. I continue to be enormously proud of our students, their willingness to ‘have a go’ and their wish to be aspirational in all they do.

At our assembly this week we applauded a selection of students on their academic successes. The ‘Let your Light Shine’ award recognises academic achievement across the semester and I note the many high academic performances of our students across all year levels. They should all be very proud of the work they have done.

The VET - AGED CARE human services course continues to create interest in our local area. I am pleased to communicate that VINCENT COURT has appointed four trainees from St Paul’s for this year. I congratulate Brooke Daniels, Hunta Crilley, Shelby Mitchell and Emily Parmenter who have secured these positions. I also note that several Aged Care facilities across our region have reached out to the College with a view to appoint other students within this course. This is a wonderful result for St Paul’s and the region.

The College is now finalising assessment and marking leading to the writing of Reports and Family Academic Conversations. Please note that the staff are very keen to welcome you all back to the College to discuss the progress of your children - we have missed this important dimension of school life enormously.

The College has a huge responsibility in demonstrating academic and pastoral care of all students. This can only be achieved in partnership with families and our face to face gatherings ensure that this continues to be guaranteed.

Kind regards

Mr David JOHNS   B.Ed., Cert. Gifted Ed., Grad. Cert. Adol. Health and Welfare, M.Ed. (Ed Lead), M.Ed. (Theol) 

Principal

david.johns@lism.catholic.edu.au

NAPLAN will be run at the College next week: Tuesday 10 - Friday 13 May inclusive.

Year 7 will sit NAPLAN during Period 2 (10.15am - 11.20am) every day Tuesday - Friday.

Year 9 will sit NAPLAN during Period 4 (12.40pm - 1.45pm) every day Tuesday - Friday.

There will be a limited number of opportunities for students to 'catch up' missed NAPLAN tests, however we strongly encourage you to avoid your child missing the scheduled times above.

Every student in Year 7 and Year 9 will need to bring the following EVERY DAY:

1. Headphones or earbuds - these MUST NOT BE WIRELESS; and
2. A fully charged device; please ensure devices are charged every night.

Please note we do NOT have any spare device chargers or headphones/earbuds available for loan.

Changes have been made to the Close Contact guidelines:

Staff and students who are close contacts and have NO symptoms may continue to attend school if they follow the guidelines below:

Notify the College that they are a close contact and will be attending school following these guidelines -

• Conduct a daily rapid antigen test (RAT) and return a negative result each morning before attending school for 5 school days.
• Secondary school students must wear a mask indoors (except when eating or exercising).

Masks and RAT kits for student use can be provided by the College, if required.

Please note:

• No student or staff member identified as a close contact will be permitted to participate in overnight excursions, including school camps.
• No apprentices, trainees or students on placement or staff member identified as a close contact will be permitted to attend settings identified as high risk by NSW Health (healthcare, aged care, disability care or correctional facilities)
• Any visitor to the College who is a close contact is required to advise the College that they are a close contact before they come on site. These visitors should conduct a daily RAT and return a negative result before attending. They must also wear a mask indoors at all times.

Remember: staff and students cannot attend school if they are showing any symptoms of COVID-19. If symptoms occur at any time, students should not attend school and should undertake a rapid antigen test (RAT).

Outside of these necessary isolations students are expected to attend school every day unless they are otherwise unwell or have a different justifiable reason.

Positive COVID Cases
If a student or staff member receives a positive RAT or PCR test, they need to:

• Record the positive result through the Service NSW website or Service NSW app – please add details of St Paul’s when prompted
• Notify the school of the positive RAT or PCR test result as soon as possible and
  follow NSW Health advice to isolate for 7 days.

Masks

Masks are not mandatory for staff and students in high schools. Staff and students will be supported to wear a mask if they choose to do so. Mask wearing is mandatory for staff and high school students returning to school as close contacts for 5 school days. Where students or staff are unable to wear a mask, they will be supported to learn or work remotely.

Remember: masks continue to be mandatory on public transport. This applies to students aged 12 years and older, and staff when travelling to and from school and during school excursions by public transport or by chartered transport services.

Please be advised that the term dates have been amended for Term 4.

All Year 6 students in the Macleay and Nambucca Valleys who have registered to attend our 'A Day in the Life of a St Paul's Catholic College Student' on Thursday 26 May have been emailed vital information regarding the day - if you did not receive this, please email kmps@lism.catholic.edu.au

Student Drivers

As a result of the increase in the number of College staff, the current building works and the requirement of car parking for families across our enrolment period - students who make the decision to drive to school are not permitted to park within the College grounds, including the car parks inside our Sea St and North St gates.

Ample parking is available on the street, in close proximity to the school and students are directed to park there please. Our staff come and go across the College day, at times with resources, and need close proximity to school buildings. It is hoped that more parking will be available when our building programme concludes, later in the year. 

College Administration

Celebrating Catholic Schools Week, 2-6th May

Catholic Schools Week is a time to celebrate our shared faith, educational excellence and the importance of every student. Catholic Schools offer an educational foundation for living life to the full through the development of the student’s spiritual, intellectual, physical, moral and emotional growth. Community, Care and Compassion is the theme for 2022. St Paul’s is a place that embodies this theme.

At St Paul’s this week we celebrated through prayer with Pastoral Care group and by sharing our gifts and talents with the College community in a showcase assembly. Our assembly highlighted how we continue to live out our motto of “Let our light shine”. So many parents, students, and staff have been involved in community activities that have taken hours of commitment and for this we say, thank you. We are truly blessed for this partnership and for the continued support of all that we do at St Paul’s.

We would also like to acknowledge the dedication and leadership that Fr James Foster, our Parish Priest has provided us and wish him a very happy special birthday this week.

Team of the Month

This month we could not pick an individual student to highlight due to the outstanding effort of the entire Agriculture Team. Many hours of hard work and dedication, mostly out of school time, has been the key to this successful team. The commitment and loyalty of Mr Graham Bramley, Mrs Lisa Frewin and Nigel Flanagan and all the parents and students is to be commended. Congratulations again on such outstanding results in the many Regional Shows over the last month.

The Rich History of the College

It is very important as we celebrate Catholic Schools week that we remember our College’s history. St Paul’s College has a rich history of Catholic education, serving the needs of students in the Macleay and Nambucca Valleys and surrounding communities.

Established in 1965 by the Catholic community of the Macleay Valley, it was initially staffed by the Christian Brothers and educated boys from Year 5 to 4th Form.
November 1973 marked the opening of the girls’ school on the eastern side of the boys’ school.  It was managed by the Sisters of Mercy.  St Paul’s and St Pius X High School (the girls’ school) were administered separately but shared the library and science facilities. 

The College reached its final structure in 1980, when the two Catholic high schools amalgamated to form Macleay Regional Catholic High School. However, in 1985, the school reverted to its original name of St Paul’s College and adopted the motto, ‘Let Your Light Shine‘.

Our Parishes

We are blessed to be supported by two wonderful parish communities here at St. Paul’s College. I would invite and encourage you to have a look at their respective websites (by clicking on the links below) to find out about ways to connect with parish life, including to find out Mass times:

Mrs Bronwyn Shipton - Assistant Principal - Mission and Wellbeing

bronwyn.shipton@lism.catholic.edu.au

Why is Term 2 so important at St Paul’s for Years 10, 11 & 12?

A new school term has begun and I have been recently interested in the conversations regarding the cooler mornings. I have spent the past years in the beautiful tablelands cities of Armidale and Bathurst and rejoiced as I reviewed their evening temperatures in the sub zeros compared to the beautiful Macleay Valley, however I am reminded that such changes in the day also supports the beginning of Term 2 in the school year. Term 2 provides so many opportunities for students, and staff and parents are critical in working within this partnership as the term continues.

This week I am proposing some important markers for students in Years 10, 11 & 12 for Term 2 (don’t worry Years 7-9, keep working hard and there is plenty for review in the next newsletter):

Year 12- Term 2 presents no formal assessment period, this can be a trap for students as they continue to work through HSC content while also preparing for the major Trial HSC exams in Term 3. There are critical HSC assessment tasks due in Term 2 with increased weightings. Each Year 12 student must have a simple plan for Term 2- what are the dates for each of my tasks due in Term 2; how will I prepare, for eg, what content notes have I got to prepare with; what past HSC questions/marking criteria/marker feedback are relevant to the task; I must be in each class to attack this task; I must send drafts to my teacher prior to the task for best preparation.

Every minute counts in class during Term 2 as well as using each evening towards revision to better prepare for the task ahead.

Year 11- the first term of the Prelim course is over, great work! Term 2 presents a more formal assessment period which requires best study habits- how are my notes organised per subject; what assessment is due in Term 2; do I have an organised study plan each night to build towards Term 2 assessment; if I can’t organise the points above, who do I turn to-the answer is so many talented staff at St Paul’s: your teachers, your PC teacher, Mrs Green, Mrs Littlejohn, Mrs Tovey, Mrs Shipton, Mr Melville, Mr Johns- there is an impressive list of committed staff willing to help you.

The Term 2 assessment will allow us all (student, parent, teacher) to have good conversations regarding the progress in Year 11 prior to the HSC year beginning.

Year 10- I have been very impressed with Year 10 this year, there is great energy and support within this group. During this term I will be outlining the process towards the selection of subjects for the HSC in November 2023, that’s not too far away! The basis of subject selection at St Paul’s for Year 11 in 2023 will be a review of each student’s efforts during their Years 7-10 subjects. How did those experiences form future choices, St Paul’s will invite individual student discussion (with their parents) on their first four years of school and how that shapes the next two years. The most important information will be each student’s efforts in the classroom in 2022, again every minute counts as we prepare for the senior years of secondary school.

I would be very pleased to speak to students and their parents regarding these matters this term, please contact me at geoffrey.melville@lism.catholic.edu.au

Mr Geoffrey Melville - Assistant Principal - Learning and Teaching

geoffrey.melville@lism.catholic.edu.au

Anzac Day was commemorated by St Paul’s College students at ceremonies throughout the Macleay and at a special event at the College on Tuesday 26 April.

A large contingent of students marched in the Kempsey and Macksville ceremonies with students also participating in ceremonies in areas including South West Rocks and Crescent Head.

The ceremony at St Paul's College was attended by all students. A special guest was Army veteran and College parent, Gerald Hoskins. Gerald, whose grandfather fought in World War II, served for 23 years in the army after joining in 1990. Gerald, said that for him Anzac Day was a time to commemorate those who were lost and to celebrate the freedoms we have today. He said his main message for students was to be grateful - be grateful for the freedoms you enjoy.

He said he is a great advocate for careers in the defence forces as you create life-long, close friendship bonds in the forces.

Veteran Gerald Hoskins talking with students after the ceremony at St Paul’s College

St Paul’s students in the Kempsey March

St Paul's students who are Air Force Cadets - Emma Miller, Mackenzie Healey and Carmen Wittich

St Paul's students at the Macksville March

Max Farrell who performed the Last Post at St Paul’s

Ricki Saunders - Canteen Manager

Clancy Prior 10, Isabel De Jager Yr 10, Brianna O'Donnell Yr 9,  Reagan O'Donnell Yr 10 and former student Jensen Shields

Ag Team members parading cattle in wet conditions at the Wauchope show

Reagan O'Donnell Yr 10 leads her limousin heifer Back Creek Savannah to the showring for judging at Wauchope show

Josh Poe Yr 10 being sashed with the winning entry, a Limousin heifer, Back Creek Symphony in the led steer competition. In 2nd is Brianna O'Donnell Yr 9 with her Charolais Hereford x Steer

Harriet Shield Yr 8 and a Hereford x Charolais steer students have prepared for competition

Rylee Barbour Yr 7 parading her Limousin heifer Back Creek Jellybean at the Wauchope show

Isabel De Jager Yr 10 parades a steer at Wauchope in her first show

Dylan Hine Yr 9 enters the show ring with his Limousin steer in his first cattle competition

Jorja Barnett Yr 10 parades her British White steer at Wauchope show

St Paul's Ag Team in the Grand Parade at the Wauchope Show

Brianna O'Donnell Yr 9 with a Devon Steer bred at the College that she has prepared for competition

Chase Rosten Yr 8 and a Brahman steer he has bred on his own farm and prepared over the past few months for the shows

Wilton Townsend Yr 7 entering the showring with a steer he has prepared with Clancy Prior

India Dowling Yr 11 in her first ever show with a Murray Grey Steer she has helped prepare for competition

Agriculture Students Shine at the Kempsey Show

The involvement of parents was a key factor in the outstanding success achieved by St Paul’s Catholic College Agriculture Team at the Kempsey Show held on 26 and 27 April.

Twenty one students, from all years, participated in a variety of events designed to test their skills with varying aspects of beef production and exhibition. These include estimating live weight, preparing and parading them for exhibition and live judging.

Isla Grafin Von Mengersen Yr 7 (pictured above and left) won first place in the 351-450kg Steer Class. The steer, which was also awarded Reserve Champion Led Steer of the Show, was purchased by the College from the Kinchela Cattle Company, owned by College parents Clinton and Anna Shields.

Head of Vocational and Education Training at the College, Graham Bramley, said St Paul’s Ag team families provide wide ranging and ongoing support to the program. “This year we have had the privilege of preparing three Limousin Heifers on behalf of Colin and Lorna McGilchrist from Wallabadah. These animals were prepared by Reagan O'Donnell Yr 10 , Rylee Barbour Yr 7 and Charlotte Latham Yr 7 and these animals placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their under 12 months class. Two of the heifers went on to win Champion and Reserve Champion Limousin. The same two animals were also placed 2nd overall in the pair of heifers class of all the breeds of that age at the show”, said Graham.

“We just couldn’t achieve the results we do without so many wonderful parents”.

Other notable achievements by the Ag Team at the Kempsey Show were:

Wilton Townsend - Junior Judging Under 13 Years, 3rd place.
Lincoln McCarthy - 251 -350 kg Steer Class - 3rd place.
Harriet Shields - 351 - 450 kg Steer Class - 3rd Place.

Also achieving success at the Kempsey Show was St Paul’s Catholic College Year 11 student, India Dowling, who was chosen as Teen Young Woman of the Year 2022 on Tuesday 26 April.

Two other students from St Paul’s were highly commended, Ella O’Neil and Issabella Sutherland. The Young Woman of the Year Competition challenges all entrants to improve their skills in public speaking, event organisation and personal presentation. It also encourages them to become involved in the local community. 

India is pictured above with last year’s winner Phoebe Bramley, who was also one of the College Captains in 2021. Pictured also are the mothers of both young women, Angela Bramley and Tanya Dowling.

Ella O'Neil Yr 11 was awarded highly commended

Issabella Sutherland Yr 10 was awarded highly commended

We are so proud of St Paul’s College Year 7 student, Lilly-Rae Rosten who won the prestigious Junior Young Woman of the Year award at the Kempsey Show. Lilly sashed beef cattle on day two of the Show, sold raffle tickets and continued helping out into the late afternoon. Congratulations to Lilly-Rae and all the St Paul’s students who gained valuable public presentation skills as they competed in the various Show categories.

St Paul's P & F were cooking up a storm at the Kempsey Show BBQ

The College Ag Team had a great day of competition at the Macksville show. This capped off an intensive week of competition for the team who participated at the Kempsey and Wauchope shows last week.

Some impressive results were recorded and most of the team managed to pick up an award of some description over last week. Bearing in mind that for many of the team this was their first opportunity to participate at a show in a bit over two years.

Despite the lockdowns, the team has continued to train and develop their skills and it is this tenacity that I admire the most.

Results from the Junior paraders competition

Under 12 - Lilly-Rae Rosten 3rd
Under 13 -15 Heat 1 - Josh Poe 1st, Chase Rosten 2nd.
Heat 2 - Issy Sutherland.
Heat 3 - Jorja Barnett, 2nd Isabelle Preston.
Under 16 - India Dowling.

Led Steers

Reserve Champion Led steer of the show - Led by Harriett Shields.

Limousin Breed Class

Our three exhibits on loan to us from Back Creek Limousins at Wallabadah came first second and third in their under 12 months class and went on to win the pair of heifers class in the under 20 months category.

In all a great day out. Huge thanks to our supportive group of parents who worked throughout the day to help students prepare animals, cook food and transport equipment. Also thanks to Mrs Frewen and Mr Nigel Flanagan for their commitment to help train the team and provide the backup support required.

Jorja and Giggles at Macksville Show: Jorja won 3 Champion ribbons and 1 reserve Champion ribbon. Lots of other ribbons including first in Fancy Dress and Quietest Horse. Rider and horse worked extremely well together.

Jorja and Giggles at Sydney Royal

In an exciting first for St Paul’s Catholic College Kempsey, four students have been offered Student Based Traineeships at Kempsey aged care facility, Vincent Court.

St Paul’s Principal, David Johns, said that the College has expanded its successful Vocational and Education Training (VET) program to include the Certificate III in Individual Support, Aged Care.

“Working in partnership with Vincent Court, our program not only enables students to be qualified to work in aged care and individual support when they leave the College, but has resulted in four students being offered paid employment at Vincent Court while they continue their studies”, said David.

Fourteen Year 11 students from St Paul’s commenced the course this year as part of their HSC studies.

Kylie Bonney, Vincent Court’s Residential Services Manager, said the Student Traineeships were offered to four students whose work and relationship with residents has been outstanding.

The four students who have been offered the Traineeships are Shelby Mitchell, Hunta Crilley, Brooke Daniels and Emily Parmenter.

They will work as regular paid staff members, one day a week on an eight-hour shift. Next year they will move to 32 hours a fortnight.

Shelby, Hunta and Brooke are pictured above with Kylie Bonney, David Johns and Course Coordinator Amanda Jones.

Hunta said he was nervous about the interview process but very excited to commence what he hopes will be a long term career helping the elderly.

Brooke said she is planning to study to be a registered nurse on completion of the HSC and then hopes to join the defence force as a nurse.

College Principal, David Johns, said he was very proud of the 14 students who were forging a new career pathway for future students at St Paul’s.

This new course complements the current VET courses offered at the St Paul’s Catholic College in Hospitality, Construction and Primary Industries.

Information about the Course:
The Certificate III in Individual Support-Ageing is an HSC and ATAR approved course under Human Services with NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)

This week St Paul’s Catholic College Year 10 iSTEM students participated in a hands-on workshop to learn about drones. Students explored the essential safety measures and legal requirements of recreational and commercial drone usage. They also had the chance to develop their piloting skills under the watchful eye of UAVAIR's qualified trainers.

Term two has started with a bang here at St Paul’s. We commemorated ANZAC Day both at school on Tuesday and in the community on ANZAC Day. Many thanks to Mrs. Dakin and Mrs. Preston and the Year 9 History students for leading such an important civic ceremony here at St Paul’s. St Paul’s students also participated at services throughout the district.

Our school community acknowledged Catholic Schools week with a special assembly on Wednesday. We celebrated the wonderful achievements of our community in all aspects of College life, celebrating the theme of Community, Care, Compassion.

Through the coming weeks there will be many wonderful opportunities across the breadth of College life for our students to ‘Let Their Light Shine’.

As the colder weather begins to set in our SRC and Social Justice group will be launching our Winter Appeal. We are calling for donations of warm clothes to then be passed on the local SVDP chapter. At our next assembly the Social Justice group and SRC will officially launch this program, so start digging through those wardrobes now!

Lou, our wonderful YMO, is once again leading REACH groups during lunchtimes on Tuesday. Students are invited to ‘spot the bishop’ and bring the hidden picture of Bishop Greg along to REACH, which will be held in the science labs at lunchtime on Tuesdays, and take advantage of a chance to enjoy some quiet time and explore their faith in a safe environment.

We will have 10 Year 7 students attending Transitus, a CSO discipleship event, in week 4. These students were all keen and ready to go in term 1 when the event was first planned. Those students will need to make sure they return their notes to the office. At the same time, our Senior Ministry leaders will be attending LEAD in Grafton. These students have also received their notes and are asked to return these with their payments to the office ASAP.

As we begin to resume practices similar to life before the pandemic, including the way we celebrate Mass, we will be needing the services of qualified Altar servers. If there are any students who have been Altar servers or are interested in becoming Altar servers, please see Mr. Pollock at school.

Finally, a reminder to all of our families that ALL are welcome to Parish Masses. Mass is celebrated at 9.30am Saturday morning and 7.30am Sunday morning at South West Rocks and 6pm Saturday evening and 9.30am Sunday morning at Kempsey.

Thank you and God Bless,

Mr Will Pollock - Leader of Evangelisation

will.pollock@lism.catholic.edu.au

The HSC examination timetable has been released and can be found using the following link:

Every Year 12 student will have access to their personalised HSC examination timetable through the Students Online portal. Students must be aware of their exam dates and should see me if there is a problem or questions regarding the timetable or if they cannot access Students Online.

Let Your Light Shine Award

This term, St Paul’s College has introduced a new award called the Let Your Light Shine Award. Each teacher was asked to nominate one student from each of their classes who demonstrated a strong work ethic, commitment to study or any other academic achievement. Three students from each year level were then selected and presented an award at assembly. Each recipient of the Let Your Light Shine Award will receive 5 house points that will contribute to the overall House point total.

I would like to congratulate the following students who were this weeks recipients:

Edmund House:
Amelya Sutherland, Zara Lee, Jake Poe, Kai Morgan, Holly Edwards, Samantha Brenton

Farrelly House:
Wolfe Hudson, Angus Ryan, Reagan O’Donnell, Shelby Mitchell, Eric Northey

McAuley House:
Destiny Collingwood, Emily Brown, Brielle Woodger, Liam Scott, Indielle Everson

MacKillop House:
Anna Burbridge, Nakita Cochrane

Mrs Amy Tovey - Leader of Curriculum

amy.tovey@lism.catholic.edu.au

Education is important and is directly linked to a student’s future well-being.

According to Worldvision (2022) a good education:

• Improves communication skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening
• Develops critical thinking skills which enable a person to use logic when making decisions
• Provides qualifications that improve an individual's ability to secure a better job
• Promotes gender equality and empower girls and women
• Reduces child mortality

As I have outlined in my previous newsletter, pedagogy is the art and science of teaching. At St Paul’s College we are focused on and committed to quality teaching that engages and inspires our learners, and that prepares them effectively for life outside of school and for the world of work. Ultimately we aim to provide our students with a quality education.

According to the NSW Department of Education (2020) there are eight evidence-based practices that teachers can use in their classrooms to support improved student learning. The first of these practices is to have high expectations. It is a fact that students learn best when teachers have high expectations.

Teachers who believe that individual students can achieve well and have high and explicit expectations of an entire class substantially impact on the learning and progress of their students (Learning Hub, N.D.). Having high expectations means that teachers work hard to gain students’ interest, encourage them to learn new things, provide help when they need it, are clear and consistent about how they want students to behave and learn, and vary the way they teach to meet students’ needs (NSW Department of Education 2020). Interestingly, it is in fact NOT a student’s ability that determines achievement, but rather their teachers’ expectations, and associated attitudes and practices.

References:

• The Education Hub (N.D.) High Impact Teaching: Overview - How to develop high expectations teaching

• NSW Government (N.D.) What works best update 2020

Ms Maria Littlejohn - Leader of Pedagogy

maria.littlejohn@lism.catholic.edu.au

Welcome back to all students and staff for the beginning of Term 2. I hope you all enjoyed your holidays and have settled back into work mode in all of your classes.

Positive Behaviour Reward Scheme (PBRS) winners for Term 1

We have our first 6 winners of the Positive Behaviour Reward Scheme (PBRS) point system which started at the beginning of Term 1. Congratulations to these students who have modelled excellent behaviour and deserve their recognition. The winners of these prizes are Year 7 - Tahlia Wall - McAuley, Year 8 - Abby Breitkreuz - Mackillop, Year 9 - Destiny Collingwood - McAuley, Year 10 - Phoebe Laws - McAuley, Year 11 - Nicholas Kenny - Edmund and in Year 12 - Eric Northey - Farrelly. The prizes are gift cards from Australia Post which have been loaded with $100 cash to be spent by the winner at their own discretion.

The overall house points winner was Edmund House on 529 points followed by Farrelly House on 512 points, McAuley House on 493 points and MacKillop House on 464 points. Every 100 points awarded to each student counts for 1 point in the All Saints House Shield.

A full list of House points in each year level is shown below:

The points have now been reset and students need to be encouraging their teachers to reward all their positive behaviours in all aspects of school life.

Uniform

The only change to the College uniform for Term 2 is the addition of the College Indigenous themed hoodie. The hoodie will be available very soon and I would encourage students to wear the college jacket and not an assortment of different jumpers/hoodies that are not part of the College uniform in the interim.

Mr Robinson has a collection of second-hand College jackets that he can lend to students if they forget to bring their own jackets on cold days. Students may wear an out of uniform jumper/hoodie if they have a note that explains the reason for being out of uniform and gives a date that this out of uniform clothing will be rectified, students without a note will be asked to remove their out of uniform clothing and will be given alternate uniform if it is available.

Senior Basketball Challenge

On Thursday 28th of April we had the final of the senior basketball challenge where both undefeated teams, Farrelly and MacKillop came together for a hotly contested match-up. Farrelly moved out to an early and decisive lead and fought hard to hold off MacKillop who came back strongly in the second half but still lost out 18 points to 13.

Thank you to all students in Years 11 and 12 who participated in this competition, you have all been awarded (PBRS) points with points also being distributed in the All Saints House Shield with Farrelly - 80 points, MacKillop - 60 points, Edmund - 40 points and McAuley - 20 points.

House Touch Football Challenge

Weather permitting we will now move forward with House Touch Football Competitions for students in year 7 and 8 and also students in years 9 and 10. These games will be seven a side, 10 minutes each way and will follow a round robin format. All participants will be awarded PBRS points and will be competing for House Shield points as explained above.

Mr Leon Robinson - Leader of Pastoral Care

leon.robinson@lism.catholic.edu.au  

0401 166 415

02 6562 7200

CCC Swimming Results

On Wednesday 6th April in Week 10, we had a number of students travel to Sydney to compete in the NSWCCC Swimming Championships.

Congratulations to the following students for their results at NSWCCC:

• Mitchell Hornick - 4th 13yr Boys 50M Backstroke
• Keeley Smith - 4th 14yr Girls 50m Butterfly, 5th 12-14yr Girls 100m Breaststroke
• Cleo Schubert - 4th 12-14yr Girls 400M Freestyle, 5th 14yr Girls 50m Breaststroke
• Max Farrell - 4th 17+yr Boys 50m Butterfly, 4th 17+ Boys 200m Freestyle, 4th 17+ Boys 400m Freestyle, 4th 17+ Boys 200 IM, 4th 17+ Boys 100M Freestyle. Max was also awarded Age Champion for the 17+ Boys Age group.
• Brielle Woodger and Harry Askew placed mid field in many of their events.

Further Sport Representation:

Diocesan Soccer

On Wednesday 27th April, Chelsea Hackenberg, Ava Ryan and Annika Killmore travelled to Coffs Harbour to trial for the Lismore Diocesan Open’s Football (soccer) team. Chelsea and Ava were successful in their trial, and will now compete in the NSWCCC Football Championships in Sydney on the 26th May. St Paul’s wishes the girls all the best for the games and for possible selection in the NSWCCC team.

CCC Rugby Union Trials

We also have a large number of student’s trial for the NSWCCC Rugby Union team in both the U16’s and U18’s division earlier this term.
Unfortunately none of the boys were successful in their trial, however gained some experience and are eager to trial next year.

U16’s
Tom Moffitt
Hayden Jones
Edison Swan
Will Terrason

U18’s
Drew Lancaster
Coen Rogers
Lawson Moffitt

Upcoming Sports Events

• Cross Country – Friday 6th May
• Diocesan Cross Country – 20th May
• Boys Country Cup (Rugby League) 13’s / 15’s / 18’s – 31st May
• Boys Cochrane Cup (Rugby League, 14’s only) – 9th June
• Diocesan Junior Football (soccer) gala day, Coffs Harbour – 9th June
• Girls Tackle League (13s / 15s / 18s) – 15th June.

Mr Heath Needs - Teacher and Sports Coordinator

heath.needs@lism.catholic.edu.au

New Purchases 

The library has subscribed to Lamont Books this year, for the bulk of its book purchases. Lamont provides a quality selection of new books each month for our students to borrow.  As part of our subscription each title comes with a short blurb and a Lamont review, which can be a great tool to help initiate a spark of interest in the book and encourage students to read further.

If you would like to view details on our new 2022 titles they are available on the Lamont website.  A quick link is provided HERE for your convenience.  

For your information, the library is always happy to take requests for new books.  Request can be made either by completing the Book Request form on our website or by visiting our library in person and talking to staff.  All suggestions are considered.

Our weekly Book Chat started back on Tuesday.  Students and staff were keen to share not only their thoughts on their holiday reads but also the snacks provided!

The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan - William Perry

The Sarction by Mark Sennen - Mikayla Cameron

Hush, Hush series by Trisha Telep - Matthew Chow

The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson - Patrick O'Sullivan

My LIttle Pony Series - Ella Haig

Win by Larrlan Coben - Ms Mermunt

Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne - Mr Smith

Stardust by Neil Gainlan - Ms Martin

Once by Morris Gleitzman - Eva Croker

Keepers of the Lost City by Shannon Messenger - Kai Etheridge

2022 Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) 

Congratulations to Evangelina Gately and Shayla Fox who have already read 20 books.  Fantastic effort!

To those other students who have registered, there is still plenty of time to read either 10 books to win the $50 gift card or 20 books to complete the NSW 2022 PRC and receive a certificate.  Friday 19th August is the final day for logging entries so keep on registering those reads.

And a final reflection on how powerful and enriching it can be when we dare to journey into the unknown world of books! In the words of George R. R. Martin (of A Game of Thrones fame):

“I have lived a thousand lives and I have loved a thousand loves.

I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time.

Because I read.”

Kind Regards

Mrs Patrice Martin & Mrs Cathy Whalen - Library Assistants

We request your support in relation to partial day attendance of students. Arriving late and departing early places increased pressure on students, in relation to them needing to catch up on missed work. It also disrupts class learning when students enter or leave a lesson during class time.

We ask that appointments are made outside of class times and/or school hours. We realise that this is not always possible, therefore we require that the following occurs if your child has an appointment during the school day.

Early Departures

If you need to collect your child early a signed note MUST be provided to the Office, stating the reason and time the student is to be picked up. This must be provided to the Office prior to morning PC (between 8:30am and 8:55am) so that a pass out can be arranged for the student to leave class early. If a note is not able to be provided, an email with the information in regards to the appointment may be emailed to kmps@lism.catholic.edu.au

If a note or email is not provided to the Office, we cannot guarantee that a student will be ready for collection upon your arrival at the College, as rooming and class activities may change their location. This may result in a parent/caregiver having to wait until the end of a lesson before they can collect their child.

Emergencies

If an emergency situation occurs and your child must be collected immediately, we will endeavour to get them to you as quickly as possible.

Late Arrivals

Students arriving late MUST report to the College Office, so that they can be marked as present, prior to them going to class. Parents/carers are not required to come into the College with their child, however we do require an email or phone call from you to explain the reason for the late arrival.

Thank you for your cooperation with these procedures.