Newsletter No. 24 16th August 2018

From the Principal: Mr Peter Gutteridge

Inside this issue: Principal’s Report TA Report Schedule English Week Daniel Delany Awards

Calendar of Events Sports News Careers News Library News

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Email: principal@stbc.vic.edu.au

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Dear Parents,

In the Catholic tradition yesterday was the feast of the Assumption of Mary. So, what is the feast of the Assumption? For Catholics, Mary holds a special place. She was the mother of Jesus and she was called specifically by God for this role. The Feast of the Assumption marks the end of her earthly journey, with the belief that she was assumed body and soul into heaven. For us, the Assumption marks an opportunity to celebrate the part that women play in our life. In Church life there are many challenges in appropriately acknowledging the contribution that women make to our tradition. The celebration of Mary provides us an opportunity for us to continue to reflect on the love that existed between Christ and his mother and the hope of eternal reward that was afforded Mary exists for each of us. This feast allows us a chance to celebrate the love of family life, for those of us who have been richly blessed and for those who yearn for richer family relationships we pray especially during this feast.

We, as a whole school, celebrated the feast of the Assumption of Mary with Ss Michael and John’s at Mass yesterday.

PREPARING OUR YEAR 12 STUDENTS

Next week our Year 12 students will be attending an English Revision lecture in preparation for their English examination. This highlights the fact that the final examinations will soon be upon our Year 12 students and that rigorous and diligent study routines should now be implemented at home.

There are only eight weeks of formal Year 12 classes left. Students will have the opportunity to undertake trial examinations during the coming school holidays. All in all, our Year 12 students are very fortunate to have a dedicated team of VCE teachers, willing to assist them in any way possible to be well prepared for the forthcoming examinations.

In return I hope that our students will:

Make the most of the extra classes being offered

Attend all scheduled practice exams

Ask their teachers for assistance

Commence an extensive study and revision program

Review their commitments outside of school to ensure that study is now the main priority

Make some sensible choices in terms of social activities, especially on weekends.

To do all of the above our students will require the support, guidance and wisdom of parents. Now is the time for both parents and students to agree to some guidelines for the coming weeks. I look forward to celebrating the success of our students in early December.

COUGHLIN PARK OVAL

Coughlin Park oval will be undergoing a major redevelopment this Spring and Summer as the playing surface and drainage

undergo substantial upgrades. With this upgrade also comes the opportunity to install a picket fence around the oval. The

Coughlin Park Management Committee which consists of the Horsham Saints Football Netball Club, Horsham Saints Cricket

Club, Coughlin Park Bowls Club, St. Michaels Tennis Club, St. Brigid’s College and the Ss Michael & John’s Catholic Parish

Horsham is hoping to raise $60,000 and through our fundraising partnership with the Sports Foundation, donations to this

project are fully tax deductible!

We are encouraging our community to donate and to say thank you, donors can have their name and chosen club logo

featured on a picket.

Picket donation levels are as follows (remember, these are fully tax

deductible);

$100 From the Saints coaches’ box to opposition run out (in front of the

community centre).

$75 Opposition run out to opposition coaches’ box and our coaches’ box to

cricket nets.

$60 Opposition coaches’ box to Hamilton Street goals and cricket nets to

northern goal posts

$50 Other side of ground (scoreboard side).

The link to make a donation is: https://asf.org.au/projects/coughlin-park-management-committee/

After donating, please email CoughlinParkPicketFence@gmail.com to advise us of the name and logo you would like on your

picket. If you would like multiple pickets, in your email please let us know the names for the pickets and the value of each

picket. Logos available are; Football/Netball Club, Cricket Club, Bowls Club, Tennis Club, St. Brigid’s College and the

Horsham Catholic Parish. We hope that you’ll support this vital community project and, in the process, leave your mark at

Coughlin Park!

Artist’s impression of the picket fence Artist’s impression of the named pickets

BRIGHT SPARKS IS BACK!

Back by popular demand, St Brigid’s College welcomes the second round of our “Bright Sparks” program. This program, once again, is a fantastic opportunity for our College to 'show our wares' to local primary schools as well as take the opportunity to connect our own interests and passions to our teaching. The workshops are free to attend and are open to all Wimmera students in Grades 5, 6 and Year 7. Workshops begin on Wednesday 29 August, so please secure your place asap. To apply and complete your details and workshop preferences use the following link: https://www.stbc.vic.edu.au/learning-teaching/bright-sparks/

PARENT INFORMATION EVENING - Maths Pathway

We will be holding a Parent Information session for current Yr 7 and 8 students on Maths Pathway at the school on Wednesday 22 August at 7.30pm in our library, where your child's Maths learning will be discussed in further detail and staff will answer any questions that you might have. Demonstrations of how to use the data in the Maths Pathway Parent Portal will also occur so that parents will be able to check in on your child's progress and discuss how you can support your child in their Maths learning.

*Please bring your child's device with you so that you can log in to the Parent Portal on our school network during the event.

WELCOME

We welcome a new exchange student to St Brigid’s: Celina Wendlandt, a Southern Cross Exchange student from Germany. Celina will be with us for the next 10 months.

STAFF NEWS

We wish staff member Lynne Taig safe journey as she travels to the USA for the impending birth of her new grandchild. Lynne will be away for a three-week period.

Yours in the community of St Brigid’s College

Peter Gutteridge

Principal

Upcoming Open Days

Focus on careers of the future

Year 12 News – University of Melbourne Access Scheme ATARs, VTAC early course application dates, undergraduate teaching courses in Victoria, undergradu-ate medicine, early entry programs – closing dates (La Trobe University and Uni-versity of Wollongong).

Demand for bilingual law graduates

Upcoming events

To access the Careers Newsletter go to our School Website www.stbc.vic.edu.au - Newsletters - Careers News

CAREERS NEWS

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE WEEKLY CAREERS NEWSLETTER . This weeks topics are:

VTAC Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre: Applications for Tertiary Courses in Victoria are now open. Information sessions will be held at school this week for Year 12 VCE students wanting to apply to a TAFE, college or University. For more information to parents and guardians check out the following link to the VTAC Year 11 and 12 Guide.

Link: http://www.vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/publications/2018_year_11_and_12_guide.pdf

The St Brigid’s Year 7&8 Team played 7 games today at Netball Victoria’s All Schools Championship in Bendigo. Each game consisted of 2 x 9 minute halves, with a very quick change over at half time. First up was a draw, 11 all, against Bendigo South East College.

In the second game St Bs trounced Pyramid Hill 29-2.

The third round of competition was another one sided affair against St Joseph’s Echuca Green with our girls winning 16 - 4.

In round 4 the girls again performed well to defeat Cohuna Secondary College 21 - 4

The girls had to stand up strong against Deniliquin Secondary College to finish with the win 16 - 10.

Against Moama Anglican College the St Bs girls played some terrific pas-sages of netball and came away with another win 16 - 8.

This meant to win the day and progress to the next stage of NV All Schools Championships the girls had to win their final game against St Joseph’s Echuca White. Unfortunately the girls started a little sluggish and let the opposition get away in the first half.

In the second half the girls fought hard to get back in the game. St Bs went down 18 - 14.

The girls should be proud of their efforts - they are a good little unit and played some great netball. Well done girls, you are all fine ambassadors of our school.

The team Back L-R Georgia Baker-Miller, Rylee Hateley, Anna Sudholz and Tahni Scrimizzi

Front L-R Lotus Martin, Mia McGrath, Eloise Wills, Kayla Kelm and Grace Manserra

A huge thank you to Mrs Emelia Sudholz who was our parent volunteer/scorer and to Jayde Ellis from Horsham College who was our badged umpire for the day.

SPORTS NEWS

Our school is supporting the Dignity Drive in August. There are women that are homeless, escaping domestic violence or in poverty and need our help. For this month, the organisation is asking if people could donate sanitary items to the pink box at the front of our school. They are appreciative of donations of sanitary pads and tampons, which they will collect and distribute.

‘Thank you for helping us Share the Dignity’, for further information please go to www.sharethedignity.com.au

@sharingdignity /sharethedignity /sharethedignityaustralia

GENERAL NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

Wed 22nd Aug Yr 10B Mass 10.00am

Maths Pathways Parent Information

Night Yr 7 & 8 7.30pm

Thu 23rd Aug Yr 8 Basketball—Black Ranges

Yr 10A Class Mass 12.00pm

Mon 27th Aug—Wed 29th Aug

Yr 8 camp

Wed 29th Aug Bright Sparks 2 Program commences

Mon 3rd Sep—Fri 7th Sep Meals On Wheels

Wed 5th Sep Yr 7/8 Volleyball—Black Ranges

Thu 6th Sep Yr 10C Class Mass 12.00pm

Fri 7th Sep School Social

Yr 12 Class Mass 2.00pm

Mon 17th Sep Greater Western Athletics

Fri 21st Sep Catholic Mission Fete Day

Last day of term 3—students

dismissed 2.30pm

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

TA REPORT SCHEDULE Week ending/Date TA Reports released

Week 5 17th Aug Yr 11

Week 6 24th Aug Yr 10

Week 7 31st Aug Yr 9

Week 8 7th Sep Yr 8

Week 9 14th Sep Yr 7

Week 10 21st Sep No TA Interviews

For all Year 11 and 12 students extra assessment-tasks can now be viewed on PAM under Semester One 2018.

Date 9.00am —11.00am 11.30am—1.30pm

Mon 20th Aug Penelope Manserra Paula Toll

Tue 21st Aug Danielle Luciani Simone O’Brien

Wed 22nd Aug Deidre Harrington Sharika Heldt

Thu 23rd Aug Caroline Geue Janine Schmidt

Fri 24th Aug Rachel Nelson Jenni Sherry

Mon 27th Aug Michelle Morris Treena Hogan

Tue 28th Aug Tanya McIntyre

Wed 29th Aug Julie Coutts Michelle O’Connell

Thu 30th Aug Kim Bond Joan Velthuis

Fri 31st Aug Scheryl Petrass Fiona Welsh

CANTEEN ROSTER

Year 11/12

Ebony Dunn—for her enthusiasm shown towards her studies of Shakespeare.

Year 9/10 Clayton Duxorth—for

being helpful in Homeroom.

Year 7/8

Angus Vincent— for his hard work and effort in

Japanese.

Congratulations!

DANIEL DELANY AWARDS

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