A special assembly was held last Friday at the Sadadeen campus

to acknowledge the 2010 Dux of the College, Sam Heckathorn,

and to present the College and campus leaders with their badges

of office. Sam was unable to attend the ceremony; he is

currently in West Africa working as a volunteer at a Mission

station. However, it was good to welcome his mother, Mrs Susan Heckathorn,

who received Sam’s awards, on behalf of the family. Our congratulations go to

Sam on this marvellous achievement.

At the same gathering, the 2011 College leaders; Dean Ryan and Rebecca

Crack (Captains) and Michael McGuirk and Alanna Breedon (Vice-Captains)

were presented with their badges, along with the House Captains, House Vice-

Captains, and Student Representative Council members. All Year 12 students

were also provided with a ‘senior’s’ badge to recognise the importance of their

last year of secondary schooling. Our Year 12 students are currently on retreat

and they will conclude this special time away from normal classes tomorrow

afternoon. Thank you to Mrs Vicky Howie and to the other staff members who

organised the retreat programme for the students.

The Blue and Gold groups of REMAR took part in their first camp for the year

over last weekend. Thank you to Mr Michael Knight, Mr Peter Augustin and

Ms Lyndal England for coordinating the program. Students involved in the

REMAR program make a valuable contribution to our school community and it

is good to see the sizeable number of students involved for this year. Last

Friday the REMAR students organised a fund-raising cake sale for the

Queensland Flood Appeal, at each of the campuses.

The regular schedule of meetings for the College Advisory Board commenced

with a first gathering on last Monday evening, 14th February. The Board is an

important group and involves a cross-section of our school and local

community. It provides a forum for planning, discussion and review of all

facets that effect the management and running of the College. The Annual

General Meeting of the Board will be held on Monday, 14th March.

Another key group for the College is the Parents’ and Friends’ Association

which will hold its first meeting for the year on next Tuesday, 22nd February, at

the Sadadeen campus library at 7.30pm.

Central Administration: Bath Street Campus: Traeger Ave Campus Sadadeen Rd Campus: Tel: 08 8950 6400 Tel: 08 8950 8666 Tel: 08 8950 8555 Tel: 08 8950 7399 Fax: 08 8952 4607 Fax: 08 8953 2624 Fax: 08 8952 2851 Fax: 08 8953 2571 P.O. Box 2508 Alice Springs NT 0871 Website: www.olshalice.nt.edu.au Email: principal@olshalice.nt.edu.au

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Dates to Remember

21st - 25th February

Yrs 1 & 2 Swimming

25th February

Casual Clothes Day

25th February

1st Instalment Schools

Fees Due

Campus Office Hours Monday - Friday

8am-4pm

Campus Canteens Bath Street 89527532 Traeger 89508555 Sadadeen 89507318

College Uniform Shop Telephone: 89555163 Opening Hours: Tuesday 8.15am – 10.00am Thursday 8.15am-10.00am Thursday 2.30pm-4.30pm

Lil Antz AfterSchool Care: Telephone: 08 89530015

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Dear Parents/Guardians, Staff, Students and Friends of OLSH

Volume 15 Issue 4 17th February 2011

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Reflection

During 2010 the Association hosted a number of College gatherings and also raised many thousands of dollars to

finance several College projects, such as the provision of interactive whiteboards at Bath Street, the installation of

curtains in several classrooms at Traeger, and new ovens for the Home Economics’ kitchen at the Sadadeen campus.

The Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held Thursday, 17th March.

Best wishes

Br Paul Gilchrist

Kindly note that College Students are only

supervised between the following hours:

Bath St Campus 8:00am to 3:20pm

Traeger and Sadadeen Campus 7:55am to 3:20pm

Please bear these times in mind when

dropping off or picking up your children.

This day, Father, may my eyes be opened to see the beauty in all that is ordinary - yet special - around me. May the glory of all that you have made remind me of your presence and lead me closer to you.

Campus News: Bath St This week has been a busy one with swimming in Years 3

and 4 and lots of teaching and learning happening in the

classroom. We are very fortunate not to be in Darwin at the

moment, although two of the College staff are "stuck"

there until Saturday afternoon due to the airport being

closed and a backlog of passengers trying to get out.

SWIMMING

The Year 3 and 4 classes finish swimming tomorrow and

the Year 1 and 2 classes commence next Monday. The

lessons have been going well thanks to the instructors and

the class teachers. Thank you Mr Typuszak for his organi-

sation and a special thank you to Miss Nertney who filled

in on Wednesday afternoon.

TRANSITION TIMES

Next week the Transition children will stay on campus for

lunch and go home at 2.00pm. The following week (Week

6) they will stay all day.

KISS'N'GO

We have had to circulate a note to all the families who use

the Kiss'n'Go. The Council rangers have advised us that the

time for warnings is now over and they will begin fining

motorists who disregard the traffic rules regarding the

Kiss'n'Go. The police are also active around this area so

please be safe and courteous and obey all traffic rules.

MERIT POINT WINNERS

Congratulations to the following students who have col-

lected prizes from the Merit Point table.

Room 15 - Georgina Korljan, Ashley Lines. Tahnee Beale,

Darcy Brown, Casey Cox, Henry Gunner, Bonnie Johnson,

Vuyo Mahlangu, Sam Passmore.

Thank you to the parents who have agreed to sponsor this

reward programme. We really appreciate your generosity.

Enjoy the week ahead!

Janis Paterson

Head of Campus

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Campus News: Sadadeen YR12 RETREAT

As you read this newsletter the Yr 12 students are

participating in their retreat experience at Desert Palms

resort. Many thanks goes to Mrs Vicky Howie for her

organisation, Br Paul, Br Mark, Jon Raveney, Rebecca

Smith, Michael Boyce, Evelyn Gaces & Veronica Perez,

members of staff who have given up their time to journey

with the Yr 12’s on their retreat.

CASUAL CLOTHES DAY

Next Friday 25th February is the first casual clothes day for

the year. Students who choose to wear casual clothes are

expected to make a ‘Gold Coin’ donation. Unfortunately

students do choose to wear casual clothes but they don’t pay

the donation. This should not be the case! Students should

also dress appropriately for normal classes and for

appropriate sun protection. Students not wearing appropriate

clothing will be sent home to change. Parents, please make

sure your child is dressed appropriately and has their gold

coin donation.

SADADEEN SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Friday March 4th at the Alice Springs Town Pool. Mr Peter

Augustin is available for queries about the carnival.

REMAR

A big thank you to all the Blue & Gold rowers who

participated in the ‘Embarkation Camp’ last weekend at

Campfire in the Heart. Thanks also goes to Mr Michael

Knight, Mr Peter Augustin, Miss Lyndal England, Miss Ellis

Black, Miss Stephanie Johannson, Miss Stacy Mutuota and

the Red rowers who helped out.

UNIFORM

Most students wear the College uniform well. Friday is the

only day permitted to wear the sports uniform. The sports

polo top or college approved tops can be worn. Non

college baseball caps are not to be worn. We have a set

college cap. Lace up black shoes are expected from Monday

til Thursday and lace up runners on Fridays. Uniform

expectations are clearly set out in the diary. If you are unsure

please refer to the appropriate section in the diary.

Have a good week ahead.

Matt de Jong.

Head of Campus – Sadadeen.

REMAR NEWS

Remar has kicked off the year with a strong start, raising

over $1000 dollars for the QLD flood appeal. Then on the

weekend 35 Blue and Gold Remar students attended their

embarkation camp at campfire in the heart.

It was a great weekend facilitated by two Remar Gap leaders

from Melbourne, Jake and Jazz. The students participated in

workshops, played games and learnt about the Remar

journey ahead of them this year. Remar Blue students will be

going to Santa Teresa later in the year. And Remar Gold’s

will be completing their final year of high school. Remar

Red’s have also started their program for the year. Overall

a great year is ahead for everyone!

Campus News: Traeger TRAEGER PARISH MASS

This is scheduled for March 6th at 9:30am. It is an

expectation that students attend this one off celebration

within the parish community. Only our student leaders are

expected to wear full school uniform, others, casual.

ASSEMBLIES On our even weeks our assembly will be held at 12:15pm.

All assemblies begin with a prayer focus from a home

group which may be your childs group. All parents are

encouraged to attend the assemblies, simply sign in at the

front office and move to the hall for a 12:15pm start.

In the odd weeks students undertake Pastoral Care

Activities with their class group.

VISITING THE CAMPUS

All are welcome to visit our campus but all visitors must

sign in and obtain a visitors pass from the front office.

This assists us with many safety aspects.

STUDENT PICK UP AND DROP OFF

Please keep in mind that students are not to use or cross the

campus car park in the morning or afternoon. There are

gates either side of the car park to enter and exit the

campus. Unless there are medical reasons parents are asked

not to use the car park to drop off and pick up their child, it

was not designed for this purpose and students are not to

be in this area. Thankyou.

BIKE HELMETS

Just a quick reminder - students who ride home will not be

allowed to leave the campus if they are not wearing a

helmet. The student will be directed to the front office to

contact parents to discuss further options. As a side note :

students not wearing a helmet are not covered by

insurance.

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NUTS – NO FOR TRAEGER Due to students with severe allergies on our campus any nut

or nut products are not to be brought to school. Please!

HOMEWORK CENTRES

TRAEGER CAMPUS HOMEWORK CENTRE

All students are welcome to attend Traeger’s Homework

Centre; however, you need a Traeger Homework Centre

card. To get a card, all you need to do is get a form from the

front office, read it, fill it out and return it after it has been

signed by parents/guardians. It’s that simple!

Where: Traeger Library

When: Thursday 3.00 – 4.00pm

INDIGENOUS HOMEWORK CENTRE

This will begin next week on Wednesday and Thursday.

The session goes from 3:00 – 4:00pm and will be held in

the 6.2 home room. Students attending will be bussed

home. Please note the change from Monday to the

Wednesday.

YEAR 5 HOMEWORK CENTRE

This is on Wednesday’s 3:00-4:00pm. It is held in our

library where the students must be collected from. Please

pick up your child by 4:00pm.

Obviously there are many opportunities for students of our

campus to receive extra help. I encourage students to begin

on a positive note and take advantage of these homework

sessions as help can also be obtained. I would ask that

parents assist us by encouraging their child to attend as well

as being prompt when picking up their child.

OPENING MASS (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE)

Our opening College Mass is now at the CONVENTION

Centre, on March 18th .All students are to attend school

firstly so that the rolls and homeroom items for the day can

be taken care of prior to leaving. Students will walk to the

Convention Centre and be bussed back. Please check the

newsletter for further details.

LUNCH CRATES

All year levels have access to place their lunches in the cool

room until lunch time. As our students move towards Years

7&8 this offer does not seem very popular. Please

encourage your child to take advantage of this during

morning homeroom.

STUDENT LEADERS 2011

Well done to the following students. Our leaders have

received their badges and will read the Leadership Pledge at

the opening mass on March 18th.

5.1 Courtney Hanlon 5.2 Kieran Lee 5.3 Hamish Wark 6.1 Peter Guzman 6.2 Jeramie Alvea 6.3 Kiara McIntyre 7.1 Lucy Mueller 7.2 Isaac Marshall

7.3 Savannah Bitar 7.4 Jackson Renzi 8.1 Cinderalla Nyathi 8.2 Ned Hassel 8.3 Zanerin Rumbal 8.4 Bianca Pinheiro Student Leadership Group

Have a great week

Tony Healy

Head of Campus Traeger

Community News

For Sale

5 piece Drum Kit consisting of

4 Zildjian Cymbals

7 drum softeners

Remo Pinstrip skins

$600.00 ono

Phone Jack 89521515 or 0418 847 809

Desert Storm news for this week:

Nth Qld Cowboys Visit: Many students from both Sadadeen & Traeger Campus

were looking forward to attending a Skills Development

Session with the Cowboys on Wednesday afternoon.

Unfortunately the team was unable to take their

Wednesday morning flight from Darwin due to the bad

weather. Hopefully those students will still enjoy the game

on the weekend. Thankyou to Mr Augustin, Ms Reilly, Br

Ron & Mr Ray for helping to organise the excursion -

better luck next time!

Captains Vice-Captains

Campus Shanysa McCon-

ville

Eli Dayman

Duyen Doan

Elisha Odhiambo

Achoa Duyen Doan

Eli Dayman

Natasha Lee

Jack McDonnell

Bennett Shantelle Mazai

Daniel Geppa

Chloe Keays

Nathen Arezzolo

Gillen Nicole Ryan

Elisha Odhiambo

Shanysa McConville

Standley Jemma Tilmouth

Nelson Connelly

Dominic Palmer

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Desert Storm Rugby League Selection Trials:

Parents are reminded that they need to organise their own

transport for their child to attend this trial. Thankyou.

Date: Friday 18th Feb

Venue: Anzac Oval

Time: 1:15-2:30pm

At the end of this trial a squad will be selected to attend the

second trial. The second trial will be held on the Thursday

24th

Feb from 4-5pm at Anzac Oval

Other Desert Storm Selection Trials:

Students and their parents are reminded that the "Permission

to Trial" forms need to be returned to the school office as

soon as possible thankyou. Please call in at the front office if

you need another form. Any queries email

jillian.neyland@nt.catholic.edu.au

Thankyou,

Jillian Neyland

P & F News

Please be advised the meeting which was scheduled for the 17th

of February, has been postponed till Tuesday the 22nd of

February at7.30 pm