Enlivened by the Spirit · WHOLENESS · HOPE · JUSTICE · REVELATON 11 MARCH 2019 / NO. 6 FROM THE PRINCIPAL Prayer Ever-faithful God, You wait in the wilderness of our lives. Your beloved Son went willingly into the desert, to bring us out of loneliness into the companionship of your love. Give us the courage to believe that your Kingdom has indeed come near to us; to leave behind our ‘old’ ways and embrace new freedom; to hope in the promise of life that never ends; to repent and believe in the Good News. May our lives proclaim your dream for all: to live in the light of peace and harmony. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Light of the World, and in the power of your Enlightening Spirit – One God, for ever and ever. Amen. St Thomas Aquinas. Pray for us. St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Pray for us. Open Night Report Last Wednesday evening Aquinas Catholic College welcomed over 750 guests to our Open Evening. A short informaon session in John Paul II Hall was followed by tours of the College led by our highly capable Year 10 students. I sincerely thank our staff and students who showcased the many features of our great College. Our students who were outstanding and are great ambassadors. Year 7 enrolments for 2021 close on the last day of Term 1 this year, Friday 12 April. Assembly Report Following our Ash Wednesday Liturgy last week, we held our first school assembly for 2018. As I menoned during my address, we witnessed students living out each of our ‘Aquinas Ways’ as we celebrated a diverse range of engagement and success. NSWCCC representaves Keeley Lennon and Elliot Kirgan (Soſtball). STEM award recipients and Swimming and Cross Country Age Champions. Duke of Edinburgh's Award recipients. Shrove Tuesday Project Compassion fundraiser. Music performance from Georgia Taseski. World Youth Day report form Anna Rickert and Ethan Stonnill.
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11 MARCH 2019 / NO. 6
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Prayer
Ever-faithful God, You wait in the wilderness
of our lives. Your beloved Son went willingly
into the desert, to bring us out of loneliness into the
companionship of your love. Give us the courage to believe
that your Kingdom has indeed
come near to us; to leave behind
our ‘old’ ways and embrace new
freedom; to hope in the promise
of life that never ends; to repent and believe in the Good News.
May our lives proclaim your dream
for all: to live in the light of peace
and harmony. We pray in the name of Jesus,
the Light of the World, and in the
power of your Enlightening Spirit –
One God, for ever and ever. Amen.
St Thomas Aquinas. Pray for us.
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Pray for us.
Open Night Report Last Wednesday evening Aquinas Catholic College welcomed over 750 guests to our Open Evening. A short information session in John Paul II Hall was followed by tours of the College led by our highly capable Year 10 students. I sincerely thank our staff and students who showcased the many features of our great College. Our students who were outstanding and are great ambassadors. Year 7 enrolments for 2021 close on the last day of Term 1 this year, Friday 12 April.
Assembly Report Following our Ash Wednesday Liturgy last week, we held our first school assembly for 2018. As I mentioned during my address, we witnessed students living out each of our ‘Aquinas Ways’ as we celebrated a diverse range of engagement and success.
NSWCCC representatives Keeley Lennon and Elliot Kirgan (Softball).
STEM award recipients and Swimming and Cross Country Age Champions.
Duke of Edinburgh's Award recipients.
Shrove Tuesday Project Compassion fundraiser.
Music performance from Georgia Taseski.
World Youth Day report form Anna Rickert and Ethan Stonnill.
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As we move into the second half of Term 1 I asked each student to reflect on how many of the ‘Aquinas Ways’ they have met for this term at this point in time, and what goals can be set in order to meet each of the Aquinas Ways by the end of this term. Congratulations to the following students who are our swimming and cross country age champions for 2019.
CROSS COUNTRY AGE CHAMPIONS
SWIMMING AGE CHAMPIONS
AGE GROUP FEMALE MALE
Under 12’s Isabella Lo Russo (Nagle)
Augustin Samuel (Nagle)
Under 13’s Jennifer Sewell (Mackillop)
George Paraskevopoulos (La Salle)
Under 14’s Jasmine Vasquez (Mackillop)
Dylan Dragarski (Mackillop)
Under 15’s Ellie DeCelis (Mackillop)
Daniel Azar (Mackillop)
Under 16’s Clara Lorenzatto (La Salle)
Jackson Turner (La Salle)
AGE GROUP FEMALE MALE
Under 12’s Lara Haddad (Rice)
Kai Crawley (Rice)
Under 13’s Pia Christiansen (Mackillop)
Athan Tzanis (Rice)
Under 14’s Jasmine Vasquez (Mackillop)
Kai Robertson (Nagle)
Under 15’s Caitlin Michael (La Salle)
Jordan Siteman (Rice)
Under 16’s Jasmine Dean (Mackillop)
Daniel Couri (Mackillop)
Opens Lavina Si (Mackillop)
Joseph Michael (La Salle)
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Mr JAMES CLANCY PRINCIPAL
Public Speaking Congratulations to the 12 students who represented Aquinas Catholic College in Round 1 of the Catholic Schools Debating Competition last Friday evening at Our Lady of Mercy College Burraneer. Each of our students spoke with confidence and poise and were tremendous ambassadors of the College. Congratulations to the following students who have progressed to the zone final this Friday evening: Hayley Johnson (Year 7), Abby Wijesekera (Year 8), Jack Wijesekera (Year 10), Joshua Lane (Year 12) and Benjamin Capovilla (Year 12). Thank you to Ms Cooper for her organisation and to Mrs Fensom who acted as an adjudicator. A full report can be found on page 15.
SCS First in HSC Course Awards Last Wednesday evening Sydney Catholic Schools hosted their inaugural awards ceremony for students who placed first in each HSC course within the Archdiocese of Sydney. Due to this event clashing with our Open Evening Mr Tsambalas represented the College and was on hand to see Aidan Puse receive a certificate and medallion for Music 1. Unfortunately Lauren Agostini (Community and Family Studies), Ryan Mulligan (Studies of Religion 1) and Sarah Larkham (Music 1) were unable to attend due to prior commitments.
2018 HSC Newsletter The 2018 HSC Newsletter is part of our enrolment pack, distributed to prospective students last week. This special edition of our newsletter summarises the wonderful academic achievements of our 2018 HSC students. The 2018 HSC Newsletter can be found on the front page of our website:at http://aquinasmenai.catholic.edu.au/high-achiever.html
SCS Publications/Media Consent Form Students were issued with a copy of this form (reprinted on page 5) for their parent/carer to complete last week. Please ensure that you have completed and returned the form by this Wednesday 13 March.
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College Assembly 6 March - Award Recipients
NSWCCC SOFTBALL
Keeley Lennon (MacKillop) and Elliot Kirgan (La Salle)
SWIMMING CARNIVAL AGE RUNNER-UP
DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE AWARDS
DUKE OF EDINBURGH SILVER AWARDS Mitchell Karadinovski (MacKillop) Keziah Netto (Nagle) Anna Rickert (Nagle) Nathan Young (Nagle)
UOW STEM Camp for Girls 2019
Olivia Branco (Rice) and Clara Lorenzatto (La Salle)
MACKILLOP
Joshua Davis Jasmine Dean Noah Farrugia Tiffanie Kent Jessica McAuliffe Brigitte Salib Jessica Sewell Lauren Walker
NAGLE Anthony Apostolakos Laura Cole Stephen Coyne Iliana Francis Emily Fulton Nikolas Prapas Mitchell Westrup
RICE Kaelin Bolton Olivia Branco Breeanna Doyle Christopher Hamilton Jacob Lambert Caitlin Riley Cooper Taunton Tamsyn Watson Christian Xiros
LA SALLE
Zane Assen Bianca Bewert Georgia Dorevski Amelia Grantham Nina Hamamdjian Caitlin Michael William Perrau Tyler Rowles Zane Smith Jack Wijesekera
AGE GROUP FEMALE MALE
Under 12’s Nayah Goncalves (MacKillop) Lachlan Wellman (Nagle)
Under 13’s Jennifer Sewell (MacKillop) Pericles Leftakis (Rice)
Under 14’s Madeline Hogan (MacKillop) Harrison Tzanis (Rice)
Under 15’s Skye Harrigan (La Salle) Jayden Clarke (Nagle)
Under 16’s Jessica Sewell (MacKillop) Zane Assen (La Salle)
Opens Phoebe Bottrill (MacKillop) John Kavvalos (Nagle)
SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
MACKILLOP
RICE NAGLE LA SALLE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
MACKILLOP
RICE NAGLE LA SALLE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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School Assembly
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Assistant Principal │ Mr Damien Kerr
CALENDAR
2019
Week 7
Monday 11 March 2019
Year 8 Assessment - Music (In Class) Year 8 Assessment - Tech Mandatory (Hand in)
Research Task Year 10 Incursion - Young and Confident
Year 7 Camp
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Year 8 Assessment - Tech Mandatory (Hand in) Research Task
Year 10 Incursion - Young and Confident Year 7 Camp
Year 11 Excursion - Geography
NSWCCC Trial - Baseball
Wednesday 13 March 2019
Year 8 Assessment - Tech Mandatory (Hand in) Research Task Year 7 Camp
Year 10 Informal Assessment—Allwell Testing
CaSPA Regional Performance Squad - Rehearsal
Thursday 14 March 2019
Year 8 Assessment - Tech Mandatory (Hand in) Research Task
SSCCC Trial - Touch Staff Development Day (Pupil Free Day)
Friday 15 March 2019
Year 8 Assessment - Tech Mandatory (Hand in) Research Task
Year 10 Assessment - Visual Arts Aquinas - Winter Sports Trials
CSDA Public Speaking - Zone Final
Week 8
Monday 18 March 2019
Year 10 Assessment - History (In Class) (Hand In) Year 9 Incursion - History
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Year 10 Assessment - English (In Class) Incursion - White Card Training
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Year 9 Excursion - IST Year 10 Excursion - IST
Year 11 Excursion - Biology Year 11 Excursion - Investigating Science
Thursday 21 March 2019
Year 8 Assessment - Mathematics (Hand in) Incursion - White Card Training
Friday 22 March 2019
Bronze Duke of Education - Practice Hike Aquinas - House Sport Round 1
Friday 22 March 2019
Bronze Duke of Education - Practice Hike
This Week’s Assessment Schedule: Year 11 and 12 Study Skills Seminar - 7th March
This week Dr Prue Salter from Enhanced Learning Educational Services (www.enhanced-learning.net) ran a study skills session with Year 11. The session focused on helping students identify changes and improvements they could make to their approach to their studies in order to maximise their results in their final years of school. The main areas covered with Year 11 were setting up an effective study space at home, managing resources for school (both paper and digital), working effectively in the evenings and dealing with distractions, managing time efficiently, planning for assessments, making brain-friendly study notes on a regular basis and using a wide variety of active study techniques to suit individual learning styles. Parents are encouraged to review the handout from the session with students and discuss the main areas identified where changes need to be made. Parents can also find extra study skills tips on the following website: http://studyskillstoptipsparents.com/. Prue also ran a study skills session with Year 12, building on the work done with the students in previous sessions. Year 12 looked at advanced research about the brain and how that could be used to make their study more effective. Steps to make effective study notes were highlighted and students also examined the study techniques they traditionally used, exploring new techniques they could try this year that best suited their learning preferences. The students also discussed how much time they should allocate to schoolwork during term time (2-3 hours per night) and the type of independent learning they should consistently be doing throughout the year. All secondary students and parents at our school also have access to a
great study skills website to help students develop their skills. Go to
www.studyskillshandbook.com.au and enter the username: aquinas and
the password: 10success. There are many useful handouts on the
THINGS TO PRINT page on this site and students can work through the
units where they need additional help.
Learning and Curriculum Matter │ Ms Lisa Mirabello
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Y-FACTOR CAMP - 2019
Y-Factor is for teens in Years 7 to 12 hosted by Sydney Catholic Youth in collaboration with Youth Ministers from across the Sydney Archdiocese. All leaders will hold a current Working with Children Check and have many years of experience in Youth Ministry. They will be using a wide variety of mediums including music, activities, multimedia, drama and testimony to communicate to young people the awesomeness of their faith, and how they can apply it to their lives daily. When: 9:30am, Saturday April 1 3 – 2:00pm, Tuesday April 16, 2019. Where: Benedict XVI Retreat Centre, Grose Vale NSW. Transport: A chartered bus will depart from St Joachim’s Lidcombe Parish at 8:30am on Saturday 13 April. Please arrive at 8:00am so we can get away on time. The bus will return to the same location on Tuesday 16 April by 3:00pm. Cost: The camp will cost $260, with a discount offered when multiple siblings are attending. The cost covers accommodation, transport, meals and activities. If finance is a problem, please contact Sydney Catholic Youth on 9307 8152 to discuss in strictest confidence. Child Protection and Safety: The Archdiocese of Sydney believes that genuine concern for the safety of all participants on our camp is of the utmost importance. All staff and volunteers have undergone child protection checks and careful screening.
Registration needs to be received by March 22, 2019.
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Last week on Shrove Tuesday the Social Justice Group ran a sweet goods stall. A HUGE thank you to all the students who donated goods and manned the stall. During the 30 minutes of recess, we managed to raise over $500 from the sale of brownies, cupcakes, cookies, soft drink cans and pikelets.
During Lent, students may like to place any loose coins or donations into the blue bottles that are available in Pastoral each morning as well to raise additional funds. Pastoral classes may elect to run additional stalls but these will be organised with each Pastoral teacher, if requested.
There will be a competition between each of the houses, to see which house can raise the most funds and a running total will be published each week.
Week 2 - TATI FROM INDONESIA
Project compassion will run until Easter. Caritas Australia’s work in developing countries goes to facilitating and maintaining programs that allow the local population to care for themselves. As can be shown in the example of Tati from Indonesia. More information can be found at https://lent.caritas.org.au/#blank
Thank you for your support and consideration of these programs.
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Thank you to all the staff and students that supported Shrove Tuesday last week. A special thank you to Mrs Martin’s Year 11 Hospitality class who helped set up Nagle Paved in anticipation of the stall. Thank you also to Jaicy Regan (MacKillop 4), Katie Skarentzos (Nagle 7) and Nikita Moore (Nagle 6) who spent Period 1 on Tuesday, cooking 150 pikelets. Thank you also to Mrs Tyrell (TAS assistant) who also helped prepare ingredients, batters and food items.
Social Justice Coordinator │ Mrs Denise Martin
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Asylum Seeker Centre visits - THURSDAY 7 March 2019
On Thursday of Week 6, students from Aquinas Catholic College Social Justice Group visited the Asylum Seeker Centre, Newtown to serve lunch to its clients. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to put their faith into action and serve the disadvantaged members of our community. The Asylum Seekers Centre provides practical and personal support for asylum seekers living in the community. Their services include casework, accommodation, financial relief, health care and counselling, employment assistance, education, advocacy, food and recreational activities. They are a not-for-profit organisation and rely on grants, donations and volunteers to undertake their work.
The Year 12 Hospitality class cooked a delicious lunch of hummus, tabouli, spicy couscous salad, spicy chicken salad and quinoa salad as part of our prepare appetisers and salad unit and service period requirements.
Social Justice Coordinator │ Mrs Denise Martin
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Once again, the asylum seeker clients were extremely grateful for the lunch that Aquinas provided and were quite keen to try out their burgeoning English speaking skills with our students, by thanking them. I am always amazed as the resilience that many asylum seekers have. During this visit, I caught up with one of the clients, I spoke to on my first visit there, 4 years ago. He sought refuge in Australia from Iraq about 5 years ago but unfortunately he is still in limbo as he has not yet been granted asylum. Unable to work here and with his remaining family in Iraq still, he finds it tough going but mentioned to me last week, ‘how amazing Australia is and how good the country has been to him’! Visiting the asylum seeker centre makes me grateful for the country in which I was lucky enough to be born in and all the opportunities that are available to us, as a nation.
I strongly suggest that any student that would like to step out of their comfort zone and learn something new, attend a social justice meeting (WEDNESDAY A at recess) and put their name down for a visit to the asylum seeker centre.
Many thanks to the following students for taking time away from their lessons to undertake this service: Riley Braddick (Rice), Breeanna Doyle (Rice), Nina Hamamdjian (La Salle), Jasmin Hatter (MacKillop), Tyler Rowles (La Salle), Dean Tulisso (La Salle) and Jack Wijesekera (La Salle).
Social Justice Coordinator │ Mrs Denise Martin
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H CLUB 2019
WHAT IS THE “H CLUB” -The “H Club” is a new initiative at Aquinas which aims to provide our students with the opportunity to study in a quiet environment while being supported by teachers from various KLA’s. The focus will be on Homework, Handy Hints and Help with assignments, study notes and planning your time
WHERE - The Father Denis Foley Resource Centre (The Library)
WHEN - 7.30am -8.30am (Monday -Friday) Recess, Lunch 3.00pm-4.30pm (Monday-Thursday)
WHO - All students are welcome to attend the Club, especially our Seniors. We expect that the club will be particularly busy prior to exams and when major assignments being due.
TIMETABLE - AS OF 7/2/2019 (NB: THIS WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY VIA COMPASS AND OUR NEWSLETTER)
TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
BEFORE SCHOOL
7.30am-8.30am Mrs Capovilla
7.30am-8.30am Mrs Capovilla 7.30am-8.30am HSIE/GEOGRAPHY FOCUS Mrs J. Smith 7.30am-8.15am Student Fitness Club (GYM) (Mr Burke)
7.30am-8.30am Mrs Capovilla 7.30am-8.15am MATHS FOCUS Ms Bauer
7.30am-8.30am Mrs Capovilla
7.30am-8.30am Mrs Capovilla 7.45am-8.30am PHYSICS and CHEMISTRY FOCUS Mrs Woods
3.00pm-4.30pm Mrs Capovilla 3.15pm-4.15pm YR 12 STANDARD ENGLISH Mrs Armstrong 3.15pm-4.15pm RE/TAS Focus, Mrs Lavilles-Reyes
3.00pm-4.30pm Mrs Capovilla 3.15pm-4.15pm (Mr Burke and Ms Gonnet) Staff and Students Boxercise (GYM)
LIBRARY CLOSES AT 2.30pm ON FRIDAYS
Wk A
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CSDA Public Speaking Competition - Round 1
Last Friday 8th March, 12 students from Years 7-12 represented the College in Round 1 of the CSDA Public Speaking Competition. These students, who were successful in trying out for the Aquinas team, had to prepare and present a speech based on one of the CSDA topics such as ‘If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am’, ‘I’ve got a little list’, ‘Ties’ and ‘The internet will end in an hour’. Our team competed against students from ten other local schools, while five other schools were simultaneously hosting Round 1, with a total of seventy schools competing in this prestigious competition. Well done to the following students for their commitment over the past few weeks and for the impeccable manner in which they represented Aquinas in Round 1:
Year 7: Hayley Johnson (LaSalle) and India Faber (Rice) Year 8: Arabella Harper (Rice) and Abby Wijesekera (LaSalle) Year 9: Aimee Smith (LaSalle) and Emily Maguire (MacKillop)
Year 10: Laura Cole (Nagle) and Jack Wijesekera (LaSalle) Year 11: Jessica Ross (MacKillop) and Joel Johnson (LaSalle) Year 12: Benjamin Capovilla (Rice) and Joshua Lane (Rice)
Congratulations to Hayley Johnson (Year 7), Abby Wijesekera (Year 8), Jack Wijesekera (Year 10), Joshua Lane (Year 12) and Benjamin Capovilla (Year 12) who were selected to go through to the Zone Final this Friday 15th March. Thank you to Mrs Capovilla for her support of these students in the lead up to Round 1.
Zone Final
The Zone Final will take place here at the College this Friday 15th March. Students will need to register at 6pm with the competition commencing at 6.30pm. Good luck to our Aquinas team!
Volunteers
Thank you to the students who have already volunteered to help with timekeeping duties for the Zone Final. If any other students are interested in helping out, this would be greatly appreciated. Please email Miss Cooper: [email protected]. Pizza will be provided.
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HSC Visual Arts Achievements 2018-19 Class of 2018 was a great year for Visual Arts at Aquinas College. I like to congratulate students on their achievements during the HSC, as well as their successful entries into various exhibitions within NSW. I like to congratulate the following students: Tiana Harb: ArtExpress Exhibition 2019, Art Gallery of NSW
and Tamworth Gallery (Scholarship at London University of Fine Arts and Julian Aston Art School Summer Scholarship)
Molly Barrett: Art Rules Exhibition, Hazelhurst Gallery
Kiara Shaw: Clancy Prize Exhibition, Australian Catholic University Strathfield
Alexandra Bolton: Clancy Prize Exhibition, Australian Catholic University Strathfield
Sophie Stone: Clancy Prize Exhibition, Australian Catholic
University Strathfield
HSC Visual Arts│ Ms Simone Small
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Each Friday during Lent in the Church (starting 8 March)
7:00pm (English) 7:30pm (Italian)
Come and spend some time with Jesus
Uniform Shop
(Uniform Shop won’t be open this week due to Staff Development Day on 14 March)
THURSDAY 21 MARCH
8:00am - 9:00am
Please note the Uniform Shop only sells
Sports Uniforms and School bags
(There are second hand Blazers available, various sizes. Please contact the office for more information)
The Uniform Shop now has Eftpos facilities
CANTEEN NEWS
No meat or chicken products available on
Fridays during LENT Hash Browns $1.00 Mini Spring Rolls pkt 3with sweet & sour sauce $2.00 Cheese & Tomato pizza slabs will be available $3.00 Garlic Bread $1.50 Cheese Rolls $2.00 Cheese & Spinach Triangles $4.00 Oriental Noodle Cups $2.50 Vegetarian Lasagne $3.50 Mini Corn on the cob $1.00 Herb Pizza Wrap $2.50 Greek Salad & Garden Salad $3.50 Falafel Wrap (lettuce, tomato and hommus) $4.50 Salad Sandwiches / rolls (Tuna / Salmon / Egg / Cheese also available)
Cheese & Bacon rolls will be replaced by Cheese rolls