Calling issue 26 (28 august 2014)

28 August 2014 No. 26 60 Park Parade Shorncliffe QLD 4017 Tel (07) 3631 9000 Fax (07) 3631 9001 Email [email protected] www.stpatricks.qld.edu.au

A Catholic Boys' School in the Edmund Rice Tradition Catering for Years 5 to 12

Dear Members of the St. Patrick’s College Community The College was notified this week that Br Col Fitzgerald had passed away. His health had slowly deteriorated since taking up residency at Holy Spirit Carseldine. Br Col has been a member of our Community since 1989 and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Our community has lost an avid gardener and a photographer who had a keen eye for capturing so many candid moments around the College. Tuesday morning’s Mass was dedicated to Br Col and the large attendance was testimony to the impact of Br Col on St. Patrick’s. Our prayers and thoughts are extended to the community of Christian Brothers. Br Col’s Funeral will be held at St Vincent's Chapel, Queens Road Nudgee (Sisters of Mercy) on Thursday 4 September at 10.00 am. Fr Liam Horsfall will be the celebrant and staff and students, particularly those from Br Col’s Coffey House, will have the opportunity to attend. Our prayers and thoughts also extend to the Howarth family this week with the passing of Adam Howarth, Ryan House Senior 2006 (brothers Jacob - Senior 2008 and Kurtis - Senior 2011). Adam’s funeral will be held tomorrow Friday 29 August at C3 Church, Gympie Road, Bridgeman Downs at 10.30am. Attendees are asked to wear bright colours in celebration of Adam’s life. This week, we have also had visitors from Edmund Rice Education Australia in as part of the community consultation process for the appointment of the next College Principal. I thank all those people who have been involved in the process and am grateful for the valuable input people have given in helping guide the selection process. Next week the Year 12 students will sit the Queensland Core Skills Tests on Tuesday and Wednesday. This is an important series of exams and our young men have engaged well with the preparation process. We wish them all the best next week and know that they will give their best. It is a busy time of the term with assessment falling due and exams fast approaching. It is important that boys are regularly revising their work in preparations for their respective exams. It has been a tough week for many in our community and I ask that we keep all of these families in our prayers.

God bless

Mr Frank Torrisi Acting College Principal

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Mr Matthew Hawkins AP Identity

New Friends for our SPC Community

A couple of weeks ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet two great men from the local Bhutanese community in Brisbane, named Puskar and Tula. Puskar and Tula are two of approximately 150-170 refugees from Bhutan settled here in Brisbane. The majority of Bhutanese families live in the northern region of Brisbane around the Bray Park area. There are approximately 5000-6000 Bhutanese people in Australia. In talking to Puskar and Tula, I was struck by their wisdom and openness in sharing their story and their enthusiasm to form a relationship with our College. Bhutan is a unique country, so as a community, we have a special opportunity to make friends with our local Bhutanese neighbours. As a starting point in this relationship, we are organizing a simple family BBQ, game of football (soccer) and picnic day on Saturday 6 September – there is a flyer advertising the event on the following page of the Calling. If you would like to come to the day, please feel free to bring your whole family. It will be a very relaxed day - for catering purposes, if you plan to come along, please email Mrs Helen Righetti at [email protected] to let us know rough numbers. If you have any questions about the event, please email Mr Jonathon Hall on [email protected].

The game of football will be laidback and involve all ages – our Year 5s are encouraged to be involved, through to our Year 12s, along with some brave staff – mums and dads, you are also more than welcome to brush off the Socceroos jersey and give it a go! Siblings also are more than welcome. There will be all ages of our visitors playing as well. The event will take place here at the College on and around the back oval, so no need for football boots – just joggers are fine. We will be meeting with students to advertise this event as well – we will begin by inviting our football community and their families, along with anyone else with an interest in welcoming this group of people into our community. Our students involved in “ERA for Change”, our advocacy network, will also play a key leadership role on the day and in this developing relationship. As advocates in a Catholic and Edmund Rice context, we firmly believe we have an obligation to welcome the stranger, a challenge set for us very clearly in Matthew’s gospel. Soon enough though of course, our new Bhutanese neighbours will not be strangers – they will simply be our friends. And what a privilege for us that is! Have a great week.

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Mr Matthew Hawkins AP Identity

St. Patrick’s College & Bhutanese Community

Family Football and Picnic Day Saturday 6 September 11am – 2pm St. Patrick’s College – Back Oval

ALL FAMILY MEMBERS WELCOME LUNCH PROVIDED

If you plan on coming, please email Helen Righetti for catering purposes [email protected]

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Ms Emily Rotta College Counsellor

Parents, talk with your children… Queensland Child Protection Week is soon approaching, September 1 to September 14 2014. During this important time we ask parents to spend some time discussing child safety information with their children to increase their child’s awareness in protective behaviours. Protective behaviours is a term that is used to refer to the behaviours which assist children to recognise situations where their personal space or sense of safety may be compromised. By having conversations with your children about protective behaviours, children are provided with knowledge that can help protect them in unsafe situations when you as parents are not present. By having these conversations with your children, you empower them by giving them permission to talk about difficult or problematic situations they are facing. Children have the right to feel safe and act in a way that keeps them safe. So … what can you do? Help your child in increasing their self-esteem and confidence so that they can empower themselves in otherwise potentially powerless circumstances. You can do this by, learning, discussing and prac tic ing protective behaviours with your child. Protective behaviour discussions should cover the following:

Private parts, Rules about touching, Good and bad secrets, Trust and safety networks / stranger danger, Warning signs, Feelings, Boundaries,

Tip: When engaging your child in a conversation about protective behaviours, it’s important to reassure them they are not in trouble and that they are safe. When talking about safety, it’s important to not leave the child feeling scared or disempowered, but instead, letting the child know these discussions are to help provide them with awareness about their own safety. Lastly, try make this learning fun via the use of games, craft or humour and finish the conversation with reinforcing your child with the knowledge that they have the ability to keep themselves safe.

Useful links Bravehearts Protective Behaviours https://www.bravehearts.org.au/files/Protective%20Behaviours.pdf

Protective Behaviours Consultancy Group NSW: http://www.protective-behaviours.org.au/why-use-protective-behaviours/

Raising Children: The Australian Parenting Website: http://raisingchildren.net.au/early_teens/early_teens.html

Boystown - Parentline: http://www.parentline.com.au/

Parentline – Tip sheets http://www.parentline.com.au/parenting-information/tip-sheets/

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Mr Chris Campbell AP Curriculum

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Mr Charles Brauer AP Student Formation

Sport Support Group We wish to continually thank the cheerful parents and friends who assisted us at the home games at Curlew Park during Term Two and look forward to seeing many new faces in the Callan Centre for Basketball this term. Many hands make light work! Our monthly meeting of volunteer, devoted parents for September will take place on Monday 1 September at 6.30 pm in the Morven Board Room. All parents and friends are welcome, especially those with sons heavily involved in the College and Representative Team programs. This especially includes Basketball, Tennis and Track & Field parents for the present season. The meeting normally lasts for about an hour. We look forward to welcoming you into our Group.

The Power of Presence What do you know about Edmund Rice? His values? His mo-tives? How do you see the legacy of Edmund Rice alive in the St. Patrick’s College community? What’s the one theme that resonates with you when you re-flect on the life and example of Edmund Rice? What work can be done as teachers and parents to ensure that that we continue to educate and raise our young men in the spirit of Edmund Rice? Until this week I thought I had some sound answers to these questions. However, it wasn’t until I spent three days of this week exploring with other teachers the life and mission of Edmund Rice that I realised my previous answers to these questions would have been off the mark. During my time on this staff retreat I was struck with the power of presenc e. Not being a bystander or perhaps just spending time with others. Instead, true presenc e is about putting on hold one’s own val-ues, experiences, beliefs and judgments and allowing another’s personal story be truly heard. With this comes compassion and understanding. And in turn, both parties are empowered into a right, just and caring relationship. Our College’s strong focus on pastoral care is an indicator that we value this idea of presenc e. Our Tutor Groups, retreats, extra-curricular activities, parent-teacher interviews, Mass and liturgies are all deliberate opportunities that we provide our community to be present with one another. Being present requires a conscious and deliberate action. It means putting away the mobile phone, taking out the ear buds, turning off the laptop, turning off the TV, sharing a meal. Being present demands listening, no judging, no opinions, no criticising. Some have summed it up as “wasting time” with others. As a College we value community. It’s through being present to others that we strengthen our community - one interaction at a time. It’s through our staff and students being present to one another that each are formed into right, just and caring relationships, just as Edmund had hoped, dreamed and achieved. It’s now up to us to keep Edmund’s legacy alive at St. Patrick’s College.

This week’s Men of Action Top row: Sean Lahey (Year 9), Jesse Keasley (Year 9) and Josh Markby (Year 10) Bottom Row: Harry McLaughlin (Year 6), Lucas Lutter (Year 9) and Sam Essex (Year 9)

UPCOMING SOCIAL EVENTS FOR STUDENTS Friday 29 August: All Hallow’s School Social Year 10 to 12 students 7:00pm – 10:00pm Loretto Hall, All Hallow’s School $10 entry fee. A current St. Patrick’s College Student ID will be requested upon entry. High standards of behaviour and dress are an expectation of this event.

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Mr Luke Donatini Director of Sport

ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE SPORT – DRESS STANDARDS We noticed on Saturday at our first round of AIC basketball that there were many St. Patrick’s College students not correctly dressed in St. Patrick’s College apparel. It is important that we have parental assistance and support with our request that ALL St. Patrick’s College students who attend a sporting event (home or away) are correctly attired. Please note below our dress standard and expectations: SPC Basketball – All students attending must be dressed in:

College Basketball singlet

College sports shorts or College Basketball shorts (no other sporting shorts)

College sports socks or plain white sports socks SPC Tennis – All students attending must be dressed in:

College Tennis polo shirt /plain white polo shirt

College sports shorts or College tennis shorts (no other sporting shorts)

College sports socks or plain white sports socks

College sports cap or hat SPC Track & Field – All students attending must be dressed in:

College Athletics singlet or green SPC sport t-shirt (t-shirts are given out to all students who regularly train and attend CIC/AIC Track and Field meets)

College sports shorts or College athletics shorts (no other sporting shorts)

College sports socks or plain white sports socks

FOR ALL SPC SPORTS – Should the weather be cool students are expected to be dressed only in:

College tracksuit jacket

College green tracksuit pants It is also the expectation of the College that any student who remains after his game to spectate or arrives at any venue as a spectator MUST be dressed in St. Patrick’s College Formal Uniform. We will not hesitate to ask a St. Patrick’s College student to leave the sporting venue or remove the incorrect article/s of clothing if dressed incorrectly. Again, we ask that all parents assist us in this regard and ensure that your son is dressed correctly prior to arriving at any CIC or AIC sporting venue.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS SPC Under 10 4 x100m Relay Team – gained 3rd place (Bronze Medal) at the recent Metropolitan North Primary Track and Field Championships held at the University of Queensland Track, St Lucia. Tyler Harrington – has recently won both the South East QLD and National Golden Gloves Boxing titles for the U13/14 Division. Tyler trains four to five times a week out of the Kurbingui Boxing Club at Bracken Ridge.

SPC Under 10 4 x100m Relay Team – Joel Hogan, Izaak Vaughan, Luka Bellgardt, Joshua Moate (More Met North T&F results will be published once all official results are received)

SPC TRIMESTER THREE SPORTING COORDINATORS Basketball – Mr Corey Meehan [email protected] Tennis - Br Chris Pritchard [email protected] Track and Field – Mr Ryan Schultz [email protected] Metropolitan North Regional Sport Information All students and parents requesting information regarding upcoming Met North Regional trials are asked to go to the Met North Website to find out such information - www.metnorthsport.qld.edu.au For further information regarding these and other trials please contact Ryan Schultz (College Coaching Administrator).

SPC GYM Term 3 Gym timetables are now up on Connect. Please click on the below link for further details: click here

SPC BASKETBALL For more information about SPC Basketball, please click here

SPC TRACK AND FIELD Friday Night Meets – all AIC Track and Field students are encouraged to attend the upcoming Friday Night Lead Up Meets. Student need to sign up for the bus in the College Gym every week of the meets. SPC are looking to get 60 – 80 students at this week’s first meet! AIC Track and Field Camp – students are also encouraged to attend the Track and Field Camp from October 3 – 5 held at the Sunshine Coast. For more information about SPC Track & Field, please click here

SPC TENNIS For more information about SPC Tennis, please click here

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Rosters

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop has been relocated to the Waterford car park in preparation for the building of

the new Cultural and Sporting Precinct. Second hand excellent quality cricket gear in a variety of

sizes is available. Pop in and have a look.

TRADING HOURS Tues 12-4pm, Wed 10am -2pm,

Thurs 7.30am -11.30am

*****VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED*****

TUCKSHOP ROSTER

DATE HELPERS

29/08 Deanna Ryan, Marney Merrit, Gina Macpherson

02/09 Cheryl Jahnke, Jane Gregory

03/09 Mary Brodie, Andrea Meade, Jane Doyle, Margaret Armitage

04/09 Karen Jacobsen, Julie O’Neill, Madeline Avci

05/09 Natalie Dore, Tania Caruana, Michelle Warnecke

01/09 Lorraine Durigon, Alison Broughan, Mary McHugh

PADDIES VAN ROSTER

Tuesday Morn BBQ Decker Park, Sandgate

7.25 am - 9.00 am

Tuesday Evening Street Van Emma Miller Place, City

5..00pm - 8.00pm

Thursday Morning BBQ Humpybong School 7. 30 am - 9.00 am

Saturday Night BBQ Sandgate Sandgate Lagoon 5.15 pm - 7.30 pm

Tuesday, 2 September Daniel Duncan, David

Fitzpatrick, Josh Hunter-Mewburn, Nicklaus Jones,

Aaidan Benn

Tuesday, 2 September Trevor Baker, Tyler Brinkhoff,

Jaydon Mielekamp, Benjamin Rooney

Thursday, 4 September James Cardwell, Jay Cawthorne,

Mitchell Budd, Zach Caldwell, Calum Douglass

Saturday, 30 August

Tobias Batson, Callum McFarlane, Jake Baker

Please Note: If you cannot fulfil your commitment to take part in these service programs, please advise Mrs Righetti ASAP.

LOST

Sports jacket and hat belonging to Aiden Foreman - Year 5D.

Please check your sons clothes - if you have these items please return to the

Student Office.

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Date Claimers