Marian Catholic College 185 WAKADEN STREET, GRIFFITH NSW 2680 TELEPHONE: (02) 69692400 WEBSITE: www.mccww.catholic.edu.au Newsletter No. 33 Friday 21 October 2016 Lord, Help Me to Live This Day Lord, help me to live this day, Quietly, Easily To lean upon Thy great strength, Trustfully, Restfully, To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, Patiently, Serenely, To meet others, Peacefully, Joyously, To face tomorrow Confidently, courageously. St Francis Dear Parents, Students and Friends, The HSC Exams are about to enter the third week-two weeks down and two weeks to go. Some students have only one more exam whilst others have two or three. It is a very big week for many of our students. Please continue to keep them in your prayers. Next week will be a very “active” week. Students from Years 8 and 9 that are involved in our Duke of Edinburgh program are trekking through the Southern Highlands on during the first few days! Marian has been running this internationally acclaimed program for a number of years and I can’t recommend this program of self growth and teamwork highly enough. It is voluntary to participate but it comes with its own requirements and students and families need to be aware of the commitments. You can research the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme by visiting the website http://www.dukeofed.com.au/ . There are quite a few you-tubes on the Award scheme to view as well. We wish this group safe and enjoyable trekking and I thank Mr Segrave and Ms Vardanega for organising the trek and going with them. This coming week also sees our Year 8 students challenging themselves in their Community Day. Year 8 students are involved in the annual “Survivor Day”. They focus on team building exercises in a fun and interactive way. This is usually an enormously successful day, enjoyed by all. Staff Appointments for 2017. The following staff have recently accepted positions of responsibility. On behalf of the community I congratulate them and wish them every success. Some of the staff below have been in an “Acting” role in 2016. Director of Pastoral Care : Lora Segrave Vocational Education and Training (VET) Coordinator : Jo-Anne Benton Science-Leader of Learning : Esther Dumbleton Year 7 Pastoral Care Coordinator : Aaron Lawler Year 8 Pastoral Care Coordinator : Lara Calabria Year 10 Acting Pastoral Coordinator Lisa Davis - Louisa Patten will be on leave (7 Nov. 2016-30 June 2017) LOTE/RE Teacher : Domenica Polimeni PDHPE—Leader of Learning (Acting) - Renae Savage—Giulia calabro is on leave (2017) Staffing for next year is still taking place and further announcements will be made as they are finalised. Peace and Best wishes Principal
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Marian Catholic College 185 WAKADEN STREET, GRIFFITH NSW 2680
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BSS Work Placement
Duke of Ed
Expedition—Biloela
Altina Wildlife Park
Excursion—Year 7
Duke of Ed
Expedition—Biloela
Year 8 Survivor Day
CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 4 2016
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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J Lockwood
E Caffrey
H Panarello
Y Aloisi
C Laurent
K Trimboli
K Salvestro
D Zanotto
M Marando
J Sartor
S Royal
C Turner
Fr Christian—College Chaplain The past few Sundays presents us with lessons on prayer. It might be good for us to reflect on these beautiful words of Mother Teresa on prayer. The fruit of silence is PRAYER. The fruit of prayer is FAITH. The fruit of faith is LOVE. The fruit of love is SERVICE. The fruit of service is PEACE. Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray--feel the need to pray often dur-ing the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Je-sus. 61 Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta God bless. Fr Christian
Another exciting week in the Science Department with a group of year 7 students visiting Altina Park to check out the characteristics that scientists use for classification. The rest of the year 7 students will go on MONDAY if they have their permission notes in.
Many thanks go to Ms Davis, Mr Chowdhury, Mrs McIntosh and Mrs Zarins who accompanied the students and enjoyed the animals and fine weather. They had a short walk to visit the Meerkats, Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Marmoset monkeys, Crocodiles and Red pandas to name just a few.
Then they had a ride on the Clydesdale drawn carts with well informed presenters on each of the four carts
There were such a variety of animals to watch as they were being fed from Lions, Buffalo, Deer, Zebras, Wild dogs, Rhinos and Hyenas and Giraffes. Then some students got to hand feed the Camels right up close and friendly. The group enjoyed the beautiful weather and had a nutritious packed lunch which they had brought from home and a chat with their friends.
The Year 7 students who are going on MONDAY are asked to remember a HAT, WATER, LUNCH and SUNSCREEN. They will leave from the College at 9:10 after homeroom and return for period 4.
Esther Dumbleton Science Co-Ordinator
Are you and the kids always looking for something to do of an afternoon now that rugby season is over?
We have a solution to all your problems!
Griffith has become a Viva 7s Centre Viva 7s is a non-contact sport invented by the Australian Rugby Union where everyone can play together (ALL AGES & GENDERS). The Griffith Viva 7s Centre will begin on Friday, November 18th @ Jubilee Park from 6pm and will run every Friday Afternoon for 5 weeks straight (with the possibility of continuing on in the New Year. Come down and unwind on a Friday evening with a sausage sizzle and drinks. Cost is $60/player and all players who register will be insured by the ARU & receive a FREE reversible Viva 7s Shirt Register as a team or an individual at the link below https://viva7s.sportzvault.com/common/pages/noauth/olregstart.aspx?mode=0&sslredirect=1&entityid=69275&id=26071
Or attend our sign up evening to be held from 6-8pm on Friday 4th November, 2016, at the Griffith Junior Rugby Union
shed, Jubilee Oval.
If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact Kylee Parsons on
0423 492 172.
After some very strong performances at Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) Athletics, Marian Catholic College had
three students go on and compete at NSW All Schools Athletics on Friday 14 October. The All Schools Carnival
combines the best athletes from Combined High Schools (CHS), Association of Independent Schools (AIS) and
Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC); with the top placings awarded a position at Nationals Australia All Schools in
Canberra in early December.
I am very pleased to announce that Marian Catholic College had the following outstanding results at NSW All
Schools Athletics:
U12 NSW All Schools
Delroy Kasawaya
1st Place in 800 m
AWD NSW All Schools U12 – 15 Multi Class
Noah Negus
2nd
Place in 100 m, 200 m, 800 m
3rd
Place in Long Jump
4th Place in Shot Put
Sara Negus
4th Place in 100 m, 200 m and Long Jump
All three students should be congratulated on these fantastic results. Delroy will now be
competing in early December at Nationals in the 800 m event and Noah will have a full program,
competing in the 100 m, 200 m, 800 m and Long Jump events.