Optional Mass is held every Wednesday morning at 8.10am and Saturday morning at 7.15am (during the Winter Sport season) in the Br Michael Naughtin Theatre. This is a perfect way for the boys to start the day and a great opportunity to make time for God in their lives. Year 7 partake in these two days very well but I do encourage you all to have a conversation with your son about the benefits of attending mass.

Dear Parents,
I know that many families have received our invitation to attend the opening of the Student Art exhibition. For families new to the college, this exhibition surveys the artwork of all students studying Visual Arts and Photography and Digital Media. A selection of artwork by your son will be displayed alongside the work of our elective students and HSC candidates.

Your son will be able to attend the opening at 6.30pm on the evening of Friday 11th August if he is accompanied by parents or a guardian. I will be asking the boys next week whether they will be attending the opening. Some details are below:

Opening: Friday 11th August, 6.30pm, in the Farrell Auditorium to be opened by artist Nicholas Harding.
Supper and drinks will be provided.

Additional viewing time will be on Saturday 12th August from 9am -1pm and Sunday 13th August from 9am-2pm.

We hope that many of you can make it.

Regards,

Ms Michelle Tinta

Visual Arts Coordinator

Art work by Brady Hartley

 

Roast beef, mash and peas for dinner

Pavlova for dessert

Congratulations boys for your outstanding academic work during Term Two. Well done. Let’s all aim to be up on stage next term. 

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Congratulations to the boys pictured below for their excellent work in their chosen language. Well done boys 

Happy birthday boys 

13s Age Group

 Rugby

13A

Max Jorgensen – 2 tries and 2 conversions (14 points)

Jack Walkom – 2 tries

13B

Robbie Hunt – 2 tries

13C

Archie Jackson – 2 tries

13D

Harry Abbott – 3 tries

Julian Wynne – 3 tries

James Frederikson – 3 tries

Brody Paterson – 2 tries

Archie Campbell – 1 try and 7 conversions (19 points)

13F

Morgan Smith – 3 tries

Xavier Dalton – 2 tries

Joshua Rodrigues – 5 conversions (10 points)

13G

Kye Harbrow – 3 tries and 1 conversion (17 points)

CJ Frangieh – 2 tries

 

Football

 

13C

James Chronis – 2 goals

Jack Booth – 2 goals

The 13A’s and a few groupies after their big win 49-7 against Kings. 

Mr. Tarlinton addressed the assembly today and made reference to effort and hard work when speaking to the boys. He encouraged the boys to evaluate their work in Semester One and to challenge themselves to progress this term. He referred the Academic Reports that the boys recently received and asked the boys to ‘strive for better things’. The boys were reminded by Br Anthony that nothing in life is free and that they will be rewarded if they put in the effort to succeed.

These words are very important as we move into a huge term. Let’s make this term a rewarding one where we celebrate the successes of the boys in Year 7 but also take responsibility to make changes where needed. This Term is about the growth and development of the young men in Year 7.  I am sure that this will be the case.

This week in pastoral care the teachers have been discussing the effects of bullying with the students. The boys have responded well to this and have been very open in sharing their thoughts. 
In our division meeting this morning we further discussed bullying with a particular focus on the types/forms of bullying. The concept of the Digital Footprint was reiterated with the boys particularly in relation to Cyber Bullying. You may recall that this was addressed with the boys last term but it is always good to consolidate information such as this. The difference between bullying and banter was also briefly mentioned to reinforce concepts from last term. 

Our meeting finished with the reintroduction of the bystander in bullying. The boys are well and truly aware of this and have started to generate good ideas on how bystanders can help to resolve issues instead of sitting idle and allowing the issue to foster. We will continue with this next week and will discuss strategies to help deal with bullying. The boys, as a Year group, made a pact to each look at how they interact with their peers and in doing so help go address potential bullying incidents. 

I have encouraged each of the boys to discuss all of the mentioned above with you so hopefully they do so in the coming days. 

Mrs Schofield addressed the boys this morning and discussed the potential to study Latin as a language next year. Further information will follow on this but you may wish to have a discussion with your son about it.