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Staff Movements

We are grateful for the service of Joanna Moore (Marian Campus), Sara Stancati and Anna Owen (Marcellin Campus) and Denise Bendotti (Lavalla/Marcellin Campuses). We wish them well in their future endeavours.

Term 4 Week 1

• Year 12 Exams – Monday 5 – Friday 16 October
• Year 10 Camp – Monday 12 – Friday 16 October
• Year 7 2021 Orientation Day – Monday 12 October
• PK-Y11 Commence Term 4 – Tuesday 13 October

Covid-19 Update

With the delay of moving to Phase 5 restrictions by the State Government, the following protocols will remain in place until鈥�24 October.

• Assemblies and College community鈥痚vents鈥�:鈥疻hole school and campus assemblies are limited to ensure student numbers don鈥檛 exceed the 2m2 rule.
• Parent and caregiver meetings 鈥� Pre-arranged parent/caregiver meetings can proceed, adhering to physical distancing and hygiene protocols
• Parent and caregiver access聽鈥� Parents are able to enter school grounds to drop off and pick up their children and to attend scheduled meetings with staff. Parents can enter classrooms at the invitation of the teacher.

Student attendance at school is compulsory, except for those who are recognised as medically vulnerable or who have medically vulnerable family members. If you are concerned about your own family situation, please contact Lisa鈥疐ogliani, Vice Principal for additional clarity and advice.

The Government has stressed the importance of Western Australians to continue to keep up physical distancing where possible and to maintain good personal hygiene to better protect ourselves and the general health of the community.

In addition, students will be continually and explicitly taught the importance of handwashing, physical distancing and observing personal hygiene to a high standard (as developmentally appropriate).

If Students are Unwell

We鈥痑sk that students who are presenting with a fever or flu like symptoms stay at home until their symptoms are clear.鈥�鈥疘t is the responsibility of all families to ensure they support the wider College community.

Our Commitment to Child Safety

The College is committed to providing an environment that is safe for all children. We actively work towards and promote the principles of the Catholic Education鈥檚 Child Safe Framework. The framework upholds a child safe culture, healthy and respectful relationships, and extended guardianship in school communities, based on the latest research and recognised best practices.鈥� At times, we rely on partnership with parents to ensure all members of our community are safe, supported and cared for. Thank you to community members that have positively and openly supported this intent. If you are concerned about a child, please communicate with Campus Leaders, Leaders of Wellbeing or any member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Code of Conduct

A reminder to all families that the Code of Conduct can be accessed via the College website. The Code is mandated by Catholic Education Western Australia and the application of the code extends to all staff, students, parents, guardians,鈥痗aregivers鈥痑nd volunteers.

The Code seeks to value the dignity of every person, foster positive relationships, ensuring confidentiality and accountability and supports professional boundaries.鈥� Events held during school hours AND outside of school hours that are associated with the College are also supported by the Code of Conduct.鈥� Postings on social media platforms that identify the College or College events are also bound by the Code of Conduct.

Any perceived breaches of the Code can be discussed with any member of the Senior Leadership Team.鈥� We thank you in advance for your understanding and support of how we strive to partner positively with one another.

Lavalla Athletics Carnival Records and Age Champions

Last week鈥檚 assembly provided the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the wonderful individual achievements of our Years 3-6 students from the Athletics Carnival.

We had two records broken on the day. Congratulations Ty Patterson Year 6 who broke the Year 6 Boys Turbo Jav with a throw of 32.62 metres and Maverick Patterson Year 3 who broke the Year 3 Boys Turbo Jav with a throw of 19.13 metres.

The Age Champions for each year group were also announced. Click here to see the full list of students.

IPSHA Athletics Carnival

On Thursday 17 September, the Interschool Athletics team competed in the IPSHA Athletics Carnival held at All Saints College. It was a fantastic day, with the Newman team achieving a lot of exceptional performances.

A highlight from the carnival was the final event of the day; the Year 6 100m Relay. All four students had competed in numerous events on the day and finished their final IPSHA Carnival with a wonderful win. Congratulations to the team of Sienna O鈥橰ourke, Linus Keane, Hannah Seaborn and Cooper Trovarello.

A big thank you to Mrs Short and Jaxon Bilchuris for attending the day with the team and assisting the students with their events.

ACC Athletics Carnival

Our athletes battled extremely hard at this year鈥檚 A Division ACC Athletics Carnival and achieved our goal of remaining in A Division. This was a very pleasing result given our reduced squad this year. Click here to see all the results and more photos from the day.

First Aid

This Term, the Year 11 Edge class have been working hard in class learning first aid. On Monday the students sat their Senior First Aid certificate with Kevin Emery from West Coast Water Safety. Students were taught how to deal with fractures, bandaging, CPR and how to use the defibrillators. The highlight of the day was Lachlan Goddard and Ella Geoghegan scoring 100% in the CPR practical assessment. A big thank you to Kevin for coming in and working with our students.

Newman Water Polo Flippaball Program

Newman Churchlands Swimming Club

Fathers Day

Last weekend we celebrated Fathers Day, recognising the wonderful presence of fathers in our lives. Poignantly for myself, it has been a year since the passing of my father, Peter. His memory lives large in my thoughts on the influence he has had in my family鈥檚 life. A compassionate, faith filled man, full of hope and expectation of what was possible in the life we have been given. He empowered my siblings and me to strive to be our best, grounded in a humility that was focused on serving others.

On Thursday, Friday and Monday we enjoyed Fathers Day celebrations across the College. Breakfasts and the making of Fathers Day presents were the order of the day which gave our students the opportunity to give thanks and show love for their dads. On Friday morning our student led prayer in our Champagnat Chapel was centred on giving thanks for our fathers, beautifully led by Tiggy Connelly and Georgia Whitely. I commend the leadership of these two great young women who have led prayer consistently throughout the course of 2020. Their leadership has been exemplified by an ongoing commitment to create a space for hope and reflection for our College community. Please to view the latest liturgy.

Year 12 Industry Breakfast

今日吃瓜 hosted its annual Industry Breakfast for Year 12 students with alumni, industry partners and sponsors of 今日吃瓜. This event provided an opportunity to Year 12 students in their General and ATAR pathways to connect and be in discussion with people in various specialised fields. These included engineering, communications, commerce, science, arts, construction, architecture, mathematics, technology, human resources and education. The tenor of the occasion was engaging and insightful for our students in enabling them to feel confident about the possibilities of what the future may bring to them.

The great strength of our College is in how we have collaborated with families and students in determining their learning pathways in the senior school. Each pathway, be it ATAR or General, is of equal value as they meet the respective needs and aspirations of each student. Our College alumni, partners and sponsors were impressed with the high level of engagement and presentation of our students.

Opportunities such as these epitomize the intent of our Vision for Learning 鈥� Shine Through Discovery 鈥� that animates our students to believe that they are capable of harnessing their talents and making a difference to the world in which they live. In 2021, as part of our new Strategic Directions, a key Strategic Intent will be to leverage our Newman heritage by building our alumni database and utilising the high level of human and social capital that emanates from the work and lives of our past students. to see highlights from the day.

College Archives

Further to our Strategic Priority, Leveraging Heritage, has been the curation of our College archives. We have entered into a partnership with the Perth Museum to review and enhance how we maintain and grow our archival resources. This has been an exciting initiative which is capturing the unique story of 今日吃瓜. Central to this project has been the digitalisation of College alumni that will enable us to develop a foundation in the year ahead. In addition, it has brought together the story of the Dominican, Brigidine and Marist charisms 鈥� the founding schools which is now 今日吃瓜.

Hale Leaders Breakfast

今日吃瓜 student leaders took time to visit Hale School last week attending their leadership breakfast. This was an opportunity to develop stronger relationship between the schools and also to gain insight to their student leadership program. What was significant was the high level of leadership and discussion that will enable further such events to take place into 2021.

Lavalla Athletics Carnival

Today we held our Lavalla Athletics Carnival, another great College event highlighted by the high level of participation of our students and support from their families.