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Newman Newbies: From the Deputy Principal Mission and Catholic Identity

Jo Dunn on 28/06/2019

DANIEL LYNCH, DEPUTY PRINCIPAL MISSION AND CATHOLIC IDENTITY

K-12 Feast Day of St Marcellin Champagnat Celebrations

On Friday 14 June, our K-12 community celebrated the Feast Day of St Marcellin Champagnat, Founder of the Marist Brothers and Marist Education. As an Australian Marist community, we give thanks for the life, witness and commitment of the Marist Brothers and those committed to Marist education who have served in our community, and across Western Australia.

Please to view images of our Primary celebrations, and for images of our Secondary celebrations.

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Archbishop鈥檚 LifeLink Primary Launch

On Wednesday 5 June, 今日吃瓜 hosted 478 students and teachers from 76 Primary Schools across the Archdiocese of Perth for the annual Archbishop鈥檚 LifeLink for Primary Launch. Visitors were welcomed by our Year 6 Student Council, with Ella Rose (Year 6) leading the Acknowledgement of Country, and the Year 5 and 6 Lavalla Dance Troupe sharing their Liturgical Movement piece titled: 鈥楢mazing鈥�.

St Vincent de Paul Winter Sleep Out

On Friday 24 May, 33 students from the Marcellin Campus (Years 7-12) attended the St Vincent de Paul Winter Sleep Out. Students and staff participated in activities that looked at the facts around homelessness in Australia. Participants learnt that many issues and factors can affect a person鈥檚 access to a home, which contributes to the 116,000 people who find themselves homeless in Australia. Students and staff shared a simple meal of soup together before hearing from two Archdiocesan groups, including Mrs Carol Mitchell from the Justice, Ecology and Development Office and Mr Damian Walsh from Catholic agency, The Shopfront. Mrs Mitchell and Mr Walsh spoke about homelessness from two interrelated views, one being justice and the other being practical support and care.

Following a question and answer time, students began a Review of Life, following Joseph Cardijn鈥檚 鈥� 鈥楽ee, Judge, Act鈥�. To see the issue for what it is, judge it in light of the Gospels and faith and then to come up with actions that individuals and groups can take to address the issue. Before the evening concluded, students and teachers completed the See and Judge sections of the review and collectively agreed to meet again to complete the Act section. Following prayer, students and staff settled down for the night, some choosing to sleep on a thin mat, others sleeping directly on the floor. The short experience helped participants gain a greater understanding of the issues of homelessness and a small insight into rough sleeping. It was a great evening and we thank all of those who participated and volunteered to assist.

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Newman Newbies: From the Vice Principal

Jo Dunn on 28/06/2019

LISA FOGLIANI, VICE PRINCIPAL

This term, we have continually exposed students to the essential skills of collaboration, creativity and critical thinking which are increasingly important in an age of disruption and change. Discovering how we work with others, co-learning and co-constructing ideas is important in working with others and developing good working relationships.

Newman Parents

The College was very fortunate to secure ‘Australia鈥檚 foremost expert in the area of CyberSafety’ Susan McLean to speak at the Newman Parents meeting on Wednesday 12 June. This session focused on making parents aware of the dangers facing young people today and looking at effective parenting techniques that can be implemented. With the fast pace of technological development, 今日吃瓜 is extremely grateful for the time Susan spent with our parent community and we are certain that they have taken away many useful points from her work.

If you would like further information on Susan McLean, she can be followed on Twitter @Cybercop1 or on Facebook as Susan McLean-CyberSaftey Expert. Susan also operates her own website cybersafteysolutions.com.au

Newman Parents is part of the College鈥檚 commitment to parent partnership and being active participants in the education of their children, in collaboration with the College.

DISA Survey

In 2016, staff, students and parents participated in the DISA Survey. The purpose of the DISA is to provide schools with information on which to base judgements about areas for school improvement. DISA is an online tool that you can use to examine your school鈥檚 overall alignment and is comprised of three surveys customised for each of staff, parents, and students. This term, all staff, students and parents were invited to participate in the survey. The data collected will inform the College鈥檚 2019-2022 Strategic Plan.

Winter Music Night

Jo Dunn on 28/06/2019

The 2019 Winter Music Night was held over two concerts on Tuesday 18 June in the Marist Auditorium. Instrumental and vocal ensembles and selected soloists from Lavalla Campus performed from 5.00pm. Highlights included Beating Hearts Drum Band, Lavalla Choir and Year 3 Choir, Lavalla Strings and a debut performance from the Year 3 String Ensemble.

Marcellin Campus ensembles performed from 7.00pm, including SIP band and Year 7 Choir, Newman Voices, Chamber Choir, Chamber String Orchestra, Concert Winds, Symphonic Winds and Marcellin Campus jazz and contemporary ensembles. The audience was treated to a performance by guest musicians Tom O鈥橦alloran (piano) and Jamie Oehlers (saxophone). Congratulations to all who performed on the night and thank you to staff and parents for their ongoing support.

Newman News Term 2 Week 8: From the Acting Principal

Jo Dunn on 21/06/2019

As all families would be aware, Mr Finneran is taking Long Service Leave during Weeks 8, 9 and 10 of this term.听 As Acting Principal, I have great pleasure in presenting a snapshot of important events in the life of 今日吃瓜 over the past two weeks.

Champagnat Day
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Last Friday, our College Community came together to celebrate the Feast of St Marcellin Champagnat, the Founder of the Marist Brothers and the inspiration of Marist education. The great joy of this celebration is in the gathering for prayer and communion with the Secondary School Mass being celebrated by Fr Israel Quirit and the Primary School Mass celebrated by Father Dinh Chinh.

At the conclusion of the Marcellin Campus Mass, a number of long serving PK-12 staff were acknowledged for their committed and dedicated service to Marist education.

Whilst the weather made plans for fun and festivities challenging, we were still able to come together with great family spirit. Friendships were formed amongst our Primary buddies and the Battle of the Bands showcased the gifts and talents of our students and staff from the Marcellin Campus.

Please for more images of Champagnat Day at the Marcellin Campus, and for photos from the Primary School celebrations.

Marist Netball

My congratulations to our netballers who represented the College at the Marist Netball Carnival, hosted by Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College in Alice Springs.

I had the pleasure of travelling with the team to Alice Springs last Saturday and spent the first few days with them.听 As I experienced, and what continued to be reflected throughout the week, was that our students conducted themselves in an exemplary manner, both on and off the court.听 The display of great sportsmanship and Marist spirit ensured an enjoyable and memorable experience for all.

The girls played with determination and spirit and performed strongly in the Challenge round of competition. Players Georgia Condon (Year 12), Sarena Kriletich (Year 10) and Holli Johnson (Year 11) were awarded Player of the Day over the course of the Carnival. I extend my thanks to Marnie Fitzpatrick (Coach), Ella Rosher (Manager) and Team Captain Taya Voysey for their support, care and leadership of the team.

Winter Music Concerts

The Winter Music Concerts held this week so beautifully displayed our Vision for Learning 鈥楽hine through Discovery鈥�, with students showcasing their amazing talents through music, song and the arts.听 Both concerts were of a particularly high standard and most entertaining.听 I am sure those who attended either or both concerts will join me in congratulating our students on their very fine performances.

Mitchell Bristow

Our Primary families were advised on 14 June that Mitchell Bristow, Head of Primary, has been seconded to St Thomas鈥� Primary School Claremont as Acting Principal for Semester 2 2019, commencing at the beginning of Term 3.听 This is a great recognition of Mitchell鈥檚 sound leadership of the Primary school within our PK-12 community.

The College will restructure its leadership provision in the Primary school to ensure strong leadership is maintained for the duration of 2019.听 Further and more specific information will be communicated to Primary families over the course of the next few weeks.

We wish Mitchell every success in his new role.

 

Newman News Term 2 Week 8: From the Head of Primary

Jo Dunn on 21/06/2019

Champagnat Day

Friday 14th June saw our primary students come together at the Lavalla Campus for Buddy Day to celebrate St Marcellin Champagnat鈥檚 Feast Day (June 6th). Wet weather certainly did not dampen the spirits of our Marian and Lavalla students who enjoyed partaking in Marcellin Activities with their buddies in the morning and were still able to enjoy some time outdoors in the afternoon, playing with sport equipment and exploring the animals in the Petting Zoo. The K-6 Mass held in the Gymnasium was a highlight of the day, with the primary campuses coming together to reverently celebrate our patron鈥檚 Feast Day with Father Chinh. This was Father Chinh鈥檚 first time leading the entire primary school in celebrating the Eucharist and it was a lovely Mass! 听to see more photos from the day’s celebrations.

We can鈥檛 wait for our next Buddy Day celebrating the Feast of the Assumption!

iPad Use听

Parents are reminded that students at Lavalla are only permitted to use their iPads under direct teacher instruction and that students are not permitted to use their iPads before or after school without this direction. All students understand that iPads must travel to and from the classroom safely in their school bag.

Parents are further encouraged to establish and maintain expectations of iPad use at home. A reminder that messaging apps are not required for use at school and therefore parents may choose to remove those apps from student devices. If you do allow your child to utilise these apps, we strongly encourage close monitoring and the implementation of rules around their use. A further reminder that should parents need to get communication to students during the school day, the expectation is this will come via the office where a message will be directed to your child, please do not directly message your child via their device. They will be breaching school iPad expectations if they respond to you during the school day.

Marcellin Award

Congratulations to Griffin Chester from 2 Blue who earned this week’s Marcellin Award on the Marian Campus. 听Griffin has been recognised for sticking up for a friend who was being excluded and making sure they were able to join in. Well done Griffin!

The Marcellin Award at Marian Campus is drawn from submitted nominations each Wednesday morning at Prayer Assembly. At Lavalla Campus, the Marcellin Award is presented at campus assemblies to one student selected by the Leadership Team from submitted nominations.

Year 2 Sustainability Incursion

Bunnings came to visit 今日吃瓜 to help the Year 2’s learn about sustainability. We worked together to plant some winter herbs and a lemon tree. Now the Year 2’s will look after our garden to help grow produce to share in our ‘Fitness Friday’ exchange program. For more photos please

Interschool Sport听

Our Year 6 Unit continue to participate in this term’s interschool fixtures competing with IPSHA schools in the sports of hockey, soccer, netball and Australian Rules Football. Our Year 6鈥檚 represent 今日吃瓜 proudly when playing both away and at home, and they are eagerly looking forward to the full day carnival which will take place on June 27th at John XXIII College.

Our continued appreciation and gratitude goes to those parents who have helped out all term and will again at the carnival. Parents are also welcome to attend as spectators next week 鈥� we love to hear cheering for 今日吃瓜!

Workout Wednesday听

Mrs Pugh and Ms Sankar have begun a 鈥榃orkout Wednesday鈥� club at Lavalla Campus on Wednesday mornings. Students attending have loved starting their wintry morning with a warm up and enjoy exercising with students across Years 3-6. Anyone wanting to attend can meet Mrs Pugh and Ms Sankar on the basketball courts on Wednesday mornings at 7.45am in their sports uniform and are encouraged to bring a bowl and spoon if they would like to follow their workout with a bowl of cereal.

Please for a round up of our sports news including Beep Test results!

Winter Music Night听听

On Tuesday 18th June, students from the Lavalla Campus participated in the Winter Music Night held in the Marist Auditorium. We enjoyed performances by the Year 3 Choir and Year 3 Strings, Lavalla Choir, Lavalla String Quartet and Lavalla String Ensemble, as well as excellent individual performances by student musicians across Years 4-6. The evening was a wonderful celebration of the many musical talents of our Lavalla students and was a credit to their tutors, directors and Performing Arts leadership at 今日吃瓜. Thank-you also to all the parents who support their children in their musical endeavours.

Little Discoverer鈥檚 Playgroup听

The second session of our 今日吃瓜 Playgroup was hosted this week. Mrs Rebecca Rose facilitated the playgroup session for children 0-3 years and their parents. Participants enjoyed a range of developmentally appropriate activities such as play dough, collage, dance, song and story time. The Playgroup has been incredibly popular and the College is currently exploring options around additional sessions being offered in Term 3. We look forward to welcoming new and existing families to the playgroup sessions and providing a further opportunity for families to be involved in our dynamic and child-centred community.

Primary Social Committee Quiz Night

On Friday the 7th听of June, Primary Social Committee hosted their 鈥楴ight of Nights鈥� Music Quiz Night fundraiser at the Marian Campus Hall.听听The evening was a great success and a wonderful time was had by all in attendance. Thank-you to everyone who bought tickets for supporting our Primary Social听Committee, and听thank-you especially to the organisers and helpers on the night.

Cyber Safety听

On Wednesday 12 June, Susan McLean ran a CyberSafety session for parents at the College.听听Susan is 鈥楢ustralia鈥檚 foremost expert in the area of CyberSafety鈥�.听听Serving 27 years as a Victorian Police Officer, she has been awarded numerous awards including The National Medal, the National Police Medal and the Victorian Police Service Medal.听 She works with numerous governments and sporting groups such as the Federal Government’s CyberSafety Working Group, Cricket Australia and the AFL.

Susan’s parent module focused on making parents aware of the dangers facing young people today and looking at effective parenting techniques that can be implemented.

With the fast pace of technological development, 今日吃瓜 is extremely grateful for the time Susan has spent at the College and we are certain that students, parents & staff have taken away many useful points from her work.

If you would like further information on Susan McLean, she can be followed on Twitter @Cybercop1 or on Facebook as Susan McLean – CyberSafety Expert.听 Susan also operates her own website cybersafetysolutions.com.au