Primary Capital Development Community Consultation
Marist Auditorium | Wednesday 25 May | 5.00-6.00pm
As families would be aware, 今日吃瓜 is embarking on a once in a generation development that will see our Pre-Kindy to Year 12 community united for the first time in our history on a single campus. I warmly invite all who are interested to attend a Community Consultation which will focus on:
On Monday evening it was planned to conduct an NPCC meeting to focus on two significant items:
Reframing of the Newman Parents Consultative Committee
Homework Club Revitalisation Plan
Due to the lack of number in attendance, it was decided to reschedule this meeting to another date in the term. Families will be advised of the date in the near future.
Champagnat Day
This year we celebrate 150 years of Marist education in Australia. Later this term, our community will participate in Champagnat Day which celebrates Marist life moreover this Project started by St Marcellin Champagnat started over 200 years ago. At the heart of this is to make Jesus Christ known and loved and we do this in this community by being an effective school that walks with our young people, it challenges them to be the best person God intends them to be. As part of this celebration the College will be raising money to support Marist Solidarity, specifically supporting dislocated and disadvantaged children in the Philippines and development of a new school in Timor Leste. This campaign recognises that the aspirations of every child, no matter what their background, should have every opportunity to build their success.
School Registration
As a result of Marist Schools Australia Limited becoming incorporated earlier this year, 今日吃瓜 was required to undertake a further School Registration Audit, conducted by the Department of Education WA. This process was similar to the Audit conducted under Catholic Education WA in 2021 where the College received a very positive result.
The Registration process, which commenced in January concluded today with interviews with the regulator. We now look forward to receiving the final report.
Separate to the School Registration process, the College has commissioned a WHS audit of our school sites, a report of which will be forthcoming.
鈥� In recent times, our school calendar has changed regularly.
Year 7 Camp
On Wednesday 4 May, 216 excited Year 7 students headed off to Swan Valley Adventure Centre for our first camp together as a year group. As we lived and worked together for two nights and three days, camp offered us an opportunity to push ourselves outside our comfort zones, learn teamwork skills, strengthen our relationships, and spend time together. Mrs Bramanto set us the challenge to embrace all the opportunities on camp and work together.
On camp we participated in a wide range of activities including a movie night to relax, commando course, crate stack, flying fox, quiz night, writing a letter to our future selves, canoeing, scavenger hunt and orienteering. Throughout each of these activities we had to work together in our small groups, learn to compromise and challenge ourselves 鈥� for some this meant overcoming a fear of heights, or freezing cold water as we fell out of our canoes! Others had to learn to speak up and all of us had opportunities to show and strengthen our leadership skills.
Camp gave us the chance to truly embrace our Marist charism and family spirit as we came together to share meals and live together! We really enjoyed the late-night whisper sessions and the midnight feasts with our friends in our dorms, getting to know our teachers better and all the laughs we shared. We had so much fun on camp and have left with stronger friendships, new skills, and lifelong memories which we will cherish.
We feel very lucky that we were able to go on camp. We look forward to using our new skills throughout the school year and continuing to strengthen our relationships with each other. We thank all the staff who gave up their time to support us on camp and made our experience so much fun.
Kari Willesee and Bridget McDonald 鈥� Year 7Students
Principal鈥檚 Assembly
On Wednesday the College celebrated our first Principal鈥檚 Assembly for the term. It was an opportunity for cohorts to come together and hear from our Year 12 Leaders about upcoming initiatives and activities. Thank you to all of our Student Leaders for their preparation of the assembly and to Newman Voices and the Year 12 VET Band for their performances.
Senior School Exams
The Examination Timetables and Examination Rules and Procedures for Years 10, 11 and 12 can be found below.
I wish our Year 12 students all the best for their upcoming exams which commence on Monday.
Students who are absent for an exam due to sickness will require a medical certificate or proof of a positive COVID test. Students will be required to complete the missed exam supervised under exam conditions and will be counted towards their Semester One results. Students are encouraged to liaise with Mr Mat Puljiz 鈥� Leader of Wellbeing Year 12 to arrange an alternative time to sit the examination. Further information regarding examinations was sent to Year 12 parents this week.
Year 12 students will require a negative RAT (or confirmation of immunity such a text from WA Health showing they have recovered from COVID within the last twelve weeks) for the following exams:
English ATAR
Chemistry ATAR
Uni Ready
Mathematics Methods ATAR
Mathematics Applications ATAR
Earth and Environmental Science
Human Biology ATAR
Modern History ATAR
Biology ATAR
Year 10 School Based Immunisation Program
Last term all Year 10鈥痵tudents were given鈥痑 Year 10鈥疭chool Based Immunisation Program envelope offering parents of students in Year 10鈥痶he opportunity to have their child vaccinated against Meningococcal ACWY.
Students will receive this immunisation on Monday 13 June.鈥��Students are allowed to wear sports uniform on this day.
Reminders have been sent out to those families who had not completed the form, either giving consent or non-consent. They must be returned to your child’s PCG Teacher by Friday 27 May 2022.
STEM Guest Speaker
Professor Phil Bland, Director of the Space Technology Centre at Curtin University will be visiting the College on Thursday 9 June. Students in Years 10/11/12, interested in Science, Maths, Engineering or Physics, are invited to attend his presentation breakfast at 7.15am in the Marist Auditorium. Professor Bland is Director of the Space Technology Centre at Curtin and is currently working with NASA to develop the Australian space exploration program.
Date: Thursday 9 June
Time: 7.15am (Breakfast will be provided for all attendees
On May 5th 2022, Year 9 SHINE students were fortunate enough to have Mr Jason Dohele from Murdoch University facilitate a workshop on Game Theory. Students explored the interplay between psychology and strategy. Theories explored included: the prisoner鈥檚 dilemma, the Nash equilibrium and Hoteling鈥檚 Law. Year 9’s pondered how game theory and strategy are used in everyday situations and economics. Students involved included: Grace Gordon, Abigail Fowler, Holly Kallawk, Leonardo Mason, Laura Nolan, Charlie Cossom, Dyllan Roberts, Kate Le, Jack Manolikos, Jenna King, Ethan Wynne, Scarlett Jones and Leyla Do.
Mr Dohele also introduced Year 10 SHINE students to the challenges that small businesses face as they adopted the role of small business owners. Students were challenged to critically evaluate the costs of running a small business against the potential profits. Mr Dohele proceeded to provide students with real-world daily business challenges to encourage students to develop their own accounting records. Students involved included: Harper Gamble, Jaydon Augustus, Sean Bolten, Zak Rodkiewicz, Charlotte Laurent, Ariana Mason and Angelica Rombouts.
Lost Property 鈥� Marcellin Campus
Please help us reunite the copious amount of lost property with their owners. If the item is named (all items should be), we contact students and ask they come to collect it.
Unnamed items are stored in the general lost property cupboard. It is disappointing students do not respond to lost property notifications or come to look for lost items.
Please remind them to come and claim or look for their items.
Dance for Sick Kids
Year 9 student, Addison Blizzard is working with Dream Dance Co to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House. Addison will be dancing to raise money for families and children who utilise the Ronald McDonald House services during their illness. So far Addison has raised more than 50% of her target of $750. If you would like to learn more or contribute to Addison鈥檚 fundraising, please .
鈥� In recent times, our school calendar has changed regularly.
NAPLAN 鈥� Year 3 and 5
As children progress through their school years, it is very important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics 鈥� skills that will set them upon the path to success as adults.
NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents and teachers to see how students are progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia.
Years 3 and 5 students are to be congratulated for the mature way they have undertaken the NAPLAN assessments over the past two weeks. Whilst the data that is provided by the NAPLAN assessments is useful in understanding student learning and growth, it is also very important to remember that it is only one measurement of student learning. Maggie Dent recently reminded us to 鈥渞emember, we are raising a child, a whole child. We鈥檙e raising a mind, a body, a heart and a soul 鈥� not just a brain on a seat鈥�.
Scitech Incursion
Year 2 students were amazed by our recent Scitech incursion, with the learning consolidating their current Science unit on mixtures.
Pre Primary Excursion
Our Pre Primary students braved the cold, wet weather last Friday and paid a visit to Caversham Wildlife Park. They had a wonderful time exploring and visiting all the animals. A big thank you to the parent helpers that also assisted our students throughout the excursion.
Student Wellbeing 鈥� Growth Mindset
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’听
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Year 6 camp.听One of my highlights of the camp was watching students climb the pamper pole. This is an 8m high pole that students climb, stand on a small landing, and leap off. It is my favourite activity to observe, because very often students are put off by its challenge or talk themselves into believing they can only go so far. I can recall one student this year who was sure they could only climb halfway up the pole, only for them to eventually reach the top, squat on the edge, stand up on the landing, and finally leap off.听听
The theme of the Year 6 camp is ‘expand your paradigm’, encouraging students to think beyond what they think they can do, and instead of those things they can actually do. In the classroom, this looks like students adopting growth mindsets – a mindset where students feel their skills and intelligence can be improved with effort and persistence; that they can become better at things through dedication, time, effort and energy. The benefits of a growth mindset include improved self-esteem, learning new skills, and an openness to new experiences.
It is very easy for students to take the easy way out – to give up, to complain, or to just not try…and there is safety in this. However, real growth comes from being comfortable in the uncomfortable; from putting ourselves at the edge of what we can do, and pushing forward to challenge ourselves to do more (with the support of others of course). If I could, I would encourage families to have a conversation at home about how it feels to take on a challenge. A few suggestions could be:
Mum or Dad could share a story around a challenging moment from their life and how they overcame it
Discuss how it feels when you are ‘in the pit’ – in the midst of a difficult challenge and how to cope with this
Reflect on something you once struggled with, but with determination and dedication you can now count as a skill
Discuss how it feels to encounter new experiences
If you would like to read more about growth mindsets I can suggest the following links:
The research of growth mindsets –
Nurturing a growth mindset in kids –
Growth mindset vs Fixed mindset Quiz (Big Life Journal) –
I hope that we can continue to go forward into the rest of this term with a growth mindset amongst our students, ready and prepared to encounter all challenges!
Many thanks to all in the community for your support regarding the announcement that I will conclude my tenure as Principal at the end of 2022. It has been an incredible seven years and my family has been very grateful for the experience of living in WA. Over the coming months I look forward to sharing my appreciation with students, staff, and families.
As a College we have achieved much based on the collective efforts of our students, staff, and families. Shine through Discovery 鈥� Let your light Shine (Mat 5:16) has underpinned a period of significant growth and development which places our school as one of choice for families. Our Marist charism invites us to be present to each other and cultivate relationships to build community. We look forward to the term ahead and ask all students to set goals and commit themselves to our culture of excellence in all their pursuits.
College CDP PK-6 Launch
This week marks the launch of our new PK-6 refurbishment on the Churchlands Campus. A new web page has been established and will provide the design, timelines and up to date information as it arises. This development will consolidate the College PK-12 on one campus and will ensure our viability for generations to come. In addition, we recently completed works to a large proportion of the creek that separate our Lavalla and Marcellin Campus. This completion if this project will allow for greater connectivity in the College and provide greater play and learning spaces.
We will be a hosting an information night later this term with our architects Munns Sly Moore.
Y3-Y6 Building
Year 6 Camp
On Thursday I attended the Year 6 Camp which took place at Forrest Edge Waroona. To acknowledge the significance of the students鈥� final year of primary schooling, I presented each student with a commemorative shirt. The confidence developed at camp, along with the great example set by our Year 6 students throughout the year will no doubt serve to encourage and empower all Lavalla students to Shine through Discovery.
I would like to extend my thanks to the Year 6 teaching team for their support in organising this amazing experience.
Year 7 Camp
Our Year 7 camp was held this week at Swan Valley Adventure Camp. A great experience for all our students highlighted by the joy and excitement of our students. Thanks again to our staff for their commitment and support of our students.
Mother鈥檚 Day
I hope that many will have the opportunity to spend time with their mothers this Sunday. I remind myself every day about the amazing impact my own mum has had on my life 鈥� the unconditional love, care and support which has sustained me to this day.
We are so blessed to be part of a Marian family which emphasises where our founder, St Marcellin Champagnat, asks of us to draw nearer to Mary and her example. Her strength, resilience and love inspires us today to do the same.
This Sunday is Mother鈥檚 Day, an important day for families to honour their Mothers and give thanks to their significant contributions to our lives. In the Catholic Tradition, it is no surprise that Mary has many titles, 鈥淨ueen of Peace鈥�, 鈥淢other of Mercy鈥�, 鈥淗elp of Christians鈥�, and in Marist Tradition, 鈥淥ur good and loving Mother鈥�. These titles describe who Mary has become for many throughout history and our own Mothers and Mother figures, give us a glimpse of these Marian qualities, in the way they continually say 鈥淵es鈥� to loving and helping us all be the people God is calling us to be. I hope all our students this Sunday remember this Mother鈥檚 Day to take extra care of their Mums, Aunties, Grandmothers and Mother figures who for every other day of the year never stop taking care of us.
Key Dates
鈥� In recent times, our school calendar has changed regularly.
Marian Lecture
The Marist Association of St Marcellin Champagnat, in partnership with 今日吃瓜, warmly invites you to attend the 2022 Marian Lecture.
The theme for this year鈥檚 Lecture is Human Dignity 鈥� An Aussie Value? The lecture takes the form of a conversation led by Jesuit priest and human rights lawyer, Fr Fran Brennan and is open to the whole College Community. The theme explores upholding the dignity of all people and the implications for a just society where we are all proud to live.
This is a fantastic event to reflect on the 2022 Marist Theme 鈥淜nown and Loved: Dignity for All鈥� and encourage us to reflect in line with our Catholic Social Teaching on the dignity of each person and the most vulnerable in our world.
For more information and to register your attendance at this free event see information below:
With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, we are very happy to resume our Thursday morning Community Mass and invite all to join us. Mass begins at 8.10am in the Champagnat Chapel and concludes at 8.40am. From Thursday 12 May, the Mass will be open once again to all staff, students, families and community members and we look forward to seeing you there. Please see upcoming schedule below;
Thursday 12 May: Fr Ruben Cardona, hosted by Chisholm and Year 3 Red Thursday 19 May: Fr Israel Quirit, hosted by Camara and Year 3 Green
Year 10 Reconciliation
On Tuesday 10 May, students in Year 10 will be participating in the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Champagnat Chapel, as part of our Vision for Mission: to form Good Christians and Good Citizens.
This sacramental celebration will offer students an opportunity to reflect on their relationship with God, self and others and particularly focus on the parts of their life where they can grow and nurture their spiritual life.
Year 9 Gamechangers Retreat
Each Game Changers group takes part in an annual Retreat Day. These days are facilitated by Marist Youth Ministry and offer an opportunity for Game Changers to connect and build community with each other.
The program features three main sessions, with an opportunity for large and small group discussion. The aim is to energise students in their ongoing journey as well as allow space and time to gather and plan for their leadership and service opportunities within and beyond the school context.鈥�
鈥淭he Gamechangers retreat day was excellent! Comprised of three workshops, the day focused on communication, leadership, solidarity, and faith. Each of these workshops taught us life skills and we learnt more鈥痑bout each other, whilst playing fun games and having a laugh with peers, teachers and the facilitators. We learnt what life was like for people in less fortunate countries, who had to go through so much just to get their freedom and basic needs, which we generally take for granted. All in all, it was a really fun day!鈥�
Kevin Xanthis, Year 9
Year 3 Reconciliation Retreat
The Year 3 Unit completed their preparation to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at their Retreat Day on Thursday 5 May.鈥�
Led by the 24:7 Youth Ministry Team, and assisted by specially trained Year 10 students, the Year 3’s gained a deeper understanding of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and were given an opportunity to reflect on their relationship with God, with others and with themselves.
It was super fun!
“We watched funny videos and learned about God and Reconciliation”
Lucy
Year 3 Green
The best game was Stuck-in-the-Mud
“One thing I learned is that when we go to Confession we come out all clean!鈥�
Livia
Year 3 Red
We played lots of games
“My leader鈥檚 name was Julia. She鈥檚 really nice. She likes hanging out with us.”
