Year 7 Gamechangers Retreat Day was held on Friday 26 March. It was a fantastic opportunity to build student capacity and understanding of what it means to belong to family and how we can let our light shine. Students gathered at St Joseph鈥檚 Subiaco with the 24/7 Youth Ministry and the Marist Youth Ministry team. Thank you to Br Terry, Miss Aleisha Crump, Mr Albert Zollo and the 24/7 Team for their support on the day.
The Year 6 students participated in a Confirmation Retreat led by the 24:7 Youth Ministry Team. They were guided through a series of activities to deepen their understanding of the Sacrament of Confirmation. The retreat is one of the final steps in their preparation to receive the Sacrament this year. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed working with the Youth Ministry Team and the experiences they offered.
鈥淭oday has been a great experience with 24:7 Youth Ministry! We have learnt lots about confirmation through a series of games, fun videos and activities. We were divided into groups with an instructor that guided us through the day. We were given many opportunities to express our thoughts and ideas about confirmation.鈥� Nikita Aylmore and Isabella Crisona
Our Humanities Department has been very busy this week, organising some exciting activities and opportunities for our students in celebration of HASS Week. Our students have participated in games, and ASX Competition, a Geography challenge and a dress-up day. Students across PK-12 enjoyed dressing-up and showcasing their cultural heritage on Friday which coincided with Harmony Day.
Safe to say that all students have thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful activities and opportunities on offer this week!
There is great value in聽sport聽and exercise; but it is聽not聽just for your body, it鈥檚 good for your mind as well.
Physical聽activity聽has聽a positive effect on concentration as well as memory and classroom behaviour. Students who spend more time participating in聽sport聽and physical education also have increased academic performance. More importantly, studies show that kids are happier, healthier,聽and more聽successful, with greater聽purpose聽and self-esteem.
Being part of a team, participating with your peers and working with adults can also teach students important life skills – it helps build our聽children for聽a full and active life. Encouraging children to play and maintain their sporting commitments, even in our busy聽scheduled聽lives, is so important.
Exercise is great for mental health and聽building聽emotional resilience.聽聽Here are the 5 biggest mental health benefits聽from聽exercise.
If you聽are聽wanting聽to help your child build emotional resilience, be better prepared for the stresses of school and life 鈥� keep them in sport. The experience will teach them about emotions and聽character, how to be resolute in a crisis and how to fight back from the brink of defeat.
The ability to work cohesively with others and develop trust and belief in your teammates are crucial in life and underlines how School sport and in particular 今日吃瓜 Sport can impact a young person – building self-confidence and providing a sense of belonging.
Through our聽long-standing聽partnership with the Newman Sporting Association (NSA) the College is also very fortunate to have eight linked community clubs (Football, Cricket, Hockey, Junior Netball, Senior Netball, Basketball, Water Polo and Swimming). This provides a seamless pathway for our students to enjoy the stability and continuity of playing with school mates all at our amazing Campus.
今日吃瓜 has an extensive co-curricular sporting program and solid community聽links聽resulting in so many opportunities for engagement. Whether it be for participation and fun through NAS Sport, or the challenges of elite competition in ACC A Division聽Carnivals聽there is something for everyone.
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Head of Sport
The聽Year聽11 ATAR Outdoor Education students took part in their first expedition of the year in the South West region of Western Australia.聽聽Students were practically tested聽by聽abseiling聽remote locations through the beautiful Leeuwin Naturalist National Park. The camp started with a 40 meter abseil at the beautiful聽Willyabrup聽Sea Cliffs which tested聽students聽mental and physical strength. Students then enjoyed a day exploring various caving systems in聽Giants聽cave and abseiling into聽Brides聽cave. The final day had students聽leading聽a 12km hike along the coastal cliffs to Redgate Beach. This was a major component of our聽students聽practical assessment with students developing their hard skills in abseiling and interpersonal skills whilst leading a component of the expedition.
On Monday evening, Taryn Wren from ySafe presented to Newman Parents on Cyber Safety Education. Taryn was informative and engaging, giving parents age-appropriate app reviews and recommendations from experts about apps our students are currently using, such as Instagram, TikTok and Among Us. Taryn provide practical ways that families can implement cyber-safe practices at home and how set up a screen time routine. Taryn has provided all families at 今日吃瓜 access to the ySafe Cyber Safety Hub. Further information, advice, app and game reviews can be found
Contact details:
Justin Farley
Pathways聽 Coordinator聽
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Tel. 9204 9457
Alastair MacNeill
VET Coordinator
vet@newman.wa.edu.au
Tel. 9204 9415
On Monday, Year 10 students participated in a Pathways afternoon in preparation for their subject selection process. Students were shown the three pathways available in Year 11-12 (ATAR Pathway, General Pathway,聽UniReady聽Pathway), and Year 10s also had the opportunity to hear the experiences of several Year 12s studying the different pathways.
Please see 聽for聽a link to the presentation from the afternoon.
Further information to parents and students will follow early in Term 2.
If you are in Year 12 and thinking of studying Medicine or Dentistry next year (either at Curtin, or via direct pathway to UWA) you must sit the Undergraduate Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) this year.
The dates for UCAT testing 2021 are:
You can find out more about the UCAT at or you are welcome to book an appointment to talk to me.
There are many different ways into Medicine and Dentistry so come and ask if unsure.
Homework Club is open Monday 鈥� Wednesday from 3.15pm 鈥� 5.00pm during Week 9.
There聽are聽a number of聽revision workshops throughout the course of the year held by external providers. These workshops聽include ATAR & Middle School聽Revsion聽Courses, OLNA & NAPLAN Preparation Classes, Study聽Skills聽and Tutoring. For further聽information聽visit the following websites:
Read about the latest Sport news by clicking here.
Eating Well for a Healthy Headspace:聽
Teenagers need extra nutrition to聽fuel聽the significant physical and mental changes that they are undergoing. Eating well gives teens more energy, helps them sleep better, improves their concentration, and helps maintain a healthy headspace. There is a strong link between what we eat and how we feel聽and eating a healthy diet can聽actually improve聽mental聽health.
Healthy foods for teens include a wide variety of fresh foods from the five food groups: vegetables, fruit, grain foods, reduced-fat dairy (or dairy-free alternatives) and protein. It is important that teenagers eat a range of foods from each of these groups, as they each continue different nutrients, which your child needs in order for their body to grow and function properly. Protein-rich foods also contain omega-3 fatty acids which help your child鈥檚 brain development and learning.
Breakfast is known as the most important meal of the day as it can help with memory and concentration at school and聽give聽teens energy for study and leisure activities. Encourage your child to eat breakfast cereals that are high in fibre and low in fat, with not too much added sugar or salt. If your聽teen聽does聽not look forward to lunch at school, talk to them about what they would like to take and find out what their favourite healthy snacks are.
For more information, please visit:
Year 10 RAC Driver Presentation:聽
Wednesday March 17 saw the Year 10 cohort聽engage聽in a presentation from the RAC entitled, Back Seat Driver, during our Extended PCG assembly time.
RAC provides road safety education events, presentations, and resources for secondary schools across Western Australia. Presentations and resources are specifically tailored to suit each year group and cover a range of road safety topics, designed to educate the next generation of drivers on how to stay safe as a passenger or driver on the roads.
The 鈥極n the Roads鈥� program is suited to Year 10 to 12 students聽and is designed to help keep students safe on the roads by influencing risk reduction, increasing resilience and encouraging responsible behaviour. This presentation links directly to the 鈥楶ersonal, Social and Community Health’ strand of the Health and Physical Education learning area of the WA curriculum. The Back Seat Driver presentation was a perfect introduction to safe聽driving聽which will then be supported by the 今日吃瓜 Health and PE program, where the Keys4Life program will be facilitated. This will commence in Term 2.
This engaging and interactive presentation focussed on the Fatal Five, encouraging our students to be aware of how the following 5 factors are major risk factors for accidence and fatalities: speed, fatigue, seatbelts, alcohol, drugs,聽and distractions. As young people who are not only beginning their driving聽journey, but are also passengers in the car, it is important that they understand the role they play in making good choices not only for themselves but for others.
Our Wellbeing Program will continue to focus on this area of their lives to support their growth and development around the responsibility that comes with having a driver鈥檚 licence. It is my hope that this group of young men and women remember these life lessons and make informed, good, and responsible choices聽going聽forward.
All students are reminded of the expectations relating to their personal聽presentation.聽Please鈥�click here鈥痶o聽access聽uniform requirements and guidelines.聽Some changes were made聽at聽the end of 2020聽and聽are reflected in this document.聽 If you need to purchase new聽uniform items, please ensure you give yourself adequate time.
Uniform Shop – School Holiday Opening Hours
Thank you in advance to all families for your partnership in ensuring College guidelines are upheld along with your support of our Leaders of Wellbeing in the application of this expectation.
When our children start school,聽parents聽recognise聽the importance of reading, writing and numeracy.聽Often,聽parents read to their聽children聽to encourage pre-literacy skills and sing聽number聽songs and rhymes which they know will assist them in their journey to become literate and numerate.聽What we sometimes fail to overlook, particularly in our increasingly digital world, is the importance of fundamental movement聽and gross motor聽skills in the learning journey of聽each聽child.
In early childhood, educators place a great importance on the development of fundamental movement skills, not only as a pre-cursor to athletic skills and abilities, but because we recognise the vital role they play to children鈥檚 success in reading, writing and general learning. Some examples include:
Further, all the key skills such as balancing, climbing,聽jumping,聽throwing,聽catching, skipping,聽and running all play a huge role in聽contributing to children鈥檚 physical, cognitive and聽social development and are thought to provide the foundation for an active lifestyle.
Thank you to the children who participated in our Harmony and HASS dress-up day today. It was lovely to see such a wide range of cultures represented, and to hear from the children聽the reasons behind聽their聽costume.
The children engaged in a range of old-style games as part of our Family Fun Friday activities, including quoits, elastics, skipping and hopscotch, as a nod to the聽history learning area.
To read more and to view photos from the day click here.
Families should take note that the day for our school photos has been set for this year 鈥� Friday 14 May. More information will be made available to families around uniform requirements and the photo ordering process as we get closer to the date. It is important that all students attend on the day, as school photos become treasured memories over the years, and we would love for all students to be represented in their class.
Our Year 1 students will be hosting our Easter Liturgy next Thursday 1 April commencing聽at聽9.00am聽in聽St Cecilia鈥檚 Parish.聽There will be a聽re-enactment聽of the Stations of the Cross聽by our Year 1 students.
Our annual Easter Raffle to raise funds for Caritas鈥� Project Compassion appeal will be held in the Marian Hall after lunch on Thursday.聽I would like to聽thank parents for their generous donations of Easter聽Eggs,聽and the purchase of raffle tickets.聽I would also like to extend my thanks to Kirsten Button and her team of volunteers for聽their time in assembling all the prizes for our raffle.
The role of the Parent Representative is to support the teacher and聽the other聽parents in building up a sense of community in the sub-groups of the 今日吃瓜聽Pre K-6 community.聽This聽years聽Parent Representatives are as follows:
Last Friday, our Pre-Primary students had an exciting excursion to Landsdale Farm. They all came back looking hot, tired but very happy 鈥� the sign of a great day!
