Newsletter 14 2021

Dear Members of the St Andrews College Community,

It has been a very productive two weeks since the last Newsletter. We have seen the Year 12 Final Assessment Tasks finish and the Year 11 Assessment Block start, we have seen some innovative and purposeful initiatives to focus our student body not only on themselves during this trying time, but on others, many of our students have already taken the opportunity to have the Covid vaccine, paving the way for a return to school at some stage next Term, and as a staff we have been working hard to give feedback to students on their progression in learning. It is important to focus on our College’s commitment to learning, despite our circumstances with online learning. We commit to running all the Acceleration Programs for Year 9 2022, we will have our Year 7 2022 Orientation Day as scheduled, our Debating Finals will go ahead, and our Year 11 2022 Orientation will go ahead. The only thing that will change is how we conduct these days and opportunities. These are just a few examples of our commitment to continuing our focus at the College both inside and outside of the classroom.

Please stay safe and well. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your families. Happy Fathers Day this Sunday to all the men in our community.

‘It’s All About Learning’

Prayer for Fathers:

We pray for all fathers and significant males. That they continue to influence in a positive way their children and families. We pray for your guidance Lord in assisting them to be the best role model they can be. Please keep them safe and in your care. Assist them to always be open to your love, and to transfer this to their families.

To My Dad

There are little eyes upon you, and they’re watching night and day,

There are little ears that quickly take in everything you say,

There are little hands all eager to do everything you do,

And a little child who’s dreaming of the day they’ll be like you.

You’re the little person’s idol, you’re the wisest of the wise,

In their little mind, about you no suspicions ever rise.

They believe in you devoutly, hold that all you say and do,

They will say and do in your way, when they’re grown up, just like you.

There’s a wide-eyed little person who believes you’re always right,

And their ears are always open and they watch you day and night,

You are setting an example every day in all you do,

For the little person who’s waiting to grow up and be like you.

St Andrew: Pray for Us

Engagement and Development Activities during the Pandemic:

There are many initiatives that we are offering during the online learning period. It is exciting to see that some are student lead while others have teachers taking the lead. We will be placing these initiatives in a variety of media sources so please keep an eye out for them. Some will be placed on the College Electronic Notice Boards, others the College Website, the College Facebook and Linkedin Pages, while others may be posted on Instagram, the Google Classroom and in the College Newsletter. Here are some of the many initiatives we are doing at present.

• Pandemic Portrait Competition - we have received many submissions already.
• SAC Talent Show
• 'Motivate Mondays' and 'Faith Fridays' - ongoing series of motivational and uplifting IG posts shared on the College Instagram account. 
• Student Prayer - Thursday afternoon where students are invited to share in a short prayer where they can pray together as a community.
• Dance for Sport
• Book Week Activities
• Letter Writing to residents of Holy Family Retirement Village & Nursing Home/Blacktown Mt Druitt Hospitals
• Zest Week Activities (as part of a focus on Character Strengths)
• Indigenous Literacy Day activities
• Premier’s Reading Challenge
• RUOK Day Activities

Year 12 HSC Major Projects:

Congratulations to all the students who have completed their Major Works across a variety of subjects under difficult circumstances. Thank you to all the teaching staff who have assisted our students virtually or in person during the course of the project completion. The projects cover Society & Culture, History Extension, Design & Technology, Visual Art, Industrial Technology Timber, Industrial Technology Multimedia, Music, and Drama.

Year 12 Final Assessment Tasks:

All the best to Year 12 who will be starting their final assessments on Monday. The outcome of these assessments will determine their final ranks in each subject. I have been hearing from teachers how much work they are putting in and we are looking forward to seeing excellent results. 

Year 11 Final Assessment Block:

The Year 11 final assessment task will be completed online in most cases this year due to the COVID risk of transmission if students were to be present at school in large numbers. Year 11 will be given a new Assessment Schedule and protocols. They will be conducted across Weeks 8 and 9 of this Term.

Building Works:

The College Hall on the Senior Campus wall panelling and the addition of more Apple TV’s has been completed.

The Art classrooms on the Senior Campus is well underway with the fittings and flooring needing to go in for completion. It should be completed in the next two weeks..

The Hall Flooring on the Junior Campus is completed but the line marking still needs to be completed once the lockdown is lifted.

We look forward to sharing these wonderful facilities with the student body upon your return in Term 4.

Enrolment for Year 7 and 11 2023 

NOW OPEN