St Andrews College Marayong eNewsletter Term 2 Week 10
- From the Principal
- From the Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning
- From the Assistant Principal Students
- From the Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 12
- Visual Arts - Student's Work
- Zaki Haidari - Unity Day
- Year 9 Child Studies Antenatal Incursion
- Pedagogy and Practice
- Year 7 Camp
- The Push up challenge
- Sports Carnival
- Halo Halo Stall
- Nepean Rowing Club School Holiday Session
- Upskill at CathWest
- Careers
- Important Dates
- ST ANDREWS COLLEGE LEADERSHIP TEAM 2021
Newsletter 10 2021
Dear Members of the St Andrews College Community,
As we move into the Term 2 School Holidays I wish to thank all staff, students and parents for their efforts this Term. In tracking our Year 11 and 12 students learning Gain we are noticing significant improvements in performance from many students. If I were to put this down to a number of factors it would be hard work, seeking feedback and working on the feedback given, completing extra questions each week and submitting them to teachers for feedback, engagement in class, and good routines around sleep, exercise, eating, prayer, and relaxation. The more we engage in this type of approach the greater success we will have. It is pleasing that many more students are giving this approach to learning and life a go.
Have a safe and happy holiday. I look forward to seeing you all in Term 3.
‘It’s All About Learning’
Gospel Reflection:
Mark 5:21-43 (shorter form, Mark 5:21-24,35b-43)
Jesus heals a woman afflicted with a hemorrhage and raises Jairus’s daughter from death.
Background on the Gospel Reading:
For today’s Gospel, we continue to read from the Gospel of Mark. Last Sunday we heard about Jesus calming the storm, the first of four miracles that Jesus performs in the vicinity of the Sea of Galilee. Each of these four miracle stories offers us a glimpse at Jesus’ power. This week we hear about the third and fourth miracles, skipping the second miracle, the healing of a man from Gerasene who was possessed by a demon.
Today’s Gospel reports two stories of healing. One story tells us about a father’s great love for his dying daughter. The other story tells us about a desperate woman who risks much as she seeks healing from Jesus. In each story, the request for healing is itself a courageous act of faith, and yet very different circumstances are represented by the lives of each suffering person.
Jairus is described as a synagogue official, a man of considerable standing in the Jewish community. Distraught over his daughter’s poor health, he approaches Jesus and asks him to heal her. Although Mark doesn’t provide many details, we can imagine that his daughter has been ill for some time and that her condition is deteriorating.
As Jesus leaves with Jairus, Mark describes a second person who seeks healing from Jesus, a woman with a hemorrhage. This woman secretly touches Jesus from behind and is immediately cured. In response, Jesus turns and asks who touched him. Jesus’ disciples, always a little clueless in Mark’s Gospel, help us envision the scene. The crowds are pushing in on Jesus, and yet he, knowing that power has gone out of him, asks who touched him. The woman could have remained anonymous, yet at Jesus’ question she steps forward and acknowledges what she has done. Jesus responds by acknowledging her as a model of faith and sends her away in peace.
At this point, we can imagine Jairus’s impatience with Jesus; his daughter is dying and Jesus hasn’t helped him yet. As if to build a sense of urgency, messengers suddenly arrive and confirm Jairus’s worst fear: his daughter has died. Jesus curiously ignores their message and reassures Jairus. When they arrive at Jairus’s home, they find family and friends mourning the girl’s death. Jesus enters the room of the dead girl, takes her by the hand, and instructs her to arise. Jairus’s faith in Jesus has not been in vain; his daughter is restored to life.
The contrasts between Jairus and the woman with the hemorrhage are stark and revealing. One is a man, the other is a woman. One is a public official, an important person in the community. The other is a woman who has lost everything to find a cure to a condition that separated her from the community. One approaches Jesus publicly. The other approaches Jesus secretly. Yet in each case, faith leads them to seek out Jesus in their time of need.
The Gospel concludes with Jesus’ instructions to remain silent about this miracle. This is typical of Mark’s Gospel and is sometimes referred to as the messianic secret. Repeatedly, those who witness Jesus’ power and authority are instructed to not speak of what they have witnessed. These instructions appear impossible to obey, and it is difficult to understand the purpose of these instructions. But in each case, they seem to emphasize the fact that each individual, including the reader of Mark’s Gospel, must, in the end, make his or her own judgment about Jesus’ identity. Each individual must make his or her own act of faith in affirming Jesus as God’s Son.
Unity Day:
What a great day we had for Unity Day last Friday. The standard of performances were extraordinary, the effort that went into planning was excellent, and the students and staff who dressed in their national dress made the day the success it was. To finish the day with ‘I am Australian’ sung by the entire College community was a highlight. Well done.
Business Sim:
Congratulations to all the students and staff involved in the Business Simulation (Commerce Class) day on Wednesday. They demonstrated careful planning, the ability to work under pressure, teamwork, lateral thinking skills, resilience, budgeting skills, customer service, and the ability to survey the market and respond to needs and wants. What a great way to see learning in action. The look of excitement and pride in the students eyes was priceless. Well done.
Debating Successes:
Congratulations to the Year 11A’s and Year 11B’s who had a wonderful season in 2021. They represented themselves and the College with aplomb. Unfortunately both teams lost in the finals to Rosebank College and St Scholastica's on Friday evening after defeating Mercy College and Cerdon College on Wednesday evening. Our Year 10A team still remains in the Finals and we will resume in Week 2 Term 3. All the best.
Year 7 Camp at Collaroy:
Congratulations to our Year 7 students and staff supervisors who had a great experience on camp last week. In speaking with the Camp Supervisors they all mentioned how engaged the students were in all activities and how well they played and worked together. I witnessed this exemplary behaviour at Dinner on Tuesday evening where our students demonstrated their appreciation of the food and service through good manners, as well as patience and cleanliness. Further photos and details are found further on in the Newsletter.
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences:
Thank you to the parents, students and teachers who have taken up either the face-to-face option on Monday evening, or the Zoom option on Thursday evening. We are trialing this combination of methods in order to get the greatest number of parents involved. Please email the College with feedback, as it will be used to examine how we conduct future Conferences.
Building Works happening during the School Holiday Period:
During the Term 2 School Holidays and after we will be completing the renovation of the College Hall on the Senior Campus by putting in wall panelling on both sides, adding more Apple TV’s and flexibility to the spaces, as well as upgrading the Creative and Performing Arts side of the Hall to allow for larger Music, Drama, Dance, Photography, and Art displays and performances.
We will also be totally gutting the Art classrooms on the Senior Campus to allow for both a theory and practical space in the same room. This should be concluded in early Term 3.
The Hall Flooring on the Junior Campus is due to be completed by the start of the School Holiday period and left to cure over the two week break. The line marking should be finished in Week 1 Term 3 for use. This will give us a totally air-conditioned learning facility that will accommodate large gatherings and multiple sporting fixtures.
Enrolment for Year 7 and 11 2023
NOW OPEN
Fidem in Christo
Stephen Kennaugh
Principal
Trial HSC Examinations Term 3
Students should have a study timetable constructed for the holidays in order to prepare for the Trial HSC Examinations. Of course, it is important to have a balance of study and leisure.
Remember:
- Bring your student ID card - this should be placed on your desk
- You need to have correct equipment: clear pencil case/plastic sleeve, no writing on rulers or any pens etc
- Clear water bottle - no labels
- No smart watches
- No phones at all in jackets or on desks
If a student is ill during the examination period, they must follow the illness/misadventure process highlighted below.
Preliminary HSC Examinations Holiday Preparation
It is important that Year 11 students have developed a study timetable over the holidays in preparation for their Preliminary Yearly Examinations. The final weeks of Year 11 will go fast and last minute preparation will be inadequate in order to demonstrate success.
If a student is ill during the examination period, they must follow the illness/misadventure process highlighted below.
Misadventure/Illness Procedure
- Years 10 - 12 students have the Illness/Misadventure Policy highlighted on their their subject google site. The site has been shared with parents and students - if students and/or parents have not read the assessment booklet contained in the site, it is imperative that to do so.
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- Ring the college on the morning when a task is due to inform office staff that the student is absent for an assessment task or is absent the day before an assessment task
- EVERY student must have accompanying documentation for example from a doctor’s certificate, highlighting why the student is absent. The documentation cannot be back dated and must include the day(s) of absence.
- The student must go to the office on the morning of their return to school to fill out the illness/midsadventure form AND attach the supporting documentation
- The student must submit the task if they have not done so. If the assessment was an in class test or examination, the student must see the Leader of Learning of that subject to arrange the next steps BEFORE the end of recess.
- Late illness/misdaventure applications or applications without appropriate supporting documentation, will not be accepted.
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- If a student was absent for the Trial HSC Examination or Preliminary Yearly Examination, they will be required to sit for the missed examination at their next available exam time slot where they do not have an examination scheduled.
Thanks for a great term
Term 2 has been a very busy term. I would like to thank the staff, students and parents for all the great work in Learning, Sport and other activities. It is great to see the college coming together to ensure the best outcomes for all students and staff.
A big thanks goes out to all the staff and students involved in Debating, Athletics and sports, the Tribe initiative, Unity Day, and Business Sim to name a few. The hard work from staff and the involvement from students has made all the events a great success.
Please spend the holiday period relaxing and preparing for Term 3. I look forward to another great term of learning and involvement.
Term 3
School resumes on Monday 12th July. All students are expected to be in full College Winter uniforms. All uniform expectations should be evident including hairstyles, jewelry and blazers.
Term 3 is an important term for all students but in particular the Year 11 and 12 who will have the HSC trials and Preliminary examinations as well as the final Year 12 Graduation. It is an important and stressful time for the students and we wish them all the best in these important events.
What’s in the planner?
Students can help develop their own meaning and purpose through learning about and accepting the diversity of cultures at the College and in society. Understand and accepting cultures helps us understand other's perspectives and helps us build social connectedness.
Humour is a wonderful character strength, which creates uplifting positive emotions and optimism. Laughter is contagious and fun becomes contagious which can lead to hope and happiness for others and us.
We should always aim to be around positive and optimistic people. Being around positive people helps nudge your mindset to be more growth orientated. The benefits of humour include: strengthening the immune system, reduced stress pressure and release of feel good brain chemicals.
Character strengths include Leadership and honesty. These are values that we aspire to at the College.
All the best over the holidays and be safe.
God Bless
Mr. Nicholas Thrum
Assistant principal - Students
Vinnies Van
Service to others
After over 18 months due to COVID St Andrews College was back on the beat with assisting with the Vinnies Van project. This is a fantastic opportunity to give back to the community who are less fortunate than us.
Three Year 12 students, Jonah Sailago, Teghan McHugh and Georgia Green volunteered their time to assist. The students gave up precious study time and braved the elements to hand out food and warm clothes to the homeless in Mount Druitt and Parramatta.
Two recent studies suggest that giving to others makes us happy, even happier than spending on ourselves. What's more, our kindness might create a virtuous cycle that promotes lasting happiness and altruism. Alex Dixon. This was evident last night.
Here is what the students had to say.
‘Time went so fast and I can’t wipe the smile of my face’
‘I hope other students withdraw from future Vinnies Van days so I can go again’
‘Talking to the people was easier than I thought’
I encourage you to give to others and make a positive difference in the lives of others.
Martin Gillogly
Leader of Learning Wellbeing - Year 12
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Watercolour Painting - Fruit - Year 7 |
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Year 8 - Cultural - Close-up Abstraction Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Canna |
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Year 8 - Postmodern - Appropriation - Collaboration - Pastiche - Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night
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Year 9 - Fauvism This term, Year 9 students created outstanding Fauvist artworks. Visual arts students painted a Fauvist landscape, whilst photography students used Adobe Photoshop to edit their landscape photos in a Fauvist style. Fauvism is characterised by non-representational colours which are bright and vibrant. |
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Year 10 - Suburbia This semester, year 10 studied the theme of suburbia, looking at a variety of artists who work in various media. Students selected one aspect of suburbia that relates to them and chose their medium to produce the Body of Work.
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Zaki Haidari - Honoured Guest Speaker on Unity Day 2021
St Andrew's College welcomed Mr Zaki Haidari for the second time this term, to address the College. In fitting with Unity Day and the diversity of languages, I welcomed Zaki in Irish, a language of my family, "Caed Mile Failte Naomh Andrias" - One hundred thousand welcomes to St Andrews College.
Zaki is a human rights advocate, who is also a Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Australia Employment Support Worker. He was a guest presenter and facilitator on our recent Year 10 Faith & Justice Reflection Day. His story is so powerful and moving that students and staff immediately recommended that Zaki share his story with the whole College. Zaki’s story resonated with us all as souls united - Unity Day focuses on what brings us together and that we share in our humanity.
Zaki in sharing his story of survival and testimony as a refugee living in Australia at the assistance of the Australian people held the audience of over 1000 people captive for 25 minutes.
As a College community students and staff led by Mr Loyola will organise how we can support Jesuit Refugee Service and seek to influence the Australian Government's stance on refugees and asylum seekers. Supporting JRS is a stated priority of our Diocese and Parish.
Director of Faith, Mission and Learning
A better start to life creates a better future for the child. As such the significance of the Child Studies course enables young people of St Andrews College to understand the interrelated factors that influence the early years. The learning that happens in this course empowers students to impact the next generation of successful, creative and confident learners and citizens in our community. To support this important learning, members of Mrs Borg’s Year 9 Child Studies class had the opportunity to welcome a guest speaker from NSW Health to their class. During the visit Mrs Tara Greczek shared her real life experience working as a midwife and her professional knowledge about the stages of pregnancy.
Student feedback from the day included:
My classmates and I had the opportunity to speak with Tara, a midwife, on Tuesday. We were given the chance to learn about labor and to ask questions about it. I learned a lot of things that I didn't know previously, such as assisted instrumental birth and cesarean delivery. I'm grateful that I was told about these things that I'll need for careers and jobs I’m looking into. This topic surprised, amazed, and piqued my interest because there was so much to learn about giving birth, and there was so much more to labor than just delivering a baby. This has greatly aided my understanding of the topic of birth perception, and I am looking forward to participating in further incursions and excursions as part of this new subject at St. Andrews College.
- Patricia Tuazon
Today for class we were able to learn through a lot of demonstrations, real life experiences and Q&A in guidance by Tara the midwife. She professionally explained and demonstrated the stage of birth and types of delivery options as well as factors which affected birth. Props were used to enhance our understanding of child birth and how complications in birth are dealt with. Her being in this field of labor care allowed her to use her experiences at work as well as personal experiences as a mother to answer and educate us more. We appreciated the incursion as we took a lot from it and iof was a very memorable experience. We look forward to future child studies incursion and excursions.
- Akshita and Ella
A massive thank you needs to be extended to Mrs Borg for the many hours of hard work that went in to design this learning experience for the Child Studies students without her initiative none of this would have been possible. I would also like to acknowledge Mrs Tara Greczek is a former student of St Andrews College and offer my gratitude for giving up her time and coming back to St Andrews to share her valuable insights with students of our College.
Mr Nathan Weaver
Leader of Learning 7 - 10 PDHPE
Study Skills
Tips for Successful Study
Below are some tips that will help you make the most of your study time.
Studying well is a skill that can be practiced and improved.
Knowing that studying involves a dedicated amount of your time, effort and concentration is important when setting yourself up to study well.
Top 10 Study Tips
- DECIDE. Make a real decision that you are going to study.
- TIME. Create a schedule that indicates WHEN you will study.
- SPACE. Create a dedicated study SPACE for you to use.
- DISTRACTIONS. Remove all distractions from your study space.
No Phones or social media
No Music
No TV
No Procrastinating
- BUDDIES. Join up with a friend(s) who is equally determined to study.
- SLEEP. Keep up regular sleep patterns. Approx 8 hours per night.
- NUTRITION. Maintain a balanced diet with plenty of water.
Avoid caffeine and energy drinks
Avoid high sugar, high salt, high fat snacks
- EXERCISE. Keep up the physical movement.
About 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day
- FAMILY. This is your most important support system. Speak with them
- PRAYER. Take time to pray and reflect. This will help keep you centered.
Ways to Study
Study Techniques
- Write summary notes. Keep your summary notes indexed in folders.
- Write your notes. Handwriting is essential in your exams - practice it.
- Complete Past Papers. Do this under timed, exam conditions.
- Ask a peer to mark your work and provide their feedback.
- Try the “Refinement Process”, where you explain how to do something to another person.
- Adopt “Spaced Practice”, where you break study up into smaller chunks over a longer period of time.
- Experiment with “Retrieval Practice”, where you write down all that you can recall about a particular topic.
- Complete Review and Extension questions from your textbooks.
- Access other textbooks and resources. Extend your level of understanding.
- Complete on-line revision quizzes. These can provide instant results/feedback.
Visit the NESA site for more useful information:
- Past exam papers which include marking guidelines and marker notes
- HSC Study Guide - detailed study resource
STUDY DON’Ts
- Don’t wait until the last moment to start - Cramming is not a successful strategy.
- Don’t pretend that you have studied. Planning to study is not studying.
- Don’t ignore weekends - these can be used as study time also.
- Don’t be afraid to ask for help. You are supported and assistance is available.
Paul Haras
Leader of Pedagogy and Practice
Camp story
The day of camp had finally arrived and all students were waiting under the undercroft for the buses to come. The teachers had placed us in house groups so that each group had a bus to go on. Eventually they arrived, and one by one each house group got onto a bus.
The journey took about an hour and 10 minutes. Once we reached the camp all the students on the bus had to get off the bus and help the teachers by carrying people’s luggage so that we could quickly move on to an activity since we were already behind in the schedule. But before we started the activities we ate something in the cafeteria. The food was yummy and the cafeteria looked so fancy. After a few minutes of eating we sat in the amphitheater and just waited for others that didn’t finish their food yet.
After some time the teachers decided to tell us our activity groups so that we knew who we had to go with and we could make new friends with the other kids that were in the group. In total there were twelve groups with about 10 kids in each group.
We were all excited because we did all the activities with our groups and we made so many friends. There were so many activities for us to do but my two favourite activities were canoeing and the flying fox. Unfortunately not all groups were able to complete all activities due to the fact that they were assigned to do particular ones. Some of these activities include rock climbing, canoeing, beach games, challenges, vertical obstacle, high swings, laser tag, flying fox, pole jump and last but not least abseiling.
After doing lots of different activities we had snacks and after we had finished the teacher would tell us what the next activities were. It wasn’t that long after we settled into our next activity in the camp there was lots to explore and we were so excited. Once each group had finished their activity that went for an hour, all students went back to the amphitheater since those who were doing canoeing had to do beach activities and those students that did beach activities now had to do canoeing. Before we knew it, our activity finished and we all went back into the amphitheater to find out where our cabins were. In the cabin groups you got to be with your friends since it was your choice who to be with.
After the teacher finished giving us instructions we went into our cabins to get changed into different clothes since it was nearly time for dinner. Some people decided to take a shower due to the fact that they were wet and needed to get cleaned. Once it was 6’o’clock we all went to the cafeteria to have dinner which was butter chicken. The dinner was amazing and we got to enjoy it in a table with our friends. Anyways after the dinner there was still fun night games left,which was in the hall. Some of the night games were Captains Coming, Dragon's Tail and Who’s is the first runner to come to the teacher. We were there for about 1 hour.
Once all the night games were finished we all went back to our cabins to change into our night clothes and put our bed sheets and mattresses on. Lights out time was 10 p.m and we were ready to sleep because of all the things/activities we did. Also we knew that we had a big day to come, too.
In the morning all the students woke up around 6 a.m since we had to put our luggage outside our cabin. Breakfast was at 7:30am and it was delicious. They gave us hashbrowns and bread with butter and jam and they also gave us some scrambled eggs. When breakfast finished we all met back at the amphitheater to do a few more activities before we left the camp. All groups did different activities but after it was all over it was lunch time which was a hamburger with lettuce, cheese, tomato and Mayo or tomato sauce. Eventually time was up and it was time to leave the Collaroy camp and head back to school. Our families were waiting for us, and we had to take the luggage quickly because there were lots of people waiting to collect their children. After that all parents collected their children and headed home wanting to know everything they did.
Mary Arshilo and Tiara Datar
Year 7 Students
A group of senior students from Year 11 and 12 participated in 'the push up challenge’ during the month of June.
Each morning up to 40 students would join Miss Pett and myself to complete 20 push ups to start the day. June is mental health awareness month and by participating in this challenge we hope to create a positive and safe environment for students to be comfortable about speaking about their mental health.
How it works:
The Push-Up Challenge is a unique way to engage people in mental health
- Runs over 25 days in June (1st - 25th)
- 3,318 push-ups in total, representing the number of people who died by suicide in Australia in 2019
- Get fit
- Learn about mental health
- Fundraise for mental health (optional, but a great chance to support critical mental health services across Australia)
As a team we completed over 25000 push ups. The highlight of the month was at the Athletics Carnival when over 130 students completed 20 push ups in front of the school.
If you would like any other information on the initiative please visit https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/
Martin Gillogly
Leader of Learning Wellbeing - Year 12
On the 4th of June 2021 the College had its first official College Sports carnival since July of 2020. It was a great day for the college community coming together to celebrate and compete against each other.
It was really good to see the College's Competitive spirit shown on the day by four of our great houses, Bennelong, Chang, Gould and Frances. The hard work of our House Captains from both the Senior Campus and Junior Campus really showed in the amazing spirit that was displayed at the athletics Carnival.
I would like to commend all students as everyone really got involved in both our competitive events and novelty events. It was great to see everyone giving it a go and giving their personal bests for each event.
I would like to congratulate the Gould House for being the overall Champions of the carnival and the Chang House for Participation trophy.
In term 3 age champions for each age group will be announced as we had to complete pre and post carnival events to finalise this.
Students who progressed to the PDSSSC carnival will also be notified of their success and given the opportunity to compete at a higher level with the opportunity of going to the NSWCCC event later in term 3.
It was a great day and I would also like to thank all the College Staff, Teachers and members of the College Leadership team for making this day possible. Without our wonderful staff this event could not have happened and everyone did a great job on the day.
I would also like to thank the year 12 volunteers and helpers on the day that assisted with the running of certain events and our wonder hospitality students who did an excellent job keeping our teachers supplied with snacks, food and hot drinks!
More photos can be found here
Mr Dunaeff
Leader of Learning Sport
With the purpose of Unity Day celebrating and observing different cultural backgrounds, a team of Filipino students wanted to fully embrace this by organising and putting together a Halo Halo stall.
Halo Halo is a traditional Filipino dessert widely known and loved by all Filipinos and we wanted to share this with the wider St Andrews community. We knew that food/drinks would greatly attract students and therefore we’d be able to effectively share our culture and contribute to the day’s spirit. The stall was open during recess and instantly attracted a long line of students waiting to try the Halo Halo.
Our team of Filipino students along with the immense help of Miss Malonzo, Miss Bade and Miss Rujicia successfully sold over 100 Halo Halo cups and made a significant profit of $480. It was an enjoyable experience to share our Filipino culture through our cuisine and we hope that students loved it as much as we do.
Katelyn Calima
Year 11 Student
Careers Market
On Thursday the 15th of July the College will host a Careers Market. The Market will be held in the St Andrews Parish Hall from 2pm until 4pm.
Year 10 students will attend from 2pm until 2.45pm. Year 11 and Year 12 students will attend from 2.45pm unless they have a study period in Period 6.
The purpose of the event is to give students an opportunity to gain information on career options and tertiary study.
Exhibitors include:
Universities:
UNSW Sydney
Torrens University
Macquarie University
University of Tasmania
University of Wollongong
Western Sydney University
Australian Catholic University
The University of Notre Dame
Vocational Providers:
JMC Academy
TAFE NSW Nirimba
Patrick’s College Australia
SAE Creative Media Institute
The Australian Institute of Fitness
Academy of Interactive Entertainment
Apprenticeships and Traineeships:
MIGAS
1300 Apprentice
Eden Brae Homes
Landscape Solutions
Master Plumbers Apprentices Ltd
NECA Training and Apprenticeships
Universities Admission Centre
Defence Force Recruiting
Students are asked to return their permission note to the Front Office before Wednesday the 14th of July.
Step Up Into Teaching
Step Up Into Teaching (SUIT) is an Australian Catholic University Early Entry program run in collaboration with the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta and Sydney Catholic Schools. The program provides Year 11 students considering a career in teaching the opportunity to experience university studies.
In the 2021-2022 SUIT program, participating Year 11 students will have the opportunity to study one or two modules equivalent to university level units while completing their school studies. Successful completion of these two units of study may result in an early offer to a ACU Teaching degree.
An information session will be held at the ACU Strathfield Campus and on Zoom on Wednesday the 21st of July commencing at 6pm and concluding at 7pm.
Written applications are due by Friday the 30th of July and need to be endorsed by Mr Kennaugh.
Year 11 students wishing to apply for the ACU Step Up Into Teaching program are asked to email Ms May at tmay@parra.catholic.edu.au for further information and the application form.
CEDP IT Traineeships
The recruitment process has begun for the 2022 CEDP IT Traineeship Program.
The Traineeship provides on the job training and qualifications in the field of Information, Communication and Technology. The traineeship has been designed to support IT activities in the workplace and to achieve a degree of self-sufficiency as an advanced IT user.
The Traineeship is a two year program and provides an opportunity to attain a nationally accredited Certificate III in Information Technology Digital Media and in the second year a Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking along with two years industry experience.
Information Sessions will be held at St Agnes Catholic High School on Tuesday the 24th of August and Wednesday the 25th of August commencing at 4pm and concluding at 6pm. Attendance is only required at one of the Information Sessions.
Interested students need to register their attendance here
White Card
The White Card (also known as General Construction Induction Card) is required for work experience placements in the construction industry. Students 16 years and over interested in gaining the White Card are asked to email Ms May at tmay@parra.catholic.edu.au before Friday the 16th of July.
JMC Academy Introductory Workshops
JMC Academy will be holding Introductory Workshops during the July school holidays. The workshops are a great opportunity to see the JMC Academy Sydney Campus while getting a taste of what it will be like to study your creative passion with Australia's leading Creative Industries provider. The workshops are filled with activities that are fun, engaging and hands-on.
Workshops Titles:
- Compose, Perform and Produce Music
- Digital TV Studio
- Recording and Mixing a Band
These workshops are strictly for students in Years 9 to 12
All Workshops will be held at JMC Academy Sydney: 561 Harris St, Ultimo
Workshop price includes lunch.
All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation that includes the details of the completed workshop.
JMC Academy advises that photos will be taken during the workshop for promotional purposes.
Click here for costs and dates.
Interested students are encouraged to purchase tickets quickly as workshops often fill very fast.
| Students return to school for Term 3 | 12th July |
| Careers Expo | 15th July |
| Year 9 Camp | 19th July |
| Year 12 Trials start | 26th July |
| Year 8 Reflection Day | 6th August |
College Leadership Team
| Principal | Mr Stephen Kennaugh |
| Assistant Principal Staff and Innovation (Acting) | Mrs Clare Healy |
| Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning | Ms Michelle Deschamps |
| Assistant Principal Students | Mr Nick Thrum |
| Director Faith, Mission and Learning | Mr Frank Clarke |
| Business Manager | Mrs Melissa Welch |
| Principal's Secretary and College Registrar | Mrs Julie Sabine |
College Leaders of Learning - KLA
| Leader of Learning English | Mrs Marsha Edwards |
| Assistant Leader of Learning English | Mr Travis Kolek |
| Leader of Learning Music and Performance | Mr Antonio Chiappetta |
| Leader of Learning Creative Arts | Mrs Pauline Ryan |
| Leader of Learning HSIE | Mr Daniel Camilleri |
| Assistant Leader of Learning HSIE | Mr Jarryd Leaves |
| Leader of Learning Languages (Acting) | Ms Lisa Yuen |
| Leader of Learning TAS | Mr Bill Robson |
| Assistant Leader of Learning TAS | Mr Scott Drennan |
| Leader of Learning Science (Acting) | Mr Rohan Isaac |
| Assistant Leader of Learning Science (Acting) | Mrs Grace Flaihan |
College Leaders of Learning
| Leader of Learning Diversity | Mrs Pauline Xuereb |
| Leader Faith, Mission and Learning | Ms Josilin Kalifa |
| Leader of Learning Literacy | Mr Duncan Dewar |
| Leader of Learning Technologies | Mrs Sarah Anzellotti |
| Leader of Learning Faith in Mission | Mr Ralph San-Pedro Loyola |
| Leader of Learning Sport | Mr Alexander Dunaeff |
| Leader of Learning Pedagogy & Practice | Mr Paul Haras |
| Leader of Learning Reading | Ms Linda Hicks |
Senior Campus Leaders of Learning - KLA
| Leader of Learning Mathematics | Ms Tracey Thomson |
| Leader of Learning PDHPE | Ms Claudine Desira |
Junior Campus Leaders of Learning - KLA
| Leader of Learning Mathematics | Mrs Gilda De Guzman |
| Leader of Learning PDHPE | Mr Nathan Weaver |
Leaders of Learning - Wellbeing
| Leader of Wellbeing | Mrs Sue Cooper |
| Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 7 | Ms Lyndal Simmonds |
| Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 8 | Ms Melissa Blackwell |
| Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 9 | Mrs Andrea Utoikamanu |
| Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 10 | Mr David Frankham |
| Leader of Learning Wellbeing Year 11 | Ms Emily Pett |
| Leader of Learning WellbeingYear 12 | Mr Martin Gillogly |
|
School Counsellor |
Ms Kerrie Castle |
|
School Counsellor |
Sr Cristina Ramada |
| Careers Counsellor | Ms Therese May |
| College Administration Coordinator | Ms Simone McKechnie |