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LaSalle Catholic College 544 Chapel Road Bankstown 2200 Ph: 9793 5600
Issue # 14 13 SEPTEMBER 2019
2019
DATES TO REMEMBER
TERM 3
SEPTEMBER
17 Year 11 Exams Start
18 Year 10 Tech Savy
20 CCC Athletics
23 Last Day for Year 12 students
24 Year 12 Graduation
9.00am Graduation Assembly
5.00pm Graduation Mass
6.30pm Graduation Dinner
25 Last Day for Students Term 3
26 Staff Spirituality Day
27 Staff Development Day -
Newman
LAST DAY OF TERM 3
OCTOBER 2019
14 All Students Return
14-16 Year 11 Retreat
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LASALLE STAR
LASALLE CATHOLIC COLLEGE MISSION IN ACTION DAY (MAD)
Our Mission Action Day held on Friday, 13th September was a wonderful
fundraising event to help support our twinned school, La Salle High School
Campus 2, Faisalabad in Pakistan. The school was in need of $10,000.00 to
purchase and install the water purification plant. The day started with a Mass
celebrating our founder, St John Baptist de la Salle celebrated by Father
Ronnie Maree. This was then followed with varies activities to help raise the
funds needed.
Michael Egan
Principal
St John Baptist de La Salle,
Pray for us
Live Jesus in our Hearts,
Forever
I am pleased to report that on Friday
afternoon after our event, we wired
$10,300.00 to our sister school in
Pakistan.
I would like to thank our parents,
students and all our staff (Lasallian
community) for a wonderful result
eminating from weeks of preparation
leading up to our main event.
www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au
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MAD DAY DONATIONS: Thank you to Michael at Baker’s Delight Bankstown for his donation of slice
bread for our MAD day celebrations.
MAD DAY SNAPSHOTS - WELL DONE!
www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au
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MISSION ACTION DAY (MAD)
Each year the College celebrates St John Baptist de la Salle Founder’s Day. FSC, the initials used after the Brothers’ name, represents
Faith, Service and Community. These principles are identified and celebrated on Friday 13th September.
In the morning we gathered as a faith community in Mass to celebrate the life and work of St John Baptist de la Salle. This was Father
Ronnie’s first full school Mass and we thank him kindly for this. This was followed by various fundraising activity stalls which
exemplified the principle of service modelled by the Lasallian Brothers. The day concluded with a talent quest to showcase the
creative talents of our students. There was a great sense of community spirit and co-operation and all these community activities
fostered the personal and spiritual growth of all involved.
I congratulate the students and staff, who have staged several fundraising events throughout this term as well as on Friday to raise
funds to contribute towards the urgently needed construction of water wells at La Salle High School Campus 2, Faisalabad in Pakistan.
SYDNEY CATHOLIC SOUTHERN REGION PRIMARY SCHOOLS ANNUAL PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION
For the second year Catholic primary schools in our cluster implemented the Public Speaking Program in their schools. St Mary ’s
Catholic Primary Georges Hall, St Brendan’s Central Bankstown, St John Vianney Catholic Primary Greenacre and Christ the King Bass
Hill all participated in the program. The public speaking program benefits all students in Years 3-6, as it gives them opportunities to
develop strong speaking skills and confidence to speak in front of a large group of people. Each school holds their own class finals and
school finals.
Last week the Public Speaking Cluster Year 3 and 4 finals were held at Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Bass Hill
I thank Mr Cartledge and Ms Fengitis for adjudicating these finals. It is always a great opportunity to assist our feeder schools in any
way.
SILVER AWARD
This year LaSalle implemented the new Merit Award system which recognises
students’ achievements, service and commitment to the College. Congratulations
to Kiara Hearne of Year 9 who is the College’s first recipient of the prestigious
Silver Award. Kiara received a certificate and Silver badge at her Year Assembly
during the week.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
FROM OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: MS LEONIE DOWD
God bless,
Leonie Dowd
On Thursday, the 5th September, ten Year 10 Lasallian Youth Leaders assisted in the Year 6
Confirmation Retreat at St Felix Catholic Primary School. The day was a success in learning
about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and various Saints, whilst students displayed their unique
gifts and talents to the year group.
I would like to thank Marko, Hamida, Joey, Dounya, Marcus, Tevita, Harriet, Martina, Chade
and Fares for their amazing assistance on the day!
FROM LASALLIAN YOUTH MINISTER: Ms Stephanie Breda
NEWS FROM NEWMAN SELECTIVE COORDINATOR - MR PETER CARTLEDGE
www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au
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THE PERFECTIONISM WORKBOOK FOR TEENS
Many high achieving young people struggle with some level of perfectionism. This
concern about how others will judge their work can lead to unrealistic expectations,
stress and the child placing unnecessary pressure on themselves to perform above and
beyond expectations.
The College actively discourages perfectionism, instead promoting the idea that every
child should do their own personal best, and explicitly teaching about growth mindset
and healthy expectations of one's own performance in both the Newman and College-
wide pastoral programs.
The Perfectionism Workbook for Teens is a new resource to the College library that will
help students trying to move past perfectionistic tendencies.
Filled with lots of tips and activities to help students better value their own work, this
resource is now available to be borrowed by students from the Learning Centre.
NEWS FROM LEARNING CENTRE
www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au
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FROM SAINT YON TRADE TRAIING CENTRE: MRS MARGARET PHILLIPS
On Wednesday 28th August Saint Yon students, accompanied by their families and members of
staff from Saint Yon, were recognised at the Executive Director's VET Awards held at Southern
Cross at Burwood.
The following students were nominated and were presented with a certificate as the best
performing student in their particular training package (subject) at Saint Yon: Abraham Magsino,
Electrotechnology, a student attending Saint Yon from Holy Spirit Catholic College Lakemba, Leon
Nigro, Construction, Casimir Catholic College. Jarod Ashby, Automotive SBAT, Marist College
Kogarah. Unfortunately Leon Nigro was unable to attend the ceremony.
Last night at Bankstown Girls High School, the Padstow Rotary Club held the inaugural
2019 Rotary Youth Awards Evening inviting over 15 local schools. I am delighted to announce
that two of our Lasallian Year 12 students received these special Vocation and Education (VET) awards. Bill Hanna received the
Rotary Youth Vocational Awards for VET Electrotechnology and Nabieh El-Tahan for VET Construction for outstanding effort for their
workplacement and academic efforts in their VET courses.
Parents, students and teachers were treated to sumptuous canapés prepared by the
Bankstown Girls High VET Hospitality students and guests experienced an Aboriginal
Welcome Smoking Ceremony on entering the auditorium. A local Aboriginal elder provided
a Welcome to Country and entertained the guests with Didgeridoo playing. During the
evening talented students performed piano recitals, guitar and band recitals.
The evening was enjoyed by the Saint Yon Trade Training VET teachers Mrs Phillips
(Head of Trade Training) and Mrs Pegum (VET Pathway Planner) and the El-Tahan and
Hanna families who were very proud of the students achievements. We congratulate Bill
Hanna and Nabieh El-Tahan’s for their awards and for representing their school admirably.
VET PATHWAY PLANNER: Mrs Nicola Pegum
Year 11 Auto students, Mario Alves and Nathan Dat Nguyen represented the College at Sydney Catholic Colleges World Skills last
Friday. Both students excelled throughout the rigorous testing schedule conducted at the St Joseph’s Trade Skills Centre,
Hinchinbrook.
The competing students ventured from their home colleges at Burwood, Pagewood and Hinchinbrook to attend the competition.
After five hours of strenuous challenges including
electrical fault finding, tappet setting, marking out
and measuring gaskets and brake inspections,
Mario Alves was placed second overall.
Congratulations to Mario for an outstanding effort
and we wish him well as he, next represents the
College at TAFE NSW for the State World Skills
where he competes against all state schools,
independent and private trade college students.
AUTO STUDENTS - WORLD SKILLS: Mr Keith Porter
www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au
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EXTENSION 2 MATH EXCURSION AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY, BROADWAY.
On Thursday 29 August, the Year 12 Mathematics Extension 2 students (Tony Do, Anthony Jaajaa, Martin Pham and Collin Phan)
attended the Extension 2 Student Day at the University of Notre Dame in Broadway. Alongside with Math Extension 2 students
across the Sydney Catholic Schools Archdiocese, we had the opportunity to further learn Mechanics and Harder Extension 1 topics in
detail.
The brilliant lectures were extremely helpful to us to prepare for our upcoming HSC exam. We were surrounded by highly
experienced mathematics professors and by the diverse minds of the other Extension 2 students in the diocese. Being able to meet
and interact with people involved in the same course allowed us to form new relationships and grow our understanding and passion
for mathematics. We thank all of the staff who assisted us and organised the event, particularly Mrs Bishop and Mr Bem who gave us
the opportunity to attend. Tony Do, Anthony Jaajaa, Martin Pham & Collin Phan
YEAR 12 INCURSION: PAUL WADE’S PRESENTATION
On Tuesday, 2nd July, Year 12 were given a memorable speech from a former Socceroos Captain, Paul Wade. Wade's highly amusing
presentation related his own footballing and life experiences to our current situation,
teaching us valuable lessons of hard work, friendship, and contentment.
Each of the students were awestruck when Wade revealed a match-worn jersey of Diego
Maradona, which he swapped his own jersey for, after a game in 1993. Wade’s story was
told through the jerseys and highlights of his career, as he took us all on his journey of
victories and defeats, in football and in life. We would like to thank Mrs Azize for
providing the year group with the opportunity to receive this wisdom and motivation
through such a captivating presentation. Anthony Jaajaa
YEAR 10 FOOD TECHNOLOGY
The Year 10 cake task has proved to be an excellent tool for students to showcase not only their creativity, but also the skills they
have developed over the last two years. This task involves students designing and producing a celebration cake. Over the past few
weeks 38 students have completed this task. This is a small sample of some of the cakes. Well done Year 10 Food Technology, 2019.
www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au
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NSW STATE CONFERENCE FOR LAB TECHNICIANS - Mrs Margaret Croucher
On Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th September, I attended the NSW State Conference
for Lab Technicians that was held at the University of Technology Sydney. There
were many great workshops on offer and science suppliers showing their wares. I
have brought back some new resources for our department.
The highlight of the 2 days was the Keynote speaker, Dr Alice Gorman – Space
Archaeologist, from Flinders University in Adelaide. Her presentation was very
informative, entertaining and inspirational. She has just published her first book
“Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the future" so I’m looking
forward to a good read.
Dr Alice can be found on Twitter @drspacejunk
Did you know - Elon Musk launched a red Tesla sports car in 2018 and it is still cruising around our solar system on an elliptical path
around the Sun.
YEAR 9 PASS STUDENTS - NSW CRICKET GALA DAY
A group of Year 9 PASS students had an enjoyable experience at the NSW Cricket Gala Day held at Graf Park on Monday 2nd
September. We were instructed by Mrs Turiano that we will be umpires throughout the day. We umpired 4 primary schools on the
day: Georges Hall Public, Yagoona Public, Christ the King and Al Kahima.
The students who participated were amazing and were really committed and participated in every game to the best of their
ability. The coaches from Sydney Thunders were helpful and made the day an eventful experience. It was definitely a great day
working with these schools and helping them get active. Joy Mensah
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