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Monday 21 NovemberYear 12 SACE Exams- Musicianship and GeographyYear 11 to 12 Transition DayLast Cookie Bookie Club for 2016- lunctime, LibraryYear 12 Exams finished
Tuesday 22 NovemberYear 12 Leadership BreakfastYear 10 (2017) Round Square Inter-national Exchange Information Night - 6pm, FMEC
Wednesday 23 NovemberAdvent ServiceEmails sent for overdue Library Resources
Thursday 24 NovemberYear 12 Graduation Ceremony - 8:30am, The Minnamurra HallYear 12 Farewell Dinner - 5:30pm, Alice Springs Convention Centre
Friday 25 NovemberYear 9 RE DayYear 12 - all Library resources due - return to LibraryYear 12 - all College laptops due - return to IT or LibraryBoarders’ Christmas Function
Photo of the Week - We are proud to open our newest building the ‘Chris Tudor Centre’...
Dear Parents,
Over the past week, there have been discussions amongst staff and students regarding the issue of domestic violence raised by Rosie Batty during her visit last week. I personally found her message very touching and it had a similar effect on many in the audience that day.
The College is very keen to follow these discus-sions with further information about where to go for help or assistance if anyone should find themselves in a situation. Our Wellbeing staff are available if you have any questions.
On Wednesday, we celebrated the 2016 Sports Assembly and recognised the sporting achieve-ments of our students. Congratulations to every-one who received an award, but in particular to those students who went outside their comfort zone during the year and got out on the playing fields or in the pool and had a go!
Congratulations also to Old Saint, Ryan Gaskon (Rock Climbing) and current student, Jacob Moore (Table Tennis) who are our newest inductees onto the Sports Wall of Fame due to them excelling in their respective sports. A great achievement from these young men and I hope we induct some female athletes in coming years.
On Wednesday night my family and I went to see the Junior Play – what a talented young group of people! Congratulations to everyone involved, I look forward to future performances with these young actors.
Yours Sincerely,
Roger HerbertPrincipal
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Junior Play...
Next Week...
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hat’s Coming Up
Maika wins tradie queencategory at the
wearable arts award
2016 Year 12 Graduation Ceremony Thursday 24 November at 8.30am,
The Minnamurra HallParents and extended family members are welcome to
attend.
Please RSVP to Reception P:8950 4511 or E: [email protected]
by Monday 21 November
Congratulations to St Philip’s student Maika McGuirk-Hanson whse outfit and model were
awarded the Plumbtec Taps Tubs and Tiles Outstanding Performance Award with a prize
of $1,000.
The event took place on the 5 November at Araluen Art Centre. The costume “Tradie
Queen” made from tradie shirts and bolts. The outfit was modelled by Tahlia Paton.
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DELICIOUS SPC
Honey For Sale
$10 per jar
(cash sales only) at
Rivergum CafE
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God’s Song
Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and eventually ex-plored his way through a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE.”When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the im-pressive Steinway on stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy was sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” At that moment, the great piano master made his en-trance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
Then, leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon, his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obli-gato. Together, the old master and the young novice transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience. The audience was so mesmerized that they couldn’t recall what else the great master played - only the classic “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”
That’s the way it is with God. What we can accomplish on our own is hardly noteworthy. We try our best, but the results aren’t exactly graceful flowing music. However, with the hand of the Master, our life’s work truly can be beautiful. Next time you set out to accom-plish great feats, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
Feel His loving arms around you. Know that His strong hands are there helping you turn your feeble attempts into true masterpieces. God doesn’t call the equipped; He equips the called, and He’ll al-ways be there to love and guide you on to great thin
Sarah Pollitt Chaplain
With thanks from the Ward familyWe have honey...
Year 9 Outdoor Education thanks to P&FADuring Week 3, Miss Crowe's Year 9 Outdoor Education class braved the sweltering heat to have some fun on the new mountain bikes, kindly donated by the Parents’ and Friends’ Association.
The class departed from St Philip's just before lunch and rode out to the Telegraph Station along the concrete path. From the Telegraph Station we crossed the Todd River and then hit the trails, which we followed back to school. Everyone got very hot but agreed it was a fantastic outing. We are looking forward to getting out there again, in the very near future. Thank you Parents’ and Friends’ for such an amazing addition to the Outdoor Education resource.
For further inquiries, please contact:
Leslie TilbrookCareer Advisor
haplain’s Message
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nvironmental Warrior continued...E G irls’ Boarding News
Although last week was Exeat weekend there was still one very significant event to celebrate.
When our new Principal arrived he quite rightly commented that the boarders dining room needed brightening up. He was so right. The mural we had painted on the end wall many years ago had been painted over when the place had been redecorated a couple of years previously.
After a lot of hard work and many hours in the Art room over the last 2 or 3 months the boarders have finally finished all the pieces of art that will make up our new dining room mural.
On Wednesday after school a number of the senior girls, together with Jess and Kathleen from the Art department and Graham who runs the maintenance department put the 52 pieces of art together, laid them out in the dining room and agreed exactly how they are going to be put up.
There were a couple of weeks at the start of term when I didn’t think we were going to meet our target of unveiling it at the Boarders’ Christmas function on Friday 25 November, but the girls really got behind it over the last week and weekend and painted and painted. There are some stunning pieces of work. Twenty girls have contributed to the work, together with four of the boys, and there will be a plaque underneath to show whose work it is.
Also worth noting this weekend was Nikita’s modelling debut at the Star of Alice where she joined forces with Shyann, now a vet-
eran of three such events. Well done to them both.
It was also great to see Megan, Kiara and Zoe enjoying training with one of the Town U16 basketball teams on Friday and hope-fully we will soon be able to find them teams to play in for the rest of the season.
Marg StevensonHead of Girls’ Boarding
Online Ordering - Rivergum Cafe
Register for online ordering at:www.school24.com.au
nvironmental Warrior continued...E J unior Play
More photos can be viewed on our website photo gallery.
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nvironmental Warrior continued...E S ports Assembly
More photos can be viewed on our website photo gallery.
The link to the trailer is below, and also a link for a ‘Parents Guide to Embrace’. The Body Image Movement website also has links to the film’s ratings, other research, events and resources.
https://bodyimagemovement.com/watch-the-embrace-trailer/
https://bodyimagemovement.com/parents-guide-to-embrace/
Embrace is a great conversation starter for family discussions about body image. If you feel that your child is not old enough to see this film then we encourage you to see the film with your
partner and friends and to then bring home those messages and discussions from Embrace that you can relay to your children in a comfortable and age-appropriate way.
******** PRIOR TO VIEWING THE MOVIE - PARENTS, IMPORTANT INFO BELOW ********
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Community Notices
This newsletter is produced weekly by the PR & Marketing Department, St Philip’s College. Please submit contributions to: Jill Jansons (08) 8950 4561 or email: [email protected]
Deadline for Friday’s issue is 5pm on the preceding Tuesday.
Reception (08) 8950 4511 l Student Access (08) 8950 4573 l Library (08) 8950 4576 l Registrar (08) 8950 4501 l Medical Centre (08) 8950 4567
Boys’ Accommodation (08) 8950 4520 l Girls’ Accommodation (08) 8950 4537 l Rivergum Cafe (08) 8950 6232 l Accounts (08) 8950 4525
The Alice Springs Amnesty International Group has recommenced. If you would like to be involved, please email:
USE AT YOUR LOCAL GYM!
Wednesday 21 December Alice Springs Airport at 10:45 am
www.airnorth.com.au
Come meet Santa and his helpers and collect some goodies
