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Education in the OLSH Tradition: We are heart people who reverence relationships

Dear Family and Friends of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, If we pause in the midst of all that happens each day it may be possible for us to hear what is happening in our hearts. For it is what happens in the depths of our hearts that actually becomes who we really are. Our giftedness in every part of our living comes from that same place …our hearts, the very core of our being. Today’s newsletter shares once more the variety of blessings that are ours in our College community. Enjoy being touched by the hearts of others…

Anne O’Loughlin Principal

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HEART MATTERS

Pause a while and know that I am God…

Psalm 46

Friday 3 May 2013 Volume 42, Number 6

We Believe! We Achieve!

Congratulations to:

Laura Piper, Year 11, on her selection

in the 18&under 2013 State Indoor Netball team. Laura will be competing in the National Championships in May in Melbourne as Vice-Captain for her

team.

Kate Kelly-Oman, Year 8, who has been shortlisted for the School Sports

Victoria (SSV) U15 Netball Team. This places her in very elite company and may rank her in the top 10 midcourt players in the state! We wish her the

best of luck in her trial.

Congratulations to Feebie Andrinopoulos, winner of the Cover Design for the Catholic Education Office Art Exhibition. Feebie is pictured above with Mrs Rosalie Jones, Secondary Manager Catholic Education Office, Melbourne.

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Year 8 Retreat Monday 22 April

Salesian Retreat, Lysterfield

Faith and Mission

At our retreat, we completed as series of activities including feeding the sheep; we saw a video of creation called 'Turtle world' and made artwork called mandalas.

At the end of the day, I think we all felt as though we had bonded better as a year level. We all enjoyed the day and appreciate the work put into it. Grace Prior, 8 White

We all were excited about going on Retreat last week. My highlights of the day were the small liturgy we did at the end of our visit, as well as feeding the sheep. From this experience I found I learnt more about myself and reflected on things. Overall it was a great day and I enjoyed it. Ruby Allardice 8 White

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NAPLAN 2013 All OLSH students in Years 7 and 9 will be participating in the NAPLAN: National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy between Tuesday, 14 May and Thursday, 16 May. Please ensure students attend on these days.

What is NAPLAN?

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national assessment for all students in Years 7 and 9. All students in these year levels are expected to participate in tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.

Why do students do NAPLAN tests?

The tests provide parents and schools with an understanding of how individual students are performing at the time of the tests. They also provide schools, states and territories with information about how education programs are working and which areas need to be prioritised for improvement.

NAPLAN tests are one aspect of the school’s assessment and reporting process, and do not replace the extensive, ongoing assessments made by teachers about each student’s performance.

How is NAPLAN performance measured?

NAPLAN is not a pass or fail type test. Individual student performance is shown on a national achievement scale for each test. Each test scale has ten bands and all year levels are reported on the same scale. The performance of individual students can be compared to the average performance of all students in Australia.

A NAPLAN report will be issued by OLSH later in the year. The same report format is used for every student in Australia. How are NAPLAN test results used?

• Schools use results to identify strengths and weaknesses in teaching programs and to set goals in literacy and numeracy.

• Students and parents may use individual results to discuss progress with teachers.

• Teachers use results to help them better identify students who require greater challenges or additional support.

• The community can see average school NAPLAN results on the My School website.

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HOMEWORK HAVEN OLSH Library Thursdays 3.30pm to 4.30pm Homework Haven is a special place where any student needing help with class work can come for help with their homework from volunteer staff. We would encourage parents to encourage their daughters to attend at this time.

Ms Tania Tickyj Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching

Curriculum Matters

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Trip to Tasmania

“Your girls are superb. They are welcome back here any time”. This was one of the compliments the College received by a hotel manager we met on the journey through Tasmania. It was an absolute privilege for the staff involved to be able to travel with the 55 Year 10 students who made this journey across the sea. A huge thank you to Mrs La Greca who coordinated and organised this wonderful opportunity and to Mrs Rayment, Mr Liston and Ms Schocker who accompanied the girls. We thank the girls for the way that they truly lived out our spirit of being Heart People. Our Year 10 students that attended were a credit to the school in every way. Congratulations girls you made us proud!

"Coming in on the Spirit of Tasmania at 5am participating in an ANZAC dawn service was a whole new experience and allowed us to further appreciate everything the ANZAC soldiers did for us."

"Hours of travelling together in Tasmania really strengthened new and former friendships!" "Who said Tasmania was cold! Saturday was 24 degrees, sunny - just a little windy though! "I have never experienced anything as scary as the ghost tour at Port Arthur as we walked around the site by night with a few lanterns - the guide really brought us back in time!"

"We stopped in a place called Richmond - I was fascinated by not only the quaint shops but also by the oldest bridge and the oldest Catholic Church - it was so beautiful on the hill overlooking the whole town."

"I wasn't expecting to learn so much about our history on this trip - It was a bonus!"

"The Tahune Airwalk was so beautiful. We walked on the suspended platform above the forest canopy and enjoyed spectacular views of the Huon and Picton Rivers."

"Our accommodation was great - we had cosy cabins on the Spirit, cute cabins by the water in Port Arthur, and amazing views of Hobart in our motel." "Our final stop before boarding our plane in Launceston was the Cataract Gorge - the view from our chairlift was just amazing! Its natural beauty, the sound of the running water and the blue skies above were a beautiful way to end our tour of Tasmania!"

It was such an honour and privilege to be able to take and share this journey of Tasmania with such a friendly, supportive and keen group of Year 10 students. The natural beauty of Tasmania brought out the best of each student. They represented themselves and the College with excellence - the essence of the heart shaped island was truly mirrored by the essence of each OLSH student! Congratulations on a memorable shared experience of Tasmania. Mrs Antonella La Greca Year 10 Coordinator

Student Wellbeing Matters

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Parenting Ideas This week’s newsletter article by Michael Grose is: “Adolescents need friends, and parents need to encourage these relationships” Please find attached to the email with this newsletter for more information and helpful insights.

Ms Dina Oro Assistant Principal, Student Wellbeing

Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Competition Lunch On the Friday, 19 April, to celebrate upcoming Anzac day and our achievements as Regional Finalists of the Premier’s Spirit of Anzac competition, 17 students were invited to a luncheon hosted by the Premier of Victoria. After being briefed on the exciting prospect of our impending 2013 Canberra tour, my fellow finalists and I were presented with our certificates at the Victorian National Gallery and had our photos taken. We were then invited to enjoy a splendid lunch with Australian War Veterans who had a sweet smile and a fascinating story to share.

I was eager to share my experience of writing a short story on the nurses during WW1 and in turn they shared their tales as members of the infantry, navy and nursing forces. It was a wonderful way to remember the sacrifices made by previous Australian and New Zealand men and women and it was a great deal of fun to meet my fellow finalists. I am very excited to go on the study tour of Canberra in June which will include a visit to the National Archives of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, the National Gallery of Australia and numerous other historical sites. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience and I urge students in Years 9 and 10 to enter and discover something new.

Martha O’Hagan 11 Gold

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Careers News

Work Experience - Year 10 2013 Work Experience at Year 10 commenced the first week of Term 2. Two students, Melissa Peet (Billabong Ranch Echuca) and Lauren Caia (Is Photography Cheltenham), completed their work experience during the school holidays. Since then 13 students have been ‘working’, with a further ten next week. It is great to see such a wide range of opportunities the students have taken. Work Experience continues through Term 2 & Term 3.

Mrs Maureen Malone Pathways & VCAL Coordinator

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Isabelle Paraskevopoulos 10 Gold at Cabrini Hospital who was exposed to

the entire hospital operation: including nursing & doctor duties.

Melanie Tapai 10 Green at the Australian Animal Protection Society in Keysborough.

Melanie worked with a variety of animals who had been abandoned, dumped or given up. She was involved in the day to day running of the shelter and was particularly taken by the care

that was given to all the animals.

Rachael McNamara 10 Gold at Willett Marketing in South

Melbourne, an event management company. Rachael was employed during a very busy week for the

company where they were working to organise a horse racing event.

Defence Force Recruiting Information Night The Royal Military College (RMC) in Duntroon, ACT, is one of the world's truly outstanding military training institutions. Defence Force Recruiting would like to take this opportunity to invite you, your students and their families to an RMC information night at the Defence Force Recruiting Centre in Melbourne. This evening will provide you with an overview of life at RMC, details about the lifestyle and training, and an explanation of the recruitment process. Date: Thursday, 30 May 2013 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Location: 501 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Meeting Place: Level 14 Reception area

There are limited positions available for this session so reservations are essential. Please email your RSVP to CPTVIC@dfr.com.au

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Arts News Some wonderful news to report from the Arts Domain: In a report from the Argos from 1890, it was stated that “the object of art was to be artistic and to be artistic is to represent something beautiful or elevating or instructive”. In the Arts Domain we are across all three areas. This year we have had some truly inspiring portraits completed by the Year 7, 9 and the 11 students. There has been some sensitive and conceptual work by the Year 12 students, and some beautiful and instructive work completed across many of the year levels where students use their art to comment on a variety of issues. Year 7 students have been looking at art and producing work that explores techniques and skills. Year 8 students have been exploring Still Life and the inherent beauty in our personal and valued possessions. Each year in March, during Catholic Education Week, there is a major exhibition of work from Catholic Schools from the state of Victoria. It is a large exhibition with hundreds of entries judged by very high profile members of the Melbourne art scene. This year I am very pleased to announce that Feebie Andrinopoulos’, Issoudun, still life painting won the cover design (far right) for the exhibition catalogue. This is a wonderful honour and it is lovely to see her work not only recognised for its excellence but to see it in print on hundreds of catalogues. As the old saying goes ‘but that’s not all’. Late last year the Year 10 students produced a book sculpture where pages are either folded or cut to change the shape of the book and to create a sculptural piece that emerges from the pages. Isabelle Burns entered her book sculpture in the Libris Awards which is the Australian Artists’ Book Prize. Isabelle’s beautiful creation has been shortlisted in the awards. Congratulations Isabelle.

Past student Danielle Ventura (Unit 3 &4 VCE 2012) was one of our outstanding Studio Arts students. Her work was shortlisted and then selected to be represented in the TOP SHOTS Exhibition which is an exhibition of excellence from the VCE cohort. It is very exclusive and only a handful of students each year are selected. Her work will be exhibited at the MGA (Monash Gallery of Art) Congratulations Danielle. Don’t forget that many of these wonderful works will be on display at our Annual Arts Festival which is run in conjunction with Open Day later in the year.

Mrs Bronwyn Cottrell Head of Arts

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House Athletics Carnival Friday 19 April

Every year our Athletics Carnival starts with a drizzle of rain and this year was no different. The weather cleared quickly and we happily went on with the day. It was a well organised day with Xavier winning all categories. It was great to see all year levels participating enthusiastically and having an enjoyable time. On behalf of everyone involved, I would like to thank the VET Sport and Rec Unit 1-2 students for their assistance. A big thank you also to the Year 12s for their participation in their themed costumes from ‘around the world’. Finally, thank you to the parents and staff.

Mr Nick Wanless Sports Coordinator

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Overall Results:

1st Xavier 2nd Chevalier 3rd Hartzer 4th Sweeney

Year Level Champions

Year 7: Olivia May Year 8: Shanae Carter Issoudun:Paris Tatter

Issoudun: Isabel Quintal Year 10: Sarah Cleary

Year 11: Dariyn Girton Year 12: Natalie Leontaridis

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SCSA Indoor Soccer Junior and Intermediate Premiership 2013

********************************************************** Congratulations to: Capucine Laville, Year 7, who won two gold medals in an Interclub Taekwondo competition for Technical Individual and Sparring, as well as a silver medal in Pairs Technicals. Well done Capucine!

Div 2 Junior Inter Senior Premiers OLSH OLSH MSJ

Runners Up PCW CLC PCW 3rd Marian Mater Christi OLSH 4th MSJ Marian Marian 5th CLC PCW CLC 6th Mater Christi MSJ Mater Christi

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Well done to the Senior Indoor team, left, who finished 3rd on the day. The girls were

looking good after finishing 2nd after the round robin stage but lost a close semi-final

to CLC

MVP: Simone Kenny

INTERMEDIATE PREMIERS!! Congratulations to the Intermediate team, right, who beat CLC 3-1 in the Grand Final.

Well done to Nicole Rogalsky who was awarded the best player in the GF by the umpire.

MVP: Nicole Rogalsky Encouragement Award: Melissa Peet

JUNIOR PREMIERS!! A fantastic final saw the OLSH team, left, beat PCW 3-2, a team we lost 0-6 to in the round

robin phase. Congratulations to Micaela Harvie who was awarded best player in the final by

the umpires, and scored all 3 goals.

MVP: Micaela Harvie Encouragement Award: Katya Katselis

A very big thank you to Ms Rousell, Mrs Evans and Mr Wanless who gave up many lunchtimes to

prepare the girls for the big day.

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Performing Arts News

MUSIC DANCE DRAMA

JAZZ JAMBOREE Congratulations to Chloe Lewis, Rachel Pinto (Year 11) and Polly Mitchell (Year 12 2012) who performed superbly at the Brighton North Rotary Jazz Jamboree on Sunday, 28 April. Their fabulous jazz sound resounded in the beautiful Kamesburgh Gardens and our girls deservedly received many compliments after their performance. Well done, girls; we are very proud of you.

CHORAL@MONTSALVAT Our Junior Choir and Senior Vocal Ensemble have combined to sing at Choral@Montsalvat on Sunday, 5 May. A number of Melbourne Choirs will perform on this day in a variety of venues around the peaceful and picturesque precinct of Montsalvat in Eltham. The OLSH Choir will perform at 12.00pm in the Great Hall Gallery. Best wishes to Mrs Mentlikowski and her Choristers!

WAKAKIRRI OLSH College has entered the new Wakakirri competition for secondary schools. Participants in this competition are encouraged to portray a story through a creative combination of dancing, singing and acting. We are delighted to offer this opportunity to our students who will experience the exhilaration of creating a performance from scratch to realisation. The public performance in September will be a celebration of the achievement of a significant number of students and staff. The competition is open to all students in Years 7 to 12 and auditions are being conducted this week. We look forward to sharing updates on the progress of the College’s entry.

Mrs Michelle Fenton Performing Arts Coordinator

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Chloe Lewis, Polly Mitchell and Rachel Pinto

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Dates for your Diary

Sunday, 5 May Choral@Montsalvat Tuesday, 7 May Parents & Friends Meeting Boardroom – All Welcome Friday, 10 May SCSA Athletics Bob Jane Stadium Please note changes to the following events: Report Writing Day Monday, 17 June (was Friday, 14 June) Parent Teacher Student Interviews Wednesday, 14 August (was Thursday, 15 August)

Tuesday, 14 May NAPLAN Language Conventions and Writing Wednesday, 15 May NAPLAN Reading Thursday, 16 May NAPLAN Numeracy

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The OLSH Canteen Roster

Mon 6 May Need help please Tues 7 May Need help please Wed 8 May Need help please Thurs 9 May Leanne Kerr Fri 10 May Margaret Degering Jan Drew

Mon 13 May Need help please Tues 14 May Need help please Wed 15 May Lisa DeFazio Thurs 16 May Need help please Fri 17 May Need help please

Please call the College if you are able to assist in the Canteen. Any help is much appreciated.

Subject Selection for 2014

Issoudun and Year 10 parents and students please note:

Monday 20 May 7.30 pm

Year 11 2014

Pathways Information Night Theatrette

Year 10 2014 Pathways Information Night Hall

Woolworths Earn & Learn

A reminder that OLSH College is participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn Promotion.

A collection box is located in Student Reception where collected stickers can be dropped off.

Last year we earnt many valuable teaching resources so your cooperation is much appreciated.