Volume 33 Number 14 17 November 2017

Roman Anderson

Christopher Bass

Phoebe Evans

HSC 2017

Music Students Record for

ENCORE

During the past couple of weeks, Roman Anderson, Christopher Bass and

Phoebe Evans have been rehearsing and recording their 2017 HSC Music

Performance Programs. They have now sent these recordings to NESA. These three

students were nominated for ENCORE as a result of their outstanding HSC music

performances held in September this year.

HSC markers nominate outstanding music students’ performances, compositions,

essays and musicology viva voces for selection into ENCORE from the Music 1,

Music 2 and Music Extension courses. ENCORE is a concert of performances and

compositions, held at the Opera House in February 2018. We have applied for tickets

to attend the concert. Tickets sales are in high demand and usually sell out in a day!

To have three students nominated is thrilling for the College. We now await

notification of their acceptance into this single concert program of 20 program items.

There were 5574 HSC music students throughout the state in 2017.

Congratulations to

Roman, Christopher and Phoebe

on this outstanding achievement.

Mr Luke Baker and Mrs Melissa Wattus

Music Staff

Y e a r

Term 4

Year 11 Major Awards Ceremony

Week 7: Friday 24 November

College Hall

Commences 10:15 am

Last Day of Classes for Students

Week 10 Thursday, 14 December

Last Day of classes for students

Staff PD Days

Friday, 15 December until

Tuesday 19 December

Reception/Switch Hours

Friday, 15 December 8:00 am – 3:30 pm

Monday, 18 December 8:00 am – 3:30 pm

Tuesday, 19 December 2017

ATSI/EALD Orientation

On 11 October we invited our Year 11 2018 ATSI and

EALD students to the College to participate in an

Orientation morning. On arrival, the students were

presented with some important information to assist in

their smooth transition into the College.

They had the opportunity to talk with and ask questions

of our Year 12 2018 students who only a short three

terms ago were in their position. To assist in

familiarising themselves with the layout and structure of

the College they broke into small groups and

participated in a walk around questionnaire. The most

successful group was awarded a small prize for the most

correct answers.

A relaxed morning tea and the opportunity again to ask

questions and get to know some of our current students

followed.

Thank you to our students who assisted and we look

forward to welcoming our Year 11 2018 ATSI and

EALD students on 30th January 2018.

Mr Frank Hales – ATSI Support Teacher

Mrs Janine Gorman – EALD Teacher

St Francis Xavier’s College

St Vincent de Paul Society

Spring Food Appeal

The SVDP Society would like to thank all of the staff,

students and families who brought in food donations for

our Spring Food Appeal in the last couple of weeks. On

Tuesday, 31 October, we sorted and packed the

donations into boxes for delivery and we were

overwhelmed by the generosity of our community.

Thank you so much for your kindness; these donations

are very much appreciated. They have been delivered to

Sr Carmel Hanson’s House of Hospitality at

Broadmeadow and to the Merewether Beach SVDP

Food Bank. They will help to support disadvantaged

individuals within our community.

We hope that this generosity will continue for our

Christmas Food Appeal!

Olivia Fanning

Christmas Appeal

With just over a month to go to Christmas, the College

St Vincent De Paul Society is asking for your help! We

ask that you generously donate an unwrapped gift

suitable for children (up to 15 years old) in needy

families. Gift ideas could include: books, games,

movies and toys. As well, you may purchase a candy

cane with your own message to be delivered to someone

special on Monday, 4 December, by our members.

These will be on sale near the Canteen during the breaks

on the preceding Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Friday, 1 December, is SFX Day, celebrating the feast-

day of St Francis Xavier. This will be an out-of-uniform

day, so please bring a gold coin donation and celebrate

the occasion in your best Christmas-themed outfit.

There will be a fashion parade during the first lunch

break. All profits from the day and the presents will be

donated to the Hamilton parish St Vincent de Paul

society conference which gives Christmas hampers and

presents to about 40 needy families in our area each

year.

On behalf of the Colleges St Vincent De Paul Society

we wish you a very Merry Christmas.

Natasha, Emily and Alana

Merewether – Hamilton RSL

Sub Branch Remembrance Day Service

On Saturday, 11 November three of our student

leaders Thomas Rodgers, Joachim Angeli, and

Damon Reid took part in the Merewether –

Hamilton RSL Sub Branch Remembrance Day

Service at Gregson Park.

Tom read a Wilfred Owen poem

‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’.

Joe and Damon laid a Wreath of Tribute.

The Solidarity Leaders, along with student

leaders from St Clare’s Taree, St Joseph’s

Aberdeen, St Catherine’s Singleton, St Mary’s

Maitland and St Paul’s Booragul attended the

Diocesan Leadership Retreat at Riverwood

Downs in the Barrington Tops.

We completed a number of leadership

challenge activities, learnt about some of the

roles and responsibilities of leaders and had

time with our small group to develop some

ideas about how we can lead SFX in the area

of Solidarity.

It was a fantastic few days in a beautiful setting and we hope that we can use the

experience to be the best leaders we can be for our school in 2018.

Diocesan

Leadership Retreat

St Francis Xavier’s College SRC participate in the

Marist Student Leaders Gathering at Mittagong

Windale

Christmas

Appeal

Every week students from SFX go to St Pius, Windale to work with the staff in the classrooms assisting with

anything from Maths to Sport and we have developed a wonder bond with this school.

As a community, we also help them celebrate Christmas by donating toys and gifts every year. Last year the

generosity of the SFX community was overwhelming and I would like to think we will repeat that this year.

The Windale kids are fantastic and full of life, who generally come from disadvantaged homes where

Christmas is either non-existent or limited. Windale is only 11 kms from our school…let’s start giving to

families at our “back door”.

All wonderful donations can be taken to Mrs McLoughlin’s Careers Office.

Student Leaders attend

ABC Q&A Schools Special

Bald and Beautiful is a Cancer Fundraising initiative to raise money for Cancer sufferers.

St Francis Xavier’s College Hospitality students provided a High Tea for Corporate Sponsors

on Wednesday 15 November as a fundraising event to raise awareness and money for the organisation.

A Competency Task for Hospitality students is a High Tea, and this event was a wonderful opportunity

for the students to complete this task as a function event, with both front and back of house experience

for the planning, preparation, cooking and service as realistic industry experience.

The menu for the day was

~ Cocktail Sandwiches ~

chicken & almond

egg & lettuce

ham, cheese, tomato & mustard

~ Savoury ~

mini quiches:

caramelised onion & feta

bacon & cheddar

~ Sweet ~

chocolate cookie trifle

mini meringue w/ passionfruit cream

lemon curd cups w/ seasonal fruit

~ Scones with jam & cream ~

~ Drinks ~

apple & elderflower spritzer

coconut lime spritzer

tea, coffee, iced coffee & chocolate

Congratulations to

Ms Kerrie Burnes

and her Hospitality class

on the success of the day!