Mother and Child

At Warmun, the school community has been

reminded that in May we celebrate

MOTHERS.

Their school name Ngalangangpum means

“Mother and child”. So, we give praise and

thanks for Mary (Gooral for Jesus) and our

own Gooral (Ganggayi, Gawayi …)

warmun aboriginal community

At St Mary’s College we ask for God’s Bless-

ing on all the mothers and carers within the

College community.

We thank the Parents & Friends Association

too for its commitment to recognising

Mother’s Day and commissioning soaps

from Hidden Valley to become Mother’s

Day gifts.

Of course the great gift for

All mothers and carers, is to have good

children.

Do your best to be that gift whether that

means helping at home, doing your best at

school or being deadly in your behaviour

whether playing sport or just enjoying the

day.

We can give praise and thanks for our moth-

ers and carers,

Just as the Warmun

Community does in honouring ‘Mother and

Child’.

YEAR 12 BALL

Yr 12 Ball The Year Twelve Ball this week is a

reminder that the senior students will soon

be sharing a memorable occasion and cre-

ating their own memories. Ms Rebecca

Famlonga has been planning this in con-

junction with a very active committee. Max,

Dakota and Minmae have combined with

others such as Ms Hyett, Mrs Little, Mrs Cap-

salis, Mr Lake, Mr Samuel and our wonderful

‘front of house’ staff Ms Libby, Ms Katie and

Ms Robyn, to ensure that ticket sales, all the

preparations such as the theme and the in-

vitations are organised and that learning the

dance steps has been fun.

The College thanks both these generous

people and the families for supporting this

event.

May the teaching and learning over the

next weeks of Term be engaging and pro-

ductive.

ST MARY’S COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

Secondary Campus Administration 3 Port Drive, Tel: (08) 9194 9500 Fax: (08) 9192 1797 PO Box 100 Broome, WA 6735 Email: admin@stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au Website: www.stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au

This newsletter is also available on www.stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Clement Mulcahy

Jesus,

You had some special friends.

Thank you for giving us our friends.

Help us to treat them kindly.

Show us how to care for them.

Teach us all to be your friends.

Amen

12 May 2017

May

Eucharistic Parent Workshop Primary 5.30pm 17

Year 7-10 Basketball Secondary 18

Gospel Assembly 4H/4P 19

YEAR 6 COLOUR RUN FUNDRAISIER 19

No. 7

NAPLAN

This week all Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students sat their NAPLAN tests. I would like to congratulate our

students for how seriously they took these tests and how well behaved they were during these

tests.

School Photographs

All students this week should have received envelopes for ordering their school photos. These

photographs are to be taken on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd May. If families wish to have fami-

ly photos taken, can you please notify homeroom teachers, via a note of which students need to

I would like to remind students that if they wish to be in school photos they need to be in com-

plete school uniform.

Student Services is moving

As of Monday, student services will no longer be at the Guy St entrance. If students are being

driven to, and picked up from, school on time they should still enter and leave from the Guy St

entrance. However, if they are late or are leaving early they need to enter or leave via student

services which will now be at main reception. The Guy St entrance, both gate and door, will be

locked at 7:45am and re-opened at 2:15pm. Miss Robyn will still be the student services officer,

she will just be joining Miss Katie, and Miss Libby. Students will now be signed in and out from main

reception, all notes and enquiries will also be dealt with at the new student services desk at the

main reception area. Sick bay is also moving to main reception. We feel by having more people

at reception/student services we will be able to provide a more efficient service to both students

and parents.

Uniforms

We would like to ask for parent support in sending you children to school in the correct uniform.

Shoes are to be all black, hair is to be tied up, students may only have up to two piercings in

each ear with small studs or sleepers. Hats must now be college hats. Jumpers need to be

school jackets or plain navy blue or black cardigans or jumpers. No hoods. Recently there have

been several students, particularly senior students, wearing nose piercings. Nose piercings are not

allowed at St Mary’s College and any student wearing a nose piercing will be asked to remove it.

As you may know already from an earlier Newsletter, Sr Mary Roarty ibvm died in Sydney on the 15th April in her

ninetieth year. Sister Mary came to Broome with another Loreto nun, Sr Francine Roberts in 1981, (seen in the centre

pic together) beginning a long and happy association with the Kimberley. Deceptively frail in appearance, Sr Mary

was fondly referred to as ‘Sr Bones’. She had a great strength of will that saw her work very effectively at St Mary’s

initially and then returning in 1990 to support the Djarindjin / Lombadina school and community. In between those two

appointments she had been based at Loreto Coorparoo in Brisbane, with its links to the Darwin community, and Sr

Mary spent that time in writing a religious education programme for Aboriginal children. In 1990 she was appointed to

the Aboriginal Spirituality Centre at Warmun and also shared her gifts with the Kalumburu community, returning there

in 2002 after four years based at Three Springs in the northern wheat belt within the diocese of Geraldton.

May She Rest In Peace.

FROM HEAD OF SECONDARY Leanne Wilson

Year 11 and 12 Exams

Year 11 and 12 Exams will take place during week 6, from May 29 until June 2. During exam

week all Year 11 and 12 students will only need to come to school if they have an exam on, un-

less you have outstanding work in practical Cert or General subjects that need completing.

You must liaise with your teachers to organise when you can come in and finish work if you have

outstanding work.

Below is a draft timetable of the examinations so that you know which order they are in and ap-

proximately when you need to be there. A full timetable will be distributed to all senior students

next week. Please contact Miss Lea if there are any timetable clashes. When you come into school, whether you have an exam, are finishing work or asking for help you are expected to

wear full school uniform.

The 2017 Primary House Cross Country Carnival was held on Monday May 8th at St. Mary’s

College Primary Campus. Due to building works at the rear of the Primary Campus, the usual

track that is used for our Cross Country Carnivals was unavailable. The altered course took the

students from the oval, through the middle of the Music Room and the Year 6 rooms, and then

around the Holy Place and through the front part of the school. The students had been prac-

tising this track from the start of the term in their Physical Education classes and were ready for

the new challenge. The whole school came out in the morning to cheer on our Kindy students

as they took on the course for the very first time – there were a lot of cameras clicking and I’m

sure a few proud tears were shed! Our Year 6 leaders really stepped up on the day, and most of

them ran with the Kindy and Pre-Primary students, encouraging and supporting them along the

way. The year 6 students also helped with the setup of the carnival, putting on zinc stripes and

handing out ribbons and medals. A big thank you to all of the staff who helped with the set up

and running of the event and to all of the parents and friends who came along to cheer the

students on. We had a great turn out this year and it was brilliant to see all of the students so

proud to be doing their best in front of such a big crowd. All of the students should be very

proud of what they achieved on the day.

The points for the shield were extremely close this year, with Barbier taking the lead early in the

day and managing to just hold off Ward to win the coveted shield. Congratulations must go to

Barbier and to all of the individual medal winners listed below.

1st Barbier 2nd Ward 3rd O’Brien 4th Rice

1610 1500 1430 1020

DATE TIME YEAR 12 YEAR 11

Mon 29/5 8.00am English EALD

English EALD

Tues 30/5 8.00am PE Studies Modern History

PE Studies History Music

Wed 31/5 8.00am Religious Education Religious Education

Wed 31/5 12.30pm Chemistry Visual Arts

Chemistry Visual Arts Drama

Thurs 1/6 8.00am Mathematics Applications

Mathematic Applica-tions Mathematics Methods

Fri 2/6 8.00am Human Biology Human Biology Psychology Politics and Law (SIDE)

Division 1st 2nd 3rd

Year 1 Girls Veanna Ejai Ebony Hunter Lana Button

Year 1 Boys Koby Hart Dominic Treacy Max Mitchell

Year 2 Girls Hazel Wilson Molly Bell Eloise Bulmer

Year 2 Boys James Mitchell Spencer

Groenenburg

Jarrah Weeding

Year 3 Girls Leslie-Anne Bed-

ford

Tasman Stevens Imogen Sansoni

Year 3 Boys Zaiazlyn Hart Keanu Crispin Liam Unicomb

Year 4 Girls Josie Graffen Amelia Hama-

guchi

Kiahan Bedford

Year 4 Boys Fletcher Moase Tremaine Hart Sam Stanley

Year 5 Girls Safie Matthews Bethany Clarke-

Leaver

Savannah

McKeon

Year 5 Boys Jay Hill Benedict

Hungerford-

Morgan

Adriano Green

Year 6 Girls Elly Sara Letyra Johnson Alexandrea

Slade

Year 6 Boys Wesley Simpson Connor

Highlands

Finn McKay

2017 Taiji Exchange to Broome Expression of Interest (Host Families)

St Mary’s is now seeking expressions of interest from families in Broome that are able to

host Taiji students and staff travelling from Japan. If you would like to register please

contact Marie Little, PA to the Principal on 91949502 or by email ma-

rie.little@cewa.edu.au 2018 Taiji Exchange Applica-

tions

Taiji exchange will be open to

Years 10,11 and 12 students in

2018. Application forms will

be available at the end of

Term 2. If you have any fur-

ther queries please contact Marie Little, PA on 9195 9502. Volunteer Register

If you would like to register as a volunteer at SMC please contact Marie Little, PA on

9194 9502 or email marie.little@cewa.edu.au.

All volunteers must have a current WWC check.

NET Retreat

Last week our Year 7 – 11 students participated in their annual retreat program delivered by the

National Evangelisation Team (NET). The NET team draws members from across Australian and

around the world who volunteer their time to deliver faith based retreats for students in Austral-

ia. The students participated in a range of personal and group activities to explore and devel-

op the place of faith in their lives. Our sincere thanks to members of the NET, Joshua, Darcy,

Ezekiel, Lydia, Casey, Tom, Wren, Maddy, Robin, Jessica and Deanna. Thank you to the host

families who billeted NET members and to Kevin and Jo Bell for their great support of the pro-

gram. We wish our NET members safe travels as they head south to many other Catholic Sec-

ondary Colleges throughout WA.

THE MONTH OF MARY

The month of May is the "month which the members of the faithful has especially dedicated to

Our Blessed Lady," and it is the occasion for a "moving tribute of faith and love which Catholics

in every part of the world

[pay] to the Queen of

Heaven". (Paul VI: Encycli-

cal on the Month of May,

no. 1). May is also the

month in which the Virgin

Mary appeared to three

shepherd children at Fati-

ma and this Saturday May

13 will commemorate 100

years since these appari-

tions. In order to teach stu-

dents about these events,

Brother Peter he generous-

ly given up his time to

speak to students in their

Religion classes about his

visit to Fatima. We thank

Brother Peter for coming in

and sharing his experience

with our students.

Steve Bastoni

Workshop On Friday after-

noon, May 5th, Aus-

tralian actor Steve

Bastoni visited St.

Mary’s College to

speak with our Dra-

ma students about

acting and film

making. Steve

spoke to us about

his acting experi-

ences, approach-

es to rehearsal and

character and the difference between

theatre and film. He also got a few of us up to do practical activities alongside him! Film maker

Shayne Thompson also spoke to us about all of the different ways to make short films and en-

couraged us to enter a short film into the Mud and Salt Water Festival. We had a great afternoon

getting to know Steve and Shayne!

Japanese Children's Day

To celebrate our links with Japan, Kodomo no Hi, Children’s Day in Japan, was also observed at

the College on Friday the 5th of May.

The koinobori banners in the shape of a carp, brought back to Broome by the staff on the recent

Taiji Exchange, were flown from the primary and secondary flagpoles.

In Japanese folklore, the carp is a symbol of determination, vigor and resilience, overcoming all

obstacles to swim upstream. Samurai warrior figurines and samurai kabuto helmets are also tradi-

tionally displayed in homes to inspire strength and bravery. Students fold origami samurai hats

from newspaper to wear on the day.

Children also use the day to thank and show respect for the teachers, parents, and relatives who

care for them.

Various activities were undertaken to celebrate the day including colouring in and mak-

ing koinobori, folding samurai hats and playing traditional Japanese games.

Small Japanese gifts sent to the College by the Japanese Consul, following his visit in April, were

also distributed as prizes on the

day.

TERM 2 FEES HAVE NOW BEEN BILLED!

Term 2 fees will be posted in the mail on Friday.

Thanks you to those families who have paid Term 1 fees on time, or who have set

up a regular payment to meet the cost of fees for 2017.

Please note that the Term 2 fees include the cost of the Performing Arts Festival

trips for those secondary students who have been invited to attend. Please note

that these trips are not compulsory and therefore should you choose for your

child not to attend, we can always credit this from your account.

Did you know you can pay 2017 fees, including camps & exchanges, over the whole year?

Yes – this is still time to set this up! You can spread this cost across the remainder of 2017, which is still 28

weekly payments, 14 fortnightly payments, or 7 monthly payments provided you start soon! Please con-

tact Amy Hyett to discuss the best option for you J

Did you know we can establish a Centrepay arrangement to pay for education costs?

In addition to bank transfer, BPAY, Direct Debit, Cash in person and Credit Card payments, we accept

payment via Centrepay arrangements.

Centrepay is a voluntary bill-paying service that is free for Centrelink customers. Use Centrepay to ar-

range regular Deductions from your Centrelink payment. You can start or change a Deduction at any

time.

1 WEEK TO GO CONGRATULATIONS SMC Community we have hit our

target!! Also a huge well done to our current Top 10

Fundraisers for the College! FAQ’s- You don’t have to sign up to participate but it is our preference. - You can register online, OR through the flyer that should have gone home from school. - Alternatively, you are welcome to register with $10 on the day of Fun Run - We will be selling white T-shirts, food & drinks on the day to keep raising money\ - K-Y2 will start with a 15 min timed run

Y3-Y5 : 3 laps of Oval

Y6-Y8 : 4 laps of Oval

Y9-Y12 :5 laps of Oval

When: 19th May/3.30pm Where: Secondary Oval *Fire Truck will be there to hose you down at the End!

Online profiles can be set up by visiting this URL: http://www.schoolfunrun.com.au/You can then edit your child’s fundraising page by logging into: https://everydayhero.com/

ORDERED UNIFORMS HAVE ARRIVED IN THE UNIFORM

SHOP!!!

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GASTROENTERITIS Gastroenteritis, or ‘gastro’ is a common condi-tion in children of all ages. It occurs when the bowel is infected by a virus or bacteria. Symp-toms include diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach cramps and sometimes, fever.astroenteritis, or ‘gastro’ is a common condition in children of all ages. It occurs when the bowel is infected by a virus or bacteria. Symptoms include diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach cramps and sometimes, fever. Most cases in children are not serious, but it is very important to make sure that a child with gastro receives enough fluid. If your child has gastro, keep them away from school for 48 hours after vomiting and diarrhoea have stopped. If symptoms persist see your fami-ly doctor. The easiest way to prevent gastro is to make sure everyone in the family washes their hands regu-larly, especially before eating and after going to the toilet. For more information go to http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/2/597/2/gastroenteritis.pm