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OLSH Newsletter
111 Jasper Road, BENTLEIGH 3204 Ph (03) 8520 9200 Fax (03) 8520 9299 Absence Line (03) 8520 9250 Email: [email protected] website: www.olsh.vic.edu.au
Dear Family and Friends of OLSH College Bentleigh,
As we launch into Term 3 we rejoice and celebrate the great opportunities at OLSH College for all our girls.
Special congratulations to Rebecca Nielsen (Year 11) on receiving the Queen’s Guide Award. This is the highest award that can be earned by youth members of Girl Guides Australia. In order to attain this, Rebecca was required to accomplish tasks in leadership, volunteer work and working with her peers. Well done Rebecca – OLSH girls can do anything! Best wishes to students, staff and families for the term ahead.
Always united in our shared OLSH Spirit.
Anne O’Loughlin Principal
NEWSLETTER
Volume 44, Number 11 Friday 24 July 2015
Lord, teach us to give and not to count the cost.
St Ignatius of Loyola (Feast Day 31st July)
Rebecca Nielsen Queen’s Guide Award
Academic Award Recipients, Gillian Lantouris and Lauren Caia,
Year 12 OLSH students with Sister Betty Seeto sharing her prisoner of war stories.
Hartzer Campus Mural Lime Homeroom
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Sr Megan Donohue fdnsc Assistant Principal Faith and Mission
Faith and Mission
We pray for the repose of the souls of:
Michael Kerr, father of staff member Andrew Kerr
Rajinder Tangri, father-in-law of staff member Ritu Tangri
May Our Lady of the Sacred Heart hold them gently in her care and may their souls rest in peace.
Gracious God,
We ask your blessing upon these young women who we
honour today for their achievements.
We celebrate their capacity for creativity, for critical
thinking, for focused effort.
Thank you for their confidence to discover and explore
new possibilities and knowledge
to discern what is right and good and just.
Enable them to draw upon the wisdom
and experience they have gained
as they respond to today’s questions and concerns.
Support them as they continue to make a difference in
our world living lives that are
faith-filled, that reverence relationships, that pursue
excellence and that touch the hearts of others.
Amen.
(Prayer from Wednesday’s Academic Awards Ceremony)
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Academic Awards
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Academic Awards
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Academic Awards
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VTAC applications
SEAS applications
Change of Preference applications
Final Examination expectations
Practice Examination Period
Final Celebratory events
Mrs Amanda Malone
Director of Curriculum
Curriculum Matters
You are cordially invited to hear about the following important information:
Knowledge of the structure of the VCE
Who to contact for further assistance
The process for subject selection for 2016
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OLSH offers many opportunities for your daughter’s development. One of these is the Flame Scholarship Award: ‘Proud to be an OLSH Girl’. This is the fifth year the OLSH Alumnae Association has been able to offer Year 10 students the chance to apply for this award. It has been set up to help support the successful recipient through her final two years of schooling at OLSH. This award is largely funded by donations from OLSH past students who are grateful for the benefits of their OLSH education, but any member of the public can donate to the fund. All contributions to the Flame Scholarship Award Fund are tax deductible. Applications for this year’s award will open soon. Please contact Shane O’Neil, Alumnae Secretary, if you have any queries. Tel: 03 8520 9263 or [email protected].
250 randomly selected families will be invited to take part in the upcoming School Improvement surveys. We would appreciate parents advising the College once they have completed the survey either by calling 8520 9200 or emailing [email protected]. A selected number of students will also complete the survey. If any other parent would like to participate, a survey is available from the office.
College News
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On Friday 12 June, the Year 11 students were lucky enough to have Sr. Bridget Arthur from the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Centre come to speak to us.
The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Centre aims to give material help such as education and housing to refugees and asylum seekers. They also network with other groups, act as advocates and generally aim to spread an awareness of the issues facing these people.
The talk we received links into the current Year 11 curriculum of Unit 2, Texts and Traditions. The presentation helped us understand and learn about the situation of asylum seekers and how they are treated whilst inside detention centres. Sr. Bridget told us stories of people she knew and how they ended up in detention centres and/or how they managed to leave. Stories of
women and children who tried to escape persecution and fear of attack gave the Year 11 students an insight into what life is like in places such as Kenya and Naru.
Sr. Bridget spoke to us about the necessities that we may take for granted, and how those things can mean the world to others. For example, education is limited when children of refugee and asylum seeker families eventually get to the detention centres. Sister Bridget’s talk also raised an awareness of what is going on in the detention centres, and the trials that refugees and asylum seekers face.
Nishika D’Silva 11 Green
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Rehearsals for this year’s Year 7 & 8 production of The Pied Piper are in full swing and the enthusiastic cast is looking forward to entertaining audiences next month.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (also known as the Pan Piper, the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the subject of a legend from the town of Hamelin in Germany in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multi-coloured (pied) clothing, claiming to be a rat-catcher. He promised the mayor a solution to their problem with the rats. The mayor in turn promised to pay him for the removal of the rats. The piper accepted and played his pipe to lure the rats into the Weser River, where all but one drowned. When the citizens refused to pay for this service, he retaliated by turning his power to his instrument and, in turn, on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has also appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm and Robert Browning, among others. The Pied Piper has also sometimes thought to have been, or associated with, the Norse God Odin, or the Anglo-Saxon variant Woden.
Some theories have been proposed suggesting that the Pied Piper was a symbol of hope to the people of Hamelin whose town was attacked by plague. He moved all the rats out from the town of Hamelin; thus saving the people from the epidemic disease. There are many contradicting theories about him.
Our dramatised version of THE PIED PIPER is based on the poem by Robert Browning, but, contrary to the legend and Browning’s poem, it has a happy ending!
Photos, right and below, of recent rehearsals.
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This is a wonderful opportunity and will assist Kate as she develops her education career and sporting goals.
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College News
ABSENCE REPORTING LINE
IF YOUR DAUGHTER IS LATE OR ABSENT
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Thank you to all parents who have been using the
Absence Telephone number: 8520 9250.
The Absence line is the number to call if your
daughter will not be attending school OR will be
late for school that day.
Your cooperation is much appreciated
Please be aware that Pastoral Care,
including home visits and ongoing support, is available to the OLSH Community.
Please contact Sister Elizabeth Taylor
at the College on 8520 9200 if you would like any further information.
