Happy Saint Patrick s Day and our best wishes to all our Irish friends! So many Australians have Irish connections and today is a special opportunity to thank the Irish people for their extraordinary contribution to Australia. It is also a day when people remember the missionary endeavours of St Patrick and

his desire to bring the Christian faith to the Green Isles. In turn, it was the Irish who spread the faith to so many other parts of the world, including Australia.

The Annual General Meeting of the Parents and Friends Association will be held this evening at the Sadadeen campus library, commencing at 7.30pm. It is anticipated that the 2011 Executive will be formed at the meeting, so please come along and offer your talents and time to the Association. The work of the Parents and Friends Association is so important in the life of the College.

Thank you for your assistance over the past three days with the taking of the College Photographs. This is always a busy time as individual, family groups, and class photographs are taken. If you have any questions or late changes to your orders, the company that the College uses for these important keepsakes is: Academy Photography (Aust) Pty Ltd PO Box 283 Marleston SA 5033 (ph 08 8240 8100 and email saoffice@academyphot.com.au

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Tomorrow, we will celebrate the Opening School Mass at the Alice Springs Convention Centre, commencing at 9.30am. Bishop Eugene Hurley will be the main celebrant, accompany by Fr Jim Knight and other priests of the Alice Springs parish. During the liturgy our new College leaders will read their pledge of service to the College community. Br Julian Casey, the Provincial of the Marist Brothers, and Mr Paul Herrick, the Director of Marist schools in Southern Australia, both from Melbourne, will be in attendance.

Please remember that the last day of term for our students will be Thursday, 31st

March. The Friday, 1st April, will be a pupil-free day when our staff will take part in some professional development activities. Students will return for the second term on Tuesday, 11th April. Note that Easter is much later this year and as a consequence there will be an extended long weekend, including Good Friday and Anzac Day, from 22nd -26th April.

Best wishes

Br Paul Gilchrist Principal

Central Administration: Bath Street Campus: Traeger Ave Campus Sadadeen Rd Campus: Tel: 08 8950 6400 Tel: 08 8950 8666 Tel: 08 8950 8555 Tel: 08 8950 7399 Fax: 08 8952 4607 Fax: 08 8953 2624 Fax: 08 8952 2851 Fax: 08 8953 2571

P.O. Box 2508 Alice Springs NT 0871 Website: www.olshalice.nt.edu.au Email: principal@olshalice.nt.edu.au Member of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA) Registered CRICOS Provider: 02598D

Dates to Remember

MARCH

17th Feast of St Patrick - P & F AGM 7.30pm Sadadeen Library

18th Opening School Mass at Convention Centre 20th 2nd Sunday of Lent 21st Harmony Day 25th Casual Clothes Day 31st Last day of Term 31st Back to School Vouchers Expire

APRIL

1st Staff Inservice Day 11th Staff Inservice Day

12th Students Return

22nd Good Friday 25th Easter Monday 26th Public Holiday

Campus Office Hours Monday - Friday

8am-4pm

Campus Canteens Bath Street 89527532 Traeger 89508555 Sadadeen 89507318

College Uniform Shop Telephone: 89522742 Fax: 89555163

Opening Hours: Tuesday 8.15am

10.00am Thursday 8.15am-10.00am Thursday 2.30pm-4.30pm

Lil Antz AfterSchool Care: Telephone: 08 89530015

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Dear Parents/Guardians, Staff, Students and Friends of OLSH

Volume 15 Issue 8 17th March 2011

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Reflection

College News PIZZA DAY AT ALL THREE CAMPUSES The OLSH Jazz Players will be having a pizza day at each campus on Wednesday, March 30th. Homeroom teachers will have tickets for any students who are interested. If you prefer, please fill out the document at the end of the newsletter and have your child give it, with payment in full, to your homeroom teacher. Thank you for supporting the students in their fundraising efforts.

P & F News All are welcome to attend the AGM tonight at 7:30 pm please come along and be a part of your child s school community. Sadadeen Library 7:30 pm.

HIP HOP SONG WRITING WORKSHOPS Last Friday 18 Sadadeen students participated in the Hip Hop Song Writing Workshops sponsored by InCite Youth Art and organised by Elspeth Blunt. The workshops, run by Corey McGregor, a Hip Hop artist from Melbourne, were greatly enjoyed by the students. Corey took them through the process of coming up with a theme, writing the lyrics, recording their vocals and a few students even added some riffs on their instruments. The students can be very proud of their final result!

Let us pray that this Lent will help us reproduce in our lives the self-sacrificing love of Christ.

Father, through our observance of Lent, help us to understand the meaning of your Son's death and resurrection, and teach us to reflect it in our lives. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

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Campus News: Bath St Happy St Patrick s Day! I hope those of you with Irish forebears ( and those of you that don t!) have enjoyed the day. We have had an interesting day of hats, green slushies and assorted activities at the Bath Street Campus. Thank goodness for the return of the sunshine.

STAFF NEWS Unfortunately Miss Megan Nertney has had to travel to Adelaide for some unexpected surgery, and she will be away for the rest of the term. Many thanks to Mrs Simonetto and Mrs Scollen who have agreed to work full time for the next two weeks to cover Megan s absence. Starting tomorrow (Friday 18th March), Mrs Simonetto will work in Room 5 and Mrs Scollen will work in Room 1. We wish Megan well with her recovery.

This will be my last newsletter for a while as I am also travelling to Adelaide for some knee surgery. During my time away, Mr Healy will be Acting Head of Campus, and Miss Levitt will assume the role of Acting Assistant Head of Campus. This means that Mr Gosling will take up three days of teaching in Room 13 until May 27th. I am sure that I am leaving the campus in very capable hands.

COLLEGE MASS Tomorrow the campus will travel to the Convention Centre to celebrate the whole College Mass. We will travel to and from the Centre by bus. The Mass will commence at 9.30am. You are most welcome to join us. We expect to be back on campus by 11.00am. Please make sure that the children are dressed in the full summer uniform ( not sports uniform) for this special occasion.

PROJECT COMPASSION Once again, it is time for us to raise as much money as we can for Caritas Australia, through Project Compassion . OLSH College is the second major fundraiser in the Northern Territory, beaten only by St John s College in Darwin. Each class has a Project Compassion box and is learning about different people, from different countries and how their lives are so much different to ours. At Bath St we like to have a special focus, so that we can realize how lucky we are. For this week, we would ask each child to bring in 10c for every television that there is in their house.

KISS N GO If you require a name card for your car, please contact the office and we will supply one for you. Please continue to be patient when using this area, as there are a lot of us and not many parking opportunities!

HARMONY DAY March 21st is the day set aside for a focus on creating a harmonious environment for all Australians. At OLSH College we are setting aside Friday 25th March as our day of celebration. As it is one of our casual clothes days, the students are asked to wear traditional dress next Friday to celebrate their family cultures and traditions.

MERIT POINT WINNERS Irene Antu, Maggie Dash, Brody Barber, Alex Eglinton, Brandon Kemp, Sodhak Dhingra, Joylene Williams. Tahnee Beale, Georgina Korljan.

Thank you to our Sponsors.

I hope you can join us tomorrow at the Convention Centre.

Janis Paterson Head of Campus

Campus News: Sadadeen STUDENT ORGANISERS A reminder to parents and guardians

each student has been issued with a College diary. Teachers use it to communicate with you, especially in regards to homework and assessment tasks being completed. Could you check and sign your child s diary every week. Homeroom teachers check your child s diary once a week also. Checking your child s diary will also keep you updated on what is going on in your child s classes. There is an expectation that all students carry their diaries to every class they attend.

OPENING COLLEGE MASS Tomorrow, Friday 18th March at 9:30am at the Convention Centre. All parents/guardians are invited to attend. Bishop Hurley will be the chief celebrant. Student leaders will be presented and take their leadership pledge. Students are expected to wear full summer uniform.

CASUAL CLOTHES DAY The next casual clothes day is Friday 25th March. Can parents/guardians please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for a normal day of classes.

INTERIM REPORTS In Week 10 all students will be issued with an interim report. This is a progress report for each subject studied. It will be followed up by Parent/Teacher interviews early in Term 2 Week 2

Tuesday 19th April.

LAST DAY TERM 1/FIRST DAY DAY TERM 2 Last day for students this Term is Thursday 31st March. On Friday 1st April staff will be involved in in-service activities. The first day for students in Term 2 is Tuesday 12th April.

Have a good week ahead. Matt de Jong. Head of Campus

Sadadeen.

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Generations in Jazz Band Practice This Sunday, March 20 and next Sunday, March 27, there will be extra band practices for the students traveling to Mt. Gambier. The time and location for both weeks will be the same. They are as follows:

Division 4 11:00am

12:15 pm

At the St. Philips Music Room Conductor: Ed Nicholson

Division 3 12:30

2:00 pm

At the OLSH College Music Room Conductor: Nikki Quesnel

Also, a reminder that we have practices every Thursday. Division 4 from 3:00-4:00pm and Division 3 from 4:00-5:30pm.

All students traveling to Mt. Gambier are expected to attend as many practices as possible. Students who are playing in two divisions are only expected to attend one of the Sunday practices. If they can do both that would be great!

OLSH Band Practice All Year 9 and 10 students (except those already attending the Thursday practices) are expected to come to band practice every Monday after school from 3:00-4:00pm. If there are students at the Traeger or Bath St. Campus who would like to join us, please contact Mrs. Quesnel at nikki.quesnel@nt.catholic.edu.au.

Campus News: Traeger Swimming Carnival

Yesterday was a great day, weatherwise, for our carnival. Congratulations to all the members of the Achoa House on their narrow win over Standley. The students participated very well and our programme led by Miss Natalie De Bona was ahead of schedule all day. Well done and thanks again to the Traeger staff, and parents who volunteered to make this a wonderful day for our students. Well done to Miss Natalie De Bona; all of your hard work resulted in a great day. Thanks

Results

Achoa 534 Standley 529 Bennett 518 Gillen 295

Participation was the key. The lead completely changed after the participation points were added after the conclusion of the events.

SCHOOL START AND FINISH TIMES: There are still a number of students arriving late and getting picked up well past the 3.15 Supervision Time. If you are going to be late to collect your child, please contact the Front Office on 89 508555. We do not have facilities for after school care.

Students need to be in Home Room at 8.15. If your child is late, they must sign in at the Front Office.

If your child is sick, please call the Traeger Office to notify us of their absence to prevent any confusion as to your child s whereabouts.

SCHOOL PHOTOS These went very well. Many thanks to our campus Captains Eli Dayman and Shanysa McConville who did a great job keeping the morning flowing with all of the classes.

HOMEWORK CENTRES Traeger Campus Homework Centre

All students are welcome to attend Traeger s Homework Centre; however, you need a Traeger Homework Centre card. To get a card, all you need to do is get a form from the front office, read it, fill it out and return it after it has been signed by parents/guardians. It s that simple!

Where: Traeger Library

When: Thursday 3.00

4.00pm

Indigenous Homework Centre

These are on Monday and Thursday. The sessions go from 3:00

4:00pm and will be held in the 6.2 home room. Students attending will be bussed home. We did change the days last week but found that the Monday and the Thursday are more suitable. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Year 5 Homework Centre

This takes place on Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm. This will be held in our library where the students must be collected at 4:00pm please.

EARTH HOUR 6.2 have been learning about the environment about all the wonderful things that Caritas does. We want to help the environment. We are going to help the environment by doing 'Earth Hour'. Earth Hour is turning off your lights, power and electronics eg. TV, computer, chargers etc. This is all done in one hour, if you want you can do it for longer. It is on the 26th March 8.30 local time and it will happen all places around the world such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Rome Colosseum etc. There are over 128 countries participating. At school we will be participating in Earth Hour on 25th March from 12 -1. We hope you will take up the challenge too! By Julian Lay & Liam Glynn on behalf of 6.2

OPENING MASS Our opening College Mass is at the CONVENTION Centre, tomorrow. All students are to attend school firstly

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so that the rolls and homeroom items for the day can be taken care of prior to leaving. Students will walk to the Convention Centre, weather permitting, and be bussed back to Traeger.

NO ASSEMBLY TOMORROW There will be no assembly tomorrow as timetabled. Students will have the opportunity to catch up on one of their Pastoral Care lessons.

Have a great week Tony Healy Head of Campus Traeger

TEAM TRIATHLON OLSH Traeger had a fantastic turn out at the Team Triathlon last Saturday held by the Junior Triathlon club. With 24 students rising bright and early for a 7am start, I think a few parents had mixed feelings about the start time. All the students did exceptionally well and won a tropy for the best represented school in Alice Springs.

OLSH Traeger s first Male team across the line were Liam Glynn, Luke Pankhurst and Declan Rose in a time of 18 minutes and 34 seconds. The first female OLSH Traeger team across the line were Dana Schembri, Jessica Marshall and Kiara McIntyre in a time of 23minutes and 34 seconds.

UPCOMING DESERT STORM TRIALS: Girls football (soccer) trials (postponed from last Friday) Date: Thursday 17th march Venue: at this stage YMCA Time: 3:30-4:30

Basketball Trials Date: Friday 18th March Venue: Centralian Middle School s Basketball courts Time: 1:15-2:30

Second boys football (soccer) trial Date: Monday 21st March Venue: Ross Park football ovals Time: 3:30-4:30

Tennis Trials Date: Friday 25th March Venue: Centralian Middle School Tennis Courts Time: 1:15-2:30

Any further questions regarding Desert Storm trials please email jillian.neyland@nt.catholic.edu.au

You must have returned your permission form to trial.

Alice Springs Schools Touch Football Competition Those students in Years 5 to 9 who have indicated an interest in playing for OLSH in the Mixed Touch Footy competition should have recieved some information to take home to parents, get signed, then return to Mrs Neyland. So far however, the Year 8/9 team is the only one with enough girls to go ahead and play. We would love for more girls in grades 5, 6 & 7 to join our teams! It is only $20 for the whole season, and you will still have your weekends free! Please see Mrs Neyland to join up.

Performing Arts News VOCAL AND VIOLIN LESSONS STARTING TERM 2 Starting from Term 2 Week 2 violin and vocal lessons will commence. Students who have already returned instrumental application forms will automatically be placed onto the timetable. These students do not need to complete another form. Any other interested students will need to complete an application form available from Traeger reception. Vocal lessons will be in groups of two and will be allocated by the Private Lesson Coordinator dependant on age and/or homeroom. Further information is provided within this newsletter, Instrumental Lessons 2011 .

Community News Creative Gifts Job Vacancy Approx 4

6 hours per day 3-4 days per week school hours Alice Springs Creative Gifts Ph 89525555 Ask for Charmaine

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OLSH SUNDOWNERS NETBALL The netball season is fast approaching & teams will have either started training or will start next week. Team lists have been put up at school and families will be contacted by coaches.

Coaches for the 2011 season are as follow: U9: Leah Carmichael & Cheryl Talbot U11: Nanette Longe, Cheryl Talbot & Sue Pannell U13: Natalie De Bona & Michelle Shelford U15: Stacy Mutota, Christina Augustin & Chloe Coops

We have contacted all OLSH Sundowners families by email & will continue to do this over the year. If you have not received an email, please contact me on christina.augustin@nt.catholic.edu.au

so I can put you on the distribution list.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact myself by phone or email or the President - Denise Ghea on 0427 180 965 or gtag@aapt.net.au.

Christina Augustin 89508555

ALICE SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY VACATION ACTIVITIES

PASTA MAKING: MONDAY 4TH APRIL, 11AM - 3PM (WITH A

LUNCH BREAK FROM 12-1PM) We will be using an egg-based pasta recipe, and Kate s pasta machine to make delicious fresh pasta! After making the dough, we will break for lunch while the dough rests . Then working in teams, each child s dough will be run through the machine in turns. Ages: 6-12 Bookings required Cost: free

Karaoke and Wii competition for Youth Week: Wednesday 6th April, 7 -9pm The Library will be holding a Karaoke and Wii competition just for youth aged 12 and over! This will be a competition to find the best Karaoke and Wii stars of the night! The Library has a wide range of Sing Star Karaoke music to choose from. There will be competitions in air guitar and the limbo, and prizes for all the winners. Youth are invited to come dressed as their favourite performer. Twilight merchandise will also be on sale. Refreshments will be provided.

Ages: 12 & over Bookings required Cost: free

Pictionary: Thursday 7th April, 2 - 4pm In this game players try to guess words by sketching clues to each other. Ages 8 & over Bookings required Cost: free

Bookings for all these activities can be made from Tuesday 15th March at the customer service desk or by calling 8950 0555.

Kate Burbeck Acting Children's and Youth Services Librarian Alice Springs Public Library

HOST FAMILY REQUEST AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Student Exchange Australia New Zealand is a not-for-profit secondary exchange organisation which is registered with education authorities in each State and Territory. You can find out more about our organisation by visiting www.studentexchange.org.au.

In June/July 2011 Student Exchange Australia New Zealand Ltd will be receiving exchange students from Europe, the USA and Latin America. Our new arrivals will live with a host family and attend a local school for 2-10 months. As we plan for their arrival, we are keen to hear from suitable families who might be interested to host a student. Host families come in all shapes and sizes, backgrounds and ages.

All students have at least basic levels of English, would attend a school in your local area and live the life of a local. Our group of students cover a wide variety of interests and hobbies.

Hosting an exchange student can be a truly rewarding experience. It allows a family to experience a foreign culture first hand, be exposed to a new language and pass on a bit of our own culture. They might even make a friend for life! If you have any questions about hosting an exchange student call our office on 1300 135 331. No obligation.

TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR BIG SISTER Give your children the wonderful opportunity to have an international big brother or big sister by hosting one of our exceptional international students arriving in Australia in July for their 5 or 10 month programs. Our international students from France, Germany, Italy, and the Scandinavian countries will live as a local, attend a local secondary school, arrive with their own spending money and comprehensive insurance cover

all arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange. Visit us at www.scce.com.au, email scceaust@scce.com.au

or call us toll free on 1800 500 501, request our little booklets of international student profiles, and capture the spirit of family and friendship!

Back to School Vouchers only valid to end of Term 1. Take to any Campus front

office for receipting or use in the uniform shop.

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Bath Street St Pa t r ic k s Day Hat Parade

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