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OLSH Newsletter
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
We Believe! We Achieve! 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
Education in the OLSH Tradition: Faith-Filled, Reverence Relationships, Pursue Excellence, Touch the Hearts of Others
Dear Family and Friends of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, The world story of this past week is our story too – let us take into our hearts the presence of God among us and within us! The first words of Pope Francis delivered at his first blessing and message to the world approximately one hour after his election as pope…
Brothers and sisters, good evening. You know that the duty of the conclave was to give a bishop to Rome. It seems that my brother cardinals went almost to the end of the world to get him. But here we are. I thank you for this welcome by the diocesan community of Rome and to its bishop. Thank you. First of all, I would like to say a prayer for our bishop emeritus, Benedict XVI. Let us all pray together for him, let us all pray together for him so that the Lord may bless him and the Madonna may protect him. (The new pope then prayed the Lord’s Prayer’, the ‘Hail Mary’ and the ‘Glory Be’ with the crowd in Italian). And now, let us start this journey, bishop and people, bishop and people, this journey of the Church of Rome, which leads all the Churches in charity, a journey of fraternity, of love, of trust among us. Let us always pray for us, one for the other, let us pray the whole world, so that there may be a great fraternity. I hope that this journey of the Church that we begin today and which my cardinal vicar, who is here with me, will help me with, may be fruitful for the evangelisation of this beautiful city. Now, I would like to give you a blessing, but first I want to ask you for a favour. Before the bishop blesses the people, I ask that you pray to the Lord so that he blesses me. This is prayer of the people who are asking for the blessing of their bishop. In silence, let us say this prayer of you for me. (After a few seconds of silent prayer, he then delivered his blessing).
Now I will give you and the whole world a blessing, to all men and women of good will. Tomorrow I want to go to pray to the Madonna so that she protects all of Rome. Good night and have a good rest. Anne O’Loughlin Principal
NEWSLETTER
HEART MATTERS Let us keep a place for Christ in our lives, let us care for for one another and let us be loving custodians of creation.
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Friday 22 March 2013 Volume 42, Number 4
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Year 11 Retreat ‘The Heart Within’
Kalorama 14 & 15 March
Sr. Megan Donohue fdnsc Assistant Principal Faith and Mission
Faith and Mission
Loved the location
Evening Mass
Who is God for us?
Getting to know others in our small groups
OLSH Star Search
What do we value most in our friendships?
Prayer and reflection time
Great food
Fun games
The affirmations were awesome
Marisa Cafasso, Montana Muir and Emily Carroll at the St Patrick’s Day Mass on Thursday, 14 March.
Collage of self
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Elevate Education Parent Information Session
This week approximately 100 parents of Year 10, 11 and 12 students were privileged to attend this session. Mietta, an energetic and very knowledgeable presenter, gave us tips for experiencing success and fulfilment through the VCE years and beyond. In addition to study tips, stress was placed on students experiencing life on a university campus early; parents were encouraged to take their students to Open Days at TAFEs and Universities from Year 10 onwards. The other important focus for students should be having a clear goal and from Year 10 students should be should be actively investigating career pathways. Research shows students who know what they want to do after VCE are more motivated and perform better; the 60 per cent who don't know are less motivated, and those who have no clarity about what they want to do don't perform as well. Students should research their options with the help of teachers and careers advisers. Tips for students:
• Know the Key skills and Key Knowledge required in each Outcome for each of the subjects you are undertaking. • Complete as many practice exams as possible. Research shows that this is the most powerful preparation you can do to
do well in exams.
Exams and Study Designs for every subject can be found on the VCAA web site www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Once you have your goal, don't obsess about it. Focus, as mountain climbers do, on getting to camp one. All the little steps will add up and you will get to the top of the mountain.
Many students choose a course because it sounds good but know little about it; reverse the process and work out what you are interested in.
Parents can and, must play an active role in their daughter’s making decisions about their future.
More study tips are available from http://au.elevateeducation.com/
Ms Tania Tickyj
Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching
We remember
We pray for the repose of the soul of: Rosa Martino
Mother of Olivia, Year 8 and Rebecca (Class of 2003) and Grace (2002)
May Our Lady of the Sacred Heart hold her gently in her care and may her soul rest in peace.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, pray for us!
Curriculum Matters
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Term 2 - Winter Uniform A reminder that all students will be required to be in full winter uniform for the beginning of Term 2. Please contact the College if you need to make an appointment with the uniform shop. National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence As a College, who has reverencing relationships as one of its core pillars, it was important that we recognised this national day of action in a significant way. All students received “say no to bullying” wrist bands, our committed student leaders organised an orange themed cake stall to promote the message and all homerooms watched a movie clip on how we at OLSH “can change a life”. This moving depiction produced by Issoudun White demonstrated their view on how we all have the ability to change the life of another by our actions.
Parentingideas - Michael Grose The College has become a Parentingideas School Member. As a member you will be receiving regular parenting articles on topical and practical issues via the school’s newsletter. All teachers will also have access to parenting tip sheets and other strategies to help support you.
This week’s parenting idea is ‘Wielding soft power at home’ Your parenting authority works well with easy, compliant children but teenagers and demanding kids require some pretty nifty communication skills if you are going to win their cooperation. Read more by opening the pdf document ‘Wielding soft power at home’ attached to the email with this newsletter.
B.A.M - A girls only Self Defence and Emotional Awareness Program Glen Eira City Council Youth Services along with the youth express is currently advertising girls only self-defence and emotional awareness program called B.A.M (Body and Mind). The program will run weekly at the Glen Eira Youth Information Centre and is aimed at Year 9 and 10 girls. For seven weeks girls will learn basic self defence techniques, as well as coping strategies for when life gets tough. Each session will be centred around a topic at increasing emotional and self awareness and understanding and boosting self confidence. If you would like more information please email me on [email protected] or contact Tanya at Youth Services on 9524 3676 or via email at [email protected]
Ms Dina Oro
Assistant Principal, Student Wellbeing
Student Wellbeing Matters
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Staff Professional Learning at OLSH
Performance Development and Coaching at OLSH is about improving learning outcomes for all students through increased professional dialogue, observation of learning in the classroom and feedback to teachers from students. This week we begin collecting data from students in Year 7 to Year 12 via an online survey consisting of 30 statements, which are scored between 1 (low) to 5 (high). Each teacher will receive data from two of their classes and then use this information to assist with re-defining their own professional learning goals for 2013. VATE Literature Units 3 & 4 - attended by Amy Mather on 19 February This professional learning day was vital to examining the key components of the Literature course in Year 12 and understanding how to get teachers and students working smarter to cover all the content and texts in a crammed and vital year. Preparation for the examination and close analysis techniques were the key focus, including how to teach the techniques needed and assess the work successfully – especially given how difficult it is to do well in this subject. Discovery Australian Physical, Health & Outdoor Education Conference - attended by Robyn Rayment on 22 February The first session, ‘engaging students and enhancing learning through peer and self-assessment’, was conducted by teachers from Ballarat and Clarendon College. It was interesting to learn about the various methods of assessment they have developed, with particular emphasis on peer and self-assessment. Nerida Matthews then presented an overview and lead a discussion of the Australian Curriculum HPE draft paper. Finally, ‘Biomechanics made easy’ was all about using iPads for student engagement. This was a practical session exploring apps such as ‘coaches eye’. It is possible that this app might be used in OLSH classes in the future. Preparation of Folios for VCE Art - attended by Bronwyn Cottrell on 23 February This Professional Learning session was conducted by Art Education Victoria. Two past students who received a very high result discussed and presented their folios. An adviser to VCAA in the ARTS presented a session on ‘Criterion and Folio Annotation and Development’. Both sessions were very interesting, particularly to view student work and witness the explanations of their concepts. An Art Head of Department who spoke also provided notes which have been sent to the OLSH VCE students. The follow up with the OLSH Art students has included running through critical areas of the study design to ensure students had a full understanding.
Ms Lynn Egan Assistant Principal College Organisation
College News
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
Married couples, we encourage you to prioritise your relationship. It underpins your family life.
Please join us for a Marriage Encounter weekend. Our weekend helps you to remember why you married and gives you skills to maintain your love for each other.
Couples and a priest present the weekend. It is based around Catholic values but you don’t need to be Catholic to attend.
There is no group sharing.
Our next weekends in 2013 are on: 19-21 April, 14-16 June and 9-11 August in Melbourne.
For further information and bookings contact: Marianne & Marcel Van den Bronk (03) 9733 0997 or Email [email protected]
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World Challenge Training Camp 16 & 17 March
Bright and early on Saturday, 16 March, the 2013 World Challenge team set off for Gembrook for our training camp. After exchanging money, learning how to carry our packs and figuring out where to go, we set off excitedly for our 15km hike. It began quite easily, all downhill and everyone full of sugar from the bus trip.
We made our ‘gourmet’ lunch, took a few photos and set off for the last few km’s. Soon after, the heavens opened and saturated us with torrential rain. Our packs were full of water; everything we thought was waterproof apparently wasn’t and our lovely campsite soon became filled with water. We quickly set up camp to try get warm and dry but most of us woke up to wet shoes which we had left outside our tents. Day 2 began with a lesson on setting up hammocks and tying knots. From personal experience, I can say hammocks are extremely comfy. Anyway, we set off into the sunshine glad that we had negotiated a good price with the ‘taxi man’ to take us up a few hills. Day 2 proved to be a lot harder with many up-hill battles, but thankfully the rain held out as we headed for home.
Our group would like to thank Ms O’Loughlin for opening the gate for us so we could get the bus out and a huge thank you to Ms Singh and Ms Rayment for coming along for the weekend and helping us prepare for our big trip!!
Chloe Lewis Year 11
Science News
In Science last week, my class did two experiments focusing on energy. In our first experiment, we cut spirals out of aluminium foil and tied them above a Bunsen burner using a piece of string. When we lit the Bunsen burner, the foil began to spin like a snake. It looked fantastic! In our second experiment, Ms Byers challenged us to see if we could make a cotton reel move along the bench without simply pushing it! We put a rubber band through the centre of an empty cotton spool with a toothpick at one end and a pencil at the other. We placed sticky tape on the toothpick to stop it from moving. We then wound up the rubber band by spinning the pencil, placed both the pencil and the cotton spool wound up with it. We let go of the cotton spool and it moved along the bench top as he rubber band unwound. How? The potential energy of the wound up rubber band changed to kinetic energy and vroom vroom vroom.
Katelyn Fitchett
Year 8
College News
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Sports News SCSA Tennis – 2013
On the Thursday, 7 March the OLSH Tennis teams travelled to Boroondara Tennis Club to compete in the annual SCSA Division 2 Tennis Tournament. OLSH stepped out onto the court to defend two premierships from 2012. The day started with Ms Naylor giving an inspiring speech about her win/loss ratio and, with this in mind, the OLSH girls entered battle, knowing what was needed to go back to back. Despite the temperature reaching a ‘cool’ 33 degrees, the girls played with great enthusiasm to produce some great wins, excellent rallies and close upsets. The OLSH girls played with great sportsmanship all day and can be very proud of how they represented the College. The final results being:
Juniors Inters Seniors 1. SHGC 2. OLSH 3. Sion 4. St Aloysius 5. Kilbreda 6. PCW
1. Kilbreda 2. St Aloysius 3. Sion 4. SHGC 5. PCW 6. OLSH
1. PCW 2. OLSH 3. SHGC 4. Sion 5. St Aloysius 6. Kilbreda
A special mention goes out to the award winners: Junior Inter Senior MVP Lauren Earls Stefani Savic Alana King Best Team Players
Beth Supple Megan L'Huillier
Alex Moulton Olivia Muir
Megan Supple Michaela Knowles
A big congratulations to all the girls involved and a special thank you to the teachers - Ms Naylor, Mrs Petering and Mr Wanless.
Montana Muir Senior Prefect
Congratulations to: Kate Kelly-Oman, Year 8, for smashing the OLSH record for the Beep Test in the nine years since records were held. Kate completed the Beep Test to level 12.9. This indicates that she has an exceptional aerobic fitness. Well done!
College News
Junior Team Runners Up
Senior Team Runners Up
Inter Team Sixth
Coming soon…
House Athletics Carnival
Friday 19 April
All School Event
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Performing Arts News
MUSIC DANCE DRAMA
NATASHA DUARTE On Tuesday, 12 March, the young and upcoming singer-songwriter Natasha Duarte, accompanied by full band and lighting crew, gave the girls a wonderful lunchtime performance. Natasha performed some of her old songs, as well as her new single Telling Me Not To, which has reached ninth place on Australian Singles Aria charts. The girls were encouraged to get up, dance and sing along! I'm sure all the girls enjoyed hearing Natasha live, and we look forward to seeing her on other stages in the near future. Natasha's webpage: "Had an amazing show today at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College. Thanks so much for braving the heat to watch my show!"
ROCK BAND AND SENIOR VOCAL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES On Wednesday, 13 March, the OLSH Rock Band performed at the College assembly. They welcomed the girls into the hall by playing music as they entered. Congratulations to the girls in the Rock Band and keep it up! Keep an eye out for their performances around school during the coming year!
The Senior Vocal Ensemble also had their debut performance for the year at the assembly. The girls sang beautifully, with a stand out performance from soloist Sarah Fasolino, pictured right. We look forward to more performances from our SVE. Well done, girls! Rachel Pinto Performing Arts Captain
FREE TRIAL VIOLIN LESSONS We would like to offer students the opportunity to take up the violin or viola under the guidance of our strings teacher, Ms Enya Widdicombe, BA Melb, DipMus (Practical) Melb, A.mus.A. Enya is offering two free trial lessons to any student wishing to learn the violin or viola. Lessons include the temporary hiring of an instrument and music books.
MUSIC THEORY LESSONS AT OLSH Learn Music theory at OLSH in 2013. Music theory tuition is available to students wishing to learn music notation applicable to all instruments. Lessons will be conducted by OLSH strings teacher, Ms Enya Widdicombe, who has completed her Associate Diploma in Music Theory awarded by the Australian Music Examinations Board. Lessons will cover the theoretical elements of music, including language, notation, rhythm, harmony, melody, structure, form, sight-reading and composition. Preparation for AMEB Music Theory exams is available. For further information, or to book any of the above lessons, please contact Mrs Michelle Fenton for details on 8520 9266.
Mrs Michelle Fenton Performing Arts Coordinator
College News
Rock Band: Isabelle Paraskevopoulos, Bianka D’Souza, Chloe Lewis, Rochelle Theophilus, Holly Giffening and Taylor Barone
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Dates for your Diary
Monday, 25 March Holy Week Mass 11.00am All welcome Wednesday, 27 March Assembly PAS Launch P & F Movie Night OZ the Great and Powerful Thursday, 28 March Last Day Term 1 Dismissal at 3.15pm Friday, 29 March Good Friday Student Free Day
Thursday 4 and Friday 5 April Blood Bank OLSH College Hall ------------------------------------------ Monday, 15 April School Resumes Term 2 – Winter Uniform Required Welcome Assembly Friday, 19 April Athletics Carnival Dolamore Reserve Mentone All school event
The Certificate of Education Support: Integration Aide/Teacher Aide is a very practical, informative course and acts as a pathway to gaining employment in the education field. The course is nationally recognised, and accredited by Monash University as six credit points (one unit) towards further study at undergraduate level. It is also recognised by the Victorian Institute of Teaching as 48 hours of accredited professional development. The course will run over eight Saturdays (9am - 3.30pm) from April 20.
College News
The OLSH Canteen Roster
Mon 25 March Margaret Diggerson Margaret Clarke Tues 26 March Need help please Wed 27 March Need help please Thurs 28 March Lisa Moulton Fri 29 March Good Friday
Mon 15 April Need help please Tues 16 April Need help please Wed 17 April Lisa DeFazio Thurs 18 April Need help please Fri 19 April Athletics Carnival
Pastoral Care Available
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.
