The Good Samaritan BEDE POLDING COLLEGE

Email address: BedePolding@parra.catholic.edu.au

Website address: www.bedepoldingwindsor.catholic.edu.au Phone: 4577 6455 Fax: 4577 4538

4th September 2015 Term 3 Week 8

Principal’s Desk Calendar Dates

Parents/Guardians, It was my great pleasure on Wednesday to be involved in the Year 8 Reflection Day. I conducted a session for each class lasting about twenty minutes. I wanted to let you know how attentive and receptive these students were throughout. The Reflection Day was made up of a series of workshops on a variety of themes. It culminated in a Mass celebrated by Fr Clifford from St Monica's. Congratulations to all these students and to our Religious Education teachers who had spent a lot of time preparing for the day. I am looking forward to reading the students' evaluations. God Bless Kevin Jones

Term 3: September:

31 Aug - 8 Sept Yr 11 Exams

15 Yr 12 Graduation Mass

18 Term 3 ends

SYMBOLS OF THE ROSARY

Year 8 Reflection Day 2015

College Leadership Teams 

~ Executive ~ Principal

Mr Kevin Jones

Assistant Principals Mr Rodney Howard / Mr Harry Fernandez

Religious Education Coordinator Mrs Mary McGuiness / Assistant: Jessica Attard

Business Manager Mr Paul Cruise

Administration Coordinator Mrs Anita Meehan

Learning Technologies Coordinator Mrs Jeanette Lans

~ Curriculum Forum & Assistants ~ Creative Arts

Miss Carol Muscat / Assistant: Angela Rando

English Ms Marsha Edwards / Assistant: Mrs Jeanette Lans

Human Society & Its Environment Mr Paul Sykes / Assistant: Mr Brett Windon

Languages Ms Felicity Lupton

Mathematics Mrs Nichole Padden / Assistant: Mrs Shiela Fernandez

PDHPE Mr Marc Sluiter

Careers Mr Brett Collimore

Science Mrs Jenelle Gavin / Assistant: Mr Steve Lans

Special Education Mrs Jan Trefoni

Sports Coordinator Mr Dean Bertenshaw

Technology & Applied Studies Mr Edward Gruppetta / Mrs Lisa Cummins

Year Coordinators Year 7 Mrs Dianne Santos Year 8 Miss Hayley Lalor Year 9 Miss Kristy Walsh Year 10 Mr Nick Briffa Senior Coordinator Mr Stephen Godfrey Assistant: Miss Rhiannon Marsh

Social Justice Coordinator Mrs Janette Wick

Home-School Liaison Coordinator Miss Jenny Woods

Student Counsellor Ms Zoe Sweeney

Librarian Mrs Kerrie Brownscombe

Noodle Cups Due to safety concerns, hot noodles cups are no longer sold at the Canteen. In addition, canteen staff are no longer able to fill noodle cups for students.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

Recharging Mobile Devices: All students are asked to ensure that their mobile devices are fully charged before they arrive at the College each day.

Illegal U Turn: All parents and students are warned that making a U turn out of the bus bay on Rifle Range Rd is illegal. We bring this to your attention as making this turn is very unsafe, even when the 40kmh limit applies. Please do not make this turn.

Illegal Stopping in Tasman Place This has been reported to police who will issue penalty notices to those offending.

Kevin Jones (Principal)

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MOTORISTS RE SCHOOL BUS ZONES IN RIFLE RANGE ROAD

Please be aware that conditions have changed with the School Bus Zones in Rifle Range Road. These changes are:

1. The existing bus bay near the main car park gate is now a School Bus Zone on School Days from 8:00am-9:30am and 2:30pm-4:00pm. Therefore other than buses - any vehicle parking or stopping in this bus bay for any purpose during these times is doing so illegally. Clear signage has been erected reading "NO ENTRY - BUSES EXCEPTED" to warn motorists of this change.

2. The former School Bus Zone located near the Front

Gate has been converted to a Full Time Bus Zone. Clear signage has been erected to warn motorists of this change. Therefore other than buses, any vehicle parking or stopping for any purpose in the School Bus Zone at any time, is doing so illegally.

2015 POLDING WALK INCENTIVE AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded prizes at Assembly as the being the top individual money raisers at this year’s Polding Walk: Year 7 & 8 Winner is JORDAN GARNER (7D8) Runner Up is ERIN STRENGER (7D7) Year 9 & 10 Winner is MEAGHAN SMITH (10S4) Runner Up is ALYCIA DELANEY (10A2) Year 11 & 12 Winner is EMILY CORCORAN (12B4) Runner Up is TIMOTHY PEARE (12B3) The winners each receive $200 Gift Cards and the Runner’s Up each receive iTunes Cards. The winning Home Rooms are 7D8 and 9D17 and these students, along with the top individual money raisers from all Year Groups will enjoy a great day out at Wet N Wild in Term 4.

Polding Walk 2015 Sponsors Polding Walk Platinum Sponsors

ATS Awnings & Additions atsawnings.com.au 0404 471 372

Delaney Civic 229 Pebbly Hill Road Cattai NSW

Focused Lifestyle Planning 11 Baker Street Windsor NSW 2756 4587 8005

Hawkesbury Fine Dental 8 West Market Street Richmond NSW 2753 4578 1996

Peare Meat Industries Pty Ltd PO Box 646 Seven Hills NSW 1730 9631 9866

Plumblogic Plumbing Solutions PO Box 812 Kings Langley NSW 2147

0413 616 140

Programmed Property Services PO Box 1146 Auburn NSW 2144 9748 7088

Ray White Real Estate Windsor 136 George Street Windsor NSW 2756 4587 6666

Storm International Unit 18, 55-61 Pine Road Yennora NSW 2161 9681 6875

Stylemaster Patios Unit 7, 37-47 Borec Road Penrith NSW 2750 1300 761 201

Winston Express Haulage 2 Stony Creek Road Shanes Park NSW 2747 9835 1000

Polding Walk Gold Sponsors

All Class Kitchens 25B Schofields Road Schofields NSW 2762 8608 3521

Better Truck Repairs 110 Mileham Street South Windsor NSW 2756 4577 6666

Billy's Bistro Vineyard Hotel Cnr Windsor & Boundary Roads Vineyard NSW 2765 9627 6022

Bligh Park Veterinary Hospital 693 George Street South Windsor NSW 2756 4587 7177

Brentair Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

37 Shearwater Crescent Yarramundi NSW 2753 0418 412 808

DCHS Group Holdings Shop 2/34 Campbell Street Blacktown NSW 2148 1300 753 448

Ducky's Concrete Pumping duckysconcretepump-ing@hotmail.com

0414 723 779

Dural Tyrepower 236 Newline Road (Cnr Sebastian Dr)

Dural NSW 2158 9651 4000

Hawkesbury Dental Services Suite 1, 302 Windsor Street Richmond NSW 2753 4578 2325

JT Mifsud Electrical Contractors 3/83 Grose Street Parramatta NSW 2150 9683 6863

Lennox Automotive Repairs 53 March Street Richmond NSW 2753 4578 3683

Nate Custom Trucks 66 Canoona Avenue Windsor Downs NSW 2756 0458 742 290

Patiala House Indian Restaurant 4/144-148 Windsor St Richmond NSW 2753 4578 0859

Pizza Hut Richmond 3/137-139 Windsor St Richmond NSW 2753 1300 749 924

Premiair Services 26 Clay Place Eastern Creek NSW 2766 1300 934 473

RE Batger 5 Ferndell Street South Granville NSW 2142 1300 553 240

Ridgecom Installations C/- PO Box 2153 Carlingford Court NSW 2118

0412 400 958

Road Star Drive School roadstardriveschool.com.au 0410 648 512

South Windsor Pie Spot George Street & Campbell Street Windsor NSW 2756 0417 252 741

Windsor Glass & Glazing Unit 3/171 Macquarie Street Windsor NSW 2756 4587 7455

Polding Walk 2015 Sponsors Polding Walk Silver Sponsors

Acropolis Yeeros Takeaway South 497 George Street South Windsor NSW 2756

4577 8400

All Pets Pantry 2/30 Bells Line of Road North Richmond NSW 2753

4571 3368

Bendigo Bank North Richmond McNair Shopping Centre Shops 7 & 8, 36 Riverview St

North Richmond NSW 2753

4571 2988

Bendigo Bank Richmond 271 Windsor Street Richmond NSW 2754 4578 0055

Bligh Park Dental 48 Rifle Range Rd South Windsor NSW 2756

4577 3344

Bligh Park Pharmacy Colonial Dr, Shop 4, Bligh Park Shopping Centre C

Bligh Park NSW 2756 4572 6444

Bligh Park Take Away Shop 9, Bligh Park Shopping Centre, Colonial Drive

Bligh Park NSW 2756 0410 598 888

Brenkier Enterprises Pty Ltd 581 Londonderry Road Londonderry NSW 2753 0429 490 751

Celebrations Party Shop 235 Windsor Street Richmond NSW 2753 4578 8200

Fixair Pneumatic & General Engi- Unit 4/4 Garling Road Kings Park NSW 2148 0418 341 754

HFI Trailers & More 43 Bowman Street Richmond NSW 2753 4578 8869

JM Powell & Son 2309 Bells Line of Road Bilpin NSW 2758 0419 127 348

Marvellous Fresh Produce Unit 4/4 Garling Road Kings Park NSW 2148 0418 341 754

Mighty Bites Café Mulgrave Cnr Groves & Hannabus Place Mulgrave NSW 4577 6294

MyPly DIY & Trade Solutions Unit 2, 21 Groves Avenue McGraths Hill NSW 2756

4577 4211

Riverbank Kitchens 6/5 Ti Tree Place Wilberforce NSW 2756 4575 1718

Sieders Truck Repairs 1 White Place South Windsor NSW 2756

4577 5911

The Tractor Shop 61 Jordan Avenue Glossodia NSW 2756 4579 7311

Vermont Sands Pty Ltd 65 Cattai Road Pitttown NSW 2756 4572 3151

Vineyard Veterinary Hospital 703 Windsor Road Vineyard NSW 2765 9627 1257

Polding Walk Bronze Sponsors

Bligh Bake House Shop 1A, 1 Sirius Road Bligh Park NSW 2756 4572 7737

CTC South Windsor 487 George Street South Windsor NSW

2756 4577 2196

Finishing Touch Beauty Studio 249 George Street Windsor NSW 2756 4577 7951

Goodlife Pharmacy 491 George Street South Windsor NSW 2756 4577 3057

Hawkesbury Martial Arts Unit 2, 40 Bowman Street Richmond NSW 2753 4578 0273

Le Sassy Fashion chantellemaree@live.com 0481 165 177

Red Bird Beauty Therapy 487a George Street Windsor NSW 2756 0413 254 028

Town & Country Electrical & LPG Services

16 Melbourne Road Riverstone NSW 2765 0413 708 753

Zandra's Hair South Windsor 487a George Street Windsor NSW 2756 0413 843 870

Year 12 Creative Arts and TAS Evening

Year 12 Creative Arts and TAS Evening

Year 12 Creative Arts and TAS Evening

iDesign 2015 A few weeks ago we presented Max McKay with the First prize of a Lenovo Yogo Pro laptop for his 2015 iDesign entry. Mr Geoff Quattromani recently published the following article regarding the work completed by our students.

Another year, another amazing competition. For 2015 I sought sponsorship from companies such as Samsung, Intel and Lenovo and was extremely pleased to have a Lenovo Yoga Pro to hand out for First prize. An extremely generous prize for which I am forever grateful.

The challenge to the students is completely open. Any student, any idea — create something incorporating technology and enter it.

I was amazed to hear that James Hall, who created a highly addictive computer game, wasn’t even studying an IT subject at the school. He heard about the competition and figured out how to develop a computer game. I was absolutely shocked by his amazing effort and basically begged him to do two things; focus on IT as an elective in school AND move this game into the Google Play and Apple App Store. It was the next Angry Birds, a great time killer. I awarded James 3rd place.

Anthony Vella, our winner from last year produced a fantastic 3D game where you had to navigate a maze. This year it was actually similar in a sense however the detail and effort was miles ahead. Shadows, leaves, wind, and other detailed visuals were incorporated this year. He also managed to make a section of the school and recreate it in a virtual world, something that made my jaw drop. This is a 16 year old student doing things that game developers are paid large salaries to do. I was highly impressed by this effort, especially the im-provement and made a tough call for second place.

The student whom I awarded 1st place to was one of the top 3 last year. This year Max McKay produced a physical product. What struck me was when the student told me the problem he wanted to solve. A friend of his has a gaming laptop which gets rather hot. So to solve this he thought about raising it off the desk and providing cooling to the laptop. The solution would be a USB powered laptop stand with cooling. Now with that meant the combination of multiple subjects, lessons he learnt in Graphics, Design, Technology and elec-tronics would all come into play. The stand was made of perspex sides and steel rods holding it all together. The wiring was all done, the connection for the USB port was 3D printed and completed by the Max. It was great to look at the various prototypes along the way too, the things that didn’t work and how he made modifi-cations to solve this problem. At the end of the day, he had a viable product that in reality could be sold to other gamers who had similar issues.

This is what great innovators do. This is why I started this program. Take the student away from the struc-tured, rigid learning framework and provide an open field, what has been achieved is beyond my expectations.

I would like to truly thank Lenovo for their contribution towards this program. It created a great incentive for the students to enter the competition and will be a fantastic resource to the winning student. A huge thank you also to Mr Merlino and Bede Polding College for supporting this project and the students involved. Thank you for allowing this to happen!

Geoff Quattromani - https://medium.com/@GQuattromani/

OUTREACH HIGH TEA FUNDRAISING EVENT

The ISV and Soup Kitchen Outreach High Tea fundraiser was a successful a ernoon $2100 being raised for charity.  Special thanks to Miss Wall and Mrs Blundell and their Hospitality students for their fabulous catering and event planning and also to the  Outreach students and their families for a ending the event, dona ng raffle prizes and purchasing of raffle  ckets, assis ng on the evening and for providing entertainment.    

Thank you very much for your ongoing support.  There are many people both locally and interna onally who will benefit from your generosity.  Mrs Nichole Padden and Mrs Lisa Cummins 

Year 12 Textiles and Design Major Projects

Congratulations to all students in Year 12 Textiles and design for their amazing efforts in completing their Textiles and Design Major Projects.

ASHLEA FALZON – Wearable Art inspired by the ballet Swan Lake and the Russians during the war.

FIONA WILLIS – Costume for a beauty pageant inspired by New York city in the spring time.

CARLY PEAT – Apparel item by the fashions of the 1950’s and butterflies

MAKAYLA VELLA –Indian wedding dress inspired by traditional Hindi colours and embroidery.

LAUREN ZAHRA – Costume for a masquerade ball inspired by the movie ‘Ever After’.

MARNEY CROGHAN – Apparel Item Formal dress inspired by the story ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Year 9 Designer Cupcake Challenge

Congratulations to all the Year 9 Food Technology students who recently received their certificates and awards for participating in the Designer Cupcake Challenge.

Congratulations to:

Lexie Blackman Hailey Errey

Brianna Henry Sarah Bruzzese Georgia Keegan Alysse Andonian

for their achievements in the competition, all girls were awarded with Highly Commended certificates.

Congratulations to the following students for their achievements in the competition: 1st Place – Kira Connellly 2nd Place – Sarah Sacca 3rd Place – Joan Pirovic

Minutes of Meeting Bede Polding College Parents & Friends Committee

Wednesday 19th August 2015

Meeting Opened 7:07 pm

Attendees As per book 

Apologies – Paul Cruise

Welcome Jette Paskin

Prayer Kevin Jones

Guest Speaker Mrs Jeanette Lans Learning Technology Coordinator gave a very interesting interactive demonstration of the ACER Chromebook. Mrs Lans also expressed how grateful Bede teachers are to the P&F for the provision of Chromebooks and for past donations such as air conditioning in the classrooms. This has meant that classrooms have been adapted to comfortable and functional learn-ing spaces.

Approval of Minutes Approved by Mardi Mantell Seconded by Brenda Wilson

Business Arising Nil

Principal’s Report Thank you Jeanette Lans who does such a great job with learning technology. Kevin expressed how proud he is with the Social Justice groups within the school. Eco groups working on projects for the environment such as bush regeneration. The Outreach program working with soup kitchen and nursing homes. All the year groups who raise money for their chosen charities. 

Polding Walk was a huge success. 

Detentions have significantly dropped over the last 5 years. 

Proposed college chapel. Architects are scheduled to come in to do some pre-liminary drawings and costings. The chapel will take approximately two years.

Business Manager’s Re-port

Kevin delivered Paul’s report in his absence.  130 Chromebooks have been purchased at a cost of $332 each at a total

cost of $43,160.00. Older laptops that are requiring constant   maintenance are being progressively replaced. P&F will be funding this program 

Polding walk very successful. Thank you to parents who helped on the day. Over $58k was raised on the day. Money will go to the additional covered walkway over the E Block stairway. 

Fundraising levy. Chq for just over $10k to be handed over to the P&F Treasurer.

Treasurer’s Report Helen absent on the night. As per report total bank balance as at 19/08/15 $56,222.90.

President’s Report Jette mentioned the St Matthew’s morning tea. Thank you to helpers and the parents who donated food for the morning tea. Sister Anita was at the morning tea and asked to be emailed a copy of the school newsletter.

New Business 11th November will be the AGM. The P&F would encourage parents to attend.

Meeting Closed Meeting closed 8:20pm

PLEASE NOTE: In the case of any discrepancy in the assessment dates published here the date that will be used by the College in the event of any appeal or other process will be the date on the Assessment Task Cover Sheet provided directly to the student. Please contact the College if you have any concerns about any of the information published here.

ASSESSMENT TASK CALENDAR ASSESSMENT TASKS DUE FROM STUDENTS WEEK 9

9A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 7 Sep 8 Sep 9 Sep 10 Sep 11 Sep

12 ATD 11 ATD Exams Exams

10 ATD Commerce (IC) Religion (IC)

9 ATD VAR Music 8 ATD 7 ATD

ASSESSMENT TASKS DUE FROM STUDENTS WEEK 10

10B Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 14 Sep 15 Sep 16 Sep 17 Sep 18 Sep

12 ATD

11 ATD English Studies SLR (S) IT Timber (S)

10

ATD English (S) Graphics Tech (IC, S) IST (S)

9 ATD Science PDM 8 ATD Science 7 ATD

ASSESSMENT TASKS DUE FROM STUDENTS WEEK 1

1A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct ATD

Labour Day Holi-day

Staff Spirituality Day

ATD Drama (IC, S) evening Food Tech (IC, S)

ATD Assessment Free Assessment Free Assessment Free ATD Assessment Free Assessment Free Assessment Free ATD Assessment Free Assessment Free Assessment Free

ATD Assessment Free Assessment Free Assessment Free

A REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS

Submission Instructions Years 11 / 12 Submit the task by placing it in the Assessment Bin at the Student Foyer by 9.00am. Penalty for non-attendance on the day or late submission

Assessments submitted after 9.00am on the due date will immediately receive a 50% mark penalty of the achieved mark pending Illness/Misadventure certification.

Assessments submitted after 9.00am on the next day will receive a zero mark pending Illness/Misadventure certification.

Submission Instructions Year 7—10 Submit the task by handing to your class teacher and signing a class list during your lesson on the due date. Penalty for non-attendance on the day or late submission

For assessments submitted after the lesson on the due date, the student will immediately receive a Thursday workshop to complete the task and submit at the end of the workshop.