04 September 2014 No. 27 60 Park Parade Shorncliffe QLD 4017 Tel (07) 3631 9000 Fax (07) 3631 9001 Email office@stpatricks.qld.edu.au www.stpatricks.qld.edu.au

A Catholic Boys' School in the Edmund Rice Tradition Catering for Years 5 to 12

Dear Members of the St. Patrick’s College Community This week students in Year 12 completed their Queensland Core Skills Tests on Tuesday and Wednesday. I’d like to thank the many people who have been involved in preparing these young men over the past year. A special mention must be made of Mr Chris Campbell and the QCS staff who have delivered lessons and workshops on a weekly basis since the beginning of the year. Thank you also to the parents and the College maintenance men who cooked up breakfast and provided some much needed nourishment at the beginning of each day, it was certainly appreciated. The consensus from all who were involved was that our young men have given of their best. We hope that they are rewarded with pleasing results come the end of the year. Today we farewelled Br Col Fitzgerald, who has been on staff at the College since 1989. His funeral was a fitting tribute to his life as a Christian Brother, an educator and the valuable role he played in our community. This week we also paid tribute to Mrs Jenny Cotton who passed away in 2013. A plaque that commemorates her service to the College will be placed near the Exceptional Learners Department in the Dowd building. Jenny gave 14 years of service to St. Patrick’s. She is certainly missed by all those who knew her . We hope that the plaque serves as a reminder of her positive spirit and dedication to the College. During the week students across the College have participated in a Child Protection Awareness program as part of National Child Protection Week. Each morning Group Tutors presented information and completed activities with our young men. We hope that all students know that they have a right to feel safe and have the knowledge they need to deal with possible situations where they don’t feel protected. The last CIC Track & Field Championship carnival will be held at QSAC on Wednesday 10 September. The College will be sending all Year 7 students to support our athletes on the day. We wish all our competing athletes the best of luck and know that the sportsmanship we are renowned for will be on display. Finally this Sunday is Father’s Day. I hope all our fathers have a special day with their children and are able to spend some quality time over the weekend. In closing, I’d like to share a couple of quotes that I think put some perspective on the role of fathers:

“I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.” Raimond Gaita "A father is someone who will play with you, even though he has friends his own age to play with.” Unknown

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.” Jim Valvano “My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.” Pete Rose

God bless and have a great week

Mr Frank Torrisi Acting College Principal

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Mr Matthew Hawkins AP Identity

“Facere et Docere – To Do and To Teach” Farewell, Br Col.

Facere et docere – this is the motto of the Congregation of Christian Brothers. I have always admired its simplicity – we are Christian Brothers; we are here to educate, and to get things done. And this is what the Brothers have done since Edmund Rice began the Congregation in Ireland over two hundred years ago. When Br Ambrose Treacy arrived in Australia, his goal was simple – to do and to teach. And here we are today in Queensland with schools including St. Patrick’s, Nudgee, Terrace, St. Laurence’s, St. James’, St. Edmund’s, St. Brendan’s, Ignatius Park and numerous Flexible Learning Centres, all a result of the simple goal of the Brothers – to do and to teach. What an amazing legacy, all thanks to the Christian Brothers. I have been fortunate in my life to know many Christian Brothers, and today I call many of them my friends. In recent years, the Brothers have faced many difficulties and demons as a result of some abhorrent actions of an extremely small minority of their Congregation. I have admired the way in which the Brothers have faced these challenges – compassionately and practically. It is once again testament to their simple motto. At St. Patrick’s in recent years, we have been fortunate to have two Christian Brothers on staff – this is a rarity in Edmund Rice schools these days. Br Chris Pritchard is obviously still at our

College working tirelessly, often behind the scenes in a variety of ways. His quiet and helpful approach is a daily walking example of the Christian Brothers’ motto – simple and effective – to do and to teach. Today, we farewell our other greatly admired and loved Christian Brother, Br Col Fitzgerald. Br Col has been unwell for some months but only finished his work at St. Patrick’s last year after twenty-five years of dedicated service. He is greatly missed by many, but particularly perhaps by the students and staff of Coffey House, along with many other staff in various areas of the College (maybe also the local TAB and his fellow colleagues who enjoyed the odd cigarette). Br Col would often walk from office to office with a bag of Minties, a sly grin and perhaps a sarcastic, dry comment about the latest fad in teaching. He would arrive at each major College event with his camera to capture history, not wanting to be a part of it. I often think the reason he took up photography was so he didn’t have to be in any photos himself! When Br Col turned 80, he wasn’t happy that it got a mention, let alone a cake and a bit of a party. When I told him once that we were going to be recognising long-serving staff at Celebration of Excellence, and asked him to be present so he could be acknowledged, he replied succinctly, “That won’t be happening, Matt.” Br Col wasn’t interested in any of that “hoo-ha” – he kept it simple. To do and to teach. What a wonderful example for us all.

Rest in peace, Br Col. You will be missed.

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Mr Charles Brauer AP Student Formation

THE “TRUST BUCKET”

Our College strongly values the formation of right

relationships. Much time and energy is devoted by students,

staff and parents in ensuring that we are working, not only

towards the same outcome, but in a manner by which we

develop a sense of connectedness, a sense of trusting one

another.

Earlier this week I was fortunate to be audience to a fellow

teacher who presented Stephen Covey’s (2006) ideas on the

importance of trust between individuals when working

collaboratively. My thoughts immediately drifted to how we

use this same idea when working with members of our St.

Patrick’s community. I sometimes use the “trust bucket”

analogy when assisting students to understand the important

role they play in the many interactions and relationships at

school.

The “trust bucket” is supported with what Covey (2006)

outlines in the table below. The bucket can be filled, emptied,

refilled and shared with others.

While listening to my fellow teacher share her views on how

these realities apply at her school, it became very clear to me

that the emphasis our College community places on the role

of trust in any relationship must be maintained.

If you haven’t had a go at using the “trust bucket” I’d

encourage you to do so.

Covey, S. (2006) Th e Speed of Trust: Th e One Th ing That Changes Everything

YEAR 7 STUDENTS WILL ATTEND THE CIC ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT QSAC ON WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER All Year 7 students must wear their formal uniform and will be transported by bus to and from the carnival. More information will be sent home regarding this in the next few days in the form of an information letter and email to parents. Normal uniform requirements and arrival/departure times to/from school will apply.

REMINDERS Below are some key matters that need immediate attention by families:

Hair and Grooming Please ensure that your son’s hair meets our expectations in relation to our Hair and Grooming Policy. We are striving to ensure that we are consistent with applying our policies when following up with students.

College Backpacks To promote our College uniform, all students need to ensure they are using a College backpack to carry their belongings to and from school. College tour bags and other types of bags are not acceptable. Your ongoing attention to and continued support of the above reminders and of all College policies and procedures is greatly appreciated. Please contact me or your son’s House Dean if you have any queries or concerns. Myth Reality

Trust is soft. Trust is hard, real and quantifiable. It measurably affects both speed and cost.

Trust is slow. Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust.

You either have trust or you don’t. Once lost, trust cannot be restored.

Trust can be both created and destroyed. Though difficult, in most cases lost trust can be restored.

You can’t teach trust. Trust can be effectively taught and learned, and it can become a leverageable, strategic advantage.

You establish trust one person at a time.

Establishing trust with the one establishes trust with the many.

Xavier House Year 11’s are holding a movie screening night for Xavier Year 5, 6 and 7 boys. Everyone will enjoy games on the oval with their seniors before the movie screening. When: Friday 12 September 3:00pm-6:00pm after PM tutor group Where: Students will meet on the oval in front of the Brother Rodgers building and then at the Waterford building for the movie. Cost: $5 per student RSVP by Wednesday 10 September – Mrs

Garside

XAVIERHOUSEMOVIENIGHT

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Mr Ray Celegato College Dean

PHOTO DAY SCHEDULE FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER

8:15am House Leaders/ School Leaders 8:30am Year 12 Debating Team 8:35am Basketball Teams 5A,5B,5C,5D,6A,6B,6C,6D,6E,7A,7B,7C 8.55am Basketball 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D 9:15am Basketball 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 16A, 1sts, 2nds, & 3rd’s, 4th’s. 5ths & 6ths 9:35am AFL u14’s & u16’s 9:45am Chemistry Titration Team 9:50am Hockey Team 9:55am Theatre-sports 10:00am AIC/CIC Chess, Senior Chess Team A & B, Junior Chess A & B Teams ( 10.50am Tennis, Junior 1,2,5,6 then 3,4,7,8 11:10am Tennis 13A, 13B, 14A, 14B 11:25am Tennis 15A, 15B 11:35am Tennis 16A & 16B, 1sts, 2nds , 3rds & College Age Champions 12:00 noon BIS Public Speaking Team, Chess (Years 5-6), + (Debating Year-7) and QDU Debating Team 12:15pm AIC Golf & Intercollegiate Golf 12:20pm Immersion Students, India, Timor, Tiwi Exchange Students 12:25pm (Junior Lunch) Senior Concert & Stage Band Junior Concert Band Senior Vocal Group Percussion Ensemble Guitar Ensemble Senior String Ensemble Junior String Ensemble 12:45pm Photographers to Set up Stands 1:05pm Year 12 Photo & 5-12 Photo 2:00pm AIC Track & Field 2:15pm AIC Cross Country 2.25pm CIC Track & Field 2:35pm CIC Cross Country

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Mr Ray Celegato College Dean

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Mr Chris Campbell AP Curriculum

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Mr Luke Donatini Director of Sport

Over the past couple of weeks it has been quite busy in regard to sport at the College. We had numerous students competing at Bramble Bay District Trials and Metropolitan North Regional Trials. Our CIC Basketball and Tennis is nearing a close whilst our AIC Basketball and Tennis has started extremely positively. With regard to Track and Field, our CIC squad is gearing up for the CIC Track & Field Championships on Wednesday 10 September at QSAC ,whilst our AIC athletes competed at the first AIC Track & Field Lead Up Meet last Friday evening. Added to all of the above we have had students competing in various Volleyball Tournaments over the past month as well as competing in Hockey. Thank you to all the parents who have supported us by ensuring that their son is dressed appropriately when attending SPC sporting events. There was a noticeable improvement last weekend at all sporting events. We still had a few students wearing the incorrect attire. We will not hesitate in asking students incorrectly dressed to either change into the correct attire or leave the sporting venue. On Wednesday 3 September, SPC GYM welcomed a visit by Damon Kelly (O lympic W eightlifter) who has just returned from the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Damon took 24 students through some basic lifting techniques and to promoted the sport of weightlifting to the wider community.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS The following students have gained selection into the Metropolitan North Track & Field Team to compete at the Queensland Championships later this year-

Liam Hannaway (Year 10) – 2nd Under15 100m Hurdles

Isaac Corvo (Year 11) – 2nd Under 17 Shot Put

Alex Singer (Year 11) – 3rd Under16 Long Jump

Elijah Huxtable (Year 9) – 1st Under14 800m

Jordan Johnson (Year 12) – 4th Under17 800m, 3rd Under 17 1500m, 6th Under 17 400m

Cody Tietzel (Year 7) – 3rd Under12 High Jump

Johann Maritz (Year 5) – 3rd Under11 800m

OUTSTANDING VOLLEYBALL NEWS Last Thursday 28 August, Mr Grinlaubs, Mr Gradwell, Marcus Ferguson (Year 11) and Tai Ruepena (Year 11) took four SPC Primary Volleyball Teams to Craigslea High School for the Volleyball Queensland Primary Schools Cup. SPC had teams in: Year 7 Competitive Division (7C) Year 7 Participation Division (7P) Year 5/6 Blue Division (Grads) Year 5/6 Red Division (Tai) The 7C team played 6 a side on a full size court on grass, sand and indoor. The other teams played their matches on grass on modified courts (badminton size) and with 4 a side. Over the course of the day SPC played a wonderful style of volleyball where the coaches had the boys attempting to use 3 contacts wherever possible. Of course, at times it did look like tennis but overall it was very impressive. The results were absolutely outstanding with the St. Patrick’s teams losing a total of only 5 matches and winning 19. Final results 7C – 1st , 7P – 4th, 5/6Grads – 1st, 5/6TAI – 2nd SPC GYM Term 3 Gym Timetables are now up on connect. Please click on the below link for further details click here SPC Basketball For more information about SPC Basketball, please click here SPC Track & Field For more information about SPC Track & Field, please click here SPC Tennis For more information about SPC Tennis, please click here

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Mr Luke Donatini Director of Sport

SPC ‘OLD BOY’ – ADAM WHITE The Australian Men's Volleyball team is in Poland at present competing in the World Championships. Their first match was against Cameroon and Australia have started the tournament well with a 3-0 win. With a crowds of 67 000 people watching the game, SPC Old Boy Adam White was superb in the first match, scoring 10 points and really controlling the reception. He will be a major factor in Australia’s success for the rest of the tournament. We wish Adam every success for the remaining games of the Volleyball World Championships. Adam White – Wearing No9 Jersey

OUTSTANDING SWIMMING NEWS The 2014 QLD State Short Course Swimming Championships were held over this past weekend, from Friday 29 August to Sunday 31 August at Chandler Aquatic Center. Several St. Patrick’s College students competed for their respective swimming clubs and placed in their events as follows:

Jordan Conroy (Year 10) – 16th 50m Backstroke, 21st 50m Freestyle

Jared Megaw (Year 8) – 14th 100m Breaststroke

Matthew Palmer (Year 9) – 11th 400m Freestyle, 12th 200m Individual Medley, 12th 200m Freestyle, 22th 100m Freestyle

John Redd (Year 6) – 4th 100m Individual Medley, 5th 100m Breaststroke, 7th 50m Breaststroke,11th 100m Butterfly, 14th 100m Freestyle, 12th 100m Backstroke, 21st 50m Backstroke, 22nd 50m Butterfly

Callum Sanders (Year 8) – 27th 50m Breaststroke, 28th 50m Backstroke, 28th 50m Butterfly

Will Seebohm (Year 10) – 13th 100m Backstroke

Harrison Stanford (Year 8) – 6th 50m Breaststroke, 6th 100m Individual Medley, 11th 200m Breaststroke, 12th 100m Breaststroke,13th 50m Freestyle, 25th 100m Freestyle

SPC TRIMESTER THREE SPORTING COORDINATORS Following are the names of coordinators and contact details for this term’s sports. Basketball – Mr Corey Meehan cmeehan@stpatricks.qld.edu.au Tennis - Br Chris Pritchard cpritchard@stpatricks.qld.edu.au Track and Field – Mr Ryan Schultz rschultz@stpatricks.qld.edu.au Metropolitan North Regional Sport Information All students and parents requesting information regarding upcoming Met North Regional trials are asked to go to the Met North Website to find out such information - www.metnorthsport.qld.edu.au For further information regarding these and other trials please contact Ryan Schultz (College Coaching Administrator).

Volleyball Tour Raffle

Winners Drawn By Mr C. Meehan

Prizes can be collected from the College Office

1st Prize Signed Framed Lions AFL Jersey B. Wicks

2nd Prize $200.00 Cash

H. Baild

3rd Prize Coke Esky and BBQ J. Potter

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Rosters

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop has been relocated to the Waterford car park in preparation for the building of the new Cultural and Sporting Precinct.

Second hand, excellent quality cricket gear in a variety of sizes is available. Pop in and have a look.

TRADING HOURS Tues 12-4pm, Wed 10am -2pm,

Thurs 7.30am -11.30am

*****VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED*****

TUCKSHOP ROSTER

DATE HELPERS

05/09 Natalie Dore, Tania Caruana, Michelle Warnecke

09/09 Nicole Murphy, Jeanna Scott, Karen Singleton

10/09 Debbie Birthisel, Sandra Appleby-Lake, Cathy Weir

11/09 Andrea Massey, Liz Dittberner, Jacqui Baldock, Arianne Graham

12/09 Joanne Casey, Jodie McAteer, Tanya Smith

08/09 Karen Smyth, Angela Funnell

PADDIES VAN ROSTER

Tuesday Morn BBQ Decker Park, Sandgate

7.25 am - 9.00 am

Tuesday Evening Street Van Emma Miller Place, City

5..00pm - 8.00pm

Thursday Morning BBQ Humpybong School 7. 30 am - 9.00 am

Saturday Night BBQ Sandgate Sandgate Lagoon 5.15 pm - 7.30 pm

Tuesday, 9 September Blade Taylor, Jesse Keasley,

Nathaniel Lake, Kobe Lonergan, Ryan Massey, Matt Mendoza

Tuesday, 9 September Jeromy Slater, Mahdi Sherwell,

Ethan Aylward

Thursday, 11 September Jai Tailmali, Harry Waterman,

Zak Wolstenhome, Eamonn Flynn, Sam Hall

Saturday, 13 September

Sam Ricks, Nathaniel Lake, Joshua Willmott

Please Note: If you cannot fulfil your commitment to take part in these service programs, please advise Mrs Righetti ASAP.

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Date Claimers