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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE - Craig Holmes

NEWSLETTER 13 September, 2018

The Australian Newspaper reported the following on 11 September 2018: ‘Girls are more likely than boys to want to be the “best” in class, while migrant students are significantly more motivated to achieve than those born in Australia, an OECD study says.’ This finding would not be a surprise to any of us. We see boys often struggling to find the motivation to engage in their learning, often turning the corner somewhere in Year 10 or 11. Dr Arne Rubinstein in his book, ‘The Making of Men’, draws on the analogy of seeing your son as an astronaut. As parents you build the rocket in his early years that will eventually facilitate his journey in life. Until puberty we are more or less in charge of his life. Between 11 to 15 years of age we then have what he refers to as ‘lift-off’, with a lot of flame and smoke, launching into ‘somewhere’. While physical changes at this time are as would be expected, this is the most dangerous time for both rockets and adolescent boys. Here Rubinstein states that this is the time when boys need to change psychologically as well as physically. To this end a whole of community response is required. As a school we are researching into this area of boy’s education to address some of the issues raised here. This is not to say that we are ignoring our female students, who we continue to have high expectations for, as highly valued students at the College. Overall Term 3 has been a hectic one at Sacred Heart. Our newsletter has tracked much of the activity that has occurred outside the classroom. What is not as obvious is the on-going commitment from our staff to provide the very best for students within the day-to-day teaching and learning programs. We have recently celebrated many of our Learning Area Weeks, which have thoroughly engaged both staff and students. Parents of our Year 12 students have received a letter from the College that outlines the details for the conclusion of their academic year. These upcoming holidays provide the last opportunity for our senior students to prepare for their Examinations. Trial Examinations for Unit 4 students will be held during the holidays. Access to College staff during these holidays and details of some classes to be held for VCE Unit 4 students has been negotiated with students. This break is also a vital opportunity for our VCAL and Year 11 VCE students to ‘step up’ and increase their effort and rigor. Often students speak about the stresses of VCE and the pressure to succeed. My best advice is that students prepare a study plan for the remaining school weeks ahead, including their holidays. The recommended study and homework time for Year 11 students would be a weekly range of 15 – 20 hours, and 20 – 25 hours for Year 12. The College Learning Journal is a useful resource, containing many study tips and graphic organisers to assist students. Tutorials continue to run after school with a significant number of teachers available to assist. Parents are reminded to place our College Twilight Open Evening, Thursday 18 October, in their diary as we come together to celebrate a range of student activities, including the Year 8 Portfolio Night, and the Year 9 Expo, among a range of other activities. I encourage Year 7 parents to attend and expose their children to the possibilities that Year 8 and 9 presents for their future learning at Sacred Heart College. This week I have had the pleasure of interviewing applicants for the positions of College Captain for 2019. As always I am very impressed by the qualities these students bring. An announcement will be made next week - a message will be sent via the College App.

God of all creation,

We come before you in love and in peace, because we trust in

your tender love.

Remind us who we are.

Help us remember all those people, places and experiences

that have shaped our lives and our identity.

Teach us to truly remember that it is in you that we live and

have our being.

Amen.

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Sacred Heart College has been involved in the University of Melbourne Network of Schools (UMNOS) this year. It is a three year commitment and facilitates working with schools who have similar goals in terms of improvement. We are working on being able to better differentiate teaching in our classrooms through more effective feedback and questioning. UMNOS provides us with resources and a critical friend who has expertise in this area. I will keep parents informed of our progress and developments from UMNOS throughout our final two years of the program.

As always, we look forward to meeting parents at the Student Progress Interviews. Don’t forget that there is still the opportunity to make bookings for next Tuesday 18 September.

With one week to go until the end of term, it is time to bring out the summer uniforms and check if they still fit! Due to the unpredictability of the weather at this time of the year, there will be a two-week transition period for changing over. This means that students must be in either full summer uniform or full winter uniform during this time and people will be able to re-stock during this time. Full summer uniform will then be compulsory for all students. All Year 7-11 students will need to be in the new uniform and the current Year 12 students will, for their last three weeks of school, be the last students at the College to wear the old one. The uniform transition will be complete. Next term will see the appointment of the 2019 Junior College Leadership Team. Role descriptions will be placed in the Year 8 foyer this week for students to consider. This is an opportunity for students with an interest or passion in a particular area to put their hand up and be involved. The application and interview process will be outlined at the Assembly on 11 October.

Please encourage your child to consider either a leadership position or to be a Representative in a Team. School is much more fun when you get involved!

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL - STUDENT WELLBEING - Julie Mortimer

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL - LEARNING & TEACHING - Debra McNaughton

DIRECTOR OF TRANSITION AND CURRICULUM - Joanne Holmes

NAPLAN and PAT Testing Update The NAPLAN 2018 results for Year 7 and Year 9 have been mailed out to parents and students. The NAPLAN result brochure includes an explanation of the results and indicates where your child is placed in the continuum across national levels. Whilst we use this data for informing our future practice on learning and teaching and our curriculum delivery, there are others forms of data collection that also inform practice. Currently the Year 7 to Year 10 students are undertaking a formative set of Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT-ACER) which allow the College to see the growth in learning that students have achieved over the last 12 months. These small assessments take place in normal class time. Review of the results will enable the College to plan for both Term 4 and 2019 areas of focus in literacy and numeracy related curriculum.

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Bereavements - Yours prayers are asked for the following families who are mourning the passing of a loved one recently. The Zanic family on the passing of Maria Fellini, mother-in-law of Damien Zanic, staff member. The Sharp and Davidson families on the passing of Matthew Sharp, father of Grace Year 7 and uncle of Georgia Year 12. The Bergodaz and Candia families on the passing of Lino Marinovic, great uncle of Isabella Year 9, Benjamin Year 7 and Anita Year 11. The Mexted family on the passing of Peter Whitty, uncle of Amelia Year 9

and Katherine Year 7, and the Naughton family on the passing of Paul Jobson, great grandfather of Niamh Year 10. Our thoughts are with you all at this sad time.

Thu 11/10 - Year 7, 8 & 10 Drama Incursion - Whole School Assembly (announcement 2019 Snr Cabinet Student Leaders) 10:40am to 11:55am - Period 5 3:45pm to 5:25pm - LINCS - Information Evening for parents and students 6:30pm - 7:30pm - Unit 4 VET Music Recital 7:00pm Sat 13/10 - Community Ball 6:00pm to 11:00pm Kyneton Mechanics Institute Mon 15/10 to Fri 23/11 - Year 7 Swimming Program during PE times Mon 15/10 - VET Outdoor Recreation Rock Climbing 10:30am to 3:30am Tue 16/10 - Period 5 3:45pm to 5:25pm Wed 17/10 - Year 10 Media excursion Millionaire Hot Seat 10:30am to 7:15pm - GVBR Training 3:30pm to 5:30pm Thu 18/10 - Year 11 Legal Studies Prison Excursion 7:45am to 1:00pm - COLLEGE TWILIGHT EVENING –Year 9 Expo and Year 8 MAD 4:30pm to 8:30pm

CALENDAR DATES

Fri 14/9 - Unit 2 PE Croquet Excursion - GVBR Fitness Ride 12:00pm to 3:20pm Mon 17/9 - Health and PE Week - Unit 3/4 HHD Guest Lecture at SHC 4:00pm to 6:00pm - VCAL ‘Sleep out for the Homeless’ Tue 18/9 - Live4Life - Session 4 9:00am to 10:15am - SHC hosting Fit2Drive Forum for Macedon Ranges Schools - Period 5 3:45pm to 5:25pm - YEAR 7-11 STUDENT PROGRESS INTERVIEWS (SPIs) 4:00PM TO 8:30PM Wed 19/9 - Year 11 HHD Dementia Australia Presentation 12:00pm to 1:15pm - GVBR Training 3:30pm to 5:30pm Thu 20/9 - Marngrook Football Match Staff v Senior Students lunchtime Fri 21/9 - LAST DAY OF TERM 3 - 2:30PM FINISH Thu 27/9 - Sat 13/10 French Exchange Mon 8/19 - FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 Wed 10/10 - GVBR Training 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Newsletter Contents (click the hyperlink to advance to the item of your choice)

Deputy Principal's Reports - Uniform, Student Progress Interviews and UMNOS

Director of Transition and Curriculum - NAPLAN and PAT Testing Update

Mercy@Work News and Year 8 Reflection Day

Biology Excursion to Ecolinc

Music Notes - Scholarship Application

Mock Interviews

Medieval Incursion

Student Achievements

Sports Report - NMR Athletics Day

Year 12 2019 Jumper Fittings

Library and Learning Commons News

Parent Service Scheme

Positive Education

Career News

SHC Community Ball

Community News

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DIRECTOR OF FAITH AND MISSION - Annie O’Shannessy

MERCY@WORK

DAFFODIL FESTIVAL DEVONSHIRE TEA

Mercy@Work students have been hard at work helping out in the community. On Saturday 1 September a team of students helped out at St Mary’s Hall in Kyneton for the annual Daffodil Festival Devonshire Tea. This event, which is organised by the Parish, raises funds for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Many thanks to Eliza and Molly Consiglio, Mitchell Boyer, Nicholas Hanna and Scarlett Rutledge and her mum Josie, for all their help on the day. Ms Annie O’Shannessy and I really enjoyed serving delicious scones alongside these hard working young people.

VISIT TO THE ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE (ASRC)

Thanks to all the generous donations from our College community, three of our Year 12 students, Jade Cole, Lachlan Collins, Ellie Schooling and I were able to visit the food bank at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray. We were able to donate over $1000 worth of non-perishable food items. We will visit again in October with the food Homerooms are collecting now and at the start of Term 4.

Our guide, Kate, explained that the ASRC once began as a small shop front and foodbank, and now has grown into large premises which provide over 700 meals a week. They also have a team of volunteer lawyers and a social enterprise hub. For instance, the ASRC now has a catering arm and will even deliver to the Macedon Ranges. Their food is healthy with seriously delicious vegetarian options. Feel free to contact them for your next function and you will be supporting a very worthy organisation.

JUSTICE AND SERVICE NEWS - Viv Penney

Year 8 Reflection Day The theme for the Year 8 Reflection Day was Make a Difference. The day was focussed around their Make a Difference Project ( MAD) that they are currently working on. After a leisurely walk through the Botanic Gardens, the students attended Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. We are grateful that Fr Martin celebrated Mass with us. I shared the words of Pope Francis with the students as he encourages the young people to continue "to be dreamers [who] believe in a new humanity, one that rejects hatred between peoples, one that refuses to see borders as barriers”. The students were fortunate to hear the many stories of Ron Murray, an Indigenous man who has worked in the criminal justice system, mentoring and guiding young men who have made some pretty serious mistakes in their lives. We were also fortunate to hear from Gabrielle from the Salvation Army store, Sue Lee from the Social Foundry and Simon and Kerrin from Kyneton Caring Community. All our speakers talked about their work and how they have made a difference to the lives of people who live in the Macedon Ranges. Another highlight was the creative installation made by the students which reflects their MAD issue and is a response to it. There are some lovely heart-felt words written as dreams and hopes for a better world. Our young people are the ones who will make the difference.

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SCIENCE SNIPPETS - Joanne Holmes

Unit 4 Biology Ecolinc Excursion - Jordan Savoia On Thursday 23 August, all of the Unit 4 Biology students travelled to Bacchus Marsh, Ecolinc for an excursion. Through the many techniques studied in class, we were able to conduct experiments on various types of foods to see if they had been genetically modified. Many food producers genetically modify foods to be able to get pest resistant crops with desirable qualities. To investigate this, we split into five groups, each with a different type of food to test. We used machines and techniques such as a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and Gel Electrophoresis. These are all ways that allowed us to create numerous strands of DNA and observe them to see if they had certain traits. It was an amazing day and we were very lucky to be able to use this equipment first hand, as it creates a better understanding for topics that are sure to pop up in our upcoming exam. A huge thankyou to Mrs Holmes and Mr Matthews who organised the day.

Music is a truly essential part of any community. At Sacred Heart College, we place a great emphasis on Music within our vibrant life, based on its many skill sets: literacy, numeracy, teamwork, application, wellbeing and self-efficacy. Our Instrumental Music Program provides a solid grounding for this dynamic department by providing opportunities to learn various instruments (including voice) with a team of working professional musicians. Our Music Scholarship program seeks to provide financial assistance to those students who are contributing to our communi-ty through various musical activities, and to recognise their personal devel-opment and commitment to their musical craft. In order to apply for a Sacred Heart College Music Scholarship, please complete the online form available by clicking this link. If you require a hard copy of the application, please contact the College. Applications will be accepted until Monday 22 October, 2018. Please note that no late applications will be accepted. Following this date, applicants will be contacted to advise of their audition timeslot. All auditions will be held on Friday 9 November 2018.

MUSIC NOTES - Terry Carrick

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MOCK INTERVIEWS 2018 A big thank you to our College parents and local professionals who have generously given up their time to interview our Year 10 students. The students who have already had their Mock Interview have presented themselves beautifully, and are so grateful for the opportunity to experience a formal job interview in a safe, supportive environment. More pics to come

soon!

Medieval Incursion On Friday 7 September, some of the Year 8 history classes had the opportunity to be involved in a medieval incursion. It was a great chance for them to learn more about the medieval times through teaching and entertainment. “I thought it was a great learning opportunity. My knowledge of the medieval times has increased greatly after this experience. I really enjoyed being part of the costume role play. It was good to see how many students were eager to participate. I’d enjoy taking part in another incursion like this again.” Ben 8C “I really enjoyed the history incursion for multiple reasons. The way of teaching through entertainment engaged the classes and taught the students just as effectively as any other strategy of teaching. I also liked how students were able to be involved in role plays and discussion through-out the incursion.” Sienna 8C

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Heard it on the Grapevine! Sharni Morley Year 11 - Cycling Success! On Thursday 30 August, Year 11 student Sharni Morley competed in and won the Road Cycling Zone District Competition as part of the 2018 Victorian Schools Cycling Championships (VSCC). Sharni represented Sacred Heart College in this competition, held in Bendigo, against students from other schools in the zone. Sharni will now compete in the State Finals to be held in Bendigo in October against all finalists from schools across Victoria. We congratulate Sharni on this achievement and wish her well in the finals.

Loree Newton and Sophie Ellen - Year 11 - Football Champions! Sacred Heart College Year 11 students, Loree Newton and Sophie Ellen, recently played in the Gisborne Bulldogs U18 Youth Girls RDFNL premiership side. The Grand Final was played at the Mars Stadium in Ballarat on 2 September and the girls triumphed over the Sunbury Kangaroos by three points. It was a great effort by the team as the girls went into the game as underdogs and had to overcome a previously undefeated Sunbury team. The Gisborne Girls also won the premiership in 2017 so now they are back to back premiers. Loree and Sophie are pictured with the premiership cup. Well done girls.

Sarah Duff - Year 11 -

Netball Rising Star!

Sarah was recently awarded the Netball Rising Star Award for the Riddell District Football Netball League. Well done Sarah!

Wednesday 5 September saw 28 students represent the school in the NMR Athletics day at Meadowglen Athletics track, Epping. Overall it was a very successful day with seven students finishing in the top three in their events. Kayla Downes in Year 10 won the 16yo Discus and will move on to the next stage in October. All students displayed terrific behaviour and sportsmanship throughout the day and gave it their best. Thank you to Ms Young for her assistance on the day and VCAL students, Hailee Brown-Kerr, Riley Miller and Nathan Calopa for their hard work looking after girls triple jump.

Results Place Event

Kayla Downes 1st 16yo girls discus

Declan Henery

2nd 13yo boys 200m

Archie Neylon 2nd 16yo boys javelin

Josh Willmott 2nd 16yo boys 800m

Allanah Hydon-Woods 3rd 14yo girls discus

Pearl Schembri 2nd 3rd

Open Girls 200m Open Girls 100m

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Year 12 2019 Jumper Fitting Year 12 2019 jumper fittings will take place on the following dates. Upon ordering, FULL payment is required or NO jumper will be ordered. The cost of the jumpers are as follow: SIZE: 75-110cms $ 95.00 115-120cms $100.00 125 + $125.00 Dates for fittings at lunchtime ONLY: 11A Thursday 11 October 11B Tuesday 16 October 11C Thursday 18 October 11D Tuesday 23 October 11E Thursday 25 October

Second Hand Uniform If you are interested in selling or buying second hand uniform, please click the following link to the Sustainable School Shop. (this link is also on our website). Sustainable School Shop

Catherine McAuley Library and Learning Commons - Jodie Warner Have you noticed a change in the Library lately? Something’s a bit different? Library staff have been busy changing the space around to make it more open and inviting. You might have noticed that there is more space for collaboration, more of our new books on display and more space to move.

Check out the size of our new book display! Our Issues in Society

collection is now more easily accessible.

Recent lunchtimes in the library have shown that you’re never too old for a sing-a-long, with Frozen’s ‘Let it Go’ ringing out around the space. We look forward to hosting more sing-a-long/karaoke lunchtimes in Term Four as a perfect way to de-stress before exam time.

Year 8 Religious Education classes have been making use of the resources and varied learning spaces as they continue work on their MAD projects. The array of topics and themes is fascinating and we look forward to hearing about the final presentations. Year 8 Wide Reading classes are reading to select a book of choice for their Book Trailers. There are only a couple of sessions left before they commence their pro-jects. Reading over the holidays to ensure they have options will be ideal. The best Book Trailers are often about books that the creator has really enjoyed.

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Parent Service Scheme - Jenny Baldwin

Cafeteria Roster

A reminder that service scheme hours need to be completed before the end of the school year to be able to receive a credit for the financial contribution. With only one term to go please book a session on the café roster by contacting the Cafeteria Manager, Nigel Pickup: npickup@shckyneton.catholic.edu.au 54211260 (voicemails can be left at any time).

Cleaning the Frayne Hospitality Centre The Cleaning of the Frayne Hospitality Centre will occur on the last day of this term, Friday 21 September 9am - 12 noon. Our Hospitality Assistant Janet Monaghan will ensure all cleaning are well catered for. Parents will be required to have a current WWCC card and will need to sign in at general reception before proceeding to the hospitality centre. Please contact Jenny Baldwin if you are able to assist.

Parent Support Required Community Ball Saturday 13 October at the Mechanics Institute in Mollison Street Kyneton. Parents with RSA certificate required for bar service throughout the night. The event will run from 7pm – 11pm – helpers for set up would be required at 1pm on the day and at the end of the night for pack up. Please contact Jenny Baldwin if you are able to assist.

As part of College Service Scheme, assistance is regularly required in the Library, Working Bees, the maintenance of First Aid bags and general administration support. If you are available to assist with Service Scheme tasks please contact Service Scheme Co-ordinator, Jenny Baldwin: jbaldwin@shckyneton.catholic.edu.au

Fri 14 Sept (1) Andi Chandler

(2) Charlotte Burns

Mon 17 Sept (1) help needed

(2) Rachel Whitehead

Tues 18 Sept (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Wed 19 Sept (1) Helen Spencer

(2) help needed

Thurs 20 Sept (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Fri 21 Sept (1) Helen Leahy (10-1pm)

(2) Andrea Chandler (11-2pm)

Term 4

Mon 8 Oct (1) Jennifer Sinclair

(2) help needed

Tues 9 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Wed 10 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Thurs 11 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Fri 12 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Term 3/4 Cafeteria Roster

(1) denotes person on 11am-2pm shift

(2) denotes person on 12 noon – 3pm shift

Mon 15 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Tues 16 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Wed 17 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Thurs 18 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

Fri 19 Oct (1) help needed

(2) help needed

HELP NEEDED URGENTLY

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Abigail Bradbury, Positive Education Leader

Four Different Ways to Communicate There are four typical types of communication. Seligman and Reivich (2011) state the four types as:

Active Destructive: pointing out negative aspects of a situation

Passive Destructive: ignoring the circumstance or the person completely

Passive Constructive: supporting someone but in an understated way.

Active Constructive: giving both authentic and enthusiastic support. Active Constructive Communication Let’s say someone tells you they will go abroad for a trip. The responses of “But have you checked the news?” or “I wish it was my turn.” might not be the most effective in creating trust, self-esteem, and a positive relationship as much as if you said: “Brilliant! Tell me more about it. I hope you have a wonderful trip!” This sharing of the good things in life can be described as Active-Constructive communication. Where our responses “express involvement, excitement or enthusiasm about the good news” (Jones & Bodie, 2014). Why use Active Constructive Communication When we communicate actively, it shows our engagement and interest, while being constructive in communication encourages celebration and shows our support (Parks & Biswas-Diener, 2013). Active constructive or supportive communication can build a positive relationship and enhance self-esteem. According to research, active constructive communication indicates a better relationship and positive sentiments between partners (Gable & Reis, 2010). In addition, it also fosters better interpersonal flow (Kauffman, 2006).

How to Start Using Active Constructive Communication There is no recipe for creating more positive relationships and building self-esteem, we are all unique in our relationships and communication needs. However here are some main features of Active Constructive communication which will help you on your way to happier and healthier communication.

Share your Positive Experiences

Ask open-ended questions

Relive and share an event

Acknowledge your feelings and those of others

Offer to celebrate in light of good news

Respond enthusiastically In support of RUOK Day, try some Active Constructive Responding with those in your life and really listen. Adapted from: https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/active-constructive-communication/

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COMMUNITY NEWS

‘Map Your Future’ Workshop - Map Your Future aims to assist young people with a disability with planning for their future by defining and understanding their goals and developing skills around self-advocacy, particularly in relation to the NDIS. The program aims to give young people more clear direction around their personal goals and expectations and build confidence around decision-making and speaking up for themselves.

We are running a ‘Map Your Future’ workshop at Woodend Neighbourhood House on 11 September 2018 (4PM-8PM). The program is free of cost for students aged 16-25. Participants receive a Certificate of Completion at the conclusion of the program.

For further information, please contact the Project Officer, Emily Tester, on 92673703 or 0487198061 - Youth Disability Advocacy Service. ydasmapyourfuture@yacvic.org.au

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