Congratulations and thank you to Mrs Rebecca Scollen and Mr Sam Typuszak, the leaders of the Parents and Friends Association and to the members of the College Fete Coordinating Committee, for their splendid organisation of last Friday s College Fete. It was a very enjoyable evening with lots

of stalls, refreshments, and entertainment.

The organising committee, which had been preparing for this major College event for many months, harnessed the generosity, goodwill and support of many parents, local business houses and friends of the College. Their considerable efforts were well rewarded by the response of the people of Alice Springs. It was wonderful to see such a crowd!

Thank you to all the parents, staff members and students who pitched in to ensure that the stalls were manned throughout the evening, that entertainment was provided, and that the numerous other tasks were completed. Thank you to the donors who provided the prizes for the raffles and the silent auction competition, and who donated supplies and prepared goods for the stalls. Thank you also to the people

mums and dads, students and staff members - who gathered on the Saturday to ensure that the Bath Street campus was cleaned up and ready for the children last Monday morning.

It was truly a marvellous community gathering for the OLSH family. The final financial details of the Fete will be circulated in the near future. Thanks again to everyone involved in this memorable College get-together.

Our East Timor Immersion group arrived safely home last Friday evening and we look forward to hearing of their adventures. Thanks again to Mr Greg Mills and Mrs Vicky Howie for coordinating the trip and to the many families who assisted with fundraising and support.

Last Sunday afternoon, the College Netball players came together for the OLSH Sundowners end of season celebrations at the Marian Centre. About eighty girls represented the College, in eight teams, over the past season. Our thanks go to the Club management committee; Mrs Denise Ghea (President), Ms Megan Nertney, Mrs Nanette Longe and Mrs Kaylene Sullivan who have done an excellent job leading the Netball Club. Thank you, as well, to the staff, parents and friends of the College who coached the players. At the get-together, each of the coaches was thanked in turn, and the committee also provided them with a souvenir towel to express the gratitude of the College community.

The Alice on the Line camp for our Year Fives was held at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station over the past three days. Led by the teachers; Ms Stacey Lewis, Ms Kylie Henderson and Ms Leah Carmichael, the children turned back the clock and took on the roles of our pioneers, learning how things were done a century or more ago.

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.catholic.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

SEPTEMBER

22nd Traeger s Amazing Race

23rd Last day of Term

OCTOBER

11th Students Return

14th Casual Clothes Day

17th 21st Transition Swimming

21st Yr 12 Roast and Toast

23rd First Holy Communion

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 31 22nd September 2011

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Reflection

Thank you to the parents and family members who joined the children for Mass on the Monday evening and for a BBQ on the Tuesday.

The College Parents and Friends Association will hold its final meeting for the term tonight at the Bath Street campus staff room (7.30pm). This is the last meeting for the term and there should be some initial details concerning the results of the Fete.

The Third Term will conclude tomorrow, Friday, 23rd September, and I wish to thank you for your support of the College over this past ten weeks. Your assistance in so many and varied ways is greatly appreciated.

Despite the difficulties with sickness in a lot of families, coupled with the pressure of so many different events on our calendar

the East Timor Immersion, the College Concert, the Alice on the Line programme, the many information nights, and several other local excursions

we have managed to accomplish many good things with and for the students.

The College campus offices will be opened on Monday, 10th October, as staff members participate in a day of preparation for the start of Term Four. Classes resume for all students on Tuesday, 11th October. The Central Administration Office will be open throughout the holiday break. Enrolments for 2012 are being processed and applications can be obtained from this office, based on the Sadadeen campus.

Best wishes to you and your family for the term holidays.

Yours sincerely

Br Paul Gilchrist Principal

ON THE OTHER SIDE!

Our life is a brilliant mix of Marvellous and frustrating paradoxes.

For on, the other side of anger lies peace. On the other side of chaos forms order.

On the other side of a storm find the rainbow. On the other side of sand grows silver pearl.

The other side of death turns into life. On the other side of despair gives way hope.

Hold on for on the other side of doubt lies certainty. On the other side of practice comes skill.

Through lonely nights of fear, lies dawn of faith. Beyond debt lies prosperity.

Across deep swirling torrent find dry safe shore. Beyond the fiery sunset lies the glowing dawn. Beyond stunted self, lies living self sacrifice ...

WALK TALL ... ON THE OTHER SIDE!

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College News SCHOOL FEES School fees are now overdue. Please ensure all outstanding fees are paid as soon as possible. Fees may be paid at any Campus front office by Cash, cheque, EFTPOS or you can arrange BPAY or direct debit. Please call the Bursar on 89506403 for further information.

FOUND Handed into Bath St Front office, two set of keys, we believe from the Fete, look like keys from a trailer or cabinet of some kind. Please call in to front office if you believe they are yours.

Campus News: Bath St Here we are at the end of another term. It has been an incredibly busy time and there have been some great experiences and successes shared by all. The Concert was very entertaining, the Sacramental programme is well under way, we have had visiting performers, the Fete was a great success, and in amongst all of these things we have been teaching and learning. I hope that you and your children have enjoyed participating in these activities.

COLLEGE FETE Many, many thanks to all of you who worked, supported and attended our College Fete last Friday evening. It was wonderful to see so many Bath Street families in attendance and working to help our Parents and Friends group. The final monies are not known yet, but I am assured that it was a very successful night. Well done to everyone!

FOOTY COLOURS DAY Tomorrow the students are invited to attend in their favourite footy colours. They may wear colours from any sporting code, and bring a gold coin donation.

SCHOOL TIMES Term 4 will resume for the children on Tuesday 11th October. The staff will return on Monday 10th for a professional development session Made in the Image of God. The campus office will be open on Monday 10th for any matters regarding the school term.

CAMPUS STAFF This week is the last week for Miss Levitt in her role as Assistant Head of Campus, and Mrs McClure and Miss Funston in their shared role as Campus Religious Education Coordinators. They have all fulfilled their roles with great confidence and diligence, and I am very thankful for their work during Term 3. Mr Healy is back in town, and will resume his duties next term.

MERIT POINT WINNERS

Thank you so much to our Merit Point Sponsors

MENTAL HEALTH WEEK (9TH

15TH OCT) We are excited to announce that we have been successful in obtaining a grant to run some mental health activities during Mental Health Week. We applied for a small grant under the title Meditate to Feel Great . Some meditation and yoga sessions will be offered to classes during the week, facilitated by Kalika Suich. Information about Kalika can be found at kalikamurti@beyondbreathingspace.com. We have also ordered some resources from Bucket Fillers which we hope will be here during the week as well.

Room 12 Room 17

Marinelle Liam

Chelsea

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Flynn

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ART ROOM RENOVATIONS / AIR-CONDITIONING IN THE HALL With fingers crossed, we hope to have the art room renovations completed during the two week holiday break. This entails the knocking down of a wall, the establishment of a small cooking area, new flooring and new paint. We are looking forward to a bright, clean, appealing new area to work in next term. As part of this project, Miss Helen and Miss Gloria have relocated to the Little Children s Learning Place. We have been able to accommodate them there and they will work with Miss Marni and Miss Margy, and run our indigenous programme from the Centre. You are most welcome to visit both the art room and the Little Children s Learning Place to have a look at the facilities.

As part of this building project, we will also get some new air-conditioning for the Hall. For those of you who have been in there with 300 children and 35 degrees, you will understand how excited we are about this as we get near to the summer months!

Enjoy the holidays with your children and see you next term!

Janis Paterson Head of Campus

Campus News: Traeger DATES TERM 3 22nd September

Traeger s Amazing Race (SEE ATTACHED) 23rd September - Jersey Day

Wear your favourite Team colours! Gold coin donations appreciated!

ALICE ON THE LINE : YEAR 5 CAMP Our Year 5 students have all been at the Telegraph Station for the last three days. From all reports it sounds as though a great time was had by all. We are sure there will be a few stories ready for the newsletter once the new term begins!!

HOMEWORK CENTRES : NO HOMEWORK CENTRES THIS WEEK! Traeger Campus Homework Centre Held on Thursdays from 3.00 to 4.00pm. You need a Traeger Homework Centre Card to attend. Please contact the front office for a permission form.

Indigenous Homework Centre Mondays and Thursdays. The sessions go from 3:00

4:00pm and will be held in the 6.2 homeroom. Students attending will be bussed home.

Year 5 Homework Centre Wednesdays 3:00-4:00pm. This will be held in our library where the students must be collected from at 4:00pm please.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS OCTOBER 19TH

NEW FORMAT Parent teacher interviews will be held in your child s classroom on this night, not in the Hall as previously. We encourage parents to bring their child to the interviews and take time to look around at other areas of the campus. Specialist teachers will also be in their classrooms for interviews. Tea and coffee will be available in the Library. Interviews can be booked through the front office in 10 minute time slots from 3:30-5:30pm and 6:00-8:00pm(89 508 555) If there are issues that may need more than this time to discuss, please feel free to make an alternative appointment.

LOST PROPERTY Please check the Lost Property for any items you may have misplaced as it will all be disposed of during the holiday break.

VIOLIN AND SINGING LESSONS You can now apply for Term 4 private music lessons with Ms Gonelli for violin and singing lessons at the Traeger campus. The tuition fee per term is $250 for individual tuition and $200 for a setup of two students per group. Tuition fee has to be paid before the first lesson. Please contact Ms Gonelli directly under rattleandsing@care2.com or call 04000 52535

Have a great week, and enjoy the holidays!

Tony Healy Head of Campus

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Campus News: Sadadeen CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Mr Peter Augustin and Louis Egger (Year 12) who were members of the victorious Federal AFL premier-ship winning team last Friday. Louis was also best on ground. Congratulations also goes to Ellen Schembri (Rovers) who also won a netball premiership.

GOOD LUCK Good luck to Ms Kerry Lavell who goes on 12 months maternity leave tomorrow. Kerry and her partner Tim are expecting their first child in a few weeks. Mr Andrew Edwards will replace Kerry for the next 12 months.

INTERIM REPORTS Interim reports for all students will be posted out this week. They give an indication of your child s progress so far this semester.

YEAR 12 HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS Various Year 12 teachers are offering workshops in the upcoming holidays. Year 12 students have been issued with a timeta-ble. A timetable is printed elsewhere in this newsletter. Thank you to all Year 12 staff who have made themselves available to help their students during their holiday break.

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Will be held on the afternoon/evening of Tuesday 18th October in the foyer of the Marian Centre from 3:30

5:30pm and from 6:00

7:00pm. Bookings can be made through Sadadeen Reception from Monday 10th October. These interviews are for Year 9

11 Students/Parents only. Parents of Year 12 students are welcome to contact their son/daughter s teachers through recep-tion on 89507399.

YEAR 12 We are at the business end of the year! It is important that Year 12 students are up to date with their work. Most subjects have due dates for the submission of work that has to be sent by courier to the SACE Board in Adelaide. These dates are non-negotiable. Late work will not be assessed. All College due dates will be supported by the SACE Board, so please ensure all work is submitted on time.

YEAR 12 TRIAL EXAMS The first week of term four

Tuesday 11th October to Friday 14th October is Year 12 Trial exam week. Students have been given a copy of the exam timetable. Those subjects not having an exam will have normal classes during the week

if they don t clash with a timetabled exam and if the subject teacher requires attendance. A copy of the timetable is printed elsewhere in this newsletter.

CASUAL CLOTHES DAY The first Casual Clothes day of Term Four is Friday 14th October

the first Friday of term 4.

YEAR 12 ROAST & TOAST This year s Year 12 Roast & Toast is on Friday 21st October in the Marian Centre. More details will appear shortly in an up-coming newsletter.

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

Sadadeen

INTER-SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME: FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER Last Friday afternoon a number of students from Centralian College came over to the Marian Centre to play a series of Basketball games against some of the OLSH students. It was the girls who took to the court first playing 2 x 15 minute halves. As the game got underway it was fantastic to see a crowd gathering on the new seating structure in Marian Centre with a num-ber of classes coming down to watch. Strong shooting from Centralian proved to be a bit too much for our girls that were a bit more netball inclined. Hopefully with a bit of training we ll be able to fine tune this so that we can start to prepare to enter a team for the 2012 Marist Basketball Carnival.

For the boys, two teams took to the courts as a steady crowd continued to flow into the Marian Centre. Both games were very competitive and those watching were certainly entertained. Both boys teams managed to get a win on the board as they maintained their intensity with plenty of fresh legs rotating through off the sidelines. Many thanks to Ben Ellis and Aaron Crowe, who did a great job in umpiring the games. All in all it was a great way to finish off the week and will hopefully be done again next term.

Peter Augustin Sports Co-Oordinator Sadadeen Campus

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Community News In conjunction with Noel Harris, we would like to issue an invitation to the Community of Alice Springs to join the Stride For Health on Sunday 25th September from the Olive Pink Gardens. This fun family activity assists in raising awareness of cancer which affects so many in the community, promotes the value of exercise in physical and mental wellbeing, and assists local breast cancer support group, Bosom Buddies, and Alice Springs Men's Prostate Support Group

STRIDE FOR HEALTH 4 km Walk that is wheelchair and Pram Friendly Where: Olive Pink Botanic Gardens When : 8am Start Sunday 25th September 2011 Registration is from 7.30am (Blakeman Shelter) Light breakfast is included with entry Family $10.00 Adults $5.00 U/15 $2.00

POOL LIFESAVING Exciting opportunity to Come & Try Pool Lifesaving at the Alice Springs Aquatic Centre in October school holidays. Need to have minimum Level 4 Swim & Survive certificate and be prepared to swim fast!! It s a great way to use your swimming skills and a fun way to compete in the water! Free tryout Wednesday 5th October 2-4.00pm. It will be an ongoing programme through Term 4 on Wednesdays 4.30

6.00pm with a reasonable weekly fee and membership. Come down and see Petina and Kari and you might have the opportunity to represent NT in 2012. For more information please ring Petina on 0408 857 331

WANTED Looking for a caravan to rent/ loan for 10 weeks to accommodate an extra teenager for Term 4, if any one can assist with this request they can contact Heather Wilson on 89529481.

P & F News Thank you Thank you so much to all families who donated items for the Trash & Treasure stall....it was a very successful night with many items sold! A Huge thank you to all the parents, teachers and students who helped with sorting items, setting up the stall, sell-ing items and packing up on the night or on Saturday morning. It was a real team effort and you all helped to make it a great success - thank you! Sara & Lorraine & Year 6 teachers

Thank you to Nellie Bitar, Brendan and Declan Rose for assisting with delivery of the fete sponsorship letters.

SADADEEN SOIREE SUCCESS Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Sadadeen Soiree on Tuesday night. We had a variety of acts and they were all very well prepared. Thank you for your hard work. I would also like to thank the backstage crew, especially our sound and lighting crew, Gavin Henderson and Damian Taylor, and our backstage managers, Alanna Breedon and Rebecca Crack. Bravo everyone!

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2011 Term Dates

Term 3 ends Friday 23rd September

Term 4 Students Resume Tuesday 11th October

Term 4 Dates Monday 10th OctoberFriday 16th December

Students last day of Term 4 Wednesday 14th December

Tomorrow is the Final day for DVD Orders