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Dear Stella CommunityBalancing Teenage Life in Senior Years Year 11 students are in the midst of Preliminary Examinations and Year 12 are coming to the end of their scheduled College classes. I would like to remind the girls and families that there are some exceptional supports available for the girls at Stella. Our co-curricular program provides additional study support for students through the Inclusive Learning Department and the Mathematics Stellamatics program at lunch and after school. Our Stella Tutors are providing support to students four afternoons a week. There is no reason why students should not take up these opportuities to improve their learning outcomes.

I would encourage senior students in particular to try to balance outside activities, particularly at this time. Paid work is wonderful experience but the girls need to prioritise their learning. Also, commitment to activities outside school need to be kept in balance during the busy examination and stu-vac periods. I encourage families to discuss this with the girls to ensure they are managing this balance effectively.

John Lincoln Award @ Government House Today I attended a ceremony to celebrate 25 students in NSW who have achieved the John Lincoln Youth Award for exemplary community service. I was pleased to congratulate Carla Krnel on her achievements both at Stella and in the wider community. Carla was presented with her award by the Governor of NSW, the Honourable Margaret Beasley AO QC. Congratulations to Carla!

NAPLAN Families of girls in Years 7 and 9 have received their NAPLAN results this week. In analysing the Stella cohort, the Leadership Team noted the significant improvement that our Stella girls have made from Year 7 to 9. Well done to the girls and the staff who have been working to improve NAPLAN outcomes though targeted programs in English and Maths in particular.

Debating The Year 10 Debating team (Holly Nicholson, Olivia Layton, Jessica Dunn and Josephine Kelly) has made it into the Grand Finals of the SDN Debating competition held this Friday at Redlands College against Abbotsleigh. We wish them well in the competition. Congratulations to all the girls in the debating teams who have worked hard this year to improve their skills.

Thank you to Ms Hamilton for the guidance of the teams and the English staff who support this co-curricular activity. Our Stella debate teams are entered in the Festival of Speech on the 26th of October at Meriden. The Year 11 debating team will be competing in the Morals and Ethics section and the Year 10 debating team will be in the Current Affairs section. Good luck girls!

Reminder: Providing a Term’s Notice If your daughter is changing schools in 2020, the Registrar, Kerrie Dudley, must be notified by email or letter by the end of Term 3, indicating the school to which your daughter will be going. Please note that late notice will incur additional administration charges.

from the Principal

S T E L L A M A R I S

N E W S L E T T E RTerm 3 Issue 9, 20 September 2019www.stellamaris.nsw.edu.au | [email protected]

REFLECTION

Remembering Dag Hammarskjold

‘The best and most wonderful thing that can

happen to you in this life is that you should be silent

and let God work and speak.’

Dag Hammarskjold was the Secretary for the United

Nations who was engaged in a peacekeeping mission

in the Congo when he tragically died in a plane crash. He was universally mourned as a man who combined the roles of

public servant and global leader. We remember him

this week.

Elizabeth Carnegie, Principal


Upcoming Events and Important Information26 Sept Graduation Assembly

26 Sept Graduation Mass

27 Sept End of Term 3

14 Oct Term 4 Commences (Students and Staff return)

17 Oct - 12 Nov HSC Exams

ENROLLING NOW for YEAR 7 2022If you wish to enrol your daughter at the College for Year 7, 2022, the Registration Form needs to be received by the Registrar no later than Friday 20 September, 2019.

To download a Registration Form please visit our website www.stellamaris.nsw.edu.au

Interviews for Year 7, 2022 will be conducted early in Term 1, 2020

If you would like to speak to the Registrar, Ms Kerrie Dudley, she can be contacted on 9976 1802

Limited places st i l l avai lable for Year 7 2021

Extra-Curricular

SAILING NEWSCongratulations to our Stella sailors who received Australian Sailing Certificates at this week’s College Assembly. The Vice Commodore of Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Alister Copley, and the Head Instructor, Drew Lucas, were joined by other MHYC staff as special guests at the assembly. We were very lucky to have Natasha Bryant (World Youth Sailing Champion and Australian Female Sailor of the Year) speak to the students about the need for tenacity and resilience when striving for excellence in sport and HSC studies. She is currently championing the 2020 Olympics and is studying Mechanical Engineering.

Our Term 4 sailing season is now open for registration. Please email Ann O’Brien [email protected] with your expression of interest and questions. We look forward to a great 8-week program.

Ann O'Brien, Sailing Coordinator


DUKE OF EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL AWARDThe Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award is offered to Stella Maris students from Year 9 to Year 12. The Award is a leading youth development program, empowering all young Australians aged 14 to 25 to explore their full potential.

National Gold Award Ceremony The National Gold Award Ceremony held last week, the first and largest of its kind outside the UK, was an incredible success. Nearly 400 young people from all around Australia received their Gold Award and not only did they meet His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO, but 17 prominent Australians were there to personally present the Awards on behalf of HRH. Among them were Deborah Thomas, Marc Fennell, Naomi Simson, David Campbell OAM, Indira Naidoo, Jeff McMullen, Janine Perrett, Jayne Azzopardi, Graham Ross VMM, Dawn Fraser AC, Jack Thompson AM, Jeff Loy, Dan Illic, Layne Beachley AO, Kirk Pengilly, Eddie Woo, and Jacinta Tynan.

A massive congratulations to the four Stella Maris girls who received their award at this prestigious event – Jasmine Stein, Ashleigh Broe, Bella Harvey and Rebekah Odgers

Roughly 1500 people attended the event, they included the families of the award holders, school principals, Award Leaders, local dignitaries, industry sponsors of the Award, Duke of Ed Staff, volunteers, the Masters of Ceremony and His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO.

Legacy Week Congratulations and thank you to the 18 girls from Year 9 and 10 who volunteered to sell Legacy badges on Manly Wharf last week. The girls were excellent representatives of Stella Maris and earned over $1500 to help Legacy support the families of those affected by war.

Expressions of Interest: Gold Adventurous Journey Three Capes Walk : Tasmania If you are interested in receiving information about hiking the beautiful Three Capes Walk in Tasmania as a gold or silver adventurous journey in April 2020 please email Ms Silburn for further details.

Linda Silburn, Coordinator of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award

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DEBATING NEWS Congratulations to our Year 10 debating team in their win against Redlands last Friday 13 September in the tie-breaker round of the SDN debating competition.The girls argued that ‘CEO’s should be held personably accountable for any environmental damage caused by their companies’.

We wish Jessica, Josephine, Olivia and Holly the best of luck tonight in the grand finals against Abbotsleigh.

Emilie Hamilton, Debating Coordinator

Sacramental ProgramA few students have expressed interest in completing the sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation and Eucharist during lunchtime in Term 4. If your daughter is interested in joining this program, please email names to me

Nicola Chin, Director of Mission

Mission


NAPLAN Results 2019The College always interprets NAPLAN results in context, which is that of a one-off test designed to give data on large groups rather than to specifically diagnose strengths and challenges in each domain for individual learners. NAPLAN results are used in conjunction with other assessment data to inform teaching and learning.

In Year 7 the majority of students scored in the top 4 bands in all domains of the test. There is a strength in reading and writing in this cohort. The College will continue to focus on all students achieving their predicted learning growth over the next two years and has a strong history in Year 9 of outperforming both Statistically Similar School Groups and State Schools in terms of both Average Scaled Growth and Expected Growth.

The majority of Year 9 students scored in the highest 3 bands in all domains in the testing. Both reading and writing is a significant strength for this cohort with 25% of students in the top 2 Bands for writing and 45% of students in the top 2 Bands for reading. The table below compares Year 9 results with Statistically Similarly School Groups (SSSG) and State Schools (SS) in terms of students in the top 2 Bands for Reading and Writing.

Domain SMC SSSG SS

Reading 45% 38% 25%

Writing 25% 20% 14%

The outstanding achievement for this groups stems from student growth – the most useful information for teaching and learning that comes out of the NAPLAN data. The graph below shows Stella Maris College compared with SSSG and SS in terms of scaled growth across all domains. (Stella Maris College is the green column, SSSG is black and SS red). This learning growth has been consistent for each Year 9 cohort at Stella Maris over the last 5 years. This clearly shows that the teaching and learning at Stella Maris College supports our students in achieving learning growth between Years 7 and 9 that exceeds the growth achieved by both SSSG and State Schools.

If you have concerns with regard to the NAPLAN results or your daughter's ongoing learning, please contact her Head of Year at the College. I also take this opportunity to remind parents of the myriad of opportunities available to your daughters in terms of academic support at the College. Flexible drop-in support is offered by the Inclusive Learning Department both before and after school and specific Maths support through Stellamatics. Stellamatics is available with a Maths teacher on scheduled lunchtimes and afternoons and additionally, the Stella Tutors are available free of charge in the Library every afternoon until 5.30pm to assist students with their work.

Brett Foster, Director of Innovative Learning

Curriculum


Sport

Jenny Wickham, Sport Coordinator

SPORT REPORTBasketballCongratulations to the Junior and Intermediate basketball teams who competed at the BBSSSA Championships in Terrigal on Thursday 12 September. Both of the Stella teams played very well, only losing one round game and progressing through to the semi finals.

In the semis, the Intermediate team had a strong win against St Josephs and progressed through to the grand final. The junior team had a very close game, losing by only 2 points to finish 3rd overall.

It was a very close grand final in the intermediate division against Mt St Benedict. The Stella girls played well, and were unlucky to lose by just 2 points. Well done to all members of both teams:

INTERMEDIATE Molly Crotty Beth Moran Lily Grenegar Jade Taylor Imi O’Gready Britney James Zoe * Brooke Smith Kayla Kimball

JUNIOR Cassaya Dayeian Sarah King Dallas La Torreca Leilani Cannon Charlotte Keating Niamh Fitzgerald Emily Ibarbaru Laila Perillo Grace Shanahan

AFL CongratulationsGreat news for Olivia Smith of Year 9. From a field of over 700 umpires in the state, Olivia has been selected to represent NSW/ACT as their Umpire for the AFL Grand Final and will be marching in the Grand Final Day Parade in Melbourne. She will be umpiring half time Auskick at the Grand Final so keep an eye out for her if you are watching!


Gail Hickey and Peta Creighton 9976 1819

[email protected]

Canteen and Uniform Shop

CANTEEN ROSTER Hours are 9.30am - 2.30pm If you are unable to attend on your rostered day PLEASE call Bernie to arrange a replacement on 9976 1826.

Mon 23 Sept Tues 24 Sept Wed 25 Sept Thurs 26 Sept Fri 27 Sept

Lynne GrewcoFreya Elliott

Sandra MarshallBernadette Hickey

Karen JosephSam Lynch

HELP NEEDED

Adele KellyLeoni GrahamJennifer WoodTania Dinneen

Brigid TysoeMichelle Malouf

Amanda WhiteheadHELP NEEDED PLEASE

Alison KellyElia Royle

Sandra BerrymanSam Fox

UNIFORM SHOP Opening Times During School Terms: 8.00am-4.30pm Tues/Wed/Thurs. Entry via Scholastica building on Eurobin Ave.

Second Hand Uniforms The Uniform Shop is now accepting summer dresses to be sold second hand. Please wait until early February to bring in winter uniforms.

Year 12 2020 BooklistThis is now available online at www.campion.com.au for the current Year 11 girls to order their Year 12 textbooks. Use the access code ENJ6. Orders are to be placed by 16 September to ensure home delivery for the start of Term 4.

Summer dresses These are now available for purchase. Some second hand dresses are available in limited sizes.

Year 10 2020 summer dresses Year 9 need to buy the senior dress for next year. We encourage the girls to come and buy their senior dresses between next week and end of October before we get busy in November with Year 7 2020 fittings.

The girls can come to the Uniform Shop before or after school or during lunchtime. Payment can be made by Student Card or credit card.

Uniform Prices Junior and senior dresses $80Cream socks $8Collapsible “Stella” umbrellas $15 Wool and cotton jumpers $72 Sport shorts $34Sport polo $43Previous style water polo costume (can be used for water sport) $65

Full Uniform and Stationery Price lists These are available on the website. Please refer to Enrolments>Our Uniform.

Volunteers No Volunteers required this week


Careers

Jeanette Ferguson, Careers Advisor

COURSE & INSTITUTION INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS & PARENTSMacleay College Launches Early Offers Program! Are students concerned about their ATAR? They shouldn’t be. Macleay College also offers diploma programs, which require no ATAR, and allow them to progress into a bachelor’s degree and still graduate within 2 years! Learn more here - https://www.macleay.edu.au/early-offers

Free "ACE the HSC" Seminars at UTS & Macquarie University November Start your HSC year on the right foot. Designed for both students and parents, our FREE ACE the HSC sessions prepare you for success at the start of your HSC (or preliminary) year. You can hear from our experts on effective study strategies, assessment techniques, stress management & more to help you excel over the next twelve months. Registration is essential: https://inspired.edu.au/ace-the-hsc

AFTRS School Holiday Courses Check out the range of courses available during the October holidays here https://www.aftrs.edu.au/course-types/school-holidays/. All workshops are taught by industry professionals using industry standard equipment and, where appropriate, are held in AFTRS’ state-of-the-art film, TV and radio studios. “I loved every minute of it. Given the chance, I would do it all over again!”

ICMS Opens New Campus City ICMS has recently opened a new campus in the heart of Sydney's business district, right near Central Station. As well as the campus in Manly, students enrolling for February 2020 will now have an option to attend specified business subjects in the city, subject to availability.

Camp America Information Sessions Camp America run monthly information sessions for the upcoming season. Work at a summer camp in the USA and gain invaluable experience and skills in leadership, responsibility and confidence to name a few. View all our upcoming events at www.campamerica.com.au/get-started/events Questions? Email - [email protected]

UNSW Women in Engineering Camp Applications now open! Students can now apply for WIE Camp, running 12-15 January, 2020. WIE Camp is a four-day residential experience at UNSW for female year 11 or 12 students to learn more about engineering and participate in hands-on workshops, industry site visits, career panels, and a networking function with professional engineers. For more info and to apply: unsw.to/wiefs or contact [email protected]

Kenvale College Hospitality & Events If you have a student who has a real passion for Event Management then our Get Real Events Experience program is for you. This is a partial scholarship program for Year 11 students (started year 11 in 2019). Our 10 finalists will be working in an events environment for a week. Entries now close on Fri 6th Dec 2019 Nov http://bit.ly/2018GREE For more info contact us on [email protected] or 9314 6213 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm).

Southern Cross University 2020 Scholarship Applications Closing soon Southern Cross University on-time scholarship applications close on 30/09/2019. Students complete one form to be considered for any scholarships they may be eligible for as they arise. Scholarships recognise academic, community and leadership achievements as well as disadvantage. Apply at www.scu.edu.au/scholarships


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TUITION BY QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS

Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Lower, Parriwi Rd, Mosman 2088 www.mhyc.com.au/sailing/learn-to-sail І [email protected] І (02) 8969 3116

START SAILING 1, START SAILING 2 & BETTER SAILING

All abilities and fitness levels (Years 7 - 12) - Session Times: 16:00 - 18:30

TERM 4 & TERM 1 SAILING

TERM 1 2020 - Wednesdays, 5th February to 25th March

(8 weeks)

TERM 4 2019 - Wednesdays, 16th October to 4th December

(8 weeks)

LEARN TO SAIL


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