3 August 2018

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

Term 3 Welcome

Welcome back to Term 3. I hope that the holiday period was relaxing and that you were able to spend some quality time together as a family. Joining us this term are a number of new students and their families. Welcome to: Chase, Rosa, Jaidan, Tyler, Catrina and exchange student Margaux who is visiting from France. We welcome you all to our community and hope that your time with us is both productive and rewarding.

St James Feast Day

Last week, the College community gathered to celebrate the Feast of St James - our patron Saint. It was a wonderful occasion with Fr Howard celebrating Mass for us. Every year the College celebrates St James Feast Day by awarding two students (one from Year 5 and one from Year 9) with a Principal’s Award. This award is given to a student, who in all aspects of College life, has demonstrated a commitment to their Faith and Learning, demonstrates a positive and mature attitude, shows their peers and teachers mutual respect, encourages others and is safe in the school environment. These students have tried their best in both academic and non-academic activities and always Let their Light Shine.

Congratulations to Tori Direen in Year 5 and Thomas Reed in Year 9 who are the worthy recipients of the 2018 St James Feast Day Principal Awards.

Mary MacKillop Feast Day

Together with Sacred Catholic School Geeveston, we will be gathering at St James Catholic Church, Cygnet to celebrate the Feast of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop on Wednesday 8 August 2018 at 10:15am. Afterwards the schools will be spending the day together participating in a range of activities and sharing lunch. Good luck to our catering students who are preparing a special lunch for our staff and visitors.

Our College is one of many Colleges founded by the Sisters of St Joseph. Following the Josephite charism is when we acknowledge and try to emulate the devotion and dedication shown by Mary MacKillop to God. At the Penola Centre in South Australia, Mary MacKilllop is depicted with the following attributes:

• Deep spirituality and trust in God
• Love of family and regard for friends
• Sense of social justice and compassion
• Belief in consensus and cooperation
• Respect for the dignity of the individual
• Spirit of independence
• Charity to all regardless of religion, race or culture.

We continue to aspire to instill these same attributes at our College. Living and leading by the values of inclusiveness, humility and respect for the dignity of others, demands courage and the willingness to respond to the forces which propose a different way of being.

Uniform Review

The College Leadership and Advisory Board are currently conducting a review of the College Uniform. Parents should have received a copy of the Uniform Survey this week.

Advisory Board 2018

I am pleased to announce the members of the College Advisory Board for 2018:

Maree McQueen, Michael Rowe, Malcolm Thomas, Tanya Robbie, Jessica Daniels, Jason Schmidt, Mark Lee, Fr Devaraju Dusi, Kelly Du Bois and myself.

Thank you to these parents and friends of the College who have put their hands up for this position and supporting our wider College community.

God Bless, Allan Clark- Principal

General Notices

SMS Absence Notification

The College accepts SMS absentee notifications. Please SMS: 0488 863 246 with your child's name, grade and absent reason. Please save this number in your phone for future reference.

School Fees

Thank you to those families who have made fee payment arrangements and/or paid upfront for 2018.

School Fees are now due and if you do not have a payment arrangement in place or are experiencing financial difficulty which is impacting your ability to pay, you are required to contact the College Business Manager.

The College appreciates the sacrifices our families make for quality education and is here to support our families with these financial commitments, all conversations and payment arrangements are held in the strictest confidence.

For a confidential discussion please contact Kelly Du Bois (Business Manager) via 62 951 541 or email: kelly.dubois@catholic.tas.edu.au

Student Medical Detail Update

Please consider if your child's medical information has changed. If you haven't yet advised the school office, please do so. If you have previously supplied an epi-pen or other medication which may have since expired, please organise a replacement.

Little Lights – Birth to Four Program

College Facebook page

Join our College Facebook page just type in: @StJamesCatholicCollege in the Facebook search bar.

We are fundraising four our College Tour

With our St James Catholic College School Tour to New Zealand leaving in September we are putting out the call for volunteers to help us with fundraising on upcoming events with all money raised to help subsidise the cost of the trip.

Request for volunteers for upcoming sausage sizzles at Huonville Mitre 10

The fundraising team have secured the dates below to host a fundarising Sausage Sizzle at Huonville Mitre 10. If you can volunteer for a couple of hours between 10am-2pm on the dates below, it would be greatly appreciated. Students attending the NZ trip are encouraged to help.

Our Huonville Mitre 10 Sausage Sizzle dates are:

• Sunday 5 August
• Sunday 2 September

Please contact the College Office if you are interested in volunteering or donating.

Grocery Raffle

Another fundraiser underway is the Grocery Raffle.

The winner will receive a basket of groceries!

Thank you

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped at the recent BBQ at Mitre 10 including: Ken, Kelly, Ben, Luke and Sophie DuBois, Eva, Karen Newbon, Cec Katny, David and Maeghan Jernigan, Jess, Tamzin and Isla Direen and Pauline Dillon. Thank you also to the staff and students that supported us by purchasing an item on the day. Thank you to the staff at Huonville Mitre 10 who allowed us to facilitate this fundraiser. On the day, the Meat Raffle was drawn. Congratulations to Lindy Cordwell who was the winner of the prize!

Volunteers needed

Vinnies Winter Appeal

Happening at SJCC

Congratulations

Congratulations to Laura Flakemore and Anikah Jones who on Saturday 28 July, at Mass at St James Catholic Church, were baptised.

Science News

Congratulations to Blake Patmore (Year 10) who received the highest mark for Tasmania in the Year 9-10 category of the recent ASMR Schools Quiz. The ASMR Schools Quiz is a national quiz for students in Years 7-12 and is about medical research and biology. Well done Blake, your medical career is off to a great start.

Last term students from our College participated in the ICAS Science competition. Congratulations to the students below who earned a Merit award or higher. A Merit is given to students who achieve results ranked in the top 45% of Australia and a Credit award is given to students who achieved results ranked in the top 35% of Australia.

Year 7

Zac Curtain - Merit
Jake Downey - Merit
Ben Du Bois - Merit

Year 8

Tristan Taylor - Credit

Year 9

Callum Robbie - Credit

Year 10

Monica Robbie – Credit

Save the Date – Festival of Bright Ideas!

Students in Years 7 and 8 will be visiting the Princes Wharf Pier on Friday the 17th August for the annual Schools Day of the Festival of Bright Ideas. 'Science for the Curious and the Creative' is this year’s theme. This is a spectacular of interactive STEM experiences brought to you by the Tasmanian science community. This event aims to inspire an interest in Science and STEM through hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and everything in between.

This year there are many highlights including a talk by Josh Richards. Josh was selected from over 200,000 initial applicants as one of 100 astronaut candidates short-listed worldwide to permanently settle Mars with Mars One in 2032.

Family Day is held on the Saturday the 18th of August. More details can be found by following the link:

Permission notes will be handed out during roll call so make sure you have your permission form returned as soon as possible.

If there any parents of Year 7/8 students who are willing to volunteer their time to attend the event and supervise a group of 10-12 students please contact Christine Galbraith via email on christine.galbraith@catholic.tas.edu.au or contact the front office.

Note: Volunteers will need a Working with Vulnerable People Card.

Please visit:

Christine Galbraith- Event Organiser

Visit from Australia’s Youth UN Ambassador

St James Catholic College Year 9 and 10 students will have the opportunity to meet with the Australian Youth UN Ambassador on Monday 6 August from 2-3pm.

The role of Australia's Youth Representative for the UN involves travelling around Australia on a Listening Tour, consulting with young people and collecting their views. Upon finishing the initial consultation, Amos will then travel to the United Nations in New York and deliver a speech on behalf of young Australians at the UN General Assembly. Upon his return, the report will be delivered to the Australian Government, and the results relayed back to the communities consulted. This will be a wonderful opportunity for our students let their voices be heard.

Lunchtime in the Library

Lunchtimes are very busy in the library, with many activities on offer for students. Students can read books, play board games, learn to knit, colour in and so much more. Library is open each day at lunch - 1pm-1:35 pm.

Maths and HASS News

Late last term, Year 8 students undertook a cross-curricular project, combining concepts in HASS and Mathematics. Students were given the broad brief of selling a product that was to be sold from a stall. The only other guideline was that they had a window of time of only one lunchtime to set up, undertake business and pack up, ready for class at the end of lunch.

From the very outset, students demonstrated remarkable initiative and ownership, forming into working groups and developing their own ideas. The result was a pop-up extravaganza a la St James style. There was much amazement over profits made through the exchange of goods for cash. Of course, it was not just about the rustle of notes nor the jingle of coins; the students knew that they were taking a chance but that it was a calculated risk which they had all planned and marketed for.

At the close of business, over $400 was collected, with about half of that as profit after expenses were accounted for. The profit is to be donated to Caritas.

A huge congratulations to all students and staff involved for a high energy, highly successful event and for the skills and knowledge picked up along the way.

Faculty of Mathematics and HASS

From the Sports Desk

Best Wishes

Good luck to Harry Brereton who is part of the representative Tasmanian team for the School Sports Australia 2018 Cross Country Championships. Harry will be travelling to the Sunshine Coast to participate in this event on 23rd August to 28th August 2018!

Community Notices

Guilford Young College's 2018 College Musical!

Venue: Don Bosco Creative Arts Centre, Mill Lane, Glenorchy, Tasmania 7010

Synopsis: Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors is a delectable sci-fi horror musical with an electrifying 1960s pop/rock score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Seymour Krelborn is a meek and dejected assistant at a floral shop who happens upon a strange plant, which he affectionately names “Audrey II” after his crush at the shop. Little does he know that this strange and unusual plant will develop a soulful R&B voice, and an unquenchable thirst for HUMAN BLOOD. As Audrey II grows bigger and meaner, the carnivorous plant promises limitless fame and fortune to Seymour, as long as he continues providing a fresh supply of blood. Just when it’s too late, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s extra-terrestrial origins and his true drive for world-domination.