CCW Newsletter October 30 2020

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CATHEDRAL COLLEGE WANGARATTA Fortnightly Newsletter

In this edition.....

Year 12 farewell Book Week photo gallery Heads of School reports The libraries are open!

An Irish Blessing Meg Allan Augustus Anagnostou Jan Barnard Megan Biddle Paige Blaine Sophie Bond Connor Bowers Sian Buckley Zac Calvert James Carmichael Jarryd Carr Hayley Cartwright Abbey Chapman Jasmine Clancy Jaylen Dale Billie Davern Zoe Davis Oscar Day Noah Dyer Sariah Ellem Jessie Ellis Arillian Fletcher-Blake Luca Gisonda Jacob Goodger Phoebe Grimwade Kyran Hagens Mitchell Harris Jackson Haw

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Max Hemphill Molly Heywood Benjamin Hordern Wil Hoskins Cooper Irwin Travis Jalenga Bethany James Kayleigh Jordan Emily Kay Tasman Kearney Jorja Kingston Oskar Major Jorja Marsden Keeley Marshall Mia Marshall Amelie McAsey Laura McKinnon Destiny McPhail Zach Mitchell Rachel Muller Lily Mullins Hannah Nikolic Isaac Pitches Oscar Plattfuss Emily Quirk Tim Seeger Jack Sleep

Nicole Smith Jade Spurgeon Lachlan Suffern Darcy Sullivan Imogen Taylor Eliana Teh Jesse Temple Max Thomas Aspen Thomas Aidan Thomson Brooke Thwaites Timothy Twitchett Alexander Van Gastelen Andre Vitti Emma Voogt Georgiana White Sarah Wilson Ariel Witts Selina Wooldrage Maggie Worley Bailey Yelland Reese Young

Farewell to these Cathedral families Farewell to the families of the following students:

Sophie Bond, Keeley Marshall, Eliana Teh, Jorja Kingston, Selina Woodridge, Reese Young, Gus Anagnostou, Isaac Pitches, Andre Vitti, Bailey Yelland, Ben Hordern, Jackson Haw, Arillian Fletcher Blake, Hannah Nikolic Hayley Cartwright, Aspen Thomas, Paige Blaine, Molly Heywood, Meg Allan, Jacob Goodger, Oscar Day, Tasman Kearney, Noah Dyer, Tim Seeger, Jan Barnard, Jessie Ellis, Nicole Smith, Billie Davern, Jade Spurgeon, Megan Biddle, Oskar Major, Jack Sleep, Jesse Temple, Aidan Thomson, Travis Jalenga and Wil Hoskins. .As our Year Twelve students leave us, so to do many families that have been part of our Cathedral College family, some for many, many years.

We hope that you remain a part of our community and continue to watch us develop and thrive. It has been a privilege to play such an important role in your child's life and we thank you for the trust you have placed in us.

Lachlan Suffern, Destiny McPhail, Darcy Sullivan, Emily Quirk and Sarah Wilson,

A very special mention to the The Quirk and McPhail families who are leaving us. Destiny and Emily have been with us since they commenced Prep in 2007.

We are a young school but we are at the point where CCW alumni will be a major focus for 2021 and beyond. Past students and families are an integral part of our College's culture, development and history and we value your contribution.

Once a Cathedralite, always a Cathedralite...................

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Cathedral College Wangaratta Old Collegians

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From the Principal MR NICK JONES

Joyful Buzz of the College Campus It has been a pleasure to see the College campus abuzz with the joyful sounds of students learning and playing together again during the past few weeks. Teachers have enjoyed the return of students to the classroom as computer screens have been put to one side and the personal interactions that we have missed so much returned to each classroom.

We continue to make amendments to our Term Four calendar as we confirm school events in line with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Please keep updated through our normal channels of communications for these important notices.

Year Twelve Farewell This week we have celebrated the final school days for our Year Twelve students. This culminated in the traditional fancy-dress day for all our graduating students. The Year Twelves enjoyed a breakfast prepared by their Homeroom teachers and The College Executive followed by a parade of the school grounds where the rest of the College was able to view their costumes and congratulate them on reaching this important milestone. The graduating class of 2020 then enjoyed their final assembly/graduation which was an emotional reflection and celebration of their time at Cathedral College. In my Farewell speech to the group, I acknowledge how tough this year has been for them and stated: ‘"I have no doubt that 2020 will be one of the toughest periods of time that you will experience in your life. You have, so far, met all the challenges that have been put in front of you. You are stronger, braver and more courageous than you know. Have the confidence that you can face any challenge that gets put in front of you and succeed. If 2020 can’t break you, nothing will. You now understand that life isn’t always going to be easy, there will be problems, roadblocks and challenges that gets put in front of you. Going through the hard times allows you to truly appreciate the good times, taking nothing for granted and expressing gratitude and love for everything that makes life so worthwhile.

You now understand and appreciate what is really important in life – the freedom to come together with friends and family, the freedom to go to school, to play, to learn, to work together. You understand that no matter how tough life can be, how down you feel – there will always be better days ahead, the sun will come up tomorrow and there is always light at the end of the dark tunnel."

I would like to say a huge thank you to the Graduating Class of 2020 for the respectful and dignified way in which they have said their goodbye to the College over the past week. We are extremely proud of each one of you and we wish you the very best of luck for your upcoming final examinations.

A reminder to the school community that next Monday, November 2 is a normal school day. After enjoying a public holiday for the Melbourne Cup, school will resume on Wednesday, November 3.

All the best.

From the Head of Junior School MR GREG NEWBOLD

Settling

back

into

school

is different for everyone.

Essentially, this year has actually had three separate starts, and we all know children find the starting school phase the most challenging, when they are re-learning what is required of them, what their teacher expects and how they operate their classroom, and how to socialise again with their friends.

Having three ‘starts’ to the school year is an unheard of previously, brand new scenario for everyone and with no previous knowledge from which to refer.

Term Four appears to be building momentum and the days rollicking by more quickly than at any other time of this year, and students are required to respond to this natural change in pace. Undoubtedly, being back in a more normal daily and weekly routine is a major factor in this; however, some of our students have settled remarkably well, whilst others are still finding their way.

Therefore, I thought I would take this opportunity to share some of the terms and strategies we use in some form or another in class to support students to help them grow emotionally, learn independently and regulate their behaviours. And because of the stop-start nature of the year, we are reminding and reintroducing them to the students in Term Four, whereas we normally would not need to do so.

Organise your mind, organise your body!

This means to firstly centre your mind to be in the moment – to listen actively, look at the person speaking and stay connected to what they are saying. It means avoiding distractions, not overly fidgeting or being physically preoccupied. It means having your body, whether sitting on the floor or on a chair, set up facing the speaker and within your own personal space. These actions enable the student to accept and take responsibility for their own learning and consequently help others to learn.

Knowing what to do, when you don’t know what to do!

There are always times in your daily life where you are faced with something you just don’t know. Just sitting, standing or avoiding this challenge does not solve it.

"Knowing what to do, when you don’t know what to do!’ is about being brave, making an attempt to find a solution even though it may be unsuccessful, having faith in making a decision or choosing an action and being prepared to find another strategy if the first one does not work"

The power of Yet! To maintain a positive growth mindset, the power of the word ‘yet’ is immense. Everything we know now and can do, for instance, walking, talking, riding, counting, bouncing and reading, at some stage of our life we didn’t know or couldn’t do it.

"Having self-respect, showing perseverance and accepting many things require grappling and hard work means you are well on the way to a positive mindset and understanding the power of yet".

The How To help support these themes, we use emotional regulation tables, single pictures on a lanyard, coloured wheels to represent feelings with the corresponding vocabulary (green = calm, composed, happy, cheerful; red = angry, irate, furious) and charts such as ‘First, Then’ and ‘I need a break’ to help students complete their tasks without being overwhelmed by having to remember too many instructions.

Sleep A number of our students have expressed that they are tired. Upon further questioning, some have shared how they’re not sleeping well, waking during the night and struggling to return to sleep, or even waking much earlier than normal. Interestingly, when they advise us they have slept better, their concentration, level of happiness and patience is noticeably improved. iPads, computers and television just before bed or for a significant amount of time stimulates the brain and can trigger restless and deprived sleep. Quiet reading, gentle music and a regular ‘going-to-bed’ routine enhances the quality of sleep.

Please feel free to contact your child’s homeroom teacher, Mrs Carden, our Junior School Chaplain or myself, if you would like further clarification or assistance.

Photo Gallery Return to School

Photo Gallery

From the Head of Middle School MRS BRIGID PERKINS Our Middle School students are definitely getting more used to the day-to-day routines of school life, as well as remembering and revisiting the community’s expectations in relation to their behaviours and interactions. Days and weeks are becoming very productive in the classroom and recess and lunch breaks are filled with many games of cricket, downball, football and chasey. The beautiful spring weather has allowed some classes to enjoy learning outside and all Physical Education classes have completed a cross country course to challenge and assess the students’ fitness throughout this week. It has been wonderful to see so many students back out there in their House colours and trying their best; especially in a year where we haven’t had the same opportunities to compete for our House and participate in front of our community.

Additionally, last week all Year Seven and Eight Homeroom groups were involved in workshops coordinated by Headspace, which focused on increasing their understanding around mental health and developing strategies to develop their mental fitness. Our students were very receptive to the messages and information presented and many found that it was a beneficial session for their individual development. All sessions were supervised by relevant Homeroom teachers and Wellbeing staff, which allowed for a very safe and respectful environment to be developed. Headspace is an Australian nonprofit organisation for youth mental health established by the Australian Government in 2006, which is currently setting up on office locally. They have many additional resources available on their website which may be of interest to families and students. As always, we will continue to monitor and aim to strengthen our student’s physical, emotional and social wellbeing throughout the term in a number of targeted sessions during their allocated Homeroom time.

Our online Parent/Teacher Interviews held on Tuesday evening was also another opportunity for our staff and parents to check in to evaluate how our students are traveling now that they have returned to school. These opportunities are always valuable, and it will be nice when we can return to face-to-face interviews in the future.

From the Head of Senior School MS LAUREN LEE

Farewell Year Twelve, Class of 2020

On Wednesday we were pleased to be able to farewell the Class of 2020 with a small but enjoyable graduation assembly. The students started the day in style, dressing up in a costume of their choice.

They enjoyed a breakfast together outside on the new basketball court and then took off for a lap around the school to show off their costumes and say goodbye to students from Prep to Year Eleven. It was wonderful to be able to get the students together to celebrate their final day at CCW and the students enjoyed sharing and hearing stories about their journey through school. There are many people who worked hard to ensure the students got a fitting send off and so to everyone involved we say thank you. We also thank the parents and friends of our Year Twelve Students. We know that you all would have loved to have been there to celebrate with your children but we hope that you enjoyed the recording. We now look towards the 10th of November when many of our Year Twelve students will sit the English examination. We wish them all the best as they finalise their preparations for their examinations.

Headspace sessions Over the last two weeks the Year Nine and Ten students have been involved in Headspace sessions which have encouraged students to talk about what mental health is. They also had a chance to share ideas around things that might hold them back from talking about their concerns as well as strategies for maintaining good mental health. It was also pleasing to see a number of parents attending the virtual information session last week and we hope that it provided you with some additional ways to support your young people.

From the Director of Studies MRS JULIE FINDLAY

“An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfilment.”

- David Attenborough We are so fortunate at Cathedral College to have wide open spaces for students to play and learn. We have new buildings and many well planned landscaped connecting pathways around the school. We are also incredibly lucky to have students who appreciate the beautiful environments they learn in and have near their homes.

This week students, across Years Three to Eleven were invited to attend a meeting if they were interested in environmental projects and issues, in the school, local area or further afield. We had a great deal of interest both staff and students.

Students suggested hands on activities within the school, projects partnering with local organisations and linking up with national organisations. We hope to embed the student’s ideas and interest into our curriculum and also provide additional clubs and group activities to act on their ideas in 2021.

Included in the student ideas were: • More native plantings and veggie beds • Better bike sheds • Evaluate water and power use at school • Future transport and fuel options • Composting • Management of waste • Single plastic use • School packaging • Raising awareness

Enviroweek

It is very exciting to have students wanting to make a difference and get involved in both hands on projects and discussions.

Next week many of these students have elected to participate in DEWLP discussions about the future climate impact on their local areas. This will be facilitated by staff and allow students to see their value of the environment is important.

In the words of one of our Year Ten students, Sarah Farley – “If we don’t do something we won’t be able to enjoy the environment and beautiful activities we enjoy”

CCW Climate Change Group Henry Lloyd 3D Jack Chittock 3D Emily Bussell 3D Layla Ibrom 3D Edward Brown 3D Amy Bouchier 4 O Imogen English 4 O Amelia McAliece 4 D Niki Kamankesh 4 D Leo Woodbourne 4O Imogen Mattey 6O Tahlia Dobson 9 C Tekka Lee Williams 9 C Josh Forbes 9 D Tom Briggs 9 C Jake Skahill 9C Georgia Massey 9C Kirby Clark 9D Ava Loughnan 9C

Tom Clayton 9O Charlie Grimwade 9C Isabel Best 9C Austin Harper 9C Eric Quinton 9 M Patrick Nielson 9 C Amelia Bongers 9 D Michael Twitchett 9C Max Pfarlett 9C Adam Greaves 9C Declan Llewellyn 9D Christina Coxhill 9C Charlotte Caling 10 D Indiah Fletcher Jackson 10 D Chloe Royal 11C Dean Luhan 11M Eliana Curtis 11D Justin Ritchens-Hall 11D Alex Friend 11D Joy Fan 11C Tess Palubiski 11C Mackenzie Guy 11M Emily Guy 11D

Enviroweek

Year Eight Magazine bowls

CCW Climate Change Group

Chaplains' Chat A Prayer for this Generation We wish our Year 12’s all the very best for the upcoming exams and every blessing for life beyond Cathedral College.

Let us Pray: Heavenly Father, ourlife is a gift from you, and you hold each generation in the palm of your hand.

Bless the Year 12 Class of 2020 at Cathedral College with your strength, your wisdom and your love.

We entrust them to you who in the days ahead will face examinations and finish their time at our school.

As we give thanks for the privilege of walking with them on their journey and for the contribution each has made to the life of our school, we are conscious of the particular uncertainty of these days.

Give to them all a confidence to face the future with its challenges and opportunities in the knowledge that their name is written on your heart, and in the certain hope of your deep and abiding concern for their well-being.

Give to them the courage to live this life to the full, with a joy that contributes to the joy of others and builds a world that reflects your Kingdom.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen Rev’d David Jones (Adapted from a prayer by Bishop Lindsay Urwin) - Reverend David Jones and Mrs Cathy Carden

Wellbeing Building resilience in children When we talk about resilience, we’re talking about a child’s ability to cope with ups and downs, and bounce back from the challenges they experience during childhood – for example moving home, changing schools, studying for an exam or dealing with the death of a loved one. Building resilience helps children not only to deal with current difficulties that are a part of everyday life, but also to develop the basic skills and habits that will help them deal with challenges later in life, during adolescence and adulthood.

To read further click here.

As part of the Grit and Resilience program community, we invite you to join us for a free online Community Workshop: "What do I say, What do I do?"

This opportunity is designed to increase understanding of bereavement by suicide, and to provide participants with basic support skills.

Please click below for more information and to register.

What do I say? What do I do?

Our wellbeing team

Ms June Stamp, College Counsellor, Rev David Jones, Senior School Chaplain, Mrs Cathy Carden, Junior School Chaplain

Headspace Sessions

In partnership with Headspace in Schools, the College has commenced Mental Health Education for Years Seven to Eleven during Homeroom over the next few weeks. These sessions are aimed at providing students with education related ted to understanding mental health and wellbeing and a focus on coping strategies to strengthen mental fitness.

From the library The Libraries are open!!

We are very excited that we have been able to re-open our Libraries to our school community, both for classes, and individual use.

While we were closed, the Library in the Junior School was refurbished, creating a brighter and more relaxed space. Miss Q will hold her Library classes in the Library once again, instead of operating a mobile library when she visited classes. This Library is also open again for activities at lunchtime.

The Library in the VCE Centre has opened up again for our Middle and Senior School students.

Students can once again browse the shelves to choose their reading material. The Reading Room is available to students again, too. While there are still some restrictions in place such as sanitisation, and limited numbers, students are welcome to use the Library as a class space, or individually during lunchtimes, before and after school, and of course, for private study.

Junior School Library

Senior School Library

Have our books over-stayed their time at your house?

We understand that remote learning interrupted routines and made it difficult to return library books.

However, now that everyone’s back on campus, please return any books from the School Library that have enjoyed an extended stay at your house. Many students have books that were borrowed from the Library several weeks, and even months ago. Please return these books so that other students have the chance to enjoy them too.

- Mrs Bernadette Quinn

Around the College Year Nine Social Enterprise These teddies are made from preloved socks.

They are carefully handcrafted and the white ribbon is tied in a bow to represent peace. the charity that we have decided to support is the foundation of beyond blue.

These teddies are a comfort item, this was purposely made to help people in a time of stress or can just be given as a gift to loved ones.

These will be available to purchase next week.

Details to follow - Abbey Melnyck.

Congratulations to the College's 'Masked Avengers' Year Nine Social Enterprise students Kate Rial, Felicity Lincoln, Sophie Morton and Tahlia Thomson met with Northeast Health Chief Executive Officer Tim Griffiths and Peter Sacco, Director of Programs for the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship, to discuss the wonderful success of their 'mask enterprise' project. $1,000 of profits have been donated to Illoura Residential Aged Care for the purchase of equipment. Well done!

https://shop.cathedral college.vic.edu.au/

LOTE This week, the Year Twelve German class celebrated their achievements with a German breakfast.

Everyone brought delicious food to share and spoke German to each other for the last time in class.

Some of the students have learned the language since they started in Prep at Cathedral College and are now planning to continue using it when travelling and studying in German-speaking countries in the future.

Emily Quirk: I’ve had the chance to learn German for the past 13 years and I couldn’t be more thankful. In 2018, I was able to go to Germany and discover more about the language and country, and I hope to go back in the future to visit the friends I made and, once again, experience the beautiful culture.

Sian Buckley: I have learnt German for 6 years now and I have really enjoyed it! The best part about learning German was the fact that I was able to participate in an exchange for 10 weeks in Austria and for those who get the opportunity I would 100% recommend. In the future if I get the opportunity, I would love to travel Europe and I plan to use my German speaking skills when I return to Austria and see my exchange partner and when I hopefully travel around Germany!

Lily Mullins: I've been learning German at school for 2 years. I hope that in the future I can use my German to study or work in a German speaking country.

Jan Barnard: I think that learning a second language is very important for one's development, it allows you to interact with more people and experience different aspects of the world. This is the reason why I chose to do German, I think it will play a vital part in my future as I plan on utilising it in Europe when I’m older.

ANSTO video conference with Year Eleven Physics Students learnt about the history of the radium girls who used radium paint to make glow in the dark clocks.Connie then used the radium watch as the radiation source to measure the strength of the radiation at distance and with lead shielding.

Students will use the data collected to graph their results and practise analysing results in preparation for their final outcome in Unit 2 Physics.

On Tuesday October 27th students in Year Eleven Physics completed an inquiry skills video conference with Connie Ladas from ANSTO (Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation).

The class had devised an experiment to test the effectiveness and penetrability of radiation when faced with distance and shielding designed to stop radiation and Connie conducted the investigation via video link and using the equipment from the ANSTO Education Centre in Lucas Heights in Sydney.

House Cross Country

Students from Prep to Year Ten participated in House Cross Country this week. Events took place during timetabled Physical Education classes with the students completing a course around our oval. Well done to all!

Before the school day...

Lunch time fun...

Community Connect

Wangaratta Magpies Try out link City Colts Cricket Club will be running a Woolworths Blaster cricket program for season 2020/21.

Junior Blasters is for those junior cricketers who are either just starting out or have done only a season or two.

As a guide Junior Blasters is suited to Preps – Grade 2. It is a fun session where everyone learns the skills of cricket and plays plenty of games.

Master Blasters is more game based and is for children who have played cricket for a couple of seasons but are not quite ready for underage junior competition.

Both sessions are run on a Friday night from 5.30pm at the Bill O’Callaghan Oval (Barr Reserve) under the direction of a Level 1 accredited coach.

First session will be on Friday 30th October.

Register via Playcricket.com.au, enter Wangaratta as location and select City Colts as the centre, or for more information please contact: Ross Moore 0409 186 640 or rmmoore@esc.net.au

Remembrance Day Competition - Wangaratta RSL sub-branch To further students appreciation and understanding of Australia’s Remembrance Day, the – Wangaratta RSL sub-branch are holding a colouring competition for students in Years Prep to Six. A selection of colouring sheets from each school will be displayed in the Post Office Arcade from 9th November till 16th November 2020.The school of each winning entry will be notified on 9th November. Sheets have been sent to school and will be completed in Art over the coming weeks.

Dates/Events and Reminders Term 4 - Weeks Five and Six

Week beginning November 2 (Week One) Monday November 2 Normal school day Tuesday November 4 Melbourne Cup Holiday Wednesday November 4 Year 9 Outdoor Education Hike - Feathertop JS, MS and SS Chapel Thursday November 5 Year 9 Outdoor Education Hike - Feathertop Friday November 6 Year 9 Outdoor Education Hike - Feathertop

Week beginning November 9 (Week Two) Monday November 9 Tuesday November 10 VCE examinations commence Wednesday November 11 Cobbler house assembly Thursday November 12 Friday November 13 Year One pizza evening - 5.00pm

Uniform Shop Opening Hours - Term Four Due to current restrictions, the uniform shop is operating by appointment only. Please click on the link to make an appointment:

Uniform appointment link Monday 8.30am - 1.45pm* Wednesday 8.30am - 1.45pm Thursday 8.30am – 4.00pm* Friday 8.30am – 1.45pm New Students by appointment