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Term 1, Week 11
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Thursday April 12, 2013
2013 Head of the River
I thank all parents who attended a meeting on Wednesday with Senior Campus Tutor Group teachers. For parents of students in Years 7-12 please organise a catch-up meeting if you have not had a chance to collect reports or speak with your son’s Tutor Group teacher.
From The Principal Dear Parents, Friends and Caregivers, Boys are as unique as snowflakes and melt just as easily. This week Deputy Principal Shaun Clarke and I attended a gathering of schools including CBC who are members of the international Coalition of Boys Schools. Dr Michael Kimmel a New York researcher, writer and sociologist on boys and masculinity said: Boys are as unique as snowflakes and melt just as easily. The Senior Campus end of term reports being sent home this week celebrates the diversity of talent with which our boys gift us. Please affirm their strengths and when challenging their areas of growth do so with directness and honesty but also with sensitivity and gentleness, for our boys do melt and they need our love, affirmation and direction.
Celebrating the achievements of Term 1 As Term 1 draws to a close I wish to thank the entire College community for the many blessings and following achievements of Term 1.
• CBC Inaugural ‘Rock School Champions’ in a multischools competition. • CBC Choir performs at the Governor Hindmarsh to a packed audience. • Dux assembly. • Parent Information Evening. • Easter liturgies and celebrations. • National Apology breakfast. • Student Leaders Retreat with Br Damien Price. • Principal’s tours. • Clipsal Week:
Whole school and Senior Campus
CBC Clipsal Fundraiser
• The implementation of the House system and its vertical aligning, building House identity and relationships within House and Tutor Groups.
Duke of Edinburgh camps Athletics trials
• Employment of new key roles within the College:
Christian Service Learning
Human Resource Management; and Assistant Principal Vision and Innovation. • Near completion of the CBC Adelaide City Electro Technology Trade Training Centre.
Retreats
Year 12 Study seminars.
• Staff EREA Spiritual Formation - Galilee and Mt Sinai Programs. • World’s Greatest Shave.
• Leadership Team Retreat at Glenelg.
• Harmony day.
• College Board Mass and Dinner where we welcomed new Board members Ms Marisa Riccio and Mr John Godwin.
• Stage 2 Business and Enterprise guest speakers.
Inclusive Community
Our community is accepting and welcoming, fostering right relationships and committed to the common good.
Faith Excellence Community Compassion
• Music under the Stars parent evening. • Head of the River Regatta.
• Completion of the roll out of laptops to all students in years 7 to 12 and the introduction of E-books in Mathematics - Years 7, 8, 9 and Science Years 7, 8 and 10 - organised and supported by the Library and IT staff. • Intra-House Volleyball competition. • House Liturgies.
Counsellor’s Corner Fear and Anxiety Fear and anxiety are part of our lives occasionally. A healthy fear protects us from danger. We would be totally vulnerable to our surroundings was it not for the information that fear gives us. We need to be a little anxious to do our best in difficult circumstances e.g. make a speech or take a risk to start a new job. Fear and anxiety without adequate reason, are unhealthy and lead to sadness and negativity. A positive approach is expressed so beautifully in the prayer in the Mass after the Our Father “...free us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope...” (former translation) Br Michael Flaherty Counsellor
Junior Campus • Student Leaders induction.
Persian
Mojtaba Ahmadi,, Mozafar Rahimi, Jawad Mirzai, Jawid Mirzaie, Mohammad Noori and Abdullah Bakhtyari.
Spanish
Santiago Bal, Gabriel Torres, Maximiliano Vasquez and Dylan Cordero.
French
Suliman Gamar
Polish
Filip Gorczynski
Vietnamese Tuan La
• Easter hamper collection.
Japanese Nathan Lobo and Leonardo Mucci
• Sacramental candidates presented to Cathedral parish.
Hindi
• House activity days. • Chinese New Year celebrations and Chinese calligraphy. • Pancake Day.
Sohan Pramod
Christian Outreach It is always a proud moment to receive accolades for our CBC community. I received the following letter from Mr Ian Cox the Director of the Hutt Street Centre this week:
• PAT M testing Years 3-6.
Dear Staff and Students,
• Lawn bowls, Futsal soccer.
I would like to thank you sincerely for your wonderful gift of Easter eggs to the Hutt Street Centre.
Community Children’s Centre • Nominated for Early Childhood Service of the Year. • Children Bollywood dancing. • Ananse stories (traditional Ghana story telling). • $800 raised for the Centre from Clipsal. • St Patrick’s Day and International Language day celebrations. • International Boo Day celebrations with a fancy dress.
Many homeless and disadvantaged individuals and families visit our Meal Centre to celebrate Easter with us and it is a wonderful sight to see their faces light up when they receive a special, unexpected gift. Understanding that a group of students has made an effort to collect and donate Easter eggs just for them makes it doubly special.
Winter Uniforms for new Students
• Harmony Day Lunch.
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Each day the Hutt Street Centre supplies hundreds of meals and is able to offer shower and laundry facilities and clean clothing to the many disadvantaged people in our city. We can also assist those who need help with health, social and legal needs.
All new students to the college are required to make an appointment with the Uniform Shop for their Winter uniform as soon as possible.
Congratulations also to the following students who have received their Duke of Edinburgh Awards:
We see a lot of people who are in crisis. Sometimes it can be help just to know someone cares.
To avoid queuing please book as soon as possible.
• Staff workshop on using big books.
Silver: Alexandros Vlassopolous - Gatsios and Oliver Megans. Bronze: Suraj- Vrindavan Anil, Sam Warren, Jamie Williams, George Wong, Luke Yates, Tyler Yeadon, Vincent Yin, Daniel Howe, Ryan Psaila, Alexander Hamam, Jordan D’Agostino, Mozafar Rahimi, Lam Nguyen, Brayden Dwyer, Dan Nguyen, Nicholas Adams, Billy Koutsouliotis and Troy Nicholson.
Staff News I am pleased to announce the following staff changes for Term 2:
Uniform Shop Holiday Trading hours The Uniform Shop will be closed between Monday 15 and Friday 19 April. Opening on Monday 22 April - 8.30am - 5.00pm Wednesday 24 April - 8.30am - 5.00pm Friday 26 April - 8.30am - 5.00pm Normal trading hours resume: Monday 29 April 2
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• Long Service Leave in Term 2: Mr Noel Karcher and Mrs Maria Catalano. • Welcome back from leave Mr Tony Carrierri and Mr Paul Hicks. • Farewell to Mr Andrew Edge Music teacher and Mr Adam Jacobs who complete their contracts at CBC. • Mrs Wen Ben is on Maternity Leave later in Term 2. • Farewell to Mr Clarke and Mrs Barreira who represent CBC in China over the holidays.
Languages The College languages and culture programs are exceptionally well supported by students. In addition to our students who study Italian and Chinese from Reception through to year 12 we also have a number of student’s studying languages off-campus. I therefore proudly acknowledge the following students currently studying languages at the School of Languages in 2013
Conclusion Finally I wish every blessing to all families for a safe and happy Term break. We look forward to the return of all students on Monday 29 April.
Mr Noel Mifsud Principal
Christian Brothers College
OPEN DAY 11am - 2pm, Sunday 19 May 2013
From The Deputy Principal Australia In The Asian Century In 2012 the Australian Government released the white paper entitled “Australia in the Asian Century”. The white paper provided a roadmap for businesses, government, education and community services to build a strong relationship with our Asian region. If, as a country, we are going to continue to grow within our region we need to be innovative, to have strong alliances with Asia with all our institutions, including education, and become a country that is Asia-literate. Since 1945, about one million migrants have settled in Australia each decade. Few nations have absorbed so many migrants as a share of their population in such a short period. In all, Australians identify with about 300 ancestries and speak as many different languages and observe a wide variety of cultural and religious traditions. Of the five million overseas-born people living in Australia, almost two million were born in Asia. Today one in ten of Australia’s population identifies with Asian ancestry. In fact, in 2010-11 for the first time in Australian History, Britain was not the main source of new permanent migrants and more people moved to Australia from China than any other country. We now have more speakers of Chinese languages in Australia than speakers of Italian or Greek. This growth in migration to Australia has seen both China and India triple their share of the global economy and become the biggest producers of goods and services and also the world’s largest consumer of them. This growth has also stimulated a need in education and now Australia has over 550,000 Asian students who study in our educational institutions. Likewise, some thirty per cent of our outbound Australian students study in Asia. These changes over the past thirty years in our relationship with Asia have brought about a need for all our students to be Asia-literate, that is, have an awareness of Asian culture, language, customs,
economies and politics. The white paper states “Australia needs to equip our students with the knowledge and understanding of the nations in Asia they need to be active in this region.” The Australian Government has laid down the foundations for this especially through the Australian Curriculum. This requires all schools to integrate Asia within our curriculum to improve our understanding of Asia and the acquisition of Asia-relevant capabilities. Learning about Asia doesn’t mean changing all curriculums but to ensure that there is an Asian focus in some of the topics that are studied. Three years ago the college made a commitment to study Mandarin (Chinese) at Christian Brothers College with the employment of Mrs Wen Ben. This year the college has expanded our commitment of Chinese with our second Chinese teacher Mrs Jie Zhu, teaching mainly in the Junior Campus. In the next two years we will introduce Chinese language into the senior level of the college. In 2012 our inaugural study tour of China occurred with students from both Year 9 and 10 visiting schools and visiting significant cultural locations on mainland China. This year Mrs Kaylene Barreirra is participating in the China Bridge Program. This is a program where a teacher from Australia teaches in a school in China sharing Australian culture with the Chinese students and in turn the Chinese teacher then visits an Australian school to teach Chinese culture. Mrs Kaylene Barreirra will be teaching at Boshan No.7 Middle School, Boshan District and Zibo City, Shandong Province during this holiday break. She will be establishing a partnership between our schools. Likewise, I also will be visiting China during the Term 1 break to attend the Principal and Leaders study tour with Principals and Deputy Principals from the Catholic Education Office. We will also be signing a contract with Shanghai No. 8 Senior High School. Both partnerships will provide an opportunity for our school to develop a strong network with the two Chinese schools with students eventually visiting each school. (A copy of the contract below) Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her foreword of the white paper states: “This White Paper is a plan to build on our strengths and shape our future. It calls on all us to play our part in becoming a more Asia-literate and Asiacapable nation”.
Mr Shaun Clarke Deputy Principal
INTERNATIONAL
NIGHT
CBC Parents and Friends are hosting the International Night, this is a bi-annual event which will be held this year on 1st June. Historically this is an event for all the family where our multicultural community comes together to celebrate our diversity.
2013 School calendar Term 2, Week 1 Mon 29 Apr
Term 2 Commences Year 8 Immunisation Year 9 & 10 Immunsiation
Tues 30 Apr
Hurley Liturgy Walsh Liturgy
Wed 1 May
WHOLE SCHOOL PHOTO
Thurs 2 May Back Up day for Whole School Photo Fri 3 May
Feast Day (Fr Kevin Hennessy) R -1 2 House Colour Day (lesson 6M, 7 & 8) 3 May – 5 May – Generations of Jazz
Week 2 Mon 6 May Tues 7 May
Blood Donation Smith Day (JC) 12 noon P&F Meeting
Wed 8 May
Blood Donation Student/Parent/Teacher Interview (SC)
Thurs 9 May P&F Mother’s Day Stall (JC) WSA – Rowing Information Evening 6.30pm Fri 10 May
P&F Mother’s Day Liturgy & Morning Tea (JC) Casual Day (P&F) MC SRC Meeting SC SRC Meeting
Sun 12 May
Mother’s Day
Week 3 Mon 13 May Tertiary Studies & Career Expo CBCOC Meeting Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming Tues 14 May Blood Donation NAPLAN Tests Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming Sacrament Workshop Spotlight Seminar 4.30 – 5.30pm Wed 15 May Blood Donation NAPLAN Tests Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming Thurs 16 May NAPLAN Tests Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming Gifted and Talented Student Conference, Year 10 - 12, Concordia College
The 2013/2014 ™ Entertainment Book is now available for pre-order. Get bonus vouchers with your preorder. Contact the Finance Office for further details.
We are looking for enthusiastic people who like to cook and share their cultural food with the wider school community by becoming a stall holder. Past stalls have included an Aussie BBQ, Brazilian, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Indo-Fijian, Irish, Latin American, Polish, Vietnamese and others. There are also other tasks required to make this event a success so please come on board, meet other members of the CBC community and have some fun. For more information please call Margaret Salagaras on 0417 881 446.
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O’Brien House – News from the Lion’s Den Over the past month O’Brien Tutor Groups conducted a number of intrahouse competitions. Winning a competition earned 6 points for the tutor group, whilst coming second earned 5 points, etc. The tutor groups competed against each other in a volleyball tournament to determine which Tutor Group will represent O’Brien House in the up-coming Interhouse Volleyball Final. Dori Lopresto’s class ODLO won and we now direct our encouragement toward them for the final. Over Lent, tutor groups also assembled Easter baskets for the needy. The class that was adjudged as producing the best basket (on the basis of content, weight, size variation and quality) was Michael Spudic’s (OMSP).
Also over Lent, tutor groups collected money for Project Compassion and this money was used for two competitions. The first was for a coin line in which tutor groups constructed a line from the coins they had collected. Given that there are 6 tutor groups and O’Brien has 6 letters, it was decided to allocate a letter to each tutor group and they spelled the name O’Brien with their coins. The accompanying picture shows this, but the ‘N’ was too long to fit! The winning tutor group for this was ODLO. Finally the amount of money raised was factored in and Hilary Flynn’s OHFL class had collected the most. The total raised by O’Brien House (over what was effectively just 2 weeks) was a wonderful $492.70. After tallying all points from all competitions, OHFL was the winning house. It was rewarded with a pizza lunch. Mr Matthew Crisanti Head of O’Brien House
Congratulations John Martinez Congratulations to John Martinez (Year 12, SLDU) who came second out of 70 competitors in the Murray Man Triathlon in Barmera. On a hot 39 degree day, John completed a 1km swim, 40km bike and a 10km run. John started triathlon in October 2008 aged 13. He was a swimmer before that. He qualified for the Schools State Team in February 2009. The national event was held in Devonport. In 2010 it was in Adelaide, 2011 in Redcilff, Queensland, 2012 in Busselton, WA and this year in Penrith, NSW. This year’s event was held from the 2nd April to 5th April. John has qualified every year that he has been in Secondary school for SSSSA. John enters many other events around the state and interstate and also competes in running races, aquathlons and duathlons. He is currently the National 17 year-old Age Champion for for Dualthlon - Running and Bike. John trains 10 to 12 time a week and works as a lifeguard in addition to his studies at CBC.
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Year 12 Holiday Sessions
Monday
One of the core values of the school is the pursuit of Excellence. To assist in this, the following holiday revision seminars have been organised by subject teachers. In addition to this, it is a clear expectation of the College that Year 12 students should be using some (not all) holiday time to consolidate their Stage 2 Studies. This could include:
Week 1 (15 – 19 April)
IPP 10am-1pm Library (Miss Helps)
• Completion of subject course work and assignments
Tuesday Legal Studies 10am-12pm OB206 (Mrs Zwolski)
Students do not have to wear school uniform although they must sign in/out at the Front Office before and after the sessions for OH&W reasons.
Week 2 (22 – 26 April)
Maths Apps 1:30-3:30pm H201 (Mr Absolon)
Any questions please feel free to contact me khelps@ cbc.sa.edu.au
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Drama Act 1 Cast 9:30am12:30pm
Drama Act 2 Cast 9:30am12:30pm
All Cast 1:30-4:30pm (Miss Harman)
All Cast 1:30-4:30pm (Miss Harman)
Maths Apps 1:30-3:30pm H201 (Mr Absolon)
Maths Apps 1:30-3:30pm H201 (Mr Absolon)
• Summarising and organisation of notes • Practice past exam papers
Wednesday
ESL 11am-1pm (Mrs Chambers) Maths Apps 10am-3pm R106 (Ms Donnon)
ANZAC Day Holiday
Miss Krystle Helps On Behalf of the Heads of House
Australian Brain Bee Competition On 17 March, my Year 10 Advanced Science class participated in the first of three rounds of the online Australian Brain Bee Competition organised by the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland. The students in rapid time studied the 60 page booklet, “Neuroscience – Science of the Brain” by the British Neuroscience Society and the Dana Alliance from which 35 multiple-choice questions were derived for the quiz. The competition aims to capture student interest in brain research and highlight the importance of this research to society. The Australian Brain Bee Challenge began in Queensland and Northern New South Wales in 2006, spread to high schools across Australia and New Zealand, and is now recognised by the International Brain Bee competition held in the United States. Successful winners of the local competition are invited to participate in the international competition. We wish our boys success to move onto round two.
Please complete and return (with payment) to the Senior Campus Finance Office. Payment can be made with cheque (payable to Christian Brothers College) or credit card. For payment information please call 8400 4207.
Total Money enclosed: $ ..........................................
Family (2 Adults, 2 Children) @ $55 each Children (Under 10) @ $5 each
Children (Under 18) @ $14 each Adults @ $20 each
Entertainment provided on the night: raffles run. Limited tickets available. For information, contact Mrs Margaret Salagaras on 0417 881 446.
A huge array of multicultural cuisine will be on offer and bar facilities will be available.
Number of Tickets:
Come and sample a range of foods from all corners of the globe!
I wish to make a table of .............. people (up to 10).
6:30pm for 7:00pm start CBC Centenary Gymnasium
Son’s Tutor Group:..........................
Saturday 1 June 2013
Name:................................................................................................................................
Dr Chistopher Holden
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From the Counselling Team Angry Teens Teenagers, like all of us, get angry. Often, while they are angry, they do things that hurt, disappoint and frustrate us. And so sometimes our response is to try to reduce and diminish their anger. It is understandable that we do this – but mostly it doesn’t work. Anger is in-built into our brains. At a biological level, human beings are designed to get angry. Trying to stop anger is like trying to stop breathing. The clear message we need to send teens about anger is this: it’s okay to be angry, it is normal to get angry, and we can’t stop ourselves getting angry. Let’s live with that, and let’s accept it. Now, what can we control? One simple thing: what we do while we are angry. In other words, we accept the emotion, the thoughts and the feelings - but not necessarily the behaviour. When I work with teenagers in helping them deal with their anger I help them see the biological origins of it. I help them recognise and observe it when it creeps up. I try to help the teenager take the role of scientist/ observer in dealing with their anger, helping them identify and label it – and importantly – accept its place in their lives. Then we work on what to do when angry. I talk with teenagers about what has worked in their lives and what hasn’t. I talk through the psychological research which tells us about how displays of aggression normally turn people off, and make us feel worse. We come up with alternatives. D – D – D stands for distance, distraction and (playing) detective. Distance means creating space and time between us and the thing/situation/person that makes us angry. Distraction means avoiding the temptation to dwell/analyse/ dissect and ruminate on the thing that has made us angry, and instead deliberately filling our mind with other information and topics. Playing detective means turning our attention to what is underneath our (or others’) anger. Hurt, embarrassment and fear are usually just below the surface anger. When we address these feelings in ourselves and others, anger often dissipates. We all struggle with anger. And remember that young people have brains that fire up emotionally faster and operate far more impulsively than ours do. We need to help teenagers choose constructive ways of dealing with angry behaviour, and sometimes we need to make the choice for them. Most of all, we should treat teen anger in a matter-offact, sympathetic but non-permissive manner. This means expecting anger to occur and not acting shocked or offended by it. It’s not about us. It also means being empathic. It’s a hard, long, learning process that teens are experiencing. Don’t you remember the rage of being restricted – being controlled – yourself? And it also means providing boundaries for the teenager about what is okay and what isn’t. They need and want this from us. Thank goodness teens get angry sometimes. This means they are passionate, that they care and that they want the best for themselves. Their anger is a sign of their humanity. Reprinted with permission: Kirrlie Smout Ms Jane Gaynor From the Counselling Team 6
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Recently, the Year 11 Legal Studies students attended an excursion to parliament in order to cement their understanding of the function and role of a state parliament by observing it in practice. We were privileged to be guided around Parliament by the Hon Rachel Sanderson, Member for Adelaide, who explained much of the history associated with the South Australian Parliament. The students also observed Question Time and listened to politicians debate issues pertinent to our state, and on that day those discussions focused mainly on the Holden job cuts. Mrs Lucyna Zwolski Legal Studies Teacher
Keeping The Roof Over Your Head Today – Tomorrow – The Future Easing the Pressure
Three free sessions for tenants and homeowners Centacare’s Wodli program is offering a course for people who are facing difficulty in maintaining tenancies or home ownership due to personal or financial circumstances. All you need to know about your rights and responsibilities as a tenant to give you the tools to keep your property. Are you feeling constantly challenged by conflicts in the home? Develop clear boundaries and look after yourself. Take control of your financial commitments.
Giveaways at each session Where: Centacare - Emmaus House 33 Carey Street, Salisbury Time: 9.30am – 12noon Cost: Nil
Duration: (all sessions to be attended) Session 1 – Wednesday 15th May 2013 Session 2 – Wednesday 22nd May 2013 Session 3 – Wednesday 29th May 2013
A crèche is also available free of charge. Bookings for the course and crèche are essential. Please contact Centacare on 8250 3694
Walsh House students at Government House in support of Red Cross
The Governor, His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR took time to chat with some of our students as did Mrs Scarce on the day. We thank them both for their time and for graciously permitting photographs taken on the day to be published in the CBC Newsletter.
Walsh House has enthusiastically supported the Red Cross, our charity, this year with contributions to Red Cross Calling Day and most recently assisting them in hosting in the Government House Open Day last Sunday 7 March 2013.
Blood Donations
I wish to thank these students and their parents for giving up their Sunday to volunteer for this worthy cause for Red Cross: Phan Nguyen, Andy Yin, Chris Binyon, Brian Wilson, Leon Kasperski, Corey Sommers, Bradley Graham, Darcy Thompson-Bagshaw, Rhys Nihill, Michael Petrilli and Alexander Pfitzner (a member of O’Brien House but now formally adopted as an honorary member of Walsh House for his contribution). My thanks to you all. The students collected money at the entrance, helped in the various stalls and certainly brought credit to their House and Christian Brothers College. Many of the public recognised the uniform and commented on their contribution as did Red Cross and Government House. I also wish to acknowledge that many of the student volunteers also opted to do extra “shifts” on the day. Parents deserve a special mention for transport duties on the day. A supportive acknowledgement from Red Cross representative Ms Carolyn Dimesh, Member and Red Cross Calling Manager, who also addressed the school assembly last Friday, said of the students on the day; “Thanks so much to you and all the boys yesterday, the day was a great success and we really appreciate the boys giving up their Sunday to support Red Cross.
This is Walsh House next big project to get as many students, staff and parents to donate blood in Weeks 2, 3 and 4 of Term 2. After all, we do want to retain the Red Cross Award for the seventh consecutive time, so roll up your sleeves! This selfless contribution is open to all students 16 years and above.
Tutor Teachers – Parent Meeting Thank you for your attendance. I hope that you have gained some insights regarding your son’s academic progress and wellbeing as we work collaboratively to guide them in the remaining terms. The Walsh Tutor teachers and I will continue to monitor your sons. Should you have any further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me at gjalleh@cbc.sa.edu.edu.au. I will endeavour to pass your concerns on to the Tutor Teachers or address your concerns directly. Just a reminder that Subject-Teacher Parent interview will occur in the second week of Term 2.
Long Service Leave – Mr Noel Karcher We all wish Noel a well deserved break as he begins LSL in Term 2. Walsh House will sorely miss his presence but wish him and his family well. I wish all Walsh students, “Happy Holidays”. See you all again, safe and sound, next term. Mr Gary Jalleh
Head of Walsh House
Thanks again for all your support and I also wanted to add that it was an absolute pleasure working with the boys, they were all exceptionally polite and wellmannered and an absolute credit to CBC.”
Above: Bradley Graham (Left), Rhys Nihill and Darcy Thompson Bagshaw (Middle) and Michael Petrilli (Right). Below (from Left): Leon Kasperski, Callum Leaney, Chris Binyon, Brian Wilson, Andy Yin, Phan Nguyen and Corey Sommers.
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Smith Day The inaugural Smith Day was held on the 9 April. This is the 14th anniversary of the death of Br EG Smith, therefore a significant time for the members of Smith House. The boys gathered in the Western Yard for a team building game followed by a prayer for the life of Br Smith and grace before the boys feasted on sausages, cake and a drink. The team building game involved the class moving by relay 6 Litres of water between two buckets. The winning class was won by SJRO in a time of 48s and 5.5 Lt. The House Assistants were true leaders on the day. They set up the games, cooked and served the BBQ and managed to fairly allocate 11 kg of sausages, 7 loaves of bread, 3 slabs of cake and 12 dozen cans of drink.
Brother Smith Ernest Smith was born near Warrnambool, Victoria on the 15 November 1910. He was educated by the brothers at St Mary’s, Geelong and took his first vows as a brother in 1928. In 1929 he moved to St Laurence’s, Brisbane to start his teaching career. Br Smith commenced at CBC in 1956 and taught here until 1967. Br Donaghue and Mr Karcher are two of his pupils. Br Smith continued to teach in Melbourne and Hobart until 1975 when he retired from classwork and became the librarian at St Virgil’s, Hobart. A role he held until 1986, when he retired from all school activities. With failing health Br Smith moved to the Brother’s Edmund Rice Hostel in St Kilda and passed away on 15 November 1999. We give thanks for the life of Br Smith and use his pursuit of excellence as an inspiration for us all. O Lord, the God of mercies, grant unto the soul of Your servant, Br Smith, on this day the 14th anniversary day his death, a place of solace, of peaceful rest, of glorious light. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. Mr Michael Lucas Head of Smith House
“Scientia Purpurea” Year 8 Students launch Science Journal Einstein once said: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
It is this attempt to understand the mysterious which is at the heart of what makes Science such a wonderful subject of pursuit for our students and so satisfying to teach. Certainly one of the challenges of teaching is to nurture the students’ natural curiosity and provide them with the tools to independently investigate and explore a broad range of concepts and ideas that have personal, local and indeed even global significance. Whilst tackling the body of knowledge and requisite learning of the Australian Science Curriculum I believe it is important to also encourage the students to relate that classroom and laboratory content to the realities of their own lives and so assist them in becoming critical thinkers and confident problem solvers. To this end our Year 8 Scientists have put together the first two volumes of “Scientia Purpurea” (Purple Science).This Science Journal presents a compilation of articles written by the students on topics, with a common theme of Science, but with a scope of investigation that stretches from the mystery of Dark Matter, to the magic of BMX Riding, from the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life to an understanding of a Swinging Cricket Ball. The journal has been put together by an editing committee of Year 8 Science enthusiasts including Tate Henderson, Jack Meaker, Will Strange, Sam Chapman and Nicholas Nilson. I would like to thank the committee members for their academic leadership and generosity of time and energy in producing our first two tomes. It is our vision that Year 8 classes of the future will pick up the mantle and make “Puniceus Scientia” a valued ongoing tradition as part of our College mantra of academic excellence and indicative of our desire for our students to “pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe”. Mr Stephen Clohesy Year 8 Science Teacher 8
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To that end I have organised the highly respected “Mark Le Messurieu” to address a parent forum on 26 June at 6.30pm next term. Be sure to pencil in your diary ‘Building Resilience in Children’.
Assistant Principal - Junior Campus Dear Parents/Caregivers and Friends It’s hard to believe we have come to the end of Term 1 already. So far this year we have had Parent/ Teacher/ Student Interviews, PAT M testing, Egg/bacon breakfast, Pancakes, Class Parent Rep Morning Tea, New Parents, Welcome, Student Inductions, Holy week Remembrance Liturgy, Sacramental students, as well as our move to Dom Polski during Clipsal, whilst developing outstanding Teaching & Learning programs across all year levels. I have been delighted to see many of the students getting interested in a number of clubs and leadership groups such as Social Justice Action Group, Breakfast Club, Maths Enhancement Club and SRC this term. Particularly pleasing has been the significant involvement in co-curricular programs aptly coordinated by Mr Mike Buttfield. This week our teachers conducted their parent/teacher/ student conferences. Again if you were unable to attend please arrange another mutually suitable time to meet. Our students in Years 3-6 also took part in the PATM testing. All results collated – along with NAPLAN (National Partnerships Programs in Numeracy and Literacy) results will go toward giving CBC vital data on the numeracy & literacy ability of our students and will allow us to undertake some longitudinal studies over time. This term I have been spending time in classrooms, which has been a great experience. Just watching students interacting with different teachers, initiate their own learning activities and evaluate their progress is incredibly rewarding. With so much change on the educational horizon it is important for all of us as parents and educators of emerging young people to reflect on what we do at home and in the classroom and most importantly why we do it. The focus for us at school is to encourage students in learning, especially through real life experience, whilst remembering to incorporate the learning tools that are such a big part of their lives.
In recent weeks I have also had a number of concerned parents contact me about dealing with Cyber bullying and incidences in using IT at home. We have arranged for SAPOL to come out in Week 3, 15 May from 6.30-7.30 to address parents and give some very pertinent information about being cyber savvy. This is a must for every family; please ensure you register for both parent forums as they both will be very informative. I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday; I know our staff in the Junior Campus will be looking forward to some well-deserved rest and relaxation. Wishing you God’s blessings.
Reminders for Weeks Ahead • Term 2 commences Monday 29 April.
Term 1, Week 11 Reception Purple
Tiger Nanda
Year 1 White
Seth Christensen
Year 1 Purple
Curtis Hefford
Year 3 Purple
Dylan Heinrich
Year 5 White
Josef Curtale
Year 6 Gold
Luke Conti
Year 6 White
Sohan Pramod
• 1 May – Whole School photo – Blazers/winter uniform worn by all • 3 May – Feast Day Mass • 7 May – Junior Campus Smith House Day (wear house shirts) • 9-10 May – Mother’s Day stalls • 10 May – Casual day • 13-17 May – Year 1 & 2 swimming • 14 -16 May – Naplan Testing • 15 May – Cyber Safety Parent Forum 6.30pm
Canteen Volunteers Urgently Needed
• 21 May – JC Photo Day
The Junior Canteen is open daily from Tuesday through to Friday and Lisa would love some help! If you are able to assist in the Canteen, please contact Lisa on 8400 4222, ext 118.
Mrs Frances Zubreckyj Assistant Principal - Junior Campus
The Senior Canteen is open Monday to Friday and would also appreciate some help. If you are able to assist, please contact Penny direct on 8400 4240.
• 17 May – Naplan catch up day • 19 May – Open day • 20 May – Cyber Safety workshops Years 3 – 6 students
We greatly appreciate any time you have to spare.
Schools have to deal with the education of their students. The wellbeing of every child a CBC Junior Campus is critical to the boys becoming successful centred and grounded young men. It is imperative that we help all students to develop resilience as we are seeing many well-meaning parents smothering children by over protecting and rescuing their sons when they have made poor choices in behaviour. Children will learn by their mistakes. I quote Deakin University lecturer Dr Helen McGrath: “Parents have to allow their children to make mistakes, miss out on not being awarded for things and learn from their mistakes. How on earth do you become a successful human being if you can’t face life’s risks?”
Junior School Scholastic Book Club Orders due Thursday 2 May
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2013 Head of the River The Head of the River was held on Saturday 6 April at West Lakes. It is the largest inter-school event of the year with 14 South Australian Secondary Schools competing in junior, coxed, quadruple, sculling events over 1000m and 1500m as well as senior coxed IV and VIII races over 2000m. The winner of the Schoolboys 1st VIII and Schoolgirls 1st VIII were crowned Head of the River Champions. The conditions were absolutely perfect with not a breath of wind and a clear blue sky at the course. This made for fast racing, and with 6000 spectators in attendance, it was a great spectacle with a carnival-like atmosphere. The CBC rowing club marquee was one of the most popular on the day with freshly made wood oven pizzas and barista coffee keeping the crowd well-fed and pepped-up. The camaraderie, generosity and enthusiasm of the parents who volunteered to help serve customers and make the pizzas was something to behold. The CBC community was fantastic support for our rowers with parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, friends, class mates, teachers, college officials and past CBC rowers making the effort to come down to the race course to cheer our boys on in their races. Year 9 A crew 5th Ivan Bucalo, Yianni Briggs, Bennett Reisinger, d’Artagnan Edwards, c: Tom Holmes Year 9 D crew 4th Zac Camerlengo, Brad Bastin, Jordan Larizza, Edward Curnow, c: Jack Good Year 9 C crew 7th Harrison Wickins, Moses Dalle Nogare, Callum Leaney, Patrick Graham, c: William Bowering Year B crew 6th Kakogianis, Lachlan Callahan, Padriac Clarke, Daniel Larizza, c: Henry Cameron First Four 7th Aiden Curyer, Steven Kakogianis, Scott Boin, Jo De Deonatis, c: Sam Wilson First Eight 8th Tom Graham, Charlie Meyer, Taylor Riley, Jo McWilliams, Thomas James, Declan Reidy, Jonty Rutai, Sam Crosato, c: Edward Meredith After the regatta the Head of the River dinner was held at the school gymnasium. Over 150 rowers, coaches, parents, teachers and school officials attended a great night where the boys got to celebrate all their hard work over the season. It was also a time to thank the coaches Andrew Giminez, Lachlan Graham and Nick Dawes, as well as Mr Gora for his guidance and dedication throughout the year. The Watersports Auxiliary would like to thank all those parents and supporters who have helped out over the season and in particular Al Forno Wood Ovens (Gabrielli family) for generously donation their pizza oven and expertise for the Head of the River regatta, and Cafasso Motor Body Repairs, Milano Cucina, Bocelli Caffe, Hudsons Coffee Wakefield Street and IGA Hutt Street who kindly donated prizes for the Head of the River dinner raffle. Congratulations to Prince Alfred College for winning the Boys 1st VIII and to Walford for winning the Girls 1st VIII this year. Rowing is a fantastic sport where our boys get fit, learn about discipline and team-work as well as have fun with their friends. It is growing in popularity, with nearly 70 boys participating in the program this year, and more expected next season. The future of rowing at CBC is certainly bright. If you would like to learn more about the CBC rowing club please contact me. Mr Beau Gora Watersports Coordinator
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BADMINTON
Tennis
Intercol Badminton
Drive Tennis
Blackfriars 11 defeated CBC 1
CBC 9 defeated Unley 0
From the outset CBC looked to be challenged in the doubles. Exciting games were not reflected in the final result as our boys battled against more experienced players. We fared better in the singles with very close matches enjoyed by Hung, Brian and Kevin. Brian won a thriller in the first game going down 28-26 before narrowly succumbing in the final two. Nick did a great job to win our only singles showing real determination and speed on the court. I would like to thank the team in the first half of the season, a very dignified and generous group of young men. Mr Geoff Rogers Coach
George Wong (Captain) 6-0 singles 7-5 doubles Rein Coetzer 6-2 singles 6-2 doubles Jack Quinn 7-5 singles 6-2 doubles Brad Graham 6-2 singles Kyle Gaweda 6-2 singles Jack Owens 7-5 doubles We obviously dominated this round against Unley with a very fine comeback doubles win for George and Jack Owens whose persistence paid off after being 2-4 down. Great singles wins from all our top 5 were also a highlight. Good to see Jack Quinn getting over the line and, with Rein Coetzer, kept an unbeaten record for the term with 9 consecutive doubles wins. This team has recorded 8 wins from the 9 rounds this term and are to be congratulated for their consistency and talent. In Term 4 we shall do battle with teams who have had similar records. Well done, boys. Mr Paul Horgan Coach
Open A Badminton CBC 7 defeated St. Peters 4 (16 March) Our boys atoned for their recent loss to St Peter’s by a convincing but hard fought return to the Hackney Road courts. The doubles combinations set us up for victory early to be consolidated by Nathan, Hung, Brian and Mohammed. Johnny was narrowly defeated at number 1 in an epic struggle.
Marryatville High School 11 defeated CBC 1 (23 March) After our great win the previous week we were brought back to reality very convincingly by MHS. Our boys played well, playing extended games, but failed to “bring home the Badminton”. Brian played extremely well to record our sole win for the morning in three games. Mr Geoff Rogers Coach
Open C Badminton Blackfriars 10 defeated CBC 2 Blackfriars proved to be a strong opponent this week. We all felt a little better when we realised we were playing their B team and not their Cs. Jakeb Vandborg and Matthew Bockman won their doubles while Vincent Nguyen won his singles. Other players on the day were Victor Ngo, John Neindorf, Marek Wojcik, James Rojas and Nhan Nguyen. Thank you boys for a good season. See you all in Term 4 for some more badminton. Well played everyone! Mrs Anna Memma Coach
BASKETBALL Year 7 Blue Basketball
Middle C1 Intercol Tennis CBC 9 defeated Blackfriars 3 On a beautiful autumn morning, the strong CBC Junior C1 team presented a strong challenge to Blackfriars for the “Intercol”. Tom Austin decided to play against Blackfriars number one player, and after an extremely long game, managed to win 6 games to 4. Liam Brown’s games also proved a challenge, as he finally won a hard fought 6 games to 5. However, all boys played very well, showing great sportsmanship and a strong team spirit. Ms Liz Tidemann Coach
Middle C2 Tennis
We adjusted the lineup accordingly, and the second set saw some lengthy and impressive rallies. Unfortunately the change came too little, too late and Blackfriars won the set and match 25 – 13. As this was the Year 12s final match, we played the third and final set with only our Year 12s. Despite losing this set, the boys played extremely well as a team. Brayden continued his fine serving form, Phillip calmed his serving nerves with his customary ritual and Matej even threw in a ‘chicken wing’ serve to finish it all off. Bryce, Liam and Nathan performed well in the backlines, saving many stray balls. Over the past 4 years, the team has played at many different venues, all the way from St Paul’s at Gilles Plains, to St John’s Grammar at Belair. Our bus trips have been energetic to say the least and it has been great fun to coach these boys. I wish them all the best and look forward to working with a new team in Term 4. Miss Krystle Helps Coach
Water polo Senior Water Polo Mercedes 7 defeated CBC 5 Goal Scoreres: Tyler McGinlay 2, Lachlan Starr 2, Jack Poole 1. Our boys have improved immensely throughout the season and this game was a tough battle right from the start. We matched Mercedes throughout the match and it was only a brief period where they scored 3 quick goals late in the 3rd quarter that was the difference. All of our players can feel proud of their efforts as we have played some excellent water polo this year against some talented teams. Many of the teams we play consistently play for frees but to their credit the CBC boys always play hard and in the true spirit of the game. Liam McGee played his best game this week and his aggressive efforts were just what we needed. Congratulations boys on a great season. We haven’t had a win as yet but we are getting closer with every game. Ian Hamilton and Rick Mackereth Coaches
Blackfriars College 7 defeated CBC 2
Year 8 Intercol Water Polo
Best Players: Anthony Centofanti and Basil Dimopolous This week the C2 team had a tough challenge and fought really hard to the end. Unfortunately the boys had a loss to a very good Blackfriars team. Anthony Centofanti and Dylan Hale had a close doubles match losing in a tiebreaker. Anthony Centofanti and Basil Dimopolous were best players as they both won their singles 6-4. I highly commend the boys as each week they displayed excellent sportsmanship and put up a great fight against all their opponents. They continued to develop their tennis skills and knowledge and will be the team to beat in Term 4. Ms Liesel Dunstan Coach
Blackfriars 12 defeated CBC 6
VOLLEYBALL Open B Intercol Volleyball
CBC 21 defeated Sunrise Scorpions 20
Blackfriars Priory School 3 defeated CBC 0
A fantastic effort by all, especially considering we only had five players. Best Player and goal scorer for the game was Ryan Pool. He played fantastically! Thanks to Ben d’Antonio and his mother for their sideline support. Ms Kay Oliphant Coach
Friday night saw the Year 12s take the court for the final time in their schooling career. Having coached these boys for 4 years it was a bitter-sweet match for us. After winning serve, we started the match with Phillip Rocconi, Bryce Clonon, Brayden Dwyer, Liam Wytkin, Matej Bacic and Nathan Koulizos (Year 10). This proved to be a costly decision, as rotations weakening our front line. Blackfriars took the first set 25 – 16.
Goal Scoreres: Tyler Cappelluti 2, Riley Poole 2, Tyson Sarunic 1, Jake Hardie 1. In our final water polo game for the season our boys were eager to win the Intercol match and started with fire in their bellies to lead 3-2 at quarter time. In the second quarter the tables started to turn and Blacks held a 2 goal lead at half time. We struggled to match them in the third quarter and they over-ran us leaving us out of the match by three-quarter time. The boys fought hard to again match them in the final quarter. We have had a successful term with some excellent results and the boys are really eager for Term 4 water polo to come around. A special mention to our smallest player – Isaac Giannetta from Year 6. He gave us a target up forward this week and his efforts often led to our dangerous attacking plays. Rick Mackereth and Ian Hamilton Coaches
Term 2, 2013 Planner WEEK
MONDAY 29 April
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Term 2 Commences Year 8 Immunisation Year 9 & 10 Immunsiation
6 May
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HOLIDAYS HOLIDAYS
Back Up day for Whole School Photo
Feast Day (Fr Kevin Hennessy) R -1 2 House Colour Day (lesson 6M, 7 & 8) 3 May – 5 May – Generations of Jazz
9 May
10 May
Blood Doantion Student/Parent/Teacher Interview (SC)
P&F Mother’s Day Stall (JC) WSA – Rowing Information Evening 6.30pm
P&F Mother’s Day Liturgy & Morning Tea (JC) Casual Day (P&F) MC SRC Meeting SC SRC Meeting 12 May Mother’s Day
13 May
14 May
15 May
16 May
17 May
Tertiary Studies & Career Expo CBCOC Meeting Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming
Blood Donation NAPLAN Tests Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming Sacrament Workshop Spotlight Seminar 4.30 – 5.30pm
Blood Donation NAPLAN Tests Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming
NAPLAN Tests Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming Gifted and Talented Student Conference, Year 10 - 12, Concordia College
NAPLAN Tests – catch up Careers Expo Rec/Year 1/Year 2 Swimming Peace Run Ceremony 19 May Open Day
20 May
23 May
24 May
21 May
JC Photo Day Year 9 Dancing 1.30 – 2.30pm at CBC Bourke Liturgy Blood Donation Friends of Music Meeting
22 May
Board Meeting Library & Information Week
27 May
28 May
29 May
30 May
31 May
SACE Drama Performance 7pm 26 May Sorry Day
PATR Testing (Year 3 – 6) CSIRO – Chemistry (9.00-11.00am) Smith Liturgy SACE Drama Performance 7pm
PATR Testing (Year 7 – 10) UniSA Career Shop – Year 10 (11.30 – 12.40pm)
Year 9 Dancing 9.20 – 10.20am at SAC
RAP Presentation at 11.30am 1 June P&F International Night
3 June
4 June
5 June
6 June
7 June
Year 4 Swimming WSA - AGM
Year 9 Dancing 1.30 – 2.30pm at CBC Year 9 Respectful Relationships (Bourke & Walsh) Marks Liturgy Year 4 Swimming P&F Meeting
UniSA Lunch Session Year 4 Swimming Kindy Visit
Year 4 Swimming Year 1 – 3 Performance – Gala Theatre Maths Apps Exam – 9:00 am
Year 4 Swimming Kindy Visit Lesson 4 & 5 Inter-House Competition – Great Debate Final Vietnam/Philippines Pilgrim Student Gathering – CBC MC SRC Meeting SC SRC Meeting
Bourke, Marks, Hurley, MS Sports Photo Day
O’Brien, Smith, Walsh, SS Sports Photo Day First Reconciliation – 10:00 am ER Chapel
11 June
12 June
13 June
14 June
Paul McGuire Week Year 9 Respectful Relationships (Bourke & Walsh) Year 11 Semester Exams
Adelaide University Year 12 Lunch Year 11 Semester Exams Paul McGuire celebration (JC)
Year 9 Dancing 9.20 – 10.20am at SAC Year 11 Semester Exams
CBC Vs SAC Netball Year 11 Semester Exams JC Disco
18 June
19 June
20 June
21 June
Year 9 Dancing 1.30 – 2.30pm at CBC Year 9 Respectful Relationships (Bourke & Walsh) Year 11 CSL Sacrament Workshop Principal Tours (JC)
Year 11 CSL Board Meeting Reception Transition Visits
Year 11 CSL
Year 11 Alert not Alarmed MS Social – Fogolar Furlan Centre
24 June
25 June
26 June
27 June
28 June
Year 5/6 Swimming Year 12 Retreat
Year 5/6 Swimming Year 9 Respectful Relationships (Bourke & Walsh) Year 12 Retreat
Year 5/6 Swimming “Big Cake Bake” Red Cross House charity Reception Transition Visits Parent Information Evening - Mark Le Messurier
Year 9 Dancing 9.20 – 10.20am at SAC Year 5/6 Swimming
Year 5/6 Swimming Year 12 Road Safety - SAPOL JC Reports distributed MC SRC Meeting SC SRC Meeting
1 July
2 July
3 July
4 July
5 July
NAIDOC Week Music visit – Leigh Creek
NAIDOC Week Music visit – Leigh Creek Senior School Assembly P&F Meeting Parent Literacy Forum
NAIDOC Week Music visit – Leigh Creek
NAIDOC Week Music visit – Leigh Creek Reports sent home (SC) Term Two concludes
Student free day Senior Formal – Wine Centre
8 July
9 July
10 July
11 July
17 June
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Hurley Liturgy Walsh Liturgy
WHOLE SCHOOL PHOTO
3 May
8 May
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FRIDAY
THURSDAY 2 May
7 May
10 June – Queen’s Birthday
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WEDNESDAY 1 May
Blood Donation Smith Day (JC) 12 noon P&F Meeting
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TUESDAY 30 April
Dates for Students & parents
Principal Tours (SC) Year 11 Semester Exams Semester Two commences
12 July World Youth Day 14/7 – 2/8 (Rio)
15 July
16 July
17 July
18 July
19 July