Christian Brothers College Newsletter
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A Birth-12 Catholic College for boys in the Edmund Rice Tradition
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Friday 6 December, 2013
2013 Student leaders cut the Year 12 Graduation Cake
Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to the Junior Campus for the amazing results of the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Our students have achieved simply outstanding results as the following list testifies: • 46 certificates of participation
From The Principal
• 52 Bronze, 56 Silver and 24 gold awards
Please be advised of the following staff movements for 2014: Staff whose contracts expire in 2013 • Aly Barrass, Chris Holden, Rebecca Holliday, Tahlia Harman, Beau Gora, Maria Catalano, Kathryn Wild, Joel Langley, Felicity Davies, Greg Kurtzer and Andrew Heuzenroeder
• 53 Champions, 43 Legends and 34 Hall of Fame recipients.
Permanent Staff leaving in 2014
Dear Parents, Friends and Caregivers,
Staff News
Staff on leave for 2014
As 2014 draws to a close I thank each and every one of you for the contribution you have made to life at CBC.
I was proud to receive the following news from our Librarian Mrs Sandra Mason this week:
• Melissa Clifton, Josh Cubillo and Bruce Were and Iva Denton
I remember the words of St Paul to the Philippians:
CBC Music Coordinator Mr Michael Griffin has recently had a book published with very favourable reviews. This book will be available for borrowing from the library shortly.
Staff returning in 2014
I thank my God each time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.
Asia Literacy At our staff meeting last week I signed an agreement between Boshan Number 7 Middle School in Boshan City, Zibo, China and CBC in the presence of Mrs Sumei Zheng who is visiting Australia from the school. The agreement will pave the way for staff and student exchanges and intercultural activities as part of our Asia literacy commitment.
Musical educators and parents of young music students alike will be grateful for Griffin’s valuable insights and the supporting information he’s gathered. Kirkus Reviews
Gospel Spirituality
We invite all people into the story of Jesus and strive to make his message of compassion, justice and peace a living reality within our community.
Faith Excellence Community Compassion
• Frances Zubreckyj, Shey Odgers and Mala Prasad.
• Kate Younie, Jane Bennett Thompson, Paul Hicks and Sue Gray.
Stationery Lists The 2014 stationery lists are now available on the college website: http://www.cbc.sa.edu.au/ curriculum-1/stationery-lists
Conclusion I conclude this year’s newsletter with an excerpt form my 2013 Speech Night Address: To all our staff, students and wider community:
Counsellor’s Corner Rejoice with Mary - 3rd Sunday of Advent Despite the fact “that there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2: 8) and they had to lay their son in a manger, Mary and Joseph could rejoice at the birth of their son. Advent is a time of rejoicing because of this. “Rejoice” was the greeting of the angel Gabriel to Mary (Luke 1: 28) In our families we rejoice at the birth of a child, over a success, in a goal achieved, recovery from illness, at a birthday, wedding or family gathering, at Christmas and Easter. “I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness” (Philippians 4 : 4) Let us truly rejoice with Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the Magi and with our family and friends at the birth of the Christ Child at Christmas. Br Michael Flaherty Counsellor
On the wings of an eagle, my love for you flies Soaring higher and higher, and touching the sky The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves, And I know, my soul will always reside here at CBC.
My dear friends, We’ve come to the end of the 2013 school year and the end of my time here as Assistant Principal, Junior Campus at CBC. Our Year 6s will bid a tearful adieu to the Junior Campus which has been their home for so long, and move up to the Senior Campus with beaming hearts and pointed steps. They will step out of the protective and guiding hands of the JC teachers onto the Senior Campus where they will explore new possibilities making new choices and decisions as young adolescents. Our other students move up to new classes and year levels ever so apprehensively, but with such longing. Whilst I am leaving CBC I will forever be grateful for my time spent here. I would like to take this opportunity to thank a few very key people:
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Allow yourself to be held lovingly and gently in the palm of God’s hand. Never be too proud or too old to kiss your parents or grandparents and never forget to tell a loved one just how important they are to you. May your masculinity be defined by how deeply respectful you are to the women in your life.
It is in remembering the sacred memories of Christian Brothers College in 2013 that we close our eyes and allow our gentle and loving God to whisper to us: Lest we forget.
Some of your greatest lifelong friendships will be formed both during your time at CBC and out of school. Cherish your friends. Your whole future is ahead of you. This is your moment in history -- seize the day! For all of us who have experienced life at CBC in 2013 what will define our success will not be our academic or sporting achievements, nor will it be the buildings created or enrolment numbers. Br Philip Pinto Congregational Leader of the Christian Brothers speaks eloquently when he says what will define an Edmund Rice education is not how we conquer the world but how we illuminate it.
Mr Noel Mifsud Principal
Merry Christmas
Each year CBC Old Collegians and the Christian Brothers celebrate our annual Alma Mater dinner. In 2013 there was an 80 year gap between the graduates from the 1930s and those from 2012. It was an immensely
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If CBC has meant that you have both feet securely planted on the ground then we have failed you. Be daring, be adventurous and dream big.
humbling moment of solidarity when we stood united in spirit to honour our beloved College -- past, present and future. When the traditional roll was called and we honoured those who had departed, we raised a glass to our Alma Mater and sang the College song with pride. In the hushed silence I thought of Year 11 student Lam Nguyen’s prophetic voice when he wrote in his Principal’s Prize Essay: We must close our eyes and treasure the tunes of life.
Firstly Mr Mifsud our College Principal. I would like to say thank you for always having great faith and trust in me. You inspired me to dream big and have been with me side by side as we worked together to lead and build the amazing Junior Campus. My deepest appreciation for your friendship and mentorship over the past 4 years. To the dynamic JC leadership team. To Miss Odgers and Mrs Clifton, thank you for your tireless dedication. You lent me your advice, your expertise and your help willingly and efficiently, even when I asked for it at the very last minute, and I did that rather often! I am so grateful that I had you both to lean on as I could not have managed everything without you. To our Teachers, ESOs, Cleaners, Ground and Canteen and OSHC staff. Thank you for your devotion to your work and above all your love and care for our boys. To our Parents and Friends committee members who have mused often at my outrageous requests but who have never turned me down. You brought to life many of the ideas that I dreamed of and you made things happen! Thank you for your love and friendship; and to my parent community who became an extension of my own family -- your support and belief in me as leader of the JC has been most humbling. To Mrs Caroline Clarke, our interim Junior Campus Assistant Principal, thank you for being so willing to embrace what we have begun here at CBC JC over the past 3 years. Build on it by leveraging on the strengths of our capable teachers and amazing students. God bless you all. I am all the richer for knowing and loving you all and for my time here at CBC. I would like to leave you with these thoughts that were given to me by someone very dear to me – I now share them with you.
“There comes a time in your life when you realise that if you stand still, you will remain at this point forever. Life’s circumstances are not always what you might wish them to be. The pattern of life does not necessarily go as you plan. Beyond any understanding, you may at times be led in different directions that you never imagined, dreamed or desired. Now rather than wondering about or questioning the direction your life has taken, accept the fact that there is a path before you now. Whatever was – is in the past Whatever is – is what’s important The past is a brief reflection The future is yet to be realised. Walk your path one step at a time, with courage, faith and determination. Keep your head up and cast your dreams to the stars. Soon your steps will become firm and your footing will be solid again. Keep your belief in yourself and walk into your new journey. You will find it magnificent, spectacular and beyond your wildest imaginings” Vicki Silvers
Wishing you God’s blessings for the future.
Mrs Frances Zubreckyj Assistant Principal - Junior Campus
From The Deputy Principal We Need To Reflect On Our Achievements To Move Forward Our theme for 2013 was “Uniting our Spirit: Igniting our Future”. The theme was developed by our 2013 SRC Leadership Team and recognised the message and example of Nano Nagle, a woman who influenced Edmund Rice in his time to outreach to those marginalised in his society. Both Nano Nagle and Edmund Rice were people of courage and perseverance who would have reflected on their journey. As this year concludes we need to reflect on how we ignite our future and create enormous possibility for change. The scripture from Matthew (5:14) challenged our College community this year to be the light of the world. We all look forward to the holiday break. However, this time of rest needs to be also a time to reflect upon our challenges, our achievements and how we can continue to improve and grow as learners and human beings. Reflection is not something that comes naturally in our busy world. We can say that 2013 is finished and let’s move onto the next year. However, to grow and move forward we need to learn from our experiences. If, for example, I touch a hot stove and burn my hand, I immediately learn that touching a hot stove results in a burned hand. My brain makes the connection almost simultaneously. There’s little need for reflection because the “hot stove=burn” connection is one that my mind makes almost immediately. Academic learning, however, is seldom that obvious. It is important for you and your son to take time to read through their end of year report and to reflect on the teacher comments, grades and application in class. This reflection needs not to be superficial, it needs to analyse what are the factors that could have influenced this result and how could it be improved. It is easy for a student to state that he gets an “E” in Maths because it is too hard; but instead he needs to look at the reason(s) for the failure and realise this is part of the learning process. Likewise, students need to reflect on subject areas they are achieving well in and continue to develop strategies allowing them to be successful.
All students want to be successful. They need to understand that we learn through our mistakes. This is precisely why reflection is so important. Although it’s a cumbersome and time-consuming practice to undertake, without reflection it is almost impossible for actual “learning” to occur. By reflecting we are move knowledge from short-term to long-term memory. John Dewey’s has a famous saying: “We don’t learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” Reformers like John Dewey have been talking about the importance of reflection in the learning process since the 1930s. More recent research by Dr Bob Darnell and his website AchievementStrategies.org describes the learning process as “Input-Process-Output-Reflect” and notes that without reflection, it is very difficult to have genuine learning. If the goal is not merely coverage but actual learning, then reflection is no longer optional – it’s an essential piece to transition a classroom from “covering material” to being “focused on learning”. After all, if I touch a hot stove and burn my hand, but never make the connection that the hot stove is what burned my hand, I’m likely to repeat that mistake. This is an absurd example - of course it’s the stove that burned my hand - but often times in life “What went wrong?” is a question without an obvious answer. And unfortunately, it’s a question that the vast majority of our students never even think to ask. Reflection is an integral part of the learning process. It allows us to learn more about ourselves and how we learn, but it also aids us in improving academic skills. Consider sports teams that watch film of the previous night’s game. They’re able to identify mistakes and correct them at practice. We need to teach our students the ability to reflect on their work and reports by noticing and correcting their own mistakes as well as which activities and behaviours will allow them to be successful is a vital part of the learning experience that we need to continually develop. As parents and teachers we need to model this expectation by reflecting ourselves and involving students in their own reflection. Through providing the scaffold then can we help students reflect and think on a deeper level? Please take time to discuss your son’s 2013 report with them. I wish all members of our College community a safe and Holy Christmas.
2014 School calendar Week 1 Tues 28 Jan
Term 1 Commences (All students commence) JC Assembly
Tuesday 28 January 2014 All Students Commence Wed 29 Jan
Community Mass (8am SC) Bourke
Thurs 30 Jan Elevate - Year 11 Study Skills Fri 31 Jan
Elevate - Year 12 Study Skills Year 7 -12 House Assembly JC Assembly Chinese New Year
Mon 3 Feb
Liturgy – 8:35am (JC) P&F Meeting PATR Testing R-12 New Parent Welcome 7pm (SC Courtyard) CBCCCC Advisory Committee – 6:15pm
Tues 4 Feb
Whole School Dux Assembly (Junior and Senior) hosted by Walsh PATR Testing Volunteer Information Evening 6pm
Wed 5 Feb
Community Mass (8am SC) Hurley PATR Testing WSA Meeting at 6.30pm
Thurs 6 Feb
PATR Testing Music Information Night 6pm (JC) Year 10,11,12 Elevate Parent Information Evening at 7.00pm
Fri 7 Feb
Advanced ID Photos (SC & JC) Carnevale Parade (JC) PATR Testing
8 - 9 Feb
Carnevale
Week 2
Week 3 Mon 10 Feb
Liturgy – 8:35am (JC) CBCOC Meeting PATM Testing Year R – 6 Meeting the parents in Tutor groups (6.00 – 6.50pm) Year 7 – 11 (7.00 – 7.50pm)
Full Term Planner is available at www.cbc.sa.edu.au
Mr Shaun Clarke Deputy Principal
Learn the Pipe Organ The possibility has arisen for the establishment of a music scholarship for learning the pipe organ. The successful applicant will learn from an accredited organ tutor with the major part of the tuition fees covered by the scholarship. The student will ultimately be responsible during the period of tuition for providing some music accompaniment on Sundays at a parish to be nominated. Expressions of interest should be forwarded to Mr Michael Griffin mgriffin@cbc.sa.edu.au
Uniform Shop Holiday Trading hours 2014 Trading Hours Mon 13 January - 8.30am - 5.00pm Wed 15 January - 8.30am - 5.00pm Fri 17 January - 8.30am - 5.00pm Mon 20 January - 8.30am - 5.00pm Wed 22 January - 8.30am - 5.00pm Fri 24 January - 8.30am - 5.00pm Mon 27 January - Public Holiday Normal trading hours resume: Wednesday 29 January INSIGHT
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Spirit of our Brothers We arrived safely to a very cold, but fine London and proceeded to the nearest coffee shop. Unfortunately it was the UK equivalent of the servo. However, we were there and ready to hit the town.
The boys enjoyed the tour of Dover Bronze Boat Museum and the Operation Dynamo tunnel tour before we boarded the train under the Channel. Mr Lucas was spoilt with a ride in the cabin of the locomotive next to the driver.
We stopped at Hyde Park at the Australian War Memorial. The memorial is made of West Australian granite and has the names of all of the towns from which soldiers enlisted. We found Port Adelaide, Klemzig and Blanchetown.
The present accommodation is at the Mercure Cathedrale in Amiens which is across the street from the Amiens Cathedral.
The first night accommodation was at Gerrards Cross in The Bull. A typical English pub and conference centre.
This was our first day on the Western Front and Br Barry, Mr Lucas and Christian Pancione commemorated their soldiers.
The next day involved a visit to the RAF memorial at Runnymeade and the Battle of Britain Memorial where there are many Australians listed.
There are 960 Commonwealth War Graves Commission sites on the Western Front. Truly amazing and at the same time disturbing. Each site is a memorial to a group of fallen soldiers. We visited Heilly Station, Warloy and Serre Road Cemeteries. Our day concluded with a stop at Pozieres where more Australians fought and died than at any other time in any conflict.
The second night was at Canterbury where we stayed in the cathedral grounds. The group spent the afternoon walking around Canterbury and attended the end of day prayers, Compline.
Our guide is an ex Grenadier Guard and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the wars. The boys have been exceptional in behaviour and commitment to our immersion. Although very tired at the end of the day, we still have time to write in our journal and reflect on the previous day’s events.
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Mr Michael Lucas Spirit of our Brothers Coordinator
Learning Strategies for Musical Success by Music Guru Michael Griffin CBCs talented Music Coordinator, Michael Griffin, has recently had a book published titled Learning Strategies for Musical Success. Michael’s book is the culmination of 5 years research and writing and is geared toward music students, parents, and music teachers. The book outlines what it takes to succeed as a musician and presents an interesting perspective on the learning processes, to create a new understanding of learning music. The book has received very favorable reviews such as this one from the Amazon website, ‘This inspiring, accessible guide will equip students, teachers, adult learners, and parents with the methods and mindset to improve the likelihood of learning music successfully’.
If you would like to buy a copy for your own collection, or as a Christmas present for your musically inclined family and friends, the book can be purchased by contacting Michael at mgriffin@cbc.sa.ed.au Much more information can also be found from Michael’s website at http://www.musiceducationworld.com/ We all enjoy listening to music and so it is important to nurture and encourage our young musicians to enhance their lifelong enjoyment of learning music. Ms Sandra Mason Head Librarian
School Resources: Time to Return to Library Just a reminder to all students to return text books to the Senior Library as soon as possible. Students may borrow library books for holiday reading. All students retain their laptop computer over the holidays, except for Year 12 students who need to return all resources to the College. Students are asked to ensure they are returning the book they borrowed, and to clean any pen or pencil markings from the pages.
Paul McGuire Library
The library team and I would like to wish all families a happy and restful time together over the holidays and have a Merry Christmas!
Santa visits the Junior Campus!
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Australia-China BRIDGE Professional Learning Program Chinese teachers in Australia The Australia-China BRIDGE Professional Learning Program 2013 is a collaborative partnership of the University of Melbourne’s Asia Education Foundation and Catholic Education South Australia. Christian Brothers College, one of twelve participating schools, partnered in April with Boshan No. 7 Middle School, No. 54 Emeishan Road, Boshan District and Zibo City, Shandong Province, the celebrated birthplace of Confucius and the foundational values for moral education. Shandong Province has 169 Middle Schools: Boshan No. 7 has around 2,000 Years 6–9 students. Students study nine subjects, including sport, fitness, martial arts, basketball and badminton. Morning classes commence at 7 a.m. and finish at 12 noon, with many students returning home to lunch until afternoon classes at 1.30pm Each class lasts forty minutes, with a fifteen minute break between classes. Afternoon classes finish at 5pm and students receive homework in each subject every night. Zibo is the administrative center of Shandong Province; Jinan, the provincial capital. As China continues to modernize, a globally aware and internationally competitive education system aims to prepare young people for university study at home and abroad. Until Year 9, education is free and compulsory, and all students learn English. China’s Educational Development Report (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2009) encourages creativity and innovative thinking, and travel and study overseas is an increasing reality for Chinese students. Nationally recognized for its pottery and bottle glass engraving, Boshan nestles under the mountains of Yuan Shan, Lu Shan and Xiao Ding Shan.
China Bridge Partner Teachers, Adelaide, 1 December 2013 At Thursday’s Teaching and Learning Session, the senior campus staff witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between our two schools. Ms Zheng also attended a meeting of The Asia Literate Advisory Group to help plan a school visit during the next China Study Tour for Year 9 CBC and Cardijn students and staff in April 2014. The tour, organized through the Confucius Institute of Adelaide, will visit other partner schools in Jinan and Shanghai. Further information is available from Languages Coordinator, Ms Toni Riccio (triccio@cbc.sa.edu.au). On Friday, the Junior Campus hosted a wonderfully orchestrated assembly in the presence of our Principal, Mr Mifsud and his guest, Ms Zheng. Christmas carols, accompanied by our fine student and staff musicians, Chinese dance and student awards, were all recorded on camera, by a talented film crew. Congratulations to Mr Bruce Were, the music staff and Ms Jie Zhu on an outstanding and entertaining production.
The Great Wall of the Qi Dynasty passes through Boshan; ceramic art.
Class visits to Year 7, 8 and 9 Chinese, Year 8 English and Food Technology, and Year 7 SOSE, completed a busy day on the senior campus. We thank Ms Wen Ben and Ms Zhu for their support of Ms Zheng during her stay, and all of the CBC staff for providing such wonderfully warm hospitality. The weekend activities included a relaxing breakfast at Waterfall Gully, a visit with another Chinese teacher and partner to the Gorge Wildlife Park, lunch at the Glenelg foreshore with Deputy Principal, Mr Clarke and Director of Vision and Innovation, Mrs Caroline Clarke, Ms Toni Riccio and Human and Social Sciences Coordinator, Mrs Lucyna Zwolski and touring in the Adelaide Hills. Ms Zheng wrote yesterday: Overlooking Boshan The Adelaide visit was Phase 3 of the Project. Last week, the Catholic Education Office hosted the return visit of the Chinese teachers (pictured below). Following a week-long school visit and Homestay in Boshan in our April school holidays, it was a very real pleasure to welcome at Wakefield Street, Ms Sumei Zheng, a highly talented teacher of English.
My visit to your school was really an amazing experience thanks to your thoughtful care. I am very grateful ... You really made me feel at home. And your colleagues were also very friendly to me. So give my best wishes to all of them.
Finally, CBC acknowledges the support of Ms Julia Gong and Mr Aaron O’Shannessy, Asia Education Foundation and Mr Ludgero Rego and Mr Edgar Bliss from Catholic Education SA, whose vision of creating sustainable partnerships between Australian and Chinese schools helped to create an exciting exchange of cultural knowledge and skills to make a reality the national priority of engaging every Australian student with studies of Asia across the curriculum. Ms Kaylene Barreira China Bridge Project, 2013
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5. Try shoulder-to-shoulder parenting: Sitting together in a car, washing dishes and playing a game can provide opportunities for talk. Take the eye contact out of the equation and you may find the talk just flows with some kids.
From the Counselling Team Get More Conversations At Home The links between school achievement and parents’ ability and propensity to engage in conversation with kids from a young age is indisputable. The language stimulation they receive when they talk with parents is one factor. The language of first borns is generally more extensive and richer than their siblings who spend less time in one-on-one situations with a parent. But engagement in conversation with parents benefits kids in a far broader sense. It is trite to say that kids learn a great deal from their parents but, in fact they do when we talk with them. In many ways it is through conversations that kids get a real sense of us and who we are. It is by talking with kids that we impart some of our knowledge, ideas, wisdom and thoughts as well as how we get a window into their worlds and how they think. Getting conversations going with kids can be a massive challenge. Busy schedules, homes designed for individual enjoyment rather than group living, and kids that clam up are some of the blockers to conversation that parents meet. So you may need to be a little cunning, a little proactive and little inventive to get some chat going at home. Here are five ideas to help you get more conversation going in your family: 1. Turn off the TV (and other screens): Most homes have a range of electronic screens that you compete with to get their attention. Don’t be afraid to take control of those screens and create a little conversational space. Start with a screen-free day each week or screen-free hour each day if you are a home full of screen junkies.
Every family has their own way of getting the talk happening. Figure out what works for you and make sure it happens. It seems to me that the best communication in families happens when no one is working at it BUT in busy modern families you do need to work at communication. That is the way of it. You have to work hard at family. Michael Grose: www.parentingideas.com.au reprinted with permission
Making the most of these holidays Often family differences are contained during the year but spill over when normal routines cease over the holiday period. You don’t need an instruction manual to make the most of the school holidays. After all, holidays are about kicking your feet up, relaxing and getting away from the usual routines. But the festive season can be stressful for many. For parents the prospect of keeping children occupied for up to six weeks can be daunting. Christmas can also be a difficult and lonely time for some. Sole parents and step-parents usually experience particular challenges at this time of the year as family catch-ups cause conflict, and disputes can arise over who children spend their time with. Often family differences are contained during the year but spill over when normal routines cease over the holiday period. Here are some ways to help reduce tension over the festive season and make the holiday season enjoyable and fruitful for all: 1. Be creative with how festivities are organised. If you are flexible with your arrangements as well as your thinking then the potentially tricky times will flow more easily. For instance, two or more Christmas dinners may be needed so everyone is included.
2. Mix up the routines. The best part about holidays is the change from the routines of school-life. Some kids feel comfortable with the routines of school-life and can feel a little lost until the new holiday routine kicks in. Be patient with these routine junkies! Also make sure you begin adjusting the routine as returning to school comes closer so kids are prepared for going to bed and getting up at earlier times. 3. Mix ‘me’ time with ‘them’ time. Plan a mixture of outdoor activities or trips with quiet at home activities where you can relax and recharge your own batteries. The holidays give you a chance to spend time as a family but you also need to take some time for yourself each day. It helps to let your kids know that you are having some timeout too. 4. Resist being your child’s home entertainment machine. Give children opportunities to keep themselves occupied or think of inexpensive, fun ways to keep themselves amused. “I’m bored” is an invitation for kids to keep themselves occupied rather than for you to keep them amused. 5. Team up with other families. Whether it is sharing celebrations with other families or just holidaying with friends, holidays offer the chance to broaden your child’s social circle. Make sure you provide the three types of activities that children want with their parents – i.e. rituals and celebrations, including family mealtimes; one-onone activities where you spend some time alone with each child; and unstructured, impromptu activities such as playing simple games, storytelling and walks around the neighbourhood. These are important relationship-building activities that bind families together and enable you to build up emotional collateral with kids as they move into adolescence. Michael Grose: www.parentingideas.com.au reprinted with permission Ms Jane Gaynor From the Counselling Team
2. Turn on the TV (and other screens): If you can’t beat them, join them. Some television programs provide great conversational fodder particularly for older children and teens. This can range from “who’s going to win Australian Idol?”, “what happens to the winners of Australian Idol?” to “what is the point of Australian Idol?” 3. Have more mealtimes (with the TV off): The family that eats together talks together…or they should. I have a theory that families with a strong food culture (i.e. they love food and value the whole eating experience) have strong bonds. So make mealtimes special and insist that kids sit until everyone finishes rather than they eat all their peas. Avoid turning mealtimes into food fights that you can’t win. 4. Move more: If sitting and chatting is not your child’s thing then try getting them up and moving. Boys will often talk when they walk or play so consider getting some action happening. When their hands are busy the tongues will often loosen up.
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CRICKET Year 8 Cricket CBC v Unley High School Day 2: CBC 9/222 declared: Unley 60 CBC won by 162 runs (15-over Bash - Unley 8/74: CBC 3/76 CBC won by 7 wickets) “Personally, I have always looked upon cricket as organized loafing” – William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1925 His Grace has a point – but what an aesthetic way to loaf. The setting is important, also the rituals: the port must be circulated clockwise, so to speak. For much of the game a player may cull daisies, observe attractive ladies in deck-chairs and dream of his moment of glory: in a word, he may loaf. But cricket’s quaint vernacular must be learnt, decorum and conventions observed. There is no place on the cricket field for ungentlemanly conduct, for off-white habiliments. Now suddenly, ‘all (is) changed, changed utterly’ (William Butler Yeats, 1916). I was disturbed to read in the national newspapers that virtually all of the cricket journalists applauded the bellicose spat between Michael Clarke and James Anderson in the recent Brisbane Test Match. ‘How admirable’, was their theme, ‘that these giants of the game should behave with such grossness towards each other! How manly!’ They felt that Clarke had previously been soft – now he had shown his mettle by displaying coarse and threatening behaviour. ‘Good on ya, Clarkey’. Since children naturally emulate their heroes, is it not clear that we coaches must change our tune? No more wimpish politesse – we must henceforth immerse our innocent boys in the crudity and insensitivity of stereotypical hard men. Next term must I not teach the new Year 8 pupils a thesaurus of unspeakably vile and repulsive language and inculcate techniques of opprobrious disrespect with which they may desecrate their opponents on the field of play? I don’t think that Mr Mifsud would approve; I don’t think that Mr Buttfield would approve; neither would your correspondent. Recently I rebuked a player for uttering an indelicacy during play, and will do so again if necessary. By all means let players bat and bowl and field aggressively, but cricket is more enjoyable when played in a respectful, rather than a boorish, manner. At the start of Day 2 Harrison Webb and Liam Galanti polished off Unley in 4 overs to complete another victory and a successful term’s cricket. With hours of time to spare, we played a 15-over ‘Bash’, designed to give everybody as much involvement as possible: batsmen must retire at 20; every player, save the wicket-keeper, must bowl an over before any might bowl again. We dismissed Unley for 74. The wicket-takers were Darcy Salamon (3), Shan Jawawardhana, Alex Sullivan-Smith, Zac Robey, Siddarth Rajagopal and Liam Galanti. Catches were snaffled by Sriram Kalluvalappil (2), Dylan Barker (2), James Ridgwell; Lachlan Matthias executed a rapid stumping. In reply, CBC chased down the runs for the loss of 3 wickets with nearly 3 overs to spare. Barker, Jayawardhana and Matthias each retired. Since Unley were a couple of players short today, we lent them two fieldsmen. The ‘Champagne Moment’ of the morning was another stupendous catch, this time by Kalluvalappil who stuck up a solitary mitt, like a periscope, at mid-wicket, and the ball miraculously stuck. My thanks are due to Mr Webb, immaculate accountant throughout both days of this game. He and other parents have given limitless time to this vital task, as well as gathering cones, replacing ropes and offering general encouragement to the children. It has been the greatest of fun to work with the Year 8 boys. They are a diverse, effervescent, zany, half-crazy, warm-hearted, delightful bunch of children! Sadly, two players were missing through illness on this final morning of the season: Will Strange, a serious cricketer and promising all-rounder, probably our best bowler; and Sam ‘Stonewall’ Chapman, who was instrumental in CBC’s victory over Concordia. I offer a special word of commendation to
Siddarth Rajagopal who captained the side with authority, intelligence and generosity (there was no vulgar sledging from CBC’s captain, Mr Clarke). Each game he learnt a little more about the delicate art of field placing, and he always led from the front. I shall follow the players’ cricketing future with interest. I thank them for the good grace with which they accepted this ancient creature who was thrust amongst them. Most of them listened most of the time. They have developed into a competitive unit. There has been both stylish and destructive batting; accurate, and menacing, pace bowling; teasing spin; and, above all, a cornucopia of remarkable catches. And there was always copious laughter. Several of the players should set their sights upon a 1st XI berth within the next year or two; others will continue to enjoy their cricket on a more humble stage. Perhaps, many years from now, they will regale their grandchildren with tales of their derring-do as Year 8s on the CBC oval. Doubtless the stories will mature with age: Zac’s throw that ran out an errant batsman will, aided by the passage of time and a good nightcap, have been propelled from at least 100 metres; Will’s on-drive against Westminster will have become slightly more elegant than Sachin Tendulkar’s; Dylan’s 6s will vie with Gilbert Jessop and Chris Gale; Lachlan’s catch to remove Westminster’s champion will be … well, it would be difficult to exaggerate that one! Mr Lingard Goulding Coach
Year 7 cricket Rostrevor 203 defeated CBC 65 and 3/111 The final day of the school cricket year and the Year 7s were keen for a win with “The Guru” Michael Buttfield Esq. in attendance. Chasing 204 for victory against the strong bowling line up of Rostrevor we got off to a poor start with Rostrevor’s left arm opening bowler able to angle in a couple of balls and hit the leg stump of our top order batsmen. These two right handers needed to use their pads to guard their leg stump, with no possibility of being given out LBW when the ball pitches outside leg stump. Coupled with a sharp catch and their other opening bowler able to get one through ‘the gate’ of bat and pad we were in all sorts at 4/10. Austin Lovell and Micheal Kittel-Neill then combined to launch a mini fight back to stop the carnage, blocking out the good balls and accumulating some singles until Micheal ran out of patience to be stumped from a tempting, flighted delivery. Wickets then fell at regular intervals with all remaining batsmen making a start, but only Austin able to reach double figures – top scoring with 13. Hayden Clarke hit an impressive six through midwicket and John Zito made his regular cameo appearance, smashing one through the covers. None of Rostrevor’s bowlers were particularly imposing, but all kept the ball well pitched up and bowled a tight line on
Will Mariuz watchful early in his innings
or just outside off stump – something we can learn from. They bowled very few wides and kept the pressure up in the field. Five batsmen were bowled and two adjudged LBW, indicating our defence needs some improvement and we need to show more respect to good bowling by blocking it out and waiting for the loose balls to punish. Rostrevor kindly let us bat again, where Will Mariuz continued on after being not out in the first innings to make an impressive 34 not out by not over hitting the ball, rather using great timing and placement. Jack Bastian, Zane Caldwell and Austin got to spend some time in the middle and all played some great shots to finish with 17, 21* and 18* respectively. Our second innings was far more impressive and if we had started the day like so we would have given their total a shake. A big thank you for the parental support throughout the year, particularly from those who helped with the scoring, including Andrew Bastian, Sheldon Lovell, David Mariuz, Peter Cerone and Charles Oliver. We finished the season with 5 wins, 4 losses and a tie. Our biggest scalp was knocking off PAC on their deck; we also had a comprehensive win over Trinity and a nail biter against Scotch. Two of our losses were against the SAPSASA knockout grand finalists in Sacred Heart and Rostrevor. Our most disappointing loss was against Pembroke’s Year 6s after beating their Year 7s. Most pleasing to see was the improvement in our forward defence and running between the wickets when batting and our ability to concentrate in the field for 50 overs. Areas to improve include our footwork and use of our top hand when batting, pitching the ball up when bowling, and getting our body behind the ball when fielding. Mr Thomas McLean Coach
VOLLEYBALL Year 9B Volleyball CBC 1 was defeated by Blackfriars 2 The last game for the year proved to be a very tough one. After losing the first set quite convincingly, CBC came back in the second set to win 25-16 and the third set was very even, but Blacks managed to take it from us. Again, Steven and Mark served very well, but overall our game was very disorganised with few brilliant returns. Despite this loss, the team had an excellent term of volleyball, losing just 2 games. On reflection, the boys all agreed that Fridays are their favourite day of the week and they are already looking forward to next year! Mrs Lucyna Zwolski Coach
Hayden Clarke playing a textbook forward defence
Jack Bastian drives one through the covers