Loreto College Newsletter 25 November 2014

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Volume 37 - 25 November, 2014 Dear Parents and Students We congratulate the Class of 2014 on the important occasion of their Graduation. We thank them for all they have so generously given to Loreto over the years but most especially for their spirited leadership as seniors this year. They have been wonderfully supportive ‘big sisters’ to the Year 8’s, helping them to become part of the Loreto family very quickly. We will miss their vibrancy and zest for life. We send our blessings and best wishes to them for all that is yet to come. Girls, may you always “stand in a place where God can be seen” and know the holiest of grounds. Congratulations to the following students on their Special Awards and Honour Pockets.

Amanda Milligan Award

Anastasia O’Brien

Sister Maria Welch Justice Award

Nikita Bedwell

Sister Rosario North Award for Academic Excellence

Sarah King

Sister Thérèse Daly Award for English

Sarah King

Sister Helen Salter-Carroll Award for Mathematics

Sarah King

Sister Juliana Coughlan Creative Arts Award

Kate Milward

Alison Lazenby Senior Sportswoman of the Year

Georgia Johnson (Year 11)

Past Pupils’ Spirit Award

Prue Hempel and Claudia Miotti

Semester II Honour Pockets: Alyssa Bell

Academic Excellence

Maddie Baker

Music

Nikita Bedwell

Music & School Spirit

Sarah Bryant

Academic Excellence

Greta Carlson

Academic Excellence

Amy Castorina

Academic Excellence

Bridget Clark

Music & Academic Excellence

Sophie Dibley

Academic Excellence

Julia Edwards

School Spirit

D’Arcy Ertel

Academic Excellence

Michelle Godwin

Academic Excellence

Caitlin Hunter

Music & Academic Excellence

Meg Ingram

Academic Excellence

Laura Kenyon

Academic Excellence

Sarah King

School Spirit & Academic Excellence

Melanie Klinakis

Academic Excellence

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Rebecca Marshall

School Spirit & Academic Excellence

Abbey Martin

Academic Excellence

Emma McMahon

School Spirit

Chantel Morris

Debating & Academic Excellence

Anastasia O’Brien

School Spirit

Shannon O’Connor

Water Polo

Mia Page

Service to Sport – Netball & Basketball

Bridget Pekin

Academic Excellence

Hannah Radvan

School Spirit & Academic Excellence

Melissa Roberts

Service to Sport & Service to Netball

Erin Stafford

School Spirit

Madeleine Taylor

Academic Excellence

Sheridan Tully

Academic Excellence

Luciana Vorkas

Academic Excellence

Jacqueline West

School Spirit

Hannah Wixted

Service to Sport

SPECIAL TRIBUTE In this final edition of the 2014 Newsletter I would like to pay a special tribute to Mr Pat Elsworthy on the significant occasion of his retirement. Loreto is proud to award Mr Elsworthy with an ‘Honour Pocket’ for Excellence in Leadership, Service to State & National Education and School Spirit.

“Pat has held significant positions of Leadership at Loreto for twenty nine years. He has held the positions of Mathematics Coordinator, Curriculum Coordinator, Assistant to the Principal Curriculum and Deputy Principal Curriculum. The continuous length of service in these roles speaks volumes about his commitment, capability and dedication. Pat is highly regarded and respected for his expertise, experience and intellect.

Pat’s leadership is not however limited to this Leadership at Loreto. Pat has also played a significant leadership role in education across the State and at the National level. He has Chaired State and District Review panels; represented the QCEC and QSA on Curriculum, Assessment and Moderation Committees; represented the RI Schools on the QCEC Curriculum Committee; Chaired the QCEC Education Committee; and represented QCEC on many and various QSA working parties.

Pat has also held leadership positions in both the Association of Catholic Secondary Schools of Queensland and the Catholic Secondary Schools Deputy and Assistant Principals’ Association.

As a member of the Australian College of Educators, he has held Presidential positions at local and state level and served on the National Council as Deputy Chair. In 2009 he was awarded the Australian College of Educators Fellowship.

These extraordinary commitments are testament to a career devoted to leadership through service. This service has been well above and beyond the norm.

Pat, we honour your outstanding contribution and thank you for your generosity and leadership and for your enduring commitment to Education and to Loreto most especially.

This Honour Pocket for Excellence in Leadership, Service to State and National Education and School Spirit is well-earned and thoroughly deserved.”

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Pat, we thank you for all that you have so generously given in the service of Loreto and education. We wish you every blessing and joy in the years to come. You will definitely be missed. God Bless.

THANK YOU I take this opportunity to thank the Community for your wonderful support throughout the year. It has been yet another busy but most enjoyable year. I wish each of you a most joyous and blessed Christmas.

We wish all those who are travelling (especially our French Trip students and staff) safe and happy travels. May the New Year bring blessings and hope.

CONDOLENCES 

To Mrs Irene Valentine on the recent passing of her Mother. May she rest in God’s gracious and eternal care at peace eternally.

Amen.

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To Emma Quinn (Year 11) on the sudden passing of her Grandfather last week. May he rest at peace eternally in the care of our loving God. Amen.

Yours sincerely

Chery Hamilton Principal

FROM THE CHAIR OF SCHOOL COUNCIL In accordance with the operational guidelines issued by the Loreto Education Council (LEC), our Principal recently participated in the process of a Summative Review. The review was overseen by Mr Jeff Burn (National Education Director for the LEC, Mrs Madeline Sayer (Retired Principal of Brigidine College), Mrs Margaret Knox (Qld Catholic Education Commission) and myself as Chair of School Council.

The process required Mrs Hamilton to submit a written reflection on various aspects of her Principalship. The results of the last Whole School Survey were considered. The Review Panel also interviewed a selection of Council members, staff, parents and students to gain their assessment of Mrs Hamilton’s Principalship.

I am very pleased to report that the feedback gave an extremely positive assessment of Mrs Hamilton’s performance as Principal. There were noted strengths in the areas of the Loreto Charism, pastoral care of students and leadership in teaching and learning.

On behalf of the school community, I congratulate Mrs Hamilton on the results of the review and thank her for for professional and dedicated stewardship of Loreto Coorparoo.

Mrs Diane Bukowski Chair of Council

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2015 Tuition Fees Commencing from Term 1, 2015 all Tuition Fee invoices will be sent to parents by email.

Parents are asked to advise the College Office of any changes to your email address.

Thank you.

Noel Williams - Business Manger

IT’S HERE! Pre-ordered books and tea-towels are now available for pick up from Loreto reception.

To order your Loreto Cookbook and tea-towels please visit out website, complete the order form or contact the Loreto College Development Office shiptonc@loreto.qld.edu.au or phone 3394 9957

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Wednesday 26 November 

Parent Volunteers’ Afternoon Tea 2.00pm - Staff Room

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Year 11 Writing Task Introduction and Practice 8.30am - 12.45pm

Thursday 27 November 

French Trip Departs

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BMTA U14 & U16 Touch Football Finals

Friday 28 November 

End of Term for Years 8 - 11: Students will be dismissed at approximately 12 Noon

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Loreto Student Leadership Conference

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Year Level Assemblies and Prize Giving - 9.00am - 10.30am

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Whole School Assembly - 11.00am - 12.00pm

Term Dates 2015

Term 1

Wednesday 28 January (Years 7, 8 & 12)

→

Thursday 29 January (all students)

Wednesday 1 April (Good Friday 3 April)

Term 2

Monday 20 April

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Friday 26 June

Term 3

Tuesday 21 July

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Friday 18 September

Term 4

Tuesday 6 October

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Friday 20 November (Year 12) Friday 27 November (Years 7-11)

Stop Press - ‘Movember’ The Loreto community may have noticed a number of staff adopting a moustache for the month of November. This is to raise valuable funds for Beyond Blue and prostate cancer research and not necessarily a fashion statement. Any contribution would be much appreciated. Please go to http://au.movember.com/team/1902797 and put a smile on our faces!

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Art Department This semester the Year 9B Art class designed and produced a mural for the block wall near Mulwith. We worked with the theme Felicity to ensure the image created conveyed a feeling of energy and joy. Students began the task by exploring techniques used in Graffiti Art to create artworks using stencils. The focus was on group work as we investigated the meaning of Felicity, took photographs, manipulated them in Photoshop and explored numerous arrangements of the individual figures to create a unified work that captured the desired theme. This task was not only challenging as a design task; unexpected factors such as the unusual number of windy days and early hot weather added to the physical challenge. It was of great interest to passers-by as the work progressed from chalk outlines to white figures, followed by details in blue and grey and finally, the bubbles. And to mark its completion, the class celebrated with some bubbles‌.blowing.

Mrs Leonie McCulkin - Art Coordinator

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French Trip We wish the 21 students and three teachers who are travelling to France on Thursday a safe and enjoyable three week exchange program. Yasmin, Ava, Lily, Grace, Lauren, Georgia, Phoebe, Isabella, Catie, Emma, Georgia, Maddie, Katie, Lauren, Tiarnee, Rubi, Natasha, Tayla-Lea, Halle, Rachael and Alex – have a wonderful time, enjoy every minute and speak lots of French! A huge and sincere thank you to Miss Amy Stewart, Mrs Nat Dawes and Miss Jess Badke for accompanying the girls, keeping them safe and especially for all your hard work in organising the 2014 French Trip. Bon voyage à toutes!

Sports Department LORETO WATER POLO Draw: Round 6 - Saturday 29 November TIME

AGE

TEAMS

VENUE

8.40am

U12

Loreto Warriors v All Hallows White

Musgrave

12.00pm

U13B

Loreto Warriors v St Rita’s

Musgrave

12.40pm

U13C

Loreto Warriors v St Rita’s

Somerville House

12.00pm

U14B

Loreto Warriors v Brigidine

Valley Pool

1.20pm

U14C

Loreto Warriors v St Rita’s

Somerville House

2.40pm

U15C BLACK

Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s

Somerville House

2.40pm

U15C ORANGE

Loreto Warriors v St Peter’s

Somerville House

4.00pm

U16 C

BYE

BYE

4.40pm

U18B

Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s

St Rita’s

Each player MUST be at the venue 30 minutes prior to the game, with full sports uniform, togs, cap and mouth guard. Any girls who are unable to make it to the game must notify Mrs Stevens prior to the game. This will be the last game for the year.

The next game will be played on 31 January 2015.

Meg Stevens - Director of Sport Results - Saturday 22 November AGE

TEAMS

RESULTS

U12

Loreto Warriors v River City

Loss 4 - 16

U13B

Loreto Warriors v Stuartholme

Won 21 - 1

U13C

Loreto Warriors v All Hallows’

Loss 18 - Nil

U14B

Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s

Win 14 - 5

U14C

Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s

Win 8 - 4

U15C BLACK

Loreto Warriors v Stuartholme

Loss 6 - 8

U15C ORANGE

Loreto Warriors v Brisbane Girls Grammar

Loss 21 -2

U16 C

Loreto Warriors v Somerville

Win 9 - 2

U18B

Loreto Warriors v Brisbane Girls Grammar

Loss 0 - 13

Majestic Park Running All girls are welcome to join the running training sessions with Clare Geraghty on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at 3.30pm to 4.45pm this week. This will be the last week of the running sessions.

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BMTA JUNIOR COMPETITION 2014 Semi-Final Round - Thursday 20 November DIVISION

TEAM NAME

OPPOSITION

RESULT

16 B

LORETO MULHALL

Wildcatz Chasers

LOST

14 C BLUE

LORETO BLUE

AHS Sharks

3-5 WON

14 D BLUE

LORETO GOLD

Stuartholme 8 yellow

2-1 LOST 8-3

The semi- finals were well played though our Loreto Mulhall and Loreto Gold teams needed to start the game more focussed on defence. It was pleasing to note that both teams won the second half, proving that despite losing the game, they played in a determined manner through to the final whistle. Well done!

Loreto Blue played a thrilling drop-off with three players on the field for four minutes. Eventually we scored to make it to the Grand-final this Thursday at 6.40pm on field 3. Congratulations!

Season Summary: OPEN Barry – 4th in A division and lost the semi-final OPEN Mornane – 5th in C division 16 Mulhall - 2nd in B division and lost the semi-final 16 Ward-5th in C division 16 Deshon – 7th in D division 14 Mulwith – 6th in B division 14 Blue- 2nd in C Blue division, won the semi-final 2-1 and play the grand-final 27/11/14 14 Gold – 2nd in D Blue division and lost the semi-final Overall, the Loreto teams performed quite well in this trial season at White’s Hill.

Special thanks to all coaches: Nick Dean, Sarah Pettiford, Paddy O’Donnell, Corey Rawding, Celia Lane, Tim Griffin, Georgia Dennis and Ashleigh and to managers Stephanie Coleman, Stephanie Nolan, Brian Beiers and Jan Wyatt. Your dedication to improving the skill level of all players is admirable. Thanks to Captain Wade Bilton for her assistance.

Finally, congratulations to the members of Loreto Blue who have played well all season to gain a place in the grand-final. We wish you all the best and may you play to your potential!

Therese Begley – Touch Football Coordinator

P & F News Seasons greeting and until next year!

As we approach the end of the year we wish all Loreto families a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. Looking back on another successful year, we can proud of our activities and achievements including the welcome barbecue, welcome morning tea, student dances, Father’s Day breakfast and parent forum, cook book, and supporting the Live & Wired festival, year level social activities and Mary Ward Centre audio visual upgrade. Looking forward to 2015, a year in which we welcome Year 7 and 8 families, we plan to support the heating of the swimming pool, implement initiatives arising from the parent forum including holding information events for parents, and hold another forum. Mark down Tuesday 3 February 2015 in your diaries for the first P&F meeting and remember you can contact members of the P&F Executive via the details on the Loreto website at: http://www.loreto.qld.edu.au/community/parents-and-friends/ Garry West - P&F Secretary P & F Welcome BBQ - 2015 (For ‘newbies’) All parents are invited to join us for the P&F Parent Welcome BBQ to be held on Sunday 8 February 2015 . This family fun get -together will be larger than normal with the first intake of Year 7 and the new Year 8 students and their families joining us.

This is a great forum for meeting other parents, P&F members and teachers. It also gives the Committee a chance to explain what it can do for you. The P&F are calling for volunteers to help with the setup, cooking the BBQ etc from 3.15pm.

We should be all cleared away by 6.30pm. If you can spare even an hour to help us please contact Shaun at shaun_cochran@yahoo.com Thank you.

Shaun Cochran - P&F Treasurer

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The Loreto Cookbook - It’s here!

On behalf of the Loreto College P&F and the Cookbook Committee, I’m very pleased to inform you that the Loreto Cookbook and tea-towels are here! Pick up is available now from Loreto reception.

Reception is open between 8am and 4pm and will be closed from 3pm, Thursday 11 December (re-opening Wednesday 14 January). If you wish to pick up after our close date, or make other arrangements, please call Catherine directly on 3394 9957.

Funds raised will be directed to our priority capital needs. The recipes, thoughts and shared memories are just a snippet of our wonderful community and we hope this becomes a treasured keepsake.

Looking for a unique Christmas present? To order a Loreto Cookbook - and limited edition tea-towels - please complete the order form and email to shiptonc@loreto.qld.edu.au Calling for Year Level Representatives A reminder that in the first term of 2015 the P&F are looking for parents to volunteer now as year level representatives. The job involves organising social events for parents, which may be held at the school, your home or an external venue like a restaurant, cafe or bar. If you are holding an event at a private home, we will provide you with a copy of the GUIDELINES FOR HOLDING FUNCTIONS AT PRIVATE RESIDENCES. Promoting your events is as simple as placing an advertisement in the weekly Loreto newsletter. You can put together your own advert or we can help you. If you are interested in becoming a year level representative, please complete the attached form below or contact Trish Willing on 3394 9999 or via willingp@loreto.qld.edu.au

Second hand books and uniforms We are no longer having a second hand book/uniform sale day. If you wish to sell or purchase second hand book or uniforms please go to: www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au Sustainable School Shop Just a reminder to parents to please remove items from the web site once the item has been sold. We have had a number of parents complaining that items are still listed for sale, but when they contact the seller the items have already been sold.

Symons Textbook Lists for 2015 Please note that Symons Book packs will now be available for collection from CRUCI not MULWITH as previously advertised. Collection dates and time in January 2015 remain unchanged. Thank you. Anne Herft Year 12 Students/Parents Sick bay is in need of some spare uniforms to keep for student who need borrow spare uniforms throughout the day. If you have any good quality skirts, blouses, shorts or polo shirts to donate we will be happy to accept them to add to our depleted stock. Please hand any donations into sick bay. Thank you.

Anne Herft Tuckshop Closure Friday 28 November A final reminder to parents please note the Tuckshop WILL NOT be open on the last day of school Friday 28 November.

FREE Screening of “The Lego Movie” at Coorparoo State School You are invited to a FREE outdoor screening of box office hit The LEGO Movie on Saturday 29 November at Coorparoo State School's main oval (access via Halstead St). Gates open at 4:30pm so bring the family, a picnic rug and grab a sausage sizzle or burger from the BBQ for dinner. Pre-show entertainment includes a jumping castle, giant chairs ride, face painting and more! Settle in under the stars with some popcorn, drinks and ice creams (or coffee for the grownups) to watch the critically acclaimed animated adventure comedy The LEGO Movie (from 6:45pm). For more information email: pandc@coorpaross.eq.edu.au Parent Year Representative 2015 RSVP Tear Off Slip Email: willingp@loreto.qld.edu.au I would be interested in nominating to be a Year Representative in 2015.

Name: __________________________________________________

Daughter’s Year Level____________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Mobile (or best contact number): _____________________________________________________________________

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Dear Parents and Grandparents Would you like to meet other parents and grandparents for coffee and lunch once a month?

Have I got a deal for you! Just volunteer to help in the Tuckshop once a month (9.00am – 1.30pm) and I'll provide free coffee and lunch.

Put your name down now by yourself or together with friends. Thank you.

Alison McEneny Tuckshop Convenor ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------

TUCKSHOP VOLUNTEER 2015 – TEAR OFF SLIP I would like to volunteer for Tuckshop.

Name: _________________________________________________________________________

Daughter’s Name _____________________________________

Year and Homeroom_______________________

Mobile: ____________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________

I would like to be on the same roster as _______________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please tick day(s) you are available to do Tuckshop or please telephone me to arrange a suitable day.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Please return to the school office as soon as possible. Thank you. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Telephone: Alison McEneny

Phone: 3394 9944 Mob:

0407 162 901

Email: mcenenya@loreto.qld.edu.au

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