Year 8&9 Service Opportunities 2025

Year 8 & 9 Ignatian Service Launch 2025

Service is the core of who we are at Riverview

People For Others

Ignatius calls us to be

‘Contemplative in Action’

⮚ Live out the Gospel in actions, not simply prayer ⮚ “Love expresses itself more in deeds than in words” ⮚ Walk alongside the marginalised

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Service journey - Men For Others, To People With Others

Incomplete service record can negatively impact student leadership and Country Placement & Immersion opportunities Extra service has a positive impact on leadership & Country Placements, etc PAGE | 3

Ignatian Service Model 2025

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Years 8 – Men For Others Choose TWO activities: ⮚ Balmoral Swim (April) – email this week ⮚ Jarjum Readathon (May) ⮚ Canice’s Backyard Sleepout (Aug) Day student ⮚ Mary’s House Walk Volunteer (Oct) ⮚ Grocery donation (all year) PAGE | 5

Years 9 – Building on last year Choose TWO activities:

Year 9s choose ONE deeper activity:

Choose TWO activities:

Balmoral Swim (March 24) Balmoral Swim (April) ⮚ ⮚ Canice’s Sleepout (Aug) Day student Jarjum Readathon (May) ⮚ ⮚ Planktoer (Oct/Nov) Backyard Sleepout (Aug) Day ⮚ ⮚ Canice’s Grocery donation (all year) ⮚ student Mary’s House Walk – Students & a Mary’s together House Walk Volunteer (Oct) ⮚ parent ⮚

⮚ Grocery donation (all year)

Smith Family Student-to-

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Student Reading program (Year 9 Day students, max 20) OR

Aged Care Companion Holidays (Year 9 Day students and/or city boarders)

Emails are sent to you prior to each opportunity, you will need to sign up

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Year 8 & 9 Boarders

Boarders Only ⮚ Clean Up Australia Day (last weekend) ⮚ Jesuit Mission Bazaar Clean Up (14 Sept) ⮚ Return & Give (all year) Great option for boarders DofE PAGE | 7

Option 1 – Balmoral Swim for Cancer – 200m (6 April) Raise $30 minimum

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Option 2 – Jarjum Readathon (May) Raise $30 minimum for Jarjum Jesuit College

 Register online to join the Riverview team  Read as many books, novels and graphic novels as you can in May  Submit your reading log  Have family and friends sponsor you Jarjum educates urban Aboriginal children who are not participating or coping in mainstream primary schools as a result of domestic circumstances.

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Option 3 - St Canice’s Sleepout (August) Day student Raise a minimum $30 for Canice's Kitchen

Solo sleep out in your backyard and participate in the online webinar sessions and challenges Canice’s Kitchen providing meals daily to men & women experiencing homelessness and social exclusion … a place of connection.

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Option 4 - Grocery Donations Grocery donation for Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service.

Students purchase grocery items from the list of needed goods (InsideView).

Bring in two bags of groceries to the Ignatian Centre (Name and Year Group on each) PAGE | 11

Service During Year 9 Challenge Each student will attend the Cook 4 Good program Morning: Preparing hot meals for those in need Afternoon: Rough Edges Urban Walk

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Year 9 – One more in-depth service

Smith Family Student-to-Student Reading program (Year 9 Day students, max 20)

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Aged Care Companion Intergenerational Program Holidays (Year 9 Day students and/or city boarders) PAGE | 13

Smith Family Student-to-student Reading Program (Year 9 Day boys, Terms 2 & 3) Reading with peer buddy (Riverview student) to help them with their reading.

Read online with your young buddy twice a week for 15-20 minutes, 18 weeks Numbers limited, discuss with parents

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Aged Care Companion Aged Care Companion– Participating in activities with seniors at Bupa Willoughby & St Peters Lane Cove West 3 half days in the April or June Holidays

Also great for Duke of Ed hours Numbers limited Email later this term

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Steps to completing your 2025 Service Steps to complete the 2025 Ignatian Service Program include: 1. Students select minimum of two experiences and complete or

sign up by Week 10, Term 3.

2. Once ALL service completed, this is logged for you by the Ignatian Centre show on your InsideView Service Record.

3. Students will complete a Year 8 & 9 Service Reflection later in the year.

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Selecting your service options ✔ Some Options available NOW, others you will be emailed closer to their date ✔ Consider your availability – sports training, drama, musical ✔ Get your service done as early as possible in the year ✔ Additional service strongly encouraged and will be logged ✔ Look out for emails this week SF and Swim PAGE | 18

Duke of Ed – Year 9s You need 13 hours of service for Bronze Duke of Ed. You can get some or all your hours through the Ignatian Service program:

Smith Family Student-to-Student Reading program (can be all your DofE hours, if completed) OR

Mix of service activities  2 x service activities, i.e grocery donation and Balmoral Swim for Cancer  Aged Care Companion 3 afternoons  Cook for Good on Yr 9 challenge PAGE | 19

Please call in at any time to talk about your service Any new students please feel free to come and see us

Ms Morrison and Ms Southon – Ignatian Centre, Doyle Building 211