Tidings - Edition 12: 25 November

Tidings

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November Last Day of Classes for Year 10

We wish Year 10 all the best and look forward to seeing them back next year as College leaders.

28 November Year 10: High Tea at the Hyatt

Year 10 will celebrate with their peers from 11.45am - 2pm

29 November 2023 College Leadership Network Day

30 November YAM Program

Event contact: Hannah Weiss hannah.weiss@stcc.act.edu.au

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November Year 12 Graduation Mass and Awards

Celebrating the culmination of many years of study. The Year 12 Graduation Mass and Awards will commence at 3pm in the College Hall. Students will be able to collect their graduation gown from 1pm in the Chiara Centre. After the ceremony students are welcome to take family photos on the Clare Lawn. Students will be required to hand in their gown before leaving the College at the conclusion of the ceremony to Ms Weijers or Mrs O’Brien in the Chiara Centre.

Event contact: Carla Weijers Carla.Weijers@stcc.act.edu.au

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December Year 12 Formal

Parliament House, 5.30pm-11pm

5-7 December Year 9 Urban Challenge

A 3 day program filled with fun and adventure, the students will be involved in an unfolding journey taking them around the Sydney CBD and surrounding suburbs. They will organise their own food, travel and selves as they navigate and negotiate their way across the city. Information has been emailed to parents.

Event Contact: hannah.weiss@stcc.act.edu.au

7 December Christmas Concert

Years 7-8, P5 & P6 in the Gym. An email will be sent out next week requesting performances e.g. dramatic monologue, lip sync, dance etc. This event will celebrate the talents of our students in an inclusive environment and there may even be a performance from our teachers...

Event contact: Laura Sheehan laura.sheehan@stcc.act.edu.au; Amy Denford amy.denford@stcc.act.edu.a 8 December

Year 7-8 Community Day

Gungahlin Leisure Centre, departing from school.

Event contact: Laura Sheehan laura.sheehan@stcc.act.edu.au; Amy Denford amy.denford@stcc.act.edu.au

December Year 9 Community Day

Year 9 will enjoy a non-school uniform day. They will spend time together at the College bonding, watching movies and relaxing after Urban Challenge. Event contact: hannah.weiss@stcc.act.edu.au

Year 7-11 Mass and Awards

from the Principal on 5 December if their daughter is receiving

receive

With written parental permissions students can leave at the end of the Mass and Awards ceremony.

Principal’s Message

It is a time of mixed emotions, as we farewell our Year 12 students finishing their schooling journey of 13 years and, at the same time, we welcome our graduates of 2028. It is the cycle of school life and one of the privileges of being in education: working with young people as they surmount the challenges of adolescence, build resilience and selfregulation and step out into a world that wasn’t quite the same as when they started school.

We farewelled our Year 12 students with a week of celebration, including a BBQ lunch and joint activities with St Edmund’s College, House farewell ceremonies, a breakfast cooked by staff and a very special Farewell Assembly. We are proud of what our graduates of 2022 have accomplished over the past six years, including overcoming numerous obstacles brought on by Covid restrictions throughout their senior years. The girls progressed through their final days with a spirit of fun, solidarity and respect to staff, students, and the environment. We truly appreciate the extremely positive example they have set for their younger peers.

Our Year 10 students have shown their readiness for senior College through their preparedness for their exams and their final week in classes. We look forward to sharing a special time with them at their High Tea on Monday, and welcoming them back as seniors with a special Community Day on Tuesday 31 January, 2023.

With the flurry of activity for the upcoming Year 12 Graduation Mass and Awards, Year 12 Formal and the Years 7-11 Mass and Awards, it is timely to reflect on the challenges faced this year. As a community, we have faced limitations on school access to visitors, restricted opportunities for incursions and excursions, significant student and staff absences through illness, teacher shortages and some unsettled student behaviour. The staff of St Clare’s have shown their resilience in prioritising high-quality learning for our students, even when it was not their direct responsibility. In my first year as Principal of St Clare’s, I am so grateful to them and proud of what we, collectively, have achieved for the benefit of your daughters.

One unexpected role of Principal that I have very much enjoyed is leading alumni tours on weekends. Some groups are celebrating their decade reunions a little late, with the obvious restrictions of the last few years. To date, I have welcomed the Classes of 2010, 2012, 1981, 1990, 1992, and I look forward to the Class of 1972 in a week’s time. It is an opportunity for these graduates to share their oral history of the College, the everchanging (until now!) location of the senior common room, tales of the original Mrs Dickie, the various challenges that they recollect presenting to their teachers and Principals. It will be interesting to hear the recollections of the Class of 2022 at their 10 year reunion!

Until then, we will reflect and celebrate with our current students for all their achievements throughout this very challenging year.

Ann Cleary Principal

Class of 2022

The St Clare's alumnae have made a great difference to those in the community near and far. We look forward to seeing what our class of 2022 will do in the years to come.

Sarah Adam

Sarah will be studying at ACU to pursue a Bachelor Degree of Primary Education.

Zalee Agnew

Zalee plans on studying a Bachelor of Nursing or Biomedical Science in Brisbane.

Olivia Agostino

Olivia plans to study a Bachelor of Medical Science at ANU.

Hillary Alimangohan

Hillary is unsure what the future has in store, but hopes to study in the creative writing or arts industry.

Hannah Ament

Hannah plans to study Criminology and Psychology as a double degree through the ANU.

Hayley Ament

Hayley plans to attend the ANU to study a double degree in Arts and Psychology.

Neeta Antony

Neeta will be studying a flexible double degree of Bachelors of Biotechnology and Languages at ANU.

Ebony Baran

Ebony plans to study a Bachelor of Criminology at ANU.

Hannah Briskey

Hannah is exploring her options for 2023.

Jemma Buchecker

Jemma is exploring her options for 2023.

Isabel Bujaroski

Isabel plans to study while working full time as well as travelling.

Jessica Charles

Jessica will be studying a Bachelor of Health Science followed by a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MChD) at ANU.

Lara Burstow

Lara is planning to study Pharmacy at UC.

Lauren Charles

Lauren plans to study a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability at ANU.

Lainey Canton

Lainey is planning on studying a Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne.

Mia Canton

Mia is planning on studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in dance.

Zara Carson

Zara will be studying cyber security at CIT and working in retail.

Elena Celestino

Elena plans to study music at ANU.

Simone Chitsinde

Simone will study a Bachelor of Asian Studies at ANU and hopes to go on exchange to South Korea.

Ashleigh Clarke

Ashleigh looks forward to working a few casual jobs while travelling and working towards a job in the public service.

Holly Cook

Holly is planning on studying Primary Education at UC and is hoping to move into Secondary Education as a PE Teacher in the future.

Mia Corey

Mia will be studing a Bachelor of Nursing at the university of Wollongong.

Class of 2022

Alisha Crowle

Alisha is planning on studying nursing at the Australian Catholic University in Canberra.

Ella Dalliston

Ella is still exploring her options for 2023.

Alyssa Davidson

Alyssa will be completing a Cert II in Animal Studies and Cert III in Captive Animals while working at the Zoo and at another part-time job.

Chantelle Dradrach

Chantelle has a public service position in the Department of Health and Aged Care, and will also be completing a Certificate IV in Government.

Kyra Durkin

Kyra is still exploring her options for 2023.

Piper Ellis

Piper will study Medical Science at ANU.

Imogen Fogarty

Imogen is planning to study a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and French next year at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Lillian Foster

Lillian will be studying a diploma in Interior Design at CIT.

Elly Furner

Elly plans to work for Australian Forensic Services (AFS) as a full-time Vetting Officer.

Deon George

Deon is planning to study a Bachelor of Advanced Computing at ANU and work in the Department of Finance.

Ryza Gloria

Ryza plans to study a Bachelor of Medical Science at the University of Canberra.

Venetia Goodall

Venetia will be studying a Bachelor of Culture and Heritage at UC.

Katie Goodwin

Katie is planning on taking a gap year to work and travel, and will study a Degree in Psychology in the following year.

Sophie Hagel

Sophie is hoping to study either Health Science or Occupational Therapy at the University of Canberra.

Abbey Hall

Abbey is planning on working for a year in the Department of Finance before studying a Bachelor of Veterinary Technology at Charles Sturt University.

Mollie Hill

Mollie will be completing a double degree in Law and Creative writing at Wollongong University in 2023.

Rachel Hill

Rachel hopes to work before studying at university in the future.

Kirthana Jimmy

Kirthana will be beginning a fulltime traineeship at Ginninderra Early Childhood Centre.

Emmalee Joyce-Piper

Emalee hopes to go to CIT and UC to study Sports Medicine.

Amelia Hong

Amelia plans to study a Bachelor of Psychology and a Bachelor of Criminology at ANU.

Lohia Kali

Lohia is still exploring her options for 2023.

Bethany Kelly

Bethany plans to work full-time in public service and travel to Europe before hopefully studying in the field of health.

Soraya Kirk

Soraya is still exploring her options for 2023.

Olivia Kirkcaldie

Olivia is planning to study a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Canberra or University of Queensland.

Class of 2022

Alana Kunovec

Alana is planing to study Medical Radiation Science next year at UC.

Jessica McIntosh

Jessica is planning to go straight into work, and is keeping her options open for future study.

Clare Langford

Clare will be studying a double degree in Law and International Studies at the University of Wollongong.

Anais Ledbrook

Anais is planning on studying psychology at UC.

Clare Maguire

Clare will be studying a Diploma of Remedial Massage at CIT with aspirations of working with sporting professionals in the future.

Anna Marris

Anna is hoping to complete a Forensic Science and Criminology Course at UTS or a Law degree.

Lillian Martone

Lillian is hope to study at university.

Chloe McPherson

Chloe plans to work and travel.

Elleri Mills

Elleri plans to work and travel the world.

Emily Mollard

Emily will take a gap year to continue working and playing in junior and amateur golf tournaments, then plans to study a Bachelor of Sports Management at UC.

Sarah Mooney

Sarah has accepted an offer to study a Bachelor of International Relations and Psychology at ANU.

Anessa Nappo

Anessa plans to study at University and travel.

Elisha O’Brien

Elisha plans to study a Bachelor of Nursing and Paramedicine at ACU.

Habibat Ogunbanwo

Habibat plans to simply enjoy every day as it comes and achieve a good work/ study-life balance.

Naomi O’Keeffe

Naomi hopes to study Film ProdUCtion at UC.

Michala Olney

Michala is taking the year to work and will then study a Bachelor of Animal Science at Charles Sturt University in 2024.

Chanel Page

Chanel plans to study a Bachelor of Bio Medical Science at UC.

Isabella Perrem

Isabella will be studying a double degree in Asian Studies and Science at the ANU.

Olivia Phelps

Olivia is hoping to complete a double degree in Law and Arts at ANU.

Amelia Rademaker

Amelia is still exploring her options for 2023.

Molly Reichstein

Molly is planning on taking a gap year to work full-time in the public service before studying.

Amarlia Riches

Amarlia plans to complete a Cert III in Early Childhood EdUCation and then hopes to become a paramedic, nurse or midwife.

Haley Parker

Haley will beworking full time at the Hellenic Club with plans to apply to the Australian Federal Police.

Lucia Roberts

Lucia plans to study a Bachelor of Paramedicine at ACU or Griffith Univeristy.

Class of 2022

Callie Robertson

Callie plans to work in hospitality and travel to Europe for a year and then study in 2024.

Amelia Robinson

Amelia is still exploring her options for 2023.

Sarah Rosin

Sarah plans to study a Bachelor of Economics at the ANU.

Aislinn Ryan

Aislinn plans to either study or have a gap year working within the ADF followed by more study.

Molly Scott-Cameron

Molly will study a Bachelor of Music in Composition for Film at ANU.

Phoebe Sofatzis

Pheobe will study a double degree in a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of International Relations at the ANU and hopes to study overseas at some point.

Anthea Soltes

Anthea will be living and working in Asia for a gap year and then pursuing university studies.

Emma Stackpoole

Emma plans to study Justice at UC.

Liliana Staltari

Liliana plans on studying a Bachelor of Business (Management) at UC.

Brittany Stevens

Brittany plans on taking a gap year then commencing a Double Bachelor Degree in International Security and Psychology at ANU.

Amber Thomas

Amber plans on studying a double degree, Bachelor of Business (Major in Real Estate) and Bachelor of Design (Major in Interior Design), at Griffith University.

Jamila Tive

Jamila plans to study a Bachelor of Business Management at UC.

Valencia Tohilima

Valencia is still exploring her options for 2023.

Alice Tooth

Alice plans to study a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Wollongong.

Georgina Trotman

Georgina plans on studying a double degree in Actuarial Studies and Asian Studies at the ANU.

Lilly Vanderpol

Lilly plans to work fulltime as a receptionist and complete a Cert IV in Dance Teaching and Management. She then plans to attend university for a businessrelated course in 2024.

Sophia Vidovic

Sophia will be travelling and studying a Bachelor in Primary and Special EdUCation at the ACU.

Amber Vink

Amber will be studying a Bachelor of Health Science at UC and hopes to find something to specialise further in this field.

Charlotte Walsh

Charlotte will study a Bachelor of Psychological Science and Criminology at ACAP and plans on completing a Masters degree.

Neve Watts

Neve is still exploring her options for 2023.

Miranda Whitfield

Miranda plans to study a Bachelor of International Studies at the University of Wollongong.

Mia Woods

Mia plans to study a Bachelor of Genetics at ANU.

STCC Visual Arts Exhibition

The End of Year Exhibition was held on Tuesday November 8 where the College opened its doors to family and friends for an afternoon of creative exploration. The new Learning Commons proved to be a wonderful venue to showcase our student work from Media Arts, Photography and Visual Arts. For the first time, artworks from Years 7 -12 were displayed together. This allowed our community to see how Junior and Senior students have developed their skills in innovation, problem solving and creative thinking.

Perhaps the evening is best summarised by our Year 12 Visual Arts students who missed out on the opportunity to exhibit at the end of 2021.

“My works were within the exhibition, and I walked around to view the art with my sister who also goes to St Clare’s. We seriously took our time to look at each piece as so many were truly lovely. The students that participate in St Clare’s art course have a love for the subject and it comes through from the care, creativity, and expression visible within their pieces. St Clare’s puts so much value on more than just practical expertise and on a true love for art and its philosophy.”

– Venetia Goodall, Year 12 Visual Art Student.

“It was an exhilarating experience as an art student seeing all of my peers’ work displayed in our final art exhibition. There were a variety of mediums explored within the exhibition such as oil paint, photography, ceramics, animation and many more which made the

exhibition all the more exciting to see the abilities and creativity of St Clare’s students expressed in art. I was there for the whole duration of the exhibition and saw many parents and visitors come to see the works displayed – it was nerve-wracking in the beginning but satisfying when I explained the meaning and processes behind my works to visitors and seeing their eventual understanding and appreciation. Overall, it was an amazing team-effort that I will surely miss – all the teachers, students and visitors to the exhibition played a special part in this end of year exhibition and fostered an environment so great and idiosyncratic to St Clare’s that one would surely savour the memory for years to come.“ – Simone Chitsinde, Year 12 Visual Art Student.

“The exhibition gave a whole new experience for both students and parents in the new Learning Commons. The open space invites people to explore the different topics across the student years. The creative ideas of all media, photography and visual art students was an exciting event for the end. Visitors viewed all different areas within the exhibition. On a personal note, although nervous about the audience’s reaction to my piece, I was looking forward to showing my work.” –Ryza Gloria, Year 12 Visual Art Student.

Larinda Knight Leader of Learning Visual Arts

Celebration of Sports Night

The love of sport has never been as evident at St Clare’s College as we celebrated the achievements of 2022. Sport is so unique and powerful in nature as it brings unity, inclusivity, challenges your mindset, adds positively to your holistic health and brings a sense of belonging. We are very blessed to have students who love their sport and apply themselves diligently in the sporting arena which also transcends into their pride of wearing the STCC jersey.

We were very lucky to have not one but two elite athletes who are previous St Clare’s College studentsAli Bai and Sophie Gaughan who attended the night as our special guest speakers. We were inspired by Ali’s professional tennis career and listened attentively to her experience of playing Ash Barty. Sophie, Canberra Chill representative, motivated the crowd with her journey to the top of her game in the great sport of hockey. Ali and Sophie are prime examples of following their love and passion for their chosen sport and becoming successful athletes and continuing to inspire the next generation.

Thank you to the teachers who have supported our sporting program, without your assistance our students would not have this wonderful opportunity.

Our thank you extends to our College community, families, friends and external partnerships with many ACT sporting organisations who have been a part of our 2022 journey. It would be remiss of me not to thank our Sports Facilitator Mrs Louise Patton who has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that our students and our College are on the sporting pitch.

Sepi Hawke Leader of Learning Health and Physical Education

“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.” St Clare of Assisi

Remembrance Day

On 11 November, St Clare’s College paused to reflect on the service and sacrifice of the men and women who lost their lives while serving Australia and its allies in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. Defence students participated in the Remembrance Day address, with the Remembrance Day prayer read by Sophie Harris, Alexandra Scheiffers and Grace Harris. The Ode was read by Carolyn Sisley, followed by The Last Post, a minute of silence and The Rouse. Thank you to these students for helping St Clare’s College commemorate this important date, marking the 104th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War on 11 November 1918.

A number of commemorative activities were offered to students in the lead up to Remembrance Day. Students crafted lanterns, and wrote post cards of support to deployed personnel. Their messages were heartfelt and encouraging, wishing servicemen and servicewomen well, a Merry Christmas, and a safe return to their families. The postcards, sent through 39th Operational Support Battalion, will be widely disseminated to deployed personnel across the three services.

Students were also given the opportunity to reflect on the service of loved ones and Defence personnel by writing on a laminated poppy card. The poppies were placed by students in a garden bed of the Main Quad, and were a reminder of the connections many of us have, whether past or present, to Defence service. This was further explored through a wartime service display in the San Damiano Learning Commons on 11 November. Students were able to view wartime service uniform items, equipment and artefacts kindly loaned from the Australian War Memorial.

We will remember them.

Alex Bugden Defence School Mentor

Year 7 Languages

The Year 7 French classes created a visual piece around the characters of the film Zarafa (2012). Students viewed and discussed this French and Belgian animation film by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie with music by Laurent Perez Del Mar.

Si tu es perdu(e), interroge le ciel ! If you are lost, consult the sky!

The above quote, is spoken several times in the film, and refers to not getting lost in the overwhelming situations of life - such as travelling through a dessert. It is about grabbing opportunities when they are presented to us.

Cecile Michels French Teacher

Year 7 and 8 Technologies

In Semester 2, the Year 7/8 DT students were asked to design and construct a lighting device that will emit a light using an LED strip with a USB attachment. As part of their design solutions they needed to consider the following points:

• Your user and their need for the light device.

• Positioning of light device (free standing/hanging).

• How light will transfer/reflect out of the device.

• The availability of materials which needs to reflect sustainability practices.

• Size of the device – no larger than A4 paper size.

• Concept of design using design elements and principals.

Kai Mohel Leader of Learning VET Technologies Teacher

GETSet Day

On Wednesday 9 November, ten students across Year 7-10 participated in the GETSet Engineering and Computing at ANU. There were many engaging activities and thrilling experiences that the girls relished.

We kicked the day off with our first workshop called Laptop Music Coding. We had the opportunity to create harmonious music by coding with different instruments. After two hours of coding music, we headed to the kitchen area of Hannah Neumann building to have morning tea.

We then moved onto our second workshop called RoboGals at Birch Building. RoboGals gave us the opportunity to work together as a team to create robots, with the help of slideshows, to complete travelling through a maze. This workshop allowed the girls to showcase their abilities and interests through building robots. It was a collaborative experience, and everyone gave it a go.

After RoboGals we progressed with rotation activities. The first rotation activity we were given was creating custom print tote bags. Every girl customised a black tote bag with red and gold stickers and learnt a thing or two about 3D printing. The second activity was a tour around sections of the university that were based on student living including Bruce Hall (accommodation), libraries and food access, and relaxing and studying areas. We had an amazing tour of the campus thanks to our lovely tour guide who truly put on a show for us. We then finished off our day by heading back to Birch Building to gather gift bags, afternoon tea, and complete a feedback form. We all had a remarkable experience at ANU!

Maulupe Maka (Year 10) St Clare’s College Student

In the Classroom - HASS

Mrs Blackshaw's Year 10 Geography classes participated in creating Play Doh models of the coast. Students created a slide show of coastal features to show the formation and change of beach features e.g. cave, arch, bay and sea stack.

Students found this highly enjoyable and reinforced their knowledge on geographical formations.

10 November, four students were invited to attend the National History Challenge Presentation Ceremony along with their teachers Caroline Blackshaw and Karim Najjarine. The finalists included were Oliva Lee, Jorja Nicholson, Amelie Nettlefold and Klara Goddard. Klara and Amelie were ACT finalists and they also won a special category award in which they received a medallion, Gold Certificate and $400 prize. Well done to these students!

On the 31 October two Year 11 Psychology classes visited the National Zoo and Aquarium to coincide with course work. They had a guided tour concentrating on classical, operant conditioning and observational learning techniques on animal training and behaviour. Students loved seeing examples of animal training for example the cheetahs and their target training, and they loved holding a snake. They could see examples of animal behavior to reinforce what they have learnt in the classsroom.

Year 11 Psychology students participated in a brain dissection lesson lead by Mrs Elaina Cupitt. Students used science safety procedures to successfully dissect and identify the main parts of the brain. This was a fun and engaging activity in which students worked together collaboratively and related the brain of a sheep to learning about theory in class.

Caroline Blackshaw HASS Teacher

Shine Conference

On Friday 28 October, 500 Youth Ministry students in Years 9 and 10 throughout the Archdiocese including 44 Year 10 students from St Clare's College came together at Merici for the annual Shine conference. It was an amazing experience and a wonderful opportunity to connect with other CE schools and learn about what it means to be witnesses to our faith. The small group workshops equipped us with new skills and taught us new ways to connect with God for ourselves and for the support of others. Overall, it was a fantastic day.

Julia Norgrove Year 10 SRC and Youth Minister

Choices, Decisions, Outcomes

Our Year 7 students engaged in Choices, Decisions and Outcomes. This program is delivered by the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. It aims to promote discussion around healthy relationships and decision making strategies through fun small group activities.

Mission and Ministry

Year 9 Reflection Day

On Monday 7 November Year 9 Reflection Day focussed on our Liturgical theme for 2022 – “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart” and their Year group theme - “We rise up by lifting others and working as a team.”

We were fortunate to have a Guest Speaker from Your Choicez speak about the Power Gift of Friendship - why it matters, strategies for navigating emotions and how to help others in need. Then the second session focussed on building and maintaining respectful relationships and the power model of love using St Maximillian Kolbe as an example.

Throughout the day other activities centred on building relationships within our Pastoral Care groups and then looking outwardly as to how we can support our College charities. The girls unpacked and built flat pack children’s bikes for each charity with specific challenges in place and then designed and constructed Christmas Bags for Vinnies Joeys.

Our concluding liturgy emphasised our themes of working hard at all we do both individually and as a team.

Donations for our College Charities

A huge thank you to our College community who have donated non –perishable food, household items, gardening supplies, preloved clothing, books, toys, sporting equipment, baby accessories, knitted beanies, scarves, blankets and so much more. Our Charities are incredibly grateful to receive these items especially in the lead up to Christmas.

Mission and Ministry thank you afternoon tea and mass

On Friday 4 November students belonging to our Music Ministry, Social Justice and Youth Ministry teams came together to share afternoon tea, participate in team building exercises, reflect on the successes and challenges of the past year, thank our many amazing Team leaders and staff, farewell our Year 12 leaders and celebrate mass with Father Alex our College Chaplain. It was truly a wonderful afternoon of celebration.

Catholic Mission Activities

Throughout Week 3 our College community came together to celebrate Socktober, St Clare’s style. We held interhouse soccer competitions each lunchtime using soccer balls made of string, plastic bags and rubber bands, to highlight the way most kids play soccer in developing countries of the world. Matches were highly contested with great participation from students across Years 7 – 12. Our eventual winners were Alinda, 1 nil to Wareen. Thank you to Jessica our Social Justice Captain for her overall organisation, ably supported by Callie our Sports Captain, our House Captains and the Social Justice team.

Marie Manning Mission and Ministry Coordinator

Careers VET NEWS

H-courses – Attention Year 10

Students

Current Year 10 students may wish to include a H course from the University of Canberra (UC) or the Australian National University (ANU) as part of their Year 11 and 12 courses. Both of these universities offer H courses that are accredited by the Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS). Successful completion of a H course will be recognised on the ACT Senior Secondary Certificate.

H courses are designed to complement studies in the home college and allow students to pursue depth of study in an area of interest. These courses are well suited to students who studying a Tertiary package who wish to gain university experience to prepare for future studies at that institution. Links below will provide more information including enrolment advice:

• UC Accelerated Pathway Program Accelerated Pathways Program - University of Canberra

• ANU Extension ANU Extension

| The Australian National University

Attention History Students Year 10 & 11

Australian Catholic University (ACU) are running a Western Civilisation Summer School. The 3-day retreat is for current Year 10 & 11 students across Australia. The summer school is free and there are travel bursaries available.

Students will gain skills in critical thinking and communication while making life-long friends with likeminded students with an interest in western traditions, humanities and reading. The Summer School runs from 18 – 20 January 2023 at ACU North Sydney and Benedict XVI Retreat Centre. Don’t miss out – applications close 1 December 2022.

The Summer School will include:

• lectures and discussions

• Year 12 exam and study skills workshops

• all meals and accommodation

• games, activities, socialising and more

More information and registration can be found here: Summer School Program | ACU | Western Civilisation program

Year 12 Destination Survey

I take this opportunity to congratulate the Year 12 students on reaching this significant milestone in their education journey. To inform the development of our Careers and Future Pathways program and gain a better understanding of alumni future pathways - work and/or study plans, Year 12 students are invited to complete the St Clare’s College Year 12 Destination Survey 2022. The survey is voluntary and takes only a few minutes to complete. Student data is not shared with third parties and any future contact is at the student’s discretion.

Survey link: https://www. surveymonkey.com/r/BY5WLXX

Trish Brown Careers and Future Pathways Coordinator

Pictured above: Year 11 Students who completed a Defence (Army) work experience placement in October.

Sport - ACT Touch Championships

After winning the Southside Championships on 19 October, the Year 9/10 Touch team progressed to the ACT Championships. There were only four teams present, the winners and runners up from both the North and South sides.

First the teams played three round games and then a semi 1 v 4 and 2 v 3, then the top two played off to see who would be named the ACT champions.

The results were very impressive. Game 1 – WON 5-2 against Lyneham High Game 2 – WON 7-6 against Mackillop Game 3 – WON 5-1 against Canberra High Semi-finals – WON 6-1 against Lyneham High St Clare’s went into the Grand final undefeated at this stage, not losing a game over both touch days and went into the finals as favourites It was a fantastic game – Mackillop scored first, followed with St Clare’s scoring two tries, then Mackillop scored two more and St Clare’s evened it up with another try. It was even at 3 tries each. Unfortunately, just before the final bell sounded Mackillop scored again.

There was no time left to score and so St Clare’s came away with a second place or runners up. The final score was 4 - 3.

The team-work was definitely on display in their 26 tries for and had only 13 tries scored against them throughout the day. Eden Morrisey was the top try scorer with an impressive 10 tries.

We are very proud of the effort and training that the team members committed to before the championships. We look forward to beating them next year. The team members were: Brea Rodgers, Imojean Vea, Eden Morrisey, Bonnie Wilder, Hannah Miller, Ava Brassil, Ella Norton, Amelia Norton, Kayley Maguire, Sophie Walker, Ruby Ashton and Lauren Gilbert.

The player’s player was Eden Morrisey, the MVP was Amelia Norton and the Coach’s award goes to Kayley Maguire. Thanks to Mr Adam Buck who coached the team on the day.

Carolyn Batch Health and Physical Education Teacher

In the Headlines

Lily Young and Sarah Bennett Year 7 and Year 11

Congratulations to Ella Collins in Year 10 who has just been selected to play basketball in The Nike Tournament of Champions in the USA in Phoenix Arizona in December with a team of other girls from around Australia. We wish her the best of luck at the tournament.

Lily Young and Sarah Bennett participated in a Skins Event where Lily came 2nd and Sarah 1st. They raced 5 consecutive 50m freestyle races and were the last 2 swimming.

Congratulations to Samantha Nealon who represented the ACT Brumbies at the Australian Schools Rugby Union Championships.

Kiarra partipated in the National Indigenous Football Championships (NIFC) in Nowra. Well done Kiarra!

Ella Collins Year 10

Samantha Nealon Year 11

Kiarra Morgan Year 11

ANU extension program for Year 11 and 12 Students

ANU offers extension programs for Year 11 and 12 students who are concurrently enrolled as full-time students in their senior years of their secondary education. Click here for further information.

Year 10 students who are interested in pursuing the 2023 ANU Extension Program can use this link to complete their application.

The program that students need to apply for is the “Diploma of Studies” and the intake is “Autumn 2023.”

The application front page has a number of prompts for filling out the form. ANU suggest applicants take a screenshot of this page before moving on, so they can refer to it as they move through the application questions.

ANU have received many enquiries about the birth year options available on the application form. Unfortunately ANU are not able to add in all the options needed for the correct years of birth. If the applicant’s year of birth is not available, please:

• Choose the closest option to submit the application.

• Once submitted, please make a note of the application number.

• Send the application number with a copy of an ID document to domestic.admissions@anu.edu.

au The Admissions team will then manually update the application with their correct date of birth

If you have any questions in regards to the application process please don’t hesitate to contact ANU (https://www.anu.edu.au/contactanu).

Notices

Calling all young women in Years 9-12 for three days of fun!

Will you be in Year 9-12 in 2023? On 18 - 20 April 2023, come and experience what it’s like to be an engineer with exciting, hands on activities in real university labs at UNSW Canberra.

Experience three days of awesome activities and the opportunity to meet other like-minded young women and inspirational female guest speakers, university students and engineering staff. Discover aerospace, aeronautical, civil, electrical, mechanical and software engineering with spectacular, hands on activities like:

• Building a gas turbine engine and exploring flight

• Pulling apart a lawnmower engine and reassembling

• Soldering and programming electrical circuits

Programming a robot to solve missions

Designing, building and testing a dam

Analyse signals to return an astronaut to her rocket

Build your own YoWIE keepsake in our mechanical engineering workshop

YoWIE is all about you! Our amazing workshops are designed to give you a flavour of university level engineering whilst having fun! Who knew studying maths and science in school could lead to cool things like this?

Duke of Edinburgh'sInternational Award

Participant Commitment

Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

St Clare’s is delighted to be partnering with Outward Bound Australia in 2023 to offer the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Students aged 14 or older are eligible for the program, which will be facilitated by our award partners as an external, co-curricular activity.

Save the date and join us for a student and parent information session in Term 1 next year - Thursday, 16 February 5-6:30pm, or for more information contact Caroline Bowman at Outward Bound on 0448 238 930, or at caroline.bowman@outwardbound.org.au.

We are excited to be able to share this opportunity with students, and look forward to sharing the adventurous journeys that await!

CAL will again run a Japanese summer school in January 2023 for students who wish to prepare for commencement in senior secondary Japanese studies at Continuing level. The summer school will be for those who have completed prior study (in or out of school), who are eligible for Continuing Japanese, and who would like to do a bridging program in the holidays to ensure they are ready for the senior secondary course. The summer school program will be designed to improve students’ confidence and mastery in areas normally covered through the Australian Curriculum in Years 9-10.

The summer school will be open to any interested students, whether they intend ongoing studies in their day school or with CAL. It will take place in the 2nd to 4th weeks of January, with 3 hours online plus 2 hours of homework each week for a total of 15 programmed hours. As an online program, it will not be required that participating students are in Canberra at the time. The cost will be $250 per student. Details will be advertised on CAL website and CAL’s Facebook page

CAL will also run a summer school for Korean in January 2023.

Franchesca Isla Class of 2011

I was the first Faith and Community leader at St Clare’s College. Since Graduating I completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a major in Counselling studies at the University of Canberra, and a Master of Social Work at the University of South Australia.

I have spent time working in drug addiction and domestic violence; this professional development has included understanding trauma, mental health first aid, personality disorders, and child-safe environments.

I have facilitated presentations on themes surrounding healthy relationships and positive body image for schools in Canberra, conducted education on bullying with Hope Assistance Local Tradies, and spoken about creating safe and empowering public spaces for women and girls for The Canberra Gals Network. I also worked for Australia’s leading bullying prevention charity, Bully Zero, and founded its recently developed blog site, Brave, which allows people the opportunity to unpack, reflect, and share insight into their experiences with bullying.

My passion is the arts and I have exhibited my artwork at Art, Not Apart, and published several creative writing pieces on themes of change, challenge, grief, and healing. I collaborated with organisations such as the Catholic Voice, The Stop Campaign, and Verse Magazine.

In honour of the birth of my two children, I donated 1,000 handmade origami cranes to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation, as well as 1,000 more to the Canberra Hospital Foundation. My most loved phrase is: ‘to will the good of others’ - and have spent my life aiming to do just that.

Contributions are greatly welcomed from past students. Send 300 words plus a current image to media@stcc.act.edu.au

Contact us (02) 6260 9400 media@stcc.act.edu.au

St Clare’s College 1 McMillan Crescent, Griffith ACT 2603 stcc.act.edu.au