Tidings 11 December 2023
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Upcoming Events
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ACT Planning Day - Pupil Free
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ACT Planning Day - Pupil Free
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Year 11 Outward Bound New Students in Year 8-12 Orientation P1 & P2 Term 1 Commences - Year 7 and Student College Leaders Year 7 Network Orientation
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All Students Return 2024
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Opening Assembly
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Student Leadership Meeting
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Opening Mass, presentation of College Leader Badges and presentation of Dux, 2nd and 3rd to Dux
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School Photos with MSP Photography College Leader Morning Tea
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School photos with MSP catch-up Pancakes – Year 8 French for Shrove Tuesday
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Ash Wednesday Liturgy
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Principal’s Message
2023 has been our Year of Fraternity. Walking together in solidarity, as parents, students and teachers we have a common goal to support our students to become young people with the capacity to self-regulate their emotions and their learning. We work with your daughters every day to build their social-emotional and academic skills. Our scriptural focus 1 Corinthians 2:12, “understand the gifts bestowed on us by God”, requires self-awareness and then generosity of spirit to share those gifts within our St Clare’s and wider community. There have been so many examples recently of students and staff sharing their gifts. On Friday, we celebrated the academic gifts of our students from Years 7-11 over the last semester. All students have worked to learn and apply new knowledge and develop new skills. For some students in some subjects this has been a real struggle. But a reminder, if you are not being challenged, you are not learning. Real growth as a learner is not about avoiding or eliminating challenge; it is about building strategies to overcome them. The award winners are celebrated because they have successfully grappled with challenges over the last semester. They have either gone on to achieve excellent academic results or they have demonstrated commendable growth in their learning or their disposition towards learning. We also celebrated a range of major awards for students who have gone above and beyond in sharing their gifts within the St Clare’s community over this year. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to say “well done” to students before the break. Thursday’s Christmas concert was a lovely, joy-filled celebration of song, dance and community. That our 2024 Year 12 Student Leaders returned to MC and perform in the Christmas concert is a testament to the strength of student leadership we have coming through the ranks. Earlier in the week we had our End of Year Advent Mass, and our Year 7-9 Student community shared a prayerful time in liturgical celebration and we were all appreciative of the vocal gifts shared with us there. Last Tuesday was a proud night for both teachers and parents alike. The Year 12 Formal was a fitting celebration of our students’ last 6 years of schooling and the completion their secondary education. It was a wonderfully relaxed evening with the girls, their partners, parents and teachers enjoying the company, food, band and atmosphere provided by being at the Arboretum. It was lovely to hear from those who took the time to thank the teachers for their dedication in teaching and supporting these girls. There are so many opportunities for our young people moving out into the world next year and we will shortly know and celebrate the achievements of our Tertiary Package students when their final results (ATARs) are released. I wish all our families a wonderful and blessed Christmas, not forgetting that the birth of Jesus, God coming to us as human, is a miracle and a message of love and hope for us all. Christmas blessings to you and all your loved ones. Ann Cleary Principal
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Year 12 Graduation Congratulations to all of our Class of 2023 students. It has been a privilege to see this cohort of students navigate through their final year of formal schooling. It has been exciting for so many of the students to have received early offers for further study next year or have employment secured, congratulations to these students. There are many still waiting for offers or are still working through ideas about what the next steps will be in your journey. We encourage those students to have faith and work hard to be ready for opportunities that will arise.
ANZAC Spirt Award Alicia Thomas BSSS Community Service Award Abigail Cubitt Vocational Studies Award Maggie Dickens Excellence in an Individual Course Area Award Hannah Sharman
Olympic Change Maker Award Ava Boyes
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award Mackenzie Graham
The Canberra Mathematics Association Medal for Excellence Tylah Baker
We would like to recognise our top academic performers in a tertiary package based on in-school results. •
Imogen Johnston
ANU Psychology Student Award Claire McCormack
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The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award Sophie Davis The Australian Defence Force Future Innovators Award Sophie Brennan The Ampol Best All-Rounder Award Isabella Spurrett University of Canberra Faculty of Arts and Design - Design Futures Award Zoe Bellingham
The Principal’s Award for Leadership in College Life Amelia Quirk The Archbishop’s Cup for Contribution to the Religious Life of the College Sophie Smith Outstanding Achievement in Vocational Education Maggie Dickens The Founder’s College Cup for Initiative and Service Claudia Osbourne
Australian Catholic University Liberal Arts Award Imogen Johnston
The College Plate for Effort in Studies Hannah Sharman
University of Canberra Sports Award Sarah Bennett
The St Clare’s College Cup for All-Round Excellence Sophie Brennan
Senior Sportsperson of the Year Sarah Bennett
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Top of Dance (T) Angelina Brown accepting a generous gift voucher award from Studio Pilates Manuka. Thank you to Studio Pilates Manuka for their sponsorship.
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7-11 Awards Assembly On Friday the College held our Semeseter 2 7-11 Awards Assembly. Congratulations to all students who received recognition. It is affirming of their hard work and dedication and students can be very proud of their achievements. The College also wishes to acknowledge those students who have not qualified for an award. It is important to recognise the progress that every student has made this year – and we encourage students to think back to the beginning of the year and consider how far they have come. Major Award Winners UNSW Sydney,School of Economics Prize Annabelle Wheadon Year 11 Rebecca-Morison Dempsey Award Nicola Efstathiou Year 11 Robyn Raymond Award Georgia Andrighetto Year 11 Student of the Year Lauren Catanzariti The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award Bonnie Wilder The Australian Defence Force Future Innovators Award Louise Hill Year 10 Australian Catholic University Award Bronte Lockey Etelka Thoms Mathematics Award Emily Rowell J.J. Peoples Year 10 Student of the Year Evie Williams Junior Sports Person of the Year Sage Haling Year 9 Student of the Year Jade Cox Year 8 Student of the Year Mackellar Flinn Katie Bender - Year 7 Student of the Year Saffron Sheffield
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Languages Italian Venetian Mask-making Year 7 Italian students have spent the last 2 weeks researching Carnevale, a traditional Catholic event famously celebrated in Venice each year. Students also created their own Venetian masks from scratch out of papier-mâché, painting and decorating the mask in the style of their choice. Gelato Messina Year 7 Italian students were also able to celebrate the end of a year together by enjoying some gelato at Gelato Messina in Kingston. “The trip to Messina Gelato was highly enjoyable and well-organized. It taught us a lot about responsibility in public, whilst also giving us a fun day out with our peers” “I really enjoyed the trip to Messina Gelato. It was well-organised and an overall fun afternoon out with my friends and other peers. It was also a valuable lesson about being responsible in public” Il Colosseo Italian Street Food Year 8 and Year 10 Italian students were treated to an authentic Italian lunch at Il Colosseo Italian Street Food at Fyshwick markets. The students got the opportunity to use their language in a reallife situation, ordering their pizza in Italian. This delicious lunch was a fitting way to end the year together. Thank you to the staff at Il Colosseo for allowing the students to put their studies into practise, and for a delightful lunch! WAATI Italian exchange program The following Year 10 and 11 students (Siena Goodwin, Olivia Hicks, Chloe Roughley, and Lauren Russell) are participating in the WAATI Italian Exchange program and departed to various parts of Italy on Sunday 26 November. They will spend two months living in an Italian family and attending high school, fully immersing themselves in the Italian language and culture. We look forward to hearing about their experiences in the new school year.
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Japanese
Year 10 and Senior Japanese
Year 7 Japanese
Dined in at Sushi go in Kingston as their last class together after 4 and 6 years respectively.
The Year 7 classes were given the task of researching and presenting a proposal to the class about the end of year cooking activity. Voting in one class resulted in onigiri (rice balls) https://wwwjustonecookbook-com.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/ www.justonecookbook.com/onigiri-rice-balls/ and in the other class, Fruit Sando. https://www-justonecookbook-com.webpkgcache. com/doc/-/s/www.justonecookbook.com/japanesefruit-sandwich-fruit-sando/
All students have made Nengajou (New Year cards) and Christmas cards to send to the students in Nagano at Matsumoto Kokusai High School.
Year 8 Japanese Year 8 Japanese classes cooked Okonomiyaki (savoury pancakes)- https://www-justonecookbookcom.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/www. justonecookbook.com/okonomiyaki/
Year 9 Japanese Year 9 Japanese walked to Tokyo Canteen in Kingston to dine in and experience
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The Year 7 and 8 classes enjoyed looking at the film Ride Above (French title Tempête = storm) which had been presented at the French Film Festival at the beginning of the year and later came out as a DVD. Born and raised with horses, Zoe leads a happy life at her parents’ racehorse stables, driven by the dream of someday becoming a jockey like her father. Then the students completed a booklet to reflect on the themes, the characters, the settings and the events in the film and linked it to a game. Year 7 students worked on a Ride Above goose game, and Year 8 have been working on transposing the different ideas of the film in a card game. Year 9 and 10 students looked at the film The Kitchen Brigade/ La Brigade (2022) also shown earlier in the year in the French Film Festival and worked on a booklet to reflect on the film. This film explores the world of French gastronomy while also tackling issues of social justice and inclusion through the story of Cathy. Pétanque On Friday 24 November Year 7 and Year 8 were surprised with the visit from Rob and his great team of Canberra Pétanque or jeu de boules game, mostly known in Australia under its Italian name bocce. The word Pétanque comes from the French Pieds tanqués, which means feet next to each other when throwing the ‘boule’. There is also a squared boules version with wooden blocks which can be seen on the clickview clip: https://clickv.ie/w/qjIt The students thoroughly enjoyed discovering the rules of the game and we also noted that Mr Chifley seemed to have a je-ne-sais-quoi with this game: he won all games! Ultimately, the idea is to one day bring a delegation of Canberra Catholic schools to one of the international competitions of Jeu de boules or jeu ce boules carrées (squared), so we’ll invite Canberra Pétanque again… and let’s get training!
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Canberra Pétanque meets 5pm during summer months and 2pm in other months, every Sunday at the Weston Park Boulodrome, Yarralumla. Club also plays on Saturdays at Tuggeranong Town Park. Club also plays on Tues and Thurs afternoons, at Weston Park, commencing at 5pm. New players welcome with family. Sometimes kangaroos come and join. That must be pretty spectacular!
In the Classroom Year 11 and 12 Design and Textiles, Semester 2 2023 This semester in Design and Textiles the Y12 and Y11 students collaborated to design and make a garment for their final assessment Project. The brief provided the students with an opportunity to consider sustainable textiles practice, use a white satin fabric that was collected from a reuse facility in Canberra and apply technology appropriate to design their idea into reality. The garment was to incorporate a cultural inspiration, design elements and principles that challenged the girls creative thinking. They set goals, worked to a schedule and collaborated while using technical skills to construct the garmet through pattern making, reading a commercial sewing pattern and appling techniques such as gathering, draping, hand beading and fabric manipulation. The two garments explored their design vision and application to achieve these unique products. They are to be commended for the challenges they encountered and work to complete. Roberta Bettio Design and Emerging Technology Textiles and Technology teacher
Creative and Critical Thinking Day Over 40 students participated in Creative and Critical Thinking Day on Thursday 30 November in the San Damiano Learning Commons. They were able to choose from activities such as Chess, Jigsaw building, Lego systems and Dungeons and Dragons. The activities are designed to challenge the girls to use their critical thinking skills, develop creativity and solve problems in teams. In industry people do not work alone and teamwork is a valued skill. All students had to play and learn as part of a team today. The Jigsaw crew decided after lunch that combining teams to solve a problem provided more skill and solutions. The Lego teams investigated mechanising their designs that were based on creative thinking to change current Lego designs. The Dungeons and Dragons campaign saw the death of many dragons and elves as the girls shared their powers and survival skills.
The students playing chess experimented with 4 player chess and strategy. Robotics students worked with a senior IT student to learn about the importance of following instructions and learning the basics before modifying designs. Creative and Critical Thinking Day happens every semester. Keep an eye on the SEQTA splash page for the invitation to sign up.
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In the Classroom Maker Space programs: Jewellery Workshop Students from Years 7 – 9 participated in a jewellery making workshop as part of the Maker Space programs. They visited Venetia Major Bespoke Jewellery in Hall to begin their day. Venetia generously gave her time to propose a design activity for the students to take existing gems and redesigning jewellery for a client. She then demonstrated how she works with tools and answered lots of questions about her work, training, certification as a gemmologist and how she works with precious metals. The students then returned to school to design their own copper jewellery using and led by Madeline Cardone, learnt how to use saws, drills, engravers and tools associated with metal work. •
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Eloise said: visiting the bespoke jeweller gave me an insight into what we could do after school with career paths in jewellery. I was inspired to make my own jewellery back at school.
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Amelie and Edith said: the day was education and fun. Best birthday ever.
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Millie said: It was a very good hands on experience in the jewellery making work environment.
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Zara said: Today was a good day to express your creativity and plan and design on paper before making something bigger.
The College expresses its gratitude to Venetia Major for her time and tour of her workshop. If you would like to support a local business that supports our students please consider Bespoke Jewellers in Hall. Mrs Juliette Major Leader of Learning - ICT Innovation
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Year 8 Religion Year 8 Religion have been learning about the Holy Trinity this term. Their assessment task was to come up with a creative representation of the Holy Trinity. We had a range of insightful and thought provoking submissions for the task. The aim of the task was to find an object that was three in one, like the Holy Trinity (which is made up of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit). For example, an egg has a shell, an egg white and an egg yolk. Of course, all their creative representations could never fully encapsulate the mystery of the Holy Trinity. The girls had a lot of fun thinking outside the box to come up with their creations. Their rationales also revealed that they learned a lot about the unique relationship between the three persons of the Holy Trinity. The connected with teachings of the Saints and the Catechism to express their learning about the relationship.
The Heart by Helena The Eye by Isabelle The Apple by Sarah The Fan by Celina
Jessica Campbell Leader of Learning - Religion
Dance Students at St Clare of Assisi Primary School Fete A group of our wonderful dance students attended the St Clare of Assisi Primary School Twilight Fete to perform a range of works from across the year. Audiences were spoilt by a range of styles as the girls presented both student and teacher choreographed work. A big thanks must go to Mrs Laura Pearce for all her efforts in shaping this performance!
A variety of Christmas themed dry point etchings from our Year 9 Printmakers in Visual Arts.
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NEWS
Careers VET
Attention Year 10 - It is not too late to apply for a H-Course! Any Year 10 student wishing to apply for the UC or ANU H-Course should use the links below to apply. UC: https://www.canberra.edu.au/campaign/accelerated-pathways-program ANU: https://extension.anu.edu.au/ 2024 Save the Date! St Clare’s and St Edmund’s Career Expo is locked in 4 June, 2024. Any members of our communities who have something to offer in regard to career advice or pathways as business or organisations are welcome to have a stall. For more information, please contact Trish Brown via email: careers@stcc. act.edu.au College Careers Website The holidays are the perfect time to explore our St Clare’s Careers website. Students are encouraged to use this time to reflect on their skills and interests to help make informed pathway decisions. Our school Careers website offers lots of areas for students to explore including the Bullyseye interactive career charts and the Message Board which is update with relevant information from job vacancies to upcoming programs. Students can access the St Clare’s Careers website via the school portal or this link: St Clare’s College Canberra (stclarescareers.com.au) Year 12 University Offers I take this opportunity to commend the Year 12 cohort on their post-Year 12 pathways with many students getting early round university offers. Several students already have multiple offers, with the main round UAC and interstate offers still to come. Year 12 are reminded that ATARs are released on 14 December and the deadline to change course preferences in UAC closes 15 December. The first main round offers to Year 12 will be distributed on 21 December through UAC, with the second round of offers on the 11 January 2024. I take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and restful holiday season. Please enjoy the Christmas career posters by Study Work Grow…may there be many Elves in our midst. Trish Brown LOL Career and Future Pathways
Sports Report We were very excited to celebrate our achievements at the Celebration of Sport evening on 2 November, to recognise the many individual and team achievements in school-based sport. Many thanks to our wonderful HPE staff for organising the event and to our College community who attended. Special thanks to our amazing guest speakers Ella Ryan and Abbie Ryan, who have both achieved incredible things in elite sport and are distinguished alumnae and Sports Captains of the College. Award winners are listed below. Congratulations to all students on a great year of sport. Sport can’t exist without the energy, spirit and goodwill of voluntary coaches, managers, umpires, referees, officials, staff and parents/ carers who support our students. Thank you very much to everyone who was involved in making sporting opportunities possible this year. We bid a special farewell to the Year 12 graduates who have made brilliant contributions to the sporting life of the College over the years, we will miss you! A special thank you to our 2023 College Sports Captain, Ava Boyes, for the wonderful job she has done this year in supporting the sports program and being an amazing role model for younger students in every aspect of life at the College. Special mention and thank you to Mr David Garrity, who is retiring at the end of the year after an extensive teaching career across a number of subject areas, notably HPE and Japanese. Mr Garrity’s contribution to the College is immeasurable and his positive influence on students extends well beyond their school years. He is a champion of girls and women in sport and we thank you for everything you have done over your many years at the College. Mrs Louise Patton Sports Facilitator Sports Award Winners 2023 Major College Sport Awards
Recipients
Senior Sports Person of the Year
Sarah Bennett
Junior Sports Person of the Year
Sage Haling
Olympic Change Maker Award Nominee
Ava Boyes
College Age Champions 12 years 13 years 14 years 15 years 16 years 17+ years
Athletics Arabella Gabriel Sophie Quade Darcy Williams Laura Houlihan Ella Hatch Sophie Brennan
Heart Health Ava Wrathall Caitlin Somlyay Chloe Smith Katrina Brine Amelia Norton Imogen Johnston
Swimming Ava Wrathall Lily Young Chloe Smith Xamae Kangleon Lauren Gilbert Sarah Bennett
Individual Sport Awards
Athlete Of The Year
Encouragement Award
Rising Star Award
Athletics
Sophie Brennan and Imogen Johnston
Alicia Trevethan
Sophie Quade
Cross Country
Amelia Norton
Sarah Bennett
Chloe Smith
Swimming
Sarah Bennett and Lily Young
Chloe Smith
Ava Wrathall
Snow Sports
Kahurangi Baker
Sylvia Roberts
Laila Rose
Team Sport Awards
MVP
Coach’s Award
Player’s Player
AFL Canberra Senior Schools Cup (Years 10-12)
Ashley Patton
Poppy Howell
Ashley Patton
AFL Canberra Junior Schools Cup (Years 7-9)
Lucy Maher
Isabelle Geysen
Kate Patton and Lucy Maher
ASC Basketball Championships (Year 11/12)
Ava Boyes
Tori Hayes
Ella Collins
ASC Basketball Championships (Year 9/10)
Anna Wilkie
Anna Pisani
April Taylor
ASC Basketball Championships (Year 7/8)
Grace Eagles
Sophie Quade
Jariah Kivalu
Kate Tominac Cup Opens
Ella Collins
Anna Wilkie
Ava Boyes
Bill Turner Trophy
Belle Reinstadler
Darcy Williams
Sage Haling
SSACT Football Championship Finals (Year 9/10)
Sage Haling
Lily Ellis
Allira Barsley
SSACT Football Championship Finals (Year 7/8)
Rosetta Gibson
Maya Lambert
Aila McDonald
NRL League Tag Gala Day (Year 11/12)
Alicia Trevethan
Charlotte Royal
Imogen Johnston
NRL League Tag Gala Day (Year 9/10)
Adelaide Norris
Vanessa Combe
Eden Morrissey
NRL League Tag Gala Day (Year 7/8)
Layla Vecchi
Chloe Smith
Lucy McCudden
ASC Netball Championships (Year 11/12)
Ava Boyes
Niamh Billiards
Eleni Lolesio
ASC Netball Championships (Year 9/10)
Amelia Richardson
Jaida Crowle
Charli Ioppi
ASC Netball Championships (Year 7/8)
Sophie Quade
Madelyn Wurzer
Jariah Kivalu
ASC Netball Championships (Year 11/12 Mixed)
Maggie Dickens
Ruby Kelly
Sarah Temple
Oztag ACT College Gala Day (Year 11/12 team)
Alicia Trevethan
Lara Myers
Imogen Johnston
Oztag ACT Secondary Gala Day (Year 10 team)
Eden Morrissey
Chloe Stevenson
Charlotte Quinn
Oztag ACT Secondary Gala Day (Year 9 team)
Adelaide Norris
Sage Haling
Darcy Williams
Oztag ACT Secondary Gala Day (Year 8 team)
Layla Vecchi
Lucy McCudden
Layla Vecchi
Oztag ACT Secondary Gala Day (Year 7 team)
Charlize Stamatis
Sophie Quade
Maleta Lolesio
Brumbies Rugby 10s (Year 9/10)
Matalena Lemisio
Chloe Stevenson and Vanessa Combe
Adelaide Norris
Brumbies Rugby 7s (Year 11/12)
Charlotte Royal
Alannah Furner
Sophia Sykes
Brumbies Rugby 7s (Year 9/10)
Adelaide Norris
Eden Morrissey
Amy Maka
Brumbies Rugby 7s (Year 7/8)
Jariah Kivalu
Maleta Lolesio
Isabella Percival
ASC Touch Football (Year 11/12)
Alicia Trevethan
Heidi CrokeMyers
Alicia Trevethan and Sophia Sykes
ASC Touch Football (Year 9/10)
Amelia Norton
Charlise Webb
Eden Morrissey
ASC Touch Football (Year 7/8)
Rosetta Gibson
Sophie Tuckerman
Rosetta Gibson
SSACT Secondary South Volleyball (Year 7/8)
Dominique Busa
Celina Zhong
Isis Feagai
SSACT Secondary South Volleyball (Year 9/10) Team 1
Remy na Champassak
Abigail Coghlan
Amiah Gonzales-Bienasz
SSACT Secondary South Volleyball (Year 9/10) Team 2
Hannah Williams
Evie Williams
Anna Pisani
Volleyball Schools Cup
Carolyn Sisley
Lauren Codd
Lara Myers
Celebrating Our Achievements Olympic Change Maker Award Congratulations to Ava Boyes (year 12) on being awarded the Australian Olympic Change-Maker award for 2023. The award recognises students who demonstrate the Olympic spirit of friendship, sportsmanship and striving for excellence both on and off the playing field; through leadership and driving positive change in our College and local community. Olympic Change Maker nominees across Australian schools are invited to take part in a virtual forum to collaborate with Olympians and other young leaders around the nation. Ava epitomises the Olympic spirit and is an excellent leader at St Clare’s College. As a player, she has achieved outstanding results in interschool sport. This year she received the Most Valuable Player award for our senior representative teams in both basketball and netball. She has also achieved excellence in basketball at elite level, representing the ACT at the national championships. Her skills and abilities have been recognised internationally and she has received a College Basketball Scholarship to the USA for next year. While her on-court skills and abilities are incredibly impressive, her contribution to our College community and sports program have been equally valuable. She has been an exemplary role model and leader in her position as College Sports Captain. She has assisted with many formal and informal sports activities and initiated ways to involve students in sport. She is an inclusive leader who promotes healthy participation, fun and good sportsmanship in all she does. She has also shown her commitment to junior students through coaching of weekend netball teams for a number of years. She is an incredible role model for our students and embodies the sporting values of the College and the Olympic spirit. Congratulations, Ava!
Sports Person Of The Year The Junior and Senior Sports Person of the Year awards were presented to two students who represent the sporting participation, achievement and values of St Clare’s College. To be eligible for the award, students must have: • Represented the College in at least three sports events • At least one of the events must have been a team sport • At least one of the events must have been at the Associated Southern Colleges Championships in Athletics, Cross Country and/ or Swimming • The student must have displayed the values of the College, including sportsmanship and respect for others. The elite sporting achievements of students are considered, but the main focus of the award is on a student’s willingness and pride to represent the College in various sports. The recipients of the Sports Person of the Year (Senior and Junior) are selected by a panel of staff who have supervised sports events, in consultation with Health and Physical Education staff and College Leadership. Senior Winner Congratulations to Sarah Bennett (Year 12) on being awarded Senior Sports Person of the Year. She represented the College in 10 events this year across a variety of sports including: Australian Football, Cross Country, League Tag, Netball, Rugby Union and Swimming. Sarah won the College Age Championship in swimming, as well as the School Sport ACT Age Championship. She broke an ACT record in the process for the 50m backstroke. She also finished in the top 3 of the School Sport ACT Cross Country championship. She has achieved excellence in her elite sporting pursuits outside the College at Swimming Australia and Swimming NSW events, and in State League ACT Netball. It is not only Sarah’s sporting prowess across multiple sports that has earned her this award. She has been recognised by staff as consistently displaying great cooperation, encouragement of teammates and an outstanding attitude and application in her representation of the College in sport. She was also awarded with the University of Canberra Sports Prize for commitment towards her academic studies, whilst excelling in sport and engaging in our College community. We are a proud partner of the University of Canberra through our engagement in the St Clare’s College Ignite Sports program, which provides alternative pathways into university whilst pursuing sporting endeavours. The University generously awarded a certificate and $500 prize to Sarah. Congratulations, Sarah! Junior Winner Congratulations to Sage Haling (Year 9) on being awarded Junior Sports Person of the Year. She represented the College in 12 events across a variety of sports including Athletics, Cross Country, Football, League Tag, Oztag, Swimming, Touch Football and Volleyball. Several of those sports involved a competitive selection process from which the recipient gained selection for Associated Southern Colleges championship events. The winner of the award was the College Most Valuable Player for our representative football team and has achieved excellence in her elite sporting pursuits outside the College at the Football Australia national championships. She has been recognised by staff who have supervised sports events as consistently displaying tenacity, cooperation and great application in her representation of the College in sport. Congratulations, Sage!
Taekwondo In recognition of Ella Baker’s (Year 10) amazing achievements in Taekwondo this year – Ella represented Australia at the 2023 Oceania Poomsae Open Championship and the WT Presidents Cup Oceania in July in Queensland, placing 5th. She attended NSW state selections placing 2nd in her division and qualified for the 2023 National Taekwondo Championships that were held in Perth. Unfortunately, Ella suffered an injury in the lead up to the championships and was unable to compete, but we congratulate her on her outstanding achievements this year! Football (Soccer) Congratulations to Sage Haling (Year 9) who represented the ACT at the Australian National Youth Football Championships in Wollongong. The team were undefeated in Group B of the championship, taking out gold against Queensland Silver in the final. This caps off an amazing year of school and representative football for Sage, congratulations! Volleyball Congratulations to Dominique Busa (Year 8) who represented the ACT U14 team that competed in the Australian Youth Volleyball Championships in Bendigo. An incredible effort saw the team clinch a silver medal. Dom is one of our College volleyball superstars, congratulations on a great year! Netball Congratulations to students who have been selected in Netball ACT squads – Jariah Kivalu and Jaida Crowle (U17); Annabelle Wheadon and Eleni Lolesio (U19). The squads will train over the coming months in preparation for final selections closer to the Netball Australia National Championships in 2024. Rugby League Adelaide Norris (Year 9) has been selected in the U17 Canberra Raiders pathway squad! This new program has been established as preparation for players to work towards the U19 Tarsha Gale Cup program and a future NRLW career. Players will compete against Sydney clubs next year. Congratulations, Adelaide! Australian Football Congratulations to Ashley Patton (Year 11) who has been selected in the AFLW National Academy for 2024. The academy includes 26 players from across Australia who will take part in high performance camps throughout the year and form a representative Australian team to compete in matches against U23 select teams. The academy aims to prepare players for potential selection to AFLW clubs in the draft at the end of 2024.
Mrs Louise Patton Sports Facilitator
Notices
Would you like to host an Italian exchange student in 2024? WAATI Italian Exchange Program •
Open to all students at St Clare’s College.
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Duration: July and August 2024.
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Student lives with your family full time.
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Students do not need their own room.
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Students speak English and are here to improve their English skills.
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Exchange student will be 15-18 years old; hosting families do not need to have a child in the same year group.
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Families provide meals, activities and outings that your family would normally do.
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If you have a son at another high school, you can request to have a male exchange student who would then attend that school.
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The program is cost neutral to participating families.
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Host families to be finalised by February 2024.
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For further details or to express your interest, please contact Sonia Conte in the Languages Faculty (Sonia.Conte@stcc.act.edu.au)
Key Dates Monday 29 January, 2024 ACT Planning Day - Pupil Free Tuesday 30 January, 2024 ACT Planning Day - Pupil Free Wednesday 31 January, 2024 Year 11 Outward Bound New Students in Year 8-12 Orientation P1 & P2 Term 1 Commences - Year 7 and Student College Leaders Thursday 1 February, 2024 All Students Return 2024 23
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