Week 9 - SJC School Website

Principal’s Message
Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of St Joseph’s College,
On Friday last week, the College Leadership Mass was held. The 2011 Student
Representative Council was inducted and presented to the College community.
The following are excerpts from the speeches given by our new school captains in their
inaugural address.
Mr Peter Lyon
Acting Principal
With God’s guidance, we approach the coming year with a positive outlook. I would like
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to encourage all students to participate in our College community. Our school motto,
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‘Peace Through Justice’, calls each of us through effort in our personal lives to establish
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a strong community. As a community we can continue to grow in a way that God has
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The Responsorial Psalm from today’s mass asks, “What does the Lord require of you?
To act justly, to love mercifully, and to walk humbly with your God.” To do this, we must
live with God each day and not act in ways that are selfish or unfair. God demonstrated
his love for his and so our actions should reflect this in the way we treat others. To walk
humbly we must follow the path that God sets for us and live by his example.
Brendan Bartel
DAY 1 ~ MONDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
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Year 11 End of Preliminary Course
Examinations (13 to 24 September)
If we all take just three words from today - compassion, sympathy and love – our school
community will develop into a strong and caring environment.
Do not look at what St Joseph’s College can do for you but what you can bring to the
DAY 4 ~ THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
school community. Everyone has a gift and life is about discovering our gift and using it to
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the best of our ability.
Year 12 HSC Music Performance
Rehearsal Day (selected students)
DAY 5 ~ FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
The Gospel is about good news – we can take this good news with us throughout our next
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year and make it the best year it can possibly be.
Year 12 HSC Music Performance
(selected students)
We are confident that the combined efforts of our newly elected student representative
council will work together to make SJC 2011 the year in which we fulfil our potential and
achieve our goals.
Samantha Fien
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St Joseph’s College Newsletter | 13 September 2010
WEEK 10
Thursday 23 September
Year 12 Graduation Mass
Friday 24 September
End of Term 3 ~ This is a normal school day
Year 12 Farewell Breakfast
Year 12 Farewell Assembly
Years 7-10 Term 3 Reports posted
Sunday 26 September
St Joseph’s Parish Youth Mass
(Holy Family Chapel, Doyle Centre, St Joseph’s College)
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Monday 27 September
Year 11 Community Service: You Have a Friend
Sunday 2 October
Daylight Savings commences
Monday 4 October
Year 11 Community Service: You Have a Friend
WEEK 1
Monday 11 October
School resumes for Years 7-11
SJC Parent Forum Meeting
Year 11 Community Service: You Have a Friend
Tuesday 12 October
Cyberbullying Presentations ~ Years 7-10
Thursday 14 October
Year 12 HSC Exams begins (14 Oct-10 Nov)
Sunday 17 October
Canonisation of Blessed Mary MacKillop
WEEK 2
Monday 18 October
Year 11 Community Service: You Have a Friend
Friday 22 October
Diocesan Volleyball Competition
WEEK 3
Monday 25 October
Year 11 Prelim Reports posted
Year 11 Community Service: You Have a Friend
Tuesday 26 October
Griffith University Experience Day
Sunday 31 October
St Joseph’s Parish Youth Mass
(Holy Family Chapel, Doyle Centre, St Joseph’s College)
WEEK 4
Monday 1 November
Year 11 Community Service: You Have a Friend
SJC Parent Forum
Tuesday 2 November
Diocesan Waterpolo
Wednesday 3 November
Diocesan Softball (3 & 4 Nov)
Internet safety presentation helps children stay safe online
Young people today are immersed in digital technologies. They use the internet and
mobile phones to socialise, study, exchange ideas and play. While online activity has
many benefits, there are also risks.
To help your children stay safe online, St Joseph’s College is
hosting a Cybersafety Outreach—Internet Safety Awareness
presentation. Designed for parents, teachers and students, this
presentation is provided by the Australian Communications and
Media Authority (ACMA) as part of a national program of
cybersafety initiatives.
The Cybersafety Outreach—Internet Safety Awareness presentation is thorough and nontechnical. It covers a range of issues including:
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the ways children use the internet and emerging technologies.
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tips to help children stay safe online.
potential risks for children online, such as cyberbullying, identity theft,
inappropriate contact and exposure to inappropriate content.
The presentation is conducted by an ACMA Cybersafety trainer and is free of charge.
St Joseph’s College is committed to helping students develop appropriate behaviours
when using digital technologies, both at school and home.
The Cybersafety Outreach—Internet Safety Awareness presentation will be held on:
Tuesday 12 October 2010 at 6:30pm
To register your attendance, please contact the College as soon as possible or refer to
the telephone number on the back page of this newsletter. Enrolments will also be
accepted on the night.
Included with today’s newsletter is an information pamphlet from the
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ASMA) on ‘How to
be Phone Smart’. It contains tips for kids and young people as well as
extra information for parents and carers.
Please take the time to read the pamphlet together as a family and
discuss ways you can make your family Phone Smart – and stay safe.
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S NOTES
YEAR 12 NEWS
TEACHER APPOINTMENTS
While we encourage contact between the
College and our families, we do ask that
parents first call the required teacher to
make an appointment to see them.
WEEK 10 - FINAL WEEK OF FORMAL CLASSES
Year 12 will finish their last week of formal
classes next week.
Arriving without an appointment can
sometimes lead to disappointment as the
teacher you want to see may actually be
teaching a class.
WEEK 5
Monday 8 November
Year 10 SC Exams
Year 11 Community Service: You Have a Friend
Tuesday 9 November
Year 10 SC Exams
Wednesday 10 November
Year 10 SC Computing Exams (10-12 Nov)
Friday 12 November
Year 11 Community Service: Meals on Wheels
Please note:
 The final Term 3 Newsletter will be
distributed to students on Monday
20 September, and will include the
coming events of Term 4.
 On Friday 24 September we will be
issuing a Special Edition of the College
Newsletter celebrating the ‘St Joseph’s
College Class of 2010’.
More in next week’s Newsletter . . .
Mr Peter Serone
Acting Deputy Principal
The Year 12 Graduation Mass will take place
on the evening of Thursday 23 September at
7:00pm at St Joseph’s Catholic Church,
Tweed Heads.
The whole year group will celebrate with our
staff at the Year 12 Farewell Breakfast from
7:00am on the morning of Friday 24
September. They will then attend a wholeschool Year 12 Farewell Assembly in the
Doyle Centre.
Parents and carers are invited to join in the
celebrations at St Joseph’s Catholic Church
next Thursday evening. We also extend an
invitation to parents and carers to attend the
Farewell Assembly next Friday morning
commencing at 9:00am.
Mr Chris Morrison
Year 12 Coordinator
The School Newsletter and School Calendar are both available online @ www.sjctweed.org.
The School Calendar contains year group events, assessment schedules and term dates.
Issue 26 2010 | Term 3 Week 9
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
“Remember, that we must always expect, from time to time,
to receive ‘crosses’ and know that we also give them.” 14.4.1882
CANONISATION OF BLESSED MARY MACKILLOP
We have only 34 days to go until the canonisation
of Blessed Mary MacKillop. Over the last few
months we’ve shared the story of a remarkable
woman and one who will change the course of
our history by becoming Australia’s first ever
saint.
ST JOSEPH’S
CATHOLIC PARISH
TWEED HEADS
Catholic Presbytery
Ph: (07) 5536.7522
St Joseph’s Parish
Tweed Heads
PARISH YOUTH MASS
Our next Youth Mass will be held
next Sunday, 26 September
in the Holy Family Chapel,
St Joseph’s College,
Doyle Drive, Banora Point
commencing at 5:30pm
As mentioned in an earlier newsletter,
Canonisation is the act by which the Holy Father
declares in a definitive and solemn way that a
Catholic Christian is actually in the glory of
heaven, intercedes for us before the Lord and is
to be publicly venerated by the whole Church.
Youth Mass Dates for the remainder
of 2010 are as follows:
TERM 4:
Mary MacKillop was beatified in 1995 after the recognition of her first miracle – the cure in
1961 of a woman with leukaemia who prayed for the nun’s intercession. In 1993, the Vatican
decreed that Mary MacKillop had cured the woman – or rather that God had cured her through
the intercession of Mary MacKillop.
Father Paul Gardiner, the postulator for Mary MacKillop before Sister Casey, explained: “She
seemed to be cured and then the illness returned. Meanwhile she became pregnant, which is
not a good thing for a leukaemia sufferer. A healthy boy was born on August 8, the anniversary
of Mary MacKillop’s death, and she had another five children over the next 10 or 11 years. The
whole thing was medically surprising.”
Verifying a miracle is a complicated and lengthy process carried out behind closed doors by a
special Vatican committee called the Congregation of the Causes of Saints and includes nonbelievers. The evidence includes the testimony of those involved plus scientific documentation
that must convince experts the cure had no plausible medical explanation.
In 2009 the Vatican endorsed her second miracle: the complete and permanent cure of a
Hunter Valley woman of inoperable lung cancer and secondary cancer of the brain. In the mid1990s, a Hunter Valley woman suffering from terminal cancer was sent home from hospital by
her doctors to die. The mother of five had inoperable lung cancer and secondary cancer of the
brain. All hope was lost, but she and her family prayed constantly to Mary MacKillop, along
with sisters of the Josephite Order.
Week 3: Sunday 31 October
Week 7: Sunday 28 November
WEEKEND MASS TIMES
St Joseph’s Parish
St Anthony’s Parish
Saturday Vigil:
6:00pm
Sunday:
7:00am & 9:00am
Sunday:
9:00am (Bilambil)
Saturday Vigil:
6:00pm (Kingscliff)
Sunday:
7:00am (Pottsville)
Sunday:
9:00am (Kingscliff)
Fr Michael Brady
Parish Priest
Fr Jim Griffin
Parish Priest
The woman carried a small picture of the nun with a piece of her habit attached to it. Almost
a year after her diagnosis, she was tested and no cancer was found. Her doctors thought they
had the wrong scans.
According to Sister Maria Casey, the nun in charge of promoting Mary’s canonisation, the
scientific documentation for the second miracle was easy to gather as medical records had
been faithfully kept. The most difficult task was the technicalities. “We spent a lot of time
cross-checking facts and getting doctors’ opinions,” she said.
Mary MacKillop has developed a large following and has been credited with intercession in
many high-profile medical cases.
The Josephite sisters held a 24-hour prayer vigil to help save the lives of Trishna and Krishna,
conjoined Bangladeshi twins who were recently separated during an operation in a Melbourne
hospital. The girls survived the marathon surgery, a fact the sisters attributed in part to the
nuns’ intercession.
In 2003, the Sisters of St Joseph prayed to her to help save Sydney toddler Sophie Delezio, who
suffered horrific burns and lost both feet when a car crashed into her childcare centre.
She was later hit by a car in a separate accident.
The family of David Keohane, an Irish backpacker who was assaulted in Coogee in 2008, also
prayed to MacKillop. This year the 29-year-old emerged from a seven-month coma.
With just 34 days remaining until the Rome Canonisation, to use Mary’s own words:
“Let us, one and all, try to remember why God called us here.” 21.3.1878
Mr Scott McDermott
Religious Education Coordinator-Ministry
REMINDER:
MESSAGES TO STUDENTS
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
Parents and Caregivers please be aware
that the office staff cannot disrupt
teaching in order to deliver messages
that are not of an urgent nature.
All home travel arrangements should
be made prior to your child leaving for
school and we seek parent’s support in
this regard.
We also cannot be phoning classrooms
to advise students of the arrival of
equipment they have arranged for their
parents to bring in. It is the
responsibility of students to check at
Student Reception as we will not be
calling them down to the office.
Information sourced from various websites
Students Absences: Please telephone the College between 7:45am and 9:00am on the day of the absence.
A note is also required on the first day of the student’s return.
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LITERACY AND NUMERACY NEWS
2010 NAPLAN RESULTS RELEASED THIS WEEK
The 2010 NAPLAN reports for Years 7 and 9 will be distributed to the students this week.
~ NOTICE ~
Partial Office Closure
Friday 24 September 2010
Year 12 2010 Farewell
Breakfast & Assembly
Next Friday, 24 September, we
bid farewell to our Year 12 students.
Year 12 will have a special year group
breakfast, followed by a whole-school
College Assembly in the Doyle Centre.
Therefore, the College Administration
Building will not be opening until
11:00am on Friday 24 September.
All envelopes are addressed to the guardian/caregivers and should be received at home with in
a sealed envelope. Today’s newsletter should also accompany that envelope. A school report
will also be made available for teachers to use to assist in the teaching and learning of the
students.
The student report provides information about what the student knows and has achieved in the
areas of Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy. It also provides information
on how the student has performed in relation to other students in his or her year group, and
against the national average and the national minimum standard.
Please keep in mind, while useful, these reports are only a snapshot of your child’s
performance on one day. Additional information for parents can be found on the ACARA and
NAPLAN websites.
If you have any questions regarding the report please contact the College.
Ms Fiona Murray
Literacy and Numeracy Coordinator
YEAR 9 NEWS
Starting Wednesday 8 September, I will be on
paternity leave until mid Week 10.
Should you have any concerns during this
time, would you please contact your child’s
Learning Mentor Group (LMG) teacher.
Mr Carlo Trimboli
Year 9 Coordinator
LEGACY WEEK ‘WRAP UP’
[ “KEEP THE PROMISE” ]
Many thanks to all who supported Legacy
Badge Week last week. We raised $332.55 in
total. 42 badges were sold, 92 pens were sold
and a total of $49.55 was given in donation to
Legacy. A great effort from the school
community!!!
I would also like to thank Kacey Gambin and
Holly O’Neill who assisted with the selling of
badges and pens.
Miss Helen Gooley
Religious Education Coordinator-Curriculum
Congratulations to Brendan Bartel!
Congratulations to Matthew Stewart!
1. NUMBERS
Name 5 movies that have numbers in the
title. You cannot have sequels and at least
one title must contain a fraction.
MATCH THE TEACHER WITH THE BOOK
Se7en
12 Monkeys
Around the World in 80 days
Oceans Eleven
Three Men and a Baby
2. LETTERS
From the 9 vowels and consonants write as
many words as you can, see who can make
the longest word? (hint: you can make an 8
letter word from these letters)
F, A, Z, E, T, I, R, P, I.
APERITIF
3. NUMBERS
Using these numbers and using any order of
operation, try to reach the target number.
You must show your calculation.
7, 3, 7, 2, 100, 50
Target number 141
G’DAY USA TRIP
JANUARY 2012
A reminder to students who
are considering this trip, a
deposit is due this week.
Any concerns or problems
please contact me at the
College.
Mr Peter Serone
Match a book from the list to a teacher’s
name to find their ‘favourite book’ . . .
Mr Mark Williams The Lord of the Rings
Mr Peter Lyon Catch 22
Mrs Louise Parker In the Skin of a Lion
Ms Karen Parker The Shipping News
Mr Tony Channell
Mrs Madeline The No 1 Ladies’
Davoren Detective Agency
Mr Jim Smith A Suitable Boy
Mrs Michelle
Cloudstreet
Heazelwood-Ross
Mr Scott McDermott The Glass Canoe
Mrs Louise Parker Under Sea Over Stone
Ms Charmaine Vella The Book Thief
(100  50) – (7  7)  (3  2) = 141
Ms Fiona Murray
4. LETTERS
Use all the following letters and the hint to
find the correct word.
Mrs Janet Crouch
MIDSRAY
(hint: Buildings for mummy)
Pyramids
The Conversations at
Curlow Creek
We are the Weather
Makers
Tess of the
D’Urbervilles
Miss Helen Gooley The Moonstone
Between The Devlin
Mr Tim Connolly and the Deep Blue
Seas
Mobile Phone Policy: Mobile phones are not to be brought to school.
If there are exceptional circumstances, the phone is to be left at Student Reception upon arrival and collected on departure.
Issue 26 2010 | Term 3 Week 9
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TECHNOLOGICAL AND APPLIED STUDIES (TAS) NEWS
YEAR 12 DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Congratulations to our fabulous designers who had their
major projects marked last week.
Students have been working very hard for over a year to
produce a variety of products including: Liam Kirk’s
playground (pictured), Alexandra Condon’s children’s popup book (pictured), Danny Putland’s photography company
(pictured), Jessica Orr’s beautiful formal dress (pictured),
Jared Prince’s car modifications, Narissa O’Doherty’s
Café/Restaurant site, Marcus Cannon’s advertising
campaign and Blake Hoskinson’s web-site.
Thank you especially to Mr Cree who helped these students
complete their projects.
Ms Karen Parker
TAS Coordinator
Messages to Students: Office staff cannot disrupt teaching in order to deliver messages that are not of an urgent nature.
Student’s afternoon home travel plans should be made prior to the student leaving home in the morning.
ENGLISH NEWS
NIGHT OF NOTABLES
Last Wednesday saw another wonderful
example of the result of hard work and
cooperation between staff and students. The
annual ‘Night of Notables’, once again, was
an outstanding success.
Students did a great deal of research and
much creative thinking to achieve such a high
standard in representing their chosen
notable. A feature of this year’s night was
the number of students who chose a notable
not previously represented.
Congratulations to all Year 9 students on an
excellent Night of Notables, particularly for
the cooperation exhibited throughout last
Wednesday.
DEBATING NEWS
Last Friday our Year 7 debating team
travelled to Grafton for a debate-off as
St Joseph’s and Holy Trinity, Inverell won all
three of their debates, and received the
same performance points, at the previous
regional final day. Our team of Tom Condon,
Alyssa Malone, Jordan Kemp and Jordyn Gray
performed extremely well in what was a very
close debate, but Inverell won on the day.
This Friday our Year 9 and 10 teams will
attend their regional debating day at
Murwillumbah. We wish them well. Thank you
to Ms Priddis and Mr Connolly for coaching
these two teams.
Mrs Janet Crouch
English Coordinator
Jerome Ahern
Ryan Ambrose
Bonnie Amos
Dylan Amos
Evelyn Anderson
Briana Atkin
Georgia Bahnsen
Matthew Bailey
Tara Baxter
Tiarlee Bellhouse
Jodie Beutel
Emily Bolster
Sabrina Breci
Tahlia Breen
Jacelyn Brown
Ruby Bruce
Layla Buckley
Anthony Callaghan
Martin Campbell
Jay Capellari
Cody Carroll
Brodie Charters
Ashlee Clare
Rory Clayton
Lauren Condon
Brennan Connors
Dominic Cormack
Stuart Crooke
Nathan Cutler
Mitchell Dempsey
Hannah Dickenson
Maddison Dinham
Benjamin Donohue
Zenon Dorrough
Tamika Edwards
Mitchell Elkington
Taylor Fien
Kendal Fitzgibbons
Rosie Fitzpatrick
Sinead Flaherty
Curtis Flecknoe
Jordan Foster
Stuart Francis
Reuben Freestone
Kacey Gambin
Rikki Gardner
Jacob Godfrey
Brianna Graham
Mackenzie Gregory
Tyson Griffiths
Jackson Hancock
Christopher Hanzic
Joshua Harmer
Teagan Harrison
Madeleine Hartley
Taylor Henry
Lenett Hillman
Mary Hincksman
Maddison Hind
James Hipwell
Eli Hoolahan
Brodie Howe
Jasmin Hughes
Tian Hunt
Mikaela Hurt
Jarrod James
Kurt Jamieson
Reid Jamieson
Sophie Johns
Joel Kachel
Samantha Kenney
Kimberley Keogh
Georgia King
Rachel King
Roger Federer
Russell Crowe
Helen Keller
Winston Churchill
Sally Ride
Lucille Ball
Nadia Comaneci
Charles Darwin
Jackie O
Dorothy Day
Judy Garland
Emily Pankhurst
Queen Elizabeth II
Chad Reid
Queen Victoria
Bethany Hamilton
Pocahontas
Stephen Hawking
Socrates
Slash
Abraham Lincoln
Charlie Chaplin
Ita Buttrose
Steve Jobs
Princess Diana
Edward Dunlop
Grant Hackett
George Harrison
Neil Armstrong
Orville Wright
Anna Pavlova
Layne Beachley
Barack Obama
Michael Jackson
Clara Barton
Christopher Columbus
Karla Gilbert
Dawn Fraser
Caroline Chisholm
Paul Newman
Benjamin Franklin
Hugh Jackman
Jackie Chan
Michelangelo
Billie Jean King
Amelia Earhart
David Beckham
Halle Berry
Elle McPherson
Shaquille O’Neill
Father Michael O’Neill
Tim Burton
Beethoven
JK Rowling
Eva Peron
Wayne Gretzky
Sacagawea
Mary Gilmore
Dian Fossey
Robbie Maddison
Ghandi
Chuck Norris
John Flynn
Marie Antoinette
Fred Hollows
Charles Kingsford Smith
Michael Jordan
John Lennon
Beatrix Potter
Kurt Fearnley
Nancy Wake
Oscar Wilde
Joan of Arc
Mother Teresa
Jaimie Lahrs
Bryce Lamb
Natasha Landers
Daniel Lesslie
Carl Lovett
Dale Lynch
Shayla Mackey
Natarsha Madsen-Gullison
Brooke Mallard
Jessica Mandall
Roisin Marron
Jarrod Mathieu
Melody McAllister
Cyndell McBlain
Angus McCann
Stuart McIntosh
Molly McKay
Taylah McLean
Jocelyn McLennan
Ainsley McLucas
Samuel McWilliam
Lauree Morgan
Dominique Morlando-Mayoyo-Shay
Monique Morlando-Mayoyo-Shay
Dimitie Nash
Rhys Newman
Shaun O'Brien
Billy O'Donohue
Skye O'Halloran
Dylan O'Keeffe
Holly O'Neill
Louis Oram
Reece Paddon
Katie Paff
Allana Pengilley
Robert Percy
Tamara Perram
Michaela Preston
Robert Preston
Mitchell Purse
Kimberlie Reynolds
Alyse Roberts
Ashlee-Jane Rogers
Chanelle Rolfe
Jessica Rutledge
Kadison Saxby
Morgan Schmalkuche
Joseph Scott
Ebony Serone
Naomi Simpson
Rhiannon Smith
Luke Spanner
Harrison Steele
Lauren Stevens
Maddi Stewart
Toby Stewart
Ruben Stokes
Scarlet Styles
Benjamin Sullivan
Caitlin Sundin-Warne
Jackson Teasdell
Lisa Teitzel
Lauren Tenison-Woods
Jonathon Torresi
Aaron Van De Geer
Sienna Van Rossum
Joshua Walsh
Dominic Waugh
Glenn West
Ryan West
Alexandra Wheatley
Jake Wickert
Lauren Wilson
James Yardley
Jane Austen
AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson
Marilyn Monroe
Muhammad Ali
Marco Polo
Leonardo Da Vinci
Florence Nightingale
Elton John
Coco Chanel
Jane McGrath
Charlize Theron
Napoleon Bonaparte
Margaret Fulton
Mary MacKillop
Chris O’Brien
Albert Einstein
Barbara Holborrow
Walt Disney
Martin Luther King
Anne Frank
Morgan Freeman
Sandra Bullock
Venus Williams
Oprah Winfrey
Angelina Jolie
Will Smith
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite ‘Kaka’
Paul Watson
Hatshepsut
Casey Stoner
Mozart
Glenn McGrath
Wilbur Wright
Wu Zetian
Louise Sauvage
Alex Ferguson
Audrey Hepburn
Barbara Cartland
Jerry Seinfeld
Bill Gates
Queen Elizabeth I
Olivia Newton-John
Alicia Alonso
Nicole Kidman
Annie Oakley
Thomas Edison
Salvadore Dali
Steve Irwin
Rosa Parks
Serena Williams
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Andre Agassi
Nelson Mandela
Colin Thiele
Brooke Hanson
Lleyton Hewitt
Stephen Spielberg
Cleopatra
Dick Smith
Shirley Temple
Allan Border
Jane Goodall
Vincent van Gogh
Lance Armstrong
Alexander Graham Bell
Tamar of Georgia
Louis Braille
Galileo
David Attenborough
Michael Schumacher
Marie Curie
Fedor Emelianenko
Margot Fonteyn
Nikola Tesla
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CAREERS NEWS
Please see me about the following matters,
or any careers concerns you may have.
Mr Matt Hall
Careers Advisor
furthernet
A New Initiative from Professional
Cadetships Australia
Professional
Cadetships
Australia
has
announced the launch of furthernet, a free
online talent Network for Year 11 and 12
students and university undergraduates who
are keen to pursue a career in business,
economics or finance. Furthernet provides
information on education, courses and
careers in banking and finance and connects
students with leading companies in the sector
who may choose to contact them about
employment and other opportunities.
INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE?
BAYERboost is an environmental scholarship scheme aimed
at giving senior secondary school and undergraduate
students experience in environmental research or
restoration during their summer holidays. BAYERboost
scholarships are funded by innovative research company
Bayer Australia, and administered by the Australian
Geographic Society.
The objectives of the scheme:
 to encourage and promote research in, about and for the environment
 to provide students with the opportunity to broaden their experience in research or action
for the environment
 to enable students to gain experience in working with an accredited organisation involved in
environmental research or restoration.
Each scholarship will be worth:
 $6,000 for a tertiary student who will be required to work for 12 weeks
 $5,000 for a Year 12 student who will be required to work for 10 weeks
 $3,000 for a Year 11 or Year 12 student who will be required to work for 6 weeks
Applications for the scholarship will be judged by a selection panel, on the basis of the student’s
calibre and the quality of the project proposal submitted.
Visit www.BAYERboost.com.au and download an application form. See Mr Hall in the Careers
Room for further information.
Applications for the furthernet Talent Bank
are now open to Year 11 and 12 students:
www.furthernet.com.au.
HAIRDRESSING WORK EXPERIENCE
OPPORTUNITY
A local children’s hairdressing salon
is offering St Joseph’s College students
work experience opportunities.
If you are interested,
please see Mr Hall for further details.
PRACTICAL COURSES IN AGRICULTURE
& HORSE HUSBANDRY
Full accommodation facilities.
Full time courses in: Cert III in Agriculture,
Cert IV in Agriculture and Cert III in Horse
Husbandry. For Year 10, 11 and 12 students.
TOCAL COLLEGE OPEN DAYS
1 & 8 October 2010
Prospective students and their families are
invited to visit the College during the school
holidays to find out more about College life,
the courses and to meet College staff.
The Open Day Program is as follows:

Morning Tea

Talk on courses and employment
opportunities
10:30am
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Lunch available
($8.00) - Please Book!
12:00noon

Tour of College Farms
1:00pm
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Conclusion
2:30–3:00pm
10:00am
Enquiries: Phone 1800 025 520
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Lunch Bookings
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Course Brochures
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General Information
CERTIFICATE II IN HAIR AND BEAUTY
Kingscliff TAFE Hair & Beauty sections are
currently enrolling students in Certificate 2
Hairdressing. Please see attached flyer.
We have just received funding to deliver a
Certificate 2 in Hairdressing here at Kingscliff
TAFE Campus. This is a great opportunity for
anyone who is interested in entering the
hairdressing industry.
This course would normally cost $1,750.00
but with the funding you would pay only $219
TAFE Enrolment Fee or some people may be
eligible for an exception. Plus $170 for a text
book Salon Fundamentals.
Our teachers will be available on the
Info/Enrolment day on 20 September 2010
from 10:00am to 11:00am to discuss and
answer any questions your students may have
concerning the course we are delivering. This
day is compulsory to attend.
For further information please don't hesitate
to call either myself or Sharon Tolland at
Kingscliff TAFE Hair & Beauty.
KINGSCLIFF TAFE HAIR & BEAUTY
Contact Number: (02) 6674 7285
Don’t forget to visit our
website www.sjctweed.org
for all the latest at
St Joseph’s College . . .
POSITION AVAILABLE
Full time Dental Chair-side
Assistant commencing 2011 to
be offered initially as a casual
position 2-3 days a week after
school and some Saturday
mornings
until
finishing
Year 12.
Requirements:
Maths and Science, good mental dexterity,
and OK with the sight of blood.
Successful applicant must complete a Dental
Assistance
Certificate
Course
by
corresponding through TAFE.
Reply in writing (including a short resume,
school results, sports played and previous
work experience) to:
Dr Gavin Mitchell
PO Box 6395
Tweed Heads South NSW 2486
Please see Mr Hall for further information.
Electrical & Engineering Trade
Apprenticeships at the NSW Sugar Industry
Excellent Career Opportunities!
Would you like to develop a career as an
Industrial Electrician, Fitter/Welder or
Boilermaker with this region’s major
manufacturing operation?
NSW Sugar Milling Co-operative is a dynamic
and innovative sugar producer, operating
three sugar mills and a refinery located along
the North Coast of New South Wales.
Employing in excess of 400 staff across three
major sites, the Cooperative is a leader in
the production of sugar for the Australian
market and is at the forefront of producing
renewable energy.
They
are
offering
excellent
career
opportunities, at the Condong Mill and the
Harwood Mill & Refinery to commence late
2010. Closing date for applications: Friday
17 September 2010 at 5:00pm. See Mr Hall in
the Careers Room for more information.
Extended Periods of Leave: If you are planning a holiday during the term dates,
a letter requesting leave should be forwarded to the Principal in advance.
Issue 26 2010 | Term 3 Week 9
Page 9
ACCOUNTING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS
Join us in improving
Public Sector performance
The New South Wales Auditor-General helps
Parliament hold Government accountable for
its use of public resources by auditing NSW
Government agencies.
The Auditor-General provides professional
audit services to over 500 clients and reports
findings directly to the NSW Parliament.
These clients range from large statutory
authorities, Government trading enterprises
and
departments,
such
as
Treasury
Corporation, Department of Commerce,
EnergyAustralia, NSW Lotteries and RailCorp,
to small subsidiary companies.
Outstanding
opportunities
exist
for
appointment as an Audit Trainee. To be
eligible, applicants must be completing their
HSC in 2010. Commencing total remuneration
package (inclusive of superannuation) is
$32,824 per annum. Benefits include
accounting, auditing and computer skills
training,
study
leave,
professional
development, flexible work practices,
excellent progression and promotional
opportunities,
financial
assistance
for
tertiary studies and social and sporting
activities. The Audit Office offers the latest
in audit technology and methodology and all
new starters are provided with a laptop
computer.
Successful applicants will possess effective
communication skills, computer literacy, the
ability to work in a team environment and a
keen interest in accounting. Appointment will
be subject to achieving a UAI that allows
admission to an accounting degree recognised
by CPA Australia and/or the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Successful applicants will be required to work
full-time whilst studying on a part-time basis.
Candidate assessments will be conducted in
Sydney during the week commencing 4
October 2010. Enquiries and requests for
information packages should be directed to
the Employee Relations Officer, Katie Bowey
on (02) 9275 7276 or alternatively email
katie.bowey @audit.nsw.gov.au. Additional
information is available on the Office’s
website at www.audit.nsw.gov.au.
Applications close at midnight on Sunday
19 September 2010 and should include a brief
covering letter, resume, two references and
latest school reports. Please forward
applications by e-mail to SchoolLeavers
@audit.nsw.gov.au.
The Audit Office strongly encourages
applications from people of indigenous
background
2011 QANTAS ENGINEERING
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Do you want to be an integral part of a world
class organisation with a strong reputation
for excellence in safety, operational
reliability, engineering and maintenance and
customer service?
Qantas recognises the
value and dedication of its employees and
invites you to register your interest in joining
their team. They are currently accepting
registrations of interest for the 2011 Qantas
Engineering Apprenticeship Program.
Please familiarise yourself with the trades on
offer through Qantas facilities at Sydney,
Brisbane and Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport
on the Qantas Careers Website. Get your
career off to a flying start with Qantas and
register your interest now. Qantas will be in
touch with details of when you will be
required to make a formal online application.
Register your interest at: http://careers.
qantas.com.au/Apprentices/How-to-Apply%281%29.aspx Qantas Careers Website:
http://careers.qantas.com.au/careers.aspx
DISCOVER QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY
OF TECHNOLOGY (QUT)
Potential QUT undergraduate students and
their parents are invited to DISCOVER QUT:
 see the campus
 talk to current QUT students
 participate in faculty sessions
 hear about life as a university student
and moving to Brisbane.
The event will be held during school holidays,
leading up to the QTAC application closing
date.
Gardens Point campus program
Tue 28 Sep 2010 9am – 2pm
Meet outside A block
For students interested in:

Built Environment and Engineering

Business

Law

Science and Technology
Kelvin Grove campus program
Wed 29 Sep 2010 9am – 2pm
Meet outside A block
For students interested in:

Creative Industries

Education

Health
Caboolture campus program
Thu 30 Sep 2010 10am – 1pm
For students interested in:

Business

Primary Education

Nursing
For further information, contact Teka Ryder
on phone (07) 3138 8567 or email explore
events@qut.edu.au, or visit the website:
http://www.qut.edu.au/study/futurestudent
s/events/discover/
CAREERS IN THE RTA
The RTA is now recruiting for various Entry
Level positions commencing in January 2011.
Positions are for motivated and enthusiastic
candidates in Sydney and regional NSW,
including:
 Apprenticeships:
Bridge
Carpenters,
Electricians, Traffic Signal Technicians,
Painters, Plumbers and Plant Mechanics.
 Traineeships: Business Administration, IT,
Government and Civil Construction.
 Cadetships: Civil Engineering.
 Paraprofessionals: Road Designers in
Training and Traffic Engineering Officers
in Training.
Applications are open now and close 10
September 2010. Entry Level programs
include positions that are identified for
Aboriginal applicants
Should Careers Advisers in the western region
of NSW wish to discuss any of the positions or
would like an RTA staff person to visit the
school, then please contact Peter Dearden at
western_regional_manager_assistant@rta.nsw
.gov.au or go to RTA Careers Information:
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/careers/working
_at_the_rta/index.html
ROCK SCHOOL 2011
Rock
School
at
the
Queensland
Conservatorium of Music is offering two
summer programs in the January school
holidays, with each venue offering a different
program:
Gold Coast ~ January 10-14
South Bank ~ January 17-21
To apply for a place in a Rock School vacation
program, simply fill in an application form
and forward to the address on the form.
The full fee for the week’s program for
successful applicants is $465 (GST inclusive).
Application forms need to be returned by
Wednesday 17 November 2010. Successful
applicants are advised by mail by Friday 3
December. Full payment is required by
Monday 20 December 2010.
See Mr Hall in the Careers Room for further
information.
Jumping J-Jays has PARTTIME contractor work
available now for Castle
Installers
Contractor work is available
for Dads from your servicing
franchise location and delivering back into your
area. You will be delivering and installing
jumping castles for backyard parties on
SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS from now to 31
December!! A great opportunity for some
Christmas cash.
If
you’re
interested,
please
john.newton@partycastles.com
for
information.
College Procedures: Unsure of College Procedures or Policies? The student planner contains information.
If you don’t find the answer, contact the relevant Learning Mentor Group Teacher or Year Coordinator.
email
further
Page 10
St Joseph’s College Newsletter | 13 September 2010
REDUCE RISK - INCREASE STUDENT KNOWLEDGE
Young Drivers aged 17-25 years.
Why are they at risk?
Facts:
1. Road crashes are one of the leading
causes of injury, disability and death
among young people.
2. Young drivers are over-represented in
road crashes compared to other age
groups.
3. Young drivers in rural areas experience a
higher rate of fatalities than those from
urban areas.
Coles has launched a new initiative that could end up with
our College getting sports equipment for free . . .
From Thursday 2 September until Sunday 31 October 2010, every
$10 spent* at Coles Supermarkets will earn customers a Coles
Sports for Schools voucher worth 1 point. For as little as 85 points
schools will be able to get some brand new sporting equipment!
Simply collect your voucher/s from your weekly shop at Coles, ask your child to drop the
voucher/s in the box at Student Reception at the College and we could get some brand new
sporting gear! We’ve got 8 weeks to collect as many Sports for Schools vouchers – and
extended family and friends and neighbours can help. Get more vouchers, we get more gear!
4. Speeding is the number one cause of road
crashes.
5. Other
high-risk
behaviours
that
significantly contribute to road crashes
and injuries include:
• Drink driving
• Driver fatigue and distraction
• Not using seat belts
Driver inexperience: Often young drivers
don’t realise that it takes time and lots of
practice to develop safe driving skills.
Developing brain: Parts of the brain
responsible for self control and for
recognising and managing hazards do not
fully mature until after the teenage years, so
young drivers are more likely to experiment
and take dangerous risks.
Overconfidence and risk taking: Young
drivers can be over confident about their
driving ability and underestimate dangers on
the road.
Having friends as passengers: Young drivers
may be distracted by passengers or may feel
pressured to take risks, such as speeding.
Every extra peer passenger carried by a
young driver increases the chance of
crashing.
Alcohol and other drugs: Young people often
do not understand that alcohol and other
drugs affect a driver’s skills, mood and most
importantly behaviour. Safe driving requires
clear judgement, concentration and ability to
react to what’s happening on the road.
THANK YOU!
Many thanks to our wonderful
musicians who provided entertainment for the St James Art Show on
Saturday night, 4 September.
These students voluntarily gave up their own time to provide this service to the St James
community. As always the standard of their talents drew many positive comments, and they
continue to be fantastic ambassadors for our College.
Special thanks to TOM MONAGHAN who set up the sound, managed the sound for each
performance, himself performed, AND packed up at the end of the night!
Other students who contributed were:
Breanna McCarthy, Ryan Anderson, Brant Hawley, Finn Davoren, Roisin Davoren, Liam Kirk, Tim
Wong, Chris Best, Matt Bourgeois, Monique Mai, Evelyn Anderson, Talylah O'Reilly and
Catalynne Scott.
Busy lifestyles: Work, sport and study often
mean busy lifestyles for young people, which
may cause them to drive when tired –
especially late at night. Driving tired
significantly impairs driving, even if the
driver doesn’t feel sleepy.
Mrs Louise McLaughlin
The RRISK program aims to increase
awareness of these risk factors and how to
improve road safety. For more information
about the RRISK program and risk-taking, visit
our website www.rrisk.com.au.
Date

Thursday 11 November 2010
Diary Year 11 students attending RRISK
Note Seminar, Tweed Heads Civic Centre
Mr Peter Serone
PD/H/PE Coordinator
‘You Have A Friend’ Roster for Term 3:
Attendees (Accompanying Adult in bold)
13 September
Jacqui Baker, Lauren Workman, Taylor Hammett, Jenna-Lee Mepstead
20 September
Geoffrey Harrison, Lina Hayek-Sunderland, Samantha Fien, Fiona Murray
27 Sept (Holidays) Cassandra Dunn, Christopher Cooke, Samantha Bario, Lyn Pimm
4 Oct (Holidays)
Jacob Hawkins, Tia McLaren, Keeley Serone, Peter Serone
11 October
Kahlia Anderson, Caitlin McGibbon-Goode, Samara Hayes, Carlo Trimboli
18 October
Talia Morgan, Elise Kachel, Lauren Workman, Celia Pennay
25 October
Taylor Hammett, Brendan Bartel, Lina Hayek-Sunderland, Charmaine Vella
1 November
Geoffrey Harrison, Samantha Fien, Samantha Bario, Allira Eppich
8 November
Christopher Cooke, Tia McLaren , Keeley Serone, Jesse Carroll
Before School Supervision: Student supervision is available prior to the commencement of the school day,
from 8:20am until 8:35am.
Issue 26 2010 | Term 3 Week 9
Page 11
LITERACY AND NUMERACY NEWS
YEAR 8 HSIE
Students used their numeracy and literacy
skills – to see what an “Unequal World” we
live in – for the topic of ‘Global Change’.
Students were given a list of what 80% of the
worlds’ population has access to - as part of
the developing world – such as food,
healthcare, education.
Students then had to calculate a number of
numeracy questions related to percentages of
the population. The class was then divided
into 80% which were 24 students (the
developing world) and 20% which was
6 students (the developed world).
A cake was then divided being the worlds’
resources, into 80% and 20%. The developing
world of 24 students received only 20% of the
cake to share and the 6 students in the
developed country received 80% of the cake.
Students were then asked to express their
feelings over the unfair distribution of cake,
and as you would expect, students were very
unhappy with how little they would receive
and thought it very unfair.
Students then had to write a paragraph
reflecting on their feelings on the distribution
of cake. They had to ensure that they used a
topic sentence, supporting details and a
concluding sentence. Students were then
each given a fair slice of cake.
Ms Fiona Murray
Literacy and Numeracy Coordinator
UNIFORM SHOP HOURS
Tuesdays and Thursdays
7:45am – 9:00am
12:45pm – 1:30pm
3:00pm – 3:30pm
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
SPORTING NEWS
Congratulations to Georgia Meredith (8WP1)
who recently attended the Queensland State
Pool Rescue Championships, coming away
with a Bronze medal and a Silver medal.
Congratulations Georgia!
Could this be a picture of you?
(and no, you are not seeing double!)
Mr Peter McLaughlin
Sports Coordinator
RAINBOW BAY SLSC NIPPERS SIGN ON
SUNDAY 19 & 26 Sept 2010
TIME: 9:00am – 12:00noon
VENUE: South Tweed Indoor Pool
Pool swims will be conducted on the day. Please
bring swimmers, towel, goggles. New members
bring Birth Certificate. FREE POOL ENTRY FOR
NIPPERS WHO SIGN ON
Nippers start Sunday 3 October 2010
The nominated student is required to present himself to the College Principal
before Friday of this week. If this student does, he will receive a voucher to the
value of $5.00 for purchases at the Canteen.
Student Council
Planner: The student planner should be signed by parents/caregivers each week.
Any concerns? Contact the relevant Learning Mentor Group Teacher or Year Coordinator.