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Christian Brothers College Newsletter
Senior Campus 214 Wakefield Street,
Adelaide SA 5000
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Junior Campus 324 Wakefield Street,
Adelaide SA 5000
P 08 8400 4222 F 08 8400 4220
CBC Community 178 East Terrace,
Children’s Centre Adelaide SA 5000
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A Birth-12 Catholic College for boys in the Edmund Rice Tradition
Email enquiries@cbc.sa.edu.au
Website www.cbc.sa.edu.au
Term 4, Week 6
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Friday November 16, 2012
Mr Graham Goodings accepts a cheque from CBC on behalf of the Cancer Council.
The TTC will be constructed on the ground floor of the
Rice Building. The existing Art, Technical Studies and
Computing rooms will be removed and/or relocated. Art
will be shifted to the existing staff room site and staff
work areas have been relocated to two areas -- one in
the original Brothers’ House and the other in the existing
Conference Centre.
From The
Principal
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or
thirsty and give you something to drink? When did
we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing
clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or
in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply,
‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of
the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 35:37-40
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Trade Training Centre
I am pleased to announce to the CBC community
that we begin construction of a new 2 million
dollar Trade Training Centre (TTC) at CBC on
10 December 2012. The TTC will provide industry
recognised certification in electro-technology. The facility
will be available for after-hours use.
We anticipate the TTC construction will be completed
by the end of Term 1 2013 and fully operational in
2014. The Planning Team and I are working hard
with extensive Master Planning to ensure minimal
interruption to student learning and safe access to all
teaching and learning areas throughout the construction
period.
We have again employed the professional services
of architects Swanbury Penglase (Mr Kon Michael),
Mossop Construction and Brian Jacobi Consultancy
who previously assisted CBC with the Junior Campus
building project.
The Trade Training Centre is a partnership project with St
Mary’s College and Samaritan College Whyalla and was
made possible with funding from the Commonwealth
Government.
I am appreciative of the hard work done by our project
partners, CBC staff (Mr Scali, Mr Brink, Mr Clarke, Mr
Gaitaneris), St Mary’s Principal Mrs Eileen Young, and
the staff at Catholic Education SA for their collaboration
in this project.
Gospel Spirituality
We invite all people into the story of Jesus and strive to make his message of
compassion, justice and peace a living reality within our community.
Faith Excellence Community Compassion
Professional Learning Communities
I have said on many occasions that CBC is truly on the
cutting edge of educational innovation and vision. Our
staff members and students have access and support
to attend state, national and international professional
development to ensure we remain on the ‘cutting edge’
of education.
Last week the College Leadership Team and I attended
a 2-day nationally funded professional development
day centred on continuous school improvement and
transformation.
The workshop provided deep insights and practical
strategies for CBC staff to develop learner focused
strategies such as data-gathering to inform learning,
setting clear and common assessment tasks in each
faculty and establishing structures to promote teacher
development.
The workshop affirmed the following fundamental beliefs
about CBC as a Professional Learning Community:
1. The fundamental purpose of CBC is to ensure all
students learn at high levels and our community is
committed to becoming lifelong learners to make
this a reality.
2. It is our responsibility to ‘lower the gap and raise
the bar’ in education -- this is a call to both equity
and excellence.
Counsellor’s
Corner
Reactions to Anger
Haim Ginott in “Between Parent & Teenager” says
“parents may effectively express their feelings of anger
to an adolescent if they are able to acknowledge the
following truths: we accept the fact that in the natural
course of events teenagers will make us uncomfortable,
annoyed, irritated, angry or furious: we are entitled to
these feelings without guilt or shame or regret: we are
entitled to express these feelings with one limitation
- No matter how angry we are, we do not insult the
teenager’s personality or character.” Parents should
first explain to the adolescent what he or she has done
wrong and how it makes them feel. The parent then
needs to tell their teenager what has to be done to
correct the situation. If this is done the storm clouds
evaporate more easily as all do not want to perpetuate
waves of anger, defiance, retaliation and revenge which
lead to more serious parent/adolescent problems.
Unfortunately many family members know only two
ways of dealing with anger - to vent it or to suppress
it. Both methods are destructive. Venting anger often
makes things worse and produces guilt. Suppressing
anger conveys hypocrisy by being outwardly “nice”
while feeling angry inside. A parent may get angry
and depressed - withdrawing into a lonely and selfcondemning silence that the family senses but does
not understand. Children often sense anger even when
parents are not fully aware of it. Ginott contends that
anger “should bring some relief to the parent, some
insight to the teenager and no harmful after-effects
to either of them.” There is no substitute for open
conversation and reflection between parents, enhanced
at times by talking to another couple, counsellor or
friend. We need to know how to deal creatively with our
anger since marriage and family life generate in normal
people more anger than they experience in any other
social situation.
3. Collaborative teamwork and interdependence
among teachers and staff is a positive way to
continuously improve the quality of educational
outcomes.
Africa. The event included music, food stalls and a very
entertaining game of softball. I commend the generosity
and hard work of all staff, but especially Mr Greg Ward
who was the initiator and key organiser of the event.
4. We are hungry for evidence that students are
learning and are ready to respond immediately with
timely feedback.
Remembrance Day 2012
In 2013 we have appointed three members of staff as
Lead Learners Action and Research to work with our
Innovation and Vision Team to implement some of the
strategies in building CBC’s capacity as a Professional
Learning Community. I congratulate Mr Richard
McLoughlin, Mrs Nicole Leary and Mrs Melissa Clifton
on their senior appointments.
CBC appoints a Director of Human
Resources
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs
Scarlett Lucero as CBC Director of Human Resources.
Mrs Lucero has extensive experience in both the
education and HR sectors. She is currently employed
in Government (Department of Planning, Transport and
Infrastructure) as Manager of People and Development.
She carries a Master’s Degree in Leadership, Policy
and Change as well as two Bachelor Degrees and an
Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management.
Scarlett will commence her Human Resources duties in
2013 serving over 170 CBC staff members.
Donation to Cancer Council
On Friday Graham Goodings from Channel 7 News
visited the Junior Campus to accept a cheque on behalf
of the Cancer Council. I am deeply grateful to Mrs
Zubreckyj, the P& F and our Junior Campus Community
for their hard work in fund raising.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Samed Altunday and Bradley Corbo
on possible international soccer careers.
CBC offers congratulations to Samed (Year 9) and
Bradley (Year 10) who have been invited to North Italy
to try out for the following professional soccer teams:
Chievo, Atalanta, Empoli and Perugia. Samed plays for
Blue Eagles locally and Bradley is a SASI (SA Sports
Institute) team member. Both leave on Friday for what
may be a life-changing experience.
CBC Softball Fundraising Challenge
Br Michael Flaherty
Counsellor
Last Sunday CBC Staff, Old Collegians and members
of our community participated in a Sunday Softball
challenge to raise funds for the work of the brothers in
Uniform Shop
The Uniform Shop is operating from 227 Flinders
Street, Adelaide. For more information, please call
8400 4249.
Normal trading hours:
Monday
8 :30am to 5pm*
Wednesday 12pm to 5pm*
Friday
12pm to 5pm*
(*During school terms - extra trading hours are
advertised for school holiday trading)
Mrs Claire Summerton
Uniform Shop Manager
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
The College community commemorated Remembrance
Day 2012 with a ceremony on Sunday at West Terrace
Ceremony and liturgies across both the Senior and
Junior Campuses.
The Senior Campus service was led by students Suliman
Gamar, Joseph McWilliams, Liam McGee, Patrick Squire
and Andy Yin and contained the following excerpt read
by Joseph:
Remembrance Day is the day Australians remember
those who have died in war. In 1918 the armistice
that ended World War 1 came into force bringing
to an end four years of hostilities that saw 61,919
Australians die at sea, in the air and on foreign
soil. Few Australian families were left untouched
by the events of World War 1, “the war to end all
wars”. Most had lost a fallen father, son, daughter,
brother, sister or friend. Today at 11am we pause
to remember the sacrifice of those men and women
who died or suffered in wars and those who have
served our Country during the past 100 years.
I was proud to attend the West Terrace ceremony and sit
with 7 members of staff and 15 immaculately dressed
CBC Primary students who gave up their Sunday to
attend. The service was attended by students from
Rostrevor College, war veterans, politicians, dignitaries
and SA members of the Bomber Command who
celebrated their 70th anniversary in 2012.
I ask our community to pray for all people around the
world, regardless of race, creed or colour who are
affected by war. We pray especially for the voiceless
victims including women and children, innocent civilians
and those who fight for peace and justice.
Mr Noel Mifsud
Principal
Year 12 Art and
Design Exhibition
Parents and friends are invited to
a showcase of the 2012 Year 12 Art
and Design final works.
4 - 5.30pm, Monday 19 November
Ground Floor, Brothers’ House.
Enter via the main entrance on
Wakefield Street (near Frome Road)
Self Portrait by Mostafa Mohammadi
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Take risks, make mistakes.
From The
Deputy
Principal
Developing Practical Wisdom
The ancient Greek philosophers spent a lot of time
walking around in their togas discussing the nature of
things, especially the nature of virtue. Socrates believed
that man’s purpose in life was to seek sophia, or
wisdom. According to Socrates and his student, Plato,
achieving sophia gave a man a general understanding
of the nature of virtue. And once a man reached an
understanding of each of the virtues, he would naturally
live them. For example, if a man understood the true
nature of justice, he would naturally be just. Thus for
Socrates and Plato, becoming a man of virtue was an
exercise in abstract thought.
Further, Aristotle believed that abstract thinking was
not enough but wisdom required a more practical
application which is bound up with action, accompanied
by reason, and concerned with things good and bad
for a human being. As a College community we don’t
expect that our students will be philosophers that reflect
upon life or gain instant wisdom but are able to discern
on correct action, morals and beliefs that respects the
dignity of every person. Practical wisdom is the ability to
do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason.
For all of us we use practical wisdom in our day-to-day
as we seek to choose the best possible course of action
in our decision making.
The exercise of practical wisdom comes from an
individual’s freedom to deliberate the best course of
action to take in a set of particular circumstances.
As we know our society has become more complex,
specialised, and bureaucratic, the opportunity to
exercise practical wisdom has increasingly been
replaced with reliance on rules, regulations, and
incentives to achieve our goals. We need to continually
develop our practical wisdom, such as learning critical
thinking skills, refining your goals and core values,
expanding your intellect, and always being sure to
understand the circumstances of a situation as much
as possible before making a decision. The real key to
developing our wisdom is through experience.
Recently on a morning breakfast television program
the presenters read a letter written by a grandfather to
his grandchildren a month prior to him dying. The letter
outlined to the grandchildren his collective wisdom from
his experiences of life. The letter contained the following:
1. Each one of you is a wonderful gift of God both
to your family and to all the world. Remember it
always, especially when the cold winds of doubt
and discouragement fall upon your life.
2. Be not afraid ... of anyone or of anything when it
comes to living your life most fully. Pursue your
hopes and your dreams no matter how difficult
or “different” they may seem to others. Far too
many people don’t do what they want or should
do because of what they imagine others may think
or say. Remember, if they don’t bring you chicken
soup when you’re sick or stand by you when you’re
in trouble, they don’t matter. Avoid those soursouled pessimists who listen to your dreams then
say, “Yeah, but what if ...” The heck with “what if
...” Do it! The worst thing in life is to look back and
say: “I would have; I could have; I should have.”
3. Everyone in the world is just an ordinary person.
Some people may wear fancy hats or have big
titles or (temporarily) have power and want you
to think they are above the rest. Don’t believe
them. They have the same doubts, fears, and
hopes; they eat, drink and sleep like everyone else.
Question authority always but be wise and careful
about the way you do it.
4. Make a Life List of all those things you want to do:
travel to places; learn a skill; master a language;
meet someone special. Make it long and do some
things from it every year. Don’t say “I’ll do it
tomorrow” (or next month or next year). That is
the surest way to fail to do something. There is no
tomorrow, and there is no “right” time to begin
something except now.
School calendar
Week 7
Mon 19 Nov
Stage One Exams
Board Meeting
Tues 20 Nov
Stage One Exams
CBC Guitar Recital
Wed 21 Nov
Stage One Exams
Year 6 Graduation
Thurs 22 Nov Stage One Exams
Fri 23 Nov
Stage One Exams
Vietnam Pilgrims Return
Mon 26 Nov
Year 10/11 Review and Promotion Meeting
Christmas Concert (R – 6)
5. Practice the Irish proverb: Moi an olge agus
tiocfaidh sí ”Praise the child and she will flourish.”
Tues 27 Nov
Year 10/11 Review and Promotion Meeting
P&F Dinner
6. Be kind and go out of your way to help people
– especially the weak, the fearful, and children.
Everyone is carrying a special sorrow, and they
need our compassion.
Wed 28 Nov
Year 10/11 Review and Promotion Meeting
“Robin Hood – A Pantomime” 6.30pm
7. Read books, as many as you can. They are
a wonderful source of delight, wisdom, and
inspiration. They need no batteries or connections,
and they can go anywhere.
Fri 30 Nov
Year 10 Exams
Year 12 Transition Day
Thanksgiving Mass – St Francis Xavier
Cathedral 2.00pm
Year 10/11 finish
Mon 3 Dec
Transition day for Year 7, 8, 9 and new students
to the school (All students)
Board Dinner
Tues 4 Dec
Sports Assembly (R – Year 6)
Parent Transition Information Evening (Year
7 – 12)
Wed 5 Dec
Parent Information Evening (R – 6)
Thurs 6 Dec
JS Picnic
MS Community Day
Graduation Dinner – Convention Centre
Fri 7 Dec
Last Day for Middle and Junior Schools.
Students dismissed at 12.30pm.
Week 8
Thurs 29 Nov Year 10 Exams
Year 12 Transition Day
8. Be truthful.
9. Travel: always but especially when you are young.
Don’t wait until you have “enough” money or until
everything is “just right.” That never happens. Get
your passport today.
10. Pick your job or profession because you love to do
it. Sure, there will be some things hard about it,
but a job must be a joy. Beware of taking a job for
money alone – it will cripple your soul.
11. Don’t yell. It never works, and it hurts both
yourself and others. Every time I have yelled, I
have failed.
12. Always keep promises to children. Don’t say “we’ll
see” when you mean “no.” Children expect the
truth; give it to them with love and kindness.
13. Never tell anyone you love them when you don’t.
14. Live in harmony with Nature: go into the
outdoors, woods, mountains, sea, desert. It’s
important for your soul.
15. Hug people you love. Tell them how much they
mean to you now; don’t wait until it’s too late.
16. Be grateful. There is an Irish saying: “This is a day
in our lives, and it will not come again.” Live every
day with this in mind.
Our challenge is to continually develop our practical
wisdom through our experience and be encouraged that
it’s possible to lead a life like this. We just need that
courage to let go of the baggage and expectations to do
what I like instead of conforming to the expectations and
norms of the society.
Mr Shaun Clarke
Deputy Principal
Week 9
Year 12 School Resources
– Return to Library
Just a reminder to all Year 12
students to return textbooks,
laptop computers and library
books to the Senior Library
straight after exams.
Don’t forget, students in
the Senior School have the
opportunity to win a $100
Westfield Gift Voucher from
the Library! Students will
be issued with a ticket in the
competition once they have a
returned all library resources.
Mrs Sandra Mason
Head Librarian
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Remembrance Day
On Sunday the 11th of November, 12 students from the
Year 6 cohort gave up their Sunday to pay their respects
to all soldiers past and present at the West Terrace
Cemetery. The focus of this year’s Remembrance Day
was bomber commands from World War Two. A bomber
commander spoke about his time serving their country.
Special guests laid wreaths and placed books on the huge
monument which had a cross on top of it. A Salvation
Army participant played The Last Post on his bugle which
was followed by a minute silence. At the end we all got a
photo with some of the bombers from World War Two
and Rostrevor College students who also attended the
ceremony. After the end of the ceremony we placed poppies
on graves of the killed soldiers who served in wars.
It was a great day and we would like to give special thanks
to William and Alexander Moten, Jayson Whitworth,
John Calleya-Kleeman, Logan Griffin, Liam Best, Morgan
Edey, Ryan Pool, Thomas Colangelo, Michael Clifton and
Hayden Clarke.
We also thank that following staff for supervising the
students: Ms Kate Younie, Mrs Melissa Clifton, Ms Shey
Odgers, Mrs Frances Zubreckyj, Ms Sara Williams, Ms
Sharon Moten and Mr Noel Mifsud.
Michael Clifton and Hayden Clarke
Year 6 Purple
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From the
Archives
boys. The construction of the Brothers’ House had
stalled due to lack of funds and consisted of external
walls only. Many of the boys who attended had received
limited schooling and their behaviour was wild and
in the first few years two members of the Brothers’
community died. In spite of all these difficulties, in
the eleven years that he was in charge of Adelaide Br
O’Brien managed to cement himself into our history as
one of the most beloved of the CBC headmasters. So
much so that his ‘old boys’ commissioned the beautiful
memorial board that hangs in the museum as a gift to
celebrate his Golden Jubilee in 1912.
Assistant
Principal
- Junior
Campus
November 15 is the anniversary of the death of one
of the most significant Christian Brothers ever to have
been at CBC Wakefield Street. As headmaster of CBC
from July 1879 Br Francis Thomas O’Brien was in
charge of the College at a time of great growth but also
overwhelming difficulties.
Though Br O’Brien left Wakefield St in 1890 to take up
a position as head of Nudgee College, he never lost his
affection for Adelaide and when he had the opportunity
to return for visits large numbers of old scholars would
meet him at the railway station. He died in 1927 in
Queensland.
Dear Parents and Friends,
The College had opened with only the first floor of the
schoolroom building (where the Chapel is located)
completed; there were four classrooms for sixty-five
Mrs Jacinta Weiss
Archivist
I also met with Jie Ahu who will be teaching Chinese in
the Junior Campus for all year levels in 2013. Half of
our student cohort will learn Italian for Semester 1 and
the other half Chinese swapping over in Semester 2.
9. Social Networking profiles such as MySpace,
Facebook and Bebo MUST BE SET TO PRIVATE.
10. MSN contacts and social networking site friends
SHOULD be people that you know in real life.
From the
Counselling
Team
25 Ways to Protect Young People
from Online Bullying
Recent media coverage of the issues and challenges
facing our young people online highlights the emergent
risks associated with social media and information
technologies. This exciting technological era brings
with it abundant benefits and advantages which we
recognise and acknowledge each day as students,
teachers and parents. Our collective challenge is,
therefore, one of both accommodating this change
but also working to address the perils and risks that
accompany such vital change.
Susan McLean is the founder of CyberSafetySolutions
which is one of Australia’s leading providers of
Cybersafety Education. Below, Susan provides twenty
five (25) tips and advice on how to protect young people
from being bullied online. I also urge you to visit her
website http://www.cybersafetysolutions.com.au for
further information and advice.
1. Do not reply to rude or nasty comments.
2. Immediately tell an adult if you feel uncomfortable
or worried online.
3. If someone is being mean or nasty on MSN – block
them.
4. Have your computer in a common area of the
house NOT IN THE BEDROOM!
5. Do not have a ‘flirty’ or ‘nasty’ log on name.
6. Let your parents know where you go online – just
as you would in real life.
7. Make sure that there are filters and other
monitoring/blocking software to minimise dangers.
8. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCHANGE OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION!
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11. An ‘online friend’ that you don’t know in real life is
a STRANGER.
12. Passwords MUST NOT BE SHARED!!!!! Choose
passwords that others can’t guess.
13. Change passwords 4 times per year (last day of
every term).
14. Be aware that information on the internet is not
always reliable.
15. Your parents should check your hotmail/msn/social
networking lists.
16. If you are playing games online, YOUR parents
should know how to play the game too in case of
problems. Play online games together.
Last week we had several special visitors to the Junior
Campus. Ms Kym Cull Chairperson of AISHA (Australian
Independent Schools Heads Association) was the guest
of Mr Mifsud and came especially from Canberra to visit
our new state-of-the-art Junior Campus.
Graham Goodings from Channel 7 visited the Junior
Campus and spoke to the boys about men’s health.
He accepted a cheque on behalf of the Cancer Council
-- the proceeds from our Father’s Day Raffle. We thank
everyone for supporting this worthy cause.
Staff and students are busily preparing for The Year 6
Graduation Ceremony next Wednesday (now to be
held in the Senior Campus Gymnasium). The Carols
in the Park and our Big Day Out Picnic are to be held
on our CBC oval. We hope you can join us for these
Community Events.
Reminder Dates
Week 7 Year 6 Graduation – (Now being held in the
Senior Campus Gymnasium)
Week 8 Community Carols in the Park
Thanksgiving Mass 2pm at St Francis Xavier
Cathedral
17. Learn about search engines and how they work.
Week 9 Big Day Out Picnic
18. The internet and the various applications are a lot
of fun … surf safely together with your parents!
Wishing you God’s blessings for the week ahead.
19. Immediately exit any site that makes you feel
uncomfortable or worried.
20. NEVER allow explicit photos of yourself to be taken
in ANY circumstance.
21. If you have found inappropriate content about
yourself on a website or are informed about this
situation please contact the ISP and or Police or tell
your parents to do so a.s.a.p.
22. Help your parents to learn about the internet –
share your knowledge of the internet with your
parents in a fun environment. If they have some
knowledge they will be less likely to be suspicious
about ‘socialising online’.
23. There should be house rules about what
information you can put onto websites or share with
others.
24. Remember that the internet is PERMANENT…
be mindful of what you post and how you portray
yourself. Pics etc can remain FOREVER.
25. Misuse of the internet and associated technology
(bullying/harassing someone) is a crime…don’t
break the law and risk getting a criminal record.
(www.cybersafetysolutions.com.au)
Ms Jane Gaynor
Counsellor
Mrs Frances Zubreckyj
Assistant Principal - Junior Campus
We would like to attend this mass and are keen for your
son to participate. Could you please return the reply slip
that was handed out to your son during the first week of
school to the Junior Campus Front Office?
Junior
Campus RE
Coordinator
Dear Families and Friends
Today’s Gospel features the story of two widows, one
who makes a small contribution to the temple treasury,
the other who makes some bread for Elijah from the
remnant of flour in her jar.
Do we know both women well? Have we not
encountered then often – elderly women who have very
little but are generous with that they have in the care
of others? Does not their goodness bring a catch to
our throat? They were once young and happy with a
husband and children. Now they are alone and living
off small pensions. Yet their generosity and love brings
beauty to their wrinkled faces and stooped shoulders.
We may notice them but rarely. God notices them all
the time. They are among his most favourite people.
The homily at Mass in my church told us that giving
a little or a lot is helpful but when we truly give of
ourselves we then transform lives.
This message reminded me of the sacrifice our service
men and women gave our nation for the right of
freedom.
The following poem by John McRae is a reminder of
the significance of Remembrance Day in the lives of
Australia.
We hope that we can have 100% participation and
attendance.
Confirmation 2013
If any families are interested in participating in the
Sacramental Program for 2013 the dates have been set
accordingly:
First Rite of Reconciliation – 24 May 2013:
10.00am Edmund Rice Chapel
Confirmation – 31 August 2013: 7.00pm St
Francis Xavier Cathedral
First Communion – 1 September 2013: 11.00am St
Francis Xavier Cathedral
If you know you are keen to participate in the
Sacramental programme for 2013 please contact the
Junior Campus office and complete a form and return
your baptismal certificate to the front office.
Gospel Challenge:
Don’t Judge Others
Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the
judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and
with the measure you use it will be measured to
you. Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in
your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother,
‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there
is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take
the log out of your own eye, and then you will see
clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
(Matthew 7:1-5)
In Flanders Field
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
Have a good week.
2012 Sacramental Journey
Celebrates Feast of Christ The King
Sunday 25 November 2012, 6.00pm at
St Francis Xavier Cathedral
Thank you to those families who have responded to
the invitation to attend this important celebration to
mark 2012 as the year when your son received the
Sacrament of Confirmation.
Mass for Families with
Young Children
Sunday 2 December 2012, 6pm
Mass St Francis Xavier Cathedral.
The liturgy for this Mass is
prepared with young children in
mind and all families are welcome.
The Parish Family Mass will be
offered on the first Sunday of
the calendar month from this
November.
ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND
Mass and Prayer Services for
Term 4, 2012.
21 NovemberYear 6 Graduation Liturgy 6.00pm
25 NovemberFeast of Christ the King Celebration Mass
for Confirmation Students from the various
Catholic Schools in the Parish of Adelaide,
6.00pm St Francis Xavier Cathedral.
7 December Junior Campus Closing Liturgy 9.00am –
10.00am
Please note the new time of our closing liturgy on
7 december 2012.
ALL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE WELCOME TO
ATTEND THESE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
Mr Bruce Were
Junior Campus Religious Education Curriculum
Coordinator
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
PARISH OF ST FRANCIS
XAVIER CATHEDRAL
Rowing
It has been a busy start to the season with a few minor
crabs (pardon the pun) but CBC is off and racing in all
areas of the Rowing program. We have already had 2
regattas down at the Alex Ramsay Regatta course at
West Lakes and a short sprint regatta on the Torrens. In
the past week’s regatta at West Lakes all junior rowers
in Years 7 & 8 conducted themselves very well at the
course and raced quite competitively against the other
schools; bearing in mind that most other schools only
race Year 8s, our Year 7s are stepping up to a very high
plate. However, now with a few regattas under their
belts, the understanding of how regattas work or how
officials grumble is setting in. Combining this with the
training that these boys are putting in, we should see
some good results across the board in the upcoming
weeks and into the New Year. Honourable mentions
go out to the quad of James Kakogianis, d’Artagnan
Edwards, Josh “powerhouse” Dalle Nogare, Bennet
Reisinger and Patrick Graham, who have been up the
front of the pack for the past two regattas and took first
place in a heat at the sprint regatta, keep up the good
rowing.
Backing down onto the seniors’ side we have seen a
few new recruits really providing some horse power
to the squad with the likes of Aiden Curyer and Fabio
Marino. Along with the other seniors these rowers
have been working extremely hard on the water and in
the gym, so they are setting themselves up for some
good results for the rest of the season. An honourable
mention goes out to Sam Crosato who is currently
undefeated in the single scull and is quite simply
leaving the other competitors in his wake. Thank you
and well done to all the seniors for the hard work
they are putting in and the little extras they do, such
as helping juniors load boats and providing a great
presence and vibe to the CBC Rowing Community.
A final mention goes to the Rowing Auxiliary and extra
parents who give their time to help make and sell coffee
and cakes and simply for being fun, helpful people. The
Rowing Club is very lucky to have you all; you know who
you are and I thank you for your efforts at the recent
regattas or behind the scenes.
Rowers should also be watching out for the “Ancient
Scribe” (aka Brother Murray) who is back at the CBC
tent recording results and imparting his wisdom about
rowing. If you see him please say hello. Brother Murray
was a Headmaster at the Junior College and now keeps
us up to date with results and funny articles about the
recent regatta. Stay tuned for these to start coming out.
Mr Beau Gora
Watersports Coordinator
INSIGHT
7
BADMINTON
Year 8/9 2 Badminton
St Peter’s defeated CBC
The CBC team managed to win half the singles matches;
however, St Peter’s were too strong in their doubles and
won overall on the day.
Ms Tahlia Harman
Coach
BASKETBALL
Year 7 Purple Basketball
CBC 39 defeated Sunrise Scorpians 27
A fantastic effort by all players. There were only five players
on the night and at one point only four, due to injury.
Best players were Kristian Ciabattoni and James Ridgwell.
Special thanks goes to Gian Ciabattoni for his expert
coaching.
Ms Kay Oliphant
Manager
Year 4/5 Basketball
CBC Gold 31 defeated NAPS Devils 3
It was a good game and CBC Gold came out on top with a
dominant game.
Things we did well:
• Defensive play, such as stealing
• Sportsmanship
Things to improve on in the future:
• Working together
• Passing to one another
Goal Scorers: Akok, James, Austin, Logan, Matthew
Captain:
Akok M
Mrs Caroline Wilson
Coach
Tennison 20 defeated CBC Purple 15
The boys fronted up to tough competition, a team who
haven’t lost all year, but proved worthy opponents. CBC
held the lead for most of the second half, before the
opposition shot some baskets in the last 5 minutes of the
match to take the lead. CBC shared the goal scoring, with
Ben, Joeun, Kobi, Nicolas, Blake and Callum all contributing.
James and Johnny both demonstrated excellent defensive
skills. Well done boys.
Ms Kate Younie
Coach
St Johns 40 defeated CBC White 9
CBC White faced a very strong and skilled St Johns team
on Monday. The team put in a determined effort, not really
reflected in the score.
Some aggressive defence from St Johns and some loose
passing from CBC meant scoring chances where few and
far between.
Joesph was fouled several times while shooting but made
the most of the free throws while Alec and Daniel chipped in
with some quality baskets when passes found their mark.
Although trailing on the scoreboard the team played to the
best of their ability to the final siren.
With some more work at training on passing and
better close marking in defence, we will see some big
improvements in future matches.
Mr Michael Burns
Coach
CRICKET
Year 9 Cricket
Adelaide High 7/87 defeated CBC 85
The match was played at Collins Reserve, Fulham Gardens
in excellent conditions with 20 overs per side. CBC won
the toss and the captain, Jonah Byrnes elected to bat first.
Jonah opened well against high quality pace and swing
bowling. He added 18 runs with Jacob Vonthoff who made
a plucky 5. With Byrnes run out for 14 and the total on
34, CBC looked in some trouble. Enter James Gates, who
compiled a hard hitting 34 runs including seven fours.
Jovan Bojovic also looked promising in compiling 6 runs.
With Adelaide High chasing 86 runs to win it was important
for CBC to bowl and field tightly. That’s exactly what they
did with James Gates, Alex Kern and Kyle Fleetwood-Pieper
bowling extremely well. The fielding was generally good,
apart from several dropped catches. Jovan fielded well
and was rewarded with an excellent run out. The pick of
the bowlers was Luke Curtale, who took 4/22 including a
magnificent “wrong-un” to clean bowl a quality batsmen.
In the end it was a good display from CBC in a tightly fought
game with Adelaide High reaching the target with only two
overs to go.
Mr Greg Ward
Coach
Year 7 Cricket
Trinity College 4/56 defeated CBC 8/53
CBC lost the toss and were sent in to bat on a flat, wellprepared wicket. Trinity had two quality opening bowlers
and our opening batsmen Liam Hopper and Harrison Webb
showed good defensive technique to see off the new ball.
Wickets then started to fall at regular intervals, once the
hard work had been done. Nearly all batsmen made a start
and were starting to look comfortable when they were then
suddenly dismissed, either by good deliveries or poor shot
selection. Shan Jayawardhana again top scored with 11
not out – the only batsmen to reach double figures. Byes
were the second highest scorer, showing that by occupying
the crease the runs will take care of themselves. With only
nine players we were bowled out in the 27th over of our
allocated 50.
We then had the chance to bowl some overs at Trinity in
the time before stumps. Webb, 2/9 (3), dismissed both
Trinity openers cheaply giving us a glimmer of hope. Trinity
then steadied and were in sight of victory before wickets to
Jayawardhana and James Ridgwell slowed their progress.
Trinity were eventually able to pass our total in the last over
of the day.
With two days allocated to the match, this weekend turns
into a one-dayer, with CBC looking to make amends in what
is our last match of the season – hopefully, with 11 players
taking to the field this time.
Mr Tom McLean
Coach
Tennis
Year 5/6 Tennis
St Paul’s College 44 games defeated
CBC defeated 11 games
Well done - Adam Wells,Liam Best, Daniel Bressan,
Daniel Hremias, William Moten, Alexander Moten and Indy
Browning and Jordan Binetti.
Congratulations to all players for their good manners,
etiquette and sportsmanship. I was very proud of the way
our players conducted themselves as we were playing a
Year 7, A Division Team, whose skills were more advanced
than ours.
Ms Marti Madigan
Manager
VOLLEYBALL
Year 8/9 Volleyball
CBC 3 defeated Pulteney Grammar 0
Congratulations to the following boys this week: Alex
Hartley, Jackson Chau, Tevin Odhiambo, Mark Vong, John
Phan, Newton Quach, Brendan Tran.
Despite the Pulteney team arriving with much confidence
and intimidating CBC a little with their well-organised
cheerleading, the CBC boys pulled themselves together and
sealed a convincing win. After a shaky first set in which we
were 10-0 down, the boys came back with a vengeance
winning point after point to finish 25-20.
The second set saw Pulteney make more errors and we
capitalised on that by establishing a clear lead. CBC won
25-15. The third set was close (15-13), but our boys
continued to demonstrate excellent serves, spikes and
assists. We are making fewer errors in holding the ball,
hitting the ball into the net and misjudging when the ball
falls out of bounds. It is excellent to observe the team
gain confidence every week, and with just one week of
competition left this year, the boys should be very strong
next year.
Mrs Lucyna Zwolski
Coach
Water polo
Water Polo
St Peter’s 15 defeated CBC 3
Goal Scorers: Tyler McGinlay, Lachlan Starr, Taylor Sarunic
Playing in the St Peter’s pool was certainly an experience
for our boys. The Saints boys jumped us early in the first
quarter but we definitely recovered and held our own in the
second half. This is the best match we have played so far
and it is great to see the improvement in the team. The
boys must focus on staying with the stronger teams early in
matches by tightening in defence to prevent the early goals
being scored. Andrew Nguyen had a difficult introduction to
the goalkeeper position this week but he stuck to the task.
Tyler McGinlay moved to the goalie position in the last half
and displayed he has talent in both defence and attack.
Mr Ian Hamilton, Mr Rick Mackereth,
Ms Rebecca Donnon
Coaches