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STRONG LEADERS HAVE ADAPT-ABILITY
“Leaders learn and lead at the same time. They use the process of co-construction of thinking, at every opportunity, to promote teacher and leader collaborative decision-making that creates collective efficacy. Inspired by their own sense of efficacy, which is contagious, leaders empower others to do great work, all the while seeing the forest for the trees, providing the calm and stability, even in turbulent cultures of constant change. I call that ability to work through
change and adversity to build collective efficacy Adapt-ability.
Leadership for today and tomorrow demands adaptability”.
Lyn Sharratt,2019.
Dear Families, Students and Friends
As I write our newsletter for Week 4, I am sure you are like me in thinking, where has the past fortnight gone! Is it the busyness of family life, our ever growing list of errands to run, balancing work and home…? The truth is, it’s all of these things wrapped in one! Please never think you’re alone in trying to strike the correct balance. It poses the question; can we achieve it all? I think it comes down to being mindful of what’s important. Whatever it is that makes you happy – it’s achievable! I always operate from the disposition that life is to be lived… work hard; family first, and the rest takes care of itself. Certainly, if you love what you do (family/career), there’s an inner happiness (self) that supports you through life’s challenges – big or small! I don’t think there’s ever an end point in striking the balance. As parents, we are constantly prioritising and re-prioritising our time and attention, to where we see the greatest need. Please always know our College community is here to support you in every way in your sacred role as parents.
Leadership Coaching
Last week, our school leaders were involved in leadership coaching with Amanda Mackenzie; Director of Dragonfly Consulting and Coaching. As Principal, I am very passionate about mobilising teams and articulating a shared vision towards improvement. This begins with self-awareness. Amanda has been meeting with individual team members this semester, and the school executive to develop shared beliefs and understandings about effective leadership. I am committed to increasing leadership density and building capacity through collaboration at the College. Amanda will continue to be working with us in the coming months, and into next year.
Dragonfly Consulting and Coaching partners with individuals, teams and organisations to facilitate purposeful conversations; design effective change processes; design and deliver engaging professional learning; and coach for success.
http://www.dragonflyconsulting.com.au/
CLARITY – What Matters Most in Learning, Teaching & Leading – Lyn Sharratt
As I communicated last week, John O’Neill, Steve Knight, Anna McManus, Sandra Harris and I attended a leadership workshop in Canberra with Lyn Sharratt. Above is a quote from her book, Clarity. Her input was exceptional in refining the need for professionalism at every level. She speaks of relentless consistency towards shared responsibility and accountability to increase all students’ growth and achievement – our core business. Sharratt writes (2019),
Learning, teaching, and leading with consistent, persistent,
and insistent effort results in CLARITY of purpose and practice and
a developed sense of shared responsibility and accountability, which
matters MOST to raising the bar and closing the gaps for all students.
The abovementioned team intend to share the learning and insights gained from Sharratt’s research with all teachers. This was a highly valuable experience.
Enrolling Now!
Enrolment interviews are currently underway for our 2020 Year 7 students. I have had the pleasure of meeting with a number of families already. As applications are being processed, interviews are being scheduled. I encourage families to lodge applications as soon as possible. To date, approximately 100 enrolment packages have been collected from the College for students commencing in Year 7 next year.
If you have any questions at all regarding the enrolment process, please contact Nadine Cooper at the College on 44715 600. Also, if you know of family or friends who were unable to attend the recent Parent Information evening, please let them know that the enrolment period has commenced. Please encourage them to contact the College at their earliest convenience.
The Year 7 2020 Orientation Day will be held on Friday 29 November. Parents are invited to join our Executive staff and Senior Leadership Team for morning tea and tours of the College. These tours will include the opportunity to view our new classrooms which are due to open in Term 3.
Community Council Open Meeting – All Parents Welcome!
5 June 2019
Minimum Standards Test – Year 10
This week, Year 10 students are undertaking the Minimum Standard online test to determine their eligibility to sit the Higher School Certificate (HSC). Students in Years 10 to 12 may demonstrate the HSC minimum standard by achieving Level 3 or above in the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) minimum standard online reading, writing and numeracy tests. If a student does not meet the minimum standard in their first attempt, NESA allows schools to enter students a maximum of twice a year to sit for each minimum standard online test. Students currently in Year 10 are having their first opportunity to sit the tests this week. The format is as follows:
Tuesday 21 May - Practice Test
Wednesday 22 May - Reading (45 multiple choice questions)
Thursday 23 May - Numeracy (45 multiple choice questions)
Friday 24 May - Writing (500 Word Response)
If you are interested in reading more about the Minimum Standards Test and HSC readiness, click on the link: http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/hsc/hsc-minimum-standard/online-tests/what-to-expect-in-the-tests/sample-test-questions
Siloam
This afternoon I will be travelling to Galong for a Principals’ meeting, known as Siloam. This is mandatory leadership training for Principals and is held each term. There is also input at these sessions for spiritual growth, that allows for reflection and prayer. Principals gather to discuss current educational issues and workshop strategic priorities with Catholic Education leaders. It is always an enjoyable experience.
I am disappointed that I can’t be present at the Doof tonight. I’m never one to shy away from a fun night! Special thanks to Mr Tim Hodges for his leadership and preparation, and to the staff supporting with supervision this evening. I’m sure a great night will be enjoyed by all. Today the College has been flooded by ‘Footy Colours’ and a hive of activity as we hosted Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. Thanks to all involved.
Mr John O’Neill will be Acting Principal in my absence Thursday afternoon and Friday.
With appreciation and encouragement to you.
Jacqui Heffernan
Principal
Assistant Principal Pastoral Care report
Please keep the following families in your prayers. Jonah (yr 12) and Marie (yr 10) Slockee-Albert on the passing of their Grandmother, Robyn Albert. Jordan Bandur (yr 11) on the passing of his Grandmother and Antonio Vecchi (yr 7) on the passing of his Uncle.
Does anyone take notes these days?
A colleague of mine suggested this summary of a radio interview called “Attention Students: Put your laptops away” on ABC Weekend (17/4/2019). I have noticed that many students have discarded the idea of taking notes to revise content in favour of word processing. It may work for some but the following study shows that the good old pen and paper are still a superior means of fostering revision and memory skills
In the study published in Psychological Science, Pam A. Mueller of Princeton University and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of the University of California, Los Angeles sought to test how note-taking by hand or by computer affects learning.
"When people type their notes, they have this tendency to try to take verbatim notes and write down as much of the lecture as they can," Mueller tells NPR's Rachel Martin. "The students who were taking longhand notes in our studies were forced to be more selective — because you can't write as fast as you can type. And that extra processing of the material that they were doing benefited them."
And there are two hypotheses to why note-taking is beneficial in the first place. The first idea is called the encoding hypothesis, which says that when a person is taking notes, "the processing that occurs" will improve "learning and retention." The second, called the external-storage hypothesis, is that you learn by being able to look back at your notes, or even the notes of other people.
Because people can type faster than they write, using a laptop will make people more likely to try to transcribe everything they're hearing. So on the one hand, Mueller and Oppenheimer were faced with the question of whether the benefits of being able to look at your more complete, transcribed notes on a laptop outweigh the drawbacks of not processing that information. On the other hand, when writing longhand, you process the information better but have less to look back at.
The same thing happened in the second study, even when they specifically told students using laptops to try to avoid writing things down verbatim. "Even when we told people they shouldn't be taking these verbatim notes, they were not able to overcome that instinct," Mueller says. The more words the students copied verbatim, the worse they performed on recall tests.
But the students taking notes by hand still performed better. "This is suggestive evidence that longhand notes may have superior external storage as well as superior encoding functions," Mueller and Oppenheimer write.
Do studies like these mean students will start migrating back to notebooks?
"I think it is a hard sell to get people to go back to pen and paper," Mueller says. "But they are developing lots of technologies now like Livescribe and various stylus and tablet technologies that are getting better and better. I think that will be sort of an easier sell to college students and people of that generation.
Whatever means your child uses to study for exams and assessment tasks, it is vital that the course content be revised deeply and regularly. Relying on teacher study guides is part of the study process but it is equally important that the content be re-visited often.
Paul Cullen
paul.cullen@cg.catholic.edu.au
Cross Country Results 2019
Age Champions –
Age |
Sex |
Winner |
Runner up |
12 |
M |
Freddie Friskin |
Jackson Riley |
12 |
F |
Skye Wildman |
Amelia Harding |
13 |
M |
Michael Aitken |
Harry Barrington |
13 |
F |
Emma Penberthy |
Sophie Epplestun |
14 |
M |
Mark Tuckwell |
Zachary Holmes |
14 |
F |
Channel Glasson |
Claudia Hannon |
15 |
M |
Jaymz Motyka |
Samuel Crooke |
15 |
F |
Bonnie Brewer |
Georgia Norman |
16 |
M |
Rhys Flood |
Lavhy Franchi |
16 |
F |
Sarah Penberthy |
Jayde O’Shannessy |
17+ |
M |
Nicholas Parr |
Hugh Tuckwell |
17+ |
F |
Zalie Betts |
Gemma Ferguson |
Junior Boy Champion – Mark Tuckwell
Junior Girl Champion – Emma Penberthy
Senior Boy Champion – Nicholas Parr/Rhys Flood
Senior Girl Champion – Sarah Penberthy
House results –
House |
Chisholm |
Xavier |
Mackillop |
Points |
1144 |
968 |
839
|
Congratulations to all students who participated on the day. The top 6 places are eligible to attend the Archdiocesan Cross Country in Canberra on the 4/6/19. Please pay via the Team App by the 28/5/19.
Charlton Fogarty
Classroom Teacher, Broulee
Congratulations toTom and Aiden Gaffey, and J.C Lole-Ngarima who made the Southern Country Rugby League Team.
Arch- Diocesan Team Tennis Championships
On Tuesday the 7th May Carroll College participated in the Arch-Diocesan Team Tennis Championships in Goulburn N.S.W. The boys team consisting of Hugh Tuckwell, Patrick Hogan, Mark Tuckwell and Paul Gaffey was competitive on the day and lost 5 sets to 3 to Hennessy Catholic College Young and 7 sets to 1 to Trinity Catholic College Goulburn. The girls team consisting of Gemma Ferguson, Samantha Ferguson, Hannah Kobold and Skye Wildman had a very successful day beating Hennessy Catholic College Young 5 sets to 3 to win the day and progress to the next level in Bathurst next month at CCC. The day was played in a very respectful manner by all participants of all schools present and is a credit to the Canberra/ Goulburn Diocesan they all come from.
Niall McPherson
Classroom Teacher, Broulee
On Wednesday the 8th of May, Carroll College Year 9 students travelled to St Bernards to commemorate Catholic Schools week by having a Teddy Bear’s Picnic with Kindergarten students from St Bernards and St Marys. The Day began with fruit break and the story of Goldilocks and the three Bears. We then commenced our rotation which consisted of a series of activities. Students decorated teddy bear biscuits, played games with a parachute, completed teddy bear craft, made a teddy bear on the computer and played on the outdoor equipment. We then played games on the oval before enjoying lunch together. It was a great opportunity to spend the day with the other Catholic schools in the area.
We thank St Bernards for hosting such a fun event and St Mary's for joining us. We hope to continue this in the future. Below are some quotes from our Year 9 English class and images from the day.
By Hannah and Ruby
“It was a fun day full of activities with the kindergarten students” - Jena
“Overall the day was fun and full of activities” - Kaitlyn
“Everyone interacted well and all joined in and participated” - Mackenzie
“At first,the students were a bit shy but after a while they warmed up. It was a great day and amazing to see everyone enjoying themselves and joining in” - Ruby
“Everyone agreed it was an awesome day and we all made new friends” - Phoebe
“The Year 9’s showed fabulous leadership skills when interacting with the kindergarten children” - Ms Pope
“It was a great day with future Carroll College students” - Ben
“The day was quite relaxed and fun. The Year 9 students showed various qualities of leadership” - Nathaniel
“We can all say we made new friends” - Thor
“Great to see the kids enjoying themselves” - Maddie
“We had a great time talking and having fun with kindergarten students” - Charlotte
“It was a fun day with fun people” - Jaycob
“The day consist of great times” - Janaki
“It was an amazing experience and I’ll never forget it. I had the time of my life”- Jack
“It was great to spend the day with the other catholic schools in the area. We met new people and did lots of fun activities” - Hannah
White Card
Year 10, 11 and 12 students wanting to do do Work Experience or Work Placement on a construction site will need their White Card to satisfy WHS requirements.
I am hoping to run a White Card course at school in the next few months. If your son or daughter is interested please have them put their name on the list outside of the VET/Careers Office in the HUB.
Karen Lyttle
VET & Careers Coordinator
UCAT Test
Any Year 12 student interested in pursuing medicine next year will need to sit the UCAT test in July 2019 . MedEntry is a government accredited institution specialising in UCAT preparation. For more information, please visit www.MedEntry.edu.au.
The Carroll College School Play; ‘Bad Auditions for Bad Actors’ will be held on the 29th and 30th of May in the Drama Room. Students have been rehearsing each Wednesday afternoon after school, and have been managing to juggle school and other extra- curricular commitments with learning lines and blocking scenes! The play is sure to provide many laughs, (with sibling duo Emma and Hugh Tuckwell as our hilarious lead characters, and Bree McFadyen playing an excellent supporting lead role). We have enjoyed every second of working with such dedicated young people. Entry is available via Qkr, and tea and coffee will be available in the interval between each act. The play begins at 6pm. See you there!
Mrs Smart and Mrs Lomax
The Rosellas will be at Art On The Path on Sunday 26th May in Broulee from 7.30 to Noon. The students will be showcasing the sustainable practices of Carroll College. They will be selling bees wax wraps and holding a raffle. Come along and speak with the students.
This year Carroll College will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. The program allows schools to earn points to purchase equipment.
We have included a sticker sheet to print off (or you can get these at your local Woolworths) and a FAQ sheet.
A box will be available at the school near the office for stickers to be dropped in.
Earn & Learn runs from 1 May to 25 June 2019.
Thank you for your participation!