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As the end of Term 2 approaches students and staff are busy finalising assessment items, reports and other projects for the the end of term. One of the biggest of these projects is the College Musical and for 2018 it is “Popstars - The 90’s Musical” held in the Carroll College Hall on the 3rd, 4th and 5th July at 7pm. Staff and Students have been rehearsing week in and out since 2017 for what will be a spectacular show and I strongly encourage all members of the Carroll College Community to come along and support the great talents our students have. Tickets are available on Qkr! or the Front Office and will sell out quickly. We look forward to seeing you there.
On Wednesday 27th June the College has three exciting events that are taking place. The first is a visit by the Director of Catholic Education for the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, Ross Fox. Mr Fox is coming down to see the great work that takes place at Carroll College and to meet with the students and staff.
Wednesday evening will see our 2019 Year 11 Subject Information Evening taking place from 6.00pm in the College Hall. This Information Evening is essential in guiding students and parents about the requirements of HSC courses and what is to be expected from these areas of study. Following on from this will be the Carroll College Curriculum Expo from 6.45pm until 7.30pm. At the Expo all subject areas showcase the great work that is done by students and there is the opportunity for parent and students to discuss different courses with teaching staff and the pathways they lead onto post-Year 12. It is strongly recommended that all Year 10 students attend this evening even if siblings have completed the HSC in previous years. The Expo is also relevant for students in Years 8 and 9 who will be selecting their subjects for 2019 shortly. More information on the evening can be found in this Newsletter.
This Friday, 22nd June, Carroll Day is taking place at the College. Carroll Day is the College’s annual day celebrating its founder Archbishop Francis Carroll. Carroll Day traditionally begins with all students writing a letter to themselves about their friends, achievements and goals for 2018. This letter is sealed in a time capsule as part of the Carroll Day Liturgy and will be presented back to the students when they are in Year 12. Parents are invited to attend the Liturgy which commences at 9.30am. After recess Year 11 students run the the Carroll Day Carnival. All students participate in a range of fun activities and the theme for 2018 is “TV Shows”. The carnival will be followed by a provided sausage sizzle lunch. During the afternoon there will be a student run ‘Battle of the Bands’ concert held in the Main Hall. Parents are encouraged to come along and see the many talents of the Carroll College students.
Friday 29th June the College Athletics Carnival will take place at Captain Oldrey Park, Broulee. Parents are encouraged to please come along and support your children on the day as they compete. An order of events will be emailed out early next week to parents.
Nathan Mansfield
Principal
- Johnny Olver (Year 11) on the passing of his Grandfather
- Daryl Hanson (staff) on the passing of his Grandfather
The College welcomes back Youth Minister Jarryd this week, as he has been at Lumen Christi for the past two weeks. We also prepare for the celebration of Carroll Day this coming Friday 22 June. Carroll Day affords us the opportunity to remember our Founder Fr. Francis Carroll and celebrate Mass together as a community. Mass will start at 9.30 am in the College Hall and all are welcome to attend.
It’s that time of the term when students are submitting assessment tasks and teachers are busy marking and writing reports. Please keep them in your prayers during this busy, often stressful time. Last week, we welcomed Father Martins into our year 7 classrooms. Students enjoyed his visit and we look forward to building and strengthening the bonds between the College and our local Parishes.
Throughout June Carroll College has been collecting donations for the St Vincent de Paul’s Winter Appeal. We ask families to send in blankets/doonas, gloves, beanies, scarves, or soup cans. Please only donate food items which are in-date and other items in good-quality condition (not soiled or in poor condition).
Fr. Francis Carroll … Pray for Us
Live Jesus in our Hearts … Forever
Mrs. Charlotte Nicoletti
Coordinator of Religious Education and Faith Formation
PARISH CONNECT |
St Bernard’s Parish, Batehaven
Adoration is on the First Friday of the Month at 5.30pm.
Mass is celebrated every first Saturday of the Month at 9am.
23 June – 7pm Trivia Night and celebrations for Fr Martins birthday
R.C.I.A programme is ongoing. Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Church meeting room.
Wrap with Love – Help is needed to sew together knitted or crocheted squares to make rectangular wraps for people in need. Bags of squares and instructions are available on shelves in the church meeting room. Annual knit-in Friday 10 August at the Batemans Bay library.
Craft is held every Thursday 10am – Noon in the Church meeting room.
Men Alive meet every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 8am
Dear All,
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to you, for your contributions in any respect towards the visit of the Archbishop for the celebration of the Sacrament of confirmation last weekend. It was indeed an awesome weekend with the confirmation of 34 candidates across our two parishes and communities.
In Batehaven, it was a colourful night with the boys and girls carrying banners in procession to the altar while an improvised firepit outside burnt with live flames throughout the mass: a great symbol of the Holy Spirit whose gifts were received by the candidates at confirmation.
The liturgical movement at the end of the solemn celebration in Moruya was quite exceptional. The boys and girls displayed great skills as they moved where ever the spirit led them.
Thanks to the teachers for putting their all into the preparations and the celebrations; the parents for supporting them and the parishioners for praying for them. Thanks also to the CSYMA Team for the Retreat Day at Carroll College. Indeed, it was a journey, thanks to all on board.
In all, the songs by the choir, the gracious moments of silence, the presence, patience and attentive participation of all remains commendable. The celebrations concluded with dinner and morning tea respectively with a great touch of hospitality. Thanks to the organisers and all who brought a plate to share.
The Archbishop, who was deeply delighted and impressed by the level of preparations, participation and the disposition of the boys and girls towards the sacrament invited them to be ‘famous’ Catholics by their witness to the faith beyond the celebration of the sacrament of Confirmation; a sacrament of service, not of exit. We do hope that our communities will be afire with the manifestation of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the coming days as the boys and girls respond to the Archbishop’s invite.
Yours in Prayers,
Fr. Martins
On Monday Riley O’Shannessy represented NSWCCC at the NSW All Schools Championships in Sydney.
Congratulations to Riley who was selected in the NSW All Schools team to compete at the Australian All Schools Championships in Darwin in August this year.
Congratulations to Lucy and Abbey Colbourne, Monique Hogg and Tyne Porteus who came second at the NSW CCC Tennis Championships in Bathurst.
A tremendous effort!
Year 12 Chemistry 'From Dam to Tap'
On the 13th of June students from the Year 12 Chemistry class went on a tour of our local water catchment and treatment system. This excursion provided students with an opportunity to contextualise the learning they will be doing in the classroom over the coming weeks.
Firstly, we travelled to Deep Creek Dam, where we met our guide for the day, Gillian Kearney from Eurobodalla Shire Council. During our walk around the edge of the dam we examined and discussed the properties of the catchment area.
Secondly, we travelled to the Northern Water Treatment Plant (Denham’s Beach). This modern facility treats water pumped directly from Deep Creek Dam. Students saw how water is treated with coagulant and flocculating agents as well as fluoride and chloride. The coagulant is dried in the sun and forms very beautiful patterns. Experienced plant operators conducted the tour and discussed issues such as pH control, which is especially critical as the plant services everybody in the Shire; all the way down to Tilba!
Finally, to complete the tour we travelled to Moruya Sewage Treatment Plant. This showed us how the Council treats sewage (which is mostly water) so that it can be reused by surrounding businesses. To combat the smell, students highly appreciated the lemon myrtle leaves given to them by council staff members.
Thanks to Gilly for being an excellent tour guide and to the Eurobodalla Shire Council who accommodated our transport costs.
Mr Simon Blue
Can books really change lives? Well, if they makes us think about the world in a different way, if they deepen our understanding of ourselves and our society, then, “Yes”.
Our Year 12 Advanced English classes are about to embark on a study of Professor Henry Reynold’s memoir called Why Weren’t We Told? before the Trials as part of a module called “People and Politics”. It was published nearly two decades ago but its impact has been profound and I for one am so pleased that it has been given a spot on the senior text list for the course.
Make no mistake, it is confronting reading. For those of us who were schooled in the 1950’s the text title is a question I have long asked myself. In the text books of the time (AGL Shaw and Manning Clark) there was little acknowledgement of the First Australians. When they did get a mention, it was invariably as “murderous”, “treacherous” or “miserable”. In one publication the settlement of Australia, the author argued, had begun with “a black space on the map” which was progressively filled as the result of white “settlement”.
Students will study the concept of historiography-the study of how history is constructed. In the past, it has been the study of dates and events, the story of “great” men, civilisations, achievements. Today, students are expected to critique the author of the text in terms of their education, beliefs, prejudices and political affiliations. All these things combine to influence the text itself. Is history the story of the victors? Is it, as one 19th Century politician argued, only “a set of lies that we agree on?” Whatever our definition, it is now acknowledged that history may be written by women, the disadvantaged and disparate ethnicities.
Reynolds calls his memoir “a personal search for the truth about our history” and I urge all members of our College community to read it. His journey started in Tasmania, the scene of arguably the most appalling cases of genocide in human history. Moving to northern Queensland to take up an appointment at the University of Townsville, Reynolds had opportunities to read, research, see and hear stories about what is now called “The Frontier Wars”-the clash between the original occupants of this land and the pastoral colonists. There were massacres, cover-ups, government collusion and a blitheness about such atrocities. Of course, we are looking at a past time with 21st century eyes but the fact remains that we can never truly mature as a nation until we deal with the past. We asked that of Germany and Japan at the end of WW2 and it seems to me that we must face up squarely to OUR past to give true meaning to the word “Reconciliation”.
Why Weren’t We Told? is such an honest and readable account of one man’s journey to deeper understanding that made me sad, angry but ultimately hopeful that your child’s generation can better deal with such issues. The recent NAIDOC ceremony held at the College featuring Jonah and Marie Albert-Slockee, Taine Woodford and Jadyn Young, Tawrey Nye was an up-lifting experience. Empathising with “the other story” as history is, in one sense, a smoking ceremony in itself.
Paul Cullen
paul.cullen@cg.catholic.edu.au
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