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- ...to bring healing to the sick!
- A Message from Fr Dom
- "Dad Shadows and Tender Hearts"
- Archdiocesan Soccer Gala Day
- Archdiocesan Cross Country Photo Album
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- WINTER DOOF
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It seems hard to believe that we are at the end of Term 2 already! It has been an incredibly busy but productive term and I thank every one of our community members for their positive contributions to the teaching and learning at Carroll College.
This week we see the College musical taking place in the hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. ‘Popstars - The 90’s Musical’ is a great show of the talent that exists at Carroll College involving our actors, singers, musicians, backstage hands, musical and lighting technicians, budding chefs and many other students who have helped out. These events cannot take place without the enormous energy of staff who have given countless hours practicing music, painting, sewing, cooking and leading the students in what will be a fantastic set of evenings. We hope to see you there!
In recent weeks, the teachers have been completing your child’s report for Semester 1. These reports give parents valuable feedback on student progress for the variety of subjects studied during the Semester, they additionally provide a lead in to the Parent Teacher interviews that will take place on Thursday 26th July 2018. These Parent Teacher evenings are essential in helping students improve their learning and helping parents understand what they can do to support students at home.
The academic paper ‘Parental engagement in learning and schooling: Lessons from research’ (2012) by the Family-School & Community Partnerships Bureau, explores the impact that parental engagement has on student results. The study found that research supported the long held view that parental engagement may positively impact student academic attainment. While involving parents in school activities may have an important community and social function, the key to facilitating positive change in a child’s academic attainment is the engagement of parents in learning outcomes in the home.
International research has shown that positive parental engagement in learning, has an impact on:
- higher grades and test scores,
- enrolment in higher level programs and advanced classes,
- higher successful completion of classes,
- lower drop-out rates,
- higher graduation rates, and
- a greater likelihood of commencing post-secondary education.
Beyond educational achievement, parental engagement is associated with various indicators of student development. These include:
- more regular school attendance,
- better social skills,
- improved behaviour,
- better adaptation to school,
- increased social capital,
- a greater sense of personal competence and efficacy for learning,
- greater engagement in school work, and
- a stronger belief in the importance of education.
This year we have made changes in the way that we communicate including: sending out letters earlier about College events, seeking feedback from parents on the way that we communicate, inviting parents along to College events with runnings sheets of these events sent in advance and the use of the College Facebook page for communication. I am aware that, as a College, Parental Engagement and communication can be improved and we are open to any suggestions in ways we can achieve this.
I thank those Parents who have suggested to me improvements which has resulted in more Parents being involved with the College by attending events and making enquiries about the learning that takes place at Carroll. I extend an invitation to all members of our community if you have positive suggestions on how we can improve, please email me direct nathan.mansfield@cg.catholic.edu.au or call the College and I will make contact with you to discuss.
Nathan Mansfield
Principal
Matthew (Year 10), Emma (Year 9) and Mark (Year 7) Tuckwell on the passing of their Grandmother
Yesterday 1 July, was Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. It is the day Australian Bishops have invited us to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday and acknowledge that God has been walking with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, making His presence known through a continuous living culture over many thousands of years. We pray in thanksgiving for these ancient peoples who have enriched and sustained our continent throughout that time.
Because of Her We Can (NAIDOC 2018) Through the example of women in the Gospels and pioneering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, we pray all women use their voice, their achievements and unwavering passion to pave the way for generations to come.
We pray these women give us strength and empower us to continue to break down cultural and institutionalised barriers and gender stereotypes, to demand greater opportunities, employment and access to education for all women.
We pray all women continue to be pillars of society and play significant and active roles in their communities as leaders, trailblazers and social change advocates.
We pray our mothers, our elders, our grandmothers, our aunties, our sisters and our daughters continue to influence, maintain and celebrate culture, language, music and art.
We pray Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women continue to enrich our lives, our communities and our nation through Dreamtime stories, songlines and knowledge of the oldest continuing culture on the planet.
Archbishop- emeritus Francis Carroll considers his contact with Indigenous people and their spirituality ‘as one of the great graces’ of his time. He has felt ‘a great closeness to the Indigenous and their spirituality’ and the way it reflects the basic simplicity of the Gospel: ‘So much of the dreaming stories seemed to have the simplicity of the parables and the kind of life Jesus led.’
On Friday 22 June, the College celebrated Carroll Day. We gathered to celebrate the Carroll College Community and acknowledge our founder Archbishop Francis Carroll. We started the day with Mass, celebrated by Father Martins. Our theme was Community; we were reminded of the community which came before us and the one we continue to grow and build.
Father Francis is a person who responds with total commitment to God, a person of deep faith, a person who continues to give his life in the service of others. In 1992, Pope John Paul referred to Fr Francis saying “you have not neglected to care diligently for each individual, for their education and their human needs”.
We pray for Archbishop-emeritus, Francis Carroll in this difficult time of sickness. Lord, we ask that you journey with him and bring him to full health and comfort.
Throughout June Carroll College has been collecting donations for the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. These items were presented to St Vincent de Paul Moruya and Maranatha Lodge for distribution. Thank you to those families and staff who generously donated to the appeal.
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.
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
Monday 23 July – Student pupil free day
Tuesday 24 July – Term 3 starts Year 7 – 12
Wednesday 25 July – House Semester 1 Awards assembly (10.10am – 10.55am)
Thursday 26 July – Parent teacher interviews
Friday 3 August – NAIDOC ceremony
Monday 6 August to Monday 20 August – Year 12 Trial HSC exams
Friday 10 August – Year 7 formation day
Monday 13 August to Friday 17 August – Year 11 VET work placement week
Friday 24 August – Year 9 formation day
Thursday 30 August – Father’s day breakfast
Wednesday 5 September – Year 10 Spring Fling
Friday 7 September – Student pupil free day
Wednesday 12 September – HSC music evening
Thursday 13 September to Friday 21 September – Year 11 Preliminary exam
Wednesday 26 September – Year 12 Graduation Mass and Awards Assembly
Thursday 27 September – Year 12 Graduation evening
Friday 28 September – Last day Term 3
For more information on College events and other calendar dates please visit the parent and student Sentral portal.
...to bring healing to the sick!
Healing was at the heart of Jesus’ ministry. In his manifesto in the synagogue at Nazareth during the sabbath, Jesus did announce that he has ‘been chosen and anointed by the Spirit of the Lord to bring good news to the poor, to set captives and prisoners free, to bring healing to the sick, opens the eyes of the blind and proclaim the year of the Lords’ favour’ (Luke: 418-19).
This synagogue episode marks the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry in the Gospel of Luke. At the course of the ministry, he healed the sick, raised the dead, fed the hungry and reunited the incarcerated back to their families and the society as found in the gospel of Mark this weekend. The individuals healed and raised were women: One dead, the other on the margin. They were both restored to health and life by a touch; a touch of and from Jesus who came that we may have life and have it in full (John 10.10).
As we reflect on the healing experiences of these two women in the gospel, providentially, we celebrate this weekend the 2018 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday, with the theme: Because of her chosen by the Catholic Bishops of Australia to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and to recognise the heroism of the women of Indigenous background. These women include mothers, daughters, aunties, grandmothers, sisters…who have battled and largely succeeded in holding Indigenous families together despite the horrendous stories of the past.
In celebrating this important weekend, what difference can we make? How do we bring the healing touch of Jesus to those on the periphery and the margin? As we pray and talk about healing and restoration, let our eyes and hearts be opened to recognising the small and big opportunities to offer a healing touch to the members of the Indigenous Communities and indeed, to everyone.
Fr. Martins
To reject Jesus is to reject the possibility of there being a life that offers true meaning. Why would people do this? Their lack of faith is one aspect to it. It suggests that they were not familiar with and could not recognise God and His works. It is less about how they see God and more about how they see each other. They could have recognised the nature of what this prophet is doing and the person he had become but did not. They questioned the very nature of the person that Jesus was and began to build a picture shaped by their own blindness and pride. Curiously, people from Jesus’ own town did not recognise the wisdom and miracles worked by Him. A prophet is always asked to take people beyond where they are. Taking them beyond where they are leads them away from their own pride and closer to Jesus. This is God’s task for every prophet and it is still a task for us today.
"Dad Shadows and Tender Hearts"
In a recent TV show called “Interview”, Andrew Denton had a chat with the acclaimed Australian novelist, Tim Winton. This West Australian father and writer has written extensively about the role of men within families and in society generally. In “Cloudstreet” for instance, one of the main characters, Lester Lamb, described being a man as “the most stupid, useless thing a person could be” It is a recurring theme- the self-loathing, destructive aspects of masculinity-our “darker angels” so to speak. However, it does not have to be so. Winton spoke about the importance of dads modelling positive behaviours. It affects both sons and daughters. The former in showing respect to women, showing empathy to others; daughters being shown how a male can show respect to his partner. Being a WA police officer and a blokey sort of man, Winton’s friends were amazed that his dad would actually be ironing when they visited. Why should that be so unusual?
Children, he asserted, start as tender hearts with a pencil box full of rainbow colours. However, by adolescence, only purple and black remain. His point? Children start life with wide-eyed wonder but somewhere along the way, poor modelling, peer pressure and the all-pervasive popular culture leave their imprints. Children watch us closely, absorbing and copying, so it is important to consider exactly what we are modelling. It goes to showing our children how to negotiate, work and respect others. Empathy has to be taught and modelled.
In addition, what is this thing called happiness. It is ethereal and elusive but always within our control. Whether it depends on buying the latest smart phone is problematic. It is useful to ask ourselves how this or that consumer good can increase our sense of wellbeing. Perhaps happiness is found in the most obvious of places- the family home. What makes parents/guardians happy is paramount. Winton says a much when writing about the Lamb family:
“Everything was normal and right. There were dishes in the sink and the sound of kids playing in the street and the trains passing smutty wind. Something had settled over the kitchen. Rose kept the colours inside the lines and all the patterns were proper, sensible and neat. Happiness. That's what it was.”
Another character called Leaper put it this way:
“On Saturday leaper played the game of his life in front of 40,000. On Sunday, he was dead drunk. Monday was a lost day. On Tuesday, he looked in the mirror. He was disappearing right in front of his eyes. On Wednesday, he headed north. When you’re like this past hope and despair, the only thing left was family.”
Family: that most familiar of all social structures that has the capacity to create tender hearts.
Paul Cullen
paul.cullen@cg.catholic.edu.au
On Friday the 8th of June, three students teams headed up the Clyde Mountain to compete in the Archdiocesan Soccer Round-Robin Gala Day. It was a cold and drizzly day at Dickson Oval, but the Carroll Teams performed really well overall.
The 7-9 Girls’ team feature a group of dynamic, fast-paced, talented girls, who demonstrated great teamwork and confidence on the field. Unfortunately, the girls lost both of their games, but only by small margins.
The 7-9 Boys’ showed incredible talent and footwork in their games, winning one match, and losing the other. The boys demonstrated excellent teamwork and skill in the icy conditions.
Finally, the Open Girls team played three games, winning twice and drawing once, placing overall second on the day. The Girls games featured our biggest kicks and most elaborate goal-saves, highlighting the ability, strength and ferociousness of the Open Girls team members.
A huge thank you to Mr Peter Sutton and Mrs Miriam Shilling who accompanied the hoard of soccer players and myself on such a huge day.
Mrs Cassie Johnston.
It’s been an incredibly busy and successful term on the basketball courts with Canberra & Goulburn Archdiocese Championships in Tuggeranong and the CCC Open Boys Championships in Penrith. Our teams have spent many an AM break-time training in the hall before competition. We took 7 teams to Archdiocese to compete in the 6 age group divisions available. The other schools involved were Goulburn, Cooma, Young, Pambula, Cootamundra & Tumut. After some hard fought games we came out winners in 4 of the 6 divisions: Open Boys, Open Girls, Year 9/10 Boys & Year 9/10 Girls. We were very close in the Year 7/8 boys & girls also. It’s worth noting that some of our Open boys team have never lost a game at the Archdiocese level, going right back to year 7 – quite an achievement! Huge well done to the players in all 7 teams and a very big thank you to all those who coached, officiated on the table & generally helped out: Nick & Carolyn Harding, David & Belinda Blewitt, Michelle Blyth, Charlton Fogarty & Hailee Gray.
Shortly after the Archdiocese competition three of our Year 12 boys, Riley O’Shanessy, Jeremy Harding & Thomas Remm travelled to Sydney to try out for the NSW CCC team. All did well & congratulations should go to Riley who has been selected. In addition he has been selected to represent NSW ALL Schools to play in the Interstate competition up in Darwin.
Two weeks ago our Open boys’ team travelled to Sydney to compete at NSW CCC. Prior to departure the lads had eloquently described our pool as “the pool of death” as aside from us there was St John the Evangelist High School from Nowra & the winners from the last 3 years St Dominic’s Penrith not to mention 3 other strong teams. Games were played over 2 days and we did a fantastic job of winning 4 out of 5 games – a couple by very narrow margins, losing only to St Dominic’s who went on to win for the fourth successive year. This is our best ever result. The standard of competition is so high at NSW CCC with most teams boasting one or two NSW state players. Our lads played with fire, a great spirit and considerable skill. They should be very proud of their achievements, finishing = 5th overall. As always we were privileged to have Nick Harding coaching courtside, Carolyn Harding managing team requirements and Angela Rankin as our table official – all so good under pressure! There were many memorable moments on & off court & we all enjoyed a great 3 days together. Thanks particularly to our year 12 boys who have now hung up their College basketball boots for the final time after years of inspirational service – we wish you well!
Tim Hodges
No |
Surname |
First Name |
No |
Surname |
First Name |
7/8 Boys |
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7/8 Girls |
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1 |
Adams |
Jack |
1 |
Drew |
Amber |
2 |
Edwards |
Austin |
2 |
Gallen |
Alana |
3 |
Jones |
Charlie |
3 |
Glasson |
Peach |
4 |
Lassau |
Thomas |
4 |
Glasson |
Chanel |
5 |
Lole Ngarima |
JC |
5 |
Hannan |
Claudia |
6 |
Reid |
Noah |
6 |
McCartney |
Isabella |
7 |
Shooks |
Luke |
7 |
Norman |
Georgia |
8 |
Whiteman |
Luka |
8 |
Ralston |
Grace |
9 |
Wise |
Sam |
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Coach: |
Fogarty |
Charlton |
Coach: |
Gray |
Hailee |
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9/10 Boys A |
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9/10 Boys B |
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|
1 |
Bandur |
Jordan |
1 |
Haultain |
Harry |
2 |
Cody |
Finn |
2 |
Heffernon |
Sam |
3 |
Cursio |
Declan |
3 |
Hennequin |
Ael |
4 |
Franchi |
Lahvy |
4 |
McPherson |
Jordan |
5 |
Maher |
Riley |
5 |
Morgan |
Cameron |
6 |
Mannion |
Tyer |
6 |
Rose |
Iggy |
7 |
Thompson |
Kody |
7 |
Vanzetti |
Josh |
8 |
Vanzetti |
Isaiah |
8 |
Young |
Jayden |
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|
|
9 |
Woodford |
Taine |
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Coach: |
Hodges |
Tim |
Coach: |
Hodges |
Tim |
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No |
Surname |
First Name |
No |
Surname |
First Name |
9/10 Girls |
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Open Girls |
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1 |
Blythe |
Maggie |
1 |
Blewitt |
Maddi |
2 |
Burrows |
Molly |
2 |
Byrne |
Emily |
3 |
Cummins |
Izzy |
3 |
Cursio |
Zoe |
4 |
Horne |
Roxy |
4 |
Howard |
Eddie |
5 |
O'Shanessy |
Jade |
5 |
Klarica |
Cosette |
6 |
Ryan |
Alecia |
6 |
McFaddyen |
Bree |
7 |
Walker |
Charlotte |
7 |
Coppin |
Darcy |
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Coach: |
Blythe |
Michelle |
Coach: |
Blewitt |
David |
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No |
Surname |
First Name |
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Open Boys |
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1 |
Dragisic |
Brogan |
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2 |
Harding |
Jeremy |
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3 |
Klarica |
Matt |
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4 |
Miller |
Dyllon |
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5 |
O'Shanessy |
Riley |
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6 |
Rankin |
Darcy |
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7 |
Remm |
Tom |
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|
8 |
Slockee Albert |
Jonah |
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9 |
Turner |
Angus |
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10 |
Van Weedenburg |
Wade |
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Coach: |
Harding |
Nick |
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Much fun was had at the Winter Doof with well over 200 students turning up from across all the year groups. Fluoro, in keeping with the theme, was the fashion item of the night with many students wearing glow sticks, wands, lycra and tradie tops. Our rock bands put on a great show with several performing covers of well-known tracks. “Potent Soap” premiered their original “Bus Stop” in front of a very appreciative crowd. You can listen to their track on the Bandcamp app. One of the loudest audience participation numbers “Happy Birthday” went out to Cayden Devane – drummer extraordinaire whose birthday it was on the night. DJ Facc provided some entertaining mixes for the remainder of the DOOF and a special mention must go to Matt O’Brian who lent us and set up his amazing PA and light show, ably assisted by the hard working Claire Reid. Rumour has it that the PA system is destined for a Canberra nightclub very soon – it was that good! Thanks also to the SLT for help organising, the 10 + staff who volunteered to turn out on a cold Thursday evening – it couldn’t happen without your efforts and especially to Ros Maher for all the time effort you put into working with the rock bands.
Tim Hodges
"Green Day" Fundraising activities
Students raised $435.80 between fines for mufti and canteen service without plates or containers. Thank you. The money will go towards the purchase of the second water station.
Students enjoyed the activities provided by their class teachers: -
- Making paper from potatoes in Science
- Measurement activities in Maths
- “Take 3” for the Sea in Year 7 PDHPE
- Identifying different forms of packaging in HUMS.
- Repair and recycle your clothes Year 8 –Visual Arts
- Tourism with a purpose – Guest speaker Bernadette Davis – Year 10 and Year 11.
- Beeswax wraps in Year 11 Photography
- T bags in Year 12 Studies of Religion
- Earth Hour in 45 minutes.
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