Marian Catholic College 185 WAKADEN STREET, GRIFFITH NSW 2680

TELEPHONE: (02) 69692400 WEBSITE: www.mccww.catholic.edu.au

Newsletter No. 33 Friday 21 October 2016

Lord, Help Me to Live This Day

Lord, help me to live this day, Quietly, Easily

To lean upon Thy great strength, Trustfully, Restfully,

To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, Patiently, Serenely,

To meet others, Peacefully, Joyously,

To face tomorrow Confidently, courageously.

St Francis

Dear Parents, Students and Friends,

The HSC Exams are about to enter the third week-two weeks down and two weeks to go. Some

students have only one more exam whilst others have two or three. It is a very big week for many of

our students. Please continue to keep them in your prayers.

Next week will be a very “active” week. Students from Years 8 and 9 that are involved in our Duke of Edinburgh program are trekking

through the Southern Highlands on during the first few days! Marian has been running this internationally acclaimed program for a

number of years and I can’t recommend this program of self growth and teamwork highly enough. It is voluntary to participate but it

comes with its own requirements and students and families need to be aware of the commitments. You can research the Duke of

Edinburgh Award Scheme by visiting the website http://www.dukeofed.com.au/ . There are quite a few you-tubes on the Award

scheme to view as well. We wish this group safe and enjoyable trekking and I thank Mr Segrave and Ms Vardanega for organising

the trek and going with them.

This coming week also sees our Year 8 students challenging themselves in their Community Day. Year 8 students are involved in the

annual “Survivor Day”. They focus on team building exercises in a fun and interactive way. This is usually an enormously successful

day, enjoyed by all.

Staff Appointments for 2017. The following staff have recently accepted positions of responsibility. On behalf of the

community I congratulate them and wish them every success. Some of the staff below have been in an “Acting” role in 2016.

Director of Pastoral Care : Lora Segrave

Vocational Education and Training (VET) Coordinator : Jo-Anne Benton

Science-Leader of Learning : Esther Dumbleton

Year 7 Pastoral Care Coordinator : Aaron Lawler

Year 8 Pastoral Care Coordinator : Lara Calabria

Year 10 Acting Pastoral Coordinator Lisa Davis - Louisa Patten will be on

leave (7 Nov. 2016-30 June 2017)

LOTE/RE Teacher : Domenica Polimeni

PDHPE—Leader of Learning (Acting) - Renae Savage—Giulia calabro is on

leave (2017)

Staffing for next year is still taking place and further announcements

will be made as they are finalised.

Peace and Best wishes

Principal

PRAYERS PLEASE

We pray for the family of Zarah Sully whose

grandmother sadly passed away this week.

Please keep our Year 12 students in Your

prayers as they sit their HSC exams.

We pray for any families in our community

who have lost loved ones or are suffering

illnesses.

Our thoughts and prayers

are with you all.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October 28 October

BSS Work Placement

Duke of Ed

Expedition—Biloela

Altina Wildlife Park

Excursion—Year 7

Duke of Ed

Expedition—Biloela

Year 8 Survivor Day

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 4 2016

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October 28 October

J Lockwood

E Caffrey

H Panarello

Y Aloisi

C Laurent

K Trimboli

K Salvestro

D Zanotto

M Marando

J Sartor

S Royal

C Turner

Fr Christian—College Chaplain The past few Sundays presents us with lessons on prayer. It might be good for us to reflect on these beautiful words of Mother Teresa on prayer. The fruit of silence is PRAYER. The fruit of prayer is FAITH. The fruit of faith is LOVE. The fruit of love is SERVICE. The fruit of service is PEACE. Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray--feel the need to pray often dur-ing the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Je-sus. 61 Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta God bless. Fr Christian

Another exciting week in the Science Department with a group of year 7 students visiting Altina Park to check out the characteristics that scientists use for classification. The rest of the year 7 students will go on MONDAY if they have their permission notes in.

Many thanks go to Ms Davis, Mr Chowdhury, Mrs McIntosh and Mrs Zarins who accompanied the students and enjoyed the animals and fine weather. They had a short walk to visit the Meerkats, Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Marmoset monkeys, Crocodiles and Red pandas to name just a few.

Then they had a ride on the Clydesdale drawn carts with well informed presenters on each of the four carts

There were such a variety of animals to watch as they were being fed from Lions, Buffalo, Deer, Zebras, Wild dogs, Rhinos and Hyenas and Giraffes. Then some students got to hand feed the Camels right up close and friendly. The group enjoyed the beautiful weather and had a nutritious packed lunch which they had brought from home and a chat with their friends.

The Year 7 students who are going on MONDAY are asked to remember a HAT, WATER, LUNCH and SUNSCREEN. They will leave from the College at 9:10 after homeroom and return for period 4.

Esther Dumbleton Science Co-Ordinator

Are you and the kids always looking for something to do of an afternoon now that rugby season is over?

We have a solution to all your problems!

Griffith has become a Viva 7s Centre Viva 7s is a non-contact sport invented by the Australian Rugby Union where everyone can play together (ALL AGES & GENDERS). The Griffith Viva 7s Centre will begin on Friday, November 18th @ Jubilee Park from 6pm and will run every Friday Afternoon for 5 weeks straight (with the possibility of continuing on in the New Year. Come down and unwind on a Friday evening with a sausage sizzle and drinks. Cost is $60/player and all players who register will be insured by the ARU & receive a FREE reversible Viva 7s Shirt Register as a team or an individual at the link below https://viva7s.sportzvault.com/common/pages/noauth/olregstart.aspx?mode=0&sslredirect=1&entityid=69275&id=26071

Or attend our sign up evening to be held from 6-8pm on Friday 4th November, 2016, at the Griffith Junior Rugby Union

shed, Jubilee Oval.

If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact Kylee Parsons on

0423 492 172.

After some very strong performances at Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) Athletics, Marian Catholic College had

three students go on and compete at NSW All Schools Athletics on Friday 14 October. The All Schools Carnival

combines the best athletes from Combined High Schools (CHS), Association of Independent Schools (AIS) and

Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC); with the top placings awarded a position at Nationals Australia All Schools in

Canberra in early December.

I am very pleased to announce that Marian Catholic College had the following outstanding results at NSW All

Schools Athletics:

U12 NSW All Schools

Delroy Kasawaya

1st Place in 800 m

AWD NSW All Schools U12 – 15 Multi Class

Noah Negus

2nd

Place in 100 m, 200 m, 800 m

3rd

Place in Long Jump

4th Place in Shot Put

Sara Negus

4th Place in 100 m, 200 m and Long Jump

All three students should be congratulated on these fantastic results. Delroy will now be

competing in early December at Nationals in the 800 m event and Noah will have a full program,

competing in the 100 m, 200 m, 800 m and Long Jump events.

A great effort and we wish them all.

Regards Mr J Seers

PASTORAL CARE NEWS Students from the COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM presented the second of

two blankets that have been hand knitted for the charity “Wrap with Love”

There are millions of people in the world suffering extreme cold. In 1992

Wrap with Love began with the idea to help as many people as possible

by providing warm Wraps to ward off hypothermia and in the past 24 years

they have sent more than 400,000 wraps to people in over 75 countries,

including Australia. The majority of members of the C.A.T were non

knitters however with patience and perseverance from our

mentors from Griffith’s “Knatty Knitters” we were able to

learn and develop a new skill resulting in the creation of 56

squares which collectively created two warm and sheltering

wraps.

The team presented the blankets along with a gift of flowers

to our mentors Mrs Ada Snaidero and Mrs Jan Kurtzman

thanking them for volunteering their time and have invited

the ladies to join them in 2017 to again work together to

create further items to be donated to charity.

Thank you to everyone who was involved or came to support our students at last Saturday’s Griffith Multicultural

Festival. MCC students were involved in fashion, art, face painting, food, music and of course dance. The students

welcomed the opportunity to celebrate their culture and be involved in a Griffith community event. There are some

brilliant images included on the MCC facebook site.

The next activity to be launched will be the Christmas Hampers. Marian Catholic College has been donating

Christmas hampers to St Vincent DePaul for several years and for many families who are

experiencing financial hardship or distress the hampers represents the true spirit of

Christmas and bring joy to a family who may not otherwise be able to celebrate this

significant event. More details will be included in our school newsletter in the near future.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND AND STAY SAFE.

Regards Sue Hone (Pastoral Care Worker)

ART CLUB

The art staff will be hosting an Art Club every Thursday

afternoon from 3:30 till 4:30. Students will have the

opportunity to work on class assessments or their own

creative project.

All are encouraged to attend, even if not currently studying

the subject (however these students will be required to

bring specialised materials eg canvases).

We look forward to seeing what masterpieces you can

create!

Miss Frost & Mrs Duncan

Marian Catholic College Choir is

changing practice time to

EVERY TUESDAY 8am in D4

Our aim is to expand our repertoire so

anyone who likes to sing is welcome to

join us there is no audition required! It

is a great way to meet new people and

be introduced to new genres of music!

Please see Mr Segrave or Mrs Aventi

for more details