Book Week Free Dress Day Aug 28 Gold Ribbon Fundraiser Aug 28 Ambrose Treacy Day Aug 31 Andy Griffiths @ Dymocks Sept 4 Athletics Carnival Sept 15 Jazz by the River Oct 17

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This week it was great to hear the State Govern-ment announce that they had plans to replace the current senior school OP system in 2018 for stu-dents graduating Year 12 in 2019. I feel that a num-ber of educators would acknowledge that the cur-rent system of determining a tertiary entrance score needs to be reviewed and changed. It will be interesting to see what this new system will be and for our community we are told that this new system will apply to the current year 8 cohort across Queensland. For our community this obviously points to our year 8 cohort and we will watch with a great deal of interest to see what directions this new system will take. We are told that the school-based assessment currently in place for our OP sys-tem will be strengthened and remain under the new Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank and that some form of external assessment will be intro-duced to compliment this current school-based as-sessment model. While reading this news release I recalled an article I read recently. The article was written by Br Da-mien Price in his book “The Worth of the Ordinary” – Damien is a friend of mine but he is also someone I can always rely on to challenge my thinking and I always know that whenever he speaks he is consid-ered in his thoughts and when necessary challenges the norm. In this article Damien spoke about hear-ing a concerned parent who wanted to know what their son had to do, how many extra hours of study he needed to do each night and what books he might learn verbatim to get an OP1. The boy was in year 8. Damien in his considered way thought about what advice he would give the parent and this was the advice he suggested would help this concerned and determined parent: “Dust off the camping tent and select a great

spot for a family holiday; Encourage their son to develop a hobby –

surfing, horse riding, reading, fishing; As a family encourage friendships with fami-

lies who are different from theirs – migrant families, poorer families – any family from which, in the rough and tumble of daily life, he could learn the value and beauty of differ-ence;

Regularly turn off the mobile phone, discon-nect the TV, the computer and anything else that makes noise and prevents people from communicating with each other – just sit around and talk;

Play games with each other – cards, scrabble, chess – anything;

Be silly occasionally for no reason – just be silly – and perhaps even laugh;

Cook a meal together and then do the ex-tremely radical thing - eat it around the same table at the same time with all electronics turned off;

Get out of the house together – go for a walk, watch a sunset, play some golf, kick a footy;

Always encourage questions and questioning and never say ‘Because I said so’ when asked why;

In between all this encourage laughter, the habit of reading, the discipline of revision, an enquiring mind, a love of nature and the abil-ity to be still and silent; and

Encourage hard work, responsibility and grati-tude, and from the earliest age give all mem-bers of the family responsibility for family chores, as they grow older let them get a part time job, because nothing worthwhile was ever gained easily.”

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Dear Parents

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Damien’s premise was that if you do all this the year 8 student will be happy and enthusiastic, and that more than anything else this is the recipe for an OP1 or anything else you are aiming for in life. While the landscape will change in Queensland from OPs to some form of a tertiary rank, somethings have not changed – what is important in life and how to be-come happy and successful with your life and I know that this is not guaranteed to be found in a number after two letters of the alphabet. Griffo’s Challenge On Monday as a school community we have an op-portunity to support a real great friend of the ATC/NJC community and support a very worthy cause. The person I am referring to is Damien (Dam) Griffin who is a former parent at the College (his son Finn attended Nudgee Junior) and a current uncle to Zac Beachy-Head. Dam’s story is a compelling one that while sad in its obvious nature it is inspirational in the way he has chosen to fight what is often an un-beatable foe. A few months short of his 30th birth-day Dam was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2000 and following a successful response to surgery and treatment he went into remission only to receive news that nine years later the tumour had grown again. To-date Dam has defied all doctors with the way he has bravely battled the cancer, and it is not just his survival that is inspirational but rather it is his positivity. This positivity has inspired his family and friends to set up Griffo’s Challenge which aims to raise money to help Dam and support charities in their work to help find a cure for brain cancer and support victims and their families. In 2012 and 2013 their efforts realised a staggering $350,000 and this year their efforts have already raised over $225,000. The main beneficiaries of this fund raising are the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation and Icon Cancer Foundation. On Monday a sausage sizzle will be held at first break at the College and all proceeds will go to Griffo’s Challenge. As well as fund raising, Griffo’s Challenge is a show of solidarity by a group of peo-

ple determined to make a difference for sufferers of brain cancer and I would like to encourage everyone to get behind this very worthwhile cause. I would like to thank Katie Beachy-Head for her energy to afford our community the opportunity to get on board and stand in solidarity with her brother Dam and support the fight against brain cancer. I would encourage you to look at www.griffoschallenge.com for more information on Dam’s incredible story and the Foundations Griffo’s Challenge support. For more details see the Community News section. P&F AGM Next Tuesday the Annual Parents and Friends Annu-al General Meeting will be held and I would like par-ents to consider coming along and playing an active role in this important peak body at the College. The College has had a rich tradition of very involved and committed parents who form our P&F. As a peak body at the school they play an important role in building community and raising valuable funds. The success of any P&F is always dependent on parents who have a drive and energy to commit to a role on the P&F Executive. The roles are wide and varied and I would encourage all parents to come along and support our and your P&F as they strive to help us build a community here at Ambrose Treacy Col-lege. Whole School Photo

As a part of the beginning of Ambrose Treacy Col-lege celebrations, the College commissioned a 2015 Whole School Photo. We hope that this will be a memento for all of our ATC students. Each family will be supplied with a copy which will be distribut-ed to the eldest son on Monday, 31 August— Ambrose Treacy Day. Additional copies of the Whole School Photo can be purchased from the front office for $20.

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Last week I was fortunate to attend the annual EREA Deputy Principal’s Conference in Christchurch New Zea-land. Why NZ is one immediate question? Edmund Rice Education Australia administers 39 schools and 18 Youth+ Flexible Learning facilities across Australia. As part of our professional development EREA Deputies have been meeting annually for 6 years and EREA has extended the opportunity to our three Edmund Rice schools in New Zealand. The Kiwis have been keen to reciprocate the welcome, hence our gathering this year in Christchurch. One of the many strengths of EREA is the diverse yet collaborative nature of such gatherings. I am always strengthened from the feeling that I am a part of something much bigger across Australia and now NZ. Our ATC community is a part of our EREA family - a family that involves over 35000 students. That is a large voice across our country and opportunities to have our voice heard at national, state and local levels. The EREA touch-stones of Liberating Education Gospel Spirituality Inclusive Community Justice and Solidarity. each have significant challenges for us as a community if we are to be truly a Catholic School in the Edmund Rice Tradition. The Inclusive Community challenges us to have an inclusive enrolment policy that welcomes, accepts and supports all boys. To help provide this support we currently are conducting interviews for the positions of Head of Exceptional Learners and Middle school learning Support Coordinator. These two successful applicants will work with our other staff to provide the best support for our boys across the curriculum. Our conference was in effect a mini-immersion into the Maori culture amongst some ribbing about the Bledisloe Cup. At least we could also distribute some reminders about the World Netball Champions. We do learn from other cultures and the increased awareness of a different culture was rewarding. The conference also involved a presentation from Professor Sir Lloyd Geering. He is a 98

year old living legend in NZ. Professor Lloyd spoke about Christianity in the 21st Century. With over 40% of Aus-tralians now identifying themselves as non-religious, it is a very relevant topic for us. The presentation was a historical compilation of how we have created an image of God as per that particular peri-od of time. Early on when we believed the Earth to be flat the image was of an older Man up in Heaven – above the Earth. Our image and thinking of God has changed along with time. The question for us now in 2015 is what is our image of God and where do we see God. Professor Lloyd proposes that God is everywhere around us. God is in all the animals and all the plants across our Earth. Where do you see God? Where do our boys see God? A connection is important as we continue to work together in developing good young men. A strong challenge as we push further into a changing society in the 21st Century. A strong challenge as we try to connect our boys to their spiritual journey. We are also currently interviewing for a religious educa-tion Coordinator for Years 4-9. The aim is to develop RE into an awesome subject that the boys will be engaged and connected. We also want to develop further the links between the classwork of RE, our Service Learning pro-gram and our liturgical celebrations.

On Monday we will celebrate our inaugural Ambrose

Treacy Day. We use the inspiration of Brother Am-

brose Treacy every day to help form young gentle-

men at ATC. The boys will be involved in a range of

activities during Periods 6 and 7 on Monday. We in-

vite all boys to celebrate our historical links to Am-

brose Treacy and to his birthplace, Ireland. Wear

green clothing for the day and celebrate our herit-

age.

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Service is about giving. The Service Program at ATC is a positive challenge for both your son and your family. It is non-competitive, achievable and aimed to inspire per-sonal and social development.

Zac, Angus & Fraser ran 7km for “Griffo’s Challenge” on

Friday 21 August. $225,000 has been raised from this year’s run with over 420 registered runners. All monies raised will go towards brain cancer research.

Reily and Zac made over 70 gold ribbons to sell for “Scott’s Army Foundation”. The foundation aims to raise

awareness for childhood cancers. Reily and Zac will be selling their ribbons for a gold coin donation this Friday at the College. Congratulations to our students achieving service hours. Please continue to share your photos and

experiences by email .

LEGACY Brother Patrick Ambrose Treacy was born on 31 August 1834 at Thurles, County Tipperary. Next Monday 31 Au-gust our community celebrates Ambrose Treacy Day. The lead up to such an occasion presents an opportunity to reflect on the influence of his legacy. Given the context of Catholic Ireland over 180 years ago is very different to ours I will try to keep it simple and compare his legacy another legacy that we might be more familiar with – The All Blacks. Don’t tell Mr Senior but I am a closet All Blacks fan. Here’s how I reckon the most successful sports team, in any code ever, is similar to Ambrose: The All Blacks clean the sheds themselves after every game. Ambrose too was never too big to do the small things that needed to be done and was always prepared to be at the coalface of life when no one else was. The All Blacks have a mantras of ‘no excuses, no excep-tions’ and ‘better people make better All Blacks’. Am-brose too expected the best of himself and his Brothers holding them accountable for individual standards by not making excuses for their shortcomings. The All Blacks belief in the concept of ‘Whānau’ (family). In order for the whanau to move forward they must work hard for each other submerging individual ego for a greater cause. Ambrose too encouraged collective ownership where false ego and the cult of the individual

was challenged. The All Blacks are told in no uncertain terms to remem-ber their losses more than their wins. Ambrose too re-sponded positively to ongoing injustices, failures and be-trayals in his life. The All Blacks use ritual as an enactment of myth. The primary All Blacks myth is the idea of sacrifice where the expectation is that champions do extra. Ambrose too engaged his followers in ritual and myth in order to in-spire others to be better than they ever knew or ex-pected of themselves. When a player makes the All Blacks, they are given a small, black, leather bound book. The first pages show the jerseys from 1905 till present day the next few pages remind the reader of the principals, heroes, values and code of honour. The rest of the pages are blank. Waiting to be filled. They read: ‘It’s time to make your mark, your contribution. It’s time to leave your legacy. It’s your time.’ Ambrose too would carry around a small, black, leather bound book – the Bible – as a source of inspiration and reflection. Perhaps, if we too had one, the entry on the first black page might be the following: How do I, through my example, instil this wisdom in my son, family and workplace?

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As I write this newsletter article, I am aware that many of our boys are in the process of undertaking formal as-sessment tasks. Next week also, will involve the comple-tion of assessment for various students. Assessment pro-vides students with an opportunity to demonstrate what they have mastered, and gives teachers invaluable in-sight into future learning needs. The College is working to build student confidence around assessment as well as their preparation strategies. Many of our students, particularly in Middle School, have had the opportunity to attend sessions on planning and study skills. It is won-derful to see so many of our boys taking steps to imple-ment organisational and revision strategies. Of course, the task of building dispositions around work ethic and progressive revision, is an ongoing one, and many of our boys are only beginning to understand the importance of working productively and incrementally towards the ac-complishment of their goals. For many, the focus now, is on developing a good rou-tine around examination preparation. These top tips for assessment success from Teacher Vision, may assist many of our students: 1. Have a Positive Attitude Approach the big test as you'd approach a giant jigsaw puzzle. It might be tough, but you can do it! A positive attitude goes a long way toward success. 2. Make a Plan Ensure you know what the assessment is testing and the assessment conditions. Make a list of the most im-portant topics to be covered and use that as a guide when you study. Circle items that you know will require extra time. Be sure to plan extra time to study the most challenging topics. 3. The Night Before Cramming doesn't work. If you've followed a study plan, the night before the test you should do a quick review and get to bed early. Remember, your brain and body need sleep to function well, so don't stay up late! 4. The Morning of the Test Did you know that you think better when you have a full stomach? So don't skip breakfast the morning of the

test. Get to school early and do a ten-minute power study right before the test, so your brain is turned on and tuned up. 5. Test Time Before the test begins, make sure you have everything you'll need - scratch paper, extra pencils, your calculator (if you're allowed to use it). Understand the criteria for success. Read the instructions! You want to make sure you are marking answers correctly. 6. Manage Your Time Scan through the test quickly before starting. Answering the easy questions first can be a time saver and a confi-dence builder. Plus, it saves more time in the end for you to focus on the hard stuff. 7. I'm Stuck! Those tricky problems can knock you off balance. Don't get worried or frustrated. Reread the question to make sure you understand it, and then try to solve it the best way you know how. If you're still stuck, circle it and move on. You can come back to it later. What if you have no idea about the answer? Review your options and make the best guess you can, but only if you don't lose points for wrong answers. 8. Multiple-Choice Questions The process of elimination can help you choose the cor-rect answer in a multiple-choice question. Start by cross-ing off the answers that couldn't be right. Then spend your time focusing on the possible correct choices be-fore selecting your answer. 9. Neatness Counts If your 4s look like 9s, it could be a problem. Be sure that your writing is legible and that you erase your mistakes. 10. I'm Done! Not so fast - when you complete the last item on the test, remember that you're not done yet. First, check the clock and go back to review your answers, making sure that you didn't make any careless mistakes (such as putting the right answer in the wrong place or skipping a question). Spend the last remaining minutes going over the hardest problems before you turn in your test.

Cu Chullain Awards Week 7

Middle School: 7 Bodkin Cameron Hunt

Junior School:

4 Bodkin Xavier Kirk 4 Lynch Ethan Marsh 4 Nolan Henry Lukin 4 Treacy Harrison Tucker

5 Bodkin Flynn Marsh 5 Lynch Henry Bell 5 Nolan Alex Sherlock 5 Treacy Daniel Mulloni

6 Bodkin Ethan Tones 6 Lynch Harry Crookes 6 Nolan Byron Jackson 6 Treacy Bryce Belcher

Assembly performance last Friday 21 August Congratulations to the Brass Ensemble on their fantastic performance at last week’s assembly – what a sensational rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In” – Well done! Saxophone Ensemble, don’t forget that you are performing tomorrow morning Friday 28 August. A Celebration Of The Arts – Atc Jazz By The River Saturday 17 October 2015 | 4.00pm – 7.30pm You are invited to celebrate Ambrose Treacy College’s inaugural ‘Jazz By The River: A celebration of the Arts’. This exciting live music event will showcase the talents of our enthusiastic musicians, singers and actors and will include guest performances from Brigidine College Singers and St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace ‘Black Big Band’. With the Spring breezes floating in from our iconic Brisbane River, you will be entertained by the ATC All Stars Big Band featuring the internationally renowned vocalist, Craig Martin, who will perform a set list of jazz classics. For those with a dramatic flair, there will be a number of pol-ished, confident ATC drama students who will perform on stage and at different locations. Visual Art will also be on display for your viewing pleasure and one of the highlights of the event will be an art auction where a number of outstanding art pieces will be available to bid on. Keep the afternoon in your diaries and prepare to share the Jazz By The River Event this October! Admission is $35 per family which includes a cheese platter on entry. Food and beverages will also be available for purchase on the day. Bookings can be made via the link www.trybooking.com/149154

Term 3 Date Claimers: 10th September Thursday: Spring Music Concert (Nudgee Junior Hall, ATC) Friday Assembly Performances: Week 7 Sax Ensemble I Week 8 Jazz Ensemble I Week 9 Clarinet Ensemble I Week 10 No performance Semester 2 Music Calendar

If you have any questions please email the coordinator listed: Ms Barbara McGeever-Vocal and Handbell Coordinator I Mrs Cath Esbensen-Junior School

Instrumental Music Coordinator I Mr Jonathon Bolt-Middle School Instrumental Music Coordinator

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DATE/TIME ACTIVITY VENUE ENSEMBLE UNIFORM 10 Sep - 6.30pm

Spring Music Concert Nudgee Junior Hall, ATC

Junior Band, Concert Band, ATC Wind En-semble, Jazz Ensemble, ATC Big Band, Gui-tar Ensemble. ATC Middle School Singers, ATC Choir, ATC Vocal Ensemble, Handbells

Performance

17 October Jazz By The River Tickets available: Click here $35 per family

ATC ATC Singers (Triple Threat) and ATC Vocal Ensemble (ATC Kinsmen), Jazz Ensemble, ATC Big Band, ATC All Stars Big Band (Staff + selected year 8 musicians)

Performance

22 October AMEB Music Soloists Concert

Nudgee Junior Hall, ATC

Selected solo performers preparing for AMEB examinations

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23 October Terrace Jazz Evening St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace

ATC Big Band Performance

17 November Night of Excellence ERPAC, St Laurence’s College

ATC Wind Ensemble, ATC Kinsmen, ATC Brothers, Taiko Drumming,

Performance

19 November Summer Music Concert

Nudgee Junior Hall, ATC

Junior Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, ATC Big Band, Guitar Ensemble, Handbells, Flute Ensemble, Clarinet Ensemble, Saxo-phone Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Percus-sion Ensemble 1 and 2

Performance

Time Jazz by the River Festival Guide—Main Stage River Stage

4.15pm Jazz Ensemble

4.40pm ATC Triple Threat and ATC Kinsmen

5.00pm Terrace Black Big Band

5.30pm Drama performances

5.50pm ATC Big Band

6.30pm Brigidine College Singers

6.50pm Auction and raffle winners announced

7.00pm ATC All Stars Big Band featuring ‘Craig Martin’

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Art Club -This term Thursday afternoon Art Club has been busy creating designs to be included in the Doo-dle 4 Google competition. Students were asked to imagine if they could travel back in time to a place or time that interests them and illustrate this time in history around the Google logo. The boys began by brainstorming moments in history that interest them such as the Gold Rush, Ancient Egypt, Dinosaurs and the Olympic Games. The following students have en-tered their designs to be included in this year’s com-petition and we wish them all the best: Clancy Sheehan, will Keyser, Harry Hooper, Lachlan Mac-Namara, Aidan Trevor, Lachlan Cummings and Zach Sutton.

Assessment -As assessment due dates are drawing closer and a large number of boys have missed clas-

ses due to illness and sport & music commitments, boys are encouraged to come up to the art room at second break on Tuesdays and Thursdays to work on completing their projects. Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Willoughby are in the art room on these days to assist the boys with their assessment pieces to ensure that they are completed to the best of each student’s abil-ity.

Donations -As Design Technology focus on using recy-cled materials for their work, they rely heavily on do-nations of recycled timber. If you have any timber or wooden pallets that you would like to donate, please email either Cam McConnell or Shantelle Kerwin to arrange collection of any donations. Items required: Instruments, Old Cricket Bats, Foam meat trays, Wooden Pallets, Recycled Timber.

Book Week This week at ATC we are celebrating Children’s Book Week. We have hosted a range of activities leading up to Book Week and the fun has continued into the week. From Monday through to Wednesday the li-brary hosted a book fair for students to purchase their own books with funds raised going to the Indigenous Liter-acy Foundation. As well our Year 7 and 8 students have enjoyed a visit from Australian author Jack Heath. Our culmi-nating activity is a dress up day this Friday. Seeing as the theme for Book Week is Books Light Up Our World, our dress up theme is: something BRIGHT, something LIGHT, something SHINY

It could be as simple as wearing a bright shirt, shorts or socks or something more creative. We are asking students who dress up to please bring in a gold coin donation as we are continuing to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Andy Griffiths – coming to Indooroopilly Andy Griffiths, the author of the incredibly popular Treehouse series as well as many other much loved books, is coming to Indooroopilly. Andy Griffith’s is one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors and

his books have been in the New York Times bestseller lists and have been adapted for the stage and screen and have won numerous awards. To coincide with the release of his latest book, The 65-Storey Treehouse, Griffiths will be visiting Dymocks at In-dooroopilly, at 3.30pm on Fri-

day September 4. This is a great opportunity for boys to meet one of their favourite authors and get their books signed. Also Dymocks is running a Treehouse colouring-in competition. Entry forms can be picked up at the Mount Sion iCentre.

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.’ -Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Reminder: Gentleman Junior shop hours are as follows: Monday 7.30am-11.30am and 2.30pm-4.00pm Wednesday 7.30am-11.30am Friday 7.30am-11.30am Don’t forget Dad on FATHER’S DAY - Supporter’s Polo - $46.00 Supporter’s Wet Weather Jacket $90 COLD WEATHER- Track Pants all sizes $43.00 MIDDLE SCHOOL-Long trousers are available for middle school students-$39.50 Roster Weeks 8 and 9

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If you are able to volunteer in the Tuckshop please email Danielle or call mobile: 0403 507 169

Roster Weeks 8 and 9

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

31 Aug—4 Sept 8:30am - 1:30pm 8:30am - 1:30pm 8:30am - 1:30pm 8:30am - 1:30pm

Katherine Khoo Charles Calabro Jodie Plumridge Alison Bosscher Brenda Forrest

Claire Mulvihill John Lowe Therese Reid Rachel McGahon Katie Beachy-Head

Paul Gleeson Maddy Briscoe Catherine Tones Donna Densley

Jenny Watson

Katie Daley

Breaky: Katherine Khoo Breaky: help needed Breaky: Tanya Moltoni Breaky: Help needed Breaky: C Ruiz -Archila

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7—11 Sept 8:30am - 1:30pm 8:30am - 1:30pm 8:30am - 1:30pm 8:30am - 1:30pm

Kathy Ducker Michelle Partridge Jane Sadler Kathy Andreatidis Laurraine Murray

Paige Simpson Carolyn Lowe Maelisa McNeil Michelle Apps Mandy Lawrence

Jennifer Goh Andrea McEvoy Lisa Morris

Karyn Sherlock

Breaky: Lois smith Breaky: help needed Breaky: Tanya Moltoni Breaky: help needed Breaky Joanne Ball

31 Aug—4 Sept Monday Wednesday Friday

7.30-11.30am Mary-Anne Morris Claire Montwill-Griffin Danielle Derry

2.30-4.00pm Sandra Csincsi

7—11 Sept Monday Wednesday Friday

7.30-11.30am Angela Timms Tess Messenger Maelisa McNeil

Fiona Guthrie

2.30-4.00pm Helen Davidson

Brenda Forrest

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If you enjoy taking photos and want to win great prizes then you need to enter the inaugural ATC Photography Competition. Find a photo you have taken or get your camera and take some new shots. Enter them in either of the three categories: MUSIC, MOVEMENT and MAR-VELOUS. Photos must be printed and you can only enter one photo per category. Maximum 3 photos per student. Your photo size must be between 6x8 and 10x20. Submit your photo/s with your name, class and category written on the back.

Give your photo/s to Mrs Smout by Friday 4 September. Winners from each category will be chosen as well as an overall ATC champion! Get Snapping! Any enquiries email Mrs Smout.

Year 4 Parents’ Night Out

Book your babysitters quick smart for Friday 11 Septem-ber. All Year 4 parents are invited to this fun ‘night out’, which will be held from 7pm ‘til late, upstairs at Too-wong’s Regatta Hotel. Tickets are $45 each, and it gets you two drink tickets and a grazing box. Please book your tickets before 6 September. If you have any queries, con-tact Kaylene Perissinotto on 0401 101 186 or by email.

Sacramental Program Information Session at OLR Parish Kenmore/Moggill . If your child is in year 3 or above and you would like them to receive their Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation you will need to attend a COMPULSORY Information Session Monday 14th September at 7pm or Tuesday 15th September at 11am in the OLR Church. Enrolment for this program is at these information sessions only. Enquiries: Colleen Tracey 3878 6655 or via email. Please support Griffo’s Challenge 2015 in raising much needed money for Brain Cancer research. Damian Griffin is a Nudgee Junior old boy and uncle to Zac Beachy-Head in Grade 5. Damian has an inoperable brain tumour and last Friday, a Riverloop Run was organised in his honour – over 420 people ran and $225,000 has been raised for Cure Brain Cancer and ICON Cancer Founda-tion. Next Monday August 31 we will be holding a Sausage Sizzle in first break. Grade 5 boys will be serving - Snag in bread $2.50 each or 2 snags for $4, softdrinks $2. To assist with catering please CLICK HERE to give us an indication of how many sausages your son/s will require. NO PAYMENT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE ONLINE BOOKING (this is just providing us with an indication of numbers) STUDENTS NEED TO BRING THEIR MONEY ON MONDAY TO PAY FOR SAUSAGE/S AND DRINKS.

ATC Golf Day

Thanks to all those who joined us at St Lucia Golf Links on Saturday for the ATC Golf Day. It was a fantastic day with many laughs amongst the 43 players comprising mums, dads, students and teachers. Some enthusiastic players were even overheard committing to next year’s golf day! A special thanks to Phil Hicks for organising the inaugural day, which provided a great opportunity to make some new friends and catch up with ‘old’ ones. Congratulations to prize-winners Dax Yem (Nearest To Pin), Hayley Harris (Nearest To Pin), Michael Elder (2nd shot), Harry Elder (2nd shot) and Peter McCauley (longest drive). Two groups rec-orded the lowest score of 6 under (64), which is the score to beat for next year.

Annual Fathers Day Breakfast BBQ will be held on Friday 4 September from 6.30-8.30am at College. See page 12 for details. Pre-purchase your breakfast by clicking here.

P&F Annual General Meeting

Please note the next P&F meeting will be held on Tuesday 1 September at 7pm in the Staff room. It will be our Annual General Meeting, where all positions will be vacated. We’d love to see you there, and for new and existing members to put their hands up to be part of our friendly group.

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Spoil Dad, Grandad, Uncle this Father’s Day with a delicious

ATC brekky and coffee

Bacon and Egg rolls $5

Sausages on Bread $2.50

Cash sales - Coffee van & cold drinks

Raffle tickets - 3 for $5

For catering purposes, please pre-purchase your breakfast here

When: Friday 4 September 2015

Time: Breakfast served from 6:30 – 8:30am

Place: River Terrace beside the Nudgee Junior Hall

For further enquires or to order gluten free option please email

Therese Reid or phone 0418 260895

Volunteers Needed—If you are good with a BBQ or serving is

your specialty, your help would be appreciated

Register to volunteer by clicking here.

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