Protected Industrial Acon Thursday 25 February An email has been sent and details are available on the College Facebook page and website about Thursday. We ask parents/guardians to make alternave arrangements if possible as we will have limited staff due to this industrial acon. The tuckshop will be closed on the day. Students who aend must bring their own work, texts, laptop and some reading. Staff available will provide supervision and support with bell mes and breaks at the usual me. We ancipate most children will not aend school. Consequently to assist regarding absence, we ask that you nofy only IF YOUR CHILD WILL BE ATTENDING via email to [email protected]. We will subsequently advise you via sms, if your child is absent. Recepon, SAO, Administraon Offices and Main Staffroom Closed As a result of a failed water pipe on Wednesday evening, flooding of this area was extensive. Insurance assessors are overseeing the process of removing carpet and skirng boards throughout and parts of ceilings on the lower level. Full assessment of the damage and subsequent repair will follow. It will be a lengthy process. During this first phase of clearing, drying out, assessing the damage and determining melines for a return to each area, we have moved Recepon, SAO, the Administraon Team and 27 teachers to the library. Limited library services will be available during this first phase. Full IT service will sll be available from the support desk. Parents, guardians and visitors are asked to go to the Mary MacKillop Buildings Resource Centre recepon desk on arrival at the school where you will be welcomed and assisted by our friendly, helpful staff. As frustrang as the inconvenience is we are fortunate that it is only flooding and look forward to posive news when we meet the Site Manager on Monday. We thank Mrs Cartlidge and the Library Staff who will suffer most from this disrupon as their service and contact with students is compromised. Welcome to Our Visitors on Tuesday This week we welcome prospecve parents and students to the College. We trust they will enjoy their visit while classes are running. Previously College Tours ran from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Our Tours have always endeavoured to provide visitors with a feel for the College tone/climate, the opportunity to meet and talk with students and the convenience of gathering all they need to proceed with an enrolment applicaon aſter meeng the Principal and members of the College Administraon team. This will connue on Tuesday as we introduce the new format during the school day. Our appreciaon to Ms Delves, Mr Shaw and teachers who will welcome visitors into classrooms. Opening Liturgy Our appreciaon to Mrs Maitland, Ms Young, Mr Faughey, the Choir, Mr Browne and the students in the AV and Sound Crew for preparaon and support for the Opening Liturgy. Fr Ken presided congratulang the Seniors, welcoming the new students and commending their choice of theme ‘You are the Light of the World’. Fr Ken NEWSLETTER 261 - 283 Reedy Creek Road, Burleigh Waters Queensland 4220 Phone 07 5586 1000 Fax 07 5576 2511 Website www.marymount.qld.edu.au Email [email protected]TERM 1 WEEK 04 Friday 19 February 2016 CALENDAR DATES Tuesday 23 February Marymount Tours 9:00am, 11:00am, 1:20pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - Email tours@ marymount.qld.edu.au Wednesday 24 February Year 12 Retreat 24/2-26/2 Year 11 Geography Camp 25/2- 26/2 Interschool Chess Excursion Thursday 25 February Industrial Acon Friday 26 February Year 11 Geography Camp Year 11& 12 Visual Art Excursion Tuesday 1 March Year 10FTD Workshop P1 - 4 Year 12 Marine Studies Camp - Tangalooma (1-3 March) Wednesday 2 March Year 7 & 8 Immunisaons Year 10 Reflecon Day Year 11 Agriculture Science Camp - Granite Belt (1-4 March) Thursday 3 March AGCC Sport Round 1 Friday 4 March Year 11 IPT Workshop P1 - 4 Monday 7 March Enrolment interviews Year 7 2017/2018 Tuesday 8 March Internaonal Women’s Day 6:00pm P&F Meeng: Mary MacKillop Buildings Resource Centre Wednesday 9 March Junior Debang #1 6:00-7:00pm Thursday 10 March AGCC Sport Round 2 We thank the Senior students and senior leaders for their pledge to serve the College; to respect, care for and support all students. D E U S M E U S E T O M N I A
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Protected Industrial Action Thursday 25 February
An email has been sent and details are available on the College Facebook page and website about Thursday. We ask parents/guardians to make alternative arrangements if possible as we will have limited staff due to this industrial action. The tuckshop will be closed on the day. Students who attend must bring their own work, texts, laptop and some reading. Staff available will provide supervision and support with bell times and breaks at the usual time. We anticipate most children will not attend school. Consequently to assist regarding absence, we ask that you notify only IF YOUR CHILD WILL BE ATTENDING via email to [email protected]. We will subsequently advise you via sms, if your child is absent.
Reception, SAO, Administration Offices and Main Staffroom Closed
As a result of a failed water pipe on Wednesday evening, flooding of this area was extensive. Insurance assessors are overseeing the process of removing carpet and skirting boards throughout and parts of ceilings on the lower level. Full assessment of the damage and subsequent repair will follow. It will be a lengthy process. During this first phase of clearing, drying out, assessing the damage and determining timelines for a return to each area, we have moved Reception, SAO, the Administration Team and 27 teachers to the library.
Limited library services will be available during this first phase. Full IT service will still be available from the support desk. Parents, guardians and visitors
are asked to go to the Mary MacKillop Buildings Resource Centre reception desk on arrival at the school where you will be welcomed and assisted by our friendly, helpful staff. As frustrating as the inconvenience is we are fortunate that it is only flooding and look forward to positive news when we meet the Site Manager on Monday. We thank Mrs Cartlidge and the Library Staff who will suffer most from this disruption as their service and contact with students is compromised.
Welcome to Our Visitors on Tuesday
This week we welcome prospective parents and students to the College. We trust they will enjoy their visit while classes are running. Previously College Tours ran from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Our Tours have always endeavoured to provide visitors with a feel for the College tone/climate, the opportunity to meet and talk with students and the convenience of gathering all they need to proceed with an enrolment application after meeting the Principal and members of the College Administration team. This will continue on Tuesday as we introduce the new format during the school day. Our appreciation to Ms Delves, Mr Shaw and teachers who will welcome visitors into classrooms.
Opening Liturgy
Our appreciation to Mrs Maitland, Ms Young, Mr Faughey, the Choir, Mr Browne and the students in the AV and Sound Crew for preparation and support for the Opening Liturgy. Fr Ken presided congratulating the Seniors, welcoming the new students and commending their choice of theme ‘You are the Light of the World’. Fr Ken
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also commended to all this Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis. In his Lenton Pastoral Letter Archbishop Coleridge wrote “For all of us the Jubilee Year is to be a new experience of God’s mercy, so that we can in turn become a more powerful experience of God’s mercy for others, especially those in need of it.” Archbishop Coleridge has invited each of us to reconcile through the Sacrament of Penance so that we might, in finding mercy, be more merciful.
We thank the Senior students and senior leaders for their pledge to serve the College; to respect, care for and support all students; and for the very positive way they have started 2016. This promises to be a very good year in the life of this great school.
2016 Art Show 29-31 July
This is another Marymount Combined Schools Art Show Year. A gala opening on Friday 29 July will follow months of preparation (Approximately 10 meetings) by the Art Show Committee. Members of the P&F from both schools will be joined by parents and friends with organisational skills, enthusiasm for our schools and a passion for excellence (not necessarily in the Arts). We will certainly have great support from our Visual Art Department and Mr O’Keefe; our Drama Department and Mrs Howe; our Music Department and Mr Faughey; our Dance department and Ms Press. What we need are parents who enjoy a challenge and working with others to put on a good show.
The inaugural meeting of parents to form the 2016 Art Show Committee will be: Tuesday 1 March 2016, 6:00pm–7:00pm, Venue: Mary MacKillop Resource Centre, Marymount College
Drop-Off/Pickup and Car Park
We know 2017 will be a wonderful change, with a second schools’ entry and exit available via Sunlight Drive to Mary, Mother of Mercy Church car park. However, our new facility, this year is working as well as we might have hoped at this stage.
For it to be more efficient, drivers must respect that the drop-off/pickup is ‘Kiss & Go’ and stay in their cars. Passengers must be ready with all their gear to exit/enter the car and do so immediately on arrival/departure. Drivers must be safety conscious as passengers exit/enter the car and work with the ‘cannon’ or ‘group of nine cars’ that arrive at the ‘Kiss & Go’ together and that depart together. Sets work best. Individuals who break up the ‘cannon’ cause delays.
Chris NoonanPrincipal
Contents
Senior Curriculum 3
Guidance Counsellors 3
St Francis Peace Prayer 4
Opening Liturgy and Badge Ceremony 4
Year Ten 5
Year Eleven 5
Year Eight 6
Art Update 7
Hospitality Update 8
Careers Centre 9
Sports Report 10
Year 12 Physical Education Badminton Tournament 11
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Our thanks to the parents and students who attended this week’s Senior Schooling Information evening.
While the amount and detail of the information presented can sometimes be a little daunting hearing it all for the first time, parents always remain appreciative of the program delivery. Such information sessions have been typical of our approach to settling students into their two years of study towards graduating from high school.
We have, and will continue to present to Year 11 and Year 12 students important information regarding the necessary processes of assessment, reporting and certification of any and all Senior qualifications; whether they be OP, QCS Testing, VET competencies, etc. We have reminded them of their responsibilities in this area, with references to our policies and practices in relation to assessment deadlines, assignment
submissions and the like. These have been presented in previous College newsletters.
It is important that parents are aware of the many important processes which are, in many ways, a reflection of the equally significant demands imposed upon us by the QCAA, in order that equity and fairness across the system is achieved for the good of all Senior students looking to graduate with genuine qualifications and rewarding pathway opportunities. Please contact me at the College if you seek further clarification in these areas.
Senior Information Evening Presentation
The presentation from Monday night is available on the Parent Portal.
Peter ShawAssistant Principal Senior Curriculum
SENIOR CURRICULUM
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GUIDANCE COUNSELLORSBalancing the pressures of school and life as a young person can be stressful. Students may be struggling with their projected results and how this will impact their post school options. The fear of failure and lack of prospects from poor results are major stressors for many young people. It's important for young people to remember that 'you are not your score’. Also, parents and young people need to remember the benefits of maintaining good health and mental welling throughout the year, in order to reduce the risk of mental health conditions.
General tips for managing stress and promoting wellbeing:• Eat well• Exercise regularly• Get enough sleep (8-9 hours)• Create and maintain a routine• Have a schoolwork and life balance• Make time to relax. Engage in an activity you
enjoy (e.g. sport, listening to music)
Consider using relaxation techniques (e.g. deep breathing, mindfulness exercises). Different things work for different people. • Break tasks down into small steps, so it is
less overwhelming• Be mindful of unhelpful thinking. For
example, worrying about things you cannot control or things that might not happen
• Ask for help. If you feel that the stress is too much, talk to someone who can assist you (i.e. parent, teacher, Yr Coordinator, Guidance Counsellor)
Further advice for supporting students throughout the school year, Year 12 in particular, can be obtained from the following website: https://www.youthbeyondblue.com/do-something-about-it/surviving-year-12
Jean Lightbody & Madelaine Lawlor
Guidance Counsellors
College Procedure for Early Departure
1. Bring a note signed by your parent/guardian
2. Have your note signed by PC teacher AND Year Coordinator
3. Present note to class teacher at the time you need to be released from class
4. Come to SAO, give note to SAO staff
5. Sign out on computer using your ID card
Please Note: We cannot let students go home with someone who is NOT their parent or guardian UNLESS there is a note from parent giving permission for this.
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“I now feel as though we have been recognised as the leaders of the entire school”
OPENING LITURGY AND BADGE CEREMONY
On Tuesday at the Opening Liturgy, members of the leadership team were congratulated and presented with their badges.
Our first few weeks of Year 12 and being a part of the leadership team have been pretty hectic so it felt nice to be present to the College Community and be recognised for the work we have done. Events that we have recently been involved with including Valentines Day have been successful and we are working well together as a team. Personally, I have enjoyed running my first assembly and leadership meeting as College Captain and am looking forward to the rest of the opportunities and events that will arise throughout the rest of the year.
Karla MacphersonCollege Captain
To be able to receive our leadership badges and senior badges really felt like the end to a grand beginning.
The honour to be able to stand up in front of our whole school and receive the badge from Fr Ken and Mr Noonan really was a dream come true. The badge shows the rest of the College Community that we as a cohort of Year 12 and leaders of the Marymount Community are willing to show enthusiasm, commitment and assurance for the year ahead. We will lead with pride and honour to make our last year the best it can be.
Josh MuirCollege Captain
Receiving not only my official Leadership badge but also my senior badge at the opening liturgy was a very special experience.
I am sure it was a real eye opener for many of us as we are in our final year of schooling; this is Year 12! I now feel as though we have been recognised as the leaders of the entire school and in saying that, I now have standards that I need to obtain and should also make sure I am setting a good example for the younger grades. My role as the female Vice Captain is to work with every grade at Marymount College and to be a good role model. I hope that I can not only live up to these standards but also inspire others to become more involved within the school.
Carlie RachedCollege Vice Captain
During the opening liturgy on Tuesday morning, we finally received our official leadership badges.
It was such a great feeling and a very honourable moment to have received our badges and to be officially sworn in as the leaders of the College. It was such a privilege to have accepted these badges in front of my friends, family, teachers and peers.
Thomas MoreyCollege Vice Captain
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.
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Student Teacher Advisory Council (STAC)
Congratulations to Reece Jackson and Elaine Blackwell, voted as STAC Representatives of Year Eleven for 2016.
The following Year Eleven students have also been elected as Pastoral Representatives for their PC Class. Well Done.
PC Name Name
11AA Jordan Abbott Anthea Demaio
11AB Miki Leary Ronan Hill
11AC Reece Jackson Matilda Anderson
11BD Lauren Stevenson Dean Burge
11BE Sheridan Power Grace Verstegen
11KG Isabelle Greffe Rachael O’Connor
11KH Darla Tubale Eshwin Rangesh
11PI Niko Sheck Scarlet Jones
11PJ Lahani Biggins Lachlan Pascoe
11PK Jack Mallory Hope Brass
Peer Support Program
Many of our students are displaying leadership qualities through their weekly commitment to the peer support program and more recently volunteering to help tutor Year Seven students
during Monday lunchtime and lead sporting activities on the oval on a Tuesday lunch.
City of Gold Coast Junior Council
Eshwin Rangesh and Rachael O’Connor will represent the College this year at the City of Gold Coast Junior Council Forum each month. We wish them well.
Sporting Achievement
New student to the College Morgan Mathison recently was awarded Most Outstanding Athlete for the Capricornia Region for her achievements in hockey.
Lent
Year Eleven are reminded to be generous during this time of Lent and we are asking each student to donate a minimum of $1 per week for six weeks. This will see us achieve our goal of $1000. It is the Year of Mercy. Students need to consider how they can be merciful. The grade is being asked to listen and respond to situations where people are deprived of their property, their dignity, their feelings and even their lives. In particular, each morning in PC Class the students pray to be compassionate and show mercy towards all people especially the poor and the marginalised.
Cathy Cooper & Nigel WardHeads of Year 11
Reece Jackson
Rachael O’Connor
Eshwin Rangesh
Elaine Blackwell
We extend a warm welcome back to all of our Year 10 students of 2016.
We welcome students and their families into the transition phase of their schooling life, as they become Senior Students of our College.
Please check the letter to Year Ten parents sent out earlier this term. Students have also received assessment schedules and should be marking due dates in their record book.
We are blessed to have a strong team of Pastoral teachers, who will work with the students and keep them accountable for their actions.
The first couple of weeks were frantic, and the students have now settled in nicely to their routines, and familiarised themselves with their new teachers and their new lines of study.
Each student will now have a locker and the required padlock. We thank the students for their patience in this process.
Recent Events
On Thursday 11 February, students were involved in ‘out of the box’ day, where they officially received their laptop for their big year ahead.
Tuesday 16 February we came together as a College community for our Opening Liturgy. Year 12s were presented with their leadership badges, new students were welcomed to the school and each Year Level were given their Year Level Candle. Our theme for this year is ‘You are the Light of the World’.
Personal Development Day
Our Year level candle will be lit during our Year 10 Reflection Day/Personal Development coming up on Wednesday 2 March. We are really looking forward to this day as we get to know our students and work together as a Year 10 group.
We look forward to a busy, yet rewarding term ahead.
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Performing Arts Class
Performing Arts classes are held every Tuesday after school in the Doyle Centre Drama Room. Classes are taught by Anna Waters-Massey and her daughter Cleo Massey who between them have a wealth of experience in both live and Film/TV work. You can find out more about your teachers on their websites www.annawa-tersmassey.com.au and www.cleomassey.com
Performing Arts students take part in improvisa-tion, character work, role play, theatre sports, script work and lots more.
Classes are held every Tuesday from 3.15 – 4.15pm for years 2-6, then 4.15-5.15pm for secondary students.
Contact Anna for more info and to enrol on 0417 584290 or [email protected]
On behalf of the Year Eight Community, we would like to congratulate our two STAC representatives for 2016, Thomas Browne and Jamey Reihana.
They were elected by the student body as well as the Year Eight Pastoral teachers. Thomas and Jamey will work closely with the College Vice Captains and other STAC Reps across the school. We were impressed with the enthusiasm and desire shown by over 30 students who had nominated themselves to run for the position.
Pastoral Program
On Thursday this week, we officially commenced the Year 8 Pastoral Program for 2016. The theme for Unit 1 is ‘Boys and Girls with a purpose’. Lesson one was about making the students identify their uniqueness and individuality, and how that fits nicely into their communities. Their task was to create a design specific to them, to be bound together amongst their Pastoral classes in the form of bunting. It was great to see the deepness of thought and energy the students put into their works.
Mobile Phones
Year 8 Students have been made aware that they are not to have their mobile phones out at anytime during school hours. They can leave it in their lockers, to be checked before and after lunch breaks. To inform parents of the process, students seen to be doing the wrong thing, will be asked to take their phones SAO for the day. On the second occasion, we will be phoning home to inform parents. On the third occasion, the phone will be kept at school until a parent or guardian picks it up. We want to congratulate the students on the start they have made regarding phones. Keep it up!
Simon Rezo & Erica Hennigar
Heads of Year 8
Our Homework Club runs every Thursday afternoon from 3:10- 4:30pm in the College library.
All students from Years 7-12 are welcome and there is no need to book in; students just sign in when they arrive. The Learning Support teachers and a Maths specialist teacher supervise and are available to assist students with homework and assignments as needed.
Homework Club also provides an opportunity to access the library facilities after school hours and is a great place to meet with classmates to work on group assignments.
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Year 9 are currently doing a unit called ‘Making Marks’, we are investigating portrait drawings and creating a folio of features in a variety of media.
We have looked closely at the Artist Chuck Close and will be traveling to Tweed River Gallery next week to view the 2015 Archibald Prize Exhibition.
Year 7 have been studying the elements of design, we have particularly fouled on shape and colour to create a Matisse Inspired collage called ‘Under the Sea’
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Worldwide Marriage Encounter
A weekend away for married couples in peaceful, picturesque surroundings – away from the distractions of everyday living. Take time out of your busy schedule, to invest in your most precious asset . . . your Marriage! This is a unique opportunity to recharge your relationship batteries, refocus on each other and fall in love all over again!
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Weekend date: 3 – 5 June 2016
Venue: Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston QLD (on Brisbane’s bayside)
For bookings/details contact: Maria and David Murphy, ph (07) 3342 1456, [email protected] Information website: www.wwme.org.au
On Tuesday last week, our Year 12 Hospitality Class spent a day undertaking our Responsible service of alcohol (RSA) and Responsible Gambling Service (RGS).
At the start of the day we completed our Responsible Gambling Service course after undertaking a test on general knowledge about gambling following with completing our Responsible Service of Alcohol course after watching videos about the right and wrong services of alcohol also completing a general knowledge test about the right service of alcohol.
Not only is Alcohol and Gambling a part of todays society, the use of having both our RSA and RGS is a huge benefit to our careers for future jobs and also to our social life; sensibly knowing the general services of Alcohol and gambling that are supported today.
The courses were provided to us from Aurora training institute, special thanks to Head of Hospitality, Mr Grant for making the day happen.
Dominica NesaYear 12 Student
Students practised tasks while wearing ‘Beer Goggles’
Marymount College offers the following Nationally Accredited Courses:
Cert I in Business
Cert II in Business
Diploma of Business
Cert I Construction
Cert II Engineering
Cert II Electro technology
Cert II Recreation/Cert III Fitness
Cert III In Early Childhood Education & Care
Certificate III Hospitality• Royal Thai Hut Authentic Thai Restaurant –
Pacific Pines• Noodle Box – Robina• Michels Patisserie – Southport• Haveli Authentic Indian Cuisine – Broadbeach• Uncles Takeaways – Worongary• Michels Patisserie – Pacific Fair• Grilled Seafood Bar – Pacific Fair• Shingle Inn – Elanora• Hangi Pit – Oxenford• Toscanis Café Bar and Restaurant – Robina• Two Seasons Café – Broadbeach• Nandos – Mermaid Waters• French Lantern Café – Hope Island• Base Espresso – Broadbeach• Diva Tea & Coffee House – Marina Mirage,
Main Beach• Sunset Bar & Grill – Marina Mirage• Michel’s Patisserie – Runaway Bay Shopping
Centre• Fiery Deli – Burleigh Heads• New York New York – Hope Island• Joe’s Burger Bar – Hope Island• Raw Espresso – Southport• Subway – Burleigh Heads, Robina, Runaway
Bay, Biggera Waters, Australia Fair, Coomera Grand, Palm Beach
• Tall Ship Cruises – Main Beach• Tiffany’s Café & Cocktails – Hope Island
• The Industrial Café – Nerang• Wood Box Café – West Burleigh• Zarraffa’s – Runaway Bay• Noodle Box – Robina Town Centre• Donut King – Robina Town CentreCertificate III Business Administration• FoodWorks – Burleigh Heads• Julius Meinl Coffee – Main Beach• Newsextra – Coomera City Centre• Resort News – Pacific Fair• Bakers Delight – Arundel• Aurora Training Institute – Robina• Ilusions Magic Show: Matt Hollywood –
Sanctuary Cove• IGA – Varsity Lakes (2 x positions)Certificate III Commercial Cookery• Royal ThaI Hut Authentic Thai Restaurant –
Pacific Pines• Toscanis Café Bar and Restaurant – Robina• New York New York – Hope Island
For further details on any of these positions, please feel free to contact the Marymount College Careers Centre on P: 55861063 or visit us on campus anytime Monday to Friday (8:00am-4:00pm).
POSITION VACANT – CASUAL LIBRARY ASSISTANT – CITY LIBRARIES
City Libraries are seeking Secondary School Students to apply for on-call library assistant positions. Applications close Monday 22 February. Further information and application details have been emailed to Year 11 and Year 12 students. Should you be interested and require assistance with your application, please visit the Careers Centre.
DEFENCE FORCE RECRUITING – LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT HIGH TEA *REMINDER*
The Defence Force Recruiting will be holding a Leadership Development High Tea to coincide with International Women’s Day 2016. Two female senior students will be selected to attend the event being held at Mecure Gold Coast Resort on Wednesday 2 March. To register your interest or to gain further information, please visit the Careers Centre urgently.
GOLD COAST INSTITUTE OF TAFE – SCHOOL PROGRAM LAST MINUTE ENROLMENTS!
Limited vacancies still exist for the 2016 Schools Program intake. Certificate courses including construction, Automotive Vocational Preparation, Marine Mechanical Technology, Health Services Assistance, Media, Makeup and Hairdressing, and Tourism and Hospitality are available. Applications would be considered on a case by case basis. For further details are available by visiting the Careers Centre or go to www.studentrego.com using code TAFE3.
WEP Info Sessions
LEARN ABOUT NOT-FOR-PROFIT EXCHANGE PRO-GRAMS TO 25 COUNTRIES
24 February
Fulton Trotter Lounge
129 Leichhardt Street
Spring Hill
7:00-8:30pm
Did you know? Many WEP programs offer included pro-gram extras! Are you dream-ing of wandering the streets of Rome, New York City or Paris with new friends? How about learning Spanish in Argentina, sightseeing in Belgium or soaking up Thai culture in Bangkok? It’s all possible!
Come along to an Info Session to find out about the oppor-tunities available to you!
RSVP on our website, Face-book / worldeducationpro-gramaustralia or at [email protected]!
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Oceanic District Swimming Carnival
Yesterday the College’s extremely capable swimming team competed at the Oceanic District Swimming Carnival at Pizzey Park. All students raced strongly with many personal best times achieved. Overall we placed second in the Champion Swimming School Trophy as well as second in the Boys and Girls Aggregate Trophy and Percentage Trophy. Well done team!
Many of our students were successful in winning Age Champion Awards:
Lewis Treggiden 12 Years Boys 1st Age Champion
Will Smith 12 Years Boys 4th Age Champion
Chloe Thomas 13 Years Girls 2nd Age Champion
Olivia Breeze 13 Years Girls 5th Age Champion
Damien Smith 13 Years Boys 2nd Age Champion
Emily Noyes 14 Years Girls 2nd Age Champion
Ashleigh Allred 14 Years Girls 4th Age Champion
Conall Crowley 14 Years Boys 4th Age Champion
Bella McCabe 15 Years Girls 2nd Age Champion
Amy Sauvarin 15 Years Girls 5th Age Champion
Matthew Treggiden 15 Years Boys 3rd Age Champion
Jemma Smith 16 Years Girls 1st Age Champion
Daniel Thomas 16 Years Boys 3rd Age Champion
Cody Leis 16 Years Boys 4th Age Champion
Claudia-Rose Slaven Open Girls 4th Age Champion
Ryan Carroll Open Boys 3rd Age Champion
Congratulations to these students, and to all off our students who have qualified to compete at the South Coast Region Swimming Trials on Monday 29th February and Wednesday 2nd March at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Southport Parklands. We wish you all the very best.
Thank you to Mr Harry Klouzal, Mrs Kim Smith and Mr Trent Balym who assisted with team management and time keeping at the carnival.s
AGCC Interschool Sport
Round 1 of the AGCC interschool sport competition commences on Thursday 3 March. Semester 1 draws will be available on the Parent Portal (under Sports) in the coming weeks.
A reminder that students who have chosen tennis as their interschool sport will require their own tennis racket; while students participating in soccer and futsal are required to bring their own shin pads, and purchase a pair of the College football socks.
Oceanic District and South Coast Region Sports Trials
The following Oceanic District and South Coast Region sports trials will be held in the coming weeks:
12 Yrs Boys Oceanic Football (Soccer) Trials – Tuesday 23 February
16 Yrs Girls South Coast AFL Trials – Thursday 25 February
15 Yrs Boys Rugby League Trials – Thursday 25 February
18 Yrs Boys Rugby League Trials – Thursday 25 February
Students wishing to participate in these trials must visit the sports office to register and collect the relevant newsletters and South Coast School Sport permission booklets.
Student Achievements:
Australian Hockey Team
Congratulations to Year 11 student, Morgan Mathison for her recent outstanding hockey achievements. Not only has she been chosen to represent the state as a 15 year old in the U21 Queensland Hockey Team, but she has also been selected in the School Sport Australia Hockey Team to compete in a three match test series in Capetown, South Africa from the 24 June – 10 July. What an awesome achievement Morgan – well done!
South Coast Water Polo Team selection:
Congratulations to Year 12 student, Alexandra Christie for her selection in the 17 Years and Under South Coast Region Water Polo team. Ally will now compete at the Queensland Water Polo Championships from 10 – 13 March in Toowoomba. Best of luck Ally!
Australian 16 Years Outrigging Team
Congratulations to Year 9 student, Sophie Rixon, and Year 11 student, Matty Maher on their selection in the Australian 16 Years Outrigging Team! A wonderful achievement! They will compete at the World Outrigging Championships in May next year.
Cherie AndersenHead of Sport
SPORTS REPORT
BCE Connect Mobile App
BCE Connect, our mobile app for all BCE Schools, is a great way to have information at your fingertips.
Use the app to keep up to date with coming events, schedules, forms, communication sent home, and announcements.
You can download the app from:
Google Play Store
Apple Store - iphone
1. Search for BCE Connect. Search for Marymount College
2. Use either Name search, or Map to find Marymount College
3. Tap the ribbon with the star to make it your favourite.
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The two best-performing players will play off for the title of Year 12 Badminton Champion
During the last two weeks, students in Year 12 PE have been competing in a badminton tournament in class and at lunch times.
The students were split into four pools of 10 players and they have all had to play everyone in their pool once. The quality of play was very high with lots of long rallies. Only one or two points decided many games. Two players, Dakota Jones and Dominic Larkin, managed to win all of their games in the pool - well done boys!
After the pool games, the top two from each pool and the next two best performed students qualified through to the final 10. The final 10 were:
Pool A Dakota Jones & Matt Cameron
Pool B Alanah McMullan & Isaac Beacall
Pool C Dominic Larkin, James Dornan & Mitchell Grant
Pool D Bryce Kennedy, Hayden Albarran & Nash Nichols
The final 10 games have begun and will be continuing at the end of this week, with the two best-performed players to then play off for the title of Year 12 Badminton Champion next week.
Chris Larkin, the 2015 AFL Queensland Youth Coach of the Year, is as loyal as they come to the Burleigh Football Club, pitching in wherever he can as his three sons progress through the ranks.
Coaching, team managing, sitting on the committee and everything in between, Larkin has been a stalwart for the Bombers junior club.
“It started with my eldest son quite innocently. He had spent a year playing soccer, of which I was coach of his under seven team, but probably seeing AFL on TV, and me having played AFL as a youngster, we thought we would give the local club a go,” Larkin said. “I went along , and there was another dad who encouraged me to get involved, and I did… and 10 years later I still am.”
Coaching is a caper that feels comfortable for Larkin, who pinpointed one area as key.
“I had done a little bit of coaching before hand through schools. I’m a high school teacher, and had been involved in coaching touch football and soccer. I had done a lot of work with kids, so that part of it I suppose came fairly naturally,” he said.
“For me it’s about developing positive relationships with the kids, and trying to make it fun. It was about developing the trust in the relationship that I think is most important.”
2015 posed a challenging year for Burleigh Junior Football Club top age team. A few months after winning the Under 16 premiership in 2014, the Bombers were starring down the barrel of not getting a team together. That’s when Larkin went to work once again.
“We lost more than half the team. They went either to other clubs, like in the QAFL, and some went directly into senior playing groups. So we went from having tremendous success in 2014, to struggling to field a team in 2015,” he said.
“I found myself coaching. It wasn’t something that I initially put my hand up to do, but with my middle son in that age group I wasn’t going to see him or his mates unsupported.
“As it turned out, we played in division 2 of the under 17 competition, and ended up winning the premiership which was a
real credit to the boys. They were so respectful to one another no matter where they came from. I was really proud of them all and the way they played footy.
“I love winning, we all love winning, but there was something more important. We were very fortunate, the way the gods smiled on us. The boys played in the right spirit, and were rewarded for it.”
While all that was going on, Larkin was still able to take a step back and watch on as his eldest son, Liam, debuted in the Burleigh senior team.
“He has learned so much this year, surrounded by some good people. His passion is rubbing off on his little brothers now,” he said.
So what keeps the football fire still burning?
“I ask myself that question quite a bit. I suppose it’s a bit selfish, in that I have three sons, Liam, Bryn and Dominic, so it’s an opportunity for me to share my love of sport with them,” Larkin said.
“But also, seeing kids who had never played division 1 football, and in the earlier years probably struggled to grow into their bodies a bit; to see the satisfaction in their face as they have grown into young men and grown in confidence to be a integral part of a successful team, that for me is the thing that makes me keep going back to training.”
It was a simple sentiment Larkin used to sum up his time at Burleigh, but one that speaks volumes about his selflessness.
“It’s really a privilege, to be able to spend that time with all these kids, watching them grow up to be fantastic people,” he said.
As for what the future holds, don’t think it will just be the kids who transition into the Burleigh seniors.
“I don’t see that I have a role to play coaching, but there are so many people involved in getting teams on field in that senior area. As long as my boys are playing I will certainly give them my full support and help out where I can as time goes by.”
Story written by Andrew Wiles and published on www.aflq.com.au Thursday 4 February 2016
and parishioners of Burleigh Heads Catholic Parish invite
Staff of Marymount Primary & Marymount College
to attend the
Laying of the Foundation Stone of
Mary, Mother of Mercy ChurchB U R L E I G H W A T E R S
by
The Most Reverend Alfonso Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
in the presence of
The Most Reverend Mark Coleridge, Archbishop of Brisbane
on Sunday 6 March, 2016
Mass 10:00am Doyle Centre, Marymount College, Reedy Creek Road, Burleigh Waters
with Procession to the Site for the Laying of the Stone at approximately 11:00am
light refreshments to follow
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