T (07) 3394 9999 Absentee Line (07) 3394 9964 E [email protected]W www.loreto.qld.edu.au PO Box 1726 Coorparoo DC Qld 4151 Volume 37 - 25 November, 2014 Jusce Freedom SINCERITY Verity Felicity Dear Parents and Students We congratulate the Class of 2014 on the important occasion of their Graduaon. We thank them for all they have so generously given to Loreto over the years but most especially for their spirited leadership as seniors this year. They have been wonderfully supporve ‘big sisters’ to the Year 8’s, helping them to become part of the Loreto family very quickly. We will miss their vibrancy and zest for life. We send our blessings and best wishes to them for all that is yet to come. Girls, may you always “stand in a place where God can be seen” and know the holiest of grounds. Congratulaons to the following students on their Special Awards and Honour Pockets. Amanda Milligan Award Anastasia O’Brien Sister Maria Welch Jusce Award Nikita Bedwell Sister Rosario North Award for Academic Excellence Sarah King Sister Thérèse Daly Award for English Sarah King Sister Helen Salter-Carroll Award for Mathemacs Sarah King Sister Juliana Coughlan Creave Arts Award Kate Milward Alison Lazenby Senior Sportswoman of the Year Georgia Johnson (Year 11) Past Pupils’ Spirit Award Prue Hempel and Claudia Mio Semester II Honour Pockets: Alyssa Bell Academic Excellence Maddie Baker Music Nikita Bedwell Music & School Spirit Sarah Bryant Academic Excellence Greta Carlson Academic Excellence Amy Castorina Academic Excellence Bridget Clark Music & Academic Excellence Sophie Dibley Academic Excellence Julia Edwards School Spirit D’Arcy Ertel Academic Excellence Michelle Godwin Academic Excellence Caitlin Hunter Music & Academic Excellence Meg Ingram Academic Excellence Laura Kenyon Academic Excellence Sarah King School Spirit & Academic Excellence Melanie Klinakis Academic Excellence
We congratulate the Class of 2014 on the important occasion of their Graduation. We thank them for all they have so generously given to Loreto over the years but most especially for their spirited leadership as seniors this year. They have been wonderfully supportive ‘big sisters’ to the Year 8’s, helping them to become part of the Loreto family very quickly. We will miss their vibrancy and zest for life. We send our blessings and best wishes to them for all that is yet to come. Girls, may you always “stand in a place where God can be seen” and know the holiest of grounds. Congratulations to the following students on their Special Awards and Honour Pockets.
Amanda Milligan Award Anastasia O’Brien
Sister Maria Welch Justice Award Nikita Bedwell
Sister Rosario North Award for Academic Excellence Sarah King
Sister Thérèse Daly Award for English Sarah King
Sister Helen Salter-Carroll Award for Mathematics Sarah King
Sister Juliana Coughlan Creative Arts Award Kate Milward
Alison Lazenby Senior Sportswoman of the Year Georgia Johnson (Year 11)
Past Pupils’ Spirit Award Prue Hempel and Claudia Miotti
Semester II Honour Pockets:
Alyssa Bell Academic Excellence
Maddie Baker Music
Nikita Bedwell Music & School Spirit
Sarah Bryant Academic Excellence
Greta Carlson Academic Excellence
Amy Castorina Academic Excellence
Bridget Clark Music & Academic Excellence
Sophie Dibley Academic Excellence
Julia Edwards School Spirit
D’Arcy Ertel Academic Excellence
Michelle Godwin Academic Excellence
Caitlin Hunter Music & Academic Excellence
Meg Ingram Academic Excellence
Laura Kenyon Academic Excellence
Sarah King School Spirit & Academic Excellence
Melanie Klinakis Academic Excellence
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Rebecca Marshall School Spirit & Academic Excellence
Abbey Martin Academic Excellence
Emma McMahon School Spirit
Chantel Morris Debating & Academic Excellence
Anastasia O’Brien School Spirit
Shannon O’Connor Water Polo
Mia Page Service to Sport – Netball & Basketball
Bridget Pekin Academic Excellence
Hannah Radvan School Spirit & Academic Excellence
Melissa Roberts Service to Sport & Service to Netball
Erin Stafford School Spirit
Madeleine Taylor Academic Excellence
Sheridan Tully Academic Excellence
Luciana Vorkas Academic Excellence
Jacqueline West School Spirit
Hannah Wixted Service to Sport
SPECIAL TRIBUTE
In this final edition of the 2014 Newsletter I would like to pay a special tribute to Mr Pat Elsworthy on the significant occasion of his retirement. Loreto is proud to award Mr Elsworthy with an ‘Honour Pocket’ for Excellence in Leadership, Service to State & National Education and School Spirit.
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“Pat has held significant positions of Leadership at Loreto for twenty nine years. He has held the positions of Mathematics Coordinator, Curriculum Coordinator, Assistant to the Principal Curriculum and Deputy Principal Curriculum. The continuous length of service in these roles speaks volumes about his commitment, capability and dedication. Pat is highly regarded and respected for his expertise, experience and intellect.
Pat’s leadership is not however limited to this Leadership at Loreto. Pat has also played a significant leadership role in education across the State and at the National level. He has Chaired State and District Review panels; represented the QCEC and QSA on Curriculum, Assessment and Moderation Committees; represented the RI Schools on the QCEC Curriculum Committee; Chaired the QCEC Education Committee; and represented QCEC on many and various QSA working parties.
Pat has also held leadership positions in both the Association of Catholic Secondary Schools of Queensland and the Catholic Secondary Schools Deputy and Assistant Principals’ Association.
As a member of the Australian College of Educators, he has held Presidential positions at local and state level and served on the National Council as Deputy Chair. In 2009 he was awarded the Australian College of Educators Fellowship.
These extraordinary commitments are testament to a career devoted to leadership through service. This service has been well above and beyond the norm.
Pat, we honour your outstanding contribution and thank you for your generosity and leadership and for your enduring commitment to Education and to Loreto most especially.
This Honour Pocket for Excellence in Leadership, Service to State and National Education and School Spirit is well-earned and thoroughly deserved.”
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Pat, we thank you for all that you have so generously given in the service of Loreto and education. We wish you every blessing and joy in the years to come. You will definitely be missed. God Bless.
THANK YOU
I take this opportunity to thank the Community for your wonderful support throughout the year. It has been yet another busy but most enjoyable year. I wish each of you a most joyous and blessed Christmas.
We wish all those who are travelling (especially our French Trip students and staff) safe and happy travels. May the New Year bring blessings and hope.
CONDOLENCES
To Mrs Irene Valentine on the recent passing of her Mother. May she rest in God’s gracious and eternal care at peace eternally.
Amen.
To Emma Quinn (Year 11) on the sudden passing of her Grandfather last week. May he rest at peace eternally in the care of our
loving God. Amen.
Yours sincerely
Chery Hamilton
Principal
FROM THE CHAIR OF SCHOOL COUNCIL
In accordance with the operational guidelines issued by the Loreto Education Council (LEC), our Principal recently participated in the process of a Summative Review. The review was overseen by Mr Jeff Burn (National Education Director for the LEC, Mrs Madeline Sayer (Retired Principal of Brigidine College), Mrs Margaret Knox (Qld Catholic Education Commission) and myself as Chair of School Council.
The process required Mrs Hamilton to submit a written reflection on various aspects of her Principalship. The results of the last Whole School Survey were considered. The Review Panel also interviewed a selection of Council members, staff, parents and students to gain their assessment of Mrs Hamilton’s Principalship.
I am very pleased to report that the feedback gave an extremely positive assessment of Mrs Hamilton’s performance as Principal. There were noted strengths in the areas of the Loreto Charism, pastoral care of students and leadership in teaching and learning.
On behalf of the school community, I congratulate Mrs Hamilton on the results of the review and thank her for for professional and dedicated stewardship of Loreto Coorparoo.
Mrs Diane Bukowski
Chair of Council
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2015 Tuition Fees
Commencing from Term 1, 2015
all Tuition Fee invoices will be sent to parents by email.
Parents are asked to advise the College Office
of any changes to your email address.
Thank you.
Noel Williams - Business Manger
IT’S HERE!
Pre-ordered books and tea-towels are now available for
pick up from Loreto reception.
To order your Loreto Cookbook and tea-towels please
visit out website, complete the order form or contact the
Year 11 Writing Task Introduction and Practice 8.30am - 12.45pm
Thursday 27 November
French Trip Departs
BMTA U14 & U16 Touch Football Finals
Friday 28 November
End of Term for Years 8 - 11: Students will be dismissed at approximately 12 Noon
Loreto Student Leadership Conference
Year Level Assemblies and Prize Giving - 9.00am - 10.30am
Whole School Assembly - 11.00am - 12.00pm
Term Dates 2015
Term 1 Wednesday 28 January (Years 7, 8 & 12) → Wednesday 1 April
Thursday 29 January (all students) (Good Friday 3 April)
Term 2 Monday 20 April → Friday 26 June
Term 3 Tuesday 21 July → Friday 18 September
Term 4 Tuesday 6 October → Friday 20 November (Year 12)
Friday 27 November (Years 7-11)
Stop Press - ‘Movember’
The Loreto community may have noticed a number of staff adopting a moustache for the month of November. This is to raise valuable funds for Beyond Blue and prostate cancer research and not necessarily a fashion statement. Any contribution would be much appreciated. Please go to http://au.movember.com/team/1902797 and put a smile on our faces!
This semester the Year 9B Art class designed and produced a mural for the block wall near Mulwith. We worked with the theme Felicity to ensure the image created conveyed a feeling of energy and joy. Students began the task by exploring techniques used in Graffiti Art to create artworks using stencils. The focus was on group work as we investigated the meaning of Felicity, took photographs, manipulated them in Photoshop and explored numerous arrangements of the individual figures to create a unified work that captured the desired theme. This task was not only challenging as a design task; unexpected factors such as the unusual number of windy days and early hot weather added to the physical challenge. It was of great interest to passers-by as the work progressed from chalk outlines to white figures, followed by details in blue and grey and finally, the bubbles. And to mark its completion, the class celebrated with some bubbles….blowing.
Mrs Leonie McCulkin - Art Coordinator
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French Trip
We wish the 21 students and three teachers who are travelling to France on Thursday a safe and enjoyable three week exchange program. Yasmin, Ava, Lily, Grace, Lauren, Georgia, Phoebe, Isabella, Catie, Emma, Georgia, Maddie, Katie, Lauren, Tiarnee, Rubi, Natasha, Tayla-Lea, Halle, Rachael and Alex – have a wonderful time, enjoy every minute and speak lots of French! A huge and sincere thank you to Miss Amy Stewart, Mrs Nat Dawes and Miss Jess Badke for accompanying the girls, keeping them safe and especially for all your hard work in organising the 2014 French Trip. Bon voyage à toutes!
Sports Department
LORETO WATER POLO
Draw: Round 6 - Saturday 29 November
Each player MUST be at the venue 30 minutes prior to the game, with full sports uniform, togs, cap and mouth guard. Any girls who are unable to make it to the game must notify Mrs Stevens prior to the game. This will be the last game for the year.
The next game will be played on 31 January 2015. Meg Stevens - Director of Sport
Results - Saturday 22 November
Majestic Park Running
All girls are welcome to join the running training sessions with Clare Geraghty on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at 3.30pm to 4.45pm this week. This will be the last week of the running sessions.
TIME AGE TEAMS VENUE
8.40am U12 Loreto Warriors v All Hallows White Musgrave
12.00pm U13B Loreto Warriors v St Rita’s Musgrave
12.40pm U13C Loreto Warriors v St Rita’s Somerville House
12.00pm U14B Loreto Warriors v Brigidine Valley Pool
1.20pm U14C Loreto Warriors v St Rita’s Somerville House
2.40pm U15C BLACK Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s Somerville House
2.40pm U15C ORANGE Loreto Warriors v St Peter’s Somerville House
4.00pm U16 C BYE BYE
4.40pm U18B Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s St Rita’s
AGE TEAMS RESULTS
U12 Loreto Warriors v River City Loss 4 - 16
U13B Loreto Warriors v Stuartholme Won 21 - 1
U13C Loreto Warriors v All Hallows’ Loss 18 - Nil
U14B Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s Win 14 - 5
U14C Loreto Warriors v Mt St Michael’s Win 8 - 4
U15C BLACK Loreto Warriors v Stuartholme Loss 6 - 8
U15C ORANGE Loreto Warriors v Brisbane Girls Grammar Loss 21 -2
U16 C Loreto Warriors v Somerville Win 9 - 2
U18B Loreto Warriors v Brisbane Girls Grammar Loss 0 - 13
BMTA JUNIOR COMPETITION 2014
Semi-Final Round - Thursday 20 November
The semi- finals were well played though our Loreto Mulhall and Loreto Gold teams needed to start the game more focussed on defence. It was pleasing to note that both teams won the second half, proving that despite losing the game, they played in a determined manner through to the final whistle. Well done!
Loreto Blue played a thrilling drop-off with three players on the field for four minutes. Eventually we scored to make it to the Grand-final this Thursday at 6.40pm on field 3. Congratulations!
Season Summary:
OPEN Barry – 4th
in A division and lost the semi-final
OPEN Mornane – 5th in C division
16 Mulhall - 2nd
in B division and lost the semi-final
16 Ward-5th in C division
16 Deshon – 7th in D division
14 Mulwith – 6th in B division
14 Blue- 2nd
in C Blue division, won the semi-final 2-1 and play the grand-final 27/11/14
14 Gold – 2nd
in D Blue division and lost the semi-final
Overall, the Loreto teams performed quite well in this trial season at White’s Hill.
Special thanks to all coaches: Nick Dean, Sarah Pettiford, Paddy O’Donnell, Corey Rawding, Celia Lane, Tim Griffin, Georgia Dennis and Ashleigh and to managers Stephanie Coleman, Stephanie Nolan, Brian Beiers and Jan Wyatt. Your dedication to improving the skill level of all players is admirable. Thanks to Captain Wade Bilton for her assistance.
Finally, congratulations to the members of Loreto Blue who have played well all season to gain a place in the grand-final. We
wish you all the best and may you play to your potential! Therese Begley – Touch Football Coordinator
P & F News
Seasons greeting and until next year!
As we approach the end of the year we wish all Loreto families a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. Looking back on another successful year, we can proud of our activities and achievements including the welcome barbecue, welcome morning tea, student dances, Father’s Day breakfast and parent forum, cook book, and supporting the Live & Wired festival, year level social activities and Mary Ward Centre audio visual upgrade. Looking forward to 2015, a year in which we welcome Year 7 and 8 families, we plan to support the heating of the swimming pool, implement initiatives arising from the parent forum including holding information events for parents, and hold another forum. Mark down Tuesday 3 February 2015 in your diaries for the first P&F meeting and remember you can contact members of the P&F Executive via the details on the Loreto website
at: http://www.loreto.qld.edu.au/community/parents-and-friends/ Garry West - P&F Secretary
P & F Welcome BBQ - 2015 (For ‘newbies’)
All parents are invited to join us for the P&F Parent Welcome BBQ to be held on Sunday 8 February 2015 . This family fun get-together will be larger than normal with the first intake of Year 7 and the new Year 8 students and their families joining us. This is a great forum for meeting other parents, P&F members and teachers. It also gives the Committee a chance to explain what it can do for you. The P&F are calling for volunteers to help with the setup, cooking the BBQ etc from 3.15pm. We should be all cleared away by 6.30pm. If you can spare even an hour to help us please contact Shaun at
On behalf of the Loreto College P&F and the Cookbook Committee, I’m very pleased to inform you that the Loreto Cookbook and tea-towels are here! Pick up is available now from Loreto reception.
Reception is open between 8am and 4pm and will be closed from 3pm, Thursday 11 December (re-opening Wednesday 14 January). If you wish to pick up after our close date, or make other arrangements, please call Catherine directly on 3394 9957.
Funds raised will be directed to our priority capital needs. The recipes, thoughts and shared memories are just a snippet of our wonderful community and we hope this becomes a treasured keepsake.
Looking for a unique Christmas present? To order a Loreto Cookbook - and limited edition tea-towels - please complete the order form and email to [email protected]
Calling for Year Level Representatives
A reminder that in the first term of 2015 the P&F are looking for parents to volunteer now as year level representatives. The job involves organising social events for parents, which may be held at the school, your home or an external venue like a restaurant, cafe or bar. If you are holding an event at a private home, we will provide you with a copy of the GUIDELINES FOR HOLDING FUNCTIONS AT PRIVATE RESIDENCES. Promoting your events is as simple as placing an advertisement in the weekly Loreto newsletter. You can put together your own advert or we can help you. If you are interested in becoming a year level representative, please complete the attached form below or contact Trish Willing on 3394 9999 or via [email protected]
Second hand books and uniforms
We are no longer having a second hand book/uniform sale day. If you wish to sell or purchase second hand book or uniforms please go to: www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au
Sustainable School Shop
Just a reminder to parents to please remove items from the web site once the item has been sold. We have had a number of parents complaining that items are still listed for sale, but when they contact the seller the items have already been sold.
Symons Textbook Lists for 2015
Please note that Symons Book packs will now be available for collection from CRUCI not MULWITH as previously
advertised. Collection dates and time in January 2015 remain unchanged. Thank you. Anne Herft
Year 12 Students/Parents
Sick bay is in need of some spare uniforms to keep for student who need borrow spare uniforms throughout the day. If you have any good quality skirts, blouses, shorts or polo shirts to donate we will be happy to accept them to add to our depleted
stock. Please hand any donations into sick bay. Thank you. Anne Herft
Tuckshop Closure Friday 28 November
A final reminder to parents please note the Tuckshop WILL NOT be open on the last day of school Friday 28 November.
FREE Screening of “The Lego Movie” at Coorparoo State School
You are invited to a FREE outdoor screening of box office hit The LEGO Movie on Saturday 29 November at Coorparoo State School's main oval (access via Halstead St). Gates open at 4:30pm so bring the family, a picnic rug and grab a sausage sizzle or burger from the BBQ for dinner. Pre-show entertainment includes a jumping castle, giant chairs ride, face painting and more! Settle in under the stars with some popcorn, drinks and ice creams (or coffee for the grownups) to watch the critically acclaimed animated adventure comedy The LEGO Movie (from 6:45pm). For more information email: [email protected]
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