Marian Catholic College 185 WAKADEN STREET, GRIFFITH NSW 2680 TELEPHONE: (02) 69692400 WEBSITE: www.mccww.catholic.edu.au Timetable Week 1July 18 2014 No 21 Lord God, At the beginning of this new term teach us to be your hands and feet where we are, At the beginning of this new term teach us to love as you love us At the beginning of this new term teach us to pray for those in need So that You are honoured and glorified Amen By Annie Barnsdale Dear Parents, Students and Friends Welcome back to another term. Term 3 is the final term for our Year 12 students and we wish them every success as they prepare for the HSC Trials. Please continue to encourage them to work hard and focus on the rest of the school year and keep them in your prayers. The last HSC Support Night will be next Tuesday 22nd July commencing at 6.30pm in the library. The first half hour will cover important information concerning the Graduation, then topics will cover, Exam Techniques, Note Summaries and University Early Entry Requirements. All Year 12 students should attend, along with at least one parent. Term 3 is also an important term for students moving from Year 8 into Year 9 and Year 10 students moving into the HSC years. Both groups of students will be choosing new subjects and the selection process commences soon for Year 10. Please be aware of important meetings that affect both year groups over the next few weeks. Important Notice IEU Union Action-Stop work Meeting Tuesday 22 July 8.30-11.30am Please be aware that normal classes will not begin until Lesson 3 (11.50am) next Tuesday 22 July due to industrial action called by the Independent Education Union in relation to the proposed new NSW/ACT Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement. The Independent Education Union will be holding an offsite meeting during this time to discuss the proposed Enterprise Agreement. Marian Catholic College will remain open for students but due to the number of staff attending the IEU Stopwork Meeting, classes will not take place during this time. Supervision will be provided for all students who are at school and classes will resume as normal from 11.50am (end of lunchbreak). Student attendance will be marked at the usual time (8.50am) on the 22 nd July but another roll mark will be made at the commencement of Lesson 3. Thanking you for your support. Marian welcomes to staff Mr Michael Crosato as the new Information Technology Administrator. Micheal replaces Rishan Wickramasuriya who has moved to Sydney. Micheal is no stranger to Marian as he was previously our IT Administrator . Parents are invited to attend Semester One Award Ceremonies next Thursday 24 July at 10am for Yrs 9/10/11 and 1pm for Yrs 7/8. These will be held in the Marcellin Hall. Students receiving awards will be notified by Monday 21st July. Finally, on the afternoon of Thursday 24 July, I urge parents to book appointments with your child's Teachers on SOBS.COM.AU for the Yrs 7/10 P/T/S Conferences, to discuss your child's progress. Semester I reports were emailed out at the end of Term 2, if you have not received your child's report please contact the College office as soon as possible. Peace and Best Wishes Principal
Welcome back to another term. Term 3 is the final term for our Year 12 students and we wish them every success as they prepare for
the HSC Trials. Please continue to encourage them to work hard and focus on the rest of the school year and keep them in your
prayers. The last HSC Support Night will be next Tuesday 22nd July commencing at 6.30pm in the library. The first half hour will cover
important information concerning the Graduation, then topics will cover, Exam Techniques, Note Summaries and University Early Entry
Requirements. All Year 12 students should attend, along with at least one parent.
Term 3 is also an important term for students moving from Year 8 into Year 9 and Year 10 students moving into the HSC years.
Both groups of students will be choosing new subjects and the selection process commences soon for Year 10. Please be aware of
important meetings that affect both year groups over the next few weeks.
Important Notice
IEU Union Action-Stop work Meeting Tuesday 22 July 8.30-11.30am
Please be aware that normal classes will not begin until Lesson 3 (11.50am) next Tuesday 22 July due to industrial action
called by the Independent Education Union in relation to the proposed new NSW/ACT Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise
Agreement. The Independent Education Union will be holding an offsite meeting during this time to discuss the proposed
Enterprise Agreement.
Marian Catholic College will remain open for students but due to the number of staff attending the IEU Stopwork Meeting,
classes will not take place during this time.
Supervision will be provided for all students who are at school and classes will resume as normal from 11.50am (end of
lunchbreak).
Student attendance will be marked at the usual time (8.50am) on the 22nd July but another roll mark will be made at the
commencement of Lesson 3.
Thanking you for your support.
Marian welcomes to staff Mr Michael Crosato as the new Information Technology Administrator. Micheal replaces Rishan
Wickramasuriya who has moved to Sydney. Micheal is no stranger to Marian as he was previously our IT Administrator .
Parents are invited to attend Semester One Award Ceremonies next Thursday 24 July at 10am for Yrs 9/10/11 and 1pm for Yrs 7/8.
These will be held in the Marcellin Hall. Students receiving awards will be notified by Monday 21st July.
Finally, on the afternoon of Thursday 24 July, I urge parents to book appointments with your child's Teachers on SOBS.COM.AU for
the Yrs 7/10 P/T/S Conferences, to discuss your child's progress. Semester I reports were emailed out at the end of Term 2, if you
have not received your child's report please contact the College office as soon as possible.
Peace and Best Wishes
Principal
Learning and Teaching News
Year 10 to 11 Transition
This term, Year 10 students will need to choose the subjects they would like to study in the Preliminary and HSC
years. The choices they make are very important to ensure that their senior school years are successful and pro-
vide the post school options they desire.
An information booklet which includes the process for subject selection and subject information can be found on our website http://mccww.catholic.edu.au/index.html.
Go to the ‘Curriculum’ tab, then select
‘Curriculum Overview and Subject Selections’.
Year 10 to 11 Transition Timeline
Please feel free to contact the school if you have any queries.
Christie Scoble
Assistant Principal—Learning and Teaching
iDay-
Information
and Ideas
Wednesday
30 July 2014
The Assistant Principal and Pastoral Coordinator meet with Yr 10 to walk through
the process for subject selection for the 2016 Higher School Certificate and give an
overview of all possible choices.
Students attend subject information sessions, where KLA Coordinators present their
relevant subjects, outlining the requirements and the structure, content and kinds of
assessment tasks involved.
Information
Evening
Wednesday
30 July
7pm
All parents and students are invited to attend the Information Evening in the
Language Centre. An overview will be presented of the selection process and the
Board of Studies regulations. Information will also be given about TAFE courses and
the possibility of ‘school-based apprenticeships’. KLA Coordinators will be available
to answer questions after the presentation.
Careers
Advisor
Appointments
4, 5 and 7th Au-
gust
Appointments can be made with the Careers Advisor, Mrs Farrugia, regarding post-
school options (university, apprenticeships, TAFE, work). Parents will need to book
on-line on SOBS (sobs.com.au and select Year 10 Subject Selections, then Careers,
then follow the prompts).
Interview Day
Friday
8 August
Interview Day: All students and their parents will need to make a booking on SOBS
for a 20 minute interview with a Coordinator to ‘tease out’ the best options for the
future (sobs.com.au and select Year 10 Subject Selections, then follow the prompts).
The purpose of an interview is also to confirm a position for 2015 and clarify
expectations the College has with regards to Year 11 and 12 at Marian. There will
be no Year 10 classes on this day as it is expected that all students and parent/
s will be attend an interview.
Forms Due
Tuesday
12 August
All students intending to continue at Marian need to have their subject selection
forms completed and returned to the Office by lunch time.
Week 6 A second round of selection takes place based on the allocated ‘lines’ (groupings of
subjects). Interviews with some students may follow.
Please keep in your prayers any families in our community who have lost loved ones or are suffering illnesses, including the families of Kate and Megan Minato and Abbie and Brady French on passing of their grandfathers.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
CALENDAR 2014
Maths Week Celebrations Monday 21 July
Year 12 BSS Work Placement Tuesday 22 July
NSW Touch Gala Day Tuesday 22 July
HSC Support Evening 6.30 pm Tuesday 22 July
Awards Ceremony for Year 9/10/11—10.05 to 11.15 and Year 7/8 12.50—2.00
Marcellin Hall Thursday 24 July
Years 7-10 P/T/S Conference 3.45-7 pm : - Marcellin Hall Thursday 24 July
2014 CANTEEN
DUTY STARTS @ 10am
Mon 21 S. Schaefer, A Gibbs, J Lockwood, S
Andreazza, W Amaro
Tues 22 L Marin, P Nunn, S Raccanello
Wed 23 K Trimboli, F Sartor, D Smith, A
Khan
Thurs 24 E Menegon, D Zanotto, M Marando
Fri 25 N Moursi, K Adams-Jones
It has been a busy time of the year for a few staff members
happily announcing the births of their babies.
A Big congratulations to Aaron Lawler on the birth of his
baby boy, Lora and Matt Seagrave and Belinda Panebianco
on the birth of their baby girls.
Wishing you many blessings and happiness with your new
bundles of joy.
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Tahliah Vecchio has just returned from competing in the Westfield
National Youth Championships in Soccer at Coffs Harbour from 7th to
11th July. To be selected to participate at this level you have to be rated as
one of the best 15 year old girls Soccer players in Australia.
Tahliah has trained for months prior for this honour. Her training has
included 5 State Training Camps and 3 Trial Camps held around the
state. She also travels to Wagga Wagga every Friday for representative
training.
She has also played in the NSW Country Team at a National Tournament,
where she was part of the winning side.
Tahliah is now continuing to play in the Woman’s Premier League for the
Western Mariners – which will hopefully continue to open many doors for
her in the future.
She has achieved all this success along with achieving an excellent
College Report.
Marian Catholic College is very proud of her achievements and would like to congratulate Tahliah on all her success and
wish her all the best for the future.
The following students were successful in selection for the Wagga Wagga Diocesian Athletics team competing at the NSW
Combined Catholic Colleges championships on Friday 12th September 2014, at the Sydney International Athletics
Centre, Homebush.
Darcie Carnell Jaeden Andreazza
Samuel Scarfone Suzanne Rinaldo
Tesa Zanesco Andrea Zanatta
Laura Zanatta Anthony Scarfone
Blake Schaefer Noah Negus
Marian Catholic College would like to congratulate all these students on such a fantastic effort in gaining selection and
wishes them all success when competing at Homebush.
Connor Lynch was a member of the under 18 National Indigenous rugby
union side that won at the National Schoolboys Carnival in Sydney.
They defeated Victoria, South Australia and Northern Territory teams to
take out the second division. His selection in this prestigious team was a
