A Catholic school in the Salesian tradition 1 Issue 14 Term 3, Week 8 Thursday 13 September 2018 the X avier News A Catholic school in the Salesian tradition School Diary College Board Meeng Tuesday, 18 September, 7.00pm Year 12 Hospitality Dinner Wednesday, 19 September Year 12 Ensemble Performance Evening Wednesday, 19 September Year 11 Faith Formaon Thursday, 20 September Knights of the Southern Cross Friday, 21 September Pedal Prix 24 Hour Race Saturday, 22 September - Sunday, 23 September Don Bosco Youth Group Sunday, 23 September, 5 - 7.30pm Year 12 Hospitality Dinner Wednesday, 26 September College Asembly Thursday, 27 September Year 12 Hospitality Dinner Thursday, 27 September Year 11 Pupil Free Day and Formal Friday, 28 September End of Term 3, 2pm dismissal Friday, 28 September Public Holiday Monday, 1 October Year 12 Trial Exams Monday, 8 October - Friday, 12 October Start of Term 4 Monday, 15 October Year 8 Immunizaon Tuesday, 16 October College Board Meeng Tuesday, 16 October, 7.00pm Xavier in Concert Friday, 19 October, 7pm Year 12 Penulmate Day Monday, 29 October House Presentaons Tuesday, 30 October Year 12 Final Assembly and Year 12 Graduaon Mass and Ceremony Tuesday, 30 October Graduarts Thursday, 1 November, 5-7pm Year 12 Exams Monday, 5 November - Wednesday, 21 November Year 11 Study Day Thursday, 8 November St Pat’s Students Morning Tea with Principal Thursday, 8 November Year 11 Exams Friday, 9 November - Wednesday, 14 November Remembrance Day Sunday, 11 November Year 9 Camp Monday, 12 November - Friday, 16 November Year 12 For Year 12 students, their last school term break is quickly approaching. The term break is an opportunity to strike the balance between enjoying activities in their down time and working hard to consolidate the year’s work. During the break I urge Year 12’s to; • Devote a significant portion of their time each day to revision and study. Trial exams will be conducted in the second week of the term break. • Prepare for leaving the Xavier College community. Reflect on the wonderful experiences and friendships you have had at Xavier. • Look beyond regrets and past failures and focus on the positives. It is vital that students have a positive mindset when finishing tasks and siing exams. Uniform Students are permied to wear either their full summer or full winter uniform during the final two weeks of this term. However, please remember that full summer uniform is to be worn by all students in Term 4. Year 12 students probably don’t need to be reminded that they are able to wear their Year 12 jacket every day in Term 4. From the Principal a home Mr Mark Flaherty, Acting Principal
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A Catholic school in the Salesian tradition 1
Issue 14 Term 3, Week 8 Thursday 13 September 2018
the Xavier NewsA Catholic school in the Salesian tradition
School DiaryCollege Board Meeting Tuesday, 18 September, 7.00pm
Year 12 Hospitality Dinner Wednesday, 19 September
Year 12 Ensemble Performance Evening Wednesday, 19 September
Year 11 Faith Formation Thursday, 20 September
Knights of the Southern Cross Friday, 21 September
Pedal Prix 24 Hour Race Saturday, 22 September - Sunday, 23 September
Don Bosco Youth Group Sunday, 23 September, 5 - 7.30pm
Year 12 Hospitality Dinner Wednesday, 26 September
College Asembly Thursday, 27 September
Year 12 Hospitality Dinner Thursday, 27 September
Year 11 Pupil Free Day and Formal Friday, 28 September
End of Term 3, 2pm dismissal Friday, 28 September
Public Holiday Monday, 1 October
Year 12 Trial Exams Monday, 8 October - Friday, 12 October
Start of Term 4 Monday, 15 October
Year 8 Immunization Tuesday, 16 October
College Board Meeting Tuesday, 16 October, 7.00pm
Xavier in Concert Friday, 19 October, 7pm
Year 12 Penultimate Day Monday, 29 October
House Presentations Tuesday, 30 October
Year 12 Final Assembly and Year 12 Graduation Mass and Ceremony Tuesday, 30 October
Graduarts Thursday, 1 November, 5-7pm
Year 12 Exams Monday, 5 November - Wednesday, 21 November
Year 11 Study Day Thursday, 8 November
St Pat’s Students Morning Tea with Principal Thursday, 8 November
Year 11 Exams Friday, 9 November - Wednesday, 14 November
Remembrance Day Sunday, 11 November
Year 9 Camp Monday, 12 November - Friday, 16 November
Year 12For Year 12 students, their last school term break is quickly approaching. The term break is an opportunity to strike the balance between enjoying activities in their down time and working hard to consolidate the year’s work.
During the break I urge Year 12’s to;
• Devoteasignificantportionoftheirtimeeachday to revision and study. Trial exams will be conductedinthesecondweekofthetermbreak.
• Prepare for leaving the Xavier Collegecommunity. Reflect on the wonderfulexperiences and friendships you have had atXavier.
• Look beyond regrets and past failures and focus onthe positives. It is vital that students have a positive mindset when finishingtasksandsittingexams.
UniformStudents are permitted to wear either their fullsummerorfullwinteruniformduringthefinaltwoweeksofthisterm.However,pleaserememberthatfullsummeruniformistobewornbyallstudentsin Term 4.
Year 12 students probably don’t need to be reminded that they are able to wear their Year 12 jacket every day in Term 4.
From the Principala home Mr Mark Flaherty, Acting Principal
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a parish This Sunday’s GospelJesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him. ‘John the Baptist,’ they said, ‘others Elijah; others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he asked, ‘who do you say I am?’ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.’ And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him.
And he began to teach them that the Son of Man was destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again; and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’
He called the people and his disciples to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.’ (Mark 8:27-35)
Reflection‘But you, who do you say I am?’ This would have to be one of the most powerful questions of thegospels. It echoes down the centuries and is just as relevant today as it ever was. ‘Who do you say
I am?’ Our answer to that question is perhaps the most revealing statement of our faith. Ouranswer no doubt changes over time as we grow in understanding and as we experience the ups anddownsof life,butnonetheless, just likePeterin the gospel passage, our answer remains a clear statementofourfaith.‘WhodoyousayIam?’Justagood guy who lived 2,000 years ago? A role model? Afriend?Godmadeflesh?TheWordcomedownfromheaven?Nobody?Everybody?Oursaviour?AninspiredmanofGod?TheMessiah?
Perhaps you’ve never tried to actually answer the question yourself. It is a confronting question,‘WhodoyousayIam?’It’sconfrontingbecause,asChristianpeople,webelievethatouractionsareareflectionofourbeliefsandvalues.It’sconfrontingbecause whatever we say in answer to that question hasimplicationsforthewaywelive.‘Whodoyousay I am?’ You see, the question is in the present tense, not the past. It doesn’t ask ‘Who do you say I was?’; it asks, ‘Who do you say I AM?’ The very question asks us to recognise that Jesus was notjust some guy who lived 2,000 years ago but rather someone who continues to be a presence in our lives today.Andhestandsbeforeeachandeveryone of us today and asks that same, demanding,confronting, purposeful question: ‘Who do YOUsay I am?’
On Tuesday the 28th of August,Kieran Roche and I got the opportunity to attend the Year 10UniSA Maths Experience day atUniSA Mawson Lakes Campus.It was a fun day filled with greatmaths centric activities.
It was very insightful into what amaths university pathway would be like. My favourite part of theday was designing, 3-D printing and testing a bridge, using excel. It wasinterestingtoseehowdifferentgeometric shapes held up under pressure.
By Riley Synnes Year 10
Year 10 UniSA Maths Experience day
Humanities Competitions NewsIn 2018 several Xavier College students enteredthe Australian Geography and Australian HistoryCompetitions.
Patrick Costello from Year 8 was awarded a HighDistinction in the Geography competition. InHistory,ErinSymesandEthanWhitefromYear10wereawardedDistinctions, and Sasha Selleck a Merit.
We congratulate them all on these achievements.
ErinalsopreparedaverystrongentryforthePremier’sAnzac Spirit Prize. Erin researched her uncle, SouthAustralian, Sydney James Webb, from Blyth in themid-northofthestate,whodiedontheWesternFronton August 15th 1916. Erin was acknowledged by thePremierbecauseherentrywasamongthestrongestfromacrossthestate,measuredbythequalityofherresearchand the understanding it demonstrated.
Students in Years 9 and 10 now have the opportunity to prepareentriesfortheSimpsonPrize.
Simpson PrizeTo enter, what do I need to do? Answer the question:
To what extent could 1918 be considered a year of victory for Australia and its people?
What format?• multi-modal or essay • Usesourcesprovidedonthewebsiteandyourown
research
What is the closing date? FridayNovember9th
What are the prizes?Accompanied by two teacher chaperones and a historian from the Australian War Memorial, the eight stateand territory student winner visit overseas sites forANZACDay191.TheyalsotraveltoCanberrafortourpreparation.TherunnersupalsogotoCanberra.
The Simpson Prize is a national competition for Year 9 and 10 students that focuses on the significance of Anzac Day and what it means to them. One winner and one runner-up
from each state and territory will attend a briefing program in Canberra in early 2019. Winning students and teachers of the 2019 Simpson Prize will travel to key battlefields overseas.
2019 Essay Question
To what extent could 1918 be considered a year of victory for Australia and its people?
For full entry instructions and details please visit the Simpson Prize websiteClosing date: 9 November 2018
The Simpson Prize is a national competition for Year 9 and 10 students that focuses on the significance of Anzac Day and what it means to them. One winner and one runner-up
from each state and territory will attend a briefing program in Canberra in early 2019. Winning students and teachers of the 2019 Simpson Prize will travel to key battlefields overseas.
2019 Essay Question
To what extent could 1918 be considered a year of victory for Australia and its people?
For full entry instructions and details please visit the Simpson Prize websiteClosing date: 9 November 2018
TheYear12DramaClasshadtheirexternalexaminationon Friday the 7th of September. The performanceconcluded 10 months of auditions, rehearsals, andmanyafterschoolhours.TwoSACEexaminersattendedFridaynight’sperformance.
Masquerade
With three Year 11 Drama students helping backstage, therewasafabulouscrowdthatrewardedtheactorswithmany laugh’s, applauses and cheers as the students did amagnificent job at bringing their characters to life onstageandthenbackeditupwithasecondperformancethe next night.
Wereceivedfantastic feedbackfromaudiencememberswho likened it tobeing “asprofessional as an amateurproduction”, which really credits the amazing talent amongstthisgroupofstudents.
On the 6th of Septemberde SalesHousehosted MazzarelloHouse at our annual Fete fundraiserfortheCaglieroProject.
EachOratoryorganisedtheirownstallandwehadactivities ranging from ‘Bubble Ball Wrestling’,coinslides,fishingandraffles.
Oratoriesalsoranavarietyoffoodstallstotemptstudents and staff alike including milkshakes,pancakes, bacon and eggs sandwiches and garlic bread.
Year 10 student Millie Curry sang beautifullyaccompanied by Mr Deryck Pinchbeck on guitar whichaddedtothefestivalatmosphere.
ThestudentsofdeSalesHouseworkedveryhardin making this event a success and I thank their families for their support in donationsmade totheir stalls.
Altogetherweraisedover$2,400fortheCaglieroProject – a Salesian Organisation that supports young Australian volunteers in 6 and 12 month placements with a community in need locally and overseas.
Each week the Xavier Arts Faculty will be showcasing some of the amazing work from students across the curriculum area.
This weeks artists have been chosen due to their amazing team work skills. They have been experimenting with new music technology programs, recording and preparing their own creative pieces.
ARTS PRACTITIONER OF THE WEEK
TERM 3 – WEEK 8Yr 8 Music – William Bailey
Layne Bailey
Each week the Xavier Arts Faculty will be showcasing some of the amazing work from students across the curriculum area.
This weeks Artists were chosen for their dedication to practise and excellence in performance within the year 8 Concert Band.
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Community NoticeboardXavier College provides this information for families and asks that consideration be given to the usefulness and appropriateness of the
information. Providing the information does not of itself infer any recommendation.
Don Bosco Youth GroupInvolvingfun,games,sport,prayer.
SACE & International Baccalaureate Spring Revision Program Mon 1 Oct - Fri 5 Oct and/or Mon 8 - Fri 12 Oct
“The most useful holiday program I have ever been to. There is no doubt these seminars helped my results improve
by at least 15%.” M. Dimauro
“Very useful seminars. I feel much more confident about my exams. These seminars help to structure and motivate students
to do work during the holidays!” M. Fioretti
“Improved my confidence in all topics SIGNIFICANTLY.” J. Bobolka
From $30 per day!.......... Very Early Bird offer closing soon..............
Phone 82317776 or enrol online: www.aeg.sa.edu.auAdelaide Education Consultants L30, 91 King William St Adelaide
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1 Kentish Road, Gawler Belt SA 5118 Telephone 08 8523 0088 Facsimile 08 8523 0916 www.xavier.catholic.edu.au
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