* TRYING OUR BEST IN ALL THAT WE DO, TO THE MERCY SPIRIT WE WILL STAY TRUE *

22 SEPTEMBER, 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Upcoming events for

your Calendar …...

OCTOBER

Tuesday 26th Sept— Tuesday 3rd

New Caledonia

Study Trip for OLMC LOTE Students

Monday 9th STAFF DEVELOPMENT

DAY

Tuesday 10th Students return for

Term 4

Friday 13th National Rosary Day

Tuesday 17th Performing Arts

Evening

Thursday 19th Newman Symposium

5-15pm-8pm

Inside this Issue

Mercy Day Gallery 4-5

Performing Arts Evening 6

From the Assistant Principal 7

From the Leader of Religious Ed. 8

Year 10 Commerce Gallery 11

T20 Cricket Day Gallery 12

From the Library 13

From the Leader of Teaching & Learning

9-10

Thought for the Week…..

* MISERICORDIA SUB TUUM PRAESIDIUM * Mercy Under Your Protection O Holy Mother of God

“May God bless and animate you

with his own divine spirit,

that you may prove it is

Jesus Christ you love and serve

with your whole heart.”

- Catherine McAuley 1837

LEADERSHIP At the start of Term 4 the following candidates will address the College community, conveying why they should be College Leaders for 2018.

School Leader Nominees

House Leader Nominees

We wish all the girls well and thank them for nominat-ing to be a College Leader for 2018. Congratulations to the following OLMC Alumni who have been elected to Leadership positions at De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla for 2018.

Monique Bova (College Captain)

Jayla Lynch (College Vice Captain)

Sierra Blattman Ally Burnell Mia Flokis

Sarah Flokis Lily Pierce

Simona Stambolziovska Ariana Tane

Keira Whitford Daisy Winney

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TERM 4 EVENTS We have some exciting events coming up and I hope you will join us. 10 October: College Assembly for School Leader

Nominees (Parents are welcome to attend) 17 October: Performing Arts Evening 19 October: Newman Symposium (Please RSVP for

catering purposes) Invitations are included in this newsletter. MERCY DAY On Wednesday 20 September the OLMC Community celebrated Mercy Day; a day in which the school remem-bers the great works of Mercy begun by Catherine McAuley, taken forward by the Sisters of Mercy and con-tinued here at OLMC. We began the day with Mass at St Aloysius Church. We thank our celebrant Fr Tom Carroll. Fr Tom conveyed the importance and meaning of Mercy in his homily. Mercy is prayer in action - Fr Tom said that Mercy is experienced through human beings; our encounter with one another. With this comes the im-portance of OLMC maintaining its con-nection with the Sis-ters of Mercy. As peo-ple of Mercy, we must be prepared to offer ourselves to others in the spirit of Catherine McAuley. Mercy be-gins with me but can only be true when it ends with others. We must offer our talents, skills and service to those we encounter. We thank our special guests: Sr Leonie Martin rsm, Sr Chanel James rsm, Sr Carmelita Kassar rsm, Sr Cathe-rine Harris rsm, Sr Patricia Bolster, Mrs Sue Clay Princi-pal St Francis De Sales Primary School and Student Leaders, Ms Elizabeth Ovens Principal St Aloysius Prima-ry School and Student Leaders, Mrs Kate Dench and Stu-dent Leaders - Monte Sant Angelo, Ms Lisa James and Mrs Michelle Wheeler—Our Lady of Fatima Primary School and Student Leaders and Ms Anne Ferguson.

Aashna Binoy Lara Carroll

Emma Catania Sienna Gates

Brianna Hedges Siena Johnson

Varsha Jojo Lara Keir

Pia Millington-Wallace Amy Munns

Sascha Palmer Elyse Riordan

Angelica Rodriguez Sophia Rosenthal

Carly Spedding Bailey Thomson

Mikayla Prior Maddison Mandile

Isabella Ora Isabella Whalan

Carita Kiara Beesley

Sienna Bouzounis Mia Burcher

Sophie Crawford Lara Carroll

McAuley

Harriet Hurst Mia Lovecchio

Rylee McDonald

Coolock Tamia Giardini

Summer Halliwell-Quinn Maya Hill

Mercedes Ella Randazzo Jade Vinson

Tiahna Woodger

We also acknowledge members of our community for their contribution to the Mercy values of the College: Isabella McLachlan, Rorie O’Hara, Lucy Vella and par-ents of our College, Mrs Katrina & Barry Munns (Parents of Amy and Hannah), Mrs Melissa Hatheier(Mother of Alana and Shannon) and Mrs Susanna & Marco Amerio (Parents of Lara) as well as Mrs Joanne Furnari, Mrs Holly Hallinan and Mr Andrew Mackenzie who represent the Mercy spirit being carried out through our teaching staff today To commemorate the occasion each student and staff member was given a set of OLMC earphones. We hope that during their time at OLMC, our students and staff will have heard and truly listened to the words of Catherine McAuley. After Mass, the students celebrated Mercy Day by hav-ing fun on the rides, eating tasty treats from the Year 10 Commerce Market Stalls and watched the ‘B’ theme fashion parade. All the staff and students got into the spirit of the day with most joining in with the ‘B’ theme. By all reports it was a great day. Drone footage of the events back at school can be found at : http://olmcburraneer.catholic.edu.au/News-Events/MercyDay2017/ Special thanks to our altar servers, choir, musicians, readers, dancers, Year 10 Commerce students and other student and parent helpers and to our staff: Mrs Letitia Layton, Mrs Christine Harding, Mr Juan Gonzaga, Mrs Janine Janssen, Mr Ric Sucgang, Mrs Holly Hallinan, Mrs Joanne Furnari, Mrs Anne-Maree Corby, Mrs Alex Chapman, Ms Kerrie-Marie Baxter, Mrs Overton, Mr Andrew Mackenzie, Mr Anthony Moore, Ms Helena Christoforidis, the Religious Educa-tion and HSIE Teams and support staff. STAFF NEWS This week we farewell Miss Delia De Bellis. We thank her for her quality teaching and contribution to school life at OLMC. We wish her well in her future endeavours.

At the commencement of Term 4 we welcome back Mrs Emma Honey from Maternity Leave.

Congratulations to Miss Belinda Malakovski on her recent engagement.

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HSC We wish our ex-students well as they commence their HSC Examinations on Monday 16th October. Our pray-ers and thoughts are with you. SR PATRICIA ANDERSON Our thoughts and prayers are with Sr Pat for a speedy recovery after surgery. We missed her warm and friendly smile at Mercy Day. COMMERCE MARKET Congratulations to the Year 10 Commerce classs, under the leader-ship of Mr Moore and Ms Chris, for their impressive Commerce Market Stalls. The staff and students abso-lutely loved the food. A special thank you to the parents who assisted with the Commerce Market: Mary and George Georgievski, Mrs Effie Fotiou, Leo Thanos, Anthony Salvato, Michelle Salvato, Helen Ket-tlewell, Trish Incollingo, Dean Gettens, Paul and Karen Ridoutt, Guy Considine, Kerry Brustolin, Vesna Kubu-rovska and Julia Chapman. A CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE MARRIAGE DEBATE As requested I have included in this newsletter a link to a letter to parents and carers from His Grace, Archbish-op Anthony Fisher, co-signed by Dr Dan White, Executive Director of Sydney Catholic Schools, with respect to the postal survey on marriage.

Ms Gilda Pussich Principal

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Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College BurraneerOur Lady of Mercy Catholic College BurraneerOur Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer

cordially invites you to acordially invites you to acordially invites you to a

Tuesday 17th OctoberTuesday 17th OctoberTuesday 17th October 7pm7pm7pm

OLMC Mercy CentreOLMC Mercy CentreOLMC Mercy Centre

Performances byPerformances byPerformances by Dance TroupeDance TroupeDance Troupe

ChoirChoirChoir Vocal EnsembleVocal EnsembleVocal Ensemble Chamber GroupChamber GroupChamber Group Elective MusicElective MusicElective Music Elective DramaElective DramaElective Drama

selected soloistsselected soloistsselected soloists

Prior to the commencement of the show, please enjoy the

Visual Arts Exhibition of student work which will be open for viewing from

6.15 - 7.00 pm in The Catherine Centre

FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Pupil Free Day Monday 9 October is a pupil free day. Our Staff Professional Development day, which includes training in Mind Matters and Anaphylaxis, will focus on the care of our students, If you require supervision for your daughter, please contact the College office on 9544 1966. Term 4 All students will resume school on Tuesday 10 October in full summer uniform. Attendance As we are moving toward the end of Term 3, the attendance rates for students are being reviewed. For some stu-dents there has been contact with home to ensure that rates of attendance improve. The more often a student is in the classroom the more they will be learning. If a student is absent a note needs to be sent the next day that the student returns to school. Lateness Some students have been arriving at school late (after Period 1 has begun 8.40am). Students who arrive late to school are required to sign in at Student Services. The expectation is that if a student is late they bring a signed note from a parent / guardian. An unexplained start to the day will incur a lunchtime detention. Students are en-couraged to arrive at school at 8.30am to avoid being late to class. Procedure if child is unwell at school If students are feeling unwell at school they are to report to Student Services and if needed the office staff will make contact with home. Students are not to text or phone their parents directly. The College office needs to know where students are and monitor their wellbeing. Uniform Wearing the correct school uniform provides students with many benefits. The main advantage is that It not only promotes a better learning environment but also instils a sense of school pride and positive values in the girls. By wearing the College uniform correctly, students are demonstrating that they are an integral part of the community. Please ensure that your daughter wears the summer uniform correctly.

Uniform requirements are outlined on page 19 of the Student Diary. Many students have grown over the winter months and require their summer uniform hem to be let down. Please support the College by organising this over the holidays. Uniform length should be at the knee, please check your daughter’s uniform length. In cold weather, the College blazer is the outer garment for the summer uniform. The red jumper may be worn under the blazer. Wishing you and your family a restful holiday.

Christine Harding Assistant Principal

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October—The Month of the Rosary During the month of October, stu-dents at OLMC will be given a range of opportunities to connect with the Rosary. Religious Education Classes Students in Years 7-10 will be participating in RE lessons and Year Assemblies will focus on the Rosary. Students will be remind-ed of the sequence of prayers used as well as revising the his-torical background to this beauti-ful prayer. National Rosary Day Friday 13 October will be National Rosary Day. OLMC students and staff will join in solidarity by pray-ing a decade of the Rosary.

Mrs Letitia Layton Leader of Religious Education

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OLMC FROM THE LEADER OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Please note:

Years 8 and 10

RE Tests

11 October

Period 2

FROM THE LEADER OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

Newman Symposium OLMC’s commitment to the Newman Selective Gifted Program is to provide the opportunity to showcase the work of the students in the Newman classes. Now in its third year, students in the program in Years 7, 8 and 9 have been preparing for a symposium of their work to be presented on Thursday, 19 Octo-ber. Parents of Newman students are asked to sup-port their daughters during their presentations, and the College community is warmly invited to attend. Sydney Catholic Schools that are part of the Newman Program can choose the format for the showcase they present. It has been the College’s plan, in supporting our College Vision and Mission, to promote 21st Cen-tury skills. Thus, Year 7 students demonstrate Com-munication, Year 8 students add to this and partici-pate in Collaboration, and Year 9 students add to these two skills and combine them with Critical Think-ing. Their symposium presentations are as follows: Year 7 Reverse Parent-Teacher Interviews Students have been working to synthesise the learn-ing they have experienced over the course of this year. This is encapsulated in a presentation using an online medium of their choice to be shown to their parents or carers. The students have used work sam-ples such as documents, presentations, photographs and recordings of their projects as well as the feed-back that has been provided to them by their teach-ers. This demonstrates the knowledge and skills they have acquired from being a member of the Newman class for this year. Year 8 Master Classes Each Key Learning Area in the College runs a Newman class. Focusing on at least one of these, groups of students will teach their audience in a particular sub-ject area. Audience members may be asked to an-swer questions based on their lesson, or participate in the planned activities to demonstrate their under-standing or test a hypothesis. The planned classes are as follows: 1. Visual arts exhibition - View the products from our

talented students and learn about the techniques, media and inspiration behind each artwork

2. The physics of travel - Students will design a mechanism to propel a small car. These will be raced to test the hypothesis stated at the begin-ning of their lesson

3. The symbolic meaning of stained glass imagery - Combining the learning in Religious Education, Visual Art and HSIE students will share their learn-

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ing with their audience in a practical and hands-on way

4. Kitchen Garden - Students will present their findings from kitchen garden planning in Technology to exe-cute an effective crop for harvest

5. French cheeses - Find out the difference between the different cheeses that are produced, their histo-ry, their providence and why they taste the way they do

6. Gender stereotypes - What stereotypes exist in our society and flip these beliefs using images from the text, Piggybook. A debate will be initiated with the statement, ‘Why disrupting the status quo can be a good thing’.

7. How fit are you really? - Using heart rate and an es-tablished hypothesis, students will aim to demon-strate the fitness levels of audience participants mathematically and scientifically. Skipping ropes supplied!

Year 9 OLMC Talks (TED Talks Style) To demonstrate their ability to think critically about a topic they are passionate about, Year 9 students will speak for five minutes in small groups about their learn-ings and observations on a variety of areas. These have been initiated by them and seek to extend the depth of their knowledge around a question they wish to answer for themselves. Find out what they have discov-ered. The topics include:

1.A day in the life of a Newman student 2.The power of the mind: Mind over matter 3.How has women’s fashion changed our world? 4.Stress and how to deal with it 5.The philosophy of Harry Potter 6.Labels 7.Conspiracy theory 8.Brain games 9.Is your blue my green? 10.Gender equality 11.WhAt is the effect of praise and encouragement on sporting performance?

Juan Gonzaga Leader of Teaching and Learning

FROM THE LEADER OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

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FROM THE LIBRARY

Congratula

tions girls

- Ms Pussich

Congratulations to our

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CANTEEN ROSTER FOR THE FORTNIGHT BEGINNING

9TH OCTOBER, 2017 Monday: (9TH) STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY Tuesday: T Robb, K Baccon Wednesday: T Whitelegg, P Franks-Pearson Thursday: N Knapton Friday: K McRae, Maressa

Monday: N Considine, A Rowney Tuesday: M Szeles Wednesday: D Riccio, L Kennedy Thursday: L Johnson, P Cassidy Friday: Y Owen, L Smith

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