ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE NEWSLETTER
Publication Date
Term 4 - Week 5
Friday, 14 November 2014
General Information
Prayer for First Reconciliation
 Uniform Shop
Opening Hours
Tuesdays
8.15am - 9.30am and
Wednesdays
2.15pm - 4.00pm
Merciful God, as we prepare for first reconciliation,
help us to ask forgiveness when we need to.
Help us to forgive others who have wronged us.
 Absentee Phone Line 9844 0280
 Absentee Email:
And let us be peacemakers in our school and in our family.
We thank you for the gift of your forgiveness and love.
[email protected]
 Principal - Mr Bradley Hall
Amen
 Head of Secondary
Ms Sue Alderman
 Acting Head of Junior School
Mr Jim Morcom
From the Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Families, Students and Members of our College
 Business Manager
Mrs Marion Leonhardt
School Fees & Direct Deposits
Community.
Last week’s Show Stand was a great opportunity to display some student’s work and
Important Dates Coming Up
catch up with current, past and prospective parents. Thanks to Mrs Jones, assisted by
our Groundsmen Nick West and Dave Pickering, for an excellent display. Thanks also
WEEK 6
to our students and staff who assisted at the Show.
Sat 15 November
 First Reconciliation 5.00pm HFC
 Family Mass 6.00pm HFC
Congratulations to the Band, under the direction of Ste-
Mon 17 November
 Yr 10 Lawn Bowls
 Yr 11 Exams Commence
lunchtime concert.
WEEK 7
This week the Junior School had their Athletics Track and Field events; congratulations
ve Dougherty, on their debut performance. Students
will be able to see the Band in Week Eight at the
to all participants and thanks to Miss Hancock for her organisation of the two days.
Mon 24 November
 Yr 10 Exams Commence
 College Board Annual Community
Meeting and P & F AGM 7.00pm Ave
Maria Chapel
Wed 26 November
 Year 9 Camp
 JS Inter-School Athletics Field Events
(Yr 4-6)
Fri 28 November
 Yr 11 - Last Day
 JS Inter-School Athletics Track Events
(Yrs 1-7)
Phone:
9844 0222
Fax:
9844 0223
Tomorrow our First Reconciliation students will receive the Sacrament at Holy Family
Church prior to the Family Mass at 6..00pm, please keep these children in your prayers.
Email:
[email protected]
Internet:
http://web.sjc-albany.wa.edu.au
General Notices
Canteen News
Tuesday’s Special will be a BLT.
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato in a
toasted bun for $4.50.
Principal’s Report
Year Eleven House Captains for 2015
Congratulations to all who nominated for House Captains for 2015. The following students were elected as follows:
De Vialar - Kealen Oorschot and Pongpon Thongdeesan
Cunningham - Madeleine Jones and Rebecca Berg
Ozanam - Megan Lynch and Jasmine Dunn
McCormack - Megan Winter and Ashleigh Smith
Mr Bradley Hall - Principal
P & F News
College Notices
The P & F held their final Committee
Talented Young Writers’ Programme
Meeting for 2014 on Tuesday night
Just a reminder to those parents whose children have been invited
and we look forward to the Annual
by their English teachers to attend the 2015 Talented Young Writ-
General Meeting on Monday 24 No-
ers’ Workshops, that the cost to attend these workshops is $110
vember. The AGM will follow the
per student for four workshops, one per term, payable to the College Office by Friday 28
College Board’s Annual Community
November.
Meeting
which commences at
7.00pm in the Ave Maria Chapel. We
If you have not yet completed the permission slip posted home at the end of Term Three,
welcome new and familiar faces to
can you please make sure it is returned as soon as possible whether your child is attending
the Committee for 2015.
or not.
A motion will be presented at the
If you need another letter or any more information please contact me.
AGM for the P&F to become unin-
Mrs Jude Wiegele - Librarian
corporated. This motion needs to
Ph: 98440232 Email: [email protected]
be passed at an AGM forum.
St Joseph’s “Big Rock Sandwich”
The Nomination Form for all Com-
The inaugural performance of the St Joseph’s College contem-
mittee positions is attached at the
pory music band occurred at this year’s Albany Show, much to
back of this Newsletter or can be
the bands excitement they played an extra half hour as anoth-
downloaded from the College Web-
er act was unable to make it. This new band played for almost
site.
two hours on a full front of house mix stage, wow I couldn’t have hoped for this much
opportunity and experience in our first outing.
Thank you to those who supported
our coffee cart at today’s Junior
The band opened with “Safe and Sound” featuring Joreinel Abarca and Petra Leonhardt on
School Athletics Carnival and thank
lead vocals and acoustic guitar with keyboard riffs from Andrew Yuswak and powerful vio-
you to those who helped.
lin from Angela Ciulla. Petra did the announcing and kept everyone on their toes with vari-
Mrs Amanda Thompson - President
ous changes of instruments, mics and percussive bits. Andrew Yuswak produced amazing
sounds out of his micro keys, carrying it around stage at one point and creating some very
cool grooves. Georgia Babun and Mark Weldon’s unique harmonies featured in two indies
classics, Mountain Sound and It’s Time, with backing vocalist Ciel Ablett providing the soprano backing vocal spread right throughout the concert. Brothers Steve and Sean Orpwood put down a solid tight groove in the backline on drums and bass throughout the
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Parish Notices
Albany Christmas Pageant
Parish Float
College Notices
performance, with Steve featuring his drum expertise on songs like Hunting For Witches and
the Paul Kelly classic Dumb Things. Laconic lead guitarist Joe Gorman produced an amazing
slide guitar solo as well as being lead vocalist for Seven Nation Army and other songs. Jordy
Morcom took on lead vocals for several songs including two Black Keys numbers. The back-
To Parents/Guardians:
The time is approaching when Albany will be exciting the town's
children with its Christmas Parade
on Saturday, 6 December in York
Street!
An information letter will be distributed soon to each relevant
classroom, with requests for
'angels and shepherds' to participate in the Christmas Parade on
the
Holy
Family
Parish
float. Please could you all consider
this opportunity for your children
and
return
the
tear-off
slip before Friday, 28 November to
your child's class teacher, so that
the number of children can be accommodated on the float.
Thank
you
for
your
cooperation. Hope to see you all
there.
Enquiries: Gloria Barnes on 04277
03693
ing vocals for Gold on the Ceiling and Lonely Boy were highlights with layered harmonies
from Joreinel, Angela, Georgia, Mark and Ciel.
Cameron Findlay on the sound desk worked overtime finding the various changes and commented on the tightness of such a large group. After the first fifteen minutes the band’s
nerves settled and they found an excellent groove, completing an amazingly varied and entertaining set of songs from acoustic indie songs like Dream Catch Me through to old aussie
rock and modern pop to the progressive new metal of Supermassive Black Hole by Muse.
The experience gained from this is invaluable and I look forward to our lunchtime concert in
Week Eight and continued community involvement next year. The band is already booked
to play at Relay for Life in March next year so I am looking forward to their continued development.
Mr Steve Dougherty - Music Teacher
St Joseph's College Albany Show Photography - People’s Choice Award
With over 600 votes counted for the competition from the St Joseph’s stall at the Albany
Show ‘The Rabbit’ by Laura Parker was First Place and Runner-Up was ‘Leaf Frog’ by Cooper
Bullock.
Both Year Nine students received a $40 dollar gift card for Dymocks Bookshop with Laura
Parker as the winning photographer also received a $50 voucher for Albany Camera House.
Congratulations to all who participated in a very successful display.
Mr Martin Long - Digital Photography Teacher
CELEBRATION OF THE
SACRAMENT
OF
FIRST RECONCILIATION
Saturday 15th November
5pm at
Holy Family Church
All welcome!
Let us pray that these children who
will be receiving the Sacrament
for the first time may discover the
peace and the amazing love of
God's forgiveness.
Year Seven and Ten 2015
A letter/email has been sent to parents about the 2015 Year Seven and Ten computing device. The full information letter and order form are on the College’s Website at: http://
web.sjc-albany.wa.edu.au/
Cake Stall Coming Soon
My name is Ali Dupuy and I have a son in Mrs McGlade’s Year Three class.
In February 2015 I am returning to an orphanage in Northern India for two weeks. The institution, Anandaniketan, is for children and adults with disabilities and there are 285 residents
living there in unbelievably terrible conditions.
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Chaplain’s Corner
By Fr. Christian Saminal
The Family and faith.
There is this saying that
says, “Charity begins at
home.” It is the family
that “teaches children
that they are loved
equally and unconditionally. They
experience love not as the world
loves them for what they can ‘do’,
but rather as God loves them, for
who they ‘are”.
As Chris Meney would point out, the
‘family is the usual way in which each
of us learns to develop a relationship
with God.’ “It is the community in
which, from childhood one can beggin to honour God” (CCC 2207). It has
been called the ‘domestic church’
and it is where we learn the value of
the Christian life’s most urgent demand: deep and profound charity.
This is a love that is of the very nature of God. Within the family children learn how God’s love for us is
revealed through the sacrificial act of
Jesus Christ. They also learn why the
Mass is so central and how the Eucharist enables us to continue God’s
work in us and through us. Through
the family children discover that this
totally self-sacrificial act of love is not
just a historical event or an abstract
ideal. It is a concrete reality, which
their parents reveal to their children
by continually ‘offering themselves
up’ out of love. The family teaches
children that they are loved equally
and unconditionally. They are loved
whether they are healthy or sick, ‘
normal’ or ‘handicapped’, intelligent
or a struggler. They experience love
not as the world loves them, for
what they can ‘do’, but rather as God
loves them, for who they ‘are’. The
dynamics of family life often require
the devotion of significant time, care,
resources and support to different
members at various stages. Such
decisions have their roots in a deep
and abiding respect for the inherent
dignity of each family member. In a
very special way, children learn that
love of God and love of neighbour
have become one: ‘As you did it to
the least of these my brethren, you
did it to me’ (Mt. 25:40).
College Notices
I am a physiotherapist and am travelling with Equal Health, a medical team. Our team of
15 is made up of a paediatrician, dentists, optometrists, occupational therapists and myself.
In 2013 we took over wheelchairs kindly supplied by Ollie Pickett’s Wheelchairs for Kids.
We sorted seating out for several of the teenagers with wonderful results. There is great
need and our team will be working hard in many ways.
Colleen McGlade and Jen Grimes have very kindly offered to hold a cake stall to help me
raise much needed funds for the residents. We will be holding the cake stall at Recess on
Tuesday 25 November. Thank you for your support
Milo T20 Blast School Cricket Cup
This interschool competition was held at North Road on Thursday 6 November. St Joseph’s College had a very successful day, remaining unbeaten in the round robin games
before winning the B division title. The team was made up of Year Eight and Nine students
who all participated with great enthusiasm and discipline.
In the first game against a combined team, St Joseph’s batted first to make 50 from eight
overs, with Aidan Dallimore and Myles Jackson combining to score 34 from their 2 overs.
The combined side could only reply with a total of 39.
Next the Albany Senior High School girl’s team could only manage 17 runs against some
tight bowling with the College team scoring 51. Aidan again featured, this time with Fraser
Pearce to score nearly half of the final total. The Australian Christian College team scored
a respectable 50 runs batting first in the following game with St Joseph’s falling over the
line with 54 in a tight match. Daniel “pup” Yuswak and David Pell got the side over the line
batting last in a tense situation. The final against the combined team was a high scoring
match with all batting pairs contributing to a score of 79. The opposition could only manage 62 in reply. My thanks go to the team members and joint captains Daniel and Myles
for displaying mature positive behaviour throughout the day.
Mr Herb Wiegele - Teacher
Senior School News
Year Ten - Semester Two Exams
Year Ten students will sit exams in Week Seven commencing on Monday 24 November.
Please find the Exam Schedule below and some important information regarding Exams.
St Joseph’s College Newsletter
Date
Time
Examination
Monday 24 November
9.00am - 11.10am
Science
Tuesday 25 November
9.00am - 11.10am
English
Tuesday 25 November
1.00pm - 3.10pm
Geography
Wednesday 26 November
9.00am - 11.10am
Religious Education
Wednesday 26 November
1.00pm - 3.10pm
Mathematics
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Senior School News
Students are reminded of the following:
 It is imperative that students are present for all scheduled examinations. Should a student be unable to attend because of
illness the College must be informed immediately. Please ring the College absentee number. Student must seek a medical
certificate and present it to Ms Alderman immediately on return to the College.
 Students must be at the College in plenty of time to present themselves at the required room at least ten minutes before
the scheduled time. Examinations will begin on time and students who arrive late may not be admitted.
 Morning examinations will begin at 9.00am - 11.10am; afternoon examinations will begin at 1.00pm - 3.10pm.
 Students must attend examinations in full College summer uniform.
 Electronic devices are not permitted in the examination rooms. Should students inadvertently bring one to school please
hand to the Front Office for safe keeping until the examination is completed.
 Equipment (i.e. pens, pencils etc.) required for the examinations must be held in a clear plastic sleeve. It is the student’s
responsibility to know what is required for a particular examination.
 Water bottles are permitted in the examination room provided they are of clear plastic with no writing.
 Food is not permitted in the examination room unless required for medical reasons.
Community Notices
Albany Basketball Association
Junior Hoops Program
The Program starts on Saturday 15 November
9.00 am at Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre.
Registrations on the day and all the info is on our website
www.albanybasketball.net
Cost: $25 and please bring a water bottle and a ball
if you have one.
Program is open to all students in Years 1-3
(and Pre Primary if they feel confident).
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13 November 2014
SPECIAL NEWSLETTER
Dear Parents
I have been informed of an incident that occurred yesterday after school in the community.
Two of our students were approached by strangers and asked to accompany them in a car.
Fortunately, both children refused and informed their parents who reported this matter to the police.
The purpose of this communication is to alert parents to this incident and for you to be vigilant
when it comes to children being out in the community without supervision. Further reminders to
your child about the dangers of accepting requests to accompany strangers would also be
worthwhile.
Yours sincerely
Alan Dowsett
Principal
SPENCER PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
26 Hardie Road Albany WA 6330
Telephone (08) 9841 2488 Fax (08) 9842 1493