Monte Matters 21 November 2014 - Term 4, Week 7 Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College 128 Miller Street North Sydney , NSW 2060 Facsimile Absentee Office Business Office (02) 9956 5925 (02) 9409 6210 (02) 9409 6223 Registrar Development Office College Shop (02) 9409 6245 (02) 9409 6240 (02) 9409 6256 www.monte.nsw.edu.au FROM THE PRINCIPAL Nicole Christensen Good Sports Unite Communities In 2014, our girls were encouraged to participate in one Dear Parents and Friends of Monte, Athletics, Basketball Cross Country, Dance, Hockey, The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement Kwon Do, Tennis, Touch Football and Water Polo. or more of fifteen sports programs, including: Aerobics, Rowing, Softball, Soccer, Snow Sports, Swimming, Tae for 2014-2015 challenges us to look at the place of sport in our lives. Where are its strengths and how can we ensure that sport can thrive and in return, can nourish our society? Most importantly, how can we work to realise sport’s potential to unite communities, overcome differences and be a force for social justice and reconciliation? world of sport is a beautiful reality that has strengthened over time, for the Ecclesial community sees in sports a powerful instrument for the integral growth of the human person. Engaging in sports, in fact, rouses us to go beyond ourselves and our interests in a healthy way; it trains the spirit in sacrifice and, if it is organised well, it fosters loyalty in interpersonal relations, friendship, and respect for rules.” Monte has embraced the ten actions endorsed by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council; to strive for our best and in so doing strengthen relationships and inclusivity in our community. Last night at Monte’s annual Sports Awards Dinner 600 parents, students, coaches and staff celebrated our sporting accomplishments, dedication their participation and to support social justice programs beyond the gates of Monte, encouraging women in sport all around the world. “Participation in sports can be a means for those at the Pope Francis says, “The bond between the Church and the students Monte Sports also empowers our girls to be proud of and commitment to training and overall participation and team work. Our Sports Captains paid moving tributes to their sporting heroes, coaches and parents. At Monte, we believe that sport should be open to all. The impact of sport is profound. It encourages health, fitness, inclusivity, building relationships and personal growth. margins of society to move from the edges to the centre.” Social Justice Statement 2014-2015 Thank you to all our parents, sporting coaches, community and the Sports Department and staff for your generous support of sport at Monte. Nicole Christensen Principal DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL Year 8 Joeys Dance Joanne Cooper At the beginning of the year, I shared a learning goal with the Middle School, I was going to learn to play a piano piece and perform it publicly! As you all have daughters, you are well aware that certain comments get remembered very clearly and you get called to account. I am now being pressured to perform my piece. And rightly so, I will benefit from “assessment” of my learning,very publicly! But what is it that I have learnt in taking on this goal? Year 9 Shormal • I have learnt that even when I cannot do something after 20 attempts, it sometimes comes together on the 21st effort. and parents we can help build this through emphasising • I have learnt that asking for help actually moved my the challenge, not the success (Dweck, 2007). Struggling progress along quite rapidly. with tasks is part of the learning process and is to be valued. • I have learnt that having a goal to work towards kept me Often students don’t identify the persistence that learning motivated to continue, even when I was struggling. asks of us, expecting instant results in a technological age • I learnt that by sharing the journey with your daughters, of immediacy. An IB learner characteristic, we aim to they gave me moral support. It helped me understand the value this quality of “persistence” in our life-long learners. feelings of “risk” when we undertake something new. • I learnt that I wanted to say “I can’t do it” but that was The Middle School has also been engaged recently in reflecting a fixed mindset of intelligence. Rather, as I much summative assessment (less publicly) as the 2014 practised, I found that I could say “I’m beginning to do academic year comes to an end. It seems that Monte’s it”, a growth mindset (Carol Dweck, 2007), which made Middle School celebration of choice is to dance! Year me more positive about reaching my learning goal (don’t 9 celebrated their end of exams with the “Shormal”, a expect Liberace here!!!) facilitated “smart casual” dance with the boys from Shore. Year 8 went to Joeys to join the boys in a formal dance, I’m not looking forward to the performance, but I know again led by the Joan Carmody Dance School. In a more that it is part of me working towards my goal. I’ll do my freeform approach, Years 7 and 8 kicked up their heels in best on the day. a social dance with the boys of the lower North Shore held at Monte in the McGuirk courtyard. The Senior Leaders It is an important conversation to have with your set a great tone for the evening and co-ordinated a lovely daughters in building resilience in learning. As teachers celebration of the year. Year 9 Shormal Year 9 & 10 Relays Year 9 Year 9 are to be commended on the manner with which they conducted themselves during their recent “block” examinations. Held in McQuoin Centre, the girls became accustomed to the procedures of sitting whole cohort exams in a four-day period, using study periods wisely and managing an exam timetable. They have been introduced to the Personal Project in a launch on 17 November and are now preparing their proposals. To further prepare them for Senior School, Year 9 spent a recent Pastoral Period with Year 10 using the “speed dating” model, to have 90-second conversations around what they might expect next year. This session concluded with a battle of the homerooms, a mix of crazy relays, with Year 9 Aquinas A and Year 10 McGuirk B tying for first place. Year 7 Wetlands courage in their actions and identify other ways they can role model courage and female empowerment with their peers and in their community. This has also been evident in the wonderful hampers that Year 7 and 8 have been collecting for the Newtown Asylum Seeker Centre, as part of the Middle School SRC initiative “Christmas is Giving”. Year 7 Year 7 showed great Mercy hospitality on the Year 7, 2015 Orientation Day by being a buddy and welcoming our newest members-to-be of the Monte Community. They also showed great sensitivity on their Reflection Day and took over the responsibility of the pond, Bindarray.ga from Year 7, 2009 (Year 12, 2014), something they will now carry through to Year 12 and handover to Year 7, 2019. This Year 8 Throughout this term, Year 8 has focused on “Connection within their Community” through two main activities. The first is The Secret Good Deed, where they perform random acts of kindness for somebody else with the catch that this person can never know. The second focus has been Courage, where, using Malala Yousafzai as inspiration, Year 8 reflected on ways they and others show environmental focus was also evident this week when the girls visited either the zoo (for Science) or the wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park where they practised fieldwork and learnt about the mangrove environment (Geography). Joanne Cooper Acting Director of Middle School Photos courtesy of Anthony Khoury Photography SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Paul Wacher Head of Department As we come to the end of the academic year we can reflect upon some of the recent events in Science. Ten years after its launch, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta space craft landed upon a comet last week. What wonderful timing, as this coincided with the Year 11 Physics students’ study of the slingshot effect that is more appropriately called gravity assist. The unfortunate Ebola outbreak gave special relevance to Year 9 study of the immune response and how vaccinations work. To that end you have been chosen as a member of a disaster The lava from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, that has been relief research unit provided by the Australian Federal continuously erupting since 1983, took an unexpected Government who say they will fund any reasonable, well- turn towards a village just in time for Year 10 to take note explained, potential solution. Your individual role is to as they studied plate tectonics. The list goes on. Hopefully use your scientific expertise to develop ways to solve this the girls observe the things that are going on around them quickly growing problem. and recognise the relevance that the Science they are studying at school has to the events that are happening The students then have two hours to plan what they are in the world. going to do, a full day to develop their solution and do the practical testing, then two further hours to present the Group 4 Project results of their research and their solution to the problem. The Sciences fall into the category of Group 4 subjects in The girls set up their presentations in the new display the IB Diploma programme. As part of the course, they space in the Arts and Cultural Common. It is wonderful must carry out a multidisciplinary group project. The that the girls get this opportunity to be creative in their students are presented with a problem and they must approach in subjects where they don’t often get this work together with their group to come up with a scientific chance. solution to the problem. The Last Word The problem - a disease without cure, without proper Pope Francis has clearly stated the Catholic Church’s diagnosis and - most frightening of all - with an extremely position on evolution and the Big Bang. Even though these high mortality rate has broken out in a number of remote views have been clear for a very long time, we are still villages in the South American country of Bolivia, deep in confronted with students who think these scientific ideas the Amazon Rainforest. Access to the villages affected is can not be compatible with religion. I would encourage all difficult (there are few roads) and the national and local to read what the Pope has to say. governments are seriously under resourced. There are few hospitals near the affected people and what medical staff Paul Wacher were there, have become infected themselves and have now Head of Science died or are incapacitated. “FOOD FOR THOUGHT” LAUNCH Joanne Cooper Director of Middle School On Wednesday 14 November Monte We were joined by Foin Sa’e, a young Thank you to all involved, in particular launched the “Food for Thought” group of Timorese dancers and singers Mr Young for his musical direction and Program. who shared their cultural music with performance, as we tested the new us, and were also joined by the Monte ACC and found it to be a wonderfully Singers. creative venue. guest at the launch of the “Food for The evening continued with fantastic Donations for Food for Thought can Thought” Campaign to raise funds for performances from the Stage Band, the be made by following the link on the students in Timor Leste. String, Chamber and Wind Ensembles. front page of our website We were also treated to some amazing http://www.monte.nsw.edu.au/ The Consul General for Timor Leste, Ms Armandina Santos, was the official The Campaign “Food for Thought” soloists will deliver funds to support the Gracella Vega and Shalini Sinnetamby education and nutrition of students and teachers and staff sharing their Joanne Cooper in Maliana Timor Leste. This project considerable talents with us! Acting Director of Middle School is a partnership between Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College and the diocesan Collegio Maliana, supporting the works of the Sisters of Mercy. The Monte community continues to respond to the hungers of our time in ways that are creative, compassionate, respectful, life-giving and life- changing. The evening was an expose of excellence at the College. It began with wonderful food service from the Year 12 hospitality class. Participants were then invited into the Art Exhibition “Sustain”, focusing on Nourish, Learn, Discover - a photo exhibition from the Timor Leste trip. in Annabel Schweikert, PERFORMING ARTS Music Academy Year 9 Music Night Congratulations to the following voice students of Ms A reminder that the Year 9 Music Night is on this coming Michaele Archer on their wonderful results in recent Monday, November 24, starting at 5.30pm in the O’Regan AMEB examinations: ACC Theatre. It is shaping up to be a wonderful evening of solo and group performances by our talented students Grace Sinclair, Year 11 - Third Grade Singing for Leisure - A undertaking their first year of elective Music studies. Ariel Bonnell, Year 11 - Fifth Grade Singing for Leisure - A It will be short and sweet, finishing at approximately Jacqueline Grant, Year 10 - Fifth Grade Singing for Leisure – A+ 6.45pm. All Year 9 Music students are expected to attend and all parents, family members and friends will be most Music Tour to Japan welcome – it would be terrific to have a large audience to Thank you to all who have shown interest in this tour, support the girls. to take place in the June/July school holidays 2015. Your daughter should have brought home another information Sarah Thompson letter, requesting a deposit. This should be sent to us by Head of Performing Arts Friday November 21. If you require any more information please contact me. Andrew Young Head of Music Performance PARENTS & FRIENDS By Lauren Heath , President MSAMC P&F Association Christmas Cocktails The celebration on Saturday night was a wonderful coming together of past and present parents and friends to honour former principal, Ms Catherine Alcock. The gathering included eight of the nine P&F Presidents from the past 10 years, special guests Nicole Christensen, Jacqui Magurren, Sister Jennie and Marshall Leaver. Indigenous community members, Aunty Janette and Aunty Teresa provided a special acknowledgment of land while the band, Crunching Numbers, livened up the night with wellchosen songs from an appropriate era! purposes and values. You can be the judge of how successful Past P&F Presidents Shirley Mohen, Sarah Jane Vaux and – or not - I have been in all of this. I take with me some Rosie Morgan spoke of Catherine’s quiet persuasion, her wonderful memories of the spirited and creative young composure and sense of purpose, her ability to listen and women of the College, whom I regard with significant her collaborative approach. Her philosophy that good respect and affection. The future world in their hands is education was about encouraging all those around her to well–placed and safe... I always held the view that I was be ongoing learners, her understanding of the changing privileged to be invited to be Principal of Monte Sant’ ways our daughters learn and the spaces needed to reflect Angelo Mercy College ....[and] to have served and worked this and her support for the P&F, confident that an active with such a wonderful community.” P&F helped build a vibrant school community. I do not believe there is any doubt about the Catherine in turn thanked the school community and the transformational change overseen by Catherine and the generosity of parents. Some of the things she particularly deep respect and admiration the parent community has appreciated and valued were the faith and trust shown in for her. her and the College, the support for the building projects, the embracing of the IB. As well as the understanding On behalf of the P&F, we presented Catherine with a that schools are not perfect places, and the sharing of the painting by Esmerelda Kulitja, depicting the law and College’s values. She recognised the importance of parents’ stories of the Seven Sisters. Esmeralda has been to Monte guidance and support in their daughters’ participation as part of Naidoc week and her mother, Rene, is even in College life and parents’ generosity of spirit, which is more strongly connected with Monte through the Central reflected in the students. She thanked parents and said: Desert trip. We thank Marshall Leaver for assistance in its acquisition. “I endeavoured to provide your daughters with the best resources and quality of education that I could muster Lauren Heath with the significant help of an enabling College Board. I P&F President also sought to promote a sense of community with shared [email protected] SHARING SOME THOUGHTS By Sister Lecia RSM Dear Friends, Installation of Anthony Fisher as Ninth Archbishop of Sydney 12 November 2014 bringing new hope to our Church in need of reform. Last week was indeed eventful. I witnessed the Installation of Archbishop Anthony Fisher, enjoyed the “Food for Thought” function in our new O’Regan Arts and Cultural Common, and had the final Spirituality Lessons for Year 10 - all wondrously woven into my ordinary daily life, as an experience of living in love in God’s Presence. I am sure you would have your own tales to tell about how this happens for you. Some people call such things coincidences, but they could just as easily be thought of as marks of God’s providential care and part of His loving plan for us. Whether or not you were there among the thousands who gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral last Thursday night, 12 November 2014, you can still find information about the celebration by simply googling “Archbishop Anthony Fisher”. Seeing and hearing him that night filled me with grateful joy and hope, because here was an energetic, courageous, joyful, wise and holy man who truly loves people, cares deeply about our children, and longs to lead the Church through its current shame into a brighter future, with the Church emerging humbler, more compassionate and spiritually renewed. It is very much in our interests to be united in our response to the Archbishop’s request for our prayers, and to follow his lead, as he takes up and continues his hefty responsibilities, so that he might always “speak the truth with love” (Ephesians 4:15) - as the motto on his coat of arms reminds him to do. Our new Archbishop would particularly like us to seek Our Lady’s intercession on his behalf, as he tries to achieve, with our help, the vision he so clearly defined in his inspiring first homily. On another plane, our end-of year appointments calendar is filling at such an alarming rate, that we clearly need to discern what we can reasonably manage. To do that, we can consider our priorities and examine our motives, (in the Ignatian way). Then we can take all these things to God in prayer, asking The Holy Spirit to guide our choices. While we are about it, we would do well to share our concerns with Our Blessed Mother Mary, our Guardian Angels and Patron Saints. Remember that Jesus cannot refuse His mother anything, because He loves her so much. With all this help, we can confidently decide and then leave the outcome in God’s hands. Let us now consider those invitations. They are important to the ones who sent them and a sign of their regard for us, so why do we sometimes fail to acknowledge them? We can accept joyously, or decline graciously, sending a tiny explanation of our inability to accept this time. If we do all this, we will be glorifying God by expressing our love and appreciation for His people, even if we cannot be with them in person. What more could we desire? Until next week, then, my best wishes for the survival of your equilibrium! Sr Lecia RSM SPORTS REPORT By Stuart Hanrahan, Sports Program Manager Sports Awards Dinner On Wednesday evening 550 students, parents, coaches, staff and guests crammed in to the McQuoin Centre to celebrate the sporting achievements of Monte students from 2014. Guest speaker and Commonwealth games swimming gold medallist, Emma McKeon, was gracious, eloquent and inspirational during her interview with Monte parent I would like to congratulate the following Major Award winners: • Kate Biviano (Year 12) and Jacinta Fisher (Year 11) • expertise. Mr Chester has a wonderful manner and style • Teacher) and Miss Maddie Bounds (Senior Leader) for Contribution to Sport Awards: Lucy Dirou, Emma Woods, Alysha Skerritt and Emma Mason all of Year 12. • The College also recognised the substantial contribution made by two members of staff: Mr in his interviews and as such brings out the very best in the subject. I would like to thank Miss Eloise Ford (Monte Junior Sportswoman of the Year: Olivia Carmody (Year 9) Mark Chester. I would like to thank Mr Chester for once again availing the College of his time, professionalism and Senior Sportswoman of the Year: Jointly awarded to Kevin Watson and Mrs Glenys Paranihi. • Team of the Year: Jointly awarded to the Swimming Senior Relay and the Senior Representative acting as MC’s for the evening. Basketball teams who can both claim to be the best school teams in all of NSW. • Umpires of the Year: Elizabeth Russell and Samantha Curtis (both Year 11) • Student Coach of the Year: Ella Boudakin (Year 11) SPORTS REPORT By Stuart Hanrahan, Sports Program Manager You may recall me recently discussing the Australian Social Finals Justice Councils 2014-15 Statement – A Crown for Australia Good luck to all of the teams in Waterpolo, Volleyball, – Striving for the Best in our Sporting Nation. Last night Basketball, Tennis and Touch Football who are playing we focused on a number of the Steps that were outlined by either semi-finals or Grand Finals tomorrow. the Council in an effort to engage the Monte community in the goals of the statement. We supported the #LikeAGirl “Become who you are. It happens once in a lifetime.” -- campaign in order to challenge sexism in sport. If you Switchfoot have not seen the campaign video I encourage you to take a look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs Stuart Hanrahan Sports Program Manager The Sports Captains also made ‘thank you’ speeches directed at women who are involved in sport who have shown positive values within those sports. The following students also won major awards within their particular sports: Aerobics Performer of the Year 2014 Madeleine Urquhart Athletics Senior Athlete of the Year 2014 Jacinta Fisher Athletics Junior Athlete of the Year 2014 Sara Dougan Basketball Senior Player of the Year 2014 Sara Anastasieska Basketball Junior Player of the Year 2014 Yasmin Bamford Cross Country - Junior Runner of the Year 2014 Molly Quoyle Cross Country - Senior Runner of the Year 2014 Elizabeth Gerber Dance Dancer of the Year 2014 Samantha Murphy Hockey Junior Player of the Year 2014 Elizabeth Gobee Hockey Senior Player of the Year 2014 Emma Mason Netball - 12 year old Player of the Year 2014 Isobel Pike Netball - 13 year old Player of the Year 2014 Grace Baron-Hay Netball - 14 year old Player of the Year 2014 Abby McGrath Netball - 15 year old Player of the Year 2014 Olivia Carmody Netball - Senior Player of the Year 2014 Lucy Dirou Snowsports Competitor of the Year 2014 Kristina Hutchinson Soccer Junior Player of the Year 2014 Hannah Peric Soccer Senior Player of the Year 2014 Ciara O’Sullivan Softball Junior Player of the Year 2013/14 Siobhan Bennett Softball Senior Player of the Year 2013/14 Sophia Shatek Swimming Swimmer of the Year 2014 Jacqui Schafer Tae Kwon Do Martial Artist of the Year 2014 Rebecca Frater-Baird Tennis Junior Player of the Year 2013/14 Jacinta Milenkoski Tennis Senior Player of the Year 2013/14 Christine Meagher Tennis - Tildesley Shiled Player of the Year 2014 Jacinta Milenkoski Touch Football Junior Player of the Year 2013/14 Harriet Phelps Touch Football Senior Player of the Year 2013/14 Ciara O’Sullivan Volleyball - Junior Player of the Year 2013 Harriet Gillson Volleyball - Senior Player of the Year 2013 Casey Lloyd Volleyball - Junior Player of the Year 2014 Charlotte Lloyd Volleyball - Senior Player of the Year 2014 Harriet Gillson Waterpolo - Junior Player of the Year 2014 Gabriella Taranto Waterpolo - Senior Player of the Year 2014 Kate Biviano MONTE & COMMUNITY NOTICES Join us for Year 11 Parents CHRISTMAS DRINKS LOST PROPERTY It’s not lost - it’s in Lost Property There are many items in Lost Property that must be cleared Friday, 5th December 2014 before the end of year, so PLEASE ask your daughters to At The Firehouse Hotel (Fireplace Lounge) 86 Walker Street, North Sydney From 5:30pm go to Reception and check Lost Property. 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