Insight 2012T4W06

Christian Brothers College Newsletter

Senior Campus 214 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8400 4200 F 08 8400 4299 Junior Campus 324 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8400 4222 F 08 8400 4220 CBC Community 178 East Terrace, Children’s Centre Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8223 5469 F 08 8223 7803

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Term 4, Week 6

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Friday November 16, 2012

Mr Graham Goodings accepts a cheque from CBC on behalf of the Cancer Council.

The TTC will be constructed on the ground floor of the Rice Building. The existing Art, Technical Studies and Computing rooms will be removed and/or relocated. Art will be shifted to the existing staff room site and staff work areas have been relocated to two areas -- one in the original Brothers’ House and the other in the existing Conference Centre.

From The Principal ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’

Matthew 35:37-40

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Trade Training Centre I am pleased to announce to the CBC community that we begin construction of a new 2 million dollar Trade Training Centre (TTC) at CBC on 10 December 2012. The TTC will provide industry recognised certification in electro-technology. The facility will be available for after-hours use.

We anticipate the TTC construction will be completed by the end of Term 1 2013 and fully operational in 2014. The Planning Team and I are working hard with extensive Master Planning to ensure minimal interruption to student learning and safe access to all teaching and learning areas throughout the construction period.

We have again employed the professional services of architects Swanbury Penglase (Mr Kon Michael), Mossop Construction and Brian Jacobi Consultancy who previously assisted CBC with the Junior Campus building project.

The Trade Training Centre is a partnership project with St Mary’s College and Samaritan College Whyalla and was made possible with funding from the Commonwealth Government.

I am appreciative of the hard work done by our project partners, CBC staff (Mr Scali, Mr Brink, Mr Clarke, Mr Gaitaneris), St Mary’s Principal Mrs Eileen Young, and the staff at Catholic Education SA for their collaboration in this project.

Gospel Spirituality

We invite all people into the story of Jesus and strive to make his message of compassion, justice and peace a living reality within our community.

Faith Excellence Community Compassion

Professional Learning Communities I have said on many occasions that CBC is truly on the cutting edge of educational innovation and vision. Our staff members and students have access and support to attend state, national and international professional development to ensure we remain on the ‘cutting edge’ of education.

Last week the College Leadership Team and I attended a 2-day nationally funded professional development day centred on continuous school improvement and transformation.

The workshop provided deep insights and practical strategies for CBC staff to develop learner focused strategies such as data-gathering to inform learning, setting clear and common assessment tasks in each faculty and establishing structures to promote teacher development.

The workshop affirmed the following fundamental beliefs about CBC as a Professional Learning Community: 1. The fundamental purpose of CBC is to ensure all students learn at high levels and our community is committed to becoming lifelong learners to make this a reality.

2. It is our responsibility to ‘lower the gap and raise the bar’ in education -- this is a call to both equity and excellence.

Counsellor’s Corner Reactions to Anger Haim Ginott in “Between Parent & Teenager” says “parents may effectively express their feelings of anger to an adolescent if they are able to acknowledge the following truths: we accept the fact that in the natural course of events teenagers will make us uncomfortable, annoyed, irritated, angry or furious: we are entitled to these feelings without guilt or shame or regret: we are entitled to express these feelings with one limitation - No matter how angry we are, we do not insult the teenager’s personality or character.” Parents should first explain to the adolescent what he or she has done wrong and how it makes them feel. The parent then needs to tell their teenager what has to be done to correct the situation. If this is done the storm clouds evaporate more easily as all do not want to perpetuate waves of anger, defiance, retaliation and revenge which lead to more serious parent/adolescent problems.

Unfortunately many family members know only two ways of dealing with anger - to vent it or to suppress it. Both methods are destructive. Venting anger often makes things worse and produces guilt. Suppressing anger conveys hypocrisy by being outwardly “nice” while feeling angry inside. A parent may get angry and depressed - withdrawing into a lonely and selfcondemning silence that the family senses but does not understand. Children often sense anger even when parents are not fully aware of it. Ginott contends that anger “should bring some relief to the parent, some insight to the teenager and no harmful after-effects to either of them.” There is no substitute for open conversation and reflection between parents, enhanced at times by talking to another couple, counsellor or friend. We need to know how to deal creatively with our anger since marriage and family life generate in normal people more anger than they experience in any other social situation.

3. Collaborative teamwork and interdependence among teachers and staff is a positive way to continuously improve the quality of educational outcomes.

Africa. The event included music, food stalls and a very entertaining game of softball. I commend the generosity and hard work of all staff, but especially Mr Greg Ward who was the initiator and key organiser of the event.

4. We are hungry for evidence that students are learning and are ready to respond immediately with timely feedback.

Remembrance Day 2012

In 2013 we have appointed three members of staff as Lead Learners Action and Research to work with our Innovation and Vision Team to implement some of the strategies in building CBC’s capacity as a Professional Learning Community. I congratulate Mr Richard McLoughlin, Mrs Nicole Leary and Mrs Melissa Clifton on their senior appointments.

CBC appoints a Director of Human Resources I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Scarlett Lucero as CBC Director of Human Resources.

Mrs Lucero has extensive experience in both the education and HR sectors. She is currently employed in Government (Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure) as Manager of People and Development.

She carries a Master’s Degree in Leadership, Policy and Change as well as two Bachelor Degrees and an Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management.

Scarlett will commence her Human Resources duties in 2013 serving over 170 CBC staff members.

Donation to Cancer Council On Friday Graham Goodings from Channel 7 News visited the Junior Campus to accept a cheque on behalf of the Cancer Council. I am deeply grateful to Mrs Zubreckyj, the P& F and our Junior Campus Community for their hard work in fund raising.

Congratulations Congratulations to Samed Altunday and Bradley Corbo on possible international soccer careers.

CBC offers congratulations to Samed (Year 9) and Bradley (Year 10) who have been invited to North Italy to try out for the following professional soccer teams: Chievo, Atalanta, Empoli and Perugia. Samed plays for Blue Eagles locally and Bradley is a SASI (SA Sports Institute) team member. Both leave on Friday for what may be a life-changing experience.

CBC Softball Fundraising Challenge

Br Michael Flaherty Counsellor

Last Sunday CBC Staff, Old Collegians and members of our community participated in a Sunday Softball challenge to raise funds for the work of the brothers in

Uniform Shop The Uniform Shop is operating from 227 Flinders Street, Adelaide. For more information, please call 8400 4249.

Normal trading hours: Monday 8 :30am to 5pm* Wednesday 12pm to 5pm* Friday 12pm to 5pm* (*During school terms - extra trading hours are advertised for school holiday trading) Mrs Claire Summerton Uniform Shop Manager

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning

The College community commemorated Remembrance Day 2012 with a ceremony on Sunday at West Terrace Ceremony and liturgies across both the Senior and Junior Campuses.

The Senior Campus service was led by students Suliman Gamar, Joseph McWilliams, Liam McGee, Patrick Squire and Andy Yin and contained the following excerpt read

by Joseph: Remembrance Day is the day Australians remember those who have died in war. In 1918 the armistice that ended World War 1 came into force bringing to an end four years of hostilities that saw 61,919 Australians die at sea, in the air and on foreign soil. Few Australian families were left untouched by the events of World War 1, “the war to end all wars”. Most had lost a fallen father, son, daughter, brother, sister or friend. Today at 11am we pause to remember the sacrifice of those men and women who died or suffered in wars and those who have served our Country during the past 100 years.

I was proud to attend the West Terrace ceremony and sit with 7 members of staff and 15 immaculately dressed CBC Primary students who gave up their Sunday to attend. The service was attended by students from Rostrevor College, war veterans, politicians, dignitaries and SA members of the Bomber Command who celebrated their 70th anniversary in 2012.

I ask our community to pray for all people around the world, regardless of race, creed or colour who are affected by war. We pray especially for the voiceless victims including women and children, innocent civilians and those who fight for peace and justice.

Mr Noel Mifsud Principal

Year 12 Art and Design Exhibition Parents and friends are invited to a showcase of the 2012 Year 12 Art and Design final works.

4 - 5.30pm, Monday 19 November Ground Floor, Brothers’ House.

Enter via the main entrance on Wakefield Street (near Frome Road) Self Portrait by Mostafa Mohammadi

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Take risks, make mistakes.

From The Deputy Principal Developing Practical Wisdom The ancient Greek philosophers spent a lot of time walking around in their togas discussing the nature of things, especially the nature of virtue. Socrates believed that man’s purpose in life was to seek sophia, or wisdom. According to Socrates and his student, Plato, achieving sophia gave a man a general understanding of the nature of virtue. And once a man reached an understanding of each of the virtues, he would naturally live them. For example, if a man understood the true nature of justice, he would naturally be just. Thus for Socrates and Plato, becoming a man of virtue was an exercise in abstract thought.

Further, Aristotle believed that abstract thinking was not enough but wisdom required a more practical application which is bound up with action, accompanied by reason, and concerned with things good and bad for a human being. As a College community we don’t expect that our students will be philosophers that reflect upon life or gain instant wisdom but are able to discern on correct action, morals and beliefs that respects the dignity of every person. Practical wisdom is the ability to do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason.

For all of us we use practical wisdom in our day-to-day as we seek to choose the best possible course of action in our decision making.

The exercise of practical wisdom comes from an individual’s freedom to deliberate the best course of action to take in a set of particular circumstances.

As we know our society has become more complex, specialised, and bureaucratic, the opportunity to exercise practical wisdom has increasingly been replaced with reliance on rules, regulations, and incentives to achieve our goals. We need to continually develop our practical wisdom, such as learning critical thinking skills, refining your goals and core values, expanding your intellect, and always being sure to understand the circumstances of a situation as much as possible before making a decision. The real key to developing our wisdom is through experience.

Recently on a morning breakfast television program the presenters read a letter written by a grandfather to his grandchildren a month prior to him dying. The letter outlined to the grandchildren his collective wisdom from his experiences of life. The letter contained the following: 1. Each one of you is a wonderful gift of God both to your family and to all the world. Remember it always, especially when the cold winds of doubt and discouragement fall upon your life.

2. Be not afraid ... of anyone or of anything when it comes to living your life most fully. Pursue your hopes and your dreams no matter how difficult or “different” they may seem to others. Far too many people don’t do what they want or should do because of what they imagine others may think or say. Remember, if they don’t bring you chicken soup when you’re sick or stand by you when you’re in trouble, they don’t matter. Avoid those soursouled pessimists who listen to your dreams then say, “Yeah, but what if ...” The heck with “what if ...” Do it! The worst thing in life is to look back and say: “I would have; I could have; I should have.”

3. Everyone in the world is just an ordinary person.

Some people may wear fancy hats or have big titles or (temporarily) have power and want you to think they are above the rest. Don’t believe them. They have the same doubts, fears, and hopes; they eat, drink and sleep like everyone else.

Question authority always but be wise and careful about the way you do it.

4. Make a Life List of all those things you want to do: travel to places; learn a skill; master a language; meet someone special. Make it long and do some things from it every year. Don’t say “I’ll do it tomorrow” (or next month or next year). That is the surest way to fail to do something. There is no tomorrow, and there is no “right” time to begin something except now.

School calendar Week 7 Mon 19 Nov

Stage One Exams Board Meeting

Tues 20 Nov

Stage One Exams CBC Guitar Recital

Wed 21 Nov

Stage One Exams Year 6 Graduation

Thurs 22 Nov Stage One Exams Fri 23 Nov

Stage One Exams Vietnam Pilgrims Return

Mon 26 Nov

Year 10/11 Review and Promotion Meeting Christmas Concert (R – 6)

5. Practice the Irish proverb: Moi an olge agus tiocfaidh sí ”Praise the child and she will flourish.”

Tues 27 Nov

Year 10/11 Review and Promotion Meeting P&F Dinner

6. Be kind and go out of your way to help people – especially the weak, the fearful, and children.

Everyone is carrying a special sorrow, and they need our compassion.

Wed 28 Nov

Year 10/11 Review and Promotion Meeting “Robin Hood – A Pantomime” 6.30pm

7. Read books, as many as you can. They are a wonderful source of delight, wisdom, and inspiration. They need no batteries or connections, and they can go anywhere.

Fri 30 Nov

Year 10 Exams Year 12 Transition Day Thanksgiving Mass – St Francis Xavier Cathedral 2.00pm Year 10/11 finish

Mon 3 Dec

Transition day for Year 7, 8, 9 and new students to the school (All students) Board Dinner

Tues 4 Dec

Sports Assembly (R – Year 6) Parent Transition Information Evening (Year 7 – 12)

Wed 5 Dec

Parent Information Evening (R – 6)

Thurs 6 Dec

JS Picnic MS Community Day Graduation Dinner – Convention Centre

Fri 7 Dec

Last Day for Middle and Junior Schools.

Students dismissed at 12.30pm.

Week 8

Thurs 29 Nov Year 10 Exams Year 12 Transition Day

8. Be truthful.

9. Travel: always but especially when you are young.

Don’t wait until you have “enough” money or until everything is “just right.” That never happens. Get your passport today.

10. Pick your job or profession because you love to do it. Sure, there will be some things hard about it, but a job must be a joy. Beware of taking a job for money alone – it will cripple your soul.

11. Don’t yell. It never works, and it hurts both yourself and others. Every time I have yelled, I have failed.

12. Always keep promises to children. Don’t say “we’ll see” when you mean “no.” Children expect the truth; give it to them with love and kindness.

13. Never tell anyone you love them when you don’t.

14. Live in harmony with Nature: go into the outdoors, woods, mountains, sea, desert. It’s important for your soul.

15. Hug people you love. Tell them how much they mean to you now; don’t wait until it’s too late.

16. Be grateful. There is an Irish saying: “This is a day in our lives, and it will not come again.” Live every day with this in mind.

Our challenge is to continually develop our practical wisdom through our experience and be encouraged that it’s possible to lead a life like this. We just need that courage to let go of the baggage and expectations to do what I like instead of conforming to the expectations and norms of the society.

Mr Shaun Clarke Deputy Principal

Week 9

Year 12 School Resources – Return to Library Just a reminder to all Year 12 students to return textbooks, laptop computers and library books to the Senior Library straight after exams.

Don’t forget, students in the Senior School have the opportunity to win a $100 Westfield Gift Voucher from the Library! Students will be issued with a ticket in the competition once they have a returned all library resources.

Mrs Sandra Mason Head Librarian

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Remembrance Day On Sunday the 11th of November, 12 students from the Year 6 cohort gave up their Sunday to pay their respects to all soldiers past and present at the West Terrace Cemetery. The focus of this year’s Remembrance Day was bomber commands from World War Two. A bomber commander spoke about his time serving their country.

Special guests laid wreaths and placed books on the huge monument which had a cross on top of it. A Salvation Army participant played The Last Post on his bugle which was followed by a minute silence. At the end we all got a photo with some of the bombers from World War Two and Rostrevor College students who also attended the ceremony. After the end of the ceremony we placed poppies on graves of the killed soldiers who served in wars.

It was a great day and we would like to give special thanks to William and Alexander Moten, Jayson Whitworth, John Calleya-Kleeman, Logan Griffin, Liam Best, Morgan Edey, Ryan Pool, Thomas Colangelo, Michael Clifton and Hayden Clarke.

We also thank that following staff for supervising the students: Ms Kate Younie, Mrs Melissa Clifton, Ms Shey Odgers, Mrs Frances Zubreckyj, Ms Sara Williams, Ms Sharon Moten and Mr Noel Mifsud.

Michael Clifton and Hayden Clarke Year 6 Purple

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From the Archives

boys. The construction of the Brothers’ House had stalled due to lack of funds and consisted of external walls only. Many of the boys who attended had received limited schooling and their behaviour was wild and in the first few years two members of the Brothers’ community died. In spite of all these difficulties, in the eleven years that he was in charge of Adelaide Br O’Brien managed to cement himself into our history as one of the most beloved of the CBC headmasters. So much so that his ‘old boys’ commissioned the beautiful memorial board that hangs in the museum as a gift to celebrate his Golden Jubilee in 1912.

Assistant Principal - Junior Campus

November 15 is the anniversary of the death of one of the most significant Christian Brothers ever to have been at CBC Wakefield Street. As headmaster of CBC from July 1879 Br Francis Thomas O’Brien was in charge of the College at a time of great growth but also overwhelming difficulties.

Though Br O’Brien left Wakefield St in 1890 to take up a position as head of Nudgee College, he never lost his affection for Adelaide and when he had the opportunity to return for visits large numbers of old scholars would meet him at the railway station. He died in 1927 in Queensland.

Dear Parents and Friends,

The College had opened with only the first floor of the schoolroom building (where the Chapel is located) completed; there were four classrooms for sixty-five

Mrs Jacinta Weiss Archivist

I also met with Jie Ahu who will be teaching Chinese in the Junior Campus for all year levels in 2013. Half of our student cohort will learn Italian for Semester 1 and the other half Chinese swapping over in Semester 2.

9. Social Networking profiles such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo MUST BE SET TO PRIVATE. 10. MSN contacts and social networking site friends SHOULD be people that you know in real life.

From the Counselling Team 25 Ways to Protect Young People from Online Bullying Recent media coverage of the issues and challenges facing our young people online highlights the emergent risks associated with social media and information technologies. This exciting technological era brings with it abundant benefits and advantages which we recognise and acknowledge each day as students, teachers and parents. Our collective challenge is, therefore, one of both accommodating this change but also working to address the perils and risks that accompany such vital change.

Susan McLean is the founder of CyberSafetySolutions which is one of Australia’s leading providers of Cybersafety Education. Below, Susan provides twenty five (25) tips and advice on how to protect young people from being bullied online. I also urge you to visit her website http://www.cybersafetysolutions.com.au for further information and advice.

1. Do not reply to rude or nasty comments.

2. Immediately tell an adult if you feel uncomfortable or worried online.

3. If someone is being mean or nasty on MSN – block them.

4. Have your computer in a common area of the house NOT IN THE BEDROOM! 5. Do not have a ‘flirty’ or ‘nasty’ log on name.

6. Let your parents know where you go online – just as you would in real life.

7. Make sure that there are filters and other monitoring/blocking software to minimise dangers.

8. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCHANGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION!

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11. An ‘online friend’ that you don’t know in real life is a STRANGER. 12. Passwords MUST NOT BE SHARED!!!!! Choose passwords that others can’t guess.

13. Change passwords 4 times per year (last day of every term).

14. Be aware that information on the internet is not always reliable.

15. Your parents should check your hotmail/msn/social networking lists.

16. If you are playing games online, YOUR parents should know how to play the game too in case of problems. Play online games together.

Last week we had several special visitors to the Junior Campus. Ms Kym Cull Chairperson of AISHA (Australian Independent Schools Heads Association) was the guest of Mr Mifsud and came especially from Canberra to visit our new state-of-the-art Junior Campus.

Graham Goodings from Channel 7 visited the Junior Campus and spoke to the boys about men’s health.

He accepted a cheque on behalf of the Cancer Council -- the proceeds from our Father’s Day Raffle. We thank everyone for supporting this worthy cause.

Staff and students are busily preparing for The Year 6 Graduation Ceremony next Wednesday (now to be held in the Senior Campus Gymnasium). The Carols in the Park and our Big Day Out Picnic are to be held on our CBC oval. We hope you can join us for these Community Events.

Reminder Dates Week 7 Year 6 Graduation – (Now being held in the Senior Campus Gymnasium) Week 8 Community Carols in the Park

Thanksgiving Mass 2pm at St Francis Xavier Cathedral

17. Learn about search engines and how they work.

Week 9 Big Day Out Picnic

18. The internet and the various applications are a lot of fun … surf safely together with your parents!

Wishing you God’s blessings for the week ahead.

19. Immediately exit any site that makes you feel uncomfortable or worried.

20. NEVER allow explicit photos of yourself to be taken in ANY circumstance.

21. If you have found inappropriate content about yourself on a website or are informed about this situation please contact the ISP and or Police or tell your parents to do so a.s.a.p.

22. Help your parents to learn about the internet – share your knowledge of the internet with your parents in a fun environment. If they have some knowledge they will be less likely to be suspicious about ‘socialising online’.

23. There should be house rules about what information you can put onto websites or share with others.

24. Remember that the internet is PERMANENT… be mindful of what you post and how you portray yourself. Pics etc can remain FOREVER. 25. Misuse of the internet and associated technology (bullying/harassing someone) is a crime…don’t break the law and risk getting a criminal record. (www.cybersafetysolutions.com.au) Ms Jane Gaynor Counsellor

Mrs Frances Zubreckyj Assistant Principal - Junior Campus

We would like to attend this mass and are keen for your son to participate. Could you please return the reply slip that was handed out to your son during the first week of school to the Junior Campus Front Office?

Junior Campus RE Coordinator Dear Families and Friends Today’s Gospel features the story of two widows, one who makes a small contribution to the temple treasury, the other who makes some bread for Elijah from the remnant of flour in her jar.

Do we know both women well? Have we not encountered then often – elderly women who have very little but are generous with that they have in the care of others? Does not their goodness bring a catch to our throat? They were once young and happy with a husband and children. Now they are alone and living off small pensions. Yet their generosity and love brings beauty to their wrinkled faces and stooped shoulders.

We may notice them but rarely. God notices them all the time. They are among his most favourite people.

The homily at Mass in my church told us that giving a little or a lot is helpful but when we truly give of ourselves we then transform lives.

This message reminded me of the sacrifice our service men and women gave our nation for the right of freedom.

The following poem by John McRae is a reminder of the significance of Remembrance Day in the lives of Australia.

We hope that we can have 100% participation and attendance.

Confirmation 2013 If any families are interested in participating in the Sacramental Program for 2013 the dates have been set accordingly: First Rite of Reconciliation – 24 May 2013: 10.00am Edmund Rice Chapel Confirmation – 31 August 2013: 7.00pm St Francis Xavier Cathedral First Communion – 1 September 2013: 11.00am St Francis Xavier Cathedral If you know you are keen to participate in the Sacramental programme for 2013 please contact the Junior Campus office and complete a form and return your baptismal certificate to the front office.

Gospel Challenge: Don’t Judge Others Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

(Matthew 7:1-5)

In Flanders Field

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

John McCrae

Have a good week.

2012 Sacramental Journey Celebrates Feast of Christ The King Sunday 25 November 2012, 6.00pm at St Francis Xavier Cathedral Thank you to those families who have responded to the invitation to attend this important celebration to mark 2012 as the year when your son received the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Mass for Families with Young Children Sunday 2 December 2012, 6pm Mass St Francis Xavier Cathedral.

The liturgy for this Mass is prepared with young children in mind and all families are welcome.

The Parish Family Mass will be offered on the first Sunday of the calendar month from this November.

ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND

Mass and Prayer Services for Term 4, 2012.

21 November Year 6 Graduation Liturgy 6.00pm 25 November Feast of Christ the King Celebration Mass for Confirmation Students from the various Catholic Schools in the Parish of Adelaide, 6.00pm St Francis Xavier Cathedral.

7 December Junior Campus Closing Liturgy 9.00am – 10.00am Please note the new time of our closing liturgy on 7 december 2012.

ALL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THESE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS Mr Bruce Were Junior Campus Religious Education Curriculum Coordinator

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.

PARISH OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER CATHEDRAL

Rowing It has been a busy start to the season with a few minor crabs (pardon the pun) but CBC is off and racing in all areas of the Rowing program. We have already had 2 regattas down at the Alex Ramsay Regatta course at West Lakes and a short sprint regatta on the Torrens. In the past week’s regatta at West Lakes all junior rowers in Years 7 & 8 conducted themselves very well at the course and raced quite competitively against the other schools; bearing in mind that most other schools only race Year 8s, our Year 7s are stepping up to a very high plate. However, now with a few regattas under their belts, the understanding of how regattas work or how officials grumble is setting in. Combining this with the training that these boys are putting in, we should see some good results across the board in the upcoming weeks and into the New Year. Honourable mentions go out to the quad of James Kakogianis, d’Artagnan Edwards, Josh “powerhouse” Dalle Nogare, Bennet Reisinger and Patrick Graham, who have been up the front of the pack for the past two regattas and took first place in a heat at the sprint regatta, keep up the good rowing.

Backing down onto the seniors’ side we have seen a few new recruits really providing some horse power to the squad with the likes of Aiden Curyer and Fabio Marino. Along with the other seniors these rowers have been working extremely hard on the water and in

the gym, so they are setting themselves up for some good results for the rest of the season. An honourable mention goes out to Sam Crosato who is currently undefeated in the single scull and is quite simply leaving the other competitors in his wake. Thank you and well done to all the seniors for the hard work they are putting in and the little extras they do, such as helping juniors load boats and providing a great presence and vibe to the CBC Rowing Community.

A final mention goes to the Rowing Auxiliary and extra parents who give their time to help make and sell coffee and cakes and simply for being fun, helpful people. The Rowing Club is very lucky to have you all; you know who you are and I thank you for your efforts at the recent regattas or behind the scenes.

Rowers should also be watching out for the “Ancient Scribe” (aka Brother Murray) who is back at the CBC tent recording results and imparting his wisdom about rowing. If you see him please say hello. Brother Murray was a Headmaster at the Junior College and now keeps us up to date with results and funny articles about the recent regatta. Stay tuned for these to start coming out.

Mr Beau Gora Watersports Coordinator

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BADMINTON Year 8/9 2 Badminton St Peter’s defeated CBC The CBC team managed to win half the singles matches; however, St Peter’s were too strong in their doubles and won overall on the day.

Ms Tahlia Harman Coach

BASKETBALL Year 7 Purple Basketball CBC 39 defeated Sunrise Scorpians 27 A fantastic effort by all players. There were only five players on the night and at one point only four, due to injury.

Best players were Kristian Ciabattoni and James Ridgwell.

Special thanks goes to Gian Ciabattoni for his expert coaching.

Ms Kay Oliphant Manager

Year 4/5 Basketball CBC Gold 31 defeated NAPS Devils 3 It was a good game and CBC Gold came out on top with a dominant game.

Things we did well:

• Defensive play, such as stealing • Sportsmanship Things to improve on in the future:

• Working together • Passing to one another Goal Scorers: Akok, James, Austin, Logan, Matthew Captain: Akok M Mrs Caroline Wilson Coach

Tennison 20 defeated CBC Purple 15 The boys fronted up to tough competition, a team who haven’t lost all year, but proved worthy opponents. CBC held the lead for most of the second half, before the opposition shot some baskets in the last 5 minutes of the match to take the lead. CBC shared the goal scoring, with Ben, Joeun, Kobi, Nicolas, Blake and Callum all contributing.

James and Johnny both demonstrated excellent defensive skills. Well done boys.

Ms Kate Younie Coach

St Johns 40 defeated CBC White 9 CBC White faced a very strong and skilled St Johns team on Monday. The team put in a determined effort, not really reflected in the score.

Some aggressive defence from St Johns and some loose passing from CBC meant scoring chances where few and far between.

Joesph was fouled several times while shooting but made the most of the free throws while Alec and Daniel chipped in with some quality baskets when passes found their mark.

Although trailing on the scoreboard the team played to the best of their ability to the final siren.

With some more work at training on passing and better close marking in defence, we will see some big improvements in future matches.

Mr Michael Burns Coach

CRICKET Year 9 Cricket Adelaide High 7/87 defeated CBC 85 The match was played at Collins Reserve, Fulham Gardens in excellent conditions with 20 overs per side. CBC won the toss and the captain, Jonah Byrnes elected to bat first.

Jonah opened well against high quality pace and swing bowling. He added 18 runs with Jacob Vonthoff who made a plucky 5. With Byrnes run out for 14 and the total on 34, CBC looked in some trouble. Enter James Gates, who compiled a hard hitting 34 runs including seven fours.

Jovan Bojovic also looked promising in compiling 6 runs.

With Adelaide High chasing 86 runs to win it was important for CBC to bowl and field tightly. That’s exactly what they did with James Gates, Alex Kern and Kyle Fleetwood-Pieper bowling extremely well. The fielding was generally good, apart from several dropped catches. Jovan fielded well and was rewarded with an excellent run out. The pick of the bowlers was Luke Curtale, who took 4/22 including a magnificent “wrong-un” to clean bowl a quality batsmen.

In the end it was a good display from CBC in a tightly fought game with Adelaide High reaching the target with only two overs to go.

Mr Greg Ward Coach

Year 7 Cricket Trinity College 4/56 defeated CBC 8/53 CBC lost the toss and were sent in to bat on a flat, wellprepared wicket. Trinity had two quality opening bowlers and our opening batsmen Liam Hopper and Harrison Webb showed good defensive technique to see off the new ball.

Wickets then started to fall at regular intervals, once the hard work had been done. Nearly all batsmen made a start and were starting to look comfortable when they were then suddenly dismissed, either by good deliveries or poor shot selection. Shan Jayawardhana again top scored with 11 not out – the only batsmen to reach double figures. Byes were the second highest scorer, showing that by occupying the crease the runs will take care of themselves. With only nine players we were bowled out in the 27th over of our allocated 50.

We then had the chance to bowl some overs at Trinity in the time before stumps. Webb, 2/9 (3), dismissed both Trinity openers cheaply giving us a glimmer of hope. Trinity then steadied and were in sight of victory before wickets to Jayawardhana and James Ridgwell slowed their progress.

Trinity were eventually able to pass our total in the last over of the day.

With two days allocated to the match, this weekend turns into a one-dayer, with CBC looking to make amends in what is our last match of the season – hopefully, with 11 players taking to the field this time.

Mr Tom McLean Coach

Tennis Year 5/6 Tennis St Paul’s College 44 games defeated CBC defeated 11 games Well done - Adam Wells,Liam Best, Daniel Bressan, Daniel Hremias, William Moten, Alexander Moten and Indy Browning and Jordan Binetti.

Congratulations to all players for their good manners, etiquette and sportsmanship. I was very proud of the way our players conducted themselves as we were playing a Year 7, A Division Team, whose skills were more advanced than ours.

Ms Marti Madigan Manager

VOLLEYBALL Year 8/9 Volleyball CBC 3 defeated Pulteney Grammar 0 Congratulations to the following boys this week: Alex Hartley, Jackson Chau, Tevin Odhiambo, Mark Vong, John Phan, Newton Quach, Brendan Tran.

Despite the Pulteney team arriving with much confidence and intimidating CBC a little with their well-organised cheerleading, the CBC boys pulled themselves together and sealed a convincing win. After a shaky first set in which we were 10-0 down, the boys came back with a vengeance winning point after point to finish 25-20.

The second set saw Pulteney make more errors and we capitalised on that by establishing a clear lead. CBC won 25-15. The third set was close (15-13), but our boys continued to demonstrate excellent serves, spikes and assists. We are making fewer errors in holding the ball, hitting the ball into the net and misjudging when the ball falls out of bounds. It is excellent to observe the team gain confidence every week, and with just one week of competition left this year, the boys should be very strong next year.

Mrs Lucyna Zwolski Coach

Water polo Water Polo St Peter’s 15 defeated CBC 3 Goal Scorers: Tyler McGinlay, Lachlan Starr, Taylor Sarunic Playing in the St Peter’s pool was certainly an experience for our boys. The Saints boys jumped us early in the first quarter but we definitely recovered and held our own in the second half. This is the best match we have played so far and it is great to see the improvement in the team. The boys must focus on staying with the stronger teams early in matches by tightening in defence to prevent the early goals being scored. Andrew Nguyen had a difficult introduction to the goalkeeper position this week but he stuck to the task.

Tyler McGinlay moved to the goalie position in the last half and displayed he has talent in both defence and attack.

Mr Ian Hamilton, Mr Rick Mackereth, Ms Rebecca Donnon Coaches