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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 1, Week 8

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Friday March 22, 2013

Walsh House raising money for the Red Cross (L-R): William Bragg, Fabian Sauchelli, Thomas Davy, Jordan Heatley and Jisu Park.

I will, with God’s help, act for the good of others and the building up of our school community in love and freedom.

Together with this badge, I accept the challenge to ‘Spark the spirit and share the light’,

From The Acting Principal Dear Parents, Friends and Caregivers, Last week I had the wonderful experience of attending the Junior Campus assembly. At this assembly students were commissioned as leaders in the school with them receiving badges as Student Representatives, Social Justice and Prayer Leaders. These students were chosen for their willingness to support and act on behalf of their fellow students. They made a promise to work to make our College community even better and publicly together read the following statement: I accept this badge as a sign that I am called to leadership within our school community.

I will do my best to be worthy of the badge I wear by being sincere and honest in all I do, by being generous, kind and accepting of others.

so that I might be a source of true leadership in the service of this great school community.

This leadership promise reminds us that our 2013 theme “Uniting our Spirit: Igniting our Future” challenges us all to be Disciples of Christ living the Gospel values and making them a reality in our everyday life. This week also our Year 10 students are participating in our Christian Service Learning program and Duke of Edinburgh Camps, both requiring service to our community.

Palm Sunday This Sunday is Palm Sunday and is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar after Christmas and Easter. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, and marks the beginning of Holy Week, the week of events leading up to Jesus’ death.

Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. The gospels record the arrival of Jesus riding into the city on a donkey, while the crowds spread their cloaks and palm branches on the street and shouted “Hosanna to the Son of David” and “Blessed is he who comes in the

Justice and Solidarity

We are committed to justice and peace for all, grounded in a spirituality of action and reflection that calls us to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalised and the Earth itself.

Faith Excellence Community Compassion

name of the Lord” to honour him as their long-awaited Messiah and King.

The significance of Jesus riding a donkey and having his way paved with palm branches is a fulfillment of a prophecy spoken by the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 9:9). In biblical times, the regional custom called for kings and nobles arriving in procession to ride on the back of a donkey. The donkey was a symbol of peace; those who rode upon them proclaimed peaceful intentions. The laying of palm branches indicated that the king or dignitary was arriving in victory or triumph.

Palm Sunday is an occasion for us all to reflect on the final week of Jesus’ life. It is a time for Christians to prepare their hearts for the agony of His Passion and the joy of His Resurrection. Next week the college will have a number of prayer gatherings in Holy Week and our Holy Thursday liturgy where we will have the washing of the feet and the re-enactment of the Passion story.

Holy Thursday Parents are reminded that the college finishes normal time on Holy Thursday (28 March) at 2.20pm.

Students who have Project Compassion boxes are asked to return them to the college on Holy Thursday.

All money raised will support the charity work of Caritas Australia overseas.

Counsellor’s Corner Exercise “Exercise”? Some of us get enough of it by: jumping to conclusions; running everyone down; flying off the handle; knifing friends in the back; dodging responsibility; pushing our luck.” While this may bring a smile to us it does have an important message. It is so easy to see the negative side of things. How easy it is for us to recall negatives things about ourselves and others and so hard to name some positives things.

Constructive criticism of course may promote change and growth. Our media so often highlights the negatives in our society and the world. Trial by the media is not an uncommon feature. Occasionally the media brings to our attention some positives things that have happen.

If we look and think positively we will be surprised with the good things that we find in others and ourselves.

Joy, peace, hope and love are the fruits of positive thinking and believing. “Judge not and you will not be judged” (Luke 6:37.)

Br Michael Flaherty Counsellor

Winter Uniforms for new Students All new students to the college are required to make an appointment with the Uniform Shop for their Winter uniform as soon as possible.

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

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Winter Uniform Parents are reminded that all students are expected to be wearing full winter uniform at the commencement of term two on Monday 29 April. If you need to purchase a winter uniform please contact Claire Summerton at the uniform shop on 84004249.

college we are proud to have over forty-seven different cultural groups that comprise our College community.

To celebrate Harmony Day our students flew flags from different countries representing the cultural diversity of our country. By participating in Harmony Day, we can learn and understand how all Australians from diverse backgrounds equally belong to this nation and enrich it.

Music under the Stars

Prayer for Harmony

Friends of Music and the Parents and Friends Committee invite members of the College community to “Music under the Stars” this Friday 23 March in the Eastern Courtyard commencing at 6.30pm. Entrance is free and over sixty students from both campuses will be performing musical items. Bar facilities will be available and all new parents to the college are particularly welcomed to attend our first social event for year.

God of all Creation,

Head of the River The College community is reminded that Head of the River occurs this year on Saturday 6 April. This is the largest sporting event that the college competes in throughout the year. The parents of the Water Sports Auxiliary will be selling homemade wood pizzas at the regatta. Please keep this date free and support our rowers at West Lakes in their races.

Harmony Day Last Thursday 21 March was Harmony Day. This is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home – from the traditional owners of this land to those who have come from many countries around the world. As a

Source of everything divine, you are good surpassing everything good and just surpassing everything just.

In you is tranquillity, as well as peace and harmony.

Heal our divisions and restore us to the unity of love, which is similar to your divine nature. Let the bond of love and the ties of divine affection make us one in the Spirit by your peace which renders everything peaceful.

We ask this through the grace, mercy, and compassion of your only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Live Jesus in our Hearts Forever

Mr Shaun Clarke Acting Principal

Wear your blazers and support CBC at the 2013 Head of the River!

Head of the Saturday 6 April A M Ramsay Rowing Course, West Lakes

River

From The Deputy Principal Prayer – Important for our Spiritual Wellbeing Within our catholic faith prayer is important in our everyday life. It provides us an opportunity to be still, to reflect, to consider others in our life and to connect with God. Blessed Edmund Rice, when he established his schools in 1802, knew the importance of prayer for boys to stop and to give thanks for the gifts they had been given. In fact, the Brothers stopped every hour to pray and recited the Angelus every day at noon. This was a practice that continued in Christian Brothers schools for more than a century after his schools were established.

Jesus encourages us all to pray when he says, “Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Lk 11:9) He goes on to show that this is true by performing various miracles for people who ask him to do so, curing a leper and a blind beggar who come before Him in good faith, and promising the Kingdom of Heaven to the good thief who repents at Calvary. In addition to hearing the prayers of the people, Jesus Himself is found praying numerous times throughout the Gospels, both alone and in the company of his disciples and crowds of followers.

In school, prayer also provides an important base for our educational moral values and principles. It fosters a moral and an ethical spirit in our students. It is a spirit that nurtures them in their own faith, it provides strength in times of difficulty and an ability to be still and reflect upon one’s own personal journey. Prayer has the power of creating a culture that helps instil values such as humility, respect and discipline in the students. Within our College “Faith” is one of our core values and invites all our students into the story of Jesus and challenges our students to make his message of compassion, justice and peace a living reality in our community and in the wider world.

Research undertaken at the University of Rochester found that, apart from the spiritual benefits prayer offered, it also has a positive impact on the health of people. They found that a wide variety of spiritual practices not only alleviated stress levels but also assisted people in having a positive outlook to the trials which come to all of us in life. Dr Andrew Newberg, director of the Centre for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted a further study of Tibetan Buddhists in meditation and Franciscan nuns in prayer which showed comparable decreased activity in the parts of the brain that are associated with sense of self and spatial orientation in both groups. He also found that prayer and meditation increase levels of dopamine, which is associated with states of wellbeing and joy.

Through scripture we know Jesus prays before the most important times in His life, including His Baptism, Transfiguration, and many of the miracles He performs.

During His Passion, the most trying and difficult hours of His life, prayer flows once again from Jesus’ mouth.

He prays for strength in the Garden of Gethsemane and continues praying up until His very last words on the cross: “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”

(Lk 23:46) In our Catholic tradition prayer allows us to open our hearts to the presence of God and Jesus Christ in our life. The more our students pray, the less anxious they become, and they are filled with a greater peace of mind and heart. Prayer helps our students to understand themselves, for they come to know God more intimately, by experience – and through experience really only know themselves to the degree that they know God personally. The more our students pray, the more they begin to see the hand of God in their day-to-day life, that is, they see Him acting in their life. Through prayer they develop their spiritual wellbeing by seeing a God that loves us personally. That makes life so much more meaningful.

As we enter our Easter season may we open our hearts to the power of prayer in our life.

2013 School calendar Week 9 Mon 25 Mar Tues 26 Mar Wed 27 Mar

Watersports Auxiliary Meeting 6.30pm, CBC Boardroom

Date Change

Wednesday 27 March Watersports Auxiliary Meeting Thurs 28 Mar Holy Thursday Liturgy (Whole School) Fri 29 Mar

Good Friday

Mon 1 Apr

Easter Monday

Tues 2 Apr

House Meetings P&F Meeting

Week 10

Wed 3 Apr Thurs 4 Apr Fri 5 Apr

Senior School Assembly – Hosted by Marks House

Sat 6 Apr

Head of the River

Upcoming Event Saturday 6 April Head of the River Week 11 Mon 8 Apr

CBCOC Meeting

Tues 9 Apr

Smith House Day

Wed 10 Apr

Senior Campus Student/Parent/Teacher Interviews

Thurs 11 Apr Junior Campus Student/Parent/Teacher Interviews commencing at 2.30pm Fri 12 Apr

Mr Shaun Clarke Deputy Principal

INTERNATIONAL

NIGHT

CBC Parents and Friends are hosting the International Night, this is a bi-annual event which will be held this year on 1st June.

Term One concludes at 3.30pm House Colour Day Volleyball Final

The full Term Planner is available at

www.cbc.sa.edu.au

The 2013/2014 ™ Entertainment Book is now available for pre-order.

Get bonus vouchers with your preorder. See last page for details.

Historically this is an event for all the family where our multicultural community comes together to celebrate our diversity.

We are looking for enthusiastic people who like to cook and share their cultural food with the wider school community by becoming a stall holder.

Past stalls have included an Aussie BBQ, Brazilian, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Indo-Fijian, Irish, Latin American, Polish, Vietnamese and others.

There are also other tasks required to make this event a success so please come on board, meet other members of the CBC community and have some fun.

For more information please call Margaret Salagaras on 0417 881 446.

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Walsh Charity – Red Cross Calling Day It was a wonderful sight to see 124 students of Walsh House leave the confines of the College to support our charity the Australian Red Cross by fundraising last Friday 15 March in the city. The 35 teams of students in official ‘Red Cross Calling’ tops went to their specific locations in the CBD with collecting cans eager to raise as much money from the public as possible. The teams of three to five students were organised with a senior student assigned with junior students. We were also conscious of safety considerations, hence the collecting in teams. Christian Brothers College is the only school in South Australia (and one of ten schools in Australia) to engage in this activity.

The teams were located in all directions of the compass from the city centre. They were supervised by teachers from their Tutor Groups as well as others who volunteered their services for this worthy cause. It was a bit of a ‘keep fit’ exercise for the teachers as they walked from one student team’s location to another in their allocated city grid.

It was interesting to see the competitive juices of the teams coming out as they tried to outdo other teams to raise the most funds. Some teams relocated slightly to get the best public traffic while others used good old-fashioned interpersonal skills to raise funds. This interaction with the public, besides serving a worthy cause, also put CBC ‘out there’ and was a great advertisement for one of the College’s core values – Compassion. They did what Edmund did, which was to translate a good idea into affirmative action. The money raised will go to a myriad of causes: helping communities affected by natural disasters, helping the elderly, providing breakfast to hundreds of school children, funding the everyday work of Red Cross and the training of volunteers to respond to disasters such as cyclones, floods and bushfires, to name a few.

Students were full of stories of their experiences. It ranged from genuine delight from members of the public that our students were prepared to give up their time for a good cause, the generosity of people, the indifference of some as a contrast, to a team informing me that they were saddled with a person who decided to tell them, and I quote, “his life story”. I put it down to a good learning experience for the boys!

Arts Coordinator Catholic Schools Music Festival Choir Congratulations to the following Year 5 boys who are working hard in preparation for the Catholic Schools Music Festival to be held at the Festival Centre in late September: Callum Atkinson Kaine Baldwin Mason Bruns Charlie Caruso Aaron Davis Will Haegi Monydeng Monydeng

Philip Reisinger Jesse Robinson Hugh Signoriello Austin Tavian Matthew Thomas Joseph Tripodi Eric Tsoukatos

I thank the boys of Walsh house for their generosity, parents for their support, and these staff: Noel Karcher, Wen Ben, Greg Ward, Dan McMahon, Ian Hamilton, Sandra Mason, Rose Chambers, Alex Ly and Paul Hicks who supervised. My thanks is also extended to Nicole Baker who is the Community Fundraising Acquisitions Coordinator based in Victoria. Nicole was responsible for supplying the Red Cross T-shirts and collecting tins.

Rehearsals are held on Friday afternoon and the boys have a music book and CD which enable them to perfect the repertoire. Ms Denise Rothall, the Director of the Festival, visited our rehearsal this week and was very pleased with the enthusiasm, energy and talents of these young singers.

To finish on a practical note would parents and carers please returned the Red Cross T-shirts to the College.

We intend to save Red Cross some money by not re-issuing new ones and use them again next year.

Mrs Louise Guthleben Arts Coordinator

Walsh House Assistants and SRC These young men were successfully voted in to these Positions of Responsibilities by Tutor Groups in some cases and by the whole year level for others. Congratulations to all.

Tax File Number

Student Representative Council

Eventually we will all need a tax file number.

An employer and superfund will need it so you only pay the tax that is due, not the top marginal rate of 0.45 cents in the dollar. The Australian Tax Office has been authorising schools for verification purposes for some years. Forms are available from Mr Lucas, Head of Smith House, or your son’s tutor. The forms ask for some identification details and a copy of the relevant documents. If the form is completed as part of the school’s program, you only need to supply the document numbers, not an original of the document. Once the form is completed, please return it directly to Mr Lucas who will send forms to the Australian Tax Office in regular batches.

Once the Australian Tax Office has received the form, your son should receive his tax file number within 21 days. If you have any queries, please contact Mr Lucas, through the CBC office.

Their roles are to be active listeners, support the House Captain in all Walsh House activities, represent the views of their peers and communicate concerns and ideas to and from the Student Council.

Year 11 Year 10 Year 9 Year 8 Year 7

Brian Wilson Jonah Byrnes Leon Kasperski Callum Leaney Christian Cardinale

House Assistants Their roles are to be active listeners and support the House Captain. They are also required to actively engage in all Walsh House activities such as House liturgies, House Dinner, Sports Day. Year 12 Phan Nguyen/James Russo Year 11

DMC – Jason Maiolo GWA – Stephen Koutsouliotis/Rhys Nihill NKA – Michael Petrilli EWO – Darcy Thompson Bagshaw WBE – Nicholas Gaggini BGO – Stefan Mittiga

Year 10 Jack Owens Year 9 Joel Pepper Year 8 Pat Alvaro Year 7 Hayden Clarke Special Acknowledgement - Zachary Waters Zachary has been chosen to represent Australia in the Under 17 Joey Soccer Squad. He has been training in Canberra on a regular basis. In 2013 Zac and the Joeys will compete in an international junior soccer tournament in South America. Walsh House wishes him and the Joeys every success.

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Alexander Thomas Joseph Ursida Maximillian Wisniewski

Assistant Principal - Junior Campus Dear Parents/Caregivers and Friends, Our school term is flying by with Week 8 coming to an end with Holy Week now upon us. Our Social Justice Action Group students are busily working hard behind the scenes to organise Easter Egg hampers for those in need in our community. We have asked students across all 3 campuses to donate Easter Eggs and the boys and I will deliver them to Hutt Street Homeless, St Luke’s Mission and Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital on Holy Thursday.

Matthew Thomas Vincenzo Velardo Nicholas Zwolski

I thank Mrs Ozgo, Mr Mifsud, Br Pat and Mrs Buchanan for attending the Masses in support of these students.

Effective immediately Junior Campus students will not be allowed to bring in game-boys / technology on Fridays. Teaching staff believe that this encourages antisocial behaviours.

Students will now be encouraged to play Board Games on Fridays at lunch time as an option instead.

Reminders • Holy Thursday 28 March – dismissal normal time.

• Good Friday – Public Holiday.

• Easter Monday 1 April – Public Holiday.

• Parent, Teacher and Student 3-Way Interviews – 11 April.

The National Assessment Program (Literacy and Numeracy, NAPLAN) will be conducted in schools across Australia on Tuesday 14 May through to Thursday 16 May 2013, with Friday 17 May 2013 the authorised designated ‘catch up day’ for absenteeism.

• Breakfast Club – Every Tuesday and Thursday 8.15- 8.30am.

I congratulate the following students who were presented to the Archdiocese Cathedral Parishioners last Sunday and will be undertaking the Sacramental rites of initiation for Reconciliation, Confirmation and Holy Communion in our Sacramental Program 2013.

• Easter Egg Collection for those in need; please send to class teacher. Collecting until Holy Thursday.

Matthew Adams Jake Apolloni Michael Calderisi Alessio Conci Hunter Dwyer Nicholas Francese Caleb Jackson Cameron Manson Thomas Mestrov Hugh O’Callaghan Tomas Paparella Arian Sandercock Cooper Stewart

Sebastian Alfred Massimo Bartemucci Stefan Calderisi Samuel Cutri Daniel Elborough Marcello Guider Archer Lowman Sebastian Mercorella Monydeng Monydeng Noah O’Callaghan Andrew Princi Luca Scassa Austin Tavian

Junior Campus RE Coordinator

Important Notice

All Junior Campus Students welcome.

No cost involved – held in the St Claire’s Room

Wishing you God’s blessing for the week ahead.

Mrs Frances Zubreckyj Assistant Principal - Junior Campus

Last weekend we began the Sacramental journey for many of our students with the Rite of Welcome in the Cathedral. It was heart-warming to see so many families, including extended family, attending these celebrations, which also included students from Saint Aloysius and St Mary’s Colleges. There is still time to enrol your son in the program for this year. We will be arranging a school-based Rite of Welcome with Monsignor Aitken for those who were unable to attend on Sunday. Please keep the boys and their families in your prayers as they begin their preparations for Confirmation on 30 August and First Eucharist on 1 September.

Next week we will be gathering each day to acknowledge the events of Holy Week. I thank the Receptions, Year 2s, 5s and 6s for volunteering, and the Year 4s who will lead the Easter celebration in the following week. As we will be returning after Easter this year we would like to maintain the solemnity of Holy Week and the joyfulness of the Easter season. We ask that the chocolates which are sent to school during Holy Week are only for the Easter Baskets, and that if your son wishes to share an egg with his classmates that this happens in the following week. Remember that sharing of Easter eggs is not compulsory and that we all need to be aware that the College has a nut free policy for the safety of our students.

I would also like to acknowledge and thank Monsignor Aitken who generously gives of his time to share prayer or Mass with our students each Wednesday morning.

Coming Events Week 9 Holy Week gatherings each day at 12.30pm

CBC Scholarships Scholarship applications for 2014 are now open to families. The College is offering full and part scholarships in the following categories: CBC Old Collegians’ Scholarship R - 6 or 7 – 12. The funding of this scholarship is generously provided by the Christian Brothers College Old Collegians Association Inc. and supports the education provision for students with high academic potential.

Indigenous Heritage Scholarship R - 6 or 7 – 12 specifically supports Indigenous students who will contribute positively to College life and maximise the opportunity provided through a Christian Brothers College education.

Christian Brothers College New Arrivals Scholarship R - 6 or 7 – 12 supports refugee and recent migrant students who will contribute positively to College life and maximise the opportunity provided through a Christian Brothers College education.

Edmund Rice Financial Hardship Scholarship R - 6 or 7 – 12 is donated by Mr Ben Trussell and commemorates the vision and life of the College Founder. This may be awarded to a student whose family is seeking genuine support due to hardship and is subject to the completion of a Scholarship Financial Declaration Form.

Further information is available from the College website or by contacting the College Registrar on 8400 4210. Applications close Wednesday 10 April 2013.

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Holy Thursday Prayer Service 11.20 R - 3 at Junior Campus, 4 - 6 Senior Campus No Wednesday liturgy Week 10 Wednesday 9am – Year 1 Prayer Service with Mons Aitken Week 11 Wednesday 9am – Rec Prayer Service with Mons Aitken August 30 Confirmation September 1 First Eucharist Mrs Ann Ozgo Junior Campus REC

Oliphant Science Awards at the Junior Campus This year we will again be offering students at the Junior Campus a chance to enter the Oliphant Science Awards competition run by SASTA, the South Australian Science and Technology Association. It is a state wide competition that offers some fantastic prizes for different year levels.

The awards are a great opportunity for students to showcase their scientific skills and knowledge, to learn more about areas they are interested in, and to develop social skills while they have fun with their mates. Students can enter individually or in groups of up to three. A small registration fee of $7 applies if students enter as an individual. Group entries cost $12 and can include two or three students. Group entries only apply for certain categories. Payment will not be required until June when students are officially registered for the competition if interested.

Some work may need to be completed in students’ own time. The categories and topics are listed below: • Photography Aerodynamics Levels in ecosystems Energy in Many Forms Melting Moments Separating Mixtures Science in My Daily Life Patterns on the Landscape

• Posters Australian Scientists in History Australia’s Greatest Scientific Inventions Beneath our Feet Conserving Natural Ecosystems It’s in the Genes Radiation in My Home Light & Sound – Producing and Sensing • Science Writing Australia – Leading Science Endeavour Solar Cells – are they worth the cost?

Does the Science add up?

Bacteria – Friend or Foe? Biotechnology, does it help?

How I use Science everyday Cycles of Life • Computer Programming and Robotics • Crystal Investigation • Games • Models and Inventions • Multimedia • Scientific Inquiry If students are interested in taking up this fun and worthwhile challenge, or want to find out more, they are encouraged to attend our weekly workshops every Monday at lunch time at the Junior Campus Science Room, beginning at 12:50 pm.

Mr Vincent Rignanese, Mr Dylan Cook, Mr Christopher Gann

Reminder Notice Effective immediately Junior Campus students will not be allowed to bring in Gameboys / technology on Fridays. Teaching staff believe that this encourages anti-social behaviours.

Junior School Scholastic Book Club Orders due Thursday 28 March

Students will now be encouraged to play Board Games on Fridays at lunch time as an option instead.

Careers Coordinator / Counsellor Year 10 Careers “What do you want to do when you leave school?”

This question is posed to our young people at a time in their life when they are really discovering who they are and are beginning to assert their independence. It is perfectly normal to either not have any idea at all, or to have a determined focus on achieving a specific goal.

For students who really have no idea it can be sometimes difficult for them to focus on school work.

For those who do have a fixed goal, e.g. to become an engineer, difficulties can also emerge. Relevant abilities may not be present for that student and more particularly, their focus could become too narrow. As higher level Maths is a prerequisite for Engineering, students with this focus can find that their difficulties with Maths will preclude this option. In addition, most career areas are changing dramatically and even becoming obsolete, necessitating higher level skills and training.

Thus, students in this century must work flexibly and understand their own abilities, values and interests to realistically explore suitable career pathways. PLP (Personal Learning Plan), beginning Term 2, will assist them with this.

All Year 10 students have now received a Careers Quiz link through their email. This quiz needs to be completed as soon as possible so it can be followed up with a Careers Counselling session.

Defence Work Experience Students wishing to undertake Work Experience with the Defence Forces now need to go directly to their website: www.defence.gov.au/workexperience Positions are added to this site throughout the year.

Students wishing to undertake this must address the selection criteria and are selected on merit. Check the Defence Jobs website to explore the vast array of jobs and skills required on www.defencejobs.gov.au On Wednesday 27 March an Information Session will be held on Careers in the ADF at Defence Force Recruiting, 191 Pulteney Street Adelaide at 6.30pm. Phone 131901 to book a seat.

Ms Liz Tidemann Careers Coordinator / Counsellor

Canteen Volunteers Urgently Needed The Junior Canteen is open daily from Tuesday through to Friday and Lisa would love some help! If you are able to assist in the Canteen, please contact Lisa on 8400 4222, ext 118.

The Senior Canteen is open Monday to Friday and would also appreciate some help. If you are able to assist, please contact Penny direct on 8400 4240.

We greatly appreciate any time you have to spare.

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From the Counselling Team Homework, Facebook and YouTube: Multi-tasking or wasting time?

I’ve travelled to many schools over the last month and conducted presentations for several thousand Year 11 and 12 students about how they can get the best grades possible this year. One of the topics which I frequently have conversations about with teens is the practice of doing homework while doing other activities “at the same time”. For example, doing an essay whilst checking Facebook and watching YouTube videos, having a quick look at Tumblr, Flickr and the occasional look at farm frenzy, amongst others.

Teens (and adults) quite often work in this way – be attempting to work on one task but when they get bored, stuck or tired – or hear a “ping” of a notification on some program or other – then take a quick break.

Sometimes the quick break is genuinely quick – but often it extends for longer than the student intended.

It’s understandable that this happens. It’s really hard to focus on things like study or assignments for long periods of time. It’s much more fun and relaxing to have other things on the go. And often teens say, “I’m good at multi-tasking – I can do it all at once”. Adults often work in the same way, with email interrupting every second minute, talking on the phone while trying to pay bills and so on.

Unfortunately, “multi-tasking” like this has some serious disadvantages.

First, we need to be honest with ourselves: we are not actually multi-tasking. We cannot pay 100% of our attention on more than one thing at a time. Even when we do things like walk and talk, we are only actually paying real attention to the talking part of this dual activity. In other words, when we are paying bills while on the phone, we are only paying attention to one of these things at once – and switching our attention back and forth rapidly between each task. In the same way when teens have multiple screens open, they are not multi-tasking but instead rapidly switching from task to task.

Second, this kind of rapid task switching is not effective.

Studies which compare people who are given several different tasks and asked to do one at a time compared to people given tasks and asked to switch quickly between them find that the “sequential completers” make up to 50% less errors, and finish up to 50% quicker than the “tasks switcher completers”.

One of the reasons for this is that to switch from task to task takes a lot of mental effort. When a Facebook notification pings in the middle of doing an essay, the teenagers brain has to disengage from the essay, refocus on Facebook – and then to return to the essay, the brain has to disengage from Facebook and refocus on the essay - all of which takes mental effort and time.

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circumstances – actually detrimental to certain thinking skills. For example, one researcher found that people who had been asked to switch their attention quickly from task to task performed much worse on a short term memory test after working like this, than people who had just been focussed on one task for a longer period of time.

How should teenagers study then?

Make no mistake, the average teenager needs some down time and breaks while doing homework after school. And YouTube, Facebook and other net activities can provide relaxation, fun and enjoyment – which are all positive emotional states that incidentally are great for helping brains learn.

However these breaks and rests should be scheduled by the teenager to occur at set intervals after predetermined lengths of time, rather than having internet sites and phones interrupt their work. It might be that a teenager works, in a focussed way – for only 15 minutes on a task – and then has a scheduled 5 minute YouTube/Facebook check or something similar.

But then they go back to the task, and don’t look at these sites again for another predetermined, set period of time.

In order to actually be able to do this – and not be interrupted by beeps, alerts and icons (rather than when their scheduled break is), I tell students to close programs they are not using rather than minimise them, put phones on silent and face down so they can’t see and hear them.

To deal with the temptation that comes from wanting to have a quick look – I talk with students about putting slight psychological barriers between themselves and the thing that tempts them. So having the phone over the other side of the room for example, just makes it slightly easier to resist. Having programs set so that you have to type your password in again each time, makes it just slightly more inconvenient to log in, which provides a slightly psychological barrier.

To be even more successful at avoiding distraction/ task switching, I tell students to consider downloading software they can set up on their browser that restricts their chosen internet sites to certain time periods or lengths of time during the day. For example with programs such as “stay focussed”, “leechblock” or “self control” (for Macs) – the student can set for themselves a time limit for which they can’t access sites of their choice. They might for example, open up the program and instruct it to not allow them to access Facebook for the next 30 minutes, or set it so that they can’t get on YouTube between 4 and 6pm and so on.

Working on these issues is tough for teens. We need to support them, be on their side and coach them through these kinds of issues. It might help to get the teenager to read this article and tell you what they think. Otherwise, be interested in their opinion, their experience, their friends’ experience, what they think are the pros and cons of working in different ways, what has worked for them and how you can support them in working in the best way – for them – that they can.

By Kirrilie Smout. Reprinted with permission.

Ms Jane Gaynor From the Counselling Team

BADMINTON Open C Badminton CBC 11 defeated St Peter’s 1 CBC added another successful morning to the season winning all but one of the matches. Most of the matches were won in 2 sets -- no 3-setters this week. James Earnshaw narrowly missed winning a very tightly fought singles with a final score of 22/24, 19/21 - so close! The players were humble in their wins and gentlemanly in thanking their opponents with a handshake at the end of each match. Well played everyone!

Mrs Anna Memma Coach

Year 8/9 Badminton CBC vs Pembroke There were some very close matches for our team on Saturday! Many games went to three sets and almost half the team won their singles. A special mention should be made of Alex Gawronski, Jason Baik and Alex Baik who won their matches in straight sets.

Ms Tahlia Harman Coach

BASKETBALL Year 6 Gold Basketball CBC 12 defeated Westbourne Park PS 11 CBC played an astonishing basketball game on Tuesday 05/03/13 at Wayville Stadium. It was a fantastic effort by every boy in the team. The final score was 12 to 11. CBC won after being able to keep our lead. In the first half the score was 2 to 8, CBC’s way, and then in the second half our team’s defence dropped and WPPS scored a lot more than we expected them to. Special mentions go to Callum Marshall, Josh Marshall, James Khoury and Daniel Hremias but we couldn’t have won without the whole team’s great effort. Thank you to Mrs Clifton for supporting us and doing a great job coaching.

Jack Bourke Captain on the day

CRICKET First XI Cricket Pulteney Grammar 8/187 defeated CBC 3/181 After four straight losses the CBC First XI team were keen to have a win. After losing the toss Pulteney elected to bat first and we were excited to get off to a fast start. James Kittel-Neill and Josh Barnett opened the bowling and were menacing early with a lot of appeals and close calls. But early in the sixth over Barnett cleaned up one of the opening batsman and two overs later Kittel-Neill got the number three batsman to edge up and Nathan Byrnes took the catch after a bit of juggling. Then Pulteney put on a forty run partnership which was ended after a good bit of fielding

by Barnett and ran out their captain who made 99 in a previous innings against us last season. CBC then got a few more wickets before drinks and continued on for the next couple of overs. Then in came their number 7 who made fifty and contributed an 80-odd partnership with the other batsman. What was disappointing was that we couldn’t hold our chances and valuable runs were let through. Pulteney ended with 8/187.

After getting over a poor ending to our fielding James Kittel-Neill and Jack Strange opened the batting and a solid opening partnership was ended after a poor shot was played by Strange who dollyed a catch to square leg off a full toss. Then Barnett and Kittel-Neill put on our best partnership of the season with a staggering 105 run stand which was ended when Barnett was caught for 21.

Kittel-Neill continued on with Nye who didn’t last long and gradually got closer to his hundred. The whole team as well as parents were on the edge of their seats as Kittel-Neill struck a four through mid-on and scored his first century for CBC. After this he batted with Yates who slogged for a while. Then it got to the last over with CBC needing 13 to win. It was very tense as every ball was critical and in the end CBC were six runs short. It was a disappointing end to great batting display but in the end it came down to half an hour of poor fielding which therefore cost us the game.

Next game is our last against Trinity College as we strive to achieve our first win.

Best Bowling: Nye 2/29, Nihill 2/37 Best Batting: Kittel-Neill 120 not out, Barnett 21 Man of the Match: James Kittel-Neill Jack Strange First XI Cricket

Second XI Cricket Pulteney Grammer defeated CBC CBC won the toss and we decided to field first. We got off to a great start with Brady Goggins taking 4 wickets in 4 overs and twice being on a hat trick. Then James P came on and took 2 quick wickets leaving Pulteney in trouble at 6 for 28. Then Harrison came on and bowled beautifully and took 3 wickets in 2 overs leaving Pulteney in lots of trouble with a score of 9/44. But then Pulteney rallied with their number 11 batsman and their Wicket Keeper putting on a 40 run stand for the 10th wicket before Brady came back on and took his 5th wicket for the game. This left Pulteney with a score of 88 all out from 24 overs. Although there were some late runs this was a great bowling performance from the 2nds and left Brady Goggins with figures of 5/16 off 5.2 overs.

Coming out to bat we were chasing 89 off 27 overs to win our first game of the year.

Ganesh and Harrison opened the batting and we did not get off to a good start with Ganesh out for 6 and Harrison out for a duck. Our batting woes continued from there with James P getting out for 2 and Chris S out for a duck as well. This left us teetering at 4/10, before Jordon Bocock and Brady Goggins rallied. Jordon and Brady put on a 26run stand and all was going well before Brady 9.

Jordon continued to bat well but he was running out of batting partners with William Bragg out for a 7-ball duck, and Michael G out for a duck leaving us at 7/50. Damien and Jordon put on a small partnership of 15 which left us with a chance of a win. Once Damien was out for a wellearned 4 runs; this left us at 8/65. Jordon and Nick G kept the runs coming but once Jordon was out for a very good score of 39, we were in deep trouble. Nick G was joined at the crease by James N, and Nick tried hard and batted well for a score of 7 but once he was out it was all over, with CBC falling just 16 runs short of our first win for the year.

Although we lost this was a great effort by the boys especially Brady Goggins, Harrison, James P and Jordon Bocock who were our best players. Better luck next time.

Man of the Match: Brady Goggins Best Bowling: Brady Goggins 5/16, James P 2/15 and Harrison 3/2 Best Batting: Jordon Bocock 39, Brady Goggins 9, Nick G 7 and Ganesh 6.

William Bragg Second XI Cricket

Year 7 Cricket St Ignatius 3/101 tied with CBC 5/101 We ventured east for the first time this year, to take on St Ignatius, on what is possibly the smallest cricket oval in existence. We won the toss and elected to bowl on a greenish wicket under an overcast sky. St Ignatius were watchful early in their innings, making wickets hard to come by. Their experience playing on the ‘oval’ showed as they were able to make the most of the short boundaries by punishing the occasional delivery we bowled that was short or wide. Michael Kittel-Neill was the pick of the bowlers, bowling his spinners for the first time this year. He gave the ball considerable flight, making it difficult for the batsmen to judge the pitch of the ball which made run-scoring nigh on impossible. Michael finished with figures of 1/1 (3). Other wicket takers were Jamie Cerone 1/7 (3) who finished off well after a wayward start, Jack Bastian 1/6 (2) including a wicket maiden and Johnny Frisina 1/6 (3) who deceived the batsman with a double bouncer. Our fielding improved from last match, though we still could be more vocal in encouraging our bowlers. Restricting St Ignatius to 101 was a good effort considering the size of the ground and gave our batsmen a strong chance of chalking up another win.

St Ignatius had a particularly quick opening bowler which made life difficult for our top order. Runs were hard to come by early on with St Ignatius applying pressure in the field and causing some hesitant running between the wickets.

Tyler Cappelluti and Hayden Clarke got our innings back on track with 11 and 14 not out respectively. Towards the end of our innings quick runs were required; Zane 9* and Michael 14* duly obliged with some attacking strokes and aggressive running between the wickets, putting the pressure back onto the fieldsmen. John Zito came in down the order and played some impressive straight drives, bringing the crowd to their feet and swinging the match back in our favour, finishing with 24 not out. 5 runs were required from the last over for the win. After conceding a boundary from the second ball of the over, the St Ignatius bowler held his nerve to bowl 3 dot balls. The last ball of the day was hit high in the air and as the batsmen scurried through for a single the catch was held in the outfield. The scores were tied, leaving both teams feeling a little deflated.

However tremendous sportsmanship was shown by the two sides and they shook hands and commiserated together.

Mr Thomas McLean Coach

Year 3 Kanga Cricket CBC defeated Rostrevor We had another very exciting game and all the boys exhibited great team skills. We batted well and have improved dramatically with our fielding and bowling. I was once again very impressed with the team spirit and sportsmanship. It was a great game and I was very proud of all the players.

This week’s players were: Richard Guo, Toby Kay, Peter Jackson, Dylan Heinrick, Samuel Robey, Joshua Black, Max Bastin, Ryan Self, Dylan Ryan, Lucas Sebastiano, Aaqil Azeez, Christopher Ross A special thank you to Mr Kaine Bastin for coaching and umpiring, and to Mr Darren Heinrick for scoring.

Ms Kathy Cresswell Team Manager

SWIMMING Senior Swimming 1st St Peter’s 358 pts 2nd CBC 216 pts 3rd Pedare 196 pts 4th Pulteney Grammar 192 pts This was an excellent result for our swimming team.

Only five boys were able to compete this week and we were competing against teams of over 20 -- this was a phenomenal effort. Our boys kept swimming in event after event with little or no rest and their courage and spirit were excellent. Congratulations, boys, on your stunning effort!

The highlight of the night was winning the U/14 Medley Relay. We were equal third going into the relays and the teamwork shown by the boys brought us through the pack.

The boys who competed were Tyson Sarunic, Taylor Sarunic, Cooper Lienert, Henry Barker and Zac Villis.

Mr Rick Mackereth and Mrs Jenny Palmer Coaches

Tennis Drive Tennis CBC 5 defeated Concordia 4

Singles Doubles George Wong 6-2 3-6 Jack Owens 4-6 3-6 Rein Coetzer 4-6 6-0 Jack Quinn 2-6 6-0 Karl Gaweda 6-1 6-3 Brad Graham 6-4 6-3 On a morning perfect for tennis, our group needed to show composure and focus in order to defeat a very strong Concordia team. We eventually won 5 sets to 4, but only because of stirring singles wins from George Wong, Bradley Graham and Kyle Gaweda. George was strong and forceful in his match, Kyle had to play at a high level to defeat his opponent and Brad was most composed and disciplined in his win. Our 2 doubles victories came at a good time of the morning, with these being the first two matches.

Mr Paul Horgan Coach

Senior C Tennis Blackfriars A 9 sets (62 games) defeated CBC 3 sets (40 games) Although the team performed well under the circumstances, we were unable to rival the superiority of the opposition. Eric Caluya and Dion Bruno were competitive in their doubles match, going down 4-6. However, our players struggled in the other doubles matches. With the rubber out of reach, the lads were now playing for pride. Raisy Lopez (6-4), Matthew Italiano (6-1) and Gogo Janthet (6-2), posted solid victories to restore some respectability to the scoreline.

David Haydon-Potts, playing at No.1, led from the beginning in a very entertaining match and almost succeeded in giving the team its fourth win. Unfortunately, luck was not with him and he succumbed 5-7 in the tiebreak, going down 6-7 in his singles.

Mr George Caretti Coach

INSIGHT

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Middle B Tennis

Middle C2 Tennis

Year 8/9 2 Volleyball

St Ignatius College defeated CBC

Pedare 5 sets (41 games) defeated CBC 5 sets (38 games)

CBC 3 defeated St Peters 0

CBC Middle B’s lost in a close fought contest against St Ignatius. 5 sets 38 games to 7 sets 59 games Doubles: First: Brand Shunmugam and Adam Skondras (6-4) Second: Rafal Stawicki and George Theodoulou (3-6); Third George Moutzouris and Harry Isherwood (6-3); Fourth Doubles (Forfeit) Singles: 1. Brandon Shunmugam (5-6); 2. Adam Skondras (6-3), 3. Rafal Stawicki (0-6); 4 George. Theodoulou (0-6); 5. Harry Isherwood (6-4); 6. George Moutzouris (6-3); Singles 7 & 8 forfeited.

A great effort again from all players, in continuance of their excellent approach to their matches this year. Adam Skondras won a great contest in the second singles, and Brendan Shunmugam was unlucky to lose 5-6 in close finish. George Moutzouris also won a close well fought match. Harry Isherwood also won his singles with great application and determination. Raf Stawicki and George Theodoulou both supported their team well with gritty determination.

Mr Greg Kurtzer Coach

Middle C1 Tennis CBC vs St Peter’s College On a cool morning which included a few drops of rain, the C1 team fronted up against St Peter’s College. Unfortunately we were missing one player but we still managed to hold our own and reach a draw of 6 games all.

Bryce and Callum won their doubles 6 games to 3, while Anthony, Daniel, Callum and Christian all managed to win their singles games, with Christian doing so twice!

Well played, boys!

Ms Liz Tidemann Coach

Best Players: Adrian Niscioli and Fabian Sauchelli This week the C2 team had a tough challenge ahead and fought really hard to the end. Unfortunately the win just snuck away from the boys going down by only 3 games.

Liam Brown and Adrian Niscioli had a great win in the top doubles and Justin Krieg and Fabian Sauchelli had a very convincing 6-1 win in the bottom doubles. Adrian Niscioli played two singles matches due to CBC being one boy short and he won both his matches 6-0. Overall the team displayed excellent sportsmanship and put up a great fight against all their opponents.

Ms Liesel Dunstan Coach

A late game was to be held at St Peter’s but the team was all fired up and ready to win. They did not falter. We started off well in the first set, only for St Peter’s to come back at us but we pulled ourselves together to win reasonably comfortably. The second set was much the same and we completely dominated the third set. Congratulations to the team who work so well together. Looking forward to a great next round against Marryatville.

Ms Emma Woehle Coach

Water polo Year 8 Water Polo

VOLLEYBALL

St Ignatius 6 defeated CBC 4

Year 8/9 1 Volleyball CBC 2 defeated Westminster 1 Best Players: Mojtaba Rezai and Jack Hamblin A most impressive game played out on Friday night at home.

It was yet another close win with the team having the competitive edge on the day. Well done to our best players and to all the team.

Ms Jane Gaynor Coach

Goal Scorers: Tyler Cappelluti 2, Laurence Giannetta 1, Isaac Giannetta 1 Our team again performed well as a unit and were very impressive in going down in a close game. St Ignatius were the best defensive team we have played and they held us well in the first half but as the match progressed we were able to crack their defence and score. We were coming home with a wet sail outscoring them in the final quarter.

We again had 2 new players debut in Cooper Lienert and Tyler Cappelluti and they proved to be successful in fitting into our team. It is a pleasure being involved with the water polo team. It is a real credit to the boys the way they welcome and encourage new players into the team and build on the team spirit. Congratulations on another fine effort, boys.

Mr Rick Mackereth Coach

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