18th June, 2013 Reflection Do you want to know what goes on in the heart of the Trinity? I will tell you. In the heart of the Trinity the Father laughs and gives birth to the Son. The Son laughs back at the Father and gives birth to the Spirit. The whole Trinity laughs and gives birth to us. When God laughs at the soul and the soul laughs back at God, the persons of the Trinity are begotten. When the Father laughs at the Son and the Son laughs back at the Father, that laughter gives pleasure, that pleasure gives joy, that joy gives love, and that is the Holy Spirit. (Meister Eckhart)
Term 2 Review
Mid-Year Exams
As we enter the last two weeks of Term 2, I thought it appropriate to reflect on the activities and events that we as a CRC Community have experienced this term. Our 2013 Peter Pan Production rehearsals have been taking place and excitement is building for our performances in Term 3. The dedication of the students and staff to rehearsals after school, on weekends and during the upcoming holidays is outstanding and bodes well for fantastic performances in July. Term 2 provided many sporting highlights. We were well represented in the Year 9 Premier League finals with our girl’s Netball team just being edged out in the Grand Final. Our College House Athletics Carnival produced some excellent performances with Blue House winning the championship. In Cross Country the College enjoyed great success winning the Overall and Senior competitions against the other SACCSS schools. Our female Junior Football team won the SACCSS competition. Finally, we wish our senior boys and girls all the best as they compete in Football and Netball Finals next week. This year, our students had the opportunity to participate in Cheerleading and Aerobics competitions. These events took place over many weekends providing great experience and some well-deserved results. As part of our Social Justice commitments, students across a range of year levels have been involved with community projects such as blood donations, assisting with soup vans, and supporting local community members with disabilities. CRC students also competed in debating and National and State Competitions in subject based areas. I thank all students who took the opportunity to be involved in our Extra-Curricula program and the teachers who gave their time to coach, assist, mentor and support.
Our revised Mid-Year Exam program this year incorporated Year 7 and Year 8 students. The availability of our new Year 10 Centre for exams at both Year 10 and Year 9 enabled both year levels to hold exams as a total group and to experience senior school exam conditions. Our VCE Exam centre was used by Year 11’s for their exams and our Year 12 students (and those Year 11’s doing a Unit 3-4 study) for the three hour General Achievement Test (GAT). We trust that all students worked to their potential and will receive the grades that they deserve. Year 10 City Experience Next week is our Year 10 City Experience Program. With the amount of planning and preparation that has gone into this event, I am sure all our Year 10 students will not only enjoy the week but learn new skills and develop more self-confidence and resilience. Semester One Reports Finally, next week’s newsletter will be mailed home. This is to ensure all families receive a copy, as it will contain information on accessing Semester One Reports. Reports will only be available through the Parent Portal during the break with paper copies to be mailed home at the end of the first week back in Term 3. End of Term 2 Classes conclude next Friday June 28th at 2.30pm. John Christie Acting Principal
Clickview How to Part 1
Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu Feast Day
Students are able to view Digital Video titles from the College Clickview Library at home.
This Saturday, June 22 from 2.00pm, CRC Melton families are invited to join the celebration of the 130th Anniversary of the Calling of Our Lady Ta’ Pinu. This will take place at the Our Lady Ta’ Pinu Shrine on Flanagan’s Drive, Bacchus Marsh. There will be a Procession, Rosary followed by Holy Mass, Benediction of the Sacred Sacrament and Adoration. Families who wish to have their children blessed are most welcome. They can also have a basket of flower petals if they wish to participate in the procession.
1. At home, download Clickview Player (Windows or MAC version) from www.clickview.com.au This is a free download. You may be asked to download additional software to make Clickview function on your computing device. 2. At school, open Clickview Player on any of the College computers and insert your USB. Find and select the program you wish to view on Clickview. Right click on the program title and from the drop down menu select Add to School Bag. You will choose your USB drive as the target. When you click OK the program will copy to your device. 3. At home, insert your USB drive and open Clickview Player. Go to File > Open School Bag. You will be asked to highlight where you have copied the program – your USB drive. In the menu, a School Bag icon should appear. Click on the icon and the program you wish to view should be available for you. 4. Please note that the Clickview Digital Videos are formatted to run on Clickview software and will not play on other media formats. We will explain other ways of using Clickview in future editions of this newsletter. Please see any of the Library staff if you need assistance or have problems with the Clickview program. Michael Hill Woolworths Earn & Learn Program As you may know, our school has been participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. The program has now finished for this year, so a big thanks to everyone who supported our school. We’re now at the important stage of the program where Points Sheets are collected and lodged as our Earn & Learn claim. We will then be able to get new educational equipment for our school. The more we collect, the more we can redeem. So this week please return your Woolworths Earn & Learn Points Sheets and any loose Earn & Learn Points Stickers you may have to student reception. Remember to check your handbag, the car glove box or they maybe stuck on the fridge. Every little bit helps. Thanks again for all of your support! Lauren Prout Science Coordinator
Father Fabian’s visit On Thursday 13th June CRC Melton was happy to host Father Fabian who addressed the entire Year 8 cohort. Father spoke about Salvation History from the Genesis accounts of Adam and Eve, through to the coming of the Lord Jesus. Father took questions and answers at the end. Anthony Murphy Religious Education Teacher
Peter Pan
Year 7 Girls AFL
The College production of Peter Pan will be performed on Thursday 25th July, Friday 26th July & Saturday 27th July at 7.30pm and conclude at approximately 9.30pm. Peter Pan will be performed at The Crate Theatre, Catholic Regional College, Sydenham. Entry is via the Pecks Road car park. Tickets for Peter Pan are $15.00 each and are available from the College office.
On Monday the 13th May, the Year 7 & 8 girls football team accompanied by Miss Wright and a group of helpful boys: Jai Whitehand, Jeremy Sebastian, Jake Thompson, Boden Mugridge, Ryan Agius and Sam Rogan competed in the Junior Girls AFL Round Robin for 2013. We headed off to Salesian College for our first match. We easily dominated 3 out of 4 games, in one of our games we had one too many on the field and our teams points were taken off. We stayed strong, and came back in the end and won and got through to the semi-finals. We then faced our toughest match, Mackillop, who had been undefeated in the 4 matches they had played. We came together as a team and ended up defeating them and advancing into the grand final. We were faced with playing St Monica’s. It was a tough game, but Miss Wright’s great team encouragement got us through. In the end, we broke a lead, and had a convincing win by 2 goals. One of our great players, Ruby Ancrum, won the MVP for the grand final match. Our captains for the day, Chloe Galakos, Telia Coverdale and Amy Garofalo pulled us through with great team spirit, and lead the team into taking home the pennant.
Clare O’Sullivan on behalf of the Production Team Performance Coordinator
CRC Melton Production ‘Peter Pan’ ticket order form Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ Student’s name: ______________________________________ Homeroom: ______________ Contact Number: ______________________________________________________________ Number of tickets (each ticket is $15) Thursday 25th July, 2013 Friday 26th July, 2013 Saturday 27th July, 2013 Total cost: $ ___________________Money must be enclosed in order to receive tickets.
Uniform
Calendar 2013
2013
Term 2
Term 2
June
June
19th Year 9 Outdoor Education camp 20th Year 9 Outdoor Education camp Senior Futsal 21st Year 9 Outdoor Education camp Year 11 Excursion ACU 24th Year 10 City Experience 25th Year 10 City Experience Year 12 Biology Experience 26th Year 10 City Experience Year 9 A, D & O Sovereign Hill Excursion Year 9 B, C & M Retreat Senior AFL/Netball Grand Final 27th Year 10 City Experience SACCSS Senior Soccer Round 1 Year 11/12 Studio Arts Excursion Year 9 A, D & O Retreat Year 9 B, C & M Sovereign Hill Excursion Year 12 Biology Excursion Year 12 Drama Short Solos 28th Year 10 City Experience Term 2 ends at 2.30pm
Wednesday 19th 6.30pm - 7.30pm C. Bettess
S. Kovacic
C. Schembri
Wednesday 26th 1.00pm - 2.00pm J. Johnson
L. Vella
Canteen 2013 Term 2 June
Homework Club Homework club will run from Wednesday 9th May until Wednesday 19th June
Wednesday 19th Friday 21st
Maria Zaharogiannis Ana Levett
Monday 24th Tuesday 25th Friday 28th
Julie Harkin Heather Breich Cynthia Amor
Term 3 July
Mass Times St. Dominic’s Parish Parish Priest: Fr. Michael Moody Weekend Mass times: Saturday: 6.00pm Sunday: 9.00am & 11.00am St Bernard’s Parish Parish Priest: Fr. Brian Glasheen Weekend Mass times: Saturday: 6.30pm Sunday: 8.30am, 10.00am
St Anthony’s Parish Parish Priest: Fr. Fabian Smith Weekend Mass times: Saturday: 5.30pm Sunday: 8.30am & 10.30am
Monday 15th Tuesday 16th Wednesday 17th Thursday 18th
Debbi Taylor Johanna Blain Karen Normoyle Suzanne Smith Lisa Trethowan