1st September, 2015 Reflection World Day of Prayer for Creation Pope Francis wrote the following in a letter to Cardinals Turkson and Koch. ‘We need always to keep in mind that, for believers in Jesus Christ, the Word of God who became man for our sake, “the life of the spirit is not dissociated from the body or from nature or from worldly realities, but lived in and with them, in communion with all that surrounds us” . The ecological crisis thus summons us to a profound spiritual conversion: Christians are called to “an ecological conversion whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them” ‘(Laudato Si’, 216-217) Prayers of Intercession All provident God, your care has given us food from the earth; grant that the crops we harvest may sustain us in body and help us to grow in spirit, we pray to the Lord. Lord Hear our Prayer You feed the birds of the air and clothe the lilies of the field; teach us to seek first your kingship over us and teach us your way of holiness, we pray to the Lord. Lord Hear our Prayer Through Jesus Christ you have made the world abound in works of holiness; grant that, living in him, we may share in his fullness and life and bear much fruit, we pray to the Lord. Lord Hear our Prayer In the Eucharist you have taken up the fruits of our hands as a signs of the mystery of faith; grant that the gifts we bring to be consecrated at your son’s table may work for the continuing good of the Church’s life, we pray to the Lord. Lord Hear our Prayer You planned that all your children should share in the goods of your creation; grant that all those who are in need may come to enjoy an untroubled life and to glorify you and praise your holy name, we pray to the Lord. Lord Hear our Prayer
Principals’ retreat
SACCSS Athletics
Last Thursday and Friday I attended a Principal’s Retreat at Healesville conducted by Fr Jude Pirotta. In one session Fr Jude asked the Principals present: “what have you learnt from the example of Pope Francis in the past two years?” Since his election in March 2013, Pope Francis has shunned some of the traditional ornaments of his predecessors such as the red shoes, the gold plated mitre and the magnificent throne. When appointed he urged his Bishops around the world to walk in poor neighbourhoods and “smell the sheep”. For all leaders in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said: “commit to know yourself deeply, including your frailties, and come to some peaceful acceptance of yourself and your calling to lead” and “Leadership no longer brings to mind the one person in charge but a set of behaviours needed from every person”
Congratulations to the SACCSS Athletics team for the achievements at yesterday’s Athletics Carnival. I would also like to acknowledge Emma Brown, Rob De Witt, Phil Brown, Holly Azzopardi, Rebecca Toms, Khan Marr and Michael Sirko who coached and prepared the athletes for their events.
College Captains for 2016 Congratulations to Maddison Bassal and Jack Doyle on their appointment as the 2016 College Captains. It was a very difficult choice to make considering the high quality of the applications from across the Year 11 cohort. May they be inspired by the thoughts and deeds of Pope Francis as they set out on their Leadership journey in 2016.
Best wishes Mark Sheehan
2016 Subject Selections
VCE Solo Performances
Thanks to all families in supporting students in their 2016 subject selections. Initial Year 11 & 12 Subject allocations are being finalised and will go home before the end of term. Year 10 and Year 9 (whose elective selections close this Wednesday, September 2) will have initial confirmation letters sent home next term.
Congratulations to the VCE drama class on their highly entertaining and engaging solo performances last Thursday evening. Each student is to be commended upon not only their highly original interpretation of the stimulus material, but also their ability to bring such research to life through their energetic and focused performance skills. An enormous thank to all of the CRC staff who supported the students on the evening, your contribution whether assisting backstage or simply being an audience member are much appreciated.
Term 3 Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews Just a reminder that Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews take place in the last week of Term 3. Bookings for these interviews open the week before when interim reports become available.
Clare O'Sullivan VCE Drama
End of Term 3 The last day of Term 3 classes is Thursday, September 17. Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews will take place that evening from 4pm. No classes will operate on Friday, September 18 as interviews will take place in the morning. John Christie Deputy Principal (Staff) Languages Week This week the College is celebrating Languages week. Monday commenced with a lively and entertaining presentation by the well known author, Archie Fusillo. Today was our spaghetti competition, tomorrow the Year 7 Languages incursion, batik painting, mask making, Language Perfect competition, soccer clinics and an entertaining music show: That’s Amore. Later this week we have a chopstick race at lunchtime, staff versus students soccer match and the gelati van will visit us again on Friday. Students will report on each of the activities in the next few weeks so stay tuned.
Languages Week Year 7 Incursion takes place Wednesday, September 2. Students are permitted to wear their PE uniform.
Hooray for languages! SHOWCASE – Year 10 Hospitality Claudio Russo As a part of the Gala the Year 10 Hospitality class will be serving hors d’oeuvres in the foyer of the Performing Arts Centre prior to the performances. These will be served from 6.00pm until 6.50pm. There will also be a variety of sweet treats available at intermission. The cost of the food is included with your ticket so come along early and enjoy the culinary experience. Nerida Thurn
Australian Cross Country Championships
Year 10 Anxiety and Stress Workshop
On Saturday 29th August the Australian Cross Country Championships were held at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Students from all over Australia were selected to represent their state based on cross country trials held earlier in the year. Andrew Amor of Year 9 was selected to compete and raced incredibly well in the under 16s 4km race finishing 8th in Australia in a time of 14:07. Andrew also competed as a member of the Victorian team who placed second in the National School Sport relays held at Albert Park on Monday. A huge congratulations to Andrew on his running achievements and best of luck for your future events.
On Thursday the 27th of August, the Year 10 cohort participated in a workshop focusing on Anxiety and Stress, presented by Andrea Skinner, the Community Awareness and Youth participation officer from Headspace Sunshine. Recently parents and students were asked to participate in a survey which considered Mental Health & Wellbeing within our school; this workshop was part of the MindMatters initiative and our whole school approach to Mental Health & Wellbeing. The workshop discussed the notion of stress, what causes stress and anxiety and the types of activities that we do to assist in dealing with stress. The students also talked about resilience and watched related video clips. As parents, you might enjoy discussing these topics with your teenager. Ask them about the workshop, the type of activities they participated in and about the video clips that they watched. This may generate some family discussion on the topics of Stress, Anxiety and Resilience and may even help you understand your child and where they are at, at the present moment. Remember communication is the key to any good relationship and the school is committed to providing these workshops for parents to utilise as platforms for discussion with your children. Here is one activity that you may like to try yourself: · Sit upright in a comfortable position · Breath in for 6 counts · Hold your breath for 6 counts · Breath out for 6 counts · Repeat You should be able to feel your shoulders naturally relax.
SACCSS Athletics On Monday the annual SACCSS division 2 athletics carnival was held at Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park. A team of close to 100 athletes coached by a combination of staff and senior students managed to drag themselves out of bed for an early start to compete against six other SACCSS schools. The team did CRC Melton proud competing exceptionally well to take out 1st place in the female, male and aggregate junior, intermediate and senior age divisions – a clean sweep! There were also a number of outstanding individual results seen on the day including Maddison and Montana Djatschenko, Laura McIntyre, Flora Daw, Carlos Gomez and Alex Robinson winning their respective age champion awards. A special congratulations goes to Lachlan Stewart who broke the 1994 high jump record of 167cm with a jump of 168cm. A big thanks to all the students and staff involved for your commitment and efforts during those many lunchtime training sessions and we hope to see many of you back next year when we take on division 1.
Kath Jones (Assistant Coordinator) & the Year 10 Team
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Languages Week Year 9 MASP Excursion Year 7 Language Week Languages Week Performing Arts Gala Languages Week Performing Arts Gala Food Van visit Year 7 MASP Excursion Year 9 Premier League Semi Final SACCSS Tennis Year 12 Drama Excursion VINCIT Work Experience VCAL Excursion VINCIT Work Experience Year 9 Premier League Grand Final VINCIT Work Experience SACCSS Athletics Presentation Parent/Student/Teacher interviews VINCIT Work Experience Year 8 Premier League Round 1 Parent/Student/Teacher interviews VINCIT Work Experience Term 3 concludes
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Term 4 commences Year 9 Outdoor Education camp Year 8 Premier League Round 2 Year 9 Outdoor Education camp Year 8 Premier League Round 3 Food Van visit Year 12 Graduation Mass Year 11 Biology Excursion Year 8 Premier League Round 4 VCE Arts Exhibition VCE Arts Exhibition
Homework Club Homework Club will be held in the Library each Wednesday between 3.30pm and 4.30pm.
1.00pm - 2.00pm
T Davine Wednesday 9th L. Eagle Wednesday 16th
6.30pm - 7.30pm S. Jakeman 1.00pm - 2.00pm
K. Vella Term 4 October Wednesday 7th
1.00pm - 2.00pm
R. McDonald Wednesday 14th A. Salmon
6.30pm - 7.30pm