24th June, 2014 Reflection On the Feast of the Sacred Heart, this coming Friday, we celebrate Jesus Christ’s complete and unfailing love for humanity. Love has made a circle that holds us all inside. Where strangers are as family and loneliness can’t hide. You must give yourself to love, if love is what you’re after. Open up your hearts to tears and laughter and give yourself to love, Love is born in fire; it’s planted like a seed. Love can’t give you everything, but it gives you what you need. Love comes when you’re ready; love comes when you’re afraid. It will be your greatest teacher, the best friend you have made. (from Give Yourself to Love. From The Spirit of Love, Awakening Heart) Lord, open our hearts to your transforming grace that we may be true witnesses to your Word and live a life of compassion and love for all. Thank you Father for the abundant care of your Son for all. Help us to grow and love like Christ whose life amongst us in the ‘Word made flesh’ is both our Truth and inspiration. Amen.
End of Term
Catholic Education Today Magazine
As we approach the final week of Term 2, exams have been marked, final assessment tasks submitted and the results have been uploaded onto PAM, it is a good opportunity to reflect on Semester One. This is what I put to the students at last week’s full school assembly. I posed the following questions - Did I work to the best of my ability this semester? Am I happy with my results and effort? What can I do or need to do to improve? Is my behaviour impacting on my ability to learn and the ability of others to learn? These questions are particularly important and relevant to our Year 12 students, who upon returning after the holidays, have one full term of schooling left.
Last week the Catholic Education Today magazine, featured a report on Annika Miesen’s success in achieving the Macpherson Smith Rural scholarship. Annika thanked the College community by commenting, “here you are encouraged to be the best you can be, in and out of the classroom”. As a community we wish Annika every success.
Work Experience This week our Year 10 students are on Work Experience, for many of them it will be the first time in a work place environment. We wish them well for the week and hope they gain a lot from the experience. For some it will reinforce what they want to do in the future and for others it will throw up more questions and possibilities. This experience will also be valuable in their VCE Subject Selection process that begins next term. Staff will be making visits to the students across the week to speak with employers and the students.
Last Day of Term 2 Please note that Term 2 classes finish at 2.30pm this Friday, June 27. This is to ensure our students finish in line with other secondary schools for bus connections. Please note that the local SITA Town buses will continue to operate on normal times. We advise that students who catch these buses may find it more convenient to make other arrangements home this day. On behalf of the College I wish every family an enjoyable and relaxing holiday over the Term 2 break, if travelling please be safe and we look forward to everyone returning next term. Finally, a newsletter will be mailed home at the end of the week. It will contain information on accessing Semester One Reports. Reports will only be available through the College’s Parent Portal. Robert Blackley Acting Principal