St Edward's College Yearbook 2022

YEARBOOK

Table of CONTENTS

Leadership and Administration

EREA 6 College Advisory Council 8 College Principal 10 Acting College Principal 18 Deputy Principal 20 College Captain 22 College Vice Captains 24 College Prefects 2022 26 Prefect Portfolios 30 College Awards 34 Special and Memorial Awards 50 Mission and Identity 55 Social Justice 58 Maintenance 61 Staff Directory 62

Curriculum Curriculum 68 Careers/VET 70 Computing and ICT 72 Diverse Learning 74 English 76 Food Technology and Hospitality 80 French 84 HSIE 88 Library 92 Mathematics 96

PDHPE 100 Performing Arts 104 Religious Education 110 Science 114 Technology and Applied Studies 118 Visual Art 124

Pastoral Care Pastoral Care 130 Year 7 132 Year 8 140 Year 9 150 Year 10 160 Year 11 170 Year 12 178 College Counsellors 190 Wellbeing 192

Sport

Sport 196

College Athletics Carnival 202 College Swimming Selection Day 203 AFL 206

Athletic Representatives 210 Basketball 212 Beach Volleyball 218 Chess 219 Cricket 220 Cross Country 222 Football 225 Friday Activities 230 Futsal 231 Golf 233 Hockey 234 Oztag 237 Public Speaking/Debating 238 Rugby League 240 Rugby Union 248 Surf Life Saving 253 Swimming Representatives 254 Tennis 256 Touch Football 257 Water Polo 262

College Roll

Year 7 266 Year 8 268 Year 9 270 Year 10 272 Year 11 274 Year 12 276

Leadership and Administration JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY

Edmund Rice Education Australia

CRAIG WATTAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

It is with pleasure that I offer an introduction to your Annual for this year. Your early learning centre, flexible learning centre and/or school is one of 55 across our nation. We are knitted together as a national and indeed international community that is part of the Edmund Rice movement sharing the inspiration of Blessed Edmund and living the Gospel each day. Although we might inhabit very different geographical locations around this country serving different communities, we are inextricably connected by our Catholicity, our commitment to animating our faith through the vehicle of the EREA Touchstones, and in doing our best to bring about the Kingdom each day.

No doubt there will be much to celebrate in your school community this year. The most important and fundamental asset that your school possesses is the people who reside within it. No grand building, glossy brochure, or boast about sport and co-curricular activity can compete with what matters most, and that is our students. At the forefront of all we do, we place child safety and wellbeing as our number one priority. As a precondition to learning, we ensure that we have these fundamentals in place so that we are free to invite all to learning, improvement, and success.

As I travel the country visiting our schools I am always struck by the vibrancy of the community. Parents readily tell me that there is something really very special about their school. Of course, what they are saying is that there is something special about the people in the school. They talk of the care that is extended to their child, they speak of the dedication and commitment of the staff, and they often talk about how blessed they feel to belong. Our sense of belonging to something bigger than just us is what forges bonds that sustain over the long term. I hear of parents whose child graduated many years ago, but they still turn up, volunteer their time and energy on canteen, on Advisory Councils, or in a fundraising capacity, and even to coach a rugby or cricket team! Such is the power of our communities. We have much of which to be proud in building strong communities.

Justice and Solidarity

Inclusive Community

Importantly, our communities are sacramental. They are places where God is tangibly present, spoken about and relationships not just with each other but with the person of Jesus are also fostered and encouraged. We invite all in our community into an ongoing, ever-deepening relationship with God, and with our Church. Our schools engage in social justice activities and charitable works so that the common good is being served. Many of our graduates leave us with a firm commitment to devote their time and talents to others, especially the poor and marginalised. Our job is to put names to these people. This is about dignity. They are not simply “the other”. The other is everyone other-than-me. When we name people, we also invite relationship and respect is afforded. When we call people by their name it suggests we are likewise invested in them. I know that our Edmund Rice communities also do this very well.

This year we have seen significant change in EREA. We have been on a regeneration pathway that has seen the work to incorporating the organisation consume much of our energy and time. In standing up new subsidiary companies, and an overarching entity (EREA Ltd) we will have much improved governance, especially in the areas of risk and child safety. Our new bespoke governance model will place more localised expertise in the active space of governing our schools. We are setting ourselves up for success, and for the future. While this will not be felt at the school level quite so much, it should provide comfort to all that our priority is ensuring our children are safe, risk is actively managed and faith and learning are central to our efforts.

As members of this broad Edmund Rice community, we have all celebrated the launch of our Stretch RAP in the middle of the year, and in September, the launch of our Learning Statement. These two events mark the emphasis of our work as a Catholic learning organisation. I am grateful to all involved for their assistance, and continued work.

I offer my thanks to our principals, school leaders, teachers and professional staff in our schools who work so hard to make your child’s education life-giving and hope filled. I also offer my best wishes and prayers to our students as this year ends. Our students are certainly a wonderful advertisement for an Edmund Rice education and disposition. Lastly, I thank our parents and carers for trusting us in partnering in the faith and learning of your child.

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Liberating Education

Gospel Spirituality

College Advisory Council

FRANK BORTKEVITCH

It gives me great pleasure to present the College Advisory Council’s Report for 2022.

It was a challenging and often very difficult year for the College Leadership team, teachers, students, support staff and parents. The focus, commitment, innovation and initiation of all participants allowed the College to deliver the highest level of education, safely and effectively. Again, another amazing year of outstanding achievement.

During the year we progressed with our Building Master Plan. We have expressions of interest from four building companies to undertake the Science Lab refurbishment. We are also in discussions to repair the water issues we are experiencing in the Theatre – unfortunately the Theatre will be unusable for the reminder of the year.

As you are aware our Principal, Mark Bonnici, took Professional Renewal Leave throughout Term 3. I would like to publicly acknowledge the great ork of Cameron Alexander, who stood in as acting Principal, and the unwavering professional help, advice and assistance of Deputy Principal, Jodie Connor and the members of the Senior Leadership team during this time.

As an Advisory Council, we continue to be well informed on progress being made in all areas and departments of the College. The Principal, the Deputy Principal and Business Manager attend and formally report at all Advisory Council meetings.

We are truly fortunate at St Edward’s College to have exceptional leaders, committed and willing teachers, and well qualified and capable support staff who ensure that our students are well prepared for their future career paths in a welcoming, safe and professional environment.

The College is also very fortunate that it has an Advisory Council of unpaid volunteers who give freely of their time, expertise and advice to the College Leadership team in areas where they may not have the depth of knowledge and range that is required. I am amazed and proud of each of our Advisory Council members and I publicly acknowledge their value to the College.

The Advisory Council is very pleased with the outstanding academic, cultural and sporting results that our students have achieved, supported by the excellent work of teachers, staff and parents.

In closing, on behalf of the Advisory Council, I wish you a Happy Christmas anda successful, rewarding and healthy 2023.

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College Principal

MARK BONNICI

We have experienced a very successful year once again this year. The shackles that had been placed over the College over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been released and we have navigated our way back to a new normal and are excited about the years ahead. The Edmund Rice Education Australia Charter Touchstones provide us with a wonderful framework upon which to set new goals for ongoing improvement as a school. Our staff and students continue to live up to the values that underpin these Touchstones, which have been embedded into the very fabric of our school. Throughout the year I have attempted to highlight the many examples of how we demonstrate these values through the fortnightly reports in our online newsletter - Touchstones. In this report I have outlined some of the highlights of the year.

Liberating Education - We open hearts and minds, through quality teaching and learning experiences, so that through critical reflection and engagement each person is hope-filled and free to build a better world for all.

Quality Teaching and Learning

Quality teaching and learning is at the heart of all that we do at St Edward’s. Creating a safe and inclusive environment in which the dignity and worth of all individuals is respected underpins our work in challenging, nurturing and inspiring our boys to be the best they can be. Throughout 2022 we have continued to focus on sharpening our approach to teaching through a robust professional learning framework that provides opportunities for staff to collaboratively plan, team-teach and participate in lesson observations. The process has fostered the development of a shared understanding of what quality teaching experiences, assessment and feedback look like, allowing teachers to learn from each other to improve the learning outcomes for our boys. Central to this work has been a deepening in our understanding on knowing our boys and how they learn. We are excited about extending this approach in 2023, to provide further opportunities for teachers to work collaboratively.

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On the College Wharf

As a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice Tradition, we challenge all to prophetic leadership within the school community and beyond.

Student Leadership

St Edward’s provides many opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate leadership skills both within the school and externally within the community. The Student Leadership program, which has been established in recent years, is a wonderful way in which students can challenge themselves to step out of their comfort zone and be representatives of the student body. The Student Leadership program provides an opportunity for eight students in Years 8-11, who are chosen by their peers, to engage in leadership experiences and work with prefects in the four College Portfolios. The portfolios are Spirituality, Liturgy and Social Justice; Culture, Publicity and Social Events; Environment, Sport and Healthy Lifestyle; Literacy and Academia.

The students in Years 8-11 who were selected to represent their cohort in this program participated in a Leadership Workshop lead by our Director of Pastoral Care, Mr Paul English and Deputy Principal, Ms Jodie Connor. The workshop was designed to engage students in discussion regarding the characteristics of quality leadership. Students were asked to collaborate on a Leadership Manifesto which outlined what they believe to be important in student leadership at the College. On reading the manifesto which appears below, I truly believe that these students are outstanding examples of the quality of young men at the College.

Manifesto

We believe that Leaders at St Edward’s are inspirational young men who strive to succeed and have the courage to be visible members and the voice of students within our community.

We demonstrate this by showing our peers that we are available whenever they need us and organising events, joining portfolios, running assemblies and participating in volunteer work in the greater community.

We commit to being the voice of the student body guided by the Touchstones and give 100% to our responsibilities as a College Leader.

College Principal

MARK BONNICI

Launch of Parent Consultation Meetings

The College Senior Leadership Team and St Edward’s teaching staff maintain a strong commitment to ongoing school improvement to ensure we provide the best possible educational experiences for the students in our care. Each year, we strategically set goals for specific areas of improvement and evaluate progress through a range of feedback processes. Some of the major themes for these strategic goals over the past few years have centred on the implementation of a highquality professional learning model for teachers which focuses on collaborative planning, teamteaching, quality assessment and student feedback, and the evaluation and development of our approach to Pastoral Care and Student Well-Being.

We are committed to maintaining a strong relationship with our families and truly value parent and carer input into our ongoing school improvement agenda. We regularly create opportunities for staff and students to provide feedback on how we are progressing and at times have invited parents to complete surveys on various initiatives that have been introduced. This year we launched a further opportunity for parents and carers to have input into the operations of the College through the introduction of voluntary Parent Consultation Meetings which will be held once per term. The first of these sessions, which was held in Term 4, provided a platform for parents to engage in conversation to support our school improvement agenda. I look forward to this initiative continuing in 2023.

Gospel Spirituality - We invite people into the story of Jesus and nurture the spiritual growth of each person through reflection, prayer, symbols, sacred stories, rituals and sacraments.

The Gospel Spirituality Touchstone challenges us to nurture the spiritual growth of each person. Throughout this year the College Liturgical program, senior retreats, Religious Education lessons and the Sacramental program in partnership with St Patrick’s Parish East Gosford, have provided staff and students with the opportunity to participate in relevant and engaging experiences which are designed to foster deep reflection on the Gospel values of compassion, justice and peace.

A highlight each year in this domain is the Year 12 retreat. This thought-provoking experience in some ways is the culmination of the formation opportunities offered to the young men of

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St Edward’s. Students spent three days at the Edmund Rice Retreat Centre at Mulgoa and were provided with time to reflect on their values in relation to themselves, their relationships with others and on their sense of spirituality and relationship with God. The timing of the Retreat in Term 2 is intentional. Students are at the stage of their schooling when they are beginning to think and plan the remainder of the HSC year and their life beyond school. A highlight of the retreat is the healing ceremony on the last night, in which students are asked to reflect on the theme forgiveness is the virtue of the brave. The engagement of students in all the activities and their level of discussion regarding what they value to be important in their lives, reaffirms in me that they are becoming exactly the type of young men that we are proud to say are Eddies’ men. The depth of their discussions on topics such as relationships, gender equality, the values and qualities that are important to them, clearly affirms the great faith that I have in young people to deal with the challenges that we face in society today to create a better world for all. This year group, more so than any previous years, took the opportunity to celebrate the friendships and connection to the College that they have formed over the last six years. Their participation in the final liturgy and their singing of the new College theme song, “Hey Brother” by Avici and the College song was evidence of the deep bonds that they have created.

Justice and Solidarity - As an Edmund Rice Community we are committed to working with and walking alongside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, advocating justice and promoting reconciliation.

Reconciliation Week marks a very important time each year in the life of our nation and our school. Throughout Reconciliation Week, we reconfirmed our commitment as a College, to continue to learn more about our true history, our shared stories, cultures and achievements and explored how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The theme for Reconciliation Week this year was Be Brave, Make Change. This theme challenged us to be brave in walking alongside our First Nations brothers and sisters and in our country’s journey toward reconciliation. Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures. (Reconciliation Australia Website)

Last year we launched an important piece of work that members of our teaching staff developed in conjunction with members of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. We have established our College Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We introduced a range of initiatives across the whole school to raise our awareness about the role we all play in righting the wrongs of the past. We engaged in learning activities that promoted a greater understanding about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their culture and heritage. In living out this plan we are making a commitment to the core values of inclusivity, justice and solidarity which underpin the EREA Touchstones.

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College Principal

MARK

BONNICI

I would like to acknowledge the great work of the Reconciliation Action Plan Committee who have devoted a great deal of energy into preparing not only the activities during Reconciliation Week, but have commenced working with all members of staff in developing ways in which we can introduce learning experiences across all subject areas to pay respect to our First Nations peoples, culture, heritage and spirituality and gain a better understanding of what true reconciliation should look like. The members of the RAP Team are Mrs Mantellato, Mr Griffin, Ms Moulton, Mrs Lynn, Mr Dell, Mr Rozario and Mr Beacroft.

One of the activities that we invited students to participate in last year was to vote on the naming of the Wellness Centre, with a title from the local Darkinjung language. Through a process of student voting, it was decided that the centre would forever be titled YADHABA, which in Darkinjung means become well. The symbolism represented on this sign includes Aboriginal artwork depicting the four EREA Touchstones of Liberating Education, Gospel Spirituality, Inclusive Community and Justice and Solidarity. The watermark, which also appears on the sign which shows two people arm in arm, is the symbol for the Liberating Education Touchstone. This Touchstone maintains as a central theme our commitment to enabling students to experience personal achievement within a safe, supportive and healthy environment, which aligns closely with the operational values of the Wellness Centre.

Our challenge now lies in ensuring that we commit to developing our own understanding of reconciliation, not just during Reconciliation Week but in our lives. We are challenged to commit to being brave and take actions in our lives, and in building strong relationships and connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures and futures.

An important activity that was conducted during Reconciliation Week was to discuss with students the significance of the tradition of acknowledging country. Each student was provided with the opportunity to write their own acknowledgement of country and share with members of their homeroom. We have established a wonderful resource of personalised acknowledgements, which are used to commence all our meetings, assemblies and whole school gatherings.

Wellbeing Centre Title

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College Principal

MARK BONNICI

St Edward’s maintains an unwavering commitment to providing a safe and inclusive community which supports our boys in their learning. We have continued to embed the eleven standards of the EREA Child Safeguarding Framework which provides excellent guidance in the creation of a learning environment in which all boys feel safe and cared for.

Creating a safe community, and importantly safe classrooms, in which boys feel free to express themselves, make mistakes and challenge themselves beyond their comfort zone, is critical to the development of autonomy, curiosity and respect for learning. Providing students with a voice in decision-making about aspects of school life that affect them is an important component in creating such an environment.

We have introduced a range of strategies throughout the year to provide students with this voice. They have been consulted on our Anti-Bullying policy, our approach to team-teaching and individual teachers request feedback about their teaching. Boys engaged thoroughly in these processes and have provided insightful feedback to assist us in continually improving.

Farewells for 2022

I would like to farewell and acknowledge staff members who will be leaving the College at the end of 2022.

Mr Paul English

Paul has been a committed and loyal, teacher and leader during his time at the College. Much of Paul’s work has been devoted to caring for our boys and their families as the leader of our Pastoral Team. Paul’s teaching career spans a period of thirty-eight years in schools in Sydney and on

Inclusive Community - As an Edmund Rice Community we are committed to providing pastoral care that nurtures the dignity and worth of each person

the Central Coast, with twenty-three of these years at St Edward’s. Paul has been a passionate Mathematics and Religious Education teacher throughout his career and brought a gentle and caring approach to his work each day. We wish Paul a life of happiness as he transitions into retirement.

Mr Michael Gill

Michael’s contribution to teaching English and Religious Education for forty-four years in schools throughout Sydney and the Central Coast has been immense. Michael has worked within our St Edward’s community for twenty-six years, where he has been able to share his love of literature, reading and writing with generations of students. Michael is an experienced HSC Marker and has been able to share his expertise with his colleagues and students. This experience has been coupled with his work in our Pastoral Team as a Year Coordinator over many years. We wish Michael all the very best for the years ahead.

Mr Richard Streeting

Rick has devoted thirty-six years of his forty-two years in teaching to St Edward’s. Rick’s teaching area has predominantly been in the subject of PDHPE throughout this time. Rick will be truly missed and we wish him well.

I would like to conclude this year’s report by acknowledging so many wonderful people within our St Edward’s community. Our teachers, support staff and families have all contributed to creating an environment which is dedicated to caring for the young people in our care. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the College Leadership team. Their advice, commitment and dedication has ensured that we continue to improve the quality of educational experiences offered to our students.

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Rick Streeting

Michael Gill

Acting College Principal

CAMERON ALEXANDER

It was my absolute privilege to be Acting Principal of St Edward’s for Term 3 of 2022. From the outset, it was clear to me what a special community St Edward’s is, with staff and students alike going out of their way to make me welcome and supporting me in my role. I quickly saw that these were defining characteristics of the College, and that all staff, students, and community members were also beneficiaries of a commitment to ensure every person is welcomed, happy and supported to achieve their best.

Whilst only a short stay at St Edward’s, I will remember my time here with great fondness after many memorable events through the term. Founders’ Day, held for the first time since 2019 due to the COVID pandemic, again showed the caring characteristics of the community as we rallied to raise funds for the Christian Brothers Missions in Nairobi, Kenya, specifically the Mary Rice Centre, and MensLine Australia. Of course, the day also allowed for fun with activities for the boys, and the final megadraw of raffle prizes by Mr Pat Dell was one of my highlights of the term.

I was humbled to support the Graduating class of 2022 during their final term of classes. They were ably led by College Captain Michael Holmes, Vice-Captains Owen Bradstreet and Luke Richards, and the Prefect team. I wish the boys all the best for their future, knowing they will have benefited from all that St Edward’s has afforded them in both their education and formation to be fine young men.

Through this term, I was also able to participate in the discernment of the student leadership team for 2023. My time spent with them again reinforced to me how blessed the College is with the quality of young men it produces and who are so willing to offer their talents for leadership.

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Address at the Academic Assembly

Founder’s Day Raffle

- Proverbs 29:18

Congratulations to all boys selected for leadership for next year, in particular College Captain, William Shaddock and Vice-Captains, Fletcher Moore and Noah Nakagawa. The young men have shown great enthusiasm for the roles entrusted to them and I am sure they will serve the College with distinction.

Whilst I have been blessed with the support of the whole community, I must thank several individuals. Firstly, to Mr Peter Leuenberger, EREA Director of Schools for NSW & ACT, for having the faith in me to step into this role, and his advice and support through my time at the College. The College Leadership Team are a dedicated, knowledgeable, and skilled team who show great commitment to ensuring every boy is afforded a high-quality education. I thank them for their support. Without the guidance and wisdom of Deputy Principal Ms Jodie Connor, I would have found the term extremely challenging, I thank her for her tireless commitment to the College. To Meagan Armstrong, Executive Assistant to the Principal, who ensured my move to the College was smooth and kept me organised and informed of all I required, I am eternally grateful. And finally, to College Principal, Mr Mark Bonnici, thank you for entrusting the leadership of the College to me during your period of leave. I am sure the period of renewal was of great personal benefit but also for your leadership of the St Edward’s Community.

Whilst I commenced as a stranger to the College, I left ten weeks later much the richer for my experience here and the relationships made with so many wonderful people. I will look on from afar with great fondness for the time spent here. May God bless the community for years to come.

2023 College Prefects

Founder’s Day Address

Where there is no vision, the people perish

Deputy Principal

JODIE CONNOR

Our College is a Catholic school in the tradition of Edmund Rice but what does this mean in real terms and how can we ensure that we fulfill this mission? The answer in short are the four EREA touchstones of Inclusive Community, Justice and Solidarity, Gospel Spirituality and Liberating Education. We use the touchstones as a measure to judge and guide our decision making, to challenge our thinking and measure our success.

At St Edward’s we encourage all students to be passionate about their educational journey and courageous as they embrace the inevitable challenges that come. The very first challenge is at the very beginning; the first day of Year 7. This is one of my personal highlights of the college calendar and a demonstration of our inclusive community. After the two previous covid years, the 2022 school year started with some sense of normality, however we still were required to wear masks. This made welcoming the new Year 7 students to our community challenging as we were unable to see their smiles! Watching our senior students in their crisp white shirts guiding our Year 7 students around the school was wonderful! Our supportive and nurturing Core Teachers provide a secure base for Year 7 to get to know the College with an introduction to ICT, learning about our EREA identity, the importance of wellbeing, and an understanding of our Code for Learning. Before long the ‘new’ year seven students were playing handball like an Eddies old boy. Thankfully in Term 2 the mask restrictions eased!

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Another powerful moment of success this year was Reconciliation Week. A week of demonstrating our commitment to justice and solidarity with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters. Homeroom teachers worked with students to write their own personal Acknowledgement of Country. Coordinated by our RAP committee, the students created beautiful statements from the heart. We now have over 400 bespoke acknowledgements that we can use at college events and gatherings.

As COVID restrictions eased, our bi-annual Founder’s Day event was challenged to pivot so that students could celebrate being an EREA school whilst raising funds for those in need. On this day another personal calendar highlight was the inaugural student leaders cup game. Student leaders from both St Edward’s and St Joseph’s joined to play volleyball whilst being cheered on by the

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entire College. From the roar of the crowd when we won the cup, it is safe to say that this will become an annual event, a legacy left by the graduating class of 2022.

I believe that we come to school to become greater than we are; we attend lessons to strive for understanding and to learn new skills; we play sport, we push ourselves beyond what we know we can already do; we perform on stage to defeat the fears that hold us back; we paint and play music to discover beauty; and we seek at Mass and liturgies, a spirit that is infinitely greater than ourselves. The Year 12 retreat is an annual event that beautifully encapsulates this idea and our touchstone of Gospel Spirituality. Our senior students are gently guided by our Mission and Identity team to consider their journey at St Edward’s and how much they have grown as young men and challenged to look towards a bright future.

The touchstone of Liberating Education asks us to work to the best of our ability and to become the person that each is created to be. A 2022 focal point that demonstrates this has been the trial of team-teaching partnerships, whereby two teachers work together with a class group to provide teaching and learning experiences that are authentic, relevant, rigorous, and creative. I look forward to how this might work with more classes in 2023. Our touchstone of Liberating Education also extends outside the classroom and another St Edward’s first this year was a Book Week dress up day! A wonderful initiative from our library staff that enabled all of us to have fun celebrating our love of books and reading.

During Term 3 we had the privilege of working with Mr Cameron Alexander as Acting Principal and I thank him for his leadership of the College while Mr Bonnici was on professional renewal leave. Mr Alexander showed great care and responsibility for all our students and staff during this time. He shared his wealth of knowledge and experience freely which was greatly appreciated. We welcomed back Mr Bonnici in Term 4 and listened and learned about his professional learnings from his leave.

We are fortunate to have a wonderful community of students with great potential and educators with great passion at St Edward’s. 2022 has taught us the need to continue with being agile with our thinking and open to change. I look forward to 2023 and the opportunities it brings.

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Book Week Dress-ups

Student Leaders Volleyball Game

College Captain

For most of us, we started our high school journey here at Eddies in 2017 and I could go on about how I remember us walking in to school on the first day, some of us excited and others too scared to leave the hands of our parents, wearing our oversized uniforms, sticking together with the few people we knew from primary school, but I promised Noah that I wouldn’t.

I have come to love this school and what it has brought to me. Even with the challenges and obstacles, which have been thrown at us each year, personally, the feeling of belonging has stayed constant. I confidently believe that we can all agree that the time we have had here at Eddies, has help shape us into the men we are today, ‘Young men who achieve’, young men that through this school, have been able to develop memories and a brotherhood that will last a lifetime.

Firstly, I would like to thank Mr Bonnici. His leadership, involvement, guidance, and contributions to our year group, have allowed us to develop the values we hold today, but also reinforce, that while we may not always be first, the true accomplishment is achieving our personal best.

Ms Connor, through both your roles as a teacher and Deputy Principal, you have always been a person of positivity. Your involvement in our retreat this year allowed our year group to share experiences as well as develop and grow our own perceptions and beliefs. You do a lot of work behind the scenes, such as planning of assemblies, and organising of the meetings between the Eddies and Joeys prefect bodies, and we are truly grateful.

Mr Powell, you took over the role of Pastoral Leader for our year group in 2020 from Mrs Taylor, who during her time in the role instilled in us key characteristics we still have today. Yet, despite the

Michael Addressing Students at Assembly

Michael Accepting the Volleyball Prefects’ Cup

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challenges of COVID, and home-based learning, through your dedication and leadership to our year group, you smoothly transitioned into the role, and have been able to develop relationships and memories with us that we will remember for a lifetime.

To all our teachers throughout the past six years, your continuous effort, planning, and lessons both in and out of the classroom, has allowed us to develop into ‘young men who achieve’. You have taught us the skills which we will continue to use and rely on for the rest of our lives and we hope that we have been a year group you will remember.

To our families and friends, you have stood alongside us and supported us, and for that, we owe our success to you. You give us advice and reassurance in times of struggle and anxiety. School would’ve been a very different place without your support, and you help push us to the best of our ability.

And finally, on behalf of the prefect body, I would like to give a special thanks to Mr Herringe. You shine a bit of light on each homeroom class with your jokes and friendly attitude. Your organisation and delegation of jobs for the prefect body made the life of all the prefects easier.

To the vice captains and prefects, I couldn’t more proud of what we have achieved this year and it has been an honour to lead a group of such fine young men. Both in and out of our portfolios, we have worked together, to bring the school closer together, and we even brought home the trophy of the first Eddies and Joeys championship. You are all amazing representatives of what the school stands for and will continue to be role models moving onto your next life chapter.

To my mates, the St Edward’s 2022 cohort. This experience has at times separated us physically, but oddly enough it has brought everyone closer together in spirit. And it is the times like these that truly showcase just how powerful our Eddies brotherhood is. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to be a part of each of your lives here since we were Year 7 students in 2017, and it has been an absolute honour and privilege to be your school captain.

Our high schooling is coming to an end, and this is very exciting, but there are so many aspects of school life that I will miss, such as lunch time football with the lads, the conversations and comradery both in the classroom and outside, it’s all of these things that made up my time at St Edward’s. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for all of you as I know that you are all capable of doing amazing things. The parameters to what we can achieve are endless, but we always have a home here at Eddies, and whilst our paths may not cross again, the St Edward’s spirit will always be embedded in the people we are.

It has been a privilege and honour to be your school captain for 2021/2022 and to be completing my schooling career with such an awesome year group. It was you fine young men that made getting up for school each day a little easier, it was you fine young men that pushed me to strive for my best. Congrats to the class of 2022. Thank you, and forever the black and red!

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College Vice Captains

OWEN BRADSTREET AND LUKE RICHARDS

Owen Bradstreet

St Edward’s means something different to all of us. For some it may be their haven where they get to learn new things and expand their horizons. To others it might just be the place where they get to see their friends every day. Maybe school isn’t the right fit for you, and you can’t wait to get out and join the workforce. Or perhaps you dread the day you’ll have to leave not knowing where your future may take you.

I know sometimes it may seem that you have a responsibility to fulfill extremely high expectations that are set by those around you; your uniform, school grades, how you look, how you talk or what you’re going to do with your life. But just know that you’re not alone, everyone feels that exact same feeling and what my time at high school has taught me is that it is just one small part of your life that you may as well make the most of. It’s a time to savour, enjoy and experiment.

Take risks (safe risks of course) but take them none the less, don’t be afraid to go against the grain and chase your passions or fight for what you believe in. Go out with your friends and be spontaneous or get creative and let your imagination run wild and please I implore you to do your absolute best in staying present amidst this world in which we live instead of being slaves to your phone. I encourage everyone to stay curious and follow your heart, it always knows the right path somehow. Going through high school is surreal and unique and an extremely fulfilling time, you will meet new friends, lose some along the way and make hundreds of memories.

Don’t be afraid of what your future holds, be excited and just know that you will go through bad times along the way, but that’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to. Your time at high school doesn’t define you but you have the incredible opportunity of defining it, so my message to you is to do just that, create your own path. I wish you all the very best.

“To see the world, things dangerous to come, to see behind closed walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” – Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Taking Part in the Waste Audit

Br Shanahan Award For Meritorious Effort

We are finally finished with school! It’s been an amazing journey and we have so much to be grateful for. I would like to thank the truly outstanding staff, teachers and all of my peers who have made these six years so incredible. Already since school has ended, I realise how much I will miss you all.

I appreciate all of my classmates. We have all relied on each other so much in order to make it through our lessons. We supported one another through hard times and used each other’s examples to fuel us towards better grades. Since day one, all of us as a year group have brought each other up – in all aspects of our school life.

We owe a lot to our families for their continued love and support. We’ve been extremely blessed to attend such a great high school. Not many people can say that they had the privilege of attending a school that is right on the waterfront. We have had plentiful resources and great facilities that made our education so special. Our fantastic staff and teachers contributed so greatly to making these years memorable. It goes without saying that we would have been lost without them.

A special thank you to all my teachers: Mr Charles, Mrs Rankin, Mr Beacroft, Mr Samyia, Mr Kent and Mr Crawford. My homeroom teachers: Mrs Danckert and Mr Herringe and thank you Mr Powell for leading our year group all the way to the finish line.

I want to wish all of our 2022 Eddies graduates the best for their futures and I hope for our paths to cross again in the next stage of our lives. Forever the black and red!

Luke Richards

Performing at the Easter Liturgy

Class of 2022 Tree Planting Ceremony

College Prefects 2022

Noah Hamilton College Prefect

Jett Heaney College Prefect

Jai Heaney College Prefect

Michael Holmes College Captain

Luke Richards College Vice Captain

Owen Bradstreet College Vice Captain

Ronan Grattan College Prefect

Ryan Green College Prefect

Nicholas Green College Prefect

College Prefects 2022

Anthony Herringe Prefect Coordinator

Wilheim Hieber College Prefect

Cameron Shaw College Prefect

Cooper Lord College Prefect

Louis Whyatt College Prefect

College Prefects

Back Row: Nicholas Green, Cameron Shaw, Louis Whyatt Centre Row: Mr Anthony Herringe, Ryan Green, Cooper Lord, Wilheim Hieber, Ronan Grattan, Front Row: Mr Alex Powell, Luke Richards, Ms Jodie Connor, Mr Mark Bonnici, Michael Holmes,

Prefects 2022

Grattan, Jett Heaney, Jai Heaney Holmes, Owen Bradstreet

Prefect Portfolios

Culture, Publicity and Social Events

The Culture, Publicity and Events Prefect Portfolio team of Luke Richards, Ronan Grattan and Noah Hamilton approached their portfolio with much enthusiasm. They actioned this enthusiasm through events such as White Ribbon Day, Mother’s Day, International Women’s Day and SEC TV.

Although they were limited this year in the format of some events, the team continued to try and develop the culture of the College through various avenues, continually putting forward suggestions on how we could help the community understand more about the College and their involvement across a number of College events.

The key event was their assistance in the College Open Day which was held in March. The event really showcased the College with a number of students and teachers highlighting the academic options and the facilities that the College offers to students and their families. The portfolio team put forward some great ideas in planning for the day, helped on the day with family tours of the College and also supported the many students who conducted tours. Luke, Ronan and Noah are to be congratulated for their leadership in this area.

Chris Millar

Environment, Sport and Wellbeing Michael Gentle

The year started out with mask mandates, which may have slowed the transmission of COVID-19, but was an environmental disaster! Our students quickly researched ways of recycling the masks and were able to set up two recycling stations for the masks at school.

This year we continued two initiatives in Trash Free Tuesday and Clean4shore. Trash Free Tuesday has now been at the school for four years and is becoming part of the culture. Our boys are now fully aware of the impact their plastic packaging is having on our environment and are coming up with new innovative ways of bringing their lunch using trash free options. One of the side benefits

Open Day - Social Justice

Lunch Time Meeting

Members Ronan Grattan, Noah Hamilton, Luke Richards

of this is that the boys are eating less processed foods which is better for them. A flow on from this as well is that the canteen is now trying to minimise their use of plastic which is great!

Clean4shore is another initiative the school has engaged with this year. This initiative saw two groups of students go out on Brisbane Water in a barge and collect plastic waste in the waterway. The event ran just after the floods at the start of the year and was an eye-opening experience for the students. Further to this, Jono who runs Clean4shore, put together a yearly report with all the waste that had been collected over the year and this data was then used by classroom teachers reinforcing the message to students about the need for minimising plastic waste.

This year was the first year we have completed a waste audit. The idea came from a series of webinars, our students participated in. This involved collecting one bin from each area in the school and dividing the rubbish into five sections. Organic food waste and compost, soft plastics, Earn and Return cans, yellow bin recycling and general waste. The boys were shocked to see the amount of food waste that went in the bin that was perfectly good to eat. Further to this, the boys saw that when everything is recycled there is very little left over. The boys used this audit to run a SEC TV segment designed at educating the boys.

Finally, in Term 3 the senior members of the Environment Portfolio participated in a climate summit ran by students in Wollongong. The climate summit was used to raise awareness of the electricity used in schools. It was a great opportunity to learn what other schools were doing in this space and share ideas. The boys came up with the idea of a campaign to reduce the use of lights in the school titled ‘flick the switch’ aimed at turning off the light when you leave the room.

Once again it has been a pleasure watching the boys in the portfolio contribute ideas and run initiatives that they came up with. With such passion for change it will be interesting to watch what this generation can do when they leave school and migrate into the workforce

Waste Audit

Sorting the Waste Clean4Shore

Members Owen Bradstreet, Wilheim Hieber, Jai Heaney, Jett Heaney

Prefect Portfolios

Literacy and Academia

At the beginning of the year, the students gave their feedback on an official Academic Portfolio Charter, which outlined the aims, goals and focus of the portfolio. Throughout the year, the Academic Portfolio Members were involved in the following major school events and initiatives aiming to promote different aspects of their newly created charter.

Maths Week: During Term 1 the Academic Portfolio assisted the Mathematics Faculty in running and organising events for Maths Week. The week involved daily maths quizzes with prizes in the Daily Notices, the annual Pi Recital at assembly, the selling of pies in the canteen to celebrate International Pi Day and the creation of Pi City Scapes within Year 8 art classes. These activities were designed to show students that Maths can take form in many ways and to increase student engagement with mathematical concepts and puzzles. Students developed their problem solving and were asked to think outside the box.

ANZAC Day Commemorations: This year’s ANZAC Day Commemorations paid respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women, building students’ empathy for those who fought and died for our country. The day began with a whole school Commemoration Service and then Years 7-10 had a 1-hour presentation within the theatre exploring the stories of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women.

Throughout the presentation, stories of the experiences of Aboriginal Service men and women were told. These stories were told in first-person to give an insight into the events and emotions of those that lived through some of the most important and horrific conflicts in Australia’s history. The stories were a combination of the soldier’s words and the official biographies written of them. The reader reading the stories was illuminated, casting a shadow on a white backdrop behind them. This shadow represented the spirit of that soldier, helping us to remember

Alex Rozario

Anzac Day Presentation

Pi Recital Heat

Anzac Day Assembly

their story and reminding us that even though they may not be buried in their ancestral home, their spirit lives on in the lands around us.

Book Week: The Academic Portfolio also assisted the Library staff and English faculty during Book Week. With the theme “Dreaming with Eyes Open” students were immersed in activities that not only built their literacy skills, but also enhanced their creative thinking by enabling them to see the world through multiple perspectives and lenses. The Academic Portfolio members provided their leadership skills to the running of trivia competitions, the supervision of escape rooms, creating of promotional posters and the interviewing of teachers for their favourite book.

Spirituality, Liturgy and Social Justice Patrick Dell

This group worked wonderfully in 2022, ably lead by Prefects Cameron Shaw, Ryan Green and Nick Green. They were able to motivate a younger group of students to be involved in various charitable programs, such as Mental Health, Waterford and Founder’s Day.

Jivesh Shonak, Year 11 and new College Leader, initiated the Mensline Headshave on Founder’s Day, which raised valuable money with a number of boys signing up to take much shorter haircut for this Mens Mental Health group in Australia. The Prefect Leaders communicated effectively and conducted effective meetings, which were very inclusive of the younger students.

Most importantly, they enthusiastically participated with genuine and good hearts and a sense of fun ! Well done to our Portfolio Leaders and to all boys who joined the group through the year, especially our junior students.

Jivesh Shonak - Head Shave

Lunch Time Meeting

Members Nicholas Green, Ryan Green, Cameron Shaw

Members Michael Holmes, Cooper Lord, Louis Whyatt

College Awards

Outstanding Academic Awards

Silas Allen Hayden Chandler

Oliver Goulding

Max Klein-Schiphorst Beau Louie Riley Peers

Joshua Saul Academic Awards

Lorenzo Arango Luke Barron-Cox George Belford Fletcher Buda Jorge Chavez Elio Cunico Caleb DiFranco

Nate Engelbrecht Harrison Evans Ethan Fraser

Thomas Gregory Cooper Herd Joseph Hey

Tasman Holliday

Lachlan Holston

Krishay Jamnadas

Thomas Johnston Liam Kelly Harrison Kerr Archie Lawson

Dean Macdonald Toby Newport

Jai Roberts

Tiago Salomao-Gangell Euan Smyth Oliver Spencer Charles Ure Jace Villanueva Miles Wagemaker Joel Washington Benjamin Weisbaum Isaac Wheatley Jack Whitworth Harvey Wiggins

Consistent Effort Awards

Max Bird

Cormac Brady Jonah Bromfield Eamon Cassidy Joshua Chapman Owen Clark

Lachlan Cormack Mark Davis Kobi Delaney Evan Dickson

Charlie Ercan Reilly Gillan Reagan Gomez

Ashton Hardiman Benjamin Malek Travis Mangan

Jordan Mawad Alex Nguyen

Harry Petley Joseph Sanfilippo Derik Joseph Sino Andrew Stephenson Joseph Sykes Max Taylor Aibel Thomas Arlo Tod Patrick Trew Patrick Turnbull Hugh Wheeler Raphael Williams Oliver Zammit

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I Where young men achieve

I Where young men achieve

College Awards

Outstanding Academic Awards

Xander Byrne James Griffith Blake Hickey Thomas Perham

Academic Awards

George Barry Ruben Borg Harley Boyce Riley Buda Jaxon Burgess Oscar Byrne Cooper Hall Malcolm Hawkins Joseph Kelly Owen Locke Oliver Lyons Ewan Magill Isaac McCudden Broden Mexon Luke Nakagawa Coby Neilly Murphy Owen Tristan Pearce-Maitland Isaac Plunkett

Taj Probert Brendan Ratay Nate Saley Emanuel Soares Riley Stauner-Lumsden Angus Stewart Joseph Stitt Eamon Thompson Kai Tower Maximilian Young

Consistent Effort Awards

Jacob Allen Max Armour Harry Barnett Riley Carmody-Smith Lachlan Donafee Samuel Duffy Keanu Finn Rylee Hildridge David Hunt Jonathan Lin Daniel Lyons Jaxon Macintosh Tobias McEvoy Xavier McNeil Giuseppe Merillo Lachlan O’Brien Kayn O’Connor Stewart Eden Pearson Luke Russotti Harrison Ryan Zach Sammut Charlie Stansfield

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I Where young men achieve

I Where young men achieve

College Awards

Outstanding Academic Awards

William Conners

Maximilian Corrigan

Charlie Dawson

Mason Holliday Chikomborero Katsande

Liam Peers

Oscar Woolford

Academic Awards

Aiden Balshaw

Maxwell Bayss Liam Best Noah Best-Minto

Jed Bevan Adrian Biankin

William Blunt Lachlan Bunney Eoin Cullen

Emerson Farraway Euan Gregory Kaine Hieber esse Hughan Nicholas Husk

Jesse Kemp Jack Lawrence Mathis Limpkin

William Lynch

William Lyons Heath Macdonald

Jesse Mantell Archer Martin Lopez Morrison

Anthony Nguyen Max Oteiwi

Cooper Pegler Lachlan Renton Jaden Roesch Michael Sikuka Fletcher Sommerville Lawrence Ure Easun Zhang

Consistent Effort Awards

Joseph Aygun Orsen Bailey Owen Bell

Cooper Briggs Sebastian Bull Ryan Bullot Archie Carpenter Samuel Cormack Luca Fairley

Thomas Flynn Geoffrey French Arlo Gurr

Cooper Ham Joshua Hawkins Alexander Jack Tristan Jackson Max Judd

Matthew Kirkland Blade Marquart

Thomas McArdle Cruz McMahon

Thomas Nicholls Harvey Olsen Lisitoa Paea Archie Price Oliver Pringle

Luca Quitadamo

William Ridings

Matthew Robinson Ethan Roesch Luke Shereb Rowan Talbot Flynn Tkac Logan Treble Marcus Tredwell Bailey Wengi Ewan Williams Marlen Wilson Deakin Wright Ethan Wuest Saxon Young

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College Awards

Outstanding Academic Awards

Jay Bonython

Sacha Byrne

Christopher Dodd

Matthew Frost-Foster Lachlan Kemp

Joshua Malek

Joshua Mangan Lachlan Murphy Pacholek Callum Peers

Christopher Rae Oliver Wagemaker

Hugh Wilson

Academic Awards

Samuel Baxter

Joshua Bush

James Butlin Cohen Crook Cashar Darwin Aidan Ellis

Tom Fenton

Archie Hamilton Liam Hill

Charlie Jacobson

Flynn Jones

Matthew Kairouz

Finn Leary Jye LeBrocq Matthew Lewry

Kai Maitland

Aidan Matthews

Flynn McHale

Brendan Minto Oscar Noone Kale Puata Stefan Ratay

Juan Jose Rodriguez Caldas Marco Sgaravizzi

Seth Short Jimmy Stuart Harrison Tanner Abhishek Thomas Lachlan Tibbutt Sandor Torok Leon Towle

Devonte Vaotu’ua Samuel Wilson

Consistent Effort Awards

Rex Allwood

James Beatson Ronan Bishop

Nathan Bradley Matthew Clarkson Cohen Duncan

Samuel Hodder John James Eli Leary Sayer Long Darby McIntosh Logan Mercieca

Jayden Miotello

Tevita Paea

Brandon Pawlak

Timothy Rogers

Nathaniel Simpson Hudson Sky Jack Spedding Ari Sullivan Jack Wighton

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College Awards

Outstanding Academic Awards

Troy Duncan Trent Pantle-Bentham William Shaddock

Academic Awards

Tom Conroy Oliver Dawson Blake Downs Luke Harada Thomas Hunt Alexander Lara Josef Lewis Noah Nakagawa Adrian Pozo William Rankin Jayden Redfern Patrick Sawyer Lachlan Sherratt

Consistent Effort Awards

Sebastian Eager

Nicholas Gately

Oliver Martin

Oscar McCoombe-Lopez James Nilsson Jivesh Shonak Andre Sirio Harrison Stiffle Beau Watson Thomas Whitmore

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College Awards

Year 12 Subject Awards

Subject Biology

Business Studies

Chemistry

Construction

Economics

Engineering Studies

English Extension 2

English Extension 1

English Advanced English Standard English Studies Entertainment Financial Services

Food Technology

French Continuers

Furnishings

Geography

History Ancient History Extension

History Modern Hospitality

First Place

Second Place

Fergus Clydesdale Aiden Blackman

Fergus Clydesdale Jack Jamieson Owen Bradstreet Ilya Ivashov Louis Whyatt Owen Bradstreet Ronan Grattan Atticus Fotofili

Darcy Towle Jeremy Innes

Jett Tidy & William Frost-Foster

Nicholas Green

William Frost-Foster

Lachlan McBride Nicholas Green

Destiny Dennis Owen Bradstreet Owen Bradstreet Francis O’Connell

Noah Hamilton Matthew Prazauskas

Jacob Newport & Luke Richards Thomas Crouch Christopher Kemp Jacques EngelbrechtOwen Bradstreet Zane Kirkman

Cooper Zammit Lucas Hautrive

Bryn O’Grady-Cousins & Alec Walters

Hamish Beverley

Michael Holmes & Lucas HautriveCameron Shaw Matthew PrazauskasNoah Hamilton Ryan Green

Subject

Industrial Technology Multi-Media

Industrial Technology Timber Information Processes and Technology

Investigating Science

Legal Studies

Mathematics Extension 2 Mathematics Extension 1 Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Standard Mathematics Standard 1 Music PDHPE Photography Physics Science Extension Screen and Media Sport Lifestyle and Recreation Studies of Catholic Thought Studies of Religion

Visual Arts

First Place

Grace English

Mitchell Pink Max Byrnes

Jacques Engelbrecht

Brayden Hickey Fergus Clydesdale Fergus Clydesdale Ethan Mangan Emmet Nicholls

Nathan Butler Luke Richards Lachlan Darnley

Samuel Grilk Nicholas Sparks Nicholas Sparks Ryan Collings

Aymn Hamilton Nicholas Green Noah Hamilton Finn Matthews

Second Place

Emma Kelaher

Ronan Grattan

Ethan Mangan James Morgan

Louis Whyatt Mark Sweeney Christopher Kemp Jacques Engelbrecht Louis Whyatt

Jack Legge Ronan Grattan Nicholas Green

Cody Selwood Christopher Kemp William Hieber Darcy Towle

Mitchell Ella & Cooper Zammit Ryan Green Luke Richards Dario Romero

Special and Memorial

College Dux

Br Shanahan Award For Meritorious Effort

Owen Bradstreet

Principal’s Award for College Leadership

Michael Holmes

Reuben F Scarf Award for Commitment

Hayden Maher

Ampol All Rounder Award

ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award

Owen Bradstreet

Fergus Clydesdale

Ronan Grattan

Kevin Liggett Memorial Award for Computing

Max Byrnes

Justin Spittles Memorial Award for Social Justice

Jeremy Innes

Memorial Awards

ADF

ADF Long Tan Future Innovators Award Year 10

Youth Community Service Award, Awarded by the Order of Australia Association NSW

University

Bendigo Bank AwardOutstanding to the Community

ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award Year 10

Mitchell Price Memorial Award for Service to the College

Wilheim Hieber

Abhishek Thomas

Joshua Judd

Trevor Miller Memorial Award

Tom Barry

of Newcastle Academic Excellence

Fergus Clydesdale

Christian Rose

Future Innovators Award

Fergus Clydesdale

Hugh Wilson

Special and Memorial

Newcastle University Excellence in Biology

Newcastle University Excellence in Chemistry

Troy Duncan

Newcastle University Excellence in Investigating Science

Levi Bailey

Newcastle University Excellence in Physics

Trent Pantle-Bentham

Toby Martin Memorial Award for Strength & Courage

The Brother Denis Cusack Memorial Award

Oliver Dawson

Steve Tatham Memorial Award for Stewardship of the Environment

Fletcher Moore

Macquarie University Emerging Leaders Awards

William Shaddock

Noah Nakagawa

Leo Hong

Jonte Wicks

Memorial Awards

Newcastle University Excellence in Mathematics Ext 1

Newcastle University Excellence in Engineering Studies

Newcastle University Excellence in Mathematics Standard

Newcastle University Excellence in Mathematics Advanced

Newcastle

Sportsman of the Year

Ryan Sainty Memorial Award

Thomas Peters

Michael Kokegei TEST Award

Parker Robinson

Sebastian Plaister

Junior Sportsman of the Year

Cooper Jones

Oliver Martin

Troy Duncan

University Excellence in Information Processes

Troy Duncan

Oliver Dawson

Troy Duncan Troy Duncan

Special and Memorial Awards

Edmund Rice Awards

Year 12 Edmund Rice Honours – Distinction

Scott Donnett, Christian Rose

Year 12 Edmund Rice Honours - First Class

Jeremy Innes, Ronan Grattan, Luke Richards, Louis Whyatt

Year 11 Edmund Rice Honours – Distinction

Joshua Judd Year 11 Edmund Rice Honours – First Class

Tom Conroy, Blake Downs, Sebastian Eager, Marley Medina, Fletcher Moore, Jayden Redfern, William Shaddock, Calan Tucker

Year 11 Edmund Rice Honours

Daniel Herd, Oliver Martin, Trent Pantle-Bentham, Bradley Plummer, Oliver Roberts, Jivesh Shonak

Year 10 Edmund Rice Honours – First Class

Alexander Golden, Callum Kinnaird, Jye LeBrocq, Kale Puata

Year 10 Edmund Rice Honours

Jalen Heaney-Johnson, Lachlan Pacholek-Murphy

Year 9 Edmund Rice Honours

Harry Cockerton, Geoffrey French, Stefan Gupte, Lachlan Herd, Max Judd William Lynch, Harvey Olsen, Hamish O’Malley, Oliver Pringle, Lachlan Renton, Will Ridings

Year 8 Edmund Rice Honours

Sam Duffy, Jonathon Lin, Angus Stewart, Riley White

Year 7 Edmund Rice Honours

Cooper Herd, Zeke Worrall

Mission and Identity

ANTHONY BEACROFT

Once again COVID 19 interrupted some events this year however, there were still some highlights for 2022. Our combined Easter Liturgy with St Joseph’s was outstanding. The involvement and performances from music and drama students from both Colleges was excellent. Our Year 12 Graduation Mass and the Prefect Investiture Mass were once again wonderful events.

The sacramental program continued in 2022 where three students had the opportunity to complete their sacraments in a special Mass celebrated with Father Greg at St Patrick’s Parish. In a beautiful ceremony our students were received into the Church. With their parents and friends present each candidate received a certificate to acknowledge the reception of the sacraments. The students were: Mark Davis, Max English and Kaden Morgan.

The goal of the Religious Education program at St Edward’s is always to follow the spirit of the Charter. The students have had ample opportunities through our social justice program to put into practice what they have learnt in the classroom about helping those in need.

Students were able to attend the Year 12 retreat at Mulgoa before COVID returned. We were able to spend three wonderful days discussing and learning about issues of a spiritual nature. The retreats of 2022 will be remembered for the great enthusiasm and involvement of all students who attended. Thanks to all the staff that gave up their time to attend and for their invaluable involvement during the retreats. Parents and staff should be very proud of the input and maturity shown by Year 12.

The Year 11 Street Retreat which is a social justice immersion to Sydney was excellent for the entire cohort this year. Our students were exposed to the harsh reality of life on the street for Sydney’s homeless. Many of the elements of this type of life are unfamiliar to our students and they obviously learned so much during these three days in Sydney. The boys visit The Wayside Chapel, The Jewish Holocaust Museum, The Indigenous Centre of Excellence, Australian Catholic Mission, St Canice Catholic Church, Oasis (Salvation Army), St Mary’s Cathedral, and several outreach centres for the homeless and the surrounds of the famous Kings Cross area. They also observe and receive an explanation of the Needle Exchange and Matthew Talbot Hostel. They witness wealth and poverty on the streets of Darlinghurst.

The Year 10 retreat was a lovely day of reflection that culminated with a spiritual liturgy at the end of the day. On behalf of all the staff who contributed to this experience I would like to thank all students for their involvement and enthusiasm. You were outstanding ambassadors for yourself and your family.

St Edward’s would like to thank Father Greg, Father Vince and Father Jack for celebrating Mass with us this year. Our priests were able to make the Mass meaningful and significant celebrations for our students.

Mission and Identity

ANTHONY BEACROFT

Some new liturgical groups have been introduced and received enthusiastic support from many students. There is a group of boys who have helped to convert our hall into a sacred space every time we have Mass. I thank these boys for their enthusiasm and creativity. The following boys have consistently served at Mass and have been doing a great job: Alex Golden, Jai Heaney, Jett Heaney, Abhishek Thomas, Marshall Dodsworth and Leon Towle. Well done boys.

The music provided at our liturgies this year has been outstanding. Due to restrictions many students have had to perform solo and have done an excellent job. Your high standards will be something for younger students to aspire to in the years to come. Thanks to Mrs Rankin, Mr Toole, and Mrs Emmett for their continual support and involvement with their music students. Some of the performances this year had to be seen to be believed.

A group of students has reliably assisted at liturgies. They operate the bio-box and do a fantastic job making sure that everything runs smoothly. I would like to thank Jordi Gupti, Max Corrigan and Oscar Woolford for your problem solving and assistance and the IT department headed by Mr Friend for making sure that any problems are quickly rectified.

To Mr Claridge and his team of helpers a big thank you for the mountain of work you get through every time there is an event at the College. An unsung hero of many events at the College and especially our masses is Mrs Donnelly. She takes great interest and pride in ensuring mass booklets are immaculately presented and accurate.

I would like to thank our Principal, Mr Bonnici and our Deputy Principal Mrs Connor for their amazing leadership and support of the Religious Education initiatives conducted at the College. Thanks also to all the Pastoral Leaders, and staff that generously give their time to make these experiences available to the boys.

The Religious Education program would be meaningless without action in the community. Our Leader of Learning - Social Justice, Mr Pat Dell and his many helpers bring the Religious Education program to life through all the charitable works they perform. Thanks also to our Leader of Learning - Religious Education, Mrs Palmer-Brown who keeps our Religious Education program running so efficiently.

Finally, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the religion teachers in the school for their dedication and hard work in the classroom. The unique atmosphere that the teachers create enables the students to focus on the Good News we want to pass on to them.

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Social Justice

PATRICK DELL

I thank the College community for their generous and genuine support of Social Justice at the College. At a personal level, my deepest gratitude to our College community over the past 20 years in support of my journey as Leader of Learning (Social Justice) role. This is my final year of working in this role and I have been so privileged to witness the successful and heart-felt efforts of so many boys who have strived to serve others, via our Waterford Project, many hundreds of whom have achieved Edmund Rice Honours for choosing to serve more than 100 hours in a year. In addition, the immersion experiences into Aboriginal communities at Walgett, Goodooga, Uluru and in Sydney have been a blessing to be part of.

To our special guest speakers, thank you for your knowledge and guidance to our wonderful young men at St Edward’s. Our Religious Education teachers have always supported the Waterford Project in the work they do in their classrooms and my appreciation for that, as well as our teachers and support staff, who have volunteered over the years for many Social Justice activities, going beyond expectation. Finally, for all staff, parents and boys who have toiled over the years to raise large amounts of much-needed money for the charitable groups we support it is hugely appreciated- and never forgotten!! I have often said that I was so lucky to be given the privilege many years ago, to try to assist our young men to devote part of their lives for others, especially our most vulnerable and disadvantaged. Education, I have learnt, is primarily is about “education of the heart”, not just the mind. The boys at St Edward’s can hold their heads high for their willingness to step out of their comfort zone with empathy, compassion and action…and hopefully they had some fun, being part of this, along the way!

Founder’s Day

On 11 September, the College community celebrated Founder’s Day, postponed for a few years due to covid. Staff, parents and students together raised close to $20000, to assist our Christian Brothers’ Edmund Rice ministry at the Mary Rice Centre, in Kenya. Some adjustments had to be made, due to the wet weather conditions, and thank you to the very generous-spirited St Edward’s staff who made this fundraising day happen through their efforts.

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Homeless Sleepout Coast Shelter Raffle on Founder’s Day

Christian Rose

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Social Justice

PATRICK DELL

The two aims for the day were:

• To build a positive spirit of Community at the College

• Practical support for our Christian Brothers’ Ministry in Kenya

The day can best be described as fun and engaging, with the boys enjoying the many opportunities provided by teachers and support staff, in a fete-style atmosphere. Some examples include: fake injuries and special effects, lolly stalls, dunking machine. Many boys won raffle prizes (over 100 prizes), as well as a brief and meaningful Liturgy to begin the celebrations.

Waterford Project

Congratulations to the students who have achieved Edmund Rice Honours, by choosing to serve others for more than 100 hours this year (see in Special Award’s Section). The College aims to teach our boys about the values in serving our vulnerable and disadvantaged people, via this service-learning program, which is mandated for all students in Years 8-11. Many boys, despite COVID-related restrictions, have actioned positive and thoughtful ways to be for others.

Homeless Sleepout

Our annual Homeless Sleepout was held early in Term 2, in the Quadrangle. Fifty boys and some teachers chose to learn about homelessness and to get a slight taste of what a few aspects of life for people who are homeless. Comments from students included: ‘I felt uncomfortable, with no food or technology’ and ‘’I couldn’t imagine having to do this every night, not knowing what would happen and the uncertainty of tomorrow’.

COVID Restrictions

Due to the pandemic, events such as the annual Walgett Immersion, St Edmund’s Wahroonga Disability program for all Year 9 students, Kings Cross Outreach program and others were postponed or cancelled. We hope that these annual Social Justice experiences can continue for our boys over the coming years, as life continues to return to normal.

Despite these restrictions, to witness new recent initiatives set up by various teachers so generously, such as Reconciliation Action Plan, Clean4Shore, Trash Free Tuesday (Environmental Justice) and others, is so heart-warming and reflects St Edward’s College staff commitment to your sons via Social Justice awareness, advocacy and action.

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Maintenance

TRENT CLARIDGE

The College Master Building Plan continued to be a focus for the Maintenance department in 2022. This year has seen the relocation of the book room and a science prep room to allow for the refurbishment of two science laboratories to begin in December. The new laboratories will ensure the College facilities continue to be outstanding.

New signage has been erected around the College, on the Yadhaba Wellbeing Centre and the Wendy Weir Memorial Oval, with the Edmund Rice Touchstones integrated into their designs.

Midway through the year we said farewell to Kristine Chaytor who has been an important part of the cleaning team for many years. Greg Ryan has successfully stepped into the role of cleaning supervisor and ensured the continuity of the College’s highest hygienic standards.

I would like to extend my thanks to the Maintenance, Cleaning and Ground staff for their continued hard work ensuring the College is always well-presented for the whole school community.

The Wendy Weir Memorial Oval Sign

Day Maintenance Staff

Staff Directory

Kaitlyn Abbott-Atchison

Teacher

Cassandra Aitken Teacher

Lisa Alcorn Teacher

Tom Anderson Director of Teaching and Learning

Matthew Archer Grounds

Meagan Armstrong Executive Assistant to Principal

Elena Atayde Teacher

Kellie Atkinson Enrolments and Parent Network Administrator

Amanda Austin Science Assistant

Mark Austin Leader of Learning – TAS

Elissa Bailey Director of Professional Learning

Simone Bartlett Administration Assistant

Anthony Beacroft Director of Mission & Identity

Jessica Beagin Teacher

Scott Beattie Year 11 Pastoral Leader

Karl Beemster Assistant Leader of Learning – TAS

Kylie Beynon Administration Assistant

Mark Bondfield Teacher

Jye Bonello

Learning Assistant

Mark Bonnici College Principal

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Lachlan Butt Leader of Learning - Mathematics

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Paul Buxton Teacher

Stephanie Cabban Finance Officer

Jason Carpenter Leader of Learning - Sport

Kylie Celebrin Teacher

Richie Chacon College Accountant

Gaynor Clancy Teacher

Trent Claridge Maintenance Supervisor

Bret Clayton ISD Technician

Jodie Connor Deputy Principal

Inclusive Community: Our community is accepting and welcoming

Michael Crawford Teacher

Tina Danckert Teacher

Lorraine Davey Food Technology Assistant

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Patrick Dell Leader of Learning - Social Justice

Juliana Dignam Leading of Learning - Careers / Vet

Brenda Donnelly Teachers’ Secretary

Kathy Edwards Learning Assistant

Pauline Edwards Learning Assistant

Rebecca Elliott Diverse Learning Teacher

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Josephine Emmett Leader of Risk and Administration

Jackson English Director of Administration

Paul English Director of Pastoral Care

Heidi Englund Year 7 Pastoral Leader

Sarah Evans Leader of Learning - Visual Arts

Ron Featherston Business Manager

Claudia Fink Teacher

Trent Foster Leader of Learning - Science

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Gospel Sprituality: We invite all people into the story of Jesus

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Camille McArthur Library Assistant

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Eamonn McCauley Year 10 Pastoral Leader

Anne McDonald Leader of Learning - Food Technology

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Chris Millar Director of Enrolments And Marketing

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Curriculum LIBERATING EDUCATION

Curriculum

GERRY SUMMERHAYES

The world of NSW Curriculum has been constantly transforming over the last few years. With the NSW curriculum review and the introduction of new syllabus documents, 2022 was again a year of updating programs and redesigning assessment. The new curriculum is designed to give teachers more time to focus on teaching, so that students gain a deeper understanding of core concepts. It hopefully will ensure students develop strong foundations for learning, life, and work in a complex and fast-changing world.

It has been 30 years since the last significant reform of the NSW curriculum. The world has changed and the curriculum has grown over this time. Feedback from public consultation confirmed that many syllabuses have too much content, and that extra-curricular issues and topics and compliance requirements are crowding out teaching and learning time. The changes to the curriculum will hopefully alleviate the time constraints of teachers getting through the content and focusing on teaching, assessing, and giving quality feedback to students.

The Leaders of Learning and the teaching staff have worked hard this year in preparation for the new curriculum changes and this hard work will continue over the next few years as the consultation and roll out of the new curriculum continues. I would like to thank all of the members of the Curriculum leadership team for their hard work over what has been a challenging year for all of us. I also look forward to seeing the fruits of our labours from 2022 in years to come.

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Careers/VET

JULIANA DIGNAM

Careers Education at St Edward’s College continues to evolve with the changing demands of employment and our community. In 2022 we introduced parent webinars to ensure parents were updated with current information. These included, ‘Where are the jobs on the Central Coast’, ‘Alternative pathways to university’, ‘How to have a career conversation with your child’ and ‘Options after Year 10’.

In our second year of Year 10 fortnightly Careers lessons, we focused on employability, career exploration and subject selection using different career websites and guest speakers from universities, TAFE and Australian Defence Force.

This year we celebrated National Careers Week with a bang - 34 employers sharing their pathways with students across all year groups. The theme was ‘Where you start isn’t necessarily where you end up’. This was to educate students on the concept of squiggly careers to shift the focus from getting it right for life post-school.

Another new initiative, and a partnership with Broken Bay Catholic Schools, was our Pathways through Stories, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander careers day for Year 8 and 9. Thirty students from across five Catholic schools on the Central Coast attended and learnt about connection to community and different pathways from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Our first alumni careers event was held in Term 4 called ‘Think you know what success means? A conversation with an Eddies Old Boy’. Year 12 were treated with stories from three alumni who shared their idea of success and post school pathways.

To finish the year, Year 10 participated in a 4-week Future Work Ready Program that included work experience, upskilling courses, social justice workshop, well-being day, mock interviews, pathway

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Year 7 Enjoying Careers Week

preparation workshops, minimum standard testing and care of country day and connecting to country full day initiatives.

Congratulations to our Vocational Education & Training (VET) students and their dedicated teachers. The following students gained either a Statement of Attainment or full Certificate qualification in the following VET courses.

Certificate III Live Productions and Services - Teacher: Mrs Josephine Emmett. Ryan Collins, Thomas Fortune, Samuel Grilk, Lucas Hautrive, Jai Heaney, Jeremy Innes, Luca Krumm, Angus Macpherson, Xavier-John Nisbett, Regan O’Brien, Matthew Prazauaskas, Darcy Towle

Certificate II in Hospitality - Teacher: Mrs Anne McDonald. Charlie Entwistle, Bailey Gosper, Ryan Green, Parker Kearton, Hayden Maher, Francis O’Connell, Rafferty Wilkins, Cooper Zammit

Certificate II in Construction Pathways - Teachers: Mr Mark Bondfield and Mr Scott Murray. Nicholas Brooks, Ethan Cleverly, Thomas Crouch, Lachlan Darnley, Lachlan Eastham, Mitchell Ella, Nathan Irvine, Jack Jamieson, Zane Kirkman, Lachlan McBride, John Missak, Billy Pritchard, Oscar Shepherd, Joel Shereb, Cooper Slattery, Shaun Turnbull, Rafferty Wilkins

Certificate III in Screen and Media - Teacher: Ms Jodie Connor. Ryan Collins, Jordi Gupte, Noah Joseph, Alexander Ryan, Darcy Towle

Certificate II in Furniture Making Pathways – Teacher: Mr Mark Bondfield. Lachlan McBride, Xavier Roy, Oscar Shepherd, Cruz Yarnold

Certificate III in Financial Services – Teacher: Mrs Sonya Robinson. Kai Dawkings, William FrostFoster, Jordi Gupte, Paul Kucyper, Bryn O’Grady-Cousins, Jett Tidy, Alex Walters, Rafferty Wilkins, Kai Willmott

TAFE VET Certificate III Early Childhood Education & Care: Xavier-John Nisbett

School Based Apprenticeship – Certificate III in Carpentry: Jack Legge

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded early entry into Macquarie Universities Leaders and Achievers Early Entry Scheme.

Macquarie University: Cody Selwood, Cooper Lord, Jett Heaney, Lucas Hautrive, Luke Richards, Noah Hamilton, Reece Tredwell, Regan O’Brien, Ronan Grattan, Nicholas Green, William Frost-Foster, Louis Whyatt, Christopher Kemp, Christian Rose, Hamish Beverley, Liam Knott, Michael Holmes, Owen Bradstreet, Matthew Prazauskas, Kit Gillings, Jacob Newport, Christopher Murray

Australian Catholic University: Cameron Shaw

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Computing and ICT

MATTHEW YOUNG

The unit on Project Delivery gave the boys a chance to build their own machines using Raspberry Pi units, some small 3.5-inch TFT screens and the 3D printers to design and build the casing. These designs needed to include ideas on air flow to keep the units cool and the packaging and delivery of the final assemblies. I look forward to what they produce in the “One laptop per child assignment”.

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The students that have completed these units have learnt a great deal of skills in Robotics, Multimedia, Network Design, Database Design, Digital Media and Video Production. In each of these areas the faculty spends a great deal of time upskilling the boys on the latest pieces of software that we have available both in the dedicated Computer rooms and on their laptops.

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By far the most sort after unit in the Stage 5 program is Game Development. This is where the adage gets used “if you write the game, you can play the game”! We now use Python and UNITY which both offer so much diversity of online applications and rapid application development plans that all students were able to quickly get going and have something created. The projects that were created were then evaluated and uploaded to their own website and a “play session”.

Robotics is one of the best “hands on” units that we do in Year 9. The boys utilise the Sphero’s and they have a series of challenges they must complete along the way. We also have some BrickPi units to take over from the traditional control blocks. The scripts and code were written in Python rather than using the original Drag-n-Drop paradigm. These include driving their robotics vehicle around the classroom unassisted. The last part of this challenge is a race around the course

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without going outside the track. The question of Robot Wars always comes up during this time. Drones and programming drones have been an excellent addition to our projects. We purchased a set of Tello programmable drones for use in the IST course. These devices can be flown like a normal remote-control drone, but the bonus is the ability to program these drones to complete a series of challenges as well as fly to a path. This is used for an assessment and boys are challenged to fly the course in the fastest time based on their programming skills for the drone.

Year 9

This year also saw a change to the way we have delivered the Digital Animation unit, running the course in school rather than with the outside provider. Running the unit in the normal classes is a huge amount of time setting up and packing up each time with no ability to leave the studios set up. The setup of notebooks, Dragon software, digital SLR cameras has all the necessary equipment for the boys in Year 9 to create their very own “Short Animated Film”. These films are usually simple in design and concept but for the boys to start in the morning with nothing but a couple of ideas and at the end of the unit we have a completed forty second film is a real achievement. The boys thought this was the highlight of the year and it captured many of the units we had covered in their classes, from design and perspective through to marketing a product, packaging, multimedia components and file storage.

The boys learn Web Design and Digital media applications and must build the assignments around these focus areas. All the assignments are supported by writing a Design proposal and Support documentation. Just some of the applications that the boys develop skills on are Dreamweaver, NotePad++, Photoshop and Illustrator and we use both Adobe Rush and Adobe Premiere for film.

Finally, I feel it is important to thank many people who have been very helpful and supportive over the year. Firstly, to Mrs Jessica Saxon, thank you all your hard work and support for the year.

To the Information Services Team, Mr Craig Friend, Mr Bret Clayton, Mr Vic Olbromski and Mr Gav Hannelly, thanks for providing an excellent environment for teaching, a robust network and an extraordinary skill set that I can call upon when needed.

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Diverse Learning

KATIE NEILLY

2022 has been an exciting year for Diverse Learning as we have worked closely together with the wider school community to continue to support the needs of our students. It has been an honour to lead the Diverse Learning team this year and I have appreciated the support as I have adjusted to the role. It is a passion of mine to support students with a disability to equitably access their learning and it is exciting to work amongst professionals who share this passion.

The main form of learning support for each student comes from the classroom teacher. Knowing each of their student’s needs and planning for differentiated teaching is a challenging task and the dedication of the teachers to strive towards this is admirable. Victoria Worrall has stood in as the Diverse Learning Teacher this year as Rebecca Elliot has been on maternity leave. Together, we have worked on updating student Personalised Plans, collaborating with students and their families to build a profile of the students’ goals, strengths, weaknesses, the functional impact of their disability and adjustments. These profiles are shared with teachers and learning assistants to gain a greater understanding of the individual needs within their classes and how to best support them. Awareness is the first step to understanding and making a difference.

As a school, St Edward’s takes a holistic approach to quality education. And for this reason, the Diverse Learning department work closely with the Pastoral Care team. The two domains of support collaborate for students who experience, or are at risk of social, emotional challenges such as anxiety and depression. Regular meetings and on-going collaboration allow us to share expertise and experience to plan how to best support our students in all aspects of their learning and wellbeing.

Both Victoria and myself participate in team-teaching partnerships to support students in their classrooms. This targeted program allows greater flexibility, providing individualised and group support within the context of specific subject content. This approach is effective and includes utilising the additional resource of a second teacher in the classroom.

The work of our Learning Assistants is invaluable. They are our students biggest advocates and the glue between the student, classroom teachers, Pastoral Care and Diverse Learning team. They work alongside our students, nurturing growth in all aspects; socially emotionally, physically and cognitively. They collaborate with teachers and assist them in making adjustments and building safe, inclusive classroom environments where all students can thrive. This year we welcomed three new Learning Assistants to the team. Jye Bonello, Melissa Stimson and Melanie Heard. Kylie Apps has also joined us on a casual basis. They have all been huge assets to the Diverse Learning team. Pauline Edwards, Annie Lynn, Kathy Edwards and Andy Ryan continue to offer amazing support to our students from literacy intervention to assisting with hands-on learning in the Technology rooms.

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Thank you to Mr Bonello and Ms Jones who worked together to support students in Homework Help. This support is available to all students in Years 7 to 12. It runs in the library each morning 8am-8:45am. Students can choose to attend on a regular basis for Homework Help, or may attend on a casual basis for assistance with assessment tasks or study skills when exams are approaching.

Melanie Heard has brought her expertise to the team with her background in post school transitions for students with disabilities. She has been networking with local providers to investigate what opportunities are available in the community as our students begin to consider post-school options, including tertiary study and work options. Melanie has a passion in this area and looks forward to growing this initiative in the Diverse Learning faculty as she works closely with myself and our VET and Careers Leader of Learning, Julianna Dignam.

The mentoring program has continued this year for students in Years 9 and 10. It is an excellent opportunity for students to gain extra support and alleviate academic pressures by reducing workload with one less subject to focus on. The program is offered to selected students to support with homework and assessments. They receive additional help on top of the expertise of their classroom teacher to further break down tasks. Students are invited into this program on a needs basis, they may also be considered if they request interest in joining.

We thank Sandra Francis for her contributions to Diverse Learning this year in her role as Learning Assistant. Sandra returned to an administration role and will continue to work with Diverse Learning on a casual basis. We are excited to welcome Rebecca Elliott back to the team as the Diverse Learning Teacher in 2023 after spending precious time with her children while on maternity leave this year. The biggest thank you goes to our students. Their commitment to learning and overcoming difficulties is admirable. We aim to build acceptance and understanding of neurodiversity amongst all our students and school community. We strive to foster an environment where each student gains the skills and confidence to independently use strategies and advocate for their needs. We appreciate parent support in this area as we work together towards a common goal.

English

MICHELLE MCDONALD

Our English faculty has been blessed for many years to have Mr Michael Gill on our team. Mr Gill will enter his retirement in 2023 after 44 years of teaching. He began teaching at St Edward’s College in 1996 and during his time at St Edward’s he has been a Pastoral Leader as well as a highly experienced and valued educator and his vast knowledge of literature and all things English will be missed. Mr Michael Gill has left an impression on us all with his wisdom and balanced approach to life and we wish him all the very best for the future.

This year in the English department from Year 7 to 12 we had Mr English, Mrs Englund, Mr Odden, Mrs Pearson, Ms Atayde, Mr Sullivan, Mrs Robinson, Mr Rozario, Ms Nowalinski, Mr Gill, Mr Dell, Mrs Titheradge, Mr Selmes, Ms Bailey, Mr Anderson, Mr Neve, Ms Alcorn, Mrs Abbott-Atchison, Mr Kent, Ms Moulton, Mrs McDonald and we welcomed Mr LePage to the team. Highlights of 2022 in English

Highlights of 2022 in English

Breakfast with Books

This year in Term 4, ‘Breakfast with Books’ was launched by the English faculty. This new club will continue into 2023 and anyone can attend simply by donating $2 for some breakfast and a quiet space to start their day with a good book. The new group is the latest initiative of the English staff and is led by Mrs Titheradge. Mrs Titheradge and Ms Nowalinski welcomed the group with a commemorative ‘Breakfast with Books’ bookmark and a comfortable space filled

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with café seating and soft bean-bags to relax and read. The group was developed to meet the need within the college of those students who have a love for literature, reading and, of course, breakfast! On the menu each Wednesday are Nutella Overnight Oats, Weet-bix Fruit and Yoghurt Stacks, assorted breakfast breads and muffins, mini cheesy-mite kebab scrolls, fruit and tea or hot chocolate.

Many students at the College read regularly, but many just don’t have the space or time to do so at home. This club is for anyone and everyone to come along and try! Reading improves brain connectivity, empowers you to empathize with other people, reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and heart rate as well as fighting depression symptoms. What better way to start your day and get some positive impacts!

Spotlight on Standard English

This year in Standard English the Year 12 cohort studied a range of texts within all modules to develop our knowledge of the world. The various texts were designed to ultimately prepare for the HSC. Some of these texts included Amanda Lohrey’s pastoral novella Vertigo, the anthology Contemporary Asian Australian Poets, Simon Nasht’s documentary Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History. These texts have all uncovered the various ways composers can shape meaning and convey ideas through their own unique representations and form.

One text that stood out to me was Vuong Pham’s poem Mother within the poetry anthology which reflects the sacrifices his mother made to give her family the best opportunity at a good life after fleeing Vietnam during the Vietnam war. It reminds us all of the sacrifices our own families have made for us over the past two years, supporting us as we study.

English ‘Stars of The Month’ and Reward Immersion Day

As part of the aim to recognise and reward those students who consistently achieve outstanding results and put in their full effort, this year the English staff have created a program aimed at

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Standard English Awards

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rewarding these students. Each month, English teachers nominated two students from each of their classes to go into the running to be recognised as ‘English Star of The Month’. One student was rewarded for achievement and one for effort. There was also a ‘Special Commendation’ category to allow scope to include a diverse range of our amazing students. The immersion days involved some creative ways to engage with English, a trivia afternoon, recess and lunch as well as a special screening of a selected film.

Mrs Titheradge’s Year 12 Class HSC Craft of Writing

Mrs Titheradge’s Year 12 HSC Standard English class engaged in many creative and interesting writing opportunities as a way to prepare their skills for the HSC in 2022. Once all content was taught, the class spent time reflecting on their Trial exams and using the feedback from their teachers to practice and revise their Modules. Module C: The Craft of Writing focuses on helping students to develop their writing skills imaginatively, persuasively, and discursively.

Structured as a mini-workshop, the class took part in a mini creative writing workshop titled ‘Lucky Dip Writing’. Students selected a stimulus for their imaginative writing from a ‘Lucky Dip’ box and then supported by a set of prompts to produce an original draft narrative to develop heading into their HSC. Each prompt required the students to write for six minutes including techniques like personification, metaphors, flashbacks and dialogue. After writing, the students shared their work as a way of affirming their skills in a safe and supportive environment.

Macbeth Excursion – Year 9 English

Year 9 were blessed by an excursion to the theatre after years of lockdowns preventing these types of excursions. ‘Macbeth’ at the Seymour Centre was eye-opening and blood curdling fun.

Extension Two English

Please enjoy an excerpt of the reflective section of writing from Louis Whyatt who completed a major work in English ‘Mirrored Reality’. The following excerpt is a part of the rationale.

“The underdeveloped area of research of teenage male body dysmorphia allowed me to voice my own personal experience through exposing the impacts on my own character development. At the heart of my Major Work, I aimed to dismantle the audience’s understanding of stereotypical masculinity presented by the media and illuminate the beauty of imperfections. Ultimately, through “Mirrored Reality” I challenged the societal constructions of masculinity and the male image to identify the detrimental impacts of societal stereotypes. The intended audience is a young adult male audience, similar to me, as I aimed to engender the harsh and violent struggles that many individuals face within the teenage years; to help bring a catharsis to our lives in the fragmented state of mind we live in as individuals struggling with the perception of who we are, and to say to one another, “You are not alone.” I aimed to feature the psychological influences on an individual’s development by exposing my own truth and exploring the construction of self and self-theory, revealing psychological reasoning behind my actions.”

Epic Quests Immersion Day

Year 7 had an English immersion for their study of ‘Epic Quests’. They were able to learn new skills in Minecraft, Fusion for 3D printing and collaborate with their peers in building a castle. This will link to their writing in English this term. Thanks go to our helpers from Year 9 and 10 – Jesse Kemp, Aiden Balshaw, Geoffrey French, Easun Zhang, Finn Leary, Joshua Malek, Joshua Mangan and Logan Merceia. Congratulations to the winners of the Castle build:

• First – Noah, Lenox, Jacob B, Kobi and Alex

• Second – Blake, Liam, Travis and Krishay

• Third – Fletcher, Buda, Lachy, Liam and Julian

Our fabulous department look forward to creating more opportunities and great memories with the boys at St Edward’s in 2023.

Food Technology and Hospitality

ANNE MCDONALD

Firstly, how exciting that we’re back in the kitchen, preparing an array of interesting dishes. It has been so rewarding for all the classes to finally be donning the aprons and participating in practical lessons. To see the boys develop their skills and proficiency in the classroom has been so satisfying for all the Food Technology Staff.

Year 9 Food Technology classes have developed new skills and confidence in the kitchen. This was particularly evident in the enthusiasm and efforts in the Crazy Shake Assessment Task, as well as the outstanding results in their practical exams where they made Cannelloni, Garlic Bread and accompanied this with a Fresh Garden Salad. The boys excelled in their time management and were able to complete this task in 80 minutes. Congratulations and well done!!

Year 10 embraced the units of study, especially the “Food For Special Occasions” Unit. As part of their Assessment Task, the boys made a Butter Cake and decorated it with fondant and buttercream. There were various themes ranging from Shrek, Fortnite, gender reveals and various sporting themed cakes. I believe that allowing boys the freedom of choices, ensures their individuality and creativity is encouraged. Their Chicken Cordon Bleu practical exam showed great time management and presentation skills and reinforced the importance of teamwork in a kitchen.

Once again, we have utilised the commercial kitchen at St Joseph’s. This allowed the boys to use the commercial equipment for their practical classes. We are again, grateful for this opportunity. Both the Year 11 and 12 Hospitality students completed their “Prepare and Serve Espresso Coffee” at BlendCo, Lisarow. This allowed them to obtain the skills in preparing a range of hot beverages from Hot Chocolates to Lattes and Piccolos. Their ability to master the texturizing of the milk was impressive and hopefully this qualification will be useful in their future ventures! The boys have also improved their preparation and presentation skills, presenting foods at industry standards.

Magnificent Passionfruit Sponges and Mixed Grills made by the Year 12 Hospitality students were one of the practical highlights of the year. I believe the standard of presentation is truly to industry standards. Congratulations boys!!

Scott Donnet in Year 12 was also awarded the Hospitality – VET Student of the Year through the Skill Engineer. Scott received this award after having been the successfully nominated candidate from schools across the Central Coast, Hornsby and Hills Districts. Scott has been an outstanding Hospitality student in every facet of

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the course. He has embraced work placement with gusto and was given excellent feedback from the host employer. He has participated in two Broken Bay “Battle of the Chefs” competitions, showing commitment to this venture. He was able to lead the Eddies “team” and ensured that all members felt engaged, competent and confident in the meals that they were preparing.

Year 11 Hospitality students had a wonderful time during work placement with many boys being offered part-time jobs and potential apprenticeships. The boys completed their 70 hours of mandatory work placement, exposing them to the procedures of being involved in a large commercial establishment. We were very fortunate to have an array of venues taking our students, both clubs, cafes and restaurants.

The students also used their High Tea Assessment Task practical component when catering for the Alumni event. A variety of hot and cold finger foods were served to the guests, who were impressed with the quality of the dishes provided.

Three very competent Hospitality students participated in the Diocese of Broken Bay “Battle of the Chefs” this year. Although not podium placing, they were great ambassadors to the College and prepared a two-course meal which was truly served to industry standard. They prepared and presented a Mystery Box main course consisting of a Pork Fillet and a Vegetable and Rice Timbale and an Apple Crumble Tart and Cream Anglaise for dessert. The boys’ ability to work in a team, ensure hygienic presentation and plating, and guaranteeing their time management skills were impeccable, made Mr Massey and I very proud of their effort and application. The students representing the Eddies team were Oliver Bettison, Ryan Green and Scott Donnet.

Both the Year 12 Food Technology and Hospitality students had the opportunity to complete the Responsible Service of Alcohol qualification through Reach for Training. Again, another example of increasing the employability skills of our students.

The Year 12 Food Technology classes were once again fortunate enough to have a tour of the facilities at EastCoast Beverages. During their HSC studies, they research the Australian Food Industry and how the Agricultural and Fisheries sector drives the Food Manufacturing and Retail sectors. We were able to watch the production line processes and then sampled some of the new flavours being developed at EastCoast.

We also toured the operations of Grace Springs Farm at Kulnurra. Grace Springs Farm are a family run farming business who believe in sustainable and ethical farming practices. Their philosophy is to improve their soils and pastures in an organic manner to ensure that their animals live happy, healthy lives. Their animals are raised with respect and kindness, even though they are raised for meat. The tour involved viewing animal husbandry including the raising of pigs, poultry (ducks, geese and chickens) and beef and dairy cattle. We are indeed lucky to be able to have these venues to help cement the theory taught in the classroom.

Year 11 Food Technology enjoyed a workshop with Sharyn from Cake and Plate as part of the Food Quality unit. The boys experimented with buttercream and fondant to create their own cupcake decorations using a “Marvel” theme. A fun afternoon was had by all!!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful Food Technology staff, Mr Sam Bridge, Mr Elliott Rozario and Mr Scott Massey, for their dedication throughout the year. I believe we continue to provide the students with a wonderful experience that they can take with them in life’s journey. Also thank you to Mrs Lorraine Davey and Mrs Natalie Judd for all their commitment to the Food Technology Faculty and wonderful work in supporting our students in their learning and providing students with ingredients for our practical lessons.

Year 10 Decorated Butter Cake

Year 10 - Chicken Cordon Bleu Year 11 Catering for Alumni Event

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It has been a very busy and exciting year in the Languages department at St Edward’s. Four weeks into Term 1, we said “Au revoir” et “À la prochaine” to Madame Whitford, who commenced maternity leave to await the birth of her baby. We welcomed Monsieur Heffernan, who took over teaching her classes for the remainder of the year and brought with him an infectious passion for languages. His Year 8 students enjoyed earning ‘Heffeuro’ currency and spending it on various treats at his Heffshop, which was a popular incentive for effort and achievement that was embraced by the boys.

La Semaine de la Francophonie (French Week) was celebrated across the school in March with various French-themed activities each lunchtime, and French cuisine and croissants on the menu in the canteen. Students learnt about the 29 different countries around the world where French is spoken as an official language, and they explored and embraced the exciting possibilities of global citizenship.

In the classroom, French students from Years 8-12 participated in a range of collaborative tasks, activities and experiences throughout the year which involved making plans, negotiating, and solving problems. They identified and interpreted information from a range of written, spoken, visual and multimodal texts, and evaluated and responded in both English and French to information, opinions and ideas, using a range of formats for specific contexts, purposes and audiences. They composed informative and imaginative texts to express ideas, attitudes and values. They made cross-curricular connections and explored intercultural perspectives.

Year 8 students were introduced to the sounds, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language across topics of interest they might find useful in the future. They worked collaboratively and independently to practice their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in a range of tasks and interactive activities involving the exchange of information and ideas. Students began the year by learning how to greet people and introduce themselves in French, and talk about their age, birthday, families, pets, and where they live. They created a PowerPoint presentation and a Bande Dessinée-inspired animation to practice using this vocabulary. They also created ‘lost pet’ posters in French, and restaurant scripts which were brought to life with action, costume and props. The extended period of La Niña this year allowed students the opportunity to talk about all kinds of weather, and they also engaged in lively discussions about sports and activities they like to do, and foods they like to eat. Whilst developing their skills and confidence as language learners, students also enjoyed cultural lessons on La Semaine de la Francophonie, le Tour de France, and La Fête Nationale (Bastille Day), and on the significance of food in French culture. They explored Australia’s close connection with France, dating back to La Perouse’s encounter with the First Fleet at Botany Bay in 1788. Throughout the year students accumulated ‘effort and enthusiasm’ points which resulted in sixty students being treated to a reward brunch in Term 4,

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where they enjoyed authentic French food in a classroom café with French music and ambience, served by Mme Maloney and M Heffernan.

Year 9 elective students continued their French learning journey by learning how to communicate in French about more aspects of their personal lives and their school life. With one student playing the role of an Australian student on exchange and the other in the role of a local French student, they wrote and recorded their own scene having a conversation entirely in French about themselves and their family, where they live, and their hobbies. Students later expanded on this to create a personal profile poster containing this information along with an introduction to their favourite subjects at school – needless to say, French was at the top of the list for many of the boys. They finished the year by learning how to ask and give directions to get around town – an invaluable skill that will no doubt come in handy if they ever travel to any of the 29 francophone countries around the world. The boys recorded scenes acting as tour guides, introducing landmarks around a French city of their choice. With the aid of a green screen, their city tours certainly looked like the real deal!

Year 10 elective students discussed and created texts in French about their dream holiday in France. This included a detailed itinerary and blog post of an imagined visit to Paris and its many landmarks. When travelling overseas, it is always good to be prepared for when things sometimes go wrong, so the boys learnt how to communicate with a doctor or pharmacist about sickness, injuries, and treatments. Students also took part in an imaginary interview for the school magazine. They practiced using the future tense by responding to questions about their subject selections for next year and about their plans for after they finish school, which included any plans for further education and their ideal career path.

Senior students expanded on the topic of future plans by communicating in more specific detail about their options after finishing high school. This included accessing multimedia French texts about the pros and cons of taking a gap year before university and sharing their own opinions on this topic. Students then communicated with each other in French about their plans for future study and work. They engaged in conversations about current ethical and social issues relating to technology. They also discussed environmental issues such as global warming, pollution, and clean energy solutions, all of which are highly relevant topics in the contemporary world across all languages. These students are commended for their achievements and persistence in a demanding, yet highly rewarding HSC subject. Their study of French will undoubtedly become a lifelong skill which will bring them countless rewards.

Madame Maloney and Monsieur Heffernan both say “Au revoir” to St Edward’s at the end of this year and will take many fond memories away with them. They offer their very best wishes to the 2023 French students and teachers for une très bonne année, a wonderful year ahead.

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The multi-disciplined department of the humanities had another busy year. Students across Years 7-12 engaged with a variety of exciting learning activities, incursions, excursions and major projects. Perhaps no other subject in the school is so well placed to provide boys with real-world events that challenge their role in the world. Studying the humanities helps shape the whole person and the teachers in the HSIE faculty worked hard to uphold this responsibility and provide the boys with impactful learning opportunities.

This year, depending on the year group, students in History were studying Egypt, Greece, Japan, the Vietnam War or medieval crimes and punishments to name a few. No matter the topic, the drive was to allow students greater freedom to explore parts of that history that interested them. A great example was the Vikings Museum task early in the year. The Year 8 cohort created their own Viking artefact that was placed in an open museum for all the College to see. You could argue that the ERC Foyer has never hosted so many cardboard swords, longboats and shields. A huge thank you must go to Mrs Quennelle who had the task of marking the artefacts. The buzz from the boys showing their creation to their friends was a great example of the kind of work that is happening in History. Another great project required students to create a poster for 13th century Europeans who were trying to avoid the Black Death.

“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history” (James Baldwin). Year 10 study Changing Rights and Freedoms – an investigation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples struggle for improved rights and freedoms in Australia. In a thoughtprovoking task, students examined the Uluru Statement from the Heart and connected historical events that led to the 2017 Statement. Charlie Jacobson, Sacha Byrne and Callum Peers represent a small sample from a large group that submitted projects that showed a deep understanding of Australian history and the need for Reconciliation in Australia.

Students are arriving to Geography classes more informed than ever of major global challenges like climate change and resource depletion. Between Years 7-10, students tackle a range of local, national and global geographical issues and gain an appreciation for their role as a global citizen. For example, in Year 8 Geography, the boys were asked to investigate the value and health of Brisbane Water, an important water catchment that is part of the College. During the fieldwork study, boys enjoyed learning about the role of the mangrove and the pneumatophores. They act as snorkels for the mangroves to breath while inundated by the water. A special mention must go to Dylan Hitchenson, who was so intent on his fieldwork observation and water testing, that he fell into a watery ditch. This level of commitment was appreciated by his peers. Waddies from the science team are being considered for future excursions to the mangrove system. In Year 9, the year group were asked to pick a food of their choice and determine the future sustainability of the production and consumption of that item. Popular choices were beef and

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grains; however some boys chose iceberg lettuce as this was the same time as the lettuce crisis in Australian supermarkets. In a unique presentation, which took on the form of a documentation, William Connors presented an in-depth examination of the abalone industry. So many projects submitted demonstrated a real interest in their food item and covered some new innovative ways food is being produced, like vertical farming and artificial meats.

It is safe to say that St Edward’s boasts some very promising future entrepreneurs, lawyers and economists. Demonstrating real business acumen, Ms Celebrin’s Year 9 Commerce class excelled in all areas and honed their skills playing a card game, called Get Rich Quick. Often, Ms Celebrin would have to limit game time as it brought out a fierce competitive edge in the boys. This energy, however, was channelled into raising a significant amount of money on Founders Day by running a food stall. Studying Commerce is an excellent pathway for students keen to study subjects like Economics, Business Studies and Legal Studies. An example of these developing skills is when the Legal Studies students were put to the test in the Mock Trial competition. This annual Central Coast event places contestants in court rooms to battle out legal issues. An honourable mention must go to Noah Nakagawa who conducted himself with poise and intellect.

Continuing the entrepreneurial flavour, Australia has an international reputation for making great coffee. An origin of this reputation is surely earned from the St Edward’s Creme and Bean Café run by the Financial Services students. All students in Mrs Robinson’s class stepped up to the grinder to ensure the staff were well caffeinated and their peers were catered for with hot chocolate pickme-ups. Many students are challenged by the concept of managing their money. A part-time job whilst at school looks attractive, learning new skills but also earning a little pocket money. But the big question remains, what to do with that money now? Spend it! How do I save? What does budgeting look like? A question that always pops up in lessons, ‘Am I getting taxed right?’

The Simulated Work Placement was a valuable experience as students now reflect upon their practices and can relate what we are learning throughout the course into the real world. ‘Learn by doing’. What I have seen from the Financial Services Year 11 and 12 students this year is truly amazing.

The HSIE teaching team dearly wishes that students enjoyed their learning experiences this year. The student work celebrated above, represents a tiny fraction of the incredible work achieved by the boys.

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SARAH MOULTON

Welcome back! 2022 has been our first fully-functioning year since home-based learning in 2020 and 2021. It has been such a privilege seeing all the students utilising the library resources and the staff’s expertise. This year has seen many traditions continue in the Library and has also seen the introduction of new approaches to learning, teaching spaces and resources.

Book Week

During Book Week the library was buzzing with all things books! The boys were great participants, and their competitive nature really shone through with the highly coveted canteen vouchers up for grabs daily. Our virtual Harry Potter escape room saw the boys working together to solve the puzzles to progress through each online room, and our Sherlock Holmes ‘who dunnit?’ had teams racing around the school to collect clues in order to solve the case – it was Longworth, with the sword, motivated by the manuscript in case you were wondering.

It was great to have Tim Selwyn from Girri Girra Aboriginal Experiences come in to share stories and cultural knowledge with the boys. He spoke about Aboriginal men’s business, the importance of being respectful of others, and how it is vitally important to listen in order to learn.

Book Week finished with a bang with staff and students coming dressed as their favourite book characters and we celebrated our best dressed students with prizes. The photobooth was one of the highlights of the week and it was great to see staff and students embrace their inner child and have some fun, all in the name of reading for pleasure.

Year 7

It was great to welcome our Year 7 students to the library this year after home-based learning took over much of 2021. This year we have had a focus on sustained reading and reading for enjoyment and Year 7 have embraced this theme choosing their own novels to read from our extensive collection. In Terms 2 and 3, Year 7 learnt digital literacy skills through an inquiry based research program that saw them create a multimodal presentation based on one of Australia’s World Heritage Sites. As always, the enthusiasm Year 7 bring to the library is catching – we love recommending books to them and we love reading the books that they recommend to us.

Year 8

During Term 4 we have been piloting a library program with Year 8 that focuses on reading for enjoyment. We have found that there is a severe decline in borrowing after students cease their Year 7 library lessons and hope that this program will encourage students to continue to read

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through their secondary education and beyond. We began by reading ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar and watching some of the film and boys were eager to draw comparisons between the two. It was great to see them engaged in both the novel and the film.

Author Talk

After years of disruptions due to COVID we were finally able to have our author talk. During Term 3 Phillip Gwynne visited the school to talk about his experiences as a writer, the process of writing, and some of the many books he has published. It was wonderful to hear his story, particularly how he came to be a writer later in his career – It just goes to show that you never know, there might be a writer in you just waiting to come out!

Puzzles and Chess

Chess has been one of our most popular activities up here in the library this year with students from all years borrowing chess sets to play during lunch. It has been great to see the boys away from their laptop screens and challenging each other in epic chess battles!

Preview Book and Film Club

It was another great year for Preview book and film club - the book club where we read the book and then watch the film. Preview book and film club is held every Thursday during lunch in our beautiful quiet reading space.

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We have had a number of books on offer this year with the boys taking up the challenge to solve the mystery of “One of Us is Lying” by Karen McManus and more recently “None Shall Sleep” by Ellie Marney. Our book club members always have a lot to talk about and our lunchtime discussions become very animated – that is, when they are not too busy eating the weekly selection of biscuits on offer! It is always a pleasure seeing the boys engage with each other and talk about what they are reading, and we look forward to recruiting some new members next year.

Read with Me: During the end of year break students from Years 7-9 were invited to participate in the Read with Me Program – a library initiative where boys read a book with a family member. To encourage reading for enjoyment, we offer a choice of current books and provide students with two copies to take home – reading is more fun when you have someone to share the experience with!

Library Stats: Our introduction of the Team Teaching Space has seen many classes collaborating and our new and improved Reading Area has seen an influx of students reading quietly (for the most part) with some beautiful views of the water. We are looking forward to see what 2023 will bring!

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LACHLAN BUTT

2022 has been a great year of learning at St Edward’s, with the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions and subsequent return to ‘normal’. The Mathematics Faculty have been in full swing this year, ramping up the annual Maths Week celebrations, fighting for prizes with Inquisitive Minds, undertaking practical investigations in class and finally attending the Luna Park excursion that we have been trying to get to for the last two years! We have gained some great new staff and sadly said goodbye to some others.

2021 HSC Results

HSC results for the various Mathematics courses were impressive again in 2021 with some fantastic solo performances, solid course averages, and excellent growth achieved by many students. Some of the highlights included:

• Mathematics Standard 2 results were well above school and state averages. Within this course, students received three Band 6s and 18 Band 5s. Additionally, approximately 62% of students achieved a Band 4 of above. Students who achieved Band 6 results were Hunter Dixon (95), Tobias Paterson (94) and Sam Beatson (91).

• Almost 70% of students in Mathematics Advanced achieved a Band 4 or above, with one student (William Goodwin-Moore) earning a Band 6 (91) and 7 students gaining Band 5s.

• Students in Mathematics Extension 1 and Extension 2 excelled again in 2021, achieving two E4s in Extension 1 (Lennox Taylor 92 and Will Drennan 90), and a total of six E3s across both courses (3 in Ext 1 and 3 in Ext 2). In the two most rigorous Mathematics courses that can be studied in the HSC, this is a fantastic effort!

Congratulations on these fantastic results.

Farewell Mr Beattie and Mr English

2022 was the final year at St Edward’s for Mr Scott Beattie and Mr Paul English – both of whom were integral parts of the Mathematics Faculty for many years. Mr Beattie held the position of Pastoral Leader and has moved on to a new position with the Broken Bay Diocese, and Mr English who was the Director of Pastoral Care has retired.

While they will both be missed greatly in the Mathematics Faculty, we wish them both all the best for the future.

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Welcome to Mr Isbester

At the beginning of Semester 2 we welcomed Mr Alex Isbester to the Mathematics faculty. This is Alex’s first permanent teaching appointment. He has jumped straight into the St Edward’s community, teaching a number of junior Mathematics classes, as well as volunteering his time to attend Year 7 and 10 camps. He is a passionate teacher and he brings a wealth of knowledge and contemporary ideas to the faculty. We are delighted to have Alex on our team and look forward to the contributions he will make to the education of the boys at St Edward’s.

Welcome back to Mr Ritchie

At the beginning of 2022 the Mathematics Faculty welcomed back Mr David Ritchie as a full-time, permanent teacher. Mr Ritchie spent one year at St Leo’s, Wahroonga, before returning back to St Edward’s College.

Mr Ritchie has slotted straight back into the fold, picking up a range of classes including the Year 11 Extension 1 and now Extension 2 classes. Dave is a passionate mathematician who has a real love for the high levels of Maths!

Maths Week 2022

Maths Week was held again this year with celebrations taking place throughout Week 6, aligning with International Pi Day on 14 March. Throughout the week, various activities and initiatives were offered, exposing the boys to the wide world of Mathematics.

Inquisitive Minds

On Tuesday of Week 6, the College invited “Inquisitive Minds” to come in and run sessions with all of Year 8. Inquisitive Minds is a hands-on, engaging workshop, where the boys are able to compete in problem solving challenges in groups, while learning important skills that can benefit them in the classroom along the way. It was great to see so many boys completely immersed and engaged in the activities throughout the day. The workshops

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were assisted throughout the day by Year 10 leaders, who did a fantastic job in ensuring everything ran smoothly. A special thank you to Mr Marks, who coordinated the running of the day – it was very well organised, resulting in its success!

Art Competition

Year 8 Art classes joined in the Maths Week fun again this year, creating cityscape artworks based on the digits of Pi. Over the week some great artworks were produced and five of the best were chosen to receive prizes – Congratulations to Luka Coughlan-Berg, Max Young, Callum Griffin, Harry Call and Reid Spokes. A big thank you to the Art staff for running the Pi Cityscapes Art competition and joining in on the Maths Week fun!

Football Kicking Competition

This year the Academic Portfolio came up with a new Maths Week initiative – a football kicking competition. A number of teachers and students nominated themselves to compete in the competition on Friday lunchtime. Competitors had to kick a rugby league ball off a tee three times, with the distances measured each time. Students were given the opportunity to submit their estimates for who would kick the longest and how far each teacher and student would kick on average. Prizes would be awarded to the students with the closest estimates.

Unfortunately, due to the non-stop rain we had throughout the year, the competition did not eventuate, however, we are all looking forward to getting it off the ground in 2023!

Thank you to the Academic Portfolio, Mrs Abbott-Atchison and Mr Rozario for their work in planning this activity!

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Assembly and Pi Recital

The celebration of Maths Week concluded on Friday 11 March, with the College assembly taking on a Maths theme. This year’s assembly took on a more interactive approach with the audience being asked various brainteasers and receiving rewards for correct answers. It was fantastic to see so many students getting involved!

During the assembly the College was also treated to the annual “Pi Recital” in which students from various years battled to recall Pi to the most number of decimal places possible. This year saw the highest number of competitors we’ve had since the initiation of the Pi Recital and it was another exciting battle that kept the whole assembly on the edge of their seats. Much to the shock of the audience, 2021 Champion and Year 10 student Kai Maitland was knocked off by two incredible Year 7 students, who ended up reciting 120 digits of Pi. The eventual winner of the Pi Recital was Josh Saul, with Max Klein-Schiphorst coming in second place. A huge congratulations goes out to both these Year 7 students as well as everyone else involved!

Thank you to all the staff and students who were involved in Maths Week 2022, in particular Mrs Abbott-Atchison, Mr Rozario and the Academic Portfolio for all of their efforts in the design and implementation of the activities throughout the week.

Year 9 Luna Park Excursion

Finally, after three years of planning and cancelling, due to Covid restrictions, we are very happy that it went ahead in Week 9 of Term 4, 2022! Students visited various rides and completed problem-solving investigations throughout the day. It was a fantastic way to build connections between the Mathematics Curriculum and the real world, allowing students to apply the concepts they have learnt within the classroom, to practical settings. Thank you to Mr Ritchie for his organisation of this excursion.

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Almost back to normal this year, with just a few incursions and excursions having to be culled due to pressures and fallout from Covid. La Nina, closed ovals, a flooded theatre and exams in the ERC meant that many PDHPE practical programs were postponed or adjustments made to suit the limited space.

Year 12 PDHPE 2021 gained some excellent results in the HSC with 65% of candidates gaining a Band 4 or higher, including three Band 6 students. Thanks to Mr Gentle and Mrs Henderson who took on the important role of guiding these students through lessons online and studying under Covid conditions. It definitely created some obstacles for some students but many thrived with the style of lessons that saw less behavioural interruptions and more focus on tasks.

The 2021 Year 12 PDHPE students seemed fairly confident with their attempt at the HSC with a few curly multiple choice questions to navigate. Earlier in the year they again got to reinforce their knowledge of the curriculum at the Big Day Out for PDHPE in Sydney. They listened to guest speakers present relevant ‘real life’ information about the syllabus.

Year 12 SLR students tried their hand at archery and golf and designed an instruction video for resistance training. They headed down to Gosford pool to complete an aquatics human movement analysis. They then had fun learning badminton and trying to beat Mr Ellis at table tennis. They just couldn’t get enough of it. Year 11 SLR enjoyed netball, hockey, athletics and coaching units Senior PDHPE students learned about health priorities for individuals in Australia, factors that affect and improve performance. They also studied the body in motion along with sports medicine and achieved their Apply First Aid Certificate. Year 11 experienced a one day outdoor recreation expedition as part of their course option. Mountain bikes, rogaining, intriguing hieroglyphics and kayaking in and around the Brisbane Water National Park.

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Year 11 & 12 VET Sport Coaching was replaced by Year 11 VET Outdoor Recreation this year. I was lucky enough to join these young men on many of their expeditions. They completed their First Aid Certificate; attended Year 9 Camp as leaders for work placement which added caving as a new experience; a kayaking and fishing experience on the Brisbane Water; enjoyed a 4 day camp including surfing, kayaking, hiking and mountain biking around Pittwater and The Basin and a bushwalking day in Bouddi National Park. Thanks to Mr Gentle and Mrs Dignam for planning and designing the program for the boys.

Sexual health, the components of health, road safety and diversity were investigated in Year 10 PDHPE. Attending the Bstreetsmart Forum provided students with a realistic look at the disproportional representation of young people in road trauma. In the words of a student “This was well worth every minute. The people who have sacrificed their time have put forward a fantastic demonstration and it was confronting but so realistic and everyone needs to see it.” In the words of a teacher “Right from the outset I was completely blown away by the incredible presentations and enactments that were presented throughout the day. The horror crash scene, real police cars, ambulances and fire/rescue trucks made the scene incredibly realistic. It reinforces the impact a crash has on the wider community.” Another fantastic opportunity was provided to the students in collaboration with Mrs Dignam, through the building of a resume, portfolio and participation in a mock interview with prospective employers from the local community. They participated in the respectful relationships forum – LoveBites as well as work experience, Care of Country excursion and many other school and life relevant activities. Mrs Dignam has done so much hard work towards their final weeks of Year 10.

Year 9 PDHPE performed gymnastics and track and field skills, as well as moving outside their comfort zone by choreographing and performing a movement performance. Some used basketballs, some skipping

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ropes, some did Tik Tok style dances and some did Hakas. They challenged stereotypes by participating in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander games and inclusive sports for people living with disability. Examples of sports were seated volleyball and blind running races. Nutrition, health, safety, wellbeing, media and nutrition marketing were covered and boys showed interest in their social media footprint.

Year 9 & 10 Physical Activity and Sports Studies students went into depth in sporting issues, Australia’s sporting identity, nutrition and physical activity and the use of technology in the sporting realm. They were also able to complete the Beginning Coaching Course online, learn about the body systems, components of fitness, investigate strategies and techniques to enhance performance. The 9 PASS classes were fortunate enough to enjoy ‘the best day ever’ (in the words of Mr Powell) a snorkelling, hiking, swimming and beach games day in Bouddi National Park. They were also wonderful ambassadors for our subject by helping the local and school communities by assisting with administration, refereeing and officiating at numerous primary school gala days.

Year 8 PDHPE explored the effects of bullying and harassment on mental health and developed protective strategies to cope with these and other risky situations. Practical experiences were provided in European Handball, Lacrosse, AFL and basketball.

Year 7 PDHPE began the year learning about changes, challenges and relationships during adolescence whilst experiencing a gymnastics unit. They analysed and compared their own physical activity and eating to healthy guidelines and prepared for the College Athletics Carnival through a Track and Field unit. They finished the year by experiencing fundamental striking, catching and sequencing skills and reinforced positive behaviours in relation to drugs, online, sun and water safety. The students listened to a guest speaker from the Melanoma Institute and participated in a water survival skills day at Gosford Olympic Pool.

The PDHPE staff farewelled Mr Streeting this year after many, many years of service to the College having started here in 1986. Probably many dads who are reading this would have had him as their teacher. We will miss his wisdom and generosity and wish him well in his retirement. The PDHPE teaching team continues to strive towards improving our delivery of content and assessment tasks. Our aim is to provide students with life relevant and engaging lessons and tasks. Thank you to our regulars – Mr Bonnici, Mr Carpenter, Mrs Dignam, Mr Ellis, Mr Gentle, Mr Murray, Mr Powell, Mr Streeting and Mr Summerhayes, welcome back to Mrs Elliott after having her beautiful baby boy and thank you to Mrs Worrall for replacing her and Mr Reynolds for replacing Mr Streeting. We’ve had a great year and look forward to next year too!

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ANNETTE RANKIN

Music2022 has been a busy and exciting year for the Music Faculty as the return to pre COVID performance operations came into being from Term 2. The results from the 2021 HSC Music class were once again excellent with Music continuing to be a strong subject for its elective students. It was wonderful to see our musicians and budding musicians be able to stretch their wings unencumbered by restrictions and the first full year of teaching face-to-face since 2019 swung into gear. A special focus for Year 8 has been getting them into small ensembles through the 12 bar blues, which the boys have thoroughly enjoyed. Year 9 through their topic on Film Music composed pieces including sound effects for a movie trailer where some outstanding work was completed and the boys really enjoying this unit of work as well as developing their ensemble skills in some great group performances.

This year we decided to introduce Year 7 to the Ukulele through the purchase of a class set of instruments. This proved to be a great introduction to string instruments and the reading of simple tablature and chord charts with manageable finger technique for younger students providing a great stepping stone to the the acoustic guitar. Our Year 11 students even got in on the act during their Music of a Culture unit of work where they studied the music of Polynesia and Melanesia, learning a traditional tune on the Ukulele and learning to sing in three part harmony and they were quietly chuffed with their sounds in class.

Term 3 is always an exceptionally busy time of year in the Performing Arts calendar as HSC students prepare and sit for their practical examination. This year, Mr Paul Toole and myself had the immense pleasure of teaching the two Year 12 Music classes . Personally I could not have asked for a more lovely and welcoming start to my time here at St Edward’s with this group of students. In Term 3 they sat for their HSC performance examination and prior to this we were treated to a very uplifting performance evening celebrating their hard work and talents in front of an appreciative audience of family, friends, staff and peers. Many thanks go to our Year 11 VET Entertainment students under the guidance of Mrs Jospehine Emmett who provided lighting and audio for this special evening. Congratulations must go to all students for their dedication and effort to producing some outstanding performance pieces and for achieving their personal best. At the end of Term 3 the College received notification that two of the boys had gained Encore nominations for their excellent program of work in their practical HSC examinations. We congratulate both Luke Richards and Patrick Ward on this outstanding achievement.

Following on from our Year 12 Performance evening we had a concert for all of Year 8. This saw many of our Year 12 performers back up again and they were also joined by some excellent Year 11 and 10 ensemble performances who provided a great atmosphere for the appreciative

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Year 8 cohort in the audience. This was another opportunity to give our students experience performing in front of an audience and sharing their love of music with a large group of people. Students were also involved in extra curricula events such as Youth In Performing Arts (YIPA) and Youth Rock, with Year 11 student, James Nilsson taking out a major award at YIPA. Talented Year 11 students Oliver Bettison, Kalen Hogan and Artemi Lomis were also busy creating and recording their own music outside of the classroom.

We were thrilled to be able to expand our private Music tuition program this year with Coast Academy of Music to include the availability of lessons to junior students throughout the school day. This meant that more students could access this tuition whilst still being able to give our senior music students priority for lessons that did not impact on their timetable. We look forward to continuing with this program into 2023.Visiting Musician Michael Dolce was a huge success with his “Behind the Scenes“ industry talk to Elective music students from Year 9 -12. His visit also included a Guitar Masterclass for guitarists which was excellent and the feedback from students who were treated to this was overwhelmingly positive. In Term 4, Tim Selwyn ran a class on Aboriginal Music for our Year 10 Music class where he spoke about the significance of instruments, their materials and what they are used for and the cultural significance of traditional ceremonial music. The boys were treated to an immersive experience where they were taught some simple dance moves which was a great finish to an engaging and insightful presentation.

Our talented musicians contributed significantly to liturgies, awards ceremonies and special assemblies and it was wonderful to have performances back in full swing this year. Year 10 musicians formed an integral part of the welcome to A Day in the Life performing to our visiting students. Year 12 musicians were central to the Easter liturgy performance group and once

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again fittingly performed at their final Graduation mass. Year 11 performances at liturgies and assemblies were beautifully received and their recent end of course performances cemented the fact that the future is in good hands with these talented and thoughtful students of music and I look forward to seeing them continue to develop in their HSC year . Special mention must go to James Nillson, Taylin Burgess, Daniel Herd and Sebastian Eager who became the backbone of many ceremonies and events throughout 2022.

Our combined St Edward’s and St Joseph’s Concert band had a number of performance opportunities this year and have gone from strength to strength. Their contribution to the Academic Awards ceremony in Term 3 was outstanding. On the back of this success they then performed at the St Joseph’s ceremony and in Term 4 toured our local feeder schools and Erina Fair . Their repertoire along with their skills has been developing and expanding throughout the year under the excellent guidance of conductor and band master Phillip Rutherford from the Conservatorium of Music. A very large thank you must go to Mrs Selena Maloney who has supervised and championed the St Edward’s boys involvement in their weekly rehearsals at St Joseph’s and giving up of her time to accompany them during their performances. Her passion and dedication has been exemplary and we wish Selena well as she embarks on another chapter of her teaching career in 2023.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Paul Toole for his outstanding work and contribution to this year’s HSC classes, and to Mr Marcus Missio-Spiteri who provided many hours of rehearsal and backing of student performers. Thanks must also go to Mrs Josephine Emmett , Mrs Jodie Connor and Mrs Selena Maloney for their ongoing contributions , creativity and enthusiasm in all things Performing Arts and Ms Sinead McCauley for her work with Year 7 Music in Term 4. My first year at St Edward’s has been an absolute delight in no small part due to the welcoming and dedicated faculty I work with and the exceptional young men we teach.

We look forward to more performances next year and thank our parent community for your ongoing support of your son’s Music education and opportunities.

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Year 12 students completed their HSC course of study alongside St Joseph’s students at their campus this year and enjoyed this collaborative experience. Students were able to put their skills on show early in the year with excellent performances as part of the Easter Liturgy and later in the year at a Drama evening held at St Joseph’s in preparation for their HSC performance examination.

Many students from the College expanded their performance horizons by being involved in local theatre productions and Youth in Performing Arts at Laycock St Theatre. In Term 3 we held a Drama Immersion Day for Year 8 students with Swoop Physical theatre and our own team of dedicated staff running Drama activities and workshops which proved very popular with participants who learned about the collaborative process through role playing and physical theatre games.

In Term 4, a lunchtime Drama club was started with Ms Elena Atayde, and a team of Year 7-9 students have been showing great enthusiasm and passion for the dramatic arts! We look forward to continuing to build opportunities for students to develop and showcase their talents in 2023.

VET Entertainment and Screen & Media

VET subjects continue to be a popular course of study and Entertainment and Screen & Media are no exception to this. Students have been busy polishing their skills across all aspects of live production including crewing for our many school events, getting opportunities to work side of stage at YIPA and completing their work placement. Entertainment students provide the technical operations for a wide variety of school events, honing their skills in pre and post production roles as well. These opportunities provide industry experience which is an invaluable

and necessary part of their competency development. Once again many of the Year 12 cohort opted to complete additional competency hours and skills providing them with a Certificate III qualification on completion of the course.

Year 11 completed their placement at The Skilled Creative where they were tasked with a variety of experiences including scripting, filming, editing, producing social media content and developing a theme for their own podcasts which were then streamed.

Screen and Media students continued down the creative path of film making by developing their ideas from storyboard plans right through to finished edited and polished products . Mrs Emmett’s Year 11 competed in a 2 hour challenge from inception to finished product where they had to come up with a short silent film with a soundtrack. There were some exceptionally creative talents on display in the finished products and the boys were enthusiastic participants.

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With the return to face-to-face whole school assemblies, SECTV took on a different trajectory this year. Whilst the need for live streaming assembly items disappeared ,the program was revamped to include more interviews and continuing to shine a spotlight on focus items for faculties, social justice programs and special interest items. It remained an important communication and celebration tool and was helmed by a very competent Year 12 leadership team who bought their own enthusiasm and polish to their roles. A special mention must go to Luke Richards for taking the role of reporter on the ground and infusing it with humour and a very real talent for the part. He was creatively filmed by members of Ms Connor’s Year 12 Screen and Media class. Alongside the stewardship of Captain Michael Holmes and Owen Bradstreet were some excellent contributions by the entire leadership team.

A big thank you to Mr Mitchell Neve who brought his camera work and editing expertise to the table this year, it has been a pleasure working alongside him on this program in our first year here together at St Edward’s . It is truly a collaborative process across the school with Mr Tony Herringe also involved with organising the roster of presenters for each episode. We look forward to guiding the new Year 12 leaders into taking on more ownership and development of content and the Screen and Media classes being further involved in the production process in 2023.

Religious Education

FRANCESCA PALMER-BROWN

The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one wants to be treated. The Golden Rule encompasses the essence of morality by recognizing the dignity of the human person and not forgetting, we all are capable of inflicting immoral actions. It addresses human interpersonal relationships, how we should interact and relate to one another. In a world that seems to have changed so dramatically over the last few years, the Golden Rule has been the spirit of our teaching in Religion.

Religious Education plays an integral part in educating our students theologically and holistically. The study of Religion is also about appreciating the value of our students as individuals, so in turn they can appreciate and live the values of Jesus, of love, forgiveness, and compassion.

Religious Education is a fundamental and compulsory part of the curriculum at St Edward’s. It is three dimensional, all interconnecting with each other to develop a holistic approach to the student’s faith formation; from spirituality through to liturgies and retreats; Social Justice through to the Waterford Project; and Curriculum in the classroom. The Religious Education Curriculum has been developed to stimulate and challenge our students to think critically with moral reasoning. The Curriculum provides students an opportunity to engage in the understanding of the Catholic Tradition and learn about other religious traditions.

2022 has also been a year to introduce new and exciting learning initiatives into the classroom; from our Oracy program in Year 7 to Year 10 Analytical skills development. It is important that as teachers, we are addressing and adapting our teaching to the changes in our current religious landscape and societies in general. We need to deal with ongoing global trends such as the reality of religious plurality, individualisation of religions and the consequences of secularisation.

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In the Religious Education department, we have moved towards more skill-based learning. Teachers in the Religious Education department have engaged students to think critically and authentically. Students are becoming religiously literate, as they continue to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to interpret and use language confidently in and for faith contexts and the wider society.

Our classroom Religious Education teachers engage with our students on moral issues, present the Church’s understanding of the sacraments, read the scripture, invite student to think critically and are committed to exploring ways and means of nurturing a faith dimension within each of their students. They are committed to promoting the personal development of young people and make the Gospel come alive in their classrooms.

Our 2021 HSC results in Studies of Religion 1 unit continued to be strong with substantial learning gains achieved. As the Studies of Religion Course is quite rigorous in content and application, it is important the students work consistently to implement and develop their writing skills. We continue to achieve high Band 5 and 6’s each year and have achieved considerable learning growth, with Will Goodwin Moore achieving almost full marks for the SOR1 Course and Samuel Beatson topping the SOR2 Course. It is through the professionalism and commitment of Mr Beacroft, Mr McCauley and our students, that this is achieved.

Year 11 Studies of Religion, developed their knowledge on all religious traditions by visiting three places of worship: St Mary’s Cathedral, the Sephardi Synagogue and Auburn Islamic Mosque. The students travelled to Sydney to visit the Auburn Mosque and develop their knowledge and understanding of the Islamic Religious Tradition and experienced a Halal meal together. They visited St Mary’s Cathedral and Sephardi Synagogue whilst on their retreat. These experiences have made their depth studies in this course, truly come alive.

In the Senior Studies of Catholic Thought course, the students are provided important opportunities for spiritual, personal, and moral development as well as opportunities to be reflective of their own lives. The students are given opportunities to develop an understanding of different concepts and issues, reasoning in decision-making, exploring morals, ethics, values and to act in an informed manner. Their reflection at the end of their Year 12 aptly gives the students the ability to consolidate their own spiritual journey. Many students wrote detailed and thought-provoking responses and produced very memorable reflections.

The staff continue to develop the Learning Management System, Canvas and developing exciting and interesting tasks. The Broken Bay Diocese have been implementing the RENEW 2025 throughout the year and the Year 7 teachers have adapted and developed many new resources and activities to align with the changes. The Oracy program in Year 7, addressed the need for students to build confidence in their thinking and ability to articulate their ideas amongst their peers, in a respectful and cohesive manner. New initiatives within the programs are developed and implemented and have been openly critiqued, and evaluated. The programs are engaging, interesting, spiritual, and reflective, with challenging assessments tasks. I thank each Religious

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Educator at St Edward’s, as they have worked in a collaborative manner to every challenge, with the increased use of technology and development of course modules.

In the junior years, work has continued to develop the Year 7 to 10 programs and assessments to provide students with a variety of opportunities to explore and experience the Christian tradition through the person of Jesus Christ and other religious traditions. The assessments that the students are producing are very sophisticated and show thorough research.

Our Year 7 students started the year with a unit on Belonging to help with their transition to secondary school. This was followed by a study of our founder Blessed Edmund Rice and a study of the bible: skills, covenant people, and Jesus and Family. The Core teachers have created a collaborative classroom environment, reflecting that we are an authentic Catholic School in the Edmund Rice tradition.

In Year 8, the boys studied a variety of subjects concerning the Early Church, Sacraments of Initiation, what it means to be Catholic, Woman of Christianity, relationships and the importance of prayer and quiet times in their lives. Many teachers engaged the students with their creative teaching strategies.

Year 9 studied both contemporary and historical modules, relevant to Catholic social teaching, including the challenge of Discipleship in today’s world, transitioning well with the Sacraments of Forgiveness and Healing module, Luke’s Gospel, the Prophets, and Catholics in Australia. Year 9 were set the challenge to develop their 21st Century Literacy skills by demonstrating their knowledge of a particular person or event of Catholicism in Australia.

Year 8 Reflection Group

Year 11 at the Auburn Islamic Mosque

The Year 10 course challenges the student’s values and moral understanding on several issues concerning relationships in their lives and how they can apply Catholic ethical teaching to an ever-growing secular world. The students work on Laudato Si was very impressive. They took on the challenge with contemporary issues to ‘Care for The Common Good’. Year 10 took on the challenge of developing their knowledge and understanding of writing Analytical Essays.

Our Social Justice program is coordinated by Mr Pat Dell and is ably supported by the Religious Education teachers. I would like to thank the staff for their support and enthusiasm encouraging and motivating the students to undertake the numerous volunteer initiatives. Time in class was set aside to discuss the many experiences the students had had with their Waterford Project and reflection on the time they had spent volunteering. The students were introduced to writing their reflections on our new Learning Management system, Canvas and made the change with very few issues. The number of students receiving Edmund Rice Honours of over 100 hours grows each year.

Liturgy, Retreats and Mission masses are such a focal point within our school and Mr Beacroft, our Director of Mission and Identity inspires many students to challenge and reflect on their own lives. The students have many opportunities to become involved in the liturgies and retreats and personally reflect on their relationships with other students. A strong liturgical presence is very much a part of St Edward’s tradition.

Mrs Brenda Donnelly has worked humbly behind the scenes, developing booklets, formatting assessment tasks, revamping programs and the time and effort is so much appreciated. Mrs Sue Kane in the Book room is always willing and available in providing textbooks, bibles, and resources for the engagement of the students in the classroom. To the librarians, for their dedication and enthusiasm to the research and assessment tasks the students undertake.

The Religious Education department at St Edward’s is the result of committed and dedicated staff who go above and beyond within their classroom to engage the students daily. I would like to personally thank each one of the Religious Education teachers for the time and effort they give to the teaching and learning of their students.

Year 8 Reflection Group Year 11 at the Auburn Islamic Mosque

Science

TRENT FOSTER

Science is simply the word we use to describe a method of organising our curiosity

- Tim Minchin

As we all get older, more exposed to new technology and instant news feeds, it becomes harder to sort through and sift the facts from fallacy. Yet, this is in essence what the learning of science is about. Science is learning how to make observations, develop questions, determine ways we can fairly and validly test those questions and assumptions, quantify results and then make informed judgements based around facts. Though, one of the hardest lessons in science is to be humble and confident enough in one’s self to allow others to pull apart and test your judgements.

Throughout 2022, students have been delving into the mysteries of the world around us, from the minute to the massive, from atoms to the universe and everything in between. Boys have been challenged to become more critical thinkers within class and through assessment tasks, they have been encouraged to become more creative in their design of experiments and in their responses, they have developed communication skills to pique the interest of target audiences, and worked collaboratively to solve problems. These core skills are embedded throughout the learning continuum and the boys have been given multiple opportunities to develop and demonstrate these important attributes.

During Term 2, thirty Year 10 boys represented the College in the “Science and Engineering Challenge”, run by the University of Newcastle. They undertook a number of challenges that required ingenuity, teamwork and creativity solutions to science and engineering problems. The activities ranged from creating bridges, to model luna vehicles that had to navigate and negotiate rocky terrain, and cypher decryption tasks. The boys were exemplary representatives of the College and finished a narrow second, by only a handful of points, out of all the secondary schools on the Central Coast. I feel confident that many of these boys will be successful engineers in the future.

A select group of Year 10 students also had the great opportunity to have a ‘teleconference” with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, where they had the opportunity to ask him any question they liked. Questions ranged from Dr Karl’s career path and what piqued his love of science, to “why is the universe” and “is belly button lint really blue”. The boys involved were deeply appreciative of the time Dr Karl gave them and his approach to “no question is invalid”.

One of the highlights of the year has been the work undertaken by Year 7 students in completing the “Rube Goldberg Machine” task. The variety and quality of the work was extremely impressive, demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills, as well as showcasing their abilities in

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constructing such diverse machines. On top of this, throughout the year the boys have developed their scientific skills, with them now being able to design, carry out and report on first-hand investigations in a reliable and valid manner. This group, as a whole, has shown great development in their science literacy and understanding of the natural world around them.

Some great opportunities have been offered to senior students to observe how the science they are studying as part of the Stage 6 courses is actually applied in real world situations. HSC Chemistry students visited Orica at Kooragang Island to witness how the Haber Process is carried out on an industrial scale, as well as meet with chemical, electrical and mechanical engineers and discuss career paths. HSC Physics students travelled to Lucas Heights, to visit ANSTO and further their understanding of how nuclear research reactors are helping shape our understanding of materials, as well as creating life saving nuclear medicine. HSC Investigating Science students had the joy of visiting Bouddi Bouddi National Park with Tim Selwyn, learning about how First Nation peoples used science in their understanding of bush medicine and care for the land.

This year has also witnessed many students studying Marine Studies achieve many firsts. From gaining their Boat Licences in Year 10, to experiencing snorkelling and swimming with sharks and rays in Year 9. Students learn about the marine ecosystem, as well as how humans use the ocean for leisure and vocation, gaining a greater appreciation of the requirement of being good stewards and guardians of the aquatic world that we are blessed with.

2022 also marks the end of several eras. Mrs Gaynor Clancy, after more than 22 years of service to the College, has retired from teaching to spend time with her ever growing family. Mrs Clancy brought to the College a wealth of knowledge and experience from her professional life prior to becoming a teacher, and this will be sorely missed. We thank her for her years of service to the boys of St Edward’s.

The end of Term 4 also marks the farewell to Labs 11 & 12. For the Old Boys who now have students here, they will affectionately remember Lab 11 as “Mrs Plants” lab. These two labs are being demolished over the Christmas holidays to make way for two new, contemporary laboratories and a dedicated senior science space to be used by students studying HSC Extension Science. We look forward to commissioning these new learning spaces at the beginning of Term 2, 2023.

It would be remiss to not thank the wonderful Science Team. Each and everyone contributes to the rich fabric of learning opportunities that are offered throughout each year. Through the support and expertise of each member of this team, the boys gain from their collective experience and wisdom. The curiosity that they engender in the boys, with the hope that the boys become life long learners and better custodians of the world we live in, is something that encourages me every day.

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Techonology and Applied Studies

MARK AUSTIN

2022 has been an outstanding year free from the shackles of COVID. The TAS Faculty continue to provide opportunities for all 650 plus students, across 15 courses who engage in a diverse range of technology learning experiences and activities daily. The students of St Edward’s are exposed to state-of-the-art technology.

As a professional, technology to me means a world full of opportunities. It is an enabler to scale up our skills and talents, to allow us to be creative and build solutions around our skills and talents, allows us to effectively apply our talents and skills we learn every day in a more creative way.

Congratulations to Mr Beemster and Mr Buxton for all their hard work in Industrial Technology Timber and to Mrs Saxon for her great work in Multimedia for their outstanding Major Projects and Folios. It should never be taken for granted how many extra hours they gave up for their students.

We would also like to welcome Mr Andy Ryan to St Edward’s College. He is replacing the long serving Technical Assistant Mr John Breneger. Andy is also a member of the Diverse Learning Team, where he provides invaluable one on one support to our students.

Stage 6 Industrial Technology: Timber

The creative and skilled process of creating an HSC Major Project is one that can be appreciated by a wide audience. It is in every detail that is meticulously crafted, each design feature that encompasses a visual appeal that draws the eye toward it and stems a conversation. The mindset of each student is to create a beautiful piece of timber work where the quality and aesthetic is carried all the way through, not only for marking but to be proudly displayed in their home long after their schooling days are complete.

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The planning and constant progression of design can be seen throughout their folio and provides clear links to how their ideas have come to fruition. They set themselves meticulous time restraints and employ management strategies that are equivalent to industry professionals, in order to meet their goal of completion. This is all done while learning new concepts, testing new processes, and becoming confident in their new found abilities to complete sustainable timber projects.

It is with this combined skill set and indisputable evidence of progression that our 2022 HSC students have achieved outstanding results. This has been acknowledged in the achievement of the ‘Industrial Technology Award’ granted by NESA for students that achieve a combined mark for the HSC Major Folio and Project of 90% or more.

This year we celebrate the outstanding success of Ronan Grattan (Electric Bass Guitar), Daniel McLoughlin (Maloof Rocking Chair), Mitchell Pink (Hollow Core Surfboard) and Connor Spokes (Free Standing Drinks Cabinet) for their exceptional commitment to achieve this holistic result. This is to not overshadow the broad range of projects completed by all students in Industrial Technology Timber, Stirling D’Bras (Hollow Core Surfboard), Jack Jamieson (Laminated Occasional Table), Kynan Saul (Parquetry Dining Table) and Cooper Slattery (Chess Board).

Stage 6 Industrial Technology: Multimedia

Our Industrial Technology Multimedia course at St Edward’s College has been designed for the creative mind wanting to explore Graphic Arts, Multimedia, Game Design or Animation. It offers students the opportunity to study the ever-changing technologies, equipment and materials used by industry and to develop skills through the processes of design, planning and production, while raising awareness of society and their environment. This is achieved by developing solutions and making decisions from design problems and applying practical experiences and skill building exercise with industry standard software.

The class of 2022 can stand tall and proud faced with yet another year impacted by COVID restrictions and natural disasters. Our HSC Industrial Technology, both St Edward’s College and

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St Joseph’s Catholic College have produced the quality of work that demonstrates the preparation, perseverance and dedication that is necessary to create showcase major work. The projects ranged from animation and graphic design to cinematic, music and short films. There were projects on fashion and travel, cars and sport and their journeys on the way.

Stage 6 Industrial Technology: Metal

Preliminary students took up the challenge of designing and fabricating a working bench vice and the results were outstanding. The boys engaged in a plethora of processes and equipment including welding, machine milling, turning between centres on a lathe and using an oxy/acetylene torch for metal manipulation. Students also had the opportunity to visit local manufacturing and engineering company Crossmuller where they were treated to an insight into the vast world of high-end engineering solutions.

The boys have already begun designing their major projects for completion in 2023 and their efforts thus far are second to none. We look forward to showcasing their hard work and achievements in the coming year.

Stage 6 Engineering Studies

Engineering Studies provides an excellent opportunity for students to engage with the world around them and develop an understanding of multiple key disciplines of engineering as a career path. In 2022 we have welcomed our first students from St Joseph’s College to join the St Edward’s students in their exploration of Engineering Studies. These students have brought a refreshing energy and interest to our lessons, helping to raise the standard of discussion and study in our lessons. It has been a pleasure to have these students in our lessons and we look forward to the partnership with St Joseph’s continuing in years to come.

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Visit to Crossmuller

Visit to Fighter World

VET – Construction

Construction continues to be as popular as ever, with students engaging in competency-based learning as they work towards completing their Certificate II in Construction Pathways. The Preliminary course for Year 11 has students complementing their knowledge of tools and processes from Year 10 Industrial Technology, completing projects in Carpentry Tools and Equipment, Planning and Organising Work and Conducting Workplace communication – great introductory units before their mandatory seventy hours of industry-based work placement. Work placement opportunities were presented with a variety of trades including carpenters, plumbers, builders and landscapers. Major projects included toolboxes and oil stones for future use in their trade profession and their major project of constructing a timber frame room on bearers and joists. Year 12 students are “on the tools” from the start completing Brick and Block laying, Concreting and Levelling processes.

A real highlight this year were the individual successes of students with over twenty boys successfully obtaining apprenticeships.

Certificate II VET Furniture Making Pathways.

2022 saw the second cohort of Furnishings students undertake the Certificate II in Furniture Making Pathways course at St Edward’s College. The students worked enthusiastically throughout the year and welcomed the opportunity to learn and demonstrate intricate new skills, becoming increasingly motivated the closer the projects came to completion. They cooperated well as a group completing their armchairs to a standard of quality beyond expectations whilst demonstrating suitable traits and skills to work effectively in the furnishings industry. Congratulations on a rewarding year.

Stage 5 - IT Timber

Stage 5 students undertaking Industrial Technology are provided opportunities to express their craftsmanship and design inclusions. For Year 9 students this is their first opportunity to independently manage a task from start to finish. They create a Veneer Timber Box which requires

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them to create a veneer design in CAD and use Laser Cutting Technology to create an aesthetic feature on their project. These design skills and creative processes are nurtured into Year 10 to ensure students feel comfortable with tools and equipment and are able to implement extra processes into their projects.

This can be seen in students using the lathe to turn additional parts, routing trenches for inlays, hand cut joinery and increased difficulty in their final projects. All skills accumulate to provide Timber students with confidence in moving into Senior Timber and potentially HSC Major Projects.

Stage 5 - IT Metal

Stage 5 Industrial Technology Metal in 2022 saw two classes work through a range of practical and theoretical content aimed at developing their knowledge and understanding in the metals area. Students developed skill-sets that enabled them to produce high quality projects and were given an opportunity to experience new processes and skills such as machine milling, welding, turning between centres on a lathe and using an oxy/acetylene torch for metal manipulation. Some of the projects students fabricated during the year were a bedside table, collapsible camp stool, personalised fire pit and a sheet metal toolbox. The Year 10 2022 class had the opportunity to attend an excursion to a manufacturing company Crossmuller. This experience allowed students to make connections within the industry and to observe a manufacturing company and all of their daily operations and routines involved in working with metal.

Stage 5 – Graphics Technology

Graphics communication forms a huge part of the modern world we live in today. From visual instructions in product design to renders of products on online stores and technical house plans,

aspects of this form of communication are used by many of us every day. For students in Years 9 and 10 with an interest in these areas, Graphics Technology has been a fun and interesting place to refine their technical skills in drawing as well as explore interests in Computer Aided Design, in particular in the area of architecture through a design project on domestic design on Revit. With each new year, the students are pushing the boundaries of their understanding of these skills and programs to produce more complex, skilful and impressive designs. Our thanks go out to these boys for their mature and focused approach to their learning this year. The energy and passion they have brought to the subject in 2022 has been fantastic.

Year 10 – iSTEM

This year we began a new program with 18 Year 10 students, joining the CSIRO STEM Community Partnership Program. This NSW Government initiative is all about giving the students experience in Project Based Learning and STEM based career pathways through exploration of issues relating to the Central Coast area. The boys were divided into two groups and given four different information scenarios relating to social and environmental issues facing the coast. Ultimately our groups chose to work on the areas of flooding and transport.

Team Transport have been working towards developing a billboard and digital media marketing campaign to change public perception of public transport and increase the use of public transport systems that are already available on the coast as a way of lessening the environmental impact of transport methods.

Team Flooding have been looking at the Tuggerah Lakes and lower surrounding areas with a view towards devising a way to minimise the impact of high rainfall and reduce the number of flash flooding events in the Killarney Vale, Berkeley Vale and surrounding areas each year. Their plan is to build a model to showcase their concept which involves a pipeline to move water up to a storage tower in the Glenning Valley hills. This water is then to be used in a miniature hydroelectricity generation set up to recoup the costs over time.

Both groups have showcased impressive motivation towards the program and have been working amazingly together developing their teamwork and communication skills. The boys will ultimately present their projects in an open forum with other participating schools at the University of Newcastle - Ourimbah Campus in the coming weeks. It will be a great opportunity for them to network with other students who have been through the program and explore the proposals of other schools

Stage 4 - Year 7 and 8 Technology Mandatory

Technology Mandatory engages students in design and production activities as they develop solutions to identified needs and opportunities. In Year 7 students spend a semester studying Digital Technology and Food & Agriculture. In Year 8 students cover Materials Technology and Engineered Systems

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Visual Art

SARAH EVANS

Visual Arts and Photography have been busier than ever this year. In fact, given the rise of the need for advertising, marketing, social media, graphics, design, photography and the arts to make our online world more engaging, Visual Arts and Photography have been evolving into the future.

Visual Arts and Photography continue to be extremely popular subjects with the students of St Edward’s. These subjects allow the students to experience a wide array of media, techniques, and chances to express their creativity. Themes explored this year have ranged from Surrealism to Contemporary Animation techniques as well as film making and digital multimedia drawing and painting. Students have learned about the connections between the artist and their art making practice and how these are influenced by world-wide issues and events. Visual Arts and Photography aims to encourage the students to break out of the microcosm of their lives and be exposed to perspectives other than those they are familiar with.

Stage 4 Visual Arts

Students in Years 7 and 8 developed their skills in drawing, painting, printing, sculpting, and working with Photoshop. Their pattern of study involves exploring the evolution of art from Prehistoric times through to the many advancements in art and technology during Modernism. Students created artworks inspired by each era and movement in art such as Egyptian Art, Greek and Roman sculpture, Renaissance innovations such as perspective and proportion, Romanticism, Impressionism and Cubism. Students enhanced their ability to discuss, comment on and analyse works of art throughout history, and then adapt this understanding to their artmaking.

Year 7 students explored the work of Indigenous artists and experimented with the dot painting technique, as well as immersing themselves in the natural environment and drawing on rocks with various ochres and pastels. Students created Canopic jars out of clay inspired by the Ancient Egyptians. They gained experience using various glazes and oxides to decorate their ceramic pots and painted hieroglyphs and patterns onto their jars. Other artworks from their historic timeline included a Roman mosaic and stained glass window, as students explored the different materials and techniques used during these classical periods.

Year 8 students explored the work of Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci. They developed their skills in linear and atmospheric perspective, and ability to apply tone to achieve greater realism in their drawing of people and places. Students created works inspired by Romanticism and the artists’ innate desire to express emotion in their work and a fascination and awe of nature. Artworks were created ‘en plein air’, meaning in the open air, of the school’s beautiful waterfront. Students worked with watercolour and lino to produce panoramic works of the local scenery. After learning about each art movement, students created works inspired by the concepts and

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innovations explored in that period. From the expressive brushstrokes and vivid colours of expressionism to the geometric shapes of Cubist portraits and masks, students approached each piece with creativity and an open mind.

Stage 5 Visual Arts and Photography

Year 9 Photography and Digital Media students enjoyed working with themes such as People, Places and Still-Life using Mini Figures. Working with Photoshop, the boys created some exciting digitally enhanced images. The boys were also able to extend their growing knowledge of the basics of using the DSLR camera by being involved in Long Exposure and Light Painting workshops. They created their own online gallery using Adobe Spark and they have become keen photographers.

The Year 9 Visual Arts students started the year with Still Life, producing some wonderful bodies of work that highlighted their talent using a variety of different media. They were able to translate their Still Life painting into a Photoshop image and then use collage to recreate the base graphics on a skateboard deck. They were able to use Posca paint pens to further refine their own graphic and then cover the whole board using resin. They then explored ceramics, creating a gargoyle using buff raku clay, which they decorated with oxides and underglazes.

Year 10 Photography students have worked with enthusiasm on a range of themes and techniques creating digitally enhanced images and film. Several themes focusing on Portraiture and the Urban Environment saw the students push the boundaries of image-making in both still and moving forms. After an exciting visit to Manly Quarantine Station, photos were double exposed with ghosts and then various filters were applied to make them look very spooky. The photos were so successful, Q station showed them on their social media pages. The boys then started creating their own music video, using pre-made footage and their own choice of music, editing their film using Adobe Premier Pro.

Our Year 10 Visual Arts students studied Portraiture as a unit focused on the Archibald Prize and the Nature Abstracted unit throughout the year. Working in the media areas of drawing, painting, printmaking such as lino and screen printing, they had the opportunity to develop and refine their artmaking skills using nature to inspire their artworks. The boys had the opportunity to work with online portrait artists, giving them a valuable experience in composition, colour mixing and layering and produced artworks that were of an exceptional standard – proving their capacity to work as artists moving forward into senior study. The boys also got to expand their sculpture skills, creating ready made objects using a variety of attachment skills and techniques with metal and natural resources.

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Senior Photography celebrated a huge achievement this year with the completion of a three year long project alongside Gosford Police Station. In 2020, the boys were asked to produce a photographic mural 5m long to be mounted in the front foyer of the police station. Several hundred photos, and hours spent editing and layering images later, the mural was printed as a wallpaper and then displayed in the police station with an official opening ceremony. Huge congratulations to the boys for persevering over the three years to complete the project and for representing the College in such a positive manner.

It has been an extremely busy year for our HSC students in Visual Arts. Completing a Major Work alongside the theory components of the course is a huge task and the boys produced very sophisticated works that demonstrated their conceptual understanding and advanced art making techniques.

We could not be prouder of the boys’ efforts this year and especially over the last term. Despite the many challenges thrown their way, they produced fantastic work and maintained their focus. Each student’s Body of Work demonstrated their passion and skill in their chosen discipline and form. Works ranged from drawing, painting and sculpture to graphic design, animation, and sitespecific installations. The boys explored several contemporary themes such as mental health, masculinity, and the desire for perfection. Other works explored more personal concepts of the student’s relationship with nature and place. Each student should be extremely proud of the piece they presented, especially since majority of the works were completed at home under their own direction.

We concluded their Body of Work practice with a very successful Display night, showcasing both Art and Photography works across the year. All students should be extremely proud of their achievements, as we are still coping with the after-effects of Covid and its impact. They have achieved despite the impact of the past three years, and they have persevered in the face of such adversity.

Gosford Police Station Mural Presentation

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PAUL ENGLISH

The 2022 year saw a return by our community to a post-COVID normality that saw our attendance rates increase from the last few years and students enjoying the socialisation that had been taken from them in recent years.

In Pastoral Care, the Pastoral Leaders and Counsellors were working daily with students and parents in negotiating pathways that assisted students in life around the College. Generally, across the College, a positive approach to learning was re-established and students were responding to setting goals that were achievable in and out of the classroom.

Camps were running again in 2022, with the Year 7 and 9 camps completed as I write this report and the Year 10 and 8 camps taking place in the final weeks of Term 4.

This year, saw Deputy Principal, Jodie Connor, working with the Pastoral team and bringing a new set of eyes to the way processes and procedures were being used across the College. I thank her personally for her input which I believe has allowed the Pastoral team to restructure procedures and policies under the umbrella of Pastoral Care.

This year also saw us farewell Mr Scott Beattie, who after many years of service as a Pastoral Leader at the College, has secured a position with Broken Bay Diocese. I thank him for the hours over the many years that he devoted to the boys in his care.

The final 2022 Pastoral team consisted of six Pastoral Leaders, Heidi Englund, Nathan Marks, Robert Speziale, Paul Sullivan, Eamonn McCauley and Alex Powell, Well-Being Coordinator, Anthea Pearson, and myself as Director of Pastoral Care. We were ably assisted by Kylie Beynon, administration assistant, and Kellie Atkinson in enrolments administration.

Our Counsellors, Terase Killin and Marcus Missio Spiteri, complete the Pastoral team and I thank them for the continuous work that they accomplish with our students each day. We are blessed to have their expertise in our community.

I would like to thank Mark Bonnici for his leadership at the College as Principal, and his care for the staff and families in our community.

After twelve years as Leader of the Pastoral team, I am stepping down from the position. It has been a pleasure working with the students in our care and their families and I wish all students success in future years and hope that they stay true to the ideal of what makes a good St Edward’s person. Kind regards and farewell.

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Year 7

HEIDI ENGLUND

The transition from primary school to high school presents many new experiences, opportunities, and challenges. Year 7 2022 have shown themselves more than equal to the task! In fact, throughout the year they have impressed their teachers with their capability, their confidence, and their optimism.

At St Edward’s each year group has a theme to guide their pastoral development and wellbeing. Year 7’s theme is Belonging, where students are encouraged to celebrate the many qualities, values and beliefs we share as members of the St Edward’s community while also acknowledging and appreciating those individual gifts and talents which make each of us unique. In our classes and Pastoral meetings, we have worked together to develop the mindset and skills required to form positive relationships with our peers and our teachers based on mutual care and respect. Looking around the playground and watching as they form new friendships, I feel hopeful that each of them now feels a deep sense of connection within their year group, their home room, and the wider Eddie’s family.

It is this sense of belonging, of being known and welcomed, that underpins success in the classroom and gives each boy the opportunity to achieve his best academically. Each teacher at the College has worked with Year 7 to assist students to set their own learning targets and goals and to develop a growth mindset. Every boy has been encouraged to recognise and celebrate small, regular improvements in their own learning, and to compete, not with one another, but with themselves. The Student Led Learning Conferences provided an excellent opportunity for Year 7 to demonstrate their sense of ownership and pride in their own learning journey and the feedback from parents and staff was impressive.

While Covid continued to disrupt some of our planned activities across the year, we were able to go ahead with others in an amended form. After two false starts, our camp was finally held in Term 4 at the Crosslands Youth and Convention centre in Galston. Students were able to participate in some exciting activities including abseiling, the (very high and fast!) flying fox and Burma Bridge – an activity which required the boys to cross a river via a narrow and wobbly wire. Other activities included the opportunity to test their sense of balance while stand up paddle boarding, and their sense of rhythm, while canoeing in pairs or trios. Needless to say, half the fun was in accidentally-on purpose falling in… We all managed to get some sleep in our tents, despite the unseasonably cold weather, although Mr Rozario did move to a cabin on the second night, claiming a too thin sleeping bag!! A big thank you to all of the enthusiastic teachers who gave up time with their families to make camp a memorable experience for the boys.

Ms Beagin and I have very much enjoyed working with this friendly, eager and energetic group of young men as they have become Eddie’s boys and we look forward to watching them grow and develop across their time at St Edward’s.

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Aborro, Gabriel Allen, Silas Arango, Lorenzo Ashton-Wilcox, Harry Ballinger, Hayden Barrington, Jacob

Barron-Cox, Luke Barry, Tom Bates, Daniel Belford, George Bennett, Shaylan Bennett, Alexander

Best-Minto, Eden Biju, Abel Paul Bird, Max Blemith, Daniel Boerner, James Bolton, Cooper

Brady, Cormac Brock-Fenton, Wylie Bromfield, Jonah Buda, Fletcher Burke, Quinn Bush, Fletcher

Buwalda, Tyler Camilleri, Alex Carr, Toby Cassidy, Eamon Chandler, Hayden Chapman, Aiden

Chapman, Joshua Chavez, Jorge Clark, Owen Coote, Finley Cordi, Fabian Cormack, Lachlan

Year 7

Craik, Oliver Cunico, Elio Cusick, Ryan Davis, Mark de Vries, Phelix Debenham, Noah

Deighton, Archie Delaney, Kobi Dickson, Evan Diffin, Ike DiFranco, Caleb Dowling, James

Doyle, Leo Drewe, Kainoa Dugas, Jacob Duggan, Ryder Durrant, Kobi Engelbrecht, Nate

English, Max Ercan, Charlie Evans, Harrison Farraway, Cooper Fennell, Billy Fenton, Josh

Flakus, Austen

Flakus, Noah Fraser, Ethan Gangemi, Jesse Gattringer, Noah Gaughan, Anthony

Gillan, Reilly Gomez, Reagan Gordon, Beau Goulding, Oliver Gregory, Thomas Gurr, Joseph

Year 7

Hall, Jacob Hardiman, Ashton Hayde, Cooper Hayes, Benjamin Hendriks, Edmund Herd, Cooper

Hey, Joseph Hill, Oliver Holliday, Tasman Holmes-Rankin, Julian Holston, Lachlan Hooker, Harry

Humphries, Jack Irvine, Oliver Jackson-Francis, Tyson Jamnadas, Krishay Johnston, Thomas Jones, Finlay

Kelly, Liam Kelly, Zac Kerr, Harrison Kim, Andy Klein-Schiphorst, Max Koschel, Axel

Lanser, Nate Lawless, Archie Lawson, Archie Lin, Brenden Lloyd, Alexander Lloyd, Cooper

Lockwood, Noah Louie, Beau Macdonald, Dean Magri, Blake Mahoney, Terence Malek, Benjamin

Year 7

Mangan, Travis Marsh, Cameron Mawad, Jordan May, Xavier McAteer, Samuel McConnell, Hayden

McCormack, Jack McMahon, Oscar Mears, Flynn Miranda, Tallon Moffitt, Lenox Morgan, Kaden

Muldowney, Beau Murray, William Newport, Toby Nguyen, Alex Norman, Matthew Omer, Humayal

Owen, Liam Parke, Cruiz Parsons, Hunter Paton, Logan Pearsall, Benjamin Peers, Riley

Petley, Harry Pidgeon, Max Poile, Makenzey

Purkis, Maximillian Redmond, Chance Richmond, Ashby

Roberts, Jai Roberts, Max Romano, Vin Salomao-Gangell, Tiago Sands, Boadie Sanfilippo, Joseph

Santry, Cooper Saul, Joshua Scaysbrook, Zachary Schmidt, Willem Schroder, Riley Schultz, Eli

Scown, Joshua Sino, Derik Joseph Smith, Liam Smith, Nixon Smyth, Euan Sneddon, William

Snelson, Nicholas Spencer, Oliver Splatt, Billy Stephenson, Andrew Stevens, Kaden Sykes, Joseph

Tagoai, Julian Taylor, George Taylor, Max Temple, Jack Templeton, Kai Thomas, Aibel

Thompson, Liam Thorpe, Harry Tillott, Aden Tobin, Harrison Tod, Arlo Tower, Cohen

Treble, Kyston

Trew, Patrick Troilo, Xavier Trotman, William Turnbull, Patrick Turner, Xavier

Ure, Charles van Aalderen, Finn Vassallo, Samuel Villanueva, Jace Vumbaca, Matteo Wagemaker, Miles

Walton, Henry Washington, Joel Weisbaum, Benjamin Werder, Xavier West, Cruz Wheatley, Isaac

Wheeler, Hugh Whitworth, Jack Wicks, Hugo Wiggins, Harvey Wighton, Angus Willcocks, Owen

Williams, Thomas Williams, Raphael Windress, Max Winter, Joshua Worrall, Zeke Yarnold, Nixon

Yoon, Sangpil Young, Harrison Young, Jake Young, Jye Zammit, Oliver

Absent: Kai Bailey, Joseph Cameron, Cooper Mackinnon, Tamaka Masabeya, Knox O’Connor, Archer Wilding

Year 8

NATHAN MARKS

It has been a privilege to work along side these young men for the second semester of 2022. I would like to commend all boys on their efforts and determination to achieve their personal best in a tough full school year. It is amazing to note that the last full school year the boys endured because of COVID, was Year 5, 2019. I am grateful for the many relationships I have made with each student, and I am excited to see where this takes us next year.

The theme for Year 8, 2022 was Values and Service. In Term 1, the boys were introduced to the Waterford Project which required them to complete 15 hours of community service, ultimately making them aware of the significant amount of injustice in our community. I am proud of all the boys for being active with this school initiative and would like to personally praise the boys who received Edmund Rice Honours for completing over 100 hours of service: Sam Duffy and Jonathon Lin. Service, justice, and solidarity was demonstrated thanks to the great work done by Year 8 this year.

Respect was the main value that was delivered to the boys, on a daily basis. Making students accountable for their actions and becoming aware of how their behaviour might affect another is a tough notion to understand at their age. Challenging the boys to be the best they can be each day, whilst promoting our College values will help nurture these young men through adolescence into mature adults.

Another goal that all boys were encouraged to achieve was to put themselves out there and try something they would not normally do. This could be anything from trying a new sport, standing up for another peer, to making a new friend. Going outside of the ‘norm’ and trying something new builds character, independence, and although you might fail at first; it will finally result in personal growth.

The above quote relates to failure, which is a value that I inform the boys to always accept. If students do not fail, they will not learn, and therefore not grow.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

- Winston Churchill

Year 8

NATHAN MARKS

I would like to commend all for coming, and for most of you this was your first camp since Year 5. It was an early start on the Wednesday but all boys arrived on time, and were eager to make their way to Killalea State Park. Thank you to all the parents for the early drop off.

Day 1 entailed the boys arriving around 9:00am to be divided into 10 different groups. They had to construct their own tent, and for some this was a challenge. All boys showed resilience and perseverance to get the job done in a strong wind. Some tents went flying, but we all eventually got there! Then it was time to sunscreen up and hit our first lot of activities.

There were five activities on offer: Surfing, Beach Sports, Bush Walk, Mega Paddle plus Kayaking, and Archery Tag. It was quite a walk to each activity (and extremely hot) so I am proud of the boys for keeping up their fluids and showing a willingness to participate. Black Diamond definitely looked after us in regards to food, we received bacon and eggs for breakfast, ham and salad sandwiches for lunch, and burgers plus burritos for dinner.

Day 2 had the boys rise early to get stuck into three lots of activities. There were a few burnt and tired souls come Thursday afternoon, with most of the boys falling asleep while watching a movie before bed. Once all boys entered their tent, they crashed.

We were blessed with the weather as there was not a cloud in the sky for the entire trip. As a school, we are thankful for Black Diamond for going above and beyond to provide our boys with an experience that they will not forget.

Year 9 will be a more enjoyable year boys, as you receive insight as to what senior school will be like. Having a say in your classes is great, and I hope you are excited for this opportunity. I implore you to always question, devote yourself to your studies, and treat students and staff with the respect they deserve.

Bring on Year 9, 2023. Enjoy your holidays boys and I look forward to seeing you when you return.

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Abbott, Luke Allen, Jacob Armour, Max Armstrong, Kai Armstrong, Asher Atkinson, Max

Ball, Caden Barnett, Harry Borg, Ruben Boyce, Harley Brown, Owen Buda, Riley

Burgess, Jaxon Butlin, Henry Byrne, Xander Byrne, Oscar Byrnes, Jack Call, Harry

Carmody-Smith, Riley Chapman, Nicholas Cipollone, Jereme Close, Tadhg Coughlan-Berg, Luka Craik, Thomas

Cranny, Charlie Dawkings, Max Derrick, Matthew Diamond, Cody Dodd, Dominic Donafee, Lachlan

Downs, Liam Duffy, Samuel Elsholz, Joshua Everson, Zane Farrell, Henry Farris, Logan

Year 8

Fearnley, Hayden Fennell, Charlie Ferrari, William Finn, Keanu Fittler, Harrison Flanders, Kobie

Francis, Ben Gardiner, Meihana Geddes-Brown, Benjamin Gibson, Taj Giddings, Finn Gooley, Taj

Gooley, Reggie Gottardo, Lincoln Graham, Olly Green, Benjamin Griffin, Callum Griffith, James

Haanskorf, Logan Haines, William Hall, Cooper Hall, Archie Hansen, Andrew Harker, Cooper

Harries, Lennon Harris, Keppel Hawkins, Malcolm Hehir, Max Heinzel, Beau Herden, Owen

Herring, Zach Hickey, Blake Hildridge, Rylee Hitchenson, Dylan Hoban, Benjamin Hope, Ronan

Year 8

Hubble, Byron Hughes, Samuel Hunt, David Huybrechs-Chung, Jeremy Jackson, Mitchell James, Max

Jarvis, Jack Johnson, Jarvis Johnson, Nicholas Jones, Cato Jordan, Ronnie Kahler, Riley

Kelly, Joseph Lavin, Nixon Lin, Jonathan Locke, Owen Lyons, Oliver Lyons, Daniel

Macintosh, Jaxon Magill, Ewan Marchant, Jason Markey, Aaron Martin, Charlie Matthews, Noah

McBride, Darragh

McClelland, Will McCudden, Isaac

McCullum, Ryan McEvoy, Tobias McGuinness, Arian

McIntosh, Kye McIver, Riley McNeil, Xavier McRae, Kalani Merillo, Giuseppe Mexon, Broden

Year 8

Minehan, Jack Mogg, Charles Moggs, Jayden Moggs, Kallum Monteleone, Sebastian Morrison, Bailey

Moss, Cameron Nakagawa, Luke Naylor Adams, Ashton Neilly, Coby Nitsos, Harvey Noble, Ned

Norris, Luca Oates, Patrick O’Brien, Lachlan O’Connor Stewart, Kayn Ottaway, Henry Owen, Murphy

Papps, Levi Park, Lachlan

Pearce-Maitland, Tristan Pearson, Eden Perham, Thomas Philips, Isaac

Pike, Asher

Plunkett, Isaac Power, Oliver Price, Riley Probert, Taj Raffety, Billy

Ratay, Brendan Regattieri, Tahj Roach, Lachlan

Roberts, Jackson Roth, Max Rubagotti, Cooper

Year 8

Russell, Jamie Russotti, Luke Rutherford, Harry Ryan, Harrison Ryan-Englund, Finn Saley, Nate

Sammut, Zach Sands, Billy Sayers, Tyrone Scott, Quinn

See, Jude Sicard, Liam

Sky, Oliver Smith, Ryan Smith, Cooper Soares, Emanuel Spokes, Reid Stansfield, Charlie

Stauner-Lumsden, Riley Stewart, Benjamin Stewart, Angus Stingmore, Riley Stitt, Joseph Straker, Kobi

Taylor, Jake Thompson, Eamon Tower, Kai Vandersyde, Ezekiel Werner, Kyan White, Riley

White, Taihden Willson, Blake Wilson, Jarvis Wilson, Zachary Wuest, Hudson Yarnold, Rourke

Yates, Ajay Young, Maximilian

Absent: Fraser Blackwell, Blake Teasdale, Jett Tengstrom, Lachlan White

Year 9

ROBERT SPEZIALE

One of the most rewarding aspects of being a Pastoral Leader is the opportunity given to watch the boys grow and mature during time spent with them. This was no more evident than during the Year 9 camp to Wee Jasper during March of this year.

Their first ever camp in high school. I was so impressed with the behaviour, resilience, determination, commitment, and comradeship the students displayed during the activities and in the relationships developed with their peers. This has been a common thread that I have observed, since taking on this cohort in Year 8, their level of developing maturity.

Another indication of this growth can be reflected in the number of students who received Outstanding Academic, Academic and Consistent Effort awards during the semester one Academic Assembly, eighty-one students in total received an award. There were forty-two students who received a Consistent Effort Award, twenty-eight students received an Academic Award, with eleven students received an Outstanding Academic Award. They were William Blunt, William Connors, Maximillian Corrigan, Charlie Dawson, Mason Holliday, Nicholas Husk, Chikomborero Katsande, Mathis Limpkin, William Lynch, Max Oteiwi, and Oscar Woolford.

In addition to achievements obtained by students as a part of College life, there are other students who have achieved success in other areas, in their own personal endeavours.

Congratulations to Kaine Hieber, who in June of this year was selected to represent Australia at the Oceania Championships for Karate in New Caledonia. An outstanding achievement.

Harry Cockerton competed in the NSW State Titles for GKR Karate and won a bronze medal for individual Kata 3rd Kyu in the Under 14 to 15 years. In addition to this, Harry is to be congratulated on his win at the summer season Junior Sailing Sabot Competition representing Gosford Sailing Club. An outstanding achievement.

Congratulations to Sam Flakus and Riley Turner who were selected to play in the Australian Tagaroos Oztag Under 16 and under 18 teams, they will now represent Australia at the 2023 Big 4 International Tag Series in March 2023, where they will play the Rest of the World Team. Archer Mesritz, Darcy Smith and Fletcher Sommerville will also play for the Rest of the World team in the Under 16’s game.

Congratulations to Mathis Limpkin who represented Northern NSW at the National Futsal Championships this year on the Gold Coast. Mathis and his team made it to the final and came

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runners up in the Under 14 category. Following the championships Mathis represented Australia in the Under 14’s in a Futsal tournament held in Italy.

Congratulations to Lachlan Herd, who played a starring role in Gosford Musical Society’s School of Rock Musical at Laycock Street Theatre running for two weeks. Lachlan played Lawrence the keyboardist and he played his instrument live on stage in every performance.

On 17 August, Will Conroy and Oliver Pringle have performed at The Art House in Wyong with Sydney’s Scots College students, as part of a collaboration between the Central Coast Conservatorium’s Premier Ensembles and The Scots College music faculty and orchestras. It was a terrific opportunity for these talented musicians, who are all members of our combined St Edward’s/St Joseph’s Concert Band. They played in a piece called “Legend of Devil’s Lake” by Michael Sweeney, which depicts an ancient tale of battle between water serpents and giant thunderbirds, featuring Oliver on percussion and Will on clarinet.

On Saturday 10 September, Will Conroy performed in Northern Sydney Symphonic Wind Ensemble’s Spring Music Festival at The Concourse in Chatswood. This exciting 4-day event brought together musicians from school bands across the Northern Sydney region, to highlight their impressive skills and allow them to experience the joy of performing on a professional Concert Hall stage. Will along with two other students from the college performed two pieces with the Central Coast Conservatorium’s Symphonic Wind Orchestra, made up of high school musicians from across the Central Coast. It was a wonderful opportunity for these talented musicians, who are also members of our combined St Edward’s / St Joseph’s Concert Band.

Congratulations to Sam Tracey, Alex McCoombe-Lopez, Listoa Paea and Thomas Smith, recently competed in the NSW Country and State Rugby Union Championships. The boys were representing the Central Coast in the Under 14’s Representative Team and won the Under 14’s NSW Country Championships and placed 4th in the Under 14’s NSW Rugby Union State Cup in extremely cold and muddy conditions.

It has been my immense pleasure to have had the opportunity to have been their Pastoral Leader for the past two years. They are a fine group of young men with whom I have developed a profound respect for - they are a year group with enormous potential, particularly in the area of leadership. I have no doubt that this cohort will excel in their senior years, and the footprint they leave will be an incredibly positive one.

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Year 9

Aplitt, Oscar Aygun, Joseph Bagot-Hayes, Thomas Bailey, Orsen Baldwin, Charlie Balshaw, Aiden

Barlow, Logan Bayss, Maxwell Behrnes, Zack Bell, Owen Benz, Alexander Best, Liam

Best-Minto, Noah Bevan, Jed Biankin, Adrian Blunt, William Bosnjak, Lucas Brady, Owen

Brazier, Corey Briggs, Cooper Britt, Charles Broadhead, Oscar Brown, Joshua Bull, Sebastian

Bullot, Ryan Bunney, Lachlan Camilleri, Jet Campbell, Kiernan Carpenter, Archie Carson, Flynn

Cassar, Callum

Clarke, James Cleary, Henri Clifford, Harrison Cockerton, Harry Conners, William

Year 9

Conroy, William Cormack, Samuel Cox, Noah Cullen, Eoin Dawson, Charlie de Vries, Darcy

Dimech, Luca Doyle, Sonny Duncan, Connor Fairley, Luca Farraway, Emerson Finn, Tyson

Fishenden, Ryan Fisher, Brayden Flakus, Samuel Flynn, Thomas Fonseka, Shenath Foster, Joshua

French, Geoffrey Gale, Kalan Gallagher, Noah Gbel-Cook, James Gibbens, Lachlan Gooley, Jette

Gould Sumner, Kylan Gregory, Euan Gupte, Stefan Gurr, Arlo Hajje, Logan Ham, Cooper

Hammond, Thomas Harrison, Luke Hawkins, Joshua Herd, Lachlan Hieber, Kaine Hiscoe, Kalan

Year 9

Holliday, Mason Hore, Liam Howes, Jake Hubbard, Cooper Hughan, Jesse Hughes, Jamie

Husk, Nicholas Jack, Alexander Jackson, Tristan Jackson, Mackay Jamieson, Cooper Johnston, Kynan

Jones, Cooper Jones, Callum Josling, Archie Judd, Max Kasun, Ryder Katsande, Chikomborero

Kearney, Nicholas Kemp, Jesse Kirkland, Matthew Knott, Aidan Lawrence, Jack Limpkin, Mathis

Loaney, Isaac Logan, Samuel Luci, Charlie Lynch, William Lyons, William Macdonald, Heath

Magann, Bailey Mantell, Jesse Maple, Austin Marquart, Blade Martin, Archer Mason, Archer

Year 9

Mathews, Kevin May, Riley McArdle, Thomas McCann, Dylan McCoombe-Lopez, Alex McGilvery, Thomas

McKeon, Jake McMahon, Cruz Mesritz, Archer Mills, Jonah Morrison, Lopez Nguyen, Anthony

Nicholls, Thomas Nicoll, Chayse Old, Kaden Olsen, Harvey O’Malley, Hamish Oteiwi, Max

Paea, Lisitoa Page-Walker, Harrison Peers, Liam Pegler, Cooper Peterson, Caleb Price, Archie

Pringle, Oliver Quitadamo, Luca Renton, Lachlan Ridings, William Roberts, Brooklyn Robinson, Matthew

Robinson, Harry Roesch, Jaden Roesch, Ethan Shereb, Luke Sikuka, Michael Sinclair, Ryan

Year 9

Smith, Aamon Smith, Thomas Smith, Darcy Sommerville, Fletcher Spinks, Logan Spinks, Cooper

Stockings, Harry Sultana, Christian Talbot, Rowan Taylor, Max Thomas, Albert Thompson, Neo

Tkac, Flynn Tracey, Samuel Treble, Logan Tredwell, Marcus Turner, Riley Ure, Lawrence

van der Merwe, Byron Vassallo, Christian Ware, Cooper Watson, Hamish Wengi, Bailey Wheelock, Cooper

White, Kieran Wicks, Jonte Williams, Ewan Willmott, Declan Wilson, Marlen Winiata, James

Woolford, Oscar Wright, Donovan Wright, Deakin Wuest, Ethan Young, Jarvis Young, Saxon

Absent: Maximilian Corrigan, Nathan Legge, Damian McGilvray, Ryan Piepers, Darcy Turton

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Year 10

PAUL SULLIVAN

Year 10 could be described as a transition period for our students, as they are at a crossroads contemplating which path to take. For some, it means leaving school and starting up work within another environment, whether that be as apprentices, trainees, TAFE students etc. For these boys, it is farewell, and I hope that the memories they hold of St Edward’s are positive, and that the morals imparted will guide them well on their journeys. For those that have decided to continue with their St Edward’s education, I look forward to walking the path with you all the way to the HSC and beyond. But before we look too far ahead, it is time to reflect on 2022!

This year we had to put up with so much rain that the boys barely got to play on the ovals during the first three terms. Being restricted to undercover areas without much space to move felt like herding cattle and although it was frustrating, the boys would have surely grown through this adversity. Thankfully, Term 4 presented us with more opportunities to ‘run free’ due to the drier weather and the activities offered were embraced by everyone: Volleyball, touch footy, soccer, Oztag, basketball, weightlifting, tennis, rock climbing, fishing, walking, trampolining, wheelchair basketball…. the range was impressive.

The Year 10 theme is ‘Leadership and Involvement’ and all students had to step up and do both things each day at school. Leadership was shown by the way boys spoke to teachers and other students, as role models to display the behaviour and expectations required. Leadership involves walking the walk and making sure that one can stand up for what is right even if it means going against the collective. Involvement was displayed in each classroom and in the community through engagement and enthusiasm. True involvement requires a willingness to cooperate and work within a team environment, something that was nurtured and encouraged each day at school.

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Jindabyne was the setting for our camp and it was certainly one that we won’t forget any time soon. The weather was extreme: snow, wind, rain, sun and everything in between! Some of our students walked up one of the highest peaks in Australia with minimal visibility - due to the blizzard-like conditions - and after conquering this 15 km hike they were buzzing with energy. Their adversity was on show and even the staff had to overcome numerous obstacles, with two members ending up in Canberra Hospital due to injuries (they survived). The cycling activity was another test of character as it combined a skills component mixed with long rides through the mountains. Abseiling, raft building, fire building, cooking and myriad other activities provided each boy with opportunities to grow and develop the resilience that comes from an experience such as this.

I now revisit my initial paragraph by wishing our departing students, farewell. Hopefully you can draw inspiration from our time together and, as Mark Twain wrote: “Twenty years from now, you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the things you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from your safe harbour, and catch a trade wind in your sails.”

To those that are continuing the St Edward’s journey, have a great holiday break and I hope that you return to school ready to embrace the responsibility and wonder that awaits. Be ready to take control of your present and make the most of the opportunities that come your way, so that your future can be filled with possibilities.

Good luck and God bless.

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Abbott, Max Allwood, Rex Andrews, Brody Barnfield, Zachary Barry, James Baxter, Samuel

Beatson, James Begg, Oscar Bishop, Ronan Blackman, Cody Bonython, Jay Bradley, Nathan

Burgess, Harry Bush, Joshua Butlin, James Byrne, Sacha Calamatta, Corey Campbell-Taylor, Kyle

Carter, Phoenix Caruana, Finn Chidiac, Zachary Clarke, Jay Clarkson, Matthew Cleverly, Arky

Crook, Cohen Crotty, Joshua Dafter, Kieran Danvers, Cohen Darwin, Cashar Day, Cameron

Dodd, Christopher Dodsworth, Marshall Duncan, Cohen Ellis, Aidan Fatone, Domenic Fennell, Harry

Year 10

Fenton, Tom Field, Charlie Fraser, Charlie Frost-Foster, Matthew Gardiner, Hawaiki Gardner, Riley

Gates, Samuel Gilmartin, Finn Gilston, Jared Goddard, Ta Golden, Alexander Graham, Brodie

Haig, Jason Hall, Mitchell Hall, Thomas Hamilton, Archie Harris, William Hart, Jackson

Hayes, Lucas Heaney-Johnson, Jalen Heffer, Riley Hill, Zane Hill, Liam Hodder, Samuel

Hodge, Andrew Hughes, Liam Jack, Angus Jacobson, Charlie James, John Johnston, Brayven

Jones, Flynn Kairouz, Matthew Kalos, Alexander Kay, Hunter Kemp, Lachlan Kinnaird, Callum

Year 10

Lazo Vega, David Leaitua, Maximus Leary, Finn Leary, Eli LeBrocq, Jye Lewry, Matthew

Long, Sayer Lusunzi, David Mahoney, Oscar Maitland, Kai Malek, Joshua Mangan, Joshua

Markey, Kaelan Marks, Byron Markulin, Lincoln Marsters, Jacob Matthews, Aidan McAteer, Hamish

McCarthy, Daniel McHale, Flynn McIntosh, Darby McLachlan, Jai McMonigal, Elijah Medley, Tristan

Mercieca, Logan Milson, Ellis Mineo, Benjamin Minto, Brendan Miotello, Jayden Murphy, Conor

Murphy Pacholek, Lachlan Mussared, Fynn Newport, Angus Nisbett, Micah Noone, Oscar Nowalinski, Samuel

Year 10

Oehm, Taj O’Leary, Brayden Ottaway, Cooper Paea, Tevita Palmqvist, Finn Panagis, Alexander

Parrelli, Joel Pawlak, Brandon Peers, Callum Pennells, Zane Phillips, Thomas Potter, Mason

Potts, Thomas Puata, Kale Rae, Christopher Ransley, Declan Ratay, Stefan Richmond, Jasper

Rodriguez Caldas, Juan Jose Roth, Thomas Rudd-Abrahams, Xzavier Ryan, Mitchell Sands, Jack Schroder, Joshua

Scott, Cooper Sgaravizzi, Marco Short, Seth Simpson, Nathaniel Sky, Hudson Spedding, Jack

Springett, Zac Stephens, Jacob Steven, Alexander Stevenson, Gryffyn Stuart, Jimmy Sullivan, Ari

Year 10

Sydenham, Luca Sydenham, Jeremy Tanner, Harrison Thomas, Abhishek Thomas, Luther Tibbutt, Lachlan

Torok, Sandor Towle, Leon Trench, Samuel Vaotuua, Devonte Vaughan, Nate Voesenek, Thomas

Wagemaker, Oliver Walters, Ashton Wanjohi, Jesi Ward, Jay Wehrle, Cameron Wells, Keanu

Wighton, Jack Williamson, Alec Willoughby, Ben Wilson, Marlen Wilson, Hugh Wilson, Dominic

Wilson, Samuel Woodruff, Cameron Woods, Lachlan Xuereb, Matthew Zammit, Flynn

Absent: Angus Bilham, Charlie Davies, Joshua Neverov, Timothy Rogers

Year 11

EAMONN MCCAULEY

The year started with Mr Beattie at the helm, much anticipation and the wearing of crisp new ‘white shirts’ signifying the start of Senior schooling. The theme for Year 11 is Owning the Responsibility which invokes an increased level of expectation on the boys. It is recognition of the increased responsibility that comes with being a senior student - senior study and leadership but also the personal responsibilities as a young adult to be an active member of every community they belong to. It is about making informed positive choices that better them as young men and prepare them for life ahead. At the end of Term 2, Mr Beattie took up a new position with the Catholic Schools Office and I was appointed the new Pastoral Leader for 2022.

Although COVID lingered, we were back face to face, looking forward to an uninterrupted year. The transition from Year 10 to Year 11 is always a steep learning curve and momentum and consistency are key factors. Balancing home, work commitments, social life, sport, driving commitments and study requires planning and effective time management. Overall, they are to be congratulated on their efforts to be resilient and get on with things.

The selection of the Prefect Body, Vice Captains, and Captain for 2022 was certainly a highlight. As a cohort they are all leaders and have an important responsibility to lead by example. Congratulations to all the prefects, and in particular our Captain - William Shaddock and ViceCaptains Noah Nakagawa and Fletcher Moore. The qualities they bring to the positions put the College in good stead for the year ahead. I am confident the Prefect group and other College Leaders will fulfill their responsibilities with maturity and commitment. The Prefects have accepted responsibilities for a number of Portfolios that reflect various aspects of College life, hopefully fostering and encouraging other students in the younger years to develop their leadership skills. Also, congratulations to Alex Lara and Jonah Wright for successfully gaining a Certificate of Achievement in the Max Potential youth leadership program.

Term 4 signalled the start of their HSC year and the theme of Young Men with Purpose. Very quickly many displayed a more settled and determined approach towards their study and class work. The completion of their first HSC task provided the impetus for a positive start to their final year.

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Year 11 students have been active in supporting social justice initiatives and involving themselves in the life of the College. Many have represented the College successfully in sporting and cultural events. They continued their last year of official commitment towards the Waterford Project with many achieving Edmund Rice Honours and deserving congratulations. They include Trent Pantle-Bentham, Daniel Herd, Oliver Roberts, Bradley Plummer, and Oliver Martin. First Class

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recipients: Tom Conroy, Marley Medina, Calan Tucker, Fletcher Moore, Sebastian Eager, William Shaddock, Jayden Redfern and Blake Downs. Edmund Rice Distinction: Joshua Judd Well done boys, great examples of leadership and involvement.

The Year 11 Retreat to Sydney proved to be very successful again, thanks to the work of Mr Beacroft and staff who attended, walking many kilometres around Sydney. They visited the Jewish Holocaust Museum, Australian Catholic Mission, St Canice’s Catholic Church, St Mary’s Cathedral, The Australian Museum, the Australian War Memorial, Kings Cross Police Station and were spoken to by representatives from the L’Arche Community and Youth off the Streets. The common message was about the frailty of life, importance of good relationships, promoting inclusiveness, justice and solidarity and overcoming adversity through the courage of asking for help. Their behaviour was exceptional and they made the experience very rewarding and memorable

VET/Work Experience

Mrs Juliana Dignam provided endless opportunities and information on career choices and work placement allowing the boys to make informed choices about their future pathways. A number have spent weeks in a variety of trades over the year. The inaugural Alumni Event was a huge success. Old boys from the College were invited to discuss their career paths, define what success is for them and how a career path takes many twists and turns. One theme that rang true from all the speakers was hard work creates ‘luck and opportunity’. Thank you, Mrs Dignam! On that note we also farewelled several students who have acquired full time employment or an Apprenticeship. I wish them every success in all their endeavours.

Looking forward to the challenges and demands of next year. It will be a time of great growth and wonderful experiences.

Year 11

Attard, Joel Bailey, Levi Barber, Simon Bates, Harry Beard, Luka Best, Harley

Binding, Jack Blunt, Benjamin Boffo, Austin Boylan, Luke Brazier, Jesse Broadstock, Liam

Broomfield, Isaac Browning, William Bullen, Sean Burgess, Taylin Butcher, Rhys Carlyle, Lachlan

Cartlidge, Jakob Caynes, Harrison Clarke, William Clift, John Cohen, Ethan Colgan, Luke

Collis, Nathan Conroy, Tom Cosgrove, Flynn Cox, Ryan

Cresswell, Oscar Cunico, Roman

Cutting, Alexander Dawson, Oliver Dibley, Samuel Dorrell, Tyrone Downs, Blake Duncan, Jake

Year 11

Duncan, Troy Eager, Sebastian Elwin, Drew Escott, Brendan Evans, Harry Flynn-Hunter Kmet, Lance

Fonseka, Kenan Ford, Heath Foster, Luke Foyel, Jaycob Gately, Nicholas Gibson, Lachlan

Gomez, Rayden Grima-Smith, Christian Gunn, Hamish Halls, Kurt Harada, Luke Hayes, Ethan

Henderson, Miles Herd, Daniel Hibbert, Jeremy Hobson, Callum Hodges, Liam Hogan, Kalen

Holliday, Kye

Hong, Leo Hudson, Christian Hughes, Noah Hunt, Thomas Jones, Angus

Judd, Joshua Kane, William Kelly, Conor Knighton, Kai Kregting, Tobias Lara, Alexander

Year 11

Lavery, Daniel Lavin, Bailey Lawton, Thomas Lewis, Josef Lloyd-Phillips, Darcy Lomis, Artemi

Lyons, Taj Macdonald, Christopher Marsters, Luke Martin, Oliver McBride, Cooper McCoombe-Lopez, Oscar

McCudden, Samuel McDermott, Hamish McHugh, Luke McIntosh, Blaine McKenna, Connor McRae, Sunny

Medina, Marley Mercer, Joshua Mexon, Hayden Milner, Jack Mitchell, Harrison Moore, Fletcher

Mussalli, Hunter Nakagawa, Noah Naylor-Adams, Brayden Newell, Fynn Newlands, Emmett Nguyen, Andrew

Nilsson, James Nix, Baxter Nix, Mitchell Nolan, Tobias Pantle-Bentham, Trent Peters, Flynn

Year 11

Plummer, Bradley Pozo, Adrian Rankin, Jude Rankin, William Redfern, Jayden Reid, Xavier

Roberts, Jack Roberts, Oliver Roche, Liam Rodriguez-Hunter, Enrique Rollston, David Rowan, Nicholas

Russell, Lucas Ryan, Isaac Salter, Koby Sammut, Corey Sawyer, Patrick Sayles, Rhyan

Shaddock, William Shannon, Charlie Sherratt, Lachlan Shonak, Jivesh

Sirio, Andre Smith, Zane

Smith, Fletcher Smith, Malachi Smith, Riki Smith, Ryley

Stafford, Mason Stansfield, Benjamin

Stiffle, Harrison Straker, Zachary Stride, Max Thorndike, Cooper Toohey, Matthew Tucker, Calan

Year 11

Turnbull, Lachlan Turton, Will Vitoros, Alexander Walsh-Catanzaro, Aiden Walters, Calum Watkins, Charlie

Watson, Beau Werner, Tahj White, Keenan Whitmore, Thomas Willey, Nicolas Woolford, Jonty

Wright, Jonah Wylie, Oscar Xuereb, Dylan

Absent: Benjamin Aldrick, Oliver Bettison, Oska Davis, Callum Gilston, Sione Ofahengaue, Cooper Schoch, Alex Turner

Year 12

ALEX POWELL

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2022. I feel extremely privileged that I have been able to work with you over the last three and a half years. Making it through to the end of High School and graduating as a Year 12 student is a great achievement and one you should all be extremely proud of. Doing this in what has been a turbulent and ever-changing environment is testament to the character and resilience that you have displayed. Your theme this year was to be “Young Men with Purpose”. It is fitting to end your schooling with such a theme, because you are young men, not boys anymore who are about to stand on the threshold of adult life with all its cares and responsibilities.

Gentlemen, there are many people that we need to thank and acknowledge for getting you to where you are right now. None more so than your wonderful parents, care givers and extended family. They have also been on this journey with you, celebrating the many successes you have achieved and providing unconditional love and support for those times of uncertainty. Please make sure that you take the time to thank them for supporting you through to Year 12.

To Mr Mark Bonnici, Ms Jodie Connor and the College Leadership Team, thank you for the support you have shown Year 12, for helping to foster the academic and spiritual development of these students and for the extra effort which has been undertaken to make sure this cohort still get to experience the major milestones that are a significant rite of passage. To Mr Cameron Alexander our acting Principal, thank you for the time you have given to these young men in their Premiership Quarter. Your experience and perspective have been invaluable.

Your time at St Edward’s has been six years of development and I have been the beneficiary of the hard work done by others before me. In particular, thank you to the wonderful Mrs Wendy Taylor who was instrumental in your journey from your very first day at St Edward’s and supported you up until Year 9.

Thank you to the Pastoral Care team, Mr English and all the other Pastoral Leaders for your support and guidance. Thank you to our Counsellors, Terase and Marcus, for the care that you have shown Year 12. To the teaching staff and in particular Year 12 Teachers who have gone above and beyond and continued to challenge you each day to be the best version of yourself. Thank you to Mrs Dignam for the careers support, advice, and guidance she has offered to you. Thank you to the office staff who see some of you more than your Homeroom teachers in the mornings due to those red lights you always seem to be stuck at. To Meagan Armstrong and her team for all the hard work behind the scenes in organising events.

Social Justice has played an integral role in your time here at the College and I would like to thank Mr Pat Dell for his stewardship of this important domain. There are thousands of hours amongst

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you, hundreds of different jobs undertaken, and time given to those who are less fortunate. As you leave the College and move into the wider world, always strive to challenge injustice and inequities. To be counter cultural when the attitudes and values you encounter conflict with your Catholic faith and the ethos of Edmund Rice. To care for our environment. To be a good partner and father, always respect women and demonstrate inclusivity for all people who make up our multi-cultural society.

Congratulations to the Prefect team led by Michael Holmes our College Captain and two Vice Captains, Owen Bradstreet and Luke Richards. The leadership that these thirteen young men have displayed has been exemplary and set new benchmarks and standards for future prefect groups to aspire to. Your work in the College Portfolios, St Edward’s TV and the inaugural Eddies versus Joey’s Prefect sports challenge are all legacies that you leave behind, be proud of the work you have done in what has been a challenging time. I would like to thank and acknowledge the work of Mr Tony Herringe who has supported and mentored this group so effectively as their Homeroom teacher.

One of the strengths of this cohort is the diverse range of talents that have been displayed. In sport, there have been notable achievements in both individual and team events. Sebastian Plaister, Daniel McLoughlin, Christopher Murray, Cruz Yarnold, Parker Robinson and Wilhelm Hieber who have all this year represented Australia in their respective sports and disciplines. Also, to Ryan Green who as part of the Australian Youth Lifesaving Team won numerous medals and is now a world champion! On the last day our Opens Rugby League team contested the Rugby League National Schools Final. Although it may not have been the result we wanted, it is still a fantastic achievement and was amazing to see a strong showing of Eddie’s spirit both on the field and amongst the Year 12 support.

The amazing musicians, I hope you continue to play and bringing joy to those lucky enough to watch and listen. The incredible high standard of major works produced which were some of the best I have seen. A special mention to Christian Rose who was awarded a Commendation Medal, by the NSW Order of Australia Branch, for services to community - an outstanding achievement.

One of the highlights for Year 12 is the Retreat to Mulgoa. Thank you to Mr Beacroft, Mrs Palmer Brown and all the teachers who facilitated such a valuable experience. It was wonderful to see these young men in an environment where you freely expressed opinions, reflected on your journey and shared personal stories. I will never forget the moment that you burst into a spontaneous rendition of Wonderwall from Retreat 1, and I can never unsee the drama skit from Mitch and friends from Retreat 2, they were truly memorable but for very different reasons. I will also never unsee the same group dressed up as Joeys girls driving into school just yesterday morning. I will never forget the haircuts that were born out of home-based learning and covid, as you can

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see, I am clearly no expert in that department but seriously, gents, they were bad. I won’t miss the array of facial hair and the many conversations about shaving, (again, the irony is not lost on me).

Year 12, you are all about to start the next chapter of your life. Whatever it is you are going to do or wherever it is you may go, never lose sight of your role as a student of lifelong learning. For those that are off to university, absorb as much as you can. Be confident in your ability to not only seek answers to questions but also to question those answers. For those among you who are picking up apprenticeships or going into the workplace, it is exactly the same. You will work with people from all walks of life, listen and learn from their experiences, commit to high standards, set yourself apart from those around you by going that extra mile. But also turn up on time and don’t reach for your phone every time you get a notification. For those who are still not sure, that’s ok, I was one of you all those years ago. What is it that sparks your joy, maybe that spark can ignite a passion which may lead you to your purpose.

This journey that you are on will be different, your destinations may change, for some of you it will be straight forward, for others there will be bumps in the road, twists and turns, and you may come to some dead ends. Remember if the door closes, whatever was behind it was perhaps not meant for you. Consider the fact that maybe the door was closed because you are worth so much more than what was on the other side. Do not be worried by change, sometimes the journey itself is much more important than where it takes you and remember, the only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

You should all be extremely proud of yourselves. Graduating high school itself is no easy feat. I know there are some amongst you who have been ready to leave for a while and some who thought they would not make it through to the end of Year 12, well you have done it. Alongside the rigours of your subjects, you have had to juggle work, sport, cultural commitments and a global pandemic. In the coming days take some time out to reflect upon all that you have learned at St Edward’s since you first walked in those school gates. Cherish the memories that you have made, look at those that are sat next to you right now, I hope these are lifelong friendships that you have formed.

Gents, good luck with whatever you decide to do, remember you are not defined by a number or a grade. You are defined by all the unique talents and skills that each and every one of you possess. You are also defined by what is in your heart but remember, nothing great ever came from easy.

As you walk out that gate as an Old Boy, walk with your head held high and know that the gate is always open. It has been an honour to have walked alongside you in this part of your journey. Please continue to live life with an Eddies heart.

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Principal: Mr Mark Bonnici

Back Row: Jarrah Wells, Thomas Crouch, Samuel Grilk, Tom McHale, Nicholas Green, Parker Robinson, Alec Walters, Alexander

Seventh Row: Mitchell Ella, Atticus Fotofili, Wilheim Hieber, Louis Whyatt, Jackson Roger, Reuben Newel, Bailey Gosper, Noah Hamilton,

Sixth Row: Billy Pritchard, Luke Richards, Angus Macpherson, Matthew Prazauskas, Liam Knott, Rafferty Wilkins, Jack Jamieson, Jacques Engelbrecht, Shaun Turnbull

Fifth Row: Nathan Butler, Paul Kucyper, Charles Cartwright, Ryan Green, Lachlan McBride, Nicholas Allan, Lachlan Eastham, Alec Warwick

Fourth Row: Mark Sweeney, James Kelly, Scott Donnet, Max Byrnes, Cooper Lord, Hamish Beverley, Cody Selwood, Connor Spokes, Ronan Grattan, Kit Gillings

Third Row: Aidan Hill, Thomas Peters, Ryan Collings, Kynan Saul, James Stiffle, Nicholas Sparks, Lucus Hautrive, Jacobes Rudd-Abrahams, Dario Romero, Stirling D’Bras

Second Row: Cooper Slattery, Luca Krumm, Jett Heaney, Lachlan Shedden, Reece Tredwell, Harrison Brame, Ethan Mangan, Sebastian Xavier-John Nisbett

Front Row: John Missak, Christian Rose, Angus Hamilton, Bailey McDonald, William Frost-Foster, Parker Kearton, Xavier Roy, Alex Zane Kirkman

Absent: Kyle Alcorn, Taine Beavis, Oliver Debus, Michael Holmes, Jack Legge, Hamish Medley, Bryn O’Grady-Cousins, Oscar

Pastoral Leader: Alex Powell Alexander Ryan, Christopher Kemp, Cameron Shaw, Jake Mussared, Jacob Newport, Zane Grady Hamilton, Finn Matthews, Malachy Cullen, Jagger Allen, Owen Bradstreet, Lachlan Darnley, Emmet Nicholls Jamieson, Cruz Yarnold, Christian Sparacino, Joel Shereb, Jackson Ryan, Blair Caulfield, Blake Best-Minto, Cooper Zammit, Thomas Glasson, Regan O’Brien, Brayden Hickey, Christopher Murray, Aymn Hamilton, Jett Tidy, Hayden Maher, Spokes, Mitchell Pink, Angus Avvenevole, Jordi Gupte, Fergus Clydesdale, Francis O’Connell, Sebastion Lownds, Rudd-Abrahams, Jeremy Innes, Ilya Ivashov, Aiden Blackman, Ethan Cleverly, Charlie Entwistle, James Morgan, Nathan Irvine, Sebastian Plaister, Thomas Fortune, Antonio Pancia, Nathan Nicholls, Nicholas Brooks, Jai Heaney, Patrick Ward, Alex Powell, Mark Bonnici, Blake Hughes, Darcy Towle, Benjamin Higgins, Daniel McLoughlin, Kai Dawkings, Aiden Dickson, Oscar Shepherd, Kai Willmott

Year 12

Allan, Nicholas Allen, Jagger Avvenevole, Angus Beavis, Taine Best-Minto, Blake Beverley, Hamish

Blackman, Aiden Bradstreet, Owen Brame, Harrison Brooks, Nicholas Butler, Nathan Byrnes, Max

Cartwright, Charles Caulfield, Blair Cleverly, Ethan Clydesdale, Fergus Collings, Ryan Crouch, Thomas

Cullen, Malachy Darnley, Lachlan Dawkings, Kai D’Bras, Stirling Debus, Oliver Dickson, Aiden

Donnet, Scott Eastham, Lachlan Ella, Mitchell Engelbrecht, Jacques Entwistle, Charlie Fortune, Thomas

Fotofili, Atticus Frost-Foster, William Gillings, Kit Glasson, Thomas Gosper, Bailey Grady, Zane

Year 12

Grattan, Ronan Green, Ryan Green, Nicholas Grilk, Samuel Gupte, Jordi Hamilton, Noah

Hamilton, Angus Hamilton, Aymn Hautrive, Lucas Heaney, Jai Heaney, Jett Hickey, Brayden

Hieber, Wilheim Higgins, Benjamin Hill, Aidan Holmes, Michael Hughes, Blake Innes, Jeremy

Irvine, Nathan Ivashov, Ilya Jamieson, Jack Kearton, Parker Kelly, James Kemp, Christopher

Kirkman, Zane Knott, Liam Krumm, Luca Kucyper, Paul Legge, Jack Lord, Cooper

Lownds, Sebastian Macpherson, Angus Maher, Hayden Mangan, Ethan Matthews, Finn McBride, Lachlan

Year 12

McDonald, Bailey McHale, Tom McLoughlin, Daniel Medley, Hamish Missak, John Morgan, James

Murray, Christopher Mussared, Jake Newell, Reuben Newport, Jacob Nicholls, Emmet Nicholls, Nathan

Nisbett, Xavier-John O’Brien, Regan O’Connell, Francis O’Grady-Cousins, Bryn Peters, Thomas Pink, Mitchell

Plaister, Sebastian Prazauskas, Matthew Pritchard, Billy Richards, Luke Robinson, Parker Roger, Jackson

Romero, Dario Rose, Christian Roy, Xavier Rudd-Abrahams, Jacobes Ryan, Alexander Ryan, Jackson

Saul, Kynan Selwood, Cody Shaw, Cameron Shedden, Lachlan Shepherd, Oscar Shereb, Joel

Slattery, Cooper Sparacino, Christian Sparks, Nicholas Spokes, Connor Stiffle, James Sweeney, Mark

Tidy, Jett Towle, Darcy Tredwell, Reece Turnbull, Shaun Walters, Alec Ward, Patrick

Warwick, Alec Wells, Jarrah Whyatt, Louis Wilkins, Rafferty Willmott, Kai Yarnold, Cruz

Zammit, Cooper

Absent: Kyle Alcorn, Joshua Mitchell, Antonio Pancia

College Counsellors

TERASE KILLIN AND MARCUS MISSIO-SPITERI

The Counselling team has had another busy year. Apart from working with the wonderful families and students at the College, we have had the privilege of working on some fantastic projects throughout the year.

The Fathering Project continued this year with an event taking place in Term 2. This involved a trivia night which cumulated in the shaving of a dad’s beard who was raising funds for a charity of his choice. The night was a great success with 120 parents and students in attendance. We are currently working on the next follow up event, so stay tuned.

Term 1 saw us involved in the Year 10 Retreat, talking with the boys about masculinity and positive relationships. The ‘Love Bites’ Program was held in Term 4 which was an expansion on these themes.

For the third year running, we have been involved in the ‘Future Proof Study’ conducted by ‘The Black Dog Institute’. This worthwhile study is based on student surveys looking at the wellbeing of young people.

The year has also seen us busy with parent presentations for Year 7 and Year 12 which have been a great success. We have found that connecting with parents face to face after the COVID years, has been a real positive connection. We are also continuing to support parents through the use of our parent line, which was established as a support service during COVID. We noticed that it was utilised quite extensively, so it is now a permanent fixture of the Counselling Service.

Throughout the year, we have also been involved in the development of an updated school anti-bullying policy. We found this to be incredibly rewarding working with staff and students in updating this important policy- a real team effort.

The end of the year is also a busy time as we introduce the inaugural Youth Mental Health First Aid Training for staff. We look forward to the roll out of this fantastic program over the next few years.

So, with the close of another busy year, we think of how grateful we are to have been involved in so many inspiring and positive projects and feel privileged to be able to connect to many students, families and staff along the way.

Fathering Project Evening

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Student Wellbeing

ANTHEA PEARSON

The focus for this year was Student Voice. Our students participated in two Wellbeing surveys: “Tell Them From Me”. The purpose of the survey is to find out students thoughts and feelings towards school and their learning. The surveys also provide an opportunity for students to voice their opinions in their own words about their school – experiences, environment, opportunities, things they like and things to improve. Student Leaders from each year group will be using the survey results and findings to direct their attention and energy into improving our school community.

Students also received talks from Senior Constable Peter Hughes which focused on creating and maintaining Respectful Relationships. Students participated in talks on the following topics:

Respect – how to create and maintain respectful relationships with their peers and adults in their lives.

• The importance of treating women with respect and equality,

• Road Rules – for cyclists and drivers,

• Bullying and how it affects others,

• How to be cyber safe,

• How to ask for help - where to seek help at school or elsewhere.

Year 12 students participated in a full Wellbeing Day. They spent the morning in a seminar, “Secret Bloke’s Business”, with our guest speaker, Brent Sanders, a former policeman and now a motivational public speaker. The seminar addressed three key elements: taking responsibility for yourself and your actions, making right choices and the importance of respect and selfdiscipline. The Year 12 girls from St Joseph’s College were invited for lunch and the afternoon session, which focused on student voice and how to handle the stress of the HSC and life after school with a guest speaker from Headspace. The following topics were covered throughout the day:

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Dealing with peer pressure (drink driving)

• Actions and consequences

• Alcohol and drugs

• Self-discipline and respect

• Aggression vs Assertion

• Motivation

• Learning from your mistakes

• Consent:

o Legal definitions

o Complaint process

o When “No” means “No”

Finally, this year we trialled “Horse Equine Therapy” classes during Friday afternoon activities. Students from Year 7 and 8 were invited to attend the classes at Somersby. The course taught students how to remain calm in new situations, how to make new friends and the importance of learning strategies to face challenges to build our resilience. We are hoping to continue this program next year as well.

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‘Rain’. After the interruptions of the past few years, yet another speedbump was thrust in our way this year, but this did not dampen the talent nor the tremendous achievements of our individuals and teams throughout 2022.

The remnants of restrictions saw us again start the year abandoning our College Swimming Carnival for the ‘competitive swimmers only’ option. Severe thunderstorms and rain would further complicate the event and see us modify the day to purely run it as a selection carnival.

The weather would continue to wreak havoc throughout Terms 1, 2 and 3. Events changed, modified, cancelled, dates and venues moved, and the constant disruption would make our sporting calendar a minefield.

As luck would have it, our College Athletics Carnival was spared from the weather and was held on a sunny but chilly June day. Congratulations to our Age Champions (see list in the Athletics Carnival report). We saw a new record set by Lincoln Markulin in Year 10 breaking the Under 16’s Javelin record with a new mark of 46.10 m.

Representative sport outside the College continued to flourish. In the Broken Bay Diocesan (BBSSSA) competitions, we had continued success in Swimming, Cross Country, Football, Athletics, Touch Football, and Basketball. On top of this we had numerous students excel, including:

BBSSSA Swimming

• Ashton Walters Under 16’s and Daniel McLoughlin 17+

years Age Champions

• The senior 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay team of Ryan Green, Taine Beavis, Nick Green and Daniel McLoughlin breaking their previous record, setting a new record of 1.42.48 seconds.

• The Senior 4 x 50 m Medley Relay Team of Ryan Green (Backstroke), Jayden Redfern (Breaststroke), Daniel McLoughlin (Butterfly) and Taine Beavis (Freestyle) setting a new Broken Bay record of 1.56.51 seconds.

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BBSSSA Athletics Football

• Daniel McLoughlin setting a new Broken Bay record in the 17+ years 50 m Butterfly race.

• As a result of these wonderful performances, 17 students from the team progressed to the NSWCCC carnival.

BBSSSA Cross Country

• Liam Smith Under 13’s, Eden Pearson Under 14’s, Fletcher Sommerville Under 15’s and Will Browning Under 17’s winning their respective age races.

• The Under 13’s (Liam Smith, Joel Washington and Cruiz Park), Under 14’s (Eden Pearson, Asher Armstrong and Cooper Hall) Under 15’s (Fletcher Sommerville, Cruz McMahon and Riley Turner) and the Under 17’s (Will Browning, Calan Tucker and Jayden Sullivan) winning their respective age division team competition.

• 14 boys qualifying (the above boys and Daniel McCarthy and Deakin Wright) for the Broken Bay Team to contest the NSWCCC Cross Country

BBSSSA Athletics

• Kallum Moggs winning the Under 14’s Boys Age Champion

• Lincoln Markulin setting a new Broken Bay record in the Under 16 Javelin with a throw of 49.98 m

• 22 students progressing to the NSWCCC Athletics Carnival

Our College teams and individuals also excelled in what would be a return to normal sporting pathways across most sports:

Touch Football

• Under 13 Team: BBSSSA Semi-finalists

• Under 15 Team: BBSSSA Champions

• Five boys made the Broken Bay Team

• Year 9 and 10 Team: Hunter/Central Coast Semi-finalists

• Opens Team : BBSSSA Champions

• Four boys made the Broken Bay Team

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Basketball

• Opens Team BBSSSA Champions

• NSWCCC Championships Pool Rounds

• 9 and 10 Team BBSSSA Champions

• NSWCCC Championships

• 7 and 8 Team BBSSSA Champions

• NSWCCC Championships

Football

• Under 13 Team BBSSSA Runners-up

• Intermediate BBSSSA Champions

CCC Cup Rd 2

• Opens Team BBSSSA Semi-finalists

Six boys made the Broken Bay Team

Oztag

• Year 7 Team

Central Coast Regional Semi-finalists

• Year 8 Team Central Coast Regional Pool Rounds

Futsal

• Under 14 Red Team Central Coast Regional Champions State Quarterfinalists

• Under 14 Black Team Central Coast Regional Pool Rounds

Rugby League

• Under 13 Red Team Central Coast All Schools Semi-Finalists

BBSSSA Champions

• Under 13 Black Team Central Coast All Schools Pool Rounds

• Under 14 Red Team Central Coast Catholic Schools Champions

Cochrane Cup Northern NSW Finalists

• Under 14 Black Team Central Coast Catholic Schools Pool Rounds

• Under 15 Team Central Coast All Schools Champions

Ten boys made the Broken Bay Team

Nine boys made the Sydney Metro/President’s Teams

Sydney Metro Finalists

• Under 16 Team Central Coast All Schools Semi-finalists

• Open Team

Central Coast All Schools Champions

Eight boys made the Broken Bay Team Six boys made the Sydney Metro/President’s Teams Sydney Metro Champions NRL Schoolboy Trophy Runners-up

AFL

• Year 7-9 Team

Central Coast All Schools Finalist

• Junior Team BBSSSA Runners-up

• Intermediate Team BBSSSA Runners-up

• Year 9-12 Red Team Central Coast All Schools Champions Hunter/Central Coast Regional Champions

Golf

• BBSSSA Teams Champions

• Shaylan Bennett Under 13 Champion

• Harrison Tanner Under 15 Champion

Rugby 7’s

• Junior Team BBSSSA Runners-up

• Intermediate Team BBSSSA Champions Hockey

• Opens Team NSWCCC Pool Rounds

We also had the following students chosen in NSWCCC Representative Teams and or medalled at NSWCCC events:

Parker Robinson (Baseball), Bryn O’Grady-Cousins (Waterpolo), Sandor Torok (Waterpolo), Charlie Cartwright (Rugby Union), Sebastian Plaister (Rugby Union), Tevita Paea (Rugby Union)

Swimming

• Tahj Regattieri - Silver 12-14 years 100m, Backstroke and Bronze Under 14 50m Backstroke.

• Daniel McLoughlin - Gold Under 17+ 50m, 100m Butterfly and Backstroke events. Daniel also set a new NSWCCC Record in winning the 50m Backstroke of 27.53 seconds.

• Senior 4 x 50m Medley Relay Team (Taine Beavis, Jayden Redfern, Daniel McLoughlin and Cooper Jones) - Bronze.

Cross Country

• Will Browning

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Athletics

• Lincoln Markulin - Silver Under 16 Javelin (45.67m)

• Will Browning - Bronze 800m (2.01.08sec)

• Tom Lawton - Bronze 400m (52.62sec)

Touch Football

• Sebastian Plaister

Rugby League

• Max Taylor

• Darcy Smith

On top of this success, we also had some outstanding individuals shine in their chosen sports. Their highlights included:

• Daniel McLoughlin winning Gold in the 200m Under 17 Butterfly and Bronze in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Butterfly at the NSW All Schools Carnival. The results saw him selected into the NSW team to contest the School Sport Australia Championships. Daniel had to decline this opportunity as he was also selected into the Australian Junior Swimming team to contest the Pan Pac’s in Hawaii.

• Parker Robinson awarded the Most Valuable Player award at the School Sport Australia Baseball Championships. He also claimed the Golden Glove (Graeme Webb Memorial Award) and capped-off these achievements with selection in the All-Australian Team.

• Sebastian Plaister awarded the Most Valuable Player award at the National Youth Touch Football Championships.

• Lincoln Markulin claiming a Bronze medal in the (U16) Javelin – with a throw of 51.98m.

Finally, Mr Scott Murray (Assistant Leader of Learning – Sport) was recognised at the NSWCCC Staff Awards Night in Homebush with NSWCCC Life Membership. An excellent tribute for his many years of expertise (Baseball) and selfless service to our students.

Again, I want to thank the coaches and managers of our teams, for giving up their time to guide the young men of St Edward’s. I would also like to personally thank Mr Murray for his professionalism, invaluable knowledge, and assistance with Sport here at the College.

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College Athletics Carnival

JASON CARPENTER

Our Athletics Carnival was run and won on Monday 27 June at Adcock Park. The weather held out for us, and the day was bathed in blue skies for most of the day, aside from the wind and the ever-present chill of the venue. The day was a resounding success with many outstanding Riley Schroder in Year 7 running the 400 m to the cheers of the entire crowd down the Lincoln Markulin in Year 10 breaking the Under 16’s Javelin record with a new mark of Zane Smith in Year 11 challenging the Opens High Jump record of 1.92m and narrowly Knight House completing a clean sweep of the Relay races to the raucous cheers of an Overall, Knights House were crowned the 2022 Athletics Champions on 994 points from

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JUNIOR COACH: MICHAEL LORD

This year saw a return to competition after so many events have been cancelled recently. The boys were lucky enough to have two competitions this year which allowed a greater number to represent the school.

The first competition was the modified rules version of the game AFLX. As many of the boys had never played this format, it took a little time for us to find our feet. Despite this, we had some success winning our first pool game over Lakes Grammar. This was on the back of a strong performance in the middle by Eden Pearson and a well-coordinated forward line controlled by Max Otewei and Joshua Brown. Unfortunately, this dominance would not continue as control out of the middle was lost after Archie Carpenter suffered his season ending injuries in the ruck. This proved to be the difference in the second match against a much larger and very physical Wadalba team who we struggled to contain. Despite their dominance and our smaller and younger team we only lost by a single goal in the final minute. They progressed and ended up winning the final by a big margin, so the performance was a real credit to those boys.

This year there was a second competition announced with a return to the traditional 12-a-side format on a reduced size ground, similar to that of the under 13s in the local competition. There was a larger field of competitors from the Broken Bay schools. This version of the game was to be fielded by Year 7 and 8 students in the junior division. Once again, we fielded a smaller and younger team than most but were successful in all but two of our games for the whole day.

Charlie Mogg dominated in the ruck all day with great help from Ruben Borg. Eden Pearson was again a stand-out in the middle until his medical substitution due to concussion. At least we know his head was over the ball. Riley Camody-Smith, Arian McGuiness and Tahj Regattieri formed a formidable wall across half forward while significant pressure was applied by our small forwards Joshua Winter and Zeke Worrall. This meant the fullback Josh Winter didn’t have a great deal to do until we came up against more stiff competition from St Peters. Unfortunately, we lost our pool game to them and eventually the final as well. Their team of all Year 8 players was just too big. Despite this, we have some encouraging signs for next year as it looks likely that the AFL want to continue with both of the competitions for next year.

First Competition: Max Armour, Joshua Brown, Archie Carpenter, Olly Graham, Noah Matthews, Arian McGuinness, Patrick Oates, Max Oteiwi, Lachlan Park, Eden Pearson, Zach Sammut, Luke Shereb, Hamish Watson, James Winiata

Second Competition: Ruben Borg, Riley Carmody-Smith, Finley Coote, Noah Debenham, Olly Graham, David Hunt, Noah Matthews, Arian McGuinness, Charlie Mogg, Rden Pearson, Tahj Regattieri, Joshua Winter, Zeke Worrall.

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AFL

INTERMEDIATE COACH: LUKE LE PAGE

On Tuesday 13 September the Intermediate AFL Team travelled to EDSACC Oval to compete in the 2022 Broken Bay AFL Championship.

The boys got off to a flying start against St Leo’s Catholic College in their first game. Strong performances from Max Oteiwi, Brodie Graham and Zach Barnfield saw the boys run out convincing winners. Our early momentum was carried into the second game against St Brigid’s Catholic College with James Winiata leading the way with several early goals to set up another strong win. Game 3 saw us take on St Peter’s Catholic College, it had been clear from the early matches that St Peter’s would be our most difficult opponents heading into the finals. A slow start saw St Peter’s take a strong lead into halftime and despite a spirited fightback the boys fell 3 goals short of taking the win.

Following the pool rounds we found ourselves up against St Peter’s in the grand final. Under strength due to several injuries in the pool matches, St Peter’s took control of the midfield and ran away easy winners. All games were played in great sportsmanship and the St Edward’s boys represented the school with distinction.

Team Members Rex Allwood, Zach Barnfield, Cohen Crook, Harry Fennell, Brodie Graham, Lucas Hayes, Liam Hughes, Angus Jack, Hunter Kay, Conor Murphy, Max Oteiwi, Ari Sullivan, Lachlan Tibbutt, Ben Willoughby, James Winiata

Intermediate AFL Team

OPENS COACH: SCOTT MURRAY

It was wonderful to finally be able to return to a sporting field and engage in some schoolboy football. Following months of inclement weather, we warmly accepted the perfect weather conditions. Assigned to the same pool as all the other 2021 semi finalists, the Senior AFL team wasted no time in establishing who the team to beat would be. Free flowing football that incorporated a complete running game, short hand pass and kick meant secure possession and a plethora of points. The team certainly kept the scoreboard attendants busy.

Match Results:

Round 1 vs MacKillop Catholic College, Warnervale 73-14

Round 2 vs Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, The Entrance 53-24

Round 3 vs Wadalba High School 80-2 (with the game called off just after half time)

Semi Final No 1 vs Kincumber High School 73-12

St Edward’s now moves on to the Hunter regional finals in Term 3 to determine the regional champions.

Team Members Levi Bailey, Scott Donnet, Ethan Hayes, Thomas Lawton, Christopher Murray, Noah Nakagawa, Flynn Newell, Jack Roberts, Liam Roche, Nicholas Rowan, Benjamin Stansfield, Alec Walters, Calum Walters

Open’s AFL Team

Athletic Representatives

BBSSSA COACH: JASON CARPENTER

The College Athletics team travelled to Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush to compete in the Broken Bay Athletics Carnival. Our team of 45 students were eager to test themselves against the best Catholic College athletes from across the Central Coast and Northern Beaches. Highlights from the day included:

• Lincoln Markulin new Broken Bay record in the Under 16 Javelin with a throw of 49.98 m

• 22 St Edward’s students progressed to the NSWCCC Athletics Carnival

• Kallum Moggs won Under 14 Boys Age Champion

• Under 14/15 and 16+ Age Divisions won Overall Team Scores

• Under 12/13 Division placed third

• Overall, the St Edward’s team won the Champion Boys School

Students who progressed to the NSWCCC Carnival:

17+ Years: Parker Robinson, Aymn Hamilton, Will Browning, Koby Salter, Tom Lawton, Zane Smith, Marley Medina

16 Years: Christopher Rae, Lincolin Markulin, Marlen Wilson

15 Years: Keanu Wells, Max Leaitua, Deakin Wright, Cooper Jones, Tristan Jackson

14 Years: Kallum Moggs, Asher Armstrong, Malcolm Hawkins

13 Years: Liam Smith, Joel Washington

12 Years: Oliver Craik, Brendan Lin

Team Members

Asher Armstrong, Jay Bonython, Will Browning, Riley Carmody-Smith, Owen Clark, Oliver Craik, Tyronne Dorrell, Blake Downs, Brodie Graham, Olly Graham, Thomas Gregory, Aymn Hamilton, Malcolm Hawkins, Tasman Holliday, Tristan Jackson, Thomas Johnson, Cooper Jones, Archie Lawson, Tom Lawton, Max Leaitua, Brendan Lin, Will Lyons, Lincoln Markulin, Jordan Mawad, Xavier McNeil, Marley Medina, Giuseppe Merillo, Kallum Moggs, Noah Nakagawa, Eden Pearson, Tommo Peters, Isaac Plunkett, Parker Robinson, Christopher Rae, Koby Salter, Zane Smith, Zachary Scaysbrook, Jude See, Liam Smith, Harry Thorp, Joel Washington, Keanu Wells, Marlen Wilson, Deakin Wright

BBSSSA Athletics Team

On Monday 12 September, Mr Ristuccia and 21 students attended the NSWCCC Athletics Carnival at SOPAC, Homebush. Fortunately, the weather cooperated, and the day was held in very enjoyable springtime conditions. Highlights for the day included: Lincoln Markulin in Year 10 placing second in the Under 16 Javelin (45.67 m); Will Browning in Year 11 placing third in the Under 17+ 800 m (2.01.08 sec); Tom Lawton in Year 11 placing third in the Under 17+ 400 m (52.62 sec)

Results from the day included:

Under 12: Brendan Lin - 5th place Discus

Under 13: Malcolm Hawkins - 10th place Discus Liam Smith - 8th place 800 m and 8th place 1500 m Joel Washington - 17th place 800 m

Under 14: Kallum Moggs - 11th place Shot Put and 6th place Javelin; Asher Armstrong - 17th place 1500 m

Under 15: Max Leaitua - 8th place Shot Put; Keanu Wells - 5th place Javelin; Deakin Wright - 14th place 200 m and 10th place 1500 m; Cooper Jones - 15th place 200 m and 8th place 400 m; Tristan Jackson - 16th place 1500 m

Under 16: Lincoln Markulin - 7th place Shot Put and 7th place Discus; Christopher Rae - 12th place 100 m and 17th place 200 m; Marlen Wilson - 6th place 400 m and 15th place 800 m

Under 17: Zane Smith - 4th place High Jump; Marley Medina - 9th place Triple Jump Parker Robinson - 4th place Shot Put; Will Browning - 4th place 1500 m; Koby Salter - 12th place 1500 m

We had four boys attend these championships, that were run by Athletics NSW at SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park. This event is open to all students across NSW, with the aim of being selected in the NSW team. Our boys achieved the following results: Liam Smith 23rd in 800 m and 21st in 1500 m; Cooper Jones 39th 100 m and 19th 400 m; Lincoln Markulin 3rd Javelin; Will Browning 7th 800 m and 11th 1500 m.

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NSWCCC All Schools

NSWCCC COACH: TOM RISTUCCIA

Team Members

Asher Armstrong, Will Browning, Malcolm Hawkins, Tristan Jackson, Cooper Jones, Max Leaitua, Brendan Lin, Lincoln Markulin, Marley Medina, Kallum Moggs, Christopher Rae, Parker Robinson, Liam Smith, Zane Smith, Joel Washington, Keanu Wells, Marlen Wilson, Deakin Wright

Basketball

JUNIOR COACH: NEVIN ODDEN

The 2022 Junior Boys Basketball squad successfully defended their BBSSSA title at the Breakers Indoor Sports Stadium in Terrigal on 1 September. The St Edward’s team defeated all competing sides from St Leo’s, MacKillop, St Paul’s, Mater Maria, St Peter’s and St Brigid’s in the round robin preliminary schedule. In the grand final versus Mater Maria, the St Edward’s boys came out firing on all cylinders and soundly defeated the schoolboys from the Northern Beaches by a score of 45-12. In the tournament, the junior squad averaged over 40 points a game while only allowing 15 points per game.

With their win at the BBSSSA tournament, the St Edward’s Junior Basketball squad next competed in the NSWCCC finals at the Bankstown Basketball Stadium in Sydney’s southwest on 31 October-1 November. The boys won all Pool B games against McAuley Catholic Tumut, St John Paul’s Coffs Harbour, Champagnat Maroubra, St Dominic’s Kingswood and Edmund Rice Wollongong. In the grand final, St Gregory’s College from Southwest Sydney used their physical play and experience to outlast the Eddie’s boys by a close score of 34-28. In the state tournament, the junior team averaged 35 points a game while allowing their opponents 25 points per game.

The team was led by Year 8 starters Max James, Charlie Mogg, Oli Power and Riley StaunerLumsden, who all showed great hustle and leadership throughout both tournaments. Year 8 boys Meihana Gardiner, Kye McIntosh, Patrick Oates and Tahj Regattieri provided outstanding play at all positions when needed. The youngest boys on the team, Year 7 boys AJ Tillot, Cruiz Parke and Oscar McMahon, were all valuable contributors in each game.

Junior Basketball Team

Team Members

Meihana Gardiner, Max James, Kye McIntosh, Oscar McMahon, Charlie Moggs, Pat Oates, Levi Papps, Cruiz Parke, Oli Power, Tahj Regattieri, Riley StaunerLumsden, AJ Tillott,

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INTERMEDIATE COACH: RICHARD ELLIS

A very strong Intermediate team travelled to the Terrigal Basketball Stadium, where they performed exceptionally well against some strong opposition.

Four straight wins would see the team claim the title of BBSSSA Champions for 2022. Fine performances in the pool stage against St Peter’s Catholic College and St Leo’s Catholic College laid the foundations for a very successful day. Micah Nisbett and Cruz McMahon were exceptional at both ends of the floor in two comprehensive victories. The team then went on to defeat MacKillop Catholic College and Mater Maria Catholic College to secure a pace in the final. Jesse Hughan led from the front and was ably assisted by Jacob Marsters. The team made a quick start to the final and baskets were free-flowing. Our determined defence limited Mater’s opportunities and they struggled to keep up with us. Despite a late run by our opponents the boys lifted and the score got away from Mater. Next stop, the CCC tournament in Term 4.

Results:

St Edward’s College vs St Peters Catholic College: Win 48-17

St Edward’s College vs St Leos Catholic College: Win 43-18

St Edward’s College vs Mater Maria Catholic College: Win 28-10

St Edward’s College vs St Paul’s Catholic College: Win 36-25

St Edward’s College vs MacKillop Catholic College: Win 61-18

St Edward’s College vs St Brigid’s Catholic College: Win 59-7

St Edward’s College vs Mater Maria Catholic College: Win 34-16 (Final)

Intermediate Basketball Team

The team travelled to Bankstown City full of confidence after a resounding BBSSSA tournament victory. The boys started well and jumped out to an 11-0 half time lead against Trinity Catholic College. Jesse Hughan was outstanding on offence, making scoring look easy in congested areas. The second half was even more fluid and the final result was a strong 32-7 win.

McCarthy Catholic College proved much tougher opponents and the boys were trailing by 5 points with five minutes to go in the second half. Some sharp-shooting from Cruz McMahon proved the difference as the team rallied late in the game to record an important 25-18 victory. Neo Thompson rebounded the ball well, while Mackay Jackson also found his shooting boots to record 9 points for the game.

The match up with St Gregory’s Catholic College proved the most entertaining game, with the boys coming from behind to level the scores with 25 seconds remaining. St Gregory’s made a tough shot to lead by 2 with 8 seconds to go and although we had a good look at scoring it wasn’t to be and the 20-22 loss saw us finish the day with 2 wins, 1 loss and all to play for in the cross-over pool match on Tuesday.

Another entertaining game against Corpus Christi ended in a dramatic 33-33 draw. The team led the game by 8 at one point, but were pegged back by an extraordinarily talented shooter from the opposition. Neo made a lay up with 20 seconds left and the team led by 3. Somehow, the oppositions best player found a space between two of our defenders and scored a dramatic last second leveller.

This result saw the team qualify for the Championship quarter-final against MacKillop Catholic College from Port Macquarie – a formidable foe. This proved all too true as the team exited the tournament, losing their final match 20-34 to a very talented opposition. Despite making a late run, MacKillop’s all round game proved too strong.

Team Members

Kylan Gould Sumner, Jalen Heaney-Johnson, Jesse Hughan, Mackay Jackson, Jacob Marsters, Flynn McHale, Cruz McMahon, Micah Nisbett, Brooklyn Roberts, Thomas Roth, Neo Thompson, Flynn Zammit

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Micah Nisbett

Basketball

OPENS COACH: RICHARD ELLIS

BBSSSA Tournament

The team travelled to Breakers Stadium in Terrigal for the annual BBSSSA Basketball tournament. A strong St Edward’s outfit overcame all competition on the day to be crowned BBSSSA Open Basketball Champions. The team played St Brigid’s Catholic College, MacKillop Catholic College, St Leo’s Catholic College, St Peter’s Catholic College, St Paul’s Catholic College, in the pool games to set up a final against Mater Maria Catholic College. Having come out of the right side of a close pool game, the boys jumped out to an unprecedented 22-0 lead. Although Mater Maria fought hard to get back into the game, the St Edward’s was never worried and recorded an emphatic 42-19 final victory.

CCC Tournament

The team travelled to Port Macquarie to compete in the Open CCC Competition full of confidence after a resounding Broken Bay tournament victory. However, the boys were under no illusion that this competition would be at the same level. This was confirmed during the first match against Patrician Brothers College Fairfield. Although the team worked hard on the defensive end of the court, scoring proved a problem with some extremely big opposition. The game ended in an 18-29 loss. Despite the setback, St Edward’s rallied in the second game to record a strong 38-26 victory against All Saints Catholic College, Maitland. Parker Robinson was outstanding at both ends of the floor while Luke Marsters rebounded the ball for some easy points in offense. The next game saw us take on the eventual tournament winners and they were exceptional. St Edward’s tried their hardest and got back within 12 points at three-quarter time. Cruz McMahon in Year 9 was outstanding in offense as he hit a number of 3 pointers and drove to the basket with ease to help the team. The game ended 60-79 – a truly valiant effort.

Day 2 proved to be more fruitful, as the team won both their remaining pool matches in style. Ronan Grattan and Lachlan Darnley were inspirational in both victories. Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to make the semis as we were knocked out on a head-to-head ruling despite having a far superior scoring percentage. Although this was disappointing, the players performed admirably and represented the College with great pride right throughout both tournaments.

Special mention and thanks to the three Year 12 boys who have represented the College since Year 7: Parker Robinson, Ronan Grattan and Lachlan Darnley.

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Bates, Lachlan Darnley, Ronan Grattan, Jalen Heaney-Johnson, Miles Henderson, Tom Lawton, Luke Marsters, Cruz McMahon, Micah Richards, Jack Roberts, Parker Robinson, Zane Smith

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Beach Volleyball

BBSSSA COACH: JASON CARPENTER

On a sunny Tuesday 29 November, the Year 11 Sports, Lifestyle and Recreation students travelled to Manly Beach to contest the Broken Bay Championships.

The morning started well, with calm conditions making for competitive games. The team got off to a great start, breezing past St Brigid’s Catholic College, winning two sets to nil. They then encountered a more competitive Mater Maria Catholic College team who pushed the boys early in the first set. We again won comfortably, three sets to nil.

By mid-morning, the southerly had whipped up and made conditions very tricky playing into the wind. Our toughest game of the day would be against St Paul’s Catholic College. The boys had some luck, winning the toss and playing with the wind. They got a great start, skipping to an early lead, but St Paul’s hung in there and we won a close first set. In the second, St Paul’s used the wind to their advantage and comfortably won the second set. The boys regrouped, and started the third and final set strongly, using the wind to dominate the opening points. St Paul’s struggled and at the change of ends, could not fight back. The boys winning a close game, two sets to one.

In our final game, we played St Leo’s Catholic College. The team was aware that a win would clinch them the title but started slowly, with Leo’s winning some easy points. However, the team kicked into gear and cruised to win convincingly, two sets to nil.

Team Members

Jesse Brazier, Flynn Cosgrove, Tom Lawton, Blaine McIntosh, Harry Mitchell, Tobias Nolan, Sione Ofahengaue, Riki Smith, Alex Vitoros and Tahj Werner

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Chess SCHOOL TEAM COACH: RICHARD MASSEY

The start of this year saw restrictions in place due to COVID. By late Term 1 and an easing of restrictions, Chess Club could meet regularly each Friday during lunch.

While our chess regulars returned in 2022, we welcomed an enthusiastic group of new students to our club this year. The aim each Friday was for students to come along and enjoy social, competitive chess. Over time many members were brave enough to step away from their peer group and play chess against new members of our club and many surprised themselves with their improvement in play.

In Term 3 our club participated in the Interschool Chess Challenge Heat held at Central Coast Grammar School. The day is organised and run by the Sydney Chess Academy and all members of our club participated on the day.

Competition comprised of club members playing seven games in a ‘Swiss’ competition. All players were seeded based on their results during the day; which meant players were competing against players from other schools of comparable ability.

While individual results for players were recorded, school placings at the end of the day would determine which schools would advance to the semi finals to be held late Term 3.

At lunch St Edward’s was fifth on results to that point of the competition, however after lunch members bought their “A” game and our club finished third in the High School division. This meant we would participate in a semi-final in late August.

Unfortunately, COVID reared its head as I tested positive on the evening before the tournament so at late notice we had to withdraw from the semi-final. While I know students were disappointed, I was touched by their concern for me and my health.

Competing at Central Coast Grammar School

Team Members

Gabriel Aborro, Abel Biju, Ronan Bishop, Cormac Brady, Phoenix Carter, Marshall Dodsworth, Archie Hamilton, Eli Leary, Finn Leary, Joshua Mangan, Logan Mercieca, Marco Sgarvizzi, Derik Sino, Andrew Stephenson, Aibel Thomas, Leon Towle, Jack Wighton, Matthew Xuereb, Philip Yoon

Cricket BERG SHIELD COACH: SCOTT MURRAY

It’s been two full seasons since we last had a team together due to COVID and the wet weather early in the season hindered tryout sessions and selections, but a team was finally selected.

Game 1 was against St Peter’s Catholic College, Tuggerah at Hylton Moore Oval and the boys started well. At the end of the first session, we were 2/59 at drinks. The second session of our batting went along rapidly, and the boys ended up only 2 down for 145. Max Otwei topped the batting with a well made 71 and backed up by Hayden Fearnley 18 and Ryan Bullot 21. The bowling innings was a bit of a struggle. The boys were good in the field and kept things tight but were just not producing any wickets. At the drinks break, St Peter’s were 1/40. After the drinks break a couple of wickets fell and the scoring slowed even further, and the visitors were kept to 3/76 at the end of the 20 overs. A great first up win with Fraser Blackwell taking 2/6 off 2 overs and Max Otwei backing up his bowling with 2/8 off 4 overs.

Game 2 was an away game in Newcastle against St Pius Catholic College Adamstown. St Edward’s College batted first and put on 6/159 at the end of the 20 overs. A competitive score but there was a lot of talk about how the opposition had scored 250 plus the week before. James Winiata top scored with 38 (no), Levi Papps scored 23. The bowling innings again was kept tight with not many chances being created. At the end of the first 10 overs, St Pius had managed to get to 3/54. Some loose bowling and a few shots from St Pius had them still in the hunt right to the 15th over and then the wheels fell off and our St Edward’s boys tore through them and at the end of the 18th over Adamstown were all out for 110. James Winiata, Isaac Phillips and Levi Papps all took 2 wickets each. Another great win and on to the next round to be played after publication of the yearbook.

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Team Members

George Barry, Fraser Blackwell, Ryan Bullot, Hayden Fearnley, Luke Harrison, Alexander Jack, Will Lynch, Max Oteiwi, Levi Papps, Isaac Philips, Cooper Spinks, Neo Thompson, James Winiata

Berg Shield Team

DOWNIE TROPHY COACH: MARK AUSTIN

Our Downie Trophy Opens team had a tough selection period due to the unpredictable weather conditions. We would like to thank all for wanting to be involved and trying out for the team, it was tough trying to select thirteen players.

We had the bye in Round 1 but faced St Peter’s Catholic College in Round 2. After winning the toss and selecting to bowl, it is fair to say that we dominated from ball one. Fynn Newell and Matt Toohey opened the bowling taking quick wickets and bowling fast, while Lachlan Carlyle bowled a tight spell with his leg spin. St Peter’s batted for 26 overs, only scoring 16 runs, as the boys gave them nothing in the field as they took all their chances.

Alex Cutting and Cameron Wehrle chased down the runs in 11 balls. Off to Round 3!

For Round 3, we played MacKillop Catholic College. Again, we won the toss and chose to bowl. A great opening spell from Fynn Newell (5/8) and Angus Jack (0/10) put us on the front foot. Rayden Gomez, Alex Cutting, Lachlan Carlyle, and Liam Roche shared the remaining wickets as Ken Foneska had one of the best runouts you will see. We bowled MacKillop out for 87 off 33 overs, again a strong performance in the field.

We lost a couple of quick wickets but passed their total with ease. Liam Roche (22), Rayden Gomes (32*) and Alex Cutting (24*) batted well to consolidate the innings after a tough start. Off to Round 4!

Round 4 is yet to be played, but more information to come. We have a strong side so it will be interesting to see how far we make it in this competition.

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Team Members

Levi Bailey, Lachlan Carlyle, Alex Cutting, Tom Fenton, Ken Fonseka, Rayden Gomez, John James, Angus Jack, Fynn Newell, Liam Roache, Koby Salter, Matt Toohey, Cameron Wehrle

Downie Trophy Team

Cross Country

BBSSSA COACH: JASON CARPENTER

On Monday 9 May, the College Cross Country team travelled down to St Ives Showground to contest the Broken Bay (BBSSSA) Championships. Wet weather of the past few weeks meant that a new course had been set, using the fire trails in and around the precinct. The result was a true cross-country course with steep declines and inclines, rocky and rutted trails, and the added variable of rain on the day.

Never-the-less, our team excelled with some fantastic individual and team results as follows:

Age Group Competitor Place

Under 12 Tam Johnston Nick Snelson Tom Gregory

8th 10th 17th 8th 10th

Age Group Competitor Place

Under 13 Liam Smith Joel Washington Cruiz Parke Aden Tillot Vin Romario Tom Collins Tom Barry Xavier Turner Finlay Jones

Under 14 Eden Pearson Asher Armstrong Cooper Hall Riley Carmody-Smith Lachlan Donafee Eamon Thompson Callum Cassar George Barry Euan Gregory

1st 4th 5th 8th 9th 11th 17th 22nd 25th

1st 2nd 4th 7th 9th 10th 16th 17th 19th

Under 15 Fletcher Sommerville Cruz McMahon Riley Turner Darcy de Vries Blade Marquart Luke Shereb Tom Flynn Hamish Watson

Under 16 Daniel McCarthy Ari Sullivan Seth Short Jay Bonython Keenan White

Under 17 Will Browning Calan Tucker Jayden Redfern

1st 3rd 6th 7th 16th 17th 18th 19th8th 10th

6th 10th 13th 16th

1st 3rd 4th

Overall, we were successful in regaining the Champion BBSSSA Boys’ trophy for 2022. Each of the boys who placed in the top 6 in their age group progressed to the NSWCCC Cross Country Championships at Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek.

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Cross Country

BBSSSA COACH: JASON CARPENTER

St Edward’s College was represented by a squad of 12 athletes at the Cross Country Competition for all Catholic Colleges in New South Wales.

The College had a larger number of athletes who qualified to compete at this level, but due to injury and sickness some athletes could not attend.

Compared to previous years the number of athletes competing this year was a lot less, but the times achieved by those who qualified for All Schools were very quick.

Some great results on Tuesday at the NSWCCC Cross Country Championships with 17 Broken Bay runners from 8 Broken Bay Schools now through to the NSW All Schools Championships on 22 July.

• Under 17 – 40 Athletes Competed (1st Place Time: 19:09): William Browning finished 7th with a time of 20:01:90.

• Under 15 – 51 Athletes Competed (1st Place Time: 13:43:80): Deakin Wright finished 17th with a time of 15:49:40.

• Under 14 – 55 Athletes Competed (1st Place Time: 14:27:20): Cooper Hall finished 22nd with a time of 16:21:00.

• Under 13 – 64 Athletes Competed (1st Place Time: 10:45:80): Liam Smith finished 12th with a time of 11:21:20.

Conditions were very windy on the day with the only saving grace being a tailwind on the straight at the start and at the finish. It was a strong headwind all through the back section over the undulating hills.

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Football

UNDER 13 COACH: JAY BROWN

On Tuesday 21 June the Under 13 Football team travelled to Cromer Park to compete in the Broken Bay Football Gala Day.

The first round saw the boys kick off with a challenging match against St Augustines Catholic College and we were narrowly beaten 0-1 by a long range strike that our keeper had very little chance of saving. The second match of the day saw us take on Mater Maria Catholic College and we came out ahead with a nail biting 2-1 win with goals from Harry Thorpe and Jacob Hall and special thanks to our shot stopper in goals Max Purkis. Round three saw us dominate over local Central Coast school, St Brigid’s Catholic College 8-0 with a flurry of goals from Harry Thorpe, Vin Romano, Jacob Hall, Fletcher Bush, Elio Cunico and Beau Loui.

Coming second in our pool saw us proceed to the semi-final round where we took on another Central Coast school, St Peter’s Catholic College, where we came away with a 2-0 win thanks to another performance from the whole team.

Progressing through to the grand final we met our arch rivals from round one St Augustines Catholic College. The boys played valiantly and left nothing on the park hitting the post twice and in a goal mouth scramble St Augustines scored the only goal of the match. Our boys did themselves and our College proud as they came away with silver medals for the day, and we look forward to watching out for these young guns on the football field in the future.

Team Members

Fletcher Bush, Jorge Chavez, Elio Cunico, Phelix de Vries, Jacob Hall, Krishay Jamnadas, Beau Louie, Max Purkis, Vin Romano, Joseph Sanfilippo, Liam Smith, Harry Thorpe, Joel Washington

Under 13’s Football Team

Football

UNDER 16 COACH: ALEX POWELL

BBSSSA

The 16’s competed at the annual Broken Bay tournament held at Cromer Park in Manly. This was a well-balanced squad consisting of boys from Year 9 and 10.

We were placed in a strong pool consisting of Mater Maria Catholic College, St Leo’s Catholic College, and MacKillop Catholic College. Traditionally we are always slow to get going after such an early start and journey down. This year however, the boys started with great intensity and energy and ran over the top of Mater Maria scoring some great individual and team goals. Slick passing and movement off the ball, allowed the boys to run away with a 7-0 win with Seth Short picking up player of the match for this game.

Up next was St Leo’s, sticking with our 4-3-3 formation we dominated possession. St Leo’s having seen our last score opted to go with a back 5 and 5 in midfield. Although the games are short in duration, patience was key with the boys looking to change sides as often as possible, exploiting gaps in the opposition defence. The boys managed to score with Matt Kairouz picking up player of the match for this game.

Our last pool game saw us face a strong McKillop side made up of several rep players. Undeterred, the boys played with confidence, again moving the ball around well and creating several chances. Unfortunately, we got caught on the break and ended up losing 1-0 against the run of play.

This took us into the semi-fnals where we played St Augustine’s. This was a good game with our boys again creating numerous chances and dominating the overall play. A top all round performance saw us into the final for the first time in a couple of years. Jesse Mantell picking up player of the match for this game.

When you lose a game in a season, you normally wait several weeks to try and put that right. The boys did not have to wait long as MacKillop who had previously beaten us awaited us in the final. Another good game ensued albeit with clearly tired players from both sides. The game was decided by one goal, and this was a goal worthy of winning any final. Joel Parrelli (player of the match) on the edge of the box displayed unbelievable tekkers and rifled a half volley into the top corner to give Eddies’ the win and a chance to move into the Combined Catholic College’s tournament.

The boys displayed great Eddie’s spirit throughout the day, representing themselves and the school with pride. I look forward to watching them on their football journey.

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Football

CCC COACH: NATHAN MARKS

The next fixture was against St Pius X Adamstown, at Speers Point on Tuesday 14 June.

We knew that this fixture would be tough, as St Pius X were the school to win their tournament so this game would come down to who could capitalise on one or two chances.

The structure of the game was 25-minute halves, moving onto golden goal if it ended in a draw, finishing with penalties. There was a vibe from both teams that penalties could be on the cards, and this was a factor we were preparing for in the 48th minute, scores held at 0-0. We unfortunately gave away a free kick in the dying seconds, and St Pius X were fortunate enough to take the chance, beating us 1-0.

All boys showed resilience in the heartbreak loss, we are fortunate enough to coach such a mature squad.

Team Members

Josh Bush, Aidan Ellis, Matt Kairouz, Jesse Mantell, Hamish McAteer, Daniel McCarthy, Ellis Milson, Finn Palmqvist, Joel Parrelli, Cooper Pegler, Seth Short, Michael Sikuka, Fletcher Sommerville, Gryffyn Stevenson, Ari Sullivan, Jesi Wanjohi

Under 16’s Football Team

Team Celebration

OPENS BBSSSA COACH: JOHN GRIFFIN

First game against St Paul’s Catholic College saw a lethargic match where neither team carved out any real opportunities. The team were adjusting to the pace of the synthetic pitch and playing together for the first time. The result finished 0-0.

Second game of the pool was against St Brigid’s Catholic College, and the team changed shape to 3 at the back to be more aggressive going forward and we were instantly rewarded. The game finished 7-0 with a range of goals scorers, including, James Stiffle, Jude Rankin, Jesi Wanjohi, two for Kit Gillings and Taj Werner.

The third game was the showpiece of the day and disappointing that it was not the final. It was against MacKillop Catholic College and the players were familiar with each and knew of the threats each posed. After a slow start, Will Rankin came alive with a clinical finish in front of goal to put us one ahead. MacKillop rallied and put immense pressure on our backline with Owen Bradstreet doing very well to marshal one of the strongest players of the day. The pressure continued until a controversial penalty was awarded to Mackillop, which was converted. In the second half, both teams pressed with greater intensity and the game became more physical and emotionally charged. The turning point came from a flowing move started by Jude Rankin that released Josef Louis to bury the ball in the back of the net. Our young keeper, Finn Pamlqvist was outstanding and helped keep us in the game.

The semi-final saw our team take on Mater Maria Catholic College. From the whistle it was a one-sided affair. We dominated possession and created multiple chances that should have been converted. Our defensive backline where hardly troubled as a tenacious opposition flooded the box. The game finished 0-0, much to the players disbelief and we went to penalties. The penalties were dispatched well by both players until the Mater Maria keeper made a strong save that won the match. All the boys in the squad conducted themselves with professionalism and showed great sportsmanlike qualities.

Team Members

Owen Bradstreet, Nathan Butler, Charlie Entwistle, Kit Gillins, Michael Holmes, Matthew Kairouz, Zane Kirkman, Josef Lewis, James Morgan, Finn Palmqvist, Jude Rankin, Will Rankin, James Stiffle, Jessi Wanjohi, Tahj Werner

Charlie Entwistle

Team Celebration

Owen Bradstreet

Friday Activities

SCOTT MURRAY

Aaaah, Friday. How we look forward to you each and every week – except when the weather Gods toy with us and boy, did they do their best in 2022. It was indeed one of the wettest years we have faced which was certainly not ideal following two years of Covid restrictions.

The key goal for each afternoon is to have our students actively moving and engaged and not leading a sedentary lifestyle. Rotating through on and off campus sports on a weekly basis creates new fun and opportunities for the students.

So what can the students be seen doing each Friday:

• Having a “wheely good time” riding around the Brisbane Water from Gosford to Woy Woy and back

• “Flipping Out” at trampolining and learning about lifes “up and downs”

• Wheelchair basketball at Niagara Park

• Fitness sessions at the gym (cue the ‘Rocky” music), followed by achieving their inner “zen” through yoga

• Making a “racquet” at Tennis

• Fishing is always a popular activity in our junior years – the boys wait with “baited” breath and some have become quite “hooked” on the activity.

A massive thank you to Mr Jason Carpenter – Carpo does an amazing job coordinating our on campus activities each Friday. Thank you to our dedicated staff members who act as coaches, referees and fine ambassadors for sport. Without these staff continuing to push the boys beyond their personal boundaries, many of our boys would not achieve many of the successes that they do.

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Friday Sport Activities

Futsal

UNDER 14’S COACH: RICHARD ELLIS

In Term 2, St Edward’s Black and Red teams headed to Niagara Park Stadium for the annual Football NSW Futsal tournament.

The teams were drawn against tough opposition, including sports schools from the Coast and the Northern Beaches. Eddies Red faced a strong Narrabeen Sports High School in their opening pool game. The boys tried hard, but went down fighting at the final whistle. They then faced Narara Valley High School and performed at a much higher level. Although they went down 1-3, the boys were unlucky not to have bagged a few more goals that their efforts richly deserved. The final game against Central Coast Sports College Red was a really tight affair, with the boys eventually losing 2-4.

Last Minute Instruction

Eddies Black performed with great aplomb from the very first whistle. They swept aside Central Coast Sports College White and Brisbane Water Secondary College, with resounding 4-0 victories. Zach Sammut was a standout in both games, denying the opposition attacks on multiple occasions. Cooper Hall and Reid Spokes provided attacking creativity that had the opposition on the back foot in both matches. A 1-1 draw with Kincumber High School did nothing to slow the team down as they accounted for Central Coast Sports College Red in a free-flowing contest. Isaac Phillips and Cody Diamond both getting on the scoresheet as the team ran away with the game. The semi final against Central Coast Sports College White was easily the best game of the tournament. With two outstanding teams on show, the crowd was treated to some fine futsal skills and team-play. Going 0-1 down for the first time in the tournament didn’t phase the boys as Cooper Hall got the team level with a fine finish. With the last seconds of the contest, a well struck shot took a fortuitous deflection and their keeper was beaten. The game ended 2-1. Eddies Black then took first place by beating Central Coast Sports College Red 4-0 in the final. Riley Carmody-Smith blasting the fourth goal past their keeper to cap-off a fine tournament.

Futsal

UNDER 14’S COACH: RICHARD ELLIS

St Edward’s Black then travelled to Windsor to compete against all the other area winners in the State. The first game saw them drawn against Chatswood High School. A tough match to start with, but the boys hit the ground running with a 2-1 win. Cooper Hall and Reid Spokes both getting goals. Next in the pool was Moriah College. The boys were excellent against a good team and recorded a strong 3-0 victory. Riley Carmody-Smith was a rock at the back along with Jeremy Cipallone. Edmund Rice College, Wollongong narrowly edged St Edward’s 1-2 in a hard-fought loss. Cooper Hall gave us the lead with an excellent finish, however, we conceded two goals late in the game and couldn’t recover. The last pool game was against the Ponds High School. This was easily our best performance for the tournament. Reid Spokes was exceptional up front, scoring 4 goals in a 5-0 demolition. Murphy Owen was fierce in defence and Cody Diamond worked tirelessly up and down the court. Our quarter-final contest saw us draw Endeavour Sports High School. The game started well and Cooper Hall put us in the lead with another well taken goal. Zach Sammut made some outstanding saves, however, Endeavour proved to be too well drilled and were the victors in an entertaining clash. Credit to all the boys who played hard and represented the College in excellent fashion.

Team Members

Black Team: Zach Sammut, Riley Carmody-Smith, Jeremy Cipallone, Cooper Hall, Reid Spokes, Murphy Owen, Isaac Phillips, Cody Diamond, Jacob Hall.

Red Team: Beau Heinzel, Jack Minehan, George Barry, Max Dawkins, Jaxon Burgess, Riley Stingmore, Daniel Lyons, Broden Mexon

Black Futsal Team

Golf

BBSSSA COACH: MATTHEW YOUNG

On Friday 2 September, members of the St Edward’s College Golf Team made the early start at Shelly Beach Golf Course. It was a little grey overhead, and the threat of rain was always there but held off to let the rounds begin. At the 9th hole nobody was greatly happy with their scoring and many of the same comments came out…. “Golf is an easy game if I don’t have to putt!”.

The back half of the course played a little better and the scoring obviously got better even though the wind had started to come up. From the team, St Edward’s won the Junior Stroke (Shaylan Bennett), Intermediate Stroke (Harrison Tanner) and overall, Schools Winner trophies. As you can see, we have several years ahead for most of this group and hopefully a little dynasty on the trophies. Great work!

Team Members

Shaylan Bennett, Joshua Chapman, Charlie Fennell, Owen Herden, Archie Lawson, Tobias Nolan, Harrison Tanner, Cameron Wehrle

Golf Team

Harrison Tanner

Hockey

NSWCCC COACH: MARK AUSTIN

After a couple of years not being able to represent the College, all our players were looking forward to playing in 2022. A squad of 13 was selected to go to Bathurst to compete in the NSWCCC Hockey Championships. Mr Scott Murray drove us out on Wednesday where we began preparing for a cold and tough couple of days, made tougher by losing our very experienced and talented Centre-Mid, Joshua Mercer to COVID that morning.

Game 1: St Edward’s vs McAuley Catholic College Grafton - Final Score: 0–2

All the boys were a little apprehensive about the cold, yet very excited to be finally playing some hockey. Grafton started well and immediately went on the attack and in less than a minute they were having their first shot on goal. Unfortunately, in an attempt to tackle the goal shooter, Ari Sullivan was hit in the mouth by the stick, on the follow through. This was the end of Ari’s hockey trip, who then spent the next eight hours in Bathurst hospital.

Jacques Engelbrecht and Jonte Wicks defended very well in the first half however, we conceded a late goal just before half time to be down 1 – 0. St Edward’s started the second half very well and unfortunately had a goal disallowed. In goals, Seth Short saved several shots to keep us in the game for the majority of the second half. A late goal was scored by Grafton to secure the match after a fantastic effort by all of the St Edward’s players, especially since we had no reserves for the majority of the match.

Game 2: St Edward’s vs MacKillop College, Port Macquarie - Final Score: 0–2

Cold wind and driving rain were the backdrop to game two. Port Macquarie are traditionally very strong and this year were no different, dominating play for the first 15 minutes. Only some excellent scrambling defence led by Jacques, kept MacKillop out for the majority of the first half, only conceding a late goal to be down 1–0 at half time.

St Edward’s College Hockey Team

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Hockey

St Edward’s started very strongly in the second half, with excellent play from Angus Jack, who used his exceptional speed to almost score. Mid way through the second half, Jonte had to come off, which meant we were playing one short. Rather than using this as an excuse, the rest of the team lifted their intensity only conceding one goal in the second half. In the final minutes Angus produced another excellent run to almost score again.

Game 3: St Edward’s vs Red Bend Catholic College, Forbes - Final Score: 0-8

With the sun setting and no improvement in the weather, game three against the top ranked side of Forbes was going to be very challenging. After the first six minutes of the game Red Bend College had scored three goals off three short corners which included a number of excellent saves on goal from Seth. At half time we were down 5–0, which could have been a lot worse without Seth’s excellent keeping.

The boys could have dropped their bundle at half time but rather came out and did themselves and the College proud. Seth was amazing in goals saving at least 8 shots on goal and was strongly supported in defence by Jacques, who never stopped running all day and was strong on the ball.

Game 4: St Edward’s vs St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton - Final Score: 0–1

Just as the game was about to start, it started to snow, which was a first for most of us. Players on all teams were playing in gloves, beanies and some even had jumpers under their playing shirt. Hamilton started with lots of confidence and dominated play, before Jacques had a chance to score off our first attacking short corner. Jonte, Hugo and Nate all played very well in the first half with accurate passing and support play coming out of defence. At half time the scores were locked at 0–0.

Early in the second half we conceded a goal from a defensive short corner. They continued to pressure our defence, which held tight. Mid way through the second half we had our second attacking short corner with Jacques almost scoring. Our final game finished a minute early due to Seth the wonder keeper becoming ill.

Finally, a special thanks to all the families and friends who came to Bathurst to support us. Thank you to Hugo Wicks, who stood up and umpired in very cold conditions.

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Team Members

Rex Allwood, Cohen Danvers, Jacques Engelbrecht, Nate Engelbrecht, Angus Jack, Hamish McAteer, Joshua Mercer, Seth short, Ari Sullivan, Ashton Walters, Cameron Wehrle, Hugo Wicks, Jonte Wicks

Oztag

CENTRAL COAST

COACH: ELLIOTT ROZARIO

On 3 August St Edward’s College was represented by two junior teams at the Central Coast All Schools Oztag Gala Day. After numerous trials due to the number of students who wanted to represent the College, it was clear that the teams were going to be strong.

The Year 8 team were in a competitive pool and despite finishing 2nd, narrowly missed out on a place in the finals due to for and against. It wasn’t the end to the day we expected but the boys still had a lot to be proud of. The boys comfortably won their games against Lakes Grammar School, Central Coast Adventist School and Wyong High School. They knew their toughest game was going to be against Central Coast Sports College 1 and although the boys lost 2-5 they showed resilience and determination – an impressive effort to only concede 5 tries.

Our Year 7 team demonstrated their outstanding ability, winning all of the games in their pool by a considerable margin beating St Brigid’s Catholic College, Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Berkeley Vale, Central Coast Sports College 2, and Gorokan High School. The finals proved to be a bit tougher but in the quarter final against Tumbi Umbi High School they played their best football and had a great win 6-2. The boys took this energy into their final game against Wadalba High School and came out strong with two early tries but unfortunately could not hold on to the lead and went down to Wadalba 2-3.

The sportsmanship and teamwork which was displayed throughout the day was commendable and it was amazing to see these young men represent the College with such maturity. A special mention to the Year 11 coaches Tyrone Dorrell and Zane Smith who shared their experience.

Team Members

Year 7 Team: James Boerner, Fletcher Buda, Austin Flakus, Noah Flakus, Jack Humphries, TJ Mahoney, Matt Norman, Cruiz Parke, Xaview Turner, Finn van Aalderen, Nixon Yarnold

Year 8 Team: Riley Carmody-Smith, Cody Diamond, Reggie Gooley, Andrew Hansen, Dylan Hitchenson, Lachlan Park, Tahj Regattieri, Cooper Rubagotti, Kyan Werner, Rourke Yarnold, Kobi Straker

Year 7 Oztag Team Year 8 Oztag Team

Public Speaking/Debating

COACH: KATIE MOON

This year we have welcomed a lot of new faces to debating which has been very exciting! Debating is a great way to improve critical thinking, thinking, and listening skills but it is more than that. It is also a fantastic way to connect with each other and the community. As a teacher it is wonderful to see the boys working together towards a common goal and supporting each other across year groups.

Australian National Virtual Debating Competition

Our Year 7 team hit the ground running in the National Virtual Debating Competition, and despite being defeated in their first debate managed to move into the knockout round. This saw them up against Penrith Anglican College debating the topic ‘that Australia should have a state income tax’ and after a very close debate, Penrith took home the win. Congratulations to Ben Weisbaum, Harry Evans, Alexander Lloyd, and Charlie Ure for all of their commitment and hard work. Well done boys!

For the first time in a number of years St Edward’s entered a senior team in the National Virtual Debating Competition. Jayden Redfern, Ben Stansfield, Noah Nakagawa, and Daniel Herd demonstrated outstanding speaking and critical thinking and progressed to the knockout rounds taking out the first round debating the topic ‘that we should ban foreign ownership of natural resources in Australia’. They are still progressing through the competition at the time of writing this and we wish them all the best.

Year 9 Debating Team

Year 10 Debating Cup

With the help of our amazing English teachers Ms Nowalinski and Mr Neve, this year we were able to host our very first Year 10 Debating Cup. It was fantastic to see all of the students embrace the debating spirit, have a bit of fun, and support each other while demonstrating their skills in persuasion. The final was fought out between Cohen Duncan, Fynn Mussared, Marco Sgaravizzi and Charlie Jacobson for the negative, and James Butlin, Oliver Wagemaker, Christopher Rae and Sam Baxter for the affirmative. Congratulations to the affirmative team on taking home the gold!

Josie Mitchell Debating Competition

In Term 4 we travelled to St Brigid’s Catholic College to battle other Central Coast Schools in the Josie Mitchell Debating Competition. After our Year 10 Debating team had to step down from this event due to a conflict with camp, Year 9 eagerly took on the challenge. Our team put in a lot of work preparing for the big day and it paid off early with a convincing win against Green Point Christian College. The boys then carried this momentum into their second debate and came away with another big win against St Peter’s which ensured their entry into the final. In the final debate, our team were given an hour to prepare for their topic and after a close back and forth with Green Point Christian College they were named runners up. Congratulations to William Lynch, William Conners, Lawrence Ure, Max Bayss, and Matthew Kirkland on their ability to think critically about a range of difficult topics and articulate their ideas in a mature and sophisticated manner.

Debate Preparation

Rugby League

UNDER 13’S COACH:

Central Coast Gala Day

MICHAEL GENTLE

On 19 May St Edward’s College Under 13’s Rugby League team participated in the Central Coast gala day. It was great for the students to be able to participate in a gala day after being restricted last year due to COVID. For a lot of the boys, it was their first time representing the College! Our first game saw a comfortable win over Terrigal which saw Noah Flakus stand out in the middle making several line breaks.

Our second game was a tougher game and luck did not go our way. The opposition got an intercept and even though we were dominating the ruck we ran out of time to score again. Owen Clark had a great performance in the middle and Cooper Smith made some great tackles!

Our third game we needed to win by 50 to make the semis and we did just that. James Boerner, Cruiz Parke and Austin Flakus all stood out scoring multiple tries along with Cooper Rubagotti. Unfortunately we lost in the semi final to Brisbane Water High School after they scored early. We were nearly able to come back however when James was running around to score under the posts the referee saw that he put his foot on the line.

Although the outcome was unfortunate, the boys all had a lot of fun playing together representing the College. I am sure that this team will only get stronger next year! The man of the match on the day went to Cruiz Parke who is an outstanding player with a lot of skills.

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Team Members

James Boerner, Owen Clark, Tom Collins, Caleb DiFranco, Austin Flakus, Noah Flakus, Noah Gattringer, Jack Humphries, Branden Lin, Oscar McMahon, Toby Newport, Matthew Norman, Cruiz Parke, Chance Redmand, Cooper Rubagotti, Cooper Smith, Aiden Tillot, Kysten Treble, Xavier Turner, Isaac Wheatley, Nixon Yarnold, Jye Young

St Edward’s College Under 13’s Rugby League Team

BBSSSA Gala Day

The boys were really excited about getting another opportunity to represent the College and each student did so with pride. The team won their first two round games and after scoring first in the semi-final, progressed through to the final after a late come back from MacKillop Catholic College saw them get a draw at full time in the semi-final clash. The final against MacKillop was a good contest however our boys ended up winning 12-4.

It is the first time the school has ever won this event and it was a great feeling for the boys to have their trophy displayed in the foyer of the College. On the day Cruize Parke stood out in the backs along with James Boerner and Austin Flakus. Nixon Yarnold had a great day in the halves whilst Noah Flakus was our best forward. The player of the tournament was given to Cooper Rubagotti who played outstanding both in defence and in attack.

UNDER 14’S COACH: JOSHUA MANTELLATO

Central Coast Gala Day

In Week 9 of Term 2 we participated in the Central Coast gala day at Erina Oval. Our pool games saw both teams play against other Central Coast Schools and in the fourth game both of the St Edward’s teams had to play each other for a spot in the final. For the boys, this was a weird experience but one in which both teams played each other with respect and pride in the jersey. The Red team beat the Black team by only 2 tries which placed them in the final against MacKillop.

The Red team then played the final against MacKillop and in the first half lead 4-nil at half time. In the second half MacKillop took the lead with a try and conversion for a 2 point lead. In the dying minute, the ball came out to the right and Tyrone Sayers scored out wide to give us the lead. He converted his own try and we ended up winning the final 10-6 which was a fantastic achievement against a school who some of our boys have never defeated before.

Team Members

Black Team: Tadhg Close, Cody Diamond, Hayden Fearnley, Harry Fittler, Archie Hall, Zach Herring, Dylan Hitchenson, Jaxon Macintosh, Charlie Martin, Alex McCoombe-Lopez, Kye McIntosh, Luca Norris, Isaac Philips, Will Ridings, Max Roth, Harrison Ryan, Quinn Scott, Kobi Straker, Lachlan Tibbutt, Zeek Vandersyde, Devonte Vaotuua

Red Team: Asher Armstrong, Riley Buda, Luca Dimech, Kobie Flanders, Ben GeddesBrown, Reggie Gooley, Taj Gooley, Ronan Hope, Ronnie Jordan, Nixon Lavin, Will McClelland, Jayden Moggs, Kallum Moggs, Coby Neilly, Toa Paea, Brendan Ratay, Cooper Rubagotti, Billy Sands, Tyrone Sayers, Riley Stauner-Lumsden, Sam Tracey

Team Celebration

Rugby League

UNDER 14’S COACH: JOSHUA MANTELLATO

Cochrane Cup

In Week 3 of Term 3 the Under 14’s Rugby League team travelled up to Port Macquarie for the Northern Division finals of the Cochrane Cup. This was a new experience for most of our boys as we were going away for their first footy trip representing the College and it gave everyone an opportunity to get to know each other more outside of the usual school environment.

The boys made the most of this experience and sang all the way up to Port Macquarie for four straight hours, blasting their “music” and having a laugh along the way.

On the day of the carnival we had three games lined up against teams from Port Macquarie, Maitland and a team from out West. We breezed through the first two games with 24-0 and 26-0 wins respectively. The final game was against the other undefeated team from Maitland and this was a much tighter affair.

We lead 4-0 at halftime and were defending strongly. The second half sea-sawed until the final minute where we let in a late try out wide to make it 10-all. They missed the goal but they still progressed through to the final in Sydney as they had a better point differential by just 2 points. Our boys were exhausted and shattered with the result but they were in great spirits on the bus ride home singing songs and keeping everyone entertained for another four straight hours.

Team Members

Asher Armstrong, Riley Buda, Tadhg Close, Luca Dimech, Kobie Flanders, Ben Geddes-Brown, Taj Gooley, Ronan Hope, Ronnie Jordan, Will McClelland, Alex McCoombe-Lopez, Jayden Moggs, Kallum Moggs, Coby Neilly, Toa Paea, Brendan Ratay, Billy Sands, Tyrone Sayers, Riley Stauner-Lumsden, Sam Tracey

The Cochran Cup Under 14’s Rugby League Team

Rugby League

UNDER 15’S COACH: ALEXANDER ROZARIO

This year the Under 15’s Rugby League team were quite successful and advanced through multiple rounds of competitions. The team was able to achieve this by showing great comradery, pride in their jersey and putting in 100% effort each game. During Term 3 they travelled down to Campbeltown Stadium to play in the City Cup to determine who would be the City Champion of the Greater Sydney region. To get to this game, we won the local Central Coast competition, defeating Kariong Sports school in the Semi Final in a back and forth game and Tuggerah Lakes in the Grand Final, and were undefeated during the Metro Championship gala day, not having one point scored against us, winning against Cronulla High, Alexandria Park and Narrabeen Sports High, defence being the standout on the day from all players.

For the City Championship game, we came up against a very tough and quite large Bass Hill team that came out of the gates firing. A few of our bigger forwards unfortunately had to miss the game due to illness and injury, but everyone in the pack stepped up and gave it their all. Their forwards were gaining ground in the middle, their size wearing us down as the game went on, and this led to Bass Hill gaining a 10 – nil lead quite early. But we rallied as a team and showed the Eddies spirit by weathering the storm and going into half time 10-4, noting that our fitness and mobility would see us have more energy at the back end of halves. After a stirring and inspirational speech by Coach Roz, it was our turn to go on the attack at the start of the second half, attacking Bass Hill’s line repeatedly until eventually we crashed over to make the score 10-10 with around 15 minutes to go in the game.

It was back and forth, set for set, with both teams giving everything they had, each team waiting to see who would make a mistake and give up valuable field position. Unfortunately for us, mistakes started creeping into our game and we turned over the ball in some crucial moments which allowed their bigger pack to catch their breath and go on the offensive. A drop ball on our line

Under 15’s Rugby League Team

Rugby League

UNDER 15’S COACH: ALEXANDER ROZARIO

and throwing an intercept would prove the difference, where we eventually beat ourselves, and finished the game losing 20-10.

Everyone played with grit, toughness and all players left everything out on the field. There were many standouts throughout all the games played, with everyone from the backs to the forwards having great moments. Within the City Championship game, Darcy was punishing in defence and Kieran was a workhorse playing the whole game in the middle against a much bigger forward pack. Deakin took some tough carries out wide and Blade was throwing players off him at will.

Unfortunately we did not progress to the City v Country game, but it has been a privilege to represent the College and pull on the black and red. We would also like to thank Herro for driving the bus whilst Mr Rozario slept in the front passenger seat.

Team Members Charlie Baldwin, Noah Best-Minto, Josh Brown, Jay Clarke, Kieran Dafter, Tyson Finn, Sam Flakus, Bohdi Hanger, Cooper Jones, Ryder Kasum, Oscar Mahoney, Blade Marquart, Archie Mesritz, Caleb Peterson, Brooklyn Roberts, Luke Shereb, Darcy Smith, Max Taylor, Kieran White, Deakin Wright

UNDER 16’S COACH: ELLIOTT ROZARIO

The Under 16’s Rugby League team participated in the U16’s City Cup held at Erina Oval and were to play a series of games against other competing Catholic Schools within the Central Coast region. From previous years of COVID and being in lockdown, the boys were extremely enthused to represent their College. The first game of the day was scheduled against Mackillop High, and the boys started the game cautiously, trading sets back and forth with the opposing team. After the nerves had settled, St Edward’s begun to dominate their opponents and played with structure and skill for the remainder of the game, resulting in no points being scored against them.

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Under 15’s Metro League Representatives

The second game was against Kincumber High School and the team was full of confidence from their performance in round 1. This game started differently to their previous, with St Edward’s taking control from the kick off and lead early with a 12-0 score. This success was not to be sustained throughout, losing our starting fullback Tevita Paea to a shoulder injury and conceding a try to bring Kincumber within 6 points. The boys rallied after losing their fullback and finished the game strong, scoring quick consecutive tries to push the score beyond reach of Kincumber and taking out a second win for the day.

The third and final regular game was against another undefeated side, Terrigal High. This game was a ‘must win’ to make the semi-finals and was to be our toughest challenge on the day, as Terrigal were known for having a strong, skilful team. St Edward’s started the game strong and were punishing in their running and get out sets, however the Terrigal side was not to be deterred and were trading set for set just as easily. The majority of the game was back and forth, with both teams grinding for metres each set. This grind was to eventually be our downfall, with the smaller and more agile Terrigal side out running our bigger pack and taking out the game with a 12-0 score line.

The entire Under 16’s side played with courage and enthusiasm the entire day and represented the College exceptionally well. In particular Devonte Vaotuua who was punishing in both attack and defence, Angus Newport and Harry Burgess who played nearly every position on the day and played them well and captain of the side Sean Bullen, who was an outstanding leader and lead by example in every game. This day would not have been possible without the support of Mr Jason Carpenter for his organisation and Mr Joshua Mantellato, who provided his invaluable rugby league expertise in assisting the team on the day.

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Team Members

Rex Alwood, Sean Bullen, Harry Burgess, Cohen Crook, Harry Fennell, Jared Gilston, Max Leaitua, Kaelan Markey, Lincoln Markulin, Angus Newport, Sam Nowalinski, Taj Oehm, Brayden O’Leary, Tevita Paea, Thomas Roth, Mitchell Ryan, Zac Straker, Max Stride, Lachlan Tibbutt, Devonte Vaotuua, Ben Willoughby

Under 16’s Rugby League Team

Rugby League

OPENS COACH: JASON CARPENTER

Sydney City Finals Day

The Open’s Rugby League team travelled down to Kerlie Park, Manly to play in the Sydney City Rugby League Finals Day. After battling washouts, venue changes and traffic on the way down we thought we were finally going to be able to play some footy.

We eventually got out there to play Alexandria Park School (South Sydney Region) in our first game. A timid first set from both teams saw us finally get the ball and from there we ran away with the game winning comfortably 38-0. This was highlighted by some individual brilliance and support play in scoring several of our tries. Sione Ofahengaue in Year 12, Sean Bullen in Year 11, Kurt Halls in Year 11 and Devonte Vaotu’ua in Year 10, play their first game with the Opens team.

There was a short turn-around into our second and final game (15 mins), which then became an actual Grand Final against De La Salle College (Cronulla Region). The game time was extended to warrant this, and it helped us with the result in the end.

The game in the first half was a very tough and brutal match, with both teams trading some big hits and heavy contact. The game was fought in the middle and did not allow our slick backs many opportunities to get into the game. De La Salle scored first, late in the first half to lead 4-0 at the break. The team identified a few things to work on in the second half and went about capitalising on those changes. This allowed us to play off some momentum going forward scoring tries from Malachai Smith and Tommo Peters. We eventually ran out winners 12-4.

NSW City Cup Finals

The Opens team continued their ongoing success in the Schoolboy competition. On Thursday 18 August, the team travelled down to Campbelltown Stadium to play in the NSW City Cup Finals. In a challenging draw, the team was required to play back-to-back games against Ashcroft High School (Western Sydney) and VIC University (Melbourne), with the winner progressing to the NRL Schoolboy Trophy Final. Both games would be 2 x 20 min halves.

On the back of the draw, most boys have also been dealing with their local finals and because of this we lost Emmet Nicholls in Year 12 and Jack Legge in Year 12 due to injury from the weekend’s games. Fortunately, Tom Whitmore in Year 11 took the opportunity to come into the side and did a fantastic job for us on the day.

In our game against Ashcroft, we played a near faultless first half, completing our sets and kicking long into the corners. Just after the half-time break we scored our fifth try to extend our lead to 24-0. Ashcroft scored two late tries to see a final score of 24-12.

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In the game against VIC University, we were a bit apprehensive at the start. We went to the break in a good position leading 12-6 but we had gained a lot of confidence in the way we had gone about the first half. In the second half we ran away with the game eventually winning 38-6.

NRL Schoolboy Trophy Final

The Open team finally wrapped up their season, contesting the NRL Schoolboy Trophy Final Day against Callaghan College Jesmond (the Country winner). On the back of our Year 12 boys wrapping up their formal celebrations in the morning, we travelled to Tuggerah, full of confidence. The team very excited to play in front of family and a big contingent of Year 12 students.

Callaghan started quick. A few early mistakes with the ball and in defence, saw Callaghan grab two early tries and put the team under pressure for the first time this year. To their credit, the boys hung in their and clawed their way back into the game. A try right on half-time allowed us to take the lead for the first time and it looked as though momentum had swung our way.

We went into the second half confident the game was ours for the taking. Unfortunately, Callaghan had other ideas, they scored back-to-back tries and we spent most of the half chasing them. Again, we clawed our way back, to take the lead 22-20. Callaghan just wouldn’t go away and scored a try off a contentious call. We had time at the end to score but just couldn’t conjure a try.

While the boys walked off disappointed in the result and how we had played, there was certainly no doubting the great effort Callaghan put up as deserved winners (26-22). The boys as a team, did a great job all year. They played some fast and entertaining football at times that was founded on their tough and uncompromising defence. While the result didn’t go our way, it is fantastic to see our school competing consistently at this level. Well done, boys.

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Team Members

Harry Bates, Sean Bullen, Leroy Carter-Mason, Charlie Cartwright, Ethan Cohen, Tyrone Dorrell, Atticus Fotofili, Kurt Halls, Aymn Hamilton, Jack Legge, Emmett Newlands, Emmet Nicholls, Sione Ofahengaue, Tommo Peters, Sebastian Plaister, Jackson Ryan, Joel Shereb, Malachai Smith, Zane Smith, Mason Stafford, Devonte Vaotu’ua, Thomas Whitore, Cruz Yarnold

The Opens Rugby League Team

Rugby Union

RUGBY SEVENS UNDER 14’S COACH: PAUL SULLIVAN

Central Coast Under 14’s Rugby Sevens

The Central Coast Rugby Sevens was held at Kariong and over 15 teams participated in the event. We entered two sides and both represented St Edward’s with pride. Team 2 beat Northlakes High School before losing a close one to Kincumber High School, and then finished with a draw to Central Coast Sports College. This was a great effort from the boys as some had never played rugby before. Team 1 was unstoppable, beating Kincumber High School, Central Coast Sports College and St Phillips Christian College to claim the title as Central Coast Champions! It was a successful day and the Black and Red spirit was certainly on show for all to see

BBSSSA Junior Rugby Sevens

The inaugural Broken Bay Sevens tournament was played at EDSACC, Bateau Bay, and it was a great opportunity for the students to test themselves against fellow Catholic schools within the diocese. Before the tournament we had a few students pull out due to injury etc but this did not faze the boys, as it was a successful day which culminated in

team receiving a silver medal after a narrow defeat against the eventual winners. Congratulations

Team Members

Team 1: Ben Geddes-Brown, Will McClelland, Alex McCoombe-Lopez, Kye McIntosh, Xavier McNeil, Lisitoa Paea, Harrison Ryan, Cooper Smith, Tom Smith, Angus Stewart, Sam Tracey

Team 2: Tadhg Close, Kobie Flanders, Reggie Gooley, Malcolm Hawkins, Lachlan Park, Brendan Ratay, Lachlan Roach, Harry Rutherford, Billy Sands, Tyrone Sayers, Blake Wilson

Team 1 and 2 Under 14’s Rugby Sevens Team

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to the team.

The results were:

St Edward’s College vs St Paul’s Catholic College: Win 30-10

St Edward’s College vs St Leo’s Catholic College: Win 40-0

St Edward’s College vs Mater Maria Catholic College: Loss 10-15

St Edward’s College vs St Brigid’s Catholic College: Win 50-0

St Edward’s College vs MacKillop Catholic College: Win 20-5T

Team Members

Riley Buda, Tadhg Close, Kobie Flanders, Ben Geddes-Brown, Will McClelland, Kye McIntosh, Xavier McNeil, Brendan Ratay, Lachlan Roach, Harrison Ryan, Billy Sands, Tyrone Sayers, Cooper Smith, Angus Stewart Touch Judge (Reggie Gooley)

BBSSSA Junior Rugby Sevens Team

Cheering on our Open’s Team

Supporting our College

Rugby Union

RUGBY SEVENS UNDER 16’S COACH: TRENT FOSTER

Central Coast Rugby Sevens Carnival

On Thursday, 8 September, the College entered a record three teams in the Under 16’s Central Coast 7’s tournament held at Central Coast Sports College, Kariong. Each team played in a separate pool, with each pool having 4 schools from across the Central Coast. With many of the boys being exposed to Rugby 7’s for the first time, it was a daunting task to play such a fast-paced game on a full-field. However, each boy, and team, quickly overcame any such nerves and played some quality, exciting rugby.

The boys were all fantastic ambassadors for the College, and their sportsmanship and skills were commented on by both the referees and NSW Waratah staff. Congratulations to the boys for the skills shown, positive attitude and excellent support play throughout the day.

While the day did not have an overall champion side, the three teams each competed admirably, with a total of 7 matches won from 9 played. 16 Red won 2 – lost 1, 16 Black won 2 – lost 1 and the 16 White won 3 (undefeated).

Team Members

16’s Red Team: Max Leaitua, Keanu Wells, Oscar Mahoney, Kale Puata, Nate Vaughan, Harry Burgess, Devonte Vaotuua, Mitchell Ryan, Tevita Paea, Angus Newport and Archie Mesritz

16’s Black Team: Kaelan Markey, Taj Oehm, Byron Marks, Luther Thomas, Marlen Wilson, Ben Willoughby, Riley Gardner, Samuel Nowalinski, Jai McLachlan, Lachlan Tibbutt, Cooper Wheelock

16’s White Team: Thomas Putts, Elijah McMonigal, Jimmy Stuart, Cameron Woodruff, Corey Calamatta, Jake McKeon, Riley Turner, Jared Gilston, Brayden O’Leary, Lincoln Markulin, Hudson Sky

Under 16’s Black Team

Under 16’s White Team

Broken Bay Diocesan Rugby Sevens Championship

Tuesday 13 September saw the Broken Bay Diocese hold the inaugural Rugby Sevens championship, contested at EDSAC, Bateau Bay. Drawing from Catholic Colleges from Manly through to Lake Munmorah, it was a great opportunity for the boys to not only play some more Rugby, but to compete for bragging rights within the Diocese. While originally there were seven schools entered into the Year 9 and 10 competition, by the time the day began this was whittled down to four teams, with each team playing each other once in the “pool stage”, with the top two teams then playing off in a final.

Having played together only the week beforehand, the boys were comfortable in the simple game plan of controlling the breakdown, recycling the ball quickly and spreading the ball wide. The support play was exceptional, with positive communication being the key.

Congratulations to the boys taking out the day in such a strong and commanding fashion. Definitely look forward to watching these boys continue to play Rugby in the future.

Games

St Edward’s College vs St Brigid’s Catholic College: Won 5 tries – 1

St Edward’s College vs MacKillop Catholic College: Won 6 tries – 0

St Edward’s College vs Mater Maria Catholic College: Won 6 tries – 0

Final

St Edward’s College vs St Brigid’s Catholic College: Won 6 tries – 0

Team Members

Max Leaitua, Keanu Wells, Oscar Mahoney, Kale Puata, Nate Vaughan, Harry Burgess, Devonte Vaotuua, Mitchell Ryan, Tevita Paea, Angus Newport, Archie Mesritz, Jared Gilston and Byron Marks

Under 16’s Red Team

Rugby Union

RUGBY SEVENS OPENS COACH: MARK REYNOLDS

This division saw St Edward’s enter two teams – the Year 11’s and the Year 12’s.

The Year 11’s had a tough first up battle against Central Coast Sports College. Unfortunately, the Eddies boys went down after the Sports College capitalised on some early errors. The boys showed plenty of spirit and skill to bounce back in their next game to get the win against a strong Kincumber High School team.

The Year 12’s showed plenty of flare in their first game against Kincumber High School. Some great ball movement resulted in multiple length of the field tries, ensuring a comfortable win. Their second game was a tight contest against Central Coast Sports College. The Eddies boys came from behind with two late tries to get the win!

The final game for both teams saw an all St Edward’s battle, Year 11’s versus Year 12’s. After an inspiring tunnel set by other Eddies boys, both teams took to the field. Drawing a big crowd everyone was eager to see what unfolded. Both teams played very entertaining rugby with plenty of ball movement and creative play. A strong run by Brendan Escott saw the Year 11’s in good field position and capitalised with a try in the corner. At the sound of the final siren, officially the Year 12’s got the victory. The game was played in great, light-hearted spirits with both teams entertaining the crowd. Well done to all boys involved for a fantastic day.

Team Members

Sean Bullen, Charlie Cartwright, Ethan Cohan, Oscar Cresswell, Tom Crouch, Lachlan Darnley, Tyrone Dorrell, Mitchell Ella, Bendan Escott, Atticus Fotofili, Callum Gilston, Aymn Hamilton, Nathan Irvine, Jack Jamieson, Cooper McBride, Christopher Murray, Sine Ofahengaue, Tommo Peters, Sebastian Plaister, Jackson Ryan, Malachi Smith, Riki Smith, Zane Smith, Cruz Yarnold

Under 18’s Rugby Union Team

Surf Life Saving

COACH: TRENT FOSTER

On 24 November the College participated in the annual Broken Bay Diocese Surf Life Saving Carnival, held at Terrigal Beach. It was a beautiful late spring day, with a gentle 1-2 feet of swell for the water competitors, but there was limited beach space due to recent king tides for the beach competitors. This created a small operational and timetable change for the day, these changes did not affect the boys’ confidence, nor their individual mindset for each of the events.

The carnival consisted of the beach events of sprints, flags and relays, while the water events were board, ski, swim, Taplin, iron man and relay. The depth of talent was demonstrated by the College fielding multiple competitors in each event, with the boys successfully dominating most events, especially the team relays and Taplin.

Without recognising every individual achievement in each event, it would be remiss not to note the Blue Ribbon event of the Ironman. This event saw the boys complete legs of swimming, board paddling and ski, with a run along soft sand between each leg. The gruelling event saw 3 competitors: Ashton Walter, Cashar Darwin and Keenan White complete the event, with Cashar leading the race by a small margin coming onto the beach from the final water leg. With only the soft sand run left, the distance between them was only a few metres. However, Cashar seemed to have put all his energy into the water legs, while Ashton had some fuel left in the tank, overtaking Cashar with only 20m left of the run to take out this prestigious event.

Keenan White and Noah Nakagawa were exemplary senior leaders on the day, being a vocal cheer squad and positively encouraging each competitor to do their best. On top of this, both boys competed across several disciplines and achieved fantastic results themselves. All boys should be extremely proud of the manner in which they both competed and represented the College, with the team taking out the Overall Boys School Champion Trophy.

Team Members

Tom Barry, Cashar Darwin, Max English, Tasman Holliday, Jack Humphries, Nick Kearney, Xavier May, Luke Nakagawa, Noah Nakagawa, Eden Pearson, Kale Puata, Julian Tagoai, Ashton Walter, Hamish Watson, Keenan White, Deakin Wright

First Place - All Age Beach Relay

Swimming Representatives

BBSSSA COACH: JASON CARPENTER

The College Swimming team headed down to SOPAC, Homebush to contest the Broken Bay Carnival.

The day was a tremendous success with the Eddies team achieving some fantastic individual and team results. Highlights for the day included:

• St Edward’s being crowned Junior (12-14), Intermediate (15-16) and Senior (17+) Division Champions

• Ashton Walters (Under 16) and Daniel McLoughlin (17+) Age Champions

• Winning the Junior Medley, Intermediate Freestyle and Medley and the Senior Freestyle and Medley Relays.

• The Senior 4x50m Freestyle Relay team of Ryan Green, Taine Beavis, Nick Green and Daniel McLoughlin breaking their record from last year and setting a new Broken Bay Record of 1.42.48 seconds.

• The Senior 4x50m Medley Relay Team of Ryan Green (Backstroke), Jayden Redfern (Breaststroke), Daniel McLoughlin (Butterfly) and Taine Beavis (Freestyle) setting a new Broken Bay record of 1.56.51 seconds.

• Daniel McLoughlin setting a new Broken Bay record in the 17+ years 50m Butterfly race.

• As a result of these wonderful performances, 17 students from the team will progress to the NSWCCC carnival on Wednesday 6 April at SOPAC, Homebush.

Where young men achieve

Team Members

Tom Barry, Taine Beavis, Shay Bennett, Lachlan Bunney, Archie Carpenter, Cashar Darwin, Nick Green, Ryan Green, Tasman Holliday, Nathan Irvine, Tam Johnston, Cooper Jones, Ronnie Jordan, Nicholas Kearney, Samuel Logan, Daniel McLoughlin, Eden Pearson, Taj Probert, Kale Puata, Jayden Redfern, Tahj Regattieri, Julian Tagoai, Ashton Walters

Senior 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Team

Senior 4 x 50 m Medley Relay Team

NSWCCC COACH: JASON CARPENTER

On Wednesday 6 April, 12 St Edward’s students attended the NSWCCC swimming carnival as a part of the Broken Bay Swimming team. Our numbers were reduced due to a clash with the Australian Surf Lifesaving carnival. Nevertheless, our team excelled at the carnival. We had swimmers in the following divisions:

• Under 14: Eden Pearson, Tahj Regattieri

• Under 15: Lachlan Bunney, Cooper Jones

• Under 16: Cashar Darwin

• Under 17+: Taine Beavis, Daniel McLoughlin, Jayden Redfern

• Relay 4 x 50 m Freestyle Under 12-14: Tom Barry, Tasman Holliday, Tahj Regattieri, Eden Pearson.

• Relay 4 x 50 m Freestyle Under 15-16: Archie Carpenter, Cooper Jones, Lachlan Bunney, Cashar Darwin

• Medley Relay 4 x 50 m Under 15-16: Archie Carpenter, Kale Puata, Lachlan Bunney, Cashar Darwin

• Medley Relay 4 x 50 m Opens: Taine Beavis, Jayden Redfern, Daniel McLoughlin, Cooper Jones

Highlights for the day included:

Daniel McLoughlin

• Winning Gold in the Under 17+ 50m, 100m Butterfly and Backstroke

• Daniel also set a new NSWCCC record in winning the 50m Backstroke of 27.53 seconds

Tahj Regattieri

• Winning Silver in the 12-14yrs 100m Backstroke and a Bronze in the U14 50m Backstroke

The Opens 4 x 50 m Medley Relay team - (Taine Beavis, Jayden Redfern, Daniel McLoughlin, Cooper Jones)

• Winning a Bronze All Schools Carnival

Daniel McLoughlin won Gold in the 200 m Under 17 Butterfly and Bronze in the 50 m Backstroke and 100 m Butterfly. The results saw him selected into the NSW School Sport Australia Team, he declined however due to his selection in the Australian Pan Pac’s Team.

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Daniel McLoughlin

Tahj Regattieri

Tennis

BBSSSA COACH: HEIDI ENGLUND

On Tuesday 30 November, St Edward’s competed in the Broken Bay Tennis day at Oxford Falls in Sydney.

Our two teams were incredibly successful with our Championship Boys Open Team bringing home the silver medal and our Division Two Boys team bringing home the trophy!

The Championship team narrowly missed out to the team from Mater Maria Catholic College. A special mention to Conor Murphy, whose opposition in every game was a player currently ranked 6th in Australia. The St Edward’s team worked very consistently and held their own against the strong opposition.

Our Division Two team went into the final as underdogs and pulled off a last minute upset against the older and more experienced boys from St Paul’s Catholic College. A fantastic result!

Team Members

Championship Opens Team: Kai Maitland, Conor Murphy, Kale Puata, Leon Towle

Division Two Team: Zach Barnfield, Harrison Evans, Aidan Matthews

Championship Team Division Two Team

Touch Football

BBSSSA UNDER 13’S COACH: ALEXANDER ROZARIO

On Monday 24 October the Under 13s Touch Football Team, Mr Reynolds and Mr Rozario made the journey down to Frenchs Forest in what would turn out to be a very wet day of footy.

With the heavens opening and the wind kicking up, the boys first game was to be a soggy one against St Augustine’s Catholic College. Both sides were equally matched, only a few late errors proving the difference, with the team going down 3-2.

The next two games against St Peter’s Catholic College and St Leo’s Catholic College were much improved, the boys driving the ball down the middle well and getting both teams on the back foot, eventually winning 3-1 and 5-2 respectively.

With the rain not easing and conditions getting worse, the decision was made by the organisers to alter how many teams would play in the finals, meaning the team just missed out because of their one loss.

In what was a very wet and windy day, the boys enjoyed representing the College and played with great spirit the whole day. Some standouts being both Flakus brothers Austen and Noah, Matt Norman and Nixon Yarnold in attack, and Cooper Smith and Jack Humphries in defence.

Thank you to Mr Reynolds for driving the bus and Hunter Kay and Byron Marks for making the trip to referee the day.

Team Members Austen Flakus, Noah Flakus, Noah Gattringer, Beau Gordon, Jack Humphries, Krishay Jamnadas, TJ Mahoney, Matt Norman, Cruiz Parke, Cooper Smith, AJ Tillott, Finn van Aalderen

The Under 13’s Touch Football Team

Touch Football

BBSSSA UNDER 15’S COACH: PAUL ENGLISH

The Broken Bay Touch Football Championships were held in Week 3 of Term 1 at Doyalson. Twelve boys nominated to play in the competition making the selection process very easy.

Captained by Samuel Flakus, the team moved confidently through their pool games and had three convincing wins to begin the tournament. The first game was against St Peter’s Catholic College and the boys powered to a 10-0 win. The second game against Mater Maria Catholic College was tougher with the final score of 5-1. The team then focused on the final pool game against St Leo’s Catholic College which they won comfortably 8-2.

The semi-final was against MacKillop Catholic College and the boys tightened their defence and came away winners 6-2.

Advancing to the final allowed us to compete against St Augustine’s Catholic College, who defeated us in the final last year. The St Edward’s team started very well and quickly took a 2-0 lead after 5 minutes of play. As the final progressed, St Augustine’s challenged our defence but as they scored, so did we and a two try buffer was maintained throughout the game.

The best player’s award on the day was to the captain, Sam Flakus, who led from the front and was positive in all that he did on the field.After a possible/probable trial was held on the day, the following boys were selected for the Broken Bay Under 15’s team to contest the NSWCCC championships later this year: Samuel Flakus, Byron Marks, Luke Shereb, Archie Mesritz, Josh Brown.

The Under 15’s Touch Football Team

Team Members

Joshua Brown, Archie Carpenter, Samuel Flakus, Andrew Hansen, Samuel Logan, Oscar Mahoney, Byron Marks, Blake Marquart, Archer Mesritz, Luke Shereb, Fletcher Sommerville, Nate Vaughan

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Touch Football

BBSSSA OPENS COACH: JASON CARPENTER

The Open team contested the Broken Bay event on Wednesday 16 February at Doyalson RSL Playing Fields.

The team played pool games against St Peter’s Catholic College (winning 4-0), Mater Maria Catholic College (winning 4-3) and St Leo’s Catholic College (5-2). The combinations between the boys slowly built throughout the round games with some slick tries scored. As a team we spoke about tightening up our defence that was leaking some soft tries.

In the finals, we played St Augustine’s Catholic College in the semi-final (winning 5-2) and Mater Maria Catholic College again in the grand final winning 3-1. The result meant that we were crowned Broken Bay Champions. A fantastic achievement by a very talented group of young men. The results reflected the team’s ability to control the tempo and flow of the game, with the boys rarely troubled throughout the day.

The day also doubled as a selection for the Broken Bay team to contest the NSWCCC trials in late March at Nelson’s Bay. We had six boys selected in the Possible’s V Probable’s game. Sebastian Plaister, Kieran Diamond, Joel Shereb and Sean Bullen made the team.

Team Members

Sean Bullen, Carlie Cartwright, Kieran Diamond, Tyrone Dorrell, Jackson Herbert, William Hodder, Tommo Peters, Sebastian Plaister, Joel Shereb, Zane Smith, Zac Straker, Calan Tucker, Jonah Wright

The Opens Touch Football Team

YEARS 9 AND 10 ALL SCHOOLS

COACH: JASON CARPENTER

After a change of venue due to oval closures from the recent rain, the Years 9 and 10 Touch Football team travelled to Nelson’s Bay to contest the Hunter/Central Coast All Schools Carnival on Thursday 9 June.

A very cold and windy day greeted us on our arrival at the touch fields. The team played pool games against Irrawang High School (winning 7-2), All Saints College, Maitland (winning 5-3), St Bede’s Catholic College (winning 5-3) and St Joseph’s College Lochinvar (winning 4-0). The weather and a number of boys backing-up from the previous days rugby league gala day meant we were lacking our usual spark. While we comfortably won our pool, we were far from convincing.

As our pool winner, we drew the best third placed team from across the three pools in our quarter final. Having previously played St Bede’s Catholic College in our round games, we knew what to expect. The boys cruised through the game without trouble, comfortably winning 7-1.

In the semi final we came up against a good team from Brisbane Waters High School. Several of our boys had played with and against the older boys from Brisbane Waters previously. Unfortunately, we were unable to find a lead in the game and were constantly playing catch-up. The team eventually went down 4-3, with the onset of fatigue too much for the boys to overcome. A great effort considering the circumstances and invaluable experience for most of the team who will be back next year.

Team Members

Josh Brown, Archie Carpenter, Sam Flakus, Hunter Kay, Cooper Jones, Sam Logan, Byron Marks, Blade Marquart, Archie Mesritz, Tevita Paea, Luke Shereb, Fletcher Sommerville, Nate Vaughan

Years 9 and 10 Touch Football Team

Water Polo

CENTRAL

COAST

CUP COACH: VANESSA HENDERSON

This was a FUNtastic day where new players got the opportunity to have a go at Water Polo against Independent, Catholic and Government schools, guided by more experienced water polo teammates. The support from the local club from Woy Woy saw a well-run tournament with 8 girls and 6 boys teams having a ball in the water.

St Eddie’s had many close games and had a cracking grand final to take home the trophy!! It was an exciting finish with a draw at full time and then Golden Goal extra time (first team to score wins). The ball went up and back the pool a few times before Bryn O’Grady-Cousins drew the GK to one side of the goal then cross passed to Harry Rutherford who scored a beautiful off the hand tap in! What an awesome team goal.

Results

St Edward’s College Defeated Narara Valley High School: 10-0

St Edward’s College Defeated by Wyong High School:  3-5

St Edward’s College Defeated Gosford High School:  8-3

St Edward’s College Defeated Central Coast Grammar School: 8-3

St Edward’s College Defeated Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College: 7-4

Semi Final

St Edward’s College Defeated Central Coast Grammar:  9-3

Grand Final

St Edward’s College Defeated Wyong High:  3-2

Most Valuable Player for St Edward’s Taine Beavis (Captain)

Overall Best and Fairest for the season: Taine Beavis. Congratulations on your leadership, skills and contribution to the team Taine. Your commitment to want to play BBSSSA during the HSC exams and the Wombats Cup after you had finished school was greatly appreciated. A special mention to Bryn O’Grady-Cousins who sat his final HSC exam in the morning and then raced over to Woy Woy to play the last 2 games with the team. Your contribution to leadership and game skills was definitely a deciding factor in St Eddie’s winning the tournament.

Where young men achieve

Team

Harry Rutherford - Year 8 Cool as a cucumber, scored the winning goal. Archie Carpenter - Year 9 Best return from a broken leg I’ve seen. Will Conroy - Year 9 Goal keeper - awesome reflexes, saved some amazing shots Nicholas Kearney - Year 9 Can still swim, pass & defend despite becoming a kayaker Cashar Darwin - Year 10 Left hander, still got it despite becoming an iron man Kaelan Markey - Year 10 Awesome outside shooter and terrific centre back Kale Puata - Year 10 Newbie: confident to get involved, valuable contributor Kye Holliday - Year 11 Newbie: scored a couple of crackers, doesn’t mind a flex Jayden Redfern - Year 11 Awesome attack and drives, should never have quit club Keenan White - Year 11 Newbie: took on new instructions like a sponge Taine Beavis - Year 12 Captain: took control of team, encouraged, gave directions Bryn O’Grady-Cousins - Year 12 Amazing ball skills, orchestrated the winning goal in GF

Team Members

Taine Beavis, Archie Carpenter, Cashar Darwin, Kye Holliday, Nicholas Kearney, Kaelan Markey, Bryn O’Grady-Cousins, Kale Puata, Jayden Redfern, Harry Rutherford, Keenan White

St Edward’s College Water Polo Team

College Roll FRIENDS FOR LIFE

Gabriel Aborro

Silas Allen

Lorenzo Arango Harry Ashton-Wilcox Kai Bailey

Hayden Ballinger

Jacob Barrington Luke Barron-Cox Tom Barry

Daniel Bates

George Belford

Shaylan Bennett Alexander Bennett Eden Best-Minto Abel Paul Biju Max Bird Daniel Blemith James Boerner

Cooper Bolton Cormac Brady Wylie Brock-Fenton Jonah Bromfield Fletcher Buda Quinn Burke Fletcher Bush Tyler Buwalda Joe Cameron Alex Camilleri

Toby Carr

Eamon Cassidy

Hayden Chandler

Joshua Chapman

Aiden Chapman

Jorge Chavez Owen Clark

Thomas Collins

Finley Coote

Fabian Cordi

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Julian Holmes-Rankin Lachlan Holston

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Oliver Irvine

Tyson Jackson-Francis Krishay Jamnadas

Thomas Johnston Finlay Jones Zac Kelly Liam Kelly Harrison Kerr Andy Kim Max Klein-Schiphorst Axel Koschel Nate Lanser Archie Lawless Archie Lawson Brenden Lin Cooper Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Noah Lockwood Beau Louie

Dean Macdonald Cooper Mackinnon

Blake Magri

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Lenox Moffitt

Kaden Morgan

Beau Muldowney

William Murray

Toby Newport Alex Nguyen

Matthew Norman Knox O’Connor

Humayal Omer Liam Owen

Cruiz Parke Hunter Parsons Logan Paton

Benjamin Pearsall Riley Peers

Harry Petley Max Pidgeon Makenzey Poile

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Chance Redmond Ashby Richmond Max Roberts Jai Roberts Vin Romano

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Cooper Santry

Joshua Saul

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Willem Schmidt

Riley Schroder

Eli Schultz

Joshua Scown

Derik Joseph Sino

Liam Smith

Nixon Smith

Euan Smyth

William Sneddon

Nicholas Snelson Oliver Spencer

College Roll

Billy Splatt

Andrew Stephenson

Kaden Stevens

Joseph Sykes

Julian Tagoai George Taylor Max Taylor Jack Temple Kai Templeton Aibel Thomas Liam Thompson Harry Thorpe Aden Tillott Harrison Tobin Arlo Tod Cohen Tower Kyston Treble Patrick Trew Xavier Troilo William Trotman Patrick Turnbull Xavier Turner Charles Ure Finn van Aalderen Samuel Vassallo Jace Villanueva Matteo Vumbaca

Miles Wagemaker Henry Walton

Joel Washington Benjamin Weisbaum

Xavier Werder Cruz West Isaac Wheatley Hugh Wheeler Jack Whitworth Hugo Wicks Harvey Wiggins Angus Wighton Archer Wilding Owen Willcocks

Thomas Williams

Raphael Williams

Max Windress

Joshua Winter Isaac Winters

Zeke Worrall Nixon Yarnold Sangpil Yoon Jake Young Harrison Young Jye Young Oliver Zammit

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Luke Abbott Jacob Allen

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Matthew Derrick Cody Diamond Dominic Dodd

Lachlan Donafee Liam Downs

Samuel Duffy Joshua Elsholz Zane Everson Henry Farrell Logan Farris Hayden Fearnley

College Roll

Charlie Fennell William Ferrari Keanu Finn Harrison Fittler Kobie Flanders Ben Francis Meihana Gardiner Benjamin Geddes-Brown Taj Gibson Finn Giddings Taj Gooley Reggie Gooley Lincoln Gottardo Olly Graham Benjamin Green Callum Griffin James Griffith Logan Haanskorf William Haines Cooper Hall Archie Hall Andrew Hansen Cooper Harker Lennon Harries Keppel Harris Malcolm Hawkins Max Hehir Beau Heinzel Owen Herden Zach Herring Blake Hickey Rylee Hildridge Dylan Hitchenson Benjamin Hoban Ronan Hope Byron Hubble Samuel Hughes David Hunt Jeremy Huybrechs-Chung

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Cameron Moss

Luke Nakagawa

Ashton Naylor Adams

Coby Neilly

Harvey Nitsos

Ned Noble

Luca Norris

Patrick Oates

Lachlan O’Brien Kayn O’Connor Stewart Henry Ottaway

Murphy Owen

Levi Papps

Lachlan Park Tristan Pearce-Maitland

Eden Pearson Thomas Perham Isaac Philips Asher Pike

Isaac Plunkett Oliver Power Riley Price

Taj Probert

Billy Raffety

Brendan Ratay

Tahj Regattieri

Lachlan Roach

Jackson Roberts

Max Roth

Cooper Rubagotti

Jamie Russell

Luke Russotti

Harry Rutherford Harrison Ryan

Finn Ryan-Englund

Nate Saley

Zach Sammut

Billy Sands

Tyrone Sayers

College Roll

Quinn Scott Jude See Liam Sicard Oliver Sky Ryan Smith

Cooper Smith Emanuel Soares Reid Spokes

Charlie Stansfield Riley Stauner-Lumsden Angus Stewart Benjamin Stewart Riley Stingmore Joseph Stitt Kobi Straker Jake Taylor Blake Teasdale Jett Tengstrom Eamon Thompson Kai Tower

Ezekiel Vandersyde Kyan Werner Taihden White Riley White Lachlan White Blake Willson Zachary Wilson Jarvis Wilson Hudson Wuest Rourke Yarnold

Ajay Yates Maximilian Young

Values & Service

Oscar Aplitt

Joseph Aygun Thomas Bagot-Hayes

Orsen Bailey

Charlie Baldwin

Aiden Balshaw Logan Barlow Maxwell Bayss Zack Behrnes Owen Bell Alexander Benz Liam Best Noah Best-Minto Jed Bevan Adrian Biankin William Blunt Lucas Bosnjak Owen Brady Corey Brazier Cooper Briggs Charles Britt Oscar Broadhead Joshua Brown Sebastian Bull Ryan Bullot Lachlan Bunney Jet Camilleri

Kiernan Campbell

Archie Carpenter Flynn Carson Callum Cassar

James Clarke Henri Cleary Harrison Clifford Harry Cockerton William Conners

William Conroy

Samuel Cormack

Maximilian Corrigan Noah Cox

College Roll

Eoin Cullen

Charlie Dawson Darcy de Vries Luca Dimech Sonny Doyle Connor Duncan Luca Fairley Emerson Farraway Tyson Finn Ryan Fishenden Brayden Fisher Samuel Flakus Thomas Flynn Shenath Fonseka Joshua Foster Geoffrey French Kalan Gale Noah Gallagher James Gbel-Cook Lachlan Gibbens Jette Gooley Kylan Gould Sumner Euan Gregory Stefan Gupte Arlo Gurr Logan Hajje Cooper Ham

Thomas Hammond Bohdi Hanger Luke Harrison Joshua Hawkins Lachlan Herd Kaine Hieber Kalan Hiscoe Mason Holliday Liam Hore Jake Howes Cooper Hubbard Jesse Hughan Jamie Hughes

Nicholas Husk

Alexander Jack Tristan Jackson Mackay Jackson Cooper Jamieson Kynan Johnston Cooper Jones Callum Jones

Archie Josling Max Judd Ryder Kasun Chikomborero Katsande Nicholas Kearney Jesse Kemp Matthew Kirkland Aidan Knott Jack Lawrence Nathan Legge Mathis Limpkin Isaac Loaney Samuel Logan Charlie Luci William Lynch William Lyons Heath Macdonald Bailey Magann Jesse Mantell

Austin Maple Blade Marquart Archer Martin Archer Mason Kevin Mathews Riley May Thomas McArdle Dylan McCann Alex McCoombe-Lopez Thomas McGilvery Damian McGilvray Jake McKeon Cruz McMahon

Archer Mesritz

Jonah Mills

Lopez Morrison

Anthony Nguyen

Thomas Nicholls

Chayse Nicoll

Kaden Old Harvey Olsen

Hamish O’Malley

Max Oteiwi

Lisitoa Paea Harrison Page-Walker

Liam Peers

Cooper Pegler

Caleb Peterson Ryan Piepers Archie Price Oliver Pringle

Luca Quitadamo

Lachlan Renton

William Ridings Brooklyn Roberts Matthew Robinson Harry Robinson

Jaden Roesch

Ethan Roesch

Luke Shereb

Michael Sikuka

Ryan Sinclair

Thomas Smith

Aamon Smith

Darcy Smith

Fletcher Sommerville

Logan Spinks

Cooper Spinks

Harry Stockings

Christian Sultana

Rowan Talbot

Max Taylor

Albert Thomas

College Roll

Neo Thompson

Flynn Tkac

Samuel Tracey

Logan Treble Marcus Tredwell Riley Turner Darcy Turton

Lawrence Ure Nate Valamis

Byron van der Merwe

Christian Vassallo

Cooper Ware Hamish Watson Bailey Wengi Cooper Wheelock Kieran White Jonte Wicks Ewan Williams Declan Willmott Marlen Wilson James Winiata

Oscar Woolford Donovan Wright Deakin Wright Ethan Wuest Jarvis Young Saxon Young Easun Zhang

Men of Honour

Max Abbott

Rex Allwood

Brody Andrews Zachary Barnfield James Barry

Samuel Baxter James Beatson

Oscar Begg Angus Bilham Ronan Bishop Cody Blackman Jay Bonython Nathan Bradley Harry Burgess Joshua Bush James Butlin Sacha Byrne Corey Calamatta Kyle Campbell-Taylor Phoenix Carter Finn Caruana Zachary Chidiac Jay Clarke Matthew Clarkson Arky Cleverly Cohen Crook Joshua Crotty Kieran Dafter Cohen Danvers

Cashar Darwin Charlie Davies Cameron Day

Christopher Dodd Marshall Dodsworth Cohen Duncan Aidan Ellis

Domenic Fatone

Harry Fennell Tom Fenton Charlie Field

College Roll

Charlie Fraser Matthew Frost-Foster Hawaiki Gardiner Riley Gardner Samuel Gates Finn Gilmartin Jared Gilston Ta Goddard Alexander Golden Brodie Graham Jason Haig Mitchell Hall Thomas Hall Archie Hamilton William Harris Jackson Hart Lucas Hayes Jalen Heaney-Johnson Riley Heffer Liam Hill Zane Hill Samuel Hodder Andrew Hodge Liam Hughes Angus Jack Charlie Jacobson John James Brayven Johnston Flynn Jones Matthew Kairouz Alexander Kalos Hunter Kay Lachlan Kemp Callum Kinnaird David Lazo Vega Maximus Leaitua Finn Leary Eli Leary Jye LeBrocq Matthew Lewry

Sayer Long

David Lusunzi Oscar Mahoney Kai Maitland Joshua Malek

Joshua Mangan Noah Marcangelo Kaelan Markey Byron Marks

Lincoln Markulin Jacob Marsters Aidan Matthews Hamish McAteer Daniel McCarthy Bryce McCaskie Flynn McHale Darby McIntosh Jai McLachlan Elijah McMonigal Austen McPherson Tristan Medley Logan Mercieca Ellis Milson Benjamin Mineo Brendan Minto Jayden Miotello Conor Murphy Lachlan Murphy Pacholek Fynn Mussared Joshua Neverov Angus Newport Micah Nisbett Oscar Noone Samuel Nowalinski Taj Oehm Brayden O’Leary Cooper Ottaway Tevita Paea Finn Palmqvist Alexander Panagis

Joel Parrelli

Brandon Pawlak

Callum Peers

Zane Pennells

Thomas Phillips

Mason Potter

Thomas Potts

Kale Puata

Christopher Rae Declan Ransley

Stefan Ratay

Jasper Richmond

Juan Jose Rodriguez Caldas

Timothy Rogers

Thomas Roth

Xzavier Rudd-Abrahams

Mitchell Ryan Jack Sands

Joshua Schroder

Cooper Scott

Marco Sgaravizzi

Seth Short

Nathaniel Simpson Hudson Sky

Jack Spedding

Zac Springett

Jacob Stephens

Alexander Steven

Gryffyn Stevenson

Jimmy Stuart

Ari Sullivan

Luca Sydenham

Jeremy Sydenham

Harrison Tanner Luther Thomas

Abhishek Thomas

Lachlan Tibbutt

Sandor Torok

Leon Towle

Samuel Trench

College Roll

Devonte Vaotuua

Nate Vaughan

Thomas Voesenek

Oliver Wagemaker Ashton Walters

Jesi Wanjohi

Jay Ward

Cameron Wehrle Keanu Wells

Jack Wighton

Alec Williamson

Ben Willoughby

Samuel Wilson

Dominic Wilson Hugh Wilson Marlen Wilson

Cameron Woodruff Lachlan Woods Matthew Xuereb Flynn Zammit

Leadershipand Involvement

Benjamin Aldrick

Joel Attard

Levi Bailey

Simon Barber Harry Bates

Luka Beard Harley Best Oliver Bettison Jack Binding

Samuel Blomfield Benjamin Blunt Austin Boffo

Luke Boylan

Jesse Brazier Liam Broadstock Isaac Broomfield

William Browning Sean Bullen Taylin Burgess Rhys Butcher

Lachlan Carlyle Leroy Carter-Mason Jakob Cartlidge Harrison Caynes

William Clarke John Clift Ethan Cohen Luke Colgan Nathan Collis Tom Conroy Flynn Cosgrove Ryan Cox

Oscar Cresswell

Roman Cunico Alexander Cutting Oska Davis

Oliver Dawson

Aiden Deacon Kieran Diamond

College Roll

Samuel Dibley

Tyrone Dorrell Blake Downs Jake Duncan Troy Duncan Sebastian Eager Drew Elwin Brendan Escott Harry Evans Lance Flynn-Hunter Kmet Kenan Fonseka Heath Ford Luke Foster Jaycob Foyel Nicholas Gately Lachlan Gibson Callum Gilston Rayden Gomez Christian Grima-Smith Hamish Gunn Kurt Halls Luke Harada Ethan Hayes Miles Henderson Daniel Herd Jeremy Hibbert Callum Hobson Liam Hodges Kalen Hogan Kye Holliday Leo Hong Christian Hudson Noah Hughes Thomas Hunt Angus Jones Joshua Judd William Kane Conor Kelly Noah Kidd

Kai Knighton

Tobias Kregting Alexander Lara Daniel Lavery Bailey Lavin Thomas Lawton Josef Lewis Darcy Lloyd-Phillips

Artemi Lomis

Taj Lyons Christopher Macdonald Luke Marsters

Oliver Martin Cooper McBride

Oscar McCoombe-Lopez Samuel McCudden Hamish McDermott Luke McHugh Blaine McIntosh Connor McKenna Sunny McRae Marley Medina Joshua Mercer Hayden Mexon Jack Milner Harrison Mitchell Fletcher Moore Hunter Mussalli Noah Nakagawa Brayden Naylor-Adams Fynn Newell

Emmett Newlands Andrew Nguyen James Nilsson Mitchell Nix Baxter Nix Tobias Nolan Sione Ofahengaue Trent Pantle-Bentham

YEAR 11

Flynn Peters

Bradley Plummer

Adrian Pozo

Bayden Probert

Jude Rankin

William Rankin

Jayden Redfern

Xavier Reid

Jack Roberts

Oliver Roberts

Liam Roche

Enrique Rodriguez-Hunter

David Rollston

Nicholas Rowan

Lucas Russell

Isaac Ryan

Koby Salter

Corey Sammut Patrick Sawyer

Rhyan Sayles

Cooper Schoch

William Shaddock

Charlie Shannon

Lachlan Sherratt

Jivesh Shonak

Andre Sirio

Malachi Smith

Riki Smith

Zane Smith

Fletcher Smith Ryley Smith

Mason Stafford

Benjamin Stansfield

Harrison Stiffle

Zachary Straker

Max Stride

Cooper Thorndike

Matthew Toohey

Calan Tucker

College Roll

Lachlan Turnbull

Will Turton

Alexander Vitoros

Aiden Walsh-Catanzaro

Calum Walters

Charlie Watkins Beau Watson

Tahj Werner Keenan White

Thomas Whitmore

Nicolas Willey Jonty Woolford

Jonah Wright

Oscar Wylie Dylan Xuereb

Owningthe Responsibility

Kyle Alcorn

Nicholas Allan Jagger Allen Angus Avvenevole

Taine Beavis Blake Best-Minto Hamish Beverley Aiden Blackman Owen Bradstreet Harrison Brame Nicholas Brooks Nathan Butler Max Byrnes

Charles Cartwright Blair Caulfield Ethan Cleverly Fergus Clydesdale Ryan Collings Thomas Crouch Malachy Cullen Lachlan Darnley Kai Dawkings Stirling D’Bras

Oliver Debus Aiden Dickson Scott Donnet Lachlan Eastham Mitchell Ella

Jacques Engelbrecht Charlie Entwistle Thomas Fortune Atticus Fotofili

William Frost-Foster Kit Gillings

Thomas Glasson Bailey Gosper Zane Grady Ronan Grattan Nicholas Green

College Roll

Ryan Green

Samuel Grilk

Jordi Gupte

Angus Hamilton Aymn Hamilton Noah Hamilton Lucas Hautrive Jai Heaney Jett Heaney Brayden Hickey Wilheim Hieber Benjamin Higgins Aidan Hill

Michael Holmes Blake Hughes

Jeremy Innes Nathan Irvine Ilya Ivashov Jack Jamieson Parker Kearton James Kelly Christopher Kemp Zane Kirkman Liam Knott Luca Krumm Paul Kucyper Jack Legge Cooper Lord Sebastian Lownds Angus Macpherson Hayden Maher Ethan Mangan Finn Matthews Lachlan McBride Bailey McDonald Tom McHale Daniel McLoughlin Hamish Medley John Missak

Joshua Mitchell James Morgan Christopher Murray Jake Mussared

Reuben Newell Jacob Newport Nathan Nicholls Emmet Nicholls Xavier-John Nisbett Regan O’Brien Francis O’Connell Bryn O’Grady-Cousins Antonio Pancia Thomas Peters Mitchell Pink Sebastian Plaister Matthew Prazauskas Billy Pritchard Luke Richards Parker Robinson Jackson Roger Dario Romero Christian Rose Xavier Roy Jacobes Rudd-Abrahams Jackson Ryan Alexander Ryan Kynan Saul Cody Selwood Cameron Shaw Lachlan Shedden Oscar Shepherd Joel Shereb Cooper Slattery Christian Sparacino Nicholas Sparks Connor Spokes James Stiffle Mark Sweeney

College Roll

YEAR 12

Jett Tidy

Darcy Towle

Reece Tredwell

Shaun Turnbull

Alec Walters

Patrick Ward

Alec Warwick

Jarrah Wells

Louis Whyatt

Rafferty Wilkins

Kai Willmott

Cruz Yarnold

Cooper Zammit

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