MANY CULTURES • ONE FAITH Term 2 Week 4

SHALOM NEWS

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From the Principal

Term 2 has started very well. This

term we have weekly football for

girls and boys, as well as

basketball. It is great to see the

students participating in these

activities.

We have commenced an activity

where we group students from the

area they are from and take them

to learn the traditional ways of

collecting seafood and fishing.

This is an attempt to encourage

them to value the practices of their

ancestors.

We also had seven students who

went for eight days to Geelong

College in Melbourne. All students

enjoyed the experience and grew

considerably from it.

Next week we have NAPLAN

testing for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Students are being prepared for

this, but not at the expense of

normal classwork.

Kind regards,

Chris England

Important Dates

Wednesday 13th April – ABSTUDY

Return to School Travel Day

14th-15th April – Lit 2 Overnight Camp

21st – 22nd April – Year 11 Overnight

Camp

27th April – Confraternity practice

game vs Gilroy-Santa Maria College

28th-29th April – Year 12 Overnight

Camp

23rd June – End of term 2 - Boarders

travel day

Term 2 Week 4

MANY CULTURES • ONE FAITH | Term 2 Week 4 2

FAST FACTS

72% Of the human body is made up of water – which is why

drinking at least 6 cups of water a day is very important!

75% Of your brain is water, so it is very important to drink at

least 6 cups of water a day

Kickstarting Careers!

Dominic Bradshaw (Wyndham, Yr9),

Gize Dau (Darwin, Yr9), Leslie

Phillips-Bangarr (Gunbalunya, Yr10)

and Javarn Cannendo (Townsville,

Yr10) all represented Shalom and

their communities at the 2016 AFL

Kickstart Indigenous

Championships, held in Townsville

over the second week of the Term 1

holidays.

The boys benefitted from the

mentoring and coaching of players

recently involved at an elite AFL

level.

Hopefully next year we will see more

Shalom boys involved in Kickstart!

Off to the cold of Geelong

After arriving on Wednesday, a

group of Shalom students travelled

down to The Geelong College to

spend a week teaching others their

culture, and learning more about

what it is like as a student at Geelong

College.

Kyle Yunupingu (Galiwinku, Yr12),

Carlie-Anne Southward (Cairns,

Yr12), Kiann Walsh (Townsville,

Yr12), Janaya Samardin (Yr12,

Townsville), Sha-Shanna Booth

(Yr12, Townsville) spent the week

with Katrina Booth, and Jodine Daisy

(2015) to Geelong.

Whilst in Geelong, the Shalom

students spent time in the school,

and visited the Fitzroy AMS, Bells

Beach, and some Geelong sites as

well as spending some time getting

to know Melbourne.

Baristas getting busy!

We are working towards getting 16

students who are interested in

getting a coffee (Barista and food

handling) ticket through TAFE in

Term 2.

Some of the students had a trial run

of making coffee and using a

machine that the school is hiring, at

the end of Term 1.

Michelle, from the Willows Coffee

Club came and demonstrated the

skills to the students and then

coached them as they had a go

themselves.

It was a good experience for

everyone and we are looking forward

to doing the official training soon.

Surrender 16

Over the last weekend in Term 1,

Celine Baker, Monique Yarrak and

Head of Boarding Paul Tolliday went

to Melbourne to participate in the

Christian Conference – Surrender 16.

It was a wonderful weekend where

we were able to represent Shalom

Christian College proudly in our

conversations, school uniforms,

Celine praying for the youth in her

language and also sharing a dance

one night on the main stage.

Surrender was all about hearing

about how to “Love God, love one

another and love your enemy”. We

heard from guest speakers of

Mexican, Afro-American and African

backgrounds that all challenged us

to show the love of Jesus in our

communities.

The girls then got to look a little at

the city of Melbourne (they even saw

Djuki Mala one night) and the

weekend was very memorable.

Indigenous Christians from across

Australia were there and it is a place

we will look to be involved in, in the

future.

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NQ Championships Elliot Clarke (Kalumburu, Yr11) returned to Shalom early

this term to participate in the North Queensland region

U16 AFL Championships. Elliot was a valuable member

of the side that won against Mackay and Capricornia,

and had very close games with Cape York and Cairns.

Surrender 16 Celine (Milingimbi, Yr12) and Monique (Mornington

Island, Yr12) with two of the guest speakers - Noel and

Marianne Castellanos from California.

Suns Academy Lance Hudson (2015) is continuing to impress at the

Gold Coast, recently being selected for the AFL

Queensland U18 State Team.

Junior Hawks swooping! Exciting news this term, with our Under 15s boys joining

with the University Hawks, who for some town have

partnered with Shalom in both senior and womens AFL.

Watch this space for more exciting AFL news.

Confro – 10 weeks away! With only 10 weeks to go until Confraternity 2016, the

boys are all working very hard to get into match fitness.

Extra sessions are the ones that make all the difference!

Watch out for Shalom! Our Registrar, Jodi, will be out and about over the next

term, visiting communities and meeting the next

generation of Shalom Champions! Check out some of

the photos from Jodi, Paul and Aunty Sandra’s

community visit to Galwinku

AROUND SHALOM

Checking out Bells Beach Mr England visited Geelong for a visit during the

exchange, and travelled down to famous Bells Beach to

check out the surf!

Eureka! Celine and Monique’s photoshop effort from the Eureka

Tower in Melbourne.

TAIHS Health Promotion Our Indigenous Health Worker students kitted up to

help Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service

to create some new health resources

MANY CULTURES • ONE FAITH Term 2 Week 4

Keep Supporting Our School

Supporting us can look like:

• Ask your young person “did they do your best at school today?”

• Ask your young person “What was your favourite class today? Why?”

• Ask your young person “What’s your favourite thing at Shalom?”

• Ask your young person “Who do you go to see if you’re worried or upset?”

Shalom would love to hear from families how their young people are doing at Shalom.

Sometimes they might feel shame or embarrassed to talk about these things with us-they might be a new

student and not know staff very well.

Call and have a talk with one of our PC teachers or Health and Wellbeing Team

Miss Di Yr 7/8 Miss Mary Yr 9/10 Miss Allison CC Miss Lorraine OC Miss Tegan Yr 11 Mr Ryan Yr 12 Miss Sharyn Yr 12 Miss Merwez Lit

Women

Mr Jonny Lit Men Mr Neil Yr 13 Miss Sandy –

Deputy Principal

Mr Bruce – Liaison

Officer

Mr Tom – Liaison

Officer

Aunty Sandra –

Liaison Officer

Aunty Jenny –

Liaison Officer

Uncle Tom – Liaison

Officer

Miss Christine –

Nurse

Miss Carrie – Family

Support Officer

Miss Leesha –

Counselling

Programs

Mr Burgess – Head

of Sports Academy

Miss Melissa – Head

of Sport

Mr Joe – Head of

Secondary

Changed your sim card? Call Aunty Kylie or Aunty Fiona and let Shalom know your new number!

Want to send your family to Shalom? Give our Registrar, Jodi McLean, a call

to talk about what Shalom can do to

help your young person