Presentation Evening

Our Presentation Night held on Friday was an opportunity to celebrate the many achievements and wide-

ranging talents of our students from Years K-12, to officially recognise the 2019 Senior SRC representatives and

to officially farewell the Class of 2018. The evening was also a wonderful opportunity for us to officially recog-

nise the outstanding contribution made by Mr Brian Kane, BK over the past 40 years at St Mary’s and Nulungnu

College in Broome. Congratulations to all student performers and award winners. Thank you to every staff

member who contributed their time and effort to ensure the evening was a great success. To all par-

ents, guardians, family members, College partners and sponsors, thank you for your commitment to supporting

the students at St Mary’s College and for joining with us for the very memorable occasion to celebrate student

achievement throughout 2018.

Year 12 Graduation

Yesterday, Monday 22 October, we farewelled our Year 12’s during their Graduation Assembly, Mass and Year

12 Dinner. We extend our best wishes to all of our Year 12 students and I take this opportunity to thank all mem-

bers of staff who have assisted them on their educational journey through St Mary’s College. Thank you to our

Year 12 Coordinator, Ms Rebecca Famlonga for her great work in coordinating these important events. I take

this opportunity to acknowledge all families of Year 12 students for the association and commitment to our Col-

lege over many years. Our role in educating each child is always made easier thanks to the ongoing support

and encouragement from all of the families, friends and members of the community who support each stu-

dent. To all of the parents, grandparents and guardians of our Class of 2018, you can all be proud of your sons

and daughters’ achievements and for the very special person that each student has become. On behalf of

the staff at the College

we thank you all for your

support and for entrust-

ing your sons and daugh-

ters with us for their edu-

cation. Thank you also to

every teacher and staff

member at our College

and at the Broome Resi-

dential College who has

played a role in enabling

each Year 12 to reach

Graduate from St Mary’s

College. Our Year 12

ATAR students com-

mence their examina-

tions next week and we

wish each student well in

their very important final

examinations.

ST MARY’S COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

Secondary Campus Administration 3 Port Drive, Tel: (08) 9194 9500 Fax: (08) 9192 1797 PO Box 100 Broome, WA 6735 Email: admin@stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au Website: www.stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au

This newsletter is also available on www.stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Michael Pepper

Dear Holy Spirit, We ask you to be

present in everyone who belongs to

our Community. Show us how to follow

Jesus every day.

24/10/2018

October/November

Primary& Secondary Interschool Multisport

Carnival

26th

Oct

WACE Exams Start Oct

29th

Year 6 Transition to Year 7 Classes 1st

Nov-

No.16

Residential College Awards Night

The Broome Residential College conducted their annual awards night last Wednesday evening. The event was a

wonderful celebration of 2018 and an opportunity to recognise student talent, commitment to Residential College life

and achievement throughout 2018. Mr Michael Gilmour, Manager of the Residential College and his Staff hosted the

night, which was attended by students, families, staff from St Marys College and BSHS as well as many partner organi-

sations of the Residential College. Congratulations to the many St Mary’s College students who received awards dur-

ing the evening.

All Saints Day November 1 - All Souls Day November 2

All Saints and All Souls Day will be celebrated next week. All Saints Day is the day on our liturgical calendar when we

as Catholics remember all Saints known and unknown. Next week on Friday November 2, the Our Lady Queen of

Peace Parish will celebrate Mass at 5.00pm in the Broome Cemetery. This day specifically commemorates and re-

members the faithful departed in our community. I look

forward to seeing many of our families at this spe-

cial Mass.

Movie Night

My sincere thanks to the St Mary’s College P&F who or-

ganised our annual ‘Movie Night’ fundraiser which was

held on Friday 12th October and thank you to the par-

ents and staff members who worked to make the event

such a great success. My thanks also to all the many

businesses and community members of Broome who

provided food and raffle prizes sold on the night to con-

tribute to the funds raised to support the teaching and

learning programs for our students throughout 2019.

College Board and P and F Annual General Meetings – Our College Board AGM will

be held on Wednesday 21 November commencing at 7.00pm in the Hospitality

and Tourism Centre on the secondary campus. Immediately following the College

Board AGM our College Parents & Friends AGM will be held. Parents and communi-

ty members are encouraged to attend these two important meetings of our school

community. Following the meetings which are traditionally very short, will be an op-

portunity to have a light supper and refreshments.

Congratulations Matilda Moase— Matilda is part of the

X-tension team at the local dance studio, Broome Performing Arts Co-op.

During the holidays she performed along with her fellow dancers in Melbourne

at the KAR Competition.

We could not be any prouder of these country kids walking in and smashing it in

the big city! They have worked really hard all year and did exceptionally well plac-

ing first in every category entered

Term 4 is an extremely important term for all students and as the Year 12 students begin their journey away from the

College the Year 7 -11 students need to remember that their school year still has not finished and there is much work

still to be done.

Year 12 students from St Mary’s will begin their WACE Exams on Monday 29th October and have all been given an

individual timetable which has their student number and must be taken to each exam. Students are reminded that

they must arrive at the examination venue at least 30 minutes before the exam. All examinations will be held at the

University of Notre Dame and students will be sitting their exams with students from Broome SHS.

OLNA Results

OLNA results have been received at the College and have been distributed to all Year 10 to 12 students. These results

have been particularly pleasing with numerous students improving their result, some in more than one area, and

many students finally accomplishing the full requirements.

NAPLAN Results

NAPLAN results have also been received by the College and have been posted to all families. There have been sig-

nificant improvements in Year 9 particularly in Numeracy since the introduction of the Maths Pathway program onto

the Secondary campus and Spelling through the targeted intervention programme organised by Ms Amy Meeuwissen

and Ms Diana Jans. Hopefully these results are indications of further improvement in the years to come.

Years 10 and 11

Year 11 Exams will begin on Monday 12th November and conclude Friday 16th November. An examination timetable

will be available to all Year 10 and 11s by the end of this week. For students to graduate from Secondary School and

be eligible for a WACE certificate they must have a minimum of 14 C grades over Years 11 and 12. Now is the time for

Year 11s to make sure they do not let themselves down by not working hard all the way to the end of the year.

Years 8 and 9

All Year 8 and 9 students will also be having exams beginning on Monday 19th November. One of the purposes of

middle school exams at St Mary’s is to give students the opportunity to practice sitting exams so that they are pre-

pared for their senior years. The exams will increase in length as students move from Year 8 to Year 10 and increase in

intensity. Students need to be able to retain information for an extended period to pass senior secondary exams. The

weighting of exams will also increase as the student’s progress through the College. If parents have any questions

about exams, please contact me at lea.wilson@cewa.edu.au or by ringing reception on 9194 9504.

FROM HEAD OF SECONDARY Leanne Wilson

Wirlburu K – 6 Art Exhibition

The Wirlburu K – 6 Art Exhibition was an exciting event in September, when the Primary Art Room was

transformed from a working studio into a beautiful art gallery featuring. The aim of the exhibition was to

showcase, recognise and celebrate the primary students’ excellent artistic endeavours.

This was the 18th year of the Wirlburu art exhibition and the third year it has been combined with the Pri-

mary Learning Journey Evening - making it a truly memorable occasion. The positive feedback and ap-

preciation of the artworks from the community was a credit to all our aspiring young artists.

A special feature of this exhibition was the People’s Choice Awards where everyone who viewed the art-

works had the opportunity to vote for their favourite artist in each year level. The winners were:

KINDY: Luka Shaw Niah Zevzekidis

PPL Benjamin Earle PPS Zahnaysha Drummond

1Z Alby Bell 1M Lachlan Fryer

2P Javayce Puertollano 2AB Tiahna McKeon

3N Oliver Donaldson 3R Jada Howard

4H Lili Comito 4C Ruby Rand

5S Cara Giancono 5P Nellie Stokes

6L Sofia Rand 6J Jay Hill

Many thanks to Ms Tania and the College Choir and the Year 2P Drama students who performed at the

opening, Mr James our MC on the evening and Ms Carol Geurts head of Catholic Education in the Kim-

berley who officially opened the exhibition. A special thankyou to Ms Margie, Ms Reannan and Year 6

student Jenny Chan who helped with setting up the exhibits.

Ms Emily and Ms Josie

The Learning Journey Night was a great success with many families sharing in the wonderful learning ex-

periences our students have been involved in throughout the year.

PRIMARY AWARDS—PRESENTATION NIGHT

St John of God Christian Leadership Award Sari McLarty – Year 6

Loreto Education & Christian Leadership Amelia Mitchell – Year 6

Religious Education & Christian Leadership

Awards

PPL Lachlan Smith

PPS Tora Davies Bedford

1M Zale Birch

1Z Maurice Santiago

2AB Isla Harvey

2P Javayce Puertollano

3R Amelia Nieass

3N Spencer Groenenberg

4H Jahzara-Lyn Hunter

4C Riley Molyneux

5P Saadiah Bin Swani

5S Lucia Smith

6L Johari Bin Demin

6J Zaharah Mahony

Mary Albert Award Tamaya Pigram – Year 6

Mary Albert Award Alicia Collins – Year 6

Outstanding Creative & Practical Arts Indiana Russell – Year 1

Jay Hill – Year 6

Maliyah Angus – Year 3

Outstanding Sports Person Awards Aida Groenenberg—Year 2

Savannah Mckeon—Year 6

Loreto Sisters Most Improved Award

PPL Olando Gregory

PPS Giovanni Pioli

1M Tehya Parriman

1Z Madeline Kuiper

2AB Tiahna McKeon

2P Scotty Taylor

3R Lily-Hannah Torres

3N Frances Anstey

4H Lucas Osborn

4C Nancy Francis

5P Daijon Puertollano

5S Tremaine Hart

6L Benedict Hungerford-Morgan

6J Kaedan McPherson-Stanbridge

Outstanding Academic Awards

PPL Breanna Rahman

PPS Alizai Thomas-Lawford

1M Chloe Simmons

1Z Matilda Garland

2AB Lana Button

2P Aida Groenenberg

3R James Mitchell

3N Jarrah Weeding

4H Tasman Stevens

4C Ari Beckingham

5P Kai Young

5S Zuleeyah Treacy

6L Sofia Rand

6J Sanuja Dikkumbura

College Life Award Kody Cox – Year 6

SECONDARY AWARDS PRESENTATION NIGHT

Middle School Christian Brothers Lead-

ership Award

Rosa Hungerford-Morgan – Year 9

Nekomi Roe – Year 8

Upper School Our Lady of the Mission

Christian Leadership Award

Daniel Ralph – Year 10

Reoligious Education Awards

Year 7 Meg Stokes

Siena Puertollano

Year 8 Luca Hill

Year 9 Rosa Hungerford- Morgan

Year 10 Isaiah Mckenna

Year 11 Selene Marks

Year 12 Gabrielle Hill

Materials Design & Technologies Vince Errol Lance – Year 12

Arts & Technologies

Art :-Juanne Ignacio – Year 12

Dance :-Kira Siebert – Year 10

Drama:- Isaiah Mckenna – Year 10

Wood:-John Bill Quilisadio—year 10

Food Technology:- Matilda Ogilvie

Dia—Year 11

ICT/Media:-Julia Jones—Year 11

Music:-Tui Warihana—Year 12

Our lady of the Mission Annual Art

Scholarship

Woora McLarty - Year 11

David Ningella – Year 11

Higher Achiever Dance Award Oseyahn Monk-O’Meara—Year 11

Middle School Encouragement Award

Year 7 Amica Giancono

Meg Stokes

Year 8 Charlotte Wood

Year 9 Rosa Hungerford-Morgan

Terry Murphy Award (SSJOG Scholar-

ship)

Kondwani Phiri—Year 10

Outstanding Sports Award Female:-Shadeen Matthews—Year 12

Male:-Johann Jack—Year 12

Academic Awards

Year 7 Siena Puertollano & Hershey Pineda

Year 8 Alyssa Ignacio & Althea Ignacio

Year 9 Vincent Bartlett & Portia Burke

University of Notre Dame High Achiever

Award Year 10

Daniel Ralph

Year 11 Higher Achiever BOSS Office

National

Fynn Stokes

Year 12 Academic Excellence Runners

Up

Helena Hungerford-Morgan

Year 12 Dux Gabrielle Hill

Caltex Best All Rounder Dakota Leak—Year 12

Josie Farrer Award Dave Ningella—Yr11& Erin Victor-Yr12

Lioness Community Scholarship Isaiah McKenna - Yr10 & Charlotte

Davies—Yr10

Lions Awards Max Healey & Talulah Tick

Year 11 Citizenship Award Jessica Muller

ADF Long Tan Award Erin Victor & Daniel Ralph

Year 12 Personal Excellence Clara Lippert

AUS Super Vocational Award Max Healey

Principals Award Jessica Davies - Year 11

Principals Award Juanne Ignacio – Year 12

Bishops Award Helena Hungerford-Morgan

Bishop Jobst Inter House Shield Award WARD HOUSE

PRESENTAION NIGHT

5P is Loving the New Play Area

If you were wondering what has been hap-

pening in the Year 4/5 play area, we are

here to tell you!

Before everything happened there were

four 4 Square courts. There was a big tree

next to one of the courts, and also some

frangipanis. Anyway it all started in a big

cyclone with strong winds and powerful

rain. The cyclone pulled down the trees and

damaged plants.

At the end of the cyclone there was a tree

knocked over on the 4 Square court and

there was leaves everywhere. Builders and

the maintenance men came to school and

started to clean it all up. After that every-

body came back to school. The architect

came to Year 5 and asked for ideas for a

new playground. We had the choice of many things. We were visited by an architect and we had to

vote.

After lots of fundraising and waiting, the Year 4s and 5s returned to school to school last week to find

that over the holidays builders had come in to make our exciting new playground.

We thank all the architects and builders for the hard work and effort they put into our new play ground.

We appreciate and love our new equipment, thank you so much.

By Arrika and Josie

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Our Year 12s enjoying the new Public Outdoor Ping Pong table on the secondary campus on their last day

of school (great dress ups!)! Thanks to the Y12s for their fundraising efforts and to the P&F for their generous

contribution to the purchase of the wonderful addition to the Secondary campus! Something for all our

kids to enjoy :)

PARENTS AND FRIENDS