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STELLA MARISNEWSLETTER

Term 3 Issue 07

01 September, 2017

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Prayer for Fathers’ Day

God, bless all the fathers in the world.

Guide them to be good role models

and loving to all their children. Help them to be a father like You

are. Give them grace and patience to handle situations in a loving

way.

Amen!

http://www.loveyoufather.com/prayers.html

from the PrincipalDear Stella Community,

Year 12 Music Night Wednesday evening Year 12 Music 2 students held a recital showcasing their work. Congratulations to Katie Cooper, Amy Hicks, Grace Mitchell, Caitlin Ballinger, Catherine Connell, Evie Mort, Angelica Nati and Zoya Martin who all performed beautifully. I know they appreciate the support of the Performing Arts staff, accompanists, their tutors and their families.

Congratulations Congratulations to our Junior Dance Ensembles who competed at the Ryde Eisteddfod. The Jazz Ensemble just missed out on a place but the Lyrical Ensemble were place third in their event. Well done to the girls and thanks to Rochelle Jones and Cara Smith for their work in preparing the girls.

Congratulations, too, to the staff and students who participated in the PUB2PUB Charity Fun run. Stella Maris won the Top Teams Challenge and the Schools Charity Challenge. Jenny Wickham, Emma Mahon and Molly Marr won their individual events as well. Thank you to Mel Bradstreet for organising our participation in the event.

And lastly, congratulations to Mali Garling who placed 5th in the Interschools State Mogul competition in Perisher. Marli is now competing at the Nationals in Victoria early September. Best of luck!

Parents and Friends Raffle Please make sure that your daughter has returned her tickets for the P&F Raffle as you do not want to miss out on these great prizes and an opportunity to support the work of the Parents and Friends Committee. The main prizes include a degustation dinner with matched wines at Pilu, Freshwater; one night’s accommodation at Quest Harbour View Apartments, Manly; Sparkling High Tea for four at Burnt Orange Mosman; a Pandora voucher for $250 and many other prizes. As an incentive, the girl in each year who sells the most tickets will win a $100 Pandora gift card.

Reminder: Providing a Term’s Notice If your daughter is changing schools for 2018, the College Registrar, Kerrie Dudley, must be notified by the end of Term 3. Late notice will incur additional administration charges.

Student Leaders for 2018 I am pleased to announce the following students will lead the College community in 2018.

School Captain Charlotte Briggs Vice Captains Lauren Costello and Evelini Dar SRC Prefects Kiara Donlevy and Emily Whitefield Sports Prefect Lili Nicholls Liturgy Prefect Ella Dopper International Prefect (International students) Kristine Li and Suesi Wang International Prefect (Local) Madelyne Smith Social Justice Prefects Ashleigh Broe and Lily-Rose Haeusler Academic Prefect Ashley Torrington Stewardship Prefect Laura Stapleton Creative and Performing Arts Prefect Maya Schilperoort

Elizabeth Carnegie, Principal

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Director of CurriculumThe Stella Tutor ProgramThe Stella Tutor Program continues to grow into a great study aid for our senior girls. Operating out of the Senior Study hub at the Benedict Campus, on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, Stella girls are able to get help with their study across a broad range of subject areas. Cross-curricular skills like essay writing, directive verb attack, scaffolding, question dissection, how to use a quote, how to use data to support a conclusion, how to chunk information, different ways to solve a problem, even basic study skills are proving popular areas for assistance.

Our three ex-students – Brigid, Rebecca and Angel, are patient, caring and of course, super smart! They were excellent students while at Stella and have continued building from that solid foundation in various courses at university. We thank them for their continued commitment to the College.

All senior students are welcome to use the program. Our Year 12 students are preparing for their HSC exams and our Year 11 students are working towards their final assessments in the last two weeks of this term. The Senior Study Hub should be packed with students embracing this fabulous free opportunity for help. Please encourage your daughter to stay after school and study, connect with others and reinforce positive work practices.

Louise Yeates, Director of Curriculum

Family Handbook – JewelleryOur 2017 Family Handbook is still available on the College Parent Portal and is a great ready reckoner to have close by when those tricky questions come up about uniform.

Heads of Year and I have recently had lots of questions regarding jewellery, particularly earrings, and the Stella Uniform. We have been completely clear with the girls about what is acceptable at Stella. If you would like our support, or more information, please let the relevant Head of Year know, via email or phone. In the short term though the Family Handbook is concise and clear. Information regarding jewellery can be found on Page 35.

If your daughter does have a piercing that is outside of the College uniform guidelines, she is now able to wear clear plastic spacers to ensure the piercing does not close over but is not visible. Bandaids are not acceptable in these circumstances. Given the time it takes for piercings to heal we would advise these do not take place during term time.

Sarah Carter, Deputy Principal

from the Deputy Principal

Happy Father’s Day to all of the wonderful fathers/father figures within our Stella community and thanks for joining us at our Fathers’ Day Breakfast. We hope you have a relaxing day with your family on Sunday.


NAPLAN 2017 – Keeping Perspective NAPLAN results letters went out to our Year 7 and 9 students this week. We needed to wait until we had completed the Readiness Test – a NESA requirement of all schools in NSW in preparation for NAPLAN to go online. Thank you for your enquiries, we had not forgotten.

Our Year 7 students have performed at levels well above State. The percentages of our students in the top three bands compared with the State averages are shown:

Reading: 79% Stella 60% State Writing: 69% Stella 43% State Numeracy: 78% Stella 64% State

Together with our on-going assessment data and teacher observations, NAPLAN data can be used to target student strengths and highlight areas for improvement. Further analysis by staff will occur at our next twilight professional learning session.

This year, for the first time, there was the perception that a lot more was riding on Year 9 NAPLAN results. Students are able to “tick off” that they have reached the new minimum literacy and numeracy standards required to qualify for the award of the HSC. Remembering that the HSC for a student in Year 9 is still three years away, this is indeed a feat. Students achieving a Band 8 or above result in the Reading, Writing and Numeracy tests have reached the standard already. This is a very high standard for a Year 9 student – it is the standard expected for people entering the workforce as adults. The Stella Vs State statistics:

Reading: Stella 74% State 58% Writing: Stella 67% State 45% Numeracy: Stella 69% State 59%

It is then not surprising that many students are not at this standard yet. The word “yet” is crucial if we want to support a growth mindset so our girls feel confident and positive about their future. It is so important that any student who has not yet reached this level gets the message that about 50% of Year 9 students in the State are in the same position; they have not failed or let anyone down. I was reminded by my own children that they would have been in this group, but they have managed to survive school and get to uni. Sometimes I’m not sure how, but they did it!

NAPLAN provides just one early opportunity to demonstrate the minimum standard in literacy and numeracy. Given that benchmarks in learning don’t run by the same calendar in every student, opportunities will be given during Years 10, 11 and 12 to complete an on-line test to shown the required level of achievement. This is all very new, so as more information about the on-line tests becomes available next year, it will be communicated to students and parents.

Louise Yeates, Director of Curriculum

...Director of Curriculum continued


Upcoming Events and Important Information5 Sept Vaccinations No.3

6-8 Sept Year 9 Camp

11 Sept Screenagers viewing

11-22 Sept Year 11 Exams

21 Sept Yr 12 Final Mass

22 Sept Term 3 Concludes

9 Oct Term 4 Commences

11- 13 Oct Year 11 Retreat

16 Oct - 10 Nov HSC Exams3


ENROLLING NOW for YEAR 7 2020If you wish to enrol your daughter at the Collegefor Year 7, 2020, the Registration Form needs to be received by the Registrar no later than Friday 22 September, 2017.

To download a Registration Form please visit our website www.stellamaris.nsw.edu.au

Interviews for Year 7, 2020 will be conducted early in Term 1, 2018

If you would like to speak to the Registrar, Mrs Kerrie Dudley can be contacted on 9976 1802

Class of ’67 Fifty Year ReunionIf you attended Stella Maris in the class of Form 1 1962 to Leaving Certificate 1967, the first year of the Wyndham Scheme and last year of the Leaving Certificate, we would love to hear from you as we are organising a reunion on 21 October at Dee Why RSL. Please email [email protected]

Maureen Sinclair (Walsh)

Ex-Students Association

A huge thank you to Ross Trapuzzano for his kind donation of pumpkins and vegetables to make soup for the sleep out. His singular

donation was large enough to feed all participants on the night.

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...Upcoming Events and Important Information continued

Stella Maris College presents

ADDITIONAL INFO:

DATE: Monday 11 September

TIME: 7.00pm. Movie starts at 7.15pm sharp

VENUE: Stella Maris College, Star of the Sea Theatre

WHO: Parents and their daughters

BOOK: Tickets are free but you must book a seat through Trybooking https://www.trybooking.com/RLRR

Are you concerned about the amount of time your child spends on their screen?

SCREENAGERS is a film about the impact of the digital age on our children and how to help families find balance and in turn minimise any harmful effects. After seeing the film, you will feel more confident and better equipped to establish balance around screen time.

This movie probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including the director’s own, and depicts messy struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through surprising insights from authors and brain scientists, solutions emerge on how we can empower kids to best navigate the digital world.

We encourage you to attend with your daughter so that you can tackle these issues together.

Runtime: 68 minutes. Directed by: Delaney Ruston, M.D.

Growing up in the

DIGITAL AGE

https://www.trybooking.com/RLRR

FULLY BOOKED

If you would like to go onto the waitlist for this event please click on the TryBooking link and add your name to the waitlist.

If you have already booked tickets and you are now unable to attend, please email Petra Morrell

[email protected] so that we can pass your tickets onto another family.

https://www.trybooking.com/RLRR

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Mission

Stella CommunityINTERNATIONAL NIGHT“Our International Night held on Thursday, 24 August, was a huge success with all Year groups joining us and a lot of teachers and homestay parents who came along to support us. It is the night to see the talent and creativity of our Stella international girls and you can’t imagine how wonderful the night was.

The entertainment ranged from singing, Japanese and Korean dances, piano pieces and games… And guess what? We had a talent magic show by Karis from Year 12. It was just fabulous and everyone enjoyed it. Also, Year 7 girls had a fantastic drum performance and singing. They showed their talent and young energy to the rest of the school- it just cannot go unnoticed!

Our International prefects Carmen Luo, Cici Liu and Steph Cramer put a lot of effort into organising and hosting the night and they did an amazing job.

Honestly, it was night you should not have missed out on at all. The talent was exceptional on the night and I really enjoyed it as usual.’

Suesi Wang, Year 11

Performance Winners from the night:

First: Karis Peng, Year 12 – Magic show

Second: Lisa Kristensen, Year 7 – acoustic guitar/ singing performance

Third: Shana Yang, Year 12 – Japanese dance

Fourth: Sunny Wang, Year 7 - Drumming


PUB2PUB NEWSCONGRATULATIONS on a successful outcome at this year’s PUB2PUB Charity Fun Run and Festival. We WON two categories: the 'Top Teams Challenge' AND the 'Schools Charity Challenge' - with 146 entrants.

The funds won from the PUB2PUB go directly to 'HAPPY DAYS' a Mike Pawley charity supporting Cambodian Village Schools. The money is used to support the students of these schools and their families. Food, educational resources, bicycles, water pumps, electricity connection to classrooms, medicine, English classes and assisted education scholarships for further study are provided by ‘HAPPY DAYS’.

A typical family in this area of Cambodia live on $400 per year.

It costs 25c a day for a student to attend school.

The GOLD Duke of Edinburgh students will be travelling to Cambodia in Term 4 to work with the students at the Cambodian Village School and present the money donated from our efforts winning the LARGEST TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS and a special mention to the following runners....

Mrs Jenny Wickham, staff - WINNER - 1st Female - 13.6km Emma Mahon, Yr 8 - WINNER - 1st Female - 6km Molly Marr Yr 12 - 1st U18 Female - 13.6km

This result would not have been possible without your support. THANK YOU for getting involved and encouraging your family and friends to support our cause. Well done!

Melanie Bradstreet (on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh team)

...Stella Community continued


CurriculumHISTORY NEWSVeterans HonouredThe Year 10 Elective History class attended the Northern Beaches Council’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Service at the Manly Corso War Memorial last Friday. They appear here with George Carpenter a Veteran who Commanded the Parade. The class had recently completed a unit on the role the media played in the Vietnam War and Australia’s role in the conflict. Jessie MacDonald and Natalie Taylor laid the wreath on behalf of Stella Maris College.

One of the most well-known Australian engagements of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Long Tan, 18 August 1966. The battle saw the action of 108 Anzacs against a Viet Cong (North Vietnamese) force estimated between 1,500 and 2,500. The battle was one of the heaviest conflicts of the Vietnam War as well as one of the few battles in the recorded history of the world to be won against such odds.

Vietnam Veterans' Day, celebrated in Australia on 18 August each year, commemorates the Battle of Long Tan and those Australians who served during the Vietnam War, and is an opportunity to remember those who did not come home.

Sydney Harbour Attack Remembered Seventy-five years ago, under the cover of darkness, a group of Japanese midget submarines secretly cruised into Sydney harbour and launched an attack that would bring the Second World War to the city's doorstep. Twenty-one Australian and British sailors were killed when a converted ferry, the HMAS Kuttabul, was sunk by a torpedo in the surprise naval offensive that shocked Sydney. Left shattered was the belief held by many Sydneysiders, that they were safe and protected from the conflict being played out across other parts of the world. Stella Maris College was represented at the Memorial Service that commemorated this event, by Year 11 students Brianna Richardson and Layla Zak-Volpato. The event was organised by former PM Tony Abbott, Mark Biskin, Head of the Australian Defence Force, was the guest speaker, reliving the day when World War 2 came to Sydney’s shores.

David Ford, Teacher of History

History Week Instagram Competition 2017 Something fun for your students.

This year for History Week, Northern Beaches Council libraries are holding an Instagram competition to capture life and living on the Northern Beaches in 2017 for future generations to look back on.

Take photos of lifestyle, culture, events, music, environment, technology, sports, arts or anything that represents Northern Beaches culture and share them under the hashtag #northernbeaches2017

There are four $200 prizes to be won.

We will be holding an exhibition launch and awards night on Tuesday, 24 October, 6.30pm at Mona Vale Library. Afterwards, the majority of the photos will displayed at Northern Beaches library branches as part of a travelling exhibition.

We invite you and your students to get involved with this fun competition.


Performing ArtsDANCE NEWSJunior Dance Ensembles On Saturday the Junior Dance Ensembles competed at the Ryde Eisteddfod against eighteen groups from other Secondary Schools across NSW. This was the first competition the girls have competed in since we reworked their routines with new choreography and music. The girls all performed beautifully and I was very impressed with how well they had mastered their routines after only four or five lessons. The Jazz Ensemble gave a sharp, sleek performance but missed out on a place by two marks. The Lyrical Ensemble gave a particularly moving performance and placed third! We were all very excited with this result and are looking forward to our final competition on 22 October, and to performing the new pieces at Dance Night in Term 4, on 9 November.

Rochelle Jones, Teacher of Dance

...Curriculum continued

Jade Anderson Abby Johnstone

VISUAL ARTS NEWSAbby Johnsone and Jade Anderson are two of our very talented Art students from Year 8. Both Abby and Jade have had their art works selected as finalists in the Warringah Youth Art Prize. Abby’s work is a canvas painting titled Soggy Doggy and Jades work is a self portrait. Congratulations to Abby and Jade, I am sure both of these girls will continue to refine their painting skills and we look forward to seeing the next artworks they make.

Belinda Foss, Head of Visual Arts


Sport

Jenny Wickham and Raylee Kelly, Sports Coordinator

SPORT REPORTBBSSSA Basketball Congratulations to the Year 7/8 Basketball team and the Year 9/10 Basketball team who competed in the BBSSSA Basketball Tournament in Terrigal. Both teams played exceptionally, well progressing to the grand finals against Mount Saint Benedict College. Both teams had close matches and came away with silver medals. Well done girls. A big thankyou to Anthony Dignan, Faith Bulgin and Ms Sweeny for coaching the girls.

Junior Team: Jade Taylor, Mia Bergquist, Ally Bullman, Isabella Stein, Emily Smith, Grace Burke, Kayla Kimball, Beth Moran and Brooke Smith.

Intermediate team: Ella McMahon, Sydney Kania, Hayley Hopkins, Molly Dignan, Audrey Tan, Millie Prior, Skye Cselko, April Griffiths, Caitlin Yeates, Bridget Smith and Isabella Seibold

NSW State Snow Sports Championships Congratulations to Mali and Charley Garling who competed at the NSW Interschools Snowsports State Championships at Perisher last week. Both of the girls did extremely well in this very high level of competition. Charley was competing in the Snowboard X event, with Mali in the Ski X and Moguls events.

A huge congratulations to Mali who was placed 5th in the Moguls event and will now represent NSW at the National Championships in Victoria next week. Mali has also been invited to join the AUSMSA squad. This squad is made up of 20 boys and girls from all over Australia. As part of this squad, Mali will go to a training program in Victoria, and then travel to Colorado for 12 weeks to train and compete. Well done on this amazing achievement!

Water Polo Congratulations to our intermediate teams who have been playing in the NSSWPA competition for the last two terms. Our Stella C team were very unlucky to miss the semi finals.

Stella A and Stella B will now play each other in the semi final on Monday, 4 September at 7.40pm at the Warringah Aquatic Centre. Best of luck to both teams!


UNIFORM SHOP

Opening Times During School Terms: 8.00am-4.30pm Tue/Wed/Thu.

A friendly reminder: The new style tracktop is compulsory for Year 7 and trackpants are optional. It can also be worn by all Years if the new style black shorts are purchased as well. New tracktop $67 New black shorts $34 New trackpants $45

The previous style green tracksuit and green shorts can currently be worn by Years 8 to 12; however, all are welcome to buy the new sport uniform in readiness for 2019. Green tracktop $45 Green shorts $25 Green trackpants $32

All Years are to be in the new shorts and tracksuit by 2019.

Year 12 2018 booklist This is now available online at www.campion.com.au. You will need the code 9DGY to access the list. Orders are to be placed by 12 September for delivery to your home before the start of Term 4. Be aware that some of the books are kept from Year 11 and also some subjects offer the choice between a hard copy and a digital copy.

StellaBay (via Moodle) is available for second hand books.

If you have any queries please email the Uniform Shop on [email protected]

Second Hand Uniforms The Uniform Shop is accepting second hand uniforms from Week 9, Term 3. Please contact us before bringing items in.

Prices Junior skirt $70 Senior skirt $120 Stockings $9 Scarf $10 Junior white blouse $35 Pink senior blouse $35 Black Gloves $7 Tracktop $ 67 Trackpants $45

Volunteers NO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NEXT WEEK

Gail Hickey & Maree Sewell, Uniform/Book Shop Supervisors 9976 1819 or [email protected]

Canteen and Uniform ShopCANTEEN ROSTER: Hours are 9.30am - 2.30pm. If you are unable to attend on your rostered day PLEASE call Bernie to arrange a replacement on 9976 1826.

Mon 04 Sep Tues 05 Sep Wed 06 Sep Thurs 07 Sep Fri 08 SepRose GiardinaSusan Smith

Sonia HatvanyNicole Mackee

Sue Whyte

Ainsley JohnstoneSusan Sergi

Nina Gosford

Karen DoughtyTherese PhilipDonna CronjeTania Dinneen

Sandra MarshallMaruska StonesCristin Schaller

Michelle Houghton

Kate Bambrick BrownAlison TreebyKristy Smith

Catherine SantosJulie Goff

Ingrid Quattroville

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Careers

Jeanette Ferguson, Head of Careers

Stylz hair warringah mall have an exciting and fun job opportunity.

PART TIME/CASUAL Junior salon assistant.This job entails supporting our busy team during peak

periods- Thursday night, Saturday and Sunday. Your duties will include organising the salon, cleaning,

customer service, retail sales. All training will be provided on the job.

We are a large team and have won multiple awards, including salon of the year northern beaches.

We have a wonderful culture and support personal development and teamwork.

Please contact me to arrange an interview and trial

Hayley Smith - 0400233591, 0299073633

Community

NETBALL COMPETITIONSPCYC Northern Beaches is excited to introduce a range of indoor competitions so everyone can

participate. Register your team now!

40 Kingsway, Dee Why 2099E: [email protected]: 02 9196 9100

For more information on registration, head to our website and download the information pack:

https://www.pcycnsw.org.au/northern-beaches/activities/sports-competitions

SUMMER 2017/18 SESSION TIMES:Mixed – Monday Evenings (Sept-Dec)

Ladies – Tuesday Mornings

Ladies – Wednesday Evenings

Junior – Saturday Afternoons (Sept-Dec)

Heart Women’s Conference 2017, 19 - 21 OctoberDear Beautiful Women,

This is an invitation to come away for a few days with other fun loving, Christ seeking women. Hearts that are full of love but wanting more. Minds that are open to what God might show us on the journey. Lives that are giving to others but might need some refilling.

Remember that we cannot give out of a cup that is empty. Come and refill that cup of your life. Spoil yourself, your sisters your mum, your mother-in-law, your girlfriends.

Register today at Heart.TheCatholicGuy.com Location: Fairfield RSL, 14 Anzac Ave, Fairfield Price $199 Contact Phone: 1300 734 880

Accomodation: Ibis Styles in Lansdale is offering special deals to delegates, discounted rooms are available for $145 double/twin share, $175 triple share, and breakfast included for $10. Ph 97275255 and quote promo code SP1910. Fairfield RSL will run a free shuttle bus to and from the IBIS hotel for delegates staying there.

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