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from the Principal

STELLA MARISNEWSLETTER

Term 3Issue 21

23 July 2016

www.stellamaris.nsw.edu.au | administration@stellarmaris.nsw.edu.au

Dear Stella Community, I was invited last week to St Scholastica’s Chapel to celebrate the Feast of St Benedict and to witness the Sisters of the Good Samaritan proclaim the 26th Chapter Gathering will be held in September 2017. At this gathering they will renew their vision for the next six years of their ministry in Australia and overseas. It was a privilege to be there as Sr. Clare Condon SGS called on the Sisters to ‘step forward with confidence and with courage with the Gospel for their guide’. We continue to pray for them as they prepare for this important congress.

Please keep in your prayers members of our community who are grieving at this time. Ana Gonzalez’ mother died recently after a brief illness and the Economos family (Hayley-Year 7) lost their grandmother, Lyn Martin (Stella alumna 1956), a very active member of the Ex-Students Association. May they rest in peace, Amen.

Welcome back to Term 3 It was lovely to greet the girls on Tuesday looking well-rested after the three week break. I hope that they all had many opportunities to be helpful at home but also took time to relax and renew themselves. Our junior school students, equipped with information from their recent report, should work with their teachers now to set goals for Semester 2. Our seniors know that exam time is approaching with August Trials for Year 12 and Final Year 11 Examinations later this term. I urge seniors to use their study sessions well, take advantage of the library after school and to encourage their peers to keep working to the best of their ability.

BOSTES Changes to HSC In a statement this Tuesday NSW Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli, announced reforms to the HSC with implementation from 2018. These reforms included setting a minimum standard for literacy and numeracy, fairer assessments to reduce student stress, a new science extension course, encouragement for students to study mathematics, revised syllabuses in English, Maths, Science and History and updated exam questions to encourage deeper analysis. To read more about the Minister’s announcement please follow the links below. • HSC CHANGES • HSC CHANGES - Frequently asked questions

Ministry Outreach A group of Year 11 students attended Ministry Outreach in the holidays with Ms. Silburn and Ms. Burke. Thank you to Caitlin, Nina, Caitlin and Priscilla for participating in the Good Samaritan Ministry in the inner city. Thank you too to Mr. Smith who was one of the facilitators for the week and to the staff who gave up their time to be part of the week.

HSC Preparations I am proud of the great effort that the Year 12 students have made during the holiday break as they spent many hours working with their teachers on reviewing course material, major works and performance pieces. We hope that this effort prepares them well for the upcoming Trials and the HSC examinations.

Congratulations Congratulations to the Year 12 Dance and Drama students who gave performances in the theatre and drama studio this week. The Dance evening was judged a success and the Drama girls, completing their Trial Exam, were exceptional. Thank you to their teachers- Cara Brown, Rochelle Jones and Geoff Cartwright for their work with the girls.

Busy Winter Break During the holidays some of the preparation works were completed for the Stella Maris 2016-2018 Master Plan which commences in December. A new Textiles Technology room was made ready for the start of Term 4 and one of the laboratories has been repurposed as a Food Technology space. The first of the study furniture (P&F funded) has arrived and a lift has been installed at Benedict Campus.

Prayer for our Community

God of mercy and compassion, to

everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under

heaven. By your grace, may we

discern the signs of our time and listen to your promptings for our life and mission. Open our hearts and

minds to your will and bring us altogether to

life everlasting.

AMEN. (From the SGS Call to

Gather in Chapter 11 July 2016)

Elizabeth Carnegie, Principal

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1-11 Aug HSC Trial Examination

24 Aug Senior Music Night (7pm, College Chapel)

25 Aug International Night - 4:30pm to 7pm

2 Sep Father’s Day breakfast

6 Sep Year 7 Vaccinations No. 3

7-9 Sep Year 9 Camp

Upcoming Events and Important Information

Are you wanting to be the best you can be? My name is Brigid Mackenzie, I graduated from Stella last

year. I am looking to tutor Stella girls who are striving to

do their best and to improve at any level. I received a 96.10

ATAR and the highest band (6/90%+) marks in HSC Ancient

History, Modern History, Studies or Religion II and Advanced

English. I am happy to tutor girls from Year 7 to 12 in any

of the branches of these subjects. If you or your daughter

are interested, please feel free to contact me for more

information at brigidmackenzie30@gmail.com

Join us in entering the LARGEST team in the 2016 Pub2Pub Fun Run. Please encourage your family and friends to join our team (they do NOT need to be students of Stella Maris).

Date: Sunday, 28 August Time: 8am Distance: 13 km (Dee Why Surf Club to Newport) Walk or Run Team Name: Stella Maris College

Through the Duke of Edinburgh Program, we will enter this local community event and fundraise much needed funds for the charity Happy Days run by Mike Pawley - http://www.happydayscambodianvillageschoolinc.org.au/who-we-are – all funds go to local Cambodian village schools.

Pub to Pub registration http://pub2pub.fusesport.com/default.asp?OrgID=2329&menu=15027

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Our aim is to ensure ALL students can safely access public transport home. Students are responsible for knowing when their bus is ready to board and lining up appropriately. Staff are responsible for ensuring safe boarding of the buses by students.

EUROBIN AVENUE BUSES All students are to remain on the Canteen Deck or Main Deck. NO students (Junior or Senior) are to be inside the building or on the Blue Verandah. RAIN Exception – Students may wait in the corridor between E19 and E14 (please allow room for students to get through to buses as required) or use the Canteen Deck COLLINGWOOD STREET BUSES All students are to remain on the Basketball Court. NO students (Junior or Senior) are to be beyond the entrance to C11. RAIN Exception – Students may use C11 or C12 while waiting for buses.

It is YOUR responsibility to “CATCH” your bus.

COLLINGWOOD EUROBIN

BUS PROCEDURE – for STUDENTS

Where do I wait for Buses?

How do I know when my bus has arrived?

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Mr Maker has emailed this link to Staff and Students

Here is the link for your Phone and Laptop

YOU need to either:

1) Be in a position to view the Canteen Deck Screen 2) Have the website open on your Phone 3) Have the website open on your Laptop

RED means the bus has NOT yet arrived

GREEN means the bus has arrived

GREY means the bus has already departed

EUROBIN AVENUE BUSES When your bus turns “GREEN” on the screen, line up outside the entry door near the uniform shop on Eurobin Avenue. Do NOT go beyond this point until the teacher on duty gives you permission to board the bus. Please make a single ordered line (no pushing or shoving). You must have your Opal card out to show the teacher. COLLINGWOOD STREET BUSES When your bus turns “GREEN” on the screen, line up along the covered walkway between C11 and C13 on Collingwood Avenue. Do NOT go beyond this point until the teacher on duty gives you permission to board the bus. Please make a single ordered line (no pushing or shoving). You must have your Opal card out to show the teacher.

If you miss your bus, you have a few options (ALL OPTIONS require you to let the Teacher on duty know your intentions):

1) Is there another School bus that will get you home? 2) Can a Public Bus from the beachfront or Pittwater Road get you home? 3) Can a Parent pick you up? 4) Can you wait in the Library (Afterschool Study Mon –Thurs) until a parent can pick you up?

My bus has arrived….. Now what do I do?

I missed my bus….. Now what do I do?

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Mission

Carolyn Collins, Head of Community & Social Justice

Knitting ClubOver the last nine Monday lunchtimes a group of girls from Years 7 and 12, along with 6-10 staff members met each week to knit squares for a charity known as “Wrapped with Love”. The squares are then sewn to make blankets and distributed to the needy in our community and abroad. The girls skills have improved and we now have a number of finished squares. Many girls took their half finished squares home for the holidays to continue knitting.

If you would like to knit at home and donate your squares the details are below on what is required.

Plain knitting – cast on 30 stitches with 4 ½ inch needles.

Thanks must go to Trish Hobson’s (Finance Department) sister Enid Murphy for all the squares she has knitted. We really appreciate your support.

Knitting Club will continue throughout Term 3, so please join us every Monday in E211.

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MINISTRY OUTREACHIn the second week of the last holidays Caitlin Andrew, Caitlin Bruce, Nina Longfellow, and Priscilla Wong volunteered their time to take part in the Good Samaritan Education program called Ministry Outreach along with 32 students from other Good Samaritan schools. They were also accompanied by Mr Smith, Mrs Burke and Mrs Silburn.

During this week, the girls engaged in a range of activities including visiting different service sites such as St. Mary’s Villa, Foodbank, Allowah Children’s Hospital, St. Vincent de Paul Osnam Industries, Salvation Army Street Level Community Kitchens and also participated in a $10 dinner challenge where they had to live on $10 for a day.

Here is a recount of Nina’s experiences of the week “On Ministry Outreach, I visited both St. Mary's Villa and Allowah Presbyterian Children's Hospital. St Mary’s is a Nursing home in Concord, and my group aided the staff with caring for the residents. We talked to many of the people about their lives and experience at St. Mary's. Allowah is a hospital with kids for intellectual disabilities. It was amazing to play with the children and talk to the carers. I had an amazing time at Ministry Outreach, made lots of new friends with kids from other Good Samaritan Schools and it allowed me to learn a lot about the “invisible” people in society, which has helped me to create more compassion and time for them.”

The girls were exemplary in representing Stella Maris College over the week and it was great to see that the parable of the Good Samaritan was in action as the girls did go and do likewise in helping others.

Mitchell Smith, Ministry Outreach Coordinator 2016

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CurriculumENGLISH NEWSRead for your House – Term 2 resultsCongratulations to all the girls in Egan who participated in Term 2 – what a great result! However. What has happened to Wood??!! … remember that points earned each term contribute to the overall House points and trophy at the end of the year.

The good news is that Term 3 is now open – see Mrs Christensen in the Library to make sure you are registered cor-rectly in moodle, and then each time you finish reading a book log it in moodle. Students in Wood still have time to read LOTS of books this term and catch up to the other Houses. Mackillop girls might want to make an extra effort as well!

Egan – 46 Smith – 32 Shinnick – 20 Bashir – 16 Chisholm – 14 Noonuccal – 8 Mackillop – 4 Wood - 2

Alison Tedman, Head of English

LANGUAGE NEWSYears 9 and 10 French classes enjoyed their excursion to Hemingway’s in Manly at the end of last term. There they spoke French with the French owners and waiter.

We all enjoyed a delicious French lunch, including the best crème brulée we’ve had in Sydney. The popular café is owned by a Stella family.

Jennifer Murray, Head of Languages

Japanese Speech Contest – “Tokimeki Cup”

The annual Japanese speech contest “Tokimeki Cup” was held at Manly Council Chambers on Thursday 23rd June from 4pm. Students from Mackellar Girls Campus, St Paul’s College and Stella Maris College participated in the contest. The students were judged by a panel on their ability to read Japanese script, Japanese pronunciation, fluency, and expression. From Stella Maris College, four Year 9 students, Lara Bannerman, Ivana Covic, Jesse Noone, and Victoria Yang participated. Stella students were the youngest contestants, however they handled pressure well and audiences were very impressed by their performance. Jesse Noone came third place overall at the contest, and Lara Bannerman received ‘The Joan Thorburn Inspirational Achievement Award’. Congratulations girls! Gambari mashita. Omedetō!

Mika Sennett, Teacher of Japanese

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MATHEMATICS NEWSLast term, Mrs Bulman’s Year 10 Mathematics class enjoyed a visit to the University of Sydney where they participated in the Mega Maths Day.

The program was designed by the Faculty of Mathematics and the Faculty of Science and students completed a number of workshops that showcased a variety of disciplines and careers that require mathematics.

By taking a tour of organic matter to see what was lurking in the leaf litter, students could see how agricultural and environmental scientists measure the biodiversity and abundance of species in environments, and what the practical, real-world applications of these calculations are.

Students saw just how quickly computers can sort sets of numbers, and learnt about algorithms used in sorting networks and debugging.

Students made piles of sand resting on different geometric bases and saw how this mathematics can be applied to real world phenomena such as predicting avalanches, forest fires and spread of epidemics.

“The Mega Maths Day at Sydney University was an excellent experience for all of our class because it inspired us to think in different ways and taught us how maths is used outside the classroom. It was a hands-on experience and we learnt how to solve real-life problems using maths. The people running the day were vibrant and enthusiastic and helped us through the work that we usually find challenging.” Isabel Arnold and Juanita Murphy

Kim Naylor, Head of Mathematics

VISUAL ARTS NEWSArt Club for Term 3 will commence on Thursday lunchtime week 2 in D31. This term we are going to focus on a variety of Painting skills. Art club is open to Years 7 and 8 students. The Artmaking activities will be varied and are generally completed in the lunch hour. All are welcome. We are well aware of how busy school life is, so students are encouraged to come when they can.

All other Visual Arts students are also welcome to come to D31 on Thursdays at lunchtime if they need extra time to finish off their work or to have some extra assistance from a teacher.

Later this term in week 7, we will be gathering Artworks for the Bishop David Walker Art prize. The suggested, but not compulsory, theme is ‘Our Merciful God celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy’.

If you would like to create a work for this competition and would like some advice please talk to your teacher or come along to Art club for more information.

Belinda Foss, Head of Visual Arts

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Performing Arts

Jessica Maker, Head of Performing Arts

MUSIC NEWS

Performance Dates On Wednesday, August 17, The Stella Maris Music Night will be held at 7pm at Soul Central featuring our HSC Music Students and performances from our Senior Music Students.

$20 per ticket including the show and an entree and main.

Booking can be made via the Soul Central Website. www.soulcentral.com

On Wednesday, 24 August, at 7pm we have our HSC Music 2 Evening in the Chapel. This evening will showcase our HSC Music 2 students Performances and Compositions.

All Elective Performing Arts students will be attending ‘Aladdin’ the musical on Wednesday, 24 August. Parents will need to login to the Portal and give permission for their daughters to attend.

Hawaii TourWe are proposing a Music Tour to the Royal Hawaii Music Festival in 2017. The tour is open to any student who would like to be part of the Choir and Band. Expressions of Interest forms have been sent to eligible students and parents. Please return the deposit slip as soon as possible to the Finance Department.

An international tour provides a wonderful and inspiring opportunity for our girls to strive for excellence in performance. The festival offers the opportunity to perform to audiences in iconic venues as well as the chance to engage in workshops and performances with internationally acclaimed choral and instrumental clinicians. If you would like more details please contact Mrs. Jessica Maker.

AMEB Woodwind Exams will take place at the College in September. Dates to be Confirmed.

Congratulations to our HSC Dance students for their performances on Tuesday evening. Special thanks to students Zoe Brain, Claire Busse, Inez Enright, Carly Lavings, Elisha Maguire and Manon Poirier for their time and dedication to learning and performing compositions choreographed by the Year 12 students. All students presented a high standard of work and are now preparing for their HSC Examinations on the 9th August. We wish them good luck.

Cara Brown, Teacher of Dance

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Sport

Jenny Wickham, Sports Coordinator

SPORT NEWSStella Maris Snowsports Team Congratulations to the Stella Maris Snowsports team members who finished an AMAZING 7th overall in the female schools division of the Northern NSW Snowsports Championships! The team consisted of: Mali Garling, Chloe Irving, Emma Cherry, Lara Cherry, Peggy McKenzie, Charley Garling and Jade Taylor.

We had some great individual and team results.

The stand out performances were from Mali Garling (Year 11). Mali came 4th in division 1 Moguls, 9th in Division 1 Skier X and 15th in Division 1 Alpine. Mali has now qualified to compete at the State finals in Thredbo at the end of August! Well done Mali.

Well done also to our Division 3 Alpine team who finished 10th: Charley Garling, Jade Taylor, Emma Cherry and Lara Cherry

It was a great effort by all of our skiers in cold and wet conditions. Well done girls!

Water polo Congratulations to our Hawaii Water Polo team who won the Open division of the NSSWPA Competition on the last day of Term 2. The team played exceptionally well to defeat Brigidine 9 – 5. This is an exceptional result from this team, as our players are all Years 9 and 10, playing up in the open competition. The team will travel to Hawaii next week to compete in the Hawaiian Invitational Water Polo Championships.

Well done to all members of the team: Nellie Scarrabelotti, Hayley Sparkes, Campbell Reimer, Skye Nankervis, Sophie Wickham, Aysha Whyte, Kaitlyn McDonald, Julia Altenburger, Jenna O’Hagan, Tasma Woolley, Heidi Schmatloch, Ella McIndoe, Charlee Harker and Ashleigh Broe.

BBSSSA Netball Well done to the Stella teams who played at the BBSSSSA Netball Gala Day on Thursday, 21 July. It was a wet start to the day and the level of competition was extremely high. Our teams all played very well.

The intermediate team was our most successful team of the day. They finished second in their pool, qualifying for the semi finals. It was a tough and close game in the semi against St Peter’s, and the Stella girls were narrowly defeated. Well done to to this team for finishing 3rd.

Intermediate Netball team: 3rd - Audrey Tan, Skye Nankervis, Chloe Walters, Sophie Wickham, Campbell Reimer, Bridget Smith, Tasma Woolley, Aysha Whyte and Saskia Weiss.

Year 7 team: 6th - Jade Taylor, Ava Malouf, Loiuse Smith, Romy Barrett, Lily Grenenger, Abby Andresson, Emily Bran, Tailani Latu, Lelah Wilkinson

Junior Netball team: 7th - Brooke Smith, Britney James, Olivia Lovell, Lia Sison, Molly Crotty, Eloise Smith, Analiese Melbourn, Angelina Iacovitta, Kiana Dettman

Open Netball team: 8th - Olivia Grivas, Lola Aspiotis, Molly Marr, Jessie Purvis, Isabel Milligan, Jess Wellington, Raquel Duesbury, Nellie Scarrabelotti and Heidi Schmatloch

Thank you to Teigan O’Shannassy who came to help the teams on the day.

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UNIFORM SHOP - OPEN (During School Terms): 8:00am-4:30pm Tue/Wed/Thu.CHECK THE COLLEGE WEBSITE FOR: • uniform regulations • second hand uniform policy • College shoe policy • uniform and stationery price lists

SECOND HAND UNIFORMSThe Uniform Shop is currently not accepting second hand uniforms.

WINTER ITEMS Track top $50 (Compulsory for Year 7) Track pants $36 (Compulsory for Year 7) Black gloves $6.50 Black opaque stockings $9 Stella folding umbrellas $15

Scarf: Scarves must be the same burgundy as the school jumper. No other colours are acceptable. The Uniform Shop now stocks a new style scarf which is very soft and is only $10.

Gail Hickey & Maree Sewell, Uniform/Book Shop Supervisors Ph: 9976 1819 or uniform_books@stellamaris.nsw.edu.au

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 Ph: 9976 1826

Mon 25 Jul Tues 26 Jul Wed 27 Jul Thurs 28 Jul Fri 29 Jul

Kelly StokerDianne ParkElsa McLean

Bernadette Hickey

Kylie BarrettJo NesbittSusie Kirk

Lara BullmanSelma Stensland

Cecilia JagoEmilie StrongNina GosfordLeoni Graham

Daniella HazellKaren Sparkes

Michelle MaloufCath DonaldBrigid Tysoe

Kate Caraccio

Samantha EconomosShelley AndersenJustine Huggins

HELP NEEDED PLEASE

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Community

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Use your school's unique registration key:

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Enjoy the variety of exclusive discounts andfundraise for the school community.

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Note: it will take 5-10min to receive your confirmation email :)

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Book Fair Details:

Lifeline Northern Beaches Giant Book Fair: 5th to 7th August 2016 Venue: Ted Blackwood Hall Cnr Jackson & Boondah Rd Warriewood Dates/Times: Friday 5th August 1pm -- 8pm Saturday 6th August 9am -- 5pm Sunday 7th August 9am -- 2pm Please note we accept Visa & Mastercard and also have EFTPOS facility available (Entry by gold coin donation very much appreciated) At the Book Fair there will be thousands of good quality books, at bargain prices, in many categories, including a wide range of children's books suited to all ages. For the enthusiast/collector we have a large number of award winning and collectible books. In addition to all the books we also have a wide selection of puzzles, jig saws, games, CD, DVDs, vinyls etc so there’s something for everyone! All funds raised support the activities of Lifeline Northern Beaches which, in addition to the crisis line (13 11 14), provides a lot of services to our community, including 24 hour counselling, bereavement support, anger management and problem gambling to name but a few. Your support for our Book Fairs goes a long way in generating the funds required to continue providing these services to our community See you there!

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CareersOPEN DAY - TAFE Come and check out your career options. You’ll like how we do things. Open Day will give you a chance to chat, ask questions and find out the range of courses we offer and career opportunities available. Find out more here http://www.nsi.edu.au/openday

AIE Open Day Sunday 14th August Discover the courses designed to get you started in game development, 3D animation and visual effects at the AIE Open Day on Sunday 14th August, 2016. Sydney, Melbourne Canberra and Adelaide campuses will be opening their doors to visitors eager to find out about full-time and part-time courses starting in 2017. http://www.aie.edu.au/OpenDay

Study Overseas Information Evening This year on Wednesday 31 August from 4.30 – 7.30pm Ascham and Kambala Schools are hosting a ‘Study Overseas Information’ evening at Ascham School. The intention of this evening is to provide Years 10, 11 and 12 students and their parents with an opportunity to meet representatives from a range of overseas tertiary institutions from North American, UK, European and New Zealand. This evening will commence with a brief introduction, an expo of the various tertiary institutions and at 6.00pm there will be simultaneous workshops presenting on the North American and UK application processes. These workshops will be repeated so attendees will have an opportunity to attend a second workshop. This event will be held at Ascham School, 188 New South Head Road, Edgecliff with easy access directly across the road from Edgecliff Station. This event will be free and the Trybooking registration will open on Wednesday 20 July. Any enquiries may be directed to Gillian Sloan, Tertiary Education and Careers Adviser at Ascham School at gillian.sloan@ascham.nsw.edu.au

EARLY ENTRY Western Sydney University Information and Interview Days are Events to assist students find out about careers in creative fields of communication, media, arts & design (visual communication) and register for an early offer place for 2017 in undergraduate courses. YOUNG CREATIVES DAY Friday, July 29 2016, OPEN DAY Aug 28, CAREERS & PORTFOLIO DAY Sept 2 https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/humanities_communication_arts/hca/blog_and_news/young_creatives_day University of Sydney: Early Entry Year 12 - Now Open - The University of Sydney's Early Entry Year 12 (E12) Scheme has expanded this year, now offering 69 courses, up from 39 last year. The number of principal supported applications per school has also increased from 20 to 30. Applications open 20 July and close 2 September. For more information, including a timeline and hints and tips guide go to sydney.edu.au/e12

RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS - FREE A valuable new resource for the careers sector Good Education Group is excited to announce the launch of The Good Careers Guide. The Guide features everything you loved about Job Guide, while providing updated content tailored to meet the needs of the modern day student or jobseeker. The resource comes as a print publication as well as a free to access e-book, website and app. For more information visit https://www.goodcareersguide.com.au.

Jeanette Ferguson, Head of Careers