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STELLA MARISNEWSLETTER

Term 1Issue 8

24 March, 2017

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

Orthodox Annunciation Prayer

Peace be unto thee,

Mother of the Sun of righteousness.

Peace be unto thee, the palace of holiness,

Peace be unto thee the ship full of blessings,

the fruit of your virginity is blessed,

Holy Mother please pray for us,

so that we would also be holy like you in our

lives.

God have mercy upon us.

AMEN

(http://www.churchyear.net/annunciationprayers.html)

from the PrincipalDear Stella Community,

Assembly Thank you to the students of Mater Dei who came to Assembly this week and celebrated Harmony Day. I appreciate their connection with us and the joy that is so clearly expressed in their faces. Thank you in particular to Mia Agostino, Katie Wright, Laura Hulme, Charlotte Tisher, Isabella Park and Nicola Berry who were their buddies and shared lunch and conversation with our Mater Dei friends.

The importance of teaching philosophy A recent article in The Conversation (Why teaching philosophy could help combat extremism) outlined why studying philosophy helps adolescents think for themselves, challenge misinformation and be less vulnerable to indoctrination. The author, Angie Hobbs, a Professor from the University of Sheffield, suggested that the questioning and good reasoning fostered by philosophy are not just defenses against indoctrination but in our world where ‘alternative facts’ and misinformation are common, young people must be able to analyse and reflect on what they see and hear.

Philosophy, with its rich history of argument and ideas allows young people to reflect on what makes a good life. In partnership with their Religion classes (which helps them understand our purpose and responsibility as Christians), Philosophy offers the opportunity for adolescents to develop the skill to become critical thinkers. Stella Maris offers several opportunities to dip into philosophy. Philosophy is offered as a 100 elective in Stage 5 and in the Studies of Religion II course in Years 11 and 12, students have the chance to study ancient and non-religious belief systems.

Please support the Stella Raffle The P&F run this fundraiser to assist with the purchase of resources for the girls but with only 200 tickets sold, you might have a good chance to win the cost of tuition fees for the year. Please see the advertisement in the P&F section of the newsletter. Thanks to the many families who have already bought their tickets online or at our Stella events this term.

Keep in your prayers Please keep Year 12 in your prayers as they commence their exams during next week. Thank you to the teachers and support staff who have been working with the girls in readiness for this exam period.

Thank you A wonderful camp experience this week for Year 7 as they attended the Aussie Bush Camp! We thank the Year 7 pastoral team who went with them and in particular to Ms Heraghty, our Year 7 Head of Year, for all the organisation in preparation for the camp.

Elizabeth Carnegie, Principal

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Attention: Parents/Guardians,

Please read carefully the letter below from the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (AGDET) advising that the Department is requesting that Stella Maris College provide a statement of address in accordance with section 21 of the Australian Education Regulation 2013.

If you have moved, could you please update your address details via the College Portal, before the end of Term 1 2017, i.e., Friday 7 April, 2017. If you have forgotten your username and password to access the Portal, please email john_christensen@stellamaris.nsw.edu.au

Opportunity through learning

50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601 GPO Box 9880, Canberra ACT 2601 | Phone (02) 6121 6000

2017 Student Residential Address Collection

This notice is from the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (the department), to advise you that the department has requested your child’s school provide a statement of addresses, in accordance with section 21 of the Australian Education Regulation 2013 (the Regulation).

A statement of addresses contains the following three pieces of information about students at the school:

Students’ residential address (not student names or other identifying information) Students’ level of education (i.e. whether the student is receiving primary or secondary education) Students’ boarding school status (boarders or day students)

Authority for and Purpose of Collection

Consistent with previous practice, and following the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics National Census of Population and Housing (Census), it is timely that information held by the department is updated in order to ensure that Australian Government funding calculations for your child’s school are accurate.

Under section 21 of the Regulation, a statement of addresses must not explicitly identify an individual student. Accordingly, all information in the statement of addresses provided by your child’s school to the department is de-identified.

Use and Disclosure of Information

It is important to ensure the statements of addresses are accurate, and the department may from time to time carry out audits of statements of addresses to verify their accuracy. In the event of an audit, the department’s contracted auditors may seek to compare a school’s statement of addresses with student enrolment information held by the school for the purpose of verifying the information. The department’s contractors will not use the information for any other purpose.

Any further use and disclosure of information relating to the statement of addresses will occur in accordance with section 65 of the Regulation.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this notice, you can contact the department by:

Email: seshelpdesk@education.gov.au Phone (free call): SES helpdesk on 1800 677 027 (Option 4)

For further information about the department, including the department’s privacy policy, please go to: https://education.gov.au.

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28 Mar-7 Apr Yr 12 Mid Year Exams

7 Apr Term 1 Concludes

12 Apr Good Friday

17 Apr Easter Monday

26 Apr Anzac Day

26 Apr Term 2 Starts

27 Apr-28 Apr Year 10 Retreat

3 May Athletics Carnival

9 May-12 May NAPLAN

12 May Mother’s Day Breakfast

Upcoming Events and Important Information

IMPORTANTEvery year we seek permission

from the parents/guardians of our students to use their daughter/s name and or photo for various

purposes (official School Photos, Website, Yearbook and Social

Media, etc). The form for 2017 has been uploaded onto the parent portal. Can we please ask that

all parent/guardians that haven’t already please go onto the parent

portal asap and complete this permission slip.

Make sure you LIKE our Stella Maris Facebook page ‘smcmanly’ to stay

up to date with any happenings about the school and our community

HARMONY DAY - ASSEMBLYOn Tuesday we celebrated Harmony Day with the theme “Inclusion and acceptance for all”.

In honour of our cultural diversity, Year 12 students shared stories of their own ethnic backgrounds in assembly and we had the privilege of witnessing artistic performances. Thank you to Cici Liu (Year 12) who sang in Chinese; and Caitlin O’Connor (Year 10) and Sophie Dart (Year 8) who performed an Irish dance.

It was also a great pleasure to have a group of students join us from Mater Dei- a fellow Good Samaritan school in Camden who caters for students with additional needs.

Thank you to our Stella Community who has raised $4200 for Mater Dei this term through the Peace Egg sales at the canteen and our St Patrick’s Day fundraiser.

Stella Community

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GOOD CHOCOLATE

GUIDE: How to celebrate Easter ethically in

2017.

The Good Chocolate Guide to AustraliaEat guilt-free chocolate! This is your easy guide on where to buy ethical chocolate - chocolate that can guarantee no involvement by trafficked people in harvesting the cocoa beans.

Ethical chocolateAldi – Just Organic (Fairtrade Certified)

• Dark Organic

• Milk Organic

Alter Eco (Fairtrade Certified)

• Dark Velvet (Organic)

• Dark Almond Chocolate (organic)

• Dark Blackout 85% Chocolate (organic)

• Dark Cacao 73% Chocolate (organic)

• Dark Mint Chocolate (organic)

• Dark Twist Chocolate (organic)

• Dark Quinoa Chocolate

Cadbury (Fairtrade Certified)

• Cadbury Dairy Milk milk chocolate

Chocolatier Australia (Fairtrade Certified)

• Chocolate Thins – Dark and Milk

Cocolo (Fairtrade Certified)

• Dark Orange

• Milk Chocolate

• Milk Hazelnut

• Dark Mint Crisp

• 70% Dark

• Dark Almond

Green & Black’s (Fairtrade Certified)

• Maya Gold Organic Dark Chocolate Bar

• Organic Hot Chocolate

Keep an eye out for the Fairtrade label on more

Green & Black’s chocolates as they switch to Fairtrade

Heritage Fine Chocolate (Fairtrade Certified)

• Dark Chocolate

• Milk Chocolate

Jasper Coffee (Fairtrade Certified)

• Chocolate Rich Drinking Chocolate

Lindsay and Edmunds (Fairtrade Certified)

• Belgian Dark Chocolate

• Belgian Milk Chocolate

• Belgian White Chocolate

• Brandied Raisin & Roast Almond Chocolate

• Honey & Almond Praline Chocolate

• Tropical Chocolate

• Hot Chocolate Stirrer Sticks

Mars (Rainforest Alliance Certified)

• Mars Bar

Nestle (UTZ Certified)

• Kit Kat

Oxfam (Fairtrade Certified)

• Milk

• Milk with Nuts

• Dark

• Organic Milk

• Organic Dark

• Dark Chocolate Spread

• Hazelnut Spread

• Drinking Chocolate

Republica (Fairtrade Certified)

• Drinking Chocolate

Scarborough Fair (Fairtrade Certified)

• “Rapture” 70% Dark Orange

• “Sinless” 70% Dark

• “Adore” Milk Chocolate

• “Blameless” Fruit and Nut Milk Chocolate

• Easter Egg Dark & Milk

Ethical Chocolate“Ethical Chocolate” refers to cocoa that is independently certified to have been harvested without the use of forced, child or trafficked labour.* Look out for chocolate products in this guide or that have the Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance or UTZ Certified logos on them to be sure your chocolate is ethical chocolate!*This term does not seek to classify the use of other ingredients, such as palm oil.

Carolyn Collins, Head of Community & Social Justice

...Stella Community continued

Mission

Nicola Chin, Director of Mission

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Director of Administration

Jennifer Molloy, Director of Administration

PARENT – TEACHER ONLINE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ

Student Learning Conferences (Parent-Teacher-Student Interviews) are booked online through PTO.

To assist Parents, three dates are available for interviews and open for all students (Years 7 – 12):

Tues 2nd May (2:30 – 7:00pm)

Wed 17th May (4:00 – 8:00pm)

Thurs 1st June (2:30 – 7:00pm)

PTO is an external provider, and as such you will need NEW login details for 2017. Instructions for obtaining your PTO login details will be emailed to Parents (see the table below) Please do not attempt to use login details from a previous year or your Portal login. Neither will work!

Obtaining Login Details and Making Bookings

Year 12 Monday 27th March

Instructions for obtaining login emailed at 8AM

Bookings open at 9AM

(You cannot access the system prior to this time)

Years 7-11 Monday 3rd April

Instructions for obtaining login emailed at 8AM

Bookings open at 9AM

(You cannot access the system prior to this time) Both Parent/Carer emails have been set-up in PTO, but please only make ONE set of Interviews per daughter unless it is absolutely necessary that you each attend separately.

It is highly recommended that you leave a 5 minute gap between interviews (do not make them back-to-back).

Jennifer Molloy (Director of Administration)

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CurriculumENGLISH NEWSTHREE BRAND NEW WRITING COMPETITIONS TO ENTER.

These competitions are open to all students and provide a great opportunity to practice your writing skills and be in the running for some fantastic prizes. Email alison_tedman@stellamaris.nsw.edu.au if you would like to enter.

Mosman Youth Awards in Literature 2017. Write a 1000 word story or a 20 line poem on any topic. Due 25 May. $350 first prize. Open to all students.

The Good Oil Young Writers’ Award 2017. Write 1000 words either in an article, opinion piece or creative piece on the topic “Who is my neighbour?” Due 5 July. $500 first prize. Open to all students.

2017 Young Journalist Award. Write an article about someone who is using their God-given talents to help others and build a fairer world. Open to Year 7 to 9 only. Due 21 May. $200 first prize.

Alison Tedman, Head of English

VISUAL ARTS NEWSYear 11 Visual Arts Students had a productive time while on the Visual Arts camp at Bundanon earlier this month. Bundanon is the estate of Yvonne and Arthur Boyd, located on the Shoalhaven river. The Boyde family consisted of many artists and the family’s art works are on display in the homestead as well as in the accommodation at Riversdale. The property is beautiful and is an excellent place to spend extended periods of time on art-making activities.

Students participated in workshops taught by the Bundanon education staff, including acrylic painting of the river, etchings of Australian wild flowers and drawings using pen and ink. The Stella staff also ran workshops. Ms Silburn ran evening workshops teaching the girls about drawing at night using white chalk on black paper as well as night photography. Mrs Fitzgerald led the students through a series of activities using chalk pastels on coloured papers.

The students were positive and polite at all times, worked hard on their art making and persevered in bringing their works to completion. The experience of going to Bundanon is an extremely valuable time for the students who are commencing Preliminary Visual Arts. The techniques they learn may inspire their Year 12 Body of Work.

We were proud of the girls as they were engaging, proactive and respectful at all times. We were delighted to see them encourage and support each other. The girls certainly made the most of the opportunity.

We look forward to taking these students through the HSC year as they grow and expand their knowledge, while guiding them in further refining their art making.

Belinda Foss, Head of Visual Arts

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Performing ArtsHAWAII NEWS Recently we took a wonderfully talented group of girls on tour to Hawaii where we performed as part of both the Honolulu Festival and the Hawaii Music Festival. We had ten performances across six days of the Tour so we were definitely kept busy.

Choir at Ala Moana Band at Ala Moana ‘Iolani High School Band Exchange University of Hawaii Band Clinic with Dr Boeckmann University of Hawaii Choir Exchange with Aunty Nola Performances by all ensembles at the Honolulu Festival Conference Hawaii Music Festival Adjudicated Band performance Hawaii Music Festival Adjudicated Choir performance Combined Choral Performance Year 12 students also had the Honolulu Music Festival Performances in Waikiki

We did, however, fit in some swimming, surfing, a walk up an extinct volcano (Diamond Head) as well as the Festival parade.

As part of the tour we were able to take part in a high school exchange with ‘Iolani High School. We were blown away with the quality and quantity of their concert bands. They had so much equipment the girls didn’t know what to play first!

Jessica Maker, Head of Performing Arts

We also had the wonderful opportunity to sing traditional Hawaiian songs with the formidable Aunty Nola, and take part in a Band Clinic with Dr Boeckman at the University of Hawaii.

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Learning SupportLEARNING SUPPORT NEWSInformation for Parents/Carers

Schools across Australia are taking part in a new national data collection on school students with disability.

The data collection is being introduced in stages over three years, and started in 2013. From 2015, this information will be collected in every school across Australia, every year.

All Australian governments have agreed to this. What is the benefit for my child? All Australian governments agree that every child in an Australian school should have a high quality education. It shouldn’t matter what the individual child’s circumstances are—every child should have the same opportunity to succeed at school.

The aim of this new data collection is to have better information about school students with disability in Australia.

Better information about school students with disability will help teachers, principals and education authorities to support students with disability to take part in school on the same basis as students without disability.

Why is this data being collected? There is nothing new about schools collecting information about students with disability—in fact, schools have had to do this by law for some time. But the type of information currently collected varies between each state and territory.

With the new data collection, every school in Australia will use the same method to collect this information—that is, a government school in suburban Sydney will collect and report data in the same way as a Catholic school in country Victoria and an independent school in the Northern Territory.

The information provided through this new national data collection will enable all Australian governments to better target support and resources to benefit students with disability. It will help to put the right supports in place for students with disability so that they have the same opportunities for a high quality education as students without a disability.

What are schools required to do? Every school in Australia is likely to have a student with disability at some point. Schools need to be able to support students with disability by removing any obstacles for them to participate in their education.

By law, schools are required to make reasonable adjustments where needed to assist students with disability. These responsibilities are outlined in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005. This means that schools need to talk to the student and/or their parent/carer about reasonable adjustments. These are things the schools do now and this won’t change.

The new data collection with record students who have been identified by a school team as meeting the definition of disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and provided with an adjustment.

What is an adjustment? An adjustment is a measure or action taken to help a student with disability participate in education on the same basis as other students. Adjustments can be made across the whole school setting (like ramps into classrooms), in the classroom and at an individual student level (like extra tuition for a student with a learning difficulty).

What information will be collected? Your child’s school will collect and report information every year about: · the level of adjustment provided · the number of students who receive each level of adjustment · where known, the student’s broad type of disability.

Some students who are not provided with an adjustment at the time of the collection will meet the definition of disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and will be eligible to be included in the data collection.

Who will collect my child’s information? Teachers and other school staff from your child’s school will collect the above information based on: · consultation with parents/carers · the school team’s observations and professional judgements · any medical diagnosis · other relevant information. School principals are responsible for making sure that the information collected about each student is accurate.

How will my child’s privacy be protected? Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all children and their families is very important. With the new data collection, this will be done in the following ways: · Personal or confidential information will not be given to anyone not authorised to see it. · When the information is sent by your child’s school to the local or federal education authority for combination with information from other schools, it will be by school only—student names will not be recorded as part of the data collection. · When the information is reported from 2016 onwards, it will be by school only—student names will not be recorded as part of the data collection.

When and where will the data be available? When all Australian schools are taking part in the new data collection, the information will be reported on the My School website from 2016 onwards. It will be by school only—no student names are recorded as part of the data collection.

Can I decide whether my child’s information is included in the national data collection? It’s your decision about whether you want your child’s information to be included in the national reporting of not.

Including every school child who is being provided with an adjustment because of disability in this new national data collection each year will help schools, education authorities and governments to better meet students’ needs.

Your school will tell you what you need to do if you don’t want to have your child’s information included in the national data collection.

Even if your child’s information is not included in the national data collection, your school is still required to provide support to your child with disability and any adjustments that may be needed to help him/her participate at school.

Further information Contact your child’s school if you have further questions about the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability and how it may affect your child. You can also visit www.education.gov.au/nationally-consistent

Marcia Charles, Head of Learning Support

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SportSPORT REPORT2017 Stella Athletics Carnival The Stella Maris Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday, 3 May at the Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen.

We are now calling for students to enter in events for the carnival. There will be championship and non-championship events. Students who would like to be considered for the Stella Athletics team or to get points towards age champion, will need to enter championship events. We encourage lots of students to enter the championship events. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL FIELD EVENTS (throws and jumps) ARE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS. Students who enter these must enter in the correct age group (the age they turn this year) and be competent in that event.

The Championship events are: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, high jump, long jump, javelin, discus, shot put.

ENTRIES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS OPEN ON MOODLE AT 4PM ON FRIDAY 24 MARCH AND WILL CLOSE AT 12PM ON WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL. YOUR AGE GROUP IS THE AGE YOU TURN THIS YEAR.

There will be non-championship events that students can enter on the day.

These events are: 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m.

There are no non-championship field events. You will not be able to enter field events on the day.

FULL DETAILS FOR THE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL WILL BE IN NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER.

BBSSSA Swimming Congratulations to the Stella Maris team who competed at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in the Broken Bay Diocese Carnival. The standard of swimming was very high as usual and the following outstanding results were achieved. Congratulations to all girls involved. All six Stella relay teams placed 2nd in their event - an amazing achievement by all teams!

Rebbecca Chant 3rd 50m freestyle 3rd 200m freestyle 3rd 100m freestyle

Victoria Cuthbert 3rd 50m Backstroke 1st 200m IM 3rd 50m Butterfly

Soraya Gerritsen 3rd 50m Breastroke 3rd 50m Butterfly

Lili Nicholls 1st 100m Freestyle 1st 50m Freestyle 1st 50m Butterfly 3rd 50m Butterfly

Hannah Baldwin 3rd 200m Freestyle 2nd 50m Breastroke 1st 200 IM

Congratulations to Lili Nicholls, Rebecca Chant, Vicki Cuthbert and Hannah Baldwin, who have been selected in the Broken Bay Diocese team to compete at Combined Catholic Colleges CCC next week. Goodluck girls.

Analiese Melbourn 3rd 50m Freestyle 2nd 50m Butterfly

Sophia Thomas 2nd 50m Breastroke

Campbell Reimer 3rd 50m Breastroke

Tamsyn Curley 3rd 50m Breastroke

Claudia Wolff 3rd 50m Backstroke

Athena Liang 2nd 50m Butterfly

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BBSSSA Basketball

Congratulations to the Stella Open Basketball team who competed at the BBSSSA Basketball Championships at Terrigal on the 16 March. The girls played well all day and had some very tough matches against other strong basketball teams.

Well done to all members of the team: Nell Breslin, Aiden Burke, Annika Day, Charli Gerry, Eve Gibson, Charlotte Mackenzie, Molly Marr, Jade Phillip, Jessie Purvis and Sarah Staples.

Stella Cross Country Carnival

The Stella Cross Country Carnival will be held on Thursday, 6 April from 1.30pm – 3.20pm. The races will start and finish near Queenscliff Park, with the girls running adjacent to the lagoon and along Manly beachfront.

The distances for each race will be: 12 and 13 Years: 3km 14, 15, 16 and 17 Years: 4km.

Students have already signed up to take part in this event and have been sent details.

Parents are reminded to go onto the parent portal to approve their child’s attendance at this event.

The first 10 places in each age group will be selected to represent Stella at the BBSSSA Cross Country Carnival at St Ives Showground on May 5th. Any student in Years 11 and 12 who are not competing in the Stella carnival due to assessments/exams, may sign up for the BBSSSA carnival by emailing Mrs Jenny Wickham.

Peninsula Cup Netball/BBSSSA Netball

The Peninsula Cup Netball Competition will be held on Tuesday afternoons at Curl Curl netball courts in Term 2.

Trials for the Junior Teams (Year 7/8) will be held on Tuesday, 28 March during lunch and Period 5. Students of all abilities are welcome to trial for these teams. We will endeavour to place all students in a team, but this will depend on the number of students who trial, as team numbers are limited.

We will also be selecting teams for the BBSSSA Netball Gala Day at this trial. The BBSSSA team will play in the BBSSSA Netball Championships in Term 3. The team will play together in the Peninsula Cup Competition in preparation for the BBSSSA Gala Day. Students who wish to trial for the Junior (Year 7/8) or Year 7 BBSSSA teams, must attend this trial on Tuesday.

If it rains on Tuesday, the trials will be postponed until the following day.

Details for students in Years 9 – 12 will be sent to students next week.

Jenny Wickham and Raylee Kelly, Heads of Sport

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UNIFORM SHOP

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

Winter Uniform: All girls are to be in full winter uniform by Monday, 8 May.

These groups need to come to the Uniform Shop:• All Year 7 – for any items not yet purchased – skirt, blouses, stockings, accessories • All Year 10 – senior winter skirt, replacement white blouses if needed and stockings • All Year 11 – pink blouse • All new girls to school since Term 4 last year

PricesJunior skirt $70 Senior skirt $120 Stockings $9 Scarf $10Junior white blouse $35 Pink senior blouse $35 Black Gloves $7

Check the COLLEGE WEBSITE for: • uniform regulations • second hand uniform policy • College shoe policy • uniform and stationery price lists

Uniform Shop is longer able to accept American Express Cards

Volunteers NO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NEXT WEEK

Gail Hickey & Maree Sewell, Uniform/Book Shop Supervisors 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 on 9976 1826.

Mon 27 Mar Tues 28 Mar Wed 29 Mar Thurs 30 Mar Fri 31 MarKelly Stoker

Myriam SweekhorstRebecca Edwards

Rose GiardinaAmy Dean

Bernadette Hickey

Lara BullmanMichelle StauntonJasmine Cosgrove

Margaux ZemannLesley Hine

Susie DureauHELP NEEDED PLEASE

Melissa CurcioDebbie Fredericks

Sandra HamillHELP NEEDED

PLEASE

Hollie NapperShelley AndersonSandra BerrymanIngrid Quattroville

Maria Dunn

HELP IS NEEDED ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS PLEASE…1st Monday; 2nd Tuesday; 4th Tuesday; 4th Wednesday; 5th Wednesday; 5th Thursday.

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Win one year of College fees to the value of

$7000

The P&F are holding a raffle with the opportunity for you to win $7000 towards your daughter’s school fees.

Only 200 tickets available! *

$50 each

First in, first served so be quick! Limited opportunity to participate. These are very good odds! Please note that if not all 200 tickets are sold then a full refund will be given for tickets purchased.

*Limit of 10 tickets per family.

This raffle is our big fundraiser for the year for the College. Please note, once all tickets are sold, the raffle drawing date will be published in the College newsletter. Best of Luck!

There are two ways to buy tickets:

1. Credit Card: go online to https://www.trybooking.com/OVAW or use the payment slip below. 2. Cash: Fill out the payment form below and return it in an envelope marked to the P&F FEE

RAFFLE, to the College Main Reception (NOT the Finance Office)

You will receive an email with your ticket number once your purchase is processed. From 1 January 2017, AMEX payments will incur a 0.95% surcharge

CONTACT INFORMATION

Name:

Mobile: E-mail:

Number of Tickets: Amount Due:

Cash ☐ Credit Card ☐

Credit Card Number: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Exp. Date: __ __/__ __ Office Use Only Cash Received: Initials:

Stella College Fees Raffle 2017

https://www.trybooking.com/OVAW

Parents and Friends

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Careers

Jeanette Ferguson, Careers Advisor

Complimentary workshops in School Holidays: Trial-a-trade Date: 11 April 2017 Time: 10am - 12pm Venue: William Angliss Institute Sydney Cost: FREE Contact: Stacey Niu staceyn@angliss.edu.au / 02 9125 5110 Event Description: William Angliss Institute Sydney will be providing a unique, hands-on look at what a career in the exciting fields of coffee, cookery, patisserie or travel/events/hospitality management would entail.

AIE Industry Experience Day Date: 19 April 2017 Time: 10am to 3pm Venue: Wentworth Park Sports Complex, Wattle St, Ultimo Cost: FREE Contact: Simon Freeman simonf@aie.edu.au Event Description: The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) is Australia's most awarded 3D animation, game design and visual FX educator.

Sydney Design School Information Session Date: 21st Apr 2017 Time: 1pm Venue: Sydney Design School Level 2, 40 Oxley Street, St Leonards Cost: FREE Contact: Bella Taylor : 02 9437 1902 Register online here http://bit.ly/1KW7G1c

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Community

Pink Hope Movie Night

Join us for a fabulous & fun night out! Funds raised will ensure Pink Hope can continue its work to empower Australians to

assess, understand and reduce their risk of breast and ovarian cancer, while providing personalised support for at risk women.

Date Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Time 7pm – Doors to open at 6.45pm Venue Warriewood United Cinemas - GRAND THEATRE

General Admission Tickets $22 per person ALL TICKETS TO BE PURCHASED PRIOR TO EVENT

Be prepared for a fun filled night… Bring the kids. Family Friendly Movie – rated PG Fantastic raffle prizes plus Lucky seat prizes to be won!

For Ticket enquiries please contact Lisa Caterina

Telephone: 02 8084 2288 or 0421 364 898Email: lisa@pinkhope.org.au

https://pinkhope.org.au/events/beauty-and-the-beast-movie-night/