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Bundaberg QLD 4670
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1 February 2016

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Principal's Reflection

'Called to not lord it over but to serve…'

During his visit to the United States of America last year, Pope Francis was asked by a journalist how he feels being treated like a celebrity and what this means to the Catholic Church. The Holy Father's response was: "Do you know what title the Popes used to use, and should still use? Servant of the servants of God. That is a little different than being a celebrity, a 'star'. Stars are beautiful to gaze at. I like to gaze at them in the summer, when the sky is clear. But the Pope must be, has to be, the servant of the servants of God. In the media this sort of thing happens. But there is another side to the story. How many stars have we seen shine, then go out and fall. It is something fleeting. Whereas being the servant of the servants of God, that is something beautiful. It doesn't pass away. That is what I think".

From the response of the Holy Father, it was obvious that Pope Francis saw the moment of the interview with this journalist as an opportunity to teach and catechise not just the journalist but all who may ever read his response to this journalist. Right from the first day he was elected to the papacy, Pope Francis has been seen by Catholics and non-Catholics alike, as a true servant-leader. As the Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis understands that he has not come to be served but to serve.

From his first homily Pope Francis has insisted "authentic power is service"…. (America magazine, June 17, 2013.)

Our Year 12 students commenced a very important year today, a year in which they have been called to serve their community; to undertake servant leadership just as the Pope has been called to serve. They have been assigned a Year 7 buddy, a young person whom they shall 'look after' for the year; they are asked to take an active role in their Pastoral Care classes and build authentic relationships with all students in that class, remembering that they are part of their House community. They will undertake projects or activities organised on a whole school basis. And of course there will be a myriad of ways they will be able to serve others in our community. These young men and women in Year 12 aspire to make a difference in our community, to acknowledge the traditions gone before them and to add to that.

I am certain that they will make this College a better place for having been a part of the community.

On 26 February we will formally welcome our Year 12 students to their year of servant leadership at the Opening College Liturgy and Year 12 Induction where they pledge their service to this community.

I look forward to working with these young people in 2016.

New Staff Welcome

We warmly welcome the following staff to Shalom: Miss Jessica Altadonna, Mr Steve McKay, Mrs Jade Van Krimpen and Miss Rebecca Cavallaro. Mrs Trish Ingalls continues with us in a full-time capacity and Ms Henrika Ambrutyte is with us for the year along with Ms Maya Pundoor. We also welcome Mrs Amanda Sharpe back from maternity leave. We keep Mrs Rhonda Challen in our thoughts and prayers as she is unwell; Mrs Helena Chandler is taking her classes.

The new auxiliary staff are: Miss Leith Argent (Chaverim), Mr Dominic Tuzes (Hospitality) Mr Tom Houghton (IT Department) and the following staff are attached to the Learning Enhancement Unit: Miss Taleigha Batt, Miss Michelle Hair, Miss Kelsey Henricksen, Mr Antonio Kaufusi, Mr Lewis McLure and Miss Bronte Nash.

We also welcomed quite a number of students in Years 8 to 11 on Wednesday.

School Fees

I am very grateful to all of those families who ensure that their school fees are paid on time. Shalom depends on the financial contribution of parents. I am very conscious that getting your daughters and sons back to school, in uniform and fully equipped for the year is an expensive business. As a Catholic school, Shalom makes every effort to ensure that fee increases are kept to a minimum and that Shalom is accessible to all. It was interesting to read the article in The Courier Mail on 27 January that outlined the range of fees in the State in non-government schools. The data presented in that article certainly highlighted that the fees at Shalom are certainly much lower than most. The article quoted the Director of Independent Schools Queensland as saying that the median cost for non-government schools in 2014 was $5658. Shalom's fee, which is all-inclusive, is still below that figure in 2016. Please always know that the College will do all that it is able to assist families in financial difficulty to access a Catholic education at Shalom.

Personal Development Education

Our school has recently subscribed to the Enhanced Learning Educational Services Study Skills Handbook as we are implementing a formal Personal Development Education program across the school. This is a great online resource for parents and students to address all their study skills issues and concerns as well as learn new ways to improve students' results at school. The handbook has a huge amount of information for students and parents as well as lots of interactive activities, multimedia experiences and useful resources. To access the handbook, go to www.studyskillshandbook.com.au and login as a subscriber with these details:

User name: shalomcollege
Password: 18results

Please note, the above user name and password is for the use of the parents and students AT OUR SCHOOL ONLY – please do not pass our school's details onto parents or students from other schools or other individuals as this is a prosecutable breach of copyright and will result in frequent password changes for our school.

We encourage all parents and students to take advantage of this opportunity to further develop their study skills through this great online resource.

Internet Safety Training

Last year we had Brett Lee (not the fast bowler!) speak to the staff here at the College; some of you may have attended his parent workshop. Brett has developed an online course committed to the well-being of all children in the physical world and in the cyber environment. He has developed valuable online training courses aimed to educate, empower and support parents and carers to protect children from the increasing risks online. This is the link:

http://learn.internetsafetraining.com/

Password: shalom16

For our secondary parents you can choose from either lower secondary or upper secondary. He covers topics such as Communication, Rules and Boundaries, Independence and Empowered Choice and Action.

I encourage all parents to look at these excellent resources.

Mrs Elizabeth Austin Campbell
Acting Principal
AcampbellE@shalomcollege.com

Student Welfare

We welcomed the Year 7 students to our College on Wednesday. They attended high school for the first time, along with their Year 12 buddies. The House Coordinators and the Pastoral Care teachers did a magnificent job in preparing these newest members of our community for what lies ahead. I hope they enjoyed the day. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, your child will have completed their IT Bootcamp and also had a session with Mrs Miller-Smith and myself regarding cybersafety and cyberbullying.

Quite a number of students across Years 8 to 11 also joined our Shalom community.

YEAR 12 Student Drivers

If your son or daughter is to drive to the College they need to collect a 'Permission to Drive' form from the student office. The form needs to be signed by both the parent and the student. The form is simply an agreement which states the guidelines:

  • where students are permitted to park
  • the requirement to follow direction from the school staff regarding the car
  • the speed limit in the driveway
  • that they cannot leave the school during school hours without the appropriate permission
  • they must hand in their keys

If the procedures are not followed the privilege of parking at the College may be removed.

Please note: The school takes no responsibility for the safety of the driver or any passengers of the vehicle.

Collecting students from the College

Parents - we do ask that you not use the staff car park adjacent to the Learning Enhancement Unit /Sports Centre or the staff car park beside the tennis courts to collect your child.

The students MUST wait in the designated area adjacent to the Administration building.

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Bundaberg Region's Australia Day Spirit Awards

Junior Sporting Spirit: Indiana Anderson

Junior Creative Spirit: 2015 male College Captain – Liam Pratt.

I do hope everyone has had a smooth start the school year.

Mrs Elizabeth Austin-Campbell

Shalom in Pictures

First Day Year 7 & Year 12 2016
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First Day Year 7 & Year 12 2016
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P & F Association

The P&F extend an invitation to all parents and friends to attend our monthly P & F Meetings which are held on the first Tuesday of the Month at 5:30pm. Please check the school calendar for details of exact dates. All meetings are held in the staff room - entrance between the Administration Building and the Performing Arts Complex. Our AGM and first meeting will be held on Tuesday 1 March 2016.

https://sites.google.com/a/rok.catholic.edu.au/scbg-p-and-f-test/

2016 School Based Vaccination Program

This year Ozcare is providing free vaccinations for all Year 7 and Year 8 students as part of the annual School Based Vaccination Program. The vaccinations offered are to protect against Varicella (Chickenpox) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination as well as Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (whooping cough).

The vaccinations will be conducted by the Ozcare team of specially trained nurses.

A consent for each vaccination offered has been given to your child to bring home. Please read the information carefully, sign the consent form if you wish your child to be vaccinated and return the consent form to the school by Friday 12 February.

Students with late consent form will need to directly deliver to Ozcare, 73 Woongarra Street, Bundaberg.

Parents are encouraged to ensure their children have breakfast on the morning of the vaccination.

For further information about diseases, vaccines or the School Based Vaccination Program, please contact 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84), or visit

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/public-health/topics/immunisation/default.asp

or contact your doctor.

Below is a list of vaccinations for the 2016 school year:

Round 1 – Wednesday 2 March (Year 8 + Year 7 Camp 9 Students)
Round 1 – Friday 11 March (Year 7 not including Year 7 Camp 9 Students)
Round 2 – Wednesday 8 June (Year 8)
Round 2 – Friday 10 June (Year 7)
Round 3 – Wednesday 12 October (Year 7 and Year 8 – HPV3 vaccine only)

Ozcare will conduct a 'Catch up' Clinic for all School students missed at the Shalom clinic after each round, Ozcare contacts all the guardians directly to make this appointment.

Round 1 – Thursday 17 March 2016 (2:30pm-4:30pm)
Round 2 – Thursday 16 June (2:30pm-4:30pm)
Round 3 – Thursday 27 October 2016 (2:30pm-4:30pm)

Catch up clinics are held at Ozcare Bundaberg office, 73 Woongarra Street (phone 4130 8900)

Photo day for School ID's – Year 7 and all new students

The scheduled photo session on Friday 19 February is for Year 7 and all the new students to Shalom (any year level). The photos from this session will be used for Student ID cards, therefore no order forms or payments are required. The opportunity to purchase School photos will be available at our upcoming School photo day on Thursday 18 August.

All male students are to wear the Shalom school tie for the photos.

Quiet Achiever

For the Australia Day awards given by the Bundaberg Regional Council, two Shalom student received awards.

One of these students is Indiana Anderson (Year 12) who merited the Junior Sporting Spirit Award because of her expertise in equestrian competitions especially dressage.

The other student is Liam Pratt (Shalom's 2015 male College Captain) whose expertise in the world of music (especially piano playing) merited the Junior Creative Spirit Award.

Congratulations to these two 'spirit' full young students.

Indiana Anderson

Liam Pratt

Information Technology

Emails from Shalom

We are aware of some parents with Microsoft email addresses(@outlook.com, @hotmail.com & @live.com) are not receiving our emails. We are still investigating the cause and it's not an easy one as some parents with Microsoft accounts are receiving emails from Shalom. Could all parents that are having issues, log into the website of your email provider and confirm you can get to your inbox. We have found that some parents with issues have not answered security questions, etc from Microsoft and this only shows via their website.

School Laptop Program

We have handed out most laptops to students last week, with the rest expected to be finished by Tuesday this week. I will be placing information regarding this program up on our intranet for added assistance.

Mr Matthew Mills
IT Manager
shalomit@shalomcollege.com

Arts in Performance

Welcome back for another exciting year of music, dance and drama in performance.

Instrumental Music

Over the next couple of weeks, our instrumental music program will commence all rehearsals from 7:30am each morning. The rehearsal schedule will be as follows.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

CHOIR

Mrs Edgar

Sign-on and rehearsals commence Monday

1 February

SENIOR JAZZ

Mr Belluz

SENIOR CONCERT BAND

Mr King

THURSDAY MORNING BAND

Mr Belluz

ORCHESTRA

Mrs Connolly

VOCAL ENSEMBLE

Mrs Edgar

ELEMENTARY JAZZ

(Mr Belluz)

CHAMBER STRINGS

Mrs Connolly

INTERMEDIATE JAZZ

Mr King

ELEMENTARY CONCERT BAND

Mrs Helbig

ROCHFORD STRING ORCHESTRA

Mrs Connolly

Week 1

Students will be invited to enrol for lessons and ensembles

Choir sign-on and rehearsals commence

Week 2

Lessons begin

Week 3

Ensembles commence

Students who wish to be part of the instrumental music program and haven't received an invitation are encouraged to contact Mrs Edgar (PAP staff and music room).

'Have A Go' band will commence Term 2 – more information in future newsletters.

Drama

There will performances for the Drama department at various times during the year and these will be a part of the Drama curriculum subject.

Dance

Please make a note in diaries that the major Dance Night concert for the Dance department will be Friday 28 and Saturday 29 October.

Mrs Robyn Edgar
Arts in Performance Coordinator

LOTE News

Firstly welcome to the Year 7s and welcome back to the other students of Japanese in Year 8 through to Year 12. 2016 is year of the Monkey or 猿 and the picture that is attached is of a Happy News card wishing a very Happy New Year.

This will be an exciting period, with many of the Year 7 students learning Japanese for the first time. You will be learning interesting things about different cultures and an entirely new alphabet and a new way of looking at the world.

Learning Japanese will also help your academic achievement in other subjects. By learning a new language, you will learn more about English, which will help strengthen your literacy skills and organisation. You will also learn to use parts of your brain that would otherwise be under-utilised.

Students have been shown a list of free Japanese learning Apps for their iPads, make sure you check and ask your student to teach you some of their new language. For all enquires please email myself Mrs Simon Wilson simone_wilson@shalomcollege.com or Mrs Fiona Bath bathf@shalomcollege.com who is teaching Year 8 Japanese this year.

Mrs Simone Wilson
LOTE Coordinator

Sports News

Welcome back to Shalom Sport for 2016!!! Shalom College is renowned for its enthusiasm, spirit and will to win and this is only achieved by encouraging maximum participation in all sports. I am looking forward to a 'bumper' year in sport and I wish to encourage any volunteers to contact me if you are able to assist in any way this year.

Summer Sport Season

The interschool summer sport competition will start on the week beginning Monday 8 February. Sign-ons have been held in the first week of school with the following sports offered to the students for this year.

  • Summer Sports include:
  • Cricket - 13years, 15years & Opens
  • Golf
  • Softball - Open Mixed
  • Tennis
  • Ten Pin Bowling - Years 10,11 & 12 only
  • Table Tennis
  • Touch Football - U13, U15 & Opens
  • Volleyball - U13, U15 & Opens
  • Rowing
  • Surfing

Trials for these school teams (if required) will take place in Week 2. Please listen to the daily school notices for more information.

Championship Swimming Carnival

On Thursday 11 February, the Championship Swimming Carnival will be held at Norville pool from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. This carnival is targeted at those students who would like to gain selection in the Shalom Swim Team that will compete at the Bundy District Carnival and then on for Wide Bay selection. Age Champions will also be determined at this championship carnival.

Interhouse Swimming Carnival

The InterHouse Carnival will be held on Monday 15 February during the school day. This is predominantly a participation carnival with points allocated to Houses so that a Champion House is crowned at the end of the carnival. More info about these carnivals will be in the next newsletter.

BDSSS

There will be Bundaberg and District sport trials for Cricket (14 years and under, Open males, 15 years and under females), Golf (males and females), Softball (males and females), Squash (males and females), Surfing (males and females), Tennis (males and females), Touch Football (males and females - Open and U15) and Volleyball (males and females – Opens and U15) after school on Monday 8 February. Details and medical forms must be collected from me in the Sports Office. The signed medical form will need to be presented to the coach at the trials. Students will be given all details of the Wide Bay trials for this season, which will also appear on the BDSSS web page at www.bdsss.qld.edu.au in the next couple of weeks.

Congratulations

Several Shalom students featured in the local paper over the last week or so. Congratulations to Year 12 student Indiana Anderson (Equestrian) for her Australia Day Award for Junior Sport in the Bundaberg Region. Also congratulations go to Lily McLennan (Cycling) and Nathan Donaldson (Para-Athletics) for their excellent achievements (and medals) at their respected events over the holidays.

Nathan in action.

If you have any sporting achievements that would not normally be recognised through school sport, contact me via email (below).

Your Sporting Fanatic,
Mr Simon Gills
Sports Co-ordinator
gillss@shalomcollege.com

College Events

Catholic Race Day

Cambodia 2016 – Year 11 students

Call out for any Year 11 students interested in going to Cambodia in the September holidays. If you have not signed up and are interested please email Mrs Smith for more information.

smithj@shalomcollege.com

Tuckshop Roster

Monday
1 February

Kym Russell

Tuesday
2 February

Suzanne Weedon-Smith
Susie Zunker

Wednesday
3 February

Leanne Grogan
Katrina O'Sullivan

Thursday
4 February

Cheryl Carroll

Friday
5 February

Donna Habermann

Monday
8 February

Kathryn Hanlon

Tuesday
9 February

Cathy Duffield

Wednesday
10 February

Ann Holliss

Thursday
11 February

Paul Simms
Caroline Simms

Friday
12 February

Michelle Arvidsson-Smith
Leah Whaleboat
Marilyn Wootton

Monday
15 February

Mila Robertsob

Tuesday
16 February

Holly Hess
Linda Stehbens

Wednesday
17 February

Claire Hamilton
Sharon Pole

Thursday
18 February

Stefanie Hale
Jennifer Pimm

Friday
19 February

Jenny Beveridge

Monday
22 February

Help Needed Please

Tuesday
23 February

Fiona Canniffe
Pauline Shaxson

Wednesday
24 February

Kate Crook

Thursday
25 February

Tania Wright

Friday
26 February

Michelle Arvidsson-Smith
Donna Tobin

Monday
29 February

Help Needed Please

Tuesday
1 March

Suzanne Weedon-Smith
Susie Zunker

Wednesday
2 March

Leanne Grogan
Katrina O'Sullivan

Thursday
3 March

Cheryl Carroll

Friday
4 March

Donna Habermann

Tuckshop Markets Roster

Sunday
7 February 2016

6.00am-9.30am

Rob/Angela ASNICAR
Glen BOYS
Jan BUNN
Alec/Jo DUFFY
Trish INGALL
Susie MANT
Karen MARRIOTT
Glenda MCGUIRE
Bradley/Robyn ROYAN

9.00am-12.30pm

Andrew BURNET
Roberto/Trina BARAZZA
Lynda CROSSETT
Helen GLASS
Mark/Jas HASTER
Roselyn HUNTING

Sunday
14 February 2016

6.00am-9.30am

Linda ADCOCK
Peter ANDERSON
Kerry ARGENT
Jillian BARTELS
Michael/Sally DOYLE
Penny GREEN
Patrick HAYES
Leanne KYLE

9.00am-12.30pm

Kylie AMIES
Deborah BRIGHT
Sue/Sophia/Molly BURFITT
Katherine CHURCH
Darren/Stacey HARNEY
Brenda JAY
Linda VICKERS

Sunday
21 February 2016

6.00am-9.30am

Chris/Julie BONANNO
Vince/Donna HABERMANN
Jo HARRIS
Carla JOYALL
Orinda MARTIN
Robert/Carol MCGILL
Cheryl O'DONNELL
Chris/Donna RYAN
Louise STALLARD
Cathy WILSON

9.00am-12.30pm

Kristine ARNOTT
Angela DOYLE
Teresa HAIR
David/Karen HUMPHRIES
Kym MURPHY
John PAPPALARDO
Joy POHLMAN

Sunday
28 February 2016

6.00am-9.30am

Lan DO
Terry GILBERT
Elizabeth HARRIS
Kim MEISSNER
Alsion REINHARDT

9.00am-12.30pm

Steve COOK
Maria CURTIS
Marie HARVEY
Tonyia GARLAND
Corrie-Anne GORMAN
Rod/Cass MASON
Barry/Melissa NEAL-DAVIES
Tammy SHILVOCK

Markets BBQ Roster

7 February

Cambodia

14 February

Taiko Drums

21 February

Netball

28 February

Rugby League

Community News

For sale

Cello ¾ size $650 includes soft case and rubber donut. Please email joanne_thomson@shalomcollege.com