Learning Attributes Yr 7/8 Rotation Subjects – Published Week 6

A reminder that in 2024, Shalom College has changed the way we give feedback on ‘learning attributes’ of our students to parents. Please note that the upcoming End-of-Semester Report cards will no longer show Application and Behaviour as a result.

Instead, teachers have been giving feedback through Sia on the learning behaviours of students in each of their classes, as well as PC classes. These learning attributes will be published throughout Week 6 in Term 4 for the Yr7/8 rotation subjects that occur in this term only. All other subjects have published the learning attributes throughout the year and are updating them as necessary.

Year 12 External Exams

External Exams for Yr 12 General Subjects will occur over the period from Monday 21 October – Friday 8 November.

Attached is some important information about this time including:

• External Assessment Timetable
• Directions for Students
• External Exam Equipment List
• Student Expectations During Exam Block

Could parents and students please familiarise themselves with these important documents in preparation for the External Exam period?

Please note that normal classes continue during Week 1-3 of Term 4 (30 Sep – 18 Oct), however students need only attend school for the exams they are sitting during the External Exam Block. Students who are required to complete outstanding work may also be required to attend school during the External Exam block as organised by the relevant classroom teacher.

Good luck with your study and your exams!

Yr 11 Exam Block – 20 November – 22 November

Yr 11 students will participate in an exam block from Wednesday 20 - Friday 22 November. Students participating in this exam block will begin Unit 3 assessment. This assessment is summative and as such will contribute towards the ATAR score. The Exam Timetable for this exam block is attached. Students need only attend school for the exams that they are sitting in this period.

During the exam block, students not involved in exams are expected to be involved in home study. Students who are behind in their schoolwork may also be required to attend school to complete outstanding work. If this is required, these arrangements will be communicated by individual class teachers.

Please remember that normal school rules regarding uniform and behaviour continue through the exam block.

We wish our students all the best with their studies.

Year 10 End of Semester Two Examinations – 20 November – 22 November

Yr 10 students will participate in an exam block from Wednesday 20 - Friday 22 November. All students are expected to be at school for the whole day on Wednesday 20 November.

All students in 10MA04 Specialist Maths and 10SC02 Science are expected to be at school for the whole day on Thursday 21 November.

Students who do not have outstanding assessment or supplementary exams are permitted to stay home on Friday 22 November.

Students should expect to sit outstanding examinations and complete other outstanding assessment tasks at the direction of class teachers in any available examination session during the examination block, including the following week if necessary (Monday 25 - Friday 29 November).

Mr Brendan Maher
Assistant Principal - Administration
maherb@shalomcollege.com 

Woorabinda Immersion

On Friday 25 October, 12 of our Year 10 students and four staff members headed out to Woorabinda after spending Thursday night at The Cathedral College in Rockhampton.

We were warmly welcomed by Sr Cecilia Prest, a Missionary Franciscan Sister, who has lived in Woorabinda for 22 years. Her role is to be a presence and empower the people through compassion and non-judgmental acceptance of everyone.

Uncle Milton, from one of the original Woorabinda families showed us around explaining the history and the sites of the town after he welcomed us to country. 

We began the day with a grounding ceremony and met a few of the locals. They were all extremely accepting of us in their community.  We even had one local who stopped to say hello but ended up joining us for the day.

Uncle Milton then took us to a traditional Birthing Site, out in the bush quite a way from town, where the babies were birthed right up until approximately 20 years ago.  There used to be a running stream where the babies could be cleaned after birth.  Unfortunately, this has since dried up, but the creek is still there.   Boys are not allowed to enter this sacred site as it was ‘women’s business’.  The girls were able to sit and meditate at this peaceful place for a short amount of time, which was for some quite a spiritual experience.

We also saw an old windmill that had been erected and dug out by hand by the people who had been relocated to Woorabinda against their will.  They had to dig through the rock, and we considered the discomfort they would have experienced, without any pay as compensation.

We left Woorabinda at 2.45pm for the long drive home.  We had a fantastic time and really appreciate the time both Sr Cecilia and Uncle Milton took to teach us more about Indigenous Culture and Spirituality.  We look forward to going back with another group of Year 10’s next year.

Mrs Cheryl Petersen
Campus Minister
petersenc@shalomcollege.com 

If you would like to submit any sporting achievements about your child/children along with a photo, please email your submissions to GillsS@shalomcollege.com
Please note photo submissions must only include photos of students from Shalom.

You can also keep up to date with anything sport related via our Facebook page - Shalom College Sport.

North Australian Lifesaving Championships

The North Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships were held at Mackay over the weekend of the 25^th 26^th and 27^th October. Athletes travelled from the Gold Coast to Cairns to compete in the championships.

Big congratulation to Ethan G u14, Aarj D u15 and Ava M u17 who were selected to represent Queensland Country at the interbranch championships to be held at the Sunshine Coast at the end of November. Tom W was selected as a reserve in u17.

All Shalom students competing came away with medals and amazing results across the 3 days.

Results included:

Issac F – u13 1^st Beach Flags

Ethan G – u14 1^st Manikin Carry, 1^st 100m Obstacle, 3^rd Swim, Board and Ironman 1^st Board Relay and 4^th u15 Board Relay, 1^st Cameron Relay, 1^st Swim Team (u15).

Mia H – u14 4^th Board, 7^th Ironman, 10^th Swim, 1^st Cameron relay, 1^st Board Relay and 5^th Board Rescue and Swim Team.

Stevey H – u15 4^th Board, 4^th Board Relay, 6^th Ironman, 5^th 2km run, 5^th Board Rescue, 1^st Cameron Relay

Aarj D – u15 1^st   Ironman, 1^st Board Relay,1^st Cameron Relay, 1^st Swim team, 3^rd Tube Race, 2^nd Board Race, 2^nd Swim, 1^st 100m manikin tow, 2^nd Manakin Carry, 2^nd 100m Obstacle 

Ava M – u17 1^st Board Race, 3^rd Ironwoman,3^rd 50m Manikin Carry

Tom W – u17 3^rd Board Race, 2^nd Ironman, 3^rd 100m manikin tow, manikin carry and 100m obstacle, 4^th Tube Race

Ben R – u15 1^st Board Relay, Cameron Relay, Swim Team, 4^th Board Rescue, 5^th Sprints, 7^th Board, 8^th Swim, 10^th Ironman

Queensland Representative School Sport Futsal

Congratulations to Bailey I, Georgia C, Lilana B and Cohen P who all represented Wide Bay at the Queensland Representative School Sport Futsal 15-16yrs State Championships in Toowoomba last week and weekend (Thursday 17 October to Sunday 20 October 2024).

The students played ten fast paced Futsal games over four full days of competition held at The Glennie School and USQ in Toowoomba.

ROK Superfinal - Karting 

Recently Ky B competed at the ROK Superfinal, Lonato, South Garda, Italy. He had 2 days of practice to try and learn the difficult track. Unfortunately, the 2 days practice was under beautiful, sunny conditions and the competition was miserable and rained most of the time. Ky qualified 16^th in his group, 46^th overall out of 101 drivers entered in the Junior ROK category. 

Heat 1 - started out of position 18,  finished 15^th (sustained some damage to the front end of his kart)

Heat 2 - started out of position 18 , finished 7th

Heat 3 - started out of position 18, finished 8th

Heat 4 - started out of position 18, finished 7th

Heat 5 - started out of position 18, finished 10th

To gain a position in the prefinal, you had to finish in the top 72. Ky was ranked 24^th out of 101 drivers.  

Prefinal - started out of position 12th, finished 7th

The final consisted of the top 36 drivers. Ky's ranking improved to 20th.   

Final - started out of position 20th, finished 12^th (13th with penalty)

Ky had mega speed in the final, setting one of the fastest times. He had a great result considering 100+ drivers for the weekend. This was Ky's first race in South Garda, Lonato. Big thanks goes to Energy Corse Racing Karts Italy, Mattia his mechanic and Angus his driver coach. 

Mr Simon Gills
Sports Coordinator
GillsS@shalomcollege.com

The Year 12 Sport and Recreation Studies classes completed a lawn bowling Unit this Term. Throughout the Unit, Brothers Lawn Bowls provided equipment and tutoring to the students. We would like to express our appreciation for the generous donation of their time and experience. The students certainly gained a sound understanding of the game and an appreciation of the level of skill needed to be consistently successful. All students received a certificate to acknowledge that they have gained junior bowler accreditation and a Brothers Lawn Bowls pin. Thank you again to all involved.

Mrs Michelle Moller and Mr Adrian Stallard
Year 12 REA Teachers
MollerM@shalomcollege.com
StallarA@shalomcollege.com

Pathways Information

Your future starts now: Explore, Dream, Succeed! Discover exciting career insights in this week’s Pathways Newsletter

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• See the range of part-time, full-time and apprenticeship roles on offer on the Pathways Sia Page

EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

• UQ InspireU STEM Camp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Year 11 and 12 students

APPRENTICESHIPS/TRADES

• East Coast Apprenticeship student drop in session – Thursday 7 November 3pm-5pm

SCHOOL BASED TRAINEESHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN 2025

• Applications are open for the Department of Health’s 2025 School-Based Traineeship Program – Certificate III in Pathology

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Test Drive a Career Today – Applications Open for December school holiday Work Experience (students may also be eligible for work experience during exam block, pending exam schedule)

CAREER SPOTLIGHT

• How to become a Human Resources Manager – if you are passionate about people and a great communicator this could be the perfect job for you

SCHOLARSHIPS

• Scholarships for Entrepreneurship & Innovation – if you’re the type of person who’s always dreaming up new ideas then this could be right up your alley.

The Pathways Team
Mrs Liza O’Donnell, Mrs Kim Toll, Mrs Kathryn Laing, Ms Jacinta Cook & Mrs Cristel Simmonds
Liza_ODonnell@shalomcollege.com
kim_toll@shalomcollege.com
kathryn_laing@shalomcollege.com
jacinta_cook@shalomcollege.com
cristel_simmonds@shalomcollege.com

Preferred Student Absentee Option 

Parents are able to inform the College of student absentees via Parent Lounge, using the below pathway:

Parent Lounge> Student Details> Attendance> "+Add Absence Notification"

The Shalom College App has now been updated so when parents select "Absentee" it will re-direct to Parent Lounge for the absentee notification to be added.

For Parents that do not already have the College App please click below:

ALL student absentees should be notified to the office by 9am each day.  If no notification has been received, an absentee text message will be sent out to parents to advise of the student's absence.

Parents and Carers of Year 11 & 12 Students 

If your child has obtained their Provisional Licence and wishes to drive to and from school you are required to fill out a Permission to Drive Form and return it to Student Reception for approval by Mr Aaron Brown.  Once approved the details will be placed on our School Register.

Planning is underway for the Cambodia 2025 tour in early December next year. Expressions of Interest are now open for current Year 10 students who would be interested in being a part of the tour.

As part of the tour, students will be expected to undertake fundraising for the community service projects, donating money and goods to a number of Non-Government Charitable Organisations. You will be expected to raise money during the year to spend at these deserving charities. The trip will include major highlights of Cambodia such as Angkor Wat and ancient temples, Mekong Dolphin tour, and many cultural experiences along the way.

We will also hold a meeting for families of interested students in the Main Office Staff Common Room on Tuesday 5 November 6pm.

Interested students, please complete the Microsoft Forms below.

https://forms.office.com/r/41HjHJgbNX

If you have any questions before the meeting next week, please contact Mr McMah (samuel_mcmah@shalomcollege.com) or Ms Smith (smithj@shalomcollege.com)

Ms Cheryl Petersen
Campus Minister
petersenc@shalomcollege.com

The Can-Do-Crew for SCASA has been working with residents at Gracehaven Retirement Village this term making Halloween decorations and chatting non-stop! On Thursday 31 October, our Shalomies hosted a Halloween party at Gracehaven which was the very first Halloween party that most of the residents had ever been to....and they said it was the BEST Halloween party ever!!!  

Our fabulous Can-Do-Crew has doubled in numbers since Term 3 and the residents are loving the crazy and kind energy that students bring to their Thursday afternoons.

We are now about to begin making Christmas decorations together in preparation for our end of year Christmas Concert!

Open the link below to see what the Can-Do-Crew has been up to.

Mrs Nicole Anderson
Teacher
Nicole_Anderson01@shalomcollege.com 

It has been another a big year, where has it gone? It is already time to start thinking about putting up the Christmas tree.                  

We are tired, feeling the effects of a busy year and looking forward to a rest.

The college has a wonderful Safety Culture, it is inspiring to see the comradery between families.

During these last few weeks, it is even more important to check in with one another and focus on getting to the break safe and healthy.

Merry Christmas!

Mr Mark Pedersen 
Workplace Health and Safety Advisor
Mark_Pedersen@shalomcollege.com 

Uniform Shop Hours

Monday to Thursday: 8.00am to 12.00pm

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 3.30pm to 5.30pm

Friday: Closed

The final winner from our anthology of selected works called Shalom’s Literary Wonders is the runner-up in the year 11-12 short story category: Callum M.

Callum offers us a compelling story full of emotion and allegory. He makes the connection between the brittleness of mirror glass and the fragility of the human psyche that has become enshrouded in painful memories.

The mirror is used in literature as a vehicle to imbue psychological reflection as well as physical and remains an intricate illustration of identity and self-consciousness. It is often used to reflect oppositional themes of reality and illusion, honesty and deceit, reason and chaos, egotism and self-deprecation, equilibrium and incongruence.

Term Dates for 2024 

Term 1: Monday 22 January – Thursday 28 March (10 weeks)

Term 2: Monday 15 April – Friday 21 June (10 weeks)

Term 3: Monday 8 July – Friday 13 September (10 weeks)

Term 4: Monday 30 September – Thursday 5 December (10 weeks)

Term 1: Tuesday 28 January – Friday 4 April (10 weeks)

Term 2: Tuesday 22 April – Friday 27 June (10 weeks)

Term 3: Monday 14 July – Friday 19 September (10 weeks)
Year 12 Formal: Saturday 6 September

Term 4: Tuesday 7 October – Thursday 4 December (9 weeks)

The Shalom Markets are open every Sunday 6am-midday. Come along to purchase your fresh fruit and vegetables, local food products and handmade items. 

Volunteers Required - Markets Tuckshop

We are seeking your help!! We are always in need of new volunteers for the Markets Tuckshop and BBQ.  If your child/children would like to gain some work experience, why not get them to volunteer in the canteen. If you have a few hours you could spare to assist in our canteen, please click on the link below to register your assistance or contact Leanne via email at barkerl@shalomcollege.com.

If we get enough volunteers, it may work out that you only need to volunteer once per term.

Register to Volunteer HERE

Markets Tuckshop Roster

Markets BBQ Roster

Office Hours: 9:00 - 1:00 Monday to Friday
Parish Office: Rossolini Place Level 1, 66 Woongarra St
Phone: 07 4151 6666    PO Box 79 Bundaberg QLD 4670
Email: sbundaberg@rok.catholic.net.au
AFTER HOURS:  Anointing of the sick for medical emergencies
phone 4151 6666 and follow the prompt
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF MARY MOTHER OF CHURCH

"The annual parish "Good News" magazine is now available in all churches for a Gold Coin Donation. As you read our in-house publication of the Good News magazine this year, discover the ways in which our parish vision statement is being made clear.

Stewardship Renewal

As a Stewardship Parish, the Bundaberg Catholic Parish is involved in more than ninety outreaches to all in our community.

Parishioners discern their gifts and talents and then offer these for the pastoral care, support, and service of others.

The outreaches vary from visiting the sick and housebound to grounds and property maintenance; from proclaiming the scripture at Church liturgies to support of relatives and friends of recently deceased; from church cleaning to providing hospitality.

Our schools and College are the educational and faith formation arm of our parish as are St Vincent de Paul, Oz Care, and Catholic Care our charitable and social arm while the Mater hospital is our health arm. Together we strive to make a difference in our community in whatever way our gifts can lead us.

During the next few weeks, we will be renewing our commitment to serve, to be good stewards of the gifts we have been given.  

We ask you to join us as together we live out our Christian commitment and our Parish Vision – “to go out, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to share God’s  Love respectfully, with all people”.

For further information please email: Stewardship.Bundaberg@rok.catholic.net.au 

Shalom College Families Business and Trade Directory 

To help assist the Shalom College community in supporting local businesses that are run by Shalom families, we have created our Shalom College Families Business and Trade Directory. If you would like to be listed in this directory, please send a copy of your business card to Mr Peter Robinson who will be establishing and developing this directory to Peter_Robinson@shalomcollege.com

St Vincent de Paul Society

Student Travel Rebates 

Would you like to know more about the Non State Schools Transport Assistance Scheme and eligibility requirements? Click on the link to view the short introductory video here: https://youtu.be/ogWpq7tVaio 

Student travel rebate applications open 1-31 October for Semester 2. Please click here to check if you are eligible.