30 May 2016

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Reflection

‘An Unreflected Life Is Not Worth Living’ is a quote attributed to the great philosopher Socrates. I have no doubt that it is just as true today as it was in 400BC when Socrates lived. Every one of us needs to reflect on what we do and to look for ways to live a more meaningful life. This is true for individuals and institutions. This week Shalom is continuing to undertake this process. Monday to Wednesday this week we welcome to the College three educators to undertake a process developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research called the ‘National School Improvement Tool’. Trevor Gordon, Dianne Pekin and Christina Rogers are not connected to Shalom or to Catholic Education. Their role is to spend time with teachers, students and some parents and to look at the effectiveness of our teaching and student learning. The team will be very, very busy in their three days at Shalom. This is a process we have not gone through before and we are looking forward to getting insightful and useful feedback. Shalom is a wonderful school but there are always things we can do better. Teachers here work very hard for and with their students but the very best of teachers will benefit from examining their practice and reflecting with others about ways in which they can improve that practice. Teaching, like any profession, is a skill developed, honed and improved over years. Careful reflection, of the type we will do this week, will be very important.

Later this year in July, the College will continue this reflection through the Diocesan School Renewal and Improvement process that occurs for each school every four years. The work we do with the NSIT Audit team will provide very useful background for that week.

Anxiety in Young People

Anxiety in Young People is an increasing issue. Some young people, for a multitude of reasons, wrestle with significant amounts of stress and anxiety. Sponsored by the Rockhampton Diocese, there will be a workshop held at Shalom, in the Loyola Centre on the evening of Thursday 9 June. Please check out the attached flyer. This event will commence at 7:30pm. This is also the opening night of our Musical so it might be easier for those attending this workshop to park in the bus park beside the Loyola Centre.

Parents and Friends Association

The Parents and Friends Association meet in the College Staff room Tuesday next week at 5:30pm. This is never a particularly long or demanding meeting but the P&F perform a wonderful function for the College and it would be great to see new faces at the meeting - you will be very welcome. I received the following email from a Year 7 parent who made the choice to attend the meeting:

As a new Year 7 Mum, with much trepidation I attended the last P&F Meeting. To my surprise, given that Shalom has over 1300 students, there were only about ten people in attendance. Over the next hour or so, I realised how passionate these people were about the school and gained valuable insight into a few of the many activities that Shalom P&F have been a part of. For me personally, I learned about ‘Helping Hands’, ‘Bombardment’ and Funding for Drought Families in Longreach as well as meeting Jenny (a teacher from Africa). My new found information was fantastic for discussions with my daughter about the new school she has the privilege of attending. I will be attending further P&F Meetings, as it is such a good opportunity to be informed and be able to ask questions on the activities at the school. It would be sad to lose the P&F as it is such valuable tool for parents raise concerns and offer suggestions.

Year 10 Dinners

Recently three classes of Year 10 Catering students prepared meals for their parents in the Panache Restaurant at Shalom. These were very well attended and a great success. I was very pleased to receive some great feedback on these events from a couple of parents who attended.

Good Morning Mr Reid,

I hope you’ve recovered from a huge day and night!!

Glen and I would like to sincerely thank both you, Mr Cameron and the Year 10 Catering classes on not only an amazing meal but a wonderful night.

From the moment we arrived at Shalom and were greeted the entire way along the path to the Restaurant, it was obvious it was going to be a great night. The professional and friendly service and presentation of the appetisers, punch, main and dessert (all of which tasted incredible I might add) was beyond anything we ever expected having never been to a Catering dinner before.

We fully appreciate that something of this magnitude with so much preparation required goes above and beyond a ‘normal’ (if there is such a thing) day for all the staff involved and we appreciate the effort involved in giving this real-life experience to these young men and women who obviously also rose to the challenge.

Thank you again to everyone involved for a night (and food) that was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Kind Regards

Just a note (as a parent) to say thank you for the lovely meal and experience on Monday night; it was so lovely to see the students so engaged and excited to show off their catering talents to their family members.

The evening was so nicely organised and such a nice confidence booster for the maturing students.

Thanks to you both, Dom and Tom for putting in a ‘double’ shift two days in a row, moments like these is what makes high school so special for so many students at Shalom.

Social Media Education for Parents

Please try to find time to have a look at the website http://learn.internetsafetraining.com/ (password is shalom16). This is a fantastic resource for parents who want to learn a little more, in simple form, about the challenges and opportunities of the Social Media that many young people use on a daily basis.

Head of the River

Head of the River regatta is on this weekend. Many students and their coaches have been putting in numerous hours of training in preparation for this event. Every best wish to students, coaches and parents for the two day Regatta.

Mr Dan McMahon
Principal

Student Welfare and Information

Camps - A Reminder to Parents

If your child needs medication it must be sent to camp with the child in clearly marked packets. If your child needs an epi-pen, this must be supplied by you - the school does not supply epi-pens for camps.

Year 8 Camp Schedule

The Year 8 Camps are well underway, and continue this week.

Mrs Elizabeth Austin-Campbell
Assistant to the Principal – Students
AcampbellE@shalomcollege.com

Musical Tickets Now On Sale

Tickets are now on sale from the College office for the ‘The Addams Family’ College Musical. We expect that the Friday and Saturday night shows will sell out by the end of today, however there are still seats available for Thursday 9 June and it would be great to have a sell out for opening night. All performances commence at 7:00pm in the Performing Arts Precinct. To make the night even more fun, come dressed up in your favourite Addams Family outfit.

Quiet Achiever

Our Quiet Achiever for this week is Matthew Capuzzo, Year 9, Rice.

At auditions at the end of 2015, then in Year 8, Matthew won the role of Pugsly - one of the lead roles in the College Musical, The Addams Family, which opens on June 9 in the Performing Arts Precinct. Matthew has fulfilled a tremendous commitment since his selection, attending rehearsals every Thursday since the beginning of the school year, including many Sundays as well. When he isn’t rehearsing his own part, Matthew readily volunteers to assist with backstage and props preparation. He has proven himself a valued member of the Addams Family Musical team.

Ms Claire Stallard
Rice House Coordinator

VET News

Make Up Artistry Career Workshop

Student Acknowledgement

Congratulations to Jake Boston, Darnell Tyger and Leslie Nagas who have made it into the local news recently for their good work. Les Nagas is engaged with WYLD Projects, and with their support is lending his voice to the Bundaberg Regional Council Youth Council. Jake and Darnell are engaged with Gidarjil and are proud to be the first local crew of Indigenous Sea Rangers in Training. We are proud of you all!

Attention current Year 10 Students

If you are currently in Year 10 and a school based traineeship or apprenticeship in Engineering, Hairdressing or Childcare while studying Year 11 and 12 interests you, the Bundaberg Talent Program offered by MRAEL and TAFE is something you need to give your attention to.

An information session will be held in the Loyola Centre on Wednesday 20 July 2016 at 3:15pm for interested students and parents. I would strongly suggest that you attend to obtain more information. Application forms will be available at the information session. For further details, please click on the link below which will take you to the ‘Expressions of Interest’ form that you will need to complete and return to Mrs O'Donnell at Student Services.

Mrs Liza O’Donnell
VET Coordinator
liza_odonnell@shalomcollege.com

Blood Bank

Thank you to the students who donated this week, Monday 23 May - Meghan Roelofs, Erin O’Beirne, Jade Read, Stella Kleidon and Abbie Floyd. It was great to see all these new donors donating blood so easily.

Mrs Debbie Bolam
Blood Bank Coordinator

Past Student Visit

On Friday 20 May, Mr Kurt Dempsey, from Michaels Real Estate, came in to help our Year 12 Pre-Vocational Mathematics classes learn about real estate. Kurt was a past College Captain here at Shalom in 2010 and since leaving has chosen a career in real estate in the Bundaberg area. Kurt was able to share information with the students in regards to buying and selling real estate as well as discussing his career. The students found the session to be insightful and it assisted them with a number of questions they had regarding their current term’s content.

Kurt willingly gave up his time to put together a presentation and chat to the students. It is great to see a former student succeeding and being so eager to share his knowledge with our current students. Thank you again Kurt for giving back to the College.

Mr Mitchell Smith and Mr Ian Lovegrove
Mathematics Teachers

Sports News

Table Tennis State Qualifiers

Five teams competed at the Bundaberg Schools Table Tennis Competition on Saturday 21 May.

The Shalom students received commendation from players, coaches, parents and staff for their excellent standard of play and sportsmanship throughout the day.

Ciaran Ryan and Nicholas Whitelum won their third Division final after narrowly defeating another Shalom team, Allen Preshy and Jayden Buchanan, in the Semi-finals.

The remaining three teams placed first or second in their age group and will progress to the State Finals at the end of Term Two. This includes:

Timothy Harris and Patrick Harris - Open Boys Champions
Brendan Connolly and Samuel Freeman - Junior Boys Runners-Up
Leah Scott and Walker Welsh - Open Girls Runners-Up

Congratulations to all teams and good luck at the State titles!

Miss Erin McHugh
Table Tennis Convenor

Head of the River

The Head of River Regatta is being held this Saturday 4 June and Sunday 5 June at Bucca Rowing Facility. Shalom’s rowers and coaches have spent many hours in preparation and are looking forward to finally getting into competition mode. Racing (heats) should start around midday Saturday and finish about 4:30pm. Sunday is all finals starting at around 7:30am with presentations at approximately 3:00pm. Shalom will have around 65 students participating and the total number across all schools should be close to 200. It promises to be a very exciting weekend, and should provide some good value for spectators. St Luke’s once again appear to be favourites (as reigning HOR champions), with some exceptional athletes in their squad, although all of the participating schools can now boast some outstanding individuals and crews. Shalom’s rowers will have to achieve some medal success in the senior age groups and also rely heavily on our juniors if we are hopeful of bringing the Head of River trophy back to Shalom. Rowing at Shalom simply wouldn’t happen without the support of parents and other volunteers, and their contribution can’t be underestimated in getting our rowers prepared for Head of River.

Sunday night we have our end of series celebration to be held at the Spotted Dog Tavern from 6pm.

This Tuesday 31 May will be our last meeting prior to the week end to finalise plans and start planning for our away regattas. All parents and supporters are asked to attend so that bookings can be made for those regattas.

Any rowers that haven't received their supporter pack, parents or supporters that were wanting shirts, caps or visors please let me know via email and I can see what sizes are left in our stocks.

Mrs Petrina Pashley
Shalom Rowing President
petrinapashley@gmail.com

Date Claimer

Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June - Head of River Regatta
Thursday 23 June - Shalom Track and Field (half day)
Friday 24 June - Shalom Track and Field (all day)

Correction to date

Winter Sport Finals day is Friday 2 September 2016. Please change your College calendar to reflect this.

Your Sporting Fanatic
Mr Simon Gills
Sports Coordinator
GillsS@shalomcollege.com

Term 2 Interschool Chess Competition

Twelve members of the Shalom College Chess Club, who attended the second Wide Bay North Division interschool competition held at Walkervale State School on Tuesday 24 May (Week 7), were:

Team 1: Patrick Harris, Courtenay Parfitt, Allen Preshy and Bryce Samuels-Rosser.

Team 2: Josef Baumgartner, Jayden Buchanan, Keagan Geyer and Nicholas Whitelum.

Team 3: Chelsea Andrewartha, Demetri De Florian, Lachlan McIntosh and Abhash Pathak.

There were a total of 110 players in both Primary and Secondary divisions, with students up to and including Year 12 being eligible to compete.

Our players from Years 7 to 10 all performed to the best of their ability, with Bryce Samuels-Rosser again being the overall individual winner of the High School division. Bryce was undefeated on the day, with a total score of 8 points from his eight matches. Courtenay Parfitt came second overall with a total of 6 ½ points, closely followed by both Patrick Harris and Allen Preshy, who each won six games.

The Shalom first team was also a convincing winner of the High School Teams Division, achieving a total of 26 ½ points from a possible 32, and retained their title from the previous competition in Term 1. Both of our other teams performed well, with the second team achieving an overall score of 14, and the players in Team 3 each winning 4 games, for a total of 16 points.

The students all displayed a high level of sportsmanship and were excellent ambassadors for our school. We wish them continued success at the next Interschool Competition to be held in Week 5 of Term 3. Anyone wishing to join the Shalom Chess Club is welcome to attend of a Tuesday lunchtime in room SS2 (Hogan 7), at the back of the Student Services building.

Ms Shelley McKeown and Mr Steve McKay
Chess Coordinators

Arts in Performance

Instrumental Music

Rockhampton Diocesan Music Camp

Applications for this year’s camp have now closed. Billet students who would particularly like to be billeted with a friend need to let me know who they would like to share with. Payment of camp fees ($120) plus travel ($25) to be paid to the Finance office. An email will be sent soon outlining all arrangements and instructions.

Vocal Ensemble

Thank you to the Vocal Ensemble who sang two songs at the annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday 22 May in the Loyola Centre. This service is a special thank you to organ donors and transplant recipients and their families, pastoral care workers and staff from the Bundaberg Base Hospital.

Queensland Catholic Schools Music Festival

Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Senior Concert and Senior Jazz Bands, Chamber and Rochford strings, Thursday morning Concert Band, Friday morning Jazz Band B and the full Orchestra will all participate in this festival. Please note that we are not taking the year 7/8 Concert or Jazz Band this year. This is held over a three day period from Friday 12 August to Sunday 14 August. A performance schedule will be released early June.

Drama

The first public performances for the Drama department will be Thursday 16 June where Year 10 public performance students will present eight One Act Plays as their assessment items. The night begins at 6.30pm in the Performing Arts Precinct theatre with entry cost being a gold coin donation. All welcome, so please come along and support our drama students.

Dance

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

Mrs Robyn Edgar
Arts in Performance Coordinator
edgarr@shalomcollege.com

Uniform Shop News

The Uniform Shop is no longer stocking the navy jacket. The options for winter are the College V Neck Jumper in either polyester/cotton for $75 or 80% merino wool $80-$85. The College Blazer can be worn by all students, available by order cost is $200. The shop sells Sports jackets black/red but these are only to be worn for sport and not with the College formal uniform. Please contact Sharon at the Uniform Shop during opening hours of Monday to Thursday, 8:00am to 12:00pm if you have any queries.

Formal Pictures

Formal photos will be uploaded in a later edition of our Newsletter. Here is one emailed to me today. There are also some beautiful photos in today’s NewsMail which can also be viewed online here

College Activities

Aeromodelling

Come and join us for a ‘Come and Try Aeromodelling’ evening on Wednesday 8 June from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in our Shalom Sports Centre.

The evening will include lots of fun activities, with free pizza and drinks. On display:

• 3D printing RC plane parts and pilot wings
• Flying on the Phoenix RC SIM using our 60inch TV
• Flying a P47 Thunderbolt over Bundaberg using the FSX SIM
• Flying our Sport Cubs outside if the weather is good
• Flying our Vapors and Quads in the Sports Centre with Smart Lights and Music
• RC Plane display in the Sports Centre Foyer

Shalom College Youth Group

Tuckshop Roster

Shalom Sunday Markets

Tuckshop Markets Roster

Markets BBQ Roster

Community News

Echo Youth Group

Bundaberg Cycling Club

The club will have a ‘Come and try’ day on Sunday 19 June from 9:00am at the velodrome on the corner of Crofton and Powers Street.

A BBQ will follow with an information session where parents will have the opportunity to ask questions about the club and sport.

Please contact the club by emailing bundycyclingclub@hotmail.com or check out the website www.bundabergcyclingclub.com.au .

Tennis

Development Day

On Sunday 5 June, the Rotary Park Tennis Complex are hosting interested children for a ‘Head’ Yellow and Green Ball continuous Play Singles and Doubles Day Tournament. Held at Rotary Park Tennis Complex, 69B George Street, South Bundaberg from 8:00am to 4:30pm. If 40 players enter, there is a brand new family tennis racket to be given away, as well as novelty prizes. To register, please contact Kevin Banner, 4152 0753 or 0409 520 753.

Red and Orange Coloured Ball Challenge

A Red and Orange ball challenge morning will be held on Sunday 12 June at Rotary Park Tennis Complex, 69B George Street, South Bundaberg. For further information and to register please contact Kevin or Suzie Banner on 4152 0753 or 0409 520 753.