13 June 2022

Principal’s Reflection

Reconciliation Week was last week. As a nation, we remembered the Mabo decision which is now 30 years old. I remember that legislation pretty clearly. As a much younger man, I had just been appointed as Principal of St Brendan’s College Yeppoon. At that time, the vast majority of the student population of St Brendan’s was drawn from farms, properties and rural towns of Central Queensland. The Mabo decision caused serious concern and alarm in those communities in particular.

People were worried and very anxious that the legal title to their properties would be taken from them. That was never the intent of the legislation but more to recognise that First Nations peoples still had strong connection to their land. As it has turned out, the anxiety felt was unnecessary and recognizing Native Title has been positive. As a nation, we need to continue to work towards ever greater reconciliation and to do what we can to address the systemic challenges handed to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples that has come since the arrival of European settlers. I hope that all Australians could support the Statement of the Heart. Regrettably, most of us have not read it. Now is an opportunity -

Uluru: Statement of the Heart

"We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, coming from all points of the southern sky, make this statement from the heart:

Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes were the first sovereign Nations of the Australian continent and its adjacent islands, and possessed it under our own laws and customs. This our ancestors did, according to the reckoning of our culture, from the Creation, according to the common law from 'time immemorial', and according to science more than 60,000 years ago.

This sovereignty is a spiritual notion: the ancestral tie between the land, or 'mother nature', and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were born therefrom, remain attached thereto, and must one day return thither to be united with our ancestors. This link is the basis of the ownership of the soil, or better, of sovereignty. It has never been ceded or extinguished, and co-exists with the sovereignty of the Crown.

How could it be otherwise? That peoples possessed a land for sixty millennia and this sacred link disappears from world history in merely the last two hundred years?

With substantive constitutional change and structural reform, we believe this ancient sovereignty can shine through as a fuller expression of Australia’s nationhood. Proportionally, we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an innately criminal people. Our children are aliened from their families at unprecedented rates. This cannot be because we have no love for them. And our youth languish in detention in obscene numbers. They should be our hope for the future.

These dimensions of our crisis tell plainly the structural nature of our problem. This is the torment of our powerlessness. We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country. When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country.

We call for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution.

Makarrata is the culmination of our agenda: the coming together after a struggle. It captures our aspirations for a fair and truthful relationship with the people of Australia and a better future for our children based on justice and self-determination. We seek a Makarrata Commission to supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history.

In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard. We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future."

Long Service Leave for me begins today. I will be away from the College until the end of Term 3. I’m looking forward to being back for the Year 11 Retreat at the Sunshine Coast. In my absence, Mrs Austin-Campbell steps in as Acting Principal and Ms Kim O’Shea-Hard as Acting Deputy Principal. Mr Aaron Brown will be Acting Assistant Principal Pastoral and Ms Justine Blinco will fill in for Aaron as Chisholm House Coordinator. No very adventurous plans on my part of leave beyond enjoying Bargara through the winter. The dog is looking forward to a lot more walks!

Mr Dan McMahon
Principal
McmahonD@shalomcollege.com

Newsletter Articles

Curriculum

Year 10 Information

myQCE Student Portal Account

Over the coming weeks all Year 10 students in their English classes will be creating their myQCE Student Portal Account. Students register for this account in preparation for their senior years (both Year 11 and Year 12).

Through this account students will have secure access to all information related to their senior studies. It keeps track of all subject enrolments and results, tracks their progress towards a QCE, allows students to view their final subject results and download their official senior statements and certificates once they have completed Year 12.

Students will need to be able to access their Student Portal Account during their senior years and after they graduate from Shalom. It is important than once your student sets up their account they should put measures in place to record their account login details to allow for easy access in the future.

2023 Senior Subject Selection Evening

Senior Subject Selection Evening will be held Tuesday 26 July. Please note this date is included in the school calendar. More information about the evening will be made available at the commencement of Term 3.

Personal Futures Day

Personal Futures Day for all Year 10 students will be held on Friday 22 July. This whole day program leads into the subject selection and SET Plan process for students entering Year 11 in 2023.

Year 12 – Confirmation Event 1

QCAA will progressively release confirmed general subject results for the first internal assessment (IA1) for Year 12 students. Once this process is finalised students confirmed results for each subject will appear in their myQCE Student Portal Account. Students and parents can view the results by logging into their account. Select My Learning Account then Results.

Mrs Gail Norris
Assistant Principal – Curriculum
Gail_Norris@shalomcollege.com

Mission

Confirmation and Eucharist are two of the seven sacraments of initiation through which Catholic Christians pass in the process of their religious upbringing. In Confirmation they are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands and the anointing with oil. In the Eucharist they receive the Body and Blood of Jesus. Through these two sacraments they are strengthened to continue their journey in adult Christian life.

We would like to congratulate the following Shalom students who were Confirmed last week and made their First Communion over the past two weekends at our churches. Along with the 70 primary school students from the various Bundaberg schools. Congratulations to you all.

Dylan Ashley Year 7
Zachary Honor Year 7
Genevieve Smith Year 7
Emily Cullinan Year 7
Molly Sellers Year 11

If you are interested in your child completing their Sacraments please contact either Anne Sheehan our Sacramental Coordinator at the Parish office on 4151 6666, email litcord.bundaberg@rok.catholic.net.au , or Mrs Petersen, Campus Minister at Shalom on 4155 8160 or email petersenc@shalomcollege.com

Mrs Cheryl Petersen
Campus Minister
petersenc@shalomcollege.com

Emily Cullinan and Molly Sellers

Dylan Ashley, Zachary Honor and Genevieve Smith

Genevieve Smith

Dylan Ashley

Zachary Honor

Emily Cullinan

Molly Sellers

Student Drivers

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 Mrs Elizabeth Austin-Campbell. Once approved the details will be placed on our School Register.

Thanks to those Parents who have already completed this form their child.

Mrs Amanda O’Mara
Executive Assistant to the Principal/Enrolment Officer
Amanda_omara@shalomcollege.com

Absentees

FOR ALL ABSENTEES

Preferred option is Email absentees@shalomcollege.com and the Shalom App or Phone Absentee line 41558181

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.

Pathways

Work Experience

Work experience is a great opportunity for students to explore their passion and understand what is expected in the workplace, while developing skills outside the classroom. It is also an opportunity to understand what they may need to do to prepare for the future. If students are intending on taking part in Work Experience in the upcoming school holidays, please ensure your signed paperwork is returned to the Pathways Office no later than Monday, 20 June. Please see the Student Work Experience Booklet for further information and instructions on engaging in work experience.

TSXPO – Tertiary Studies Expo – Brisbane

Brisbane TSXPO is a great opportunity to research universities and further study institutes. This event will be held on 16 & 17 July at the Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane Showgrounds from 10am – 4pm on both days.

Shalom will be running a bus to this event on Saturday, 16 July if minimum numbers are secured.

We are now calling for expressions of interest to attend this excursion. Please note that there will need to be a minimum quota of students reached for this excursion to go ahead and the maximum seats available will be 42. The cost of the excursion is $35 per student and $25 per parent. Register your interest here. See the link for further information about the TSXPO.

Queensland Ballet Academy | Audition Experience Day

Queensland Ballet Academy presents the Audition Experience Day, offering dance students from 10 years of age with the invaluable experience of a simulated ballet audition. The audition class is taught by an industry professional with live piano accompaniment.

Audition Experience Day participants will also enjoy a body conditioning class, a video audition and resume preparation session and a Q&A and information forum. Find out more here.

Date: 2 July, 2022 – 8.30am to 5.00pm
Location: Queensland Ballet Academy, Kelvin Grove
Cost: $125

Tourism Careers Market

The Queensland Tourism Industry Council are hosting a Careers Market on Thursday, 16 June from 3.30-5.30pm at the TAFE Bundaberg Campus – F Block. If you are interested in Tourism, this is the perfect opportunity to meet with local employers and discover the opportunities that are available for you in your area.

Career Planning Made Easy for You and Your Teen

Career Planning Made Easy for You and Your Teen is a free fortnightly course of Q&A sessions to help your children plan their post-school journey.

Join Year 13’s career advice experts, including school career advisors, as well as other likeminded parents to find out how to best prepare teenagers today for the world of work tomorrow.

When: 6pm every 2nd Tuesday
Where: Online
What to expect:
10min industry talks
90min Questions & answers with a fresh perspective with Year 13 career advisors

Glencore Coal Assets Apprenticeship Intake 2023

Glencore, one of the world’s largest natural resource companies, has trade apprenticeships on offer across the Australian Coal Operations, to commence in January 2023.

The Queensland Coal Operations across the Mackay and Emerald regional coalfields are offering apprenticeships in Electrical, Metal Fabrication/Mechanical (dual trade), Plant Mechanic/Mechanical (dual trade) or Auto Electrical/Plant Mechanic (dual trade).

Candidates must have completed at least Year 10 by the end of 2022 to be considered.

Applications close 19 June, 2022. For more information and how to apply here.

The Pathways Team
Mrs Liza O’Donnell, Mrs Kathy Laing & Mrs Julia Fox
Liza_ODonnell@shalomcollege.com
kathryn_laing@shalomcollege.com
Julia_Fox@shalomcollege.com

Quiet Achiever

I would like to nominate Ella-Jade Reinke in Year 10.

She quietly helps other people and is always willing to assist and help with whatever is going on – doesn’t need to be asked – always looks to help others – and she does all of this quietly seeking no applause or spotlight.

Ella-Jade is a great young lady.

Mr Michael Ray
Lingiari House Coordinator
Michael_Ray@shalomcollege.com

Dance Performing Evenings

This week our Year 9 and Year 10 Semester One Drama classes with be holding their end of semester performance nights.

Year 9 Drama students have been focusing on their performance skills in the style of Realism and will take to the stage performing a series of short, one act play.

The Year 10 Drama class have devised their own original Epic Theatre performance entitled ‘The Seven Deadly Sins.’ The Performing Arts Department would like to invite family, friends and the wider community to support our drama students as they share their final performances for the year. Entry is free and on a first-come first-served basis.

Year 10 – ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’
Monday 13 June (Tonight) 6:00pm
Year 9 – One Act Play Performance Evening
Thursday 16 June 6:30pm
We look forward to seeing you there.

Cassie Hoiberg
Performing Arts Learning Area Coordinator
Cassandra_Hoiberg@shalomcollege.com

Team & Group Photo Schedule

Please see the Term 2 and Term 3 photo schedule below – including Music Groups, Sporting Teams, Chess etc.

Students are to make a note in their record book of their photo day and time.

As usual most photos will be taken at the back of MacKillop 2 during lunch time, or before school and students are to wear full formal uniform (*with a couple of exceptions).

Mrs Georgia Halpin
Community Relations Officer
georgia_halpin@shalomcollege.com

From the Library

Some kids aren’t really into reading which can be problematic upon progressing to higher grades and tertiary education, as they find the ‘art’ of cognitively processing print is not in their skillset. This can be difficult as they have to get used to suddenly processing large amounts of information without this skill. And it’s not just the reading that is important, it’s the habit of going into a library, selecting a book, and holding it in their hands … the concept of ‘the book’. In my opinion it’s better that a child reads a cereal box than nothing at all.

The non-fiction or information book is an excellent vehicle for enticing young folk with inquiring minds but with poor reading habits. An engaging kids’ non-fiction book will be colourful and entertaining and peppered with supporting illustration. They often are larger so the pictures and text can be as well which is less tiring on the eyes and they tend to ‘feel’ short even if they aren’t because the information doesn’t need to be read in the traditional page order. The reader can jump from section to section and chapter to chapter and can take breaks from them without losing the ‘story’. Non-fiction books are also non-sequential so the child can read a series of them in any order they please.

Another bonus, apart from being educational and interesting, the non-fiction book will acquaint the reader with the format elements: Contents, Glossary, Index, Appendix, Titles and headings, Charts and diagrams. So, it isn’t necessarily always important for the young reader to struggle with a novel.

The library at Shalom is gradually building more comprehensive non-fiction collections, both senior and junior. New in the junior non-fiction is a raft of new curricula supportive books as well as some interesting general knowledge books such as “Fantastic facts”, “Fantastic animal facts”, “Britannica All new children’s encyclopedia”, “Ripley’s believe it or not”, “10-minute science experiments”, “What’s where on earth”, “Guinness World Records 2022” and many more ….

Shalom Slays Cancer – Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

A massive thanks to the Shalom Community for their generous contributions to our Cancer Council fundraiser. So many of our Year 12 students worked very hard cooking and selling muffins to ensure the success of the day; and it was very successful! So many of our Shalom Family members are, unfortunately, touched by the horrible hand of cancer; it is wonderful that we can give a little back to help kick it to the curb.

Congratulations to our two raffle winners – Nikita Barlow (1st place) and Finley Christiansen (2nd).

Sport

2022 Vicki Wilson Netball Competition

The Vicki Wilson Netball Competition is an annual progressive state-wide competition open to ALL secondary schools (both state and non-state) in Queensland. Schools firstly participate in a preliminary competition against other school in their region for the opportunity to progress to the State Finals series in Brisbane.

This year, the Wide Bay Preliminary Round was held on Monday 30th May at Bundaberg Netball Association. Shalom College had three teams participating in this round – Senior Girls (VW Cup Division); Junior Girls (VW Shield Division) and Boys (VW Boys Division).

As a warm-up competition to QISSN, our Senior Girls and Boys teams were hoping to achieve success in the Vicki Wilson Preliminary Round and represent Shalom College at the 2022 State Finals. In the VW Cup division, the Senior Girls won most of their early games in a comfortable fashion to finish at the top of their pool. Unfortunately, the team then faced a very strong Xavier College team in the Grand Final match who were ultimately too strong for the Shalom team. In the Boys division, the Shalom College Boys team were hampered by an early injury to one of their key shooters. However, they recovered to record solid wins against Fraser Coast Anglican College, Isis SHS and St Luke’s College. However, the boys were unlucky to have to play a determined Bundaberg SHS team in their pool rounds, going down by only 2 goals and missing a spot in the Grand Final.

Our Junior Vicki Wilson team fared better, winning their pool games convincingly, before facing St Luke’s in what turned out to be an enthralling Grand Final in the VW Shield division. With the two teams evenly matched in the first half, the result could have gone either way. However, the Shalom College team pulled ahead in the second half to record a 6-goal win. As Wide Bay winners (and with no Wide Bay South opponent this year), the Junior team now progress to the State Finals in Brisbane in early August.

Congratulations to all of our netball players who represent Shalom College so well and best of luck to the Junior VW team in their State Finals quest.

Junior Vicki Wilson Team

QISSN Sponsor Spotlight

In the lead up to the QISSN Carnival being held in Mackay in the first week of the June/July holidays each week throughout this term we will Spotlight our generous QISSN Sponsors.

McDonald’s Wide Bay, owned by Craig and Mel Manley have been long-time supporters of Shalom Netball. Their valuable contribution of training equipment, travel gear and meals have made a significant difference in the cost to Shalom netball players, coaches and umpires for a number of years. Thank you, Wide Bay McDonald’s.

Mrs Nikki Somerfield
QISSN Manager
Nikki_Somerfield@shalomcollege.com

Year 7 Camps Term 2

Walsh students Tia Saint and Jayce Hargreaves enjoying Camp!

Term Dates for 2022

Term 1: Monday 7 February - Friday 1 April (10 weeks)
Term 2: Tuesday 19 April - Friday 24 June (10 weeks)
Term 3: Monday 11 July - Friday 16 September (10 weeks)
Term 4: Tuesday 4 October - Friday 2 December (9 weeks)

Parent and Carer Tuckshop Volunteers

At the start of each school year we ask parents to indicate their availability for volunteering in the College tuckshop.

Life is busy and forever changing, so for this reason we have set up a booking system that will not only accommodate our very much appreciated regular volunteers, but also families who may not be able to commit on a regular basis and who may have a day here or there throughout the year to come along and lend a hand and support our students. The beauty of this system is that you can select your day and manage your booking, so if something comes up, you can quickly and easily go online to reschedule or cancel. Your booking will generate a confirmation email with links to manage your booking, it can be synched with your calendar and an SMS is sent the day before as a reminder. Of course, we are also here to help - simply contact Shalom College on 41 55 8111.

For those of you who are regular volunteers your shifts have already been added to the schedule for this year and you should have received an e-mail for each booked shift.

Shifts last from 2 to 3 hours (school drop off to around 11.30 am).

No experience required!

Tuckshop

Breakfast

Breakfast is now available in the tuckshop for purchase each morning 8:00am – 8:30am.

Items include

Bacon & Egg Muffins - $3.50
Ham & Cheese Croissant - $3.50
Porridge & Cereal - $3 (self-service option with milk and bowl & cutlery are supplied)
Fresh Fruit - $1 (seasonal fruits such as; Bananas, Apples, Mandarins etc.)
Plus, the already available items of Yoghurt Pots, Up n Go drinks & Flavoured Milk

Students who train before school need to consider utilising the breakfast menu to replenish energy lost during their training sessions, however must be dressed appropriately before entering the tuckshop and must not be late for class.

Shalom Sunday Markets

Shalom Markets will continue to operate (with restrictions) until further notice!

• Fresh food stalls fruit, vegetable & local food products
• BBQ and tuckshop are operating, social distancing practices are in place
• Social distancing to include gaps between stalls (all outdoors)

SHALOM MARKETS 6AM TO 12PM EVERY SUNDAY!

Markets Tuckshop Roster

New volunteers are DESPERATELY required for the Markets Tuckshop or BBQ, if you have any queries please contact Leanne via email – barkerl@shalomcollege.com

Markets BBQ Roster

Community Notice Board

Shalom College App

Shalom College Families Business and Trade Directory

Student Travel Rebates

Student travel rebate applications are only open in May for Semester 1 and October for Semester 2. Please visit the link below to check if you are eligible.

World Meeting of Families

Youth Support

Headspace

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The Catholic Parish of Bundaberg

Office Hours: 9:00 - 1:00 Monday to Friday
Parish Office: Rossolini Place Level 1, 66 Woongarra St
Ph: 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

GOOD NEWS

“Good News Magazine 2022”

"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.

Catholic Youth Groups

Breast Screen Queensland

Triple P

The State Government is funding free access to Triple P, which is the world’s most evidence-based parenting program and has helped more than four million children and their parents around the world develop closer, more positive relationships.

Please click on this link, which will take you to the website where you can access information relevant to your situation.

This link will remain in our Newsletter with Triple P sending us regular updates and helpful tips.