IMCC Newsletter 33 Friday, 1st November 2019

Graduating Class of 2019

On Friday, 25th October the College held a wonderful Graduation for the Class of 2019 in the Paul Rafter Centre. The ceremony was celebrated with a Mass, followed by the presentation of the Graduation Certificates and Community Awards, and concluded with a shared supper for parents, staff and invited guests. The College is extremely appreciative to everyone who attended or supported this significant event. We extend our thanks to Father Dariusz and Father Marion for concelebrating the Mass, Mr John Swindells, Assistant Deputy Principal Campus Ministry, Mr Andrew Donaldson, Assistant Deputy Principal Year 12, Mrs Michelle Smith, Assistant Deputy Principal Year 11, Ms Deborah White, Assistant Deputy Principal Year 8 and the College Mass Band led by Ms Francesca Christie, Head of Religious Education, for their contribution in organising the event, and the College Canteen staff and Parent Group for their assistance in decorating and catering the function. There were several awards presented during the evening.

Parish Weekend Mass Times Clarkson Parish St Andrew’s Catholic Church Parish Priest. Fr. Dariusz Basiaga Tel. 9407 7512 Email. standrewsclarkson@gmail.com Saturday 8.00am, 6.00pm (Vigil). Sunday 7.30am, 9.00am, 5.30pm.

Yanchep & Lancelin Pastoral Area Parish Priest. Fr. Augustine Puthota. Tel. 9561 2172 Saturday 6.00pm (Vigil) at Yanchep Community Centre. Sunday 8.00am Guilderton Community Hall. Sunday 9.45am, 33 Gingin Road, Lancelin.

Mary MacKillop Medals for Excellence and Achievement To help our community learn more about St Mary MacKillop and to promote her strong commitment to education, the Mary MacKillop Medal is awarded annually to Year 12 students at their Mass for Graduation and Ceremony. These Awards are for exceptional student achievement, requiring excellence and consistency in every course (or closest to), for Years 7 to 12. There are two categories for the medal. The Mary MacKillop Medal for Achievement is for a Year 12 student who achieves or closest to all “A” grades for all courses from Year 7 to Year 12. The Mary MacKillop Medal for Excellence is for the development of personal life skills, and is awarded to a Year 12 student who achieves consistently for the learning attributes in all, or closest to all, courses in Year 7 to Year 12, and excellent for the Care Group Teacher’s criteria.

The 2019 Mary MacKillop Medal for Achievement (Academic) was presented to Hannah Stockwell. The 2019 Mary MacKillop Medal for Excellence (Attributes) was presented to Jasmine Back. The medals were presented by Father Dariusz. Community Award Winners 2019 Australia Super Awards for Excellence in Vocational Education and Training: Daniel Hazzard. 2019 Caltex Best All Rounder Award: Katelyn Boorer. 2019 ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership & Teamwork Award: Dane Luitingh. 2019 Porter Leadership Prize: Hannah Stockwell. The evening was an emotional event with graduates, parents, families and staff coming together to rejoice in the significant milestone in the lives of our Year 12 Students. The Class of 2019 have made significant contributions to College life during their time at Irene McCormack Catholic College and we wish them well in all their future endeavours. The College community, in particular the members of the Class of 2019, are appreciative of the excellent care and support by Mr Andrew Donaldson, Assistant Deputy Principal Year 12, for the students in Years 10 and 12; with Ms Deborah White, in Years 9 and 11; Mrs Lauren Gillespie who was the Head of Year 7 for the students and Care Group Teachers – Mrs Rebecca Mungall (12 Dunlea A), Mrs Nicole Pearce (12 Dunlea B), Mrs Simone Albert and Mr Paul Woodhouse (12 Evans A), Ms Danielle Maher (12 Evans B), Mr Corey Chalmers (12 Golding A), Ms Tamara Brankstone (12 Golding B), Mr Edward Bryant (12 McGarry A) and Mrs Amy Richardson (12 McGarry B). It is noteworthy that Mrs Mungall, Mrs Pearce, Mrs Albert, Ms Maher and Mrs Richardson have been with their group from Year 7.

Dressed By Vinnies Day On 29th October the College held Dressed by Vinnies Day, donning clothes purchased from a Vinnies shop. By promoting the virtues of shopping at Vinnies, we are helping to support our community and shopping sustainably by recycling and reducing waste. The profits from every purchase in a Vinnies shop goes towards assisting over 40,000 Western Australians who turn to Vinnies each year as they struggle through tough times, by funding our mental health, emergency assistance, financial counselling, housing, accommodation and youth services. It was wonderful to see the College staff and students involved and showcasing some fabulous outfits. We raised over $600 to buy gift cards to add to our Christmas Appeal, enhancing a ‘family in need’ Christmas. Our prize winner, who looked absolutely fabulous, is Year 7 student, Aylah Moore. Thank you to everyone who supported this worthy cause. You are really going to make a difference to someone’s life. Mrs Janice Bell Campus Ministry

Language Perfect World Championships

Participating in the 2019 Languages World Championships was a wonderful experience that gave me a deeper understanding of the structures of different languages and an insight into various cultures around the world. This year, we managed to attain 100,326 points, resulting in our first Elite Award Certificate. We ranked in the top 0.2% in the world, taking points from 10 different languages. We are so proud of the efforts of everyone who participated and are really excited to compete again in 2020. We would like to thank all Languages participants and Mademoiselle Harrison for enrolling us to compete and look forward to the next World Series. Simon Furneau and Adam El Kahla Year 10 French Students

Brenda Joseph - 2019 WA Young Person of the Year

The College congratulates Brenda Joseph (Amito), Year 11 Dunlea B, for her outstanding achievement of being recognised as the 2019 WA Young Person of the Year for her work training multicultural AFL Football umpires. The WA Youth Awards recognises and rewards young people and organisations for their achievements and contributions to the WA community. Brenda won The Commissioner for Children & Young People Participate Award receiving a $1,000 cash prize, following nomination by Mr Daniel Sherifi, Youth Programs Coordinator at the Edmund Rice Centre WA. Brenda has received a pair of around-the-world plane tickets, in addition to a $10,000 travel bursary to support travel around regional Western Australia, to participate in youth related events and activities as Western Australia’s Youth Ambassador. Brenda migrated to WA from Uganda in 2007 and founded the Edmund Rice Centre WA (ERCWA) Multicultural AFL Football Umpiring Academy in 2017, at age 14 years. Brenda was instrumental in developing the academy including arranging and running development camps, training sessions and umpiring games. In the development camps, Brenda took full charge of the administrative duties including organising course material, conducting assessments, developing food menus and overseeing the volunteers. Brenda takes full charge of the training and development requirements of the umpires by running regular training sessions and providing on the ground mentoring during umpiring events. The academy has developed more than 60 umpires from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds - securing opportunities to umpire at Little League and Auskick games at Optus Stadium, Public Schools' Association games and amateurs' football games with the WA Football Commission. Youth Minister Peter Tinley presented the award to Brenda at the WA Youth Awards Ceremony at the State Theatre Centre on Friday, 25th October. Mr Tinley commented that Brenda has empowered a generation of multicultural youth to take control of their futures and feel part of a multicultural Australia.

Congratulations Brenda on your outstanding achievements. Mrs Daphne Peters Religious Education Teacher

Sounds at Sunset The final music concert of the year, Sounds at Sunset, will be held on Thursday, 14th November in the College Undercroft. Pre-concert entertainment will start at 6.00pm, with a sausage sizzle and refreshments available. The concert will start at 6.30pm. The concert will conclude with the presentation of the 2019 Top Instrumentalist and 2019 Composition Awards, together with the announcement of the 2020 Ensemble Leaders and Music Captains. Tickets are available from the Performing Arts Office for $2 each. We look forward to seeing many of you in the audience to support our young musicians. Miss Kylie Malam Head of Performing Arts

Sports Awards Evening We look forward to our upcoming Sports Awards Night, which is a terrific opportunity to recognise and acknowledge the outstanding performances and effort of our students in our sporting program in 2019. The evening will include awards in the following categories: CAS Most Valuable Players and Coaches Awards CAS Premiers (Year 7 Boys Soccer, Year 9 Boys Soccer, Senior Boys Football) House Swimming Age Champions and Runner Ups House Cross Country Age Champions and Runner Ups House Athletics Age Champions and Runner Ups ACC Swimming Age Placings ACC Athletics Age Champions and Placings ACC Cross Country Top Ten Placings ACC Athletics All Star Team Selection Team of the Year Sportsperson of the Year

Former Perth Glory and current Fremantle AFLW player, Angelique Stannett, will be our guest speaker and we look forward to hearing her story. Invitations have been issued to award winners. Parents are asked to contact me by email at ben.dyer@cewa.edu.au if their child is unable to attend on the night. Mr Ben Dyer Head of Sport

5-a-side Soccer Competition - Week 3 The first semi-finalists were locked in this week with Da Kebab claiming Group A honours. Group B tightened up after a hard-fought draw was played out between staff team Browne’s Vanilla Bean and Year 11 team Blank. The other staff team secured their first victory of the season thanks to a goal from Mr Whelan and numerous saves from goalkeeper and Player of the Match, Mr Geddes. Too Easy maintained their 100% record with an emphatic win over their Year 9 opponents. Week 3 Results

Too Easy 6 V World United 1 McCormack Choppers 1 V Bend it like Beckham 0 Browne’s Vanilla Bean 2 V Blank 2 Da Kebab 2 V Babatunde FC 0

The ladders and current top goal scorers are included below. Group A

Group B

Top Scorers

NAME Goals Scored NAME Goals Scored

Spencer Patten 7 Nhial Row 1

Logan Wilson 5 Logan Wilson 1

Mr McLatchie 3 Harvey Robertson 1

Cole Baines 3 Angus McKinnon 1

Shae Delnon 3 Seb Murphy 1

Mr Chalmers 3 Kamilo Elamin 1

Zac Aitken 2 David Chol 1

Sam Bahina 2 Will Basson 1

Callum Hughes 2 Mr Hogan 1

Reece Bantleman 2 Zac Muir 1

Mr Carbone 2 Harry Pallant 1

Harrison Alcock 2 Luke Lenihan 1

Mr Chick 2 Mr Whelan 1

Miss Billam 1 Own Goals 1

Brodie Larkin 1

Mr Tony Summers 5-a-side Soccer Competition Coordinator

Uniform Shop Students are required to wear hats during Terms 1 and 4. Caps cost $12 and bucket hats $15. Jumpers may be purchased for the colder mornings.

Team Played Won Draw Lost For Against GD Points

Da Kebab 2 2 0 0 9 3 6 6

Babatunde FC 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3

Therr Boyzz 2 0 0 2 3 9 -6 0

Team Played Won Draw Lost For Against GD Points

Too Easy 3 3 0 0 17 2 15 9

Browne’s Vanilla Bean 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 7

Blank 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4

McCormack Choppers 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3

World United 3 1 0 2 4 10 -6 3

Bend it like Beckham 3 0 0 3 2 13 -11 0

Soccer and AFL - Orders for soccer and AFL kits for 2020 are now being taken for all new and existing players requiring new or replacement items. There will be limited stock available in the Uniform Shop next year. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, 10th December 2019, to guarantee receiving items in time for the start of the season. Please place orders now for all new blazers for 2020. Blazer orders may be cancelled before the start of Term 2 if required. We are seeking volunteers in the Uniform Shop on Tuesdays 3.00pm-4.00pm, Thursdays 8.00am-9.00am, and on late nights on 19th, 26th and 28th November, 3.00pm-6.00pm. If you have a spare hour or two, please contact me on Merlyn.Waite@cewa.edu.au . No experience is necessary. Students may make their own purchases at the Uniform Shop with cash or card during our opening hours. Students may also take a form for completion at home. Extended trading in November for all new and existing students Tuesday, 19th November 12noon to 6.00pm Tuesday, 26th November 12noon to 6.00pm Thursday, 28th November 8.00am-11.00am, then 1.00pm-6.00pm Last 2019 Trading Day Tuesday 10th December from 8.00am-11.00am, then 12noon-6.00pm. Pick up last-minute items for 2020 and collect laybys before the rush in the January holidays. The Uniform Shop will not be open on Thursday, 12th December 2019. Uniform Shop Trading Hours Tuesday 12noon-4.00pm Thursday 8.00am-11.00am Mrs Lyn Waite Uniform Shop Coordinator

St Andrew’s Parish News

Mr Robert Marshall Principal