lasalle star 21.10 · 10/21/2016 · four of our year 11 students a ©ended the sydney ... year...

LASALLE STAR

LaSalle Catholic College 544 Chapel Road Bankstown 2200 Ph: 9793 5600

Issue # 17 21 October 2016

2016

DATES TO REMEMBER

OCTOBER

24 Year 9 Fast Forward

HSC Exam con nues

25 Years 9 & 10 Mass @ St Felix

27 MCC League

SCC Touch Football/So ball

31 Year 11 Leaders’ Retreat

Years 8 & 10 Assessment Free

Week

HSC Exam con nues

NOVEMBER

1 All Saints Day

Year 11 Retreat cont’d

Year 9 Informa on Evening

2 All Souls Day

3 MCC League

SCC Touch Football/So ball

8 Year 11 Legal Incursion

Years 7 & 8 Mass

Year 12 Sign Out Day 9‐11am

9 Year 12 Sign Out Day 9‐11am

10 SCC Touch Football/So ball

11 Remembrance Day

Year 12 Geo Fieldwork Day

15 Year 7 2017 Informa on

Evening

16 Year 7 Vaccina on Day 3

17 SCC Touch Football/So ball

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Michael Egan

Principal

LEADERSHIP LEARNING FOR LASALLE COLLEGE STUDENTS

Four of our Year 11 students a ended the Sydney

Archdiocesan Student Leadership Forum on 12

October, 2016.

Held at St Mary’s Cathedral College, the students

– Anthony Eltarraf, Steven Hoang, Charbel

Naoum & Anthony Chadrawy ‐ joined with 150

other young leaders from Catholic Secondary

Colleges across the Sydney Archdiocese.

An ini a ve of the Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony

Fisher, the purpose of the forum was to gather the

young leaders together to meet with their peers, share ideas, be challenged and learn before they

embark on their year of leadership in 2017. The Archbishop addressed the forum saying:

“Appreciate the wisdom of the world about leadership but also the Chris an perspec ve that

includes sacrifice and doing the hard thing.

“Stand up for the right thing – the moral thing – not just for the most popular thing. Be bridge

builders between official leaders – the principal, teachers and students – and between different

year groups, the sporty types, artsy ones and the not so popular ones.

“Be realis c about your opportuni es and challenges and realise that you can’t do it all and you

need support.”

CANONIZATION OF SOLOMON LA CLERQ, A DE LA SALLE BROTHER

In a ceremony held in St Peter's Square in Rome on Sunday, 16th

October 2016, Pope Francis canonised the martyred 18th century French

De La Salle Brother, Solomon Le Clercq.

Saint Solomon is a great role model for all Lasallians, with a deep

devo on to teaching children and teenagers and a natural leader

who provided strong spiritual advice and guidance to fellow

De La Salle Brothers.

Many Lasallian Colleges across our District have inter‐school

houses named in honour of Blessed Solomon who worked

for several years as a teacher in schools throughout France in the 18th century.

www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au

COMMITMENT · CONFIDENCE · SUCCESS

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FROM OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: MS LEONIE DOWD

A warm welcome back to Term 4. It is hard to believe we are now in the final term of the school year and I sincerely hope you all had

a res ul break and spent quality me together with family and friends. With the beau ful spring weather the students have

definitely returned making a posi ve start to the term and have demonstrated that they are ready to be focused on their learning.

One of the unique characteris cs of our school is the strong faith of our

students, parents and staff. LaSalle is an authen c Catholic school both in

our teaching of faith and in our values.

At LaSalle, Jesus is central to our lives and as such we celebrate our faith

on a daily basis in a variety of ways, through prayer, liturgical

celebra ons, Parish/School Masses, Lasallian Youth Ministry, outreach

programs and by displaying Chris an values through our daily interac ons

with others.

The College Religious Educa on Program builds on the strong faith

development that begins at home. Together the parents and staff provide

a strong, focused program that teaches the students about our Catholic scriptures, doctrine and values.

The presence of Jesus in our lives is evident at LaSalle and the recent Faith Celebra on event at the

Year 12 Gradua on Assembly Liturgy and the Evening Mass brought the school and parish community

together to celebrate our faith in song and prayer. Celebra ng our Catholic Faith will always be a

priority at LaSalle.

There are many events that will take place this term: The recent Year 11 Retreat celebrated in Week 1

was highly successful. S ll to come: Year 7, 2017 Informa on Evening and Transi on Days, Year 11,

2017 Informa on Evening, Remembrance Day Assembly, Awards Day Assembly, College Christmas

Mass, Year group picnic days to celebrate the sharing of another year together, just to name a few.

Parents, Carers and family members are welcome to join us at all our events.

Finally, a reminder that students are to wear the College summer uniform for Term 4. All details can be

found in the Student Planner. However, for male students this includes a black leather belt. For females

in Year 7 it is the College summer tunic or the kilt and white blouse.

Please ensure that all uniform items are labelled with the student’s first and last name and

College House.

I hope that you all enjoy the following days of Term 4. God bless,

Leonie Dowd

CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR PRINCIPALS

Further to your Principal, Mr Michael Egan’s Review Consulta on Process for Principals in August, I have received the Report of

the Review Team and I am pleased to advise the school community that Mr Egan has been offered a further contract as Principal

at LaSalle Catholic College, Bankstown. My sincere thanks to all in the community who have contributed to this process.

Dr Dan White, Execu ve Director of Sydney Catholic Schools



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FROM OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR: MS KATHRYN WHITE

CANONIZATION OF SOLOMON LA CLERQ. A DE LA SALLE BROTHER (cont’d)

Lasallians around the world were preparing for the historic celebra ons to mark the canonisa on of the

martyred French De La Salle Brother, Solomon Le Clerq.

Br Solomon had a deep devo on to teaching children and teenagers and remarkably instructed a class of

130 students a er only one year of training at the novi ate.

Brother Solomon provided strong spiritual advice and guidance to fellow De La Salle Brothers, while

seeing firsthand the poli cal turmoil, tearing France apart in the lead up to the 1789 Revolu on.

A er the overthrow of the monarchy during the French Revolu on in 1790, the

Church became the next target. St Solomon had been living in secrecy alone in

Paris working as the secretary to Brother Agathon. Many of the le ers he

wrote to his family from this me have been saved. He was arrested in 1792

and martyred a month later by sword.

St Solomon was one of the first Lasallian Brothers to die for his faith. Similar to

our founder St John Bap st De La Salle, he also gave up a life of privilege to

serve others.

OCTOBER ‐ THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY

The Month of October is dedicated to the Holy

Rosary.

Praying the Rosary is one of the ways that we can

honour Mary, the Mother of our Lord.

The Rosary has been prayer by Catholics for

hundreds of years. According to an account

wri en in the 15th century, Mary appeared to St

Dominic in 1206 and gave him the Rosary, telling

him to preach it to others.

I encourage you to spend some me this month

praying the Rosary.

The St Felix Youth Group have Rosary Night every

Wednesday at 8:30pm at the Gro o.



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FROM OUR LEADER OF LEARNING: MR DAVID CLORAN

2016 HSC COMMENCES: Following the excitement of the various gradua on events that took place at the end of Term 3, our Year

12 students returned to the College on Thursday 13th October for the commencement of the 2016 HSC examina ons. At the

commencement of these exams, I had the opportunity to speak to all students regarding the reality

that whilst these exams mark the achievement of a significant milestone in their educa on, it is

important that they keep them in perspec ve, and to view them as an opportunity to receive the

fruits of their solid work and prepara on throughout the year. The HSC exam period will con nue

for three more weeks, concluding at LaSalle on Friday 4 November. I wish to also acknowledge the

large number of teaching staff who are con nuing to work with our Year 12 students in the lead up

to their final exams. Please con nue to keep these students in your thoughts and prayers over the

coming weeks.

2016 HSC Facts

More than 60,000 sat the compulsory English exams last week

A record 69,350 are on track to complete their HSC program – making the HSC the most popular school creden al in Australia in 2016

77,163 students are enrolled in at least one HSC course

Most started 13 years of school in 2004 and around 9 in 10 completed their HSC courses at the end of Term 3

The three most popular elec ve courses are Maths, Biology and Business Studies

Hospitality and Construc on are the most popular VET courses

118 HSC wri en examina ons totalling around 300 hours are scheduled from 13 October to 4 November

85 exam commi ees and around 300 commi ee members are involved in developing the wri en examina ons

Each exam will be reviewed at least six mes before more than 700,000 exam papers are printed

HSC exams will be held in over 750 exam centres staffed by over 7,500 supervisors and presiding officers

Around 350 students will sit HSC exams overseas

More than 5500 markers will work across NSW in 11 marking centres and from home

Each student will have their English exams marked by at least 11 markers, and their Mathema cs exam by at least six markers

2016 is the 50th year of HSC exams

2017 YEAR 10 INFORMATION EVENING: Earlier this week, an informa on no ce was sent home with all students in Year 9

regarding an informa on evening that is being held at the College on Tuesday November 1st. The aim of this Informa on Evening is

to inform students and their parents of a range of significant procedures in prepara on for the commencement of Year 10 in 2017.

These include processes around Subject Selec on for both Years 10 and 11, the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program for 2017 and

a range of other academic and pastoral updates that are important for parents and students to be familiar with.

All students in Year 9 are being asked to a end with at least one parent or guardian.

Photos of Year 12 Graduation



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Snap shots of Year 12 Graduation



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LEADER OF PASTORAL CARE: MS JIZELLA AKKARI

CANTERBURY BANKSTOWN YOUTH AWARDS

Last term Canterbury Bankstown Council called for nomina ons from organisa ons to enter young people in the Canterbury

Bankstown Youth Awards. This was to celebrate the achievements of young people in the area. The awards were open to all young

people aged 12 – 18 who live, work or study in the city of Canterbury Bankstown.

The College sent in a number of student nomina ons that were for various categories. The categories included academic

achievement, community involvement, crea ve and performing arts, inspira on, leadership and spor ng.

We had many fine young ladies and men that were nominated for these categories.

We were very pleased that we had two young men, Vincent Gabut (Year 12) and Issa Albaba

(Year 10) make the finals and they and their families were invited to a end an Award Ceremony

on the 22nd September at the Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre. They were among 5

finalists in each category. They also received a $50 cash prize for being selected as a finalist.

Vincent Gabut was noted for his achievements in the leadership category. Vincent is the College

Captain for the 2016 Academic year. He also spent much of his January holiday break this year

helping disadvantaged communi es in Thailand. He helped rebuild parts of communi es and

helped children in these communi es with their schooling and interac on with others.

Issa Albaba was noted for his achievements in the inspira on category. Issa came to Australia

three years ago as a refugee from Syria with no English and had been trauma sed by his

experiences. In a few years he has managed to learn English and achieve in his studies, as well as,

assist at school in any way he can.

Unfortunately, neither Vincent nor Issa were selected as the winner for their category but they were well received and joined the

other four finalists in each of their categories in a presenta on and acknowledgement of their achievement at the Awards night.

Both students were awarded a finalist cer ficate and a $50 cash prize. We are pleased that these two fine young men made it to

the finals and we commend them on their achievements.

YEAR 10 ACV CHRONOLOGY ACTIVITY:

Mrs Kingham developed an interac ve group ac vity for Year 10 ACV which allowed

students to further develop their understanding of key events in the lead up to the

Vietnam War.

The class was split into groups and each group was given an envelope that included a

number of events, dates, images and maps.

Students were then given the task of matching them together and placing them in

chronological order.

This was a very effec ve tool in introducing and/or revising important content

knowledge and students thoroughly enjoyed the ac vity as they were able to

collaborate with their peers and gained a deeper knowledge of the topic.

Well done to Kiefe Ha, Nathan Galvin Valencia, Tejaswin Gupta and Kevin Tran from 10

Solomon who were the first in the class to complete the ac vity in the correct order!

Ms Lisa‐Maree Khouri



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LITERACY AND NUMERACY OLYMPICS

Last term the Literacy and Numeracy Olympics was held in the LaSalle Learning Centre. Twenty‐four

students from Years 7‐11 took part in a variety of events to test their wri ng or numeracy skills. This

event was held over two lunch mes.

The Literacy Olympic events included; lightning wri ng, precise and accurate handwri ng, descrip ve

and crea ve wri ng. All students received the same wri ng events and were judged within their Year

level. The performance of the students in these events was outstanding.

The Numeracy Olympics events involved solving mathema cal problems and puzzles related to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Even

though the events were challenging, the students a empted all of them. It was fantas c to see LaSalle students prepared to

openly show their love of intellectual challenge and problem‐solving through the subject of mathema cs.

The winners of the Literacy Olympics were: Thomas Hinwood (Year 11), Dmytro Kucheryavyy (Year 10), Noah Luisi‐Juricic

(Year 9) and Pierre Lachaud (Year 7).

The winners of the Numeracy Olympics were: Gian Pesce (Year 11), Colin Pham (Year 9) & Mar no Nguyen (Year 7).

Students were rewarded with a cer ficate of par cipa on and the best performing student from each Year Level received a gi

voucher. Thank you to the students for their enthusias c par cipa on and congratula ons on a great performance.

Mr Andrew Sortwell

YEAR 11 FOOD TECHNOLOGY & HOSPITALITY

STUDENTS

Year 11 Food Technology and Hospitality a ended High Tea

at the William

Angliss Ins tute in

Surry Hills this

week.

We were able to

do a tour of the

facility and

experience a fine

dining

atmosphere.

The students

thoroughly

enjoyed the day.

Mrs Cheryl

Newton

TOUCHING HEARTS FILM FESTIVAL:

Theme: SERVICE

Prizes awarded to the

Director/Film‐maker ONLY

All films must be submi ed by

Friday October 28th.

A signed Entry Form must be submi ed

with the film.

Prizes:

1st $100 JB Hi Fi Voucher

2nd $50 JB Hi Fi Voucher

3rd $30 JB Hi Fi Voucher

Get filming now!!



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YEAR 11 RETREAT

An important part of the Faith Development and Spiritual Forma on program

at the LaSalle Catholic College is the senior retreat experience. On Monday

10th to Wednesday 12th October, our Year 11 students ventured out to the

Stanwell Tops Conference Centre for their retreat. These three days were

filled with fun, laughter, reflec on and prayer.

The theme of our retreat was “Journey of Discovery”. The retreat ac vi es

incorporated this theme throughout the sessions, reflec ng on their journey

to date and on their future with hope. At this me of the year, the retreat is

an invaluable experience for our students to step back for a moment and

reflect on all their achievements as young men of LaSalle College. It is a me

to look towards the future and all the great things they wish to achieve. The

senior retreat was a challenging and memorable experience for all our

students.

I would like to especially thank Ms White, our College Religious Educa on

Coordinator, for all her hard work in organising the retreat and the amount of

energy, enthusiasm and guidance she displayed during our me away. I would

also like to especially thank Mr Egan our College Principal who travelled down

to the retreat to lead our young men in a number of sessions about being

strong young leaders.

I felt very honoured to have journeyed with them for the three days and also

feel privileged to have been a part of their faith development journey.

Mr Andrew Sortwell, Year 11 Coordinator



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PREPARING FOR EXAMS – TERM 4

Follow these steps to help you achieve your personal academic best:

1. Find out what you need to learn: ask your teacher if you will be tested on the whole year’s work or just the second half of the

year. You may like to work through the PREPARING FOR EXAM BLOCKS unit to help you put together a study plan.

2. Make your study notes: work through the SUMMARISING unit to learn how to make brain‐friendly study notes. On the

THINGS TO PRINT page you will find a very useful Study Notes Checklist. You want to get your study notes finished as quickly

as possible.

3. Learn your study notes: make sure you remember what you study by using the techniques in the ACTIVE STUDYING unit. If

you are interested in exploring learning preferences, you can find more in this unit on this topic.

4. Prac se the skills of the subject: do as many different ques ons, revision sheets, chapter reviews, sample essays or past ex

amina on papers as you can. There are sugges ons on how to make sure the prac se you do is effec ve in the ACTIVE

STUDYING unit.

5. Review your test‐taking techniques: this ensures you make the most of the me in the exam. You can learn more about what

to do the night before, the morning of the exam, how to approach mul ple choice ques ons and essays in exams and much

more in the TEST‐TAKING unit.

6. And when you get your exam paper back make the most of it by using the strategies in the AFTER TESTS AND EXAMS unit.

Don’t leave your study un l the last minute – get yourself organised well in advance.

You can learn more about more effec ve studying at www.studyskillshandbook.com.au by

logging in with these details:

Username: lasalle

Password: 544achieve Mrs Nowakowski

Don’t stress ‐ prepare

TRANSDEV

Tap on and off, every me to validate your trip

At the start of each trip, tap on by placing your Opal card on an Opal card reader located at the entrance of the bus.

At the end of the trip, tap off by placing your Opal card on an Opal reader again.

Opal card holders must always tap on and off for each trip and each transport mode used during their journey.

If an error message displays when tapping on or off, students must take notes of the error code and contact Opal Customer Care for assistance.

Mater Dei Church Blakehurst

60th Anniversary

This year Mater Dei Church, Blakehurst is celebrating its 60th year since opening.

On Sunday, 30 October 2016 the Parish will be holding a Celebration Mass at 10.00am with Most Rev Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP as the Chief Celebrant.

The Mass will be followed by BBQ and light refreshments in Parish Grounds and Michael Kennedy Centre on the campus.

For more information, please contact Parish Office on 9546 2605 or email: [email protected]

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