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Mercedes College 2016 Calendar (As at 19 February 2016)

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26 Australia Day

27 Executive Leadership Team

Meeting

28

29 Curriculum and Learning

Leadership Team, Year Level Coordinators and

New Staff

Late Student Induction (2.00pm)

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1

February 1 Staff PD Day

2 Staff PD Day

3 Staff PD Day

Staff Mass (Mercy Chapel,

2.30pm)

4 Start Term 1

Parents Welcome

Morning Tea (Sunken Garden, 9.00-10.00am)

6-12 Swimming

Nominations

5 No Excursions or

Activities Student and Staff ID Photos

(JS Hall)

Year 12 Photo and Year 12 Individual and Class Photos

MOSA Cocktail Party

(Sunken Garden, 8.00-11.00pm)

6

7


2

8 House Meetings for

Swimming Carnival

IB Diploma Awards Evening (Town Hall)

9 MS Ash Wednesday Mass

(Lesson 5)

SS Ash Wednesday Mass (Lesson 6)

Secondary Athletics

Training Commences

10 Ash Wednesday

JS Ash Wednesday Liturgies

(Chapel)

6-12 Swimming Carnival (Marion Swimming Centre)

11

12 Laureate Assembly (Gleeson

Hall, 12.00 – 1.20pm)

13 Year 8-12 Girls

Softball commences

14 1st Sunday of Lent

3

15

MS Parent Information Evening

(Years 6/7: 6.00 – 7.00pm) (Years 8/9: 7.00 – 8.00pm)

MOSA One Year Reunion

(St Jospehs Courtyard, 5.00 – 6.30 pm)

16

MS/SS Inaugural Mass (Gleeson Hall, Lessons 2

and 3)

SS Introduction Evening

17

Orientation Walk

JS Parent Information Evening (R-2: 6.00 –

7.00pm) (Years 3-5: 7.00 – 8.00pm)

18

19

Year 10 Camp Briefing (GPS)

Mix and Mingle Years 6 – 9

(8.00 – 10.30pm)

Mercureans Cocktail Party (St. Joseph‟s Courtyard,

6.00-8.00pm)

20

Year 8-12 Girls Basketball, Touch

and Volleyball commence

21

2nd Sunday of Lent

4

22 Year 3-5 Swimming

Lessons (Unley Pool)

Student Mentoring Programme Mentor

Information Session (Parlour, 9.00 – 11.00am)



IB Diploma Information Evening (Current Parents)

24 Year 3-5 Swimming Lessons

(Unley Pool)



Year 6 Camp Briefing (Admin)

Year 8-12 Girls Water

Polo commences

26 JS Inaugural Mass (Junior

School Hall, 10.00am)

Year 6 Brainstorm Productions (Admin/GPS,

Gleeson Hall)

Year 9 Camp Briefing (GPS)

Year 10 Career Guidance Assessment (Lessons 1-3)

Mix and Mingle R-5 BBQ

(Junior School Hall, 6.00 – 8.00pm)

27

28 3rd Sunday of Lent


5

29 Sevenhill Staff Retreat

Year 5 PAL Programme

March 1 Sevenhill Staff Retreat

Year 5 PAL Programme

Year 8 Immunisations

Catholic Co-ed Swimming

Carnival (State Aquatics Centre, 6.00 – 9.15pm)

2 Sevenhill Staff Retreat

3

4 No Excursions or

Activities R-12 Summer Sports, Co-

curricular and Leadership Photos

Year 9 Brainstorm

Productions (Admin/GPS, Gleeson Hall)

SAPSASA City South

Swimming Carnival (Marion Outdoor Pool, 6.00 –

9.00pm)

Mix and Mingle Years 10 – 12 (7.30 – 10.30pm)

5

6 4th Sunday of Lent

Class of 1966/67

50 Year Reunion (St Jospehs

Courtyard, 12.00 – 3.00pm)

6

7 Year 8 Poetry

Performance (9.00 – 10.00am)

STEP and STEP Trek

Information Session (STEP Room, 6.30pm)

8 Year 6 Retreat

(Monastery)

Year 10 Guest Speaker – Monty Pryor (2.00 –

3.20pm)

9 Orientation Walk

Year 5 Camp (Victor

Harbor)

SASSSA Boys Swimming Carnival (State Aquatic

Centre – Marion, 6.30 – 9.30pm)

10 Year 5 Camp (Victor

Harbor)

11 Year 5 Camp (Victor

Harbor)

Year 8-12 Athletics Carnival (SA Athletics Stadium)

12 No Year 8-12 Girls

Sport

13 5th Sunday of Lent

7

14 Adelaide Cup Holiday

15 Year 8 Retreats

(Monastery & The Corner)

Post Athletics Day Events

(1500m, 3000m, Pole Vault)

16 SMC School Mathematics

Competition

Year 12 Seminar Day – Sam Clear (Mercy Lecture

Theatre, 11.30am – 3.15pm)

Post Athletics Day Events (1500m, 3000m, Pole Vault)

Catholic Girls Swimming

Carnival (Marion, 6.00 – 8.30pm)

JS Parent Session on

“Friendships” – Madavi Nawana Parker (7.00 –

8.30pm)

17 St. Patrick‟s Day

No JS Excursions or

Activities R – 5 Class Photos and

Sibling Photos

Post Athletics Day Events (1500m, 3000m, Pole

Vault)

SAPSASA State Metro Swimming Championship

(Marion Indoor Pool, 9.00am – 3.00pm)

SACE/IB Drama – The

Young Kings (11.00am – 3.00pm)

18 Year 9 Camp Menu

Planning (GPS)

Year 6 and 8 Family BBQ (Junior School Hall, 6.00 –

8.00pm)

19 St. Joseph‟s Day

Class of 1996 20

Year Reunion (School Tour, 3.00-

5.00pm; Venue TBA, 5.00-8.00pm)

20 Palm Sunday


8

21 Holy Week

Year 6 Camp 1 (Wirraway)

Year 9 Camp TAFE

Leadeers Briefing (10.00am – 12.00pm)

MOSA AGM (The Parlur,

Strathspey, 7.00pm)

22 Holy Week

Year 6 Camp 1

(Wirraway)

SACPSSA Swimming Carnival (Burnside Pool,

10.00am – 1.00pm)

23 Holy Week


24 Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday Liturgy

(Gleeson Hall, 12.20pm)

Student Dismissal 1.05pm

25 Good Friday

26 Holy Saturday

No Year 8-12 Girls

Sport

27 Easter Sunday

9

28

Easter Monday

29

Easter PA Prayer (8.45am)

Year 10 Student Camp

Briefing (Lessons 2 &3)

R-5 Learning Reviews (2.00 – 7.00pm)

30


R-5 Learning Reviews (4.00 – 6.00pm)

31


Knockout Athletics

Carnival (Athletics SA Stadium, 9.00am –

3.00pm)

JS Open Parent/Care Giver Afternoon (OSHC,

4.00 – 6.30pm)

April 1

R-5 Swimming Carnival (Unley Swimming Centre)


Year 9 Camp Menu

Planning (GPS)

2

3

Community Day (Mercedes College,

11.00am – 4.00pm)

10

4 Feast of the Annunciation

Catholic Co-Ed Athletics

Carnival (Athletics SA Stadium)

5 Year 9 „A Case of

Conspiracy‟ Science Activity

6 Orientation Walk

Year 7 Camp

7 Year 7 Camp


Polo concludes

8 Year 7 Camp

9 Year 8-12 Girls

Summer Sport concludes

10

11

11

12

13

No Excursions or Activities

Year 6-11 Class Photos (JS Hall)

Year 12 Learning Reviews

(4.00 – 9.00pm)

14

SASSA A Grade Athletics Carnival (Stadium SA,

9.00am – 3.00pm)

Year 4-7 Athletics Carnival (Mercedes

College)

Autumn Concert

15

Caritas Day

End Term 1 (3.30pm dismissal)

16

17

18

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20

21

22

23

24


25 Anzac Day

26

27

28

29

30

May 1

1

2 Staff PD Day

3 Start Term 2

Year 8 Immunisations

Year 10 Camp Equipment

Collection (Lessons 1-7)

4 Year 10 Camps

Year 12 Retreat (El Shaddai

& Adare)

5 Year 6 Writing Workshop

with Phil Cummins

Year 10 Camps

Year 12 Retreat (El Shaddai & Adare)

6 Year 6 Writing Workshop

with Phil Cummins

Year 10 Camps

Year 12 Retreat (El Shaddai & Adare)

Year 9 Camp Menu

Planning (GPS)

Past Staff Reunion (St. Joseph‟s Courtyard, 5.00 –

7.00pm)

7

8 Ascension of the

Lord

2

9

Year 10 Camp Equipment Return (Lessons 1-7)

10

NAPLAN Testing

Year 6-11 Learning Reviews (2.00 – 7.00pm)

EARLY DISMISSAL

FOR STUDENTS (1.05pm)

11

NAPLAN Testing

ELICOS Excursion

12

NAPLAN Testing

13

Catholic Education Week

NAPLAN Testing (Catch Up)

Year 9 Camp Prep Activities

(Lesson 4 – 8)

SSSSA 50km Relay (Linear Park)

14

Year 8-12 Girls Winter Sport

commences

15

Pentecost Sunday

3

16 Catholic Education Week

Year 6-11 Learning

Reviews (4.00 – 7.00pm)


R-5 ICAS Digital

Technologies Competition

Year 7 Humanities

Performance (1.45 – 3.00pm)


Orientation Walk

Year 6-12 Summer Sports

Assembly

Year 11 & 12 IB Diploma TOK Study Day (Concordia

College, Lessons 1-7)

Art, Design and Creative Arts Melbourne Trip


Year 10 Drama (Gorgon-

State Education)

Art, Design and Creative Arts Melbourne Trip


SAPSASA District X-

Country Carnival (Belair National Park, 11.45am –

2.45pm)

Year 12 Career Mentoring (8.40 – 9.40am)

Art, Design and Creative

Arts Melbourne Trip

21

22 Trinity Sunday


4

23 Year 9 Camp AA Walks

Staff Sevenhill Retreat

IB Diploma Literature

Oral Examinations

24 Feast of Our Lady Help

of Christians

Year 9 Camp AA-D Walks


IB Diploma Literature

Oral Examinations

25 Year 6 Humanities

Performance `The Lucky Country‟

(Hall, 1.45 – 3.00pm)

Year 9 Camp AA-D Walks


IB Diploma Literature Oral Examinations

26 Year 9 Camp AA-D

Walks

IB Diploma Literature Oral Examinations

27 Year 9 Camp AA-D Walks

IB Diploma Literature Oral

Examinations

28

29 Feast of the Body

and Blood of Christ

5

30 Year 11 SACE/IB Drama

Production Week

31 Feast of the Visitation

BVM

R-5 ICAS Science Competition

Year 11 SACE/IB Drama

Production Week

June 1 Year 11/12 ODE Camp

Year 11 SACE/IB Drama

Production Week

2 Year 11/12 ODE Camp

SAPSASA State X-

Country Championship (Oakbank Racecourse,

9.30am – 2.30pm)

Year 11 SACE/IB Drama Production Week

3 Feast of the Sacred Heart

Year 11/12 ODE Camp

4 Feast of the

Immaculate Heart of Mary

5

6

6 SACPSSA Athletics

Carnival (Santos Stadium)

7

8 Orientation Walk

Year 12 Seminar Day (Real

Talk, Burnside Town Hall)

9 Paul Dillon Senior School

Sessions

SAPSASA State X-Country Championships

(Oakbank, 9.30am – 2.30pm)

Paul Dillon Parent

Session

10 Student Free Day

Senior School Social

11 No Year 8-12 Girls

Sport

12

7

13

Queen‟s Birthday Holiday

14

R-5 ICAS Writing Competition

Year 9 English

Performance (Library, 2.00 – 3.00pm)

Year 11 SACE English

Performance (Library, 12.15 – 1.05pm)

15

R-5 ICAS Spelling Competition

16

17

18

19


8

20 Year 11 Exams

21 Year 11 Exams

22 Year 11 Exams

23 Year 11 Exams

24 Mid Term Reception

Transition Visit (9.00 – 11.00am)

Year 11 Exams

Mercedes Uncorked

(Gleeson Hall)

25

26

9

27

Year 7 Morialta Bushwalk

Year 11 Work Experience and IB CAS

Year 11 ISP (SACE)

Workshop

28

Year 11 Work Experience and IB CAS

Year 11 ISP (SACE)

Workshop

29

Being Boys and Break Free Camps (3.30pm start)

Year 11 Work Experience

and IB CAS

Year 11 ISP (SACE) Workshop

30

Being Boys and Break Free Camps


and IB CAS


July 1


Mid Term Reception

Transition Visit (9.00 – 11.00am)


and IB CAS


2

Year 8-12 Girls Winter Sport

concludes for Term 2

3

10

4 Year 12 ODE Self

Directed Camp

Year 11 Special Programmes

5 Year 12 ODE Self

Directed Camp

Year 9 Humanities Performance (9.30 –

11.10am)

Year 10 Humanities Performance (11.30am –

1.00pm)


6 Year 12 ODE Self Directed

Camp

Mid Term Reception Transition Visit (9.00 –

11.00am)


End Term 2 (3.25pm dismissal)

Winter Concert

7 Staff PD

8 Staff PD

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 Snow Trip

17 Snow Trip

18 Snow Trip

19 Snow Trip

20 Snow Trip

21 Snow Trip

22 Snow Trip

23

24


1

25 Start Term 3

Year 12 Mid-Year Exams

26 Year 12 Mid-Year Exams

27 Year 12 Mid-Year Exams

28 Year 9 Retreats

(Monastery & The Corner)

AMT Australian

Mathematics Competition

Year 11 ISP Academic Intervention


29 Year 11 ISP Academic

Intervention


30 Year 8-12 Girls

Winter Sport re-commences

31

2

August 1 Year 11 ISP Academic

Intervention

2 R-5 ICAS English

Competition


3 Orientation Walk

SSSSA 100km Relay

4 Year 11 Retreat (El

Shaddai & Adare)

5 Year 8 Camp Briefing

(Extended Admin)

Year 11 Retreat

6 Feast of the

Transfiguration

7

3

8 Feast of St. Mary of the

Cross Mackillop

SACE/IB Information Night (Year 10 Parents)

9 JS Learning Conferences

(2.00 – 7.30pm) JS classes conclude at

1.05pm

10

11 SACPSSA Cross Country

Championships (PAC Ovals)

12 MS Semester 1 Academic

Assembly

Year 10 Personal Projects Drafts Due

13

14

4

15 Feast of the Assumption

BVM


Year 6-11 Learning Reviews (4.00 – 7.00pm)

16 R-5 ICAS Mathematics

Competition


Year 12 SACE Information Night

17 No Excursions or

Activities Winter Sports, Co-curricular

and Leadership Photos


18

19 Year 11 Career Mentoring

(8.40 – 9.40am)

20

21

5

22 Feast of Queenship BVM

Year 10 Personal Projects

Due

IB Diploma Languages Oral Examinations

23 IB Diploma Languages

Oral Examinations

24 IB Diploma Languages Oral

Examinations

SAPSASA District Athletics Carnival (SA Athletics

Stadium, 9.00am – 3.00pm)

25 Year 7 Retreat

26 2017 College Captain

Speeches and Voting (Years 6-11, Admin and GPS)

27

28

6

29 Year 12 SACE Drama

Production Week

30 Year 12 SACE Drama

Production Week

31 Orientation Walk

Year 12 SACE Drama

Production Week

2016 Inter-Colligiate Cross-Country

September 1 Year 12 SACE Drama

Production

2016 Inter-Colligiate Games vs St. Ignatius

2 Student Free Day

Staff Reflection Day

(Combined with SAC)

2016 Inter-Colligiate Games vs St. Ignatius

3 Inter-Collegiate

Games vs St. Ignatius

Year 8-12 Girls

Winter Sport concludes

4 Class of 2011 5

Year Reunion (Venue TBA, 2.00-

5.00pm)


7

5 Year 5 Exhibition Parent

Meeting (6.30pm)

Year 8 Camp 1

Arts Leader Applications Distributed

6 Year 8 Camp 1

7 Year 8 Camp 1and 2

8 Feast of the Nativity

BVM

Year 8 Camp 2

9 Year 8 Camp 2

2017 Sport Leader Speeches

and Voting (Years 8-11)

Converge – Musical Extravaganza

10 STEP Mimili

Immersion Trek Commences

11 STEP Mimili

Immersion Trek

8

12 Year 10 Work Experience

STEP Mimili Immersion

Trek

Year 10 ISP Workshop

13 Year 8 Immunisations



Trek


14 Exaltation of the Cross



Trek


15 Year 7 Puppet Day



Trek


ELICOS Excursion

16 Year 10 Work Experience


Trek


17 STEP Mimili

Immersion Trek

18 STEP Mimili

Immersion Trek Concludes

9

19

2017 House Leader Interviews

IB Art Exhibition Set up

20

JS Production Performance to MS/SS

(Gleeson Hall, 1.30 – 3.25pm)

Year 12 ISP Academic

Intervention

IB Art Exhibition Set up

21

Orientation Walk

JS Production Performance to JS (Gleeson Hall, 1.30 –

3.25pm)

Being Boys and Break Free Camps (3.30pm start)


Intervention

IB Art Exhibition Opening

22


JS Production

Performance (Gleeson Hall, 7.00pm)


Intervention

IB Art Exhibition

23


6-12 Winter Sports

Assembly


IB Art Exhibition Pack

Down

24

25

Class of 1991 25 Year Reunion

(Venue TBA, 2.00-5.00pm)

10

26

Mercy Week

R-7 Fun Run

Catholic Schools Music Festival

27

Mercy Week

SAPSASA State Metro Athletics Championship

(SA Athletics Stadium, 9.00am – 3.00pm)

Catholic Schools Music

Festival

28

Mercy Week


29

Mercy Week


30

Mercy Week

Mother of Mercy Day Mass (St. Ignatius Church)

End Term 3 (12.30pm

dismissal)

October 1

2

3

Labor Day

4

5

6

7

8

9


10

11

12

13

14

15 Class of 1976 40


5.00; Torrens Arms Hotel, 5.00-

8.00pm)

16

1

17

Start Term 4

MOSA Playdate (Peppertree Playground,

9.30-11.00am)

18

19

Student Mentoring Programme Mass (JS Hall,

9.15am)

20

Year 7 Footsteps (Lesson 7)


Polo commences

21

SSSSA Ekiden Relay (Bonython Park)

Years 6-11 MOSA

Assembly (Gleeson Hall, 9.00 – 9.40am)

22

Year 8-12 Girls Summer Sport

commences

23

2

24 Year 7 Canberra Trip

Sport and House Leader

Handover (9.00-11.00am)

MOSA Mass/Lunch for 1950‟s, 60‟s and 70‟s Old

Scholars (Venue TBA, 12.00-3.00pm)



27 R, Year 1 and Year 3

Footsteps Dancing

Year 7 Canberra Trip

SSSSA Mountain Bike Championships

Year 12 Classes Conclude

Year 12 Parent Supper

(Junior School Hall, 5.30 – 7.00pm)

28 2017 Reception Transition

Visit (9.00 – 11.00am)

Year 7 Canberra Trip

Year 12 Graduation Assembly (Gleeson Hall,

8.30am-1.30pm)

Year 12 Graduation Mass (7.00pm, Goodwood)

29

30 MOSA Interstate

Reunion (Sydney)

3

31 Year 7 Footsteps (Lesson

7)

Year 12 SACE Exams Commence

Year 12 SACE Art, Design

and Creative Arts Exhibition Set up

November 1 All Saints Day

Year 12 SACE Art,

Design and Creative Arts Exhibition Set up

2 All Souls Day

Orientation Walk

Year 5 PYP Exhibition (JS

Hall, 6.30pm)

Year 12 IB Diploma Exams Commence

Year 12 SACE Art, Design

and Creative Arts Exhibition Opening

R-12 Art Exhibition

3 Year 7 Footsteps (Lesson

7)

Year 12 SACE Art, Design and Creative Arts

Exhibition


Visit (9.00 – 11.00am)

Year 10 Retreat (Monastery &The Corner)

2017 Sport Captain

Nominations due

Year 12 SACE Art, Design and Creative Arts

Exhibition Pack Down

5

6


4

7

8 Year 11 ODE Camp

Year 10 Mock Interviews

(6.30 – 8.30pm)

9 Year 11 ODE Camp


Footsteps Dancing


Year 11 ODE Camp

Donor Thank You Drinks

(Parlour, 7.00 – 9.00pm)


Visit (9.00 – 11.00am)

Year 11 ODE Camp

Junior School Disco (Junior School Hall, 4.30 – 8.30pm)

12 Class of 2006 10


5.00pm; St Josephs Courtyard, 5.00-

8.00pm)

13

5

14

15

Junior School New Parents Evening (Junior

School Hall, 7.00 – 9.00pm)

16

Year 12 SACE Exams Conclude

17

R, Year 1 and Year 3 Footsteps Dancing

Year 7 Footsteps (Lesson

7)

Final round Senior 8-12 Girls Water Polo

18

2017 Induction Day

Year 12 Parent Drinks (Sunken Garden, 7.00 –

9.00pm)

19

Final round Senior 8-12 Girls Summer

Sport

20

Feast of Christ the King

6

21 Feast of the Presentation

BVM


Year 8 Musical Rehearsal (All Day)

22 Staff Sevenhill Retreat

R-5 Sports Day (Mercedes

College)

Year 8 Musical Rehearsal (All Day)

Year 12 IB Diploma

Exams Conclude

Middle School New Parent Information

Evening (Mercy Lecture Theatre, 7.00 – 9.00pm)

23 Staff Sevenhill Retreat

Year 8 Musical Performance


Footsteps Dancing


Last Day of Year 11

Classes

Year 8 Musical Performance

Final round Junior 8-12

Girls Water Polo

25 Year 10 into 11 Transition

Day

Year 11 SWOT Vac

Year 12 Graduation Ball (Convention Centre, 6.30 –

11.30pm)

26 Final round Junior

8-12 Girls Summer Sport

27 1st Sunday of

Advent

7

28 Year 11 Exams

29 Year 11 Exams

30 Orientation Walk

Year 11 Exams

Year 5 Graduation (Gleeson

Hall, 6.30pm)

December 1 R, Year 1 and Year 3

Footsteps Dancing


Year 11 Exams

2 Year 7 Maker Day

Year 11 Exams

2017 Leadership Conference

(Burnside Community Centre)

3

4 2nd Sunday of

Advent


8

5 Year 6 End of Year

Activity (Burnside Pool)


Year 9 into 10 Transition

Day

Year 11 Special Programmes and

Transition Classes

ISP Year 8-12 Academic Promotion and Course

Selection for 2017

6 JS End of Year Mass

(Junior School Hall, 10.00am)

Year 7 Social

Year 10 First Aid

Year 11 Special

Programmes and Transition Classes

ISP Year 8-12 Academic

Promotion and Course Selection for 2017

7 JS Picnic Day

Year 7 End of Year Beach

Picnic

Year 9 End of Year Aquatics Activities

SS End of Year Presentation

and MYP Graduation Assembly

Year 10 Personal Project

Exhibition

Year 11 Special Programmes and Transition Classes

ISP Year 8-12 Academic

Promotion and Course Selection for 2017

8 Feast of the Immaculate

Conception

R-5 Music is Fun (Junior School Hall, 9.00am)

Year 8 End of Year

Activity

Year 10 First Aid

Year 11 Special Programmes and

Transition Classes

ISP Year 8-12 Academic Promotion and Course

Selection for 2017

9 MS End of Year

Presentation Assembly (Gleeson Hall, 8.45 –

10.30am)

MS/SS End of Year Mass (Gleeson Hall, 11.00am)

End Term 4(12.30pm

dismissal)

10

11 3rd Sunday of

Advent

12 Whole Staff PD Day



Staff End of Year Mass

(Mercy Chapel, 1.00pm)

15 Executive Leadership

Team Meeting Day

16

17

18 4th Sunday of

Advent

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Christmas Day

26

27

28

29

30

31

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