Thank you to the Bath Street families for your patience during the last week or so when the new pathway was being installed at the Hartley Street entrance to the campus. This project has been talked about for some time and, as fate would have it, the timing of its construction

coincided with the fitting of the new shade structures, also at Bath Street. As a consequence, with so many workmen on site, the Hartley Street entrance, and access to the Uniform Shop, became unavailable for a couple of days. Hopefully pedestrians will quickly adjust to the new arrangements.

Interim reports for students at the Sadadeen and Traeger campuses have been dispatched, while the Bath Street students portfolios and journals will also be sent home to parents. These documents will certainly be very helpful for the parent/teacher meetings which are scheduled for early in the new term.

Our College Boys Basketball side will head off to Newcastle on the weekend to participate in the annual national Marist Carnival. Mr. Peter Augustin (manager) and Mr. Eli Melky (coach) will accompany the boys. We wish them well; they will return to Alice Springs on Thursday, 7th April. Mr Melky has been working with the students for several months and they have made plenty of solid progress. The carnival usually provides some of the best talent in the country, so our boys will need to work well together to give of their best against some very strong opposition. We wish them a safe, enjoyable and successful trip.

Classes conclude today for all students. As we look back over the term, we have much to be thankful for, and there are lots of indications that the students have made a very productive start to the academic year. The whole school Mass, the school retreats and reflection days, the swimming carnivals, the fundraising activities, the school photographs, local excursions, parent gatherings, barbecues, and the Lenten season, have all added different flavours to our daily teaching and learning programme.

Central Administration: Bath Street Campus: Traeger Ave Campus Sadadeen Rd Campus: Tel: 08 8950 6400 Tel: 08 8950 8666 Tel: 08 8950 8555 Tel: 08 8950 7399 Fax: 08 8952 4607 Fax: 08 8953 2624 Fax: 08 8952 2851 Fax: 08 8953 2571

P.O. Box 2508 Alice Springs NT 0871 Website: www.olshalice.nt.edu.au Email: principal@olshalice.nt.edu.au Member of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA) Registered CRICOS Provider: 02598D

Dates to Remember

APRIL

1st Staff Inservice Day

11th Staff Inservice Day

Tuesday 12th Students Return

18th P & F Meeting

EASTER DATES 22nd Good Friday 25th Easter Monday 26th Public Holiday Wednesday 27th Students return.

MAY

2nd May Day PH

10/11/12th NAPLAN Testing

13th Year 3 & 4 Sports Day 19th Sadadeen Campus Open House

Campus Office Hours Monday - Friday

8am-4pm

Campus Canteens Bath Street 89527532 Traeger 89508555 Sadadeen 89507318

College Uniform Shop Telephone: 89522742 Fax: 89555163

Opening Hours: Tuesday 8.15am

10.00am Thursday 8.15am-10.00am Thursday 2.30pm-4.30pm

Lil Antz AfterSchool Care: Telephone: 08 89530015

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Dear Parents/Guardians, Staff, Students and Friends of OLSH

Volume 15 Issue 10 31st March 2011

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Reflection

Thanks everybody for your support of the College over the past term. I wish you all a safe and relaxing holiday. Classes will resume for Term Two on Tuesday 12th April. Please note that Holy Week commences during the second week of the new term with Palm Sunday on 17th April. The Easter Triduum, from Good Friday through to Easter Sunday, then occurs from 22nd-24th April, followed by two public holidays, encompassing Anzac Day and the normal Easter long weekend. The May Day long weekend follows, the next week, so the first four weeks of term will all be short teaching weeks.

Best wishes

Br Paul Gilchrist Principal

Today 31st March is the last day for Back to School Voucher Redemption No exceptions can be made.

for Families

Jesus wanted the disciples to love one another and all followers with a binding love.

It is this same kind of love that binds families together. When other people turn their backs and walk away, it is symbolic of Jesus' love that families are bound by a love incomparable anywhere else in our own experience.

We fail at times, but rarely in any other setting do we see anything close to the unconditional love God has for us, as we see in the love parents show their children.

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College News HARMONY CD LAUNCH, CONCERT & DANCE PARTY Friday April 1st @ the Youth Hub (old Alice Springs High School Hall) 7:00 pm CD Launch and Youth Concert 8:30 pm Fluro Dance Party Alcohol and drug free event For ages 13-25, please bring ID Students from OLSH Sadadeen have composed a song that is on the CD being launched.

EISTEDDFOD CLOSING DATE A reminder to all students that the final date to submit intentions to compete in the Centralian Eisteddfod are due no later than this Friday. The dates this year are between June 4 and 16th. For more information please go to their website at www.centralianeisteddfod.org.

PIZZA DAY-THANKS! Thank you to all the students and staff who participated in the Generations in Jazz pizza day fundraiser. The event was a great success because of you. We would also like to express our appreciation to Eagle Boys Pizza for supporting our fundraising efforts.

DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT On April 28th the OLSH Jazz Players and St. Philips students will be having their final fundraiser. We will be hosting a three course dinner with live entertainment for only $30.00 a meal. Please check the first newsletter of next term for more details.

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS Voucher Expiry Sale Today Only (Thursday) till 5pm.

This weeks' arrivals include: Summer Dresses size 14c (all orders delivered)

FEES Second instalment of fees is now overdue. Payments during the holidays may be made at Central Administration, Sadadeen Campus or by BPAY.

Campus News: Bath St Here we are already, the last day of Term One. As they say, time flies when you re having fun! I hope all our children have a wonderful break and are refreshed and revitalised when they return on Tuesday, 12th April.

REMEMBER: There are no classes, tomorrow, Friday April 1st. (This is not an April Fool s joke)

This week sees us moving toward the fourth Sunday of Lent, where the Gospel tells the story of the man who was blind from birth.

PROJECT COMPASSION We continue to think of the people for whom Project Compassion is organised. The aim is of course to raise money, but also to give the children an understanding of how lucky they are compared to others in the world. Therefore, I have a little task for the children over the break!

Keep count of the times you get to enjoy take-away food over the break. If you can, bring 20c to school for each time you had this privilege.

SCHOOL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROCESS Each Transition student has been issued with a letter of explanation and an Enrolment Form for the School Health Surveillance Process. This exercise is voluntary and a convenient way for all children to be given a sound ear and eye check. Please return the Enrolment Form to school as soon as you fill it in. Those choosing to take advantage of the Process will be contacted in due course about when this will take place.

MRS PATERSON S PROGRESS REPORT Mrs Paterson is making a speedy recovery from her knee surgery and is up and slightly mobile already. If all goes well, she could be home by the middle of next week

LOST PROPERTY We do not have a great deal of lost property at the moment, however there are a few items that someone must be missing.

MERIT POINT WINNERS

Room 15 Joshua Sharkey Emily Spry Amal Subi

Georgina Korljan Adrienne DeGraaff Keoni Lander Joshua Whittaker Tahnee Beale Sarah Harris Ashley Lines Geetanjali Bhatia Samuel Passmore Henry Gunner Bonnie Johnson

Room 10 Tiana Sariago

Room 8 Isaac Blinco

Room 18 Tom McNamara

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MS READ-A-THON Fundraising for the MS Society is under way again. The children are invited to log on to : www.msreadathon.org.au

with parental supervision and sign up for this years Readathon . Children don t just have to read, but could

also organise BBQs or other events to raise money.

PARENT / TEACHER INTERVIEWS Bath Street Parent/Teacher Interviews will be held in Week Two of Term Two, on Tuesday April 19th and Wednesday April 20th. Please make yourself available to meet with your child s teacher to discuss how your child is progressing this year.

Note: The following classes will be holding Parent/Teacher Interviews on alternative dates.

Room 12

Monday April 18th and Tuesday April 19th Room 5

Tuesday May 3rd and Wednesday May 4th Room 14

Tuesday May 3rd and Wednesday May 4th.

Enjoy the break

John Healy Acting Head of Campus

Campus News: Sadadeen HARMONY DAY A big thanks to the following staff who contributed to the campus successful celebration of this event last Friday: Ms Jacinta Boniwell, Ms Vicky Howie, Mrs Evelyn Gaces, Mrs Jasmeet Dhingra, Ms Louise Warner, Ms Keiko Nishimura, Mr Peter Augustin, Mr Anthony Bindle & Mr Pat Johnson.

TERM TWO Term two commences, for students on Tuesday 12th April at 8:15am.

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Parent/Teacher interviews are on Tuesday 19th April from 3:30pm til 5:30pm and from 6:00pm til 7:00pm in the 500 Block. Please make appointments by contacting Sadadeen reception on 89507399.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Good Friday April 22nd, Easter Monday April 25th and ANZAC Day Tuesday April 26th are public Holidays and therefore there are no classes on these days. Monday May 2nd is the May Day public holiday. Please be aware of these public holidays which fall in the first four weeks of the term.

Have a good week ahead and an enjoyable and restful holiday. Matt de Jong. Head of Campus

Sadadeen.

YEAR 11 TOURISM EXCURSION REPORT On the 15th of March the Year 11 Tourism Group, as part of their course went out to Undoolya Station; an iconographic cattle station literally on the town boundaries of Alice Springs. We were picked up from the school at the start of the day by Robert Frost, joint proprietor of the unique Outback Quad Adventures . Outback Quad Adventures is a unique tour company that offers a range of tours from the two and a half hour Quad Rush tour to the Overnight Quad Experience. The business operates out of the station and is run by both Kathy and Rob Frost, during the regional Alice Springs tourist season (the on season). Tours are run daily and cater for tourists and locals alike.

The class of four students experienced an informative drive out to the station, where Rob told the group of the story of Undoolya Station, and the Hayes Family. On the way, students were blessed with the lush scenery provided by the recent rains. Just out of town we saw a healthy looking bearded dragon sunning itself in the morning sun.

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After disembarking from the bus, the class (including myself) was briefed on the rules and safety expectations (no passing, or carrying on, as it is unsafe). We then adorned ourselves with a helmet each and proceeded out to the quad bikes. At the bikes we were thoroughly instructed as to the workings of the bike and with a turn of the key we were off.

The students had a great time. There were some memorable times. Going up the creek, that a few days before was metres above what it was. Usually this creek is bone dry (on the surface) and this is where you get to open the bike up a bit on the dry creek bed. As said there were memorable moments best told by the students.

The excursion/tour was part of the student s tourism course (case study) where students critically analyse a local tourism business s sustainability.

More tours are planned for the year, most notably the 3 day tour with Emu Run out to Uluru, Kata Tjuta, and Kings Canyon.

ALICE SPRINGS REGIONAL SITTINGS On Wednesday March 30th 2011, Year 9 SOSE students of Miss Bonney and Mr Boyce s classes attended a parliamentary sitting of the Northern Territory Parliament at the Alice Springs Convention Centre. The purpose of this excursion was for students to witness and identify key features of Australia s Government. During this time, students were informed about the structure of the Lower House, and some students were able to dress in the formal attire worn by members of the Lower House. Overall, the students enjoyed and were enlightened by the experience; with many surprised at how fellow politicians interact with each other.

Miss Bonney

THE SKY S THE LIMIT Next Thursday The Sky s the Limit travels to Darwin to compete in the Battle of the Bands. We wish the members of the band, Cameron Bartels, Mason Bland, Alannah Breedon, Michael Little and Michael McGuirk the best of luck. Break a leg!

Campus News: Traeger TOMORROW,APRIL 1ST IS A PUPIL FREE DAY

CARITAS For the past few weeks Traeger Campus have been participating in some worthwhile Caritas Fundraising activities.

The Latin word Caritas means love and compassion. So it is appropriate that during Lent we think of others and make a real effort to raise some money to go towards assisting those in need. Caritas projects range from developing sustainability programs in poverty stricken areas to delivering aid quickly and efficiently around the world.

The Year 5 classes sold Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday, the Year 6's had a bake sale at the Swimming Carnival and the Year 7's held a movie day. This week the Year 8 classes are having a 'Crazy Hair Day' as well as Year 7 teacher (Mr Curnow) is shaving his head for a gold coin donation from each student. After the school break the Specialist teachers and the Special Education Unit will have some fun Easter activities to participate in! Thank you so much for your support and donations towards such a worthy cause. Let's keep the spirit of Lent alive and see if OLSH Traeger can raise some significant funds.

Kind regards, Kathryn REC

MINI VINNIES Mini Vinnies is a fundraising group which started in Week 6 this term to raise money for people who have been struck by homelessness or natural disasters. The money Mini Vinnies raises goes to people in the Alice Springs area and also to international projects. O.L.S.H. Traeger is the first school to form a Mini Vinnies group in the NT. Representatives in the Mini Vinnies group have been elected to hold different positions and responsibilities.

President: Kiara McIntyre Vice President: Cyrus Vaghaiwala Secretary: Tiarni Pon Assistant Secretary: Victor Johnson Treasurer: Blade Thorne Assistant Treasurer: Shannan Hayes

This term during Activity time, Mini Vinnies have offered three activities for students to participate in which were Fundraising, Sandwich Making and Old Timers.

The fundraising group held a cupcake stall last week. They raised $140.15 which will go to the Christchurch earthquake victims.

By Clinton Lowe and Yonathen Boyle

YEAR 7 CAMP Students need to be at Traeger at about 6:00am on the first student day of Term 2, April 12th. Students who have not paid will not be permitted to attend, unless prior arrangement has been made.

DATES TERM 2 Students return 12th April (Year 7 camp begins)

Easter Break

Good Friday 22nd April

students return Wed 27th April

End of Term 2

Friday 24th June.

HOMEWORK CENTRES

Traeger Campus Homework Centre

This is not held in Week 10 of the term.

Indigenous Homework Centre

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Year 5 Homework Centre

Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm. This will be held in our library where the students must be collected at 4:00pm please.

Thanks Helen

An era in the life of Traeger has passed this week with the resignation and farewell of our much loved Mrs. Wright. Helen has been with us for many years as an ISA (but really running the College) and has assisted and touched many, many students over her time with us. Thank you Helen from all the staff and all of the students.

Have a great week Tony Healy Head of Campus Traeger

Performing Arts News BAND PRACTICE FOR GENERATIONS IN JAZZ There will be one band practice this Sunday, April 3, for students travelling to GIJ. There will also be a Division 4 practice at St. Philips on Wednesday, April 6thfrom 3:00 to 4:00pm.

SUNDAY Division 4: No practice this week as the teacher will be away. Please try to attend the Wednesday practice mentioned above.

Division 3 at OLSH College from 12:30 to 2:00 pm Students are encouraged to attend as many of these practices as possible. We have only three weeks left to prepare in Term 2!

College Sports News MARIST BASKETBALL A group of nine students from OLSH College will be travelling to Newcastle, New South Wales to take part in the 22nd

Australian Marist Basketball Carnival, from Sunday the 3rd

till Thursday the 7th of April. The boys have been training hard over the past three months and were lucky enough to have their last training session in the new stadium with which they were very impressed. Many thanks to Coach, Eli Melky for getting them ready for the carnival which promises to be a great experience for all involved.

Congratulation to the boys who have been selected in the 2011 Marist Basketball side: Aaron Crowe (Co-Captain) Lee Melky (Co-Captain) Shane Garfath Archford Mazai Benjamin Little Brodie Rosier Cody Clarke-Edwards James Melky Takudzwa Mutongerwa

MARIST NETBALL Over the past few weeks the Marist Netball team has commenced training for the 17th Marist Netball Carnival being held in Woolich, Sydney New South Wales in the June/July school holidays. Many thanks go to past student Stacey Mutuota and Christina Augustin for managing the girls this year and Cheryl Talbot as coach.

Thanks to all the girls who tried out, unfortunately there is only a certain number that can be selected. The following girls have been selected in the training squad. The final squad will be announced at a later date:

Rosie Hay Amy Pankhurst Christina Lena Georgia Johannsen Nadine Van der Nest Shakira Abala Ellen Schembri Brooke Schembri Michelle Wilson Claire Dienelt Carlie Ryan Tisharlia Abala

INTERSCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME This Thursday a number of boys from OLSH Sadadeen will be taking part in a friendly round robin AFL football tournament at CDU against Centralian College and Yirara. The tournament will be between 1-3pm. Parents are more than welcome to come down and support the students in what is shaping up to be a great way to finish off the school term.

Peter Augustin Sports Co-Ordinator

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No act of Kindness, however small,

is ever wasted

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