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Dear College Community

As our term draws to a close, it is appropriate that we thank all staff and students for their efforts throughout the term. To keep a College like Rostrevor running smoothly on a day-to-day basis requires an enormous team effort and without the extraordinary commitment of so many, it would be impossible. To academic staff, ESO staff and grounds and maintenance staff, we say a big thank you. To all students as you reflect on your Term 3 report, we ask that you consider only one question, namely, “Are these the best results I could have achieved?” If the answer is “no”, then something needs to change, for as the famous saying goes; “Unless you change direction, you will more than likely end up where you are heading!”

Recently, we held our annual “Social Justice Fair.” Every year our Year 11 students conduct a fair as part of their Religious Education course. Students in Mrs Robinson, Mrs Sweeney, Mr Chung and Mr Mazzarelli’s classes, together with tremendous assistance from Mr Paul Fathers and his band of willing workers, set up a number of stalls highlighting many of the significant injustices that affect people around the world. Stalls were set up to highlight issues such as land mines, disabilities, poor working conditions, water sanitation issues, homelessness and HIV/AIDS, to name a few. One stall handed out free drinks – however, only to students with brown hair and brown eyes, to highlight the many forms of discrimination that occur in our world. Our students’ reaction to that was very interesting! This is yet another great example of the wonderfully holistic education our boys receive and willingly engage in.

Last Friday, we held our Winter Co-curricular Assembly in Purton Hall. It was an excellent Assembly, highlighting the enormous array of talent that exists in our community. Several students gave an account of their season, some particularly entertaining and again, we thank all parents, old collegians, staff and students for their contribution to this important pillar of our College. I would like to especially thank Mr Jeff Fischer and Mr Simon Laube for their tireless work in their roles as Co-curricular Co-ordinators.

In this newsletter and in other information coming home to parents at the end of the term, you will see advanced notice for the 2015 term dates. There is a significant change to the end of Term 1 date and the commencement dates to the middle terms. We hope that families will appreciate these changes. Have a great holiday break.

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a DATES TO REMEMBERSeptember

Week 10

Friday 26th Junior Years Grand Final Breakfast

Term 3 Concludes: 3.15pm Dismissal

October

Term 4, Week 1

Tuesday 14th Roasary: College Chapel, 2.00pm

Wednesday 15th From Boys to Men... bridging the gap, a forum for parents presented by expert Dr Ian Lillico, Rostrevor College, 7.00pm

2015 PREFECT APPOINTMENTS

After a particularly thorough process, it is my pleasure to announce the final list of Prefects for 2015.

In doing so, we should point out that we are blessed with an abundance of leadership ability within our student cohort and deciding on this final list was extremely difficult. We were delighted to have over 40 applicants for these positions and while we are certain that a number of boys will be disappointed to have missed out, we assure them that there are many more opportunities for them to demonstrate their leadership abilities during 2015.

Head Prefect Cristian Di Iulio

Deputy Head Prefect Ben Jonas

Head Boarder Tom Kenny

House Captains Anthony Onofrio (Barron) Darcy Pisani (Egan) Jack Kayias (Gurr) Ross Pezos (Murphy) Vinnie Barbaro (O’Brien) Lachlan O’Donnell (Webb)

Prefects Will Critchley Dale Haynes Darcy Nitschke Anthony Perugini Chris Saji Marlon Shepherdson-Gore

2015 TERM DATESTerm 1Wednesday 28th January to

Thursday 2nd April

Term 2Tuesday 28th April to

Friday 3rd July

Term 3Tuesday 21st July to

Friday 25th September

Term 4Monday 12th October to

Friday 4th December

GOVERNORS SCHOOL RECEPTION

Last Tuesday evening, Head Prefect, Callum Cook and Deputy Head Prefect, Mahendra Chitrarasu, attended a Schools Reception hosted by His Excellency the Governor of South Australia, Mr Hieu Van Le AO. The visit was a great opportunity for Mahendra and Callum to meet Governor Hieu Van Le and his wife and hear about his life experiences and specifically, how his leadership skills have developed throughout his life journey. It was also a great chance for the boys to reflect on their own schooling and about what lies ahead for them in terms of leadership after their time at Rostrevor has ended.

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First Communion

On the weekend (where none of my footy teams won!) a number of our young men received their First Communion at St Joseph’s Parish Church, Tranmere. First Communion is the third of the three Sacraments of Initiation and is known as the reception of Christ’s body and blood. Catholics believe the Eucharist, or Communion, is both a sacrifice and a meal – we believe in the real presence of Jesus, who died for our sins. Thus, as we receive Christ’s body and blood, we also are nourished spiritually and brought closer to God. The Sacrament of Eucharist brings to completion the Christian process of initiation. In this sacrament we remember what Jesus did for us in his life, death and resurrection and we remember the Last Supper in particular, the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples.

We congratulate and acknowledge the young men listed below who have completed their own process of initiation in the Church.

Ashwin Abraham Ethan Apolloni Luke Beltrame Marcus Bianco Joseph Bonasera Marco Cerracchio Anthony Close Joel Condo Joseph Cusack Matthew Disciscio Owen Hickey Samuel Hickey James-Ray Hill Jundamara Hill Christian Laranjeira Oliver Luscombe Sebastian Masullo Nicolas Murphy Marcus Pipicella Tom Richardson Aidan Schirripa Hugo Shute Anton Slivak Luke Thoday Cameron Tunno

JUNIOR CAMPUS

Geoff Aufderheide Director of Junior Campus

End of Term Reports

Academic Mid-Semester Reports will be sent home with boys this Friday afternoon. With the addition of these ‘indicator’ reports in 2014, we now offer four reports per year to share the academic and personal development of each of our boys. Much time is spent ensuring that there is a significant degree of accuracy in determining your son’s progress and many judgements are made in doing this. Please spend some time during the break having a discussion about the report with your boys. One outcome might be the development of a goal and a plan to achieve the goal during Term 4 – this may be as simple as being determined to provide more effort in a particular subject area or to work towards a specific grade.

Staff from the Junior Campus will avail themselves to parents in Term 4 via Parent/Teacher interviews to discuss progress. These interviews are not compulsory however they do provide another way of discussing your son’s personal development. Information about timing and allocations will be provided closer to the date.

Footy ‘Fest’

Our Campus Leaders Jack Kain (Captain) and Christy Saji (Vice-Captain) have worked to provide an opportunity over the last week, to build more House spirit and let out the competitive ‘juices’ that may be left over after a winter season of sports. Throughout this week House teams from Years 3-6 have been involved in inter-house football games with the successful houses playing off in a final late this week. Reports from the boys have been encouraging to say the least!

This builds on our successful inter-house ‘World Cup Soccer’ tournament last term and we are busy planning for our ‘House Feud’ (based on the current TV game show that goes by another name) in Term 4. These opportunities for competition between houses have encouraged boys to mix with others from different year levels and to compete for a common goal. Our thanks to Jack and Christy for their work as we look forward to more competition in Term 4.

Expectations

Uniform expectations will change again in Term 4 and I support Ms Abby Matte’s recent request that boys take pride in the wearing of the uniform and we seek parental support in this. Please ensure your boy/s return to school for a busy Term 4 with a haircut that meets the criteria set out in the college planner and that they are wearing correct and full summer uniform.

I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday break – I trust the boys will also value their time with their families who work hard to provide the opportunities they have each and every day.

Geoff Aufderheide

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any queries about the timetable, please contact Julie Farmer, our Coordinator – Administration & Student Programs. For queries specific to Middle Years subject choices please contact Carolyn Pape and those specific to Senior Years subject choices please contact Julie Pratten.

Reports

A reminder to parents that reports will be distributed this afternoon at a special pastoral care lesson.

We hope that during the holiday break, you will find some time to discuss your son’s progress in relation to his strengths as well as areas for improvement. While it is important to acknowledge and celebrate your son’s strengths, it is just as important, if not more, to identify areas for improvement and also consider strategies to address these. Subject teachers can assist in articulating specific areas for improvement. Please do not hesitate to contact your son’s subject teacher/s if you have any queries regarding his subject report.

2015 Timetable

Now that all subject choices have been entered, our timetabling program will churn through all possible permutations and combinations of subjects to produce Year level grids with minimal clashes of student choices, allocating appropriate rooms or specialist areas and assigning the appropriate teachers. When one considers that in one school week there are about 1800 lessons taught across Junior, Middle and Senior Years, you get some idea of how complex the timetabling process is. Our timetable development process is governed by student choice in the first instance. It is student choice that determines the number of classes allocated to a subject. In some schools, students pick subjects from a predetermined grid. This would make life easier but does not provide students with the freedom to choose across the whole range of subject offerings.

Thankfully we have a capable and dedicated team who work together to ensure that we have the best possible outcome for your son. If you have

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Frank Ranaldo Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning

HANDS UP FOR REFUGEESOn Friday 12th September, initiated by the Prefect Body, the whole campus engaged in an activity to highlight the predicament many refugees face in Australia as well as supporting those in our College community who now call Australia home because they have suffered (or feared) persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because they are a member of a persecuted social category of persons or fleeing a war.

Holidays

It has certainly been a very busy term for teachers and in particular our Year 12 students. The school break will certainly be welcomed by all. Many of our Year 12 teachers have arranged holiday seminars for their classes. For many students, the coming break will be a good time to finalise summative assessment tasks which will be due for moderation early next term. For a few subjects, moderation material was couriered to the SACE Board earlier this week but there will be much more activity next term. The holiday period also presents Year 12 students with the opportunity to revise what has been covered over the past term.

I would like to wish all families a very happy and safe holiday.

God bless.

Frank Ranaldo

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HUMANITIES ACTIVITIES

Incursions and excursions are key features of learning in the Humanities Faculty at Rostrevor College. We seek to provide a range of experiences outside the classroom to enhance student learning and engagement.

This term has seen Geography students in Year 11 travel through the Adelaide Hills in Week 9 to investigate Bushfire risk, community preparedness and measure the effectiveness of fuel reduction burning. Students collected field data throughout the day that forms the basis of a Fieldwork Report as part of their summative assessment. A highlight of this fieldtrip is a visit to the Stirling CFS where the boys are able to learn more about the emergency response capabilities of the CFS, as well as having the chance to see the fire trucks in action and squirt some water through the hoses.

A similar excursion was held for Foundation Geography Class who have also been studying bushfire risk in the Hills area.

The rest of the Year 10 Geography cohort have complemented their work on urban environments with an excursion to Christies Walk, a sustainable “Urban Ecopolis” located in Sturt St in the CBD. Here they can see first hand how effective urban design can maximise passive solar gain and lead to reduced home energy needs; and how community based living strategies such as pooled car ownership can reduce environmental footprint. The information gleaned from the tour formed part of an assessment task. Year 11 Geography students at Stirling CFS

Year 10 History students were given the opportunity to view Brett Hunt’s poignant one man show named “Dusted Off’ in August. Brett, an accomplished actor and guitarist, shares his family story. He performs the Australian hits of the day by Normie Rowe, Col Joye, Johnny O’Keefe as he tells the story of his family and the impact of the Vietnam War. Frank, his father, joined the army at 17, trained at Kokoda Barracks Canungra, departed Townsville on the Vung Tau ferry and found himself as a forward scout in the jungles of Vietnam. Brought to national attention through the lyric “and Frankie kicked the mine the day that mankind kicked the moon”, in Redgum’s famous hit “I was only 19’ Frank shared the feelings of isolation and alienation felt by many Vets and indifference from both Government and society despite a debilitating injury that was to grow worse each year.

The boys were thoroughly engaged by the play and asked many perceptive questions afterwards. Many classes spent the next double lesson discussing and debriefing what they had learned.

Michael Vickery

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NOTICES

Opening Times School Holiday Break

Prior to the start of Term 4, for the Summer Changeover, the Uniform Shop will be open at the following times:

Thursday 9th October, 201410.00am – 6.00pm

Friday 10th October, 201410:00am – 4.00pm

BOARDERS ONLY Monday 13th October, 2014 4:30pm-7.30pm

Normal Trading Hours will resume on Tuesday 14th October, 2014, 12.00pm-6.00pm

Phone: 8364 8383

UNIFORM SHOP

MUSIC NIGHT

Music Night is a wonderful showcase of ensembles, talent and dedicated hard work. The students and staff worked tirelessly in preparation for the evening, and 2014 was a huge success!

Congratulations to the students in the Senior Band, the Senior Vocal Ensemble, the Small Jazz, the Intermediate Band, the Junior Jazz Band, the Staff Band, the 3 Rock Bands, the stage hands and the many parents of the Music Support Group. The name of the evening was “Let’s Dance”, and with the up tempo tunes coming from the stage, the name said it all!

Many thanks to Marnie Tiggemann for her fantastic organization and planning for the event, to the ensemble directors Greg Osman and Marnie Tiggemann for their tireless work with the ensembles and to Jim Bailey and the Music Support Group parents for their wonderful behind the scenes help.

It truly was a fantastic evening of musical talent!

Peter Waterman

Junior Jazz Band

Senior Rock Band

Senior Vocals

SATAC CLOSING DATESFOR 2015 UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS

Tuesday 30th September Early closing date for most undergraduate courses. Apply by this date to save a late fee.

Tuesday 30th September Final closing date for Medicine/Surgery, Dental Surgery, Oral Health and Veterinary Bioscience at the University of Adelaide. Late applications not accepted.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Pt 1)

Sunday 23rd November 2014 Doors Open 3:30pm Film commences 4:00pm

Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Rd, Kensington Park

$15 per ticket

Ticket purchases via Trybookings: www.trybooking.com/FUNX

LORETO ROWING FUNDRAISER

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The Murray Bridge 24 hour race is the climax of the UniSA Australian Human Powered Vehicle Super Series (Pedal Prix). You could feel the excitement building from last Friday morning while 220 teams set up their pit tents around the 2km circuit. Rostrevor once again entered a Middle Years and a Senior Years team.

Starting at midday on Saturday and finishing 24 hours later the event always tests the endurance of team members and their vehicles. Both teams put in an exceptional effort this year keeping the bikes moving for the entire race only stopping for rider changes and minor maintenance. The Seniors Years Team, Eddy Two, completed 357 laps to finish in a respectable 14th position in their category containing 51 teams. Although the Middle Years Team, Eddy One, finished mid field their enthusiasm was strong throughout the entire race, even when the temperature dipped below one degree in the early hours of the morning. The Middle Years students completed 20 more laps than during last year’s race.

This season Jayden Stennett, Sebastian Altamura and Chris Mates have been selected for the most valued participants award not just for their efforts at each race but for their consistent help during after school maintenance and training sessions.

Joel Phillips and I would like to thank all the

PEDAL PRIX

Debating at Rostrevor College has thrust itself into the limelight this term with all of the Senior and Middle years teams qualifying for the Quarter Finals of the Debate SA competition. The teams each enjoyed success over the course of the season, with both Senior Teams winning three out of their four meets, the Year 9’s winning three of five and the Year 8 boys dominating all challengers proving unconquered in all five of their scheduled meets.

Tuesday 2nd September at Pembroke School saw the first of the Quarter Finals as the Year 8 Team argued affirmatively for the notion of ‘Bringing more bike lanes to Adelaide’, while the Year 9 Team supported the idea that ‘Studio Schools should be adopted in Australia’. Rostrevor’s Patrick Moller, Luke Valente and Cyril Saji commenced proceedings positively for their finals campaign with a stellar 91.5-87.5 victory over Adelaide High School. The success saw them moving swiftly into the Semi-Final against an undefeated Pedare team. For this meet victory tasted even sweeter for the Year 8 juggernaut, with a comprehensive and unanimous three panel adjudicator decision. The boys promptly moved into the Grand Final against Glenunga International at Government House.

DEBATING

students for their fantastic efforts and behaviour throughout the season. Thankyou to Philip Street, Rostrevor’s Design and Technology Technician who spent the Wednesday before the race re-welding the Middle Years vehicle after a major issue during testing. Thankyou must also go to the supportive parent group who organised catering, supplied equipment and camped out with us to make the event a success. A special thanks to Mary Smith, Kylie Summerton and Hilary Mates for arranging the catering and Claude Beltrame for his photography.

Any students from Year 7 to 12 who are interested in participating in Pedal Prix for 2015 please contact Mr Phillips or Mr Hunt.

Joel Phillips and William Hunt

The Grand Final at Government House was a stage unlike any other that the Year 8 boys had debated on. The Green House filled with support and anticipation the team produced an excellent, coherent and entertaining argument for why, ‘Australia should purchase Japanese Soryu class Submarines.’ Unfortunately, what many thought was going to be a win for the Red and Black was awarded to Glenunga by a divided 3-2 adjudicator’s panel. Despite the disappointment the boys are optimistic for the future and will certainly look to go one win better next year.

For the Year 9 Trio of Alexander Carter, Owen Selby and Xavier Montin the debating odds were sadly not in their favour. The three young men delivered a polished and convincing argument that certainly pushed their opposition to what many were hoping to be submission. However, despite receiving promising feedback from their adjudicator the boys’ finals came to a close and they will undoubtedly be eager for redemption next year. In a credit to his and their efforts this season, Second Speaker Owen Selby was this week awarded the Year 9 Debater of the Year award, beating out 122 other competitors, a sterling achievement.

Wednesday 3rd September Pembroke School hosted the Senior Debate Quarter Finals, with two Rostrevor Teams being represented. In high scoring affairs respectively, the two teams both argued negatively that ‘Dr Philip Nitschke should have his practicing license reinstated by the AMA’. Proudly the triptych combinations of Philip Argenio, Hamish ‘The Devastator’ Tynan and Mahendra Chitrarasu, as well as Michael Bruno, Jesse Hall and ‘Mr Panache’ Theodoros Pezos represented their respective teams brilliantly. In two close contests it was unfortunate that the Quarter Final would be the concluding debate for both teams in otherwise exemplary seasons.

All of the boys are to be strongly commended for not only their efforts throughout the season, but to catapult Rostrevor College into a quality outfit in such a short amount of time. For students interested in developing their public speaking and confidence, each of the boys whom represented the College this year are testament to what will certainly be a promising future.

Tom Hodkinson

67-91 Glen Stuart Road, Woodforde, SA 5072T +61 8 8364 8200 F +61 8 8364 8396E [email protected] W www.rostrevor.sa.edu.au

A CATHOLIC ALL BOYS’ DAY & BOARDINGCOLLEGE IN THE EDMUND RICE TRADITIONReception to Year 12

TERM DATES 2014

Term 3 Tuesday 22nd July – Friday 26th September Labour Day Holiday 6th October

Term 4 Tuesday 14th October – Friday 5th December

Do you have exciting news about a current student or Old Scholar? We’d love to celebrate these achievements with you and the Rostrevor Community.

Contact us with your story: [email protected]

For sporting achievements, please contact Jeff Fischer: [email protected]

Follow our Old Collegian Clubs. Visit their websites below for recent results and more.

ROCFC www.rocfc.com

ROCSC www.rocsc.org

ROCCC www.roccc.sa.cricket.com.au

SPRING FAIRSaturday 1 November 2014

12PM – 8.30PM Fireworks at 8.15PM

Main Oval, Glen Stuart Road, Woodforde . www.rostrevor.sa.edu.au

. Food . Entertainment . Live Music . Market Stalls . Amusements . Rides .

ALL WELCOME!

From Boys to Men... bridging the gapA forum for parents presented by expert Dr Ian Lillico

Wednesday 15th October, 7.00pm at Rostrevor College

Nature Play Week: celebrating all things nature play across SA

Sat 27th

Sept

CITY OF SALISBURYCommunity Planting Day

CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAReef Watch Reef Ramble

SPLASH ADELAIDEHonk! Pop-up Play in the Parklands!

SA MUSEUMSchool Holiday Program Night Creatures: In Your Backyard

CITY OF ONKAPARINGA WILDZONE WEEKNature Play photo exhibitionInteractive display in Centro colonnades

CITY OF SALISBURYSalisbury Plays: a fortnight of free outdoor family fun

OPAL NORTHERN AREAS COUNCILPlayground Amazing Race Challenge

WHYALLA PUBLIC LIBRARYAll Things Nature

Tues 30th

Sept

FRIENDS OF THE BOTANIC GARDENS OF ADELAIDEExplore the Adelaide Botanic Gardens


CITY OF ONKAPARINGA WILDZONE WEEKNature Play photo exhibitionInteractive display in Centro colonnadesPond dipping and wetland IPYK�PKLU[PÄJH[PVU


OUTDOOR PLAYGROUP ADELAIDE NORTHSpring Fling

MOUNT LOFTY NATURE CLUBNature Play Week Picnic

BOTANIC GARDENS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIASchool Holiday Program

Wed 1st

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NATIONAL PARKS SOUTH AUSTRALIAFree entry into all parks

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCESMarine Fun Day at the SA Museum

BELAIR NATIONAL PARKNRM Education launch of the ‘Children and Parks Pack’

FRIENDS OF THE BOTANIC GARDENS GUIDESExplore the Adelaide Botanic Gardens


CITY OF ONKAPARINGA WILDZONE WEEKNature Play photo exhibition

OPAL CITY OF PLAYFORDFood and Fun in the Park


BRIGHTON PRIMARY SCHOOLBrighton Primary School Nature Play Adventure Day

OUTDOOR PLAYGROUP ADELAIDE CENTRAL/WESTSpring Fling

Thurs 2nd

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ADELAIDE HILLS COUNCIL COVENTRY LIBRARYAdelaide Hills Launch of Nature Play SA’s ‘Passport to Outdoor Adventures’

CITY OF ONKAPARINGA WILDZONE WEEKNature Play photo exhibitionMeet native animals


OUTDOOR PLAYGROUP ADELAIDE HILLSSpring Fling


Fri 3rd

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CITY OF ONKAPARINGA WILDZONE WEEKNature Play photo exhibition


OUTDOOR PLAYGROUP ADELAIDE SOUTHSpring Fling



Daily activities

CLELAND WILDLIFE PARKNature Play School Holiday Activities

SEAL BAY CONSERVATION PARKReceive a free Sea Lion Ambassador book with your Nature Play SA passport

NARACOORTE CAVES NATIONAL PARKFree entry to Wonambi Fossil Centre with your Nature Play SA passport

CARRICK HILLExplore and discover the Children’s Storybook Trail

CITY OF MARIONNature Play Challenge

BERRI LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE‘Connect with Nature’ activities and NRM Education interactive display

OPAL COORONG DISTRICT COUNCILOutdoor Adventure Challenge

OPAL CITY OF CAMPBELLTOWNOPAL’s Geocaching ChallengeAmazing Playground Race

ZOOS SA ADELAIDE AND MONARTO ZOOSpring has Sprung School Holiday Program

CITY OF TEA TREE GULLYFree Ranging Nature Play

WHYALLA PUBLIC LIBRARYNature Play information and interactive display.

Sun 28th

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Mon 29th

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Sat 4th

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Nature Play Week

27 September - 4 October 2014

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calendar, click on an event above to find out more!

www.natureplay.org.au

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