Sunday 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Times: St. Agnes’ Port Macquarie Our Lady of Lourdes Wauchope Saturday Vigil – 6.00pm Saturday Vigil – 6.00pm and Sunday 7.30am Sunday – 7.30am, 9.00am & 6.00pm Long Flat – 9.30am 2nd & 4th Sunday

Kendall – 9.00am Mass (1st Saturday month 10.00am Mass Comboyne)

Telegraph Point – Thursday Night 6.00pm Beechwood – 9.30am 1st & 3rd Sunday

Lake Cathie – Sunday 8.00am Laurieton – Saturday Vigil 5.30pm, Sunday – 7.30am

What’s on Term 4, Week 2

MONDAY, 14th October (Day 6)

- HSC English Std/Adv paper 1 (am) SAPSS Jazz Band in Performing Arts Centre 4.30pm-6.00pm Homework Hub in Library 3.15pm-4.30pm

TUESDAY, 15th October (Day 7)

- HSC Design & Technology (am) HSC English Std/Adv paper 2 (pm) Homework Hub in Library 3.15pm-5.00pm Drumline in PAC 1.05pm-1.45pm

WEDNESDAY, 16th October (Day 8)

- HSC PDHPE (am) Senior Percussion Ensemble 1.05pm-1.45pm in Performing Arts Centre SAPSS Drumline 3.30pm-5.00pm Homework Hub in Library 3.15pm-4.30pm

THURSDAY, 17th October (Day 9)

- HSC Legal Studies(am) HSC Engineering Studies (pm) Indigenous Author Gladys Milroy visit in Library lunch to P6 Homework Hub in Library 3.15pm-5.00pm

FRIDAY, 18th October (Day 10)

- HSC Earth and Environmental Science (am) Ancient History (pm) Concert Band 7.45am-8.45am in Performing Arts Centre Berg Shield Cricket at Coffs Harbour Year 7 & 9 Immunisation Day Homework Hub in Library 3.15pm-4.00pm

DATES TO REMEMBER

Tuesday 22nd October SCU Senior Schools Day at Coffs Harbour Thursday 24th October Year 11 Preliminary Awards in PAC at 9.00am Friday 25th October Diocesan Volleyball & Gymnastics at Coffs Harbour Friday 1st November Year 11 Reflection Day

11th October 2013 Term 4, Week 1 P.O. Box 231, College Drive PORT MACQUARIE 2444

Ph: 02 5525 4100 Fax: 02 5525 4199 www.sapss.nsw.edu.au

“The Truth will set you free”

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Welcome On behalf of the Community, I would like to welcome students and families back to the final term. This term we are privileged to have three loyal St Joseph’s Regional College teachers back on board for 2013 and beyond. Welcome to Mrs Kellie Croft, Mrs Anne Twomey and Mrs Claire Goldie (pictured). It is wonderful to have you back. Staff Development Day As you are aware St Joseph’s Regional College continues to aspire for all of our community to be working together to become the best people they can be. Our commitment to Excellence in learning is a fundamental part of what we do here at the College. I would like to pay special tribute to the KLA Leaders: Mr Damian Bennie, Mr Chris Delaney, Mrs Janine Handley, Mr Damien Kelly, Mr Phil Pares, Mrs Brigitte Rieger, Mrs Lesley Rosenbaum, Mrs Claudette Stace, Ms Nora Swain, Mr Jason Warneken, Mr Barry Watson and particularly Leader of Curriculum, Mr Ian Lutton for their tremendous organisation on the day. Below is a short report on the National Curriculum In-service Day.

On Tuesday, the staff development day saw the continued enhancement of teaching and learning programs for the implementation of the Australian Curriculum in NSW in 2014. Next year will see a variety of new syllabi introduced into Years 7 and 9 in English, Mathematics, Science and History, as part of the move towards a standardised national curriculum. This professional development day provided an excellent opportunity for the finalisation of what has been a two year implementation process. Staff involved in other Key Learning Areas focussed on a variety of areas including the continued incorporation of technology into all facets of the teaching and learning programs as well as assessment and resourcing. Finally with the commencement of the new term students are encouraged to focus on their preparation over the next eight weeks so that they will be prepared for their final exams in weeks 9 and 10 of the term. Mr Ian Lutton, Leader of Curriculum

Finally, I would like to congratulate the following Year 12 students who have been successful in gaining Gap Year Traineeships at St Joseph’s Regional College in 2014.

Stephanie Figgins Jessica Myers James Dick Lachlan Wilson Youth Ministry Hospitality Creative Arts TAS

Taylor Kennedy Dane Moore Eamonn Shannon Erica Bell Benen Livermore PE/Sport IT Teacher Assistant Teacher Assistant Teacher Assistant

God Bless

Jim Dempsey, Principal

FROM THE LEADER OF CATECHESIS AND SCHOOL EVANGELISATION

FESTA CHRISTI This coming week the following opportunity will be presented to the Year 9 students. Festa Christi is a gathering for selected Year 9 students from Parish Secondary Schools of the Diocese to celebrate their faith at a Diocesan level. The Gathering will be a chance to bring students together to meet like-minded peers and to celebrate with other young people who practice their faith. The activities will be a mixture of large and small sharing groups as well as celebrating the Eucharist together. The program has been geared to meet the needs of these Year 9 students. The gathering will be an overnight experience that will allow students to build relationships with other students from throughout the Diocese as well as a chance for students to talk and share about their faith journey. What: Festa Christi – a youth gathering for students from every Parish school in

the Southern Region of the Diocese. When: Thurs 14th – Fri 15th November 2013 Where: Coffs Camping and Conference Centre, Bonville Cost: Nil. All transport, food and accommodation expenses will be met by the

Catholic Schools Office.

A large number of students usually express an interest in this event. We can, however, only offer twelve places (6 males/ 6 females). Any student who would like to be considered is asked to write a brief statement supporting their nomination on the information sheets that will provided when this opportunity is presented.

SLEEP OUT

Every night across Australia, over 100,000 people are homeless. Nearly half of these are under the age of 25. The Port Macquarie-Hastings area has up to 125 young people reported to be homeless on any given night.

On October 25th (Friday, Week 3), St Joseph's Regional College will be holding its first ever sleepout. This will mean that for one night, 14 hours, you will sleep rough like many do each night across Australia. No lollies, no soft drink, no mobile phones. Get an insight into what it’s like to be homeless for a night.

See Jasmin for more information if you are interested.

Nora Swain Leader of Catechesis and School Evangelisation

CREATIVE ARTS NEWS

Congratulations to Alex Small who has been nominated for ENCORE. Congratulations also to Debbie Hill, Leanne Johnson and Sharon Green who have worked with him over the years.

Good Luck to all our Year 12 Creative Arts Students about to commence the HSC!!!

Claudette Stace Leader of Creative Arts

Year 7 and 9 Immunisation Day

North Coast Area Health Service is holding an Immunisation Day at St. Joseph’s Regional College as follows:

Friday 18th October:

Year 7 – Boys & Girls: HPV – dose 3 all students

HPV – catch up dose 1 &2 for students that missed clinics in term 1 & 2 HEP B – dose 2 all students *No HEP B dose 1 to be given in term 4 Chicken Pox (Varicella) – catch up for students that missed term 2 clinic Boostrix – catch up for students that missed term 2 clinic

Year 9 Boys only: HPV – dose 3 – males only

HPV – catch up dose 2 for students that missed term 2 clinic *No HPV dose 1 to be given in term 4

Any questions or concerns regarding the vaccinations can be addressed by calling Kylie Wood at North Coast Public Health Unit on 6588 2750. Chris Kalchbauer Leader of Administration

YEAR 12 - DATES TO REMEMBER Monday 14th October HSC begins

Wednesday 6th November HSC concludes

Monday 18th November Year 12 Graduation Dinner @ Port Panthers 6.00pm Students arriving from 5.00pm Wednesday 18th December HSC results BBQ from 8.00am. Students & Parents welcome. Thursday 19th December ATAR results issued.

DATA COLLECTION PRIVACY NOTICE

We wish to advise that on behalf of the CEC, NSW in response to an Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) request for student data, as detailed below be supplied. The Catholic Schools Office will collate and furnish this data from the schools SAS system. The data is to be used for one or both of the following purposes:

‐ Formulating national reports consisting of aggregated data on school performance; and

‐ Assisting government to formulate policies in relation to education matters. Please read the following Privacy Notice from ACARA. Parents are advised to contact the College office if they have any objections to the collection of information, no later than 18th October 2013.

HOMEWORK HUB The Library is a great place for students to complete class work and assessment tasks. All Library resources are available for use during this time.

On Wednesdays, Mrs Rosenbaum, our Leader of Mathematics, is available to assist you with mathematical problems.

The hours are: Monday and Wednesday 3.15pm - 4.30pm

Tuesday and Thursday 3.15pm - 5.00pm

Friday 3.15pm - 4.00pm

The Homework Hub is for people who are "getting things done".

Mrs Narelle Mathews Homework Hub Supervisor

LIBRARY NEWS Year 11 Book Return Year 11 have been advised that all their Preliminary textbooks need to be returned by Wednesday of Week 3, after which they will be billed for these items. Emails have been sent to each student outlining which titles are to be returned. Please assist your child to attend to this important process.

Year 9 iPad Rollout Late last term, the Library played a part in the rollout of the iPads to Year 9. All Year 9 students attended a session in the Library where they were shown how to access and borrow from our growing ebook Library using the Overdrive app. We explored the SJRC app, with particular reference to the ability to log in to the Library catalogue to better manage loans, reservations etc. Finally, we trialled the Easy Harvard Referencing app which promises to make creating bibliographies when researching so much easier. Gladys Milroy Next week, we will be hosting a visit by respected Indigenous author Gladys Milroy. Gladys is involved in the Watermark Literary Muster based at Kendall, and will be addressing one of our senior HSC English classes on the notion of “belonging”. We are very much looking forward to meeting Gladys.

Belonging Our new cohort of Year 12 students are about to commence the Area of Study – Belonging. Over the next two weeks all Senior English classes will visit the Library to browse and borrow from the over 400 items we have in our catalogue for “belonging”. They will also be introduced to an electronic resource which you can view at http://pmreglism.libguides.com/Belonging Like us on FaceBook – St Joseph’s Regional College Library. Follow us on Twitter – @sjrcexchange Karen Bale Teacher Librarian

CAREERS

YEAR 12 REMINDERS

21st October ACU- Early Achievers’ Program – closes online 25th October UTS- Principals’ Recommendations Scheme due to the College. Senior Schools Day at Southern Cross University – On Tuesday 22nd October, some Year 11 students will be attending this valuable opportunity to experience campus life and explore course and career options.

Work Experience- If your child is interested in undertaking work experience, each individual case will be considered on its merit. Students would need to discuss with us suitable dates but preferable these will be in holiday times and only under exceptional circumstances would this condition be waived.

If you require further information, go to the College Moodle site and access it via students – Careers – Work Experience.

Careers Weekly Email Newsletter -All Year 11 and 12 students, parents and relevant Year 10 will receive each week a newsletter detailing all careers information that we receive. We hope some of the websites and information will be relevant to you and your son or daughter. Please contact us if you require further information or delete if nothing is relevant.

If you are not receiving these emails please check with the college office that your contact details are up-to-date. All careers information is broadcast through this method, so please keep details updated. Regional Careers Website- The Careers website at www.SJRCPortcareers.com offers up-to-date information for parents and students in all year groups.

Moodle – Careers - Always updated with important documents for work experience and university information. Parents can access this information via your child’s login.

YEAR 8, 9 And 10 – TAX FILE NUMBERS- Tax file number forms are processed by Mrs Tinsey every Friday. New forms are now available from the office.

Karen Bale & Leanne Tinsey Leaders of Careers and University Transition

YEAR 11 - Young People and Risk Taking

Part ies - Wi l l You Al low Alcohol a t Your Adolescent ’s Par ty?

Many parents and carers will be helping young people in their family celebrate birthdays, special occasions, finishing their school year or leaving school.

It is time for careful planning so that everyone enjoys themselves. Some parents may not be aware of their responsibilities in relation to supplying alcohol to under 18’s.

Regardless of where the function will be held, it is against the law to obtain for, or supply alcohol to anyone under 18 years of age - even at private parties. This activity is called secondary supply of alcohol - an offence that carries a maximum penalty of $5,500 per offence or $11,000 and 12 months prison in very serious circumstances. On the spot fines of $550 can also be issued by police.

This information comes to you from the NSW Department of Liquor, Gaming and Racing. Check their website for further information: www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/liquor_info_young_people_2nd_party.asp

Points to consider:

What do you do if an underage guest arrives with alcohol?

What do you do if they arrive intoxicated?

What do you do if your alcohol has been consumed during the course of the party?

How can you plan a successful party that addresses these issues?

It is much easier to plan and control what happens at your next party if you follow some simple guidelines. Here are some suggestions that can make a difference:

Ideally RSVP invitations should be issued, giving as many details as possible about times of starting and finishing, the nature of the party, a dress code, how it will be supervised and how guests will return home. Indicate guests will be required to bring their invitation for party entry.

On the invitation, suggest guest parents contact host parents to fine tune details and discuss any concerns. This will ensure parents are not pressured against their better judgement and gives everyone permission to talk about supervision, safety, alcohol and drug issues etc.

Have only one entrance or exit to make it easier to control who attends your party.

Guest lists should be kept to a manageable size. If guest numbers are large, ask other parents to assist with supervision or consider hiring security personnel.

Host parents need to be aware of appropriate return transport for guests and/or provide overnight, supervised accommodation.

Make it clear in advance it is an alcohol free party. (Parents are reminded of the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing penalties cited earlier).

Alcohol at parties is not easily supervised. Alcohol can easily be consumed in advance or mixed with soft drinks prior to the party. Alcohol may be left outside in cars or hidden in bushes. Although these problems can occur, they are less likely if the party is well supervised.

Confiscate BYO alcohol from under 18s. Return it to their parents or carers.

If guests are a mixture of under and over 18s, there is less control over the consumption of alcohol. A nominated adult should serve alcohol.

Actively serve non-salty food throughout the party. This will slow down alcohol consumption for those who are drinking.

Attractive non-alcoholic drinks should always be provided. For example, “Mocktails”, non-alcoholic punches, soft drinks, fruit juices, coffee, tea and of course, water.

If under 18s consume alcohol or other drugs during the party, their parents should be contacted and asked to collect them. Parents should be advised of unacceptable behaviour.

Be firm about excluding gatecrashers. If admittance is by invitation only, gatecrashers are less likely. Prior to the party, encourage students not to broadcast party details in the school community, via the Internet or mobile phone. If gatecrashers arrive, ask them to leave immediately or tell them the police will be called.

Parents should be present and provide active supervision throughout the party.

If you are planning a large party, it may be a good idea to employ security guards.

Register your party with NSW Police NSW Police have developed a range of strategies and an online Party Sign Up form which must be completed at least 72 hours before your party. Register your party at www.mynite.com.au. This way local Police will know that you are having a party and can offer support. Have emergency numbers handy and call police before the situation gets out of control. Advise neighbours of your party as common courtesy.

Other useful websites to help you plan a successful party and avoid problems:

www.det.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/languagesupport/alcohol/acs_english.pdf http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/hot_topics/safe_party

http://www.youthsafe.org/safe_celebrate.html

This website has current safe partying information, games, and competitions on how to party safely for young people and information for parents Look for information about the RRISK Program and risk taking at our website www.rrisk.com.au

MATHS VAULT PROBLEMS In the 4 × 4 grid shown, each of the shapes shown must appear exactly once in each row and each column.

When the grid is filled in completely, which symbol appears in the square indicated by the question mark?

Last Week’s Answer: 8 Apples have a mass of 1 kilogram

Messages from Catholic Schools Parent Assembly Supporting Families Dear Parents and Carers,

We have some families in our school community that are currently facing some significantly challenging medical hardships. We are trying to support these families through these difficult times by providing meals to help ease the burden. Donations of meals ie: casseroles etc would be warmly received and greatly appreciated. These care packages will be delivered to our families regularly to provide continued support and let them know they are in our thoughts. If you could find some time to help, please label your meals with ingredients and deliver them to the school office.

A big thankyou to the parents who have already contributed, your generosity was accepted with great appreciation and smiles

Thanking you in advance for your support.

Peta Rourke Parent Assembly Cluster Organiser, Catholic Services Office Lismore

CANTEEN ROSTER

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- The College canteen is in need of some extra help. If you would like to help on any day during the week between 9.30am-1.30pm (or even just a couple of hours in the middle of the day) please phone Emma Daley at the College Canteen on 5525 4100.

Term 4, Week 2

Monday Marion Pallot Tuesday Pat Shirt Wednesday Julie Leahy Thursday Irene Dowton Friday Michelle Cramp

ATTENDANCE REMINDER A reminder to all parents, notes must be in within 7 days of your child's absence or the absence will be reported on your child's report as UNEXPLAINED. Students who have more than 15 days leave in a year must have supporting documentation from a doctor or make written application to the Assistant Principal. This may also require an interview with the Principal or Assistant Principal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARENTS / GUARDIANS EXPLANATION FOR PUPIL’S ABSENCE PUPIL’S NAME _______________________________________Year__________ PC ________ DATE(S) OF ABSENCE ________________________________________________________ REASON FOR ABSENCE ________________________________________________________ PARENT / GUARDIAN SIGNATURE ________________________________ DATE __________

*Failure to have an absence explained within 7 days of returning to school MUST, BY LAW, be recorded and reported as UNEXPLAINED ABSENCE.

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

Please go

Hastings District Flying Club Open Day

Port Macquarie Airport Sunday 27th October

9am to 4pm Check out the facilities, aircraft,

displays and trial instruction flights.

Food & drink available For more info contact:

Rod Davison 0419 632 477

www.wauchope-bonnyhills-slsc.org.au For further information contact:

Leanne (0439848996) or Bronwyn (0439046047).

Term 4 – Dates to Remember

Week 2 Fri 18th Oct: Berg Shield Round 1 v John Paul College - Coffs Harbour

Week 3 Yr 7 Sport: Lifesaving (towel and swimmers) Fri 25th Oct: Diocesan Gymnastics - Coffs Harbour Fri 25th Oct: Diocesan Volleyball - Coffs Harbour

Week 4 Wed 30th Oct: Nth CCC Cricket Trials (entries close Fri 11/10)

Week 5 Tues 5th Nov: Diocesan Surf Life Saving - Woolgoolga

Week 6 Mon 11th Nov: Diocesan Baseball Trials - Coffs Harbour

Week 7 Sun 17th Nov: CCC Boys Water Polo Selection Trials - Ryde Mon 18th Nov: CCC Girls Water Polo Selection Trials - Ryde Fri 21st Nov: Diocesan Surf Lifesaving - Cabarita

Week 8 - Mon 25th Nov: Diocesan Golf - Casino Wed 27th Nov: Junior & Intermediate Sports Awards Assembly Week 9 - 1st-3rd Dec: Diocesan Sports Enrichment Camp – Woodlawn

SPORT TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE

LATEST SPORT INFORMATION FROM THE REGIONAL VISIT

http://www.pmreglism.catholic.edu.au/sport/sport

Tacking Point Surf Life Saving Club:   Will  be  conducting its  next  Bronze Medallion (must be at least 15 years old) and Surf Rescue squad (at  least  13  years  old) starting October 22nd 2013.  If you are  interested  in  learning  to paddle skis, boards or the rowing of surf boats please  contact Amanda  Higgerson (mmta@bigpond.net.au)  to  put  your  name down for the course.