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Issue 5, Friday 1 April 2016

From the Principal

It is always lovely to win a prize or make a top list of achievers and so it is a pleasure to congratulate our St Mary’s College Susan Sullivan Library which made the Great School Libraries’ Honours List. The Great School Libraries’ campaign sought nominations of school libraries that help children and young people find

reliable information; use information effectively; think critically; make informed decisions; work productively with others; build knowledge and understanding of the world; safely navigate the internet; and communicate and share their ideas. Inclusion in the Honours List is due primarily to the committed staff in the libraries who deliver for staff and children every day of the school year. Our St Mary’s Library staff, featured here, fit that criteria magnificently.

In total, the campaign received almost 600 nominations from more than 200 schools across Australia with a mix of public, private, R-12, primary and secondary schools.

Catholic Education SA Parent Survey Catholic Education SA is conducting an important research study to gain a better understanding of how South Australian parents make decisions about schooling. Questions focus on:

What makes a good school?

Why did you choose our school?

Would you recommend a Catholic Education to other parents?

Catholic Education South Australia invites all parents to take part in this parent survey. The survey is about exploring how Catholic Education South Australia and our school are perceived currently and what factors influence school choice.

Participation is voluntary and open to any parent / carer with children at a Catholic school. The confidential survey is being conducted by independent research firm Square Holes and is open until the end of term (Friday 15 April).

It will take 10 - 15 minutes. To take part go to www.squareholes.com/parentsurvey

Lord Mayor’s Strategic Plan Forum As a city stakeholder and as St Mary’s College Principal, I was invited to a Lord Mayor's Strategic Plan Forum with guest speaker, former Governor of South Australia and Royal Commissioner, Kevin Scarce, on Wednesday 23 March.

The new City of Adelaide 2016-2020 Strategic Plan spells out an agenda for growth over the next four years and a vision for the City, namely:

'Adelaide is a smart, green, liveable, boutique city full of rich experiences.'

The forum included a live Q&A session to discuss Adelaide's future, featuring a panel of local experts from various fields. The panel members explored the key themes in the Council’s Strategic Plan – Smart, Green, Liveable and Creative.

Statements like: “ A city that embraces learning” and “the western side of the city is marked for urban growth” have significance to educational institutions within the square mile and the 2025 goal of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral city certainly captured the interest of our environmentally aware students who engage in the Ecommit group.

As a city school, the progress and introduction of this strategic plan is of ongoing interest and relevance to us.

I trust this newsletter finds you all returned from a relaxed family Easter and as we leave this season behind:

We rejoice that Christ is risen. May we experience the power of his resurrection in our lives and in our world

Help us to be “Alleluia” people as we pray through your Son, Jesus Christ, our risen Lord, Amen

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St Mary’s College, Issue 5, Friday 1 April 2016

From the Deputy Principal: Curriculum

As I write this article the Junior School Learning Reviews are being completed.

Learning Reviews are an integral part of our approach to assessment at St Mary’s, refined a few years ago as the Loop of Assessment. The idea is that more timely feedback comes to students (and families if you wish) and is best received when it is most necessary; that is, during the work and drafting process where changes can be made based on such feedback, and at the completion of a task where students are assessed against specific learning standards.

Learning Reviews are essential in the Loop of Assessment process as they provide a chance for the important conversations about your daughters learning to then be extended to occur between parents and teachers. Of course, these conversations about learning are ongoing in the classroom between teachers and students. I wish to thank the parents and families though who were able to come in to have these discussions reinforced at Learning Reviews. Middle and Senior School Learning Reviews will occur in Week 4 of next term and will naturally provide a chance to reflect on Term 1 results with a view to looking forward to the end of Semester results.

Another key element of the Loop of Assessment is naturally the end of term Progress Reports. These reports across Year 1-12 give you and your daughters a snapshot summary of the assessment decisions made against the year level and subject specific, nationally-consistent Achievement Standards (1-10) or state-wide Performance Standards (11-12) from your daughter’s evidence of learning. Teachers gather the evidence they have from student learning in Term 1 and from this make a

determination as to what extent this work demonstrates evidence of learning. Reports will be distributed on the last day of Term 1.

Corey Tavella Deputy Principal: Curriculum

Tuition Fees Reminder If you have chosen to pay your fees by term, your term payment is due before 15 April 2016. Payments can be made by Cash to front office, Cheque, Eftpos, Credit Card, Direct Debit and BPay. All families will receive their Tuition Fee account monthly. If you have any queries regarding your account, or need to update your e-mail address, please contact Nuala O’Donovan 8216 5709 or e-mail [email protected]. Richard Watson Business Manager.

From the Principal: Continued

Wednesday's Swimming Carnival was a great success with student participation and enjoyment most obvious. Congratulations to Ms Rosie Petrilli Sports Coordinator and Rachel Bissett Sports Assistant on the excellent organisation and operation of the day.

I couldn't resist sharing these two photos of lighter moments.

Aren't school counsellors meant to be "tyreless?"

Thank goodness only the crocodiles needed resuscitation !!!

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From the Deputy Principal: Student Wellbeing

One of the major aspects of our College, and one that underpins everything we do at St Mary’s College, is relationships……being in positive relationship with one another: students, parents/caregivers and staff. Being in right relationship is the framework of our Development of Personal Responsibility and our Digital Citizenship Policy (both available on the school website), and out of this framework is our Restorative Justice practice.

What's Restorative Practice? Restorative Justice is about restoring relationships, developing empathy and the desire for reconnection.

The Traditional Approach to School Discipline The traditional approach to school discipline asks three questions in response to wrongdoing:

• What happened? • Who’s to blame? • What do they deserve?

This traditional approach, borrowed largely from the criminal justice system, leaves those who have been most affected by the wrongful behaviour without a voice, and without their needs being addressed as part of the ‘solution.’ It also doesn't effectively challenge the wrongdoer to be accountable to those they have harmed.

The Restorative approach starts from a different set of questions:

• What happened? • Who’s been harmed? and….. • What needs to happen to repair some of that harm?

In this approach, the focus is on the harm that has been done and the obligation this brings on the part of those responsible to ‘right the wrong’ as much as possible. It seeks to develop in the wrongdoer an understanding of the harm their behaviour has caused to others so that they can best try to make amends to those most affected. Those most affected by the wrongdoing have the opportunity to be involved in working out what has to happen in order to move forward.

Restorative Justice is a way of viewing relationship-building and behaviour management in schools that works to strengthen community among students and between students, teachers and parents, through educative processes. Conflict or wrongdoing is seen as causing harm to people and relationships…… and in order for the people involved to move forward we need to repair the harm.

It is a way of educating students towards self-determined right behaviour that is respectful of all concerned. The onus is on the wrongdoer to be accountable for their behaviour and to repair any harm caused to others.

Restorative Practice can build healthier communities; can strengthen relationships, school community; and foster a more productive learning community......because students are returned to the relevant relationship, reconciled with the learning environment, the classroom.

Restorative Practice is not about punishment, and nor is it about having no consequences either, as some people believe. Listed below is a summary that compares the disciplinarian approach with the Restorative Practice approach: Punishment

Expresses power of a personal authority

Is usually painful and reminds student of the past

Is not related to the behaviour

Is easy or expedient

Has a “you’ll pay for this” or “now I gotcha attitude”.

Concentrates on verbal embarrassment

Creates a desire for revenge

Consequences Is logically related to the behaviour Concerned with the present or immediate future Is friendly, but firm Maintains dignity of both adult and student Is reasonable in terms of length of time Is respectfully given Give responsibility to the individual responsible for the

misbehaviour Much of my work is conducting restorative practice sessions between students, and between students and teachers. I am continually in awe of the raw honesty and courage of students within these sessions……seeing students face one another and honestly share how they’ve been hurt, and to hear the other person or people say, ‘I had no idea that’s how you were feeling’ or ‘My intention wasn’t to hurt or upset you, I was just having a bad day.’ Restorative Practice sessions are often transforming for many students and enable them to let go of hurt and move forward or hear how their behaviour/comments have affected another person, own what they have done, and apologise and move on. Atticus Finch points out to Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird’, you can never truly understand another person until you have stood in their shoes and seen things through their eyes. Restorative Practice enables this to occur. Therefore, it is imperative that, as parents/caregivers, you let us know when you become aware of issues your daughter is experiencing either with other students or with teachers. Please don’t let such issues continue in the hope that they will go away, contact either your relevant sub-school director or myself and we will follow them up. If your daughter begs you not to contact the school as she’s fearful of retribution or doesn’t want you to get involved, please do still contact us and we can follow it up so it’s not obvious it’s come from you. Your daughter’s wellbeing is important to us, and our experiences here at St Mary’s College show us that unless students are in right relationship with one another and their teachers, their welfare and learning is affected.

Lorna Starrs Deputy Principal: Student Wellbeing

April

4-8 Year 9 Camp - Grampians

5 Catholic Girls Secondary Athletics Carnival—SANTOS Stadium

6 Senior School Parent Seminar from 6.30 pm

11 Italian Trip Parent Evening from 6.00 pm

13 Music Dept performance Governor Hindmarsh from 7.00 pm

15 Term 1 ends. 3.15 pm dismissal

May

2 Term 2 commences for all students

6 Pupil Free Day

6 - 8 Generations in Jazz—Mount Gambier

10 - 12 NAPLAN—Years 3, 5, 7 and 9

11 College Tour commencing at 9.30

E V E N T C A L E N D A R


St Patrick’s Day in OHSC We had a fantastic day in OHSC celebrating St Patrick and the School’s

Irish heritage with green jelly, an Irish prayer and Irish dancing led by Year 12s Isabella Lloyd and Alexandra Gavrilidis who travelled on the Music Trip to Ireland last year and volunteered to teach the girls some moves they learnt there.

Anjie Evans OHSC Director

From the Music Department

Last week, on Tuesday 22 March the St Mary’s College Music Department was fortunate enough, on request, to host the Annual ASME (Australian Society of Music Educators) SACE Stage 2 Solo and Ensemble Performance Benchmark Seminar Day. The staff and students of St Mary’s were asked to provide two ensembles and three solo performance students to be “assessed” by a gathering of music educators from throughout the state including the Chief Moderator of the Performance units, Mr Daryl Pope. To this end, the Studio Orchestra and Concert Choir performed a couple of impressive pieces for the “examiners” to mark and Solo Performance students Connie Yau, Isabella Quek and Gabby Maffei also performed two pieces each for this mock assessment. All of the attendees were delighted with the standard of our performances and were very pleased with the presentation of the event itself!

A big thank you to all the music and event staff who worked so professionally to position this College in such a fantastic light to the wider educational community. An even bigger thank you must go to all the girls involved for representing their School so brilliantly! Ben Chambers Head of Music


From the Senior School

The Senior School assembly last week began with key note speaker and 2012 SMC College Captain Paloma D’Addario. Paloma was invited back to share with us how her journey through the senior school helped shape the person she is and how it influenced the path she chose post school.

Her speech can be read below…

We thank Paloma for taking the time to come back to St Mary’s and share her experiences with our Senior Students. We wish her all the best in her future endeavours.

Christina Kilishiri Director of Senior School

I remember starting in the Senior School in Year 10 and feeling some sense of change approaching- that things were starting to get “serious” now that I could pick some of my subjects or that some of the things I would be doing were “official SACE tasks”. This was initially very daunting for me. I remember feeling like it was really hard for me to know what I enjoyed or what I wanted to do when I finished school because I seemed to like and enjoy lots of different things. So I set myself a task: to come to the end of my schooling experience at St Mary’s with a sense of pride for what I accomplished. Putting all of my concerns about my “future” aside I decided to focus on this- giving the last three years of my official schooling the very best I could. Now this might sound a bit crazy- me, in Year 10, setting myself this goal… and like anybody I frequently experienced lack of motivation, zoning out periods in class and a desire to not to do the tasks or assignments that I had at any given time. But in the back of my mind, the same message always rung true - what is my vision, what would I like to look back on and remember about my schooling when it’s all done and dusted?

Those senior years provided me with the opportunity to explore my interests outside of the usual subjects - I tried my hand at some extra-curricular activities like sport, music, social justice and the SRC. While I learnt the hard way that I was never going to be a champion netball player or ever sing at the right key in Singers Inc., I’m glad I had the chance to give it a go.

I finally found my niche - the SRC - it was in these senior years when I decided that I wanted to apply for the role of College Captain for 2012. I wanted to challenge myself to work with other students and to be a voice for the school that could represent all year levels, cultural identities, wants and needs. The fact that I was thinking about this in the early senior years is a credit to the school, the values that it instils in us and the environment that makes us feel as though we are good enough and brave enough to “give it a shot”. I look back on my whole St Mary’s experience so fondly but particularly remember Years 10-12, the years that you are all in now, as the ones of the most personal growth for myself.

I realised when I finished school that a huge portion of my ability to achieve my goals was due to the endless support and care from the teachers and staff of the college. Whether it was in relation to assignments, career counselling or just Care Education, they were always there to lend a hand and guide me in the right direction- something that I believe is unique to this school and something not to take for granted.

Upon graduating, I realised just how much I had learnt about myself simply by being a “St Mary’s girl”. Without me knowing, the school had helped me to shape and discover my values, my interests and allowed me to feel confident going out into the world. St Mary’s is a place in which I was encouraged to discover my own individuality ... so much so, that I discovered my passion for human communication and I am about to complete my final year in a bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology.

It almost feels as though I am coming to the end of another school chapter, just like I did three years ago at St Mary’s, and that I should be setting myself new goals for my working career. But I have come to realise that my vision always stays the same - to apply myself well to everything I do,

try my best and always be able to look back and be proud of the things that I accomplished.

These past three years since finishing school, I have always wondered whether I could be doing more with myself. My personal story isn’t extraordinary - I think when everyone around you is participating in amazing, life-changing experiences, it is easy to feel ordinary and uninfluential. But one thing that being at St Mary’s taught me is that it is not always about the scale of your efforts, but the amount of effort you put in yourself.

The things that I am doing in my spare time now- volunteering for the Australian Refugee Association as a homework tutor, giving my time at an aged care facility to develop activities that residents can participate in and running computer lessons for people who have experienced a stroke - while these things are somewhat related to the degree that I am studying, they also form the basis of the things that I find fulfilling in life - giving my time, attempting to understand others, finding a new perspective on things and hopefully providing some kind of help or assistance that someone else can benefit from. These are the things that truly sustain me.

With the celebration of International Women’s Day just last week, it’s all too important that we think about how privileged we are to have such an incredible education, support networks and a never-ending list of opportunities ahead of us. Whether you know it now or not, you possess that conviction and pride for yourselves as young women because of those seeds of opportunity you have been given to nurture and cherish over your

time at St Mary’s. We owe it to ourselves as young women to exceed expectations, to discover our passions and chase them with vigour, to inspire and stand up for others and to support one another in times of need. I hope that you can all find the things that ignite your passions and sustain you, and that you are able to achieve all of the goals you set for yourself this year, and in the future. Paloma D’Addario 2012 St Mary’s College Captain


I have just returned from my semester exchange program to Italy! My exchange in Caserta, Italy was the most amazing experience of my life so far! It was full of exciting and memorable moments which have shaped me into a whole new person. I learnt and developed lots of new skills in acceptance and understanding of culture and people. My favourite part of my exchange was the people I met and memories I made. I believe that the friendships I have created will last a lifetime. The people I met overseas were all very friendly and welcoming, and made me a part of their school community just like I had been there for years. I lived with a family of three girls, very similar to back here in Australia, and quickly became a part of their family and home. I went to school six days a week, teaching English lessons as a “Native Mother Tongue Speaker” to classes with students from 12-18 years of age. I quickly learnt how different our two countries are, not only in aspects of heritage and culture, but with schooling and social norms. During my stay I experienced the Italian lifestyle and traditions over Christmas and New Years, which was amazing to be a part of. I was fully immersed in the Italian culture and gained a greater understanding of what life is like in a foreign country.

Having improved my language skills after my experience, I will continue to study Italian here at St Mary’s and I am now looking forward to my return to my second life in Italy some time in the near future. Jessica Gauci 11 Blue

Some of the girls’ favourite activities included cooking lessons and dinner at our farmstay in the Tuscan hills, cooking with chocolate at the Perugina chocolate factory in Perugia and our five-day stay in Florence, where the students studied and did some (!) shopping. Visiting famous, well known and ancient sites that they had read about in books and on the internet was exciting and we travelled by private coach, train, boat and ferry.

We arrived home on December 21 with lots of stories, gifts and souvenirs to share! The students were a credit to the College, participating in all activities with genuine enthusiasm and we really enjoyed their company! Tour guides and hotel managers commented frequently on their good behaviour. A big thankyou to their parents for their wonderful support.

Being immersed in the language and culture is the perfect way to learn about a country and its language so why not join us on our next tour to Italy in 2017.

Professoresse Tridente, Melito e Caporaso

Are you interested in hosting a French or Italian Student this year? Student exchange associations such as NACEL and Students of the World are always searching for host families who will generously offer to host an exchange student from Italy or France for eight or ten weeks. Families who have hosted an exchange student have found this a valuable experience and have forged friendships across the world, often planning to visit the student in the future. While here, the exchange students have been able to help with the learning of Italian and French and have added an authentic richness to our language classes.

Please email me as soon as possible if you would like to host a student this year. [email protected]

In this newsletter are fliers from the two organisations with extra information and both organisations offer a small monetary contribution for everyday costs.

Mrs Catrina Tridente, Languages Coordinator

Adventures in Italy 16 excited Italian students and three teachers left on 2 December 2015 for a 20 day Italian adventure visiting Milan, Como, Bellagio, Verona, Venice, Florence, a farmstay in Castelfiorentino, San Gimignano, Siena, Perugia, Assisi, Rome and Pompeii. It was an action packed itinerary and the students learnt so much about Italy and its people. Being December, each city was very festive in atmosphere with its Christmas lights and quaint markets.



Year 11 Retreat On 17 March, the Year 11 students began their two day Retreat experience. We arrived at Encounter Bay and settled ourselves in before we were introduced to the theme of the Retreat by Mrs Young and Mr Napoli. This included looking at our own spirituality and the Enneagram. The Enneagram helped us to develop an understanding of our own personalities and how this affects our behaviour. In our first activity, we tried to determine which Enneagram type resonated with us the most and this formed our small groups. We looked at the strengths and weaknesses within our personality type, and what spiritual activities could nourish us and enable us to operate at a healthier level. This included a range of activities such as gardening or going for a run,

reading, listening to music or meditating. The Retreat allowed us to grow in our own understanding of why we act or react in certain ways. It helped us to connect with our peers and our teachers.

Marie Khoury & Louise Wright


Mini Marys 2016 - Nude Food Fridays

On Friday 18 Mini Marys’ began their next initiative in caring for our St Mary’s Environment.

It began with Nathara, Meisha and Hendrika presenting their idea, on behalf of the Mini Marys, to Mrs Livingstone at a formal meeting. The girls were outstanding, speaking clearly and confidently.

After being given the go ahead, the Mini Mary girls produced posters to hang around the Junior School and prepared, and delivered, a presentation for each class introducing Nude Food Fridays and how each girl could help reduce landfill by bringing food in re-useable containers, rather than plastic wrap. Other girls in the group wrote a letter which was sent to all parents asking for their support.

Our first Friday was an outstanding success with most girls able to bring containers, rather than plastic wrap.

Another spin-off has been a request from older students in the Ecommit Group to find out more about the Nude Food movement, so we look forward to sharing our process with them.

It is a privilege to watch the hard work, enthusiasm and creativity unfold from these committed group of girls. They truly embody the Dominican spirit and in this 800th year are proclaiming the Good News is a very real way.

Junior School—Holy Week

Junior School retraced the footsteps of Jesus over five days this year. Each class led a liturgy to assist all students, teachers and family members in bringing the promise of God’s unending love and salvation for each of us to life. We relived:

The jubilation of Palm Sunday as Jesus rode triumphantly into

Jerusalem

The surprise and shock as Jesus, our Lord, washes the feet of his

friends, like a servant, readying them for their task ahead as proclaimers of the Good News

The night of the Last Supper which began with Jesus asking us to

remember him in the community sharing of bread and wine, and finished in questioning and fear in the Garden of Gethsemane

The pain and suffering of Jesus through the Stations of the Cross, the

saddest day of our faith year, whilst witnessing the greatest love possible – to lay down one’s life for others

The uncontained joy that comes with the fulfilment of God’s gift of

eternal Love and promise of Salvation through the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ This week has been a truly prayer-filled highlight of our year. Anne Soldan

Mini Mary’s and Junior School Prayer and Liturgy

Year 10 student Madison Byass (10W) recently competed with other high school students at a robotics competition held at Sydney's Olympic Park.

Madison was a valuable member of South Australia's RoboRoos team, helping the team to make it to the final rounds. All teams are given six weeks to design and build a robot for the FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) Robotics Competition. Joining teams from USA, China, Taiwan, Singapore and India, students were visited by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on the final day of competition.

Google sponsored the FIRST Ladies Breakfast that Madison attended, providing a support network that encourages more females to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics at high school and university. http://www.ladiesinfirst.com/.

The RoboRoos are a community team with industry support that welcomes students from all secondary schools, running training and social activities throughout the year. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the team check out their website www.roboroos.org.au or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TeamRoboRoos/.

Congratulations Madison!

http://www.ladiesinfirst.com/

http://www.roboroos.org.au/

https://www.facebook.com/TeamRoboRoos/


Easter Raffle 2016

Wow … Easter has come and gone. The annual Easter Raffle has been organised, run and won!

Over the last six weeks the Social Justice Committee have been organising this annual fundraiser. Hundreds of donations were received from students, parents, staff and businesses. A list of major donors is listed in this newsletter. We would like to thank them for their kind generosity. Overall, we had 260 prizes and raised a total of $6000.00

First prize: Nathan Grant-Allen (Izzy, Year 7) Second prize: Francesca Baldino (Year 2) Third prize: Ella Bourke (Year 12, 2015) Fourth prize: Ruby Stevens (Year 7) Fifth prize: Olivia Siow (10G)

We held the raffle draw on Veritas Lawns on a sunny Holy Thursday and we were fortunate enough to have in our presence, Irene Duarte, a long term colleague who lives in Vietnam and initiated our partnership with the Phu My Orphanage in Vietnam and the Providence Centre in

Cambodia. Irene spoke to the students, thanking them for our ongoing support of both centres. The money raised from the raffle is distributed to projects in Vietnam and the education of young women at the Providence Centre in Battambang. Peter Batty - Coordinator of Social Justice


.International Women’s Day 2016

During Week 5 Term 1, St Mary’s College celebrated International Women’s Day, a day celebrated across the globe by the human race to reflect on how far women have come and how far we still have to go to reach gender equality. This year’s IWD theme was ‘Pledge for Equality’. This theme truly shows that women cannot reach their full potential without the support of the entire human race, including men. This theme shows that gender equality is an issue including men, not just women.

This year, the Year 12 SRCs decided to celebrate this special over a whole week instead of just a day. On the Tuesday morning of Week 5, International Women’s Week was announced and as part of the opening celebration, the senior classes were asked to write their career aspirations and who inspired them to take this path on a green or purple flag and stick it on their locker. This simple activity showed the diversity of career paths that girls can now choose. From teachers to doctors to engineers, the possibilities are now far broader than they have been in the past for women.

On the same day, the Junior School were asked to create ‘Little Women’. The brightly coloured cut outs of paper women had small descriptions of people who the Junior School students admire. The women were then displayed across the Veritas lawns for the traditional International Women’s Day Breakfast held on Thursday morning.

A highlight of the week for me was placing these ‘Little Women’ across the lawns and reading the Junior School’s descriptions. Most of them descriptions were of teachers, best friends, sisters and mothers and very few pop starts and celebrities.

The whole school breakfast was a huge success. Reception to Year 12s and parents as well attended and were sipping on coffee and munching on Ginger Bread Women biscuits and muffins. All students were given an International Women’s day ribbon in green and purple to signify to the wider community that St Mary’s College is celebrating such an important day. Empowering music was the soundtrack of the morning and enjoyed by everyone who attended.

In keeping with the theme, a ‘Pledge for Equality Banner’ was created. Students from all year levels were invited to put their green or purple handprint on the banner to mark their pledge towards achieving gender equality in the wider global community. This banner was hung over the front of the school so Adelaide commuters could see that St Mary’s is committed to making gender equality a reality. After putting a handprint on the banner, girls could make their way over to the Veritas lawns where soccer balls, footballs and cricket equipment was available to encourage women in sport, going hand in hand with the new Government Campaign: “Girls, Make Your Move” encouraging women and girls to be more active. This equipment was also available on Friday.

As part of the SRC Year 12 Executive, I was lucky enough to attend the International Women’s Day breakfast held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, hosted by Senator Penny Wong. Penny has been an idol of mine ever since I sat next to her in a shoe shop at age 11. I admire her work and strength in Parliament as one of few females in such a male dominated career. Her words on what is such a global issue, not just for women but for men, girls and boys alike, were truly empowering.

After receiving feedback from the Year 6-12 SRCs, the celebration of International Women’s Day across a whole week was a huge success and brought together the school community. Sophie Heath Deputy College Captain


SENIOR SCHOOL PARENT SEMINAR

St Mary’s College Wednesday 6 April 6.30pm – 8pm Centre for Performing Arts Presenter: Kirrilie Smout, Director of Innovate Psychology

Calm and Confident Teens: A parents' guide to helping teens stay calm, manage stress and frustration and cope in tough times.

Bookings can be made ONLINE via the College Web page – Upcoming Events at http://www.stmaryscollege.catholic.edu.au (follow the link) from

WEDNESDAY 9 March.

FREE ENTRY * LIMITED SEATS

Office 6 Level 1 458 Fullarton Road Myrtle Bank 5064 M 0401 562 768 E [email protected]

HOST FAMILIES URGENTLY REQUIRED for

ITALIAN STUDENTS Arriving 24 June 2016 departing 20 August or 7 September 2016

A donation will be given to each family to help cover expenses.

For more information please contact Mrs Catrina Tridente (Coordinator of Languages)

[email protected]

Thank you to the following families and businesses for their kind donations towards the Easter Raffle.

Company From Donation

Festival Theatre Maffei Family 2 x Tickets to "Cats"

Mile Wines Steve Kay $50 voucher

Stratco Witkowski Family Karcher High Pressure Cleaner

Romeo's Retail Group Vouchers

YOGET IT - Glenelg Morello Family Vouchers

South Henley

Newsagency Magazines

Cornes Toyota Cattrall Family $250 Service Voucher

Synergy Yoga &

Pilates

Leverington

Family 10 sessions voucher

Adelaide Zoo Leonie Murphy Family Pass

Cheap as Chips $20 voucher

Respect Cosmetic

Medicine & Beauty

Shanahan-Davis

Family $50 voucher

Reynella Fasta Pasta

Nemer-Khoury

Family 3 x $40 vouchers

Baker's Delight

Findon $20 voucher

Baker's Delight

St Clair $20 voucher

Baker's Delight

Welland $20 voucher

Coles/Myer Group $20 voucher

Kmart - Kurralta Park $30 voucher

Top Holidays

Livingstone

Family 2 x $50 vouchers

Scuzzi's

North Adelaide $70 Voucher

http://www.stmaryscollege.catholic.edu.au/0205_events.htm


St Mary’s College, Issue 4, Friday 18 March 2016

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