Dear Parents, Friends, Staff and Students of Caroline Chisholm College,
Last week we inducted our new College Leaders at our Leaders’ Mass at Padre Pio Church. It was a wonderful occasion where we, with Fr Walter Fogarty, gave thanks and prayed for these young leaders who will take the college forward into 2020. As part of the ceremony, our new College Captain, Alannah Eisenhuth gave her inaugural address. I have asked her if we could share an edited version as this week’s newsletter principal’s message. I think you will agree that Alannah’s words capture so much of what it means to be a courageous and faith-filled person in a complex world. It is what we hope for all our students. Thank you, Alannah, for accepting this important mission of leadership at Caroline Chisholm College.
"Good morning students, teachers, parents and guests. I am humbled to be able to address you today as the college captain of Caroline Chisholm College for 2020. I am very grateful to have been given this opportunity and feel privileged to be able to lead this unique, inspiring and vibrant school community.
Looking into the year ahead with 2020 vision, I am excited by the potential of our new student leaders. Each of the young women who have stood before you today bring different strengths to our team and will inevitably assist in further developing the sisterhood. In particular, I am extremely appreciative of the senior leadership team, especially the two vice captains Claudia Fava and Micquella Grima. I am excited to undergo this journey with you by my side and I have no doubt that the positivity and resilience that each of you demonstrate will help the entirety of the SRC to accomplish our goals.
The idea of the sisterhood has been echoed by every leadership team that I have witnessed since Year 7 and I believe that it is the heart of what it means to be a student at the College. It is truly remarkable to be a part of such a tight knit community that is full of passionate, empowering and inspiring young women. Each of you has your own unique gifts and talents to share that can make a significant contribution to our college. However, the second guessing and sometimes insecure nature of young women means that we may choose not to share these gifts with others.
At each of our communal gatherings we have the chance to sing our school song, and I can imagine that at times not all of you stop to think about the lyrics that you are singing. Considering our theme for next year is tolerance, I would like to bring your attention to one line in particular; “and with the tolerance to value our diversity”. This calls us, as students of the college, to be inspired by our spirituality and unconditionally support the diverse ambitions of not only others, but also ourselves. It is my firm belief that the passions that each of you embody have a transformative nature that can unlock your full potential and encourage you to be your best self. The ability to realise this will equip you with skills that transcend the gates of the College and will ultimately enable you to enter the world as confident young women who have a continuing passion to better yourselves as people. It is my hope that the SRC will build upon this legacy of the sisterhood to enable each of you to allow your passions to become the driving force of your successes.
Once again, I would like to thank you all for this incredible opportunity. I can assure you that I, along with the rest of the SRC, will embrace the example of Caroline Chisholm and her values of faith, courage, tolerance, dignity, justice and compassion, within our leadership to effectively work towards bringing each student closer to the heart of the college. I cannot wait to begin working with the leadership team for 2020 and anticipate all of your unconditional support for the next twelve months. It truly is a privilege to be able to maintain the legacy of the sisterhood and continue to work towards a future of participation, pride and solidarity for the college."
Thank you.
Mr Greg Elliott
Principal
Years 9-10 Disco
Nearly two weeks ago, a very enjoyable dance was held at St Dominic’s. As usual, we would like to thank St Dominic’s for their hospitality. Thanks, particularly, to Brendan Jansz, the Pastoral Care Co-ordinator at St Dominic’s who co-ordinated the event. Thanks to our Year 9 and 10 Leaders of Learning, Ian Fuller and Jeanette Cocks and to all the many teachers who supervised. The girls’ behaviour and participation was exemplary.
Uniforms – Term 4 expectations regarding blazers and socks
With the warmer weather, we will move to summer uniform requirements for the last two weeks of this term. The remainder of this week is not forecast to be particularly hot, so this change will start from next Monday 16 September. This means students can wear the college socks rather than stockings. Only the college socks may be worn – they can be purchased from the college uniform shop on Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons. Students do not have to wear blazers to and from school but if they wear anything to and from school on a colder day, it must still be the blazer. No jumpers or senior cardigans to be worn to and from school unless a blazer is worn over them. These are the uniform expectations throughout Term 4 and Term 1 next year.
Shoes
I would like to remind parents purchasing new school shoes that they need to check carefully the college uniform expectations for shoes. They can be found in the student diaries or on the website. Shoes are an expensive purchase and I would hate for parents to have to buy another pair if they do not meet uniform and WHS requirements. If a particular store does not have a suitable pair, please try elsewhere.
Parents are also reminded that while we don’t have a colour requirement for sports shoes, they must be designed for sports. While they may have their origins in sports, brands like Vans and Converse are designed for fashion rather than sport and are consequently not acceptable for sport uniform at the college.
Piercings
I would like to remind students and parents that the only facial jewellery allowed at the college is in the ears (up to 2 earrings in each year, small hoops or studs). In particular, there is to be no nose or lip jewellery, nor can students wear plastic studs or cover nose jewellery over. I mention this before the holidays as this is a time when a number of students seem to think there is time for a piercing to heal before returning to school. This is never the case over a two week break and there will be no tolerance or allowance of time for a new piercing to heal once the students return to school. There is categorically no facial jewellery (including plastic studs) to be worn by any student in any year, from Year 7 to Year 12. Students who refuse to remove non-uniform jewellery, in addition to receiving warnings leading to detentions, will be removed from class and not allowed to return until the jewellery is gone. It would be greatly appreciated for parents to support us by discouraging these piercings while their daughter is a student at the college.
Doing the Right Thing
Congratulations to Ashleigh Mallens (7 Gilmore), Madison Cooney (7 Jackson), Katelyn Smith (8 Gilmore) and Taylor Brown (8 Gilmore). They have been selected to receive a $5 canteen voucher for college service.
Appreciation of Honesty
Students at Caroline Chisholm College regularly display outstanding honesty in returning items they find on the college grounds. Often these can be of quite substantial value. Students handing in found items receive a certificate of appreciation. I would like to congratulate the following students who have handing items in over the last fortnight: Ella Peto (8 Macarthur), Michelle Faaguatu (10 Wright) and Zoe Walther (11 Kenny).
Mr Greg King - Assistant Principal
Year 11 Examinations
Year 11 students will sit their end of year exams from Friday 13 September to Friday 20 September. These exams provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate the skills and knowledge they have learned this year. Although examinations are hard work, we hope that the examination period proves to be a successful and rewarding time for all students. A copy of the Year 11 examination timetable is printed below for your reference.
STUDY SKILLS TIP FOR SEPTEMBER: GETTING MOTIVATED TO DO YOUR WORK
If you are struggling to get motivated to do your schoolwork, sadly there is no magic solution. However, here are a few strategies you can try from the DEVELOPING MOTIVATION and OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION units if motivation or procrastination is an issue for you:
REWARDS: Set yourself small specific tasks to do with a specific reward at the end of the task. For some people little rewards are enough to get them going.
CHUNK IT DOWN: If the work seems overwhelming or boring or unappealing, break it down into small bearable chunks and just do it one piece at a time.
FRIENDS: Work with a friend or else tell your friend what work you want to get done and then check in on each other at the end of the night. Help each other stay on track.
RULE OF 3: If you can’t get started, write down the 3 most important things you must get done before you go to bed, then don’t even look at any other tasks until these 3 are completed.
MOTIVATING IMAGES: Find slogans, or images that motivate you and put them near your workspace. Some people are motivated by pain (thinking of the consequences if you don’t study) while others are motivated by pleasure (thinking of all the good outcomes that will happen if you do study).
Learn more at www.studyskillshandbook.com.au.
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Ms Deborah Scollard - Assistant Principal Learning
May is a busy month at Leppington Pastoral company at Bringelly. Calving is in full swing and the best of the bull calves have been ear marked for the Penrith Show calf raising competition The dairy manager, Mr Michael Perich was satisfied that the calves were past the first few critical weeks before dispersing them to seventeen schools in the Sydney basin.
Proudly, our Year 10 Agriculture class took on the responsibility of nurturing a hefty, robust young steer with a gleaming black and white coat, christened Harley.
March heralded the start of the process of gentling and training the calves and the girls. “Calm and assertive” is the watch cry and new skills have already been demonstrated in how to escape the drool covered muzzles at bucket feeding time. The sweet aroma of newly mixed milk and the ability for the calves to suckle anything in reach adds to the richness of caring for four legged babies. Washing, clipping and leading soon commenced.
As August approached the Year 10 students shifted into high gear to design and construct a 3-metre square display depicting three of our local industries, Bilpin apples, Leppington Dairy and Llandilo Farm fresh eggs.
The sun eases over the horizon on the last Saturday in August to show a frenzy of action at the cattle wash bays to ensure that the cattle and calves are at their best prior to weighing and scanning. Other students feed and clean the myriad of livestock from donkeys to turkeys. Students put the finishing touches to their family focused Educational displays to amuse and raise the awareness for the kids and adults alike. Judging commences and the parade ground comes alive with leather fitted livestock where students display their skills on low stress handling before demonstrating their own judging skills of cattle and sheep production characteristics.
A cheer from the crowd for the winning calves. Our “Harley” receives the Reserve Champion while in the sheep judging ring our ram, ewe and lamb earn two blues and a white ribbon; let’s not forget the second for our Ancona hen.
Well done to the Year 10 Ag display building team for your highly commended result and for Rita Tamer for placing in the poultry judging. Congratulations Year 11/12 Rural Olympics team placing third by a point in the gruelling 5 event competition.
Mr Geoff Clerke - Leader of Learning TAS
On Thursday 5th September, Caroline Chisholm’s Junior Futsal team competed in the PDSSSC Gala Day at Cambridge Park Indoor Sports Centre. The girls played at a very high level and stepped up to the challenge of playing against the skilled teams of Gilroy, McCarthy, St Luke’s and Cerdon College. The girls went through their three pool games undefeated and then met Cerdon College in the semi final where they continued their excellent teamwork and convincingly won the game. Moving through to the final, Caroline Chisholm played Gilroy again. However, despite excellent defence and attack the girls were runners up in a hard fought game.
Congratulations to all the players who demonstrated not only exceptional skill ability but outstanding sportswomanship on the day.
The Year 7 & 8 Futsal team consisted of Ashlea Kramer, Shae Hodgson, Katelyn Smith, Kyla Grosse, Noufina Conde, (Year 8) Kiera Geoghegan and Emma Matthias (Year 7).
Thank you to Emma Buckley (Year 11) and Ms Liza Buckley for refereeing on the day, and to all the parents who came to support the girls.
Mrs Caroline McElroy – Leader of Learning PDHPE
