Dear Family and Friends

A warm welcome to this new year of education here at OLSH! It has been an excellent

beginning and we certainly look forward to celebrating our 80th anniversary year in so

many ways. There will be a number of events and activities that form part of our yearly

calendar where we will celebrate with joy and gratitude the great place that is OLSH

College Bentleigh.

Congratulations to all students and staff on the wondeful start to the year – it is an

absolute privilege to be a part of such a vibrant and dynamic school community filled

with our Heart spirit. In a special way we welcome our new Year 7 students and their

families as well as new students across Years 8-12. Every blessing to our new staff

members for 2018: Ms Annie McGuire (Deputy Principal Learning and Teaching); Mr

Gary Minihan (Business Manager); Mrs Angela Burke, Mrs Julie Freeman-Smith; Ms

Christine Lucas-Pannam; Mr Gary McDonagh; Ms Kylie Shepherd; Ms Melanie Travis.

Welcome back to Ms Jo Bradley and Ms Kellie Mentlikowski.

A constant theme of our life here is our belief that OLSH girls can do anything! May this

be our truth knowing that in the words of Jesus.

I have come that you may have life and have it to the full.

John 10:10

Anne O’Loughlin Principal

The VCE High Achievers were recognised at the Ceremony of Excellence on 12

February at OLSH College Bentleigh. Members of the College Board were joined by the

Principal, staff, students, the Class of 2017 students and their families. Maria Farag was

awarded Dux of the College. Maria achieved a 97.20 ATAR score and she spoke about

setting goals and being assertive. Sophie Nash who achieved a score of 93.70 spoke

about her secondary school journey and she told the audience it was never too late to

apply yourself and do your best. All students who achieved a score over 90 were also

congratulated. Families then enjoyed morning tea with the staff. We wish the VCE high

achievers and the entire OLSH College Bentleigh Class of 2017 all the very best with

their future studies.

Congratulations to OLSH College Class of 2017 student, Felicia Didulo, whose work

was selected for the Top Designs Exhibition. Hundreds of entries were received and just

18 artworks are chosen for the exhibition which is part of the VCAA’s Season of

Excellence and showcases the best visual communication and design work from

Victoria. Felicia created a range of promotional items for King Candy confectionary

including a logo, a poster, an invitation to the opening and the packaging design. Well

done Felicia, a great achievement.

97.20

Maria Farag 97.20

Divya Patel 96.35

Yulia Boganova 94.75

Mollie Duncanson 94.60

Doris Tran 93.85

Genevieve Gallucci 93.75

Sophie Nash 93.70

Amanda Jambu 93.50

Jessica Thatcher 93.25

Felicia Didulo 92.40

Katelyn Fitchett 92.05

The opening of the 2018 school year was celebrated with a Mass on 2 February. The

new Year 7 students were welcomed by the Year 12 girls who blessed them with holy oil

and presented them with their House badges. The 2018 student leaders were inducted

and they recited the pledge to lead with distinction. It was a very moving Eucharist and a

fitting way to start the 80th year of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College.

On Tuesday 12 February Sherry Balcombe from the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry visited

OLSH to induct two new FIRE Carriers.

Since 2011 OLSH College has been committed to the promotion of reconciliation with

our indigenous brother and sisters through our involvement as a FIRE Carrier school.

FIRE stands for ‘Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education.’ The Year 8 classes

participated in the ceremony facilitated by Sherry and the senior FIRE Carriers.

Congratulations to our two new College FIRE Carriers, Aditi Talwar and Lauren Rossi.

Thank you girls for what you will do to promote reconciliation in our College community.

Megan Donohue

Deputy Principal Faith and Mission

We congratulate all students who have been elected for a leadership position in 2018.

These students received their leadership badge at the Opening School Mass. This year

we have been blessed to have 40 students on our Student Leadership Team with

students from Years 7-12. This year we hope to bring you an insight into who they are

and what they see are important facets of our OLSH community. Here are a few of their

hopes for the community for 2018.

Georgia Sheppard - Year 12 I'm Georgia Sheppard, College Captain for the year, and a proud Xavier girl! This year, I hope that the community has a fantastic celebration for the 80 year milestone, and that we can add some new twists to our annual events. For new students to the College and our Year 7s, I recommend that you give everything a go – you'll never know about hidden passion or talent if you never take a risk!

Maria Blassis – Issoudun

Hi my name is Maria Blassis and I’m the Issoudun Sweeney House Captain for 2018.

My hopes for the OLSH school community for 2018

is that by the end of the year everyone has a new friend in every single year level in their House.

My advice for new students and Year 7s, is to really

embrace the OLSH spirit at house events, PAS, Masses and every day at school.

Ashley Vinci - Year 8 My name is Ashley Vinci. I am currently in Year 8 and in Sweeney House. OLSH is such a close community; you could even call us a family. As a student I am honoured to attend a school in which we are so close. I would like to broaden friendships and encourage events within the school that help to strengthen friendships to the fullest. My advice for the Year 7s and students that have recently joined the OLSH community is to pursue activities that individually represent and interest you.

Nickila De Silva - Year 11 My name is Nickila De Silva. I'm in Xavier House and in Year 11. My hopes for the OLSH community for 2018 is that we grow closer together as a community, by helping not only one another, but the greater OLSH community, with all of the fundraisers and events we organise. I hope that all new students embrace all the opportunities and programs OLSH offers whether it be debating, robotics, or sports. There is something for everyone to try.

The year has started with a renewed House spirit with the new pastoral system. The

senior students have certainly taken on more of a leadership role in looking out for the

girls in the junior classes and it has been wonderful to see the way that all students have

responded and embraced something new.

Research tells us that if students are well known and feel a great sense of belonging

that this impacts learning. Our girls will now not only meet and have conversations with

peers horizontally, at their year level, but also vertically in Houses, leading to greater

interconnectedness across year levels. As Peter Bernard (2010) states this enables

confidence, trust and leadership to grow and allows the students to be responsible for

each other. As confidence

and self- esteem

increases this in turn

leads to “students

becoming better

learners”- Peter Bernard

(2010).

A number of students

across all year levels

have volunteered to be a

part of the student voice

group. We thank them for

their time and for the input

that they have given so

far this year.

The House System will also enhance parent relationships within the school community.

If you have questions regarding your daughter please ensure that you contact her

Learning Mentor (Homeroom Teacher) or her Head of House.

MRS MARGARET CARLSON and CHEVALIER 1

MS CHRISTINE LUCAS-PANNAM CHEVALIER 1

MRS ROBYN RAYMENT CHEVALIER 2

MR RAMON SAHEED CHEVALIER 3

MS CAROLYN GRAFFEO CHEVALIER 4

MRS JENNY FRIES CHEVALIER 5

MR JOSHUA DEBRECENI CHEVALIER 6

MR GARY MCDONAGH CHEVALIER 7

MRS LINDA NAYLOR and CHEVALIER 8

MRS SUZY PASK CHEVALIER 8

MS DIANNE BYERS HARTZER 1

MRS KRISTIE BERTSCHIK HARTZER 2

MR PHILLIP CARMODY HARTZER 3

MRS CATHERINE PEARCE HARTZER 4

MRS BRONWYN VERRELL HARTZER 5

MS TASHA ESTEVES HARTZER 6

MRS ANGELA BURKE HARTZER 7

MRS PAULINE CANTY HARTZER 8

MRS ANNA RIVIELLO SWEENEY 1

MR BRYAN SMITH SWEENEY 2

MS LAUREN STENT SWEENEY 3

MRS ROBYN MACKINNON and SWEENEY 4

MRS ANNEMARIE PETERING SWEENEY 4

MS AMANDA NELSON SWEENEY 5

MR ROBERT VATTA SWEENEY 6

MRS RITU TANGRI SWEENEY 7

MS JULIE FREEMAN-SMITH SWEENEY 8

MR WEI LIU XAVIER 1

MS ALISHA LYON XAVIER 2

MRS CHERYL BULLEN and XAVIER 3

MRS SARAH LOGAN XAVIER 3

MRS KATE WELLARD XAVIER 4

MRS LOUISE BROCK XAVIER 5

MS ANTHEA SHOLL XAVIER 5

MRS KIRSTEN WILEY XAVIER 6

MRS MARIA VERNA XAVIER 7

MRS ANGELA PANE XAVIER 8

Dina Oro

Deputy Principal Student Wellbeing

In my Year 12 English class we were completing a practice text response for the

Hitchcock suspense film ‘Rear Window’. Before I collected the essays I asked the girls

to provide me with some insight into their perceptions of how they went – using the

WWW (not world wide web) strategy – What Went Well. Knowing a few of the girls

struggled with this task I was hoping to drive their thinking away from gloom and doom

and towards the positives. The next bit of feedback I asked for was using the acronym

EBI – Even Better If – meaning for next time it would be even better if I…and

encouraging the thinking towards where to next rather than a bottom line. I also asked

my students for feedback on their processes in preparing, effort and how they will

improve. I hope you noticed as you are reading this – I am trying to place the children in

the driver’s seat of their development rather than them being the passenger.

Carol Dweck a world renowned educational researcher and author is a great advocate

of growth mindset. Her research spans thirty years and overwhelmingly supports

mindset being the biggest indicator for success. Many of our girls due to the stage of

adolescence seek approval from their peers and from the adults in their life and see

failure as a final outcome. Many will only participate in activities where they are sure to

shine and avoid those experiences where the outcome is too risky or the potential for

failure is too great. Our role as the adults in their lives is to guide their thinking towards

setting goals, expecting setbacks and being open to learning from each setback.

Occasionally I will bring in my family’s giant rubber band ball and my youngest child’s

Rubix Cube. I attempt to draw the conversation to the Rubix Cube being a fixed

outcome – all colours sorted together – outcome based aka fixed mindset.

We then turn our attention to the rubber band ball. It is multi-coloured with many rubber

bands of varying width and strength. I describe to the girls that every band is a new bit

of learning – and with every added band the ball becomes more bouncy and more fun

aka growth mindset. We need our children to understand how much they are capable of

and to see the roadblocks, failures and sideways steps as adding value to their learning

journey in life.

My group of Year 12 girls have let me know they are open to growing. They have let me

know they will embrace collaboration rather than simply being cooperative. They will

share their learning with others and they will accept feedback with an open heart. The

girls have informed me they want to become great communicators and will endeavour to

start creating their own rubber band balls which by the end of Year 12 will be colourful

and incredibly bouncy. OLSH girls can do anything.

Thank you all who attended the VCE Excellence Ceremony. It was wonderful to hear

from Maria Farag, the DUX of 2017 and from Sophie Nash a High Achiever. A great

celebration of what is possible with an OLSH education.

Correction

In the Summer 2017 issue of Flame magazine the Year 7 winner of the Glen Eira City

Council Award was incorrectly listed. Emily Collins was the winner of this award. We

apologise for the inaccuracy and congratulate Emily on such a great achievement.

The VCE and Careers Expo is Australia’s biggest careers and education event with 170

exhibitors providing VCE, tertiary course, career, study skills and gap year information

and resources. Exhibitors include Australia’s major universities. The Expo also features

175 seminars pm VCE subjects including English and Maths, tertiary courses, career

and study advice. Admission is $10 or $25 for families of 3 or more (children 14 and

under free) and is valid for all four days of the Expo. Admission includes all seminars.

For more details visit www.vceandcareers.com.au

Annie McGuire

Deputy Principal Learning and Teaching

Suzy Pask, Head of Mathematics at OLSH College, presented a session at the

Mathematics Association Victoria (MAV) conference in December 2017. The conference

was titled “Achieving Excellence”.

Suzy has studied many authors who write on how to teach mathematics in today’s

classrooms. Professor Jo Boaler (Stanford University) is a mathematician who talks

about the importance of ensuring all students can achieve in Mathematics. Suzy has

used much of her work as a basis for her teaching in the classroom.

Suzy’s presentation was titled “Using formative feedback – make it useful, make it

quick!”

She talked about the importance of measuring student progress during units of work and

recording this in excel files. Her presentation demonstrated how to use excel to record

the skills that students have or need to master,

and then how to report on these. The

Mathematics Department at OLSH have

discussed this reporting method and many of

Suzy’s ideas as ways to improve our teaching of

Mathematics.

Maths Hub is available to all students from Years 7 – 12 on a Monday afternoon in the

Library 3:30 – 4:30pm. A Mathematics teacher is available for tuition and support at

every session. Students sign in at the library desk and registration is not mandatory.

The Language Faculty started 2018 with a bang.

This week marks the end of Carnevale in Italy, bringing in the Lenten period and on

Saturday Chinese New Year will be celebrated with this the year of the Dog.

By way of acknowledgement of these two festivals, there is a display in the Library

which highlights some significant elements.

For example: Did you know that Carnevale marks the period before Easter and is a time

of feasting and celebration?

Did you know that Carnevale ends with “martedì grasso” (Shrove Tuesday)?

Did you know that the traditional Italian Easter cake is the Colomba and is in the shape

of a dove?

Did you know that, according to Asian astrology, your year of birth and the animal

represented by it, determines a great deal about your personality?

On another note, we are pleased to welcome Mr Wei Liu to the Languages teaching

team. He will be teaching Year 7 Chinese.

We wish all the Chinese families in our community a very happy New Year.

The Languages Faculty

Please call the Absence Telephone

number:

The Absence line is the number to call if

your daughter will not be attending school

or will be late for school.

Throughout 2018 all students are encouraged to try out for one or more of the

competitive sports we offer here at OLSH. Everyone is welcome to attend Fit Club,

Racquet Club and ‘Come and Try’ lunchtime sport sessions.

Sign up sheets can be accessed on the Sport noticeboard and the Common Room

noticeboard (Seniors).

Trial and training times will be posted on Ametur and on the Sport CANVAS page. Once

the team has been selected, parents/carers are asked to complete the Caremonkey as

soon as possible so that arrangements can be finalised. Please email us if you have

queries or concerns.

Students have already begun enthusiastically training for Triathlon, Tennis, Swimming

and Diving. We look forward to a great year in sport!

Term 1

SCSA Triathlon Tuesday 20/02 - Eastern Beach Geelong

OLSH Year 7 Swim Carnival Friday 23/02 (Period 3-5) - Carnegie Swim Centre

SCSA Tennis Wednesday 7/03 - Geelong Tennis Club

OLSH House Athletics Carnival Friday 9/03 - Sandringham Athletics Track

SCSA Indoor Cricket Wednesday 14/03 - Box Hill

SCSA Swim and Dive Carnival Wednesday 28/03 - MSAC (evening)

Term 2

SCSA Futsal Friday 27/04 - Albert Park Indoor Sports Centre

SCSA Badminton Wednesday 2/05 - MSAC

SCSA Athletics Friday 11/05 - Lakeside Stadium

SCSA Basketball Wednesday 23/05 - MSAC

SCSA Cross Country Tuesday 19/05 - Yarra Bend Park

SESG Afterschool Competition Badminton, Basketball, Futsal Dates TBC Oakleigh Rec Centre

Term 3

SCSA AFL Thursday 26/07 - Highett Reserve

SCSA Aerobics Tuesday 7/08 - Star of the Sea

SCSA Volleyball Thursday 16/08 - MSAC

SCSA Soccer Friday 24/08 - TBC

SCSA Netball Wednesday 12/09 - Waverley Netball Centre

SESG Afterschool Competition Volleyball, Netball Dates TBC Oakleigh Rec Centre

Term 4

SCSA Softball Monday 15/10 - Geelong

OLSH House Swimming TBC

SESG Afterschool Competition Softball, Tennis Dates TBC Venue TBC

Bronwyn Verrell and Annemarie Petering

Sport Coordinators

“Legally Blonde is well

on its way to be an

incredible performance.

The rehearsals have

been very enjoyable as

we have loved learning

the dances, as well as

forming many

friendships. The musical

is always a great way to

get involved and have

heaps of fun. I am

proudly part of the

Legally Blonde team and

cannot wait for you all to

see the amazing

performance that we

have created. You won’t

want to miss it.”

Abbey Snell

Year 10 student

“Being in the musical has been a great opportunity. We have progressed so well in

rehearsals and are flying through the show. I have had so much fun learning the dances

and singing all the awesome songs. Another great addition to rehearsals is that I’ve

been able to meet so many new people from all different year levels. Being a lead has

also given me a new outlook on rehearsals and has made me work even harder.”

Keely Jamieson

Year 12 student

The Year 7 2020 enrolment process has already commenced. Please be advised that

places are limited and application are due early August 2018. Further information is

available on the College website.

For those families with Year 7 2019 students the College is accepting applications

however we are almost at capacity. You are welcome to submit your completed

application, with all the supporting documentation, via post or Main Reception. The

Enrolment Application can be accessed via our website

All family members are welcome to visit OLSH College on Tuesday 20 February for our

first Open Morning of 2018. Please allow plenty of time for parking. Open Morning

starts at 9.15am in the College Hall.

Guests can register online via the School website HERE.

Open Morning 9.15am

College Hall

Year 10 Fast Track

SCSA Triathlon

10 Year Reunion 6pm

The OLSH Centre

School Photos Holy Week Mass 9am

College Hall

Year 7 Swimming Trials

5 Year Reunion 6pm

The OLSH Centre

SCSA Swimming and Diving Evening

MSAC

International Women’s Day Breakfast

Last Day Term 1

Parents and Friends Meeting 7pm

The OLSH Centre

International Women’s Day Archbishop’s

Conversation with Student Leaders

House Athletics

Sandringham Athletics Track

Labour Day NO SCHOOL

Catholic Education Week Begins

SCSA Indoor Cricket

Box Hill

VCE Top Class-Drama & Theatre Studies

6pm, Vic Arts Centre

Year 10 – 12 PTS Interviews

3pm-8.30pm

College Hall