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CCW NEWSEdition 3 27 February 2019

Leadership ReflectionCan we turn the other cheek?

As I was listening to Sunday’s Gospel (Luke 6: 27 -38) I pondered the challenge Jesus posed to us all of “loving our enemies”. The Gospel goes on to say, “If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also;”. It seems counter-intuitive to turn the other cheek if someone strikes you. Surely, we all have the right to defend ourselves and potentially defend those we love?

This Gospel goes on to say “Do not judge, and you will not be judged…… Forgive and you will be forgiven.” The message of this Gospel for me, is to understand that the real and deep commitment of living as a Christian is to show compassion, love and understanding to those who seem least worthy of our care and consideration. It is easy to love those who treat us well and those we care for. The challenge shown constantly in the Gospels is Jesus’ love and kindness for the “ungrateful and the wicked”.

We should not pick and choose whom to love but rather treat everyone well and love without discrimination even when it is the last thing we want to do. I hope and pray as teachers, students and parents of the Catholic College community that we think about and bring this message alive.

Tony LoorhamDeputy Principal - Staff

KEY DATES - Term 1Week 5 25 February - 1 MarchWed 27 Year 7 Camp - Departure Group 2 - Return Group 1Thurs 28 School Photo Day 2 - Catch ups/Families/Groups/Year 12 GroupsFri 1 Mar Year 7 Camp - Return Group 2

Week 6 4 - 8 MarchMon 4 Year 9 RITE Journey - Calling & Depature (pg. )Tue 5 Year 9 RITE Journey - Calling & Depature (pg. )Wed 6 Year 8 Camp - Group 1 Departs Ash WednesdayThur 7 Year 8 Camp - Group 2 Departs / Group 1 ReturnsFri 8 Year 8 Camp - Group 2 Returns

Week 7 11 - 15 MarchMon 11 Labour Day Public Holiday - No schoolWed 13 CCW AssemblyFri 15 National Day Against Bullying & Violence

Week 8 18 - 22 MarchWed 20 Malone Community Mass - Sacred Heart 9.15am da Vinci Community Day

Student Development, page 4

Student News, page 6

Sports News, page 8

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Principal’s pulseDear Parents, Carers and Friends,

Over the past week I have been fortunate to be involved in the promotion of the Aligned Leisure media launch of the Year 10 Wellbeing Program. This program gives our Year 10 students 40 passes to the facilities located in Wodonga and Albury. I believe the most important feature of this program is that it will be in place for four years.

We know that research has highlighted the importance of our students combining their studies with a healthy lifestyle. As a school, we simply do not have the ability to build gyms, indoor basketball courts and pools which could be utilised by our students.

Further to this, our students who are considering a pathway in Health and Sports Science, are able to combine theory with practice by utilising their passes throughout their year. I thank Ben Tudhope and Aligned Leisure for their desire to develop a healthy lifestyle culture amongst the students at Catholic College and we look forward to this assisting our students and staff over the next four years.

Year 12 Leaders

Each year I have the opportunity to work closely with the senior leaders of our College. Since the start of the year I have joined our leaders to discuss their hopes for 2019. Recently, a significant number of students and staff participated in the City to City run which raised funds for Albury Wodonga health. The main drivers for participation at Catholic College came from our senior student leadership team. I congratulate the team for their excellent leadership and look forward to other activities which they will run this year.

Mercy ImmersionOn 7 March, Christine Telford and I will be participating in the Mercy International Immersion Program in Dublin. We are very fortunate to receive sponsorship from Mercy Education and look forward to the opportunity to explore the role Catherine McAuley played in establishing the Mercy Sisters. I look forward to sharing the stories of the journey with the students and staff when I return. Whilst I am away Mr Eamonn Buckley will be Acting Principal.

Year 7 camp

Over this week our Year 7 students have been participating in our Year 7 Camp in Harrietville. I would like to thank Mr Brad Steele and his team for the commitment to providing our Year 7’s with the opportunity to bond and form new relationships that will carry them through the next six years. I also thank the families of our staff members who may have a father, mother or partner away for up to five days.

Happy Days, Darta

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admin newS

oNe-off bus travel

If your child is a registered country bus traveller and requires a friend to travel casually on the bus, please contact Alex McSwiney alex.mcswiney@ccw.vic.edu.au or see her in the Front Office. Alex will provide the casual bus traveller with a form which will need to be filled out by a parent or guardian. The bottom section of the form must be handed to the bus driver or the child will be refused travel. Could parents/guardians please ensure that this form is completed and returned to Alex at least two days prior to travel.Registered country bus travellers who require to travel on a different bus for sport training etc, are also required to complete a Bus Travel form clearly stating the dates of travel.

Alex McSwineyAdministration

Learning Walks

Learning walks are designed to give prospective members of our community a real sense of what a day in the life of a Catholic College student is. They are conducted by either the Principal or a Deputy Principal. Those members of our community who choose to engage in the activity have an opportunity to see how we utilize all areas of our school site. The important part of the conversation is also around our future, and many of the new initiatives and ideas will be discussed in these walks.

If you would like to participate in either please email Janelle Peacock janelle.peacock@ccw.vic.edu.au

Next available dates:Friday 29 March at 10.00am with Darta Hovey, PrincipalTuesday 2 May at 9.15am with Eammon Buckley, Deputy Principal - Student DevelopmentTuesday 15 May at 12.00pm with Darta Hovey & Shaun Mason, Deputy Principal - Learning, Teaching and InnovationTuesday 11 June at 11.00am with Darta Hovey

School photos 2019 - Day 2

Day 2: Thursday 28 February. This day will be for family photos, group photos, Year 12 Community & group photos and any student to have their individual photos if they were absent on Day 1. Students are expected to be in full summer uniform and Year 12 students to be wearing their jumpers.

Family photo envelopes will be available from the LCL Assistant Office prior to this day. Payments can be made online or by cash.

PLEASE NOTE: All students must have a photo taken even if families are not wishing to purchase any prints. Student’s photos are required for the College’s record system.

If you have any questions or misplace your key shoot number, please contact Hayley Neves hayley.neves@ccw.vic.edu.au or 6043 5550.

Hayley NevesPublications & Media Officer

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student development

NEWS FROM THE LANGUAGES DOMAIN

Japanese TutoringDo you have a student in Years 7, 8, 9 or 10 who studies Japanese and who would like some extra help with their Japanese studies? Akira Kerr, who is an experienced Japanese speaker, is offering free tutoring sessions at Catholic College Wodonga. To organise tutoring sessions contact Akira by email: 163842@ccw.vic.edu.au

Hosting for Japanese Language AssistantThis year we will be assisted in Japanese classes by Hitomi Sano who is a 21 year old university student studying International Relations at the University of Kitakyushu. Hitomi will be with us for Terms 2, 3 and 4 and we are seeking interested families who could host her for five week blocks (half a term). There will be some financial assistance given of $75 per week to help cover the costs of hosting. If you are interested in hosting Hitomi, please contact either Kanae Kerr: kanae.kerr@ccw.vic.edu.au | Alex Reynolds: alex.reynolds@ccw.vic.edu.auMichelle Atkinson: michelle.atkinson@ccw.vic.edu.au | Heather Cirovic: heather.cirovic@ccw.vic.edu.au

Heather CirovicLanguages Learning Coach

Literacy and numeracy parent forum

We would like to thank those parents and guardians who attended the CCW Literacy and Numeracy Parent Forum on Wednesday 20 February. Those who attended were able to hear about the endeavours of our staff to lift literacy and numeracy rates in our student body. Details regarding a new Reading Program were explained and support for the increased focus on reading time and reading for pleasure was overwhelming. Steve Ramage also explained the need for mental Maths to be a focus in Mathematics classes and used data to show the benefits that mental Maths can have for senior students. Most importantly, we spoke about our focus on ‘growth’. Staff and students alike should simply be endeavouring to improve their literacy and numeracy abilities over time. There is no competition between students, rather, staff and students should be focussing on the skills needed to enable each student to see ‘growth’ on their individual literacy and numeracy journeys. To this end we heard about the rationale behind the literacy and numeracy testing that is undertaken at various times of the year at Catholic College and how staff intend to use this data to inform their teaching and, most importantly, be able to celebrate ‘growth’ with their students!

If you were unable to attend the forum please click here for the video recording of the presentation.

Michael RussellLiteracy Researcher

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ANNOUNCING ouRschool production 2019

ANNIE Book by Music by Lyrics by

THOMAS CHARLES MARTINMEEHAN STROUSE CAHRNIN

Original Broadway Production Directed by MARTIN CHARNIN

Based on “Little Orphan Annie”®By Permission of Tribune Content

Agency, LLCLicensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

• Students from all year levels invited• Actors, singers, dancers, costume makers and production crew wanted• No experience needed - just come along ready to have some fun

Audition Info: Week 1, Term 2Auditions Held: Week 2, Term 2

Show Dates: Week 6, Term 3

Check the Daily Bulletin for more information.Contact Ms. Sara Hagarty with any questions sara.hagarty@ccw.vic.edu.au

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student news“THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS GOOD HABITS”

Elevate Education Visits our Senior StudentsWednesday 26 February could easily be coined ‘STUDY SKILLS DAY’ at CCW! The Year 10, 11 & 12 students were lucky enough to be visited by the experts from ‘Elevate Education’ who spoke to them all about effective strategies to ensure they keep information they are taught in the classroom in their long term memory, so they can face exams or assessments with confidence. These strategies include taking regular revision or study notes during the term and also doing practice questions to test themselves on the content. They gave the students further strategies to ensure they can ‘stand out’ amongst the hundreds of other students also doing the same assessments/exams as them (i.e. ask your teacher for extra reading, and think of counter arguments or ideas that other students might not think of).

VCE Information and Study Skills Information EveningIn the evening, parents and students were invited back to school for another session on study skills as well as a VCE information session. It was great to see over a hundred participants on the night as this is a sign that parents are engaging in their children’s education journey. The night presented evidence based research methodology about study skills, time management, organisational skills and health tips. In a nutshell, the presentation covered:

• How good habits are the key ingredient to success

• How our brains need order and small chunks of information over time

• The importance of keeping study notes at home (dot point summaries of topics)

• Long term memory studying strategies

• The importance of studying actively and appropriately for your unique learning style

• Discovering your unique learning style

• The importance of sleep, nutrition & exercise for a healthy brain

For those who missed the evening session, it was recorded on camera and the footage will be available shortly.

CCW also subscribes to two fabulous study skills websites which includes all the information presented on the night plus much much more:

www.studyskillshandbook.com.auUsername: CCWPassword: 1success

elevateeducation.comPassword for Student Portal: rondo

Lisa MasonYear 10 Learning & Teaching Leader

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Year 12 Jumper PresentationCongratulations to our Year 12s who received their jumpers on Wednesday 13 February. Wear them with pride and we wish you all the best for the year ahead.

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sports newsCCW Community Swimming carnival 2019

CHISHOLM WINS!! With a brilliant effort Chisholm, has won the 2019 CCW Community Swimming Carnival!! This is the first Swimming Carnival win for Chisholm, CONGRTAULATIONS! In what was a perfect day for swimming, the Albury Pool was an array of colour and sounds as approximately 850 students crammed into the event. The atmosphere of the day was thrilling and resulted in increased student participation and some very competitive swimming. Students filled swimming events, cheered, took part in novelty events and wore an amazing assortment of costumes.

The final results were:

1st Chisholm 10172nd Hollows 10093rd MacKillop 9174th Gandhi 8205th Malone 7846th da Vinci 763

The community Spirit Award is awarded to the community that shows the best “spirit” at the community swimming Carnival. Points are awarded for; enthusiasm, support, sportsmanship, respect, cleanliness, a flare for creativity and all-round cheeriness on the day. To award these points, six judges are chosen at random and secretly observe each community throughout the day.

The final results were:

1st Malone 2802nd Gandhi 2603rd Chisholm 2504th da Vinci 2405th MacKillop 2156th Hollows 200

This year we decided to run our carnival in a slightly different format. Students were able to participate and receive points for community heats, where the winning student then represented their community in their year level final. This allowed for a greater number of students to get into the water and have a go. Consequently, the College decided to run a second carnival at Waves pool the following week, which would decide the swimming squad for this year’s SSV school swimming Championships. Both Carnivals were very successful and allowed for both our competitive swimmers and participation swimmers to shine.

I would like to acknowledge the commitment of CCW staff who worked tirelessly on the day and in the lead up to the carnival. A special mention to the Sport Trainee, Lowri Hammans. Her organization in the lead up to the carnival should be commended.

Without the combined efforts and the leadership of the student community leaders, the day would not have been the outstanding success that it was.

Olivia Aughton Sport & Recreation Manager

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Upcoming events

RITEJOURNEY

BOYS

CALLING & DEPARTURE CEREMONY Students to meet at the

Si lva Drive bus stop at 6am

Br ing your own breakfast

Act iv i t ies throughout the day

MONDAY 4 MARCH

Departure Ceremony at 6 -7pm

Parents /Guardians & students

meet at the Arts Centre

Students wear PE uni form

TUESDAY 5 MARCH

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RITEJOURNEY

GIRLS

CALLING & DEPARTURE CEREMONY 

TUESDAY 5 MARCH

Students wear PE uni form

MONDAY 4 MARCH

Students to meet at the

Si lva Drive bus stop at 6am

Bring your own breakfast

Act iv i t ies throughout the day

Departure Ceremony at 6 -7pm

Parents /Guardians & students

meet at the Arts Centre

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BIG DAY in @ CSU WAGGA

YEARS 10 & 11

Join us at Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga on Wednesday 13 March 2019 to hear leading speakers from companies such as Westpac, Adobe, WiseTech Global, Rugby Matcher and loads more to come, talking about the future of technology and how students can get involved in shaping the future.

Come & hear cool industry speakers & visit exhibitor stands to learn about where a career in IT can take you. CSU provide morning tea & lunch for all students.

Any interested students please email Mrs Prentice directly at melinda.prentice@ccw.vic.edu.au

Melinda Prentice Leader of Emerging Technologies

SCHOOLS CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE 2019

Catholic College Wodonga will be running a Schools Cyber Security Challenge during first semester 2019. This Challenge is in conjunction the Australian Computing Academy as well as The University of Sydney. This Challenge will explore general topics like personal information security and data sharing, as well as technical topics such as cryptography and network security. It will also include a range of engaging activities involving investigation, deduction and programming to develop student knowledge, skills and dispositions.

There will be four topics throughout the challenge:

• Information privacy and security

• Data encryption and transmission

• Wired and wireless network security

• Web application security

This competition will be available for Years 7-12 with 30 spaces available. Exciting prizes on offer.

Please contact Mrs Prentice at melinda.prentice@ccw.vic.edu.au for any questions or to register your interest in the competition.

Melinda Prentice Leader of Emerging Technologies

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Parent Teams

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PARISH NEWSWeekend Mass Times

Saturday Sacred Heart Church, Wodonga 6.00pmSunday Sacred Heart Church, Wodonga 8.30am and 10.30amEvery 2nd and 4th Sunday Our Lady Help of Christians, Tangambalanga 10.30amEvery 2nd Sunday St Francis, Bethanga 12.00noonEvery 1st and 3rd Sunday St Joseph’s, Dederang 10.30amEvery 5th Sunday St Joseph’s, Dederang (Liturgy of The Word & Communion) 10.30amEvery 1st to 4th Sunday St Joseph’s, Mt Beauty 8.30amEvery 5th Sunday St Joseph’s, Mt Beauty (Liturgy of The Word & Communion) 8.30am

Weekday Mass TimesMonday Sacred Heart Church Wodonga (Liturgy of The Word & Communion) 9.15amTuesday - Friday Sacred Heart Church Wodonga 9.15am

Reconciliation Times

Saturday Sacred Heart Church Wodonga 9.00am - 9.30amCountry Churches before Masses

YOUTH MASS Times

Every 4th Sunday Sacred Heart Church Wodonga 5.00pm

OTher news

Ash Wednesday 6 MarchParish Mass Time: Sacred Heart Wodonga - 9.15am and 6.00pmLiturgies: St Francis of Assisi Primary School - 9.00am St Monica’s Primary School - 12noon St Augustine’s Primary School - 12noon

Baptism Preparation EveningPreparation evenings are held on the first Tuesday of each month. Our next Preparation evening is on Tuesday 5 March at 7:00pm in the Parish Centre. Parents of children to be baptised are required to attend a Baptism Preparation Evening, as it is a pre-requisite in our Parish. Godparents are also welcome. For information or to register Contact: Sonni at The Parish Centre: 6024 3366 OR E: wodcath@bigpond.net.au.

Welcoming SundayWill be held Sunday 3 March after the 8.30 am and 10.30 am Masses and is being hosted by Our Sacramental Team. This is a good opportunity for you to find out more about our hosts for this month. Please join in welcoming new parishioners to our Parish Family or seek out an unknown parishioner. We will also Celebrate the Welcoming Mass for our Sacramental Candidates as they continue on their faith Journey.

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