Term 3, Week 10 | Friday 29 September, 2017PURPLE PATCHES INSIGHT UPDATE EDITION

The Beginners Concert Band

2017 SCHOOL CALENDAR

Term 4, Week 1Mon 16 Oct Term 4 Commences

Tues 17 Oct Junior Campus Liturgy

Wed 18 Oct JC Community Prayer – 9amCommunity Mass (SC) – Hurley

Thurs 19 Oct Speech & Awards Evening

Fri 20 Oct Junior Campus Assembly

Week 2Mon 23 Oct Board Meeting

Tues 24 Oct Junior Campus LiturgyRP Seminar Day

Wed 25 Oct JC Community Prayer – 9amCommunity Mass (SC) – MarksRowing Aux. MeetingYear 11 RP Seminar Day

Thurs 26 Oct Year 12 Liturgy and Farewell Assembly

Fri 27 Oct Whole School AssemblyLast Day for Year 12: Beach Breakfast – Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club

Sun 29 Oct Year 6 Canberra TripOld Collegians Lunch (1pm)

Week 3Mon 30 Oct Friends of Music

Year 6 Canberra Trip

Tues 31 Oct Junior Campus LiturgyYear 6 Canberra Trip

Wed 1 Nov All Saints Day JC Community Prayer – 9amCommunity Mass (SC) – O’BrienYear 6 Canberra Trip

Full Term Planner download: www.cbc.sa.edu.au

www.facebook.com/cbcadelaide

Free Parenting Workshop at Junior Campus

Tuesday 24 October 2017 5.30–7.30pmCreche Available

Nibbles and Refreshments Provided

Inclusive CommunityOur community is accepting and welcoming, fostering right relationships and committed to the common good.

Term 3 School Fee ReminderCBC has a policy of forwarding family accounts to Mercantile Credit Management (our debt collectors) when school fees are in arrears and/or a mutually acceptable payment arrangement is not in place with the College.

You are always welcome to discuss your financial situation with the Business Manager Mr Frank Scali. If you have any queries please contact the Finance Office on 8400 4207.

Ms Cate McGuire, Board Chair and Mr Noel Mifsud, Principal, invite expressions of interest for membership on the College Board.

• Board meetings are held on the third Monday of each month commencing at 5.30pm.

• The College Board is seeking professionals with educational or legal experience.

• Expression of Interest forms can be obtained by contacting Mrs Jennifer Dunncliff, Principal’s EA on 8400 4210.

• Expressions of interest close Friday 27 October 2017.

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Expressions of Interest for College Board

Christian Brothers College Newsletter214 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8400 4200 F 08 8400 4299

324 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8400 4222 F 08 8400 4220

178 East Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 P 08 8223 5469 F 08 8223 7803

enquiries@cbc.sa.edu.au www.cbc.sa.edu.au

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You are warmly invited to attend the Christian Brothers College Speech and Awards Ceremony, celebrating the achievements of CBC students and featuring awards, music performances and speeches

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, 98 Port Road, HindmarshThursday 19 October 2017, 6.15pm for 6.30pm start

Tickets (Free) from https://www.trybooking.com/SBPU by Friday 13 October 2017

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Holiday Revision Program for Term 3Week 1 (Beginning 6 October 2017)

Monday 2 October Tuesday 3 October Wednesday 4 October Thursday 5 October Friday 6 October

Labour Day

AccountingJ Absolon

9am – 11am, B201

General Maths 1J McPherson

9am – 12 noon, H201

EnglishS Mackay, 9am – 1pm

PsychologyS Meegan

10am – 11am, OB206

Art/DesignC Dolan

10am – 1pm, Art Room

Essential MathsJ Absolon

11am – 1pm, B201

Maths MethodsJ McPherson

9am – 12 noon

Research Project S Mason

9am – 12 noon, Library

Business & Enterprise

S Lucero, 9am – 1pm

Art/DesignC Dolan

10am – 1pm, Art Room

General Maths 2J McPherson

1pm – 4pm, H201

Research Project1pm – 4pm

Workplace PracticesS Clohesy

9am – 12 noonby appointment

EnglishS Mackay

9am – 1pm

Community StudiesS Clohesy

9am – 12 noonby appointment

Week 2 (Beginning 9 October 2017)

Monday 9 October Tuesday 10 October Wed 11 October Thursday 12 October Friday 13 October

IPPK Helps

9am – 1pm, Library

ILG ReligionL Zwolski

10.30am – 12 noon

EnglishS Mackay

9.30am – 11.30am

ChemistryM Lucas

10am – 1pm

ILG1.30pm – 4.30pm

ChemistryM Lucas

10am – 1pm

ILG1.30pm – 4.30pm

Research ProjectC Harris, 9am – 1pm

EnglishS Mackay

9.30am – 11.30am

NutritionL Dunstan

10am -12 noon, B102

ChemistryM lucas, 10am – 1pm

ElectronicsB Linke, 10am – 4pm, TTC

ILG1.30pm – 4.30pm

ElectronicsB Linke

10am – 4pm, TTC

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Five Apps for Beating Exam Stress

Exams – It’s a word that’ll get most people’s stomachs sinking and hearts fluttering. Exam anxiety can be really tough to tackle and it can affect anyone – from the most super-conscientious student to the last-minute crammer. While it’s a tough ask to eliminate exam stress completely, there are some apps that can help make it all a little more manageable.

1. My Study Life

There’s nothing worse than rocking up to class only to find that you totally forgot that an exam was scheduled. Well, maybe rocking up to class empty-handed on a day when you’re meant to be submitting an assignment comes close.

That’s where My Study Life comes in. The app is kind of like a digital diary, and it’s designed to help you keep on top of due dates and study schedules.

It’s totally free, and can be used to track deadlines: just input an assignment name and the date that it’s due, and the app will remind you as often as you like. Best of all, it can synch up across a whole bunch of devices – and is even accessible offline, so it won’t chew up all your data.

One user commented that she liked that ‘the amount of information regarding classes, locations, times, etc. is all at your fingertips and easy to use’.

2. ReachOut Breathe

You know that terrible, tight sensation you get in your chest whenever you start to feel anxious? It’s caused by stress affecting your breathing, creating exactly the kind of pain that the ReachOut Breathe app is designed to help you with.

The free app helps you to slow and maintain your breathing, while also measuring your heart rate. As a result, it’s not only good for exam time; it’s useful for dealing with stress in general.

‘[It has] a really simple, modern design,’ one user wrote about the app. ‘It’s easy to access the breathing/heart rate screens as soon as the app is opened, rather than having to navigate through a lot of screens!

3. HabitBull

One of the hardest things to do when preparing for exams is getting into a good study routine. It’s just so easy to get distracted by the internet, friends, your phone or games. After all, you’ve got stacks of time! No need to rush studying, is there? But before you know it, you’re cramming the night before a test rather than preparing for it weeks in advance.

Enter HabitBull. A motivational app, HabitBull allows you to track and input good habits, even giving you a score based on how well you’re

keeping up with routines. It’s great for noticing patterns in your behaviour, too: maybe there are specific days when you’re more alert than others, or maybe you tend to work better on the weekends rather than on school nights.

‘It offers young people control,’ one user wrote of the app. ‘I liked that the application is a gentle encouragement to uphold personal goals and good habits in your life.’

4. Recharge

When you’re studying hard for an exam, often the first thing to go out the window is your sleep cycle. You stay up late, you wake up early… And even if you’re not spending all night studying, you’re spending all night thinking about studying, which is just as disruptive.

Recharge can help with that. The app helps track your sleep schedule, gives you some activities to do in the morning to get the blood pumping, allows you to track your mood, and – maybe best of all – comes with a super-loud, super-effective wake-up alarm.

‘[I liked] the inability to turn the alarm off without getting out of bed,’ one user wrote. ‘It made it much harder to ignore the alarm!’

5. Pause

Mindfulness – an anxiety-calming skill that helps you monitor worried thoughts – is a hard thing to master. To do it well, you have to really concentrate on stuff we usually totally ignore, and it takes a fair bit of practice. But practising mindfulness doesn’t have to be boring. In fact, Pause, a free app, has been designed to turn mindfulness into a kind of game.

A bright, colourful app, Pause gets you to focus on small blobs as they fly across the screen while calming music plays. This might make it sound simple, but that’s because it’s meant to be. By getting you to focus on very basic shapes, Pause can increase your concentration, slow your breathing, and generally calm you down if you’re feeling stressed.

‘[It’s great for] chill out time, and may also help get people to sleep,’ wrote one user of the app.

https://au.reachout.com/articles/5-apps-for-beating-exam-stress

Reprinted with permission.

Ms Jane GaynorCounsellor

From the Wellbeing Team

Bookings essential. Please contact Renown Park Children’s Centre on 8346 4306 or email your details to: Briana.Green@sa.gov.au

This project is jointly funded by Centacare Catholic Family Services and the Department of Social Services, and delivered in partnership with the Renown Park Children’s Centre and Parks Children’s Centre.

A FREE workshop for Parents to encourage parenting practices that build competence, optimism and capability in Children

Venue, Date and Time: Tuesday 31st October, 2017

1pm – 3pm Renown Park Children’s Centre

11-17 Napier Street, RENOWN PARK

Creating Competent Children

This workshop will explore: 12 ways to deliver the gift of

competence Practical strategies to

promote resilience and persistence

Risky play – why children love it and need it

The ERCSA Volunteer Fundraising Team presents…

QUIZ NIGHT

Join the Edmund Rice Camps SA Community as they host a fun filled night on Saturday October the 14th. Join us for an evening

filled with trivia, games, silent auctions, food and great company.

Where: St Pauls College, 792 Grand Jct Rd, Gilles Plains When: 6:30pm- 10:30pm on Saturday 14th of October

Cost: $20pp, all profits going to 2018 Summer Camps

Tickets can be purchased at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ercsa-quiz-night-2017-tickets-

35163382624

Marcellina Pizza will be available for pre-order, with 20% of all sales being generously donated to ERCSA. Cheese platters will also be

available to purchase with your ticket online, or on the night.

Please note, due to our Liquor Licensing, this is a strictly NO BYO alcohol event. Beer and Wine will be

available to purchase.

U13 Boys Lacrosse Grand FinalCongratulations to Cody S (Year 8) and Ryan H (Year 7) who were victorious last Saturday playing for Woodville Warriors in the U13 Boys Lacrosse Grand Final. Their team defeated North Adelaide 20 – 7 and concluded a fantastic season as undefeated Minor Premiers for 2017. On Sunday, Ryan also received an award for Most Improved Player in U13’s in his first season playing lacrosse. Well done boys!

CBC RowingOpening of the Rowing Season

Social Event6pm – 8pm, Saturday 14 October 2017

CBC West Lakes Boat ShedDotterel Drive, Semaphore Park

Meet the CBC rowing community including coaches, rowers and parents. Find out about the upcoming rowing season and enjoy some

great food and drinks.

For further details, contact Mr Ji Allen (Ji.Allen@chrobinson.com)