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S t M a r y ’ s C o l l e g e A Journey of Truth

Issue 2, Monday 6 March 2017

S t M a r y ’ s C o l l e g e 253 Franklin Street

ADELAIDE SA 5000

T:8216 5700 F:8216 5730

W: www.stmaryscollege.catholic.edu.au E: [email protected]

From the Principal

Sister Marie Walsh OP

I attended the funeral of a Dominican Sister recently who was a previous Principal of the College and as I move into my own last weeks of principalship, I was acutely aware of the legacy we all hope to leave a place as we depart.

I wish to share with you extracts from the memorial presented in acknowledgement and appreciation of the work of Sister Marie Walsh OP (formerly known as Sr Mary Bernard) as Principal at St Mary's College, January 1969 - December 1978.

(This memory synopsis of Sr Marie Walsh’s leadership of St Mary’s College is the work of Sr Gabrielle Kelly OP)

A major turning point in the school's modern 'incarnation' was the decade of the 1970s. This was the decade of Sister Mary Bernard's (later Marie Walsh OP) tenure as Principal. During that period, the school was transformed from being a relatively small, unremarkable primary-secondary school and set on its modern trajectory to excellence.

The transformation of the school was in part enabled by the advent of government funding to independent schools but it was much more due to the vision, energy, skills and commitment of Sister Mary Bernard significantly developing the school in all aspects. Buildings and facilities were added, enrolments increased, curriculum and methodologies broadened and grounds improved. By the end of her time as principal, many could see that Sister Mary Bernard had lifted the profile of the school immeasurably, giving it new life and purpose as a complete academic secondary school for girls, strong in sports and noted for its communal spirit of loyalty.

The developments envisioned and enacted during Sister Mary Bernard's leadership of the school indicates that she may be rightly acknowledged as the founder of the modern St Mary's College.

Changing inner city demography and the educational landscape in general at that time raised questions about the future of St. Mary's. By the late I960s, there were discussions about whether the secondary school should continue or be phased out. Foreseeing the school's possibilities- and perhaps with not a little hope and faith - Sister Mary Bernard as Principal by 1969, together with the Prioress at the time, Sister Mary Matthew Keeley, and in consultation with the community, favoured the continuation of the whole school. Therefore, a decision to commit to a future for the College was boldly taken.

Without delay, plans were drawn up for a major new three storey building to include classrooms, administration offices, staff areas and other teaching spaces. By September 1969, the grounds were cleared to the south of the Convent (the Grote Street side), and building proceeded.

The blessing and opening of the Teresa Moore wing, as the new building was named, on 22 April 1970, marked the "dawn of a new era for St Mary's". But it was not long before a second substantial building program, of a rather unique kind, was underway. Space had always been at a premium in this inner city school, and with increasing enrolments, it now became critical.

These building expansions had become necessary due to the increase in enrolments (many more now coming from the western suburbs), which in turn were due to the introduction of a Matriculation class in 1970 and expanded curriculum offerings.

The St Mary's tradition of ensuring places for students from less well-off families was maintained, too, with the help of scholarships. It was well known that Sister Mary Bernard spent considerable time walking the city streets, seeking to enlist local businesses to help with scholarships, books and uniform costs. The net result of this growing draw to St Mary's College was a very significant increase in enrolments. Where secondary enrolments had been 205 in 1970, by the late 1970s they had more than doubled to 476, with a total school enrolment of close on 600.

A serious lack in the school was the absence of a library. To wait until Commonwealth funding was available was not an option, so a beginning was made with a small storage space on the ground floor. Minimally furnished with a small table, some chairs and a couple of small book shelves, it very soon boasted a set of Encyclopedia Britannica - which Sister Mary Bernard purchased second hand for a $100 from a stall at the Central Market. Staff gathered other reference books, and within a short time, the precious world of books was being opened up to students.

While these developments were significantly aided by the additional funds flowing to the school after its government classification in the 'most needy' category, they were as much the fruit of the school's philosophy. Sister Mary Bernard sought to develop a student-teacher-centred approach in both the curriculum and in the management of classroom learning, encouraging group work among students and team work among teachers.

A universally noted characteristic of St Mary's College in this era was the spirit and quality of staff. Sister Mary Bernard was recognised as one who had a particular gift for seeking out and hiring creative teachers. She consistently fostered a culture of professionalism and continuous improvement, and her ability to identify talent in staff, and the strong emphasis on team work harnessed their best gifts. All of this gave rise to what people remember as a genuinely committed community of educators, moreover a faith community, who took reflective practice seriously.

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St Mary’s College, Issue 2, Monday 6 March 2017

Eileen Young

Principal

From the Principal: Continued

The above-mentioned characteristics almost certainly lay behind the College's reputation among some at the School of Education within Adelaide University as one of the 'best' schools for sending young trainees to do their Practice Teaching. These young people went into classrooms at St Mary's College only after discussion between University personnel and St Mary's staff had worked out programs carefully tailored to the needs of teacher students.

Those who knew the school in the 1970s remarked on the air of vibrancy and excitement about the place, generated in no small measure by Sister Mary Bernard's 'passionate' and enthusiastic commitment to optimizing the possibilities of the school for the benefit of pupils. She was, as one person put it, a 'can-do' principal.

There is no doubt that what has unfolded at St Mary's College in the following decades could hardly have happened without the significant changes and transformations effected by Sister Mary Bernard Walsh in the decade of the 1970s. The present day excellence of the College stands as a testament to this, as to all who went before since the beginnings in 1869.

Opening Mass 2017—Principal’s address The image of our 2017 theme banner is foremost in my mind as I speak to you this morning.

We considered different images of the banner as the old scholar artist developed our idea for us in graphic form. We debated about it but felt strongly about the figure in it being clearly a young girl, and at the end a girl in our uniform.

I don't think there has been a College theme banner that so clearly speaks to me about you ...each of you as individuals.

Throughout the year I want you to repeatedly look at that banner and identify yourself in it.

Look at it and perceive the courage of the girl lifting the veil on her life and seeking to see clearly, who loves her, where is she heading, what does she need to know and discover, what hopes and directions does she seek to find behind that screen?

100 years ago, in 1917 the SMC school girl lifting the banner on her world would have been looking into a scary place.

Halfway through WW1 with fathers and brothers away at war...perhaps...workers in Russia were rioting against the rulers and the Russian Revolution was beginning.

If with all the Donald Trump mayhem and overload we’ve been subjected to of late you feel you are lifting the screen on a confusing and conflict ridden world – the theme and banner invites you to look deeper and ... and unite together in heart and mind as we seek the common good.

Your school community is one of those places … where we can explore these difficult questions together, and to find our voice and stand up for the truth as St Mary’s College.

There are hundreds of you in this church today who were refugees yourself or the children or grandchildren of refugees or migrants. There are young women wearing hijabs sitting among us – symbols of our unity of spirit and desire - and ability to walk to and fro between different worlds and beliefs.

The Opening Mass opens us up to the year ahead – may we go further than that and be open to this invitation to walk through into a deeper consciousness and relationship with our St Mary’s 2017 reality.

Junior School Mini Marys

Mini Marys have embraced our college theme: A Journey of Truth this year beginning with Mandalas in the Chapel.

Every alternate Tuesday whilst listening to gentle music and a Gospel story, girls are invited to create a personal mandala.

A sense of calm and reverence surrounded us during this half hour at lunch. The girls described this time as “peaceful”, “calm”, “quiet”, “nice”, and above all, asked “can we do this tomorrow?”

These sentiments echo most clearly the guiding words of our founding sisters that we are on a “journey of truth, beauty and goodness”.

Anne Soldan Junior School Coordinator Dominican Faith Formation


From the Deputy Principal: Curriculum

At this stage of the term students will have recently been completing, or will be about to complete, a variety of assessment tasks across different subjects in various forms. At St Mary’s College, we assess students in different ways and use assessment to feedback, feedforward, plan for future change, as well as to formally assess students against year level Achievement (R-10) or Performance Standards (11-12) on an A-E scale (A+-E- for Stage 2).

To provide for student achievement, St Mary’s College has one policy on Learning: St Mary's Students are challenged and supported to achieve their personal best. To support this policy of students achieving their best, we are continuing to develop statements and procedures that help to depth this statement. Specifically for Middle and Senior School students, we have developed a statement around work completion and submission, which states that in order for students to achieve their personal best, they must be both challenged and supported to complete work submitted. Put more succinctly, the consequence for not doing work is doing work. As an educational community, we have then put some procedures around enabling students to complete work to the best of their ability.

I have summarised these procedures below with some explanatory comments:

I have enjoyed discussing these procedures with students across the Middle and Senior School to ensure they are involved in this process. A key element of these procedures is recognising that both teachers and students have responsibilities here. These are detailed below:

Specific Student Roles & Responsibilities In developing personal responsibility, students have the responsibility to:

Be aware of due dates for tasks (Seqta as the Learning Management System- LMS) can assist here.

Know where to access vital support materials for a respective task (eg. task sheet).

Complete what they can of the work to the best of their ability in the timelines set.

Ask for help in a timely manner, and actively take on board suggestions and advice, from the specific subject teacher.

Help could be sought via discussion, email, SEQTA direct message, throughout the drafting and feedback processes, phone call, or more.

Contact a teacher if struggling with work completion for a specific task.

Access, fill out and submit the form at least three school days before a task is due if necessary.

Students retain the responsibility of communicating with, and receiving a reply from, their subject teacher before formal approval of an extension is

granted.

Extensions are granted at the discretion of subject teachers; teachers reserve the right to deny extensions if they are requested due to poor time

management.

Complete all assignments that have been set.

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Policy and Learning Statement reflect purpose and

reason for procedures

Students are both challenged and supported to work

with their teachers to rectify the situation of work non-

completion during the first three steps where the focus

is on the positive and honest working relationship be-

tween teachers and students; families are kept in-

formed throughout the process and can be involved at

any level they wish.

E grade is reflective of minimal evidence of learning;

parents, teacher and student will work together to as-

certain the root of the concern; Deputy Principals will

also become involved in the process.


Deputy Principal: Curriculum (continued) Specific Teacher Roles Teachers will challenge and support students through:

Providing access to all necessary support materials as detailed

above.

Responding to emails/direct messages about work completion in a

timely manner.

Setting and communicating clear and transparent guidelines for final

completion of tasks.

Helping to plan (and develop with students skills in planning)

completion of chunks of assessment tasks/deadlines/regular checkpoints along the way.

Adequately spacing out due dates for assessment tasks over the

learning period (Year or Semester).

Adhering to set due dates for class assessment tasks without granting

a mass extension on the due date of an assessment task (whole class extensions may be granted at teacher discretion prior to the due date).

Following non-punitive, logical consequences to enable work to be

completed.

In keeping with the restorative framework in which our school operates, the language used throughout these procedures and processes is vital. You would hopefully see a repetition of terms such as challenge, support, logical consequences, access, communicate, responsibility (and more) with the main aim of enabling student work to be completed (and submitted) to the best of their ability.

I would invite you to read these through carefully and engage in a conversation with your daughters about these procedures, especially if they are in Years 8-12. They have had a chance to work through them with me (I will work with Year 7s soon).

Please feel free to contact me via email with any questions: [email protected].

Corey Tavella Deputy Principal: Curriculum

From Thursday 9 to Saturday 11 February the annual Music [In House] Camp was held on campus, with over 100 girls from Yr 7-12 taking part.

The Music Camp allowed girls in various choirs and ensembles to rehearse a range of repertoire in preparation for performances during the year. In particular, preparations for ‘Generations in Jazz’ competition held each year in Mt Gambier for Stage Bands and Vocal Jazz Ensembles. Despite the heat over the weekend, the girls worked extremely hard creating what was a successful few days.

On Friday night, students enjoyed a pizza dinner, games night with Old Scholars and a sleepover in and around the CPA. Students woke to a cook up breakfast provided by Mr Napoli, Mr Deslandes and Mrs Thursby.

The weekend concluded with a mini concert to parents and friends showcasing the repertoire the girls had been preparing.

Music Camp was a great start to what will certainly be a busy year for the Music Department. A big thank you to the Old Scholars and staff that helped create a fantastic few days! Kyra Zoina Student Coordinator of Music

Are you a keen or aspiring writer? Looking for a friendly spot to develop your skills? If so, then we’ve got the group for you! If you’ve got a hankering to add a little creative flair to that English essay, or some extra pizazz to your recreational writing, then get along to Writer’s INK on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this year! We meet in the Susan Sullivan Library from 3.30 to 4.30 pm.

Our club takes part in a variety of different activities, such as outings to Adelaide Festival Writer’s Week, the Central Markets and street-walks to

take in the splendour of Adelaide’s many eclectic artworks. If these events sound like something that might scratch your creative itch, then be sure to check the notices for the date of our next session time!

Ellen Martin and the Writer’s INK team

Thursday 9 March from 8.00 am ….

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY BREAKFAST Coffee Vans, Gingerbread Women, Muffins and Juice #BEBOLDFORCHANGE

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From the Deputy Principal: Student Wellbeing

Photographing/Videoing Students at School Events We ask that no photos or video footage are taken during Music and Drama performances or at sporting events, for student safety and privacy issues. A number of parents/guardians request each year that their child is not filmed or photographed in any way, and we need to respect their wishes. In this era of social media, we are unsure about where the photos/video footage will end up and how it will be used. Any photos must only be of your own child. In terms of such whole school events as Sports Day, where it is very hard to take photos of your daughter without including other students in the photo (such as when they’re competing in an event), we ask that you don’t post the photo(s) on social media. During Junior School events such as Liturgies, Music mornings, assemblies, etc, once again we remind you that if you wish to take photos, to please only take photos or video footage of your child and not of groups of children, and not to post it on social media. We thank you for respecting this request. The extract from the St Mary’s College Parent Cyber safety Guidelines below relates to and supports our request outlined above: St Mary’s College provides policy, guidelines and education for staff, students and parents/caregivers in relation to what is deemed acceptable and appropriate online behaviours. This includes the following:

The school name, motto, crest, logo and/or uniform must not be used

in any way which would result in a negative impact for the school community.

Staff, students and parents/caregivers must not post photos of either

themselves and/or other students which clearly identity them as a member of the St Mary’s College school community, nor post photos taken during any school sanctioned activity. This includes off campus events such as Sports days, camps/trips away, sporting events, etc.

Students and/or parents must not take photographs or otherwise

record members of the school community (other than themselves or their own child) whether intentionally or inadvertently and/or post to the Internet, publish or share without the written permission of the person photographed.

No member of the school community will establish or maintain a social

networking site which uses the school name, crest, logo or any other name by which the school and its community may be known without the express permission of the Principal or their delegate. This includes class, subject or activity based Facebook pages.

Members of the school community also have a responsibility to ensure

that all online communications are in keeping with the College’s expectations in relation to appropriate and respectful interactions with teaching and non-teaching staff.

Students will not post inappropriate comments about individual staff

members which if said in person would result in follow up action being taken.

Uniform Matters I have been in contact with Hambours, our Uniform suppliers, in regards to:

School jumpers – for those who are waiting on their order, they will

be in this week.

Junior School PE shorts – The supplier, who is based in China,

went out of business, hence the delay. Hambours is sourcing another supplier. They anticipate it will be another two - three weeks before they are available. In the meantime, if your daughter has outgrown her current PE shorts she can wear a pair of dark blue shorts instead for her PE lessons until the new sizes arrive.

Hambours have offered their sincerest apologies for the delay in the jumpers, and especially in the PE shorts for the Junior School. They are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances to find a way around the problem.

Lorna Starrs Deputy Principal: Student Wellbeing

Year 12 SRC Planning Day

On Saturday 25 February, the Year 12 SRCs went to the Adelaide City Library for our SRC planning day. The day consisted of learning about the types of leaders each individual leader is and how we can use our skills to our advantage.

Our first challenge was to be able to organise ourselves lunch within a budget and short amount of time. This was to test how good our communication and planning skills were, and to also gain an insight into how we will work together this year. We were successful in organising ourselves very quickly and worked well together as a team.

For the rest of the afternoon, we began to plan the year ahead and all the events that will take place. We have some very exciting and big things planned for this year and are all very enthusiastic for the year ahead! The day was very successful and a lot of fun learning about ourselves and each other’s leadership styles.

We cannot wait to work together as your Year 12 SRC leaders for 2017!

Maria Labbozzetta

Year 12 SRC


We Begin Our Lenten Journey

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40 day journey to the most important time in the Church’s calendar – Easter. On Ash Wednesday, and throughout this Lenten season, we remember our humanness, our weakness, our mortality.

Praying, fasting and giving to others strengthens us spiritually. During the next 40 days, we commit ourselves to the following actions, so that we can be one with others, empty ourselves of things that are not necessary and make room for our God:

Praying: You might like to take some time out to be still, and become more

aware of God’s presence within, surrounding us, and in all of creation.

Fasting: One Catholic Lenten reflection highlighted that if we choose to

give up something, it should be for the benefit of someone less fortunate.

Our God is not interested in making us suffer, not interested in us depriving

ourselves. What might you like to go without or give up, as a reminder of

how Jesus gave up his life to show his deep love for us?

Giving to others: How can we bring the love of Jesus into the lives of

others, especially people beyond our own friendship group?

The ashes we received on Ash Wednesday are a symbol of our own humanity, calling us to turn away from selfishness to the love of God and the love of one’s neighbour, which is at the heart of this year’s Caritas Australia Project Compassion appeal.

During Lent we think of ways to show kindness to others. This is about undergoing ‘a conversion of heart’ meaning that we can open our hearts to a new approach. Our school theme this year ‘A Journey of Truth’ highlights that there is no one way to do this. We can always find new truths on our journey. Lent is about finding our own personal journey of truth.

Mr Rob Napoli: Assistant Principal Religious

Identity and Mission

Sophie Dignan: Preaching Ministry Captain

Ash Wednesday in the Junior School The Junior School classes joined together with families to mark the beginning of Lent. With prayerful song and readings the girls reverently

began the journey that leads us to Easter. It was a time that asked us to change our hearts and minds so that we can travel with the truth of our God that will set us free to care for our neighbour, whoever they may be. Anne Soldan

JS Coordinator Prayer and Liturgy

Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion calls on everybody to “Love Your Neighbour” in 2017.

This year Project Compassion demonstrates how love for our neighbours can transform lives by empowering individuals and communities in five countries around the world.

The education resources that complement these stories will bring this theme to life at St Mary’s College, and enable our community to love their neighbour as themselves this Lent.

The image shows this year’s focus countries – you will hear more about these during the next six weeks.

Mr Rob Napoli

Assistant Principal Religious Identity and Mission


On Wednesday 22 February, the Ecommit team, Mini Marys and Year 4-6 SRCs were all able to participate in a hands-on bin audit.

The bin materials audit was run by the ‘Wipe out Waste’ group, a South Australian based branch of KESAB, which offers the programme across the state. Jo, Wendy and Ali arrived early to help us sort, count and weigh all the waste that had been collected at St Mary’s in a 24 hour period.

“After seeing all this packaging, we really need to do nude food again!” Emily (Yr 4)

Throughout the day, we found that 561 litres of waste and resources on average were being produced and taken to landfill from our College. Here are the cold, hard facts for all of us at St Mary’s College:

only 17 litres actually needs to be taken to landfill

the other 544 litres of waste can be recycled, reused and

reduced

we could reduce our waste by at least 97%

“This is just unbelievable - 28 perfectly good toilet rolls that I could have used for making things.” Kiara (Yr 4)

The day was eye opening and provided us all with a deeper and greater understanding into the waste and resource production at St Mary’s College. The KESAB team were able to provide us with an in depth analysis and results, which through Ecommit, Mini Marys, Year 4-6 SRC and us as a community, can help St Mary’s improve our ‘thinking’ around waste production. KESAB will collate and forward the results of our audit. Then we will start the next phase – creatively thinking of ways to reduce our waste stream. So, If you have a passion for the environment and would love to share your ideas on these matters, then... Feel free to come down to B22 every second Thursday for our annual Ecommit meetings!

Maddy Healey

Year 11


Year 8 Camp

The Year 8 students headed off to their Victor Harbor camp last week. Day one was filled with Surf and Sun activities, where students had a choice of surfing, kayaking, bike riding or raft building. The girls had a lot of fun in all of these activities and enjoyed learning a new skill. The beautiful surrounds of Middleton and Encounter Bay added to the enjoyment of the day. The second day saw the arrival of the Big Sisters and despite a little rain, the students enjoyed the traditional sand castle competition and engaged in many team building and getting to know you activities. Once again, the Big Sisters provided a fun and action filled day. On the final day, students competed in care groups in the Minute to Win It Cup Challenge and then finished the day getting to know girls in

other care groups in various games and activities. The aim of the camp is for students to get to know each other and judging by the laughter and the chatter over the three days, I think it is safe to say, it was a most successful camp! Renee Irvine Director of Middle School


Maths & English Help

Maths & English Help is now up and running. This is a fantastic opportunity that students have to receive assistance with their literacy and numeracy. Students are invited to bring friends as a form of peer support and gain help with homework and classwork. For those students who are struggling, or having difficulties completing homework, this can be an excellent way to get ahead.

At lunchtimes on Mondays and Tuesdays, there are at least 5 teaching staff available to help one-on-one. On Wednesday afternoons, the Library is staffed with teachers to help students who wish to stay after school. Students can get help with all Maths topics up to Year 12. The English staff assist students in developing self-drafting techniques, empowering them to edit their own work as well as essay structure, spelling and grammar.

Does your daughter need additional help? Ask her if she knows about Maths & English Help. Taking a proactive approach to seeking assistance develops academic responsibility and remind her that she can always bring her friends!

Maths & English Help is in K11 during lunchtime on Monday and Tuesday, and in the Library after school on Wednesday.

Year 11 English Excursion

On Friday 17 February, Ms Parasiers’ English class went on an excursion to the Central Markets. We ate at Zuma Café where we analysed their delicious offerings. This was done so that we could create a descriptive writing piece on the atmosphere around us, as well as the food we were eating. It allowed us to experience the pumping atmosphere of a busy city café, where we took in the sights and sounds around us. We were all thankful for the sweet smell of coffee (after our early morning start) and the delectable menu items which quelled our grumbling stomachs. The mountains of affordable food were thoroughly enjoyed by all, as was that bright, eclectic vibe.

It was a wonderful way to spend a Friday morning which allowed us to get to know our peers outside of the school, building connections in our class and with the wider community. We look forward to writing our own blogs, reviews and descriptive texts which will bring to life our experience.

The Year 11 English Essentials class

On 13 February this year, students and staff from St Mary’s College and Cabra College along with 1,200 people from the public, attended the Annual Anniversary of the Apology breakfast, which was held by

Reconciliation SA to honour the Survivors of the Stolen Generations.

The breakfast consisted of various speakers sharing their experiences, and an open discussion featuring Aunty Wilma Moran and Uncle Richard Campbell, sharing their response to the footage of the SBS

series ‘First Contact’.

More than six out of ten people who call Australia home have had little or no contact with Aboriginal people. The disconnect between the ‘First Australians’ and the rest of the nation is vast. ‘First Contact’ shines a light on this deep divide by taking a group of six non-Indigenous people, from different walks of life and with strong and varied opinions, and immersing them into Aboriginal Australia for the first time, revealing Aboriginal Australia in all its beauty, hope, culture, history, tradition and

tragedy.

The breakfast allowed St Mary’s College and Cabra attendees, along with all other attendees, to gain a deeper understanding of the Stolen Generations. The knowledge and insight gained is something we can

carry into the future, with increased understanding and empathy.

Annabelle Witkowski

College Captain

SMC students with Brenda Rogerson and her daughter Amy. Brenda is part of the Stolen Generation and shares her story with our Yr 10s every year on Social Justice Day.


Canteen Notice

The Canteen is now accepting EFTPOS

B Part of It: Meningococcal B Vaccination Program

South Australia has had the highest rate of meningococcal disease in Australia since 2012, with adolescents predominantly represented in new cases. While only 25-30 cases are reported each year, the deadly nature of the disease and rising numbers of infection have led to a new vaccination program being run by the Government of South Australia.

St Mary’s College is proud to be a part of this government initiative, which is providing the Meningococcal B vaccine free to Year 10, 11 and 12 students. This program aims to vaccinate a majority of the 60,000 school students eligible. This vaccine, which is normally over $300 to administer, is being provided free of charge as a part of a study to document whether a herd immunity effect occurs (that immunisation prevents transmission to others), in addition to the individual protection offered. This is similar to a previous program rolled out in 2003, which virtually eradicated cases of Meningococcal C. This vaccine is safe and licensed in Australia, Europe and America with more than 10 million doses having been administered worldwide.

For more information, please visit the program website at www.bpartofit.com.au.

Jasmin Parasiers Year 10 Coordinator

http://www.bpartofit.com.au


March

13 Public Holiday

16-17 Year 11 Retreat (Encounters Centre)

20 R-12 Sports Day (SANTOS Stadium

21 Catholic Schools’ Secondary Athletics Carnival

Year 8 Vaccinations

22 Year 8 Parent Twilight Gathering from 6.30 pm

25 Year 11/12 Formal (Saturday)

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

St Mary’s College Absentee Phone Line : 8216 5716

Please telephone before 9.30 am if your daughter is absent

St Mary’s College Uniform Shop : 8216 5719

Opening times - Monday 8.00 am - 11.00 am Wednesday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm Thursday 8.00 am - 11.00 am

St Mary’s College OSHC : 8216 5743

The Chair of the St Mary’s College Board

Sue Kennedy-Branford

warmly invites parents and caregivers to a casual ‘Open House’ on Veritas Lawns

on Thursday 6 April between 6pm and 8pm to

Farewell Eileen Young

Please consider popping in for drinks and nibbles and an opportunity to acknowledge and farewell Eileen as she concludes her time as

Principal at St Mary’s at the end of Term 1.

Short formalities will take place at 7pm.

RSVP by 16 March via the following link: https://www.trybooking.com/OWIC

(As we anticipate many parents will want to attend this event, we ask that students do not attend.)

https://www.trybooking.com/OWIC

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