TERM 3 WEEK 9
Friday 9 September 2016
KEEPING IN TOUCH
Week 10
FINAL WEEK TERM 3
Mon 12 Sept
Tues 13 Sept
TERM 4
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Monday 3 October
Term 4 commences
Tuesday 4 October
PUPIL FREE DAY
Monday 17 October

Cyber Safety & Assault talk (Yrs 5 & 6)
11.30am
Thurs 15 Sept

Netball Gala Day
Fri 16 Sept
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SFX Mission Fair
LAST DAY OF TERM 3
Wed 14 Sept
St Francis Xavier Mission Fair
When:
Time:
Friday 16th September, 2016
11.30 – 1.00pm (Students may go home and start their holidays early at the end of
the Mission Fair)
Place:
Undercover area at St. Francis Xavier School
Come along and enjoy the many different games.
All money goes towards the Missions.
Please see the attached flyer for a list of games and cost.
Mission Fair Raffle
$350 worth of Sporting
goods
$1 per ticket
Sold before school in the
undercover area and during
the Mission Fair on Friday.
People’s Choice Winner – Nina Hunter
Principal’s Choice Winner – Lela Howarth
Judge’s Choice Winner – Isabelle Bartolo
and the commitment they made to their teams. Well done In it to
Win it and Super Geeks, you have done extremely well and we
are proud of you.
Commended Awards
Nate Derbin
Addyson Moohin
Henry Hunter
Lexie Howarth
Zoe Kirkpatrick
Congratulations to all students who participated in this years Art
Competition. The standard this year was very high & the judges had a
difficult time selecting the winners. Well done to all!
Friday 9 September, 2016
On Sunday 28th August, some of our students took part in the OptiMINDS challenge at Holy Spirit College. It was a lovely and well
organized day with 71 teams from 24 different schools who competed
against each other in 3 different long term challenges (Language
Literature, Social Science and Science and Engineering). Different
divisions were available which ranged from Prep to Year 12. Students
also took part in a Spontaneous Challenge which were kept as a big
secret until the end of the day.
The Opti-MINDS challenge is an inclusive team challenge which
empowers participants to think, create and communicate. It instils a
proactive mindset of capability, responsibility, creativity & innovation
and unashamed excellence. It encourages participants to realise their
own capacity and responsibility to make the difference for themselves
and to come from an ‘If not, why not’ stance.
BACK: Eve Neilson, Ashton Sugars, Archie Stansbie,
Brock Watson, Caelan Robertson, Khiah Faulkner,
Chelsea Vermaak, Alivia Bugeja, Pidasha Lyiambian,
Sybrain Sevalla, Mitchell Hicks
MIDDLE: Amileah Wharrier, Jackson McPherson,
Anthony Leonard, Milly Mayfield, Charlotte Gray,
Mili Smith, Charlotte O’Brien, Angus Barns,
Rylee Anderson, Olivia Haresco
FRONT: Taya Neilson, Joey Brown, Grace Chen, Eva Gill,
Catherine Han, Claire Youman
“In it to Win it’ and ‘Super Geeks’ were the two teams who entered the
challenge. ‘In it to Win in” consisted of Charlotte Large, Ella Hoare,
Cathleen Jacob, Chelsea Vermeil and Annika Prasad. ‘Super Geeks’
consisted of Georgina Saarinen, Akashi Cant, Zara Cant, Nina Hunter,
Ely Pepping and Tessa Moore.
All teams were given six weeks to work on a given
challenge. Students had to use their own ideas and formulate a
script. They also had to create a performance, props and design their
own costumes. Students could only create their props and costumes
from a specific list, such as: plastic bags, foil, cardboard, etc. Both
teams did extremely well in their challenges
and ‘In it to Win it” received an Honours Award
and a Spirit of Optic-Minds Award for their
presentation and
performance.
I
commend both
teams on the effort
they have put into
their performances
BLAKE MULLER
MEGHAN MCCARTNEY
TUCKSHOP ROSTER
GROUP 1 ~ WEEK 10
Mon 12 Sept:
Tues 13 Sept:
Wed 14 Sept:
Thurs 15 Sept:
Fri 16 Sept:
Emma Schaefer, Angela Gibbs
Kylie Smith, Melissa Stansbie
Tracy Anderson, Grace Porter
Chelle Garz, Leah Smith
Julie Kay, Belinda Blackburn