TERM 1 REPORTING
Teaching staff are currently in the process of entering data for the
interim reports due out next week. Whilst the nature of these
reports is essen ally the same as interim repor ng in 2014, there
are changes to the a ributes and ra ngs used on this year’s reports.
These changes were brought about following consulta on with
teachers which revealed that last year’s ra ng system did not
allow them to report correctly to parents, par cularly in regard to
progress being made by students during Term 1.
MARCH
Week 7 – A
19
Thursday
20
Friday
Week 8 – B
25
Wednesday
APRIL
Week 9 – A
2
Thursday
Year 8 Camp
Feast of St Joseph
Year 8 Camp
SATIS Swimming (Hobart Aquatic)
Easter Liturgy
TERM ONE CONCLUDES
On this term’s reports, once again there are two a ributes being
reported on. Last year’s “Working to Standard” report is now
replaced with a “Progress” report. The “Disposi on” report, i.e.
how a student is approaching their study in a subject, remains
the same as last year. The ra ngs for both categories have been
amended to the “Cause for Concern, Working towards Expecta on,
Mee ng Expecta on, or Exceeding Expecta on” that has been used
previously in end of semester reports.
Week 1 – B
20
Monday
20
Monday
24
Friday
Week 2 - A
30
Thursday
30
Thursday
MacKillop Cross Country Carnival
Eddie Rice Cup
As there is not sufficient me for teachers to formerly asses to the
Australian Curriculum standards, we have decided to decouple
the Progress Report from those standards and have asked subject
teachers to make a personal decision based on their classroom
observa ons together with whatever assessments may have
occurred during the term.
MAY
Week 3 - B
6
Wednesday
8
Friday
GYC Open Day - Year 10
Edmund Rice Mass
Week 4 - A
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
NAPLAN (Years 7 and 9)
NAPLAN (Years 7 and 9)
NAPLAN (Years 7 and 9)
The “Cause for Concern” ra ng in the Progress Report is invoked
by a teacher whenever a student is not mee ng or working
towards mee ng a teacher’s expecta on for progress within that
subject. That concern may be occasioned in a number of ways, but
specifically by a lack of a endance or persistent lack of effort in that
subject as required in order to make adequate progress. It is a flag
that a dialogue needs to be ini ated or maintained.
Please note that in rela on to a student’s progress this interim
report may vary significantly from the Semester 1 report scheduled
to be issued July 2, which is based around formal assessment to the
required standards.
The Term 1 Home Room report is also modified in the sense that,
at the request of the Wellbeing Team, we have included a report on
a endance at the Parent-Student-Teacher Goal Se ng Conferences
run earlier this term.
Dr John Snell
DIRECTOR OF LEARNING AND TEACHING
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TERM TWO COMMENCES
Winter Uniform
Year 7 2016 applications close
Week 5 - B
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
Indigenous Camp
Indigenous Camp
Indigenous Camp
Week 6 - A
26
Tuesday
28
Thursday
Year 10 to GYC Hobart
GYC Parent Information Evening (Hobart 7.30 pm)
JUNE
Week 7 - B
2
Tuesday
4
Thursday
GYC Parent Information Evening (Hobart 7.30 pm)
GYC Parent Information Evening (Hobart 7.30 pm)
Week 8 – A
8
Monday
10
Wednesday
Queen’s Birthday - Public Holiday
SSATIS Cross Country
Week 9 - B
17
Wednesday
GYC Pathways Expo (Glenorchy) - Year 10
Week 11 - B
30
Tuesday
All Schools’ Cross Country
JULY
3
Friday
3
Friday
GYC enrolment applications due
TERM TWO CONCLUDES
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VOLUME 23
PRINCIPAL
In 1999, Elie Wiesel was invited to contribute a speech to the
Millennium Lecture Series hosted by President Clinton and his wife.
Wiesel was a Holocaust vic m and amongst the 40 books he had
wri en was one tled “Night”, a harrowing story of his Holocaust
experiences; in 1986 he received the Nobel Peace Prize. The tle he
chose for his speech was “The Perils of Indifference”. It contained
this paragraph:
“Of course, indifference can be temp ng – more than that, seduc ve.
It is so much easier to look away from vic ms. It is so much easier to
avoid such rude interrup ons to our work, our dreams, our hopes.
It is, a er all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another
person’s pain and despair. For the person who is indifferent, his or
her neighbour is of no consequence; and, therefore, their lives are
meaningless. Their hidden or even visible anguish is of no interest.
Indifference reduces the other to an abstrac on.”
Two thousand years before Wiesel’s speech, Jesus told this story:
“There was a rich man, Dives, who was dressed in purple and fine
linen and who feasted sumptuously each day. And at his gate lay a
poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores who longed to sa sfy
his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table. …. The poor
man died and was carried by angels to be with Abraham. The rich
man died and was buried in Hades.” Luke 16:19-21.
This story of Lazarus and Dives discomforts us, as it has every
genera on since Jesus told it. Dives did not do anything to harm
Lazarus nor did he order him to be moved on. Dives did not hurt
Lazarus, the community had already done that; simply, the rich
man was completely indifferent to the beggar.
Mar n Luther King Junior made the following comment on Jesus’
story: “Dives did not go to hell because he was rich. Dives went
to hell because he passed by Lazarus every day and never really
saw him. He went to hell because he allowed Lazarus to become
invisible.” Jesus’ story tells us that indifference becomes immoral
when we ignore or neglect the sufferings of others when we are in
a posi on to help or eliminate the cause of the suffering.
It would seem that we need to be careful that we do not become
too comfortable in life. In Ma hew’s Gospel, Jesus told the story
of the “Master” who had to go abroad and gave each of his three
servants a sum of money to “look a er” while he was away. Upon
his return, two of his servants were rewarded for making his money
“ac ve” and so increasing it; the third servant was sacked because
he simply buried the money so it would be safe. Ma hew 25: 1430.
Having faith and looking a er ourselves is not enough. We are called
to be ac ve in our charity and compassion, to love one another, to
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take care of one another, to comfort one another. Jesus’ story of
Dives and Lazarus is encouraging us not to be indifferent to the
needs of others and not to turn our heads and pretend not to see.
“Jesus, we ask for courage to accept the message of Your story
and to start to make it acƟve in our lives this Lenten period.
Help us to lead our children to frequent acts of kindness and
compassion. Amen.”
BLESSING & OPENING
The new buildings, which include the
Kirby Building and Rice Resource Centre,
were officially blessed and opened
last week. Archbishop Julian Porteous
presided over the Blessing and the
new facili es were officially opened by
Senator David Bushby. On behalf of the
College I would like to extend my sincere
gra tude to all those involved in the
organisa on of the event, which include
Miss Sco and the College Choir and
musicians, Mr Lahey and the Year 10 Student Leaders, Mr Shaw,
Mrs Heawood and Hospitality students, Mrs Howard, Mr Chivers,
Mrs Pollard, Mr Hall, Mr Frogson and Mr Banks.
SOUTHERN SATIS SWIMMING CARNIVAL
Congratula ons to the swimming team that competed at the
Southern SATIS Swimming Carnival last week, especially the
Swimming Captains, Jacob Rugless and Chelsea Clark. Sincere
thanks to Mrs Geappen, Mrs Gardner and Miss Robinson for
their organisa on, coaching and support on the day. MacKillop
came second in the Junior Co-ed Shield.
The State SATIS Swimming Carnival will take place at the Hobart
Aqua cs Centre on Wednesday, March 25. Good luck to all the
students par cipa ng in this event.
YEAR 7, 2016
Applica ons for Year 7, 2016 enrolments close on Friday, April
24, 2015. All students seeking enrolment need to complete
applica ons by this date. Applica on forms are available from the
College Office or by downloading an applica on form from our
website – www.mackillop.tas.edu.au
YEAR 8 CAMP
This week, Year 8 students and staff are on camp at Fortescue
Bay. Students undertake a variety of ac vi es including surfing,
abseiling, kayaking and mountain biking. A great deal of effort
goes into the prepara on of the experience and I am sure all
students will enjoy and benefit from the opportunity. I would like
to extend my thanks to all camp staff for their energy, organisa on
and commitment to the Year 8 students for this event. Prayers for
good weather would, I am sure, be most appreciated.
Celebrating 21 years of inspiring learning
CASH PAYMENTS TO THE OFFICE
Payments to the College can be made in a variety of ways including
cash, credit card, direct debit, BPAY, Electronic Funds Transfer,
bank deposit, cheque, Centrepay or our new Qkr by Mastercard
smartphone applica on. If parents decide to send cash to school
with students please ensure that it is in a sealed envelope and clearly
mark the amount enclosed, what it is payment for and to which
student it relates.
OLD SCHOLAR NEWS
Last week Guilford Young College held their Ceremony of
Commenda on. A key part of the ceremony was the presenta on of
awards for performances in 2014. Congratula ons to the following
MacKillop old scholars on their outstanding achievement:
ExcepƟonal Commitment and ContribuƟon
to the Life of the College
Jonty Dalton
Top TerƟary Entrance Score
William Doyle
Ashley Gatehouse
Jonty Dalton
Subject Awards (TQA Level 3 and VET)
Psychology
Isabelle Brighella
Jonty Dalton
Ashley Gatehouse
Mathema cs Applied
Art Produc on
Computer Graphics & Design
Physics
Business Studies
Demi Clark
Jonty Dalton
Jonty Dalton
William Doyle
Ashley Gatehouse
Paige Mathewson
Health Studies
English Communica ons
English Literature
Studies of Religion
Accoun ng
Ashley Gatehouse
Rachel Hay
Rachel Hay
Rachel Hay
Paige Mathewson
Outstanding ContribuƟon to Community
Isabelle Brighella
Alexandra Ford
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
This week is a very busy week in the College for our Year 8 students
with retreats and their 3-day camp. With our retreat program being
gender based this year we have been able to provide a varied
metable for students on the day when they are at the College. Both
programs are of great value to our young people and build support
for our young adolescents; hence it is very important that all students
par cipate.
MEDICAL INFORMATION
Thank you to those parents who have given us very comprehensive
details on their child’s/ren’s medical condi ons. However, we are s ll
experiencing a couple of problems in regard to the right informa on
ge ng to the right sec on of the College. The communica on
between parents and teaching staff is great and a number of posi ve
discussions came out of the recent Parent-Teacher-Student Goal
Se ng Conferences, but please ensure that all medical informa on
is directed to our College through the Front Office or directly to the
following email address: [email protected]
UNIFORM
A er the term holidays all students need to return in full winter
uniform. Please start thinking about what items of clothing your
son or daughter may require so that you can avoid last minute me
delays in acquiring our winter uniform. The details of the College
winter uniform can be found on page 14 of the College Planner.
Please note that we do provide a so -shell jacket for students to wear
during the day at the College which gives extra warmth. This jacket
can be purchased as an addi on to the required uniform items.
Lost property is a constant problem in the College; please ensure
all items of clothing are named with your child’s full name to help
ensure lost property gets back to its righ ul owner.
Last call for any interested parents to join us in discussing possible
updates to the College uniform.
CHEWING GUM/GUARANA BASED DRINKS
I would also like to acknowledge and congratulate the following past
MacKillop students on their significant leadership posi ons at GYC:
Over the past weeks we have begun to see the re-emergence of both
chewing gum and guarana based drinks. As stated in the College
Planner on page 6, “students are discouraged from consuming
Guarana based products during the school day. Chewing gum, spray
deodorants, correc on fluid and any offensive or dangerous materials
should not be brought onto the campus”. I ask for parents’ support
in not purchasing and/or allowing students to bring these products
to the College.
Rachel Hay (Bosco House)
Andrew Gill (Tenison House)
Below is an excerpt detailing some of the health risks of consuming
guarana based drinks.
Outstanding ContribuƟon to the Faith Life of the College
Jonty Dalton
Outstanding ContribuƟon to the Arts
Jonty Dalton
Jack Bromfield (Guzman House)
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Congratula ons to Dharbi Wright (8 Green) on her selec on to
represent Tasmania in the 14 & Under Na onal Girls Water Polo
Championships to be held in NSW. All the best, Dharbi.
Congratula ons to Rueben Connor (8 Green) and Callum Nowacki
(8 Red) on their selec on to represent Tasmania in the 14 & Under
Na onal Boys Water Polo Championships to be held in Queensland.
All the best, Rueben and Callum.
Dr Sally Towns
EXTRA WITH THIS NEWSLETTER:
PRINCIPAL
• Sports News
experience, on the disposi on required to maintain successful
achievement when transi oning to senior secondary college.
However, it should be kept in balance with other important aspects
of life which contribute to the educa on of our students, including
family life, extra-curricular ac vi es, sport and social contact with
others.
Home study:
• develops and extends the core learning skills of inquiry and
independent study;
• serves to strengthen the partnership between home and school;
• provides parents and caregivers with insights as to what is being
taught at school;
• provides students with opportunity to maintain currency with
the materials within their metabled subjects, and
• assists students with acquiring personal responsibility,
perseverance, self-discipline and me management skills.
I strongly recommended to parents the full text of the policy which
can be found on the College website.
Mrs Sue Howard
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY
PALM SUNDAY PILGRIMAGE – SUNDAY 29TH
MARCH
Every member of our school community – students, staff, families
and friends - is encouraged to join with other school and parish
communi es from right around Tasmania for the sixth Palm Sunday
Pilgrimage event. Filled with energy, hope and faith, this is a
celebra on of World Youth Day 2015, Palm Sunday and all Catholic
schools, parishes and organisa ons. This massive celebra on
includes something for everyone: Pilgrimage Walk from Lindisfarne
to St. David’s Park (Hobart) for Fes vi es in the Park; free music,
dancing, giant slide, sumo suits and kids’ ac vi es; food and drink
available for sale; and a street procession to St. Mary’s Cathedral
for an inspiring celebra on of Palm Sunday Mass. This is a great
opportunity to unite as one Archdiocese and have loads of fun.
Please ensure you register. For more informa on and to register go
to: www.cymtas.org.au or contact Rachelle Smith: rachelle.smith@
aohtas.org.au or 0400 045 368.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK
We will be selling the Entertainment Book this year to help fundraise
for the Marobo community in Timor Leste. Details will be published
soon.
Mrs Linda Pollard
DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY
“Many energy drinks contain 70 to 80 mg of caffeine per 8-oz.
serving -- about three mes the concentra on in cola drinks….
Surveys suggest that up to half of the energy drinks on the market
are consumed by adolescents and young adults -- and reports in the
literature have linked the drinks to serious adverse effects in young
people, including seizures, diabetes, cardiac abnormali es, and
mood and behavioral disorders,” h p://www.medpagetoday.com/
Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/24856
HOME STUDY (HOMEWORK)
The College has made changes to its Home Study Policy. Research
has demonstrated that me dedicated to home study ac vi es
has a posi ve impact on a student’s achievement levels and, in our
BLESSING AND OPENING - KIRBY BUILDING
DEVELOPMENT AND RICE RESOURCE CENTRE
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT WELLBEING
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST BULLYING
AND VIOLENCE - FRIDAY, MARCH 20
This Friday, across Australia, is Na onal Day of Ac on Against
Bullying and Violence. MacKillop is a registered associa on College
of “Bullying. No Way!” – a government organisa on managed by
the Safe and Suppor ve School Communi es (SSSC) Working Group.
Although this event is highlighted na onally this Friday, its message
is echoed every day at MacKillop. An -bullying educa on is an
important part of our Personal Development Program for all year
groups. During Personal Development on Tuesday, our College
Captains addressed the whole school about the ongoing issue of
bullying, provided ps on what to do if being bullied or witnessing
bullying, and encouraged people to stamp it out. On Friday, students
will par cipate in an anonymous bullying survey which allows us to
collect data and follow up on informa on received.
The Bullying - No way! website: www.bullyingnoway.gov.au has
informa on and strategies for parents and students of all ages
about the Na onal Day of Ac on and how we can all help create a
suppor ve school environment free from bullying, harassment and
violence.
BULLY – THE CINEMATIC DOCUMENTARY
The Years 9s have commenced the viewing of the
character-driven documentary “Bully”. Filmed
over the course of two years, “Bully” opens the
window onto the pained and o en endangered
lives of bullied students. It documents the
responses of teachers, students and parents and
captures the growing movement amongst our
community to change how bullying is handled
in our society. I encourage parents of Year 9
students to start a conversa on with their
children about viewing the documentary.
SRC NOMINATION AND ELECTION PROCESS YEAR
7-9
Last Tuesday, Mrs Howard and I addressed all students in Year 7-9
to encourage them to consider being an SRC leader at MacKillop.
During Personal Development, students have had the opportunity
to nominate themselves or another member of their Home Room
to be considered for SRC. Nominated students will be required to
write and deliver a speech to their Home Room prior to the elec on.
Elec ons for all year groups will take place next Tuesday, March 24,
during Period 5. The Year 10 student leaders will be coaching and
mentoring students throughout this process. We aim to publish the
results of the SRC elec ons in our final Newsle er for Term One. We
wish all the candidates the very best.
Mr Nicholas Lahey
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT WELLBEING