issue 16 - calling - (16 may 2011)

Dear Members of the St Patrick’s Family, The last couple of weeks have certainly been very full weeks with Year 7 and 9 Camps and Retreats. Whilst these activities are an impost on the normal operation of the College they also provide an important opportunity for the students to experience a holistic education. My thanks to the staff who have been involved in these various activities. Without your support these activities would not be possible. This week also sees the staging of the St Patrick’s College- St John Fisher Musical—’The Wedding Singer’. The staff and students from both Colleges have worked very hard throughout this year to ensure that a quality show is produced. Performances are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. There are some tickets still available and maybe purchased from the College library on 3631 9000. Last week I spent a few days in Melbourne with the other Edmund Rice Education Australia Principals from across Australia. These events are always rewarding as it provides an opportunity to share ideas and importantly compare what is happening across all the Colleges. The theme of the Conference was ‘There is a time for change… leading whom or what to where and how and why? I left Melbourne confident that what is happening at St Patrick’s College is consistent to what is expected in an Edmund Rice school and importantly that we are well placed to accommodate any changes that are ahead. In last week’s newspaper I read the tragic story of the death of a young man as a result of him participating in the latest trend of ’PLANKING’. Frank Torrisi spoke to the students at Assembly about the danger of such risky behaviour. He also reiterated that the College does not accept students posting such events on social networking sites such as Facebook. Some students have failed to heed these directions and as a result action against those students has occurred. I ask parents to assist the College by reinforcing the message about the dangers of participating in ‘high risk behaviours’ and the consequences of posting such events on facebook. I ask for your support on this issue. Next week two significant events take place. On Wednesday the CIC Cross Country Championships will be held and on Thursday the College will have its Grandparents Liturgy. I wish all of our CIC runners the very best. You have trained well and be confident in your ability. I also extend an invitation to all grandparents to attend the Liturgy on Thursday. It will be held in the Callan Centre and will begin at 9am. All grandparents are welcome to this special liturgy. I hope everyone has a great week and I will see you at the musical. Thank you for your support. God Bless

Dr Michael Carroll College Principal

26 May 2011 No. 16

I was able to attend the Year 9 camp last week for three days. It was in such a beautiful part of our state, along the Noosa River in the Cooloola National Park. It is designed to be a very challenging three days, to extend the boys and to put them out of their comfort zone. Young men need challenges to help them grow. I was thrilled to see young men in my group struggle through the first day to then bounce back the second day and face the new challenge with a smile on their face and an eagerness to have a go. Hiking over 15 kms with a pack of over 20 kgs can wear down many a Year 9 boy. Being tired and a bit sore after a day like that would be normal but being able to front up for more of the same physical activity is challenging. Resilience – the ability to bounce back – is a essential skill we need to develop in our young men. If we give our students/sons the choice, often they may decide to take the ‘soft option’ which is in the end no use to anyone. At school, at home and in life generally I believe we need to keep challenging our young men. Today’s society can at times promote the softer options. It is our duty to create opportunities to place the boys out of their comfort zone for their own personal growth. The Leadership Formation Opportunities offered to our Year 11 students provides a range of programs that certainly will place the successful students out of their comfort zone. We have been interviewing this week to select students to participate in the Leadership Formation Opportunities to East Timor, India, USA and Canada. It was pleasing to have over 50 Year 11 students put in the time and effort to submit an application. The qualities of our young men certainly stand out when you sit them down and ask probing questions. I would like to congratulate all the Year 11 students who applied for one of the opportunities and wish all the successful students all the very best for their experiences later in the year.

COLLEGE DEAN

David Gardiner

STUDENTS

Chris Campbell

At present our Heads of Curriculum are finalising strategic planning documents for this year as well as the coming years. These strategic plans are focusing on a number of areas including the develop-ment of programs which incorporate Years 5—12, the further application of technology as a teaching tool and the development of higher order thinking skills into Unit and lesson design. The term “higher order thinking skills” is used regularly in education, so much so that the identification of what these actu-ally are, can be lost. In order to design an effective curriculum, however, units of work and lessons constructed from these units must incorporate these skills. Where does this come from and what skills are we talking about when we refer to higher order thinking? An excellent source in addressing these queries is the work of Benjamin Bloom, who created Bloom’s Taxonomy. As a means of classi-fying learning objectives within an edu-cational content! Bloom categorises six types of thinking, which increase in difficulty. The first three provide “foundational thinking skills”. The second three provide “higher order thinking”. Hence the first three stages include:

1. Remembering, which is the easiest level requiring us to merely recall information.

2. Understanding, where we explain ideas or concepts.

3. Applying, which refers to students using information in other familiar situations.

In terms of balance, it is logical and de-sirable for educational programs to in-corporate this level of thinking as the category leading of “foundational skills” suggests they are vital for providing a basis for the other more complex ways of thinking. The danger for school Curriculum is if it only develop skills to this level. Nevertheless the temptation to do so can be great. Most students can master the skills inherent in these three areas. They will achieve good results but they have done so in a context where the level of difficulty is not overly challenging. Mov-ing to the three higher levels can be frus-trating activities designed in these areas will be more complex student achieve-ment may not be as high and boys may take longer to grasp concepts. These categories include: 4. Analysing, which requires students to break information into parts in order to explore understandings and relationships 5. Evaluating, where boys must justify a decision or course of action 6. Creating, which involves generating

new ideas, or ways of viewing things. It is important that we persevere at this higher level if students are to handle the requirements of the QSA’s Common Curriculum Elements which are used to design both school based and external testing, such as NAPLAN or the QCS test. Some of the 60 CCE’s which the boys must become proficient in are Interpreting the meaning of tables, diagrams, maps and graphs. Structuring /organising extended written test. Developing a viewpoint or conclusions after logically considering a given set of assumptions. Sometimes it can be time consuming and frustrating having to complete complex and involved tasks but the best advice is to persevere with it. The skills which are being developed are essential and will serve the students well throughout his school life.

O n Tuesday we celebrated the Patron of Australia, Our Lady,

Help of Christians. This title was chosen at the first Bishops' Synod in 1844 and reiterated at the Bishops' Conference in 2001 and again pledged at World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney. We are indeed blessed to have such a good Patron. As Australians let us all be sure to say this short aspiration/prayer every day: Our Lady, Help of Christians, pray for me and mine. Let us, each one, entrust ourselves, our families, our College, and our nation to Our Lady Help of Christians that She may continually and continuously help us in our daily lives.

Our Lady Help of Christians is the title under which Australia honors its Patron.

The Napoleonic wars were ended in 1815. The Pope, Pius VII, had suffered imprisonment, 1809-1814, at the hand of Napoleon. Upon his release from prison and his triumphant return to Rome, the eternal city, Pope Pius VII set about initiating a feast day in honor of the Salesian Patron, Our Lady Help of Christians to be held on the memorial of his release 24th May.

The Australian Catholic Bishops met in Sydney for their 1st Synod in 1844 and chose this title as Patron of their young land.

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STUDENTS

STUDENTS

Frank Torrisi

MOBILE PHONES We understand the need for many students to have a phone, particularly for communication purposes. St Patrick’s has a policy of taking a student’s phone if it is seen or heard during school hours. This aims to minimise the inappropriate use of mobile phones at school. The Mobile Phone Policy is clearly outlined in the College Diary. I encourage all parents to read the policy and to support the College in maintaining a good teaching and learning environment. PUBLIC TRANSPORT St Patrick’s is a great school but it can be let down in its public image if the students are poorly behaved on public transport. The College will not tolerate poor behaviour on public transport. Students misbehaving in this area will face a range of consequences as a result of their actions. YEAR 9 CAMPS Were held last week and the boys arrived back on Wednesday and Friday afternoon very tired but happy. The feedback and general consensus from the boys was that they surprised themselves and now have a new belief and confidence in themselves that they are able to achieve things when they put their mind to it. Thanks to Mr Walker, Ms Fisk, Mr Crowley, Mr Bancroft, Mr Greenfield, Mr Paznikov, Mr Bowden, Mr Drabble, Mr Bramwell, Mr Morris, Mr Dowling and Mr Gardiner for their great efforts in ensuring the boys had a safe and productive camp. YEAR 7 CAMP Were held this week and the boys arrived back on Wednesday afternoon very tired but with a sense of accomplishment. Thanks to Mr Loudon, Mr Alvisio, Mr Kerr, Mrs McDonald, Ms Worthington, Mrs Flangan, Mr Gradwell, Mr Scott and Ms Tuffs for their efforts in ensuring the boys had a safe and productive camp. CONTACTING YOUR SON If you need to get messages to your son or collect your son from school during the day please note that the only times the Stu-dent Office can make PA announcements to contact boys is at AM Tutor Group (8.28 am), Morning Tea (10.25 am), the begin-ning of Year 5-8 lunch (12.25 pm) and PM Tutor Group (2.50 pm). Also if you need to collect your son for an appointment, please ensure that a note is in his diary regarding the appointment and that he knows to leave class at the appropriate time as we are not able to call over the PA other than the times listed above. There is an abundance of lost property in the Student Office from toothbrushes to sleeping bags picked up from the Year 9 Camp. All of the items have no names and is very difficult to return to the original owner. At the end of this week we will be making our usual donation to St Vincent de Paul of any lost property which has not been claimed before then. Please come in and check it out or have your son check the items.

THE YEAR 5 GARDEN PROJECT The Year 5 Garden project which was started in the beginning of the year came to full fruition this week. After the planning, costing and the initial building of the boxes last term, the Year 12 Work Environment class of Mr Michael Phillips completed the last touches to the garden this week. The Year 5s took the opportunity and planted tomatoes, celery and sweet corn. Half of the worm farm inhabitants were moved to the beds and are now composting the soil. The water collected from the worm farm was used as fertilizer and the farm will continue to provide this on an ongoing basis. A big thank you to the Year 12’s and Mr Phil-lips for all their hard work.

“LIVE BELOW THE LINE” CHALLENGE” 14 staff and students from the Ministry in Action Group took part in the “Live Below The Line” challenge last week. The challenge involved spending no more than $2 a day for food. Most menus consisted of plain rice or pasta with very little in terms of flavouring. Tea, cordial and water broke the monotone of the rice and pasta that the participants had for breakfast, morning tea, lunch and din-ner. Three of the participants from Year 11: Jonathan Ricks, Joshua Smith and Duncan Moir, summed up the experience: The three of us pooled our money ($30.00 for the week) together and went off to buy groceries. After an hour of deliberation and debating in the shop, we final came up with a list that suited our needs, but was still within the budget. For breakfast we had 2 Weetbix with jam (no milk), lunch consisted of a generous serving of plain rice with tomato sauce. Dinner was a bit more exciting with plain spaghetti and a single cooked sausage followed by a cup of tea. This menu was followed every day for 5 days. The most difficult and annoying part was watching other people eating chocolate and having snacks anytime they wanted and most of the time right in front of us. However, the sense of community created in the Art Room (which doubled as dining room during this period) was one of the main factors that helped us though the challenge. Whilst we were hungry, the comradeship that was shown by everyone there, pulled us through. This experience gave us an insight into lives of 1.4 billion people that live like this every day. We now realize that we are very privileged to live the lifestyle we enjoy. We urge people to think more about the food they have and how much of that goes to waste. We developed a better understanding of the challenges faced by peo-ple living in extreme poverty. As part of the “Live Below The Line” challenge, Aaron Loader Year 12 student and House Leader of Ryan House also ran an awareness campaign during this week. He sold raffle tickets where you could either win half a pizza or half a cup of rice. The draw was done on Friday during lunch time and prospective winners gathered to claim their pizza/ rice prize. This exercise turned out to show exactly how the world riches are divided – Ms Morgan won 2 pizzas out of the 10 on offer - this wealth in pizza slices earned her a position as one of the richest people in the world who own roughly 40% of the wealth in the world - that is in pizza slices!!! The rest of us who won a cup of rice were in the 1 % category. See statistics below done in a recent study on poverty and wealth. A recent study showed that the richest 1% of adults alone owned 40% of global assets, and that the richest 10% of adults accounted for 85% of the world total. In contrast, the bottom half of the world adult population owned barely 1% of global wealth.

Christ, who showed great compassion to the poor,

give us compassion toward those in poverty. Your wish is for all of your children

to live with dignity, with adequate food, shelter, health

care and education. Help us take up your work as a

community of faith and guide us as we seek just solutions to the

poverty in our midst. Amen.

IDENTITY & MINISTRY

MARTHY WATSON — CAMPUS MINISTER

While there is increasingly more awareness of the problems resulting from cyberbully-ing, an often overlooked component of the whole cybersafety issue is internet and online video game addiction. More and more Australian families are being confronted with this very real and, according to all reports, growing problem. Robert (not his real name) sat in a chair, scowling at me across my consulting room. He had just turned 17 and had been told by his parents that he had no choice but to see me. He looked exhausted, pale and tired with dark circles under his eyes and a very bad skin. A week earlier, his parents had come to see me, anxious and desperate as they recounted how their son spent up to four and a half hours a night glued to his computer screen playing inter-active computer games and chatting online. Every time they pleaded with him to go for a walk, visit the extended family, do some homework or have a meal with them, he would become hysterical. A flood of tears, screaming fits of uncontrollable rage, al-most invariably accompanied by threats to harm himself – all of which would continue unabated until his parents recanted, beat-ing a hasty retreat, terrified that he might carry out his threats. They had been argu-ing amongst themselves as to how best ad-dress this and each attempt to deal with the issue had resulted in failure. Having taken a detailed history, it was clear to me that Robert was in serious trouble. At the age of 17, he had not tackled any of the key de-velopmental tasks of adolescence. His par-ents reported that he had few friends out-side of cyberspace; he played no sport and had no other leisure interests. He did no exercise, ate in front of his computer and snacked constantly while online and unsur-prisingly he was extremely overweight. His attendance at school was sporadic and he often refused to get up in the morning as he would stay online until the early hours of the morning and while doing none of his as-signed homework. He confided in me that while playing these games he experienced a sense of well-being or euphoria and felt unable to stop the activity, and said the more he played the more time he craved. He acknowledged neglecting family and friends, losing track of time while online and sacrificing sleep to spend time online but he claimed he was now part of a virtual community who shared common goals and each day set off on digital quests in a fantasy world peppered with magic, sorcery, and dragons galore. He explained how with each quest, his player’s character evolves and changes as

he interacts with other players and charac-ters all of which afforded him a sense of meaning, purpose and belonging that he felt his parents could never comprehend. When away from the game, he confessed to feeling empty, depressed and irritable. He freely admitting to lying to family about the time he spent online. Some argue that Robert is a victim of an admittedly contro-versial condition, known as Internet addic-tion disorder (IAD). On the 1st of December 2005, in an article in the New York Times, Dr. Kimberly Young, a professor of psychol-ogy at the University of Pittsburgh called for the American Psychiatric Association to give official recognition to the disorder – an action that would pave the way for insur-ance companies to reimburse addicts for therapy. Dr Young compares the condition to pathological gambling. For children and teenagers, there is no doubt that the Internet can be an excellent resource for information, communication and entertainment, but more and more Australi-an parents are concerned about excessive time online. For Robert and many others like him, internet activity is replacing their real-life experiences and relationships and un-less they can bring some balance into their lives they could be compromising their fu-ture and both psychological and physical health with such compulsive Internet use. The potent mix of defining and acting out an ideal self in a rich, exciting and magical land creates a peculiar draw for Robert who has poor self esteem, has been bullied at school and is depressed. For him, the game was better than his real life. It was easier for him to succeed in cyberspace, where he could be beautiful, fit, and healthy. The problem was that in real life he saw himself as a loser trapped in the real world, but the game gave Robert an opportunity to feel heroic and free. World of Warcraft, his current obsession, is one of the most popular MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) games in the world, with more than 10 million active subscriptions. So clearly Robert and his family are not alone. A re-cent study conducted by Dr Mubarak Ali of Flinders University studied students from 114 government and private schools across a broad socio-economic range and found that a staggering one third of respondents were “…in the process of developing a psychological addiction to the internet, spending on average 13 hours a week online.” Overseas experts estimate that between 6% and 10% of users have a dependency that can be as destructive as alcoholism and drug addiction. Our children are early settlers in a remark-able new world, often referred to as Cyberia, a frontier that is as dangerous as it is wonderful. They find it exciting because everything is available and almost anything is possible, but it is dangerous for the same reasons – it is a frontier without laws,

where things are not always as they seem, and people are not always who they say they are. What looks like a bank can turn out to be a robber, what looks like a friend can be a predator and what looks like a game can be a trap. Like many adults charged with the care of the next genera-tion, Robert’s parents feel as though they are shut out, on the other side of the door – neither knowing nor understanding what happens in this world. There needs to be a change in attitude and behaviour in parents and children. Schools and government need to be driving this. Clearly parents have a major role in en-couraging parents to be much more proac-tive when it comes to young people and the internet. Instead of standing on the dock and waving goodbye as their children head off to Cyberia, it is imperative they begin a dialogue, ask their children to introduce them to the customs and cultures of Cyberia, meet its people and celebrate its contribu-tion to art, literature and science. Discover its history, understand its present and join with the native cyberians to shape its future. While Cyberia is undoubtedly a source of education, entertainment and information, there is growing evidence that its omnipres-ent offer of escape from reality, afforda-bility, accessibility and opportunity for ano-nymity can lure otherwise healthy young people into an addiction. It is up to parents to monitor not just what their sons and daughters do online but also the length of time that they spend in front of a computer screen. Many of these games have parental controls, which parents elect not to use. Banning is not the answer, the better strate-gy is to give kids access, get informed, set some rules, monitor and supervise. To ignore this responsibility is tantamount to child abuse and can create significant psycholog-ical and social problems for years to come. Don’t believe me? Ask Robert’s par-ents. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is the Chair of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation‘s National Centre Against Bullying Cybersafety Commit-tee and author of Real Wired Child (2007). Editor Dr Ramesh Manocha. Parts of this article previously published in The Herald Sun. http://www.generationnext.com.au/blog/?p=124

INTERNET ADDICTION –

THE ULTIMATE MOUSE TRAP?

MINISTRY

Emily Rotta — Counsellor

ACTIVITIES

DIRECTOR OF SPORT—LUKE DONATINI

CONGRATULATIONS Daniel Gerandonis (Year 10) – selected into the Queensland Secondary Under 19 Squash Team to compete at the National Squash Championships in Townsville from 7th to 10th of August. Corey Sergeant (Year 10) was named as first reserve for the Queensland team. Liam Roberts (Year 10) – selected into the Queensland Secondary Under16 Volleyball Team to compete at the National Volleyball Championships in Perth later this year. Ben Gould (Year 6) & Josh Weeding (Year 6) – represented St Patrick’s College at the Queensland Primary Ta-ble Tennis Championships where they were victorious and crowned as State Primary Table Tennis Champions. This is the second year running where Ben has achieved this honour. Ross Maybury (Year 7) & Gerard Warland (Year 7) – both selected into the Metropolitan North Primary Hockey Team to compete at the Queensland Primary Hockey Championships in June at Mackay. Rhys Gwynn-Jones (Year 7) - selected into the Metropolitan North Primary Football Team to compete at the Queensland Primary Football Championships in July at Tingalpa, Brisbane. Billy Welch (Year 6), Ryan Shepherd (Year 6) & Jack Greentree (Year 6) – all selected into the Metropolitan North Under 11 Rugby League Team to compete at the Queensland Championships in July at Ipswich. Owen Jones (Year 7) - selected into the Metropolitan North Under 12 Rugby League Team to compete at the Queensland Championships in June at Wynnum. BRISBANE NORTH JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION ANNUAL AWARDS Congratulations St Patrick’s College Half Season Cricket Award Winners (8 of the 24 awards):

Under 17 Most Wickets - Matt Hall 13 wickets Bowling Average - Matt Hall 7.62

Under 14 Batting Aggregate - Ryan Hollyman 184 runs

Under 13 Batting Aggregate - Guy Rushton 183 runs Batting Average - Guy Rushton 183.00 Most Wickets - Guy Rushton 10 Wickets Bowling Average - Guy Rushton 6.50

Under 11 Batting Average - Pearson Locke 106.00

WATER POLO COMPETITION & TRAINING St Patrick’s College boys have been invited! If you are 6 to 13 years of age and can swim 50m, come along and try water polo at Sandgate State School pool on Thursdays from 5pm. no water polo experience necessary members and non-club members welcome to try competition will run for 7 weeks then will have a break and restart and run 8 weeks to the start of the swim season no equipment required heated pool

For more information call Rick Arnold on 0417038975

ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES CONT’D

RUGBY COORDINATOR — HEATH MACKINTOSH

Team Time Opponent Venue

1st XV 3.15pm St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Mulkerin Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

2nd XV

2.00pm St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Mulkerin Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

3rd XV 1.00pm St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 1, Woodend Rd., Woodend

16A 1.00pm St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Mulkerin Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

16B 12 noon St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 2, Woodend Rd., Woodend

15A 12 noon St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 1, Woodend Rd., Woodend

15B 11.00am St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 1, Woodend Rd., Woodend

15C 10.00am St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 1, Woodend Rd.,Woodend

14A 12 noon St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Mulkerin Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

14B 11.00am St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Mulkerin Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

14C 10.00am St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Mulkerin Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

13A 10.00am St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 2, Woodend Rd.,Woodend

13B 11.00am St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 2, Woodend Rd.,Woodend

13C 9.00am St Edmund’s Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club, Woodend Park No. 2, Woodend Rd.,Woodend

St Patrick’s College Vs St Edmund’s College Round 4 Saturday 28th May AIC RUGBY

Please Note: Private transporta on will need to be organised by all SPC rugby players.

All players are asked to be at their game at least 45 minutes prior to start me.

St Patrick’s College Vs Marist College Round 5 Saturday 28th May CIC RUGBY

Team Opponent Venue Time

7A

Marist College McMahon Oval, Ashgrove 8.00am

7B

Marist College Des Connor Flat 7, Ashgrove 8.40am

6A


6B


6C


5A


5B


5C


ACTIVITIES CONT’D

FOOTBALL COORDINATOR — JOSH McCLOUGHAN

St Patrick’s College Vs St Edmund’s College

Round 4 Saturday 28th May

AIC FOOTBALL

Please Note: Private transporta on will need to be organised by all SPC football players. All players are asked to be at

their game at least 45 minutes prior to start me.

St Patrick’s College Vs Marist College

Round 5 Saturday 28th May

CIC FOOTBALL

Team Time Opponents Venue

1st XI 1.30pm St Edmund’s Ipswich Grammar Spor ng Grounds, Field 5, Pearse Drive, Brassall

2nd XI 12.15pm St Edmund’s Ipswich Grammar Spor ng Grounds, Field 5, Pearse Drive, Brassall

3rd XI 1.45pm St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Morgan Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

16A 11.00am St Edmund’s Ipswich Grammar Spor ng Grounds, Field 5, Pearse Drive, Brassall


15B 12.45pm St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Morgan Oval, Mary Street, Woodend


14B 11.45am St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Morgan Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

13A 8.30am St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Morgan Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

13B 9.45am St Edmund’s St Edmund’s College, Morgan Oval, Mary Street, Woodend

Team Opponent Venue Time

7A


6A


6B


5A


5B


5C

Villanova 5D Field 4

(Villa Park, Manly Rd Tingalpa) 7.30am

Marist College Ashgrove (main Entrance) – Frasers Road, Ashgrove

Marist College Flat Fields – Girraween Grove, Ashgrove Villa Park (5C Football) – Manly Road, Tingalpa

CIC WARM UP MEET Villanova Park Manly Rd, Tingalpa Friday May 27 Bus transportation will be provided by the College for all runners. Race Times: 12.00pm Under 9 12.20pm Under 10 12.40pm Under 11 1.00pm Under 12 & Under 13

First aid services will be on site.

Bus access via Manly Road - parking available on the eastern (right) side of entrance.

Car parking available on the western (left) side of entrance.

Canteen and toilet facilities available.

NO PETS ALLOWED ON THE VILLANOVA GROUNDS.

AIC INVITATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY

Marist College Ashgrove Wednesday 25th May 2011 Marist College Ashgrove invites the College’s within the AIC Community to attend an Invitational Cross Country Trial on Wednesday 25th May at Teralba Park Mitchelton:

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

Note: Runners do not need to register prior to their race but are asked

to be at the start line 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. VENUE Teralba Park, Everton Park/Mitchelton (Use Osborne Road Entrance) NOTE

The course is used for Queensland Athletics Cross Country meets. Participating colleges are advised to time their own students, as there will be no official timekeepers or place judges. Sports Medicine Personnel will be located near the finish line for the treatment of injuries. There will be no presentation of awards for place-getters. Toilet facilities are available at the back of the Mitchelton Football Clubhouse.

PLEASE TAKE CARE WHEN USING THE CLUB’S FACILITIES.

ACTIVITIES CONT’D

CROSS COUNTRY COORDINATORS— CRAIG GUNN & PAUL TOOHEY

Event Time Distance

13 Years 4.00 pm 3 km

14/15 Years 4.20 pm 4 km

16 Years/Open 4.45 pm 5 km

CCCANANAN YOUYOUYOU THROWTHROWTHROW, , , JUMPJUMPJUMP, , , RUNRUNRUN OROROR SKIPSKIPSKIP? ? ? Then Athletics is for you! Then Athletics is for you! Then Athletics is for you!

Sign up, get fit and watch this space for Profiles on our Athletes! Sign up, get fit and watch this space for Profiles on our Athletes! Sign up, get fit and watch this space for Profiles on our Athletes! AnneAnneAnne---Maree Bliss CcMaree Bliss CcMaree Bliss Cc---coordinator of Athletics.coordinator of Athletics.coordinator of Athletics.

ACTIVITIES CONT’D

GEOFF SAMUELS — DIRECTOR CULTURE

CHESS NEWS Dear Members of the St Patrick's College Community, I thought I'd start off with a formal greeting to get the ball rolling. This is the first of a weekly Calling entry on behalf of the Chess program used to update the community on how the Chess team is performing against their AIC competitors. With the looming reputation of last year’s premiers (Ashgrove) upon us, the team knew they were in for a difficult match. Using this knowledge, the boys put in an exceptional effort at training to prepare themselves as much as they could for the tough opponents we knew we'd be facing. And their efforts did not go to waste; with our Open A team dominating the opposition for a very satisfactory 13-3 vic-tory. The Senior B team followed close behind cleaning up their opponents with a 12-4 win. Unfortunately we conced-ed defeats in both of our Junior age groups but they did not go down without a fight. Overall, a 2-2 draw against Ashgrove was an outstanding result and a true testament to the effort put in by our Chess team. With a draw with the previous premiers and a clear win over St Laurence's who came 2nd last year, SPC Chess is heading towards a promising season. As long as we keep up our current level of effort and enthusiasm, I'm sure that we will achieve a very high result. Samuel Wright. DEBATING NEWS—MS ZOE MORGAN Our Year 8’s will finish Round 3 of QDU debating Thursday night at Bracken Ridge State High. Both teams are on at 7:45pm and with a number of their usual supporters tied up with musical commitments, the debaters would love to see a few fresh faces out supporting them. Next week – all debates held at the St Paul’s venue: Firsts debate at 7:00pm (receiving their topic at 6:00pm) Seconds debate at 8:15pm (receiving their topic at 7:15pm) Year 10 debate at 7:00pm (receiving their topic at 6:00pm) INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NEWS—MR ANDREW WILL JUNIOR CONCERT BAND rehearsals will be changed to Friday after school from 3.00 to 4.00pm in room C203 starting week 6 term 2. INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND rehearsals will resume on Monday after school from 3.00 to 4.00pm at the Rodgers Centre starting week 6 term 2. All students need to attend these rehearsals for the up and coming Catholic Schools Festival.

COMMUNITY NEWS CONT’D

COFFEY HOUSE PROJECT

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COMMUNITY NEWS CONT’D

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Fri 27/05 Debra Phillpot, Sandra Messina, Maria Neilson, Vera Woods

Tue 31/05 Cheryl Jahnke, Maggie McGowan, Sandra Harrison

Wed 01/06 Mary Brodie, Sue Henley, Andrea Meade, Jane Doyle, Margaret Armitage

Thu 02/06 Jeana Sco , Vicki Robinson, Julie Blansjaar, Liz Kelly

Fri 03/06 Evelin Liddell, Kim Oakes, Michelle Litchfield

Mon 30/05 Rosary Guppy, Michelle Brinkoff, Maggie McGowan, Karen Smith

Tuesday Morn BBQ— Decker Park, Sandgate

7.25 am—9.00 am

Thursday Morning BBQ —Humpybong School 7. 30 am—9.00 am

Thursday Evening Street Van —Brisbane City

5.00 pm—8.45 pm

Saturday Night BBQ—Sandgate Sandgate Lagoon

5.45 pm—8.30 pm

Tuesday, 31May

Joseph Champness, Darcy Colahan-Dickfos, Nicholas Delzoppo, Jesse Dickson,

Matthew Fegan, Alex Gillies, Nicholas Herpich

Thursday, 26 May

Matthew Aleckson, Samuel Allen, Rhys Bayliss, Jariya Blackman-Bobbert, Cameron Boult, Jaye

Britton, Jackson Burgess, Lachlan Cash

Thursday 26 May Tyler Caruana, Jake Ryan,

Raymundus Bria, D’Arcy Smith

Saturday, 28 May

Travis Browning, William Sked, Isaak Woods, Luke Guy

Please Note: If you cannot fulfil your commitment to take part in these service programs, please advise Mrs Righetti ASAP.

UNIFORM SHOP

SUPPORTERS’ CAPS & SHIRTS These are available for $20 caps and $35

polos. Please check them out and support the current sporting seasons.

TRADING HOURS TERM TIME TUES 12-4PM, WED 10AM-2PM,

THURS 7.30-11.30AM

Ski Trip St Patrick’s Ski Trip Sponars Chalet Perisher 17th – 24th September 2011 $100 deposit to secure your spot to be paid to the Finance Office. Flyers and booklets are available at the Finance Office.

LOST PROPERTY

Sports Jacket—Jayden Dows Year 5

Sports Jacket - Jones size 12

Hat—D Grant Year 7

Please contact or return to the Student Office if found

DATE CLAIMER

May 26

College Musical QDU Rnd 3/Sen A

May 27

College Musical AIC Chess Rnd 4 (H) CIC Cross Country Meet (A)

May 28

College Musical AIC Rugby/Football Rnd 4 (A)/ CIC Rugby/Football Rnd 5 (A)

June 1

CIC Cross Country Championships / QDU Rnd 4 Yr 10/12

June 2

Grandparents Liturgy and morning tea

June 3

AIC Chess Rnd 5 (A)

June 4

AIC Chess Rugby/Football Rnd 5 (H) CIC Rugby/Football Rnd 6 (A)

June 8

QDU Rnd 4 Yr 9/11

June 9

11—12 Exam Block

June 10

AIC Chess Rnd

June 11

AIC Rugby/Football Rnd 6 (H) CIC Rugby/Football Rnd 7 (H) CIC Rugby/Football Tournament

issue 16 - calling - (16 may 2011)

Documents

college library

grandparents liturgy

great week

st patricks family

young men

significant events

couple of weeks

young man