You will build the

future, with your

hands, with your

heart, with your

love, with your pas-

sions, with your

dreams. Together

with others. (Pope

Francis)

All Saints Day and

All Souls Day 1st and

2nd November

These Catholic

days of remem-

brance are for all

the saints, friends

and loved ones

who have passed

away. Students and staff have the opportunity to visit the Broome Cemetery to honour

and pray for those that have passed.

2019 Kindy Parent Information Night will be held at the Primary Campus on Wednesday 7th

November at 5:30 pm. For all queries please telephone Primary reception on 9194 9560.

2019 Kindy Orientation will be held at the Primary campus on Monday 12th November.

Term 4 Secondary Assembly will be held on Wednesday November 7th at 8:00 am at the

Notre Dame Hall. All Parents/carers are welcome to attend.

Year 7 Orientation for 2019 will be held from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Thursday 22nd November.

Students need to wear their usual school uniform and bring a hat, lunch and closed shoes.

Morning tea will be provided.

All Broome Year 6 students are welcome and invited to attend our Orientation Day, enrol-

ment is not required to participate. Please contact secondary reception on 9194 9504 for

further details.

2019 Enrolments There are very limited places available for boarding students. Please en-

quire with Secondary reception for 2019 Boarding enrolments, phone 9194 9504.

To secure your enrolment for all other Year groups for 2019 please contact the College in

the coming weeks. Limited places are available. Tours of the College can be arranged pri-

or to completing application forms, please call 9194 9500 for further details.

Special Visitors – Hon Tony Abbott MP will be visiting the Primary and Secondary Grounds

during Week 6 as part of the Special Envoy for Indigenous Affairs.

ST MARY’S COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL Michael Pepper

Jesus

You let us belong to families so that

we can learn to love and care for

each other. Help us to be happy in

our families

2/11/2018

November

Melbourne Cup 6th

2019 Kindy Parent Info Night 5.30pm 7th

Secondary Assembly NDU 7th

Year 6 transition to Year 7 classes 8th

Year 10 & 11 Exams Commence 12th

2019 Kindy Orientation 12th

Year 6 transition to Year 7 classes 15th

No. 17

This week, Year 10 student Isaiah McKenna received confirmation that

her application to the 2018 National Indigenous Summer School was

approved. The week long summer school will be held at the Australian

National University in Canberra and will commence in early Decem-

ber.

This unique and specialised camp not only engages students in univer-

sity life but also serves educational purposes with Isaiah participating

in the Humanities and Social Science seminars throughout the week.

As well as this, students on the camp will enjoy time at iconic locations

in Canberra such as the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, The National Muse-

um, AIATSIS, The National War Memorial and much more.

We wish Isaiah luck as she embarks on this new experience.

College Board Nominations 2018/2019– Board Nominations are open for application according

to the constitution detailed by CEWA https://www.cewa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/

Catholic-School-Board-Constitution.pdf. Nomination forms can be found on the college web-

site

https://www.stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au/board.html or Primary and Secondary Administration. Applications close November 16th at 4.30pm.

Our College Board AGM will be held on Wednesday 21st November commencing at 7pm in

the Hospitality and Tourism Centre on the Secondary Campus. Immediately following the Col-

lege Board AGM our

College Parents & Friends AGM will be held. Parents and community members are encour-

aged to attend these two important meetings of our school community. Following the meetings

which are traditionally very short, will be an opportunity to have a light supper and refresh-

ments.

All Souls Day—November 2nd

Top Awards at Broome Residential College We were very proud of our St Mary’s College Pathways students who received top awards at the

recent Broome Residential College Awards Night! It is a credit to them, their families, Warmun

community and our school, that their kindness, ownership and service to others is being recog-

Johan Bindai—

Best Sportsperson

Spencer Morgan –

Most Improved

Simon Drill –

Leader of Tomorrow

Year 11 Design Photography Class

Drones are increasingly being used in many aspects of life including

photography. Our Year 11 Design Photography Class have been learning

how to use Drones safely and have just learned how to fly the drones out-

side. They are experimenting with keeping Drones in flight and composing

photos at the same time.

FOOTBALL CARNIVAL

On Friday of week 3, Students in years 7 to 9 competed in a football carnival against Port Hed-

land Secondary High School and Broome Senior High School. The day followed a round robin

type fixture, with St Mary’s College students playing one game against each high school, before

teaming up with Port Hedland to create a super team to play Broome Senior in the final. This

was a fantastic opportunity for the students to represent their schools and even saw several girls

from St Mary’s and Port Hedland, battling it out against the boys. The spirit of the day was amaz-

ing; each team showing tremendous sportsmanship and respect for each and the umpires.

Luckily, the day was a little bit cooler, which was a welcome relief to many. This is the second

year running that Port Hedland have made the long trip up to Broome for the carnival and due

to it being such a success, next year there is talk of trying to include Derby High School in the

day and expand upon what is already a favourite amongst the students.

Multi Sport Carnival

On Friday 26th October 35 Year 4 – 6 stu-

dents travelled to the BRAC to partici-

pate in the 2018 West Kimberley Multi-

sport Interschool Carnival. There were 2

Year 4 mixed soccer teams and 1 boys

and 1 girls Year 5/6 cricket team. All the

Broome schools as well as the Derby

state school were in attendance which

made for a fantastic atmosphere. The

aim of the Multisport Carnival is to en-

courage participation and promote en-

joyment of the sports in a fun and friend-

ly environment. Our students had a won-

derful time playing against the other schools and there were some great stories of amazing

goals and classic catches told on the bus on the way home! A big thank you to Mr Sonny and

Mr Din for coaching the teams on the day.

Remembrance Day: Centenary Of The Armistice and End Of WW1, Reflective Performance

Students have be preparing for the Remem-

brance Day commemoration reflective perfor-

mance. The performance will recognise that

from the small town of Broome over 250 men

enlisted, which was effectively 95% of the avail-

able population, and a record for any town in

Australia. Over sixty of these men did not return,

dying on active service, with another sixty being

so maimed during the progress of the war, that

they were medically discharged and invalided

back to Australia. The performance will highlight

the sacrifice and courage

of so many in the years of

war, the human cost of

those who died in the ser-

vice of their country, those

who survived with many

deeply scared by the ex-

perience, physically and

mentally, and those fami-

lies affected by loss. The

performance ground will

be surrounded with can-

dles labeled with the

names of those from

Broome who enlisted, and

a cross for each of the fall-

en.

The Remembrance Day Commemoration will commence at 10:00am Sunday the 11th of Novem-

ber at Bedford Park

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