OPEN GIRLS KO AFL TEAM THROUGH TO FIRST-EVER GRAND FINAL!

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The Globe Newsletter of Gleeson College

Issue 15 > Friday 26 July 2019

The Open Girls Knockout AFL Team are into the ‘Big Dance’ after defeating Faith Lutheran College in Round 3 of the Statewide Competition yesterday.

The team travelled to Tanunda Sporting Club to face Faith Lutheran in our final minor round clash and there was a lot of buzz amongst the girls with the prospect of a Grand Final

appearance on the line for the winner.

The girls started superbly getting the first clearance and hitting the

scoreboard truly with a quick goal. Faith Lutheran hit back with a goal

of their own, however our rock solid defence and forward line pressure kept us in front going into the second half. At half time, the scores were Gleeson

3-2 (20) to Faith Lutheran 1-1 (7).

The main message going into the second half was to win the mental

battle. The girls had proven that they could match Faith Lutheran for skill, it was now going to come down to who

wanted it more.Faith Lutheran, with the aid of a breeze

that was getting stronger, contained most of the play in their forward half

during the 3rd quarter. However it was our constant pressure and 1 percent efforts which kept them goal-less.

Faith kicked the first goal of the final term bringing them within nine points and just as we dropped a loose player behind the ball, they scored another. With two minutes to go and only a three-point lead, Madison Nenke

(12 FSBOC) laid a sensational tackle earning a free kick for her efforts. She kicked the ball to her sister, Charlotte Nenke (10 FSBOC), who booted the

ball inside 50. Abby Lowman (11 MSCOD) was able to get out the back of the contest, gather the loose footy

and slam through the sealer!Within a minute the siren sounded and

our girls made GC history by being the first girls footy team to make a

Statewide KO Grand Final. The final score was Gleeson 4.6 (30) to Faith

Lutheran 3.3 (21). Charlotte Nenke received best on

ground honours for her terrific game. Playing almost the entire game in the

centre, Charlotte barreled her way through pack after pack often feeding

our runners with a quick handball out of congestion. Molly Brooksby

(8 DMDAS) was second best for her sensational game. Her run and carry on the wing was invaluable and her disposal effectiveness by foot was

elite. She took an amazing grab in the second quarter running backwards into

oncoming traffic and taking the ball above her head. Ebony Roberts (11

DSHUT) was third best for her work on the ball. She threw herself into every contest and won a lot of contested

ball around the ground. Imogen Brooksby (11 DSHUT) did a wonderful job at Centre Half Back frustrating her

opponent by never giving her a clear opportunity to run at the ball. The team’s captain, Maddy Nenke, was

fifth best for her courage and tackling pressure down back and standing tall when the team really needed her. Ella Summers was sixth best for her dash on the wing and poise when under pressure. Back Pocket Ella Taverner

(10 MSGAG), Rover Abby Taverner (11 MSGAG), Abby Lowman (Full Forward) and Ruck Zoe Krieg (11 DSPOS) also played very well. In fact, each player made the most of the opportunities

they were given and played their role for the team.

The Grand Final will be played in Week 3 (Wednesday 7 August) at Flinders University Stadium (South Adelaide

Football Club).

Mr Simon Barratt &Mr Chad Schoenmakers,

Open Girls KO AFL Coaches

WELCOME TO TERM 3

What a pleasure it is to be back here at Gleeson College following my term of study and long service leave. I want to begin by thanking Mr Joe Corbo and Mr Adam Cibich for their wonderful leadership in my absence. It certainly enabled me to focus more on my study comfortable in the knowledge that the community was in the safest of hands. Thank you to the Leadership Team and Staff for all of their work during Term 2. I remained in touch with the happenings of the College, and as usual I was in awe of the breadth and depth of learning experiences that were made available to our students. I am very much looking forward to re-connecting with the students, and I have certainly missed my daily interactions I have with them. I trust that all are looking forward to a positive and productive term ahead. It is great to see the daily progress of the building of our exciting Senior Learning Centre out my office window, and we will endeavour to keep you updated on this work as the weeks unfold. As always, it is a great time to be at Gleeson College!

Decision TimeOver the course of the next few weeks there will be a strong focus on decision making for our Senior School students in particular. Our Year 12’s will be making decisions on their post school options, and our Year 10 and 11 students will be choosing their subjects and learning pathways for 2020 and beyond. A Senior School student has many key

decisions to make around this time, and parents and caregivers play a crucial role in supporting and encouraging these decisions. One of the keys to success in secondary education, and indeed in life, is to make informed decisions about learning pathways. Students will do best studying subjects that are suited to their learning style and subjects that they are most interested in, and events such as the upcoming Subject Selection Evening are a key component of this process. We have a strategic commitment at Gleeson College of 100% SACE completion, and choosing the right learning pathway is a vital component of ensuring successful outcomes. I therefore ask all students and families to positively engage in this important process over the following weeks.

Quiz NightAs has been advertised in The Globe, on Saturday 24 August the Parents and Friends are holding our annual Gleeson College Quiz Night. It promises to be a great night filled with much laughter, and I am sure it will be a great night. Thank you in advance to the P&F for their organisation of this event, and more broadly for the fantastic work that they do for our community. If you have not yet organised your table please do so. Come along and support the wonderful efforts of our amazing P&F who work so hard to build community here at Gleeson College.

It’s really not OK to be awayDuring the recent holidays, the Leadership Team and I attended a three-day conference here in Adelaide that bought together Catholic school leaders from Australia and New Zealand.

This conference occurs every two years, and the focus is on the sharing of good practice that is occurring in schools. There were a number of sessions of interest, but one in particular that resonated strongly with me was related to the complex issue of school refusal and absenteeism. There are many studies that outline the significant detrimental impact that absenteeism has on student outcomes. It is very difficult to learn, to have continuity in learning, and to ultimately succeed if students are continually absent from school. At Gleeson College we work very hard on ensuring that we have pastoral support and structures in place, but these can only be effective if we can work with students who are attending school. The presentation I attended at the conference made it very clear that the prime responsibility for school attendance rests with parents and caregivers. As Term 3 progresses, I urge all families to commit to ensuring that, with the exception of unavoidable absence due to illness, Gleeson College students are here at school ready to learn and be supported through their faith and learning journey.

Andrew Baker,Principal

The thoughts, prayers and support of our Gleeson community are

with Max Gemmell (8 HMSHA) and his family on the recent passing

of his paternal Grandmother, and Tyson Ballentine (10 DSHUT) and his family on the recent passing

of his beloved Grandfather.

May they rest in peace and God comfort their family and friends

at this sad time.

With Sympathy

Rest In Peace

CAN YOU HELP?We are seeking prizes for our P&F Quiz Night and would be most grateful if families

could donate a small gift item (chocolates, bottle of wine)

towards this major fundraiser. Please drop donations to Gleeson Reception during

business hours. Thank you!

GLEESON GIRLS IMPRESS AS INAUGURAL TTG YOUTH LIBRARY CADETSGleeson College Year 9 students’ Monique Barber, Mia Damiani and

Renae Damiani made quite the impression at the Tea Tree Gully Library

during the July school holidays! All three girls were selected to take part in the first intake of TTG Youth Library Cadets, venturing behind the scenes,

transforming their youth collectionand learning all things ‘library’,

Monique, Mia and Renae have extended this learning to helping

out with our own library shelving in Thomas Library in the mornings,

which is greatly appreciated!

For more details about theTTG Youth Library Cadetship visit:

www.cttg.sa.gov.au/librarycadetshipMilinda DeConno,

Teacher Librarian > Thomas Library

Information sessions for:• Year 10 > Introduction to the SACE• Year 11 > Introduction to Stage 2 of the SACE• Year 12 > Information about SATAC Applications for

University entrance in 2020

All Learning Areas will be represented by Gleeson College Staff members who will be available to provide information about their subjects in Stage 1 and Stage 2

GLEESON COLLEGESUBJECT SELECTION EVENING + SATAC INFORMATION SESSION

Dame Roma Mitchell Centre > Wednesday 7 August, 6.00-8.00pm

Information about Vocational Education and Training Pathways (VET) will also be available and students will be asked to place their expression of interest to study a VET pathway in 2020.

Representatives from UniSA, Flinders University and University of Adelaide will be at this event to discuss courses available and pre-requisite subjects.

Gleeson College are again selling the 2019/2020 edition of the Entertainment Book as a fundraiser for student

programs and initiatives. Copies are still $70 each with 20% of profits coming back to the College.

Click here to buy online >https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/

orderbooks/160189x

2019/2020ENTERTAINMENT

BOOKLAST CHANCE >5 BOOKS LEFT!!

JAPANESE AMAZING RACE > Adelaide Central Markets Edition!In the final week of Term 2, students

studying Japanese in Years 10-12 visited the Adelaide Central Markets to compete in an Amazing Race! Students

worked together to solve a variety of language and location riddles,

discovering just how much “Japan” they could find in and around the

Central Markets.

Congratulations to Baily, Mickey, Alysia, Taylah and Tarsha for winning

the race! Following the Amazing Race, students shared a Japanese lunch at Himeji Restaurant and then visited

the Adelaide Himeji Gardens. At the gardens students learnt about various principles that underpin Japanese and

Zen garden design.

とても　おもしろくて、たのしかったです！

Tom Dawson,Languages & Cultural Programs

Coordinator

AUSTRALIAN ALL STAR SELECTION FOR YEAR 8 CRICKETER JAMIESON

Congratulations to talented Year 8 athlete Jamieson Payne (8 MMWIG) on his recent selection in the Cricket Australia Under 13 All Star Indoor Cricket Team

after outstanding performances at the 2019 National Junior Championship held in Victoria over the school holidays.

Jamieson and the SA Under 13 Team (Red) took bronze at the championships with six wins and just two losses, unfortunately going down to WA in the Semi Final. Jamieson had an exceptional competition with his personal contribution

stats seeing him finish equal first in the nation in his age division, and third overall counting all 425 juniors who competed Australia-wide from U13-U17s.

Well done Jamieson!

Gleeson Old Scholar and talented SA cricketer Zach Schwarz (Class of 2016), pictured left with Jamieson, helped coach this U13 SA side, and also took out top spot in the nation with the SA Under 21 team recently. Zach was also selected to represent Australia (for the second year running) in the U21 team to contest the

World Indoor Cricket Championships coming up!Well done Zach and all the best for the World Champs!

GLEESON DRUMMER TAHLIA ROCKS LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2019

Gleeson musician Tahlia Borg (11 HSPLL) is currently undertaking a Certificate III in Music Industry (Performance)

and is incredibly involved in Adelaide’s music scene.

This VET course is delivered under a third party arrangement with the College of Sound and Music

Production (COSAMP). She is one half of Teenage Joans, an amazing female Indie Pop-Punk duo who regularly

perform at venues around Adelaide and has supported awesome acts such as The Hard Aches, Bakers Eddy and Heaps Good Friends. Teenage Joans also had the chance

to play at Laneway Festival earlier this year and are currently recording their debut EP! Besides studying in Year 11 and

playing drums in Teenage Joans, Tahlia also has a solo Indie Rock/Pop project, which involves her writing, singing and playing piano. She recently performed in an all-star choir

accompanying Adelaide’s esteemed Electro Indie Pop act, W.M.N. and will be interning at the upcoming Girls Rock! Adelaide – a music mentoring program for young female, trans and gender diverse people. For more info. head to Music SA: https://courses.musicsa.com.au/tahlia-borg/

Well done Tahlia and all the best as you continue on your exciting career pathway in the music industry!

OPEN BOYS KO FUTSAL TEAM EDGED IN PENALTIES IN STATE FINALOn Thursday 4 July (Term 2, Week 10) the Open Boys Knockout Futsal Team

contested the 2019 State Finals at Mars Stadium. The team entered the State Finals in good form after performing

well in the qualifying round tournament earlier in the term. The tournament

format split the finalists into two pools with the top two teams of each pool going forward to contest the semi-

finals and ultimately the grand-final if successful, with all games played on the

same day.

The team started the day strongly with a 6-4 group stage win over Glenunga International High School and a 7-2

win against Cardijn College. The third match against Underdale High School saw the two undefeated teams from the pool contest in order to see who

finished top of the pool. The game was an exciting and intense affair with the multiple goals and the lead changing several times before the final whistle,

seeing the teams locked at 5-5. In order to determine seeds from the

pool a penalty shootout was needed to separate the teams, which we lost 7-6 to qualify in second position from the pool.

The Semi Final saw us come up against Henley High School in what we knew would be a tough contest. The boys

were up for the fight and played some excellent free-flowing futsal to ease into the grand-final with a 5-3 win. The Grand Final saw us again face Underdale High School in a match

that showcased an array of talented players across the two schools, with many players representing Adelaide United Youth Teams, FFSA NTC or

playing Senior Club football with their respective clubs. The final would prove again to be a tight and tense affair but we managed to start the strongest and score early, but unfortunately conceded late in the half to go in 1-1 at halftime.

The boys came out strong after the break and added two quick goals to take the lead 3-1. Unfortunately

Underdale were able to peg back the lead with two late goals, which left the final score at 3-3. The game had to be decided using a penalty shootout but we weren’t able to find our luck from

the spot going down 4-3 on penalties. The team were very unlucky not to take more from the day, having not

lost a match throughout the day and only beaten from the penalty spot.

The team, consisting of Cooper Nunn (12 MSCOD), Ryan Mayo (12 MSSEL),

Morgan Evans (12 FSTUL), Lachlan Wallace (12 MSSEL), Thomas Ayre (12 FSTUL), Harrison Conant (11 MSCOD) and Rocco Carzo (12 HSPLL), played

tremendously all day and I could not be more proud of what this playing group has achieved. Having worked closely

with this team since they were in Year 9, where they won the Year 8&9 Knockout Futsal and Knockout Soccer State Titles

in 2016, and went so close as Open Boys Knockout Futsal State Runners Up in 2019. The boys played their futsal in the right way and were commended on

not only their playing ability, but also the way they represented themselves and the College. Thank you to World

Football Program Specialist Coach Daniel Mullen for his support in coaching the team on the day.

Clint Vause,World Football Program Key Teacher

& Open Knockout Futsal Coach

OPEN BOYS KO FUTSAL TEAM EDGED IN PENALTIES IN STATE FINAL

DESIGNING A YOUTH ACTION PLAN FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA

An invitation to young people aged 12-24 to help shape a

new three-year Youth Action Plan for South Australia.

What is being decided?We are developing a Youth Action Plan for South Australia and invite young people aged 12-24 to tell us how we can work better together to achieve the best outcomes for young South Australians on the issues that most concern them. From previous reports, we have identified four key areas that are important to young people:

1. Learn and Earn 2. Connect and Grow 3. Wellbeing and the Environment 4. Fairness and Inclusion

We will use these four areas as a foundation for engaging with young people and stakeholders across the development of the Youth Action Plan.

How can your input influence the decision?We want to hear many different voices so that the Youth Action Plan is representative of South Australia’s diversity. We want to involve young people at all stages of development – designing, delivering and reviewing – to make sure we are targeting their needs and designing actions that will make a difference.

To achieve this, we will be forming a Youth Panel to help design a three-year Youth Action Plan for South Australia with other young people, representatives from government and representatives from key non-government organisations.

How can you get involved?We invite you to take part in the development of the Youth Plan:• Learn more about the Youth Panel

and then nominate to join before 9am on Monday 29 July 2019

• Complete the online survey and help us understand young people’s priorities

• Email your thoughts to: youthplan@sa.gov.au

• Join the online discussion

How will your input be used?The input of young people at this stage will inform the design of the Youth Action Plan. At later stages, we’ll be checking in again with young people and the broader community on the draft Youth Action Plan.

What are the next steps?Learn more about what is planned for future stages and how you can get involved in them on the background page.

The Youth Action Plan is expected to be finalised by the end of 2019 and implemented from 2020.

Closing dates: • Youth Panel Nomination, 9.00am

on Monday 29 July 2019• All other feedback, 5.00pm on

Friday 2 August 2019

For more information > https://yoursay.sa.gov.au/decisions/youth-

action-plan-for-south-australia/participations

VINNIES WINTER APPEAL

GLEESON COLLEGE AND VINNIES NEED YOUR HELP

PLEASE DONATE PANTRY ITEMS (non- Perishable) AND BLANKETS TO

HELP THOSE IN NEED

Please donate something to your care group basket, remember points are allocated to each house, baskets will be collected Friday week 4, the day of the Winter Sleepout. Some Examples, to help you are:

Blankets Pasta and Pasta Sauce Coffee, Tea, Sugar Flour and Custard Powder Cans and Cups of Soup Jams and Spreads Long Life Milk

GLEESON COLLEGEP&F QUIZ NIGHTMOVIE MADNESSCome dressed as your favourite movie star or character!

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Book your table of 10 by phoning 8282 6600 oremail your details to: info@gleeson.catholic.edu.au

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GLEESON NOTICEBOARD

Term 3 201926 Jul ‘FOOTLOOSE’ The Musical > Final Evening Show30 One+ Arts Exhibition + Talent Night > Pedare Chapel, 6-8pm31 Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews2 Aug Balaklava Eisteddfod6 P&F Committee Meeting > GC Staffroom, 7pm7 Subject Selection Evening + SATAC Information Session9 Year 11 Semi Formal > Sfera’s Function Centre, 7pm10 - 18 Northern Territory Immersion Trip13 2019 Open Day14 College Board Meeting > GC Boardroom, 7pm15 Year 10 into Year 11 Course Counselling16 Year 11 into Year 12 Course Counselling19 - 23 2019 Book Week21 Year 10 Dance, Golden Grove Arts Theatre, 7pm23 Performing Arts Roadshow > St Francis of Assisi School24 P&F Quiz Night > DRMC, 6.30pm for 7pm start30 STUDENT FREE DAY > Staff Retreat2 Sep STUDENT FREE DAY > Staff Professional Learning 2019 Japan Trip Departs4 Principal’s Information Session, 6.30-7.30pm9 - 13 Year 12 Trial Exams10 Year 7-11 Parent Teacher Interviews11 College Board Meeting > GC Boardroom, 7pm

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