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Welcome to 2012 at Bishop Druitt College, I pray that each one of you had a wonderful Christmas with special time spent with family and friends. Whether you stayed in the area or went away to a fantastic destination may you be refreshed and ready to face the excitement that surrounds the commencement of a new school year and all that it brings. The first week of school is a time of new experiences and transition, as the weeks progress, things fall into place pretty quickly. As I walk around the school I am constantly reminded of the many precious young lives entrusted to our care and I rejoice at the greetings students offer staff and their peers. Imagine the excitement of going into a new year level, and the many smiling faces with only an occasional tear when separation occurs from our little Kindergarten students.

I really look forward to a year of hard work guided by Gods spirit to serve you our parents our students and staff. Chaplaincy is located in Student Services and you can contact me or Reverend David Morgan anytime. Why don’t you come and say hello and stay for a cuppa and a chat?

Throughout our journey may we grow and reap the good harvest as we too discover Jesus together.

Date Claimer: FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION: St Johns Anglican Church will be holding First Communion classes in February (Saturday afternoons 4 pm at the parish Office) and Confirmation classes in March for those who would like to receive their first communion, or to be confirmed when the Bishop comes on 6th May (reception into first communion will be on a date yet to be fixed) All those who are interested please ring 0266514700 and ask to speak with Fr Ian Mabey.

Welcome to all Bishop Druitt College students and families for 2012. Some of you may be new to the school, while others may not know all the pastoral care opportunities that are available to you and your children.I am Karin Lisle, Director of Pastoral Care K-12. I have worked at the school since 1998 in a variety of roles from primary teacher, secondary teacher, Stage Coordinator to Director of Administration as well as Pastoral Care. So you see, I know a lot of families already and I am looking forward to getting to know all the children in our school.

In Primary we have two coordinators. Patrick Galvin is the Senior School Coordinator and Karen Curtin is the Junior School Coordinator. After the classroom teacher, these two wonderful people are your next port of call if you have a problem.

In the Middle School (Years 7-9) we have James Brown, Year 7 Coordinator and Kellie Reinhold as the Assistant Coordinator, Lynn

Welcome to the 2012 school year. Welcome, too, to our new College News, a slimmer, weekly PDF that will be easier to navigate, take less time to read, and will keep you informed more frequently of College events. This week’s edition is longer as it is the first edition.

There is a buzz around the campus this week. 189 new students joined us across all year groups K-12. Mr Egan and Mr Naftel have welcomed new staff in their sections of this newsletter, and I wish them all much success and happiness as they join the BDC family.

Congratulations to Georgie O’Meara (12, 2011) who was the College Dux last year. Georgie finished with an ATAR of 99. Georgie achieved Band 6 results in all of her HSC courses. Georgie is taking a GAP year this year and will go to university in 2013.

Tragically, we mourn the loss of another parent this week. Ms Lynda Brownlow, mother of Jonathan (10) and Laura (12) Beattie passed away on Monday evening. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family at this time.

We held our School Captains’ induction ceremony on 2 February. I am pleased to announce the following students as College Captains and Vice Captains for 2012: Honey Abbott and Jacob Corlis (Captains); Annabel Duguid and Reece Kallman (Vice Captains). I wish these young leaders every success in their new positions.

Brad Carron-Arthur was an inspirational guest speaker at the ceremony. http://bradrunsnorth.com I will speak more of Brad’s presentation next week.

Many thanks to those parents who have sponsored my participation in Dancing with the Coffs Coast Stars. The student body got behind this Cancer Council fundraiser today, and I look forward to performing (and finishing!) at the show at CEx tomorrow night. As a thank you to the students and staff at BDC who supported this charity, my Dance teacher and I will perform our routine at the Secondary and Primary assemblies next week!

I look forward to meeting many of you at the upcoming parent functions at school.

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From the prinCipal

Alan BallPrincipal

Rev Marion TanfieldChaplain

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It was great to see all of the students back at school on Tuesday this week. I hope all BDC families and friends enjoyed the summer break and now ready to return to a more regular routine. We welcomed 82 new students into the Secondary school and I trust that you have all felt welcomed into the College Community. Please remember that communicating issues is extremely important. We would like to try and assist wherever possible, so the important contacts in Secondary to remember are the Year Coordinators, Assistant Year Coordinators and the House Tutors.

Please ensure that the College has your most updated email address. This is to ensure that you receive the College Newsletter link and notices from the College. We are attempting to cut back on “snail mail” and send letters and notices out by using email. If you know of a friend who has students at the College and they are not receiving the Newsletter, please let them know that they can email secretary@bdc.nsw.edu.au to update their details.

I would like to welcome all parents of Middle school children to some meet and greet evenings we are hosting this term. For Year 7 parents there is a meet and greet, followed by a camp information session on Thursday 16 February. For Year 8 and 9 parents there is a meet and greet, followed by the P&F Welcome on Thursday 9 February. I look forward to seeing many of you there.

During the holidays three of our Year 9 students went to Japan to take part in the sister city exchange program between Coffs Harbour and Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture. Clare Brauer, Naomi Howe, Alexander Parker and Miss Wyndham arrived in Tokyo on 9 December and spent two days sightseeing in Japan’s amazing capital city before heading south on the bullet train to Sasebo.

Welcomed warmly by their host families and by all the students at Yamazumi Middle School, our three students spent a busy and exciting week going to classes, playing sports, smashing rice and rolling the paste to make mochi cakes, and sightseeing around Sasebo and Nagasaki. To finish their trip, they spent two days in the old capital of Kyoto before flying home. Clare, Naomi and Alex are all to be congratulated for the superb job they did in representing their school and their country.

Due to the long summer break and the fast-approaching arrival date of our group from Lyon, France, we are now in desperate need of kind host families. If you can host a French student from 9-14 February please contact Miss Wyndham in Languages as soon as possible: kwyndham@bdc.nsw.edu.au Thank you!

Tim EganAssistant Principal (Head of Secondary)

Katherine WyndhamHead of Languages

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Percival is Year 8 Coordinator and is assisted by Louie Van Dartel. Jamie Murgatroyd is Year 9 Coordinator and is ably assisted by Amy Place. These people travel the Pastoral Care journey with students for three years before handing them over the Senior School Coordinators, who again work with students for the following three years. This year Mick Klipin is Year 10 Coordinator and is assisted by Ketrien Meulenbroeks, Drew Kadwell is Year 11 Coordinator with Alison Hay as Assistant Coordinator, while Sue O’Connor is Year 12 Coordinator ably assisted by Paul Driscoll. All students in the secondary are also cared for by their tutors who will travel with them throughout their six years of secondary schooling.

So you see, we have a very strong team of carers for all the students at BDC and we believe that Pastoral Care is core business at the College. To support us all we also have three wonderful counsellors; Tony Horan, Jane Mosco and Saskia Klop, and Marion Tanfield is our Chaplain, while David Morgan is the Assistant Chaplain.

If you have any concerns about you child settling in, or if there are any issues you need to discuss so we can support your children, please feel free to contact any of us, either via email via the staff contacts page or by phoning for a conversation or an interview time. We are all here to support you all, so please make yourselves known to us.

year 7 Camp 2012The Year 7 Outdoor Education Camp for 2012 is fast approaching. Permission notes and medical forms have been sent home and are need to be returned to Year 7 Tutors by the 10 February. The dates for Year 7 camp are as follows:

Cottee, Hollows, Kngwarreye : Sun 26 February - Wed 29 FebruaryMurray, O’Shane, Sutherland : Wed 29 February - Sat 3 March

If parents or guardians have any questions regarding camp could they please contact Mr Murgatroyd on 66515644 (ext. 220).

Jamie MurgatroydDirector of Outdoor Education

Karin LisleDirector of Pastoral Care K-12

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The first week of sport for Years 7-10 will start on 6 February with House Sport. This will be at different beach venues for each year group. Students will need to wear full sports uniform but can change into swimmers at recess in case they get wet. They will also need to bring a towel.

Sport Choices are listed on the sport notice board and if they wish to change sports they can get a form from the PE office. They have until the end of week 3 to do this. There will be no changes after this time.

Enjoy the weather while it doesn’t rain.

Welcome back to BDC Primary to all our students and families. A special welcome goes to the families of the 51 new students in Years 1-6 and the 57 new Kindergarten students. I encourage our new and existing parents to join us at 6pm on Thursday 9 February for our annual P&F Welcome function. The Primary Parent Information session is scheduled for 5pm on Wednesday 15 February.

I am sure by now you have heard the dreadfully sad news of the passing of Mrs Helen Campbell, mother of Alex and Amy. We will of course be doing all we can to support the girls as they work through this extremely difficult period. Rev. Marion is the person to contact if you would like to show your support for the family in a practical way: mtanfield@bdc.nsw.edu.au

We welcome to the Primary School four new class teachers. Mrs Sarah Gale will teach 1G, Mrs Patricia Bordignon is teaching 2B, Mrs Wendy Phillips has 4P and Mr Mark Freeman is responsible for 6F. Mr Brendan Murphy will be working in a number of different classes and we welcome back Mrs Karen Curtin from her exchange in England. Mrs Curtin will be in charge of the LRC and is the Junior Primary Coordinator. Mr Patrick Galvin is in charge of Talent Development in Primary and is the Senior Primary Coordinator.

Kellie ReinholdTeacher In Charge (Monday Sport)

Welcome Kindergarten 2012

We welcome Mrs Phillips, Mrs Bordignon, Mr Murphy, Mrs Gale and Mr Freeman to the Primary School

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Careers neWsYear 10 – The 2012 Work Experience dates are from June 12-15, 2012.The Parent/Student and Employer Work Experience Handbooks can be accessed on the Bishop Druit College Website via this link. Hard copies will be distributed to students in Careers classes in week 2.

We thank Marcel Eggers de Mink for sharing a recent Career building experience. He traveled to Sydney and attended the 2012 UNSW Minerals Summer School from 9 - 12 January, hosted by the School of Mining Engineering at UNSW. He stayed in a resort in the Hunter Valley and traveled daily to different mining sights, open cut and underground. Marcel thoroughly enjoyed this experience and is keeping in contact with almost everyone from the summer school. He highly recommends this program to anyone who has the slightest interest in mining engineering or even engineering itself.

Congratulations to Brody Moran (Year 11) for securing a school based apprenticeship at K’Pane bakery.

Robyn CrispCareers Advisor

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WelCome 2012We are looking forward to a brilliant year, full of music and performance. Some of the events this year are the Eisteddfod and AMEB exams, HICES, Superstrings Camp and Ensembles Evenings, as well as the wonderful student performances at weekly assemblies, EYE Festival, presentation events and Carols. We can also look forward to on-campus workshops by Drumbeat, Gene Petersen and Kim Cunio, just to name a few.

We would like to welcome David and Sarah Matthews who will be tutoring in upper and lower strings and bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to our community. We also welcome back our very talented and much admired tutors: Santo Cimino, Gergely and Lisa Malyusz, Cassie McKie, Nadene Flick, Cathryn Burgess, Louise Ray, Hazel Buchanan, Phill Stitt, John Mostyn, Liz Jamison and Renate Turrini.

Mrs Ruth Stuart will be working in Secondary Music this year, replacing Mrs Rebecca Day who is on maternity leave while Mrs Rachel Crismale is filling in for Mrs Stuart as Primary Music Teacher.

Dale CondonHead of Music K-12

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Junior primary and learning support

senior primary and talent deVelopment

At BDC, Junior Primary consists of Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2. As Junior Primary Coordinator, it is my job to oversee the successful delivery of educational and pastoral care programs by providing support to both students and staff. This role incorporates a number of specific duties that relate to curriculum, pastoral care, teacher support, administration and the coordination of special events involving Junior Primary students. As a member of the Primary Leadership Team, I work collaboratively with my colleagues in the pursuit of these goals.

This year I am also the Learning Support teacher and therefore a member of the Primary Learning Resource Centre (LRC) team. We support teachers K-6, in the implementation of educational programs, to meet the varying needs of individual students. Each child is unique so we aim to respond to each child as an individual recognising difference in abilities, learning styles and interests. We aim to focus on how children develop and learn to meet their cognitive, social, emotional and physical needs.

I would like to advise all parents to take an active role in the education of their children. Open communication and contact between school and parents are very important so I would like to strongly encourage you to contact your child’s class teacher with any questions or concerns you may have. Together we can ensure a happy, safe and fulfilling learning experience for your children at BDC.

There was a tangible air of excitement amongst the Senior Primary students on Monday. What a great start to the school year! This year I will continue in the role of Senior Primary Coordinator with responsibility for Years 3 - 6. In addition, I have taken on the new role of Talent Development Teacher. In this role I will be providing enrichment opportunities for selected students in Senior Primary in the areas of Mathematics and English. The school policy emphasises the importance of past performance in the process of selecting students for subject specific enrichment programs, and this will form the basis for selecting the Talent Development groups in Senior Primary. In addition, a Creative Thinkers group will be established for students who have demonstrated potential but have not been able to consistently realise their potential in the classroom. These students will be identified through a teacher nomination process, and the group will be taught by Mrs Sue Paff. I will also provide assistance in programming to ensure provision for talent development in all Primary classes. The College’s Talent Development guidelines can be viewed under the Policies section of the College website. Any parent who would like their child to be considered for inclusion in one or more of these groups, should return the parent nomination form which is available on the website, to me by Friday 10 February.

Karen CurtinJunior Primary Coordinator

Patrick GalvinSenior Primary Coordinator

uniFormI commend the students on their excellent start to the year in regards to uniform. The uniform policy is clearly set out on page 26 of the Student Diary and will be enforced in the Primary School. You will be notified of infringements of the Uniform Policy through your child’s diary and the Coordinators will be in contact with you personally in the case of repeated breaches. Thank you in advance for supporting us in this matter.

Graeme NaftelAssistant Principal (Head of Primary)

primary sChool CaptainsCongratulations to Imogen Rose, Jack Winchester, Sereima Caldwell and Will Phillips who have taken up their roles as Primary School Captains for 2012.

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Welcome to a new year of basketball. Mrs Hilton is coordinating basketball across the College this year. Registration forms can be found under ‘Our Community’ on the College website. Any students wishing to play in the CHBA 2012 Primary or Secondary competitions need to have these registration forms filled out and returned to Mrs Hilton by Tuesday 7 February. Places in teams cannot be guaranteed if registration forms are late. There will be a box placed in the library foyer for Secondary registration forms, and Primary students can place them in the sport draw in the Primary Office. Forms can also be emailed directly to Mrs Hilton at bhilton@bdc.nsw.edu.au.

Competition commences on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 February with grading games for the first two weeks. I need coaches and managers for all teams. Any team without a coach and/or manager will not be entered into the competition. Managers for Secondary teams are required to be an adult who will attend the games.

Training will be held at Sportz Central, Bray St on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 4-5pm. Limited courts are available and a roster may need to be set up on some days. Training will commence on Monday 20 February.

The stadium bus will be available and will run on training days (Mon, Tues, Wed) at a cost of $4 per week. If you wish to use this service please indicate on the registration form, as students will be required to have a bus pass. Students without a pass will not be permitted on the bus.

I’m looking forward to an exciting year in basketball.

We will require families to billet players from the 1st and 2nd XV’s Rugby teams on 25-27 March. This tour provides a great opportunity for our players to experience international competition and support from families is critical to the continuation of such tours. Any families who can assist are encouraged to contact Mr Webber jwebber@bdc.nsw.edu.au for further details.

The Secondary School carnival will be held on Monday 13 February at Coffs Harbour Memorial Swimming Pool. The format will be the same as last year, and will see competitive / serious swimmers compete in the morning session, followed by the whole school inter-house competition in the afternoon.

All students should come to school as normal on the day and attend tutor groups for roll marking. The competitive swimmers will be bused to the pool at 9.00am, whilst the inter-house swimmers will remain at school for normal morning lessons. They will then leave by bus to the pool at 12.30pm. All students will be bused back to the school at the completion of the carnival, at 2.30pm.

This year, in an attempt to provide greater accuracy and to improve event management, we will be using a semi-automatic timing system for all 50m events.

With the large number of events and the constraint of time, the 200m IM will be run prior to the commencement of the normal carnival and students competing in this event will need to arrange for parents to take them directly to the pool at 8.30 am, ready for a 9.00am start.

Please note: All serious swimmers must have nominated their events to Mr Webber by Wednesday 8 February. No entries will be accepted after this date.

Any students with alternate transport arrangements must bring a signed note from home, and hand it to tutors before the event. Further details and instructions to students will be forthcoming.

The Senior Primary carnival will be held on Tuesday 14 February at Coffs Harbour. Parents are welcome to attend. This year timing will be conducted with a touch pad timing system, which means students need to nominate for events in the coming week. Students wishing to compete in 50m butterfly and the 200m individual medleys have to be actively training in these events at squad level. These events will be first on the program and will start before the bus arrives, so alternative transport will have to be arranged by parents.

The Junior Primary carnival will be held on Friday 17 February at Sawtell Swim Centre from 9.30 – 12pm. Parents are welcome to attend and often participate in this carnival. The carnival is a fun filled morning of water and land based activities. This is a non-competitive carnival with the focus on ‘having fun’.

Beth HiltonBasketball Coordinator

Jim WebberSports Administrator K-12

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RAFFLE PRIZES

1st prize: Tuition Fees for One Term (one child)

2nd prize: $100 Voucher for BDC Uniform Shop

This is a wonderful opportunity for parents, friends and staff to mingle in an informal setting

on the grounds of the College.

Welcome to ParentsEvening

Thursday 9 February6:00pm commencement

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PVC Subsidy is available for eligible school students, who are residents of NSW, where there is no public transport available for all or part of the journey. PVC Subsidy is paid on a daily basis between home and the transport pick up point/school. PVC Subsidy may also be available on medical or safety grounds. To check your child’s eligibility, follow this link to our website.

4 Feb Dancing with the Coffs Coast Stars featuring Mr Alan Ball

9 Feb Year 8 & 9 ‘Meet Your Tutor’ evening. 5pm at BDC ‘Welcome to Parents’ drinks. 6pm at BDC

13 Feb Secondary Swimming Carnival

14 Feb Senior Primary Swimming Carnival

16 Feb Year 7 Parent-Teacher ‘Meet & Greet’ from 5pm at BDC Year 7 Camp Information Night. 6:15pm at BDC

17 Feb Junior Primary Swimming Carnival

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