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DEUS MEUS ET OMNIA TERM 3 WEEK 09Friday 9 September 2016

CALENDAR DATESSaturday 10 September

Marymount College School Reunion 1976, 1986, 2006

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL: www.trybooking.com/KTXH

Monday 12 September

Year 12 Marine Camp 12-14/9 (South Stradbroke Island)

Immunisation Round 3 - (Year 7 & 8)

Rugby League Presentation Evening (Doyle Centre) 5:00pm

Tuesday 13 September

Ormeau Woods Touch Competition U/15 Girls

P&F Meeting (College Meeting Room) 6:00pm

Wednesday 14 September

Titans RL Nines (Helensvale) 8:50am-3:00pm

Thursday 15 September

House Sport

Year 7 Personal Development Day

All Schools Basketball (14-18/9)

Friday 16 September

Last Day Term 3

Thursday 22 September

Ignite Conference 2016

Sunday 25 September

Japan Trip (25/9 - 8/10)

Monday 3 October

Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Tuesday 4 October

Firdst Day Term 4

Wednesday 5 October

All Schools Touch Carnival (5-9/10)

Year 11 Geography Excursion

Child Protection Week reminds us all that Protecting Children is Everybody’s Business.

Child Protection Week

Child protection is everyone’s business. The responsibility lies with adults in keeping children safe from harm. All members of society need to play a part in ensuring children are nurtured and safe. Listening to children and young people is the number one way to assist in ensuring their safety and well-being. Children and young people are honest. They are unlikely to lie about abuse. They are more likely to stay quiet about abuse or harm than to speak up (especially if they know their abuser). Children speaking out about their abuse are often disbelieved or ignored. Parents, professionals and community members all need to hear what children say and seek advice in ensuring they respond appropriately to children when they speak out about abuse.

Research shows that children often communicate signs of abuse by statements such as: regularly complaining of ailments such as tummy aches and headaches with no other causation. When feeling concerned adults and/or children need to speak out and seek assistance. Trust yourself. Anything that doesn’t feel right (such as ‘gut feelings’) needs to be paid attention to. Given that research shows that adults often don’t hear what children say, for children that means that they may need to tell up to 6 adults before someone hears them about their abuse (ACF 2010).

Research also demonstrates that after telling one adult who does not listen children and young people most commonly shut down and stop speaking. Adults need to pay attention to children who speak out about abuse. Most children stay silent because the abuser has insisted they do so. This is a major part of grooming and ensuring they as the perpetrator remain safe from detection or prosecution. On the rare occasion that children or young people can and do speak out they need to be heard and given an appropriate response to ensure their safety and well-being. It is unusual for children who are being abused to tell someone. When this does occur, that someone needs to pay attention.

Reporting concerns about the safety of children and young people is a mandatory responsibility for College staff and volunteers. The following Student Protection Contacts are available to assist students, parents, staff and volunteers to ensure the safety of children and young people:

Chris Noonan, PrincipalAngela Jeffrey, CounsellorMadelaine Lawlor, Counsellor

Child Protection Week reminds us all that Protecting Children is Everybody’s Business. Visit the Qld Child Protection Week website. http://childprotectionweek.org.au/

Parents & Friends Meeting6:00pm Tuesday 13 September 2016

College Meeting Room

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The actors were superb, their performances absorbing and the plays thoroughly entertaining.

Contents

Assistant Principal Senior Curriculum 3

St Francis Peace Prayer 4

Religious Education 4

Father’s Day 5

Speech Pathologist 6

Opti-Minds Challenge 6

Griffith University Gold Coast Science Competition 7

Griffith University Science Trivia Competition 8

Stem Cup 8

Procedure for Early Departure 9

IT SUPPORT 9

Year 12 Physics 9

Year 8 Reflection Day 10

Library 11

Careers 12

Sport 13

Marymount College Newsletter Supporters 16

How were the Plays?

Quite special. Being a parent, a teacher, watching a play, seeing young people we know so well in everyday contexts, come to life in character on stage is a joy. They reveal themselves as another as they tell a fuller story of who they are, and perhaps, of who they yearn to be. Fully alive under lights, from centre of attention, to part of a scene, as the play creates an illusion and tells a story pointing to deeper truths about players, characters and life. They have certainly had great fun and learnt much about acting and themselves in the process.

A process this term that saw the students receive acclaim through the Gold Coast Drama Competition for the Junior Play – Merry Regiment of Women, a critique of Shakespeare’s use of female characters; the intermediate play – Lord of the Flies, a reprise of Golding’s exploration of male violence; and the Senior Play – The Harbinger, a story of hope, of regret and love.

The actors were superb, their performances absorbing and the plays thoroughly entertaining. Thanks to all for your preparation over the term and your ‘command performance’ for us on Thursday evening.

They clearly appreciated the direction of Mrs Melanie Howe (Junior), Ms Emma Burrows (Intermediate) and Ms Teagan Griffey and Ms Jessica Stafford (Senior). Finally, the Directors were most appreciative of the backstage support of Ms Deanne Seigle-Buyat and Sound and Lighting work by Lachlan Grant (Senior 2015 and UQ undergraduate)

2006, 1996, 1986 & 1976 Reunion

Confirmations for tomorrow’s reunion of former students from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago ensure a great experience for all who will attend. The occasion is about the stories of these former students, shared with former class mates and teachers. It will be celebrated in the forecourt of the Franciscan Centre. The adjacent lawns are where our guests will remember their former classrooms, the convent and College Chapel once stood. We welcome all and trust they share an enjoyable afternoon.

Success at Ormeau Fair

Congratulations to our Rock Bands on their outstanding performances at the Lion’s Club Ormeau Fair. Yes, we know young guitarists, drummers and vocalists like to get together, play their rock music, and make a lot of noise.However, thanks to the wonderful talent and the College music program’s focus on classical skills and musicianship, these are really good rock bands.

1st Top Deck: Arisa Atanyakul, Fred Nicholson, Eshwin Rangesh, Jack Linton, Jay Wolff, Sam McCarthy, Daniel Mallos, Caitlin Avery, Sam Mulherin

2nd Trashmobile: Josh Lund, Jay Wolff, Fred Nicholson, Riley Watt

3rd The Salts: Fred Nicholson, Eshwin Rangesh, Jack Linton, Jay Wolff

Chris NoonanPrincipal

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SeNior School NeWS

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ASSiSTANT PRiNCiPAL SENiOR CuRRiCuLuM

Year 12 Exam Block

The Year 12 Exam block continues until the end of term. Students may have exam block privileges withdrawn if there is outstanding assessment or other issues of concern. All assessment tasks must always be completed.

Verfication

At the end of the Term many student folios will be sent off for audit and review through the Verification process. Panels of subject teachers form across the State to review the completed folios of work to date. We have many of our own staff on these Panels. This always occurs on the Monday of Week 3 in Term IV; which is why this is a pupil-free day.

Year 11 Exam Block

Year 11 Exam Block commences on Tuesday 13 September for the remainder of the term. (Monday 12 September is a normal day of school for Year 11.)

2017 Timetable

We will continue to develop the 2017 timetable now that we have Year 11 2017 subject choices in. We are also collating the subject choices for the other year levels. All this data needs to be combined, so as to begin developing Lines of core and elective classes across the entire school. This is a significant task and takes several weeks.

Peter ShawAssistant Principal Senior Curriculum

Uniform Prices

Rising costs have necessitated a small price increase accross most of our uniform items which will become effective from Monday 4 October 2016. The new priceslist is below. In most cases the increase is between 50c and $2.00.

Items purchased prior to this will be unaffected.

Carl BongartsBusiness Manager

uNiFORM SHOPYEAR 8 HPE – TERM 4

All Year 8 HPE classes will be undertaking 'Wetball' (modified water polo) for the practical component of HPE in term 4. As this requires the use of the school pool, students will be required to wear the Marymount College approved swimwear in all of their practical classes from Week 1 Term 4. The requirements are shown below and are available for purchase from the College Uniform Shop. In addition to these requirements, if a student wishes to wear a 'rashie' they may, as long as it is over the top of their Marymount swimmers and not instead of.

Girls: Marymount swimming costume - $46 & Marymount swim cap - $8.00

Boys: Marymount jammers - $42& Marymount swim cap - $8.00

Trent BalymHead of Health & Physical Education

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religiouS educatioN

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PARISH MASS TIMES

FAMiLiES BACK ON TRACK

My first Families Back on Track outreach last week, was an amazing experience. Seeing our students interact with the children there was heart warming.

The parents of the children were very grateful for the opportunity to talk to us and for their children to be entertained.

The many activities organised by our Marymount students, like, face painting, running races, football and basketball games got everyone excited and involved. Then there were the milk shakes, bbq and giant ice cream scoops that were a big draw with the residents. We left behind a very grateful group of people and came away with very good and varied experiences. Thanks to Edwin for organising this wonderful opportunity for our students.

Brendan CrowleyScience Teacher

The past week has been rather quiet compared to last week with the preparations and celebration of Marymount Day.

On Wednesday ten College students from across the year groups attended the special World Children’s Mission Mass at St Brigid’s Nerang. Students from several schools across the Gold Coast were also present. As October is World Mission Month these students will hopefully spearhead or awareness campaign to raise funds for Catholic Mission throughout Term 4.

The 2016 Catholic Mission theme is “just as you did it to one of these …you did it to me” and focus country is Cambodia . A major fundraising event will be Odd Socks Day .

At Monday afternoon’s Staff Meeting we enjoyed a visit from our Parish Priest, Fr Ken Howell, who brought us up to date with the new church building progress. We viewed various images of the work in progress at Mary Mother of Mercy Church presently and other images of what the interior will look like at completion. The College is looking forward to having a church on the campus. We will be so much richer for having a “proper” sacred space in which to gather for prayer and worship. The whole church precinct will extend our concept of community somewhat as the St Vincent de Paul Conference will operate from their space in it and various parish groups will also use it.

We will be changed by the presence of the church because of its proximity and we are already very much aware of it as it moves towards completion in the very near future. The architectural beauty of the building exudes a quietly strong presence and demands attention in the local landscape.

The beautiful spring weather of recent days coincided with the church’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, 1st September which Pope Francis instituted last year to highlight his ecological concerns. This year Pope Francis proposed that caring for the environment be added to the traditional works of mercy in which we are called on to perform as Christians .

Dolores MaitlandAPRE

In praise of creation we pray a part of St Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Sun.

Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,

especially Sir Brother Sun,

Who is the day through whom You give us light.

And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour,

Of You Most High, he bears the likeness.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,

In the heavens you have made them bright, precious and fair.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air,

And fair and stormy, all weather's moods,

by which You cherish all that You have made.

Praised be You my Lord through Sister Water,

So useful, humble, precious and pure.

Praised be You my Lord through Brother Fire,

through whom You light the night and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.

Praised be You my Lord through our Sister,

Mother Earth

who sustains and governs us,

producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

Praise be You my Lord through those who grant pardon for love of You and bear sickness and

trial.

Blessed are those who endure in peace, By You Most High, they will be crowned.

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iPt

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This term Year 11 IPT students have been developing their programming and electronic skills using the Arduino Open Source Software and hardware. Their major project involved coming up with an innovative solution using technology to an everyday problem. The projects were entered into the Young ICT Explorers Competition and all teams made the final judging day.

Three teams accepted the challenge and headed up to University of Queensland on Saturday 27 August to present their inventions to the judges. The projects were assessed on the criteria of creativity, uniqueness, quality, level of difficulty and project documentation.

Team 1: Darla Tubale, Audrey Freeman Foeken, Tom Firman and Richelle Kennedy, created an automatic door opener for a dolls house. The idea came from Darla’s sister playing with dolls houses and having problems opening the door.

Team 2: Luke Harrison, Nicky Heck and Ewan Paterson created an automated dog bowl. Using a sensor , Arduino microcontroller and a valve they programmed the dog bowl to fill up automatically when it sensed the water was getting low. The students faced a lot of challenges when working on this project such as water pressure, having enough power to run the valve and sensing the level of water. They overcome all the issues and had their project working by judging day.

Team 3: Lucas Law Gezo, Cameron Lockyear, Callum Bellis and Tomo Csiki-Bege came up with the idea of creating an automatic wheelie bin lid opener. Using a sensor and an Arduino micro

controller they programmed the lid to open when it sensed something within a radius of 15 cm and close when you walk away. The judges were very impressed with their entry and they were awarded 3rd place. Each student won $50 and received a certificate and a photo with Leeanne Enoch Minister for Innovation, Science & Digital Economy.

Congratulations to all students who entered the competition, it was very impressive and pleasing to see the students work so well together as a team and tackle all the problems they faced.

Katrina Nicholson Head of ICT

The projects were assessed on the criteria of creativity, uniqueness, quality, level of difficulty and project documentation.

YEAR 11 InFORMATIOn PROCESSInG AnD TECHnOLOGY (IPT)

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art

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BRiSBANE CATHOLiC EDuCATiON ART PRiZE 2016

We would like to congratulate the following Art Students for entering into the 2016 BCE Art Prize:

Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12

Alex Dickson Bhodi Jones Aoife Waugh Ashleigh Pead

Alexis Nonamaker Claudia Moss Brigitte Jones

Angela Williams Darcie Garland Hannah Kelly

Annabelle McCarthy x 2 Emily Follett Jade Stevenson

Erin Wildman Maggie Reynolds Kayla Erwin

Isabella Pembroke Sophie Shaw Maddie Farrugia

Paul-Raymond Pearson Sydni Taffe Linda McBride

Tegan Marriott

Alex Dickson

Alexis nonamaker

Anglea Williams

Annabelle McCarthy

Annabelle McCarthy

Erin Wildman

Isabella Pembroke

Paul-Raymond PearsonTegan Marriott

Bhodi Jones

Sydni Taffe

Annabelle McCarthy

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Maggie Reynolds Claudia Moss Darcie Garland Emily Follett

Sophie Shaw

Aoife Waugh Hannah Kelly

Jade Stevenson

Linda McBride

Brigitte Jones

Kayla Erwin Maddie Farrugia

Ashleigh Pead

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library

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Suggest a book that you think should be bought for the

collection!

Have you read anything good recently that the library doesn’t seem to have?

Leave a suggestion in the Suggestion Book at the front desk and we’ll consider your

request.

Please return or re-new your Library books by the end of term.

Parents/guardians can assist the school by encouraging students to return Library books that they have finished reading. If you’re unable to find the book you borrowed, please contact the library. Overdue notices will be sent to parents & students next week.

RECOMMENDED READS

Have awesome books you want to share with everyone? Submit your book reviews or recommendations to the library (it may even make the newsletter).

Review forms available at the library.

The school holidays are rapidly approaching, which means we can finally treat ourselves to a fun read. Charge through a mish-mash of different books, soaking up thrilling plot lines and discovering new authors. Come ‘check out’ some awesome books from the library now!!!

Looking for something to add to your holiday reading list? Why not try some of these books?

• Scratch for Kids by Derek Breen

• Amazing (Mostly) Edible Science by Andrew Schloss

• The illustrated guide to professional haircare & hairstyles by Nicky Pope

• Ms. Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

• Gotham Academy: Volume 2 Calamity by Becky Cloonan & Brenden Fletcher

• Hawkeye VS Deadpool by Gerry Duggan

• House of Windows by Alexia Casale

• When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin

• Storm Horse by Nick Garlick

• Free-kick Pro by Jonny Zucker

• Dark Water by Cindy Jefferies

• The First Hunter by Robert Swindells

The Library provides a welcoming, comfortable environment for students to study, research or read. With exams nearly over, it’s time to think about returning overdue books!

We encourage our students to borrow books for reading over the holidays.

During the holidays it is wonderful to have a rest from the stresses of the school day, but it is important for parents to encourage their children to read books over the holidays. One way for parents to encourage reading is to model reading themselves or even have a family book club. Yes, old fashioned, but it works. This can be an excellent way to keep our students motivated about their reading. Students may borrow books from the school library to read over the holidays.

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careerS

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QTAC (QLD TERTiARY ADMiSSiONS CENTRE) KEY DATES & FEESCurrent Year 12 students planning to apply for courses through QTAC should note the admissions fee increase at the end of this month. Even if you are still not certain of your preferences, it would be wise to submit your details prior to the 1st October price increase and simply revise them should that be necessary at a later date. Save yourself $100! Application fee for Year 12 students:Until 30 September 2016: $37.001 October – 31 January 2017: $138.00Change of preference fees:First three changes: FREEFourth and each subsequent change: $37.00Visit qtac.edu.au for further details or see the Marymount College Careers Centre for assistance.RiViERA AuSTRALiA – SCHOOL BASED APPRENTiCESHiP OPPORTuNiTiESCurrent Year 11 students are being recruited for multiple positions with this leading boat manufacturing facility based at Coomera. Riviera Australia is offering the following:Lamination (3 positions) Boatbuilding (8 positions) Cabinetmaking (1 position) Engineering (2 positions) Upholstery (1 position)To assist with this process, a Work Experience program will be offered to all interested students over the September holidays followed by one day per week Work Experience for the remainder of the school year. Applications will be accepted up to Thursday 15 September 2016. Interviews for the School Based Apprenticeship positions will be held in early December. For further details, contact Lisa Fox (Apprentice Program Manager) 5502 5409 or lfox@riviera.com.au. Information is available from the Marymount College Careers Centre.RESPONSiBLE SERViCE OF ALCOHOL & RESPONSiBLE GAMBLiNG SERViCE CERTiFiCATESIf you want to serve alcohol in Queensland, you need an RSA Certificate. An RGS Certificate ensures you understand all legal obligations associated with selling gambling products. This skill set is very highly regarded to anyone looking to work in or currently working in Hospitality:DATE: Thursday 22 September (RSA 9:00am-12.30pm/RGS 1:00pm-3:30pm)COST: $60 (combined), or $40 (single qual)LOCATION: PST Office, Building 3G, 27 Garden Street, SouthportVisit www.pst.edu.au or 5667 7224TERTiARY PREPARTiON PROGARM iNTENSiVE PATHWAY – uSQThe University of Southern Queensland’s Tertiary Preparation Program Intensive Pathway (TPPIP) is a university program especially designed for Year 12 leavers to help ease the transition from school into university study. The program is delivered on-campus over a two week period commencing on November 28 2016. For further information and to apply, usq.edu.au/pathways or study@usq.edu.au.

PiZZA CAPERS – PALM BEACH DELiVERY DRiVERS WANTEDPositions are being offered to Marymount College students who have their driver’s license. The role includes:• Taking phone and over-the-counter orders.• Preparing and packaging pizza’s• Delivering pizza.• Cash handling.• General cleaning duties.To apply, send your resume to: xypc2015@gmail.com or visit Shop 1, 8th Avenue, Palm Beach.BRiSBANE CiTY COuNCiL – 2017 APPRENTiCESHiP PROGRAMBrisbane City Council is looking to recruit for a number of apprentices to start in January 2017. There are a range of trades on offer and applications open on Monday, 12th September. Apprenticeships include: Building• Electrical• Plumbing• CarpentryAutomotive • Auto Electrical• Heavy Vehicle Mechanic• Coach BuildingHorticulture• Arboriculture• Parks & GardensGo to www.brisbane.qld.gov.au and search “jobs” and submit a resume and cover letter outlining your personal attributes and interest in the particular apprenticeship on offer. For more information, phone 3403 8888. Applications close on Monday, 26th September 2016.GRiFFiTH uNiVERSiTY CONNECT GuARANTEED ADMiSSiON SCHEMEStudents have 4 weeks left to finalise their applications for guaranteed entry through the Griffith Connect Valued Partners Program. For further details visit www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-connect (Username: Griffith/Password: Connectpartner). Applications close 30th September 2016.TAFE QLD GOLD COAST – 2017 SCHOOLS PROGRAM – CERTiFiCATE ii PLuMBiNGTAFE Gold Coast is now offering a Certificate II in Plumbing for year 11 and 12 students (current 10 & 11). Students can now apply via https://studentrego.com (Code – TAFE7). Please note applications close on Friday 28th October 2016. For further information, please contact the schools team on schools.goldcoast@tafe.qld.edu.au.

SCHOOL BASED TRAiNEESHiP CuRRENT VACANCY LiSTCertificate III Hospitality• Dive Tea and Coffee House –

Main Beach• The French Lantern – Hope

Island• 52 Marine – Coolangatta• Barchino – Nobby Beach• Subway – Australia Fair,

Ashmore, Beach Road, Coomera Grand, Elysium Road, Carrara, Harbour Town, Hope Island, Main Beach, Palm Beach, Runaway Bay, Upper Coomera, Westfield Helensvale, Worongary

• Zarraffa’s – Runaway Bay, Nerang

• Burger Bro – Upper Coomera• Betty’s Burgers & Concrete Co

– Surfers Paradise, Robina• Harrigan’s Drift Inn – Jacob’s

Well• The Industrial Café – Nerang• Baskin Robbins – Pacific Pines• Mudgee Bah Café & Gifts –

Mudgeeraba• California Cantina – Isle of

Capri• The Burleigh Heads Surf Club

– Burleigh Heads• Crema Espresso – Robina

Town CentreCertificate III Business Admin• Gold Coast Adventures –

Main Beach• Aurora Training Institute –

Robina• PRA Consulting - Mermaid

BeachCertificate III Business Retail• NewsXpress – The Pines,

ElanoraCertificate III Commercial Cookery• The Burleigh Heads Surf Club

- Burleigh Heads• Stellarossa - Benowa

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Special mention must go to Year 8 student Ellie Beer for her exceptional results at the trials.

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AGCC Semester 2 interschool Sport Premiers

Yesterday, 30 of our interschool sport teams competed in the grand finals of the Semester 2 AGCC Interschool Sport Competition. Congratulations to the following 18 teams and their coaches on becoming Semester 2 AGCC Premiers:

Senior Girls Basketball (Coach: Mrs Jodi Hamilton)

Junior Boys Cricket (Coach: Mr Brendan Crowley)

Year 7A Boys Oztag (Coach: Mr David Grant/Ms Ellie Davis)

Year 8A Boys Oztag (Coach: Mr Pat Evans)

Year 9A Boys Oztag (Coach: Ms Cara Callum)

Year 10A Boys Oztag (Coach: Mr Thomas Carroll)

Junior A Boys Rugby League (Coach: Mr Matt Geyer)

Senior A Boys Rugby League (Coach: Mr Jason Hamilton)

Senior B Boys Rugby League (Coach: Mr Kris Symons)

Senior Girls Soccer (Coach: Mr Greg Gazal)

Year 7/8 B Boys Tennis (Coach: Ms Paula Kennedy)

Year 9/10 Boys Tennis (Coach: Mr Stephen Spilsted)

Year 7B Girls Touch Football (Coach: Mrs Nicole Browne)

Year 8B Girls Touch Football (Coach: Ms Erica Hennigar)

Year 9 Girls Touch Football (Coach: Ms Melanie Carroll)

Senior Girls Touch Football (Coach: Mrs Cathy Cooper)

Year 8 Girls Volleyball (Coach: Mrs Yvonne Crowley)

Year 9 Boys Volleyball (Coach: Mrs Kylie Mathers)

Term 4 Recreational Sport

Term 4 Recreational Sport choices are now closed

for all students in Years 7 – 11. As of next week students will be able to view which sport they will be participating in on a Thursday afternoon. Air Factory, Fitness First, Surfing Lessons and Indoor Rockclimbing participants are required to collect and complete an indemnity form before Thursday 6 October. These can be collected from the sports office. Upfront payments for Air Factory, Fitness First, Surfing Lesson, OzSports, Indoor Rockclimbing and Yoga can be made at the College Bookshop. Recreational Sport commences on Thursday 6 October.

South Coast Region Track and Field Team selection

Earlier this week 17 of our students competed at the 10 – 19 Years South Coast Track and Field Trials at the Gold Coast International Athletics Centre, Griffith University. Congratulations to the following students for their selection in the South Coast Region Track and Field team:

• Ellie Beer – 13 Years Girls 100m, 200m, 400m, Long Jump and Triple Jump

• Caitlin Lythgo – 13 Years Girls 1500m

• Shae Rooney – 13 Years Girls 1500m

• Georgia Martin – 13 – 15 Years Girls Multi Class 800m and 1500m

• Xavier Coates – 15 Years Boys Long Jump and Triple Jump

• Ella Cummings – 16 Years Girls 100m Hurdles and 100m

• Georgia Freese – 17 Years Girls Discus

Special mention must go to Year 8 student Ellie Beer for her exceptional results at the trials. She won the 13 Years Girls 200m, 400m, Long Jump and Triple Jump events. An awesome effort Ellie!

All students will now compete at the Queensland School Sport State Track and Field Championships from the 20th – 23rd October at QSAC, Nathan, Brisbane. We wish them all the very best!

Cherie Andersen

Head of Sport

Shae Rooney

Caitlin Lythgo

Georgia Martin

Georgia Freese

Ella Cummings

Xavier Coates

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Access Parent Portal from the Quicklinks Section of the College websitePARENT PORTAL

Check the details we have recorded in our enrolment system about your children, and if necessary advise us of any changes.

You can check on information about your child’s attendance, teachers, timetable, NAPLAN performance and report cards.

Send an absentee notification to the Student Administration Office

View copies of letters sent home, medical forms, and College policies

Access the College calendar and view events for the entire year.

BCE CONNECT APP

Parent Teacher Online Bookings

The log in details for the app are the same as per the Parent Portal.

BCE Connect allows us to send announcements as a push notice to anyone who has installed the app and selected Marymount College and saved as a Favourite, for example a bus running late from an excursion. Make sure you have notifications enabled on your device for the app when you install it.

The push notification feature may be used to send an emergency announcement or to highlight an important message. The notification presents on a mobile device similar to a SMS text message. You do not have to open the app to see the notification.

Other features include newsletters, school forms and the ability to notify of student absences at a touch of a button.

The best experience is if you log into the APP, which is done with the same username and password as the Parent Portal, the App will enable you to stay logged in for up to a year.

BCE Connect, is now available to download from:

• Google play store

• Apple App Store - iPhone link and iPad link

Send an absentee notification to the Student Administration Office from your phone

View copies of letters sent home, medical forms, and College policies

Tuckshop Price List

Great Feature!Add events from the calendar directly into your phone/tablet calendar

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