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Newsletter: 3 August, 2017

St Peter’s Fortnightly News

In This Issue Kindergarten News

Year One News

Japanese News

English News

Junior School Awards/Birthdays

Music News

Earn & Learn

P & F News

Community News

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Next Week WEEK 3

MON

August 7 Day 6

TUES August 8 Day 7 -Yr 8 Cyberbullying Guest Speaker -Chapel (SS) -Yr 9 & 11 2018 Subject selection night -JS Parent Teacher

Interviews EnviroMentors Workshop (K-4)

WED

August 9 Day 8 -Kinder 2018 Playgroup Session (9.30am-11.00am) -JS Parent Teacher Interviews -JS Chapel

THURS

August 10 Day 9 -JS Parent Teacher Interviews

FRI

August 11 Day 10 -Pet Education Visit (K,1,2 & 3) -Tree Planting Day

SAT August 12

SUN August 13

Kindergarten News Kindergartens have begun the term with enthusiasm and giggles. We are excited to learn new blends, continue our amazing writing, discover local significant sites and explore the inquiry question, “how does a submarine sink and float?” We began our Science and Technology unit by predicting which objects would sink and which would float. We tested these predictions using a range of materials from our classroom.

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Uniform Shop Hours:

Monday 8:30am – 9:30am

Tuesday 8:30am – 9:30am

Wednesday 8:30am–9:30am

Thursday 8:30am–9:30am and 3:00pm-3:30pm

Friday 8:30am-9:30am

WEEK 4

MON

Aug 14 Day 1

TUES August 15 Day 2 - House (Film Comp)(SS) -YR 9 RAVE Charity Fundraising Day -ICAS Mathematics Competition (Yrs 2-6)

WED

August 16 Day 3 -Elective Music Performance & Workshops (P3&4) -JS Assembly

THURS

August 17 Day 4 -Yr 12 Trial Exams

FRI

August 18 Day 5 -Yr 12 Trial Exams -SASSA JS Athletics -MUNA Canberra -Vietnam Veterans Day

SAT August 19

SUN August 20

Year One News Year One has had a fabulous first week back at the College. We have been

busy welcoming our new class pet “Sunny” the axolotl, competing and

cheering on our friends in the Athletics Carnival, and exploring the themes

of the ocean and sustainability, which have inspired our classes’ major

artwork this term.

This week, guided by these themes, Year One looked more closely at

stingrays, our class totem. We explored the features, movements, and

habitats of stingrays and used this information to inspire our designs and the

construction of our stingray sculptures. Here is a sneak peak of us

constructing our designs.



Japanese News Last week Year 10 Japanese students joined Mrs Brennan at the annual ANU Asia Pacific Day. This experience was a great opportunity for the students to see firsthand and participate in discussions on issues relevant to Asia and the Pacific in a regional and global context. The day was interesting, informative and enjoyable and our students came away with new perspectives on future study paths and career options.

The ANU Asia Pacific Day in Canberra was an eye opening experience, which was both enjoyable and interesting, giving us opportunities to take part in sessions such as Calligraphy, Global Health and Security and the Kabuki workshop (Japanese theatre). The vast amount of schools that attended allowed us to get to know people and also gave us an insight into how many different languages current senior school students are studying. Some of these included Japanese, Korean and Burmese. The student panel gave an opportunity to talk to current ANU students and discuss what degrees they are studying. This day helped me to realise what possible career options are available and where my interests lie. I am very passionate about

attending the ANU in the near future and possibly studying International Security. Sophie Brown Year 10 The ANU Asia Pacific Day was highly enjoyable and worthwhile. Throughout the event we listened to lectures and participated in workshops that we had previously selected. The last session involved current ANU students sharing their valuable advice and personal experiences where doors had opened for them. As a Japanese student who plans to continue studying the language, the ANU Asia Pacific day opened my eyes to the many possible future paths that I could take. Tara Watts Year 10



English News The following two pieces are examples of work from our current Year 12 Advanced English class. The students undertake an Area of Study in which they must examine and respond to texts through a particular ‘lens’. This year the concept of Discovery is the focus. The Cage, written by one of our Year 12 students, is a creative piece that communicates notions of discovery in a very confronting and challenging way.

The Cages

I saw them. I saw their blood shot eyes, limp bodies, pale faces. The lustrous, polished blade reflected the horror that was on my face as he cut through their bodies. I clenched my eyes shut in an effort to hide the fear that was exploding within my hopeless body. Their screams bellowed inside my skull, the pain and trauma penetrating deep into my chest haunting every facet of vitality and purity I ever possessed. It was too much and my thoughts and feelings turned into a numb blur… It was the year 1939 according to the rusty label that hung on my cage. I was trapped in a rusty, confined cage with four other girls and we were insignificant compared to the imposing scale of the prison we were being held in. All of our feet were broken, battered or enfeeble from the sharp wire of the cage. The food we ate made our minds hazy and empty, but we wouldn't let ourselves starve. One of us would die every week or two which gave us more room for a little while, but the smell was rotten and more often then not we were forced to eat what was left of the body. My friend, 43981, lived in the cage below me. She argued a lot about the lack of food and how sore her feet were, so I nicknamed her princess just to tick her off. We all had labels strapped around our ankles, which identified who we were. I was 33689. I was luckier then most because my cage sat right at the top, which meant I didn't get shat on by everyone else, however it did mean I would see, smell and hear more then the others. Where I lived, there were only girls and we didn't get along much. Even though there were so many of us I still felt lonely and scared, especially when ‘he’ came in. ‘He’ was a huge, grotesque creature and we all called him Alien. The alien being was tall, had four long legs or limbs, a strange face with two eyes on the front, a soft elongated nose, a mouth with worm like things stuck to them and two round things that stuck out either side of his head. His unorthodox appearance suited his vile and immoral actions. He invaded us every few days, taking some of us away to a different place and no one knew where. Except for me. Summer 1938 was the last time I saw my family. We used to see the fresh green grass, the blue sky and at night the stars. I used to eat worms or seeds and I would feel the warmth from the sun on my feathers. We were surrounded by creatures that looked similar to Alien, but they were different, nicer, calmer and never harmed any of us. Mother called them humans. They would feed us a lot and nurture us if we were ill. We would pick at the ground, scourge for



English News some grubs or beetles and we feared nothing. That was until Alien came one night and stole everything from us. That was when my nightmare had begun. The other chickens were lucky, because a lot of them didn't know of the world out there. They could not grieve from memories or experiences that they never had. When they looked up all they saw was black, no blue sky or stars, just black. They did not know what true happiness was, what it was to feel protected, to have a family, friends, to feel peace, to adventure and discover. All they knew was this. Cages upon cages of unfamiliar faces. We were all controlled by fear, the fear that if we didn't lay eggs every single day we would be taken away… Forever. Princess was my friend because she had a similar experience to me. We were both changed completely the day we were taken from our families. We both learnt that evil could be exploited in all forms of life. We saw how the vulnerable could be stripped from their identity, transformed into something or someone that participated in vile and callous acts. We learnt to treasure what we once had and to use it as motivation to keep us alive. And we knew more then everyone else, that life in a cage wasn’t it. We knew there was more, more to uncover about life, but we were haunted by our memories, by what we saw on the day we became caged. Maybe it was the food, the water, the metal wire, the cold, the smell, the Alien, the feeling of imprisonment or a combination of everything that rekindled the evocative memories and thoughts in my mind. I ruffled my feathers in an attempt to alleviate the chill in my bones. I’m sure the others knew what happened to us once we got out of the cage, but only I knew for sure… that death was the only escape in the prison. I saw the blood, the fear in their eyes, the sharp glint of the knife and only I felt their pain in my aching heart. In an instant, a life could divide into before and after, gone forever. Invariably, in this place, something remains as a reminder. The Cages.



Junior School Awards Congratulations!

BRONZE BRONZE SILVER GOLD

Connor Kay Ryan Smith

Tara Whitaker Joshua Nelson

Chloe De Winter Logan Wicks Tino Lopresti

Harrison Boyd Charlie Haw

Imogen Griffiths Kyle Young

Craig Stewart

Marc Graziani Eva Freeman Caleb Kohler Liam Walther

Tilly Ashe Logan Wicks Patrick Wade Joshua Nelson

Brenden Hatcher Jackson Rowland-Smith

Craig Stewart Kyle Young

Chloe De Winter Amelia Wilks Ryan Smith Oliver King

Liam Walther Josephine Eberle

Nick Berry

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD JUNIOR SCHOOLHOUSE CAPTAIN’S AWARD

Personal Bests KF Bella Young Reuben Woods Isla Brown

1J Tommy Ratcliff Nick Berry Selina Premaward-hina

2M

3P Harrison Boyd Ella Berry Thomas Kernaghan

4D Shannon Batistic Flynn Dunn Christian Stephens

5B

6M Emily Shea Kyle Young Josephine Eberle



Junior School Birthdays

Nathan G, Isla B, Ksenia S, Elizabeth F, Aiden K, Bella S, Caden G

Lip Sync Battle

2017 LIP SYNC BATTLE

CAPA/TAS EVENING FRIDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER

Reminder to keep your entries coming in for our Inaugural 2017 Lip Sync competition.

The competition is open to Students, Parents and Staff.

The song can be performed as a solo, a duo or a group.

The performance must be between 1min:45sec – 2min:15sec

All competitors must submit their entry either via email

[email protected] or by USB (Front Office)

by Monday, 21 August 2017




Music News

St Cecilia Music Scholarships

The 2017 Eurobodalla St Cecilia Youth Music Scholarships are now open to all students. For application information please see Mr Freeman or visit www.stcecilia.org.au. Many St Peter’s past and present students have won major scholarship awards at this event. There are both classical and contemporary music categories and I would encourage serious musicians to take part. Auditions will be held at St Peter’s on the 21st and 22nd October.

About the Scholarships

St Cecilia has long been regarded as the Patron Saint of Music and Musicians. The celebration of her festival day, 22 November, by musical performances has been the practice in Europe for many centuries. Recognising the disadvantages that local music student’s face compared with their metropolitan counterparts the Eurobodalla St Cecilia Music Scholarship association was formed in 1995 to provide assistance to young musicians in the area. Every year in October a set of auditions with independent adjudicators is held for music students from 8 to 18 years of age and ten scholarships are awarded ranging from $100 merit awards to scholarships worth $1,000. One of these scholarships is the Maria de Rocco prize named after the founder of the association. Following the auditions an award winners concert is held in November as close as possible to St Cecilia’s day in which the scholarship holders receive their awards and, together with guest musicians, play in front of a public audience. The scholarships can only be spent on items or services that further the student’s musical education. Mr Freeman

http://www.stcecilia.org.au/



Earn & Learn

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017 This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school/early learning centre – and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths. From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September or while stock lasts, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local Woolworths. We will have sticker sheets available at the office as well.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn. Remind your family and friends to give you stickers each time they shop!

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P & F News

Athletics Carnival

Big thanks to the parents who helped serve food at the Athletics Carnival - it was a really big

day and we really appreciated your help.

Thanks to Simone de Winter, Kathy Burke, Michele Sacoor, Michelle Sweeney, Liz Toohey, Taryn

Carver, Michelle Dolphin, Ruth Camp and Bec Ellis

ITS ONLY 10 WEEKS AWAY - SkyBlaze is back on Friday 13th October from 3.00pm!

Keep up to date on SkyBlaze by liking our Facebook page, sharing our posts and inviting

your friends to join the page!

Don’t be shy! We need as many people as possible to attend and experience how fantastic

SkyBlaze will be.

You can also find SkyBlaze on Instagram and our website – skyblaze.com.au

Able to donate an hour on the day? We’d love to hear from you [email protected]

or Julie on 0434 531 311.




Community News

Coming next holidays!

Quiz Worx with the Presbyterian Church present-

Amazing Rescue-Jungle Adventure!

Holiday Kids Club for Kinder to 6th grade.

Wed 27th, Thurs 28th, Friday 29th September.

9am-12noon! Moruya Public School hall!

Cost $2 per child per day.

More info to come!

Jan 0416013525.

Weekend Landcare Adventures at The Crossing in October and November

Find other young people with initiative, a love of life and willingness to explore the world. And

if you like cooking damper around a campfire then that's a bonus.

Friends made on these weekends cross school boundaries and give your social media some

realness @thecrossingland

Landcare Wild Weekend for Year 8/9. Crossing the coastal range from Quaama to Bermagui

with one night in a tent and another in a train carraige at a sustainable camp. A hike, mountain

bike and canoe journey with Landcare along the way.

Landcare Weekend for Year 6/7. With a bike journey into the bush from Bermagui, returning

in canoes by river to Bermagui. The weekend includes new friends, having fun in the outdoors, 2

nights in a train carriage bunkhouse, mountain bike arrival, bush exploring, landcare,

sustainability learning and a canoe home.

Special discount price thanks to Far South Coast Landcare Association support for these

weekends see http://thecrossing.thebegavalley.org.au/youth-bookings/

The Crossing Land Education Trust

a not-for-profit camp on Australia's Coastal Wilderness, southern NSW

‘Young people on journeys to sustainability’ http://thecrossing.thebegavalley.org.au https://www.facebook.com/thecrossingland/events

http://thecrossing.thebegavalley.org.au/youth-bookings/

http://thecrossing.thebegavalley.org.au/

http://facebook.com/thecrossingland

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