Deputy News
Welcome back to Term 2, I trust you all had a wonderful break with a bit of down time with your family. As we head into Term 2
Student Led Conference Feedback
Don't forget Student Led Conference feedback is valuable for us to continue to improve our processes in this area. An email was sent to all families on Friday 31 March with the link to a survey to give this feedback. This form will remain open until this Friday, 21 April. We appreciate and thank those families who take the time to give us this feedback to inform our future planning.
Retreat Programs
The College has a Prep – Year 12 Retreat progression that allows for retreat experiences ace time and space to be reflective. There is a large amount of variety across the formats, and each year level. Retreats are an important part of College life as they give students the timings, locations and leaders of retreats and these are targeted at the specific age group.
| Year Level/s | Theme/details | Time | Location | Leaders |
| Prep – Year 4 | Planned by our Year 11 students as part of their Praxis program. These are based around the Catholic Education Week theme each year |
In July Timing varies from 30-60 minutes. |
At the College | Year 11 students in small groups |
| Year 5 | Using your gifts |
On Year 5 camp 1 evening |
On camp | Teachers on camp |
| Year 6 | My Journey | 1 day | At the College | LYF team |
| Year 7 | OLSCC – who are we? |
½ day Week 1 Term 1 |
At the College | LYF team |
| Year 8 | Dare to be more |
July 1 day |
At the College | The Passionists |
| Year 9 | Reflection Day “Me and my place” | March | At the College | Michael Fitzpatrick |
| Year 10 | Being true to oneself | April | At the College | LYF team |
| Year 11 | Call to Leadership | On camp | On camp | Teachers on camp |
| Year 12 | Our Journey |
September 3 days whilst on camp |
On camp | LYF team and teachers on camp |
Year 10 Retreat
Next Wednesday, 26 April, Year 10 students will participate in a retreat at the College. The theme of the Year 10 Retreat is ‘Bring true to oneself’ and is a time for students to think about themselves and be themselves. It will be a great time for the Year 10 group to join together for a day of reflection, fun and a little bit of socializing too. The retreat will be run by Cate Brennan and Carey Twidale with the help of Year 10 teachers.
This retreat is time:
- away from the normal routine to allow students to reflect on their life
- to experience new things
- for quiet and to be open to God’s intervention
- to enjoy being with friends
- to renew friendships and learn more about others
- to be a little creative
EASTER
We have entered the Easter liturgical season of our Church, leading us to Pentecost. We thank you for your support of our Easter Raffle – we gave away 162 prizes and raised $1601.60 for St Vincent de Paul through this initiative. A huge thanks to our Year 5 students who take on Mini Vinnies each year as part of their Praxis program.
Thanks for your support of Caritas through the donation of change into our Project Compassion money boxes. We raised $531.39 for Caritas.
Year 10 Science Trial Test
We have been randomly selected to take part in the National Assessment Program – Science Literacy (NAP-SL). A sample of 20 students from Year 10 students will be randomly selected by Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to complete this test. The assessment session will last approximately 2 hours and will be conducted on the 11 May from 8:50-10:50am. Parents will be notified in the coming week if their child has been randomly selected by ACER to take part in this trial. Information and data from trials such as these is used by ACER to standardise their test platforms like NAPLAN, the Year 6 & 10 Science Literacy, ICT and Civics and Citizenship Tests, and gain a better understanding of alignment of teaching and learning across these curriculum areas. Schools are not provided with individual data from these trial/sample tests but wholistic national data is presented by ACARA each year.
DATE CLAIMERS FOR LYF
24 April – 2:30pm – OLSCC ANZAC Day Service
26 April – all day – Year 10 Retreat Day
5 May – Rice Day
12 May – Prep Mother’s Day High Tea
2 June – 9:00am - Ecumenical Service
Mrs Cate Brennan
Deputy Principal Religious Education