Term 2, Week 3 - 11 May - 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers in our community. I hope you were able to stop and feel special and you had a chance to connect with family. Connection and relationships are so very important which is a message we continue to promote in our school community, and this current climate of restrictions has highlighted the importance of connection. In my own family we have made more time to contact each other and Zoom family gatherings have become a regular event!( and they provide us with some unintended “entertainment” as well).

Congratulations to Katrina Don who had a baby boy Fletcher in the holidays. Katrina is currently on leave and we hope she is enjoying her time at home.

Return to School Phase 1 Plan  

Week 1 and 2 saw an increase in the numbers of students attending school each day. This week we have students returning as per the plan I sent out at the end of week 1. I have attached this plan to the newsletter.

As with anything that is planned at the moment there is a constant proviso that this may change. The same applies to our plan for week 4. At this stage we have planned for our junior students to return to school 2 days a week. We will look at our numbers and if they are increasing we may fast track our return to school. I will communicate any changes to our community as and when they happen.

Students are still working in the Blended Learning Environment (online learning and face to face). When students are at school on their allocated day they will be with their teacher and this is an opportunity for students to have support, explanations, guidance, feedback and general interaction. When students are not at school they are to continue learning online. Zooms will still happen when students are not required to be at school.

Wellbeing, Learning  and Student Voice

We understand that many students are very excited about returning to school, others are quite anxious - about friendship groups, about their learning, and other issues we possibly don't know about. We also understand that this experience of COVID 19 has been traumatising for students and families on a range of levels. Our Director, Dr Sally Towns, said  in her video message to parents last term “that when students return to the classroom we will meet the students where they are at.”

To assist and support our students to reconnect with the College, their friends, teachers and their learning the following will be happening in week 3.

Welcome: Each year group will be welcomed back at the start of their day. Year 7 and Year 8 will go through some Wellbeing activities in period 1 on their respective days. Year 9 & 10 will have a shorter welcome back / wellbeing check in period 1 on their respective days. Year 11 & 12 will be welcomed back in their Year meetings on Tuesday.

Learning Conversations - Student Voice Phase 1: A team of staff will be having 1-1 conversations with Year 7 students to find out where they are at with their learning and to determine their technology skills. These conversations will continue throughout week 3 across all the junior classes. Therefore, there may be some minor disruptions to class during the week.  

This information will be very important for when we have everyone back full time  (Phase 2). Amazing data is being collected and will be shared with staff. This will help teachers and aides know their students, monitor their students, and help direct their pedagogy (teaching), differentiation and assessment. 

I believe this experience and the changes brought on by COVID -19 has highlighted (I am sure you can add more)

• our ability to change, and change quickly when we have to; 
• the importance of gaining new skills and learning;
• that schools are not just places of academic learning;
• the absolute importance of differentiation in the classroom; 
• the importance of schools in society, the importance of teachers
• the inextricable connection between learning and wellbeing

Hygiene practices and social distancing

The following practices are now part of our College routine:

• Health advice says that students are not required to socially distance at school. However, we are encouraging students to spread out in classrooms and playground. Students are required to socially distance from staff.
• Sanitiser spray and paper towels are in all classrooms. Desks, benches and door handles are wiped down at the end of each lesson. 
• Students are requested to wash their hands regularly. Sanitiser is available in various areas of the school. We have sanitiser ready to place in each classroom and outside the toilets. Unfortunately, supplies of dispensers have been held up. Once here, sanitiser will be available in classrooms.
• Extra signage is going up around the College regarding these points.
• As adults are still required to practice social distancing we ask that parents adhere to this when at the College. 

Enrolments for 2021 are still open. 

Please submit your applications as soon as possible. Interviews for applications already processed will begin in week 4. Families have the option of zoom interviews or coming in person to the school. We are about to recommence our advertising for enrolments, as our campaign came to a sudden halt last term due to COVID 19. 

30th Anniversary of (Catherine) McAuley Catholic College.

It is 30 years since the amalgamation of St Mary’s College, St Aloysius College and Holy Spirit College to form Catherine McAuley College. We have been developing plans to acknowledge this throughout the year, particularly in the newsletter. If you have some suggestions please forward them to the College.  

All the best for the fortnight ahead. I will confirm the plans for week 4, 5 & 6 as soon as possible. 

Yours sincerely

Kate

Kate Thomson

Principal 

“We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.” Catherine McAuley

Today, many countries are celebrating #MothersDay . I wish to remember all mothers with gratitude and affection, entrusting them to the protection of Mary, our heavenly Mother. Let us also remember those mothers who accompany us from Heaven.   Twitter · May 10, 2020

We thank you Lord for the great gift of motherhood.

It is in her embrace that we have known safety and comfort.

It is through her encouragement that we grow and mature.

Bless our mothers.

Draw close to them and hear their prayers for their children.

Give them the grace of surrendered love –

a love that images the love of our heavenly mother, Mary.

May all mothers find daily

the strength to love generously,

the patience to endure graciously,

and the grace to live their vocation of motherhood joyously.

We pray for all of the mothers in our lives with reverence and gratitude.

We ask this through our Lord, Jesus Christ,

Amen.

We offer a prayer to Mary, Mother of God.

In the past couple of months there has been a lot of uncertainty for all of our students, particularly our Year 12 Students around their HSC. The New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) has recently advised us of further HSC changes including the following:

• An extension on hand-in dates for practical projects and major works.
• The marking of some components of the 2020 HSC practical examinations (Industrial Technology, Textiles and Design, Visual Arts) has moved from an external mark provided by HSC markers to a mark provided by the teacher.
• Music submitted works will be externally marked and the due dates are unchanged.
• Students are no longer required to undertake NESA-mandated VET work placements.

The HSC Trial Examinations will go ahead. However, the date for these examinations has changed to Weeks 5 and 6 of Term 3. Our teachers are looking forward to having our students return so we can work together to ensure our students have the best possible outcomes for their HSC studies.

NESA has given principals and school sectors the authority to make decisions around the curriculum delivered to students in Years 7-10. This decision supports schools and teachers to develop teaching and learning programs for students as they progressively return to face-to-face learning at school.

It has been both an exciting and challenging time to be a member of the education sector over the past few weeks. In the wake of the implications of  COVID-19, teachers, teacher assistants, specialist support staff and administration staff have had to upskill and adapt to new learning environments on an unprecedented level.

We are extremely proud of all of our teaching staff in their ability to adapt to change, learn new skills and strategies and apply these to the blended learning environment, whilst always keeping the student at the centre in all that they do.

Teachers have engaged in numerous professional development opportunities including the use and application of Zoom, Screencastify, Google Classroom, SORA and Clickview and Online Feedback in the blended learning environment. This has also provided an opportunity for teachers to re-imagine their pedagogy with the return of face to face teaching.

We have been able to reflect on current teaching practices and modify and redefine sequences of learning to accommodate the diverse needs of the students in our online classrooms. Highlights of this experience have been engaging with students through Zoom, recording instructional videos that can meet students at their learning, using new applications such as google drawings and gathering feedback with a variety of tools. This has also allowed us to reimagine practical activities, connecting to real world experiences that students could complete at home.

Religion - Students will be learning about the Structure of the Bible: the links between the Old and New Testaments, as well as the types of stories in the Bible.

English - Classes are studying Courage as a topic. Students have begun to explore the concept of Courage, and find examples from their novel. They are working towards an essay on the concept of courage.

Maths - Computations with Integers - Students are working through set textbook questions and Maths Online with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo). Students should be up to adding and subtracting integers.

Geography - Students are continuing with the Place liveability unit with a focus on the positive and negative factors that impact liveability, as well as ways to measure liveability.

Science - Students are looking at Earth's position in the solar system, the placement of the planets in the solar system and determine our place in the universe.

PDHPE - Students will examine strategies for a healthy balanced diet; Exploring the impact of body image and research eating disorders.

Technology Mandatory - Engineered System - Students will study Engineering with a focus on aerodynamics and how things fly. There will be an opportunity to make and test paper planes. Students should have completed the following activities in weeks 1 and 2 - Forces of Flight, Gravity and Air, Buoyancy.

Art - We continue ‘travelling’ the world in search of how art has developed through time and how different cultures and ancient societies had many different interpretations of what art could be and how it was used in their daily life.

Music - We continue to learn about the Instruments of Music using the Beatles as our teachers! So far we have been learning to play “Love Me Do” and “Yellow Submarine”. This fortnight the focus songs are “Here Comes the Sun” and “Let It Be”.

Studies of Religion - Students will develop an understanding of the importance of the Conversion of Saul.

English - Students will review and extend understanding of poetic techniques through the study of several poems and examples. They will complete short poetry writing activities and continue with Wordflyers online learning.

Maths - Perimeter, Area and Volume -Students are working through Maths Online with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo) Students should be up to area of rhombuses, kites and trapeziums.

History - Students will be finishing the unit 'Japan Under the Shogunate' by completing a creative task that will focus onto an area of their interest. This will be followed by the new unit 'Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation and Contact History'. This new unit looks at the indigenous inhabitants of North America and Australia and their pre-contact cultures, and then explores the impacts of contact and colonisation on these communities.

Science - Students are looking at the rock cycle through the 'Science by doing' website. They will look at different rock types that make up the earth.

PDHPE - Students will look at the Mental Health of Young Australians and gain an understanding of the impacts of Stress, Anxiety and Body Image on health and wellbeing

French - During weeks 3 and 4 students will learn more vocabulary associated with "Au Collège" (At School). They will also learn about the indefinite and definite articles in French and English, and how to describe the colour of objects in French.

Indonesian - During weeks 3 and 4, students will learn more vocabulary associated with this Term’s unit - “Ayo Makan!” (Let’s eat!). Word order rules in Indonesian will be further reinforced and vocabulary for discussing preferences introduced.

Technology Mandatory - Engineered Systems - Students will study Engineering with a focus on aerodynamics and how things fly. There will be an opportunity to make and test paper planes. Students should have completed the following activities in weeks 1 and 2 - Forces of Flight, Gravity and Air, Buoyancy.

Art - Students continue to investigate The Self Portrait. Students are introduced to famous Self Portrait Artists and their Artworks. Students are gaining important Portraiture skills. Students work towards producing a body of work using drawing, photography and collage.

Music - Students are learning more about instruments used in Rock Music, continuing to work on guitar skills, a short revision quiz and a skill video submission. Those without guitars will have adjusted work and use the guitar neck they created in a previous lesson.

Religion - The Sacraments of Healing: We are looking at responding as a Christian to challenging situations. We will be looking at the two sacraments of healing soon.

English - Students are considering their place in the world as global citizens. They will be investigating the rights and responsibilities of being a global citizen. They are to consider difference and diversity in the world. Each student will read a novel from the diversity genre and compose a multimodal text to present their learned insight into the issue/s depicted.

Students continue to explore various text formats presenting a range of global issues. They will be reviewing technical vocabulary and features of visual literacy analysis in order to identify and discuss the context and purpose of a given image. Students are working towards selecting images to augment an oral presentation on a global issue identified in the novel they have read.

Maths 5.3 - Quadratic expressions - Working through Maths Online with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo) Students should be up to factorising.

Maths 5.2 - Algebraic expressions and equations - Working through Maths Online with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo). Students should be up to two step equations.

Maths 5.1 - Statistics - Working through Maths Online with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo). Students should be up to calculating the mean.

Geography - Students are continuing with the Changing places unit with a focus on the different features of cities and some of the push/pull factors related to global mega cities.

Commerce - Investigating Promoting and Selling for the next two weeks specifically, product promotion strategies and targeting consumers.

Science - Students will be looking at how the body is controlled by the Nervous and endocrine (Hormones) system. What controls our bodies functions after puberty?

PDHPE - Students will examine the impact the media has on our health and wellbeing.

PASS - Students will explore the impact of Technology on injury rehabilitation, safety and spectator appeal.

Textiles - Design Unit - Students will be studying design, colour and texture. They will be developing skills in hand embroidery and complete the first section of an ongoing project.

Timber - Core Module: Timber 1 - Students will develop knowledge and skills when using tools, materials and techniques in the designing of timber products. As students progress they will build autonomy in the areas of designing, project management and workplace communication.

Food Technology - Food Selection & Health - Students will examine the role of food and its nutritional components in the body. They will explore the nutritional needs of individuals and groups, and explain the effects of poor nutrition. There will be an opportunity to select and plan safe and nutritious foods to reflect national food guides. 

Multimedia - Web Design - Students will learn about a range of processes used to create websites using HTML code.

Art - Through this unit students will be developing their drawing skills and knowledge of portraiture throughout art history. At present students are working on proportions of the face and tonal skills to create a realistic image of a famous person.

Music - Music’s Classic Hits moves into the classical era from the baroque era. Every student is learning to play a simple classical or baroque piece of music such as Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy” and Pachelbel’s famous “Canon in D”. 

Drama - Students will complete research tasks as background for our text, Hitler’s Daughter as well as some “at home” performance activities. They will begin learning about design and directing for theatre

Religion - The Church; history, challenge and Change. Classes are working on significant people and events such as Constantine and the Edict of Milan

English - Students are completing a study on poetry. They are focussing on how poetry and song can be used to protest against social issues and effect change. They look at a range of poems and song lyrics understanding how language and poetic features create an emotional impact.

Maths 5.3 - Single variable and bivariate statistics. Working through Maths Online worksheets with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo). Students should be up to Box and Whisker plots.

Maths 5.2 - Algebraic expressions and Indices. Working through Maths Online with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo). Students should be up to Index laws three and four.

Maths 5.1 - Statistics. Working through Maths Online with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo). Students should be up to frequency distribution tables.

Geography - Students will continue with an investigation into global Human wellbeing and how this can be measured. We will also introduce weekly geography skills practice.

Commerce - Students will continue their studies on the Economy. After completing an annotated poster of the 5 sector model of the economy. Students will learn about the Business Cycle. This will lead into a mini research task on significant economic events in history.

Science - Students are still studying DNA and how DNA influences the structure and function of organisms. Looking at Biotechnology and its influence on our daily lives.

PDHPE - Students will learn about biomechanics and the motion or movement and how it is fundamental in sport.

PASS - Students will analyse the impact of technology to participation and performance (old syllabus)

Food Technology - Food Product Development - Innovations in food production have ensured there is an increased variety of foods in the marketplace for consumers. Students will examine the impact of food innovations on society and  the reasons for developing new food products. Students will have the opportunity to develop and evaluate their own food product.

iSTEM - Aerodynamics - Students will learn about: Airfoils plus Structures and Materials used in Aeronautical Engineering

Metals - Communication in Metals  - Students will undertake basic sketching techniques, reading and interpreting drawings, basic CAD, material calculations and spreadsheets.

Textiles - Design Unit - Students will be studying design, colour and texture. They will be developing skills in hand embroidery and complete the first section of an ongoing project.

Timber - Core Module: Timber 1 - Students will develop knowledge and skills when using tools, materials and techniques in the production of timber storage and transportation products. As students progress they will build autonomy in the areas of designing, project management and workplace communication.

Agriculture - Beef and Pasture Production - Students will undertake the study of beef cattle production as part of the agricultural industry in Australia. There will be a focus on demand, export, and quality standards.

Art (100hr) - Through this unit students will be developing their drawing skills and knowledge of portraiture throughout art history. At present students are working on proportions of the face and tonal skills to create a realistic image of a famous person.

Art (200hr) - Students are continuing their Surrealist Unit. In week 5 they will begin to study POP Art.  In this unit students will investigate how Pop Art has influenced the Visual Arts, Film and Advertising after the ‘60’s. The students will appropriate aspects of the Pop Art style into their current Artmaking Practice.

Studies of Religion I - Students will commence their first Depth Study: Christianity. They will be introduced to the origins and history of Christianity and they will be able to outline the historical and cultural context in which Christianity began.

Studies of Religion II - During this time, students will study the key Jewish Sacred Texts - The Tenach and the Talmud -  and how they influence the lives of believers.

Catholic Studies - Christology. At the moment we are looking at the life and teachings of Jesus. There are three quizzes (online) to complete over the next week.

Advanced English - We have finished reading The Handmaid’s Tale and are now looking at detailed analysis of key scenes. Ideas of Speculative Fiction are being discussed. We will also study a film before writing an essay that uses both texts as evidence.

Standard English - Students are looking at Contemporary Possibilities. This is the study of how information is presented in our modern world, in different ways such as graphic novels, interactive films, blogs and the adaptation of narratives in a digital world. The unit shows how audiences have more involvement and interaction in the text. They start with the study of a graphic narrative “The Boat’.

English Studies - The class is studying Our Digital World. The focus is on the many issues that teens may encounter in cyberspace. This week we are looking at our digital footprints and keeping safe on the internet.

Maths Standard - Probability - student are working through Maths Online and textbook with support via Zoom lessons and other resources such as “Wootube” (Eddie Woo).

Maths Advanced - Trigonometry via Zoom lessons and textbook

Maths Extension - Polynomials and Inverse Functions via Zoom lessons and textbook.

Geography - Students will continue to investigate the World’s population, in particular the migration patterns of people and its impacts. The class will also continue with their SGP task.

Modern History - Students have begun undertaking their Historical Investigation. The focus of these investigations will be based on a topic of interest that has been chosen by the student. The Historical Investigation presents an opportunity for students to further develop relevant investigative, research and presentation skills. This task will take place from week 1-4 and the students will then complete an in class essay based on their own topic and question. Following this investigation students will begin the new unit 'The Decline and Fall of the Romanovs', this will finish in Week 9 of Term 2.  

Business Studies - Students are completing work on the nature of management, with a shift towards management styles in week 3.

Legal Studies - Students will continue with Assessment Task 1: Research Book and Legal Report on a contemporary law reform issue. Please note the amended due dates - Digital Research Book due Friday 8th May via Google Classroom and Legal Report due Friday 15th May via Google Classroom. In Week 4, students will commence their studies on the second topic for 11 Legal Studies, The Individual and the Law.

Biology - The students are looking at the transport systems of living things (Biota) and how these structures allow organisms to survive in a certain environment. They will then start on Biological diversity, how Biotic and Abiotic factors affect the functioning of Biota.

Chemistry - Students are starting a mathematical topic on Quantitative chemistry and in particular using the mole concept.

Physics - Students are using Education Perfect. They have started Forces, Acceleration and Energy and then Momentum, Energy and Simple Systems, Impulse, and Conservation of Momentum.The students have their Depth Study until the end of Week 5. In week 6 they will start Waves

SLR - Students will explore the benefits or resistance training, and the various ways different sports encompass resistance training. They will be introduced to the function of major muscle groups and analyse the importance of nutrition. 

Students should have completed work regarding the skeletal system and the muscular skeletal systems. Students should now be completing agonist and antagonist muscle groups and looking closely at different types of muscle contractions.

PDHPE - Students will determine what influences the health of individuals

CAFS - Students will explore conflict - the process, resolution, causes, outcomes and the role of support people.

Multimedia - Industry study and Testing ideas for their Major Projects  - Students will complete activities on the technical and environment factors of the multimedia industry focus area. During double lessons students will work on their major projects.

Art - Meet the Moderns aims to give students a solid overview of Modernism in the 20th century. The significant manifestos of Modernist movements will also be examined.

Music - Currently students are working on a guided research task about a film music composer of their choice such as the amazing John Williams who composed the iconic music of “Superman”, “Harry Potter” and “Jaws”. The focus concepts this fortnight include tone colour and duration. 

Studies of Religion I - Students will be continuing studying the unit titled ‘Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post 1945’. The focus for the first 4 weeks will be on Aboriginal spiritualities. Students will also continue to prepare for Assessment Task 2 in Week 3.

Studies of Religion II - Students will begin exploring the concept of peace in the Islamic tradition. They will also be preparing for Assessment Task 2 in Week 3.

Catholic Studies - Students will continue to work through Google classroom and interpret the essential meaning of the key Catholic virtues - character, virtue and integrity.

Advanced English - Students are studying the poet TS Eliot. This unit looks at five of his poems. The students need to understand his context, concerns and how he presents his issues in his complex poetry. They need to understand his language features and forms, and need to practise formal responses to his poems.

Standard English - The class is studying Language, Culture & Identity.  We are working towards an essay on the poetry of Ali Cobby Eckermann.

English Studies - The class will begin their next topic, MiTunes . They are working towards a portfolio of work due in week 9 Term 2.

Maths Standard - Future Values and Annuities via Zoom lessons and textbook.

Maths Advanced - Correlation and Regression via Zoom lessons and textbook.

Maths Extension - Correlation and Regression via Zoom lessons and textbook.

Ancient History - Students are continuing to work on source evidence for what life was like in Pompeii and Herculaneum prior to 79 AD. In weeks 3 and 4 the focus is housing, leisure, clothing, health and food.

Modern History - Class is finishing the study of Conflict in Europe by studying the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in Week 3. In Week 4, we will begin our study of The Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966–1989.

Business Studies - Students are completing a section on the influences on Financial management. They will then investigate external equity finance, different financial institutions and the influence of the government on financial institutions.

Geography - Students will be moving into the unit of work People and economic activity, with a focus on the Global tourism industry.

Biology - Presentation on research is on the 20th May.  Continue with Inquiry Question 3 and 4 for Module Infectious Disease looking at the human immune response and how to stop the spread of infectious diseases.  Week 4 we will move onto Module 8 Non-Infectious disease, exploring their causes and effects on human health.  Examining technologies and their uses in treating non-infectious diseases.

Chemistry - Students will be continuing the module on Organic chemistry and in particular naming the vast range of carbon based compounds.

Physics - Students will be continuing on the module 'exploring the nature of light'. This will look at electromagnetic waves and their uses in a modern world.

PDHPE - Students will begin studying Health Priorities in Australia - examine the health status of Australians and investigate, in depth, the current health priority issues in Australia and the groups that suffer inequities in our health system

CAFS - Students are exploring the various influences on parents and carers, along with the formal and informal support that is available to help them fulfill their roles and responsibilities. 

Textiles - Properties and Performance Unit - This unit of work assists students to make informed consumer choices in the selection of fabrics for specific end uses. Students practical skills are developed and enhanced through Major Textile Project and the use of textile related technologies

Timber - Industry Study and Folio - Students will continue developing sections of their Design Management and Communication Folio’s. They will also undertake activities based on the Timber Industry focus area.

Art - Visual Arts students are working on their major body of work. WE will be starting a new unit called Art & Belief. This unit is an exploration of how Culture plays an important role in artmaking practice.

Visual Design - Students continue to create their own brand and design a logo and illustrations that will feature on streetwear. Marketing materials for the brand will also be created.

Music - HSC music students are working on a performance assessment task within the topic “Popular Music”. We have now defined the term as well as had a lot of fun debating the ten most popular pieces of music of all time (as well as surveying others in the community).

School fees for term 2 are normally mailed to parents and guardians during the first week of May, with payment due on May 15. As a result of the impact of COVID-19, the College recognises that some families would benefit from additional time to pay term 2 fees. We therefore believe it is appropriate to delay the mailing of fee statements until the first week in June, thus allowing a due date for payment to be deferred until June 19.

The College accepts direct transfers, BPay, and payment over the phone. When transferring please be sure to include your reference number listed on the statement so that the proceeds can be correctly identified and applied.

If you have any concerns with school fees, please contact either Julie Power or myself at the College on 66 431434.

Stephen Hartmann
College Business Manager

This is an extract from a letter written by Dr Tom Brunzell,  Director of Education,
Berry Street: 

As the school term begins, we invite you to gently observe the world amidst the rush of our new ways of living and learning. Given the ongoing flood of information, online and distance learning, and many families working and learning together at home, we have noticed our brains and bodies escalated more frequently as our inboxes overflow with advice. 

We encourage you to notice these new impacts on your own stress-response when doing once simple things like listening to the news, washing your hands, and shopping for weekly groceries.  

We invite you to join us in slowing down the ways in which we attend to each life task. 

When we slow down, 
we are more aware of our surroundings and notice the small joys.
When we slow down, 
it will be easier to keep our safe distance from others and see the vast spaces available to us.
When we slow down,
 we will be helping our central nervous system and in turn improve our bodies’ capacity to cope.
When we slow down, 
we will be better support to those who need us.
- Leonie Abbott, Assistant Director Education at Berry Street

CSO LEARNING FROM HOME - FAMILIES WEBPAGE
The Learning From Home: Families website is now live and can be accessed on the Catholic Schools Office website homepage. This website provides support to families as they navigate the new world of learning from home. Here is the link to the Learning From Home: Families website and it is also attached to our website.

 https://sites.google.com/lism.catholic.edu.au/learning-from-home-families/

PARENT ASSEMBLY FACEBEOOK PAGE

https://www.facebook.com/CatholicSchoolsParentAssembly/

This is another place to find support and resources.

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Here are some activities and ideas for your children (and you) to
try while at home!

SNAG-BOL---  ONE POT WONDER - Budget friendly - Family of 6

Ingredients

2t Oil

1kg Sausages,  cut each into bite size pieces

1lge  Brn Onion

1x700g  Passata Sauce

1x400g  Diced Tomatoes

500g Penne, or whatever you have in the cupboard

1T  Italian Mixed Dried Herbs OR fresh, oregano, basil

½c  Grated Parmesan Cheese, optional OR Tasty Cheese

Method

Heat oil in pot, add chopped onion and sausages, which have been cut into small pieces.

Add sauce, chopped tomatoes & pasta, (uncooked).  Pour in approx.. 3c water.

Stir till all combined, bring to boil & simmer uncovered till pasta is tender.

Approx 20-25mins.   Serve topped with chopped basil & grated cheese of your choice.

Our enrolment process is still progress in preparation for 2021! COVID 19 put a sudden halt to the plans we had for Open Night in March and the collection and processing of enrolment forms.

Enrolments are still open for 2021. Enrolment forms can be downloaded from our website, collected from the office or posted out to families.

We ask that families submit their forms and documents to the College in the first half of this term. They can be brought to the office, emailed or posted to the College. We are exploring ways of conducting interviews online, which we hope to start in the next few weeks.

Revised dates and programs will be created and posted on our website and in the newsletter. 

Year 9 Food Tech - Blended Learning Successes  

This week the yr 9 students would usually have a practical lesson and create a food item. So, in this Blended Learning environment, I set them a challenge to create a food item from ingredients in their pantry. The students had to take a basic recipe and adapt it and change it according to the ingredients available. It was great to see some successes. 

Mayha Mead-Davies - Ice Cream Pie

I changed the basic recipe to make it healthier. Instead of the fatty, sugary ice cream, I made an alternative of a banana based ice cream with just a little bit of milk. I also took out the dark chocolate melts and cream. I changed the base from pastry to a crumb, biscuit based base. I think that this base was better suited to my pie.

I changed a basic Curry Mince by adding a lot of vegetables to make it healthier.

Chelsea Hughes - Muffins

I changed the basic recipe by adding cinnamon, rolled oats, banana, honey (instead of sugar) and greek yoghurt (instead of milk). My product is very nutritious as l substituted some of the ingredients for healthy options and added more ingredients to make it more nutritious such as banana and rolled oats. I didn’t encounter any problems and the muffins were a success as not only are they healthy but also tasty.

Connor Delaforce and Bodie Cherry - Scones 

Both Connor and Bodie have been at school and created a scone from the ingredients that we found in the TAS pantry. Bodie created a scone with marshmallows, cinnamon and maple syrup. Connor added Chocolate Freckles instead of marshmallows. Both boys created a warm treat enjoyed by all who tasted them. 

Mark 1

⁶ Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. ⁸ I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

John 13

³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, ⁴ rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. ⁵ After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

In ancient Palestine there was an order of slaves and slave duties.

The second lowest slaves’ job was to undo the laces of sandals as the visitor or master came into the house.

That is what Jesus did. The lowest job.

The One who came from the highest heaven, to a backwater Roman occupied city, Jerusalem, to wash the poorest of the poor feet to set an example.

What an example He has set us.

An example for us, today!  (David Ogg)

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