HPSP Netball Visit

St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Feast Day
It is appropriate that next week during National Vocations Week, we celebrate the spirit of Mary MacKillop, who as an Australian sister, chose to make a difference to the society in which she lived in the 19th Century. The feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop is celebrated on the anniversary of her death (8/8/1909). We will celebrate the Feast Day on Tuesday 8 August with a lunch for all students and families in the MacKillop House.

Family Mass
The next Family Mass will be held this Sunday, 6 August at St Paul’s Church. Families are invited to come along and join in this celebration. Students who would like to be involved in singing or the readings/ processions are asked to email Rebecca Higgins higgr@tenison.catholic.edu.au  or Carol Chislett mt.gambier.catholic1@bigpond.com.

We look forward to seeing some new faces at our Family Masses on the first Sunday of each month at 11.00am.

Mary MacKillop Feast Day
August 8 is the feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. All students in the MacKillop house are encouraged to wear their PE uniform next Tuesday and bring a plate of food to share for lunch at 1.15pm. Food can be delivered to the Multi-Purpose Room before school or just before the lunch.

Whole School Mass
The Whole School Mass for this term will be held on Tuesday 15 August at 11.00am in the Barrie Holmes Stadium. This will be a celebration of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Parents and friends are encouraged to attend.

Parish Mass
A reminder that Parish mass is held each Thursday of the term (except Week 1) and is led by a different class or year level each week. Mass is held at 9.15am in the College Chapel and all parents, grandparents and friends are welcome to attend.

Below is the roster for Term 3 masses.

• Thursday August 3     Year 4
• Thursday August 10   Year 5
• Thursday August 17   Year 7
• Thursday August 24   Year 6
• Thursday August 31   Year 11
• Thursday September 7  Year 10
• Thursday September 14  Year 8
• Thursday September 21  Year 12
• Thursday September 28  Year 9

Michelle Coote | APRIM - Assistant Principal Religious Identity and Mission

Last Friday, 250 students from across Tenison Woods College participated in National Trees Day. A range of native trees were planted on Aston Fields and along the White Avenue boundary by students in the Primary School under the watchful guidance of Middle School Enviro Leaders and Year 11 Religion Students. National Trees Day happens each year in July and the college has participated for the past three years. In fact, on National Trees Day three years ago, the planting for the Craitbul Indigenous Garden on our Shepherdson Road entrance took place and is now very well established and regularly used by classes. 

The day aims to educate students of the importance of caring for their local environment and gives them an opportunity to get their hands dirty in the process. Each year, we are fortunate to partner with Noel Barr Toyota who supply us with tree guards and stakes as well as t-shirts and gloves for the students. Additionally, thank you to the teachers who involved their classes in the activity and the students for their efforts. 

If this day sounds like something your child would enjoy, why not plant a pot of herbs for your windowsill or a small vegetable plot in your backyard. You only need soil, sun and a sprinkle of water. It's a great way to spend time together and learn about healthy eating and the environment at the same time. You might enjoy the process even more than the product! 

Tom Linnell | Sustainability Coordinator 

Friday 25 August (Week 5) - 9.00am in the Barrie Holmes Stadium. Reception – Year 7.

Book Week 2017 asks your children to ‘Escape to Everywhere’; an exciting invitation with a world full of possibilities. One of the greatest joys of reading, for children and adults alike, is the opportunity to escape! Delve into our guide of ideas with your child to help decide their Book Week costume: will they escape to the past, a fantasy land or perhaps even another universe?

Escape to… the skies!
What better way to escape than to be the pilot of your own aircraft! The possibilities are endless; grab your pilot hat and fly away to an exotic island or perhaps even Antarctica!

Escape to… the past!
Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in the prehistoric era, amongst the dinosaurs? This book week you can find out! Grab your best dinosaur outfit or skip brushing your hair to be the perfect caveman. Other historical characters perfect for book week include Vikings, queens or knights in shining (or alfoil!) armour.

Escape to… Neverland!
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…Peter Pan! This Disney favourite is the perfect character to escape with this book week; easily recreated with tights and some green apparel. Or perhaps adorable fairy Tinkerbell is more your cup of tea – or Captain Hook!

Escape to… Mars!
Escape to another planet by dressing up as an astronaut! An alien or even a rocket could be other excellent space escape options.

Escape to… fantasy!
Don’t fancy time or space travel? Why not escape to a fantasy world and transform into a unicorn, an elf or fairy for book week!

With the magic of books comes endless possibilities! Where will Escape to Everywhere Book Week 2017 take you?

Chris Lloyd | Teacher Librarian

Attend UniSA Mount Gambier Open Day on Wednesday 9 August from 4.00pm to 7.00pm and discover the range of study options available in the region from on-campus study to external learning or studying at one of our metropolitan campuses in Adelaide. You can also take a tour, talk to current staff and students, go to presentations and learn more about studying with UniSA including entry pathways, student support services and life on campus. For more information visit unisa.edu.au/openaugust.

Marie Hoare | Careers Coordinator

August 7 – 13 is Homelessness Week in Australia.

On Friday 11 August, Tenison Woods College students are invited to participate in a Winter Walk for Homelessness to raise awareness of homelessness as well as much needed funds for the Sunset kitchen who provide regular warm and nutritious meals for people in Mount Gambier.

The walk will take place in winter conditions…. rain, hail or shine, to highlight how fortunate we are to not have to spend winter outside in these conditions. The group will leave from the Dining Car Café at the Rail Lands at 8.00am and walk along the Rail Corridor to Tenison Woods College. Participants can join at any point along the way and are asked to contribute a Gold coin donation. No registration required, just turn up!

The departure points are:

• 8:00am Meet at Dining Car Café at the Rail Lands (next to the platform at the back of Central Shopping Centre)
• 8:05am Bertha Street entrance on to the Rail Lands trail
• 8:10am Hammer Court/Wilson Street entrance onto the Rail Lands trail
• 8:15am Duigan Street entrance onto the Rail Lands trail
• 8:20am White Avenue entrance on to the Rail Lands trail
• 8:30am Arrive at Tenison Woods College 

After the next Youth Mass on Sunday 13 August at 5.00pm, Peter Bierer from the Catholic Office for Youth and Young Adults will be facilitating a session to hear the young voices of our parish communities within the South East. This is a chance for young people and their families to share their experiences, ideas, concerns and hopes about being a young person in Australia and within the Catholic Church. A pizza dinner will also be provided. Those wishing to attend are asked to email Chloe Shanahan shanc@tenison.catholic.edu.au or for more information, please contact Peter Bierer peter.bierer@cesa.catholic.edu.au 

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Monday 7 August

• Whole School Assembly, 12.00pm, Barrie Holmes Stadium
• Year 8/9 & 10 Open Netball

Tuesday 8 August

• 2018 Year 8-12 Pathways Expo & Information Night, 6.00pm, Pam Ronan Centre
• Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop Feast Day

Wednesday 9 August

• New Receptions Rest Day
• MASA Quiz Night, 7.00pm, Penola
• Eisteddfod Debating, Wehl Street Theatre
• SSSSA Open Boys Football
• Stage 2 Self Reliant Camp, Cape Bridgewater (until Friday)

Thursday 10 August

• Eisteddfod Primary Division 1 Debating, Wehl Street Theatre

Friday 11 August

• Rotary Careers Expo
• Junior School Assembly, 2.15pm, Barrie Holmes Stadium
• Junior/Secondary Eisteddfod Debating, Wehl Street Theatre

In 2017 the Subject Counselling process in the Middle and Senior School will begin on the 8 August with the 2018 Year 8 - 12 Pathways Expo and Subject Selection Information Evening. The Expo will complement the Subject Selection Information sessions for 2018 Year 8 & 9 students and 2018 Years 10, 11 and 12 students. 

The purpose of the Pathways Expo is to assist students and parents to gather information regarding subjects that are offered at Tenison Woods College and to assist students to make informed decisions regarding their subject choices, learning and future pathway options. To support students, the Expo will offer subject information booths which will provide:

• information to students regarding subject offerings
• pathways within subject areas
• skills which can be developed in subjects
• pathways post schooling
• tertiary and TAFE education options
• samples of student work

The Pathways Expo will be held downstairs in the Pam Ronan Centre and the information sessions will be held upstairs. The Expo and information sessions will be highly beneficial in assisting students to make informed decisions about their learning and subject selections; consequently, we strongly encourage all 2018 students and their parents to attend the Expo and information sessions.

The Pathways Expo and Subject Selection Information Sessions schedule will be as follows:

• 5.45pm: Subject booths open
• 6.00pm – 6.45pm: 2017 Year 8/9 Subject Selection Information Session
• 7.00pm – 7.45pm: 2017 Year 10/11 Subject Selection Information Session
• 8.00pm – 8.45pm: 2017 Year 12 Subject Selection Information Session
• Subject booths close at 8.15pm

Students and families are welcome to attend the subject booths before or after their Subject Selection Information Session. The Sugarloaf Café will be open for light snacks and refreshments throughout the evening.

The Expo and information sessions will be highly beneficial in assisting students to make informed decisions about their learning and subject selections; consequently, we strongly encourage all 2018 students and their parents to attend the Expo and information sessions. 

David Mezinec | Principal

Please be aware that all interviews have now been completed for students starting Reception in Term 1 2018. If you have a sibling who is due to start in Reception in Term 1 2018, and have not yet submitted your enrolment application form, we ask that this be done immediately. Offers of placement for 2018 will be issued by the end of Week 3 this term. For any queries, please contact Tracey Davey on davet@tenison.catholic.edu.au or 8724 4641.

Tracey Davey | Enrolment Registrar / Office Manager

Hajimemashite!

Special welcome to our long-time Japanese friend Maya Inowe, who heads up the Calvary English School Delegation, with us until 12 August.

Annie Clifford has prepared a 20-day experience that we hope will assist the delegation in learning English, feeling at home in our school and appreciating our part of Australia. 

Students will have a combination of intensive English support with Suzanne Pepe and our Intensive English Language Team, experiences in Tenison Woods College lessons with their Australian buddies, and tours of the South East to help our guests experience life in the South East of South Australia and Western Victoria.

David Mezinec | Principal

Tenison Woods College is excited to launch TED-Ed sessions in Term 3! TED-Ed provides short, award-winning animated videos about ideas that spark the curiosity. TED believes passionately that ideas have the power to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world. Sessions will be held during lunch in the lecture theatre on selected days. 

This year the Rotary Careers Expo is offering a Careers Evening on Thursday 10 August from 6.00pm - 7:30pm at the Mount Gambier TAFE Campus. The evening is for all age groups from Year 9-12, and for parents and students to gain information about tertiary studies, Centrelink information and the Defence Force. This is the main information session for families to find out about these topics. We would appreciate it if parents could contact project coordinator Camille Clark for numbers via email. Support from the College is essential for this event so that South East students and their families can be informed about this in the future.

Students interested in attending workshops at the expo will need to inform their homegroup teachers or contact Camille to book in for any of the following workshops:

• Early Childhood
• Nursing
• Allied Health
• Cookery

Year 10 students will be attending the expo between 9.00am-11.30am and Year 9 students between 11.30am and 1.20pm on Friday 11 August.

Year 9 & 10 students will receive permission forms this week and will work through the brochure with their home group teachers in preparation for the Expo and also for the Subject Pathways Expo held at the College in Week 3. 

It is important that families start discussing interest areas and have a broad range of ideas that could possibly be the future direction for students to take.

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Marie Hoare | Careers Coordinator

Please note due to the large number of gym bookings after school we have had to change the day that Net Set Go will be running.
Please email Rebecca Edwards on edwar@tenison.catholic.edu.au if you know you cannot make these times. A refund can be arranged. 

Week 3: Wednesday
Week 4 : Wednesday
Week 5: Monday
Week 6: Monday
Week 7: Monday
Week 8: Monday

Rebecca Edwards | Net Set Go Coordinator

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Monday - Kylie Lamb
Tuesday - TBA
Wednesday - Karen Gray
Thursday - Renee Szopory
Friday - Kate Pohlner
 

• Tuesday 8.00am - 12.00pm
• Thursday 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Tenison Woods College
Shepherdson Road (PO Box 965)
Mount Gambier South Australia 5290

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t: (08) 8724 4650 (Senior School)
Absentee Line: (08) 8724 4659
OSHC Line: (08) 8724 4633

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