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Remembrance Day – Saturday 11 November
Remembrance Day is an opportunity for us to pay tribute to those men and women who have given their lives in the service of our country. As part of the College tribute, our Year 7 students will attend the Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial in Canberra, and our 2018 College School Captains, Evangelia Wichmann and Daniel Ker, will lay a wreath at the Mount Gambier service at Vansittart Park. 

Such commemoration helps us reflect on events that have shaped our history and on the lives that have been impacted by the will of others.  As we reflect on those who have offered themselves for the cause of freedom, let us not forget the part our faith can play in bringing peace to our world.

Faith in Action Awards Year 6 to 9
The Faith in Action Awards are presented to a student from each grade of the Middle School who has contributed to the betterment of the school or wider community. The nominations for these awards come from parishioners, parents, members of the community, staff or students. If you know a student who you would like to nominate please pick up a nomination form from the College Front Office, the Parish office or email myself (cootm@tenison.catholic.edu.au) to have one emailed to you. Nominations close Monday 20 November.

Youth Mass
There is a Youth Mass this Sunday at 5.00pm in St Paul’s Church. We would love to see you there.

Sacrament Program 2017-2018
Family Session A will be held this Thursday 9 November in the Staffroom at Tenison Woods College. There are 2 sessions available: 4.30 – 5.30pm or 7.00 – 8.00pm. Parents and their child are required to attend one of these sessions.

During the month of November, Tenison Woods College is going to be hosting a Nude Food awareness month.

Reception through to Year 5 Classes have been allocated a day, with the option of being involved in ordering a ‘Healthy Snack Box’ to enjoy at 12 o’clock fruit break. Available on the day will be a range of snacks for children to choose, including but not limited to: Fresh fruit chunks, vegetable sticks, mini fruit muffins, flatbread pinwheels with hummus and salad, crackers and cheese. Gluten free options will also be available.

How to become involved:
There will be a $5.00 cost to take part in the Healthy Snack Meal Deal. Permission Notes have been sent home, if you did not receive one, please contact the college on 8725 5455. In order to abide by the Food Safety standards, your child must bring a sanitised container with lid to school on their allocated day. This means your container needs to be clean and dried properly and washed in boiling, soapy water.

In addition to healthy food we are also going to be promoting a healthy world and in order to do that we want to have minimal packaging, we hope your child is excited to be a part of this special event.

Class allocations are as follows:
Monday 13 November – Reception Classes
Tuesday 14 November – Year 1 & 2 Classes
Wednesday 15 November – Year 3 & 4 Classes
Thursday 16 November – Year 5 Classes

Jen McCourt | Hospitality Teacher, SAKGP Co-ordinator, Home Economics Administration

High Performance Sports Program students, Jacob Armitage and Hannah Elliott, recently competed in the Viva SA All-School Games in Adelaide. This is the premier school athletics competition where the best South Australian school aged track and field students compete to be National Champion. It also acts as a selection trial for the Australian All Schools Championships. Jacob came first in his triple jump event which has qualified him to attend the Australian Championships held in Adelaide from 8-10 December, 2017. This three day festival is the Australian Athletics development pathway and features athletes in under 14, under 16 and under 18. Hannah will also be competing at these Championships after finishing 1st in her 2km steeple chase and 3rd with a personal best time in the 3km run. An amazing effort from two very talented students! 

Kate Exelby | Athlete Welfare Manager - High Performance Sports Program

A full list of 2018 key dates will follow soon, but to assist with planning I inform our College community of dates to commence the academic year:

• Tuesday 23 January - All Teaching Staff commence
• Thursday 25 January - Book collection day
• Friday 26 January - Australia Day Public Holiday
• Monday 29 January - Reception, Years 6, 8, 10,11, 12 commence term 1.
• Tuesday 30 January - All other students commence term 1.

You will note the staggered start to the commencement of the year for students. This approach will assist students in the identified year levels to complete the best possible transition processes with the relevant teaching and support staff. We also look forward to preparing transition programs that will accentuate our relationship with parents and carers in the support of student learning and wellbeing. 

David Mezinec | Principal

Now who should be one of our 2018 Shining Lights?

Criteria and nomination forms are available on our website.

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

Monday - TBC
Tuesday - TBC
Wednesday - Liz Fennell
Thursday - Anne Gaffney
Friday - Bernie Passauer
 

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Thursday 9 November

• Year 5 Noora-Yo-Long Camp (until Friday)

Saturday 11 November

• The Venerable Catherine McAuley Feast Day

Sunday 12 November

• Youth Mass, 11.00am, Saint Paul's Church
• Year 7 Canberra Camp returns

Monday 13 November

• PE Week begins
• SESSSA 5-a-Side Soccer
• Year 4 & 5 Swimming Lessons (until Friday)

Tuesday 14 November

• Cross Country (Year 6-12)
• SSSSA Year 8 / 9 Softball

Wednesday 15 November

• Father Julian Tenison Woods Birthdate (Woods House to wear PE uniform)
• SESSSA Lawn Bowls
• SSSSA Year 8 / 9 Boys and Girls Basketball

Thursday 16 November

• Whole School Assembly, 12.00pm, Barrie Holmes Stadium
• McAuley House Celebration (McAuley House to wear PE uniform)
• Poplars Cape Bridgewater Camp (until Friday)

Friday 17 November

• Junior School Assembly, 2.15pm, Barrie Holmes Stadium
• SESSSA Festival of Sport

Saturday 18 November

• Mount Gambier Christmas Parade

With remembrance day this Saturday 11 November, Year 5 students Paige Exelby, Chelsea Ryan and Cara Nulty have shown wonderful compassion and initiative to raise money for Legacy, by selling hand-made Poppies.

Paige Exelby comments, “I was inspired by my family members who had returned from various wars, and listening to their stories. I decided to use the idea of poppies as a way to honour and thank them and so many others. My grandma and grandpa and their kind friends helped me to make this possible. I have also had some lovely friends, that have helped me sell the poppies.” 

These wonderful poppies were sold to Staff and Students for $2.00 each. The students were also supported by class teacher Bec Higgins.

The Red Poppy is a symbol of remembrance to commemorate Australian soldiers who died in war. The Purple Poppy commemorates animal victims of war.

A total of $297.55 was raised. We congratulate the girls for this wonderful gesture, and the funds will be well received by the Legacy charity. 

This year, the Senior School Awards will be held on Monday 20 November at 12.00pm in the Barrie Holmes Stadium. Award recipients will be notified this week and we invite all families of these students to attend the awards ceremony. The event is compulsory for all Year 10 and 11 students to attend. Year 12 award recipients will be expected to attend and are also encouraged to come for a rehearsal on Thursday 16 November at 1.00pm in the Barrie Holmes Stadium (following a whole school assembly).

The Middle School Awards will be held on Tuesday 5 December (Week 8) in the Barrie Holmes Stadium at the College. Please be aware that there has been a change of time for this event. Originally scheduled for 1.00pm, the awards will now take place at 1.30pm.

Letters for award recipients and Year 9 Graduates will be posted in due course. We welcome Middle School families to attend this event.

Last term, renowned children’s author Michael Panckridge presented Writing Workshops for students in Years 4 – 9. Participants were invited to use an idea developed in the workshop to write a narrative during the holiday period. These could then be submitted to a competition judged using criteria from Michael. Entries were of a very high standard and the winners will now be sent to Michael and he will provide feedback to these budding authors.

Winners: Gabriel Jones, Tyler Collins, Paige Exelby, Piper de Nys, Aden Clarke, Alexa Balog and Harry McInnes

Runners Up: Molly Livingstone, Archie Milich, Kaige Buckingham, Neave Hood, Tahlia Geraghty, Jaimee Smith, Drew Nieuwenhuizen, Amelia Hayes, Jasmine Dunn, Jack Waters, Laura Stephens. Yasmin Elliott and Ethan Michielan

Well done to everyone and keep writing!

Chris Lloyd | Teacher Librarian

One of the aims of the music faculty at Tenison Woods College is to help our music students to shine. This year, twelve of our students ranging from Year 6 to Year 10 took on the challenge of joining the South East Primary School's Music Festival Orchestra, making up a total of 52 musicians for this group. As the conductor for the event again this year, I opened up the invitation never expecting so many responses from our budding musicians.

The festival has now been running in the South East for 30 years - we celebrated its birthday at this year’s event. Although the focus is on the choirs on stage, the work of the orchestra is a massive undertaking. Starting rehearsals in July, we had one a month leading up to the festival week in October. It is expected of the musicians to learn their music with their teachers away from orchestra, and every year they succeed!

The latest edition of the Southern Cross is now available to read online here.

How much do we need to tell our children?
Do our children need to know explicit details about relationship breakdowns, disability or themselves?

We seem to have created a culture where discussing these often complex issues is done openly and in great detail. Perhaps this is reflective of the greater transparency we see in the world today, with personal information being shared on social media and reality TV. Our society has evolved to favour transparency in most aspects of life. It seems to be the new norm but is it in the best interests of our children’s wellbeing, that our parenting follows suit?

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