Timor Leste Immersion

Welcome back to term 3 of the Tenison Woods College community. We especially welcome new reception students who have this week commenced their school journey with us. We also welcome the other families whose students commence their schooling with us in other year levels throughout the school.

Sacrament Survey
Families who recently participated in the parish Sacrament programme would have received an email from the Parish office requesting participation in a review survey. If you have not completed this survey please consider doing so as your feedback will help with our planning for the next group.

Family Mass
The next Family Mass will be held on 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
8 August (Week 3) is the feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. All students in the MacKillop house are encouraged to wear their PE uniform on that day and bring a plate of food to share for lunch. More details will come from the MacKillop House leaders.

Youth Mass
The next Youth mass will be held on Sunday August 13 at St Paul’s Church at 5pm. Peter Bierer from the Catholic Office for Youth and Young Adults will be in attendance and will be facilitating a session after mass to hear the voices of young people in our parish. Please put this date in your diary.

Whole School Mass
The Whole School Mass for this term will be held on Tuesday August 15 at 11am (Week 4) 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, friends are welcome to attend.

Term 3 Roster:

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

Michelle Coote | APRIM - Assistant Principal Religious Identity and Mission

Teaching children Empathy

There is a difference between Empathy and Sympathy that should be noted. Sympathy is feeling sorry for someone while empathy is understanding their struggle. No small task.

Children need Empathy to live a happy and successful life, as it is about seeing situations and events from the other person’s perspective

According to Michele Borba in her book, “Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About –Me World”, it shouldn’t all be about the fancy degrees and high marks as it should be about cultivating a culture of Empathy. Children who show Empathy are able to understand and appreciate people around them better. They are able to collaborate, innovate and problem solve better and are often happier individuals

We would be better off in our competitive culture, not just to praise achievement but look at the acts of kindness towards each other in many different ways

Our society is becoming seriously deficit in the Empathy stakes and the introduction of social media and the “selfie” society as well as changes in parenting styles, are not helping this. In fact, it is helping to make our kids become narcissistic.Today’s kids are more self-absorbed than ever.  This can give rise to a culture of bullying, cheating and unhappiness, weak moral reasoning and mental health issues.

Empathy is born with face to face encounters. Borba says to be mindful of the time that children spend on social media which takes them away from this.

Cultivating Empathy is not usually high on the Parenting to Do list but it would be a good idea to make it so for the benefit of raising “kind” children.

Borba argues that we need to help kids develop a moral identity, not just praise them for good deeds

Help kids build their empathy muscles through play-acting, reading books that let them get inside characters’ minds, and watching inspiring movies. Activities that allow careful reflection on how others are feeling in a given situation, help build the skills needed for moral action.

“If we are serious about raising a kindhearted, caring generation, then our expectations must be a lot clearer to our kids,” - Michele Borba, author of UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.

Josie Ashby | College Counsellors

Tenison Woods College was well represented at the 2017 South Australian Football Youth Championships during the holiday break. The following staff and students represented Glenelg in the U/17 & U/15 age divisions with both teams coming away with the country titles.

U/15
Harry Tunkin, Ben Gaffney, Bryn Carmody, Zac Bradley, Jaden Grosser (captain), Matt Davies, Leigh Redford, Hugh Armfield & Sam Dukalskis.

U/17
Declan Carmody, Reece Lillicrapp, Will Russell, Kenny Lam & Savi Randhawa. Coach Ciaran Buckley.

Undefeated all week, the U\15’s finished on top of their Crows division & faced off for the title against a strong Norwood country squad at Football Park. Trailing all game but with a ‘never say die’ attitude the boys charged home, and in the final minute took the lead and defended their state title they won last year - winning 8.8.56 to 8.7.55. All TWC students contributed strongly throughout the week and grabbed the attention of SAFNL selectors.

The U/17 team won 2 of their 3 matches and won the title with a superior percentage over their rivals. Glenelg were very impressed with all Tenison Woods College boys who represented Glenelg, and hopefully this will lead to future U/18 matches with the bays. 

Ciaran Buckley | Sports Coordinator

In Week 10 of Term 2, 20 of Tenison Woods College’s most talented U/15 and Open age netball players travelled to Melbourne to compete in the Waverley International School Netball Championships.

The girls played in a four-day tournament, with up to 2 to 5 games played each day.

The U/15 girls were deemed undefeated at the conclusion of the minor rounds, and were placed in pool 1 to compete in a round robin series. The girls competed well against the other teams faced in the series, winning 3 out of 4 games. Despite being placed at the top of the ladder during the minor rounds, the one loss in the round robin tournament resulted in the girls being unable to qualify for the grand final, and were able to play for 6th position against Forest Hill College. The girls went down by 12 goals, finishing in 6th place out of the 17 teams in their age division.

The Open Girls had a very successful week, becoming undefeated in both the minor rounds, and round robin series in pool 4. The girls had a comfortable 12 goal win in the first semi-final against Gippsland Grammar, advancing them through to the grand final against Rowville Secondary College. The first half of the game saw both teams compete fiercely for top spot, scores being goal for goal at the conclusion of the second quarter. Unfortunately, the second half of the game saw the girls unable to keep up with Rowville’s scoring streak, going down by 5 goals at the final siren, becoming the runners up of the tournament. 

Overall It was an outstanding effort by both teams and we are extremely proud of all of the girl’s performances as they displayed great sportsmanship and athleticism throughout the entire tournament.

Morgan Fisher | PE Administration Trainee

In Term 3, starting in Week 3, Net Set Go will be commencing in the Tenison Woods College gym from 3:30 - 4:15 every Wednesday for Reception - Year 2. The sessions will run from Week 3 to Week 8. If a student is interested in attending these sessions, they will need to register online and then pay at the front office.

The cost for the sessions is $55.00, which you will need to pay to the Front Office at Tenison Woods College. Please ensure you pay and register by Wednesday 9 August. This is the first day of the program. If you do not pay by this date you will be withdrawn from the program and will not receive a pack.

The payment will include six weeks of netball coaching and the participants will receive a netball, t-shirt and certificate after completion. On the last session during week 8 they will finish off with a game and a BBQ.

This year all packs will be sent to your home address and not to the school so please ensure that those details are correct.

If you have any issues or concerns please feel free to contact Rebecca Edwards on 8725 5455 or edwar@tension.catholic.edu.au.

How to register:
go to: netsetgo.asn.au  
Click on the 'Find a Centre' tab
Click on 'Find a Centre'  
Search Tenison Woods College and hit the blue ‘Search’ button.
Click the green ‘register’ button and fill in all sections required. (please note if you have already registered as a mynetball member from last year, you will already be in the system)

Remember to pay and register by Wednesday 9 August.

Rebecca Edwards | Net Set Go Coordinator

Tenison Woods College is proud to announce the launch of Keepcups within our College community! Over 60 cups have been ordered by staff, in support of reducing the amount of waste we produce as a school. 

Pieces of our Reception art exhibition is now on public display! Hopefully it can brighten the day of those that visit the Mount Gambier Hospital! 

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

Book Week 2017 during week 5 of this term 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

This year the Rotary Careers Expo is offering a Careers Evening on Thursday 10 August from 6pm-7:30pm at the Mount Gambier TAFE Campus to all age groups from year 9-12 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 tertiary studies/Defence Force and ask any questions they may have about pathways, subjects, courses, entry, scholarships, Gap Year and Centrelink support. We would appreciate it if parents could contact Camille Clark for numbers either through Facebook or her email which is on the flier. We need your support for this event so that South East students and their families can be informed about this in the future.

Students also need to inform their home group teachers or contact Camille directly to book any of the 4 workshops on Early Childhood, Nursing, Allied Health or Cookery. Year 10 students will be attending between 9am-11:30am and year 9 students between 11:30am and 1:20pm on Friday 11 August. Year 9 students will receive their permission notes this week and they will work through the brochure with their home group teachers in preparation for the Expo and also for subject pathways later this term. Year 10 students have already had permission forms completed and they will go through the program with their PLP teachers on Monday week 2.

These activities are to help in preparation for students selecting future pathways and subject selection later this term. 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.

Marie Hoare | Careers Coordinator

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

Thursday 27 July

• Open mixed Hockey
• Australian Mathematics Competition
• Mount Gambier Vocal and Choral Eisteddfods (until Saturday)

Friday 28 July

• Junior School Assembly, 2.15pm, Barrie Holmes Stadium
• New Receptions rest day

Tuesday 1 August

• SESSSA Open Boys and Girls Basketball
• ICAS English Competition

Wednesday 2 August 

• Open Boys and Girls Soccer
• New Receptions Rest Day

Friday 4 August

• SAPSASA District Basketball Day, Mount Gambier Basketball Stadium
• SESSSA Year 8/9 Boys and Girls Hockey
• National Schools Tree Day

Our new reception students, James, Jack and Joli enjoyed their first day of school on Tuesday, participating in an array of activities around the College.

We wish the best of luck to all of our new students who have begun their journey with us at the College this Term!

On Tuesday 25 July Tenison Woods College welcomed members of the Van Damn Cycling Team. The team is in the region for the ‘Tour of the Great South Coast’ cycling race. Cyclists Aden Reynolds, Jesse Coyle and Angus Lyons spent time at the College talking with Year 3 students, along with members of the High Performance Sport Program’s Cycling class.

Additional to the Cycling Team’s visit, College students Jack Opperman and Pru Riddoch were lucky enough to score themselves a management position on the Van Damn Cycling Team. They shadowed team directors for the day on Wednesday 26 July, learning the ins and outs of preparing for a big event. Such an experience will allow the two HPSP students to learn how a team prepares mentally and physically for a 600km week of racing.

During the course of last term, year 5 students from Miss Sinkunas and Mrs Telford’s class made weekly visits to the Junior Poplars to assist with their reading and sight words. The program has allowed the students to form excellent relationships, allowing the Poplars students to feel more confident and supported in the yard during recess and lunch. We are very proud of our year 5 reading coaches for being excellent role models within our Junior School community.

Year 5 helpers: (From left) Jackson Bell, Sarah Brown, Matilda Lamb, Paul Hammond and Trae Hamilton.

Year 8 Tenison Woods College Student Lachlan Clements has recently returned from the National Championships for the International Kyokushin Alliance, held at the Australian Institute of Sport - Combat Centre in Canberra, ACT.

The event which was held on Sunday 2 July had competitors from A.C.T, N.S.W, Qld, Vic, S.A, W.A and as far as Nauru.

Lachlan returned with a 1st placing in Controlled Contact Kumite making him the National Champion in his section.

Lachlan also placed well at his other 2 events with a second place in both Kata & Full Contact events.

Lachlan has been a member of the Mount Gambier Kyokushin Karate Dojo in O'Halloran Terrace, Mt Gambier working under Sensei Greg Povey since he was 4 years old.

Official Results:
KATA: 2nd place
CONTROLLED CONTACT KUMITE: 1st place (and NATIONAL CHAMPION)
FULL CONTACT: 2nd place

A huge congratulations to Lachlan for his achievements!

Congratulations to Tenison Woods College Mount Gambier Year 10 student, Breydon Verryt-Reid who was recently awarded the 2017 Recreational Aviation Australia Junior Flying Scholarship! 

Year 8 student and HPSP athlete Tess Wight has been selected as a bottom age U15 cyclist to compete in the Cycling Australia Junior Road Championships from 1 – 3 September. Over the 3-day championship event held in Sheffield, Tasmania, Tess will compete in time trials, criterium and road races with the first stage being 42km. We wish Tess the best of luck for the championship and future cycling endeavors!

Seven Tenison Woods College students competed at the SA Short Course State Swimming Championships earlier this month. These students were Jaime Spicer, Ashleigh Spicer, Hayley Pearson, Kiah Connolly, Aleisha Pearson, Archie Muller and Thomas Bignell.

Swimmers performed very well with many PB (personal best) swims, a medal win and an impressive number of top 10 finishes.

Thomas Bignell won bronze in the 13yo 200m Breaststroke.

The following swimmers finished in the top 10 in the State:

Thomas Bignell 13yo: 200 Breastroke 3rd, 50 Breastroke 4th, 100 Breastroke and 200 IM 5th, 100m Butterfly and 100 IM 7th, 50 Butterfly 9th, 200 Freestyle 10th. (above middle)

Archie Muller 14yo: 50m Breastroke 6th, 200m Breastroke and 100 Breastroke 7th, 100 Fly 10th. (above right)

Hayley Pearson 13yo: 200m and 50m Butterfly, 9th. (above left)

At Tenison Woods College we encourage appreciate the important work that volunteers carry out within our school environment.

If you are currently volunteering or would like to volunteer in any capacity at Tenison Woods College, we ask that you complete the volunteer registration process.

For information on how to volunteer and register  at Tenison Woods College, please visit the  Volunteering page on the College website. Please read and complete the information and forms in the Volunteer Registration Information Booklet,  hand it in to the Tenison Woods College Front Office. A Catholic Police Check is also required prior to volunteering. Police Checks can be arranged through the College free of charge.

Please note that all of the processes for volunteering are mandatory and the entire process is to be completed before you can be placed on the School’s Volunteer Register. This regulation is designed to ensure our children are protected and safe at school. Please don’t hesitate to the College school if you have any further queries.

Attend UniSA Mount Gambier Open Day on Wednesday 9 August from 4pm to 7pm 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

Over the term break the Grounds crew have been busily erecting our new greenhouse between the Old Dairy and the Stephanie Alexander Garden space. The greenhouse was a proposal pitched many years ago by the Science facility, who busily petitioned to have an outdoor learning space dedicated to biology. During 2016 and 2017, the Science, Hospitality and Religion team joined forces and again proposed the learning space, this time with success, with plans formalised and submitted to the Building and Grounds Committee.

Teaching teams are looking forward to utilising the greenhouse for a variety of learning opportunity as we are sure the students will be. The space provides a constant environment for our sporadic Mount Gambier climate and we look forward to sharing the fruit we hope to reap with the whole college community.

Tom Linnell | Early Years - Year 12 Sustainability Coordinator

The Mount Gambier Catholic Parish is calling for expressions of interest in the Part Time position, 10 hours per week, of Parish Sacramental Coordinator. The person will work in partnership with CIM Team of Tenison Woods College to coordinate the Parish Sacramental Program for the Sacraments of  Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation and Eucharist.

A full Position Description is available through the Parish Office and it is requested that applications for the positions be forwarded to Fr Dean Marin, with at least two referees, by Friday 28th of July. For further information please contact Fr Dean Marin at the Office on 8725 6566 or drfmarin@bigpond.com

Fr Dean Marin PP. 

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. 

Monday - TBA
Tuesday - Cassie Edwards
Wednesday - Marg Egan & Marlene Dean
Thursday - Lyn Wilson
Friday - Bernie Passauer
 

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