Bulletin

• Friday 10/Saturday 11/Sunday 12 February:  Boarders' IN Weekend.

• Wednesday 15 February - 10.40am-11.20am:  Class of 2022 Academic Assembly.

• Saturday 18 February - 6.30pm-10.30pm - P&F Cocktail Party (link to booking in the flyer below).

• Monday 27 February - Year 12 Parent Teacher Meetings - details to be sent to parents/carers early next week.

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Dear Parents and Carers

Yesterday the heavens opened with a deluge of rain, thunder and lightning just on dismissal time.  To add to the chaos, the lightning triggered our fire server - and I commend the students and staff for the common sense measures of taking shelter.  The missed trains or buses seemed to me significantly less important than protecting the students from the lightning.  I can only imagine how wet they were on their return home but it did highlight how important it is in Sydney to have ready access to a rain jacket or umbrella.  The College uniform shop does stock a very good, light rain jacket which could prove to be a great investment!

Today we have celebrated the opening of the College year with eucharistic celebrations for Stage 5 and Stage 6.  Our Stage 4 students will celebrate together on Wednesday.  Our celebrants - Fr Darryl Mackie and Fr Richard Leonard sj -  offered challenging invitations to our students to be daughters of justice.  I hope our students will come to understand that not one among us is exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice. 

Our beautiful College chapel provided a very special setting for our masses.  Our assembly this week also unpacked the value of Justice with each of our captains highlighting just behaviours as integral to all we do at St Vincent's College.  The simple acts of inclusivity and kindness were seen as the building blocks of a just community.  Our leaders are articulate, spirited young women and I thank each of them for their contribution to our formation.

I warmly encourage you to consider your participation in the two major parent functions of Term 1 - the P&F Cocktail Party and the Art Show.  Both occasions will be an opportunity for parents to contribute to the common good by strengthening your relationships with people you already know and welcoming new parents into the community.  After such long, lean Covid years, these are wonderful opportunities to come together to celebrate in our 165th year.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Anne Fry
Principal

Years 10, 11 and 12 enjoyed their workshops with Paul Dillon on Monday.  His return each year allows an ongoing relationship where students trust in his genuine care for them as young people - supporting them to make wise choices that can save lives.  I include again the titles of each workshop and resources parents/carers may like to access so that you too may engage in dialogue at home about what was discussed.  Know that Paul focuses on the positive choices young people can make and his research reflects that many young people are indeed making these positive choices.

Year 10 - ‘Young people, alcohol and risk taking: Looking after your mates’

Year 11 - ‘Alcohol and cannabis:  What if something goes wrong?’

Year 12 - ‘Last year at school:  What do I need to know about alcohol and other drugs?’

Fact Sheets on topics raised during the presentations: http://darta.net.au/factsheetsparents/
Paul’s blog for parents:  http://doingdrugs-darta.blogspot.com/ .

I add my appreciation to the Year 12 students and their parents and carers for your support of the Year 12 Formal last Friday.  It was such a celebratory start to their final year of school together.

I have taken great delight in my Year 7 Tutor group and Year 8 Religious Studies classes this last week.  Witnessing young people open themselves to the joy of new learning, new experiences and new relationships is a privilege that reminds us that our education is guided but a vision to grow our students minds and hearts to actions that will allow growth and possibility.  Relationships matter.  Identifying one’s strengths matters.  Looking for the best in others with a willingness to know, understand and care for each other matters.  By nurturing a just community we will be a community that grows together.  This week’s College Assembly saw our Student Leadership Team articulate their vision for the Year of Justice as they reflected upon the ways in which justice can be seen and felt in our learning, co-curricular and service commitments to not sell ourselves short by striving and contribute to the lives of others.  Students and staff were invited to reflect upon a small moment of justice they had witnessed that morning - and then urged to commit to attitudes and behaviours that bring goodness, fairness and dignity to all our interactions.  I hope the weekend brings time to gather as family and perhaps opportunity to engage your daughters in dialogue about how they can act justly and kindly in their homes amongst family and friends. 

Mrs Elizabeth Brooks
Deputy Principal

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter it yourself”     Chinese proverb

“Go in their door and take them out your door”       St Ignatius of Loyola

Commencing the College’s year of justice has naturally prompted reflection about the connections between justice and learning.  At its core, learning is a means of achieving justice, ensuring that every person has access to knowledge and developed thinking skills so that they can be an empowered and functioning member of society.  Those who have been denied education are acutely aware of the injustice this brings.

Our students are fortunate enough to be in a position where education is available to them.  However, the Chinese proverb with which I began references forms of justice in learning that I would like to highlight this week.

The first is that we, as teachers at St Vincent’s, aim to act in the spirit of justice by ‘opening the door’ and ensuring that all students are able to access the programme of learning they have entered into.  To put it another way, teachers are walking the path of St Ignatius by seeking to ‘go in the door’ of each student, in order to guide them out on their learning journey.  This may take the form of opening a lesson with questions to elicit prior knowledge, designated group work tailored to students' point of need and/or challenge, opportunities to connect learning to personal experiences and real world contexts.  Sometimes it may look like additional scaffolds or an extension of time.  It can also be less formal, such as a probing question to an individual student or the teacher sitting amongst a group of students and offering additional explanations.

It is our commitment to all students that learning is designed to elicit their thinking, develop their skills and give them a voice to engage in dialogue about the disciplines that make up their programme of study.  Justice in learning therefore occurs in every class, all the time to ensure that each student leaves a lesson having grown in their learning of themselves, their subject and their world.

However, the proverb indicates that our students also have a role to play in achieving justice in learning.  In order to do themselves justice, they need to ‘enter the classroom’, deliberately stepping into the engagement behaviours that will enable them to learn.  These behaviours might include:

• being open to new ideas and advice
• persevering in the face of challenge
• setting themselves up in a space that will encourage focus and active listening
• using strategies to manage tasks and ensure they are completed appropriately.

These are all actions that a student has within their grasp and which they are responsible for shaping. 

These behaviours not only put us in a place where we can learn, but they also have a powerful impact on self belief. The success of completing a task on time or working out how to answer a difficult question can be a significant motivating force. Such ‘wins’ can shape our self belief and confidence in our ability to learn, in turn encouraging behaviours that are conducive to further learning.

I would also encourage our students to see justice in challenge.  Our students are not doing justice to the process of learning if they expect to master concepts and skills in the first instance.  They need to be prepared to try things more than once, whether it be a difficult mathematical equation, a source analysis for History or an unfamiliar piece of music.

Therefore, as we start the year I encourage our students to do justice to themselves by believing in their capacity, having faith that with time comes learning and by adopting behaviours that will do justice to their time and effort and set themselves up for academic growth.

Ms Alison Boyd-Boland
Director of Teaching and Learning

What a huge day!  We have had a festival of Zooper Doopers and music in Caritas Christi to raise some funds for the Jesuit Refugee Service.  They are really struggling for funds at the moment.  The Vinnies@SVC team ran the Zooper Dooper stall under the guidance of our captain, Lucy Brader.  But that whole team is really impressive.  I can’t keep up with them.  They meet on Thursday Day 9 at lunchtime in V5.04 where they make huge plans and then make them happen.  If your daughter wants to be part of a team that makes justice a reality she needs to join Lucy Brader and the gang.  They are the future of justice in this city.

We sold out of Zooper Doopers but there was no end to the talent in the courtyard.  Tess McGrath, Aylyza Damian and Mr Samyia have had a huge day of music!  They featured in the Courtyard with Emily Emmett and Ruby Waterlow-Heuston sang as well.  What a lineup!  I think there were some others but I couldn’t see past the crowd.

Forgive the segue … a bit like Zacchaeus in our Gospel at our Opening Masses for Years 9, 10, 11 and 12 today; except that I am not a short man and have never worked for the tax department.  In our Masses today we were urged to consider the ‘who’ of justice.  Do some people deserve more justice or compassion than others?  Are there some people who don’t deserve any?  The story is that Jesus is travelling through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem and he stops to invite himself into the home of the most hated man in town.  The most hated man in town is up a tree, because he’s too short to see.  Just earlier, Jesus has healed a blind man by the side of the road.  We are told that the crowd loved that.  It was obvious that the blind man was a worthy recipient of compassion.  The crowd all cheer and praise God and follow Jesus.  But when Jesus shows compassion for someone they do not like, someone who is the clear enemy of the people, they turn on him.  Compassion, service, justice for the ‘undeserving’ is really hard to take.  But it’s Jesus’ way.  No limits.  No exceptions.  Everyone deserves a second chance.

Fr Richard Leonard talked to Years 11 and 12 about how all of them are welcome and are loved whether they feel they belong or not and whether others think they are deserving or not.  God loves all of them.  And we love all of them.  And we are the church.  There’s no point believing in a God who could do anything else than love God’s own creation.

Fr Darryl Mackie talked to Years 9 and 10 about seeing people who need our compassion and responding right there in the moment with justice and love.  Jesus asks the blind man, “What do you want me to do for you?”  What a silly question.  Or is it?  What is the most important thing in the world that we really want, that we want Jesus to give us?  It’s worth thinking about.  What do those who suffer, who are on the margins, want us to DO for them?  It’s interesting because the question demands a conversation; it’s about listening to the answer, respecting it and then responding generously.

We are so lucky to have great priests who love Vinnies' and who have great ideas to share with us.  Years 7 and 8 will have Mass next Wednesday.  Fr Sacha Bermudez-Goldman will be with us.  More on that next week.

I have to tell you that we were trying to think of the perfect song to play at Thanksgiving after Communion at the 11 and 12 Mass.  We couldn’t find exactly the right one.  So Aylyza Damian wrote one and then performed it with Tess McGrath.  It’s brilliant.  She understands justice.  Ask your daughter about it if she was there. 

We’ve done cupcakes, Matt Talbot and Coffee Queens this week, and all were done with such care and love.  I want to tell you that a wonderful Boarding mum dropped off a huge container of toiletry bags filled with the most exquisite creams and personal gear for the homeless.  I had to get help to carry them but  I dropped them all into Matt Talbot yesterday to great joy and consternation.  The workers there were very impressed.  Our neighbours' who sleep rough are going to feel very special.  We dropped off our usual Wet Packs also.  They were good too.  I’d love to thank that mum personally but I don’t know who she is.  Sr Anne will remember, I’m sure.  Night Patrol was cancelled by the Vinnie's van co-ordinator this week, so we didn’t make sandwiches, but next week we will be back at it.

All the rosters are to be found on the Student Life Classroom.  Ask you daughter to show you.

There are some spaces left on the cupcake roster and on the sandwich project roster.  If you would like to ‘fund a filling’ for the sandwich project, I’d welcome a gift voucher for Woolworths.  Just email it to me and I will put it to good use.  We can make 200 sandwiches for $150 each time.  Go us!  Your help is greatly appreciated.

I haven’t had time to take photos this week - Oh dear.

Mrs Jo Kenderes
Director of Faith and Mission  

This year we are so happy to welcome 12 new Boarders to our Boarding House and they have adapted quickly and made many new friends already!  Leaving home to live in Potts Point with 40 strangers can be a daunting task, but Boarders are a welcoming bunch and we all know what it’s like to leave your families and animals and friends behind, and live in this new place.  Our new Boarding parents are slowly coping with having their daughters away from them, but it can be difficult to be on the other end of a teary phone call and unable to give that hug that usually fixes everything.  People always ask what makes Boarding special and these hugs from another Boarder at the time they are needed is what makes it special.  When you’re at your most vulnerable, Boarders support and guide each other and will boost their energy levels just enough to get dressed, get to school and go to go to sport. Boarders are a special breed and with the 165th celebration of the College, it is also important to celebrate 139 years of continuous Boarding - an amazing achievement from years gone by.

A huge thank you to Sr Anne Taylor who welcomed all our Boarders back a couple of Sundays ago, and was amazing in the garage with her meet and greet. With lots of luggage to unpack and move upstairs for each Boarder - and on a blisteringly hot day - it was hard work and we thank her for her patience but also her kindness in meeting each new family and ensuring that they have her support if they ever need it.  Homesickness is very real and doesn’t always happen immediately, but parents and Boarders have support from a variety of sources - whether it be Sr Anne, Sophia (SVC counsellor), the SCEGGS counsellors and all Boarding staff, but more importantly, each other.

This weekend is our first 'In Weekend' of the year, so with some laser tag, ten pin bowling, a movie and a picnic by Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, there will be lots of laughter, memories and new friendships made. 

Below is an excerpt from our Boarding Co-Captains speech at our recent College Assembly.  Rosie and Molly will spend this In-Weekend focussing on the theme of justice, and their speech highlights what living in a community is like.

"Hi everyone, Its Rosie and Molly, today we are just going to share with you what the start of 2023 in Boarding has looked like. Not the Sunday that has just been but the one before where all of us Boarders were welcomed back into the Boarding House - some arriving right when the gates opened, as usually its easier to travel down the night before, making the trip back home easier for our parents, however, others might tough it out the same day depending on the distance.

From water skiing, to cattle work, art majors, plenty of travel and plenty of time with family - all the girls had the chance to catch up on what each other got up to in the holidays and they are very excited for the year ahead.

This year we are also excited to welcome a fair few new Borders across a range of Years joining us from Wagga Wagga, Bowral, Walcha, Orange, Tamworth, Dubbo, Condoblin, Forbes, Canowindra, Mudgee, Tumut.

We are both amazed with each girl’s ability and bravery to slot right in to their new community!!  Starting Boarding can be very daunting being in a totally different environment with no familiar faces.  So every small smile or interest you show in getting to know a little bit more about where we come from is appreciated and goes the distance in helping to feel a little more settled.

As we commence 2023, the Year of Justice in our school, it’s also something we aim to shape and grow within our Boarding House.  It's really important that in our communal living situations - we treat each other with the utmost respect and kindness. Ultimately, justice is critical in maintaining a Boarding House where each member feels valued, respected and supported." 

Yours in Boarding

Maryanne O’Donoghue
Director of Boarding

As we settle into a new year with particular focus on our newest Vinnies' members, it has provided me with moments to observe with great pride, how far our Year 8 students have come in the past year.  The bustle and joy around the locker area each break time is evident, as they find old friends and greet their newest class members, discussing room locations and co curricular activities…they have certainly come a long way.

We have all been there… that's the comforting part of this milestone… it's relatable (even if our stories are met with blank stares of boredom) - we can still remember all too well feeling overwhelmed, the fear filled excitement and apprehension that comes with meeting new friends and the ups and downs this brings.  It can be a tough time that’s for sure…so who better to ask than our Year 8 students who have navigated this path not too long ago, for some wise words of how to get the most out of every day.

What would be the best advice/tips that you would like to share with Year 7 right now?

• Bring your diary to every class, when you get homework it is so easy to remember when you write it down
• Be organised, be kind and try your hardest.
• One of the biggest tips I would say is find a good group of friends.  I know you might be thinking you need to have a lot of friends and be popular but it is so important to find a good group of friends who you know will be there for you rather than being in a group with girls you know aren't going to be there for you in the long run.
• My advice would be to try their best and always have an open mind because new things and people can come into their life so if they have an open mindset they will welcome them in.
• To not sweat the small things and be friendly to everyone, it can get you further than you think.
• Something that I want to share with the Year 7's is that you should sign up to many co-curricular activities.
• Don't stress over grades or friendships, just have fun, try your best and enjoy the first year of high school!
• Your diary is your best friend in high school to keep track of everything in Year 7, from homework, to reminders or writing down sport days.  Checking your lessons and rooms the night before is good too.

What character strengths do you think they will need in the first few weeks?

• Kindness, helpfulness, friendliness.
• Courage and strength to meet new people.
• The character strengths I think they will need for the first few weeks are bravery, independence and kindness.
• I think they will need perseverance, zest and loyalty.  Independence will also be needed.
• They will need bravery, kindness to find new friends and collaboration skills in class discussions such as raising your hand.
• Determination, friendliness and a good mindset.

Thank you to all members of our community who have taken a moment to assist our Year 7’s in any way - they appreciate you!  Imogen (Year 8) is pictured below assisting Ana-Sofia with her locker set up. 

Mrs Sheenagh Doran
Dean of Early Secondary

How did Year 12 Advanced students start their final year of English studies?

By Marnie Kenderes

To kick off our year of Advanced English, we had a discussion about what a ‘just’ English learner is. We explored what being just means in our interactions with others and ourselves. This poem was created during a class activity in which we had twenty minutes to write a short poem that explores the concept of justice. It was inspired by the Emily Dickinson poem “Hope is a thing of feathers” and uses the extended metaphor of justice being like water.

This poem invites the reader to consider the impact of justice on individuals and the world. How justice heals communities and dismantles oppression. It raises questions about justice that could be cause for a fourth stanza. Where does justice not flow? What are the dams and droughts of our world? Why do some have abundant justice but others have none? Where is justice polluted?

Justice Poem

Justice is a thing that flows.

It trickles whispers into the world,

And crashes into streams of inequality.

It is an ever moving, turbulent voice.

The tide ebbs and flows.

The burnt and broken lane floods

And the torrent washes away

The carcasses of grievance.

Waves crash and wear away foundations.

But when the wind ceases its vicious rampage and estuaries settle their debts.

The scales tip into balance and,

For a moment, justice is still.

Signing up to complete your Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award is a fantastic start to the formation of great habits and targeted goal setting for 2023. 

In Weeks 1 and 2, students who are interested were invited to come to information meetings in lab 3 at lunchtime. 

Any student who wishes to find out more, is welcome to join the Google Classroom [htdssn6] or come to a Duke of Edinburgh meeting, Day 9 at lunchtime in lab 3.  The only requirements are that you must be 14+ years old to begin your Bronze, and have passion and motivation to become a more active, independent and self-motivated person. 

Email Mrs McCrudden (mccruddene@stvincents.nsw.edu.au) if you have any questions. 

Mrs Edelle McCrudden
Head of Cater House

ANU Canberra

The ANU Open Day is moving to 18 March 2023.  This aligns with ANU’s direct application process (early entry scheme) and will let prospective students experience first hand the Acton campus before applications close in May.

Open Day is an opportunity for students who aren’t sure what to do after high school to visit the campus to get a feel for what it would be like to study at ANU.  ANU will have all their programs on display - undergraduate and postgraduate - with information sessions throughout the day that will offer inspiration, motivation and clarity.  Registrations have opened and are essential using the link found here.  ANU's applications open on 1 March and close on 15 May 2023.

For students who are interested in applying for scholarships, their eligibility is automatically assessed through the direct entry application process.

There are two prestigious scholarships, the Tuckwell Scholarship and the Kambri Indigenous Undergraduate Scholarship that are worth highlighting.

Admissions for 2024

ANU will not be making Mathematics and English mandatory for admission in 2024.  ANU is committed to being a university of choice for all students across Australia from all backgrounds, including those who did not have access to, or chose not to study Mathematics or English courses during their senior secondary studies.  ANU may review this decision in the future; but if it is re-introduced, they are committed to providing options for those students who are unable to study Mathematics or English.  ANU are committed to providing at least two years' notice of any further change in their position.

Please Note:  Some programs continue to have a Mathematics prerequisite - these are noted on each course, please visit programs and courses to see these.

ANU APPLICATION WEBINAR SERIES

ANU's Prospective Students team is planning a series of webinars for interested students throughout the application window.  The sessions will run at 4.00pm on Wednesdays, beginning Wednesday 2 March with sessions about the application process, accommodation, scholarships and the co-curricular requirements.  The webinar series will be published at the ANU events page in the coming weeks and students will be able to register for any of the sessions they are interested in via this webpage.  Recordings from the sessions will be uploaded to the ANU Experience YouTube channel.  You can view recordings from last year’s series using the link here.

UCAT 2023

The UCAT was established to help universities achieve greater fairness in selection to courses in medicine, dentistry and clinical sciences.  Around 14,000 candidates sit the test each year.  The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is a computer-based admissions test, used by the UCAT ANZ Consortium of universities in Australia and New Zealand and is a compulsory component of the selection process for students wishing to study Medicine, Dentistry and Clinical Sciences.  The UCAT ANZ replaced the UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test) in 2019.  More details about the 2023 UCAT ANZ are available here.

InspireED

Free Seminar for Years 11 and 12 Students

Hear from experienced HSC teachers/markers on how to achieve your best in exams and school assessments.  InspireED is hosting free seminars at Macquarie University on Saturday 11 March from 10.00am-11.30am and at UTS Sydney on Sunday 19 March from 10.00am-11.30am.  For more information and to register your interest use the link found here.

Ms Helen Marshall
Careers Adviser

This week saw the restart of our co-curricular activities.  It was wonderful to welcome back our peripatetic staff to the College and to see so many enthusiastic students participating in their ensembles and co-curricular lessons.  All students who have registered for lessons should now have been contacted by their tutor with times and all ensemble students have been invited to join the Google Classrooms.  Please ensure all students accept the invite to stay informed with important information about each activity.

Students who have not yet registered but would like to participate can register via the College website at:  https://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/learning/co-curricular-activities/

If you have any questions regarding co-curricular activities, please email peoplesb@stvincents.nsw.edu.au

Ms Belinda Peoples
Co-Curricular Co-Ordinator

Co-ordinator of Sport:  Ms Jacinta Jacobs:  0418 416 663 jacobsj@stvincents.nsw.edu.au

Head of Volleyball and Touch:  Ms Elyse Harmanis - 0434 610 870 elyse.harmanis@stvincents.nsw.edu.au 
Head of Water Polo:  Mr Mark Bradley - 0412 979 599
Head of Tennis:  Ms Tonya Hetreles - 0411 984 352

Website:   www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/learning/sport

For all draw and venue information go to:   www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/sport/weekly-sports-draw/

IGSA Spawtz:  https://igsasport.spawtz.com/  

Term 1 Sport 

Welcome to St Vincent's College Sport for Term 1 2023!  We are looking forward to another successful year on and off the field.  Please make sure that you always check the College website for any sport information or email your head coach.  If you are going to miss a training session or a game for any reason you must email at least one week in advance so that substitutions can be found if needed.  All players are expected to be at all training sessions and all matches to be eligible for a Pocket Authority if the team ends up winning the premiership.  Attendance will be marked at each session and demerits given for those who have not notified us of their absence.

IGSA Tennis

This term we have 7 teams entered in the IGSA competition which is played on Saturday mornings all over Sydney, between 7.30am and 12.30pm.  All players are to arrive at their venue 30 minutes before the scheduled start time - please allow for Sydney traffic and parking problems.  This is crucial for an effective warm up and preparation before the game.  All players must also sign on each week so that they are eligible for the finals.

The team captain will be responsible for collecting a can of balls from the Sports room next week to take to the games.  Please replace this mid-way through the term if you need new ones.  Please help any Boarders in your team with transport on Saturday mornings.

We also have the Tildesley tennis squad who are training hard for the big inter-schools competition which is being held at Pennant Hills on 8-9 March.  If you are new to the College and play a lot of tennis, please contact Tonya for more information.  Doubles training is on Monday afternoons and singles on Wednesday mornings.

All games will commence - Saturday 11 February.

IGSA Training Times

SVC 1 - Thursday Mornings  7.15am-8.15am

SVC 2 - Wednesday Afternoons  3.15pm-4.15pm

SVC 3 - Thursday Mornings  7.15am-8.15am

SVC 4 - Wednesday Afternoons  3.15pm-4.15pm

SVC 5 - Friday Mornings  7.15am-8.15am

SVC 6 and SVC 7 - Friday Mornings  7.15am-8.15am

Good luck to all teams for their first match!  Any problems or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Ms Tonya Herteles
Head Tennis Coach   tonyahetreles910@outlook.com  Mobile: 0411 984 352

IGSA Water Polo

This term we have 8 teams entered in the IGSA Competition which is played on Saturday mornings all over Sydney, between 7.30am and 12.30pm.  All players are to arrive at their venue 30 minutes before the scheduled start time - please allow for Sydney traffic and parking problems.  This is crucial for an effective warm up and preparation before the game.  All players must also sign on each week so that they are eligible for the finals.

Please help any Boarders in your team with transport on Saturday mornings.  This needs to be organised at training sessions and if there are any problems please contact Mr Bradley before Friday, so that we can sort it out before the weekend.  Please note that some school pools are still not allowing spectators on the pool deck and you may need to sit outside to watch.

Training Times:

SVC 1 - Tuesday Mornings 7.15am-8.15am

SVC 2 - Tuesday Mornings 7.15am-8.15am

SVC 3 - Friday Morning 7.15am-8.15am

SVC 4 - Friday Mornings 7.15am-8.15am

JUNIORS

SVC 5 - Wednesday Mornings 7.15am-8.15am

SVC 6 - Thursday Afternoons 3.15pm-4.15pm - this may change Week 3

SVC 7 - Thursday Mornings 7.15am-8.15am

SVC 8 - Thursday Mornings 7.15am-8.15am

** SWIMMING TRAINING IS ON MONDAY AFTERNOONS  FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.  ALL LEVELS ARE CATERED FOR AND IT GOES FROM 3.15PM-4.15PM.  THIS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ALL WATER POLO PLAYERS. **

All games commence Saturday 11 February.  Good luck to all teams for their first game! Any problems or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me on the details below.   

Mr Mark Bradley
Head Water Polo Coach   bradleym@svincents.nsw.edu.au   Mobile: 0412 979 599

Easts Touch

This term we have 20 teams entered in the EASTS competition which is played on Saturday mornings at Queens Park and Reservoir Fields, between 8.00am and 1.00pm.  All players are to arrive at their venue 30 minutes before the scheduled start time - please allow for Sydney traffic and parking problems.  This is crucial for an effective warm up and preparation before the game.

Please help any Boarders in your team with transport on Saturday mornings.  This needs to be organised at training sessions and if there are any problems please contact Elyse before Thursday, so that we can sort it out before the weekend.

Congratulations to the four teams who started last weekend. The junior firsts had a good win over Kambala whilst the senior First’s put up a brave fight against SCEGGS First’s after a late night at the Year 12 formal for many of them.  Games commence for all other teams this Saturday - 11 February.

Training Times

Year 7:  Thursday afternoons  3.15pm-4.30pm

Juniors (Years 8 and 9):  Wednesday afternoon  3.15pm-4.30pm

Seniors (Year 10, 11 and 12):  Monday afternoons  3.15pm-4.30pm

Good luck to all teams for their first games!  Any problems or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me on the details below.    

above:  Year 7 Touch

above:  Junior A's Touch

above:  Touch Team Talk

Santa Sabina Volleyball

This term we have 7 teams entered in the Santa Sabina competition which is played on Saturday mornings at Strathfield, between 7.30am and 12.30pm. All players are to arrive at their venue 30 minutes before the scheduled start time - please allow for Sydney traffic and parking problems.  This is crucial for an effective warm up and preparation before the game.

Please help any Boarders in your team with transport on Saturday mornings.  This needs to be organised at training sessions and if there are any problems please contact Elyse before Thursday, so that we can sort it out before the weekend.

Please note:  All games will not start until Saturday 18 February. 

Any problems or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me on the details below.

Training Times

Juniors (Years 7, 8 and 9):  Tuesday afternoons

Seniors (Years 10, 11 and 12):  Tuesday mornings

Ms Elyse Harmanis
Head Touch and Volleyball Coach   elyse.harmanis@stvincents.nsw.edu.au  Mobile: 0434 610 870 

IGSA Swimming

Swimming training has recommenced on Monday afternoons from 3.15pm-4.15pm and is for anyone wishing to attend.  It is highly recommended for all those who are playing water polo or who are in the College Swim Team and aren't training outside with a squad already.  Please email Ms Jacobs on jacobj@stvincents.nsw.edu.au if you would like to attend.  The IGSA Carnival is being held at Homebush Aquatic Centre on 17 March and more information will be sent to squad members once the Year 7's complete their trials in PE classes next week.

Cross Country/Fitness Training

Training commences in Week 3 for cross country.  This will be held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons with Tash from 3.15pm-4.30pm.  This is a great way to improve your general fitness or to train for the upcoming IGSA Cross Country Carnival being held at Frensham on 12 May.  The girls meet outside the change rooms and then Tash will take them to either Rushcutters Bay or around the College and Woolloomooloo area.

SPORTS STARS OF THE WEEK

This section is to make the College community aware of some of the exceptional athletes we have in the College.  If your daughter has represented her state or country recently in her chosen Sport, please send us any results, photos or blurbs on her performance to jacobsj@stvincents.nsw.edu.au

Congratulations toAlexis Eckersley (Year 10), firstly for her water polo team winning the gold medal at the U16 National Championships in Perth in the holidays.  Then secondly, for her being selected in the Australian Cadet Squad.  She went straight into a five day camp following the tournament and was coached and mentored by Australian coaches and ex-Olympians.  It was such an amazing opportunity for her.  They trained up to five hours a day so it was exhausting as well!  The next camp in residence will be in Canberra at the end of the term.  Congratulations Alexis!

Ms Jacinta Jacobs
Co-ordinator of Sport

TERM 1 2023 Student Card Information  

Please Note:   Students MUST bring their Student Card with them when purchasing from the canteen.  NO CARD/NO PURCHASE. 

• You need to refill money onto your card AT LEAST ONE HOUR BEFORE you intend to use the card (as it takes one hour to generate funds onto the card).
• ONLINE ORDERING is also available.
• GLUTEN FREE products are available - only when purchased through online ordering. 

TO ORDER A NEW STUDENT ID CARD please click the link HERE .  Please note that students MUST use their College login to sign into the form.

View CANTEEN MENU SPECIALS for Monday 27 February - 03 March.

We would like to extend a warm invitation for you to join the Parents & Friends Association.  We are dedicated to creating a supportive and collaborative community for families and friends of the College.  By joining, you will have the opportunity to connect with other parents, be involved in College events and contribute to creating a positive school environment for our children.  We believe that by working together we can make a real difference in the lives of our children and the College community.  Please consider joining us and be a part of making a positive impact.  If you are interested please email:   community@stvincents.nsw.edu.au

P&F Meeting dates:

07 March - AGM

23 May 

22 August 

24 October