Bulletin

Advance notice to Years 7 and 9:  NAPLAN results will be posted home to all Years 7 and 9 parents next week.

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Tuesday 06 September:  End of Year 11 Final Blocked Assessments.

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Friday 02 September:  Father's Day Dinner - 6.30pm-10.30pm.

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Sunday 11 September:  SVC Spring Fair.

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The Father's Day raffle is a key fundraiser for the College Foundation.  There are some great prizes and your Generosity of Spirit will make a real difference in maintaining our diverse and inclusive student population.  And of course there are some great prizes, including a 2018 Penfolds Grange on offer.

The link is:  https://rafflelink.com.au/svcfatherdaughter22

Thanks for your support and good luck for the raffle draw on Tuesday morning.

Happy Father's Day!

Mr David Osborne
Director of Advancement

Dear Parents and Carers

The spring gardens of the College were picture-perfect for the first day of spring on Thursday.  In our year when we are focussing on HOPE, to see the bulbs in bloom was a particular joy and blessing.  It is no surprise that the Cancer Council use daffodils as their symbol of Hope.  The beautiful display of bulbs in the College garden is an annual act of remembrance to Elisabeth Carey, who died on 1 September 2015.  She was an outstanding Year 8 student at the time of her death from leukemia.  The College Foundation offer a scholarship in her memory, and her garden adds hopefulness to our College community every spring.

On 1 September, I spoke to prospective parents who will commence at the College between 2027 and 2033.  Their interest and curiosity about the College also gave me deep hope that the future of this amazing College is strong and secure.  Members of the graduating class of 2038 were in the Hall as I spoke!  Tiny babies who will graduate in the 180th anniversary year of the College (we were founded in 1858) are great beacons of hope for their families, but also for this College.  The regeneration of College as a cohort graduate and a new group commence in a source of great hope and energy.  That is the season of spring here for us as we are now very much in the valete season of farewell and celebration for the class of 2022.  On Monday they will have lunch with graduates of the last year of Hope (2017), and share together their hopes and dreams already materialised and those held deep in their hearts.

Sunday is Father's Day, and we thank our fathers for the great example they are for their daughters.  Mr Brett Oaten gave the reflection at the Father's Day Liturgy this morning.  He spoke with such love and wisdom about the privileges that being the father of two beautiful daughters (Francesca and Lulu) have brought to his life.

"When Jo asked me to reflect on this topic, I thought I had never found it hard to love my daughters.  Being patient?  Giving them the time they deserve? Listening as well as we should?  Giving appropriate weight to their opinions?  That may sometimes be a little harder.  But I think it’s really our effort to exhibit these qualities that shows our love and respect for the women our daughters are and the women they are becoming.  (As an aside, even as I discuss my own failings, I don’t want to come across as anti-dad - I should say that on certain rare occasions my teenage daughters have also exhibited minor failures of patience, humility and respect.  It sounds crazy, but it can happen).  I think for those of us with older daughters there’s also the challenge - to our humility and love - of reconciling the fact that they will remain the centre of our world while we, necessarily, move farther from the centre of theirs.  But that’s the work of being a good dad in 2022 or any other year.  That’s the work we have to do, to always try to improve the patience, the attention and the respect that we give and when we fail, as we will, to try to do better next time and the next time, all the time.  Remaining in love with the world can be a bit more challenging.  I don’t know if you’ve read the news lately, but it's hardly a barrel of laughs.  But, naively or not I choose to believe, as Dr King said, that the moral arc of the universe while long tends towards justice.  Every day, I try to choose to embrace hope and optimism.  Nothing gives me greater doses of both hope and optimism today than being here with these wonderful young women".

I hope that all our Fathers and Daughters have a wonderful celebration this evening at their annual dinner.  I unfortunately, will not attend this year as I will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of our sister school, St Columbus in Melbourne.

Yours in hope

Anne Fry
Principal

At last spring is here.  No matter the actual temperature there always feels a psychological lift in the air with the knowledge that spring has arrived.  The colours of the wattle and cherry blossoms, with the scent of jasmine and freesias offer a joyful invitation to take time outside and renew.  I have long appreciated the timing of spring here in Australia with the coinciding of the HSC academic year, Trials are complete, and we enter into our rituals of celebration as students can take time to treasure their friendships and thank their parents and staff for their accompaniment throughout their schooling journey.  It is also a time of anticipation and preparation for what the next chapter may offer.

This spring season of the academic year is not only experienced in our HSC cohort.  Year 11 students are finalising their Preliminary course examinations on Tuesday and will draw on this experience and feedback to discern courses they carry into their final HSC year of schooling.  They will also take the reins of leadership of the student community, for which they are well ready.  Year 10 join them as senior students, readying themselves with excitement for the opportunity for greater agency and contribution.

Year 9 students have commenced preparations to be Big Sisters ready to welcome students of Year 7 2023 at their Orientation Day in October.  All Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 students have been offered opportunity to consider how they may like to start anew in Term 4 with consideration of leadership, service and co-curricular opportunities.  New starts can be a spark of hope - planting a seed of imagination and possibility by nurturing a young person’s strengths to grow towards the aspirations they hold for themselves.  I see this as a teacher of Year 9 students through the moments of renewed commitment to reading or asking more questions or drafting and rewriting creative or analytical pieces to master their craft.  Spring moments are always possible.  There is never an end to life-long learning, hence our students are encouraged to seize opportunities to try afresh.

Many of us were able to enjoy the Father Daughter Liturgy this morning.  What always strikes me is the smiles on both the fathers and daughters’ faces savouring the opportunity to simply spend time together.  Madonna King, a favourite researcher and author of mine, writes much about the particular relationship of fathers and daughters.  I include an article https://madonnaking.com.au/parenting/on-dad-and-daughters/ that explores the changing relationship as daughters reach adolescence.  It challenges both fathers and daughters to consider how they may continue to lean into the love needed from father figures at a time that the teenage daughter appears to prefer independence.  The two need not be in conflict.  It is an interesting read that offers perspective and hope:

“Research has repeatedly quantified the power of a solid father-daughter relationship.  Fathers can raise academic performance; influence hugely who they choose as a future partner; and encourage them to take calculated risks.  They can gift them a sense of belonging, a self-efficacy and a resilience for life; and their relationship can be the impetus for learning reason.  Fathers can also teach their daughters the value of saying “sorry”, to be brave in the face of fear, and to speak up when they - or someone else - is wronged.”… “I think you should remind all the fathers that, despite all the groaning and carrying on that happens when it comes to dads (especially with dad jokes and embarrassing dad comments), they are so incredibly important in their daughters’ lives,” she says.  “They should never underestimate the influence they have.”

My own Dad was one of my biggest supporters and certainly a go-to for advice and encouragement, even when he picked me up from sport training and bored me with his classical music or was ever so strict in asking a thousand questions about the sleepover.  I grew to know how much he loved me and he learnt to trust my capacity for good decision-making.  He gifted me with a spirit of possibility and an ethic to work towards making these possibilities grow. I am glad my own children knew him so well and so long to sometimes state what ‘Pop would have said’ about their own decisions they need to make when at a crossroad - and interestingly it is sentiments of hope and belief in themselves that come to their mind.  Father’s Day in my childhood was most often celebrated with an outdoor picnic somewhere in the bush outside of Tamworth.  It looked like a scene from The Seven Little Australians, quite literally as there were seven of us kids, running madly in all directions, with the dog in tow to prevent him falling into the rapids of the creek we were exploring.  It smelt of sausages, often cooked to a crisp by Dad himself and slapped between two pieces of bread with tomato sauce.  And it felt wonderfully alive.

I hope the weekend offers you moments to get outside and savour the beginning of spring.  Certainly Father’s Day invites us to do so, thankful for those father figures who have loved and supported their family - sometimes expressed with wise words of wisdom that shine light on possible pathways ahead and other times beckoning us to pause a while and enjoy some frivolity in the moment, Dads are pretty good at reminding us not to take ourselves too seriously and to trust in what will be.  I like this notion of spring.

Mrs Elizabeth Brooks
Deputy Principal

Spring Awakening by Lily Baker

Spring is the magical time
When the rainbow lorikeets hum and the honeysuckles
Blossom,
When I actively bounce down the sand dunes
And onto the pea green grass,
The waratahs and the wattles bloom,
And my heart opens to the riot of spring.

I love this time when everything comes to life,
Nature triumphs in the trees, swaying freely in the wind,
Stealing my train of thought
And making my imagination run wild.
I am inspired by this heavenly kingdom,
The tranquility of dew droplets falling,
Slowly
The mastery of the rain.
I feel connected.

Tree sap trickles down the bark of native gum trees
I examine this, calmly, curiously.
Sometimes the wind whispers to me at dusk
Giving me confidence within my body
I promise

I will always make the most of springtime. 

Few could argue with the fact that Asheigh Barty is not only a champion sportswoman but also a champion person.  Ash always displays grace and friendliness in every aspect of her life, whilst displaying a modest demeanour, regardless of any result on or off the court.  Ash’s grounding comes from her close-knit family where respect and good manners are at the heart.  Ash and her father Robert share an especially close bond that remains a significant part of her life.  When asked about her match on the night before her Australian Open Final, Robert told AAP “If she plays well, she plays well.  If she behaves, that's even better”.  It is not that he expected she would not be anything but her gracious self, but more about keeping things in perspective.

Robert Barty of course wanted his daughter to win that Grand Slam tournament even more than the rest of Australia who was cheering for her, but to him it was more important how she conducted herself.  This was a valuable insight into what makes true champions who they are - essentially the fundamental importance of remaining true to your values and who you are.  Whilst Ash displayed supreme ability and true grit on the court, in contrast to some other sportspeople who have also sat at the top of the sports world, it was her values formed in her family environment that made her an exemplary role model and real hero.

The bond between fathers and daughters is a unique and important one.  This is extended to situations where that role is filled by another significant parent figure.  Often without naming or becoming obvious, it is the values that are on display to children that have the significant impact.  This is infused into children when they see the times of great family joy in the connection between celebrations and the meaning of an event.  A birthday is a special occasion because everyone is together or a reunion after absence, because it is nurturing to be close to significant people and they are missed when not there.

The importance of values is also just as much on display in times of tragedy and hardship.  The comfort of coming together and being there for one another in such times highlights the connectedness that is shared.  The support needed at the very hardest times, just to keep going, recognises the important sources of love in our lives.  Such times of raw reality strip away the less important components of life and reveal the metal underneath, which ultimately are our values.  Our values form who we genuinely are and are revealed knowingly and unwittingly in our interactions and relationships with others.  A revealing grasp of Asheigh Barty’s values and her character is in the fact that whilst disappointed when she lost, her grace and who she really always remained.  Win or lose, Ash displays the same grace and good manners to all.

The first and primary educator is generally recognised as being a student’s parents.  Learning at school is an important part of one’s education and is generally most successful when it is in harmony with the learning that surrounds children in their family.  If learning is valued at home, then students are more likely to be open to engaging and seeing the opportunity they have to learn at school for what it is, a true gift.  Learning being valued is demonstrated in many forms, revealed through both everyday conversations and the priorities that are revealed in one’s actions.  All parents have a unique and influential role in their daughter’s valuing of learning and education in general.

I trust all families get the opportunity to celebrate their fathers and father figures this Sunday and my hope is that this is a time of great joy for all.

Mr Bob Anderson
Director of Teaching and Learning and Education Administration

We had a gentle start to the Father's Day weekend.  Fifty dads/grandads and significant ‘dad’ types came along with their proud daughters to pray together, to contemplate their own experience of fathering and being fathered, and to dream of what’s possible in loving relationship with daughters.  You will be pleased to know all that happened in our beautiful chapel, all through the lens of a most loving and accepting God, led by our most capable and deeply prayerful Charism Captain, Olivia Mitchell. 

We blessed the dads who were with us and remembered the dads who can’t be with us, mindful of what we learned from them about loving and the goodness those great men have brought to the world.

Here’s our blessing:

A Blessing of Fathers

Loving God, thank you for all the men who nurture me,

and for the love of my father.

Give him patience to listen to me when I find it hard to talk.

Give him gentleness in dealing with me when I am rowdy.

Give him wisdom so that he knows just what to say

even when I find it hard to listen.

Give him a generous heart even when I am selfish.

Give him strength when I need a firm hand.

Give him a sense of humour in difficult times.

Surround him with people who love and respect him.

Help me to see your love at work in him.

Help me to love as he loves.

We ask this in Jesus' name. 

Amen.

Mr Brett Oaten shared his great wisdom with us.  I’m sure Mrs Fry will mention a few ideas from Brett, but this is the idea that got me and will stay with me.  I hope for a very long time… and then I had to sing something which was tricky:

"I think for those of us with older daughters there’s also the challenge - to our humility and love - of reconciling the fact that they will remain the centre of our world while we, necessarily, move farther from the centre of theirs".

I like to think that I am the centre of my children’s lives, but Brett is right.  We can’t remain there.  I remember Fr Andy Bullen SJ relaying a story of when he asked a mother when she had the first inkling that her precious son was going to pack up and leave home.  She said, “The day he first crawled.”

Thanks, Brett.  And thanks to all our dads who came to pray for and with their daughters, and who stayed for a yummy breakfast afterwards.  Some were lucky enough to get a Coffee Queens coffee.  It was really good this morning - thanks to Ms Annemaree Butter, super barista, and her team of customer service and short order cooks, Mia Timbs, Tara Boyd and Mr Michael Latham. 

We had a record number of cupcakes for St Canice’s last Friday.  I think it had something to do with the efforts of the Aikenhead lion who danced around the playground on Wednesday, growling, telling his story of the wonder of a cupcake and how cupcakes should be a KPI of joy.  We were all a little worried about how the lion ended up wearing Mr David Woolbank’s shoes, but Mr Woolbank is seemingly unscathed this week and has his shoes back on his own feet.   

I hope you can help me:  I’m out of funding for the Matt Talbot wet packs.  If you would like to contribute to the Wet Packs please click on the link HERE .

A $10 ticket will provide enough items for two wet packs.  That means that two men will have the items they need to get clean, feel comfortable and regain some personal dignity. 

In each wet pack we put tissues, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion (now that may seem surprising, but apparently body lotion really helps with feet that are damaged from constant walking around), deodorant, a dental care kit, shaving kit, cotton buds (no, I don’t know why, but apparently they are a hit with the gents at Matt Talbot) a comb and, of course, hand sanitizer.  I got bottles of sanitizer this week for 99c each.  I love a bargain.  That’s less than half price and it means we can do twice as many packs.  Please know that any funds you can spare are not wasted, and our girls pack the goods with great care and love.

This is the prayer that informs all the outreach work we do.  It reminds us why we bother and why we will always bother: 

The Social Justice Prayer 

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,

I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,

I was a stranger and you invited me in,  

I needed clothes and you clothed me,

I was sick and you looked after me,

I was in prison and you came to visit me.”      Matt 25

Whatsoever we do for the least of our brothers and sisters,

we do for Christ Jesus.

Lord, help us to be more, rather than have more.

In the Spirit of Mary Aikenhead,

In the Name of Jesus

We seek a faith that does justice.

The work of God cannot fail.  Mary Aikenhead

Mrs Jo Kenderes
Director of Faith and Mission  

Showcase of 2022 Higher School Certificate Major Design Projects and Visual Arts Bodies of Work

It was a great pleasure to be able to exhibit the work produced by students in Design and Technology and Visual Arts as part of their HSC examination requirements.

These students have worked with dedication and focus to produce design and artworks of a high quality.  The challenges and frustrations they face are distinctive of working in the arts; a highly polished result hides the hours of experimentation, development, revision, rejection and refinement that reaches exhibition or performance.  At the end of this process, to recall that this is supposed to be a one unit, 60 hour academic course pursued alongside the student’s other nine or ten units of study, has an air of absurdity.  The difficult pleasures of a major project demand an unusual level of commitment and fascination for students to sustain engagement and create success.

The support needed is also considerable.  I’d like to thank Ms Sana Issa and Ms Tanya Schneider, for their educational care of their students and Mr Steven Taylor, for his generous assistance to both students and colleagues.  The exhibition itself has a similar intensity of planning and presentation.  I would like to thank Mr Bob Anderson, for his support in planning and securing dates and facilities, Mrs Cherie Tucker from the Advancement office, for her patient and expert preparation of catalogues.  I would also like to thank Mrs Kali Aldridge, Mrs Silk Burke and Mrs Priscilla Laliotis, for their support of their colleagues and the students.  Without the kindness and efficiency of Mr Ken Devlin and Mr Graeme Grocott of Maintenance, we would all be collapsed in a heap somewhere wondering how to get the showcase off the floor.

A special thanks to Ms Katrina Skinner, mother of Grace MacKinnon, one of the most faithful supporters of the Visual Arts Department over many years and exhibitions.  Her expert eye and calm advice to students were appreciated by tired teachers.

Mr Graeme Colman
Head of Department Visual Arts and Design

The Language Oral exams for 2022 are almost over for our students.  Over the next two Saturdays, the following students will complete the first section of their HSC:  Kasey Mui who has studied two Languages:  Korean Continuers and Spanish Beginners; Francesca Oaten and Alice Marden, studying Japanese Beginners and Eloise Chapuis, studying French Extension. 

We are very proud of all of them and the great commitment they have shown to their Language learning and we wish them all the best.

Ms Maria Manitta
Head of Department Languages

Open Days

Australian Catholic University

Open Day

Join ACU us online on Saturday 10 September 10.00am-2.00pm, to find out more about their courses, facilities and graduate outcomes.  Register now using the link found here

Sydney Actors School and Sydney Film School

Tour the state-of-the-art film and TV studio and learn why Sydney Actors School and Sydney Film School, situated in Waterloo, offer a most practical, hands-on accredited program.  To register, please click on the following link found here for dates and more information.

Sydney Design School

Sydney Design school is hosting an information session on Wednesday 7 September at 6.00pm.  Find out more about their accredited interior design qualifications delivered on campus and online.  Join them at Sydney Design School 2/40 Oxley Street, St Leonards.  Register to attend here

Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School

On 8 October at the BMIHMS Open Day, discover how you can gain qualifications for a career in hotel management.  Experience campus tours and workshops, hear from speakers, enjoy lunch and chat with a Course and Careers Adviser.  Registrations are essential using the link found here.

Gap Year

Department of Home Affairs

The Department of Home Affairs is offering a 12-months gap year to Year 12 students graduating in 2022.  The gap year will begin in February 2023 and positions will be based in Parramatta, NSW.  Contact entryprogramsandpathways@homeaffairs.gov.au for more information.

Western University

On 13 September students can discover Western’s early offer and pathways programs, and explore how to apply for university and get an offer without an ATAR at the Discover Western Webinar.  Learn more and register here.  

Revision Workshops

ACU

Year 12 Revision Webinars

Join ACU for a series of free online webinars run by experienced Year 12 exam markers and assessors who will guide participants through how to respond to possible exam questions and offer plenty of tips and strategies along the way.  Register now using the link here.

Western University

HSC Study Sessions

Western will offer free online HSC study sessions delivered by qualified teachers, covering 14 subjects such as Chemistry, English, Maths and more, from 26 to 30 September.  Find out more and register here

HSC Masterclasses

September Holidays

Sit for a day with an expert teacher in preparation for your HSC exams.  Masterclasses are held for all major subjects at both UTS and Macquarie University. Read more here or call 1300 677 336. 

Ms Helen Marshall
Careers Adviser

BREAKING NEWS:  HSC Dance students receive six nominations for Callback!!

Only recently in the Bulletin I was so pleased to congratulate Dance and then Drama students for completing their Practical HSC examinations, with Music being held at the College this coming Monday.  Now we have received news that Ms Santi’s class has received six nominations for Callback!

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the incredibly hard work Ms Alana Santi puts into every cohort offering her non-teaching periods, before school and lunchtimes, to help students rehearse and perfect their choreography, skill and performance quality both individually and with their composition dancers.  Dance is a creative and liberating course, but dancers are elite athletes - they require physical skill-building and conditioning consistently, as well as being required to create beauty and meaning in their composition works.  I continue to be in awe of their beautiful new works and their physical prowess!  These students are also to be congratulated for their persistence and positive attitude in the face of adversity.  Well done, these nominations really highlight the excellence of Dance at St Vincent’s.  Students results are not only above the state average in all components of the HSC Dance course, but also consistently receive NESA nominations.  This speaks to the hard work Ms Santi has put in to build dance at the College over the past 11 years and the foundational work she does in every Year group to ensure her scope and sequencing targets and skill-builds for senior Dance studies.  We are very lucky at SVC to have such devoted, talented and highly-skilled and trained teachers.

Please read Ms Alana Santi’s Dance report below for more details on her students achievements and wonderful Dance outcomes in the professional dance world for her students.

Our community will have the opportunity to see some of these dancers and their compositions at the highly anticipated return of the Annual Dance Concert at The Seymour Centre on 12 November.  Keep an eye out for these tickets - this will be a concert not to be missed as students from every Year group, ensemble and class, perform for family and friends.

Very soon we have exciting opportunities for our Musical students to showcase and celebrate their various talents, skills and love of music.  So students and community members alike do not miss out on this long awaited return to live music at the College - Spring Fair and Music Showcase will be fabulous and inclusive events that highlight the breadth of talent in the College.

Spring Fair Performers - register your interest with Mr McCrudden now!

Spring Fair is a wonderful College event thanks to our Parents and Friends and staff, who are working so hard to create community and raise funds for College projects that in turn support the students of SVC.  Spring Fair in the past has included many singers and instrumentalists that showed the audience just how enthusiastic and talented our Music students are at the College.  This is a wonderful supportive environment and a great day out in general. Students can sign up on the Student Life Classroom on Mr McCrudden's post.  I am looking forward to hearing some great numbers.

Music Showcase 2022 is on 14 September this year at 6.00pm in the College Hall.  This will be a great night for all of our Music students to perform for family and friends.  Don’t forget to add this to your calendar and come along.  I have been hearing beautiful songs floating down the stairs over here in Garcia - it will be a night not to be missed.  The event is proudly supported by the College and therefore is free, but please reserve a ticket online by clicking on the link so we can ensure everyone has a seat!  Masks will be advised but not mandatory inline with our covid-careful approaches, but we will not be serving refreshments so rug up and bring your own water and snacks for a fun filled musical event in our College Hall.

Performing Arts Uniform Update

The long awaited SVC Performing Arts uniform has now arrived.  There are three options for our students to wear at the College during practical lessons and when representing the College, when appropriate.  The long-sleeve T-Shirt, short-sleeved T-shirt and singlet with the appropriate dance cross-back.

These can be purchased online from the Uniform Shop or in person at the College Uniform Shop.

Ms Catherine Johnson
Head of Performing Arts

This week the College received the great news that some of our Year 12 Dance students were awarded NESA Nominations for their practical HSC Dance works.  A NESA Nomination recognises that the work is an example of an exemplary performance or composition by HSC students in New South Wales.

Congratulations to the class of 2022, who have managed to receive six nominations this year.  I would also like to acknowledge the achievement of Georgia Gallagher, who received nominations for all three of her practical works.  We wish Georgia, Gabrielle and Ella all the very best as they progress to the next round in the Callback process.

A special mention to our very talented junior students who were the composition dancers for our Year 12 students this year - Elise Babbage, Molly Griffin, Abbie Burnell and Leila Spies, attended weekly rehearsal in the mornings and at lunch times to learn the choreography for the HSC examinations.  This provides our junior students with the opportunity to experience the HSC prior to their potential involvement in Year 12 and provides them with another performance experience.  We recognise that these students are extremely talented and spend many rehearsals in preparation for the practical examinations.  

Students and Dance Works Nominated - 2022 HSC Dance

Georgia Gallagher:  Core Composition; Core Performance; Major Study Performance.

Gabrielle Umbrazunas:  Core Performance; Major Study Performance.

Ella Kelleher:  Core Composition. 

Below:  Year 12 Students Nominated for Callback

Below:  Composition Dancers 2022:  Elise Babbage Year 10, Molly Griffin, Abbie Burnell and Leila Spies, Year 9.

Below: Elise Babbage - Composition Dancer and Georgia Gallagher - Composition Nomination

Our Year 12 class has also been extremely busy auditioning for full time courses and companies, to act as a potential career pathway post Year 12.  Georgia has been offered a placement in Brent Street's full time musical theatre course for 2023, Gabrielle has received a position in Brent Street's, full time contemporary program and Ella has received a position in Launch - full time dance course in QLD.  All the girls have been an integral member of our Dance program at St Vincent's College with their involvement in the ballet and jazz ensemble, co-curricular contemporary Dance and Elective Dance.  We wish the girls all the very best as they decide whether to head into the world of professional dancing.

SAVE THE DATE

St Vincent’s College Dance Concert - Saturday 12 November 2022

We are excited to share that on Saturday 12 November all Dance Elective classes, ballet ensemble, jazz ensembles, co-curricular dancers and selected HSC soloists, will showcase their talents in the St Vincent’s College annual concert.  The concert will be held at The Seymour Centre.  Just a reminder that booking is essential as tickets will not be sold on the night.  Tickets will be available for purchase from The Seymore Centre website later in the year.

Congratulations to all our Dance students and teachers for 2022, who have been busy preparing and who have committed themselves to regular training sessions and concert rehearsals.  Your hard work and dedication will shine on the night! 

Mrs Alana Santi
Dance Teacher

Music Showcase 14 September 6.00pm-8.00pm in the College Hall. 

Book your tickets below (for seating purposes only)

https://events.humanitix.com/2022-music-showcase

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

Head of Netball and Basketball - Ms Elyse Harmanis - 0434 610 870
elyse.harmanis@stvincents.nsw.edu.au 
Head of Soccer:  Mr Nick Schroeder - 0431 117 565
Head of Hockey:  Mr Liam Jepson - 0422 027 649

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/  

IGSA NETBALL, HOCKEY, SOCCER AND BASKETBALL

We are now into the final round of all sports, with semis on 10 September and grand finals on 17 September.  Many teams are in the top 4 and some more could make it if they win their last game.

Team lists, venue details and draws are on the College website.  This is always your first place to look for any Sport information.  Please also check the IGSA Spawtz page for any changes or wet weather updates  https://igsasport.spawtz.com/ .  Please do not call the IGSA office - always call the head coach or Ms Jacobs if you have any questions about sport. 

GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS FOR THIS WEEKEND!

FITNESS TRAINING

Fitness training has now concluded for the year.  Tash will start back again in Term 1 2023.  Thank you to all students who participated this year.  We look forward to seeing you back next year.

TERM 4 2022 and TERM 1 2023 SPORT

Registrations for summer sport for Term 4 and Term 1 are now closed.  Trials for these teams will be on in the last two weeks of this term.  Please see the dates below:

VOLLEYBALL TRIALS - College Courts

Senior Trials for those in Years 9, 10 and 11:  Wednesday 14 September  3:15pm-4:30pm.

Junior Trials for those in Years 7 and 8:  Wednesday 21 September  3:15pm-4:30pm.

TOUCH  TRIALS - Rushcutters Bay

Senior Trials for those in Years 9, 10 and 11:  Monday 12 September 3.15pm-4.45pm. 

Junior Trials for those in Years 7 and 8:  Monday 19 September 3.15pm-4.45pm.  

TENNIS TRIALS - College Courts

Trials for all Years:  Monday 19 September  3:15pm-4:45pm.

WATER POLO TRIALS - UNSW  Heated Indoor Pool

Senior Trials for those in Years 9, 10 and 11:  Saturday 17 September  1.45pm-3.00pm.

Junior Trials for those in Years 7 and 8:  Saturday 17  September  2.45pm-4:00pm.

PLEASE WEAR YOUR PE UNIFORM and sport shoes or swimmers, and bring all necessary equipment.  You must email Ms Jacobs if you cannot make your trial for any reason, and try to go to the other date if possible. 

SPORT STARS OF THE WEEK

Please keep the Sport staff informed of any good sporting results outside of the College.  Information and photos can be emailed to   jacobsj@stvincents.nsw.edu.au . 

Congratulations to Lily O’Reilly, Year 9, who came 10th in the U16 4km at the National Cross Country Championships in Adelaide.  She also won a silver medal as her relay team came second.  Well done Lily, we are all very proud of you!

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected in the IGSA Athletics Team to compete at the CIS carnival on Tuesday 20 September. 

Siara McCreery - Year 7 - 13 years 400m

Niamh Mackenzie - Year 9 - 14 years high jump

Lara Roets - Year 11 - 17 years hurdles

Ruby Waterlow-Heuston - 16 years long jump and 100m

Imogen Gill - Year 12 - 18 years 100m.

Congratulations Elsa Firth, Year 10, whose Clovelly Crocs U17 League Tag Team won the 2022 Grand Final at Leichhardt Oval last weekend.  It was such a thrill for the girls to be on the field and in the change rooms of the Balmain Tigers.  Well done, Elsa! 

Ms Jacinta Jacobs
Co-ordinator of Sport

TERM 3 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 SPECIALS for Week 05-09 September:    HERE

We wish to advise that the retail prices for the College uniforms line will increase by an average of 5% from Monday 26 September 2022.  The new uniform prices will remain valid until 30 June 2023.

This is the fourth year we have worked with Noone Imagewear to supply St Vincent's College uniforms.  In working with Noon Imagewear, the College was able to initially pass on an average 10% decrease in uniform pricing.  Noone Imagewear has been on hand to improve the quality and design in a range of uniform lines as well as working with the College to add additional uniform lines.

The updated Uniform Price List can be found on the College website.

For uniform enquiries, please contact Juliet in the Uniform Shop on 8324 6622 or via email.

To reserve your appointment time on the day - please click on the link below:  

https://socheritagecentre.org.au/historyweek