This week we have LIFE Week in the College. Students from
Kindergarten to Year 12 will participate in a range of activities including
Camino pilgrimage walks, Retreats, Christian Service Learning activities and a variety of
excursions. A group of Year 9 students left for Canberra on Friday night and, for the remainder of this year group, the City of Perth will be their classroom for the week. Year
6 students will spend the week in Albany and Year 8 students will be in New
Norcia. Year 12 students will walk the
final two stages of the Camino Salvado, walking into new Norcia on Wednesday
and staying there for their
Retreat. Thank you to all staff for
their work in organising LIFE week and attending the many activities.
PRINCIPAL'S LEAVE
I will be on Long Service Leave from 24 August - 17
October; Mr Peter Collins will be a
acting Principal during this period.
STAFFING
On Monday we welcome Miss Sara O'Neill back from
leave. I would like to thank Ms Sharon
Andrews for her work at the College during the five weeks Miss O'Neill has been
away. Ms Andrew's has been generous in
her commitment to the College during this period of time.
ANGELICO EXHIBITION
Last week I attended the official opening of the Angelico
Exhibition. I am always amazed at the
quality of the art work which is produced by young people in our Catholic
schools and it was great to see the
exhibits of our College students. Thank you to Miss O'Neill for her work in
preparation for the Angelico exhibition and to Ms Andrews for supporting the
students at the event.
PERFORMING
ARTS FESTIVAL FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
The Performing
Arts Festival for Catholic Schools & Colleges continued this week.
Well done to the Junior School Choir on their performance on
Thursday. This was the first time the
Junior School have been involved in the
festival and the students did a great job.
Thanks to Mr Chris McRae for preparing the students for this event.
SUBIACO AND TRAYNING BUILDING
On Friday we took possession of Stage 4 of our Capital
Development Plan. The new learning
centre consists of two levels which will be named Subiaco and Trayning. Subiaco is a town in Italy, about an hour
From Rome; here the Monastery of St
Benedict enshrines the cave (Sacro
Speco) in which St. Benedict lived as a hermit before he organised his first
monastic community. This community was
the first of the Bendictine communities of which Bishop Rosendo Salvado was a
member.
Trayning is the town in the West
Australian wheat belt where Sr Irene McCormack was born.
This stage of our building programme has included
significant development of the grounds,
including our beautiful reflection garden. We now have extensive ovals, outdoor
learning and recreational spaces and new
play equipment.
Thanks to the Student
Leaders from across the College who had input into the design of the outdoor
spaces. I think the older students will
be pleased with the outcome with the realisation of their idea of installing a
small trampoline, a big swing and table tennis tables, as well as seating and a
stage area.
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