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7 May 2019 It is also important to recognise the fine work of teachers who are currently working hard to implement the new system with our Year 11 students. Many would appreciate, that schools The Rector across are running two systems of senior curriculum and assessment this year with our current Year ANZAC Day 12 students being the last cohort to be awarded an Overall I am grateful to the many Padua students Position (OP). who represented us so well last Thursday at Cyber-Bullying Task Force the Dawn service at Lutwyche Cemetery and the Kedron Wavell march and The Cyber-Bullying Task Force has recently delivered its ceremony. Many thanks to the staff, the recommendations. The Taskforce recommends the student choir, the FCIP band and Queensland Government require all schools to deliver volunteers for their work on the day. A evidence-based whole school programs that: special mention to Mr O’Brien, Mr Allen and Mr Dodemont for • Promote social and emotional competencies among their extra efforts, as Padua was the host school for both events students. supplying the and the volunteers to support the Kedron Wavell RSL. We received lots of complimentary emails about • Include evaluation of the programs impact. the presentation and behaviour of the boys with a special • Include professional development for teachers. mention to Aiden Holloway who played the Last Post and Furthermore, the Taskforce recommends the Queensland Rouse at both services. Thanks also to Mr Anderton, who Government expect all schools to have clear, transparent, through the support of the Kedron Wavell RSL, accompanied readily accessible and easily understood policies and five Year 11 boys to the ANZAC Day services in Canberra. procedures to address cyberbullying, that: Queensland Catholic Education Video • Include a flowchart clearly outlining the school It is an exciting time in education. Queensland’s new senior response to incidents and reports of cyberbullying curriculum, learning and assessment system provides the and provide indicative timeframes for school foundation for students to develop the knowledge and skills responses. for success in further education, work and life. The curriculum • Provide contact details of relevant school staff. is underpinned by 21st century skills, collaboration, teamwork, • Identify when parents and carers will be contacted by creativity along with literacy and numeracy skills. Our the school. classrooms and the opportunities beyond school are vastly different for our boys to what many parents and teachers • State the possible consequences for the student who experienced during their time at school. Recently, staff from has bullied. the Queensland Catholic Education Commission visited Padua • Identify the support available for the student who has as part of their production of a video for a Parliamentary been bullied and the student who has engaged in Reception. The video titled Learning for Queensland’s Future bullying behaviour. showcases Catholic Education and the way in which Catholic We already have a lot of processes and procedures in place schools deliver first class education throughout Queensland. and like all schools, we will work through these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHgpr2tf_Oo recommendations in the coming weeks before communicating any updates or changes to our community.

1 Resilience Project • Live a good and honourable life – then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a Through the support of the P&F Association, second time. on May 16 we welcome back Hugh van Cuylenburg, founding director and facilitator from The Resilience Project. Our Parent Mr Peter Elmore Engagement Evening for Term 2 aims to inform parents of Rector some of the evidence-based strategies that build resilience and improve mental health for our students as well as empowering teachers and parents. This program is an important part of our The Chaplain student wellness program and in the past, we have received Recently I read where we are called ‘The very positive feedback about the parent information evening. Prozac Nation’, a troubling indictment, with More information on the Resilience Project can be found at: our anti-depressant medication doubling in https://theresilienceproject.com.au/about-us/ the last 15 years, 100,000 children joining this lonely crowd, and 142 Australians dying All families are asked to please save Thursday May 16 (6:00pm of drug overdose each month. – 7:30pm) as the date for this event. Information regarding RSVP for the evening is published within the P&F section of this ’s leading expert on adolescent Bulletin edition. mental health is Prof. Michael Carr-Gregg. For over 25 years he has researched in this area. Sure, the Some things to think about reasons for the increase in prevalence of mental illness are On Assembly last week, I spoke about the importance of being complex, but Carr-Gregg claims, “In the course of our lives, involved in school life and the value that comes from having there are a whole lot of risk factors that predispose us to good memories about our time in a place. Yes, I even said depression, and there are a whole lot of protective factors that that your school years were the best years of your life. This keep us from being depressed. What’s happened is the risk message was delivered as we celebrated the start of Term 2 factors have gone up, and the protective factors have gone sport and co-curricular activities. I reminded boys of the great down.” joy that comes from playing alongside their school friends and One key protective factor, he claims is SPIRITUALITY. In a the need to be grateful to the staff and their parents for the recent Year 11 class there was a discussion on religion and many opportunities that they are given. The following list was spirituality. While spirituality picked up a few ticks, not so given to me and the provider attributed the list to the Dalai religion. I think, too often, we associate religion with ‘church’. Lama. While I don’t vouch for the authenticity of the author, the However, being in a worshipping community and attending words do have some relevance as we begin another busy term weekend Eucharist, creates a sense of belonging, and our of sport and co-curricular life at Padua. religion gives our lives a sense of meaning and a sense of • Take into account that great love and great purpose – as you look around the church you feel part of achievements involve great risk. something bigger than yourself. I’m not postulating a causal relationship between falling church attendance and a rise in • When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. youth depression, simply a coincidence! • Follow the 3 R’s: Respect for self, Respect for others, Last Saturday I was watching Paduans at Rugby and Football, Responsibility for your actions. and I thought how fortunate these boys are – they are in teams, • Remember not getting what you want is sometimes a playing together, being together, with teachers and parents wonderful stroke of luck. Don’t let little disputes injure supporting them – part of ‘the tribe’. Then I see how blessed a great friendship. the boys are – picked up of an afternoon after training, after • When you realise you’ve made a great mistake, take FCIP practice, or the Nest – such caring and sacrificing parents immediate steps to correct it. who give the boys a strong sense that they are important, that they belong to family and to Padua. There is no social isolation • Spend some time alone every day. here, no meaningless and isolated existence for them. Here we • Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your have a strong protective factor that, hopefully, keeps the boys values. from loneliness and depression. • Remember that silence is sometimes the best Prof. Carr-Gregg laments that drugs (often on the PBS and free) answer. are so easily available. No cure can often make things worse, • A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation simply a band-aid (sometimes important) that wears off, and the of your life. mental illness continues. Here at Padua the protective factors • In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the are obvious – there is a definitive culture; the boys ‘feel’ they current situation – don’t bring up the past. belong, they know the richness of the Franciscan heritage, they experience a strong group identity, their prayers speak to them • Be gentle with the earth. of strong moral values, they hear of Joy, Courtesy, Humility, • Judge your success by what you have given up in Simplicity and Peace. Listening to a boy who has only been at order to get it. Padua a week, I asked him what he found positive about his week’s experience. His response was that he felt here a sense

2 of community and family. I hope his experience is shared by all With Round One having commenced last Saturday against Iona of us who make up Padua. we wish all our boys the best of luck in Chess, Rugby Union and Football and continued success to our debaters. May your Fr John Boyd-Boland ofm successful endeavours in competition be equally matched by your winning habits off the field.

TRUST Cross Country Carnival A healthy, mature relationship between people requires trust. Congratulations to Grigg House for their success in the recent It is a core value in the family and in our society. It is when you Cross Country Carnival. The day was a great success for both can rely on another person, and count on that person as loyal, our competitive runners and the House Competition. It was and dependable. There are many examples of trust. fantastic to see so many students active as they completed 1. When you share a confidence with a friend, and the course around Hickey Park. Thanks must go to Mr Scott you know he will keep that information to himself. Maguire and the Sports Department, and all the House 2. When you borrow your parents' car for the night, Guardians for preparing planning and ensuring the success of and they trust you will bring it back home in good this day. condition. Raising Young Men Tip: 3. When you make arrangements to meet up with friends, and you trust they will be there. This week’s tip was inspired by the below website that 4. When you lend someone some money, and you discusses effective family tips for raising young men. This trust they will pay it back. week’s tip is – Practice at home! Without trust there can be no healthy relationship between http://www.care.com/ people - be it friend to friend, teacher to student, child to parent. “Make eye contact and smile! Remind your son to walk into a room, smile and connect with kids with his eyes," says Shamitz. Friendship is built on two things - respect and trust. Both elements have to be there, and it has to be mutual. You can This also allows him to notice how others might be feeling. have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, that "If there's a kid sitting by himself, tell your son to go talk friendship will crumble. to him. Encourage your son to use social thinking skills to figure out how other people are feeling." Explain the value of Fr John Boyd-Boland ofm smiling, especially if he's shy: smiles cheer up a room; smiles make everything easier; and smiles boost moods. Eye contact expresses sincerity and honesty and fosters bonding between two people. It also helps build self-confidence. However, "It From the Pastoral Care Team could be really threatening to look someone in the eye," says Senning. "Teach kids to look at the nose. You can't tell and it's From the Pastoral Care Team not as scary." Most boys giggle when you suggest looking at On Thursday of last week, I was fortunate someone's nose, so it's a great way to break the ice and teach enough to be able to present to both the a critical social skill to last a lifetime.” students of the College and the families https://www.care.com/c/stories/5203/10-tips-to-raising-a-gen attending the Term 2 Sports Assembly. The tleman/ theme for this address was ‘Winning on and off the field’ and focused on how we can Mr Ben Lowrie use our College values, at AIC Sport, to be the best version of who we are. Formation It is often stated that sport mirrors life. As we provide a weekly arena to test that theory, it is important we teach our young During our January Staff PD Days, we all men the standards and expectations to help them learn from attended a workshop given to us by Fr their involvement and begin to enhance personal life skills of Richard Leonard on ‘What Makes a School resilience, sportsmanship, courtesy and respect. Catholic?’ In his presentation he spoke about a survey conducted by ACU of some For the Good Men of Padua, this means: 5000 young people aged from 15 – 25. • We believe in a mutual courtesy and respect for all of These young people nominated four things those around us and our environment. they wanted to see present in the Church: • We believe in the simplicity of presenting well and • A compassionate community, especially for the poor. competing fiercely and fairly. • A listening church, especially to their experience of • We are humble as both competitors and spectators. the world. • Our cheering and support are full of joy and • A welcoming, inclusive and joyful community. admiration. • A community that practices what it preaches. • We demonstrate peace by being positive in all that we do and say.

3 Food for thought there!! So, at Padua we are going to include O’Brien [email protected] or Mrs Jo Fall those results into ‘term themes.’ It won’t surprise you then to [email protected]. know that the theme for Term 2 is: Year 12 Senior Merchandise • A listening church, especially to their experience of the world. Last week we received items for our second round orders of Senior Merchandise. Mrs Winney will check all orders we This theme will inform all that we do here at school during the receive before notifying students when they may collect their term. items. A Franciscan institution should be a place of where people are Year 12 Graduation Rings heard and respected. This theme has resonance in not only our College community, but also in our local, state, national In 2018 we offered our Year 12 Graduating Students the and international scenes as well. What we do here at Padua, in chance of purchasing a Graduation Ring. This offer proved simple ways has ramifications on every scene. to be very popular with the Class of 2018 and their Parents, and we are pleased to make this offer again to boys and their This month of May is traditionally dedicated to Mary. Mary is families of the Class of 2019. The rings are a simple band with known by numerous titles and while much has been written ‘Padua College’ interspersed with the Tau Cross (a significant about her, not very much is known about her. We know she Franciscan symbol). These rings are made by a jeweller in was present at Jesus’ birth and again at his death, but little Assisi, Italy, who I know very well. His work is of the highest else is known about her in between times. Much has been quality. Being made in Assisi gives the rings an added quality said about her through the ages in contrast to Mary Magdalen; and authenticity. Mary’s purity contrasted against Magdalen’s promiscuity as a so-called prostitute. Much has been argued in recent times that This offer is a voluntary one. They come in a range of colours this contrast and comparison is inaccurate and inappropriate. – eg silver, burnished silver, gold and rose gold. In 2018 they So, what do we learn from Mary? The answer is as simple as it cost AUD$90 which also included the government duty tax is complex. Mary’s answer to what God wanted of her was to necessary to bring them into Australia. At this stage the cost say ‘Yes’. Her response was one of discipleship. She is a model of the rings is being negotiated but it is expected that a similar of strong, positive womanhood that we all can be inspired by cost will be offered again this year. and through. Mary challenges us to review the important and In order to have the rings here at Padua by November we relevant role of women in our community and in our Church. Do need to begin the process now. Like the Senior Merchandise not be mistaken that Mary’s role should be reduced to that of purchase we will do the following: feminine wallflower! Her response to God, grounded in faith, is inspiration to us all. 1. Complete a data base of the boys’ ring sizes (beginning of Term 2). 2. Send out a Letter of Purchase and a link for payment Let us pray: (to be finalised by the end of Term 2). Mary, Mother of God and Mother to us all, 3. Place an order with Assisi Jeweller (by the end of We come to You in this month of May. Term). Your ‘Yes’ to the call of God is inspiration to us all. I invite you check out the website of the jeweller to view his Your discipleship gives encouragement to us through good times and bad. work at the link below. As well as other jewellery offerings the Your model as mother, carer and nurturer gives us strength. owner also has a range of other products that are exclusive Be with us, now and always, as we strive to be people of faith. to him. The rings he produces for Padua are such an item. Amen. Only Graduating Students or Old Boys are invited to order these rings. I welcome orders from any Padua Old Boys. https://www.assisijewels.com/en Year 12 Camp Details of sizing and ordering will be forthcoming in the coming At the end of Term 1, all Seniors participated on one of two weeks. Year 12 Camps. Reduced to a two day/one-night event, all St Francis of Assisi College, Timor-Leste our Senior Boys enjoyed the last occasion they had to go on camp with one another before graduation. Amaroo has been a Thank you to all those families who have agreed to sponsor a significant part of the boys’ time at Padua. This camp took time student in 2019. This means a lot to the College and especially out to look at who we are, and where the future might take us to their families. beyond Padua. I would like to thank the staff who helped make The school year has been progressing well. Staff at the College this camp possible – especially at the end of a busy term. have just completed a Professional Development Workshop Year 12 Graduation Photos with a local Timorese NGO around positive teaching methods. This aligns with our emphasis on supporting good teaching All Year 12 boys have been asked to send in one baby photo practises at the College. and one Year 1/Prep photo to be used as part of the end of year Graduation ceremonies. Photos can be sent to Mr After our visit to the College in January and our observation for the need for improvement in the classroom environments

4 and infrastructure, we have set up a micro finance grant system and helped coordinate the local ANZAC Day March. Nearly 500 with Assisi schoolteachers. Classroom teachers are invited to Paduans were invited in all these ceremonies. The feedback we make an application for a grant of $500 to support a project received from families and the general public was amazing and they wish to implement in their classrooms. To date we have a tribute to our boys and their presence at these services. A approved several grants. Each of these grants have already special mention to Nicholas Pezzimenti who played drums at made a significant impact on classrooms there. our school service and Aiden Holloway who played the Last Post and Rouse at our school service, as well as both A text I received last week from Tim Blackman, our ‘man on the Kedron-Wavell Services. It was a ‘Padua Proud’ day all around! ground’ over there, speaks: When I opened the box . . . of stationery, for Miss Estlita (an Year 5 Mother Son Night infant schoolteacher) to see... she cried and gave me a huge On Thursday 9 May Padua welcomes our Year 5 Mothers for a hug! She said: “We have asked every year for these things night of celebration. The program for the night is as follows: and now we finally have them thanks to (Padua). You are like angels.” 6.00pm – Mass in Little Flower Church 6.45pm – Classroom Visits This is the impact – no matter how small – we have on Assisi 7.15pm – Supper School. Thank you. 8.00pm – Night Close Year 11 Term 2 Catholic Studies Excursion to Please RSVP to Lynn Vickers in the Greccio Office at Religious Places [email protected] On Wednesday 5 June all Year 11 students will be going on Year 6 Grandparents Morning an excursion to several religious places of worship in On Monday 20 May Padua welcomes our Year 6 Grandaprents as part of their Term 2 studies. Students will be asked to for a morning of celebration. The program for the morning is as select from one of two excursions: (1) Holland Park Mosque follows below. and Chung Tien Buddhist Temple, Priestdale; or (2) Sri Selva Vinayakar Temple, South Maclean and The Brisbane 9.00pm – Mass in Little Flower Church Synagogue, Brisbane City. This excursion will lead into an 9.45pm – Classroom Visits assessment task. A Consent Form will be emailed out to 10.15am – Morning Tea students and families this week. Signed Consent Forms are to 11.00am – Morning Close be returned to the PC Centre ASAP. This day is a compulsory Future Date Claimers: day for all students. 9 May – Year 5 Mother Son Evening Little King’s Appeal 20 May – Year 6 Grandparents Day We have come to an end of our collecting for this year’s Little 23 May – Catholic Man Breakfast King’s Appeal. At our regular Assembly this Thursday, we will 28 May – Odoric House Eucharist @6.30pm in Little present our cheque to the Little King’s Appeal Organisers for an Flower Church amount over $15 000! The final amount is still being processed Peace and all good to you. but I believe that our efforts in 2019 may lead to a new record in collecting for this Appeal! This includes individual amounts from Mr Michael O’Brien students combined with a very successful sausage sizzle on Greccio Campus, as well as a contribution from the proceeds of an Easter Raffle from Delamore Residents ($850). Once Please pray for the sick. again this year, Padua has come to the aid of the Little King’s Please pray for those who have died. Movement in astonishing style! Thank you, thank you, thank you. We will present our cheque to them next Thursday. ANZAC Day Thank you Teaching and Learning A huge thanks to our Student Leaders, Staff, families and boys for the wonderful support you all gave to this year’s ANZAC My.Padua as your primary source Day Commemoration. On the day before Mr Richard Butler of information took a group of students to the Islamic College of Brisbane’s ANZAC Service. They reciprocated by attending our service You will have noticed that My.Padua is fast here at Padua later in the day. As well, Mr Brendan Downes becoming your main source of information took a group of Year 5 and Year 6 boys to the annual Brisbane and is a key part of the communication Schools ANZAC Memorial Service at ANZAC Square. Later process. From assessment dates to access we held our own service at Padua in the presence of the to reports via MiClass, My.Padua is the McCormack family and members of the Padua College Old one-stop landing page for communication Boys’ Vietnam Vets Group. around Teaching and Learning. The My.Padua Newsfeed is a key source of information that is beginning to replace some of On ANZAC Day itself, Padua provided volunteers for both the the email communication you received in the past and thus is a Kedron-Wavell RSL Sub-Branch’s Dawn and Morning Services newsfeed that should be checked regularly. If you haven’t done

5 so already, I would suggest that you take a few minutes to focus becomes the collaboration and the process. familiarise yourself with My.Padua and the access and We have joined a QCEC Research Project in order to information it offers you. formalise this project and gain support from both UQ and the QCEC. Parent Student Teacher Interviews • Cognitive Verb mapping and embedding across the Parent Student Teacher Interviews were conducted on April 29 College is currently underway with the mapping and May 7. The focus of these conferences is to ensure that completed in Term 1 and considerable work each student is an active part of their own learning story. As undertaken both in faculties and at a whole school self-directed learners, students should be able to articulate their level to ensure that teachers and students are own learning, and this is certainly a College goal as highlighted supported in developing these skills which underpin in the image below taken from the Padua Learning Framework. both the Australian Curriculum and the Senior System in Queensland. • LEX Sharing has continued in 2019. In addition to the regular Steering Committee Meetings, side meetings of key teams have also been planned. These include the QCE Team, Pedagogy Team, Year 5 and 6 Team and the Year 7 Middle Phase Team. • Catholic Studies in Year 11 had a very successful launch in Term 1. While this is a collaborative LEX initiative, each individual school is responsible for their own implementation and Paul’s approach was to keep the team small with staff who have a vested interest in ensuring success. The LEX teaching team for 2019 consists of Mr Michael O’Brien – Vice Rector Formation, Ms Michelle Gatt – Learning Area Leader Religion 5-9, Mr Richard Butler – Learning College Diaries Area Leader Religion 10-12 and Mr Jason Pacey – The College diary is a communication source for families, Vice Rector Teaching and Learning. students and teachers. I ask that you please ask to see your • Year 7 and Middle Phase conversations and son’s diary regularly as teachers may use this as a professional learning has commenced with a view to communication source with you. In addition, students are extending the work already begun in Year 5. expected to enter all homework in the College diary and teachers will be checking this. PC Teachers will also be Mr Jason Pacey checking the diaries regularly. NAPLAN The Learning Exchange (LEX) On May 14th – 16th students in Years 5, 7 and 9 at Padua The Learning Exchange (LEX) is a partnership between Padua College will sit the National Assessment Program – Literacy College, St Laurence’s College and Iona College that aims to and Numeracy (NAPLAN). These tests cover reading, writing, increase collaboration, sharing and support strategic projects language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and across the three colleges. LEX is overseen by Mr Paul Easton numeracy. Padua College students will sit the paper-based and the Director, and works very closely with the Senior tests before moving to online testing in 2020. NAPLAN is Leadership Team of the three LEX Colleges. Below is an designed to provide feedback on students to schools and overview of some of the projects currently being supported by parents, based on comparisons with schools throughout LEX. Australia. A detailed email has been sent to all parents of students in Years 5, 7 and 9. Any queries regarding NAPLAN • Agile Spaces in Year 5 commenced at the beginning should be referred to Mr Brendan Downes, Head of School 5-9. of 2019 after a period of research, school visits and reflection of pedagogy and practice. Year 5 classrooms are double spaced with two classes and Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 14 May 15 May 16 May teachers in a POD. Pastorally, there is still very much 2019 2019 2019 one teacher per class, but the POD structure allows for co-teaching, co-planning and agile pedagogies. Year 5 Language Reading Numeracy Mr Brendan Downes as the Head of School 5-9, has Conventions 50 minutes 50 minutes very much been the leader of this project. 45 minutes Writing • Extended Mathematical Reasoning in Years 5 and 40 minutes 7 is continuing and this is seeing a change in our pedagogical approach to teaching mathematics with a focus on students extending their thinking on open questions where there is no one correct answer. The

6 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 14 May 15 May 16 May 2019 2019 2019

Year 7 Language Reading Numeracy conventions 65 minutes (calculator and 45 minutes non-calculator) Writing 65 minutes 40 minutes

Year 9 Language Reading Numeracy conventions 65 minutes (calculator and 45 minutes non-calculator) It is with great excitement that we make our Comicon Writing 65 minutes preparations. Mrs Healy has designed our fabulous Comicon 40 minutes logo and promotional material. Mrs O'Driscoll is busy promoting the event across a range of social media and our special guests Mr Brendan Downes are confirmed. With only three more Thursdays to Comicon, have you booked your spot yet? Spaces are limited, as our Padua Library Library can only hold 220 guests. As we find ourselves in the 5th month of the year already, May is shaping up to be an exceptionally busy time in the Padua WHEN May 30 from 3.15pm -5.30pm Library. WHERE Assisi Library With the completion of the Australian School Library WHO Years 7-12 students from Padua and Mt Alvernia. Parents welcome. Conference and Learn2Read workshop over the holidays, the upcoming Education Summit and staff professional WHAT'S 2 x How-to-draw-Manga workshops with David ON Lovegrove development in our EBSCO and JCS databases, we have a plethora of new ideas to survey, trial, propose and implement; A Human Library™ of Cosplayers to loan/chat to for the ongoing development of literacy and academic rigour at Padua. Board games to play (so organise a team of 4-5 players) The most heartening moment from the conference, was the Zombster - A Pop-up Manga Bookstore to current, Australian research by Dr Margaret K. Merga (2019) purchase books and models that readers are made in the library. The biggest indicator of Cosplay competition with prizes (so dress up developing lifelong readers is frequency of library visits and join us) (including over the holidays), expert curation of age and And much more, to show that all forms of Visual interest-appropriate titles, and active, innovative promotion of Literature are relevant and interesting and count new literature; closely followed by the understanding that we as reading in the 21st Century. are ALL teachers of reading. This is an exciting time to work and be in the library. Please join us by registering via the following link: It is not just the literacy and academic rigour side of libraries that https://payit.nelnet.net/form/y8qkwZxm is important. This term: Yours in books • The Library team is preparing for our annual Open Ms Hochstrasser and the Library Team Day on May 19. • Makerspace started with a zip line in the Greccio Digital Integrations Library. Laptop Cases • The Year 9/10 and Year11/12 Padua/Mt Alvernia As an ongoing reminder, there is an expectation that students Book Clubs will be hosted on the Assisi Campus. will have a laptop case and carry their laptop in that case while • Several of our Seniors are mentoring the Year 7/8 at school. Please remind your son that this is an important Readers Cup boys and never mind winter.... part of caring for his device while moving around the College. Comicon is coming on May 30! If you wish to purchase a laptop case for your son, they are available on the Datacom purchasing portal. The link and login information can be found on the Digital Integration tile on your My.Padua dashboard: https://my.padua.qld.edu.au/homepage/5607 Do you need to change your password? For security reasons, parents are prompted to update their password for their Padua account regularly. As an initial

7 notification, you will receive an email to your nominated email conveniently and easily share these memories and connect with account alerting you that your password is expiring soon. family and friends who may be in other states or countries. This article in the link below, provides information on safely sharing those memories but also looks at how you can involve your child in decisions to share images online and using these experiences to discuss and model respectful behaviour. The If you don’t get the opportunity to update your password at that article also looks at considerations such as meta-data and time, you will continue to receive email reminders. Once your geo-location when sharing images. password expires, you will need to contact our IT help desk https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/skills-advice/privacy-child to reset your password. If you have used the saved password feature of your device, you will need to update these credentials Mrs Tanya Anderson with your new password. Contact details for our IT help desk are as follows: Sport

Email: [email protected] From Dominate the Diamond Phone: 3857 9970 between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm ‘Hey coach, do you know my son spends more time telling me school days. what you said and didn’t say each day than he does about his teachers? He watches your every look, the tilt of your head, and Assessment the expressions on your face. To him and to me, please know you are not just some volunteer, you matter, you’re important, Parents, you can access the due dates for your son’s classes and I thank you.’ through the Due Work section on your Dashboard. While this is a great tool for assisting with your son’s organisation, it also Welcome back to Term 2 Sport. We had a very busy and provides a conversation starter around your son’s learning. successful school holiday full of Padua Sport. “I notice you have an assignment due next week, what is • Congratulations to Mr Out, Mr O’Connell, Mr Lunn the topic?” and Mr Johns for an outstanding England and Spain “Your maths assignment looks interesting, how are you Football Tour. What a great experience for the boys. going with it?” • The 1st XV trained well at Twin Waters and finished “How did you go on your check date for History, what 3rd at the Ballymore Cup. areas do you think you need to improve on?” • The 13s won the Ballymore Cup while the 15s were All students should be able to explain what they need to do Runners-Up. to be successful at assessment and having this visibility as a • The U12s played great rugby at the Armidale parent, hopefully, makes it easier to begin these conversations Carnival. with open ended questions that require more than the ‘teenage boy response’ of OK. • Both the REDS Rugby Clinic and West Ham Football Clinics provided great training for all the boys who attended. • The Cross-Country Team continued preparation for the upcoming AIC Champs. Many thanks to the countless Padua staff and coaches who assisted in various ways over the holidays. We look forward to Term 2 with great enthusiasm and wish all teams the very best of times. While we have a number of staff who currently provide Team Selections feedback on assessment through My.Padua, we will be working with all staff over the coming weeks to work towards At Padua we do not take team selections lightly. I understand at feedback on all assessment across all subjects and year levels, times we may not get it right. Our intentions are always to have being made available through the Grades section for students the boys play in a team that we believe is equal or close to their and parents. Once again, this allows you to initiate discussions ability. Boys playing significantly above or below their ability can with your son around his progress throughout the term or have short term and long-term negative effects. I also realise semester rather than just when reports come home, or you that both parent and student may not agree with our selections. receive emails from teachers. Selections may not always be based solely on ability. What’s best for the team? What type of player are we looking for? Privacy and your child – Office of eSafety Who has the best attitude? Although I can sympathise with Commissioner this, the coaches do their very best to be as fair as they I enjoy the opportunity over the holidays to see what ‘online’ possibly can. The coaches do not gain any satisfaction seeing friends are doing on their holidays – whether it be overseas boys disappointed. However, the reality is that we need to let trips, bike rides or sporting events. Social media allows us to young people experience rejection. For a myriad of reasons,

8 it’s essential for kids to learn how to handle being told ‘no’. If Further details may be obtained via the flyer below. your child doesn’t get picked for the football team, it can be tempting to call the school, call the coach, to try and get your son on the team. Failure can be one of the best opportunities to teach our kids a life lesson. Failure is not the end of the road, you’re strong enough to handle failure. When you fail, you have choices. Officials One of the greatest challenges facing school and club sport is the recruitment of referees and officials. Without them sport cannot function. We have all been frustrated with decisions made by referees – it’s the Australian way to be an armchair critic. And yes, referees do get it wrong at times, but so do coaches and players alike. In reference to the AIC Code of Conduct, we continually P&F educate our students on respect. It’s one of our core values here at Padua. We build our culture on the idea of respect. To The Resilience Project – Term 2 Parent encourage our boys to be respectful, we all need to model this. Engagement Evening Comments or abuse from the sidelines do nothing to enhance the education of respect. If anything, it completely contradicts our message here at school. Can I please request, that even at the most difficult of times, we refrain from making negative comments about the referees, sideline officials, coaches and players. Respect needs to be at the core of our beliefs and as adults we must model such behaviours. Upcoming Events Padua College, supported by the Padua College P&F Association, welcome for the first time, Hugh van Cuylenburg, • May 1 – AIC Cross Country Trial SPC founding Director and Facilitator from The Resilience Project. • May 2 – AIC Chess RD 1 v IONA Our Parent Engagement Evening for Term 2, aims to inspire • May 3 – AIC Rugby and Football RD 1 v IONA school communities to practice the evidence-based strategies that build resilience and improve mental health to inspire • May 8 – AIC Cross Country Trial SLC students, empower teachers and engage parents. We welcome • May 10 – AIC Chess RD 2 v VILLA you to join us for this very special evening event on Thursday, • May 11 – AIC Rugby and Football RD 2 v VILLA 16 May at 6:00pm, La Cordelle, Padua College. Register your attendance asap via the following link: Mr Scott Maguire Head of Sport https://payit.nelnet.net/form/w6QswGEt Padua College Sportsman's Dinner 2019 More information on the Resilience Project can be found at: Get a group of mates together and enjoy a great night out at https://theresilienceproject.com.au/about-us/ this year's Padua Sportsman's Dinner. Details include: Entertainment Book 2019/2020 Now Available Friday 24 May On behalf of the Padua College P & F, please find attached 6:30pm for 7:00pm start information regarding purchasing the new 2019/2020 The Paddo Tavern Entertainment Book. $150.00 p/p Payment may be made via this link: https://payit.nelnet.net/form/uREhMrbB

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Thank you to all our invited guests who attended our Anzac Day Liturgy 2019. Lest we forget.

Well done to all Padua gents for a fantastic effort at this year's College House Cross Country. Congratulations to Grigg House for taking out the overall 2019 Championship. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQEKUhwvltw Our Greccio students have been having great fun at Makerspace making zip line racers. Lots of fun and creativity happening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCfsK7lRcD4 Last week our Year 10, 11 and 12 students enjoyed a visit to the Padua College Careers Expo. We enjoyed welcoming Padua Old Boy 2014 and School Dux, Heath Gabbett. Heath was visiting on behalf of QUT, pictured here with our VET Coordinator, Mr Adrian Gray. Thank you to Heath and all industry representatives who visited our College and shared their knowledge with our Senior students.

School Snapshots

Our students were kept busy over the holidays. Well done to the boys who competed in the Armidale School Rugby Competition! Great spirit. Thanks also to all staff and families who supported the teams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWuFzNlyKg Our Padua students have been very busy around the grounds recently. On Anzac Day 2019, the Paduan Community, together with all Australians, remembered those who served and paid the Congratulations to Chris and Marcus Buchanan who secured supreme sacrifice in war and on operational service. The spirit the bronze medal at the Qld Schools Water Polo of Anzac, with its qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, Championships. Chris has been invited to compete with the

10 QLD Schoolboys Team in Sydney in May 2019 at the Australian Secondary Schools Water Polo Championships. Congratulations to Max Johnson who competed in the Australian Junior Beach Championships in the Men’s U17 division. He and his partner Billy came home with the silver medal. Well done to our 11 year old boys who came 3rd overall at the District Cross Country. Congratulations to all runners on the day for their great efforts. Well done to the students who competed at the North District touch football trials earlier last week.

Community

Thank you to many of our past AIC 1st XI Football and 1st XV Rugby Captains who attended Padua College's special Sports Assembly last week and presented our 2019 1st Teams with their team jerseys. Best of luck to all Padua teams as we kick off the Term 2 sporting season. We are Padua Proud.

'Deus Meus et Omnia', our College motto, began the war cry from our Greccio Campus last Friday. With our Paduan spirit fired up, we extend best wishes to all Padua gents for a great start to their Term 2 team sport. We are... Padua. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DufZxnuPiE Our 1st XI Football and 1st XV Rugby were congratulated at a breakfast last Friday morning at Farmhouse Kedron. Mr Elmore provided words of wisdom which the players will took into last weekend’s Round 1 games.

Spencer and Baxter Keeton and fellow Paduan mates enjoyed camping at Kenilworth Homestead over the Easter holidays and by chance, met our Amaroo chef, Greg, during a swim at Booloumba Creek falls. So great to see our Paduan spirit flowing across the wider community.

11 12 Host Families Required Host families are required for students from Nigawa Gakuin College, Hyogo, Japan who will be attending Padua College during 29 July – 4 August this year. This is a worthwhile opportunity for your family to learn about Japanese culture, while sharing with your Japanese student the lifestyle of an Australian family. All details are covered in both documents available for download below. For further information please contact Japanese Teachers Ms Katrina Greenup at [email protected] or Ms Zara Carnes [email protected]. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend - 2 to 4 August 2019 Relationship enrichment for married couples at Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston Qld (on Brisbane’s bayside) For bookings/details contact: Maria and David Murphy, ph (07) 3342 1456, [email protected] Information website in the link below: http://www.wwme.org.au/ Watch our video https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nCf1X91YzMjJuVM-ouVILr vltjRnVt7x

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