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Padua College Enewsletter 80 Turner Road Email: [email protected] Kedron QLD 4031 Phone: 07 3857 9999 Subscribe: http://paduac.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe Fax: 07 3857 9988 15 June 2017 Senior Pathways Evening, the start of Tennis and Basketball seasons and the AIC Cross Country. The Rector Best wishes to everyone for a safe and relaxing holiday. St Anthony’s Feast Day - June 13 End of Semester The feast of our Patron Saint, St Anthony of Padua, is one of the We’re moving fast into the final days of the most significant days on our College calendar. While the feast semester with the College in the grips of day occurred on Tuesday June 13, I know that students really assessment and exams this week. I’d like to look forward to our day of celebration and activity on the last wish every student all the best for their day of this term. Significantly, we will begin the day with mass exams and assignments. This is an and this is then followed by a College assembly and the Padua important time for students and I know that Dash. As with all our gatherings, parents are most welcome to this can sometimes be a pressure time for attend. families. It was wonderful to see so many students taking advantage of the Learning Nest and subject Farewells, Leave Breaks and Welcomes tutorials over the last couple of weeks. While it has been a very At the end of this term we say farewell to Miss Maria-Nella productive term, I also know that staff, students and parents di Mauro. Miss Di Mauro is taking a break from teaching to are looking forward to the holiday break. explore other interests. I know that Miss Di Mauro has made I thank and send the community’s best wishes to the staff strong connections with students and staff during her time at and students who are involved in the Confraternity League Padua and she leaves knowing that she will be missed by our Carnival in the first week of the holidays. On the back of rugby community. season, our team began their preparations for their change We also say farewell to our swim coach, David Barnes at the of code this week. Whatever the results of the Confraternity, end of this term. Mr Barnes has built strong connections with the commitment and sporting culture they demonstrated our swimmers and the Padua Swimming Club during his nine throughout the rugby season will form a solid foundation for a years with the College. good carnival. As carnival hosts, I know that we are grateful to the many staff and parents who are volunteering their time to We also have some staff taking Long Service Leave next term. work at the carnival. I recognise the work of the Confraternity Mr Mark Taylor is taking all of Term 3 off and Mr Chris Webb Committee. This group has been expertly led by our Carnival will be away on leave from July 24 until August 25. Conveners, Mr. Paul Mansfield, Mr. Ben Lowrie and the We welcome new staff members to the Padua Community next committee of Sue Weston, Simon Stower, Scott Maguire, Barry term: Keegan, Bob Out and John Gorringe. • Miss Rosanna Potter – Year 7 Core Teacher I wish the staff and students travelling to Japan in the holidays replacing Miss Di Mauro a safe and enjoyable experience. Many thanks to Miss Asimus, Miss Crawford, Ms Bailey and Mr Jackson for leading this tour. • Mrs Lucy Brindley – Replacing Mr Taylor for Term 3 I also extend my thanks to the staff and students involved in the • Mrs Lynn Vickers – Greccio Reception. Cross-Country Camp which is being held in the second week We also thank Mrs. Tracy Brown and Mrs. Rhonda Gannon for of the holidays. The first weeks of next term have a number their shared work in the role at Greccio Reception this term. of events including Parent/Teacher/Student interviews, Year 10 1 I hope to have an announcement on the new swim coach 8. Consider the implications of the new senior before the end of the term. assessment and tertiary entrance program for structuring competitions leading up to 2020. AIC Sport - Thank you and Review 9. Consider the role of external sporting associations Last Saturday marked the end of the chess, football and rugby wishing to form partnership with the AIC Association season. It was a great day as St Patrick’s College Shorncliffe or AIC competitions. hosted their ‘Back to Pat’s Day’. I was impressed with the effort that St Patrick’s College made to make the day a community Sue Weston has been appointed the project contact person. event. There were many food stalls, bands and activities She is responsible for arranging appointments, setting up focus organised. Our Open Football and Rugby teams wore blue groups and managing the communication around a survey. socks to highlight Men’s Health Week and St Patrick’s College If you have a desire to contribute to a focus group or have supported the Queensland Police Campaign to stop Domestic specific input that you wish to table, please contact Sue. Violence. The day was certainly bigger than the sport and [email protected] it highlighted that the education and formation of our boys extends well beyond the classroom. A big thank you to all Space Design Success parents and staff who supported the boys during the chess, I am pleased to see that our Space Design Group continues football and rugby season. I know that many of our boys are to achieve outstanding results. We have four boys from our committed to their College and sport provides an avenue for Padua team who have been offered places on the 2017 ISSDC many of them to demonstrate this. On the weekend, I heard the Australian team. Congratulations goes to Thomas Benedetti story of two boys who rode their bikes from Aspley to Banyo on (Yr12), Matthew D’Agostino (Yr11), Luther Minshull (Yr10) and one weekend so that they could support their friends. Now that Noah Pacey (Yr10). For the record, Alexander Craig (Yr11) is a commitment to the ‘Nest’. also made the team but has had to withdraw from the tour. Following on from their success at the Australian Space Design Competition, these boys travel to the USA in July to represent Australia. Well done to the boys and to Mr Morris and Mrs Mathai. Peace and all good, Mr Peter Elmore Rector At the last Heads of Colleges meeting, the decision was made to conduct a full review of AIC Sport. The review will be led by Professor Cliff Mallett from the University of Queensland. Professor Mallett has developed a strong research program in two broad and interrelated research areas - sport psychology and coaching. He has conducted previous reviews of sporting clubs and organisations. The review will occur during Semester 2 of this year and it will cover the following: 1. The aspects of the Association which are working well and represent best practice. 2. Consider the current mission and purpose of the AIC Association and responsibilities of member Colleges; Peter Elmore and students attended the Catholic Men’s 3. Review the finance, management and promotion Breakfast recently – This article is featured in the Catholic practices of the Association; Leader 4. Review the sports currently being played within the AIC competition and whether changes to the sport Vice Rector Administration offerings need to be considered; 5. Consider changes to timing and scheduling of future Please find the Semester One Co-Curricular Photo Schedule sports offerings within the AIC competition; attached. Photographs are being taken next Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th June. Students are to note the scheduled time 6. Consider for age eligibility requirements for students of their photographs on allocated day/s and any uniform competing within the sports competition; requirements. 7. Consider any specific needs of primary students Please Note: No correct uniform = No photo. within the AIC competition; 2 his treatment of Christians and Jews, and who signed a truce with Richard the Lionheart of England - considered in his time the model prince by both Muslims and Christians alike. Al-Malik al-Kamil, who gained the admiration of St. Francis, as they peacefully dialogued together over some months, attempting an end to the Crusades. Boabdil, one of the last of the Moorish rulers of Spain, and the last king of Grenada, who even in defeat was admired by his Christian enemies, making gracious compromises, and he was permitted to govern Grenada even under the Catholic kings. Inspired by the life of St. Francis we must continue in dialogue with Islam in this country. It is about listening to the suffering that they undergo every time they hear of these Islamist inspired terrorist attacks. It is about the cruelty they experience from insensitive comments, inaccurately generalising the religion of Islam. Let us reach out to the people of Islam, believers in the holy book of the Koran, St. Francis would call our brothers and sisters. Fr John Boyd-Boland ofm COMMUNICATION No relationship is sustained unless there is honest communication between the parties, whether it be in The Chaplain business, family, married life, or even within school communities like Padua. London, and before that Manchester, and the litany of Islamic inspired terrorist attacks The process of communication involves both sending and continue - Brussels, Nice, Paris, and the receiving messages, be they verbal, written, or signs. tragic list grows. What we legitimately seek Today, using various modes of the internet, there are is security, and a way of life that centres on multiple means and forms of what some would call our values.
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