4 November 2022 - 11 April 2022
From the Principal

From the Principal

All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day

November is the month of remembrance of the dead. The Church’s calendar begins the month by celebrating All Saints’ Day followed by All Souls’ Day. 

 

All Saints’ Day is the feast when we commemorate all those we know who may never be publicly proclaimed on the canon or list of saints but who nonetheless are in heaven. Some of them may only be known to God Others are people whose love, sacrifice, and fidelity we have seen for ourselves and who have inspired us.

 

All Souls’ Day is an opportunity to thank God for those who have died, and to commend some of our family and friends to God’s mercy and forgiveness, while praying for healing of memories and the gift of peace.                                                                           (Preaching to the Converted, Fr Richard Leonard sj)

As a College community, this week we provided the opportunity for students and staff to take a moment in the Chapel in remembrance of those we have lost and write their name in our Remembrance Book for prayers throughout the month of November.

We will also particularly remember those who have died when we pause as a nation next Friday the 11th of the 11th at 11:00 am to recall the end of World War One. As a College community, we will stop to mark this special day, Remembrance Day.

HSC Exams – Finished!

Our Year 12 students completed their Higher School Certificate examinations today!! 

They will now eagerly await their results at the end of the year. I hope each of our students have finished their examinations with a strong sense of satisfaction with their efforts. Thank you to the families and community members who have supported them in prayer and encouragement during this time. 

These students will also be looking forward to their formal on 18 November at Dolton House, Darling Wharf. 

Dr Anne Ireland, Principal
 
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From the Assistant Principal

From the Assistant Principal

Sock Mufti Day – Wednesday 9 November

Wear a pair of socks other than your College socks and donate $2 to a worthy cause: Catholic Education Fund

Which will win the fashion stakes and take home House points for “best sock choice 2022“?

 

Uniform

Term 4 Summer Uniform

As we have begun Term 4 in Summer Uniform I ask for your assistance in ensuring that your daughter’s summer uniform complies with the College Uniform Policy. In particular:

  • The junior dress or senior skirt is to be worn at the correct length (hem finishes below the knee when the student is standing upright.) 
  • The jumper is not to be worn to or from school unless under the blazer. 
  • To avoid any uniform infringements, please also ensure that your daughter adheres to the College standards for hair, make-up, jewellery and nails.

MSCW Uniform Policy

2023 Term Dates

Ms Melinda Alvarez, Assistant Principal

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From the Religious Education Coordinator

From the Religious Education Coordinator

The month of November is the month dedicated to the Holy Souls. The Holy Souls are those who have died in the state of grace but who are not yet free from all punishment. It is our great privilege that we can pray to our merciful God on their behalf. In the College Chapel is a Book of Remembrance (made by a Year 8 student) where prayer intentions can be entered for the month of November.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for November is that we pray for all children who suffer, those who are homeless, orphaned or victims of war; may they have access to education and the opportunity to experience family affection.

‘To see children suffer wounds our hearts because children are Jesus’ favourites. We can never accept that they are mistreated, that they are denied the right to live out their childhood peacefully and joyfully, that they are denied a future of hope’

                                                      – Pope Francis

We give thanks for the love of our families and their acceptance of us as we journey through our lives.

In Invitation to Participate in the International Gathering of Marist Youth Lisbon 2023

Below is an invitation from Sr Gail Reneker to all attending World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 to also participate in the International Gathering of Marist Youth.

“For some years the Marist branches of the Society of Mary, through representatives of their General Administrations, have organised an International Gathering of Marist Youth (IGMY) – a gathering of young people connected to our Marist family which is arranged to take palace in the days preceding World Youth Day.

In 2023 this event, the International Gathering of Marist Youth, also in Lisbon, will take place from 26 July to 30 July 2023 with the theme “Into the Deep”. It will be held at the Colegio Marista de Carcavelos, a college run by the Marist Brothers, and will be for young people 18 to 30 years of age who have maturity and commitment to enter fully into the experience of these days.

These gatherings of Marist Youth have general been found to provide opportunities for networking with other young Marists  from different parts of the world; for celebration of life and particularly of their own personal life and the gift it is to God, to people, to the Church and the world, for prayer and reflection; and to share faith and culture and so strengthen the common spiritual heritage we have as Marists.”

Those interested are invited to contact Sister Reneker, Marist Sisters Australia on 9816 1440.

Prayer for Year 12 Students

You are also invited to pray for Year 12 students as they sit the last of the HSC examinations:

God, we ask that our Year 12 Sisters feel your presence with them as they prepare for and complete their HSC examinations.

Give them calm hearts and quiet confidence in the knowledge that you hold them in the palm of your hand.

Bless them with a keen understanding of what they have learnt.

Give them the ability to be exact in their explanations and an ability to express themselves clearly.

Holy Spirit, send them your gifts of wisdom and knowledge.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

WYD23 Lisbon, Cambodia Immersion & Cape York Indigenous Immersion

Over the past week, there have been opportunities for interested students to investigate participation in attending World Youth Day Lisbon August 2023, the Cambodia Immersion July 2023 and the Cape York Indigenous Immersion September/October 2023.

Please refer to Compass for links to further information and applications or contact me at the College.

Miss Mary Kleist, Religious Education Coordinator

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From the Leader of Wellbeing

From the Leader of Wellbeing

 

 

The Student Leaders worked with the students to express their gratitude for all the teachers that have made an impact on their lives, especially those at MSCW.They wrote messages of appreciation for the dedication to the skill of teaching they have demonstrated and the courage they have to share their gifts and talents with all for the purpose of positively contributing to the growth and development of young people today for an improved tomorrow in our world.

 
 
 

 

 

In this edition of SchoolTV – MANAGING OVERWHELM

The hyperconnected nature of our current environment means that we are constantly being reminded of the challenges we face via numerous media and social media channels. Our connectivity to the digital world exposes us to a barrage of messages that can leave us feeling overwhelmed. As a result, many children and their parents are reporting higher levels of stress and anxiety.

Our brains have not evolved fast enough to adapt to this digital landscape. The combination of constant access to information and having little control over the situations presented can be stressful and overwhelming. It is therefore important for adult carers to check in with their children and be aware of what information they may have been exposed to. It may not necessarily be the information itself that is harmful, but more their inability to process and make sense of it. Providing adolescents with the skills and strategies to cope will enable them to flourish and thrive, socially, emotionally and academically.

The blueprint for parenting, based on our own experiences, is no longer fit for purpose in raising kids as citizens of tomorrow. This can be inherently stressful and overwhelming, not only for parents and carers but children alike. If left untreated or unmanaged, constant stress and anxiety can lead to a number of behavioural issues or health consequences.

In this edition of SchoolTV, you will be exposed to a number of strategies to help manage any feelings of overwhelm that you or your child may be experiencing.

We hope you take the time to reflect on the information offered in this edition of SchoolTV. If you do have any concerns about the wellbeing of your daughter, please contact her Tutor, House Coordinator or seek medical or professional help.Here is the link to your special report: MANAGING OVERWHELM| Marist Sisters’ College – Woolwich

 

In the Wings: Single Session Intervention

 
“In the Wings” is Butterfly’s free Single Session Intervention (SSI) providing evidence-based assessment and psychoeducation for people waitlisted for eating disorder treatment under an Eating Disorders Treatment Plan (EDTP) or Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP).In the Wings will be available until 31 December 2022. The SSI was developed by Anthea Fursland PhD, FAED and Susan Byrne PhD, DPhil for The Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) in Western Australia, and has been shown to facilitate early reductions in eating disorder symptoms, an increase in the likelihood of people entering treatment and a reduction in waitlist length.  “In the Wings” is facilitated by psychologists trained by Drs Fursland and Byrne. We aim to provide participants with: 
 
  • a free 60-to-90-minute online session
  • psychoeducation about the physical and psychosocial consequences of eating disorders 
  • a provisional diagnosis
  • an understanding of the factors that are maintaining their eating disorder
  • a range of psychoeducational resources
  • a plan to work with while people wait to be offered ongoing treatment.

Are you waiting for eating disorder treatment? Contact your health professional’s office and ask to be referred

To refer your patient, please complete the online referral form below which is secure and end-to-end encrypted.

ONLINE REFERRAL

Alternatively, you can fax us a copy of the completed referral form on the number provided in the downloadable referral form.

FAX A REFERRAL FORM

Please note:  

  • participants must have a GP referral to enroll for the session
  • participants must be waiting for eating disorder treatment under an Eating Disorders Treatment Plan (EDTP) or Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP)
  • participants must be at least aged 12 years and above
  • parent/guardian consent and attendance is required for all participants aged under18 years
  • SSI is not a treatment program and is suitable only for those currently awaiting evidence-based treatment for an eating disorder in the community
  • SSI sessions are free
  • SSI is currently receiving referrals from GP’s and Psychologists only during this initial pilot phase.

The Butterfly Foundation takes participant safety and wellbeing seriously. We are unable to offer medical monitoring and, therefore, require all participants to be regularly monitored by their GP to ensure medical wellness and stability at all times.

For more information

Please email our confidential In The Wings team at inthewings@butterfly.org.au.  A member of the team will be in touch.

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PERROTON WEEK 6

 
The community of MSCW will celebrate the House Patron of Perroton, Marie Francois Perroton during  Week 6A woman of courage who set sail from France to build the Kingdom of God by spreading the Word of God through words and action.“Goodness Above All” 
 
 
 
 
 
Ms Angela Bowland, Leader of Wellbeing
 
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From the Leader of Learning

From the Leader of Learning

Year 11 students have now commenced with HSC courses. I have been impressed with the dedication to study shown – a great start. 

Many students making a great start by taking notes. There is actually a skill to taking notes, and below are some tips:

The ‘Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Notes’:

POINTS: Avoid long sentences and condense content into key points.

TABLES: Use tables wherever you can to create structure and make the content easier to learn.

KEY WORDS: Pull out key words and capitalise them (as shown in this list).

HIGHLIGHT: Make sure the main content stands out (but don’t go crazy with colour).

FEEDBACK: Show your notes to teachers, parents and friends so they can suggest ways to improve them.

You can learn more about making great study notes in the SUMMARISING unit of ELES Study Skills Handbook which can be accessed via the Favourites (Star) icon via COMPASS.

 

Mr Justin Hodges, Leader of Learning

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Year 7 English

This week in Year 7 English, we completed our most recent unit of work on Adeline Yen Mah’s memoir ‘Chinese Cinderella’. The students worked towards completing a lantern poem on the events, characters and themes they had studied in the novel.

A lantern poem is a type of descriptive poetry that originates from Japan. A lantern poem is quite similar in format to a Haiku poem. Both types of poetry are short and rely on a syllable structure where the poet uses a limited number of syllables in each line. The Lantern poem uses five lines with a syllable structure of one, two, three, four and one syllables per line.

Below are some student examples:

PLT

Small
Duckling
All I Had
Extraordinary
Friend

By Lara Hanna
Niang

Miss
Scary
Abusive
Evil Mother
Niang

By Tiffany Le
Adeline

Pen
Writing
Passionate
Academic
School

By Laura Tambasco

 

Miss Adrianna Tesoriero, English Teacher
 
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Buddy Day

On Saturday 15 October, 14 students from MSCW volunteered to host Vinnies Buddy Day for 10 children. Alongside 4 Vinnies volunteers, these children (ranging from the ages of 5-11) were invited to experience a day out and participate in many activities.

We began our day with a morning tea served on Cerdon Plaza, where we were able to meet and become ‘buddies’ with each child. Following this, the student volunteers led the children in two icebreaker activities. For the rest of the day, we entertained the children by participating in multiple sport activities, such as bin ball, skipping, handball, bullrush, and Just Dance. After lunch, we concluded the day with an arts and craft session, where the children were able to create their own foam dolls.

The children extremely enjoyed their time at Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich, and it was a privilege for the student volunteers to participate in Vinnies Buddy Day. This event was an exciting day to facilitate and even watching the children leave in happiness was a great accomplishment.

We would also like to extend our gratitude to Ms Vu, Ms Kleist, Ms Colreavy and Mr Neubronner for helping to oversee the event and we thank Marists in Action (MIA) for helping us organise the day.

Ava Turnbull, Liturgy Captain
Katelyn Lopes and Isabelle Mourani, Social Justice Captains
 
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Ex-Student’s Success!

It’s always uplifting to hear news of Marist ex-students making positive impacts on their communities. Nalyn Sirivivatnanon attended Marist Sisters’ College from 2001 until 2006, and is remembered for her beautiful smile and her outgoing personality. Her outstanding impact and achievements are worth highlighting. Since leaving the College, Nalyn has pursued her love of sport and her passion for helping young children. As an Assistant Sports Coach for Special Olympics Australia, Nalyn has utilised her skills from her studies in Sports Coaching and Early Childhood Play to benefit and support the athletes with whom she works. 

In addition to her coaching, in 2016 Nalyn was selected to represent NSW in the annual Marie Little Shield National Netball Tournament for women with Intellectual Disability (ID), where her team last week were crowned the undefeated champions. This past August she was also named Ryde Sports Star of the Month by Ryde Sports Foundation and received the Encouragement Award for Outstanding Sporting Achievement in Netball. 

In sharing Nalyn’s successes following her time here at the College, we hope she can be an inspiration to our students moving forward.

Deanery Youth Afternoon

Sports Results

Week 3

Sport
Result
MVP
 

 
Oztag

Junior MSCW 5 vs Domremy Catholic College 6

Intermediate MSCW 12 vs Domremy Catholic College 0

Senior MSCW 9 vs Domremy Catholic College 2

 

 

 

 

Zahlia Melhem

 

Maddison Tannous

 

Ella Rochester

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
Volleyball

Junior MSCW 2 vs Domremy Catholic College 0

Intermediate MSCW 2 vs Domremy Catholic College 0

Senior MSCW vs BYE

 

 

 

Iris Zhang

 

Bonita Glassock

 

 

 
 
Cricket

MSCW Junior 3/55 v Marist Catholic College 0/35

MSCW Senior (Draw) v Our Lady of The Sacred Heart College (Draw)

 

 

 

 

Bridget Butler

 

Elsie Gray

 

 
MVP

Week 4

Sport
Result
MVP
 

 
Oztag

Junior MSCW 9 v St Charbel’s College 0

Intermediate MSCW 16 v St Charbel’s College 0

Senior MSCW 4 v St Charbel’s College 2

 

Caitlin Russell

 

Brianna Kelly

 

Sofia Watts
 

 

 
Volleyball

Junior MSCW 2 v Trinity Catholic College 2

Intermediate MSCW 1 v Trinity Catholic College 2

Senior MSCW 0 v Trinity Catholic College 2

 

Bronte Arbuthnot

 

Indira Quinn

 

Imogen White
 
Cricket

MSCW Junior 1/25 v Brigidine Catholic College (B) 4/26

MSCW Senior 3/82 v Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College 5/47

 

 

Lily Shaw

 

Alicia Jordaan

 

MVP

 

Mr Daniel Watts, Sports Coordinator

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Sports News

NSW CCC Open Waterpolo

On Wednesday 26 October, MSCW sent an Open Waterpolo team consisting of players from Years 7-11 to compete at the NSWCCC Open Waterpolo Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. 

The team faced tough competition in their first two games against Monte, North Sydney and Loretto Kirribilli. Both of these teams ended up being the grand finalists, Loretto just winning in the end. For the remainder of the day, the championship proved to be tough against Domremy-Five Dock, Santa Sabina-Strathfield, Brigidine-St Ives and St Scholastica’s-Glebe. Unfortunately, the team wasn’t able to get a win on the scoreboard on the day, although their fight never changed and all girls did the best they could against the experienced competition. 

We commend your results girls and are proud of your efforts during the day.  

 

National Sailing Championships

Congratulations to Isabella Lozevski who recently represented Australia in the New Caledonian Optimist National Sailing Championships. Isabella was one of 7 girls selected to the Australian Optimist Girls Squad based on her performance during the 2022 Australian Nationals in January where over 200 sailors from around the country competed for a position on an Australian team.

The team sailed for 4 consecutive days, completing 19 races in total amongst a large fleet of 70 boats, representing Australia, New Zealand, France, and Tahiti.  The girls performed admirably under tough conditions with consistent 25 knot winds and choppy waters. Over the week they learned and developed many new skills which will prove invaluable when she competes in the 2023 Australian Nationals in January, with the goal to again secure a position in a team, and represent Australia internationally. 

Awesome effort!

 

Mr Daniel Watts, Sports Coordinator

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Canteen News

Calling on volunteers

The MSCW Canteen would love to welcome new and existing parents to help out.
 
Any day and time you can spare or offer would be greatly appreciated by all, especially at recess and lunchtime with the pickup of lunches and service. 
 
If you are able to assist, please contact the Canteen via SMS on 0457 593 920.
 

Clothing Pool News – Summer Uniform

Summer Uniform

The Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich Clothing Pool has a comprehensive range of good quality preowned uniforms available at a fraction of the cost to purchase new. 

The summer range includes:

  • Summer Tunic (Junior Girls)
  • White Shirt (Senior Girls)
  • Kilt (Senior Girls)
  • Sport Shorts
  • Sport Polo
  • Sport Jacket
  • Sport Cap

We also carry a range of jumpers, blazers, tracksuit pants, blue shirts (Junior Girls), scarves, backpacks and sports bags. 

Purchasing from the clothing pool is a great way to support your College community. All proceeds from the sale of donations goes back into projects across the College, which benefits the whole College community.

Donations of unwanted uniforms can be handed into the General Administration Office any time during school hours.

To place a Clothing Pool order please visit our online store: www.flexischools.com.au.

Thank you for your support.

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