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NEWSLETTER17 DECEMBER 2020 | VOLUME 44 NO. 41 TERM 4 - WEEK 10 - 2020

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A saviour is bornMay peace, joy and love

be your gifts this ChristmasWe pray that all members of the College community have a safe

and joyous Christmas and a relaxing New Year

From the Principal | Mr Damien Carlton

The Year in Brief Review: On reflection, we have had a most unusual, interesting, extremely busy,

challenging and unprecedented year. 2020 will be one year we will never forget! COVID-19 has

definitely left a mark on all of our lives in one way or another. Given all the unpredictability and challenges, we

still managed to have had significant achievement across all aspects of College life. We have seen wonderful

academic, sporting and community achievements. Meanwhile, our senior student leadership team, led by

College Captains Emily Watson and Joshua Doyle, were outstanding in all their endeavours. There has been

greater interaction with parents (including via zoom) and parishes that service the College. The work of Fr

Peter as College Chaplain has been absolutely fantastic. At this point, I would like to acknowledge the hard

work and dedication of the teaching and support staff of Bosco College. Their care and concern are very

evident, and we are indeed very lucky to have such a committed staff. I am especially thankful to those

teachers who persevered in difficult times and am forever grateful to the many teachers who volunteered

and undertook extra responsibilities to support the students. Their agility to undertake remote learning at

short notice has been a real testament to their passion for quality learning. The way they interacted with each

other and their students via emails, Compass, Google calendar and Google classroom, phone and of course

via Zoom shows a commitment to their craft and their students. In sum, it has been a very successful and

rewarding year. I’d like to thank all the staff, students and parents for their hard work, support and enthusiasm

that have been most evident this year.

This is my last newsletter at Bosco as I vacate the Principal’s role after 11 years. I sign off with a great sense

of satisfaction and pride that the collective work of all those involved in educating our young people in my

time has been a positive and enlivening experience. I have been humbled by the gestures of thanks from both

past and present members of the Bosco community. I believe I leave the College in excellent shape as the

new Principal takes up the next chapter of Salesian education here in Engadine.

I trust that everyone has a joyous and peaceful Christmas. I hope that we may cross each other’s paths in the

future.

Lastly, I know Bosco is not just a good school … it’s a GREAT SCHOOL!

Thank you and goodbye.

2021WEEK 1

Friday 29 January

Years 7, 11 & 12 Start

WEEK 2

Monday 1 February

Years 8, 9 & 10 Start

WEEK 3

Monday 8 February

Year 7 Vaccinations

Visit One

Wednesday 10 February

Dux Assembly

WEEK 4

Monday 15 February

Portrait Photos for Year 7

Students, New Students

and New Staff

Thursday 18 February

Opening College Mass

WEEK 5

Thursday 25 February

College Swimming Carnival

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From the Principal | Mr Damien Carlton

2020 Staff Farewells: Today we bid goodbye to a number of staff. In their own way, each of the following has left their mark on the College and the students. They are: -

Mrs Erin Rogers after one and a half years Mrs Rogers is taking up a position as a TAS teacher at Bethany College, Hurstville

Mrs Ornella D’Auria after one and a half years Mrs D'Auria has accepted a position as Italian teacher at Engadine High School

Mrs Megan Pritchard after nearly two years has accepted a position as English teacher at Aquinas, Menai

Mrs Justine Morris after nearly 5 years at the College has accepted a position as Learning Support Coordinator at Holy Spirit, Bellambi

Mrs Kate Bradley after nearly 7 years at Bosco Mrs Bradley has accepted a position as English teacher at Holy Spirit, Bellambi

Mr Jon Butcher after nearly 8 years at the College Mr Butcher has taken a position as Year Coordinator and English teacher at Good Samaritan Catholic College, Hinchinbrook

Mr Vince McDonall after 20 years at Bosco Mr McDonall is retiring from Business Resources Manager to spend more time with his family

Mrs Stephanie McVey after 21 years at Bosco Mrs McVey is retiring from classroom teaching to spend more time to enjoy the rewards of a fulfilling working life

Mr William Sheil after 34 years at Bosco is retiring from classroom teaching to spend more time travelling around Australia

Happy & Holy Family ChristmasFROM ALL THE STAFF AT

ST JOHN BOSCO COLLEGE

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ARCHDIOCESAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TESTS FOR YEAR 10 & YEAR 8

I am proud to report the excellent results our school achieved in the recent Sydney Catholic Schools Archdiocesan RE Tests.

It was wonderful to see our College feature on the Honour Board for both cohorts!

Heleena Giorgianni (equal 1st in Archdiocese - Year 8) and

Connor Humphries (equal 2nd in the Archdiocese - Year 10)

Congratulations to Heleena and Connor, and to their teachers: Mrs Harris and Miss Halpin.

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded a High Distinction or Distinction; an excellent achievement.

Religious Education Coordinator | Mrs Moira Loader

High Distinction | YEAR 10

CONNOR HUMPHRIES

MIKAYLA GRAVES

High Distinction | YEAR 8

HELEENA GIORGIANNIJILLIAN WEIRTHOMAS COPPOCKLUKE OSIOWYCHRISTIAN WILSONCASSANDRA MAGUIREEVA SOUTHGATE

Distinction | YEAR 8

JORDAN ALLAN

JESSICA ROHRS

CAITLIN SINCLAIR

KAINEN LEASK

IMOGEN TOGHER

NOAH DOVER

LIAM FAITH

NICHOLAS GRIMES

MIKAELA JAMES

CHARLIZE ROBERTS

HAYDEN WESTWOOD

CLAYTON FORREST

REBECCA CHARLTON

JAMES CHEDRA

HUNTER STEVENS

WILLIAM ABDY

BRAITHAN MCCAULEY

KYLEISHA FERGUSON

KAYLA SHEA

BLAKE TREVILLION

ALANA HUDSON

MADISSON GUTHRIE

CHRISTOPHER BROGAN

TALIA FIELD

SOPHIA LENARDUZZI

DION BASSINGTHWAIGHTE

WILLIAM HOY

MARCUS QUACH

EMILE DIXON

BRIANNA LANCASTER

LUKE JENKINS

FREYA ALLISON

JAKE DOVER

RICHARD JOSEPH

TEIGAN MABON

CONNOR DONOHOE

SIMONE DHONDY

FELICITY GUTHRIE

KAYLA MORRIS

AMANDA BUDRODEEN

ALICE HUDDLESTON

TRISTAN WILSON

BENJAMIN LENARDUZZI

RILEY BRYETT

JAI HAYLOCK

LAUREN HUGO

SAWYER WACKETT

JACOB MOULES

CHARLIE BRENNAN

LILIANA GREEN

CLARE RYAN

LACHLAN DRIES

JAYDEN HEINZ

KYE WINDLE

LUKE ALBRECHT

HARLEY HOLLAND

EMMA MADDISON

ELLA GAIR

TAHLIA ROBERTSON

EMILY L'ESTRANGE

MIKAH TARGETT

RILEY HILDER

ANNA BUTLER

FLETCHER GODWIN

COOPER KNOMLES

LACHLAN STEELE

SAMUEL VENESS

Distinction | YEAR 10

JORDAN ALLAN

JESSICA ROHRS

CAITLIN SINCLAIR

KAINEN LEASK

IMOGEN TOGHER

NOAH DOVER

LIAM FAITH

NICHOLAS GRIMES

MIKAELA JAMES

CHARLIZE ROBERTS

HAYDEN WESTWOOD

CLAYTON FORREST

REBECCA CHARLTON

JAMES CHEDRA

HUNTER STEVENS

WILLIAM ABDY

BRAITHAN MCCAULEY

KYLEISHA FERGUSON

KAYLA SHEA

BLAKE TREVILLION

ALANA HUDSON

MADISSON GUTHRIE

CHRISTOPHER BROGAN

TALIA FIELD

SOPHIA LENARDUZZI

DION BASSINGTHWAIGHTE

WILLIAM HOY

MARCUS QUACH

EMILE DIXON

BRIANNA LANCASTER

Thank you to the Year 10 and Year 8 RE teachers who prepared the students for the test.

Religious Education Assistant Coordinator | Mrs Kim Wild

CHRISTMAS LITURGY

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On Tuesday 15 December we held our annual Christmas Liturgy. This year, due to restrictions around COVID-19, we were not able to fully facilitate our two options, so after some small in-school fundraising for Vinnies (who were not able to receive our hand-packed hampers this year) we decided to do a school-wide collection for national social services organisation CatholicCare and their "Gift of Goodness” campaign. In true Team Bosco style, our wonderful students rose to the challenge, coming up with a range of COVID safe, creative ways to raise money for this very worthy cause. The theme of keeping the "Christ in Christmas" was set early in the liturgy through the showing of our amazing Christmas Appeal Launch Video and reinforced through the Year 11 drama skit - "You can't have Christmas without ..." Finally, all of our wonderful fundraising efforts were showcased as each pastoral class "deposited" their Bosco care tokens symbolising the monies raised and the hamper choices of their respective pastoral class. Total monies raised for CatholicCare this year was $4705.90! I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many staff and students who came together to make this possible. I think you will agree it really embodies our Salesian Charism by bringing together a Catholic cause, that has real ties to our local and broader community, in a playground where friends meet and definitely enjoy themselves. Christmas Blessings and thank you once again for your generosity.

Wishing you a happy and Holy Christmas from all of the Bosco Religious Education Department

Year 7 Coordinator | Mrs Maria Millward

The unit that Year 7 explored during Term 4 is called ‘Stories on Stage’. In this unit, students learnt many things such as how to write a script, stage directions and producing a play. On Thursday 10 December, Year 7 gathered in the Valdocco Centre to perform their plays for each other. This was a valuable experience that helped all members of Year 7 gain valuable stage experience.

Students from 7 Hakea went above and beyond to paint a backdrop for one of their scenes. We came in almost every lunch and recess to work on this backdrop that became 5.34m long. On it, we incorporated our art topics for this year which included ‘Creepy Creatures’ and ‘Illustration’.

“It was fun to see all of the students in each class get involved, whether they had a big part or just work behind the scenes. It was such a fun experience, and I will remember it all the way through to Year 12.” - Danny Kearney

“It was great fun painting the props and getting it all prepared. I didn't want to be on stage at first, but then I saw everyone else having a good time and ended up joining in.” - Mahni Watt

“It was a fun experience learning new things and experiencing new activities that I haven't done before- getting out of my comfort zone and going up on stage even though I was really nervous.” - Issac Dawson

“I learnt how to become more confident without getting embarrassed and have fun while learning some new acting techniques. I had heaps of fun helping to rewrite some parts of the script, helping out with props and getting ready.” - Tammi Watt

We thank Mrs Millward, Mrs Dalton and the Year 7 teachers Ms Giampietro, Mrs Pritchard and Mrs Bradley, Mrs Morris and Ms Stanley who helped us through this experience and look forward to learning more in Year 8.

Congratulations to the students who won the drama awards for best class performer and best class team player. There were many stand out performances on the day, and evidence of great teamwork across the board meant wonderful performances were enjoyed by all.

STORIES ON STAGEBy Emilia, Jessica and Marianne (7HK)

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Business Services | Mrs Grainne Harris

Dayman O'Brien has recently signed up for a School-Based Traineeship in Business Services, with Toyota. He has been working two days a week with Toyota at Canterbury and is completing his Certificate II in Business Services whilst at school on the other days. Well done Dayman.

SCHOOL-BASED TRAINEESHIP IN BUSINESS SERVICES, WITH TOYOTA

Congratulations

Visual Art Department | Miss Allyse Miskle and Ms Natasha Dalton

On Wednesday last week we celebrated the last meeting of the Art Club for this year with a festive flare. Concluding with the final Christmas event of making ceramic decorations, student's eagerly adorned their ornaments with paint, twine and other embellishments.

It has been wonderful to continue the Art Club traditions where students from all year groups gather in their shared interest for Visual Arts. Thank you to all who have joined us this year in our creative endeavours. We look forward to seeing you among some new faces next year as we continue to explore the art world and produce beautiful artworks.

FINAL ART CLUB FOR 2020

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HSIE | Mrs Karen Perrett

In the last weeks of term, 7BK History became high priests of the embalming and mummification process of the fallen Apple Pharaoh. The class prepared the sarcophagus, the natron solution to embalm the Apple Pharaoh as well as creating amulets, a cartouche and canopic jars to ensure that their Apple Pharaoh would be reborn in the orchard afterlife. Here are some photos of their activities in History.

AND THE MUMMIFICATION PROCESS HAS BEGUN ...

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WEEKLY MATHS CHALLENGE

M A T H

Congratulations to the winners of the Maths Challenge major draw! Enjoy the movies these Christmas holidays!

Sophie Colquhoun Sadie Robinson Eve Rudd

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Years 7, 8, 9 and 11 Picnic Day

Sports Coordinator | Mrs Justine Maroney

IMPORTANT SPORT DATES FOR 2021

Shire Combined Catholic Colleges Representative Trials Friday 5 February 2021

Shire CCC Representative competition commences Friday 19 February 2021

College Swimming Carnival Thursday 25 February 2021

SSCCC Swimming Carnival Wednesday 3 March 2021

College Cross Country Friday 12 March 2021

SSCCC Cross Country Wednesday 28 April 2021

College Athletics Carnival Tuesday 1 June 2021

SSCCC Athletics Carnival Monday 19 July 2021

THE BEFORE SCHOOL SPORT COMPETITION

Monday Cross Country Run Club

Tuesday Basketball @ Boys' Town Gym

Wednesday Street Hockey @ Boys' Town Gym

Thursday Volleyball @ Valdocco Centre

This is a mixed competition for Years 7, 8 & 9 year groups

Go to your Compass Newsfeed to find the sign up form for the Bosco Before School Competitions.

Select your Captain and get the Captain to fill out the form. One form per team. You can sign up for

more than one competition. Competition will commence on Monday 8 February 2021.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL BENEFITS

OF PLAYING

SPORT AT BOSCO

HELPS CHILDREN LEARN FAILURE IS OKAY

POSITIVE EFFECT ON EDUCATION

DEVELOPS RESILIENCE

HELPS CHILDREN TO CREATE FRIENDSHIPS

INCREASED ENERGY LEVELS

IMPROVES COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING

TEACHES EMOTIONAL CONTROL

IMPROVES COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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Second-hand Uniform Shop

The second-hand uniform shop will be opening at the

following times for next year 2021:

Friday 29 January - 8.30am to 9.30am

Wednesday 3 February - 2pm to 3pm

Due to social distancing laws, you will need to contact the College Office on 9548 4000 to book a time to come in. The time allocated

will be a 15-minute time slot.

If you are not able to book one of these times please let the office know so that a time can be organised for you where one of the

office staff will take you to the Uniform Shop.

The Uniform Shop is in desperate need of donations of unwanted uniform items.

If you would like to donate any items of clothing, or donate or sell

and blazers, please drop them off at the Front Office.

Parents can still access uniform purchases via Schools Online

or check the Miranda Store open-ing hours to purchase in store.

College Canteen

Due to the current situation

with the COVID-19 disruption,

all volunteers are not needed

until further notice.

A reminder that the

Canteen is open and lunch

orders are preferred.

Thank you

INVITATION TO REGISTER 2021

Registrations Open: 4 January, 2021 Go to www.playfootball.com.au to register on line. All new players can register online, but need to attend our Registration Days below to have their details verified.

Registration Days: Bosco Primary School – Main Hall, Banksia Avenue, Engadine NSW 2233 on the following days: Sunday 31st January 2021 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Tuesday 2nd February 2021 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE THE $100 ACTIVE KIDS WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN FOR 2021. CONTACT SERVICE NSW TO OBTAIN YOUR VOUCHER CODE.

https://sport.nsw.gov.au/sectordevelopment/activekids

All Players who register and pay before 31 January 2021 will enter

draw for a $50.00 Rebel Voucher

Please keep an eye out for the full Invitation to Register on email or on our website www.boscofc.org.au or on our socials.