Yesterday, Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Christian tradition was observed at each of the College campuses by the customary distribution of ashes to the forehead. Lent is a period of 40 days of preparation, through prayer, reflection and self-denial, for the annual

commemoration of Holy Week. This most sacred period in the Christian calendar, recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter and the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. During Lent, the College supports the Caritas Australia appeals for various projects, both local and overseas. Collection boxes should soon be in circulation. Students are encouraged to be generous. Thank you to Mr Peter Augustin (Coordinator) and to all the staff members at the Sadadeen campus who assisted with the campus swimming carnival last Friday, 4th March. After a week of humid weather and threatening storms, it was good for the students to spend some relaxing hours of friendly competition at the Alice Springs pool. The morning started with the possibility of a cancellation, due to low cloud cover and rain, but fortunately conditions improved and the gathering was a happy time for all the participants.

The final results were: Standley (970pts), Bennett (874pts), Gillen (837pts) and Achoa (677pts). Achoa won the consolation prize by winning the House Spirit Award (135pts) ahead of Standley (117pts).

Age Champions included: Year Nine Girls

Brooke Schembri, Runner-Up

Ellen Schembri Year Nine Boys

Adam Hynes, Runner-Up

Michael Lindsay Year Ten Girls

Jordan Manu Preston, Runner-Up

Katie Davis Year 10 Boys

Dustin Hunter, Runner-Up

Joshua Lennartz Senior Girls

Heath Wallace, Runners-Up

Tegan Heinzel & Nikki McIntyre Senior Boys- Jack Bigg, Runner-Up - Aaron Crowe.

Thank you to Mr John Healy and to the staff at Bath Street for the organisation of last Friday s campus Mass at the parish church. The youngsters were in fine form and it was good to see so many parents and visitors in attendance. The theme of the Mass was Gratitude and Fr Michael encouraged the children to be grateful for their parents and their teachers. Thank you also Ms Kylie Henderson and to the staff at the Traeger campus who coordinated the arrangements for the students

Central Administration: Bath Street Campus: Traeger Ave Campus Sadadeen Rd Campus: Tel: 08 8950 6400 Tel: 08 8950 8666 Tel: 08 8950 8555 Tel: 08 8950 7399 Fax: 08 8952 4607 Fax: 08 8953 2624 Fax: 08 8952 2851 Fax: 08 8953 2571

P.O. Box 2508 Alice Springs NT 0871 Website: www.olshalice.nt.edu.au Email: principal@olshalice.nt.edu.au Member of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA) Registered CRICOS Provider: 02598D

Dates to Remember

MARCH

13th 1st Sunday of Lent

14th Bath St School Photos 15th Traeger School Photos 16th Sadadeen School Photos

16th Traeger Swimming Carnival

17th Feast of St Patrick - P & F AGM

18th Opening School Mass at Convention Centre

20th 2nd Sunday of Lent

Campus Office Hours Monday - Friday

8am-4pm

Campus Canteens Bath Street 89527532 Traeger 89508555 Sadadeen 89507318

College Uniform Shop Telephone: 89522742 Fax: 89555163

Opening Hours: Tuesday 8.15am

10.00am Thursday 8.15am-10.00am Thursday 2.30pm-4.30pm

Lil Antz AfterSchool Care: Telephone: 08 89530015

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Dear Parents/Guardians, Staff, Students and Friends of OLSH

Volume 15 Issue 7 10th March 2011

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Reflection Lent

involvement in the local parish Mass last Sunday. These students also participated enthusiastically and were a credit to the school and to their families.

The Opening School Mass will be celebrated at the Alice Springs Convention Centre on Friday, 18th March, commencing at 9.30am. Bishop Eugene Hurly will be the chief celebrant for this important College gathering. You are most welcome to join the College community for the Mass.

You are reminded that the College photographs will be taken during Week Eight, on the 14th March (Bath Street), 15th March (Traeger) and the 16th March (Sadadeen). Please ensure that the students are suitably attired and groomed for the occasion. Not only are these photographs keepsakes, but they are also used in the College Magazine and for personal identification cards.

Best wishes

Br Paul Gilchrist Principal

Give up harsh words: use generous ones. Give up unhappiness: take up gratitude. Give up anger: take up gentleness and patience. Give up pessimism: take up hope and optimism. Give up worrying: take up trust in God. Give up complaining: value what you have. Give up stress: take up prayer. Give up judging others: discover Jesus within them. Give up sorrow and bitterness: fill your heart with joy. Give up selfishness: take up compassion for others. Give up being unforgiving: learn reconciliation. Give up words: fill yourself with silence, and listen to others.

College News FEES 1st instalment of school fees is now overdue. Payment can be made at any Campus Front Office. Back to School payments need to be used by the end of Term 1.

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS Family photographs will taken at Bath Street Campus on Monday 14th March in the Hall commencing at 7.45am. Parents must arrange transport of students to and from the other Campuses.

TRAEGER SWIMMING CARNIVAL POSTPONED The date for Traeger Swimming Carnival is now Wednesday 16th March.

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Campus News: Bath St Once again we have had a wet and humid week

not always

the best weather for playing outside and drying clothes. The campus is holding up well, just a few puddles and wet grass.

ASH WEDNESDAY Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, and the Bath Street Campus continues to support the work of Caritas through this season as we move towards Easter. The focus will be to reflect on what we have and what we can give to others less fortunate. Keep an eye on the newsletter for ways in which you can support this needy cause. Each class has a Project Compassion collection box, and we hope to be able to make a sizable donation next term.

COLOUR FOR A CURE Tomorrow the SRC are holding a fundraising activity in support of the Leukemia Foundation. Children who return a signed permission slip and bring a gold coin donation can have their hair coloured using non-permanent hairspray in support of this fundraising initiative. We thank the SRC for coordinating this event. The hair spraying will take place from 9.30am onwards. If you have an hour to spare and can give us some help, we would be very grateful.

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS Photo envelopes were sent home on Tuesday for the school photographs which will take place at the Bath Street Campus on Monday 14th March. Please ensure that the students are dressed in the full summer uniform (not sports uniform).

All students are asked to return the envelope, whether or not the family is purchasing the photo package.

Family photographs will take place in the Bath Street Hall commencing at 7.45am. Students from other campuses are welcome to use this session and parents will need to transport their children on to Traeger and Sadadeen. There is a separate envelope for family photos and this will need to be collected and filled in prior to Monday morning.

ST PATRICK S DAY Children are invited to make and/or wear a hat for St Patrick s Day on Thursday 17th March. The Bath Street Canteen will be selling green slushies and green cake as part of the fun of this special day for the Irish.

COLLEGE MASS On Friday 18th March the students at Bath Street will travel by bus to the Convention Centre for our Opening School Mass. The Bishop will celebrate the Mass as we gather as a whole College to welcome the 2011 school year and acknowledge our school leaders. Parents and friends of the College are most welcome to attend.

BATH STREET SPORTS LEADERS Congratulations to the Year 4 children who have been elected sports leaders for 2011. The badges were presented at the assembly today, and the students will receive their leadership pledge at the College Mass next Friday.

The leaders for 2011 are

ACHOA House Captains: Ella Adami & Liam Prow Vice Captains Abby Turvey & Cody McGufficke Deputies Stacey Marshall & Mitchell Thompson

BENNETT House Captains: Maika McGuirk & Connor Marzohl Vice Captains Ainsley Harben & Rashawn Williams Deputies Taonashe Pachawo & David Byford

STANDLEY house Captains: Tahnee Hayes & Arkie Feehan Vice Captains Cecile Ryan & Jayden Atkinson Deputies Monique Stephens & Callum Tasker

GILLEN house Captains: Taylor Rodgers & Mack Malone Vice Captains Laissa Crowby & Matthew Loader Deputies Lily-Perl Thivisol & Blake Rice

MERIT POINT WINNERS

Marinelle Juan Room 10 Poppy Dash Room 2 Charlie Cook Room 1

Thank you to everyone who attended our First Friday Mass last week. It was a wonderful celebration and you can all be very proud of the way the children responded during the Mass.

Hope the sun shines soon!

Janis Paterson Head of Campus

Campus News: Sadadeen CAMPUS ACADEMIC DETENTION POLICY This term the campus has re-introduced the Academic Detention Policy. Basically it states that if a student fails to submit an assessment task on time, an academic detention will be issued

Fridays from 3 til 4:00pm. A letter will be sent home with the details of the overdue work and the

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time/date of the detention. At the end of the detention the staff member supervising will collect the work owing

finished or unfinished

and the student s teacher will

grade/mark it as it is. If a student submits the overdue work before the detention, the detention will still stand. Year 11 & Year 12 students need to realise that handing in in-complete work at the end of the detention will mean that, work is marked as it stands. The SACE Board and the Dept of Education will support our policy in this matter. Please take this into account.

CASUAL CLOTHES DAY The next Casual Clothes Day is Friday 25th March. Parents, please ensure you son/daughter is dressed appropriately.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL Well done to all students who competed and to the staff, especially Mr Peter Augustin on the fine event held last week at the pool. Congratulations to Standley House for winning the carnival and to Achoa House for winning the House Spirit award. Well done to the various age champions. More details follow.

STUDENT PARKING For the time-being, until further notice those students who drive to school are asked to park inside the gates as their parking area is being filled with dirt/gravel. This should take a couple of weeks. Those students who drive also need to see Mrs Gaces (Year 11/12 Coordinator) for their Driving/Parking permit.

Have a good week ahead. Matt de Jong. Head of Campus

Sadadeen.

2011 SADADEEN SWIMMING CARNIVAL Last Friday the 2011 OLSH Sadadeen swimming carnival was held. After a bleak weather forecast and a small drizzle as the day began it was decided that the carnival would go ahead. To our luck the weather held off and by the days end we were even lucky enough to even get a bit of sun.

The students were eager to get in the pool and prove themselves and they certainly did that. Not only did they impress in the water but also in the race for team spirit as they wowed the judges with their costumes, house chants and Nutbush skills. However in the end it was Achoa house that came up trumps winning the 2011 House Spirit Award. Even though they may have had less students on the day they definitely made up for it in determination and enthusiasm.

In the battle for swimming champions for 2011 it was Bennett and Standley that seemed to stand above the rest. In the end it was Standley house that finished the day on top taking out their second consecutive swimming carnival championship.

Congratulations go to the following students for being respective year level champions and students that placed 2nd

and 3rd:

Year 9 Girls Champion: Brooke Schembri 2nd: Ellen Schembri 3rd: Charlott Bowman

Year 9 Boys Champion: Adam Hynes 2nd: Michael Lindsay 3rd: Matthew Delahaye

Year 10 Girls Champion: Jordan Manu Preston 2nd: Katie Davis 3rd: Darcy Mell

Year 10 Boys Champion: Dustin Hunter 2nd: Joshua Lennartz 3rd:Pat Black

Senior Girls Champion: Heath Wallace Equal 2nd

Tegan Heinzel & Nikki McIntyre

Senior Boys Champion: Jack Bigg 2nd: Aaron Crowe 3rd: Sandor Guggisberg

A very big thank you to all the staff that helped out on the day

the parents that came down to support and the East Timor group for running the BBQ on the day. In the end it was a great day had by all and I look forward with great anticipation for the coming Athletics Carnival in Term 2.

Regards,

Peter Augustin Sports Co-Ordinator

Campus News: Traeger SWIMMING CARNIVAL We have rescheduled the carnival for next Wednesday 16th

March. Thank you and sorry to our new PE Department, Miss Natalie Di- Bona, who had everything ready for a start first thing this morning.

TRAEGER PARISH MASS Thank you to all who attended, making this a great celebration. Many of our students, parents and staff were in attendance which was very pleasing to see. Well done to Miss Kylie Henderson and her many helpers, including the choir led by Miss Kellie List, for making this such a success.

SHROVE TUESDAY. Year 5 s managed to raise $367.00 with their Shrove Tuesday pancakes last Tuesday. Well done to the Year 5 s and their helpers, who will forward money to Caritas.

SCHOOL START AND FINISH TIMES: There are still a number of students arriving late and getting picked up well past the 3.15 supervision time. If you are going to be late to collect your child, please contact the Front Office on 89 508555. We do not have facilities for after school care. Students need to be in Home Room at 8.15. If your child is late, they must sign in at the Front Office.

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If your child is sick, please call the Traeger Office to notify us of their absence to prevent any confusion as to your child s whereabouts.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

STUDENTS PLEASE RETURN

PHOTO REQUEST! Traeger photos will take place on Tuesday morning March 15th. Students are to be in full school uniform, not sports uniform, for their photo. Classes 8.4 and 7.4 will need to wear their school uniform to school and change before their PE lessons. Family Photos: these will be taken at the Bath St Campus from 7:45 to 8:45 MONDAY14th of March. Order forms for the family photos are available at any campus.

HOMEWORK CENTRES

Traeger Campus Homework Centre

All students are welcome to attend Traeger s Homework Centre; however, you need a Traeger Homework Centre card. To get a card, all you need to do is get a form from the front office, read it, fill it out and return it after it has been signed by parents/guardians. It s that simple!

Where: Traeger Library

When: Thursday 3.00

4.00pm

Indigenous Homework Centre These are on Monday and Thursday. The sessions go from 3:00

4:00pm and will be held in the 6.2 Home Room. Students attending will be bussed home. We did change the days last week but found that Monday and the Thursday are more suitable. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Year 5 Homework Centre

This takes place on Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm. This will be held in our library where the students must be collected at 4:00pm please.

OPENING MASS (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE) Our opening College Mass is now at the CONVENTION Centre, on March 18th .All students are to attend school firstly so that the rolls and homeroom items for the day can be taken care of prior to leaving. Students will walk to the Convention Centre and be bussed back. Please check the newsletter for further details.

ASH WEDNESDAY Yesterday morning we celebrated our Ash Wednesday liturgy in the Hall. Thanks to Fr Michael and again the RE crew and choir for a job well done.

BUS TRAVELLERS When our students are waiting for the bus in the afternoon they have been asked to wait on the footpath and not move towards the road side until the bus has stopped. Year s 5 and 6 will board First, followed by 7 s and 8 s. If your child/ren travel by bus could you please discuss this with them.

There have been several complaints about students pushing each other in front of moving vehicles at the Gap Rd stop. If

the students constantly involved in these incidents continue with this dangerous behaviour, their parents will be asked to make alternative arrangements for travel after school. A reminder also that rubbish is not to be dropped in the area and the Shell servo is out of bounds.

Have a great week Tony Healy Head of Campus Traeger

Performing Arts News GIJ SUNDAY BAND PRACTICES We will be having two Sunday band practices this week. Division 4 will be held at St. Philips College from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. Division 3 will be held at OLSH College from 12:30 to 2:00 pm. Students are encouraged to attend at least one practice.

GENERATIONS IN JAZZ PAYMENTS & REMINDERS Parents are reminded of the payment schedule for the trip to Mt. Gambier: 18/02/11 $200.00 04/03/11 $300.00 25/03/11 $300.00 15/04/11 $300.00 22/04/11 TBA Please ensure you are prompt with your payments.

An email was sent to all parents who have children currently studying music in regard to fundraising. Please check your email and respond ASAP.

Community News As of Monday, March 14th 2011, Sing Australia Alice Springs will meet every

Monday evening from 7.00-9.00 pm at the centrally located Flynn Church in Todd Mall. The Alice Springs group is affiliated with Sing Australia, which is a community based organisation with 150 groups Australia wide.

Sing Australia promotes the joy of singing, no matter what kind of voice you have. Adults, children, men and women are invited to attend. Make new friends and share the benefits of singing. A $5 donation covers venue hire, accompanist fees and refreshments.

For further information contact the Leader, Judy Cotton 0402 612614

JUNIOR HOCKEY Alice Springs Hockey Association. Come & Try Day 19th March 2011 Ages 5 15 Welcome FREE BBQ Contact: Anne-Davey Smith Mobile 0427 555766 Email: office@absoluteconveyance.com.au

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UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

This week's arrivals are: Library Bags

Bucket Hats Sports Shorts All fully paid orders have been delivered.

We are still in need of more plastic bags and second hand uniforms.

Kindly note that College Students are only supervised between the following hours: Bath St Campus 8:00am to 3:20pm Traeger and Sadadeen Campus 7:55am to 3:20pm Please bear these times in mind when dropping off or picking up your children.

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