Reminders

Good Luck

We wish our VCE students well as they commence their final exams next week.

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

We look forward to welcoming Grandparents and Special Friends to our College next Thursday, 26th October.

Eucharist

Our activities will commence at 9.15am with a Celebration of the Eucharist in the Bridigine Centre. Students from Foundation to Year 11 will attend the Mass with our Grandparents and Special Friends.

Classroom Activities

Following the Mass, grandparents and special friends will be invited to visit learning areas and participate in special activities prepared by students and staff in the F-8 community. Students will also be invited take their grandparents and special friends for a tour of our College.

Morning Tea

At recess, grandparents and special friends can make their way back to the Brigidine Centre for morning tea, prepared by some of our Food Technology students, and enjoy it with their family. Students are required to bring their own snacks.

RSVP 

To assist with catering and seating provisions, please remember to RSVP via the Operoo sent to families earlier this month.  We hope you can join us next Thursday. 

We anticipate the event will conclude at approximately 11.20am.

Upcoming Student Free Days

• Monday 6th November - student free day for staff professional development
• Tuesday 7th November - Melbourne Cup public holiday

Arts and Design Technology Showcase 

Entries due next Friday 27th October

The start of Term 4 has been a busy one, as our clever and creative students and staff from the Arts and Design Technology Learning Area continue to  prepare  for our annual Art and Technology Showcase event to be held in Week 5 of this Term.

The event will be open to the public on Thursday 2nd November from 6.00-8.00pm and will be held in the Brigidine Centre.

This exhibition will, again, showcase student’s work, from Foundation to Year 12 and will include pieces that have been designed, manufactured and created in Visual Arts, Visual Communication Design, Media, Technology Wood and Metal, Food Technology and Performing Arts.

This year, our Art and Design Technology showcase will be opened by local artist, ‘Tank’ from Tank Art’s.

Tank has an eclectic brand of public sculpture - such as the brightly painted fibreglass cows, quirky murals and large-scale metal sculptures which can be seen scattered around many of the shops, parks, riverside and public spaces of the Greater Shepparton area.

Below is a small selection of Tank’s work.

We look forward to welcoming Tank to our College and hearing more about his career and art work when he joins us on Thursday evening.

So, how do I enter the 2023 Art and Technology Showcase?

There are two ways to enter your work in the Showcase.

1. Your teacher will select work created in class.

2. You can enter work completed outside of the classroom, in one or more, of the following categories:

• Collaborative entry (get a group of friends together and create something spectacular)
• Individual creations of any media (paper, mixed media, wood, glass, metal, photography, Lego etc.)

Entries must be in to your teacher by Friday 27th October.

We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

The Arts and Design Technology Learning Area Team

Italian Day - Wednesday 8th November

Start thinking about ideas for dressing up in Italian colours or as famous Italian people.

Italian themed activities will run at lunch time including:

• Soccer game 
• Italian activities in the Library and learning spaces

Bring along a gold coin donation for the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project to toss into our mock Trevi Fountain. 

Please donate to the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project

How we can help?

In Term 4 our College is collecting items for people who are receiving support from the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project in Melbourne. 

Each TA/Class is going to create their own hamper/package comprised of some of the specific items that BASP requests below, especially the items in bold.  BASP do not have spare space to store items that are not used.

Each TA will receive a bag for their collection and these packages will be delivered to the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project prior to Christmas.

Please give generously, if you can. 

What is the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (BASP)?

The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (BASP) was established in 2001 to work for a humane, just and inclusive approach for people seeking asylum in Australia.

It is a Melbourne based initiative of the Brigidine Sisters who have been engaged in education and social justice since arriving in Echuca from Ireland in 1886.

Australia has a long history of welcoming migrants and refugees and is a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, but it has become increasingly apparent since the 1990s that people genuinely seeking asylum in Australia are treated unjustly. Many have been held in detention centres, both in Australia and offshore and if released are dependent on charities for their survival.

Sr Brigid Arthur regularly visited detainees in Melbourne and became painfully aware of the plight of asylum seekers if they were released into the community, so they established BASP. Initially, financial support came from the Brigidine Sisters, but as time has gone by there is increasing financial support from donations and fundraising events. The day to day support of the asylum seekers in the care of BASP is provided by over 70 highly committed volunteers.