College News

2024 Student Leaders

We are delighted to announce the 2024 Student Leadership Team. We congratulate and thank all those who applied and look forward to seeing the ways this team serves our College community in 2024!

College Captains

Ethan Ciavarella

Isla Carver

Creative Arts Leader

Sarah Mott

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) Leaders

Year 12

Archer Grabham 

Tahni Davies

Year 8

Emily Walker

Asha-Rose Mustey

Year 4

Rhys McKiernan

Elsie Stevens

Year 8 Community Leaders

Zoe Gibson

Kezia Bartholomeusz

Year 4 Community Leaders

Mason Norris

Antonia De Pasquale

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Augustine House Captains

From Year 12

Ryan Smith 

Bailey White

From Year 8

Patrick Hargreaves

Milla Young

From Year 4

Caitlin Wickham

Charlie Cocks

Brigidine House Captains

From Year 12

Billy Halliwell

Bella Isaac

From Year 8

Max Stockdale

Sienna Willis

From Year 4

Olive Halstead

Sophie Coombs

Delany House

From Year 12

Sebastien Caldwell

Sarah Whelan

From Year 8

Cooper Wilson

Olivia Whelan

From Year 4

Archie Williams

Katie Thomson

Sacramental Program

We congratulate and send our blessings to the children in our Parish who received the sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation during the school holidays.

Condolence

Please keep the Withall family in your prayers after the recent passing of Kathleen 'Kathy' Kukuljan, mother of Liz (past staff member), mother in law of Trevor and grandmother of Thomas (Year 11) and Gemma (Year 9).

Marriage Congratulations

We send our congratulations and best wishes to Biannca De Angelis (staff member) and Tyson Ellis who were married during the school holidays.

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

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. 

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.

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. 

SOLE Stars

Congratulations to our first SOLE Stars for Term 4.

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