From the Principal
First Full Assembly since March
- Prayer
- Welcome Back
- P&F AGM - New Date
- Year 12 Graduation
- Commencement of the HSC
- Welcome New Staff for Term 4
- Congratulations to Kieran Zucconi - Nominated for Encore!
- Term 4 Sports
- Performing Arts Term 4
- Filming at the College
- Follow Us on Social Media
- Pius In Profile Spring 2020 Edition - Out Now
Prayer for our HSC Students
Our HSC students are busy with final preparations for their coming exams. We know they are working hard and we pray the following prayer for them as they will commence their first exam next Tuesday, 20 October.
Heavenly Father, we bring before you our HSC students.
Give them the gifts of wisdom, right judgement, knowledge and courage.
Bless them with calm hearts and clarity of mind as they sit for their exams.
May they be affirmed in their efforts and may they know that you are there with them.
We pray that they will stay calm under pressure and work to the best of their ability to ensure that their results reflect the effort they have put into their study.
May they feel your loving presence in their lives, now and always, and may they be strengthened by the prayerful support of us, their school community.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen
Blessed Edmund Rice – Pray for Us
St. Pius X – Pray for Us
Live Jesus in our Hearts – Forever!
Welcome back for Term 4
Welcome to Term 4 to all our students parents and staff. The week has begun full of enthusiasm and energy for this Spring term and I thank all parents for sending their son back in good summer uniform. We even held our first whole school assembly since March on Monday morning. Schools are allowed to hold 15 minute whole school assemblies. At this assembly, we renewed our determination to do our best in every way for Term 4.
P&F AGM - New Date
Please note the change of date for our P&F AGM.
It will now be held on Monday 26 October at 7.00 pm. The meeting will be held via TEAMS and a link to the meeting will be included in next week's Woodchatta.
The Agenda for the meeting can be found in the P&F News page of this edition and will also be placed on the College App.
Year 12 Graduation
On Thursday 24 September, the Year 12 Mass and Graduation was held at Oxford Falls. It was an outstanding success and due to the wonders of live-streaming we were joined by well over 500 groups. This makes this year’s Graduation the largest we have ever had!
I sincerely thank Fr Jim for a beautiful Mass and celebration. This was followed by the Graduation Ceremony and Presentation of Awards.
I share with you the outstanding Valedictory address from College Captain Lachlan Mathie. It is simply amazing. In my speech I praised Year 12 and in a most sincere way.
Please enjoy some of the photos from the event.
The Major Awardees were:
Academic Honours First Class
Riad Lahoud, Oliver Lenehan, Lachlan Mathie, Liam Vinci, Louis Wellard
Major Awards
The Australian Olympic Change-Maker Award – Tyson McCallum and Kiefer O’Brien
The Simon D’Arcy Trophy – Charlie Aylmer
The Theo Scarf Shield – Stuart Dingley
The Keith Kellet Award – Daniel Hoy
The Alan Ward Memorial Prize – William Turner
The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award - Elliot Inman
The New Street Medal – Tyson McCallum
The Br Coll MacDonald Award – Luke McManus
The St Pius X Old Boys’ Association Shield – Kiefer O’Brien
The Macquarie University Prize – Duncan Dingley
The Br J R Killian Award – William Chen
The Br MM O’Connor Prize – Lachlan Mathie
I would like to thank the organising team behind the Mass and Graduation – Fr Jim, Ms Janes, Mr Batchelor, Mr Mulheron, Mr Ticli, Ms Proc, Mr Damo, Mr Brannan, Mr Casey, Mr Timmins, Mrs Brady, and Mrs Cheney and of course the Home Room teachers of Mrs Schuster, Mr De Silva, Ms Colefax and Mr Varjavandi.
Commencement of HSC
Next Tuesday the HSC examinations commence and we continue to keep all our HSC students in our prayers. The exams commence on Tuesday 20 October at 9.50 am with English Paper 1.
Parents would be interested to know that we have put into place very full COVID-19 protocols consistent with Government advice and these include cleaning and sanitising examination rooms before and after every examination.
Once again I ask you to keep all our HSC students in your prayers.
Welcome New Staff for Term 4
I am very pleased to welcome new staff who are joining the College for Term 4. I welcome Mrs Catherine Dignam to the Languages Department replacing Mrs McCormack who is on Maternity Leave. I also welcome Mrs Genevieve Quoyle who joins the Visual Arts Department while Mrs Bryant is on Long Service Leave.
Congratulations to Kieran Zucconi - Nominated for HSC Encore!
The College congratulates Year 12 Music student Kieran Zucconi who has been nominated to HSC ENCORE for his outstanding HSC Performance. Congratulations also to his teacher, our Performing Arts Coordinator Mr Timmins.
This news is in addition to the already announced nominations of Daniel Halverson and Luke Thompson to the HSC Drama showcase entitled ONSTAGE.
Congratulations to all our Performing Arts students.
Term 4 Sports
The Summer season commences on Saturday and all the players and coaches are very excited to be back in sport again. I wish all our teams a most enjoyable season and best wishes to all.
The College has carefully followed all Government guidelines and the following COVID-19 safety protocols are in place. It is expected that all players, officials and spectators follow the full attached list of protocols. In particular I emphasise the following arrangements that are in place:
St Pius X College Spectator Sign in Code
All spectators must sign in. St Pius X College has an SMS sign in code for each venue.
Please ensure that every person (excluding coaches and players that have been accounted for by the school) signs in through this SMS system.
1. ISA / NSTA / IPSHA / MWJCA phone number is 0488 825 971
2. Text the venue code and your name. eg. spx oxford falls john citizen or spx tennis jane citizen
3. Send the text
Please ensure you enter the venue code first so ISA can sort it by school. Your text should always start with spx …..
Full Protocols Document
I sincerely appreciate and thank the Sports Masters, Mr Stearn and Mr McBrearty, the Summer Sports Convenors and the staff at Oxford Falls. Oxford Falls is looking a real picture and I am sure the boys will enjoy playing at our outstanding home ground.
Performing Arts Term 4
We have also begun our Performing Arts program again this term with some revised protocols and Mr Timmins and the Ensemble Directors and Tutors will issue more details to the students.
Filming at the College
The College will have a professional videographer filming at Chatswood and Oxford Falls over the next two weeks. This footage will be used as part of a virtual tour and orientation video for new and prospective families as they are unable to attend the College in person. There will be some general school shots as well as a focus on a few individual students.
Parental permission will be sought for any individual students being filmed in a leading / talking role.
If you do not want your son to be filmed individually please email us today at privacy@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au.
Follow Us on Social Media
St Pius X College is now on Facebook and Instagram.
To follow us go to https://www.spx.nsw.edu.au/social-media/ and click on the link that best suits your device.
Pius In Profile Spring 2020 Edition OUT NOW
The Spring edition of Pius In Profiles is currently in the mail to our current families but it can also be viewed online by using the link below:
https://www.spx.nsw.edu.au/news-events/pius-in-profile-magazine/
Mr John Couani - Principal