From the Principal
- Prayer
- HSC Trials
- Term 3 - A Great Start
- A Celebration of Learning - Semester 1 Academic Awards Presentation
- Cristiano Calcarao
- Staffing Matters
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we bring before you our HSC students.
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 perform to the best of their ability and 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.
Amen
Blessed Edmund Rice, Pray for Us
St Pius X, Pray for Us
Live Jesus in our Hearts, Forever!
HSC Trials
The HSC Trials commence next Monday and our students have been preparing well for their final school assessments. Please keep all these students in your prayers.
Term 3 - A Great Start!
The term has commenced in great form with many learning opportunities and activities taking place. I commend the students on the excellent start to the term. Just to give a taste of the range of activities, I share the sample of activities below.
- Much activity in goal setting and learning to follow-up Semester 1 reports
- Year 8 Ski Camp to Perisher
- Our debaters entered into the Quarter Finals last week, and congratulations to our Year 12B and Year 10A teams who have progressed to the Semi-Finals this Friday. Commiserations to our Year 12A and Year 7 debaters who were defeated in their Quarter Finals last Friday. Congratulations to all our debaters for a wonderful season of debating.
- Junior School IPSHA debating
- Even given a range of cancellations due to ground closures there were many sporting opportunities and ISA and IPSHA training and sports are back in full competition
- The Year 12 Drama and Drama ensembles are preparing and performing
- Music ensembles are in full rehearsals
- Year 9 History and Geography Excursions
- Year 10 BStreet Smart Excursion
- Year 10 History and Geography Excursions
- Year 11 Retreat Day
Coming up
- Buddies not Bullies Bush Walk
- Year 7 Pastoral Care Incursion, ‘The Hurting Game’, by Brainstorm Productions in the College Gym.
- Year 9 Incursion with Winter Olympian, Rohan Chapman-Davies, on building resilience, setting goals, and finding their passion
Celebration of Learning - Semester 1 Academic Awards Presentation - Friday 5 August
We look forward to the Semester 1 Celebration of Learning on Friday 5 August in the Chatswood Concourse. This is for students in Years 7-10.
Parents of the boys being presented with an award have been officially informed. Students being presented are those who have received a Gold Fide et Labore Award or a combination of any three other Fide et Labore Awards, a Growth in Learning Award, Waterford Award or Academic Colour Award. The presentation starts at 11.00 am and runs until 12.45 pm.
Cristiano Calcarao
We congratulate Year 5 Red student, Cristiano Calcarao, who won the NSW All Schools U11 Cross Country event last Friday. He will now move on to the Nationals, which will be held in Adelaide in August.
Further information on his win can be found in the Junior School News - sports section of today's Woodchatta.
Staffing Matters
Mr Nathanael Primrose-Heaney leaves us this week to join the International Grammar School in the role of Head of Music Performance. Mr Primrose-Heaney has given significant service and leadership in the Music and Performing Arts in his role as senior Music Teacher and Ensemble Coordinator. We thank Mr Primrose-Heaney and congratulate him on this significant appointment.
I am very pleased to advise that Mrs Christine Lewis will join the College staff next week from Caroline Chisholm College, Glenmore Park where she has been teaching Music to HSC Level. Mrs Lewis is a very experienced and talented teacher with a strong interest in choirs. We look forward to welcoming her to St Pius X College.
Mr John Couani - Principal