From the Principal
- Prayer
- Remembrance Day Ceremony
- Book of Remembrance
- COVID-19 NSW Government Restrictions and Sport
- 2021 STANSW Young Scientist Award Recipient
- Exciting News from Ex-student Will Turner
- Term Dates for 2022
Prayer
Ever-living God
We remember those whom you have
gathered from the storm of war
into the peace of your presence;
may that same place calm our fears
bring justice to all peoples
and establish harmony among the nations.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Blessed Edmund Rice, Pray for Us.
St Pius X, Pray for Us.
Live Jesus in our Hearts, Forever.
Remembrance Day Ceremony
The College will hold a Remembrance Day Ceremony commencing at 10.55 am on Thursday 11 November. This will be live-streamed to the students. If you would like to join the ceremony online please use the link below.
Book of Remembrance
During the month of November we have a Remembrance Book in the College Foyer. Families are invited to list their loved ones for our prayers this month.
May perpetual light shine upon them and may they rest in peace.
HSC Commences
After a long preparation the HSC exams began yesterday, Tuesday 9 November, with English Paper 1 and today was English Paper 2. All students were present and all COVID-19 protocols have been in place to enable an exclusion zone, or bubble, for our HSC students. The students have been in good spirits and felt that the papers so far have been challenging but manageable.
Before handing the HSC Centre over to the Presiding Officer, I lead the students in prayer and gave the students the best wishes of all staff and parents and the Pius community for their examinations.
The final exam for our students will be held on Thursday 2 December.
This year the ATARs will be available to students on Thursday 20 January 2022. The HSC results will be issued on Monday 24 January and the College will hold a BBQ for Year 12 on 24 January 2022.
COVID-19 NSW Government Restrictions and Sport
The College continues to follow the NSW Government COVID-19 restrictions. In relation to sport, the College’s policy that students who are 16 and over must be vaccinated to play sport is directly from the NSW Government Policy. Below is the specific guideline along with the link to the NSW Government documentation.
Sport, exercise and outdoor gatherings
General rules
Sport and exercise options are significantly greater for people who are fully vaccinated.
People who are fully vaccinated can participate in an outdoor sport and exercise gathering of up to 50 people.
If you are not fully vaccinated you can participate in a gathering for sport or exercise with one other person or with your household.
Under the PHO (Section 2.22) an unvaccinated adult must not participate in an outdoor public gathering of more than 2 persons.
An unvaccinated adult means a person who—
(a) is over 16 years of age, and
(b) is not a fully vaccinated person
2021 STANSW Young Scientist Award Recipient
The College was delighted to be informed this week that one of our Year 12 (2021) students, Luke Massa, has been selected as an award winner in the 2021 STANSW Young Scientist Awards for his Science Extension project: Spontaneous Knotting and the Loop Conjecture.
Luke has been working on this project for most of this year, where he investigated the effect of successive looping of strings on the spontaneous formation of knots. We hope to showcase Luke’s final project and the other Science Extension projects later this year or early next year, once the HSC examination has been completed.
Luke’s award will be announced in 2 weeks in the Young Scientist Presentation Ceremony online, where he will be also hearing from eminent scientists, Young Scientist alumni and supporters during the presentations.
The announcements will be released as a live stream on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/stanswyoungscientist and videos will also be available on the website www.youngscientist.com.au.
Congratulations to Luke on this fine achievement and a special thanks to his Science Extension teacher Mr Justin Donnelly, for all his work and dedication to the Science Extension program at the College this year.
Exciting News from Ex-student Will Turner
Great news from an ex-student. Will Turner, who graduated in 2020 and was our Performing Arts Captain. He is in the last stages of completing his Musical Theatre course at Brent St Performing Arts. He has picked up his first professional contract at Beijing Universal Studios in the Harry Potter show. This is a 13-month contract and marks a significant first step in his career as a performer. Well done Will.
Term Dates 2022
Please find below the Term dates for 2022.
Term 1
Monday 31 January to Friday 8 April
Term 2
Tuesday 26/4: Term 2 commences for staff and students
Friday 10/6: Staff Development Day
Thursday 23/6: Term 2 concludes (including afternoon Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews)
Friday 24/6: Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews Day
Term 3
Tuesday 19 July to Friday 23 September
Term 4
Monday 10 October to Tuesday 6 December
The College has very generous holiday breaks. It is expected that students do not take leave during term time unless for exceptional circumstances.
Mr John Couani - Principal