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UPCOMING EVENTS

• Three Year 6 classes will experience an incursion with John Larkin on Friday.  John is an author and fantastic at teaching children about writing in a fun and informative way.  This will happen on a rotational basis on four Fridays this term.  All the Year 6 classes will have 3 sessions with John.  Please have a conversation with your son about this event as when they recall the event the learning will become more entrenched.  Hopefully this will assist to improve their writing in the future.

John Larkin timetable for Year 6 - Term 4, 2017

• Year 6 bakery excursion today – it relates to our science topic and the study of micro-organisms.  Yeast is a good example.
• Year 6 also has a permission note for their surf skills lessons later in the term.  Please return this note ASAP.
• The team is in its final debates for the year. The boys will compete in a Debating Gala Day to be held at Abbotsleigh Junior School on Monday 23rd October. Thank you to Mrs Spanyik for her organising of the debating.

CLASS CAPTAINS

Congratulations to the following boys who were selected to represent their class as the Captain for Term 4.

5 Gold - Zavier Ferreira

5 Red - Jack Hammond

5 Blue - Maxwell Forbes

6 Gold – Nicolas Arena

6 Red – Luca van Vuuren

6 Blue – Harvey Jackson

6 Green – Anthony Moutevelis

WALKATHON

A huge thank you to everybody on their efforts in the walkathon for those less fortunate than ourselves.  We have raised $11,854.90.  A great effort!  The cheques will be drawn up or money forwarded in the next few weeks. 

CIS ATHLETICS

Five of our boys are competing in the CIS team at the PSSA (State Championships) today.  Best wishes to Zac Flynn and PJ Marren in their respective 200m races and Joel Austin, Zac Flynn, Ryan Jom and Will Slocombe in the Senior 4 x 100m Relay.

SPORT- SWIM/SURF SAFETY PROGRAM

On Thursday 9th November our Sport will consist of Swimming for Year 5 and  a surf safety program for Year 6.  The program will run for four Thursdays in normal sports times. The surf safety boys will all wear a sun (rash) vest supplied . If your son is in Year 5 I would strongly recommend that you purchase a sun T-shirt (T-shirts aren’t allowed) as the Macquarie University pool is an outdoor pool.  Sunscreen will be supplied and it is the boys’ responsibility to apply it.  As other boys will put the sunscreen on the back, it is safer to have a sun (rash) T-shirt.  If your son requires a special type of sunscreen please remember to pack it. 

All boys require a packed lunch.  The boys will swim in their swimming costumes (not board shorts).  A pair of thongs are also handy for toilet visits.  If you wish to collect your son from the pool, please be there by 2.00pm as we are on the buses by 2.10 to 2.15pm.

LEARNING ENRICHMENT NOTICES

Primary Research Project

Congratulations to all the boys who got their entries in late last term for the Primary Research Project. Well done on their efforts in attending Compass Club, completing and working to a deadline to finish the Competition. There were also the many quizzes available to extend their general knowledge in Geography, Space, World Flags, Animal Facts, The United Nations, Languages, Dictionary Knowledge, World Deserts and many more.

Well done to the following boys on their awards:

High Distinction:  Andrew Bradford, Eliot Sanders, James Higgins, Jesse Reed, Jonathan Hartry, Justin Boustani, Liam Boswell, Luke Sarkissian and Patrick Frost.

Distinction: Christopher Harris, Eamon Boyle, Lucas Hamill and Ned Turner.

DEBATING NEWS

The team is in its final debates for the year. The boys will compete in a Debating Gala Day to be held at Abbotsleigh Junior School on Monday 23rd October. Well done to the boys continued commitment to attend training sessions and working in their set teams developing arguments and case lines. Good luck in your final debates boys.

Training also begins for the three boys selected to compete in the Public Speakers’ Challenge on Thursday 9th November. Good luck to Cavan Ryan, Tomo Wilkins and Jack Hammond on your training and lead up to this competition.

Mrs Spanyik - Learning Enrichment Teacher

Junior School Sport

Thursday Sport: We continue our summer training for Basketball, Cricket, Softball and Tennis.

Term 4 Swim Program: All students will take part in this program. It runs as per the schedule above in lieu of regular Thursday Sport. Year 5 attend Macquarie Uni Aquatic Centre for a pool based program and Year 6 attend Dee Why Beach for a surf skills program. Students are required to return the respective form issued last term – Macquarie Uni Grading Form (Year 5) and SEA Australia Waiver (Year 6 boys). All details, including a detailed information letter, can be found under Junior Swimming on the College website.

Swim Squad: The swim season resumes this Term with two more Invitational Carnivals for the Squad (Trinity on  3rd November and St Patrick’s on 10th November). More details to follow closer to the date for those concerned.

Basketball: Well done to all players after a strong start to the second half of the season.

Mr G Virgona - Junior School Sportsmaster

Softball

Round 7:  Last Saturday we were up against Arden. Our new captain, Thomas Wilkins, selected to bat. The first innings looked promising with Arden all out for none. We were luckier as one runner made it home. Jhon Evans and Marcus Steen were our pitchers and pitched some great deliveries. It was a tight match throughout the game. Will Mathie, Andrew Bradford and Jose Monk defended their bases incredibly well. Eliot Sanders was focussed at short stop. In the second innings Arden were ahead by 2 runs. St Pius X College fought back - Luca Van Vuuren, Joshua Connors, Patrick Hall, Michael Whitehead, Max Lenton and Rowan Roomie were on to the ball in the outfield, keeping the run rate to a minimum. We were one run behind before the last innings and were lucky it ended in a draw.

It was a slow paced but entertaining game for a drizzly Saturday morning. Thank you to Mr Evans for keeping score.

Ms J Williams - Convenor

NSTA Tennis

Yesterday an email was sent out to all NSTA players and their parents with information on this season, the draw, a copy of the teams and a Parent/Player Agreement form. The Parent/Player Agreement needs to be signed and returned to your son’s coach this Friday at the morning meeting. Should your son need a hard copy of this form he can obtain one from the Student Office.

Please ensure that your son has the correct uniform for the first game this week:  blue sports shirt, plain white shorts and a school cap.

Mrs S Iwatani - NSTA Convenor