Information for Parents
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Year 11 Reflection Day at Oxford Falls

What's happening in the College?

Year 11 Study Day #1 last Friday
Year 10 Reflection Day this Friday: Information for Parents & Carers
College Open Day Saturday 16 March
Science: National Youth Science Forum 202
Public Speaking & Debating Information
Senior Resource Centre News: SPX Readers set new Premier's Reading Challenge Record
Use of Student Opal Cards
Holy Family Lindfield Art Show & Fair - 15 to 17 March

Year 11 Study Day #1

Year 11 have made a great start to the year and had their first Study Day at Oxford Falls last Friday. The demands of Year 11 can be overwhelming at first when students are expected to take on a new range of responsibilities and step up to the more rigorous demands of study.

The purpose of Study Days is to explore these new expectations and create healthy and balanced approaches to study and school work. There were a range of sessions, including a session run by students about their personal approaches to study. The College Counsellor, Mr Russo, ran a session about the importance of inclusive community, awareness of others and looking after each other in the senior years. Students took home a Student Review Booklet as a self-reflection activity and this needs to be returned to homeroom teachers in Week 9.

In Week 8 all of Year 11 will go to Oxford Falls for a Reflection Day, focusing on call to leadership and spirituality.

Ms Donna Janes - Year 11 Coordinator and Careers Adviser

Year 10 Reflection Day this Friday at Oxford Falls

Information for Parents & Carers: Our Year 10 boys will be attending their first Reflection Day this Friday at Oxford Falls. The theme of the day is ‘New Beginnings’ and our guest presenter is ex Socceroos captain, Paul Wade AO. Mufti clothes with enclosed footwear is to be worn. Lunch will be provided.

Mr Mark Pawlak - Year 10 Coordinator

College Open Day Saturday 16 March

Please click on the flyer below for details.

Open Day 2019 FLYER.pdf

Mrs Christine Jennings and Mrs Melissa King - Registrars

Science: National Youth Science Forum 2020

Attention Year 11 Science Students: National Youth Science Forum 2020

Do you love science, or technology, or have a drive to find solutions to problems and fix things? Are you constantly asking Why? How? Why not? Do you see yourself working in a science-related field and would like to know more about science initiated study and career paths?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, then you should think about applying to attend the NYSF Year 12 Program.

Eligibility: To apply for the NYSF Year 12 program, you must:

be in year 11 in the year you apply, to attend the following January,
be an Australian citizen or resident, and/or studying full-time in an Australian high school, and
be considering pursuing a university degree at an Australian university to study science, engineering, technology, or a related discipline.

For more information go to: https://www.nysf.edu.au/programs/year-12-program/

Please see Mrs Schuster if you are considering this.

Mrs Joanne Schuster - Science Coordinator

Public Speaking & Debating

Information from Mrs Waterson can be found in the document below.

Public Speaking & Debating.pdf

Photo: Debating Captains for 2019

Mrs Michele Waterson - Public Speaking & Debating Convenor

Senior Resource Centre News

Medal Winning Readers set new Pius Record: Each and every year, students in NSW from Years 3 to 9, attempt to read 20 books to complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Of the million or so who participated in the 2018 Challenge, only 600 students completed the Challenge every year from Year 3 to Year 9. Of these, 13 are St Pius X College students and they have been awarded the prestigious Premier’s Reading Challenge Medal. Collectively they break the 2016 record set by our current Year 12 group when seven students received this award.

The record breaking medalists include: Angelo Fernando, Austin Cleary, Callum Fitzgibbon, Geordan Coulitis, Jack Urriste, Joshua Wong, Liam Kinna, Manav Purohit, Matthew Kachel, Max Marshall, Nicholas Ward, Patrick Moore and Thomas Cummins.

Their ongoing participation in the Challenge shows the value they give reading in their lives because the 'challenge with the Challenge' for so many students is to keep on reading with so many activities competing for their reading time, particularly for Years 8 and 9.

Mr Damo, Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning, congratulated our Medal Winning Readers to a rousing applause at this week’s school assembly. Further applause follows to the boys’ parents and families and the many teachers who have supported this marathon reading journey. Well done to all!

Mrs Karen Keighery - Senior Teacher Librarian