ATAR Lectures

Register now for access to free VCE online lectures this April!

* Live stream lecture sessions

* Live Q &A functionality

* Lecture recordings

* Lecture slides/materials and heaps more!

Register or find out more: www.atarnoteslecture.com/vic

Study Slam

Study Slam is a teacher supported program where you can seek help with outstanding school work and/or personal study. It helps strengthen your revision skills and can provide a safe, focused environment for study.

Study Slam is open to any student, across all year levels and takes place in the Senior Study Centre. It runs from 3:30pm to 4:30pm Monday to Friday.

VATE Writing Competition

VATE is excited to launch their 2022 writing competition A Story in Miniature. Students in Years 7 to 12 and their teachers are invited to submit a story between 300 and 500 words in length inspired by this writing competition theme.**

VATE encourages students and teachers to find inspiration from the miniature stories that make up their daily life - the small interactions and delightful tidbits that make up their day - and transform them, with brevity, into a piece of polished prose. What could a story in miniature be?

A moment in time. A short interaction between friends. A vignette depicting the future. A portrait of daily life at home. A slice of an imagined world. A snapshot into another life. A glimpse of the past.**

There are four categories available in this competition. Schools may submit up to five entries in each of the categories. If there are more than five entries for a category, a panel of St Brigid's teachers will vote and select which stories will be entered.

The four categories are:

Years 7 and 8 students

Years 9 and 10 students

Years 11 and 12 students

Teachers

Each entry must be emailed to Mrs Dooling (mdooling@stbc.vic.edu.au) by 4pm on Friday 10th June 2022.

The winners of each category will receive a $150 book voucher from VATE's partner bookseller, The Little Bookroom/Neighbourhood Books, and their stories will be published in Idiom. The runners up will receive a book package from our competition supporters.

For further information, go to https://www.vate.org.au/story-miniature-2022-writing-competition or contact Mrs Dooling.

Robocup Junior is back!

Robocup Junior will be returning this year.The 2022 Horsham event has been confirmed and will take place on Monday, May 30th at the Lutheran school.

I am looking for students in Year 7 and 8 who are interested in creating robots with Lego and programming those robots to complete challenges. Click here for an example.

Sessions will run during lunchtime (at least once a week possibly two) to prepare for the event.

If you are interested you can email Mr Clusker (aclusker@stbc.vic.edu.au).

Teen Writing Bootcamps

Do you have a notebook full of script ideas? Have you dreamed of becoming a successful editor or been intrigued by the world of slam poetry?

Chase your passion and develop your skills with these digital resources, designed for budding writers of all backgrounds and levels!

The Teen Writing Bootcamps will run from March to June 2022. All Bootcamps are open to teens aged 13 to 18 years old from all around Australia. They are free to attend but require consent from a parent or guardian.

Don't miss your opportunity to strengthen your creative muscles!

1, 8, 15, 22 March: Contemporary fiction with Emily Gale

3, 10, 17, 24 March: Own voices writing with Nevo Zisin

26 April, 3, 10, 17 May: Science writing with Alicia Sometimes

28 April, 5, 12, 19 May: Screenwriting with Nova Weetman

24, 31 May, 7, 14 June: Non-fiction/journalism with Leah Jing McIntosh

26 May, 2, 9, 16 June: Slam poetry with Maxine Beneba Clarke

Visit Teen Writing Bootcamps - slv.vic.gov.au for more information.

If you attend any of these Bootcamps, Mrs Dooling (mdooling@stbc.vic.edu.au) would love to hear about it!

St Brigid's College Open Day 2022

Project Compassion

As you may already be aware of, we are currently in the season of Lent and each year the Catholic Church organisation (known as Project Compassion) raises funds for its missionary work in underprivileged countries of the world.

Each week, Bethany Arnup, our Student Faith and Mission Coordinator, will bring the Project Compassion donation box into Homeroom classes and ask students to please make a small donation. This is a very worthwhile cause and an opportunity for you to contribute to help those in need in other countries - especially remember the people in the Ukraine and Afghanistan.

If families would like to make a donation, please visit the front office and

Wellbeing Resources

Resources for Parents/Carers

How to talk to children about to the invasion of Ukraine, and why those conversations are important