The View

From the Deputy Principal

The 2020 academic year has started with a wonderful atmosphere, the students have begun the year with enthusiasm and reenergised to face the challenges of 2020!  The College Leaders opened our College year at our Opening Assembly last Friday with a wonderful speech about the Student Leaders theme for 2020 “Here is Home”.  The College Leaders also received their badges and Mrs Nolan and I are looking forward to working with this passionate group of young women.

 

The first whole school event will be the College Opening Mass and will be held next Friday 21 February and will be a faith-filled celebration at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 11.30am. All students will be bused to and from the event so please avoid appointments at this time. 

2020 Student Planners

Signed by Friday 21 February

 

Year 3 - Year 10 students have received a copy of the Mount Carmel College Student Planner for 2020. The Planner is an excellent tool to assist with student organisation, communication between the College and home, and it is a good source of information about College procedures and expectations; from what to do if you have an appointment during the day, to Mobile Phone and Homework Policies.

 

The ‘Communication Protocol’ flowchart on page 24 has been designed to assist parents/carers, students and teachers with the process for communicating within the College should you or your daughter have any concerns.  The flowchart has been split into two parts Student Learning Concerns (academic progress) and Student Care & Wellbeing and/or other concerns.  The following pages 25 -26 are designed to assist Primary and Secondary students on who to see if they have a learning or wellbeing concern

 

This year the Planner has been designed by Learning Curve with Positive Education focus and has been designed to assist students in this area, with tips on time management, creating positive relationships, bouncing back from challenges, cyber safety, dealing with harassment and who to see if they have a problem.  The setting of goals is another tool that students can use in pursuit of academic, co-curricular, sport and exercise goals and this is outlined on pages 48 – 49.  Students in all year levels spend some time in class to identify and focus on these each term.  At the end of each term, students will reflect on their goals to assess their progress towards achieving them.

 

Whether you are new to the College or returning in 2020, please take some time at the start of the year to read the information provided in the Planner and sign (parents and students) the coloured slip sent home last week to indicate your support of the policies and procedures outlined.  This sign off is to be completed by this Friday 21 February and provides an opportunity for students to collect a point for their House if completed by this date.

College Photograph Day - Friday 28 February

This week, the photo day information will be sent to parents/carers via Ed Smart, including the unique shoot key code. This code is needed to make purchases of the College photos. If misplaced, this information is available from the College Office. 

 

All students must be in full Summer Uniform for photographs.  Please avoid making any appointments that require students to leave the College during photograph day, as it is not possible to adjust the schedule to accommodate individuals.  All students will be in the class photos and will have an individual photo taken even if a photo package is not being purchased.

 

All family photos will be taken before school on the same day, Friday 28 February, in the Cahill Centre from 8.00am - 8.40am. All family members must be in full summer uniform and photographs will then be taken in order of arrival. This may mean that some Primary and Secondary students may need to change into their HPE uniform after their photo has been taken.

 

If you would like a family photo taken, you will first need to collect, or ask your child to collect, an order envelope from the College Office. This allows families to either pay in cash or online. All orders must be placed no later than 9.00am on Thursday 27 February. If you pay online, students must bring the family envelope with them to the family photo as the envelope needs to be handed to the photographer. 

 

Sports teams and co-curricular group photographs will be taken in Term 3.

Year 7 – 10 Clan Wellbeing and Goal Setting Conferences

The Year 7 – 10 evening is scheduled on Tuesday 25 February from 3.40pm – 7.30pm and is designed for Clan teachers to meet with parents/carers and your daughter/s to discuss her goals for 2020.  All parents/carers will receive correspondence via EdSmart regarding the online booking system and how to make a booking for the 10-minute conferences.

 

If you required a longer time slot please contact Hannah Legge at the College Office.  The Heads of House (Carmel – Lynda Hewitt, Loreto – Lynda Hudson and Lourdes – Phoebe Wootton) will all be available for conversations on this evening as well.

Immunisations - Years 7 and 10

Immunisation consent forms were distributed last week for Year 7 and 10 students.  The Hobart City Council immunisation programme will be held at Mount Carmel on Wednesday 18 March 2020. For Year 7 students, this is for HPV1 (Human Papillomavirus) and dTpa (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertusis) and for Year 10 students it is the Meningococcal (ACWY) Nimenrix vaccination.

 

Only those students who have returned their consent forms will be immunised. The return date is Wednesday 19 February and late forms will not be accepted by the Council.

School Uniform

The time and effort that has gone into back-to-school preparations is very apparent in students’ presentation and clearly a great deal of care has been taken with books, bags, boaters and all other belongings.

 

Please ensure that all school belongings are clearly named with permanent marker or securely fixed name tags. As students settle into the new school year it is not unusual to quickly build a stock pile of new uniform items, which have been left in the College grounds or corridors and are unable to be returned because they are nameless. Thank you in anticipation of your efforts to keep lost property to a minimum.

A few reminders:

  • Secondary students involved in three or more College activities in one day, requiring the wearing of College Sports Uniform, may request a Uniform Exemption Card, giving them permission to wear their College Tracksuit to and from school.
  • Secondary students in Term 2 and 3 may wear full College tracksuit to the College when the student has two periods (minimum) of sport-related lessons.
  • College bike shorts/leggings are not to be worn to and from the College they are only to be worn in PE lessons.
  • Students involved in after school training or sports competitions may wear full sports uniform home.
  • A high standard of personal presentation is expected of students at all times and care should be taken to keep uniforms in good condition. If a uniform is soiled or damaged and requires repair or cleaning, the complete reverse season uniform is to be worn, not the sports uniform, e.g. the summer uniform is to be worn if the winter uniform is being cleaned/repaired.
  • All students must ensure their summer and winter uniforms are worn at knee length.
  • A small pair plain silver or gold sleepers or studs, including small pearls and clear diamante, may be worn (only one earring per lobe).  One clear plastic piercing retainer is permitted.  No other facial piercings are permitted. 

Sun Hats

The College Sun Safety Policy requires each student to wear a College sun hat at recess and lunch time, and for any outdoor lessons or activities, in Term One and Term Four.  While most students readily comply with this expectation, some continue to report that they don’t yet have a hat this year, and they find themselves spending recess and lunch breaks in designated ‘sun safe’ areas.

 

Lyndal Tewes

Deputy Principal