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Newsletter Edition 7, May 17

Acting Principal's Message

Dear Emmanuel College Families,

I hope that this newsletter finds you well. The past week and a half has seen Warrnambool impacted significantly by a wave of COVID and an early bout of influenza which in some cases is quite severe. All this before we have even hit winter! Like many businesses and organisations Emmanuel has been impacted significantly with staff absence. Last Friday in particular was a very challenging day where we needed to cover over 70 classes across the course of the day. The College will continue to apply a range of creative strategies to deliver learning to our students. I ask for your support and understanding as there may be occasions where students will have a range of different teachers or may be required to have their class combined with other classes.

We are currently attempting to provide our students with all of the regular and fun extra-curricular activities that they gain so much enjoyment and growth from being involved in. This also has an impact on our staffing. If we reach critical levels of staff shortage and we are unable to cover all classes, as a last resort we may need to notify parents and students that a year level or two may need to complete an independent learning day remotely from home. Late last week students received enough boxes of rapid antigen test kits so that they can continue to complete twice weekly testing for the rest of Term two. I thank families for your ongoing support of the measures that are designed to help minimise the spread of COVID. I hope that if you or your family members do become impacted by illness that it is not too severe and your recovery is a swift one.

Diversity Month
Throughout the month of May we have been celebrating Diversity. Simply put, diversity is an array of people or things that are not all the same. It is our diversity that enriches our community. Over the past couple of weeks staff have been engaged in a number of professional learning sessions on learning, cultural and neuro diversity. All of these sessions are designed to ensure that our staff have a deeper knowledge and understanding of the young people that they have in their care. Today it was wonderful to see many students and staff wearing colourful ties and socks in support of Diversity Day. As much as diversity is an important concept to understand, to put it properly into practice, we must also consider inclusion. Belonging in the classroom means ensuring that all students feel welcomed, comfortable, and part of the school family. In order to learn, students need to feel safe, cared for, and emotionally connected to their teachers and each other. When students belong to an inclusive environment it allows them to feel confident in exploring new ideas, engaging in learning and being self-expressive.

PIVOT - Student Survey on Teaching
In the later part of Term one all students were provided with an opportunity to give their teachers some feedback through the PIVOT survey system. Teachers are provided with a set of data in which they analyse and then set goals to focus on throughout the year. We also receive whole school data which identifies the questions/areas that students rate the highest. In term one the top three highest scoring questions/areas for celebration were:

This teacher knows a lot about the topics in this class
I know how I am supposed to behave in class
This teacher respects me for who I am

This is our second year of conducting the survey and we value student voice and the opportunity for the learners in our classrooms to identify what is working well but also identifying areas for conversation. The students will complete a further round of feedback surveys in Semester Two.

Catholic Education Week
Next week we celebrate Catholic Education week and also acknowledge National Sorry Day and the beginning of Reconciliation week at our Semester One school assembly. All going well it will be wonderful to gather the school community as a whole for the first time this year. Next Thursday afternoon the College will host the Catholic Schools Network Mass for all staff in Catholic schools around the district. We look forward to celebrating Mass with Fr Laurie O’Toole in what will be one of his final college engagements prior to his well deserved retirement.

Year 7 2023
Finally, the offers of 2023 Year seven enrolment were emailed last week and offers need to be accepted by Friday May 27 to confirm and secure a place for next year. With close to 240 applications received there was significant pressure for the available places and enrolments that are not accepted and confirmed by May 27 will be made available to families who are waiting for second round offers. All enrolment enquires may be addressed to College Registrar, Jo-Anne Nelson.

Stay well and best wishes. Enjoy the week and all its diversity.

"Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptised by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many."
Corinthians 12:12-14

St. Joseph: Pray for us. May the spirit of Catherine McAuley and Edmund Rice guide us in all that we do. Amen.

Mr Michael Wrigley
Acting Principal

A Message from Mrs Claire Wrigley

Safe on Socials
We share this resource for parents in regards to safety for your child online. Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families from ‘Happy families podcast’ shares information for parents who just want answers now. For real and practicable advice from people who understand and appreciate the challenges of a time poor parents.

In this episode The Devious Device: A Conversation with Kirra Pendergast, explores a range of cyber safety topics that are an absolute must listen for all Educators and Parents across Australia (and the world!).

Within a short 18 minutes, you will have a plethora of information that will assist you in conversations around:

Airdropping & cyber flashing
Check your privacy settings
What not to do when a child reports an incident
Talk to your kids proactively
Turn it off, move away & talk to someone
Sextortion (combination of sexual & extortion)
Check in regularly with your kids & their social accounts

You can listen to the episode with Dr Justin Coulson and Kirra Pendergrast here

May - Diversity Month@Emmanuel
Throughout the month of May we are celebrating diversity within our school community. We are raising awareness about neuro-diversity, sexual diversity, learning diversity and cultural diversity.

We have had a staff PD day on learning diversity, students are participating in extended homeroom activities and our students were encouraged to wear colourful ties and socks on Tuesday May 17 for IDAHOBIT day. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia & Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) celebrates LGBTQIA+ people globally, and raises awareness for the work still needed to combat discrimination. We have one of our parents, Otha Akoch, sharing his story about culture and moving to Australia at our staff meeting this week. At the canteen students can purchase a meal each week from a different culture. We will also have a full school assembly during reconciliation week celebrating indigenous culture. By raising awareness of diversity within our school community it helps to continue to ensure that we are inclusive and supportive of all in our school community.

Fit4lfe Parent series

May 25 for Senior school parents - Sonia Karras - 7.00pm - 8.30pm on Safe Partying for Teenagers.
June 1 for Year 7 Parents - Time & Space - Mother/Female Mentor evening 7.00pm -9.00pm
June 16 - For all parents - Michelle Mitchell - Live webinar on Raising teeanagers, with a Q & A session to conclude the presentation.

Our Fit4Life team has many wonderful sessions to offer parents and students over this term.

One such evening open to all parents that is to be held in The Stage on June 16 at 7pm. Parents will receive an operoo with details and we ask you to RSVP to the event if you are planning on attending. Details and flyer about the event below-

Parenting Teenagers - An Event with Michelle Mitchell
Educator – Author – Speaker (B.Teach, Founder Youth Excel)

“They aren’t just any tween or teen.They are yours.

And that makes them the most important child in the world”

Michelle Mitchell is an award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author. She has been termed ‘the teenage expert’ by the media and is sought after for her compassionate and grounded advice for parenting tweens and teens. Michelle started her career as a teacher, but soon discovered a special interest in wellbeing. She left teaching in 2000 and founded Youth Excel, a ‘boutique’ health promotion charity which delivered tailor made life skills programs and psychological services to thousands of young people and their families each year. Today she uses her experience to write and speak in schools, community events and through media.

Michelle has curated a wonderful webinar for Emmanuel College Parents and staff and will be joining us live via Zoom (thank you Covid!) from sunny Queensland on the evening of June 16th at 7pm. You are invited to join us live at the Stage for this special event. There will be a Q&A session to follow the presentation.

What to Expect:
Parenting Teenagers
Entitlement. Irregular emotions. Obsession with social media. Premature discovery of sex. These are just a few of the issues that parents raising a new generation are dealing with. As a parent, navigating a healthy relationship with your son or daughter can be challenging if you don’t have the proper tools to communicate.

This presentation includes:

The stages of development that all teenagers experience
National statistics revealing the new culture our teenagers are living in
The importance of realistic expectations
The “he and she should” conversations we all have
Why connection is your only influence
How to teach respect for your time and money
Vital conversations about mood swings and overwhelming emotions
Setting up social media so it lasts the rockiest of the teen years
Why sass isn’t bad and how to best direct it

RSVP:

Please RSVP your attendance via Operoo by June 14th.

Mrs Claire Wrigley
Assistant Principal Students

Year 12 Retreat

The Year 12 cohort went to Southcombe Lodge, Port Fairy in the first week of May for their retreat experience. The place holds sentimental value for the group as it is where they began their Emmanuel journey with their Year 7 camp in 2017.

Over the course of the day and night, students had time to reflect on their time together as a year level and learn some valuable skills to help them navigate their final year of schooling. They were fortunate enough to have some Emmanuel alumni attend the retreat and pass on some wisdom about their journey post-secondary education. Finally, in true camping fashion, the students had a games/dress up evening where they were encouraged to spend some time with their classmates having fun.

Thanks to all the students for how well they engaged in the retreat experience. Thanks to the staff who attended retreat and made the experience possible.

Mr Sean Fitzgibbon
Head of Maguire House

Maths Competitions

University of Melbourne Mathematics Competition

How well can you problem solve? Can you answer the following question?

Super netball. The 2019 Australian Super Netball Competition kicked off four days ago, on the 27th of April. The top two teams of the regular season will play a best-of-five finals series, with the first team to win 3 games winning the flag. If the Melbourne Vixens play the NSW Swifts in the finals, and if both teams are equally matched (i.e., equally likely to win any particular game), what is the probability that the Vixens will win the flag after they have won the first game of the series? (Note: In Super Netball there are no draws.)

On Wednesday 4^th May the following students took part in the annual University of Melbourne Maths Competition.

Junior Division
Nate Hansford William Verhoef Angus Looney Sarita Mueglitz Lachlan Gome Bridget Graham Sienna Plozza William Furphy Belle Plozza Sam Anderson Georgia Ierodiaconou

Intermediate Division
Max Collins Matilda Woodward Will Callaghan Don Heenpalla Zoe Graham Jamieson Mueglitz Emma Gass Jeffrey Collins

Senior Division
Charlie Lynch Jamieson Turoczy

They were assigned seven ‘like questions’ in which they were required to state, as clearly as they could, the reasoning by which they arrived at their results. It was a great opportunity to develop their problem-solving skills and experience mathematical concepts applied to real-life scenario’s.

For many of the students, the two-to-three hour challenge was also a new experience. Everyone that participated are to be congratulated for their efforts.

AMT - Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Competition

Later in the afternoon our students were at it again taking part in the ‘The Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT)’ competition. The competition is a one-hour problem-solving test, designed to encourage student curiosity and promote multiple modes of thinking. Completed online, the test comprised of a mixture of multiple-choice and integer solutions and encouraged students to develop informal algorithms and apply them to test data of increasing size or complexity.

The following students took part in the event and are to be commended for their efforts:

Junior Division
Nate Hansford Angus Looney Sarita Mueglitz Lachlan Gome Bridget Graham Sienna Plozza William Furphy Belle Plozza Sam Anderson Hamiesh O’Connor Jasmine Emeny

Intermediate Division
Matilda Woodward Don Heenpalla Zoe Graham Jamieson Mueglitz Jeffrey Collins

Senior Division
Charlie Lynch

If you missed out on this opportunity, don’t worry as the Australian Mathematics Trust run a Mathematics focused competition later in the year during August.

Mr Richard Hodson
Mathematics Coordinator

Emmanuel Equestrian Team

After a long term and the ongoing disruption that COVID has caused I was slightly weary leaving school the last day of term and heading straight to Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre for the Petstock 2022 Equestrian State Championships.

On arrival it was already dark but the majority of the Emmanuel Team had already arrived setting up our camp for the week and securing yards for the horses. It was an early start on Saturday with all the team show jumping and the weather was even kind. I was very proud to see the team out supporting one another walking their courses together and then watching the many individual rounds. This was fitted in amongst volunteering to do jobs to support the event running, without this these events cannot run. Sunday brought more show jumping and a few even tried their hand at the sport horse events. Monday concluded the show jumping and saw the start of the dressage, with Tuesday being the final day our team competed in combined training.

RESULTS
Charlotte Dyson, Year 12, competed three horses across the competition. Here To Please (Secondary 100cm) , Custom Made (Secondary 90cm) and Say Something (Secondary 90cm). Custom Made, the best performed out of the three horses, placing in two out of the three rounds, with a 4th and 5th. Then to place 4th overall, also meaning a reserve spot for Nationals in September in Sydney.

Ella Gapes, Year 10, rode Ever So Clever in the secondary 90cm show jumping placing 34th overall out of 56 riders and also competed in sporting horse and won reserve champion in the Year 9 – 10.

Matilda Graesser, Year 8, rode Simply Max and competed in 90cm showjumping, prelim intermediate dressage coming 5th, and 95cm combined training coming 3rd and a reserve for nationals.

Sophie Gapes, Year 8, rode Dhary in the secondary 70cm show jumping placing 5th and 6th and 15th overall. She also competed in the combined training 80cm and placed 11th and In Sporting horse she got 3rd overall.

Bethany Dyson, Year 7, on Dream To Remember, competed in the Secondary 75cm. Across the three rounds, Bethany placed in two rounds, a 1st and a 5th, leading her to place 5th overall out of 75 other riders from across the state. Bethany also competed in the Sport Horse Championship coming 5th overall.

Bree Holscher, Year 7, rode Storm Haven Rattle and Hum and Pickpocket in the 75cm show jumping, placing 2nd on Storm Haven Rattle and Hum and overall championship 70cm show jumping 6th on Storm Haven Rattle and Hum .

It was a pleasure to watch the Emmanuel Equestrian Team throughout the event. The level of support demonstrated by them helping each other and the many volunteer jobs they did was phenomenal! The Emmanuel Equestrian Team placed sixth in the team placings for the state. Congratulations to Charlotte, Hannah and Bethany Dyson for also winning the Team Spirit Award.

I am pleased to add that I had the pleasure of supporting Matilda Graesser, Year 8, at Ballarat Horse Trials 6-8^th May where she competed on Simply Max in the EV 80 section. This was a qualifier for Victorian Interschools Equestrian Series in eventing. Matilda was running equal 4^th after dressage and went clear cross country but had a very unlucky rail in the show jumping subsequently placing 6^th.

Morven Reilly

Local Manufacturing Excursion

On Wednesday May the 11^th, both Year 10 Metalwork classes attended an excursion to visit three local manufacturing businesses with the aim of linking their classroom skills and processes to industry, developing an awareness of local careers and pathway opportunities within this field and developing relationships with these local employers.

Coordinated and funded by the Neil Porter Legacy organisation, the excursion began with a video conference between students and Dave Jones, the artist who created Sammy the Seal in Liebig St. Dave spoke to the students about how he linked his career in animation and design with fabrication to plan and create the Seal installation for the Warrnambool City Council. Students learnt that Dave used CAD to design and refine Sammy, then an origami program to deconstruct the design into 300 special metal plates which were laser cut and then MIG welded into the final shape. The seal took Dave about 4 weeks to build and it weighs around 600kg!

From here we split off into groups to explore South West Industries (SWI) and Tasweld. SWI are manufactures of sheet metal handling and preparation machines with a worldwide customer base and well-earned reputation as leaders in this field. The students were in awe of the complexity of the SWI machines and the size of this operation. They were given a thorough tour of the plant including explanations of all processes and production line sequencing. Luke and Jason carefully explained the roles of fabricators and operators in each section, their career paths and future opportunities for training. We spoke to the workers on the floor and heard some of their stories and what they love about their job and why they chose to work in this field. Highlights of this tour were seeing the physical size of the machines and learning about the opportunities to further education once inside this workplace.

At Tasweld, the students were given an overview of the business and a presentation on the role this company played in upgrades to the Mortlake natural gas power generation unit. Students saw and heard how fabricators met the challenges of removing and replacing a 400 tonne exhaust unit and a 400 tonne generator in what seemed like an impossible job that was completed over 12 weeks! Speaking to Tasweld employees, students were exposed to a day in the life of a welder and the types of huge range of projects they completed. Highlights of this tour were seeing the robotic welder in action and bumping into ex-student Harry Griffiths.

After a hearty feed of McDonald’s and KFC the classes were welcomed at Willies Manufacturing Industries (WMI) where Jason shut down his business to allow us all time for a tour and to interact with his staff. The students were able to hear about the constant evolution and refinement of the WMI Feedout Carts and how Jason works with his clients to continually improve his products. The welders in the workshop went into detail about how they use special jigs to speed up production and the finishing processes for the carts. Fabricators in this business were multiskilled and worked with welders, hydraulic equipment, machining plant and painting systems to complete the carts. Jason spoke to the whole group about his journey from employee to business owner and his passion for the industry and offered any student the opportunity for a work trial.

One common theme from the experience was that employers were seeking young people with a positive attitude to work and personal growth above any certain skillsets or abilities. The business owners reinforced their desire to hire and train locals and encouraged the kids on the tour to consider pathways within their industry and to arrange job trials. At the end of the day the students thanked Matt Porter for the opportunity to visit these busy workplaces. Matt addressed the classes and explained that through his role with the Neil Porter Legacy he was here to work with careers officers to assist students with making informed career choices by arranging industry experiences like this tour. Matt is passionate about local industry and through his connections continues to work with students, educators and businesses to help all parties prosper and we look forward to many more experiences like this. The event was generously funded by a Wannon Water Ripple Effect Grant.

Mr Ben McKenzie
Design & Technology Coordinator

Actioning Education for All - Staff PD Day

The “Actioning Education For All’ staff Professional development day was held on Friday May 6. The purpose of the day was to reflect and learn how we can continue to respect and value diversity, ensuring we are providing an education for all that encompasses the physical, cognitive, social and emotional wellbeing of our students. It also allowed our staff to consider contributions we can make to further enhance the learning environment.

Staff were given an invaluable opportunity to partake in training and in the words of some of our teaching staff after the day, not only was it “nourishment for the mind, heart and soul to be all back together again physically at tables/in teams & workshops, with a common purpose and opportunities to reconnect after such a long time,” but also that staff were “impressed with the expertise shared today. We have such an amazing wealth of knowledge and understanding of different aspects of Education in our community at Emmanuel.”

The day began with Learning Diversity Coordinator Stacey Baker launching a new Learning Diversity Charter, which aligns with the Leadership and Teacher Charters of Emmanuel College. The Learning Diversity team worked together at the end of 2021 to unpack the role of a Learning Diversity Assistant and how they work together to support students, teachers and families. The charter outlines best practice and provides a means of continued reflection on how to engage students in their learning.

The day then continued with a series of four workshops:

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER presented by Andrea Lane
This workshop provided learning, discussion and exploration of practical strategies to use in the classroom to support students with autism.

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION (Removing barriers to improve student outcomes) & Assistive Technology presented by Emmanuel College Learning Diversity Coordinator Chamon Vogels
This workshop was a further exploration into the meaning of Inclusive Education - inclusive practices and a philosophy of thinking about people, diversity, learning & teaching. It provided an opportunity to view diversity through a different lens and how to remove barriers for students to improve their learning experience and outcomes. Staff were shown tips from the Universal Design for Learning Framework to complement their existing teaching practice, and were then shown demonstrations on how to use Assistive technology on MAC computers - tools that are for all students to utilise to support their learning.

ANXIETY/PANIC/ADHD presented by Emmanuel College Psychologist Jodie Fleming
This workshop unraveled the difference between anxiety and panic, and how to support students who experience these human emotional responses. Staff then looked at how ADHD presents and how to support students exhibiting these behaviours in a learning environment.

TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICE presented by Emmanuel College Wellbeing Coordinator Rachele Sloane
Around one in five students will have experienced a traumatic event in their lifetime. Trauma can impede all areas of student functioning including social, academic and in activities of daily living. This workshop covered what trauma looks like in the classroom and provided tools and resources to support teachers and students to function better at school and in life.

Staff then spent the afternoon completing the Disability Standards for Education e-learning modules. This course enables staff to uphold their legal obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and The Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards). The modules focus on providing a fair access to education for students with disabilities.

Teachers were asked to reflect on how they promote Inclusive practices into their teaching and learning programs:

NCCD PARENT INFORMATION FACT SHEET

Fact sheet for parents, guardians and carers

NDIS Victorian Pathway to Post School Life: ONLINE VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION

The National Disability Insurance Agency would like to invite Victorian students with a disability in Years 9 -12, their parents, carers and education professionals, to attend a virtual information session about building skills and paving a pathway to post-school life. This is to be held on May 26 from 7-9pm. Register here:

Chamon Vogels & Stacey Baker
Learning Diversity Coordinators

Raising Awareness of Social Justice Issues

Students and staff have been generous during term one and two raising awareness of social justice issues and fundraising for people experiencing a range of hardships.

A significant event that Emmanuel has been involved in over many years is Project Compassion, which is a major annual appeal during the season of Lent. Lent is a time of reflection and looking beyond ourselves, and it is in this spirit that students participated in a number of events to assist others.

This year the theme was ‘for all future generations’, prompting us to consider the consequences of our decisions and actions, as well as appreciating all that we have.

Year 12 RE staff and students planned and participated in Caritas Ks - a fun activity where they carried buckets of water around a course on the oval, to gain a deeper understanding of the hardships many people face with everyday tasks and access to basic human rights such as water. Students walked a total of 50 kilometres in 30 minutes – a great insight into the distances travelled by people every day to access clean water.
This also linked strongly with their work in RE classes, discovering more about the life and actions of Jesus, and how we can apply his example to our lives as global citizens.

Thanks to Year 12 RE staff, leaders and students, and in particular, Mr & Mrs Wrigley who did a considerable amount of planning for the event.

The Vinnies/Social Justice group also did a fabulous job planning, baking and selling items at the cake stall at the Athletics. Well done on your generosity and willingness to help out. Half the funds raised at the stall were distributed to local families via the local Vinnies conference, with the remainder donated to Project Compassion.

As part of the ‘National day of action against bullying’, the wellbeing team decided to generously donate funds raised from the casual clothes day to Project Compassion, which will greatly benefit a range of people and projects in areas of need in Australia and overseas.

All of these events, plus individual donations, raised over $1800 for people in need.

Thanks to everyone for your generosity!

Jacinta Skilbeck
Social Justice and Service Coordinator

Studying Visual Perception

As part of the curriculum in Year 11 Psychology students study Visual Perception. This involves studying the structure of the eye, how it works and then how individuals perceive things differently. Recent class activities involved making puzzles and relating this to the processes we consider.

Kristy Cameron
Teacher

Living Sustainably

The introduction and transition to sustainable living and permaculture practice elective this year has seen the first class experience a very busy and productive first semester so far. Based on the 12 guiding principles of permaculture, students initially planted out the garden beds with the intention of rotating main crops to ensure key nutrients are either replenished or utilised with each rotation, reducing the need for synthetic fertilisers. Students selected key vegetables and herbs that will compliment their chicken dinner later in the semester. Yes, that’s right we’re raising both egg laying and meat chickens who were kindly donated to the school by Kaz’s Googs at Heywood and Humpy Creek Produce. The 10 egg laying Isa Browns should begin laying eggs shortly and the meat chickens, which arrived during May Race week will be ready for production in the next month just in time for students to also harvest their vegetable crops and create their chicken dinner. By doing so students learn how they can be self-sustaining, reduce the energy consumption required to do so, and produce a yield with little external input e.g. fertilizers.

In addition to the chickens, where students have created a deep leaf litter system in the coop to create compost, which will then be utilised throughout the school for adding nutrient rich soil to the gardens, we have continued with a focus on nutrient cycles by exploring aquaponics. Aquaponics is a fusion of hydroponics and aquaculture, which harnesses the nitrogen created by the fish in the water to feed the vegetable and plant crops in the adjoining growing beds. Students began with a small scale version using goldfish, herbs and ornamental plants, and have most recently upscaled to rainbow trout in an identical large system. We hope to harvest the fish at the end of year in addition to the vegetable crops this system produces throughout.

With a focus on consuming what you produce students have created herbal teas, dehydrated apples making apple chips, brewed kombucha and flavoured it with the fruits they already grow at home, and finally they have tried their hand at making their own yogurt, which was a complete hit! Most recently we visited the Warrnambool Community Garden to gain further knowledge and ideas as to how we can continue to develop our skills and add to our garden. This has led to the creation of an assessment task that will see the students work in groups to develop a proposal for a committed permaculture garden as part of the continued works in the development of the McAuley and future 9@Rice campus. Students will consider how our elders at Mercy Place and the wider school community could access and use the garden to benefit their health and wellbeing and studies. This task will challenge students and encourage them to take all they have learned throughout the unit and apply it to a real life situation knowing the benefits to people and places by following the principles of permaculture.

Mrs Suzie Wellens
Science & Laboratory Coordinator

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Sports Update

Junior Winter Sport
On May 3rd the college was represented by a range of teams across five different sports in Junior Winter sports. Congratulations to all who participated and goodluck to those who now progress to Region level throughout this term and early next term. These teams are listed below

Year 7 and Year 8 Girls Netball
Year 7 and 8 Football will now play St Josephs in a double header
Year 8 Boys/Mixed Soccer

Once again good luck to these teams and we look forward to seeing them represent the school at higher levels.

Premier League Football Round 1
On Wednesday the 4th of May our Senior Boys Football team took on Maribyrnong College at the Reid Oval in Round 1 of Senior Boys Football. In slightly greasy conditions, Emmanuel got off to a fast start kicking the first 4 goals of the game. As the match progressed it became clear that the teams overlap run from the back half lead by Ethan Boyd and ground level skills forward of the ball shown by Connor Byrne (3 goals) and Henry Rhodes would continue to provide opportunities to score. In the end the college ran out winners in a terrific first up performance 9 -15=69 to 4 - 4=28. The Senior boys team will now take on Rowville Secondary College on Wednesday the 18th of May once again at the Reid Oval.

Goals
Byrne-3 Radley 2- O’Donnell-1 Hoffman-1 M.Lloyd-1 Pollack-1

Best
E.Boyd, R.Mast, H.Rhodes, S. Lucardie, C.Byrne, H.Keast

WD Cross Country
On the 9th of May the College was represented by over 70 students at the WD Cross Country held at Jellie Reserve in Woodford. Throughout the afternoon there were some terrific performances resulting in Emmanuel taking out the School Championship. Goodluck to the 73 students who now progress to Region Cross Country held at Deakin University on May 30th.

Senior Boys Tennis
Our Senior Boys Tennis team played in the State finals in Melbourne yesterday. They ended up finishing in a Semi Final. The team was represented by Thomas Gedye, Charlie Lynch, Max Phillips and Isaac Brian.

Congratulations to all students on their great performances and representing Emmanuel College with pride.

Mr Alastair Templeton
Sports Coordinator

CBC Catch-Up

CBC boys from all generations joined us in the Emmanuel Centre to get together with classmates over a drink for our annual event – the CBC Catch-Up. It is always wonderful to see all the boys reconnect as they run into an old friend they have not seen in years, or regale each other in tales of the school yard.

As part of the event, we were very grateful to welcome back Paul Tobias as our guest speaker. Paul was Deputy Principal during the final years of CBC and the early years of Emmanuel College. His speech reflected on his days in Warrnambool, particularly noting the work and unforgettable characters of past principal Br John Wright, and staff Br Tuck, John Hingston and Paul Glynn. His moving account of his career beyond Warrnambool, had the audience in quiet awe.

Photos from the event can be found in our online gallery

Candice Hampstead
Alumni Coordinator

Library News

National Simultaneous Storytime
This year National Simultaneous Storytime takes place on Wednesday May 25 across Australia.

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Now in its 22nd successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age-appropriate themes and addresses key learning areas.

Each year, interested publishers send in possible titles. From a practical perspective, the publisher has to be able and willing to provide copyright release for use of the illustrations, book projection, translation into other languages and performance. The publisher also needs to commit to a special print run of several thousand copies. This narrows down the options. The criteria for choosing from the remaining books include: a positive storyline; appeal to a modern and diverse audience; suitability for read-aloud (language and length); how well the book lends itself to craft and other activities.

This year the book chosen for National Simultaneous Storytime is:

Family Tree, written by Josh Pyke and illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh.

A book celebrating family, community and the seasons of life.

https://shop.scholastic.com.au/Product/100098751

Students at Emmanuel College will have the opportunity to participate in National Simultaneous Storytime on May 25. Year 8 English classes will take part in reading the book as they prepare to write and illustrate their own picture book as part of their English studies.

Deakin University/QUT Teen Reading Surveys
Two classes from each year level are participating in a research project with Deakin University and QUT. The classes who are participating are:

Year 7: Ms Hetherington, Ms Hales
Year 8: Ms Vogels, Ms Hetherington
Year 9: Mr Laidler, Mr Laidler
Year 10: Ms Hodson, Ms Davies
Year 11: Ms Ryan, Ms Andreou
Year 12: Ms Ryan, Ms Tims

Information has been sent to participating students and their families. This project is being undertaken across Australia and Emmanuel College is pleased to be involved, helping us to gain some insights in to teen reading. Surveys will be completed in the next week or so.

If you would like to know more about the research and meet the researchers, you can watch this short video

Parent/Guardian Reading Forum
On Wednesday June 8 there will be an opportunity for parents/guardians to learn more about reading and discuss helpful tips they have found for young readers.

The session will be conducted from 5.00-6.00pm in the McAuley Library.

If you would like to attend, please email Margaret Sinnott msinnott@emmanuel.vic.edu.au

The forum is open to parents/guardians with students in any year level.

Year 7 and 8 Journal Club
Journal Club is back. We will be having three sessions during Term 2. The dates are:

Tuesday May 24, 31 and June 7. Time: 3.45-4.30pm

Students can email msinnott@emmanuel.vic.edu.au if they would like to participate.

Mrs Margaret Sinnott
Library Coordinator

Food Allergy Week – 22-28 May 2022

Australia has the highest incidence of food allergy in the world, and it’s growing at a rapid rate. We estimate that there are 800,000 Australians with a diagnosed food allergy, and many more undiagnosed. Food Allergy Week is an initiative of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia and is dedicated to promoting community understanding of food allergy to help protect those at risk. During Food Allergy Week, Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia is calling on all Australians to unite to help increase awareness and share information on what we can do to improve safety for people who live with food allergies. Useful resources can be found at:

Food Allergy Awareness factsheet

250K provides age-appropriate information and resources to assist young people who are living with severe allergies, and to help them to feel more connected with other teens and young adults going through similar experiences in a fun but informative way.

MyEpiPen is an online resource dedicated to helping with the management of Anaphylaxis, including a reminder program for recording expiry dates for an EpiPen.

As per the Emmanuel College Anaphylaxis Management Policy, it is the responsibility of parents/guardians whose child is at risk of Anaphylaxis to:

obtain the ASCIA Action Plan from their child’s medical practitioner and provide a copy to the College as soon as practicable;
immediately inform the College in writing if there is a change in their child’s medical condition, relating to allergy and the potential for anaphylactic reaction, and if relevant obtain an updated ASCIA Action Plan;
provide the College with an adrenaline autoinjector that is current and not expired for their child; and
participate in annual reviews of their child’s plan.

Suzanne Dwyer
Principal's Secretary

Year 9 Drama

Students in Mrs Foard's Year 9 Drama class have been acting out a preamble. Below is a scene that students Jess Bushell and EJ Gass have described.

Jess and I have chosen the Mercutio death scene, act 3, scene 1. In this scene Tybalt comes to fight Romeo, Romeo refuses, so Mercutio gets involved. Mercutio ends up getting injured, leading to his tragic death.

We are portraying this scene based off of Baz Luhrmann’s version, with some added dialogue from the original script. We chose this scene because of how moving it can be. The emotions are high, with beautiful language, it is a very memorable scene. It’s also a major turning point for Romeo, he develops in the story because of this scene.

This scene is highly dramatic, Mercutio goes through many emotions, he has waves of denial, panic, anger, sadness and disappointment. Romeo has a similar pattern, with his major feelings being regret and sadness. At the very end of the scene, Romeo becomes extremely angry, causing some reckless behaviour later on.

Some challenges we faced in this scene were balancing the emotions of both characters, they both are thinking many things at the same time. When Mercutio is angrily accusing Romeo, Romeo is upset, confused and starting to feel regret. We had to match our emotions to the way the other character was interacting. When Romeo didn't show to mercutio that he was worried about him, Mercutio retaliated, he became angry and upset.

One of my favourite lines is when Romeo says, “my reputation stain’d by Tybalt's slander.” It shows he has trouble thinking of someone other than himself, when he should be with his best friend in his dying moments. He instead is speaking of how this will look bad for him.

My favourite line is when Mercutio says “No, tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but tis enough.'' Mercutio is trying to explain to Romeo he is injured. He is saying that his cut is not very deep or wide, but it is definitely enough to kill him.

We have tried to portray a scene where our characters accurately react to one another, with dramatic and emotional acting. We enjoyed all aspects of bringing this scene to life.

Jess Bushell and EJ Gass

Career News

Open Days
Most universities in Australia have Open Days of some description. Some provide Campus Tours and other options. Many also have Information Sessions for specific groups of people such as future students and parents. It is a great opportunity to speak with experts from a range of faculties and not only gather information on courses but what accommodation is like on campus and scholarships that may be available. Further information can be found here

St Mary’s Residential College
St Mary's is an academic residential college, affiliated with the University of Melbourne. With 161 students, St Mary's is a medium-sized College. This means that it's small enough to get to know everyone but large enough to gain a wide range of friends. St Mary's places great emphasis on the education and development of the whole person - and as such, they encourage the pursuit of academic excellence, while enjoying the many social, sporting, cultural, and spiritual opportunities on offer.

On Wednesday the 1st of June Dr. Darcy McCormack (Principal) will be making a presentation in the Wynton Theatre at 1.00pm. He will speak further on accommodation, student engagement, and scholarships that are available to students, although affiliated with the University of Melbourne, they have certainly in the past offered accommodation to students that attend other colleges, this is certainly a must to attend.

Weekly Newsletter
Topics this week:

Apply for university now! 6 universities have early entry programs open now
UCAT ANZ – students applying for medicine and/or dentistry
IT and Accounting scholarship programs now open at University of Technology Sydney

Amazing career expos
Careers in business and commerce
Amazing business courses that offer up to a year of industry experience
Careers with the Australian Federal Police
Natural health courses
Explore university and TAFE courses
Regional University Centres
Parent information session – how to support your child’s career development
The Victorian Indigenous Engineering Winter School
Monash University competitions and programs

For further information visit our careers website

Mr David Gladman
Student Pathways & Careers Leader

Upcoming Events

Tuesday May 17
VCAL Budj Bim Excursion
1.50pm Year 10 Macbeth performance by Complete Works

Wednesday May 18
Year 12 Top Arts Excursion - Melbourne
11.00am Senior Boys Premier League Football

Friday May 20
VCE Drama Top Act Excursion - Melbourne
Voice Choir Incursion

Monday May 23
Week 5A
Catholic Education Week
WD Intermediate and Senior Winter Sports
11.15am Year 7 Cyber Safety Talk

Tuesday May 24
Catholic Education Week

Wednesday May 25
Catholic Education Week
1.45pm Year 11 Fit4life session - Paul Watkins
1.45pm Year 12 Fit4life session - Sonia Karas
7.00pm Parent Presentation - Safe Partying for teenagers

Thursday May 26
Catholic Education Week
9.00am Whole School Assembly - Reconciliation Week

Friday May 27
Catholic Education Week
Ethics Olympiad
12.45pm Try A Career Day