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ISSUE 11 THURSDAY 26th APRIL, 2007
FROM THE PRINCIPAL College and, most importantly, her care and compassion for kids. We wish
June (and husband Jim) a well-deserved retirement.
Dear Parents
Welcome back to everyone after what I hope has been a good break; I’m
looking forward to another productive term. All of our students look very
smart in their transition to winter uniform - thank you to all parents and
students for supporting the College uniform policy.
END OF TERM ASSEMBLY
Speaking of staff, this term we welcome back Mrs Rachael O’Brien (Year
Three) and Mr Paul Alteri (Year Eleven) – it’s good to have them back with
us!
Best wishes to all for Term Two.
Tony Curry
As usual, last term finished with a K – 12 assembly on the final day. Principal
Congratulations are extended to the following students who received a
Principal’s Award:
Year One: Declan Jilbert Year Two: Alexander D’Rosario
Year Three: Emily Lwin Year Four: Joshua Donovan BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Year Five: Andy Thai Nguyen Year Six: Cameron James Congratulations are extended to the following students who celebrated
Year Seven: Daniel Younger Year Eight: Kevin Tran birthdays over the holiday break:
Year Nine: Alex Best Year Ten: Jaydon Barlow-Widdicombe
Year Eleven: Matthew Nichols Year Twelve: Maribelle Salinas Brandon Le KR; Michael Sidoti 8C; Lisa-Jane Martin 10C; Joyce Palma 12A;
Calen Duffy PB; Sarah Panting 4B; Amy Knights 8A; Jodie Knights 8A;
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Alanna Amoroso 8O; Michelle Tilaka 9M; Dario Juric 10A; Chad Bergman
Elsewhere in this newsletter are details of the parent/teacher meetings (JLC 11C; Mitchell Martin 11M; Hieu Dong 2R; John Gabriel 7L; Joanna Mac 7S;
& MLC) that will be held next Tuesday. All parents are encouraged to make Minh Tran 8A; Layne Gasper 9A; Lyna Dieu 9F; Anthony Giovenco 11C;
appointments with the relevant teachers – there is little doubt that your Leanne Tran 11F; Clelia Achilli KB; Clifford Phung 6R; Natilie Nguyen 8C;
children’s best results are achieved only when home and school work Tea Babic 8F; Teagan Wallis 9O; Brendan Daniels 11C; Savilla Jansen 11C;
together. Isabella Faure 6R; Amie Stone 11MC; Jessica Terranova 12F; Han Lee KB;
Kyelen Glossop PR; Viviene Nguyen 7Y; Alexis Glew 8F; Julie Nguyen 9MC;
MERCY COLLEGE A FAIR TRADE SCHOOL Mary Buli 8C; Tayla Dunstan 8O; Alex Finlay 8O; Jeromie Castillo 9M;
Did you know that an announcement has been made that Mercy College is Shannon Pettit 10M; Helen Le 11F; Maddyson Wallis 2R; Jess Bravo 9A;
the first Fair Trade school in Australia? Fair Trade contributes to sustainable Ross De Domenico 9C; Eldric Nicomedes 11O; Francine De Gaye 12MC;
development by offering better trading conditions to marginalised producers Johnson Lam 6R; Jessica Alexander 11C; Amy McEnaney 12O; Charlize
and workers who are usually situated in Africa or South America. Fairtrade Dudek KB; Jake Semini 9F; Tiana Hall 10O; Rebecca Wyllie 8M; Casey
products (coffee, tea & chocolate products are the most well-known) are now Martin 9M; Michael Huynh 9MC; Alan Conticello 10A; Sakura Htoo Htoo
available in supermarkets. You can find out more on www.fairtrade.com.au 8MC; Mikael Dailey 11MC; Claude Giovenco 4R; Sonia Karia 10M; Jennifer
Abel 11MC; Asha Nicotra 1R; Hannah Tilak 2B; Isabella Torretti 2B; Kirulus
Next week marks the beginning of ‘Fair Trade Fortnight’ and this year Mercy
Divanian 3B; Verra Divanian 3B; Anita Divanian 3R; Yervant Divanian 3R;
College will be hosting a guest speaker. Guillermo Vargas, a coffee farmer
Charmaine Al-Hussein 10A; Andrej Senic 11C; Isabella Napoli 3R; Sacha
from Costa Rica, will be speaking at our College next Monday 30th April at
Thomas 6B; Kevin Tran 8F; Blessing Murombedzi 11M; Nadia Nesevski PB;
1.30pm in our chapel. Parents are most welcome to attend.
Tatjana Apostoloski 7L; Dylan Shepherd 10MC; Xander Henbury PB; Joshua
STAFFING Harbor 4B; Melissa Treloar-Rush 8M; Emma Walker 9O; Aru Wade 12F; Mia
At the end of last term we farewelled a long-standing staff member, Mrs June Wolski 3B; Antonio Glavinceski 8M; Katrina Lambert 9C; Stephanie Glew
Barns. June began at Mercy College back in 1981 and fulfilled a number of 10F; Jessica Asbury 11A; Theresa Nguyen 11C; Ayen Deng 11MC; Steven
roles including Year Coordinator and Deputy Principal. June was known for To 6B; Donnie Secillano 7Y; Yashar Aghdasi Yekta 11MC.
her outstanding professionalism, her passion for teaching, her love of Mercy
CREATING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR
JUNIOR LEARNING CENTRE COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR CHILDREN
MERCY GAMES Find special times to talk with your children
At the end of Term One, the JLC held its annual Mercy Games which was a As your children grow through the years they may start to spend more time
highlight for staff, students and parents. The day consisted of tabloid sports talking with their peers. Try to find some special time just to talk with each of
such as sack races, egg and spoon races, tug–of–war and various relays your children.
and included students from all year groups. Fun was the main ingredient for Ask your children specific, rather than general questions
the day and judging by the smiles was enjoyed by all who attended. Thank Specific questions will encourage your children to carry on a conversation
you to the JLC staff for organising such a wonderful day and to the parents e.g. “how did you go playing football today?” rather than “how was school
who came along to cheer and support our young Mercy athletes. The casual today?”
atmosphere was continued with families enjoying morning tea under the Listen to your child without interruption
shade of the trees. This will encourage your children to tell their story. It also shows your
children that you value what they have to say.
Repeat back what you heard your child say
Summing up what you heard your child say allows them to know that you
have understood what they were saying.
Keep talking even if your child won’t talk with you
Even when you think that your child is not listening to you keep on talking.
They are learning and trying to develop their own views of the world and may
at times disagree with or criticise what you are saying.
Laugh a little and admit your own mistakes
The use of humour is a useful tool at times to settle disagreements or
misunderstandings. Remember that your children can be a great source of
knowledge when you are not too sure or get something wrong. Remember to
ask them for help.
Mrs Jennie Jago: Director of Mission
NURSE NEWS
Cervical cancer vaccine - A reminder to students that all completed consent
forms must be returned to the Care Centre as soon as possible. The first
immunisations will be done on Tuesday 22nd May. Any queries, please
contact Ms Alison Roberts (School Nurse) on 9247 9216.
Ms Alison Roberts: School Nurse
MIDDLE LEARNING CENTRE
YEAR EIGHT CAMP
CARE CENTRE NEWS
To all members of the Mercy College community, welcome back to Term Two.
To the students in our care, here’s hoping and praying that you have returned
refreshed, renewed and ready for the many teaching and learning challenges
that lay ahead. Let us pray that it is a fruitful time of learning and growth for all
students.
The following are some upcoming events:
Anzac Day Remembrance Service (Friday 27th April at 10.00 am on
the main oval)
Year 11 Retreat (3rd & 4th May)
Year 7 Confirmation Commitment Mass (12th & 13th May)
Year 7 Confirmation Mass (25th May) The annual Year Eight camp was held from April 2nd to 4th at the Ern Halliday
Archbishop Barry Hickey’s Lifelink Appeal (6th June) Recreation Camp. We were all very excited about attending and were not
Year 10 Loving for Life Program (commencing 18th June) disappointed. Some favourite activities included the ‘Big Swing’, abseiling
and a game called ‘Lost Pilot’ which involved lots of teamwork. The food IMPORTANT DATES
was great, healthy and plentiful and included some delicious chocolate cake. • SLC exams for Years 10-12 will be held in Weeks 7 and 8 of this
In the evenings we played Bingo and theatre sports and watched movies. term.
Thank you to all the staff who organised and attended the camp – we really • SLC photos are on Wednesday May 2nd (Week Two). Students
enjoyed ourselves, learnt a lot about each other and made new friends. need to be in full College winter uniform (including blazer) and
Natilie Nguyen, Emma Gebbie, Loren McCavanagh and Ashleigh Peck personal grooming needs to be immaculate.
Mr Kevin Sheehy: Head of Senior Learning Centre
THANK YOU
Sincere thanks go to everyone involved in our Year 7 and 8 Camps in Term PREVENT ALCOHOL RELATED TRAUMA IN
One. Both were a GREAT success! Thank you to all staff who attended and YOUTH
also to those who ‘held the fort’ back at school. A special thank you to Ms Before the end of Term One, we went to Royal Perth Hospital to learn about
Carmel Lucas and Ms Cathy Santarelli for their exceptional organisation in the risks and consequences of drink/drug driving. We started the ‘tour’ of the
ensuring such successful camps hospital with various videos and talks, many of which were quite gruesome.
After that we had various demonstrations, which seemed quite silly, but were
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TERM TWO actually teaching us valuable lessons.
Welcome back! I hope everyone has had a restful break and is ready to After morning tea (which was provided by the hospital), we went through
tackle Term Two with energy and enthusiasm. As usual the school is a busy some of the different wards and learnt what to do in case of emergency and
place, so please mark these dates for your calendar. the different types of equipment used and learn how to use them.
Wk Date Activity Information After that, we walked around the hospital and went down to the Intensive
1 Wed 25th April ANZAC Day Public Holiday Care Unit (ICU) to see the patients who had accidents such as motor vehicle
1 Fri 27th April ANZAC Day Service 10.00 am
crashes caused by drink driving. We also visited the helipad and spoke to
main oval
2 Mon 30th April MLC Student Photos Full Winter
patients and saw x-rays of various fractures and dislocations. We ate lunch
Uniform while being bandaged as though we were patients in the ICU and it was
2 Tues 1st May Parent/Teacher 7.00pm – 9.00pm loads of fun.
Interview We then went to Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital to visit a nurse who
2 Fri 4th May MLC Assembly 10.00am Gym was the coordinator for the spinal injury (quadriplegics unit). We then went
3 Wed 9th May Year 9 Lightning Sports Uniform upstairs to see a man who was in a car accident and he was talking to us
Carnival
about making the right decisions. After we went to a place (like a gym) and
3 Thurs 10th May Year 8 Lightning Sports Uniform
Carnival
went on wheelchairs but this was not just for fun but to think about what it
4 Fri 18th May Year 7 TBA would be like if any of us were one of the victims of the trauma accidents for
Reconciliation our whole lives.
th
4 Sat 19 May Year 8, 2008 9.00am-11.00am We realised just how hard it was navigate around and do all the things, they
Scholarship Exams Academic/ Music could do. This led to us giving a second thought before doing stupid, crazy
th
5 Thurs 24 May Year 8 Social 6.00pm things.
5 Fri 25th May Confirmation Mass 6.00pm
Lynette and Tina (10MC)
6 Fri 1st June Pupil Free Day Pupil Free Day
7 Fri 8th June Year 9 Mass 10.00am Chapel
8 Fri 15th June MLC House Activity House Shirt/ GEOGRAPHY GO-GETTERS
Sport Shorts Fifteen Year Ten Mercy College students were entered in the prestigious
9 Thurs 21st June Year 7 Lightning Sports Uniform Australian Geography Competition which was held Australia wide in the last
Carnival week of March. The multiple choice competition is a very thorough test of
9 Fri 22nd June Year 8 Mass 10.00am Chapel student knowledge and interpretative skills. Those selected will be 15 of
10 Fri 29th June MLC Assembly 10.00am Gym some 9000 students who will participate in the competition, so some of our
11 Fri 6th July Last Day Term Two K-12 Assembly best performed Society and Environment students were entered by the
Department to represent the College.
MLC PHOTOS MONDAY 30 APRIL The top scorer under 16 years in Western Australia will have the opportunity
On Monday 30th April, Year Seven students will have their photos taken in to join other state winners to compete for a position on the Australian team
Periods 1 & 2, Year Eight students in Periods 3 & 4 and Year Nine students that will go to San Diego (USA) to participate in the 2007 National
in Periods 5 & 6. All students must be appropriately groomed and in their full Geographic World Championships. The national finals will take place over
winter school uniform. Please contact the Year Coordinator or myself if there three fun-filled days in Sydney in late May, so we at Mercy College will know
is a problem with the uniform. how our outstanding students have performed by week three of May.
We congratulate the following students for their nomination for the National
MLC PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS TUESDAY Geographic Competition:
1st MAY 4.00PM – 7.00PM
We encourage all parents to make appointments with your child’s teachers Bituin Balaguer Natalie Hind Kim Phan
so that you may be kept up-to-date with their progress. If ‘Needs Attention’ Sandy Chen Cassandre Hubert Lesha Pidutti
was assigned to one of the categories, it is essential that you make an Danielle D' Rozario Erika Millares Sarah-Jane Shields
appointment to discuss this with the teacher. Alex Fenton Natalia Nojkovska Rachel Towill
Nikeah Heydon Tom Percival Kaitlin Vander Donk
Mrs Sue Bursey: Head of Middle Learning Centre
We look forward to seeing how our candidates perform and hope the results
will reflect good overall awareness of world current events, national
happenings and sound analytical and interpretative skills that are demanded
SENIOR LEARNING CENTRE in this highly respected national competition.
Welcome back to the SLC for Term Two. I trust that you had a restful and Mr Peter Banting: Year 10 Geography Competition Coordinator
peaceful holiday. Mercy College provides many activities for students to
succeed through their involvement in the spiritual, academic, cultural and TRANSITION TO REGISTERED NURSING
sporting life of the College. Students will benefit enormously from the PROGRAM
activities provided by the staff in Term Two. Year 11 students interested in a career as a Registered Nurse are invited to
Please remember to continue using your Mercy Organiser to record all apply for the Transition to Registered Nursing program for 2007. The
homework and assessment details and bring it to all your classes. There is program provides an excellent opportunity for prior training and involvement
information on the correct Winter Uniform and personal grooming. Parents in the Registered Nursing industry as well as providing students with the
need to check the organiser and sign it on a weekly basis. We appreciate Nationally Accredited credentials and an alternative entry pathway into Curtin
your support in its use. University Registered Nursing program.
Registered nurses work in a team environment with a range of other health
professionals and specialists. They assess, plan, provide and evaluate
preventative, curative and rehabilitative care for patients from babies to the
elderly in a wide variety of settings including hospitals, nursing homes, the
community and industry. A registered nurse also has the opportunity to work
in child health centres, schools, health services, rural and isolated areas as
well as overseas opportunities.
The Transition to Registered Nursing program is an innovative and practical
program run in partnership with Mercy College, Curtin University and the
Health Department of Western Australia.
Any students interested in applying for the program are to make an
appointment with Mrs Lesley Elder. Applications close on the 4th May. No
late applications will be considered.
Mr Jason Sutton: Head of Technology & Enterprise / VET
STRUCTURED WORKPLACE Thank you to the entire group for their efforts, motivation and enthusiasm.
You were a wonderful team and it was a privilege coaching you.
LEARNING Mrs Joanne Sullivan: Coach, Year 8 Indoor Mixed Beach Volleyball
EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK
Year 11 student, FREDERICK
ONESIMO, is currently working at
PARENT COUNCIL NEWS
Rechichi’s Autos in Balcatta. On
a recent visit to the workplace, At the last parent information evening, an audience of over 70 people were
Frederick’s supervisor, Joe present to hear Senior Constable Shane Hickman speak on Cyber Predators
Rechichi, was impressed with the and Bullying.
work ethic displayed by Frederick in
his first few weeks. Frederick has
shown himself to be a resourceful
and independent worker and is very
keen to learn new skills in the automotive industry. He is a pleasure to have
in the workplace.
While in the workplace, Frederick is working on Curriculum Council Generic
Skills: collecting, analysing and organising information; communicating ideas
and information; planning and organising activities; working with others and
in teams; using mathematical ideas and techniques; solving problems and
using technology.
We thank Rechichi’s Autos for supporting Frederick in his choice of The most important message from this presentation was to ensure your
workplace. children keep their personal information safe. You would not expect them to
Mrs Maxine Muir: SWL Coordinator give out their phone number, address and other information including photos
to complete strangers on the street or over the phone, the same applies to
the internet which allows users anonymity.
CAREERS AND TRANSITIONS The following may also be of benefit. Place your computer in a family area
for ease of supervision, install filters on your computer to help block
NEWS inappropriate content, set rules for safety on the internet, set time limits on
usage, be involved and interested in what they are doing, encourage them to
• University of Melbourne is hosting a FREE evening seminar for tell you if something happens that makes them feel uncomfortable so it can
students (Years 10 to 12) and parents to provide information on be reported.
courses available and the admissions process.
While a mobile phone is a great tool to have, should your child receive
Date: Tuesday 8th May
threatening or explicit text messages, ensure they realise that this is
Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm
harassment and a violation of their civil liberties and that the message
Place: The Freshwater Room at the Hyatt Hotel,
is retained and reported. If you wish to monitor your child's mobile activities,
99 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
check their statement for dialled numbers which are unknown to you. If
• WA Insurance Expo – Friday 11 May Perth Exhibition and necessary, talk to your service provider to limit access to incoming/outgoing
Convention Centre. The aim of this expo is to provide students calls, text messages and picture messages.
with information on pathways available and the benefits of careers
For further information, the following sites may be of benefit to you:
in this multi billion dollar industry
www.acma.gov.au/hotline or www.aba.gov.au/hotline - if you see content on
Mrs Lesley Elder: Careers and Transitions Officer the internet which you wish to lay a complaint about
Phone: 9247 9271, Email: elder.lesley@cathednet.wa.edu.au
www.cybersmartkids.com.au - Australian Communications & Media Authority
website
SPORT REPORT www.cybersmartkids.com.au/for-parents_filters-and-labels.htm. Monitoring
filters keep a record of sites visited so you know which sites your children are
YEAR 8 MIXED INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL using.
After playing hard all season the wonderful Year 8s made it into the finals. www.netalert.net.au - the Australian Internet Safety Advisory Board website
We were up against tough competition, though that did not faze us. The
Mercy students were pumped even though they had left their camp to play. www.netalert.net.au/00380-Newsletter.asp provides an online resource so
They were already exhausted but they charged on like tough soldiers. young children can learn how to use the Internet in a safe and fun
environment which includes games. We look forward to see you at our next
After the first two sets John Septimus Roe were leading 50 to 33. In the last
function.
set the Mercy students were on fire eventually winning that set 25 to 15. JSR
won the game by just 7 points. Ms Debbie Cinquina: Chairperson, Mercy College Parent Council
