McAuley Catholic College Tumut eNewsletter

Dear McAuley Families

We celebrated National Reconciliation Week from 27 May – 3 June. At the college various events recognized our proud links to the local indigenous heritage. We recognize that we sit on the lands of the Wiradjuri people and proudly acknowledge our ancestors in the words written by our students.

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional land of the Wiradjuri people. We pay our respects to present, past and emerging elders of these lands. May we listen with great care to the heartbeat of Aboriginal lands and to its people who have cared for it so well for so long.

May I also extend our congratulations to Aunty Sue Bulger for her recent award of the Order of Australia Medal (OAM). Aunty Sue was a teacher at McAuley and attends many of our ceremonies and events as part of the many community activities she takes part in.

Last year our Nakia Morris also received special recognition for her work and support of our indigenous students, knowing that she also strongly advocates for those perspectives to be a part of the culture and flavour of the college.

This week we hosted interested parents for our Kindergarten 2025 Information Session. Numbers are strong for kinder next year, as they are across all year levels.

We are currently working to prepare for subject selections for Year 11, 2025 and I am excited by the offerings that our students will be able to choose from. It is deeply gratifying to know that we are able to provide choice and opportunity to all of our boys and girls in preparing them for this fast-changing world.

One of the exciting Stage 6 subjects which we offer is Design and Technology. This subject allows students to create a portfolio and major project based around a variety of media. Please see one example pictured which is a wooden clock designed and created by Rahn who has donated his work to our Hospitality space.

This is an area we are expanding into also. I write this week’s newsletter sipping a skinny cap created by our Year 11 students in their hospitality class. Exciting times!

Year 7 interviews are almost complete, and we hope to have letters of offer out in the coming weeks. Please note we have wait lists in many year levels at present. Please be sure to notify the college if you will not be returning in 2025 as demand is very strong at present.

Please read on for an explanation of the symbolism of our new crest refined this year to reflect our growth to a K-12 college. It is important that we recognise and understand our symbolism as we work to enhance and create a strong culture at McAuley.

Mary our mother look after us.

Eamonn Moore

Principal

Our Year 6 students from our local schools and parishes attended their Confirmation Retreat this week. This day is the final step on their journey in preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. They discussed their chosen saint and sponsor and identified the qualities that make those people an inspiration in their lives. They worked hard to practice for the ceremony to be held this week. Thanks to Miss Mason and Fathers Joe and Rofin for their work and support.

NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 20TH

Primary Term 2 Assembly - Wednesday July 3rd, 12.30 - 1.30pm.
Secondary Semester 1 Assembly - Wednesday July 3rd, 2.00 - 3.00pm.
Pupil Free Day - Friday July 5th.
Pupil Free Day - Monday July 22nd.

Year 11, 2025 Information evening next Tuesday 18 June starting at 5.30 in the hall classroom. Information session in the hall classroom first, followed by subject booths in the hall.

Students will receive a Stage 6 Information/Curriculum Booklet for Year 11, 2025. They will then select their subject preferences from the night. Subject lines for Year 11 2025 will then be formed.

Term 2 School Fees are now overdue.

Monthly fee statements were emailed to families last week. Please only use your BPAY details to make payments NOT Compass. Your BPAY reference details are on your monthly statement. If you require assistance with planning your payments, please email the office office.mcauley@cg.catholic.edu.au

McAuley Library hosted award-winning Pip Harry, Author, on 5 June as part of her local school tour. We were grateful for the opportunity for our primary students to learn about her books, her writing processes and her journey as a children's and young adult author. We were lucky to hear a sneak peek from Pip's new picture book, which will be on shelves later this year. The students were extremely engaged and excited to talk to Pip about their bucket list (something Pip thinks everyone should have). Year 11 and 12 students received an insight into creative writing and participated in an invaluable writing workshop. Thank you for visiting us Pip, MCC Tumut loves your books, and we were grateful to spend time with you with many of our students gaining creative writing inspiration.

Students travelled to Sydney on 5 June to compete in the MacKillop and NSWCCC Cross Country in Sydney. Congratulations to all students that participated and special mentions to:

Chloe Pearce, Cybella Roddy, Sierra Roddy, Hannah Hood, Daniel Peacock, Elliott Adelan-Langford
Mason Blundell who placed 18th out of 42 in the 6km event
Cody Johnson who came 15th in his division
Ailiena Roddy who came 6th in her division and has qualified to represent CCC at the all schools carnival in July

This week Year 4 designed, made, tested and evaluated model water transporter (irrigation) systems. They displayed terrific communication and group work skills. Future engineers in the making!

Year 11 and 12 students have a had a wonderful morning at the Wagga Careers Expo on Thursday. It was a great opportunity for students to engage with such a wide variety of trades, universities, TAFEs, apprentice and traineeships providers, services, police force and many more.

McAuley Under 14 and 16 girls competed at the Wagga Wagga School Girls Trophy competition today. The Under 16s combined with Tumbarumba High and played really well, playing two close games.

Under 14 girls won all their games and now progress to the next round in Wagga on 3rd July.

Big thanks to Gus Malone and Menzies for coaching. Thanks for all the parent support. What a great day out.

The primary campus was very fortunate last Friday to have guest sport coach, Sharni Barton from Hockey NSW. Sharni coached the students and also the teachers so that they can continue to coach the students going forward. Everyone had a great time and they're looking forward to welcoming her back next Friday for another lesson.

After a few false starts due to the weather the secondary campus held their Athletics carnival on 4 June. It was a freezing day but everyone was rugged up and ready to go. Staff and Students had a great time and the carnival was a great success. Thanks to Mrs Bathgate for all her hard work getting both the primary and secondary carnivals organised. What a big effort!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

RESILIENCE AWARDS

BRONZE

The Southern Sports Academy is continuing our program of Indigenous Talent Identification program for regional indigenous athletes, with support from Underwriting Agencies Australia (UAA).

In 2023, nine of the attending athletes were offered either a full 12 month scholarships or the opportunity to be a training partner with a squad in various sports.

The Talent ID day will be held on the Tuesday 23rd July 2024. Any interested athletes need to complete the REGISTRATION FORM by COB Friday 19th July. The form can be found by clicking on the QR Code in the attached Infograph or by going to SSA Indigenous TID.

Our year 9 students were lucky enough to have the Australian Shakespeare company come to the school on Tuesday to perform Romeo & Juliet for them which they are currently studying. It was an outstanding show and everyone gained a lot from seeing the play performed live.

As you will be aware we have a large amount of interest in enrolment in Year 7, 2025. At the moment we are beginning an interview process for those outside of our system. There are more applications than places.

We ask that parents notify us of any student who will not be attending the college in Year 7, 2025. This will allow us to make offers after our interview rounds.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mr Moore should you have any questions or clarifications.

Stage 3 joined together for a dot painting art lesson based on our class novel 'Us Mob Walawurru' with Ms Morriss. Ms Morris taught the kids about different symbols and their meaning, and we discussed connection to country and how this relates to the story. Walawurru is a Luritja word for wedge-tailed eagle.

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Topics covered in the sessions will include:

TVET courses, types of courses and how they relate to the HSC
Work Placement
Pathway options to further study and a career
School based apprenticeships and traineeships
Attendance at TAFE
Reporting to schools
TAFE NSW website – how to navigate the TVET Guide and further information
Next steps for a TVET or SBAT course in 2025
Q&A Session

Date	Link
Monday 17 June 6.00pm to 7.00pm	Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 413 398 105 286 Passcode: ZfypgS
Thursday 20 June 6.00pm to 7.00pm	Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 426 116 745 633 Passcode: MzVqpU
Tuesday 25 June 6.00pm to 7.00pm	Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 436 516 630 814 Passcode: HHS94y
Wednesday 24 July 6.00pm to 7.00pm	Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 459 781 388 506 Passcode: qjEgBr
Thursday 25 July 6.00pm to 7.00pm	Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 432 191 267 083 Passcode: xaq4gw

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