McAuley Catholic College Tumut eNewsletter

Dear McAuley Families

The end of term is nigh! It has been a busy time for all of us and a break is much needed.

Next week we experience several “firsts” as we farewell our Year 12 Graduating Class of 2025. Our new College Captains will be inducted at Graduation Mass on Wednesday, and we will officially farewell Year 12 at the Valedictory Assembly on Thursday, followed by a morning tea with their families and guests.

We are looking forward to welcoming a number of dignitaries at both events as we recognize and celebrate the massive achievements we have made as a college.

Last week I communicated the names of our College leaders for 2025. Congratulations to Eadie McKay & Phoebe Oag as College Captains and Spencer Radford & Jude Moreno as College Vice-Captains. These impressive young people will no doubt be excellent leaders in our community.

I know you will join with us in praying for our Year 12 students as they undertake their HSC exams in the coming weeks. These exams are the culmination of 13 years of schooling, hard work, study and practice.

McAuley Catholic College Tumut Prayer for Year 12…

Let us pray for our young people as they prepare for their HSC exams.

Calm their hearts and give them quiet confidence

In the knowledge that our community is supporting them in prayer.

Help them Believe in God, in their own skills and knowledge.

Support them to Strive to do their best and demonstrate their gifts.

Allow them to Achieve their personal goals.

Guided by our Mercy Values and their families and teachers.

Catherine McAuley pray for us.

Mary our Mother look after us.

Special wishes to our families of Year 12 – often the unseen heroes of the last couple of years. Please remember these easy tips to best support your sons and daughters through the next few weeks:

Support, support, support: cups of tea, snacks in the cupboard, delay social events and trips.

Spread study sessions apart: Science tells us ‘spacing’ is the best way to study. Do some study, have a break, come back and revise.

Sleep: let your child rest and get good sleep and eat well (Limit screen time!).

Believe in them: Lots of positive talk & praise – avoid catastrophic thinking!

Remember some stress is good… manage nerves and balance study and life.

As always should your child or family need support or advice please never hesitate to reach out to the college for help.

It was pleasing to see good numbers of parents and students at the Stage 5 Information Session during this week. Thanks to Mr Turnbull and the staff who attended to provide information and advice around subject offerings and pathways for our Year 9 students in 2025. The College is pleased to offer increased opportunities and pathways for study for our young people.

Elsewhere in this newsletter will be dates and events for your diaries and planning.

Please be aware that Friday 27 September is a Pupil Free Day for staff professional learning. Term 4 resumes on Monday 14 October for all classes K-11.

Mary our mother look after us.

Eamonn Moore

Principal

Mr Moore announced last Friday the results of the election for the Senior Student Leadership Team 2025.

These students have been elected after nominations, interviews and speeches held last week. We wish them well as they take on these most significant roles in our community.

College Captains 2025: Phoebe Oag & Eadie McKay

College Vice Captains: Sydney Radford & Jude Moreno

On Monday, Year 12 spent their last PC lesson enjoying a sunny celebratory morning tea. A great way to commence their final two weeks of school.

Kindergarten have been learning all about road safety. They went on an excursion to learn more about travelling safely when on a bus. They also went to the Tumut Police Station where Senior Constable Peter Bathgate talked about staying safe and gave them a tour of the station. We also got to see the police boat, inside the back of the paddy wagon, spent some time in the cell and even had some fingerprints taken.

A big thank you to Mr Goode and Goodes Coaches and Senior Constable Bathgate and the Tumut Police for supporting our road safety program.

A reminder to parents that you must cross at the authorised crossing area when dropping off and picking up your children. Please encourage road safety in your family and ensure your children know to always cross at the crossing. There is a crossing supervisor to assist during drop off and pick up times. Please listen to their instruction and remember to treat them with the respect they deserve.

Just a reminder that before school supervision does not begin until 8:30am.

If students arrive prior to 8:30am, they are expected to be seated in the eating area, until supervision commences.

The Year 11 exam period has now concluded. Our students demonstrated exemplary conduct throughout their examinations, maintaining focus and dedication. Their commitment to their studies and responsible approach to the exams made them model students.

A special thanks goes to Mr Butler for his exceptional leadership in overseeing the exam invigilation. His attention to detail and calm, organised approach ensured everything ran smoothly.

As we enter the final week of the Preliminary course, students can now look ahead to the challenges and excitement of the HSC course, commencing in Term 4. We are confident that the skills and knowledge developed this year will serve them well as they enter the final stage of their secondary schooling journey.

On Monday 16 September we had six secondary students travel to the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre to compete in the NSWCCC 2024 Athletics Championships.

Congratulations to all athletes on their efforts.

Brad Beavan 3rd in 13 boys shot put
Chloe Pearce - 9th in 13 girls 400m dash and 14th in 13 girls 800m run
Alliena Roddy- 7th in 14 girls 1500m run and 9th in 14 girls 800m run
Ella Bott-Sherman - 5th in 14 girls 100m dash and 7th in 14 girls 200m dash
Alex Crowe - 6th in 15 girls high jump, 6th in 15 girls javelin and 10th in 15 girls discuss
Daniel Peacock- 9th in 12 boys 800m run and 10th in 12 boys shot put

The athletes performed exceptionally well, representing the school and CG Diocese with pride, while displaying outstanding skill and true sportsmanship throughout the day.

Our girls won the Year 7-9 Riverina League Tag carnival held yesterday in Wagga!

McAuley entered 2 teams in the competition with our McAuley #1 team being crowned Riverina champions. A great effort from all the girls that played and a special thanks to Robbie Beckett for coaching and for all his encouragement.

Stage 4 have wrapped up their Olympics today and medal ceremonies were held for each class.

With tight results in previous sports, it came right down to the wire and the last events to decide podium results. All students are to be congratulated on their enthusiasm, participation and overall 'Olympic' spirit.

Results:

8.1 -

Gold: Italy

Silver: USA

Bronze: Spain & New Zealand

8.2 -

Gold: Mexico

Silver: India

Bronze: Japan

8.3

Gold: Mexico

Silver: Greece

Bronze: Slovakia

7.1

Gold: New Zealand

Silver: Australia

Bronze: Zimbabwe

Our Fire Cadets were involved in the State Championships in Albury from 13 to 15 September.

The team consisted of:

Kalin Hursey (Captain)
Matilda Carmody (Deputy Captain)
Adrian Barnard
Aliyah Booby
Deacon McPherson
Wyatt Hursey

The weekend involved, testing skills against the clock, fire fighting in different situations and in some cases there was live fire was involved. They tested their skills in map reading, communication, first aid and problem solving. There were multiple events over the three days with the longest being two hours.

The cadets competed against teams from all over NSW, including four teams from Sydney. They were excellent competitors and were praised by each event coordinators, for displaying good skills and team work and overall effort. They received one second place and two third places for the weekend. Thank you to Peter and Tracey Jones for all their time and effort they have put into our cadets.

A big thank you to the cadets, they were great ambassadors for the Rural Fire Service and McAuley Catholic College. They have given up a lot of their time to be involved in the cadets to become so competitive. We're grateful for their positive attitude and involvement in many of the community events including the Festival of the Falling Leaf Parade and the Anzac March. The cadets are fantastic role models within our community - well done!

Our Year 10 students attened the annual Shine Conference at Merici College in Canberra last Friday. Shine is a great opportunity for young people to come together, be encouraged and learn from each other as well as build relationships outside of their school community.

Kindergarten have been reading 'Gymnastica Fantastica' and decided to get out in the sunshine and test their own twirling skills!

Kindergartem listened to 'Edward the Emu' and then did some fabulous emu artworks!

5/6 White made the most of the sunny day yesterday and went outside to investigate air resistance with a parachute experiment.

There are still a few families who have not consented on Compass that they have read and agreed to our ICT (“Information and Communications Technology”) Device Agreements.

It is necessary that we have these Agreements in place to allow students to use ICT appropriately at McAuley Catholic College.

If you are yet to consent you will be reminded on the Homepage of the Compass App, where it will state something like “Events and Payments, You have 1 event requiring action, Click here to proceed”.

If you are having difficulty viewing the note in Compass please contact our office.

The McAuley Community Council met on Thursday 19 September to discuss a number of activities currently being undertaken at the school. The Council was happy to support the purchase of replacement basketball rings and backboards for both the senior and junior side which should be available for all students to use in Term 4.

Additionally, the Council is currently in the process of renewing sporting representative uniforms across a range of sports and are open to any local business sponsorships. If you have a local business who would like to support this initiative please get in touch. The next meeting will be held on Thursday 31 October at 5pm in the College Library - all are welcome to attend.

Students who are planning to go on work experience in the first 5 weeks of Term 4, need to have their paperwork in by the end of Term 3 at the latest.

With the increase in access that young people have to the Internet and online content, it is important as parents and educators that we stay up to date with resources and strategies that are available to help keep our children safe in online environments.

These are some useful links for parents and carers to educate themselves on Internet safety. Please take some time to explore the digital resources included below.

The eSafety Commissioner is run by the Australian Government. It covers a lot of content and is the place that parents or carers can go to if they need to report online abuse or misuse.

eSafety Commissioner

https://www.esafety.gov.au/

Podcasts – Internet Safety for Young People

https://www.generationnext.com.au/2024/07/the-gn-podcast-with-andrew-fuller-internet-safety-for-young-people-part-1/

https://www.generationnext.com.au/2024/08/the-gn-podcast-with-andrew-fuller-internet-safety-for-young-people-part-2/

Social Media habits in Young People

https://www.generationnext.com.au/2024/08/what-can-you-do-if-you-think-your-teen-already-has-unhealthy-social-media-habits/

Parent Cyber safety Hub

https://www.internetsafeeducation.com/parent-cyber-safety-hub/

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Last Wednesday Charlotte and Adeline represented McAuley at the Sounds of the Mountains Radio Station in Tumut. They chatted to Dave about all things happening across the College and both spoke so confidently and clearly. Well done girls! Don't forget to tune in every Wednesday at 9:30am to hear from members of our SRC about McAuley life.

Congratulations to Billy who represented McAuley and Western Region at the Catholic Education- Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Public Speaking in Batemans Bay last week.

The college uniform suppliers, Wendellie on Wynyard, have asked that any new uniform purchases for 2025 be ordered before the end of September for a January/February delivery.

Items do not have to be purchased at this time, payment can be made when orders are collected.

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The Little Athletics 2024/2025 season will start on 16 October 2024 at 17.30 at the Bull Paddock athletics field.

There will be two "come and try" nights. (16 October and 23 October)

Registrations can be done on lansw.com.au.

Please also join the Tumut & District Little Athletics facebook page where you will find all the information.

Cricket NSW are hosting a FREE cricket clinic at Gundagai High School on 8 of October from 9:30am – 3pm. This is open for all kids between the ages of 5 – 14 years old and will receive quality coaching from Cricket NSW staff. This invitation is open to everyone including those who have never played cricket before. This a great opportunity for the kids in the area to play some cricket in the school holidays.

QR registration link below.

https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/register/9a64f9

TUMUT

SEPTEMBER SCHOOL HOLIDAY

TENNIS CLINIC

1^st Week

VENUE: 106 Simpson Street, TUMUT

MONDAY 30 September. – THURSDAY 3 October.

4 DAYS ONLY

9.00 – 10.00am = 5 - 8 years

10.00 – 11.00am = 9 -11 years