Ms Susanna Bond Acting Co-Principal	Mrs Susan McGann Acting Co-Principal

Prayer

For our Grade 10 Leavers - we ask that you keep each one of them in your prayers as they move onto the next stage in their exciting journey.

Heavenly Father, please be with these students as they go where they do not know.

As they seek to grow in knowledge, we ask that they grow in faith.

As they start to conquer the world, we hope that they conquer their fears.

As they strive to find their place, we pray that they find You.

Please go where we cannot, protect when we cannot, give strength that we cannot, and bring them safely home.

Amen

Grade 10 Leavers

The end of next week sees the conclusion of the educational journey for our Grade 10 students at St Aloysius. Whilst this year may not have gone down the path they had planned for their final year in high school, the Grade 10 students have demonstrated great resilience as they have persevered with their studies with grit and determination. These qualities will undoubtedly support their journeys into the senior years of their education and life beyond school.  Next week, they will participate in their end of year exams and, on Thursday 26 November, they will formally graduate from the College. 

Due to Covid restrictions, parents and family members will not be able to attend the ceremony on site, but will be able to watch the ceremony from home later in the day. Families have received information about the event. Please keep an eye on school stream for further information in relation to the finer details.

We wish all of our Grade 10 students much happiness and success as they embark on the next stage of their life journey. 

Thank you and farewell to Fr Chris

It is with mixed emotions that we advise staff, students and families that, from early 2021, we will be saying farewell to Fr Chris Hope as our Parish Priest.  Fr Chris has decided to retire, effective 11th January 2021 and, although he has earned some well deserved rest, relaxation and enjoyable life of retirement, we will be very sad to see him leave us.  

Recently, Fr Chris received a Recognition Award for his Outstanding Contribution as a Friend in Catholic Schools at the Catholic Education Commission Tasmanian 2020 Awards Presentation Ceremony.  A fitting acknowledgement for all that he has contributed during his Priesthood and service to our College Community.  Fr Chris has not only been our Parish Priest, but he is also our friend, confidant, an educator and man of great wisdom who is loved by staff, students and Parish members alike.  We wish Fr Chris every blessing, we hope he enjoys his retirement.

Archbishop Porteous has announced Fr Chris’ replacement, effective from Monday, 11th January 2021 will be Fr Mike Delaney.  Those of us who know Fr Mike are delighted with the news that he will be leading our congregation.  We look forward to introducing Fr Mike to the College in early 2021.

Naidoc Week

Thank you to Anne McWatters for organising a busy and interesting week of educational and cultural activities for our College community to celebrate NAIDOC Week. Various activities were provided at Kingston with many students having the opportunity to hear stories from Uncle Rodney Dillon and Michelle Synnott, participate in the creating rain sticks as well as selected Grade 3 and 4 students having morning tea at Fanny Cochrane Smith’s museum at Nicholls Rivulet. Such diverse experiences allow all within our College community to deepen their cultural understanding of our First Nations people.  You can read more about the College celebrations and view the photos under the Aboriginal Education section.

Fire Education

This week we have welcomed Firefighter Todd to the Kingston Campus to deliver some important messages around fire safety and what to do when faced with a situation involving smoke or fire. These are always timely discussions and we hope the message is shared within your own homes - great to have evacuation plans in place for every home.

Remembrance Day

Kingston Campus acknowledged Remembrance Day with a thoughtful and reflective liturgy in the morning for all students at the campus. At Huntingfield we began the day with a reminder to students about the reason we commemorate Remembrance Day. The students observed two minutes of silence at 11:00am. 

The President and members of the Kingston Beach RSL Sub-branch invited two school representatives to lay flowers on behalf of the College community at the Remembrance Day Service at Kingston Beach. Thank you to  Inara Osborne (Gr 9) and Hamish Ayliffe (Gr 9) for joining Ms Bond in laying our flowers.

Senior College Campus News

On Wednesday, 18th November the Planning for Implementation Team met with Adam Mulcahy, Kim Barker and Marisa Newman from CET to further discuss the plans for the design of our new Senior College Campus, located in the old Vodaphone Building on Nautilus Drive. In our next newsletter, we hope to be able to provide you with a timeline which will indicate when our Grade 9 and 10 students will begin working from the Senior Campus of the College. 

We will be involving students in our next collaborative discussions, seeking their feedback and thoughts in relation to the design of both building and grounds at the site.

Early next year, we also hope to be able to provide more detailed information in relation to the architectural designs for the site. We intend to hold a Community Information Evening during the first term where we will provide further information and answer any questions you may have in relation to our plans as we progress to become a K-12 College. 

Nominations for vacancies on the CECT's Standing Committees