College News
Whole College Event
One of the realities of having grown so much as a school in recent years, is that there is no venue large enough at the College, for our whole school to gather. As a result, there has been no whole school gathering in a few years now.
We are going to rectify this on 21 June with a Whole College Event. This will be held at Wrest Point Casino. While the venue will be big enough to accommodate our students and staff, unfortunately there is not enough space for parents. The event will include a mix of prayer, formal words and a showcase of our amazing students in areas such as choir, dance, drama and a concert band. Why 21 June? This is the Feast Day of our patron, St Aloysius.
June 2022 also marks 175 years since the Sisters of Charity arrived in Australia, and we will be celebrating their remarkable contribution both to Tasmania and St Aloysius as part of the event. We are hopeful this will include recorded video messages from Sisters of Charity who worked at St Aloysius, as part of our very rich history.
We will be in contact closer to the event to give you more details.
Junior Campus Teaching Update
Student Free Day Reminder
As notified via Compass, the first day of Term 3 (Monday 25th July) will be a student free day for the entire College as our staff attend a Spirituality Day, postponed from earlier in the year due to Covid. Spirituality Days are a requirement of all CET staff by Catholic Education Tasmania to maintain Accreditation to work in a Catholic School. St Aloysius staff are lucky enough to combine with St James for this day of spiritual formation and building community.
Kinder Excursion to Tolmans Hill and Mt Nelson Park
Our Kinder students have been busy out and about exploring recently! We went to Tolmans Hill and Mt Nelson Park. It was the first time the children had been on the school bus and, for many, that was the highlight of their day. The weather was amazing and the children enjoyed exploring the equipment, bush, and running in the large space. We can't wait to explore another park soon.
Farewell Ottmar
The College recently received the resignation of Ottmar Helm. Ottmar joined our College in January 2019 as Facilities and Compliance Manager and has successfully overseen a number of projects for the College, ranging in size and complexity. These have included the expansion of our learning spaces in Learning Centre Doyle, and the successful life extending works to the Convent at the Junior Campus. Along the way he has kept us warm - maintaining our air conditioning, safe - with our security systems locking us up at night, mobile - with our bus fleet ready to go, and overall been one to deliver on his commitments.
Ottmar has shown his strength through his ability to listen and appreciate the needs of our staff when they have sought to improve the College surroundings for our students, their classrooms or their workspaces. His knowledge of Work Health and Safety, and his ability to quickly adapt and share that knowledge in an educational setting, is well respected.
Testament to his overall nature as a gentleman, are the genuine friendships he has acquired in such a short time with us. Always generous with his time and what others may need, we wish Ottmar well in his future endeavours. We will miss his humour around the College.
Ottmar, from us all, Auf Wiedersehen und die besten Wünsche.
Masks in Year 7 - 10
Families and students are reminded that masks remain compulsory for Year 7-10 students and that they must bring their own.
Year 10 Science
A lucky class of Year 5s were recently invited to join in spectating a Science experiment conducted for Year 10 students, demonstrating the reaction between Sodium and Water!
