St Joseph's Catholic High School Albion Park eNewsletter

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2019 UOW DEBATING COMPETITION

On Friday November 22, the year 8 and year 11 debating teams competed in the University of Wollongong Schools Debating Competition along with their coach, Mrs Schneider. The day consisted of three debates, one prepared and two impromptu, focusing on topics relating to ‘Climate Change’, ‘Social Media’ and ‘Classic texts in English Literature’. Each team was very competitive, with the seniors winning two and the juniors one of their three debates. The students developed valuable skills in devising and presenting a logical argument and speaking in a convincing and persuasive manner. They proudly represented our school and had an enjoyable day meeting and debating against students from St Mary’s Star of the Sea College, Smith’s Hill High School, Broughton Anglican College and Braidwood Central School.

Year 8 team – Anastasia Bierczynski, Tayissa Buchanan, Grace Pomery and Serena Woolfe.

Year 11 team – Dominic Plattner, Ethan Westlake, Zachary Johnson and Kyna Gella.

CEODoW LIGHTING THE WAY FAITH AND LEARNING AWARDS

The Catholic Education Office hosted their evening of Lighting the Way Faith and Learning Awards. Congratulations to the following award nominees and winners:

Jaimi Adams
Outstanding Achievement Award - Outstanding Early Career Teacher

Penny Corradini
Outstanding Achievement Award - Outstanding Support Staff

Elise Burns

Professional Practice Award - Engaging and Working with the Community

Erin Vandenbergh (Patterson)
Professional Practice Award - Leading Teaching and Learning

Michael Shanahan

Winner of the Professional Practice Award - Developing Self and Others

Amanda Wilson
Winner of the Professional Practice Award - Leading Improvement, Innovation and Change

Well done to all of the above staff on their fine achievements!

VINNES FUNDRAISER

Like bees to honey... the easiest way to pull a crowd and raise funds for Vinnies is to start the fairy floss machine...

Thanks to our leaders for leading the way at Friday lunchtime...

YEAR 12 HOSPITALITY

Year 12 Hospitality classes got to learn how to safely use, clean and maintain our large free standing mixer to make 2 x 5kg batches of pizza dough. These were left to cold proove in fridge overnight. This dough was then rolled, topped and baked into a range of savoury and sweet pizzas. Pesto, potato, pinenut and parmesan, tomato, mozzarella & basil, as well as Chorizo, roast capsicum, artichoke and tomato passata. Sweet varieties were-fudge sauce, marshmallow and almond; butterscotch, banana and pecan; mascarpone and berry.

The classes did a great job with many staff enjoying what the students could not eat.

CREATIVE ARTS DAY

On Friday 22 November students from Year 4 at St Pauls Catholic Primary school attended a CAPA day hosted by St Josephs Creative Arts Dept.

Students were involved in workshops across Art Music And Drama and were exposed to a variety of experiences. In Visual Arts students looked at Abstract Art and ways we can develop Artworks using chance and accident. In Music, students experienced a range of percussion instruments and careful listening to make pieces of music. They also used voice in their explorations. In Drama students used their bodies to explore ideas and had a look at the way movement can be used to communicate ideas to an audience. The year 4 students were also the first to experience our new effect lights in the Drama room space which were able to enhance student performances with colour.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratualtions to Olivia Wishart in Year 7, whose artwork entitled "Kookaburra" was chosen as a finalist in the 2019 Young Australian Art Awards. Olivia was chosen to receive a Gold Medal Award for being runner-up in her section. Well done Olivia.

YEAR 7 PARENT INVITATION

A reminder that all parents are invited to our Coffee and Chat morning, which is on Thursday December 12th from 8.00am - 9.00am. We would love to see you there!