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EMMANUEL COLLEGE COMMUNITY
News
Dear Parents and Friends
Issue No. 20 18 Dec, 2020
College Governance
With the transition of College governance responsibilities, from January 2021, to the limited company,
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS), the College Board met for the final time earlier in the
month. Thanks to Caitlin Sneyders and Nikolas Marjavonic for their contributions as student members
over 2020. It is understood that draft terms of reference for a newly constituted College Advisory Council
will be available in coming days. In light of the above, it is expected that the current membership of the
Board will transition to the Advisory Council, with the first meeting scheduled for March 2021.
Congratulations to Georgia Wedding and Joseph Siccita as the student member nominations for the
Council.
Class of 2020
It was very special to be able to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2020 with such a wonderful
ceremony in Quiroga Hall, followed by an al fresco gathering on a gorgeous early summer evening. The
continued inspiration of our Year 12s was again to the fore – all participated in a responsible and
enthusiastic manner. We wish the Class of 2020 all success with ATAR results to be published on
30 December and on the next step of their exciting journey.
College awards
Congratulations to College Captains, Rhea Catterji and George Limperis, and staff members, Ms. Leonie
Rushbrook and Mr. Edward Farmar-Bowers, on their reception of the 2020 Marianist Excellence Awards,
and to the winners of College Scholarships, Tina Bilic and Alex Malelis.
Celebration of Excellence
Congratulations to the many students recognised for the excellence of their achievement over the year as
presented at our virtual Celebration of Excellence and recent College assembly. A list of awardees is
included with this newsletter.
Capital works
Works to the NDC SE precinct, including new parking and drop-off areas, are due for completion in
January 2021, with works to the Perigueux staff and library building on schedule for a mid-2021
completion. Renovations continue to the SPC Jubilee building façade and stairways.
Departing staff
Congratulations to Ms. Leonie Rushbrook on her appointment as Deputy Principal at Ave Maria College
from 2021. Thank you to Leonie on her service to the College, including as Pastoral Leader over recent
years. Welcome to Ms. Maree Cody who takes up the position of Pastoral Leader, following her years as a
pastoral leader at Sienna College. Best wishes and thanks to Mr Graeme Briggs who retires at the end of
the year after many years’ service; Mr John Hogan who also retires at the end of the year; Ms. Chantelle
De La Garde who returns home to Brisbane; Ms. Kylene Simmons who takes up a position in Queensland
and Ms. Kim Weekes who has admitted defeat with the longer car journey and takes up a position at
Salesian College, Chadstone. Best wishes as well to members of the teaching staff for this year: Mr. Chris
Giampaolo, Ms. Mel Bibby and Mr. Danny Yin.
Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020
Attached is an outline of concerns, from Catholic Education Melbourne, with regard to the above bill
presently being considered by State Parliament.
School year 2021
Classes for all students commence on Monday 1 February 2021. An orientation for our in-coming Year 7s
will be held on Thursday morning 28 January. The College office re-opens Monday 18 January. Please note
the College office will be closed until 11am on Wednesday 27 January during the College staff meeting.
Joy and peace at Christmas
One name associated with the birth of Jesus was the name of promise from Hebrew scripture ‘Emmanuel’
– ‘God with us’. In Jesus’ birth this promise was fulfilled. As we celebrate this continued presence of
Emmanuel among us, may we experience the joy and peace of Christmas, blessings in the New Year and a
safe and enjoyable break.
Christopher Stock
Principal
Campus Leaders 2020 brought with it incredible challenges as well as opportunity for personal growth, the excitement of learning, the adventure and necessity of trying new things and the richness of building relationships. As the boys and girls left both campuses for their summer holidays it seemed like just yesterday that they were arriving for their first day of the year. Although the year did not eventuate into what we all expected, it did prove to be a year that tested our resilience, perseverance and patience. Although COVID was totally unknown to most of us at the beginning of the year, it is now a word that is synonymous with 2020 and one that tested all of us. Although so many of the annual events that the college celebrates could not occur, it was in many ways great to return to the basics in term four of friendships and gratitude when we were all able to return to school in term four. On Thursday 3 December we were able to hold the Class of 2020 Graduation at Notre Dame Campus. It was a wonderful celebration of the students’ six years at the College. The celebration commenced with a prayer service and at the conclusion the Graduands were presented with their Graduation packs including a “Class of 2020” face mask that sums up their very challenging year. Following this the students celebrated in the Agora where there were 7 food trucks, Mocktail station and DJ. It was a very fitting conclusion to their time at the College and we wish them well in their future pursuits. Both campuses celebrated the end of the year with a Liturgy on 4 December. Also on that day at House Assemblies, the achievements of the students who were awarded a certificate in either Excellence in Academic Achievement or Personal Best Effort were recognised and presented. Congratulations to all the students who received Academic and Personal Best awards for their hard work and dedication throughout the year and we encourage all students to work diligently next year to ensure their personal best. Congratulations to our Year 9 students on their outstanding work during their project week, and to our Year 7 students for language day and language week. It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm and active participation in both of these events showcasing the wonderful work of the students through the course of these events. A reminder that if you need to purchase any new items of uniform that this needs to be done over the summer break in preparation for the commencement of the new year. Parents are reminded that it is a College expectation that their daughter or sons’ uniform fits correctly and is not shabby in appearance. It is anticipated that students will need to change over their uniform every three years due to growth and day to day wear and tear. Current uniform items will be available from Noone Imagewear and their shop is located at Hoppers Crossing. Just a reminder, the first day of the 2021 school year for all levels is Monday 1 February. At the end of this newsletter is the last article from Michael Grose’s Parenting Ideas for 2020. This week’s article is entitled Modelling self-kindness. The article talks about how it has been a tough parenting year and we would encourage you to take a moment to read this interesting article. Thank you to all the students, parents and staff at Emmanuel College for what has been a unique year. We pray that all families experience holy days on their holidays and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. We wish all families a very happy, safe and restful break. We look forward to your ongoing support in the education of your child in the New Year. Thank you very much for your kind words over the year and we’re looking forward to your continued support into 2021. David Barr, Chris O’Malley & Kelley Revelman
Leader of Mission Integration
The Season of Advent
In the coming weeks we will celebrate the occasion of the birth of a baby over 2000 years ago. A tiny vulnerable newborn. Born in a manger,
surrounded by animals, and visited by a shepherd. As we know, the shepherd was considered an undesirable occupation, holding low status
in society. They would spend nights out in the field, prone to illness and often carry a foul smell due to their limited opportunities for
hygienic practices. Within days this child would flee as a refugee. Nomadic. Homeless. Poor. In years to come the child would return and
grow up in his hometown, which would stain him amongst other Jews with the negative stigma attached to those from Nazareth. As he
entered adulthood he was often misunderstood, disregarded, chased out of town, mocked, and the target of entrapment. He pushed the
edges of social norms due to his radically inclusive and loving nature. He was eventually betrayed by one of his closest friends and tortured
and executed by the Romans. And yet we remember his birth and feel filled with great hope and joy. We continue to believe in a world of
peace and love. This little baby child shone a light to a path leading to the kingdom of love on earth, as it is in heaven. As an Emmanuel
community, we proclaim the good news that the Christ child was born. May your family be a kingdom of love this Christmas and always.
Christmas Appeal
We are thrilled to announce that the representative from the Hobson Bay Christmas Appeal confirmed that the students and staff were so
generous in their donations of presents and gifts cards that all those in the community who have registered for a Christmas present donation
will receive one. Hundreds of children will now wake up to find a present on Christmas morning, which they would otherwise not have
received, had we not given so generously. Our Marianist Characteristic of Service, Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation helps to guide our
charism as a community filled with compassion and generosity for the less fortunate.
Climate Future
A number of our students engaged in a zoom conversation with Wyndham Council to discuss climate change and sustainability in our local
communities. Wyndham are seeking to form a Climate Future Youth Group which will drive local initiatives to create a more sustainable
community. This is the first step in starting the conversation to effect real change. A number of good ideas were discussed which will form
part of our strategic planning for 2021 as we continue to become a more sustainable school, with the ultimate goal of become carbon
neutral in the years to come.
Graduation 2020
One of the highlights of the year was our ability to farewell our class of 2020 with a special prayer service led by Fr Binh Le, followed by
certificate presentations and a food truck music festival, on Thursday 3rd December. Over 350 staff and students attended the event, with
380 parents, family members and friends watching via our live stream service. May our graduates go forward to live successful lives, be
proclaimers of the good news, justice seekers and remember that they are always part of our Emmanuel family.
College Chaplains
As this is our final newsletter for the year, I would like to take the opportunity to sincerely thank our college chaplains who have been such a
wonderful support in the faith dimension of the college. Thank you to Fr Greg Trythall, Fr John Healy, Fr Paul Tru, Fr Binh Le, Fr John
O’Connor and Archpriest Michael Kalka, for your continued support of our college masses. I know that your parish lives demand so much of
all your time and we as a college truly appreciate you taking some of this precious time and sharing it with us. I wish you all a safe and joyous
Christmas.
Marianist Prayer for Christmas
Mary, we come to you as once did the shepherds and kings,
to find Jesus, our King and Shepherd. We offer you our lives today.
May we always find Jesus with you and treasure all the wondrous things
which come to those who search for Jesus in faith.
May the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit be glorified in all places
through the Immaculate Virgin Mary. Amen.
Peace
Mark Sciberras
Let all that you do be done in love (1COR 16:14)
Language Week A FABULOUS WAY TO END THE YEAR! On the last week of school this year, Emmanuel College’s students and staff enjoyed a full week of activities and fun for Languages Week! From Monday to Friday, Year 7 to 9 students at both the Notre Dame and St Paul’s campus were offered a variety of lunchtime activities and competitions run by the Languages Department; these includes: Manga & Pokemon drawing workshops, Bocce and soccer games, Trivia competitions and colour-in activities on places around the world, as well as Italian and Japanese cultural trivia questions on Simon every day! Our Year 7 students were lucky enough to participate in an all-day Languages Project, offering the following activities and options to the youngest students: Manga drawing workshops from the Japanese artist Kenny Chan; Origami and Mask making tutorials and practice; Online trivia competition on geography, movies, music and general culture from around the world; Japanese sushi and gelato van for the lunchtime break; Juventus Soccer Academy’s football training session; Italian drama watching of a ‘Commedia dell’arte’ performance on Pinocchio.
Language Week cont’d To join in the celebrative atmosphere of the Languages fun over the week, even the Emmanuel College staff took part in a ‘Colour-in the world’ colouring competition as well as tasted Italian cannoli from the ‘Cannoleria’ Melbourne’s concept store. Both staff and students were awarded Italian restaurant or canteen vouchers for winning any of the competitions during the week and every- body at Emmanuel enjoyed their final week of school celebrating the love for inclusivity, diversity, foreign languages and cultures. We are looking forward to the next Emmanuel College’s Languages week in May 2021!! Lavinia Setini (Languages Assistant Learning Leader) Eva Davoli (Languages Learning Leader)
Maths Problem Solving Congratulations to the following students for displaying grit and perseverance to win the November Problem Solving Competition run through student notices. These staff and students were able to solve a number of challenging problems with great success. Year 7 1st Nam Tran (SPC) 2nd Mia Ha (NDC) And equal 3rd Diya Sonu (NDC) and Christian Mitrevski (SPC) Year 8 1st Ethan Seth (NDC) 2nd Longhuan Huang (NDC) 3rd Caleb Borg (NDC) Year 9 1st Zi Xu (NDC) 2nd Riley Hogan (NDC) 3rd Abdalla Trad (SPC) Year 10 1st Feifei Li (NDC) And equal 2nd Sophie Bridges (NDC) and Llana Baz (NDC) Year 11 1st Thomas Nguyen (SPC) 2nd Daniel Dinh (SPC) 3rd Tayla Parker (NDC) STAFF 1st James Behncke (NDC) 2nd Jessica Bettinsoli (SPC) 3rd Winny George (NDC) Matilda Myers Learning Leader Maths
Year 12s Congratulations to all Year 12s Congratulations to all Year 12s who completed sitting their exams. The entire cohort is commended on the dedication and perseverance that they showed in preparing for and completing their exams. This has been no ordinary year and this cohort have proudly and without complaint adjusted to everything that the year and conditions surrounding COVID 19 has thrown their way. It was a joy to see the last group come out of the Italian exam on Tuesday 1 December. Well done to all students in supporting each other and working with their teachers to be the best they could be. Alice Power and Leonie Rushbrook Student Leaders of 2021 Leader Day As Emmanuel prepares for 2021 the Year 12 College Student Leaders for 2021 were enthusiastically working towards their goals and how to realise them for the entire student body. Students focused on understanding more deeply our Marianist charism, and what is means to live out the portfolios of: Educate for Formation in Faith Educate in Family Spirit Provide an Integral Quality Education Educate for Adaption and Change Educate for Service, Justice and Peace and the Integrity of Creation Students collaborated in their portfolios in cross campus teams to brainstorm ideas and to look at hurdles they may experience. The College Leadership Team worked with the students, listening to their ideas and providing valuable wisdom. The students developed strategic plans to involve as many students as possible to realise their goals. They acknowledged the great progress of all past Student Leaders and are just as eager to use their Leadership positions to serve the Emmanuel family. It was a privilege to work with the Student Leaders of 2021. Alice Power, Nick Blassis, Leonie Rushbrook
Senior Students Leaders 2021
Class of 2020 Below are a few photos from the evening to share with you:
Careers News
Reminder - VTAC Key Dates
ATARs Released 30 December 2020 – online 7am
Change of Preference closes 4 January 2021 12pm
January Round Domestic Offers 14 January 2021
February Round Offers 1 February 2021 onwards
For full information regarding key dates, change of preferences, offer rounds and other information please visit
https://www.vtac.edu.au/dates.html
Kwong Lee Dow Scholars Program – The University of Melbourne
Congratulations to Jake Cutajar (SPC) and Jessica Tavelli (NDC) who, from over 1500 applicants, were successful in their applications for the
Kwong Lee Dow Scholars Program at the University of Melbourne. The Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program is an academic enrichment
program designed to support high achieving Victorian students. Jake and Jessica have the exciting opportunity of experiencing university life
and taking part in a range of academic events and activities.
Hobson’s Bay ‘The Big Ideas Day’
The Big Ideas Day has been designed as a 'first pass' entrepreneurial event to assist young people aged 16 and higher to explore their
business idea and begin developing a problem-solving mindset.
It is a FREE workshop happening on the 20th Jan 2021. Applications are now open and positions are limited to ensure young people are
provided with all the resources and support they require through this experience of building their business idea.
What happens during the day?
The 7 hour Big Ideas Day is a facilitated workshop using a step-by-step approach, facilitated through iGen’s proprietary Opportunity Analysis
Canvas which participants will be trained in using.
Participants work through a process of idea validation, market opportunities, investment requirements (time, money, resources) and by
the end of the day have a Canvas which allows them to make further decisions about the future of their business idea. They are given
resources, coaching, frameworks and skills to move forward with a business or other solution now or into the future to support
Hobsons Bay's post-COVID economic recovery.
If you are interested, please go to http://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/bigideasday
If you have any further queries about this program please contact Bethany on 9932 4000 or adminys@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
Year 10 Work Experience 2021
Recently, all Year 10 students and their parents/guardians should have received an e-mail regarding the work experience program for 2021.
In this e-mail was a letter and important documents pertaining to finding and securing a suitable work experience placement.
A reminder that the work experience is an important and compulsory component of the Year 10 curriculum, the aim of which is to encourage
students to reflect on their post-secondary school pathways motivating their choice of senior school program in the process. Despite the
current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, we anticipate that the work experience program will run in 2021. The duration of work
experience is for 1 week - from the 21st to 25th June 2021. This is the last week of Term 2, 2021.
Whilst students will be supported to secure a work experience placement, they are largely responsible for finding their own, developing
important skills in the process. We encourage you to support your son/daughter to find a work experience placement by using your own
network of family and friends. Equally, your own place of employment may be utilised as a source of work experience for your son/
daughter. To avoid disappointment, the process of finding a suitable placement should commence early, as some placements are difficult to
secure. In addition, most schools in the local area also offer work experience towards the end of Term 2, so your son/daughter’s placement
needs to be organised sooner rather than later. If your son/daughter does not find a suitable work experience placement then they are
required to attend school and complete a complementary program of work education.
Finally, we will communicate with you in the event the work experience program is altered because of COVID-19.
Prue Warne & Sol Di Maggio2020 Celebration of Excellence Awards STUDENT MARIANIST AWARDS STAFF MARIANIST AWARD Rhea Chatterji George Limperis Leonie Rushbrook Edwin Farmar-Bowers EMMANUEL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS Tina Bilic Alex Malelis SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDS Caitlin Sneyders Joel Mutch NDC JUNIOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR Marcus Sneyders NDC JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR Lily McColl SPC SENIOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR Nicholas Prassinos NDC SENIOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR Jordan Bos NDC SENIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR Chloe Clowes PUBLIC SPEAKING Lily McColl NDC Emma Meiers NDC Rhys Randall SPC MUSIC Amy Racher NDC Nicholas Milich SPC Owen Cooke NDC Jack Horvath SPC ANNA ROMITA PERFORMING ARTS AWARD DAVID TEMPLETON SCHOLARSHIP Khiem Nguyen Dean Penna The B. GENE STIGER MEMORIAL AWARD JESSICA WAGNER MEMORIAL MATHEMATICS Christian Moretto Mark Jakubiec MARGARET JEAN WARNER SCHOLARSHIP KWONG LEE DOW YOUNG SCHOLARS Michael Kadende Jessica Tavelli Jake Cutajar CALTEX ALL ROUNDER Caitlin Sneyders Connor Brown
2020 Celebration of Excellence Awards GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS ST PAULS CAMPUS—CASSIDY HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Alex Malelis Matthew Koropeckyj Joseph Siccita ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Cameron Hanson Alden Jo Leo Simmonds Estefanos Taddese Shival Chatiar Anthony Spiteri Max Carter Luke Cooper Tam Nguyen William Portelli PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Thomas Gantoumis Damian Siccita Sam Simmonds Nicholas Molnar Kobi Rumery Liam Charge Benjamin Lazzaro Hoang Pham NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CASSIDY MARIAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Tina Bilic Kari Birtchnell Juliana Giango Isabella Roets Chloe Farrugia Kassidy Kennedy Amelia Cincotta GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Cinzia Cincotta Caitlin Mantas Keegan Nayagam ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Savannah Adinkrah Rebecca Blassis Alana Havran Xavier Fragapane Lauren Holmes Brooke Lote Hayden Fava PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Emily Nastevski Ella Rule Evander Suyanto Georgie Vorgiatzidis Nicholas Carella Emily Kelly Eve Tiktikakis Elliott Treherne Mingpei Chen NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CASSIDY CALLAHAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Ana Banica Chahile Singh Erin Krejany Stella Szabo Robert Bell Taylah Zilavec GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Ruby Franklin Izaak Warren Amelia Birtchnell Kayden Whear Georgia Lovell ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Audrey Armstrong Isabella Di Natale Georgia Robson Diya Sonu Thomas Wyer Laura Szabo Darcy Chambers Sophia Aquilina PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Elise Del Mastro Amy Racher Amelia Collins Sienna Zanette Lukas Evagelistis Lorenzo Pacheco Elicia Saliba Mia Karczemski Lachlan Collins Monisha Tapfumaneyi Grace Williams
2020 Celebration of Excellence Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—CHAMINADE HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Joshua Sagona Anthony Briffa Matthew Joveski Noah Innes Harnoor Marwaha Vincent Rowe Maxwell Tennant Ajaay Venkadeswaran GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Omar Besisou James Le ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Jack Corcoran Joshua Borzillo Connor Spierings PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Sebastian Molinia Heath Floyd Michael Massarany Christian Merriman Jason Doan Elliot McCarthy Anthony Ursino Mitchell Jones Thien Le NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CHAMINADE MARIAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Maryan Alqas-Mousa Riley Hogan Lei Zhao Sophie Bridges Domenic De Lia Charles Go Andrea Knezevic Lavinia Rossi Sheree Turner GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Jack Griffiths Jordan Ali ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Charlotte Cuzzupi Max Peterson Alexandra Loader Ela Ivanovic Lejla Ivanovic Marco D’Ambrosio Maha El Assaad Michelle Said Tess Meiers PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Isella Danielle Sabilala Bhargavi Patil Bayden Pickersgill Mia Elkington Patrick Gauci Harry Juniper NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CHAMINADE CALLAHAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Dev Kuderu Niyumi Perera Lily McColl Gina Phiri Matthew Nevins Tuong Nguyen Olivia Zahra Laila Ali Emma Meiers Jackson Zahra GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Alexander Angelidis Steve Pena Dion Caruana Dave Cuesta ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Hans De Silva Max McColl Blake Rodgers Aleesha Go Emily Puopolo Keely Chavarria Renee Mattam Layana Perera Shahad Zalzly Ronan O’Donnell PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Erin Benson Zoe Fulton Rafaella Lalev Austin Li Stephen Amaladoss Francis Lillis Sular Alqas-Mousa Marissa Auricchio Noah Borg Isabella Cipri Kacey Hooper
2020 Celebration of Excellence Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—McCLUSKEY HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Brandon Gotama Lucas Kohut Jake Stoimenovski Christian Kohut Nicholas Milich Bevan Mitrevski Jack Dowling Le Vanrick Nguyen Wilson Pham Nevan Thayil Tobias Wight GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Hudson Dalta Theodore Murrihy Aiden Tran Ryan Powell Jonathan Tan ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Kyan Chisnall Zaii Pittas Jack Toomey Spencer Tyers Patrick Conquest Zayn Gasim Thomas Karas Jordan Gasim PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Brady Austerberry Leo Azzopardi Ronan Greenwood Jarrad Meilak Jayden Blakemore James Sutera Louis Papamihail NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCLUSKEY MARIAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Moira Gingco Tijana Maksimovic Karen Steptoe Erin Cristiano Bella Fryer Grace Xue Alessandra Ramos Georgia Wedding Christopher Williams GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Nathan Havard ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Owen Cooke Jack Heaney Tyrone Villero PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Aiden Doyle Leah Alleblas Rheya Ramsamy Holly Wedding NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCLUSKEY CALLAHAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Nathanael Gui Ruby Young Dean Bezzina GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Dusan Stolic Connor McCullough Laura Peart Georgia Serafingos ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Zara Cheung Nicholas Roussou Neusha Behboodi Sophie Sykes Makayla Zulumovski Kasey Bos Sarah Gunawan Erica Lee Samantha Santos PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Olivia Alleblas Joswin D’Souza Tyler McCullough Mason Dimalanta
2020 Celebration of Excellence Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—McCOY HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Obiorra-Nicolas Elechi Kevin Tran GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Dylan Caruana ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Dylan Skeggs Stipe Kutlesa Hau Lam Ivan Lu Nathan Luu Angus Fleming PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Ivan Kutlesa Joshua Sherri Sebastian Rodd Jordan Schembri Phoneake Nithikwangwan Tristan Childs Jack Ta Anthony Yacoub Kadin Holloway NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCOY MARIAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Emma Clayton Lucia Garcia-Caro Jye Paladino Relja Ugrcic Ana Orieta Amelia Masuglia GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Emily Siljanovski ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Raphael Romeo III Hipolito Emma Chitty Dylon Panoy-Ducusin Jeremy Cachia Sofia Catherine Cudal Ava Pisani Damon Lih William Peace Daniel Whitfort PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Ariel La Rosa Lucas Medzoian Ciara White Ashley Cao Hannah Colombera Quinn Tanti Addison Tyne Stephanie Di Maggio Andrew Ruby NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCOY CALLAHAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Beatrice Manganip Kaira Sharma Daniel Spiess Jorge Arguello Flores Breena Malhotra Mia Mattar Tiana Torres GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Chloe D’Souza Lily Smead Emma Pisani ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Zac Chappell Leah Mattar Monique Quach Despina Stergiannis Abigail Rhodes Jade Chitty Renee Falzon PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Ethan Bailey Jake Sedunary Leanna Tito Marie Ladegourdie William Suhendra Mia Pastore Christine Gadong
2020 Celebration of Excellence Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—WINTERS HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Jesse Longaretti-Schreppel Christian Mitrevski Dean Penna Vignesh Chakravarthy Ayan Panghal Joshua Vo Aarya Thakker Jake Cutajar Ashar Abdul-Ghaffar Daniel Dinh GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Sean Lopez Prayush Soochit Aymen El Hawli ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Patrick Wetzler Jesse Trembath Benjamin Conte Alessio Martiniello Emmanuel Massa Ethan Thorneycroft PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Andre Caputo Isaiah Cordeta Ryan Madden Noah Abboud Taj Tanti Partick Ambrose NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—WINTERS MARIAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Kayleigh Caruana Tahlia Johnson Lauren Massey Audrey Morton-Galea Theodore Ramirez Aaron Su Frederick Hadi GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Katie Karagiannis Dwight Fenech Liam Tuite Abraham Haddad ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Ethan Lapuh Makaira Muscut Emma Fritz Sachi Sharma Stephanie Tan Leandro Paragas Jordyn Vassallo Everlast Chain Olivia Spiteri Gabryel Olguin Alexander Rutkowski PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Alexis Day Gabrielle Trajkovski Madeline Beer Bojan Trifunov NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—WINTERS CALLAHAN HOUSE GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Tiffany Duong Meklit Melesse Andrea Ong Sanya Walia Gwendolyn Sathiaseelan Jessica Tavelli Nathan Ang Devika Karuna Daniella Sattout Jamie Smek GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS – PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Stephanie Halloran Sam Barbuto Angelie Aguilar Delta Brodziak ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Freyja Ongkowardhana Ethan Sneyders Annaliese Pereira Logan Pitruzzello Cooper Peatling Natalia Rutkowski Marcus Sneyders Sicao Li Mia Fidele Nicholas Policar Simon Tran PERSONAL BEST ACHIEVEMENT Taylor Bonavia Chigozie Chukwuma Marco Lapitan Mateja Stojkovic Alfred Yap Neeraja Shah
Additional Academic and Personal Best Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—CASSIDY HOUSE Becker Abdou Mattias Atwell Maxwell Benjamin Fraser Burns Lucas Correnza Hugh Curtis Nicholas Dimopoulos Benjamin Hallam Marcus Irgl Caleb Kucharczyk Felipe Lima Oscar May Jonathan Naismith Jack Phin Harvey Redpath Alexander Smith Abdul Karim Abdou Marco Barrottu Joshua Bojadzievski Jonah De Mezieres Lepervanche Matthew Garrata Eli Howard Jack Knight Aidan Le Souef Sean Madden Luca Mosele Butera Panda Papoutsis Raiden Persaud Huy Pham Kunchit Sikka Rosario Todaro Mahdi Trad Harry Tran Laith Alobaidi Dewa Antara Mohamed Elkhodr Lachlan Mitchell Samir Mourad Antonio Papaioannou Palermo Minh-Kha Pham Daniel Savic Anthony Siccita Coby Smith Nicholas Tucker Ahmed Abdo Tomislav Glavan Braxton Spencer Jordan Tabone Adnan Taleb Jaime Tsiflidis Arian Berisha William Buck Alexander Carter Ben Carter Zakariya El-Houli Joshua Jedretich Dakota Keenan Mason Mansor Henry Murphy Xavier Pantzikis Noah Rizzoli Keith Van Zyl NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CASSIDY MARIAN HOUSE Isabella Bannister Cailyn Barrett Tara Bell Ashton Brock Maya Gathercole Cormac Green Oliver Heberle Thomas Jakubiec Tshibingu Kalala Ekamjot Kaur Jess Kennedy Marissa Koukoulas Callum Pitts Nikhil Rajmohan Kristian Rusec Spencer Archer Matthew Blassis Giovanna Calegari Jasmine Chambers Jamie Collins Toby Collins Johnathon Di Natale Aaron Kalic Ethan Minett Charlene Muliett Vanessa Navarro Joshua Raffaele Aiden Ristevski Heyabel Teklemicheal Mariam Alobaidi Aythan Cassar Shania Cummings Sandra Kalala Sienna Longmuir Lillian Holmes Sinise Jaeger Stephanie Krslovic Emilie O'Keeffe Khristian Paed Jacob Rutaquio Eric Britnell Samuel Kritikides Helen Le Lachlan Madden Tayla Parker Eloise Perrin Alyssia Scurtu Miranda Tapfumaneyi Brandon Ung NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CASSIDY CALLAHAN HOUSE Joseph Adinugroho Dylan Atanasovski Matthew Babic Ayla Densley Leah February Lachlan Fitzgerald Jessica Folino Baxter French Julian Listiawan Jacob Marshall Jonathan Martis Ava Pretorius Nicholas Solano Ivory Tesfay Isara Thommage Sehar Wadhawan Jordan Abdilla Scarlet Bannister Rylee Borg Christopher De Colo Elly Giaquinta Chelline Kasembele Stephen Keramidas Erica Lobo Lucas Meiers Ayden Miller Harry Saunders Jordan Starr La-Teesha Tapfumaneyi Kaylan Van Heer James Williams Maximos Atwell Jemima Bamford Adon Borg Daniela Foti Benedict Hormachuelos Mervin Manlagnit Kaylee Phillips Ryan Ree Anjelo Justin Fojas Jack O'Connell Suzan Rohayem Brad Barden Thomas Blassis Francesco Galea Jayden Gracias Aaron Saliba Jason Trinh
Additional Academic and Personal Best Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—CHAMINADE HOUSE Yaser Besisou Angus Bonnici Daniel Borzillo Wes Catania Oscar Hallam Anderson Harper Sebastian Hill Matthew Husada William Melbourne-Morrow Samuel Molinia Michael Morda Phoenix-Phi Nguyen Charlie Purnell Charlie Rayson-Hill Jayson Spierings Thomas Thornton Gregory Victorio Daniel Armeri Adam Boicos Riley Casement Jason Dang Adrian Kastrati Aleks Marjanovic Lachlan McKay Henri Monching Angus Moore Rui Ota Nicholas Picoula Imran Sherifovski Christiano Staropoli Liam Sultana Noah Zahra Julian Acquaro Aidan Azzopardi Assad Elkantar Lachlan Heriot Shreyas Putan Toby Randall James Taliana Harvey Wong Isaac Yacoub Tylar Archer Finley Bonnici Hamish Creswick Rory Dew Jack Harmer Callum Spierings Ryan Sultana Adrian Viscio Minh Nguyen Ben Zahra NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CHAMINADE MARIAN HOUSE Ryan Agius Francesca Anghiel Alexander Barnes Jing Beh Brooke Bowden Zane Cachia Grace Currie Luke Darmanin Max Dimitriadis Chloe Elkington Jorja Ficarra Helena Ninkovic Lachlan O'Leary Dylan Poole Elyssa Ryan Eva Ursino Diya Verma Charli Archer Sienna Barton Ava Boukouris Thomas Burton Ella Camilleri Jack Dumble Natalie Gormley Gabrielle Eunice Ignacio Arijana Matejin Ben McConville Andrea Pace Raphael Raagas Julian Victoire Darcy Agius Ryan Benic Declan Bolyos Axel Iannacone Jonathan Krstevski Demi-Lee Loftus Elsie Mwiti Tiarni Nyosole Ella Saliba George Thomas Alexander Kuzmenko Mia Loftus Madison Metcalfe Karli Robinson Patrick Wilson Justin Beh Makenzie Carr Elise Dick Joshua McKay Lucia Quach Matthew Raagas Ryan Said NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—CHAMINADE CALLAHAN HOUSE Alexzandra Camenzuli Siena Di Battista Adalia Gomes Elias Hendra Roisin Hogan Caitlin Kelly Dermot Meehan Hayden Rodgers Alessia Sortino Finn St Leon William Voudiotis Chanel Bugeja Tayla Bugeja Nicholas Caruana Tiana Cop-Barboza Kayla Donnan Max Downing Alyssia Frost Isla Iannacone Alyse Muscat Rebecca Scott Adam Gatt Orlando Johnson Angelina Khairy Isabelle Ngo Utkarsh Nirgude Chloe Suntovski Rachel Araia Samuel Carter Mikal Fisseha Jade Hunter-Pendlebury Lukan Matejin Paulina Nikolaeva Andrew Barnes Taylah Dooley Kyan Lerch-Lozano Oliver Lutovac Chelsea Nguyen Matthew Suntovski Georgia Whalan
Additional Academic and Personal Best Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—McCLUSKEY HOUSE Jaidan Boutros Jakobi Buckham M Denzel Djakaria Juan Felipe Forero Guzman Ansh Gandhi Angus Hawker Evan Hutchinson Christian Hyde Darcy Ianna Julian Mammoliti Joshua Myers Jarryd Niemczyk Thomas Petterson Zachariah Raffoul Lachlan Shields Noah Thomas Joshua Trajcevski Long Tran Nam Tran Willis Zomer Justin Adair Stephen Bencic Mark Cuni Dion Dellas Samuel Dowling Bryce Dunkin Chris Georgakakis Nicholas Giles William Glewis Lucas Golik Tyler Hourmouzis Peter Jefferies Brendon Lai Matthew Lidyard Ethan Marambio Jake Mastandrea Deon Mitrevski Albert Murrihy Yonrick Nguyen Mattaeus Arvanitakis Nathan Blakemore Luke Dyke Aidan Nguyen William Toomey Abdalla Trad Sajid Bhatti Guillermo Cabrera M Devan Djakaria Julian Galea Amani Kahebwa Riley Moir Adam Scott Amir Al-Kantar Yuttana Glewis Bowen Li Liam Maddock Tam Mai Declan Muscat Gobi Uong NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCLUSKEY MARIAN HOUSE Lewis Aitken Ashleigh Baber Mohammad Saam Dastgahi Evangelina Dervusoski Ella Doyle Thomas Hatzipantazis Mia Kennedy Andre Machado Lochlann Nguyen Ryan O'Neill Ava Puopolo Leela Sarikonda Abbigayle Schneider Andy Votskos Tyson Angeles Mitchell Dennis Tia Dundon Marvyn Guthrie Dakota Hinton Patrick James Sienna Johnson Trent Lisiecki Jaida Malkocer Kail Morujao Mahkeisha Nizar Richard Puc Claudia Sokolis Anders Suchodolski Mary Toto Christopher Zulumovski Taylor Zulumovski Rhys Barham Oscar Cheung Alisia Dias Rachael Dziedzicki Troy Galiano Rory Mullen Benjamin Ng Tejashree Panvalkar Sophia Rene Jack Robinson Bianca Ruleska Ben Schaper Jazzlyn Zadel Naythan Cassar Jessica Charleston Kris Kurtov Jamie Vassallo Nylsen Battung Sally Bratby Hillary Nguyen Howayda Seifeddine Ilija Stolic Kyan Zaldarriaga NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCLUSKEY CALLAHAN HOUSE Dannika Arvanitakis Serena Brekau Amelia Casella Sienna Cooper Ethan Fletcher Oliver Henneken Laurene Kabemba Nikha Oreta Christina Puc Jerald Reyes Adrian Rodrigues Matthew Solaka Samanyu Srivastava Eve Stafford Darcey Tassits Corey Wild Charli Alexander Bronte Cooke Ishmanpreet Gosal Ashlyn Gunawan Lincoln Nguyen Ethan Pantalleresco Lachlan Sammut Tara Vassallo Ryder Anderson Aiden Borgheiink Leah Burns Connor Kostadinoski Amy Kurkowski Jorja Miloi Daniel Spiteri Ruby Tomaras Hayley Baber Temeika Cathery Laura Elliott Jasmine Farrugia Hayley Page Enric Solaka Brianna Sorich Jessica Stojanovski Tiana Di Giacomo Rachel Keirstead Jake Lee Natalie Marchione Brendon Rodrigues Jacquelyn Spiteri Noah Sykes Ava Votskos
Additional Academic and Personal Best Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—McCOY HOUSE Angus Alderton William Attard Nathan Caruana Mark Ciberlin Samuel Dinan Cian Ennis Samuel Faranda Yuxi Gaojing Joshua Nastoski Jayson Nguyen Tjay Pappas Liem Phan Thomas Pye Kieran Shaw Allan Zhao Ali Joel Aquino Orlando Cornejo Jasper Driscoll Spencer Herbert Oliver Kunze Ker Majok Brodie McCleish Johnson Nguyen Carl Refardt Anthony Tamburro Harrisan Thambirasa Tainui Whakaari Lucas Wilson Jasper Withers James Yeager Caiden Da Costa James Ferraro Jose Luiz Lima Layland Pappas Michael Pye Liam Zahra Philip Caruana Shane Fernandes Mohamed Haouli Michael Kefos Baylen Lawlor Dillon Nerapanda William Vu Dean Arapidis Zain Bremner Hayden Lawlor Jefferson Lay Nicholas Mitchell Thomas Nguyen James Racovalis Oliver Saltau Aidan Skeggs George Yacoub NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCOY MARIAN HOUSE Katia Arguello Flores Alexander Armeri Nicole Cruz Eliza De Boer Thomas Ellul Violet Emmerton Koan Hughes Mia Hughes Owen Leitch Isabella Magro Itumeleng Makola Lachlan McDonald Sharla Mravljak Emily Muscat Amy Pastore Damian Siljanovski Maja Szyc Hayley Bennett Xavier Cassar Massimo Franze Cassia Katts Gabrielle Mcnerney Ayden Medina Zayah Pearson Elissa Serra Mary Simosis Kye Vrhovac Andrew Zaharia Emily Jakobsen Isla McAvoy Antonio Mosele Chelsea Portelli Aiden Recupero Tegan Sortino Xavier Trimbos Zi Xu Benjamin Aitken Erin Balcos Dirjana Gatt Carabott Alice Henry Madeleine Lewis Breeanna Lindell Andrew Liv Zoe McNerney Sebastian Mercieca Joshua Santosa Daniel Couceiro Grace Di Leo Emma Dillon Angelica Emmerton Ella Hickmott Sarah Jenkinson David Zipevski NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—McCOY CALLAHAN HOUSE Jake Boniwell Lombarder Ashlin Cowan Paros Dimopoulos Catherine Guastalegname Mia Ha Mollie Kenny Matthew Mosele Arya Naidoo Eugene Ou Jackson Piscopo Harrison Silburn Jennifer Sim Oscar Spiess Milana Trimbos Nikola Vidakovic Jayden Yates Megan Yuliadinata Mischa Boban Sienna Boban Noah Emmett Julia Falzon Cooper Gaspero Annabell Jong Miles Leendertz Neil Nera Adrian Sobania Tristan Turner Andrew Abraham Deacon Caruana Samuel De Boer Imogen Didham Isobelle Farinha Campbell Jeffrey Alexander Mazzaferro Shriya Naidoo Ella Pavichievac Lachlan Puttyfoot Paris Clark Curtis Fox Jordan Rayson Ryan Vincent Jordan Walsh William Diffey Yadani Fekadu Tina Hua Amelia Kakanis Amelie Salinas Leon Smith
Additional Academic and Personal Best Awards ST PAULS CAMPUS—WINTERS HOUSE Alexandros Bervanakis Oscar Bui Niccolo Sebastian Clavecilla Eliot Comer Luca Conte Luis Aron Evangelista Daniel Fard Jack Furnari Jack Hooper Connah Jones Lingxuan Kong Noah Ligudzinski Tom McClelland Ishaan Nair Vincent Nguyen Xavier Te Aedan Thursby Bao-Long Trieu Isaac Vang Jonathan Weghaus Jesse Yomelos Gabriel Avolino Patrick Brealey Cameron Clark Zachary Collyer Archie Drakes Lachland Green Matthew Ibrahim Brian La Bradley Lai Harrison McDonald William Morris Fergus Nolan Yeshav Soochit Filip Trenkoski Jarryd Wikiel Jack Wikiel Samuel Cunningham Jeremy Frankel Liam Girvan Anish Kalidindi Anthony Price Cofre Julian Rodriguez Patrick Rogan Jordan Yap Mohamad Badra Christian Bitsikas William Crittenden Jordy Frankel Andrew Lam James Munro Flynn Trembath Nhan Vo Benjamin Dib NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—WINTERS MARIAN HOUSE Joshua Ascough Vithana Bambarande Kayla Beer Giann Cristiano Mason Grant Lucas Hayes Daisy Kline Gabrielle Kotsakis Thomas Lobb Colin Lodge Alexander Manssour Cynthia Paw Lily Sabotkoski Owen Tuite Lexie Vassallo Eve Young Sebastian Curson James Golembiovski Anton Kozlovsky Jack Lowry Diya Lutchman William McPherson Hayden Nguyen Annamaria Sokoleska Zoe Xinopoulos Emilia Baquero Jamie Cardona Thomas Harvey Taylah Manson Brydee McGee Emma Mitchell Charley Ojeda Benjamin Patterson Katia Srbinovski Levi Stafrace Jacqueline Bull Joseph Krstic Jack McGraw Amelia Rodrigues Kye Swiderski James Clewer Bridget Meade Zac Molnar Maximillian Paul Joshua Sicurella Emily Simon-Ostan Nathan Tredaway-Hoare Ryan Voger NOTRE DAME CAMPUS—WINTERS CALLAHAN HOUSE Ruby Coles-McArthur Jack Downey Milli Gallacher Jade Gayfer Christopher Hogan Brooke Meade Zara Minniti Hanna Rutkowski Brodie Salter Bianca Simon-Ostan Pearl Smaragdas Joshua Tang Ying Yuen Rachael Zhang Ean Aguilar Emilia Cogliandro Anthea Dunn Domenico Filippone Conner Hair Jaimee Jurcic Hannah Knell Haneul Kostyk Jaydon Nti Zoe Papas Hudson Rodrigues Kirsten Rossendell Nicholas Theologou Cian Vijay Jadea Vijay Isabella Baxter Mason Dixon Paige Kilpatrick Jelena Majstorovic Jeremy Nti Mike Pendleton Noah Pitruzzello Cara Sartor Natasha Simon-Ostan Jared Buttigieg Celeste Caccamo Joeuel Cruz Chiara Foti Isabel Hanson Tomas Karlovic Isabelle McPherson Jess Thomson Jeremy Benoit Max Hamilton Fionn Lodge
Excursions at Emmanuel College—Then and Now
1980 - Japanese Restaurant
1992 - Sovereign Hill
2006 - Sculpture Excursion
2019 - Melbourne Zoo
Penny Cook
Emmanuel College ArchivesCommunity Notices
Catholic Education Today Magazine: Term 4, 2020
Catholic Education Today for 2020 is now available on the Catholic Education Melbourne website
www.cem.edu.au under News and Events / Catholic Education Today.
The Term 4 edition looks back on a ‘year like no other’ with articles that focus on our children’s
wellbeing, with reassurance and strategies to reduce anxiety and promote coping.
Hobsons Bay Libraries Summer School Holidays
Monday 11 January to Friday 22 January 2021
Hobsons Bay Libraries is back with another action-packed virtual school holiday program! These summer
school holidays we’re also going exploring in our own neighbourhood with our Kid Explorer Quest. Our popular
Take-home Activity and Craft Kits will also be available. Bookings are now open (as of Friday 4 December
2020). Places for each program will be limited, and so bookings are essential. We recommend placing your
bookings well in advance to avoid disappointment.
Take Home Tech now available from Hobsons Bay Libraries
We all know that libraries have books for loan, but did you know that you can also borrow tech kits with your
Hobsons Bay Libraries membership?
There’s a variety of Robotics, Electronics and STEAM kits available, suitable for use by anyone aged from three
to 99 years, from tech newbies to more experienced tinkerers. Check out the website to register for a kit and
sign up for a library card if you’re not already a member.
http://libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/services/take-home-tech
Big Ideas Day
Make your 2021 vision happen!
Wednesday 20 January 2021 9.30am—4.30pm
FREE—Ages 16-25
Expressions of interest to be emailed to: hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/bigideasdayChange or Suppression (Conversion)
Practices Prohibition Bill 2020
Catholic education is committed to delivering a direction of their own choosing to make their
uniquely Catholic, high-quality education that is own decisions.
inclusive of all who seek it. Our belief that every
human life is sacred and has an innate human Another important and significant concern
dignity unpins everything we do to support our expressed by Archbishop Peter is that the Bill’s
staff and students to live meaningful lives. introduction into the Parliament has occurred
without appropriate consultation, despite its
Our schools are faith communities where love wide-ranging impacts. This lack of consultation,
abounds and where the wellbeing of each along with the lack of public conversation about
student is paramount, regardless of their colour, the Bill, will leave many parents and families
appearance, sexuality, ability or disability, and unaware of the content of this proposed
religious or cultural background. legislation, and the potential to affect the way
Victorian people of faith express a view, share
Our policies recognise that there are various their faith or talk about biblical teaching.
sexual orientations and offer schools the
necessary support in this sensitive area to deliver For Catholic education, it is important that the
appropriate pastoral care so the Catholic school implications of the Bill are considered in the
truly is a community where the innate, God- context of the manner in which education is
given dignity and uniqueness of every student delivered in our schools, including our parents’
are welcomed and respected. expectations of Catholic education and
expression of faith.
The Victorian Parliament is considering the
Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Archbishop Peter’s statement about the Bill can
Prohibition Bill 2020 (the Bill), which appears to be found at:
seek to prevent harmful and coercive practices https://melbournecatholic.org/news/statement-
that would damage human dignity, where re-change-or-suppression-conversion-practices-
‘change or suppression practices are harmful prohibition-bill-2020.
practices that seek to change or suppress an
individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity’ If you would like to familiarise yourself with the
(from the Bill’s explanatory memorandum). Bill and its explanatory memorandum, both are
available from the Parliament of Victoria website:
Archbishop Peter A Comensoli and other faith
Bill:
leaders in our community have recently shared
https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/d
their concerns about the Bill.
efault/files/bills/591143bi1.pdf
explanatory memorandum:
While the principle of the Bill is worthy of
https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/d
support, Archbishop Peter has pointed out that
efault/files/bills/591143exi1.pdf.
its content and explanatory memorandum are
vaguely worded and could result in the law
You may wish to contact your local Member of
enacted by the Bill’s passing potentially intruding
Parliament if you have questions or concerns
into the Church’s contexts of prayer, religious
about the Bill. The contact details of your local
conversion, pastoral conversation, spiritual
members in both lower and upper houses are
accompaniment, family life, and the freedom of
available at:
individuals to change and to seek advice and
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/electorates.INSIGHTS Modelling self-kindness This has been a tough parenting year. On a personal level it’s been challenging, but when you add the extra di iculty of helping children and young people navigate this year, you’d be forgiven for feeling like you’ve had enough. It’s timely to look at US-based academic Dr. Brene’ Brown’s research that informed her book The Gi of Imperfect Parenting. Brown’s core finding was that the best parenting strategies rely on modelling for them to be adopted by children. That’s a little scary as it means we need to be the adults that we want to our kids to become. There is great power in kids watching us practise how we manage hardships, frustrations and di iculties. Whether we use self- kindness or self-put downs, either will leave an impression on our kids. Not only do they see how we react when we stumble or make mistakes, but we give them permission to act in the same ways. It’s hard to be self-kind If you’re a goal-oriented type of person, highly-judgemental or someone who likes to get things done, then self-kindness can be di icult to befriend. It goes against the grain to laugh at your mistakes or miss a deadline, even though it won’t be the end of the world as you know it. If you recognise this type of rigid approach then it may be time let go of some old ways. Inflexibility is the enemy of healthy wellbeing, which thrives on adaptability and self-forgiveness. Let them hear the process Giving a child or young person insight into your thinking is a powerful parenting strategy. Sharing your struggles and mess ups with kids in age-appropriate ways takes vulnerability and promotes empathy. It takes courage to share a comment such as, “I keep putting myself down, which is not helpful. I’ve got to talk to myself as if I’m talking to someone I love.” Disclosing this type of self-talk is only useful if it’s done in a safe, matter of fact way and a child is comfortable with the message. Self-kindness means acting compassionately toward yourself when you are struggling to meet your own expectations, meeting with unexpected di iculties and/or met with failure. It’s time to drop the sti upper lip, put aside the strict schedule and stop berating yourself. Instead say to yourself, “This is really tough right now. How can I take some comfort and look a er myself?” This is a message worth modelling particularly, if you are living with a perfectionist or a child with tendencies toward anxiety. Provided as a part of our school’s Parenting Ideas membership parentingideas.com.au
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