On Wednesday we gathered for our Term 2 whole school assembly which was planned and led by our student leaders. Thank you to all the students involved as it was a lovely celebration of community. At the assembly we formally inducted our Year 7 SRC and the Social Justice Council and recognised the achievements of a number students.

We were delighted to welcome back Adriano Zarosinski, one of our 2011 School Captains. Adriano spoke about his life since leaving CRC St Albans and the values he has taken with him as he has journeyed beyond school. He went on to complete a very successful VCE, studied at Melbourne University and Berkeley University in the US, and today works as a Town Planner. His is very much a story of pursuing your passions, focussing on your strengths and engaging fully in all you do.

Through the readings and prayers at the beginning of the assembly, students reflected on the idea that if love is to be present in our community it must be lived, in other words we cannot just talk about love but that it must show itself in our actions.

Love is very much like air. You can’t hold it in your hand. You can only feel it, see it and hear it in action. You feel air as the breeze, you see air in the movement of leaves or you hear air in the sound of wind chimes. In the same way love only becomes real in the way we act with each other. In this community, may our love not be just words but show itself in action.

Mothers’ Day

We look forward to celebrating this very special day at our annual Mothers’ Day breakfast this morning. It should be a lovely morning as we gather for a chat, a lovely breakfast and the chance to hear from our guest speaker.

A very happy Mother’s Day for Sunday to all mums in our school community. We remember also the mums who are no longer with us. May all mums know that their unconditional love, support and all that they do for us are very much appreciated, even though we may not say this often enough!

CRC Students Shine

At our assembly we also recognised a number of students for achieving excellence in pursuits outside of school. They are a very talented group who are extremely dedicated to their sport / interest. Congratulations to:

Arabella Julian (Year 10) on being selected to represent Australia at the World Brazilian Jiu Jitsu championships later this month. We wish Arabella and her team well.

Kira Jansen (Year 10) recently represented the Victorian women’s youth team at the Australian Baseball Championships in Canberra and brought back a bronze medal. Well done Kira.

Calvin Lipec (Year 8) is a Victorian Rubics Cube champion and recently represented Victoria at the National level where he finished in the top 10. A mighty achievement.

Alethea Mata (Year 7) competed for Victoria at the National Bowling championships. She had a remarkable tournament taking out first in the girls, first in the boys and girls combined and making the top 10 in the Girls All Stars!

Megan Flores (Year 9) has been selected to represent the SACCSS association at the Victorian Schools Association swimming championships on Monday night. We wish Megan and the team well.

Augustine Morris (Year 10) continues to excel in athletics. He recently equalled the Essendon Athletics club U17 club record. In April he competed in Perth, representing Victoria where he won the 100m and came second in the 400m. He has been invited to join the Australian National junior squad.  Well done Augustine.

NAPLAN Online

As families may be aware the NAPLAN is transitioning from a paper test to online assessment. This is being completed over a three year period (2018 – 2020). As part of this transition process our school will be conducting NAPLAN online from this year.

The NAPLAN online tests will be conducted over the next two weeks, beginning on Tuesday and concluding on Friday 24 May.

Privacy

The College Privacy policy has recently be updated. The policy can be found on the College website.

Study Support

We remind students and families that our library is open until 4.30pm on Monday – Thursday, and 4.00pm on Friday. There are a number of learning support staff are available each day to assist with homework and to provide study support. We encourage students to make use of this extra assistance.

Newsletter

The newsletter is published fortnightly and distributed on Day 10 (Friday Week 2). Students will have a chance to read it before placing it in their diary to be taken home to parents that evening.

Newsletter Days for Term 2 2019:             

Fridays:                 24 May,     7 June,     21 June

The newsletter can also be accessed on Friday morning (Day 10) on the College website at http://www.crcstalbans.catholic.edu.au

Since our last newsletter…..

Over and above the day to day activities of the school since our last newsletter students, families and staff have participated in the following:

• Girls’ Futsal
• Brimbank Young Researchers program
• Year 10 RE excursion
• Year 7 Premier League
• Recording Studio – choir
• Prince’s Trust Achieve program
• SACCSS Interschool Cross Country
• School Assembly

I am sure that students and their families are very appreciative of all these opportunities and the time and energy that staff put into organising and offering these experiences.