1353 Friday 19 August 2016 Dear Members of the Loyola College Community,

As we approach the half way mark of this term, College life continues to be busy as we witness the many activities and important events that have taken place in the last fortnight. With the Olympics coming to a close this coming weekend I know we will all be supporting former student Monica Brennan (L: 06-11) as she competes for Australia in Rio in the 4 x 400 metre relay on Saturday. Good luck to Monica and the team!!!

The Cage I congratulate the senior students who volunteered to be caged up for 24 hours over Wednesday and Thursday of last week to bring attention to the plight of the homeless in our community. The students were joined by senior students from Xavier College, Kew, like Loyola, a Jesuit Companion school. A number of our senior students also went to Xavier College to be in their cage with their senior students. I thank Mr Lynch, Deputy Principal ~ Ignatian Mission and Identity as well as all staff who supported this event. Winter Sleep out Congratulations to the senior students who participated in the winter sleep out last week. Raising awareness of the plight of the marginalised and the poor is necessary if we are to change society values and live out our faith to improve the quality of life for others. I thank Mr Lynch (Deputy Principal ~ Ignatian Mission and Identity) for overseeing the organisation and all the staff who assisted with the supervision of the students. Parent Seminar: Positive Psychology Evening for Year 7 Parents and Students This event was held last week in the Companions Hall and was very well attended by parents and students and I thank Mrs Stylli and the Magis Committee as well as the presenters Mrs Salmic, Mr Valentino, Mrs Stringer and all staff who attended and assisted. Year 11 Leadership Day On Tuesday of this week a special Leadership Day was held for our Year 11 students to enable them to consider both their role as leaders in Year 12 next year and their commitment to becoming specific student leaders in 2017. Students were presented with the model of Servant Leadership as the best model suited in a Catholic school. Students were challenged to consider what it means for them to be a leader in an Ignatian school. I am confident that we will have many wonderful Year 12 leaders from this group next year. I thank Mrs Salmic who oversaw the running of leadership program this year. Staffing Matters: We welcome Ms Need to the staff who will take on the role of Special Education teacher. We farewell and thank Ms Nash who will be concluding her time in Student Services to move to a position in another school..

Feast of the Assumption This week the Church celebrated the feast of the Assumption recalling that Mary, the mother of Jesus was taken into heaven body and soul. This feast day honours Mary for the role she played in saying yes to God in accepting to become the mother of our Lord. Mary willingly accepted God’s plan for her and trusted fully in that plan despite many obstacles. In saying ‘yes’ to God she enabled God’s plan to bring Jesus into the world. We believe that God has a plan for each one of us and that we can realise that plan through listening to God speak to us is in prayer and through the world around us. In our Ignatian tradition we are minded to ‘see God in all things’. St Ignatius had a great affection for Mary and he often prayed to Mary for the strength to do God’s will so as to fulfil God’s plan for him. He found great comfort in seeking her intercession. May we do the same. May Mary continue to be our guide, our Heavenly Mother, and show us the way to loving Jesus more deeply in our lives. Congratulations to Elena Fragapane Elena Fragapane (L 10 -15) is the recipient of the 2016 Colin McCormick Italian Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is offered through the University of Melbourne and is awarded annually to a post VCE student who intends to study Italian at the tertiary level. The presentation ceremony took place at Loyola in August and was attended by Loyola staff, university staff, family members and the members of the scholarship committee. We congratulate Elena on this wonderful achievement.

Joseph Favrin Principal

FROM DEPUTY PRINCIPAL (IGNATIAN MISSION & IDENTITY)

The Cage On August 10 and 11, 20 Year 11 Loyola students joined with Xavier College students in The Cage experience. The Cage is a Social Justice awareness raising action which, this year, drew attention to the plight of Refugees and Asylum seekers in detention.

Students stay for a period of 24 hours with no food (only barley sugar), drink (apart from water) or technology. They sleep on the ground in The Cage in solidarity with those who do not have a home and are incarcerated. Visible to students at each school, they are able to raise awareness amongst the school communities to a plight experienced by thousands of vulnerable people, not just in Australia but in other parts of the world, people who include the young, the old, separated families and the disposed.

The students from each school get to know each other in The Cage and fill their time talking, playing board games and other games, music, doing homework and trying not to think about food, warmth and comfort. Students participate in discussions and reflective activities to improve their understanding of others and their situation.

After 24 hours the students exit the Cage together and share a much appreciated meal.

Year 11 students Winter Sleepout This year’s Loyola Year 11 Winter Sleepout was again well supported. 40 students and staff participated to raise awareness of homelessness in Melbourne.

The night started with a visit to Ozanam House, a crisis accommodation centre run by the Saint Vincent De Paul Society.

The kitchens at Ozanam House provide up to 2,500 meals a week including support for a nearby day centre. Ozanam House has a library, computer room, organises fortnightly excursions, a strong volunteer program and offers 200 specialist drug, alcohol, mental health, housing and counselling services.

Louise Augustinus, the volunteer coordinator at Ozanam House, spoke to our students about the issue of homelessness and accepted the donations bags containing winter clothing, food, men’s toiletries and money. She spoke about the reasons for the increased numbers of the homeless this year.

Next stop was the Soup Van Kitchen in North Melbourne where food is prepared for the 365 day a year nightly runs. One of the volunteer coordinators demonstrated how the vans operate and told the students many anecdotes about the difference the work of the volunteers made to the lives of some of Melbourne’s most vulnerable people.

One myth that was busted on the night was the stereotype of the old homeless alcoholic making up the majority of the homeless. Most are under thirty, both male and female, and from a diverse range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. They are on the streets for a range of reasons including unemployment, family breakdown, mental health and other health issues, drug and alcohol dependency and in many cases, just unfortunate circumstances.

The students had their dinner at ‘Lentil as Anything’ in Abbotsford. This is a vegetarian restaurant where there are no prices and people are invited to pay what they can afford or what they think the meal is worth.

This bountiful philosophy not only provides healthy fare to those in need, but it also brings together an eclectic mix of people to share food, music and conversation.

Our Loyola students certainly enjoyed the experience.

Volunteer talk at Melrose Kitchens

Mr Christopher Lynch Direct Line: 9433 0227

At the end of the evening the students returned to Loyola, reflected on the day’s events and slept out overnight to help them understand the plight of Melbourne’s Homeless.

Loyola College visit to AIA Islamic School Part of the Year 11 Youth Ministry course involves studying an interfaith approach to an issue. The issue is response to world poverty and students look at how Catholics and Islamic people approach the care for the marginalized and how it links to core beliefs and teachings. On Tuesday, 11 August a group of Year 11 students from the Australian International Academy, an Islamic school spent a morning with an equivalent representative group of Year 11 students. The students chatted together, learnt about each other’s’ faiths, discussed their approaches to caring for others and finished with a prayer session and lunch.

My thanks to Ms D’Agostino and Miss Chamoun and Im Yeah from AIA for their contributions in organising this event.

This weekend a number of Loyola students will participate in World Vision’s 40-hour Famine. In our world about 1 in 6 people experience chronic hunger. That is 1.2 billion people. The causes are complex with climate change, political instability, food price speculation, urbanisation, population pressure, famine, war, drought and floods all contributing. As well as gaining a small appreciation of what it is like to be hungry the students will learn about the issue of world poverty and raise funds to contribute to its alleviation.

Upcoming Events See Ms Crowe for Reading Help: Tuesdays 3:25pm-4:45pm Refugee Tutoring: Thursdays 3:25-5:45pm

Our students waiting to go to Refugee tutoring on a Thursday evening.

FROM HOME~COLLEGE~PARISH LIAISON

It was a great privilege to be part of World Youth Day (WYD) Kraków, it was a connecting Victorian Pilgrimage from 25 July to 01 August 2016. It was a great honour to journey with 300 plus Victorians amongst 3000 Australians within the 2.5 million people who gathered together at WYD in Kraków. The Archdiocese of Melbourne's invitation was to join the team of chaplaincy who took care of the spiritual side of the pilgrimage, Ms Theresa Chamoun was invited to be the Kraków group leader.

Below are some of the highlights or aspects of the journey that were an amazing experience which in every encounter, the shepherds care of the leaders are being felt as they are not only counting their sheep one by one all the time especially in areas that were crowded or congested but also looking after their whole wellbeing.

Upon arrival at Warsaw there was a warm welcome by the Cosmos tour guide who facilitated meticulously our passage to the accommodation, introduced the history, culture and

Sr Nelia Llanto SJBP Direct Line: 9433 0265

Year 11 students at Ozanam House, Melrose Soup Van and Lentil as Anything before returning to Loyola for the Sleep Out

traditions of the country, led us the location of the celebration of the mass at the local parish. The government officials highlighted the security and safety precautions with hundreds of police cars and ambulances in attendance at all times in all places of the WYD events. For the Victorian groups there were four buses allocated for 25 small groups. There was no switching and everyone tried to create a family spirit, cooperation and communion. A typical day on pilgrimage included regular prayer time, variety of events, daily debrief/reflection and limited Wi-Fi time.

Some of the thoughts that were transpired during mass and catechesis were:

Do not be afraid of opening your heart to the door of mercy

Now is the time of God's mercy We don't put the Lord off in postponing our

relationship with him Accept the friendship and discipleship which the

Lord is offering

The theme of the Holy Father's remarks to the gathered youth was how to overcome obstacles to building a real relationship with Jesus - whether they be obstacles that arise in one's own soul or obstacles one will inevitably encounter in the world and in society.

At times in our lives, we aim lower rather than higher. At those times, it is good to realise that God remains faithful, even obstinate, in his love for us. The fact is, he loves us even more than we love ourselves. He believes in us even more

than we believe in ourselves. He is always “cheering us on”; he is our biggest fan. He is there for us, waiting with patience and hope, even when we turn in on ourselves and brood over our troubles and past injuries. But such brooding is unworthy of our spiritual stature! It is a kind of virus infecting and blocking everything; it closes doors and prevents us from getting up and starting over. God, on the other hand, is hopelessly hopeful! He believes that we can always get up, and he hates to see us glum and gloomy. Because we are always his beloved sons and daughters. Let us be mindful of this at the dawn of each new day. It will do us good to pray every morning: “Lord, I thank you for loving me; help me to be in love with my own life!” Not with my faults, that need to be corrected, but with life itself, which is a great gift, for it is a time to love and to be loved.

We had the great blessing to pose with the previous and popular bishop of Melbourne now assigned in Perth – Bishop Timothy Costelloe, SDB

Birthdays Greeting and best wishes to the following staff and students who will be or have celebrated their birthday at this time.

Staff Miss Leila Maddela Mrs Maria Curtolo Mr Clark McEvoy Mr Tim Blamey Mrs Angela Johnston Mr Mark Angel Ms Hope Do Mr Con Tsatas Mrs Nicole Blowfield Mrs Linda Pavia Ms Justine Bell Mr Daniel Liberti Miss Lia Ray

Students Natasha Pagniello 11 ASLS Noah Plavcak 8 MFVE Isabella Corbisieri 11 ASKC Isaac Najar 9 MSOL Ethan Salib 8 FECG Bianca Keogh 9 FJPV

Jamie Cleary 8 FPTM Patrick Lewis 9 FECG Sophie Mekhamer 8 XMCU Leandra Abreu 11 FJPV Tegan Goodge 8 FHPL Alannah Iaconis 7 AEGR Mathilde Meagher 8 MEMK Isabella Treglia 12 KGCW Piriadarsini Srinivasan 12 MDHT Julian Galgano 9 FHPL Antonio Grasso 8 XCLH Matthew Brennan 7 CDAM Julian Caiazzo 11 XMGA James Mantis 7 KGCW Anthony Nota 7 CPJK Tristan Biro 12 FSKE Nicholas Costanzo 10 XRFS Francesco Fiorentino 12 ARMB Elias Patsouras 9 MAML Peter Tsomidis 9 MKMS Maree Garavelos 12 CRLH Jordan Iliopoulos 8 ADJD Olivia MacDonald 11 ADJD Maria Popovski 12 ASKC Daniel Farchione 11 MAML Eliana Hanna 9 MKMS

Zack McInnes 12 CRLH Bradley Sullivan 10 FHPL Brandon Tarulli 10 CPFH Chanel Cesario 7 FMJL Ailish Muir 10 CJSI Jackson Car 10 XRFS Alexander Honcoop 9 XMCU Alycia Stojcevski 12 FSKE Sarah Williams 8 CPJK Joshua Wright 8 KCGS Tian Yang 12 FJBE Mafi Amato-Veamatahau 12 AMEH Kristopher Fisher 9 KCMC Gina Georges 10 AMEH Nicholas Marin 9 Linda Phan 7 CLHO Christian Saviane 8 KAMM Aoife Whelan 10 KMLE Katya Camuncoli 10 KCMC Nikita Ho 10 CTFO Joseph Bowman 9 FLTH Navishka Fernando 12 MKMS Christopher Ferriggi 7 ASKC Jayson Georgiadis 8 FSKE Naomi Heaven 8 MMCB

FROM DEPUTY PRINCIPAL (ADMINISTRATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)

Fundraising We have now raised over $20,000 which is a wonderful start in our attempts to raise a total of $45,000 for our 6 House Charities. Let’s continue to put all our efforts into raising as much as we can and ensuring we are supporting all our House Charities. Fundraising will close on Friday September 2nd so let’s work as hard as we can to reach our target.

Open Day Just a reminder that we will conduct our Loyola College Open Day on Sunday 11th September where we will showcase all that is wonderful about Loyola. We look forward to a large crowd that will be taken on tours by our current students, shown our amazing facilities and given a taste of our wonderful curriculum and programs. We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Assembly A big congratulations to all our students who were awarded with academic merit certificates at the last assembly. These certificates were awarded for outstanding academic progress in Semester 1. It is another example of us celebrating our success this time academically. We are very proud of what these students have achieved.

FROM COLLEGE ARCHIVIST

During August 2001 Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris visited Australia to deliver a lecture entitled, “Caritas and the City”. Prior to giving his lecture and as his first Australian enagagment, Cardinal Lustiger visited Loyola College.

On Friday 03 August 2001, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger honored Loyola College with the privilege of visiting the College to bless the bronze statue of St Ignatius. The statue, donated by the Loyola Parents and Friends

Association (LPFA), was intended to serve as a constant reminder to the Loyola College community of the mission to be part of a school run in the Ignatian tradition.

Parents and ex-students were invited to join the Loyola Community at the blessing ceremony of the statue. Among this community comprising of staff and students, distinguished guests included Parish Priests, College Board

Members, LPFA members and Principals of a number of secondary schools.

Mr John Kennedy, Founding Principal described Cardinal Lustiger’s visit as “…a delight…and fitting given the time

(1528 to 1535) Ignatius spent in Paris as a student (Montaigu College and College of Sainte-Barbe) and where he met Francis Xavier.” Mr Kennedy continued to explain that

“...on 15 August 1534 Ignatius and his companions pronounced vows at Montmartre and thereby founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)”. These events in the life of St Ignatius made this visit and blessing an extremely significant event in the life of Loyola College

FROM DEPUTY PRINCIPAL (TEACHING AND LEARNING)

Semester One Merits Congratulations to all students who achieved a gold or silver merit in Semester One. Please find the published list of all students (with permission) who achieved four or more Gold merits.

2017 Subject Selection We have now completed our Course guidance student interviews. Thank you to all parents and guardians who were also able to attend. It was great to see so many parents and guardians attend these interviews. Over three days, Senior staff were able to assist over 600 students in their 2017 subject selections. I would like to thank all staff involved in this process.

There are still a number of things to occur with the subject selection process. All Year 7 to 11 re-enrolment packages have now been submitted. Students who have applied for an accelerated subject will be informed in writing of the outcome of their application in early Term Four.

The tally of subject numbers is completed and at the DOCAL subject meeting (Tuesday 23 August) we discuss the student numbers and then make recommendations to the Principal about what subjects (and number of classes) should be considered for 2017. The outcome of this is not finalized until Term Four, as other factors such as staffing and budgetary requirements can affect the number of classes we finally offer in 2017. Early in Term 4, students receive in writing (via Mentor) their 2017 proposed subjects. This can also change depending on student Semester Two results. As part of the process, I also meet with any Year 12 student who does not receive any of their first five preferences. If parents or guardians have any questions regarding course guidance, please contact myself or Mrs Daniela Curcio (Careers Coordinator).

Mr Sean Simpson Direct Line: 9433 0250

Ms Suzanne Pola Direct Line: 9433 0233

Mrs Monica Baron Direct Line 9433 0767 Monday to Thursday archives@loyola.vic.edu.au

Year 11 and 12 Subject Specific Interviews The final Year 12 Academic Conversation will take place on September 8 (3:45pm – 6:30pm) in the Loyola Companion Hall. This will be your final formal opportunity to discuss your child’s progress prior to the final examinations.

The Year 7 – 10 Academic Conversations will be held on October 6 (2:00pm – 8:00pm). Letters outlining the booking system will be sent to parents and guardians later this term.

Unit 4 Trial Examinations All students studying a Unit 4 subject will have a VCAA examination. As preparation for these final examinations, at Loyola College we run Trial examinations in all subjects over three days in the Term Three holidays. The students will receive a copy of their Trial Examination schedule via their school email commencing the week of August 22. The Trial Examinations commence on Friday 23 September and conclude on Tuesday 27 September. This schedule allows enough time to prepare for the Trial examinations, as well as undertake other revision for their subjects. Parents and guardians will receive an individual statement of Trial examination results following the correction of all papers. This report will be sent out in the mail on October 6.

Surname First Name Mentor Gold Silver Total

Year 7 Barclay Amy KFMM 10 0 10

Vassallo Matthew FHPL 10 0 10

Volpe Sienna FLTH 10 0 10

Andreazza Giulia ADJD 9 1 10

Barclay Hannah KCMC 9 1 10

Bilotto Lara ASKC 9 1 10

Caruana Sarah ARAS 9 1 10

Ciccone Isabella XMAC 9 1 10

Dinsdale Jasmine FSKE 9 1 10

Fell Joshua CPJK 9 1 10

Guerresi Mia CIKE 9 1 10

Gutszmit Aleena FMJL 9 1 10

Milidoni Giada ARMB 9 1 10

Nair Levi XMCU 9 1 10

Nguyen Callista FJBE 9 1 10

Pasquali Thomas FLTH 9 1 10

Roche James XMCU 9 1 10

Sajfar Kaja CMDA 9 1 10

Stanton Matthew FECG 9 1 10

Blagus Annabelle FFCH 8 2 10

Christou Georgia FMJL 8 2 10

Gee Sarah MFVE 8 2 10

Grollo Bailey XLMC 8 2 10

Jones Morgan XAFR 8 2 10

Kubicki Helena CPFH 8 2 10

Sullivan Elise FLTH 8 2 10

Vigliotti Luke XCLH 8 2 10

Wilkinson-Beards

Lily XLMC 8 2 10

Rodden Aoife CPFH 8 1 9

Sudevski Anastasia ARMB 8 1 9

Colosimo Emma XMAC 7 3 10

Gamberale Connor ADJD 7 3 10

Guard Anna XCLH 7 3 10

Rotin Kelly KNSH 7 3 10

Rowley James FJPV 7 3 10

Collins Lachlan KAMM 7 2 9

Federico Daniel FHPL 7 2 9

Gittins William XAFR 7 2 9

Harrison Thomas ARAS 7 2 9

Lagana Celia MKMS 7 2 9

Macawili Nathan MFVE 7 2 9

Phan Linda CLHO 7 2 9

Carr Tyler KCMC 6 4 10

Castles Benjamin XRFS 6 4 10

Chochowska Celinka AMEH 6 4 10

Gazzana Lucia MAML 6 4 10

Hewett Thomas MAML 6 4 10

Latkoski Thomas FPTM 6 4 10

Miller Alexander CIKE 6 4 10

Minnelli Massimo FSKE 6 4 10

Sarmiento Eryca MDHT 6 4 10

Trenou Lauren ARAS 6 4 10

Brennan Matthew CDAM 6 3 9

Bruggeman Caleb MMCB 6 3 9

Cesario Chanel FMJL 6 3 9

Di Falco Danielle CRLH 6 3 9

Glover Eleanor FLTH 6 3 9

Melchiorre Larissa CPFH 6 3 9

Randall Kieran CJSI 6 3 9

Treglia Elijah KMLE 6 3 9

Vaughan-Niven Jackson CJSI 6 3 9

Waldon Erin CMDA 6 3 9

D'Angelis Hunter KLHA 6 2 8

Jones Sheridan XRFS 6 2 8

MacMahon Tahlia MSOL 6 2 8

Buccella Lara ADJD 5 5 10

Pipolo Lucas AJRS 5 5 10

Simmonds Archie ADJD 5 5 10

Fernando Shehan MFVE 5 4 9

Gorgievski Mikayla KCGS 5 4 9

Gullone Caterina MMCB 5 4 9

Karaula Olivia CMDA 5 4 9

Pejcinovski Martin AJRS 5 4 9

Sandhu Taran MMCB 5 4 9

Street Haylee FLTH 5 4 9

Sturmar Emily KMLE 5 4 9

Vecchiarelli Natasha KSSD 5 4 9

Jowett Ella CIKE 5 3 8

Rocca Layla XRFS 5 3 8

Vandoros Antonino XLCR 5 3 8

Zamparo Briana CMDA 5 3 8

Zhou Stanley ASKC 5 3 8

Harvey-Yin Molly KGCW 5 2 7

Hussey Lyla XAFR 5 2 7

Prendergast Alannah KSSD 5 2 7

Rosano Isabella ADFE 5 2 7

Salce Andrew AMEH 5 2 7

Brooks Thomas CDAM 4 6 10

Crosara Noah CIKE 4 6 10

Clayton Amy CDAM 4 5 9

Costanzo Jack XLCR 4 5 9

De Marchi Olivia KNSH 4 5 9

De Souza Esquivel

Oscar KNSH 4 5 9

O'Donnell Madeleine MGKK 4 5 9

Pascale Joel MMBM 4 5 9

Spencer Laura FSKE 4 5 9

Tucker Ainsley KMLE 4 5 9

Willits Harrison XRFS 4 5 9

Alberti Alysha MKMS 4 4 8

Kreutzmann Bailey ASKC 4 4 8

Marazita Alyssa MDHT 4 4 8

Fantini Olivia MEMK 4 3 7

Farrugia Lily KCGS 4 2 6

Trifunoski Isabella MMBM 4 2 6

Year 8 Frost Grace FPTM 10 0 10

Murray Caden AEGR 10 0 10

Tohme Thea ARAS 10 0 10

Tomasiello Mary KSSD 10 0 10

Agostinelli Luke FECG 9 1 10

Belinic Hannah MEMK 9 1 10

Bernal Niesha XLCH 9 1 10

Black Josephine ARMB 9 1 10

Heaven Naomi MMCB 9 1 10

Ilievski Caitlin FJPV 9 1 10

Shannon Kellie CTFO 9 1 10

Tomasello Alexia XMGA 9 1 10

Treglia Kyra KCMC 9 1 10

Wu Abby XLMC 9 1 10

Zealley Georgina CIKE 9 1 10

Casasanta Alessandra MGKK 8 2 10

MacDonald Sophia CLHO 8 2 10

Berthelsen Ben FJBE 8 1 9

Mills Trinity CMDA 8 1 9

Warwick Sarah XMGA 8 1 9

Wheeler Anthea KCMC 8 1 9

Thomas Kellie KCGS 8 0 8

Ambrose Larissa CRLH 7 3 10

Collins Sophie CIKE 7 3 10

Fasciani Marc KAMM 7 3 10

Febbrarino Matisse CLHO 7 3 10

Garzia Roxane AEGR 7 3 10

Kolar Liam KLHA 7 3 10

Milan Mikayla ASLS 7 3 10

Muljadi Alexander XAFR 7 3 10

Nagel Patricia MGKK 7 3 10

Nolan Lucy KNSH 7 3 10

Routley Alistair FFCH 7 3 10

Sammut Celeste FHPL 7 3 10

Saviane Christian KAMM 7 3 10

Sha David XLCH 7 3 10

Stubna Paige MMCB 7 3 10

Warren Emily CPJK 7 3 10

Brazier Lakeisha KSSD 6 4 10

Bui-Viet Julien MSOL 6 4 10

Dokos Chantelle CJSI 6 4 10

Edwards Bennett CDAM 6 4 10

Thomson Brodan XMGA 6 4 10

Wilson Hannah XLMC 6 4 10

Baz Luke ASKC 6 3 9

Kim Lucy MSOL 6 3 9

Mekhamer Sophie XMCU 6 3 9

de Souza Bernadette CRLH 6 2 8

Tran Tina MFVE 6 1 7

Balassone Alex CRLH 5 5 10

Balloch Natalie XMAC 5 5 10

Calafiore Gabrielle XMAC 5 5 10

Careri Bianca XRFS 5 5 10

Caruana Stella ASLS 5 5 10

Kissane Molly CJSI 5 5 10

Baker Luke XLCH 5 4 9

Grasso Antonio XCLH 5 4 9

Leahy Alana KAMM 5 4 9

Pejcinovska Tiana ADFE 5 4 9

Ripper Renee FMJL 5 4 9

Tran Thanh Vi ADFE 5 4 9

Tzamarioudakis George FJPV 5 4 9

Warwick Amy XAFR 5 4 9

Kleyn Madeleine FHPL 5 3 8

Marin Olivia MFVE 5 3 8

Wright Tarryn KNSH 5 3 8

Caruso Alessia AEGR 4 6 10

De Santis Thomas XLMC 4 6 10

Iacuone Jesse FECG 4 6 10

Jeong David CLHO 4 6 10

Munasingha Ishka ASKC 4 6 10

Parisot Joshua MAML 4 6 10

Ammendola Joshua MFVE 4 5 9

Jordan Joshua MMCB 4 5 9

Pannam Liam MDHT 4 5 9

Redgrave William FJBE 4 5 9

Williams Sarah CPJK 4 5 9

Jorgandzijoski Nikolas ADJD 4 4 8

Long Chelsea FPTM 4 4 8

Zinkel Connor XMAC 4 4 8

Agati Sam KGCW 4 3 7

Blackwood Talia KCMC 4 3 7

Papaioannou Jessica XRFS 4 3 7

Petrovski Simone XRFS 4 3 7

Suey Mikayla MSOL 4 3 7

Rigoni Tiana KCGS 4 1 5

Year 9 Dunn Amelia ASKC 9 0 9

Mills Harrison FSKE 9 0 9

Poermandya Celine ASLS 9 0 9

Spiby Laura KAMM 9 0 9

Spiby Emma KLHA 9 0 9

Castles Sam XCLH 8 1 9

Elzink Jackson KSSD 8 1 9

Fell Stephanie CIKE 8 1 9

Gigliotti Emily KFMM 8 1 9

Govic Gabriella KGCW 8 1 9

O'Riordan Priya MSOL 8 1 9

Pagniello Kimberly AJRS 8 1 9

Panucci Natasha CPJK 8 1 9

Ramaekers Jemma KCGS 8 1 9

Remi Joceline ASLS 8 1 9

Russell Claire MEMK 8 1 9

Sabashan Oviya MEMK 8 1 9

Corbisieri Anthony AMEH 8 0 8

Bedford Emma ARMB 7 2 9

Federico Sophie FSKE 7 2 9

Foster Bridie MMCB 7 2 9

Hill Caitlin ASKC 7 2 9

Law Letitia MAML 7 2 9

Mackenzie Ashleigh KSSD 7 2 9

Asmar Petra MKMS 7 1 8

Chesser Tahlia KCMC 7 1 8

Rottura Lucas XAFR 7 1 8

Harb Rachel MFVE 6 3 9

Owens Neve ADJD 6 3 9

Salerni Sarah KFMM 6 3 9

Baz Lily-Marcelle ARMB 6 2 8

de Souza Lycette CJSI 6 2 8

Maraschiello Sienna ADFE 6 2 8

Nair Joshua XCLH 6 2 8

Sansonetti Sarah MFVE 6 2 8

Sturgess Ryan FMJL 6 2 8

Lin Sharon CRLH 5 4 9

Mertzanidis Victoria KAMM 5 4 9

O'Brien Ciara KCMC 5 4 9

Ripper Danielle FPTM 5 4 9

Sotiropoulos Dean XMAC 5 4 9

Toomey Sebastian CLHO 5 4 9

Ambrose Kristian CPFH 5 3 8

Collinson Nick XRFS 5 3 8

Fenech Mikayla ARAS 5 3 8

Neri Luke CPJK 5 3 8

Rizzo Claudia KFMM 5 3 8

Ryan Ella XCLH 5 3 8

Setyawan Nicholas MFVE 5 2 7

Zaffino Taijan XMAC 5 2 7

Thorley Noah CLHO 5 1 6

Jaenicke Chloe FJBE 4 4 8

Trajcevski Tiffany XMAC 4 4 8

Vandoros Spiridon XAFR 4 4 8

Woods Joel FPTM 4 4 8

Zamparo Annalise CTFO 4 4 8

Cheche Daryll FECG 4 3 7

O'Farrell Peter MMCB 4 3 7

Pascale Mia MSOL 4 3 7

Tanti Kaitlyn AJRS 4 3 7

Vanschaik Rhys FPTM 4 3 7

Garraway Trinity CPJK 4 2 6

Premathasa Shrishaeka FSKE 4 2 6

Sultana Monique FPTM 4 2 6

Pizzato Claire XLCR 4 1 5

Radobuljac Thomas CMDA 4 1 5

Balassone Max CPFH 4 0 4

Year 10 Eliopoulos Nicholas ADJD 7 0 7

Pietsch Zakary ARAS 7 0 7

Shannon Renee CMDA 7 0 7

Sullivan Bradley FHPL 7 0 7

Vavladellis Dimitrios MAML 7 0 7

Coleiro Justin MMCB 6 1 7

Fell Charlotte CJSI 6 1 7

Groom Deni MGKK 6 1 7

Gullone Claudia MGKK 6 1 7

John Athira FLTH 6 1 7

Noble Owen CLHO 6 1 7

Pasquali Claire FJPV 6 1 7

Routley Stuart FMJL 6 1 7

Theilig Alessia CLHO 6 1 7

Whelan Aoife KMLE 6 1 7

Jolly Emma CMDA 6 0 6

Kearney Niamh KGCW 6 0 6

Thain Charlotte MKMS 6 0 6

Bottomley Jake KMLE 5 2 7

Colosi Anthony ADJD 5 2 7

Cowley Jacqueline CPFH 5 2 7

Eliopoulos Adam ASKC 5 2 7

Fernando Shanaya ASKC 5 2 7

Ho Nikita CTFO 5 2 7

Hoyne Aidan FFCH 5 2 7

Sanchez Nicholas XLCH 5 2 7

Ammendola Adam MEMK 5 1 6

Balzarolo Bridgette KAMM 5 1 6

Frajsman Thomas MDHT 5 1 6

Kearney Kate KMLE 5 1 6

Mapstone Kanani ARMB 5 1 6

Premathasa Moshika FLTH 5 1 6

Reynolds Lori FMJL 5 1 6

Routley Claire FJPV 5 1 6

Hart Michael CPJK 5 0 5

De Santis Jacqueline XRFS 4 3 7

Georges Gina AMEH 4 3 7

Koufopoulos Kara MFVE 4 3 7

Leahy Stephanie KNSH 4 3 7

Ortega Joshua MMCB 4 3 7

Prout Jamaica FECG 4 3 7

Cain Jacob CDAM 4 2 6

Carli Emily KMLE 4 2 6

Costanzo Nicholas XRFS 4 2 6

Daminato Anthony KLHA 4 2 6

De Lutiis Lauren ASLS 4 2 6

Garavelos Kristen CIKE 4 2 6

Gonella Amber FJPV 4 2 6

Graham Naomi MDHT 4 2 6

Loutrakis Matthew MEMK 4 2 6

McIndoe Georgina ASKC 4 2 6

Millar Joel KSSD 4 2 6

Nagel Andrew MKMS 4 2 6

Bergamin Lucy AJRS 4 1 5

Bice Ayla FLTH 4 1 5

Bove Madeleine KCMC 4 1 5

Cannizzaro Lara MMCB 4 1 5

Heaven Julie MSOL 4 1 5

Quiaonza Jaylene XMAC 4 1 5

Gazzana Lorenza MMBM 4 0 4

Year 11 Douglas B J CTFO 7 0 7

Frazzetto Katia MGKK 6 1 7

Cirianni Julian MAML 6 0 6

Magaldi Lara ARMB 6 0 6

Turcios Alejandra FECG 6 0 6

Hill Jessie ADFE 5 2 7

Corbisieri Isabella ASKC 5 1 6

Di Cosmo Julia CTFO 5 1 6

Salvaggio Ashlea ARAS 5 1 6

Zou Sammy MSOL 5 1 6

Kotroczo Daniel XLCH 4 2 6

Liongue Jonathan AMEH 4 2 6

Lynch Sarah FSKE 4 2 6

Oktay Gem XLMC 4 2 6

Sarmiento Claude MMCB 4 2 6

Tran Chloe ASLS 4 2 6

Gazzana Antonia MSOL 4 1 5

Liistro Isabella AEGR 4 1 5

Petrovski Mikaela XMCU 4 1 5

Taynton Jack KCGS 4 1 5

FROM HEAD OF MATHEMATICS

Mathematics Week Loyola College and the Mathematics department celebrated Mathematics Week (1/8-5/8). Students were involved in various different activities in class to improve their engagement and participation in Mathematics.

A ‘Maffle’ was held at the start of the week to acknowledge and celebrate the great work ethic shown by our Year 7 and 8 students. Students that demonstrated excellent work ethic and endeavour, as opposed to academic achievement were given Maffle tickets putting them in a draw to win some great prizes.

I congratulate all the successful students and all the students that got involved in Mathematics Week.

Mathematics Fair Every two years, the School of Mathematics and Statistics holds a one-day mathematics fair at the University of Melbourne. The main objectives of the fair are: To promote the importance and broad

applications of mathematics and problem solving skills

To raise awareness of career opportunities for mathematics and statistics graduates

The program is designed to both engage as well as inform.

On June 22, Ashley Salvaggio ARAS, Jonathan Liongue AMEH, Julian Cirianin MAML and I went out for a day excursion of maths games and lectures. It was an early start as we headed to Melbourne University. Although a slightly later arrival than intended, we managed to arrive on time with the help of a few shortcuts Mr Wambeek had remembered from when he attended Melbourne University himself. Once in the building we received ‘gift bags’ which consisted of various maths magazines and then headed down to the theatre room where we got to hear two lectures from Melbourne University graduates telling us about their jobs. First was a Bioengineer who told us about how he studies and makes connections with genetics, next was a bush fire analyst who showed us how they determined ember damage.

After this we were given a delicious morning tea from Bakers Delight and then returned to the hall for a two-hour maths competition and some funny yet cringe worthy maths jokes. Although we didn’t get into the top three we still did quite well with the help of Mr Wambeek at certain moments. Soon enough lunch time arrived, although we brought lunches, we were brought coffee and desserts from Mr Wambeek while he gave us a tour of the university.

We returned to the hall for a few final speeches from various people who worked in Biosecurity and Bioengineering for a good end to the day. Overall it was a very enjoyable and informative experience, and a great substitute to cross country.

Mr Heath McClaer Direct Line: 9433 0732

Allana Davies (11 XLCH)

FROM VCAL COORDINATOR

As a part of the Year 11 VCAL program in 2016, the students are planning and constructing the next stage of our Indigenous Garden. The new garden will be at the front of the soccer pitch and will be visible to all as you exit the College via Grimshaw Street. The driving force behind the garden has been our Sustainability Coordinator, Peter Keegan who has educated the students in the area of sustainable practice and practical skills such as mulching and planting. Below is an update from two of our students.

  This year the Year 11 VCAL class are constructing an Indigenous Garden along Grimshaw Street front of the College, continuing from what last year’s VCAL class had created. The VCAL group started the garden at the start of term 3 and will have it ready by Open Day.

The aim of the Indigenous Garden 2016 is to engage native birds to our school community. By doing this we have included a range of Indigenous Plants to be displayed such as; River Bottle Brushes’ which will attract native birds especially honey eaters. Grey Parrot Pea plants that attract butterflies and provides seeds for ants and seed eating fauna, and is a food source for birds and caterpillars. Common Correas plants that attract the spinebill birds and is a main source of food for present honey eaters and white-eared honey eaters. A couple of red anther Wallaby grass plants will be planted in the garden and they will attract small grain feeding birds to your garden, and small lizards between the tussocks.

The plants we have chosen are all Indigenous plants and they all attract different types of animals that will bring something to the Loyola College community.

FROM ICT MANAGER

ICT News Parent Portal now accessed from Companion Learning Please be advised that ‘Parent Portal’ has been renamed to ‘Student Management’ and can now be accessed from within Companion Learning, in addition to the College website. The Student Management portal provides parents/guardians with access to their child’s timetable, absence events and reports. It also allows parents/guardians to manage their personal contact and other information.

The recommended browser for accessing the Student Management portal is, as before, Mozilla Firefox. Firefox allows parents/guardians to log into the portal from a home or office network. To access the Student Management portal from within Companion Learning, parents/guardians will need to login to each system separately, at present. This may change in future.

To access the Student Management portal from the College website, go to the Intranet tab and click on the Student Management link within the Parent/Guardian Links section. To access the portal from within Companion Learning, log into Companion Learning via the Mozilla Firefox browser, click on the Parent Links menu, then select and log into Student Management.

For instructions on accessing and using the Student Management portal, follow these instructions.

XAVIER HOUSE MENTOR TEACHER

Photography Exhibition Congratulations to three of our students whose images were chosen in the top 35 in the ‘Concern Australia’ Homelessness Photography Exhibition. The three images can be viewed below.

Daniel Pergolini - 'Awaiting Silence'

Shanice Williams - 'Despair'

Mr Mark Cuddon Direct Line: 9433 0266

Ms Elly Keating Direct Line: 9433 0260

Meg Jowett (11 CLHO) &

Monica Scicluna (11 FHPL)

Mr Victor Dalla~Vecchia Direct Line: 9433 0258

     

STUDENT OF THE FORTNIGHT

Liam’s determination to bring a positive attitude to all he does truly sums him up as a Xavier House student. His participation in the Xavier House Eisteddfod did not go unnoticed, as he attended each and every rehearsal with an eager willingness to perfect all dance moves. Earlier in the week, all year 8 students participated in Loyola’s annual ‘Medieval Day’. Liam’s costume definitely stood out from the pack- an awesomely accurate depiction of a Viking, fearful! Liam has consistently approached all tasks with an open mindset, and a drive to succeed We would like to congratulate Liam on his consistent display of awesomeness, and we eagerly encourage him to continually pursue all tasks with a keen, determined attitude! Keep up the good work Liam.  

FROM THE STUDENTS

Although Xavier house has not been quite so successful in the House shield competition, falling short of 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th and even 5th place in athletics, eisteddfod, public speaking and debating. We have still managed to keep spirits high and bring enthusiasm and a positive mind set to all aspects of College life, our theme of positive psychology has greatly influenced and assisted Xavier house students in their day-to-day life. Positive quotes have been posted around our House area every week, which have inspired our students to never give up and have a positive outlook on life. The atmosphere in Xavier House has really improved this year and we have seen a big change in everyone’s attitudes with increasing participation in house events and willingness to donate time, money and effort towards our house charity, Jesuit mission. Although the year is quickly coming to a close we look forward to the rest of this term and next as we continue to focus on our positive psychology and fundraising efforts.

WORDFIND C X H X N D V C R J Q K P C F R A L S D I H S G L O R M H V H I A K I V E U S C S F I G H V X B T A F I O D S E E C Z T O D C N T P H W R N I N L G L O T I G Q A U P I W L T S F B V R S J O L B N P C R O W E E G K V E S O T D R J U D E M E J U S I C N A R F O N D P S I X T H B U I W A S

 

Xavier Positive

Devlin LOTE Crowe Sixth

Jesuit Francis Shish Green

Solutions: In the next Ignatian Loyola Quiz results from Ignatian Friday 05 August

1. 5 years 2. The choir room 3. 13 4. John Kennedy

COLLEGE COMMITTE We’ve had a busy term 3 for public speaking and debating here at Loyola College. Over the September holidays, Ms Ray accompanied myself, Charlie Bice, Stephanie Mackenzie, and Piriadarsini Babu Srinivasan to the Jesuit Debating Carnival hosted by Loyola High School in Mount Druitt, Sydney. Making an early start on the middle Sunday of the holidays we arrived at Loyola High School in time for a tour of the school and then our first debate against the host school. After a jam-packed next two days Loyola College finished in 7th place. It was an amazing experience for all of us, where we learnt amazing skills and cherished the opportunity. On Monday July 18 we had the final round of DAV debating for the year. Well done to all that competed this year and we look forward to junior debating later in the year. However, a special congratulations goes to the A grade debating team for making the DAV finals this year. Next in the calendar we had the House Public and Speaking and Debating final on July 25. The night saw Flynn win junior debating, with an amazing debate against Xavier House with the standard that all watching will agree was far above the standard expected of junior students. Mackillop won the middle house public speaking and debating and Flynn the senior debating, and McAuley the Senior Public Speaking competition. A special congratulations to Grace Frost, Laura Spiby and Charlie bice for receiving the best speaker in their respective debates. After these tough finals a congratulations goes to Mackillop House for winning the Public Speaking and Debating competition overall. McAuley finished in 2nd place and Flynn in 3rd and these houses should be commended for their amazing efforts on the night. We’ve also had three students compete in the legacy public speaking competition; Harrison Mills, Amelia Dunn and Ashleigh Mackenzie. Harrison Mills achieved a tremendous 2nd place in the tournament and we wish him luck in the following round.

This edition produced by Aisling O'Mahony (12 XMCU) & Edward Mason (12 XMAC) of Xavier House.

Liam Garth (8 XMAC) Aisling O'Mahony (12 XMCU) &

Edward Mason (12 XMAC)

 

Oscar Chaplin - 'Haunted' and '24 hours'.

Special mention also to Mia Yallouridis for her composition - ‘Estranged’

The Exhibition will be held at the following venues: 1. The Atrium at Federation Square on August 05, 06

and 07 for Homeless Persons' Week. This is a free event. We will be there between 10:00am – 2:00pm daily but the exhibition is there 24/7.

2. The art gallery at TLC church Canterbury Road, Bayswater August 10 - 29

3. Gluttony Cafe, Smith Street, Collingwood September 05 - 30

Bethlehem University Students’ Visit to the AFL Our Bethlehem University Students (Ms Shqqair, Mrs Nazzai and Ms Mousa) were guests at the AFL. They were accompanied by the Cuddon family and Mr Jonathan Prout to the Hawthorn v Melbourne game at the MCG. The students experienced the iconic MCG and the atmosphere of an exciting AFL match.

Many thanks to the AFL for providing the complimentary tickets.

FROM MAGIS TEAM

Year 7 Parent Seminar Evening – Positive Psychology through an Ignatian Lens. On Thursday 11 August, 93 Year 7 families gathered in the Companions Hall to learn more about how we are implementing Positive Psychology through an Ignatian Lens and in particular, Character Strengths of the Year 7 students.

The evening began with a welcome by Mrs Anna Salmic, Deputy Principal – Students who outlined the objectives of the evening and introduced our speakers. Presentations were made by Mr Sal Valentino, Head of Chisholm House, explaining the PERMA model and the importance of integrating a Positive Psychology framework which incorporates our Ignatian tradition, in all aspects of education and Mrs Anne Stringer, Head of Student Services who focussed on Character Strengths and how families can recognise these in their children to bring about the best possible outcomes not only in their learning and co-curricular activities, but in everyday life.

Parents were then asked to predict the top 5 character strengths of their children, then compared these to the results the Year 7 students obtained from the VIA character strength survey which they completed in a PD class earlier this term. Discussions continued within and between families at the tables, including strategies which could be used in order to encourage students to use their character strengths in order to achieve the best of their ability.

At the start of this term, each Year 7 BLG was allocated character strengths that they incorporated into a presentation, through the use of performances, iMovies and recordings, to show their understanding of the importance of these character strengths to our wellbeing. Thanks go to the teachers and students for preparing such detailed and entertaining productions which clearly demonstrated the depth of understanding of our Year 7’s, on character strengths.

A ‘Jar of Joy’ was then distributed to each family with the task set for the parents to write a positive affirmation of their child, each month, on the cards included inside the jar. For the remainder of the year and beyond, parents are to acknowledge how their children have brought them joy by writing a short description of what they have done. Incorporating their character strengths in these affirmations has also been encouraged. Parents who did not attend this evening will receive these cards via their children in the coming week.

The Examen was prayed which concluded this successful evening.

Future Parent Seminar evenings will be arranged in 2017 to follow on from the work completed this year.

All families who attended are sincerely thanked for participating with their children, in such a positive and engaging evening.

FROM STUDENT SERVICES

A fundamental belief for Catholic schools is that in Jesus is seen God’s image and likeness in its human expression, and that Jesus’ values and teachings show all people ‘the way,

Mrs Miriam Stylli Direct Line: 9433 0792

Ms Deb Anthony Direct Line: 9433 0254

the truth and the life’ (John 14:6). In accordance with this belief, values to be promoted within a Catholic school’s understanding and practice of pastoral care include love, respect, compassion, tolerance, forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation and justice.

© http://www.craftibilities.com/2013/10/october-anti-bullying-campaign-poster.html

Loyola College is committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment which is free from discrimination and bullying, and in doing so, creates a safe and supportive environment allowing students to reach their full potential. Bullying and unacceptable behaviour are regarded very seriously by the College.

All members of the College community have a responsibility to act when they become aware of a bullying and/or unacceptable behaviour issue.

As a college in the Ignatian tradition, we are guided by the inspiration shown by Saint Ignatius. He saw God in all things, which evoked in him a profound sense of gratitude and a deep respect of all people and a desire to serve and praise God. As members of the college community we are all expected to show gratitude and respect towards staff, students and their parents, our community and our own selves. As such, we do not engage in bullying behaviour, and nor do we label an individual as a bully, or behaviour as bullying, if such behaviour is not bullying. At the end of this edition of the Ignatian we have included the first in a series of articles on important issues that you as parents and students may face during your lifetime. This edition of Special Topics focuses on Bullying; what is it, what it isn’t, and ideas of how to deal with it.

If anything in the article raises issues for you or you would like to talk to someone about the topic of bullying, please consider getting in touch with one of the below services.

Speak to someone at school like your Mentor teacher or Head of House. The College Counselling Service is also there to support you.

Kids Helpline, remember it is free and you don't have to give your name 1800 55 1800

Online support is available via Eheadspace - https://www.eheadspace.org.au/

You can access psychological support through Headspace - http://headspace.org.au/

More info can be found on the The Alannah and Madeline Foundation - National Centre Against Bullying, Beyondblue: Bullying and Cyberbullying or Bullying. No Way! http://www.bullyingnoway.gov.au websites

Are you worried that your child might be engaging in bullying behaviour at home, school or during leisure activities? Please log into Companion Learning and look for the News Item on this topic.

FROM HEAD OF CO- CURRICULUM

Semester One Reports The semester 1 reports have provided many students with an opportunity to reflect on their co-curriculum involvement and consider re-committing themselves to this endeavour in semester 1.

It is great to see so many students involving themselves in our “College Representation” activities, which encompasses a range of competitive, service and performance components from our programs. A reminder to parents that further information about our programs is available on the college website via the student co-curriculum handbook.

Students are reminded that they may still join activities for 2016 via the LMS “Join here” in co-curriculum. They must be mindful to meet the 80% attendance requirement to be recognised for their involvement.

As in 2016, we are recognising student involvement in College Representative activities via the House Shield, I am pleased to announce that the highest number of College Representative points in semester 1 was awarded to Flynn House, closely followed by Chisholm House with Mannix House in third position. This is a fantastic achievement to these three houses and indicative of their commitment to co-curriculum in terms 1 and 2. The competition is not over yet, with our semester two points calculation occurring in the first week of term 4- there is plenty of time for all houses to improve their points tally in the Jace Dufty House Shield.

Friends of Performing Arts (FOPA) Loyola College is seeking expressions of interests from parents and friends that may be interested in joining the FOPA committee or volunteering their time to support performing arts at Loyola College

With the new Performing Arts facility nearing completion, we are excited about the upcoming events that will be taking place at the College, and would appreciate any support and assistance that our Loyola community can provide to our students.

Mrs Jacinta Lawrence Direct Line: 9433 0231

FOPA parents and friends: Assist at major performing arts events (eg College

Musical, College Play, House Eisteddfod, Junior Performing Arts Concert)

Provide costume support (sourcing and/or sewing costumes)

Assist with cataloguing costumes and music Help out in many and varied ways according to their

skills (for instance, set building)

If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Jacinta Lawrence lawrencej@loyola.vic.edu.au  

COMMUNITY LIAISON

Important Notice – Changes to Enrolment Dates The Catholic Education Melbourne has decided to bring forward the timeline for the processing of Year 7 enrolments in Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne so that offers are made to families when the child is in Year 5 and not Year 6 as is currently the practice.

To accommodate this change as we transition from the current practice there will be two enrolment application periods in 2017. The timelines are as follows:

For entry into Year 7 in 2018 (Current Year 5 students) Enrolment applications will close on 17 February 2017 Enrolment offers will be posted on 27 April 2017 For entry into Year 7 in 2019 (Current Year 4 students) Enrolment applications will close on 25 August 2017 Enrolment offers will be posted on 13 October 2017

If you have any questions, please contact Dianna at alonsod@loyola.vic.edu.au or Linda Pavia at pavial@loyola.vic.edu.au

LPFA – Trivia Night 2016

The Trivia Night was held on Saturday, 06 August and attended by just over 120 people. A big thank you to all those who assisted, most importantly the LPFA Committee. In particular, the night would not have been possible without- Kim Garth Salwa Fischmann Sally Saviane Leesa Mereos, Peta-Kylie Feain Denise Chang-Faux

Mark Leary and Belinda Mertzanidis who did a great job as MC’s for the evening. With lots of great questions, games, raffles and so many, many silent auctions the atmosphere was buzzing, especially when it came to sing the next line.

Over $4,700 was raised which will assist with the building of the Performing Art Centre.

I would also like to thank the many others who assisted in getting amazing donations, I was truly taken back by the generous support from our Business Community.

A special thank you to the following for their endless efforts in approaching the businesses – Maria Vavladellis Audrey Tomasiello Mhaggie Leary Kim Garth Maria Guerresi Salwa Fischmann Michelle Witchell Leesa Mereos Jenny Allen Sally Saviane Jodi D'Angelis Peta-Kylie Feain Zanatta family

A great sense of Loyola Community buzzed throughout the evening, it was all about having fun and supporting the School. Even the loosing table who left with the wooden spoon, also left with a smile on their faces.

A very important aspect of Open Day This annual showcase day will be held on Sunday 11 September from 1:00pm~4:00pm. Our students are very important in promoting our College.

The tours on Open Day are conducted by our students and we know with certainty that prospective parents will be looking intently at our students; what they say, how they act and how they wear their school uniforms. Whilst we have our Student Leaders taking tours, we also need volunteer students to assist them to enable as many families as possible to have more personal tours. If this appeals to any student from Year 7~12 they are encouraged to collect a form from the 0014 letterbox and return the reply slip. No experience necessary but guidelines and practice tours are provided to assist the students in this most important role of all on Open Day.

Bikes needed If anyone has a bike in good working order – preferably a girl’s bike our Language Assistants in the International House would be most grateful to receive.

Mrs Dianna Alonso Direct Line: 9433 0228 alonsod@loyola.vic.edu.au

Laurie Rigoni - LPFA Grounds and Maintenance Coordinator

Loyola Working Bee Report 23 July 2016 This working bee we focussed on mulching and installing new plants around the basketball courts.

In total in excess of 100 plants were installed by an energetic group of 50 plus parents/students.

We also prepared the Irish Chapel garden for new planting, by removing overgrown shrubs and topping up with fresh soil.

The surprise was the exposure of a curved pedestrian pathway that will be inviting for students and teachers as they walk around the school grounds.

The weather was very pleasant with the winter sunshine keeping the working bee warm and productive.

Given the large group the work progressed quickly and so the working bee then progressed to weeding the garden beds in front of the Old Loyola Building. We were able to finish the working be 11:45am.

Everyone afterwards enjoyed a generous selection of gourmet finger food and refreshments in the Old Loyola Courtyard.

Thanks again to all that turned out on the day and I hope to see you again at the next working bee.

FROM DIRECTOR OF SPORT

A number of key events are fast approaching in our sport program:

Friday 19 August – ACS Cross Country at Bundoora Park Wednesday 24 August – Senior Winter Grand Finals Tuesday August 30 – Year 7/8 Winter Grand Finals Wednesday August 31 – Senior Girls AFL Carnival Thursday September 02 – Year 9 Winter Grand Finals Wednesday September 07 – ACS All Stars Presentation at Loyola College ACS Hall of Fame Re-Launch & induction of two Loyola College old collegians, Joshua Coward (L:10-14) & Monica Brennan (L:06-11)

In Senior Sport, with one round to play, we are in strong contention to be playing off in 7 Grand Finals, so congratulations to those teams. 2 of those teams are FIRSTS teams which represents a significant achievement for players and coaches involved in those teams. Our prospective Senior Grand Finalists are:

1sts Futsal – undefeated, in GF 1sts Netball – need to win last round to make GF 2nds Football – in GF, need to win to finish top 3rds Soccer – in GF, need to win to finish top

2nds Basketball – need to win to make GF 2nds Table Tennis – need win to be sure of GF 2nds Futsal – undefeated, in GF 3rds Netball – chance to make GF, but need to win and have other results go their way

Given that we won (zero) senior winter premierships in 2015, we are very excited about the progress we have made this year. As students are already aware, moving forward, we are altering our structure so that we re-introduce compulsory Monday training for Senior ACS teams in 2017, and Pre-season training for 1sts teams – which will commence next term for players who will be required to trial for 1sts Summer teams. This is to ensure that our Senior students have a better experience in Senior ACS Sport, and so that we can better replicate the success that we have enjoyed in Year 7 to 9 competition. See below the Full Round 8 ACS Results

Loyola College ACS Sports Results: Round 8

Tier One Winter Sports Opponent Result Scores MVP 1sts Boys Soccer Thomas Carr Won 7-0

James Sammut

1sts Boys Tennis Thomas Carr Won 12 - 0

Ryan O'Meara

1sts Boys Volleyball Thomas Carr Lost 0-4 Tom Kelly 1sts Boys Football Thomas Carr Won 87-44

Connor Galvin

1sts Girls Basketball Thomas Carr Won 54-25

Julie Heaven

1sts Girls Hockey Thomas Carr Won 2-1

Claire Pasquali

1sts Girls Netball Thomas Carr Won 41-40

Greta Miller

1sts Girls Table Tennis Thomas Carr Lost 9 - 6

Stephanie Sansonetti

Other Sports Results – Boys

Volleyball Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 2nds Thomas Carr Lost 4-0 Joshua Ostrowsky

Senior 3rds Thomas Carr Lost 3-2 Stuart Routley

9A St Michael's Lost 4-0 Nick Collinson

9B St Michael's Won 3-1 Grant Parsons

8A Westbourne Lost 4-0 Kelvin Vo

8B Westbourne Lost 4-0 Daniel Capuzza

7A Westbourne Won 3/97-1/82 Thomas Pasquali

7B Westbourne Loss 3/103-2/104 Luke Tarulli

Tennis Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 2nds Thomas Carr Won 9-3 Dimitrios Vavladellis

Year 9 St Michael's Won 9-3 Adam Scire

Year 8 Westbourne Won 6-6 Josh Jordan

Year 7 Westbourne Loss 7/54-5/45 Stanley Zhou

Soccer Opponent Result Scores MVP

Mr John Baxter Direct Line: 9433 0238

Senior 2nds Thomas Carr Lost 3-2 Thomas Ward

Senior 3rds Thomas Carr Won 16-0 Rahul Nair

Year 9 St Michael's Lost 2-0 Luke Neri

8A Westbourne Lost 5-2 Marco Mancuso

8B Westbourne Won 11-2 Tyler Todero

7A Westbourne Lost 10-1 Jack Boskovski

7B Westbourne Won 4-0 Jaime Madia

Football Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 2nds BYE

Year 9 St Michael's Won 89-1 Huon MacGibbon

Year 8 Westbourne Lost 58- 15 Jordan Lliopoulos

Year 7 Westbourne Won 148-13 Joshua Page

Other Sports Results - Girls Girls Basketball Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 2nds Thomas Carr Won 20-16 Emma Condello

Senior 3rds Thomas Carr Won 39 -19 Molly McLaughlin

9A St Michael's Lost 39-27 Natalie Lonardi

9B St Michael's Won 49 - 10 Julia Gabaira

8A Westbourne Won 59 - 25

8B Westbourne Won 46-0

7A Westbourne Won 44-27 Victoria Lawrence

7B Westbourne Won 48-3 Priscilla Binos-Kantaris

Futsal Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 1sts Thomas Carr Won 8-0 Georgia Loizides

Senior 2nds Thomas Carr Won 5-4 Kate Kearny

Girls Netball Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 2nds Thomas Carr Won 37-16 Ashlee Shaw

Senior 3rds Thomas Carr Won 27-13 Jazmin Fa'ale

9A St Michael's Won 47-10 Emily Woods

9B St Michael's Won 41 -2 Laura Spidy

8A Westbourne Won 24-11 Sarah Williams

8B Westbourne Lost 15-13 Ishka Munasingha

7A Westbourne Won 40-11 Lily Farrugia

7B Westbourne Won 17-4 Kelly Rotin

Hockey Opponent Result Scores MVP

Year 9 St Michael's Lost 4-0 Mia Pascale

Year 8 Westbourne Lost 5-0 Isabell Peric

Year 7 Westbourne Won 2-1 Linda Phan

Table Tennis Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 2nds Thomas Carr Won 9-6 Claudia Di Donna

Year 9 BYE

Year 8 Westbourne Lost 10 -5 Thea Tohme

Year 7 Westbourne Loss 14/57-1/12 Jayde Smith

Other Sports Results – Mixed Beach Volleyball Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 1sts Thomas Carr Lost 0-4 Fred Mastrogiannis

Senior 2nd Thomas Carr Lost 2-3 Veronica Farkas

Badminton Opponent Result Scores MVP

Senior 1sts Thomas Carr Lost 7-9 Sean Russell

Special Topics: Bullying Supplement 1 What is bullying? Bullying is behaviour that is repeated and intended to cause hurt or harm to another person or group of people who feel helpless to respond. Bullying can continue over time, is often hidden from adults, and will probably continue if no action is taken.

Types of bullying: The different types of bullying that we look at below are some of the ways that bullying could be happening.

Physical bullying includes hitting, kicking, tripping, pinching and pushing or damaging property.

Verbal bullying includes name calling, insults, teasing, intimidation, sexual taunts, homophobic or racist remarks, or verbal abuse.

Social bullying is often harder to put your finger on but it is designed to harm someone's social reputation and/or cause humiliation. Social bullying includes lying and spreading rumours, negative facial or physical gestures or sounds, menacing or contemptuous looks, playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate, mimicking unkindly, blanking/ghosting, encouraging others to socially exclude someone, damaging someone's social reputation or social acceptance.

Cyber bullying can be overt or covert bullying behaviours using digital technologies, including hardware such as computers and smartphones, and software such as social media, instant messaging, texts, websites and other online platforms. Cyber bullying can happen at any time. It can be in public or in private and sometimes only known to the target and the person bullying. Cyber bullying can include abusive or hurtful texts emails or posts, images or videos, deliberately excluding others online, nasty gossip or rumours, liking or sharing negative comments, photos or memes, imitating others online or using their log-in.

What bullying is not? single episodes of social rejection or dislike single episode acts of nastiness or spite random acts of aggression or intimidation mutual arguments, disagreements or fights.

These actions can cause great distress. However, they're not examples of bullying unless someone is deliberately and repeatedly doing them.

The impacts of bullying The experience of being bullied is different for everyone. People may feel alone, anxious, scared, miserable and powerless, while others may feel overwhelmed by sadness, ashamed or rejected. They may feel there is no escape from the bully or that there is no hope that things will change. Anger is another common reaction, as the attack from the bully is unfair and unwarranted. Bullying can affect every part of a person’s life, including relationships with their friends and family. It can affect a

person’s confidence and performance at school, in a sports team or at work. The person being bullied might change how they look or act to try to avoid being bullied further. They might also withdraw from social activities or use unhelpful coping strategies, like drugs and alcohol or self-harming, to manage painful feelings.

Image ©Beyondblue 2016

What can I do? The way someone is treating you is not your fault, but it probably won't stop unless you do something. Bullying is bad for you and it's even bad for the person doing the bullying. We think you should do something about it sooner rather than later. If you think you or a friend are being bullied, here are some ideas that may help you stop it.

Tell someone, even if you don't think it will help. Just talking about a situation can help put it in perspective. You could talk to a friend; a parent; a trusted teacher or counsellor who you know will take what you're saying seriously.

Bullies win when you’re upset, so here are some things you can practice:

Act unimpressed: pretend not to notice if you're excluded or if the bullying is verbal, say something like, 'yeah, whatever' or 'Oh, OK'.

Walk away. Pretend to agree 'yep, that's what I'm like alright'

'Yeah, I've got red hair. Tried dyeing it but decided it was better red than green'...

Look around for other friendship groups in or out of school.

Get involved in clubs or activities at school where you'll be safe.

If you are being cyberbullied, you can: Block senders. Keep messages by sending them to someone else.

Don't look at them yourself. Change passwords. Don't retaliate. Talk to a friend, parent or teacher about how to deal

with the bullies. If there are threats or calls to harm yourself, report

abuse to the police and also the ISP or website.

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Worried about a friend? If someone you know is being bullied, you can do something about it. Even if you don’t feel as though you can step in and stop the situation yourself, there are still things you can do, like: Don't stay and watch or encourage bullying. Walk

away. Don't get involved in harassment, teasing or

spreading gossip about others off or online. Don't forward or respond to offensive or upsetting

messages or photos. Support the person who is being bullied to ask for

help. For example, you could go with them to a place they can get help or provide them with information about where to go for help.

Tell a trusted adult who might be able to help. See something? Say something!

Worried about your child? Listen. Sometimes your child might simply want a

little understanding, and not want you to do anything. 24-hours can make a big difference. Remember that

sometimes teenage relationships are mercurial and can be emotionally intense.

Remember. It is unrealistic to expect all people to be 100% happy, positive and productive 100% of the time in all areas of their lives. The teenage years

are the years where our children learn much more about themselves, others, and the social and political world around them. Hick-ups are normal, and communication skills are learnt and honed over time.

Be careful of what you say. They might repair their relationship and the other child could be in your home again one day.

Perspective is everything. Remember that there are two sides to every coin and the other person might have a different view of the situation.

Always contact the college and let them know what is going on.

Has your child been accused of bullying and you don’t know what to do? Please log into Companion Learning and look for the News Item.

Where can I get help? If anything in this article has raised issues for you or you would like to talk to someone about the topic discussed, please consider getting in touch with one of the below services.

Speak to someone at the college like your mentor teacher or Head of House. The College Counselling Service is also there to support you. Kids Helpline, remember it is free and you don't have to give your name 1800 55 1800

Online support is available via Eheadspace - https://www.eheadspace.org.au/

You can access psychological support through Headspace - http://headspace.org.au/

This edition of Special Topics was drawn from information obtained from: The Alannah and Madeline Foundation - National Centre Against Bullying. https://www.ncab.org.au/, Beyondblue: Bullying and Cyberbullying https://www.youthbeyondblue.com/understand-what's-going-on/bullying-and-cyberbullying and https://www.beyondblue.org.au/supporting-someone/parents-and-guardians/family-guide-to-youth-suicide-prevention/bullying-and-cyberbullying

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