Dear Parents, Grandparents and Caregivers,

ReflectionTwice a week CBC staff members gather in the Chapel, for prayer on Tuesday and Mass on Wednesday. This week’s prayer began with the following reflection by Diane Loomans on the sacredness of raising children. The reflection is titled: If I Had My Child to Raise over Again

If I had my child to raise all over again, I’d finger-paint more, and point the fingers less.I would do less correcting and more connecting.I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.

I would care to know less and know to care more.I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play.I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.

I’d do more hugging and less tugging.I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I’d teach less about the love of power, And more about the power of love.

Last day of Term 1The last day of term next week is Holy Thursday which occurs on 5 April. There will be a whole school liturgy after recess and all students will be dismissed at 2.30pm.

Parent/Teacher InterviewsParents are reminded that parent/teacher interviews occur next week on both campuses.

• Junior Campus: 3.45-8.30pm on Tuesday 3 April

• Senior Campus: 4-8pm on Wednesday 4 April.

Parents are asked to make individual appointments with your child’s Pastoral Care teacher via email or phone. Email addresses are available via the Intranet portal or using the initial of the teachers name followed by surname then .cbc.sa.edu.au -- eg. asmith@cbc.sa.edu.au.

Sacramental programLast weekend our students who are preparing for their sacraments were presented to the congregation at mass on Saturday and Sunday evening at St Francis Xavier Cathedral. These students will be presented to the College community on Holy Thursday. I encourage you to read more about this in Mr Were’s article in this edition of Insight.

Music under the StarsPlease refer to the Insight for your invitation. “Music under the Stars” occurs next Monday evening from 6.30pm-8.30pm. This year the event will occur in the Senior Campus Gymnasium and the stars will be our students!

Principal ToursOver 100 prospective parents visited the CBC Senior and Junior Campuses this week as part of Principal Tours. It is always a privilege to host these tours and to have members of the community join me in visiting classrooms and seeing quality teaching and learning in action. I commend our student hosts who welcomed our visitors in a professional and friendly manner.

Term 1, Week 9 | Friday March 30, 2012

From The Principal

Gospel SpiritualityWe invite all people into the story of Jesus and strive to make his message of compassion, justice and peace a living reality within our community.

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Middle School SRC Leadership DayOn Thursday Br Damien Price cfc visited the College to work with our student leaders. Br Damien has been employed in 2012 to assist with staff and student leadership training and faith formation. Br Damien is just one of the magnificent Church leaders who support the College in our faith life. Our priests who visit CBC regularly include: Monsignor Robert Aitken, Fr Kevin Hennessy cp, Fr Leon Czechowicz, Fr James Valladares, Fr Wilfred cp, and Fr Tommy cp.

Out of AfricaAssistant Principal Wellbeing Mr Ian Hamilton leaves CBC this week to attend an Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Immersion to South Africa for three weeks. During his trip he will visit EREA schools, work with the poorest of the poor in education, health and welfare and gain a deeper understanding of the vision and mission of our founder Blessed Edmund Rice who modelled himself on the example of Christ.

Letter from the PublicIn the last edition of Insight I published a number of letters from the public. This week I received yet another letter of commendation -- this time about our Year 7 boys who attended their Orientation Camps during Clipsal Week:

Dear Mr Mifsud

I was a caravanner at the Middleton caravan park during a recent camp by a group of your students. My husband and I (plus other caravanners) would like to tell you how impressed we were with the behaviour of the students during the camp. It was pleasing to observe the self discipline exercised by the boys and was obviously a well-run camp.

Full marks to both students and staff.

RowingThis Saturday is the pinnacle of the regatta calendar for our CBC rowers with the Head of the River Regatta at West Lakes from 8.30am until 1.00pm. CBC’s first event is at 8.55am and the last race is at 1.15pm. Over 5,000 people are expected to attend the event. Our CBC community is encouraged to attend the regatta to show support and loyalty to our College. CBC students are asked to attend in their winter uniform.

The College extends our best wishes to Mr Ron Mobbs (Director of Water Sports), the Water Sports Auxiliary, CBC coaches and a special prayer for the following CBC rowers:

First Eight:

Alessandro Gabrielli, Thomas Graham, Bjorn Vatzlavik, Ryan Bilogrevic, Sam Crosato, Alex Gaggini, Liam Burke, Jake Manton and Coxswain Taylor Riley

Schoolboy Year 10 Coxed Quad:

‘A’ crew - Charlie Meyer, Thomas James, Declan Reidy, Jonty Rutai and coxswain Ashish Singh

‘B’ crew – Taylor Riley, Scott Boin, Sam Wilson, Joseph Dedonatis and coxswain Steven Kakogianis

Schoolboy Year 9 Coxed Quad:

‘A’ crew – J. Clarke, J. Arganese, L. Barry, Matt Cleggett and coxswain Edward Meredith

‘B’ crew - Joshua Hogden, J. Kakogianis, Joshua Dalle Nogare, Bennett Reisinger and coxswain Padraic Clarke

‘C’ crew – Basil Dimopoulos, Daniel Callisto, Braydon Canavan, Joel Dedonatis and coxswain James Rojas.

As the 2012 season draws to a close after Head of River I wish to thank the entire CBC community for your support and encouragement of our boys in rowing. Our Water Sports Auxiliary deserves particular mention for their generosity of time, energy and funds each week in support of the CBC Rowing program which is over 100 years old. I also thank Mr Mobbs and members of CBC staff including Mr Hicks for their professional and dedicated service to the sport.

Holy WeekHoly Week commences this week with Palm Sunday. In keeping with the College tradition we will celebrate a whole school Holy Thursday liturgy with the washing of the feet. Parents, please remind your child to return their Project Compassion boxes before the end of term.

ConclusionI leave you this week with a reflection on the washing of the feet ceremony commemorated on Holy Thursday:

It is not enough for us to simply hear this gospel and to “break open” this word in a homily. Our tradition is to engage us in the drama of this ritual. So, it is not enough to simply go to the Holy Thursday liturgy and watch it happen. We need to prepare.

In the ritual we will experience on Holy Thursday, Jesus gives us a “mandate.” He gives us the one commandment of the gospel, “Love one another, as I have loved you.”He gives his very self to us, is broken and poured out, and calls us to give our very selves, to be broken and poured out, in love for others. It is important for us to taste our resistance to love. We can come to Holy Thursday prepared by our reflection on how difficult it is to love some people, either because we recoil at their “smelly-ness” or because we find them unattractive or unable to love us in return. The liberation happens when we let ourselves have our feet washed by Jesus. Then Eucharist flows from our gratitude. Gratitude is the seed for great loving - the return I can make to the Lord for his great love for me.

Source: http://onlineministries.creighton.edu

Mr Noel MifsudPrincipal

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Normal trading hours:Monday 8:30am to 5pm* Wednesday 12pm to 5pm* Friday 12pm to 5pm*

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Counsellor’s Corner

Compassion and Clock TimePatience is the disciple of compassion because through patience we can live life fully and invite others to share in it. When we know God is with us there is ample time to be with others and to celebrate life together. As long as we remain the victims of clock time, which forces us into the rigid patterns of time slots, we find it hard to be compassionate. When we live by the clock we have little time for each other. We are always on the way to our next appointment and do not notice the person on the side of the road in need of help; we are increasingly concerned about missing something important and see human suffering as a disturbing interruption of our plans. We are constantly preoccupied with our free evening, free weekend and lose the capacity to enjoy the people we live and work with, day in and day out. However if this clock time loses its grip on us and we begin to live in the inner time of God’s abundance, then compassion becomes visible. If patience teaches us the natural rhythm of birth and death, growth and decay, light and darkness and enables us to experience time with others then we discover limitless space for our family, friends and other people. Aboriginals can teach us so much about this.

Br Michael FlahertyCounsellor

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Mon 16 April, Tues 17 April, Wed 18 April, Thurs 19 April, Fri 20 April

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Mon 23 April - 8.30am - 5.30pmTues 24 April - 12pm - 5pm

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Developing Your Son As An Independent LearnerAs a parent of three children I have often dealt with the dilemma of my children needing assistance with their homework and assignment tasks, in both their primary and secondary levels. We often respond to their need for assistance and start doing their work for them, thinking by assisting them we are reducing their stress and anxiety. However, we need to ensure that our children do not develop a dependent model. A major challenge for parents is to find ways of safely moving children from being reliant on adults to a position of independence. This can be tough because the natural instinct is to nurture them.

Training for independence starts from a young age and continues into adolescence and beyond. Developing independence is one of the best ways to promote self-confidence. When you teach children to do jobs for themselves, you send a powerful message that you believe that they are capable. Your actions speak louder than words.

Developing independence in children can be difficult as you always want the best results for your son and we often believe that by assisting them in completing work we are assisting them to be successful. As parents we need to develop independence in children in both primary and secondary school. Glen Capelli, a professional speaker on developing presentation skills, believes that we can easily teach children to become independent learners by taking a task and making it easier to understand. Otherwise, he believes we need to create a junior version of whatever we are talking about. He likened this to the way that many sporting bodies have now developed modified versions of adult sports, so children can learn the basic skills of the sport in fun and enjoyable ways.

As parents, when children ask for assistance with homework, it is often easier to do the work for them, so the task is completed and you can do other adult activities. However, we need not to do the tasks for them but to create with them simplified or junior versions of the task which assist them in developing the skills of self-sufficiency and independence from a very early age.

For children this could be:

• Encouraging early primary school children to make snacks prepare breakfasts and help prepare a meal. That’s a junior version of cooking an evening meal.

• Assisting children with tasks only when they have completed some small sections of the tasks, where you scaffold them for success.

• Getting children to break down tasks into simplified ideas using models such as Venn diagrams and cognitive maps.

• Letting early teenagers go to a local cinema with friends. That’s a junior version of going out without adult supervision.

There are plenty of ways to create junior versions of independent living every day so children can become more self-sufficient. We need to be careful not to create a dependent model for our children. As parents, we need to be there to support them in their homework and to grow as adolescents. Independence as a learner is something we need to teach our children. As a college this year we are working with Professor Martin Westwell, focusing on developing executive brain functioning in our students to think creatively, reflect upon their cognitive processes, and make decisions independently as learners.

We live in a world today that expects our students will be creative independent thinkers. As parents we can be anxious about our child’s safety and tend to be more protective than we want. It is important that from an early age we create junior versions of independent living, so that children can learn to stand on their own two feet rather than be fully dependent on others around them. These skills, nurtured at an early age, will allow them to develop the skill-sets they need to look after themselves.

Mr Shaun ClarkeDeputy Principal

school calender

Week 10Mon 2 Apr International Children’s Book Day

Music Under The Stars

Tues 3 Apr Junior School Student/Parent/Teacher Interviews

Wed 4 Apr Senior School Student/Parent/Teacher InterviewsWater Sports Auxiliary Meeting 6.30pm

Thurs 5 Apr Holy Thursday LiturgyTerm finishes at 2.20pm

Fri 6 Apr Good Friday

Term 2, Week 1Mon 23 April Staff PD Day

Chinese Study Tour returnBoard Meeting

Tues 24 April Term 2 commencesYear 12 Career Expo – PCReconciliation Parent Meeting 6.00pm – Junior Campus

Wed 25 April Anzac Day

Thurs 26 April Year 12 Chemistry CSIRO

Fri 27 April Year 11 Career Expo – PCJunior School Assembly (JS)

Week 2Mon 30 April Tertiary Studies & Career Expo (Year 11 & 12)

Year 6 Swimming

Tues 1 May Year 10/11 Dance PerformanceYear 6 Swimming

Wed 2 May Year 6 SwimmingWater Sports Auxiliary Meeting - AGM 6.30pmSenior School Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews

Thurs 3 May Year 6 SwimmingERN Social Justice Information Evening

Fri 4 May Year 6 SwimmingEdmund Rice Mass – Centenary Gymnasium 9.00am

4 May – 6 May Generations of Jazz (Mt Gambier)

From The Deputy Principal

CBC Conference Centre (Senior Campus). Please bring your driver’s licence.

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For those friends of CBC, parent helpers or volunteers who missed the last induction evening another has been organised for the 4th April 2012. Children are welcome.

CBC Volunteer induction night3.45pm - 4.45pm Wednesday 4th April

The College has agreed to participate in the South Australian Component of the National Child Oral Health Survey 2012. Student participants will be randomly selected and information regarding the survey will be forwarded to families. This is not compulsory but we would encourage families to support this initiative. Enquires can be directed to Survey Coordinator at SA Health 1800 131 045

National Child Oral Health Survey

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Holiday ReadingWe have had an incredibly busy time in the library so far this term with students enthusiastically borrowing from the literature collection, with graphic novels, in particular, flying off the shelves! As we are close to the end of the term it is time for students to ensure they have some holiday reading ready to go. We have some fabulous new books on display which are available for borrowing right now. Students participating in the Premier’s Reading Challenge may want to check the reading lists in the library and continue with the challenge, while senior students may want to ensure they have their senior literature texts borrowed for the break.

Just a reminder for students with current library loans; please return them to the library as soon as possible so that they are available for others to borrow.

Mrs Sandra MasonHead Librarian Reading is to the mind what

exercise is to the body. Richard Steele Paul McGuire Library

Year 11 Legal Studies – Visit to Parliament – Acceptable standards of behaviour?Once again, the Year 11 Legal cohort ventured out of the classroom and into the surroundings of those who are responsible for ensuring that our laws set acceptable standards of behaviour. There was much excitement and anticipation surrounding this excursion, perhaps more to do with the fact that lunch in Rundle Mall was on offer on the way to Parliament, than the thought of meeting the political power houses of the State.

Waiting on the steps of Parliament House for the last stragglers to finish off munching the delights of a junk food lunch, we were greeted by Grace Portolesi, Minister

for Education. Mrs Portolesi was quick to ask what school we were from and even formally welcomed CBC to Parliament later during Question Time.

Upon entering Parliament, we were greeted by Liberal Member for Adelaide, Rachael Sanderson. Ms Sanderson then guided the group around the lower and upper houses, pointing out features of both political and historical interest. Then at 2.15pm the real work began: Question Time. Much to the delight of the boys, they quickly realised that this was an organised argument, where cries of “rubbish” and “you don’t know what you are talking about” were perfectly valid points. Heckling and poor behaviour were the order of the day. Former speaker, Jack Snelling, faced some rigorous questioning over the Zoo bail-out, Mrs Portolesi had to answer questions about the establishment of Trade Training Centres and the Transport Minister questions about Torrens Transit. The Speaker regularly threatened to throw Members out for poor behaviour, as she had to do the previous day (another source of humour to the Members sitting that day).

In an analysis of the day in Parliament, one of the boys pointed out that it was quite similar to some days at school, with regular heckling the order of the day and the teacher acting like the Speaker to control the behaviour. The irony of this was not lost on the boys either. A closing quote from one of the boys was “I can’t believe they set acceptable standards of behaviour when they behave like that!”

Ms Debra WithersYear 12 Coordinator

Year 12 Coordinator

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Instrumental Program Information - Term 2Enrolling your son in instrumental lessons is a big commitment. The cost of lessons and the cost of the instrument, plus the time required for the all important practising means this is a decision not undertaken lightly by most families. Why should parents support such a program?

CBC selects excellent music tutors. The school also provides high quality equipment and good teaching spaces in order to facilitate instruction. For some of the 160 boys enrolled in this program their one-on-one instrumental lesson is the highlight of their week – they love playing their instrument and they have a wonderful rapport with their teacher. As a member of the music

faculty I see the benefits when a boy is able to perform with precision, passion and pleasure in their general music class. Self-confidence and a sense of belonging are fostered.

This week I am including the guidelines for the instrumental program. Invoices for Term 2 have been mailed to existing members of the program and new students need to contact the music department if they would like to begin lessons on drums, piano, guitar, bass, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, flute or voice.

Guidelines

Fees for instrumental lessons are due by the first day of each term. Students will be timetabled on receipt of payment. Please pay via cheque, credit card or EFTPOS. Please do not pay by BPAY as it is difficult for the department to track this form of payment. Payment for lessons implies acceptance of the following conditions.

1. All boys who have individual lessons at the College are expected to use the Music Diary provided by the school. It is an important means of communication between instrumental/voice teachers and parents/guardians. It outlines the lesson content and should be used to record both the time spent and the work covered during daily practice sessions. The record book is to be signed by the instrumental/voice teacher and parent or guardian each week and should be brought to every lesson.

2. Each boy who enrols for individual instrumental/voice lessons at school is expected to attend all lessons. Lessons are compulsory. Lesson timetables are displayed on the notice boards in both the Junior and Senior Schools.

3. If a boy is to be absent from school (due to illness, excursions, sporting events, exams) and will therefore miss an instrumental/voice lesson, notification is expected 24 hours in advance. Please telephone the instrumental teacher. Failure to notify the teacher of a boy’s absence will result in the lesson being forfeited.

Every endeavour will be made to reschedule the lesson provided the teacher has been notified in advance. Teachers are not expected to provide additional lesson times to replace lessons for boys who forget or who are absent without notification. Unacceptable reasons for missing a lesson include forgetting the lesson, forgetting an instrument or the student wasn’t reminded.

With thanks for your continued support of the instrumental program,

Ms Louise GuthlebenArts Coordinator

Arts Coordinator

Year 12 English Communications ExcursionThe Ham Funeral, Odeon Theatre, Norwood

The Year 12 English Communications students recently attended, with their Drama comrades, a performance of Patrick White’s The Ham Funeral. Combined with some other schools, the boys were taken to the Odeon Theatre at Norwood in a first attempt by this teacher to turn them into ‘culture vultures.’

White’s play is a darkly humourous portrayal of a series of circumstances surrounding a struggling young poet

dealing with the real world – largely through a funeral. White’s play examines the sometimes macabre nature of loss whilst combining many humourous elements of traditional vaudeville. Needless to say, some of the boys struggled to deal with some of the more ethereal content of the play, but were nevertheless in awe of the magnificent costuming and set design. They were also treated to the acting of the timeless Amanda Muggleton, of Prisoner (yes, that show!), City Homicide and Mad Max fame.

The boys were model students throughout the duration of the play, encompassing the idea of a captive audience.

They will be completing a Review task of the play as part of their studies.

Your son and the NAPLANCurrently our Middle School teachers are focusing their efforts on maximising student performance in the coming NAPLAN test in May. There is a distinct focus on Persuasive writing and much has been invested in terms of providing adequate resources and preparation of teachers.

Ms Emma Woehle’s Year 7 classes for example have been focusing on Persuasive writing in the form of

debates via issues relevant to the students. One topic which may interest you as parents and caregivers was, ‘Should students be paid for getting good grades?’ Good luck with that one, boys!

Innovative Assessment tasks at CBCOften, the common misconception with the teaching of English is that it is largely textually focused. Think of the traditional image of the poor student struggling to grasp the intricacies of Shakespeare, poetry and other ‘long’ novels. In reality, the teaching of English and ESL is much more diverse these days.

Year 10 Advanced English students for example will spend quite a deal of time in the second semester studying the Advertising industry, with the eventual outcome being the creation of small, filmed 30-second advertisements.

Currently Ms Pauline Magrin’s classes are creating multimodal texts whilst addressing components of the new Australian Curriculum which the College is currently phasing in. It is these sorts of assessment tasks that the new curriculum intends to focus on and I applaud the embracement of these changes by CBC’s English and ESL staff.

Students in Years 8 Green and Blue have been investigating the differences in reading and constructing multimodal texts as compared to print based texts. They have been working on a Multimodal Imaginative Narrative that employs some combination of the 5 modes – visual, audio, spatial, gestural and linguistic.

“This task has been met with great enthusiasm and interest, yet it has also proven to be a challenge. The students have had to choose appropriate language, establish a relationship with their audience, logically sequence and organise the content and produce a work sample that generates both aesthetic and emotional appeal. They have done this by varying word choices and sentence structures for impact and worked to create a coherent multimodal text that has complex ideas and utilises interaction skills such as voice and language conventions in order to convey a personal perspective. A great range of work samples, personal perspectives and topics have emerged from the task including nuclear energy, bullying, whaling and music festivals.”

Increasing the concepts of ‘Cultural Capital’, the ‘authentic’ voices of our students and challenging to extend and excel is of paramount importance in assessment task design at CBC. Our students never cease to amaze when given the opportunity to articulate their creativity – rest assured, there will be more to follow on this matter!

Mr Richard MooreEnglish, ESL and Literacy Coordinator

English, ESL and Literacy Coordinator

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Music under the StarsMONDAY 2ND APRIL 2012 - CBC SENIOR CAMPUS GYM FROM 6.30PM TO 8.30PM - GOLD COIN DONATION

MUSIC UNDER THE STARSMonday 2 April 6.30pm - 8.30pmThe middle and senior school boys are ready to go. Countless hours of rehearsing, minor crises regarding the all important name of the band, and final selection of repertoire are behind us. Now all we need is an audience.

Forget cooking dinner this Monday night – come to the gym at 6.30pm to be entertained by the best of the best and enjoy a meal, drinks and tea and coffee. Entrance to the event is by gold coin donation at the door.

The boys have been asked to wear a black shirt and black trousers for this event and performers need to meet in the gym at 6.15pm.

Thank you in advance for your support of Music under the Stars.

Drum ClinicOn Tuesday evening 13 March, CBC drum teacher Mark Meyer and eight keen drummers (and their parents) attended a drum clinic hosted by Derringers Music. The guest clinician was Gordon Rjtmeister, famed for his work with Don Burrows, the James Morrison Band, Australian Idol, and the Steve Vizard show.

The evening proved informative and enjoyable for all as Gordon shared his philosophy with regard to musical styles and explained and demonstrated a number of versions of the ghost note triplet fills pioneered by legendary drummers such as Bernard Perdie and John Bonham.

Mark Meyer currently teaches 45 students at CBC and has been a member of the instrumental teaching staff since 2010. Mark invited all his students to this free clinic and categorised the evening as “very inspiring stuff for all concerned and Gordon’s solo was just amazing, as expected. A big “thank you” to Mark, instrumental teacher extraordinaire, and congratulations to the following boys for their commitment and passion for their instrument;

Edward Owens (Year 2), Christopher Ross (Year 2) Matthew Adams (Year 3), James Clark (Year 7) Gianni Pasquale (Year 8) Justin Krieg (Year 8) Lachlan Harris (Year 9) and Quinn Dennis-Clarke (Year 9)

Mrs Louise GuthlebenArts Coordinator

The MathnificentsOn Tuesday 27 March four students each from Year 6 and Year 7 attended the Mathematical Association of South Australia’s

Mathematics Enrichment Workshop, entitled “The Mathnificents”. The students were given the opportunity to develop new ways of

working mathematically, as they solved challenging mathematical problems. The problem solving was in the form of a competition

and our Year 7 students, Yianni Briggs, Tate Henderson, Siddarth Rajagopal and Jack Meaker came first out of twelve groups and the

Year 6 students, Austin Lovell, Billy Wong, Ryan Pool and Justin Kim came sixth. Both groups of students need to be commended on

the enthusiastic manner in which they tackled each of the tasks presented during the workshop.

Mrs Nicola Brennan

Numeracy Coach

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Art and Design Excursion

A Day of EnlightenmentOn Tuesday 27th March, the Year 11 and Year 12 Art and Design students were involved in an excursion to UniSA, City West Campus and the Dame Roma Mitchell Gallery, Light Square. We arrive at the City West Campus to be met by a representative of the university who took the boys on a tour of the Art, Architecture and Design facilities. We were all impressed with the state of the art equipment that the university had for the various department, especially when we came to the printing and product design areas. The 3D printer that is capable of converting a 2D CAD drawing into a 3D working prototype was especially awe inspiring. Our boys had a chance to see many of the university students at work in various studios (they were very interested in the Interior Architecture course that was mostly populated by girls).

We left the university and walked to Light Square to the Dame Roma Mitchell Gallery to see the 2012 SACE Art and Design Exhibition. This is a collection of outstanding works by 2011 Stage 2 students from around the state. To say that this was an eye opener and revelation for the Stage 2 students in our group would be an understatement. The boys had an opportunity to study finished art and design pieces, paintings, drawings, sculptures, fashion, posters, photography and electronic design. They were able to look through folios of backup work and understand the process that the artist/designer went through to achieve the end result. Many of the students found the experience rewarding and inspirational while a few were felt that it was daunting and realised just how much work was needed to achieve a good result in this course. They did come away with many ideas on how to improve their own work. The day was a huge success but I encourage all the students to make an effort to return to the SACE Art and Design exhibition at least one more time.

Mr Doriano LoprestoArt and Design Teacher

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9 PurpleMarch Year 9 class award

Year 9 News

Class of the Month – MarchThe Year 9 class of the month for March is Mr Hilary Flynn’s 9 Purple class. Their care of the class, its environs, innovative anti-bullying and anti-violence activities in addition to their proactive Project Compassion fundraising won them this award for March. Congratulations.

Praise from a member of the publicMost of our Year 9 students demonstrate exemplary behaviour for the majority of the time in the public arena representing themselves, their families and their College with distinction. It is unfortunate that we do not always see or hear of their good deeds and behaviour (even though it is sometimes quietly recognised by the public). To all those students, I say to you, “Thank you”. One student in the year level represented and encapsulated all of what you have done and highlights our core value of “Community”.

I wish to acknowledge this student since a member of the public (name and telephone number supplied) decided to take the time to phone the College and express her appreciation and high impression of this student. He is William Brighton from Mr Dan McMahon’s class. William offered to help a lady overladen with bags at the traffic lights and asked if he could help carry the bags to wherever she was going. She said that she could manage; he wished her a good day and she was quite taken aback by the offer and his courtesy. She phoned the school and commented, “It is a testament to him and school that anyone would ask that question in this day and age”. Well done William.

Project CompassionAll Year 9 classes had mini projects and individual and class Project Compassion boxes which will be collected next week. A highlight was the work of Year 9 Purple under the guidance of Mr Hilary Flynn who embarked on an extravaganza of fund-raising activities last Friday. They organised muffin stalls, gaming in the Year 9 Purple and 9 White classrooms (all legal!), popcorn, jelly and biscuits stalls, and sports activities. They raised about $300.00 on the day and hope to raise a class total of $600.00 by Easter. Well done.

This Friday, Mr Paul Horgan’s 9 White class will be having a fundraising activity for Project Compassion as well, with the theme, “Café Stalls”. I look forward to reporting the success of this initiative to you.

Year 9 Coordinator

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Anti-bullying and Violence ProjectsThe Year 9s have been very active in promoting this message in the various projects that individual classes have adopted. While all classes have acknowledged the official day against Bullying and Violence, classes have embraced projects which continue to promote this message which, for some, will culminate later in the term. Our aim is to promote this message continuously and to also have a link on Scholaris that is accessible by the wider community as to what was achieved. I am proud to be able to report to you the various projects. This was all done in Pastoral Care sessions.

Mr Peter Wheatley-Dawson’s 9 Blue class had group discussions about this issue and will be presenting class generated posters as a result.

Mr Chris Dolan (9 Gold), Mr Dan McMahon (9 Red) who initiated the idea and Mr Paul Horgan (9 White) have embarked on a video competition to highlight this issue. I was very pleased, in visiting the classes, to see students working so enthusiastically on this project and I look forward to viewing the final productions.

Mrs Kaylene Barreira’s (9 Green) class has divided into five collaborative groups and each student within that group has been assigned a prescribed role, task and responsibility to explore -- “Racism No Way”, “ Bullying No Way”, “Say No To Violence” and “Cyber Bullying No Way”. The students will be producing a brochure or poster for public display on completion.

Mr Hilary Flynn’s (9 Purple) class will create an anti-bullying/violence workspace which will provide information, links and images for students, parents and teachers and indeed the wider community on the topic. We also hope to integrate activities from other classes to this link.

Student visitors from JapanThe Year 9s welcome Japanese students Mio Nshimura, Ryota Makinouchi, Akihiro Muto, Kazuma Yamaguchi and their teacher Ms Naoko Yoshida from Mejiro Kenshin Junior and Senior High School in Tokyo. Ms Yoshida was particularly interested in the history of the College, the individuality of the middle School classrooms, our library and our unique sports field. They were buddied up with Jordan Murphy, William McPherson, Damian Vasilevski and Michele Raschella for the few days that they were at CBC. They attended all classes with their buddies to get a brief immersion in Australian school life. It was fortuitous that Mr Dan McMahon had a double Physical Education lesson on baseball and we organised for the Japanese students to be involved on their last day at CBC. I saw one do a brilliant outfield catch to get the batter out. I also noted one of our guests slapping on sun screen so the message for UV protection is well advertised in Japan before they got here! Our Japanese guests had gifts for their Australian buddies. We presented them with CBC key rings and CDs of the 2011 annual as a memento of their time with us. The students made some firm friends during their short stay and are worthy ambassadors for their school. We bid them “sayonara” as they leave.

Student - Parent - Pastoral Care Teacher NightThis an important night occurring in Week 10, Wednesday 4 April from 4.00 – 8.00pm in the College Gymnasium where parents can receive their son’s academic report for Term 1 and have a personal conversation with the Pastoral Care teacher regarding your son’s progress thus far. I also encourage your son to attend.

Please make this a priority in your calendar. I urge you to attend and I hope to see as many parents as possible on the night. Interview sheets for you to book interview times will be out very soon.

Winter UniformTerm 2 will be upon us very soon. Just a reminder that all students are expected to be in winter uniform at the start of the next term. The Uniform Shop is open for your requests/purchases. Please get in early as they are very busy with the onset of Term 2.

Mr Gary JallehYear 9 Co-ordinator

Top: Baseball game with the visiting Japanese students.Left: 9 Purple raising money for Project Compassion.Right: 9 Green making anti-bullying posters.Far-right: 9 Gold performing an anti-bullying play.

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Assistant Principal - Junior Campus

Dear Parents and Friends,

I truly I believe I have the best job in the world. Last week as I was sitting at my desk feeling the pressure to get things organised for end of term and indeed for term 2, I was aware of a group of little Reception boys looking through the window at me. They were all looking quite concerned, with their little furrowed brows staring at me. One by one they came into my office and offered me a big hug – one student asking: “What’s up Mrs Z - are you sad?”

Moments such as these are pure gold and make me realise why I am still teaching after 31 years. I certainly will forever cherish this moment.

We have such a huge responsibility as Educators to do all we can to ensure every child has the best education – to ensure every student feels safe, secure, loved and valued. All JC families should have by now received a letter outlining the forthcoming student/parent/teacher night next Tuesday 3 April. Students in Years 3-6 are also invited to attend so they can be part of the discussions about how they have improved socially, emotionally and academically at CBC. All student/parent/teacher interviews will be held in the Performing Arts Centre at the Junior Campus, with an allocated time of 10 minutes. Please note specialist teachers will also be available to meet with you, should you seek an appointment.

Over the past 2 weeks our Year 3 and 4 students have been participating in a swimming programme conducted at the Thebarton Aquatic Centre; yet another way CBC continues to offer children every opportunity.

Last weekend a number of our CBC Junior and Senior Campus students were presented at the 6pm Cathedral mass for the Rites of Sacraments; this was another honour for Mr Mifsud and I to witness. Mr Were, our JC REC will share more about this in his column. I congratulate all of the students as they take this step in their faith journeys.

I am thrilled and excited to inform you that I will be taking long service leave in term 2. My husband Peter and I will be travelling to Europe, namely Italy and France. This will be the first time we have taken a holiday without our children, Michael 22, Benjamin 21 and Laura 18. All of them are very excited about us going away (one wonders why??) - they think we were never young!

My replacement will be Mrs Caroline Clarke, AP Vision and Learning R-12; I know you will make her very welcome whilst I am away.

As we head into Holy Week I warmly invite you to our Holy Thursday Mass in the Centenary Gymnasium at the Senior Campus commencing at 11.20am. All students are requested to wear their summer uniform and bring their PE uniform in a separate bag, should they have PE on Thursday.

Mr Were our Junior Campus Religious Education Coordinator has planned several Holy week reflections; again you are welcome. Please refer to notice boards in the JC courtyard for details.

Reminders• Students will be dismissed at 2.20pm on Holy

Thursday. OSHC will be available until 6pm as usual.

• Please check out the Flyer in the newsletter for the fun and exciting Vacation Care programme that Riandi and her team have planned. CBC vacation care is available to all boys and girls from 5-12 years of age. Be quick as bookings are filling quickly!

• Junior Campus Student, Parent/Teacher Interviews will be conducted at the Junior Campus on Tuesday 3 April between 3.50-8.30pm. Specialist teachers are also available. Please ensure you send back your confirmation of attendance with your preferred interview times as soon as possible.

• Year Level Assemblies are every Friday commencing at 11.20am at the JC; however, this week we enjoyed a whole school assembly at the SC.

• I am proud to announce Week 8’s assembly award winners

Name Class/Specialist Teacher Teacher

Jack Gibson Reception Purple Shey Odgers

Stefan Conti Reception White Melissa Clifton

Guiliio Mucci Year 1 Purple Danielle/Marie

Bradley Carvell Year 1 White Marti Madigan

Joshua Black Year 2 White Anne Ozgo

Allesio Conti Year 3 Purple Amie Verrall

Aaditya Mucci Year 3 White Kathy Creswell

Kaine Bladwin Year 4 Purple Rick Mackereth

Josef Curtale Year 4 White Vincent Rignanase

Girish Khakurel Year 5 Purple David Molloy

Kareem El-Deeb Year 5 White Sandra Buchanan

William Moten Year 5/6 Gold Bruce Were

Martin Frederick Year 6 Purple Sara Williams

Bailey Salvemini Year 6 White Kate Younie

Isaac GiannettaAdam Baird -

Sport and Health

Billy WongDaniele Guidolin -

Italian

• Please note there will be no Week 10 assembly.

• Please check out the Lost Property basket under the Western Stairwell. We will have all items on display this Friday and next Thursday and then all remaining articles will be sent to the uniform shop or St Vincent de Paul.

• Coffee mornings continue each Tuesday and Thursday morning; a great way to meet other members of our CBC community.

• Volunteer Induction afternoon will be held on Wed 4 April, 3.45 – 4.45pm Conference Centre Senior Campus. RSVP to Ms Jacinta Weiss on 84004297 or at jweiss@cbc.sa.edu.au

• Easter Hamper Donations – please send in to your son’s class – please refer to flyer in last week’s newsletter.

• Please be respectful to our neighbours around our campus, we especially request that you do not park in their drive way as we seek to continue a mutually harmonious relationship.

Finally I ask you to keep Mrs Gai Kingham in your prayers. Gai has been recovering from surgery and is hoping to return to her duties as BSC Director and ESO after the school holidays. We have been missing her sense of humour and willingness to do anything for anyone.

As we move closer to Holy Week I wish you God’s Blessings for the week ahead.

Mrs Frances ZubreckyjAP-Junior Campus

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Dear Families and Friends

In this Sunday’s Gospel of John we find Jesus in Jerusalem preparing for the Jewish festival of Passover, which will prove to be the Passover of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

The story begins with the large hint that among those who had come to the festival were some Greeks. Jesus interpreted the arrival of these non-Jews as a sign that God was bringing God’s plans for salvation of the world close to a final moment. When the non-Jews ask to see the Messiah, it means symbolically that the whole world has come to Jerusalem, a sign that the last days have come.

For Jesus this means that the ‘hour’ for which he has waited throughout the Gospel Narrative has, in fact, begun. Jesus has said several times throughout the gospel: “My hour has not yet come’ and the ‘hour is coming.’ The narrator has commented twice that Jesus’ hour had not yet come; now, indeed, the hour has come, the moment for which Jesus has prepared.

As Christians living in contemporary society this story poses many questions for us as we pause and reflect on our own lives.

What does it mean to live our lives so that we may have eternal life?Recently, I was touched by a comment made by the late Jim Stynes several months before his death, when he was asked: ‘If you had your time again would you prefer that you were never diagnosed with cancer?’

His response was simply there were no regrets and in fact the cancer had helped him define his life and that acceptance that death is a part of life and that eternal life which God promises us is a wonderful and gracious gift.

As the time of Lent comes to a close this gospel is also reminding us to continue to support the work of organisations like Caritas and St Vincent De Paul in the community.

On 9 May, 2012, Bob Byrne from the St Vincent De Paul will be visiting the Junior Campus speaking with all classes and there will be an opportunity for our community to donate warm clothing and blankets to the annual St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal.

Sacramental Program For 2012Last weekend the following boys from the Junior Campus commenced their Sacramental Journey with an expression of commitment in the presence of the Cathedral Parish.

These boys were: Pasquale Romano, Mark Franklin, Aaron Davis, Eric Tsoukatos, Lewis Dantonio, Tom Mascolo, Gianluca Marin, Adrian Beesley, Kaine Baldwin, Anthony & Ben Boffo, James Kieboom, Joseph Tripodi, James McKaye, Michael Izzo, Rian De Nido, Michael Stefani, Johnny Frisina, Gavin McKay, Matthew Kurzyniec, Samuel Giglio, Guiseppe Baldino, Monydeng Monydeng, Haget Jawi, Tom Radovanovic and Luke Montelone.

We congratulate these boys and their families for

making the commitment to renew and strengthen their personal relationship with God and look forward to walking with them throughout this sacramental journey in 2012.

Faith is a personal journey all Christians continue to make and it requires commitment, support and encouragement from all those people around them and we look forward to the ongoing support of parents and caregivers throughout the whole process.

In 2012, these boys will receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit through the rite of Confirmation and this moment is a special moment in time and there will be much celebration and joy.

However, it is important that the journey of faith will be ongoing beyond 2012 and it will be the journey of faith which will provide much meaning and purpose in the life of these young men.

I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to the Sacramental families as there has been some confusion with dates for the upcoming program.

However, if you can take note of the following dates which are accurate:

• Tuesday 24 April at 6.00pm at the Junior Campus. (Reconciliation)

• Friday 8 June at 9.30am – 10.30am Edmund Rice Chapel to be celebrated by Fr Dean Marin and Monsignor Aitken.

• Tuesday 31 July at 6.00pm at the Junior Campus (Eucharist/Confirmation)

• Tuesday 28 August at 6.00pm at the Junior Campus (Wine Tasting)

• Friday 31 August at 7.00pm at St Francis Xavier Cathedral - Confirmation Ceremony celebrated by Archbishop Philip Wilson.

• Sunday 2 September at 11.00am at St Francis Xavier Cathedral – First Eucharist.

The places for the 2012 Sacramental Classes are now filled and we look forward to your active participation as we work together to assist the faith and formation journey for your son.

Gospel Challenge: Empathy As we are about to enter Passion Week let’s recall an incident where someone has been betrayed and the hurt that this sometimes causes.

Josie’s story taken from Living Faith – Catholic Diocese of Wollongong

I was the lucky one. I wasn’t taken. I was born in Cowra. My mum and dad were Aboriginal proud people. When I was six weeks old, my uncle took me, as my mother had too many children and he thought they might take me.I remember one time the manager of the mission where my mum and dad lived came around while I was there visiting. He came with another man round door to door. My father picked me up and put me in the wardrobe and lay blankets on top of me and told me to stay real quiet and still and only come out when he called me.The manager used to call out and trick the kids into coming out from where they were hidden so they would be handed over to the welfare and taken to the homes. I used to see all these little kids piled up in these cars crying and screaming and I was real scared. I thought: Why did we come to this place to visit family? Why were we treated this way? What did we do wrong? Then when I went to school at Darlington - all the way through school white kids used to say: ‘Abo’ Nigger! If I had a friend to talk to they would call them Nigger lovers.

I was the only black kid in that school in those days and it wasn’t long before I felt like fighting them. As I grew older I spoke up for myself but many of our old people suffered all these terrible things and said nothing. They just cried inside. Why do people say these things? Don’t they know racism hurts?

The above-mentioned story is sadly repeated too many times in our contemporary society.

Mark 15:1-15

Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied. The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.” But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8 The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did. “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them. “Crucify him!” they shouted. “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

As we enter Holy Week – may we be challenged this week not to be like Pilate and wash our hands of the responsibility but to work for peace and justice and have empathy for those marginalised who sometime have difficulty having a voice for themselves.

Concluding Prayer

Compassionate and tender God,

Father and Mother to us all, grace us in these final Lenten Days to ponder the mystery you hold before us: of death leading to life. Draw us into deeper communion as we seek to walk the Christ-Path and proclaim our baptismal promises with integrity.

We ask this through your healing Spirit. Amen

Project Compassion 2012In 2012, Project Compassion carries a simple, yet insightful message: “If you want Peace, work for Justice” – Pope Paul VI. This message of hope remains as powerful as ever.

At the beginning of Lent each family received a Project Compassion box for their family prayer spaces.

We would like to remind families to return their Project Compassion to their class teachers at the beginning of Week 10, Term 1 2012.

Ms Kate Younie has formed a Social Action Group of Year 6 students who will collate and collect these boxes at our Holy Thursday Liturgy and ensure these boxes make their way to Caritas.

Mr Bruce WereJunior Campus Religious Education Curriculum Coordinator

We cannot change the world but we can make a contribution to making it a better place.

Junior Campus REC Coordinator

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Dear Friends,

Open Letter to all Students, Staff, Parents and Friends of CBC

In my capacity as College Captain, I write to warmly invite you to support our Rowing teams in the forthcoming Head of The River at West Lakes on Saturday March 31st from 8am – 1.30pm.

Christian Brothers’ College has a long and rich tradition of rowing. Starting in 1909 with borrowed boats, and two years later racing our own boats, there was not much time before CBC had a big impact on rowing in South Australia. It was a mere three years after commencing that CBC defeated St Peter’s College to win the Head of The River Carnival.

Head of The River is not just any rowing event; it holds claim to the most prestigious and sought after trophy in South Australian School rowing. Crowds in their thousands gather at West Lakes to watch this great event and show support for the schools involved. It is an event that other participating schools show strength in crowd support, with students wearing their school blazers and cheering the boats on. As a college community, we want to build community spirit and a show of numbers at this event. Adorned in the Purple and White, we will have a visual impact as well as show school spirit.

It will be well worth the effort to come out and support your fellow CBC students. The atmosphere will be electric along with great food and drinks.

In conclusion, I invite you on behalf of the Senior Student leaders and the Rowing Teams to grab your blazer, bring your school spirit and show CBC pride in supporting our rowers at the Head of The River. Let’s make a difference!

Yours sincerely

Jake Tollenaar2012 College Captain

hurry, april school holidays is creeping closer! The bookings for the holiday program are filling fast! Please contact Riandi (OSHC Director) on

8400 4265 or rlegrange@cbc.sa.edu.au as soon as possible to secure your child a booking in the april VaCaTion CarE!

Pictures for illustration purposes only.

ComE To ThE 2012 hEad of ThE riVEr!

SaTUrday 31 marChWEar yoUr BlazErS and ShoW yoUr CBC SpiriT!

Win an Apple iPod (students) or a boxed magnum red (adults) from Taylors Wines.Collect a ticket from the CBC Finance Office and place in the competition barrel at the Head of the River race to enter.

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CBC Rowers compete in South Australian School Championships and Head of the River ‘Qualifying’ RegattaOn Saturday the Adelaide High School State School Championship Regatta was held at the West Lakes Regatta Course. This regatta is also the lane allocation regatta for next Saturday’s Schools Head of the River Regatta. This means HOR lanes are allocated depending on the crew’s finishing position in their first race Saturday. First and second crews are given the centre lanes with the minor placing fanning out on either side of them. Those races with more than eight crews will race heats again the morning of the HOR and from their finishing position be allocated into lanes in the A or B final.

With both the Year 10 and Year 8/9 ‘A’ crews racing for an A or B final berth on the morning of the HOR, the pressure is on them to equal last year’s record of all crews making A finals.

Results of last Saturday’s racing are as follows:

Schoolboy Year 8/9 Quads ‘A’ Crew – J. Arganese, L. Barry, B. Canavan, M. Cleggett and coxswain Paddy Clarke replacing the sick Edward Meredith – fourth in the heat and second in the ‘B’ final. With their crew now in a settled combination and rowing better for this, they will need to pull out all stops to ensure an ‘A’ finals berth.

Schoolboy Year 8/9 Quad ‘B’ Crew – J. Clarke, J. Kakogianis, J. Dalle Nogare, B. Reisinger and coxswain Paddy Graham – seventh in the heat and eighth in the final. Probably the in-form crew of the Year 8/9 group, they were down on form in both Saturday’s races, possibly due to their inability to train as a crew this week due to the absence of one of their crew members due to sickness. With everyone back and training we will look forward to a more settled approach to racing in next week’s HOR race.

Schoolboy Year 8/9 ‘C’ Crew – B. Dimopoulos, D. Callisto, J. Hogden, J. Dedonatis and coxswain J. Rojas – fifth in the heat and sixth in the final. Racing this week in ‘C’ grade instead of their normal ‘D’ grade they performed better than expected. With some more training and the added confidence of the good racing in last Saturday’s regatta, they should be able to make their way closer to the leading crews.

Schoolboy Year 10 Quads ‘A’ crew – C. Meyer, T. James, D. Reidy, J. Rutai and coxswain A. Singh – fifth both in the heat and the final. Although on the improve every race, they are still not able to get their race to the total package. Still, where the other crews have not much improvement left the ‘A’ crew has a great deal to prove to their coaches and they will be working hard this week to ensure they are ready to race next week.

Schoolboy Year 10 Quad ‘B’ crew – T. Riley, S. Boin, S. Wilson, J. Dedonatis and coxswain S. Kakogianis – fifth in both the heat and the final. Again, as with the ‘A’ crew, the ‘B’ crew is still not getting the race together. Again, both coaches and crew will be working hard during the week to ensure this crew turns up with a better race attitude to the HOR.

CBC First Eight crew – A. Gabrielli, T. Graham, B. Vatzavik, R. Bilogrevic, S. Crosato, A. Gaggini, L. Burke, J. Manton and coxswain T. Riley – seventh in the heat and fifth in the final. Although all the race times were faster by some 5 or so seconds in the finals, the CBC crew pulled their heat time back by a massive 16 seconds with a far more confident row. This row was a confidence booster for the crew and they should be able pull back at least another crew to equal the fifth of last year’s HOR crew.

This Saturday 31 March is the School’s Head of the River Regatta at West LakesWith over 13 Colleges and High Schools competing and in excess of 5,000 athletes and spectators attending, this is the biggest combined school sporting event Christian Brothers College attends. With this in mind, the CBC Rowing Community invites all CBC current and past students, their parents and staff to attend to cheer our crews, in what is arguably the biggest and most prestigious school sporting event in South Australia.

Racing starts at 8:30am and will finish just after midday. The CBC Water Sports Auxiliary will have a marquee of ‘Purple and White’ on the lake front by the Oarsmen’s Reserve Car Park for all our supporters to congregate at.

Because of the prestige and history of this event all current non-rowing school students must wear their school winter uniform and school blazer to the event. Past students are encouraged to wear their old school blazer and supporters are asked to come with a ‘splash of purple’. All current rowing students who are racing in the HOR must wear their summer uniform and blazer to the event, but will be able to wear their CBC racing zootsuit and blazer after they have raced.

Mr Ronald MobbsDirector of Water Sports

Head of the River Qualifying at West Lakes.

BadMInTon

Open B BadmintonBlackfriars 5 defeated CBC 4 (17 March)

Only 5 of our players showed up to play on Saturday. Until the final game the teams were tied at 4 matches all. But a CBC win was not meant to be this weekend as Blackfriars gained its 5th victory to win the morning. A special mention to Vincent and Nhan who played 3 matches each as we were short on players. Great sportsmanship everyone: Vincent, Nhan, Philip, Hung and Sang.

Mrs Anna Memma Coach

BasKeTBall

Year 7 Gold BasketballCBC Gold 35 defeated Pulteney Grammar 24

CBC won in what was a fast moving game at Wayville Sports Centre this week. CBC had to dig deep to secure their big lead, but as usual great teamwork , enthusiasm and ever improving skills paid off for the team. They have not lost a game so far this round. Well done everyone.

Mrs Pauline MagrinCoach

Year 7 Red BasketballCBC Red 38 defeated Goodwood Shooters 14

A great game by all. At this point in time the team is undefeated with only one game to go! Thanks to Gian Ciabattoni for coaching the team.

Ms Kay OliphantCoach

Year 4/5 White BasketballSt John’s 42 defeated CBC 4

After a few weeks break the boys did well against our strongest competition yet.

The players are continuing to develop and build their attacking and dribbling skills. Well done to Blake Angel on his excellent attacking skills; Jack Bourke’s speed was also a highlight of the game. Well done boys!

Ms Kate YounieCoach

crIcKeT

First XI CricketCBC All Out 138 defeated Mercedes College All Out 120

2 Day Game 17/3/12-24/3/12 Waite OvalIn a game threatened by weather on both weekends, Mercedes had an impregnable set of pitch covers that enabled the game to proceed despite heavy overnight rain that made runs hard to come by in the slow outfield. Winning the toss and batting, we found ourselves in a very strong position early thanks to a courageous knock by Jake Tollenaar and the customary reliable innings by Matthew Nye and we were cruising at 3/92 going into the 40th over. Unfortunately, once again the middle order collapsed and we were sprawling all out for 138. Luke Christensen’s 17 and Charlie Smith’s 14 in at number 10 the only saving grace in a feeble rout. Our only chance to redeem ourselves was to put pressure on them with our bowling and fielding.

Andrew D’Amico commenced a withering spell from the southern end, softening the batsmen up for Matty Nye to pounce in only his second over, getting the ball to move away and nicking through to Luke Christensen behind the stumps. D’Amico bowled manfully to have figures of 2/12 off 8 overs including a maiden and a wicket maiden and suddenly we were half a chance with them on 3/44 at stumps, needing 97 with seven wickets in hand. The next week we took off where we left with another D’Amico maiden followed by a Nye 2 wicket maiden and we were back in business. Nye struck again and they started to wilt at 6/61 before their number 8, a Year 9 student showed everyone how to bat, top scoring the match with 44 and threatening to claim the victory before Rhys Nihill cleaned up 9 and 10, D’Amico removed the star year 9 and their number 11 and victory was ours. It was testament to the boys’ fortitude, focus and concentration and very satisfying to see the tougher, mentally stronger character of the squad develop over the summer. Special thanks to Mr Carrieri for umpiring and mentoring throughout the season.

Best Batting: J Tollenaar 34, M Nye 27

Best Bowling: M Nye 4/22, A D’Amico 4/32, R Nihill 2/34

Mr Josh RoachCoach

Kanga Purple CricketCBC Purple defeated Norwood Primary School

It was a great team performance this week by all the boys. Despite a wet start to the game and being 2 players short, our bowling and fielding was first class, with the boys showing real enthusiasm and discipline.

Our batting was also of similar quality with all boys making good scores for the loss of very few wickets. It was encouraging to see the boys find the gaps in the field, despite Norwood having 2 extra fieldsmen.

Best Batters: Tom B, Rees and Jude

Best Bowlers: Tomas P, Cooper P and Archer

Special mention to Archer who took a great outfield catch.

Excellent team performance by all the boys; they should be very proud of their efforts.

Thanks to Mr Lowman for performing the scoring duties.

Mr Morgan PaparellaActing Coach

TennIs

Middle B Tennis CBC vs St Peters

Our Junior B team arrived well before 10.00am on the roof top to ready ourselves for our final match of this season against Saint Peter’s. Just before our starting time when only one student (from a different school!) had arrived, we decided to challenge our other team mates. However, half an hour later when Saint Peter’s turned up, the boys were ready to go.

Many thanks to Jack Good who stepped in at the last minute to convincingly win the 1st Doubles, along with Jack Hamblin, 6 games to 0. Both Jacks also won their Singles, Jack Good after a very long, challenging game, finally winning 7-6.

Gogo and Matthew Italiano easily won their Doubles and Singles matches, while Adrian and Michael Tran’s opposition proved too challenging.

In his Singles game Michael Candeloro faced tough opposition, at Number 6, but managed to hold off and win 7 games to 6, while Luke Zounis just missed out on his win after an hour long battle.

The team has experienced an extremely successful season after remaining undefeated every week.

A fantastic effort, boys!

Ms Liz TidemannCoach

VolleYBall

Open C VolleyballPulteney 3 defeated CBC 0

The team began the match confidently with some aggressive shots from Jack Quinn in particular. However, Pulteney were too well organised and they narrowly won the first set 25 to 21. This seemed to rattle the boys’ concentration and they lost 9 points in a row early in the second set. To the credit of the team ‘spirit’ the boys rallied and clawed their way back to within 3 points, but the gap was too much and again the team narrowly lost 25 to 23. With the pressure off the teams had some fun with the game and the variety of calls and moves entertained all involved? The final set finished 25 to 22.

Ms Krystle HelpsCoach

Year 8/9 B VolleyballAdelaide High School 2 defeated CBC 0

CBC was defeated this week by a team which appeared to be more experienced in playing as a team. We were slow in getting points on the board at the beginning of each set, but eventually we caught up and the game tended to be even mid set. Unfortunately, Adelaide High managed to finish strongly.

CBC boys displayed some excellent passes and general court play with some strong returns. They played a dynamic game, but this was not maintained consistently. Again, our lack of communication let us down, with many points lost due to confusion as to who should run to the ball. We will need to continue to work on improving in this area.

Mrs Lucyna ZwolskiCoach