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By Lexi Cottee

Schoolchildren are being le stranded as a lack of local high schools and a soaring population compounds transport woes in Melbournes northern suburbs.

Bus services are failing to keep up with demand as the number of residents of high school age continues to climb.

A community prole commissioned by Whittlesea council last year projected that by 2018 the number of people under 17 living in Mernda and Doreen would rise by 4162, more than 68 per cent, and make up more than 31 per cent of the population.

Parents have been increasingly taking the issue of inadequate public transport and local school options to local Yan Yean MP Danielle Green, community Facebook groups and Whittlesea council forums.

Doreen father of four Michael Harding said his two eldest children sat like sardines on the 572 bus from Doreen to University Hill to get to Mill Park Lakes Secondary College.

He said Madison, 14, and Mitchell, 16, told him that on one day last week the 7.13am Dysons bus was so full it had to pass students waiting at bus stops before reaching Mernda Village Drive, just two stops from the beginning of the route.

According to a Dysons sta member, the bus has room for between 41 and 45 seated passengers and about 20 standing.

eyre all squished up the back and my kids are just lucky theyre the rst on and the last o, Mr Harding said.

e services just dont match the growth of the area.

Ms Green said the root of the problem was a lack of high schools in the area.

Hazel Glen College will have year 7s this year, but that leaves thousands of kids [between years 8 and 12] to travel out of the district for school, she said. In the meantime we need buses.

Since coming to oce, the Labor state government has ripped up the former Napthine governments plans for Mill Park Lakes East Primary School and instead will fund a new Mernda P-12 school in Breadalbane Avenue. Construction is due to begin late this year.

Last month in State Parliament, Ms Green raised the issue of inadequate bus services, calling on Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan to examine the lack of access for Yan Yean families who need to get teens to school.

e government was looking at the issue to determine what could be done to address congestion.

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Stage two involves upgrades to the old gravel carpark. Asphalt was laid last week and installation of new lighting and line marking is now under way.

Once works are completed, the station will have 112 car spaces, including three disabled spots.

e completion is a blessing for surrounding businesses, including the Donnybrook Hotel, the post oce and nearby restaurants whose customer carparking spots are being

By Lexi Cottee

Delays have beset construction of carparking at Donnybrook railway station, but the works are gaining momentum.

e company contracted to deliver 95 extra car spots at the station failed to return to the site in January last year.

e company, Global Contracting, was wound up voluntarily a few months later.

e site languished for 11 months before Public Transport Victoria contracted Campbelleld-based Bitu-Mill to construct the

carpark expansion in two stages. Building a new carpark on vacant land next to the existing gravel carpark and relocating the entrance to Springs Road were bundled to form stage one.

is stage was completed last December, but further works to upgrade the Donnybrook Road and Springs Road intersection need to be completed before the new carpark can be used.

A spokesman for the Premiers oce said works to upgrade the intersection were due to begin immediately and were expected to be completed before the end of June.

But according to the PTV website, the

used by commuters heading into the city. A sta member at the hotel, who declined to give her name, said the hotels 30 car spots had been used by commuters for the past ve years.

Yan Yean MP Danielle Green, who has campaigned for more parking at the train station for years, said she was pleased the project was near completion.

With more carparking spaces and passengers able to travel from Donnybrook to the CBD on a zone 1 fare, this community will boom, she said.

Movement at Donnybrook station

A car service centre in Campbelleld has been disqualied from hiring apprentices aer an investigation found it wasnt fullling its training duties.

A Victorian Registration and Qualications Authority (VRQA) investigation into low-quality training in the automotive industry found eight employers had been shirking their responsibilities.

e Minister for Training and Skills, Steve Herbert, said the VRQA investigation looked into the practices of 115 employers to check whether they were fullling their obligations for 160 apprentices under their watch.

As well as banning eight employers from taking apprentices again, 60 training contracts between employers and apprentices were cancelled and another 39 were voluntarily ripped up.

A VRQA spokesman said six training contracts were cancelled in Hume and 10 in Whittlesea, but he declined to name and shame which workplaces were not fullling their contractual duties.

ere are currently 1786 apprentices in Hume and 1122 in Whittlesea.

e national secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union vehicle division, Dave Smith, said: e announcement that the VRQA will conduct regulatory campaigns targeting specic occupations and qualications is an initiative that will place dodgy employers on notice that this government wont tolerate their behaviour.

Any apprentice or trainee with concerns about a lack of supervision or training can call the VRQA on 1300 722 603.

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Con Petidis (pictured with wife Kitty) awoke before 3am on Sunday and began preparing a meal according to his great-grandmothers recipe. The dish is called fasolatha, a Greek-style bean soup, and he continued cooking until he had three barrels of the chunky stew to share with fellow Macedonian expats who migrated to Australia from the town of Florina in north-western Macedonia. It took me from 3am until 10am on Sunday, Mr Petidis, 75, said. The occasion was the Florinian Fasolatha Festival, which has been celebrated in South Morang since 1992. More than 1000 people attended the Sunday event to dance to traditional Greek music and taste traditional Florinian foods such as olives, breads, gyros, souvlakis, kebabs and, of course, bean soup. Lexi Cottee

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Hume Anglican Grammar School has been awarded federal government funding to upgrade security.

Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan announced the funding for the Mickleham school and 53 others at risk of attack, harassment or violence fuelled by racial or religious intolerance.

Principal Bill Sweeney said the school would get $191,200 to upgrade fences, install more lighting near entrances and install an electronic gate that can be closed during school hours.

Were an aordable, low-fee school and we rely on support from the federal government and they have been very forthcoming, he said.

We need to ensure the school remains safe and secure as we grow.

Were in an isolated area on Mount Ridley, a bit o the beaten track.

He said the schools application for funding did not stem from an isolated incident but was purely to keep the schools infrastructure up to date.

Student numbers have grown about 10 per cent in each of the past three years as the school moves towards a capacity of 1200.

is funding will supplement our burgeoning infrastructure, Mr Sweeney said.

Of the 54 schools which received funding for security, 17 were Jewish, 15 were Islamic, 11 were independent and 11 were government schools.

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Ash Dixits new role at Fawkner police station will be his most challenging to date. e Indian-born police ocer is the stations new community liaison ocer, a role intrinsically linked to changing migrants perception of police.

Senior Constable Dixit said that in India, police were oen viewed as corrupt and unresponsive. So when Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans and other migrants moved to Australia, their perception of the police as a heavy-handed arm of the government was transferred to Victoria Police.

My role is to break down those barriers and enhance the relationship between police and the community, he said.

People from some culturally and linguistically diverse communities may be hesitant to talk to police here as our role in Australia is oen very dierent to the role of law enforcement in their home country.

As a migrant myself, I can relate to newcomers and understand the diculties they face in starting afresh in a new country, Senior Constable Dixit said.

He said he would talk to community groups, asylum seekers and refugees about the services police oer, such as support for victims of family violence. People from ethnic backgrounds are hesitant to report it because people are scared and they dont know so much help is available to them, he said.

I was hesitant myself when I arrived. When I was stationed in the city [as a police recruit] people were asking us for directions to the casino. You get in trouble for that in India.

Senior Constable Dixit can be contacted at Fawkner police station, 1151 Sydney Road, Hadeld, on 9355 6022.

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By Lexi Cottee

Planning controls in Epping have been eased to encourage millions of dollars in private investment.

e state government has signed o on the Epping Central Project, one of 11 major development sites in the state earmarked for intensive development.

Whittlesea council Epping project manager Rachel Dapiran said new zoning would enable landholders to do more with their holdings.

It doesnt mean theres going to be big towers in peoples backyards.

Job opportunities are one of the major drawcards of the new planning scheme.

Whittlesea mayor Ricky Kirkham said the zoning change would allow about a quarter of a billion dollars worth of development to go ahead, creating hundreds of jobs.

Coupled with the aordable land in the area, these planning controls will give Epping Central the boost it needs to establish itself as an economic powerhouse of the north and as a dynamic activity centre for jobs, housing

is is about having a longer-term look at the area, she said.

Epping is on the doorstep of an enormous amount of growth. ere are a lot of people holding land who cant do what they want with the current zones. is will unlock that potential.

Ms Dapiran said restaurants, cafes and parks would ll vacant lots along High and Cooper streets.

We want people to have the option to live and work in Epping without having to leave the municipality, she said.

and services in Melbournes north, he said. ere are plans for large parcels of under-used and vacant land in High and Cooper streets to make way for developments such as a 10-storey complex with a supermarket, retail and oce space, a gym, childcare centre, parking and two-bedroom apartments.

Costco will establish its third Melbourne outlet in Jovic Road, a park is being designed for Coulstock Street, an eight-storey building is in the works in Rufus Street, and a $40 million aged-care centre is proposed for 513 High Street.

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Only one resident at Villa Maria aged-care home in Bundoora had ever laid hands on an iPad before tutorials began late last year. Six months on, many of the residents are just as tech-savvy as their children. After weekly iPad training, Joan OLaughlin (pictured) often picks up a tablet to play Sudoku or Words with Friends. Im really enjoying the process my son thinks its marvellous, Ms OLaughlin said. Villa Maria borrows the tablets from Yarra Plenty Regional Library as part of Seniors Connect, a pilot program jointly run by the library, the state government and Telstra to enhance seniors technology skills. Whittlesea, Banyule and Nillumbik have the service, but it may be rolled out to other municipalities further down the track. Seniors Connect is a free service for any Yarra Plenty library member aged 60 or older. For more information, call 9459 6171. Lexi Cottee

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Car thief ees Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole a car from Keon Park railway station last month. Members of the police operations response unit noticed the stolen sedan at a petrol station on Widford Street, Broadmeadows, on February 25, just before 10pm. They chased the car but called off the pursuit in Camp Road due to excessive speeds. The car is a black 1994 Nissan Skyline and the man is said to be Caucasian or Middle Eastern in appearance, in his 20s, with brown hair, an unshaven face and a distinctive tattoo on his left forearm. Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000.

Pedestrian killed in BundooraAn elderly woman was killed in Bundoora when she was hit by a truck last Thursday. The woman, in her 80s, was walking along the footpath on Plenty Road about 11am when she was hit by the truck as it exited a driveway between Grimshaw Street and Settlement Road. The woman died at the scene.

Gun false alarmPolice were called to the Bridge Inn Hotel last Wednesday to investigate an allegation that a man inside the pub was hiding a gun down his pants. More than six police cars arrived at the hotel and the man in question was searched in what turned out to be a false alarm. The man had purchased from the gardening store across the road a small tomahawk handle, which was mistaken for a gun.

Cogs turn in the Davies Bakery 360 days a year. Smells of dough, fruit and chocolate linger in the carpark where freight trucks come and go, ferrying thousands of loaves of bread to supermarkets across the state.

For the past few years, the family-owned Broadmeadows bakery has supplied every ALDI store in Victoria with loaves of bread, hot cross buns, muns and crumpets. Its no small feat for a bakery still in family hands.

e Davies family and ALDI representatives opened the Military Road bakerys doors to the media for the rst time last month to show o its state-of-the-art baking machinery and sustainability practices. Davies is now in the hands of the h generation. Chief executive

ocer Matthew Davies maintains the practices of his great-great-grandfather John Davies, who was taught the tricks of the trade by a German baker during Ballarats gold rush era.

Now more than 50,000 loaves of bread are baked daily and delivered to stores within 15 hours of leaving the oven.

In recent years millions of dollars has bought new equipment for the Broadmeadows factory, including machines made in Melbourne. Operations manager Kevin Devereux says its a highly automated process. If an oven stops working for just ve minutes, 60,000 loaves of bread will have to be thrown out.

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An injection of federal funding will give a busy street in Craigieburn a faceli.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss last week announced an upgrade for Potter Street, with $358,000 coming from the federal government and the remainder of the projects $900,000 cost being funded by Hume council.

e dead-end street is in an industrial pocket and frequently used by heavy- haulage vehicles and freight trucks accessing the Hume Highway.

e upgrade will include earthworks, drainage, pavements, kerbs, and widening of channels and culverts.

e project is one of ve to share in $3.6 million in federal funding from the heavy vehicle safety and productivity program.

Sunzest Organics fruit juice processing plant has been based in Potter Street for about 10 years.

Oce manager Leah Mezzatesta said the company had up to three transport trucks coming and going from their Potter Street plant each day.

She said road upgrades would make life easier for truck drivers and improve pedestrian safety.

People are currently walking on the side of the road alongside trucks, she said. ey have nowhere else to walk and it only needs a mistake to happen. is is good news.

Lexi Cottee

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A Roxburgh Park man learned a hard lesson about vehicle security aer thieves stole a garage remote control and attempted to break into his familys home.

Mohamad Abbasss family was one of three that fell prey to thieves in the area on the weekend of February 28-March 1.

Mr Abbasss car was broken into and his house keys and a spare garage remote control were stolen, giving the thieves access to the home while his family slept.

Luckily, their ve-year-old son heard the garage door open and alerted his parents.

Mr Abbass confronted the oenders in his garage and they ed without any of the familys possessions in hand.

Mr Abbass said his family moved to the area about ve years ago to be close to extended family and friends but was having second thoughts.

Ive started to regret it were considering moving, he said. ey turned the garage upside down and my wife is scared to be at home.

e family has since changed the locks and disconnected their garage remote control in case the thieves return.

e incident occurred as police become increasingly frustrated with motorists who forget to lock their cars or leave valuable items on display.

Hume crime prevention ocer Jacqui Newman said there had been a spike in thes from cars in Roxburgh Park, Greenvale and Craigieburn in the past month.

Motorists were not heeding police warnings and many were still failing to lock their cars and remove keys, handbags, wallets and jewellery.

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Many thes from cars are purely opportunistic and simply occur because the cars are le unlocked, she said.

In Victoria it is an oence to leave a vehicle unlocked. It may incur a $148 ne.

In February, more than 80 cars were broken into in the Hume area. About 40 per cent of

those thes were of number plates. What motorists need to recognise is that these stolen registration plates are being used to commit more serious oences, Senior Constable Newman said. She urged all motorists to t one-way anti-the screws to secure their registration plates.

Acting Detective Senior Constable Helen Farmer, Senior Constable Jacqui Newman and Mohamad Abbass. (Joe Mastroianni)



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A Hume councillor says he will push for the council to seek compensation of up to $1 million if the state government decides to wind back plans for an independent Sunbury.

Cr Jack Medcra said sta had spent many hours working on the secession project.

ere have been countless meetings and briengs over the past few years, he said.

If this doesnt go ahead as planned, thats all time that could have been spent doing other things. If you work out the hourly rate of the executive sta involved, youre looking at some pretty signicant compensation.

Cr Medcra said Labor had guaranteed before last Novembers state election that the secession would go ahead.

Acting in the nal days before going into caretaker mode, the former Liberal government gazetted formal orders for Sunbury City to come into existence on July 1 this year.

It also set boundaries for the new municipality and appointed an administrator and interim chief executive.

Cr Medcra said a compensation claim would be justied.

If theyre going to go back on this theyre going to have to pay, just like East-West Link, he said.

Cr Ann Potter said there was no doubt a lot of time had been invested by council sta.

But as a council, its not something we have discussed at all, she said of compensation.

Pro-split supporters met Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins late last month but received no conrmation that Sunbury City would come into existence in July as planned. A spokeswoman for Ms Hutchins, who is leading a review of the secession project, did not respond before Star Weekly went to print.Star Weekly went to print.Star Weekly

When not working as Whittlesea councils new Aboriginal access and support ocer, Shontia Saluja-Honeysett is trying to reconnect with her 16 aunties and uncles.

e Wiradjuri woman was removed from her family in Narrandera, about 300 kilometres from Wagga in New South Wales, and was raised in foster homes in the Riverina. At 16 she le for Sydney to work in aged care before meeting her husband, moving to Melbourne in 2012 and raising two sons.

She then set herself a challenge by signing up for a nursing degree at Deakin University through the Institute of Koori Education.

It was a struggle I had le school aer completing my year 9, she said.

In her new role with Whittlesea council, Ms Saluja-Honeysett plans to raise the prole of Aboriginal seniors, take them on weekly outings and connect them to social groups and health providers.

She said many Elders needed help securing home-care and visiting doctors or hospitals. Going to the hospital is a big deal it can be really traumatic, she said. In the old days, they could only be seen aer all the white people had been looked aer.

To be involved in Elders Making A Dierence, call Annabelle or Helen on 9463 0922.

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Brolga Park work startsWork is under way to upgrade Brolga Park in South Morang. New playground equipment including slides, swings, a remans pole and spring rockers are being installed. New picnic settings and seating will be added to the park, as will more trees to provide shade. Garden beds are being revamped and fencing is being constructed to keep cars at a safe distance. The works are expected to take two months.

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Elise Vincent is known among friends for her artistry with a make-up brush.

So when the 23-year-old Epping resident started working at Priceline at Epping Plaza, a love aair with make-up became a career.

Aer a few training courses through the store, Elise decided to pursue her new-found passion in her own time and enrolled in a make-up artistry course in Moonee Ponds.

She has since started doing make-up for weddings and special events, and practises in the store every day.

From March 14-22, shell be part of Pricelines 20-person beauty team at the Melbourne Fashion Festival, where they will create hair and facial beauty for all the runway shows.

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Hume Whittlesea LLEN executive ocer Kim Stadtmiller said the fair had been organised for the past few years in response to concerning levels of youth unemployment. is is one of many local responses to help address the need for supporting our young people.

Ms Stadtmiller said this was the rst year major employers such as Coles, Woolworths and Bunnings would not take part as they were not currently employing, forcing the organisation to rely more on employment agencies.

More than 450 students have already registered to attend the fair. Representatives from local, state and federal government will also be there, as will not-for-prot organisations, training organisations, Job Services Australia and local community groups.

To coincide with the fair, Whittlesea council will launch a website for job seekers, Jobs in the North. e fair will be at Plenty Ranges Arts & Convention Centre in South Morang.

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Pull apart a poa its not a rhyme or riddle; rather its an activity designed to help children learn about Whittleseas natural habitats during the Whittlesea Community Festival. This Sunday, kids (and their parents) can be taught all about poas a type of plant that provides a habitat for small animals and insects. Theyll also listen to music and learn about sustainability practices and other things, like how to wrap a turban. Its all in the name of celebrating the City of Whittlesea and its people and places. Banksy the possum (pictured with Caitlin McKay and Josie Kaddour) will teach the citys youngest residents about his work in the sanctuary and recite a few animal-themed stories. The festival will also have carnival rides, stalls, creative workshops and a reworks nale at 8.30pm. Its at Whittlesea Public Gardens, Barry Road, Lalor, March 15, from 12.30-9pm. For more details, call 9217 2174. Lexi Cottee

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Helping hand for artistsNominations for the Hume Arts Awards are open. Creative Hume residents are invited to apply for an award and the chance to share in $20,000. Hume council will also award professional development grants of up to $500 to help local artists attend conferences, access professional development opportunities and training. Details: www.hume.vic.gov.au/artsawards or phone councils social development team. 9205 2200

Theatre at PRACCCheck out this months entertainment on offer at the Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre (PRACC). To view the 2015 program or to buy tickets, visit www.pracc.com.au/theatre or telephone PRACC. 9217 2317

National Youth WeekIn preparation for National Youth Week (April 10-19), Whittlesea councils youth team, Baseline for Young People, is looking for students in years 7 to 10 to help out.

COMMUNITY CALENDARWANT YOUR EVENT LISTED? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-prot organisations to keep the public informed of special events and activities. Send item details to Star Weekly Community Calendar, Corner Thomsons Road and Keilor Park Drive, Keilor Park, 3042, or email to [email protected]. Deadline for copy and announcements is noon Tuesday.

Take it easyThe Tibetan Buddhist Society has issued an invitation for relaxtion and unwinding during its Rose Garden open days on March 21 and 22 from 10am-4pm. Experts will be on hand offering tips on organic, water-wise and sustainable gardening. For groups of eight or more people. $10 per person covers entry, Devonshire tea, temple and garden tours. Tibetan Buddhist Society is at 1425 Mickleham Road (access via Cookes Road), Yuroke. 9333 1770

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Whittlesea kicks up its heelsJoin the City of Whittlesea for its biggest annual celebration on March 15 from 12.30-9pm. The celebration of the city and its people and places will feature music, food, stalls and workshops. At City of Whittlesea Public Gardens, Barry Road, Lalor. 9217 2174

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While debate about religious education in Australian government schools continues to rage, its place in Catholic schools has never been called into question.

But with fewer nuns and brothers teaching in schools, and church aliation on the decline, schools are nding it more and more dicult to sell the Catholic faith to their students.

erefore, it might come as a surprise to some that the traditions of other faiths have been brought into the modern Catholic classroom.

Interfaith education has gained momentum in the past 20 years, according to Sister Megan Donohue, assistant principal of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College in Bentleigh.

Where once the religious education curriculum was limited to texts and traditions from the Catholic faith, some classes are now used to open students eyes to those of other religions.

OLSH runs two religion units that specically address the ideological framework of other faiths. e year 11 text and traditions unit introduces texts from the Buddhist, Islamic and Jewish faiths, and examines their attitudes towards broader issues in society. At year 10, students hear from guest speakers who identify with dierent religions and are exposed to various places of worship as part of

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their unit, religion and society. Sister Donohue describes the decision to incorporate interfaith education at OLSH as anon-negotiable.

It comes down to that fundamental principle of human dignity, and that every single person nds connection with God and the sacred through dierent pathways, she says.

e more you try to understand and put your feet in the shoes of another, the bigger your heart and the more able you are to respond to our world in a meaningful way.

Graeme Pender, faith and mission co-ordinator at De La Salle College in Malvern, shares her sentiments. As a student at the school in the early 1970s, he recalls that study of global culture was limited to a unit on Chinese history and a couple ofLOTE classes.

Today, in addition to a great deal more diversity within humanities subjects, the school has a compulsory subject at year 11 that incorporates

the traditions of four faiths: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and indigenous religions.

Were not living pre-World War II anymore, where youve got the Irish Catholics versus the Proddies, he says.

Australia is largely a secular society so rst of all weve got the challenge of trying to sell the Catholic faith to the boys, but they also need to know what other people in our community believe in its fostering understanding and acceptance.

Sister Donohue attributes the introduction of interfaith education to several factors globalisation and directives from Pope John Paul II among them but says that for the dialogue to truly have an impact, it cant just be conned to RE classes.

e school has made a concerted eort to introduce an interfaith approach in almost every subject area, from English to art.

Even in our sports classes that address alcohol awareness, our teacher will talk about places like Pakistan and the religious reasons for lower rates of alcoholism, she says.

It doesnt have to be limited to one or two classes as a Catholic school, we have a responsibility to be in dialogue with all our brothers and sisters from all traditions.

Australia is largely a secular society - Graeme Pender

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Student retreats have long held an important place in the Catholic education system.

Fiy years ago, it was a day or two dedicated to lectures from religious leaders, prayer sessions and time for quiet reection. From tumbling workshops to orienteering, todays Catholic school retreat takes on many dierent forms, but its purpose has changed little.

Its about educating the whole person, says Patrick Platt, religious education and faith co-ordinator at Catholic Ladies College in Eltham.

[When] we are thrown into a situation where normal isnt there anymore, we begin

seeing things from a dierent perspective, with new insights and understandings of who we are.

CLC has retreat opportunities at all year levels, ranging from year 8 workshops on global poverty and injustice to a three-day reection trip for VCE students. Platt was part of a team that revised the schools year 12 retreat program in 2013. He says the concept of a retreat has changed because the audience has.

e girls always ask me, How much praying are we going to do? he says. We accept students from a broader perspective of beliefs, so weve tried to create a program that

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St Monicas College in Epping takes it one step further, with an entire campus dedicated to taking students out of their daily routines once in a while.

e school has owned Ostia at Strath Creek, an hour north-east of Melbourne, since 1999. e 7.3-hectare property has a sprawling mud-brick and cedar house that sleeps up to 18 students, plus sta. ere are also ve paddocks, four dams and a couple of horses.

Overnight stays at Ostia are oered to students in years 8 and 10, with programs designed to address social issues encountered at dierent age groups.

Teacher Chris Callinan, who specialises in student well-being, says sta are careful to encourage the term retreat rather than camp.

e term camp has connotations that theres going to be lots of physical activity and, while theyll be spending time outside, this isnt about ropes courses or setting up tents, he says.

e whole point is to facilitate an opportunity for students to talk about life and the issues that confront them.

Circus workshops and problem-solving activities are interspersed with discussions about self-esteem and respect for others, themes Callinan says particularly resonate among the year 8s.

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focuses on the sacredness of the individual rather than directly linking activities to religious beliefs.

Ice-breaker games and team-building challenges feature prominently on the agenda for the three-day trip, as do sharing activities that encourage students to reect on the positives in life. Platt says that while there are no formal religious rituals, group work helps students to realise that fun has a spiritual dimension.

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SPORTAssault on elusive title gives Valley plenty to ght forEverything has fallen perfectly into place for Plenty Valley on the eve of Sub-District crickets north-west group nals.

e Bats are primed and ready to take aim at the premiership that has eluded them for the past two summers.

A penultimate round speed hump loss to Melton is rmly behind the Bats, who claimed a fourth win in ve matches with a nine-wicket drubbing of Williamstown in Saturdays nal round one-dayer at AK Line Reserve.

e Bats can be considered premiership favourites, despite qualifying for the nals in second place.

ey have their top-liners in form at the right time of the season and priceless nals experience to draw on. e premiership window is well and truly open.

Were understanding of our group and what weve got ahead of us, Bats captain-coach Michael Sheedy told Star Weekly.

Weve obviously done very well in the last two years to make it to the big dance against Oakleigh two years ago, in what was an amazing grand nal, and to go through undefeated and

lose in the semi last year, so as a group were hungry for it [a premiership].

Its all about March for us, isnt it?Plenty Valley has been trying to t square

pegs into round holes most of the summer with injuries striking time and again.

But all of a sudden the Bats are ominously back at full strength, following the return of Lorenzo Ingram from an emergency overseas trip.

Were more comfortable now we have got some guys in good nick at the right time of the year, Sheedy said.

ursday night was the rst time this year that weve had a full squad to choose from.

e win against Williamstown was so critical to Plenty Valleys premiership chances.

e Bats clinched a home qualifying nal against Yarraville, an advantage they were desperate to grab in what is shaping as a tough nals series to predict.

We had everything to play for, Sheedy said.We know sewing up that home nal is so

important for us and we potentially have two home nals should we get over the rst week.

You shouldnt lose at home and we understood that was on the line.

Veteran Sean Ayres was superb against Williamstown, batting the full 37.2 overs and blasting 111 not out as the Bats made 1-173 to cruise past the Seagulls 8-170.

Finishing with 505 runs at 56 and 28 wickets at 11 aer the home-and-away rounds, Ayres will be one of the leading contenders for the Val Holten Medal for the competitions best and fairest, an honour he won last summer.

Hes got to be in the top three or four favourites, Sheedy said. No doubt he got another three votes today.

Pacemen Justin Jaensch (2-29) and Michael Croxford (1-25) had a big impact with the new ball, while the spinning trio of Ayres (2-26 o eight), Joshua Durrant (0-27 o ve) and Ingram (1-25 o nine) kept it tight and could be the Bats x-factor in the nals.

If youve got good, tight spinners, who are disciplined, youre going to win a lot of games and it again showed today, Sheedy said.

Lance JenkinsonLorenzo Ingram returned to the Plenty Valley line-up after a game out. (Shawn Smits)

By Lance Jenkinson

Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows wont be weighed down by the burden of expectation in the nals of Sub-District crickets north-west group.

Despite nishing the regular season with the minor premiership and the benet of a double chance, second-year captain-coach Mitch Johnstone understands the enormous task ahead of a Falcons team with little nals experience.

Were excited, weve worked really hard, but weve obviously come from a little bit further back than some of the other clubs in the top six, he told Star Weekly.

Its so tight this season and our percentage (1.26) reects that were not a dominant team by any stretch.

We still have a pretty young group and in terms of nals experience its quite light on, so Im not putting massive expectations on the group. If we can win a nal and play in a semi, you give yourself every chance of going the whole way.

It has been a meteoric rise for Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows over the past two summers.

Johnstone gave up an eight-year Premier Cricket playing career to dip his toes into the coaching pool and when he arrived at the club the Falcons were coming o a disastrous 2012-13 season, when they nished second last.

e task confronting him would have been a major challenge for any coach, let alone a rst-timer.

But Johnstone has turned the fortunes of the top side around.

Its been good to see something grow, he said. ings are trending upwards but weve still got work to do in the lower grades to make sure were competitive across all grades.

Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows secured top spot with a 60-run win over Sunshine in the nal round one-dayer at Lakeside Drive Reserve on Saturday.

Johnstone snared 5-10 with his o-spin to have Sunshine all out for 74 in the chase for his sides 9-134.

e nals appearance should extinguish the memories of last summer, when the Falcons missed out on the nals on the last day of the season.

We shouldve played nals, he said. We were sixth heading into the last game and Yarraville knocked us o.

Falcons face tough nals task

Adam Yates has a major role to play in the nals for Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows as one of its most experienced campaigners. (Shawn Smits)

at le a burning desire for the playing group to atone this year.

e question mark that hangs over Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows is the batting, as they have made fewer runs (2105) than the rest of the top nine clubs in the competition.

Bowling and elding wise, we tend to back ourselves in, so I guess the thing that has to be answered is our batting, Johnstone said.

e way we bat will determine how far well go in the nals.

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