10th May 2013

Principal: Br Bill Tynan

Assistant Principal - Mission: Mr Paul MacCallum

Assistant Principal - Curriculum: Mrs Janine Conolly

Business Manager: Mr David Osborne

Office Manager: Mrs Sue Wegert

We are a little late with the newsletter, sorry a bit busy, Br Bill solely to blame.

Most students returned on time ready for work.

But still too many returned late. I do feel that 14 weeks holidays is enough.

So please make every attempt to respect the arranged travel dates for each term.

It was a pleasure to visit Palm Island on May 7-8 with Jude Koehler and Jen Cadzow. Photo: Palm Island

We attended the school expo, and met 6 or so families. We were

made to feel very welcome, including our visits to the two

primary schools.

We will visit TI from May 29 till June 2.

Wednesday 29th

Bamaga from 10 am till 2 pm

Thursday 30th Warraber 9:15-12:15 Iama 1:15-4:15 Poruma from 5 pm

Friday 31st

Mer 9 am- 11:30 Erub 12:45- 3 pm Boigu from 5:30 pm

Saturday June 1 Saibai 10:15-11:15 Mabuiag 12:15 -2 pm Kubin village 2:45-5:15

Sunday 2nd

Hammond Island for Mass, meeting and lunch.

Recent pleasing events have been Masses in each of the dormitories with smaller groups. A highlight has been Deacon Ralph

sharing stories from his parents’ lives of 50 years ago, Palm Island and other experiences -some being Australia’s sad

indigenous history.

Congratulations to those selected in Peninsula sports teams so far this year:

Matilda Warria competed at the Volleyball State Titles this week as did Jack Daniel for Touch Football. Mary-Anne Mosby

has recently been to Brisbane and joined the Peninsula Volleyball team to compete at State level. Anna Bani and Derek

Creed – Haines will both compete at Peninsula trials on Friday 24th May for Cross Country.

Photos from left: Jack Daniel,

Matilda Warria, Derek Creed-

Haines, Maryanne Mosby &

Anna Bani.

Br Bill Tynan

Br Bill Tynan

Assistant Principal - Curriculum

PARENT / TEACHER INTERVIEWS

I would like to thank all parents and carers who attended the Parent/Teacher/Student conferencing held on the 24th

April. It was a productive time for Parents, students and teachers to meet to discuss student progress, and strengthen our

partnerships. I encourage all parents to continue this conversation with individual teachers through phone conversations

and/or e-mail as the year continues.

STUDENT DIARIES

Term 2 is a short term, so we will all need to be focussed on the tasks at hand. Please ensure that your student is using their student diary,

and bringing it to class each day. This is an effective tool to assist with scheduling homework, working towards assignments and

prioritising. Home Form teachers will be checking student use of their diaries on a weekly basis. If your diary has been misplaced a

replacement is available form Student Reception for $10.

YEAR 9 NAPLAN TESTS 2013 - Tues 14th - Fri 17th May

Many thanks,

Janine Conolly

MSB Tuckshop News This week has seen the introduction of tuckshop

for day students. This is provided through our kitchen who prepare the boarders meals.

These menus will rotate every four weeks. Cost is $7.50 which includes morning tea and

lunch. Students wishing to purchase must pay at front office before school. Correct money

is appreciated.

Week 4 Menu ~

3rd - 10th May

MORNING TEA

Fresh Fruit & Choice of cakes, slices, muffins sandwiches or sausage rolls etc.

Monday

Vanilla Slab Cake

Tuesday

Assorted

Sandwiches

Wednesday

Chocolate Slice

Thursday

Party Pie

Friday

Lamingtons

LUNCH Cold Meat & Salads Pluto Pups & Salad Taco & Salad Cold Meat & Salads Chicken

Tender Subs

Week 5 Menu ~

13 - 17th May

MORNING TEA

Fresh Fruit & Choice of cakes, slices, muffins sandwiches or sausage rolls etc.

Monday

Nutella sandwiches

Tuesday

Patty Cakes

Wednesday

Coffee Rolls &

Cream Buns

Thursday

Party Sausage Rolls

Friday

Chocolate Cake

LUNCH Chicken Chilli

Wraps & Salad

Cold Meat & Salad Quiche & Salad Cold Meat & Salad Beef Gravy Rolls &

Salad

Week 6 Menu ~

20 - 24th May

MORNING TEA

Fresh Fruit & Choice of cakes, slices, muffins sandwiches or sausage rolls etc.

Monday

Assorted Sandwiches

Tuesday

Chocolate Slab Cake

Wednesday

Lamingtons

Thursday

Party Pies

Friday

Carrot Cake

LUNCH Wedges, Sour

Cream & Salad

Cold Meat & Salad Chicken Gravy Rolls

& Salad

Cold Meat & Salads Beef Burgers

Week 7 Menu ~

27 - 31st May

MORNING TEA

Fresh Fruit & Choice of cakes, slices, muffins sandwiches or sausage rolls etc.

Monday

Nutella sandwiches

Tuesday

Hot Chips

Wednesday

Donuts

Thursday

Cherrios

Friday

Chocolate Cake

LUNCH Fish & Potato

Wedges

Cold Meat & Salads Pop’em Chicken

Wraps & Salad

Cold Meat & Salads Sausage Rolls &

Salad

Australian Defence Force ~ Indigenous Study Tour

Over the Easter School holidays Mary-anne Mosby and Leilanie Aniba had the opportunity

to experience life as an Officer Cadet with the Australian Defence Force.

15 students from across Australia were selected to attend the Indigenous Student Study

Tour in Canberra over four fun filled, army styled days.

The girls were flown to Canberra and had a first-hand look at

what life would be like living at the Australian Defence Force Academy. This included a tour of the

university and lunch in the dining hall. The students had the chance to attempt the ADFA obstacle

course suspended over a 25m pool. Not every student completed the suspended course, but every

student came out soaking wet as they fell over three metres into the water!

A visit to the National War Memorial gave everyone a chance to reflect

on the service of many indigenous men and women throughout our

history. The students were taken on a private tour of the War Memorial

and given an inside look at how war memorabilia is archived at the mu-

seum.

The Royal Military College Duntroon gave the students an insight into the Army Officer Training.

They experienced lectures and toured the facilities, and they were also fortunate to do a Physical

Fitness session with the Commanding Officer of the Academy.

The last stop on the tour was to the Defence Recruitment Office where students had the

opportunity to meet Defence Personnel from Army, Navy and the Air force. Here, students

learnt about the different types of jobs available to them if they chose to enter the Defence Force

after school.

I would like to commend Mary-anne and Leilanie, two students from MSB who took an opportunity and experienced it fully

whilst being respectful young women who did our school proud.

Peninsula Basketball Trials We had 12 students qualify to attend the Peninsula U 19 Basketball trials in Cairns recently.

The competition was really tough however, Pamai Dau managed to get herself into the

Possible/Probable team and did an amazing job. Other competitors were Irene Bani, Rachel

Pilot, Leina Bani, Shakiera Mathieson, Alfreda Tarpencha, Willington Pearson, Tevin Neliman,

Jack Daniel, Zachary Munckton and Brian Pickering. Photo right: Pamai Dau

Thank you P&F Association Recently the Mount St Bernard College

Parents and Friends Association donated funds for the purchase of bean bags for the Library. These bright, new and very green space chairs are a welcome addition. Thank you P&F from all the ‘lounge lizards in the Library’.

Pictured: Antonio, Samantha and Hamish

INTERESTING FACTS

•Clown fish have a special coating which stops them from getting stung by the anemone they live in

•There are three types of clownfish •The clown fish takes food to the anemone and

•Cassius, is currently the world’s largest crocodile in captivity •He is 110 years and expected to live for another 10 years •5.5m long (without parts of his tail he lost) •His left front leg is MIA •He was relocated from the Northern Territory after eating boat outboards.

•There are only two types of sea turtles based around Green Island •The two types are Hawksbill & Green Turtle •The difference between these animals is their beak and the plates on their shell. •The hawksbill has a hawk like beak as it eats hard crustaceans whereas the

green turtle has a rounded beak and eats soft algae. Both like jellyfish •The male has a long and skinny tail whereas the female has a short and fat tail.

We thought the guide would lock Irene up as each time a particular animal was mentioned her response was:

MAN: Parrot fish don’t eat the coral, they eat the algae so they require a beak like mouth. IRENE: They taste nice MAN: The blue spotted sting ray is protected at Green Island IRENE: I eat them MAN: (man looks in shock) CLASS: (create a protective barrier around Irene) MAN: I have swum with a dugong CLASS: (Looks at Irene) SHHHHHHHH

Year 11 Biology Camp

On the 22nd and 23rd of April, the Year 11 biology students ventured out into the real world to experience what it was like to be biologists. On Monday we went to Hol-loways Beach Environmental Education Centre and went for a walk amongst the man-groves to identify species of mangroves and try to pump some yabbies. After a re-freshing snack, we visited the centres aquarium where Germaine saved a Suicidal fish. Dylan, Katelyn, Ms Morris and Paige got to hand feed the massive Barra. Tough Irene got scared and threw the fish into the Barra and Snappy Tom (the croc) tried to snap Paige’s face through the glass.

On Tuesday, we travelled to GREEN ISLAND and within minutes of landing on Green Island, we were lucky enough to see our first Green Turtle! Irene said YUM! The glass bottom boat tour was next, where we saw a range of amazing species of coral and fish. Luckily for us Navarre was unsuccessful at persuading the tour guide to let him drive the boat. Later on, we got a behind the scenes tour of the resorts self-sustaining facilities. Students were in awe at watching the sewage being processed into water. They declined to try it when offered though! To end the day, students enjoyed a snorkel throughout the reef. We had many visitors including sting rays, parrot fish, a blue tang (baby dory), clam fish, Christmas tree worms and a variety of beautiful coral. Sadly, it was time to leave, but we had our last Green Island experience. When walking to the boat we saw 3 reef sharks in the

water where we had been snorkelling. Overall it was a very interesting and exciting camp, were we all had fun and learnt new

things!

"Tourism in the Local Area"

Year 11 & 12 Tourism

Which town caters mostly to the tourist trade? Which town's business would suffer most if the tourists stopped

coming? What types of businesses does each town have? What is the role of the Information Centre in each town?

What does it mean if a town is RV friendly?

All these and more were answered by the Year 11/12 Tourism class on their recent excursion to Yungaburra and Malanda for the

Term 2 "Tourism in the Local Area" unit. Students completed work booklets to be used as a focus for some Compare and Contrast

activities back in the class room.

Uniform and Stationery Checklist

Dear Parent/Guardian, Recently , all students have had a check done by their Home Form teacher/s in their Year Level Assemblies. Uniforms and stationery items (essential student equipment) was checked and recorded on a checklist for follow-up, as necessary. We ask that you assist your child/ren by ensuring that they have all items listed below. Please do not hesitate to contact the school should you have any concerns with this request. Stationery packs are available from the front office for $50 each. Many thanks for your support, Paul MacCallum Assistant Principal – Mission

Checklist: Diary

Stationary – books, pens/ pencils Hat

Correct, complete uniform

FREE Well Women’s Clinics – May 2013

Service includes Pap Smears, Sexual Health Screening, Breast Awareness, also info on Contraception, Continence, Menopause, Lifestyle Issues, Bowel Health, Domestic Violence, etc.

All services are provided by a specially trained Women’s Health Nurse.

Atherton Health Centre Wed 1st & Tues 14th May Ph: 4091 0263 Atherton Midin Monday 13th May Ph: 4091 6103 Millaa Millaa Hlth Centre Tuesday 28th May Ph: 4097 2223 Malanda Health Centre Wednesday 29th May Ph: 4096 5339 Herberton Hospital Thursday 30th May Ph: 4096 2222

Shopping at Woolworths?

The Woolworths Earn & Learn program is back! This community program enables our

school to earn educational resources simply through the school community shopping at

Woolworths.

From Monday 8th April until Sunday 9th June 2013, when you shop at Woolworths,

you will be given Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers. One Woolworths Earn & Learn

point is issued for every $10 spent (excluding cigarettes, liquor and gift cards).

Mount St Bernard College has a box at Woolworths in Atherton or you can bring or send them into our school library. With

enough Woolworths Earn & Learn points we will be able to redeem these stickers for some handy educational resources.

Don’t forget to collect your stickers when you shop. Thank you. Library.

Upcoming Events - 2013

Sun 12th May Mothers Day

Tues 14th-Fri 17th May 2013 Naplan Tests - Year 9

Fri 17th - Sun 19th May Wheelbarrow Race - Mareeba to Chillagoe

Fri 24th May Peninsula Cross Country - Mareeba SHS

Wed 29th May -

Sun 2nd June Br Bill Tynan & Staff - Torres Strait Trip

Sat 1st June MSB Year 12 Formal Fundraiser - Sausage Sizzle @ Silo Centre Atherton

Mon 10th June Queens Birthday Public Holiday

Wed 12th June MSB Athletics Carnival - ½ day from 11.30am

Thurs 13th June MSB Athletics Carnival - Full Day

Thurs 13th June Students End Term 2 @ 3pm

Fri 14th June Boarders Travel Home

Fri 14th June -

Mon 8th July MSB School Holidays

Tues 9th July Boarders Travel School

Atherton Show Local Public Holiday

Wed 10th July All classes commence Term 3

TORIMBA FESTIVAL RAVENSHOE

Nominations are now open for Torimba Queen 2013 as part of the Torimba

Festival. Entrants must be at least 17 years of age by the end on 2013 and

live, work or attend school in Ravenshoe. Visit torimbafestival.com.au for

your Nomination Form and more information. This may be your last chance

to be an active member of your community and will look great on your

resume!