On Tuesday we celebrated our Patron’s Feast Day and in our College Assembly William Findlay, our Goold House Captain, spoke about Augustine’s growth into manhood and his reliance on his mother. With Father’s Day this weekend, it allowed me to reflect on the relationship between father and son – it is one of the most potent relationships we can form. For Augustine this relationship between father and son was with God as his father.  It is an easy correlation to draw, that whilst powerful this relationship can and sometimes is, the most challenging of relationships; the tension of a son moving to manhood and also because communication between father and sons – the boy thing – can be tense, awkward or largely absent. For many people the same tensions and awkwardness are found in their relationship with God.

Like all things that are challenging we encourage the boys to make small improvements each day, to try more, do more, make more and give more; Jack Berne, the young Year 4 student at St John the Baptist Primary School Freshwater, who coined ‘A fiver for a farmer’ that has now raised an astonishing $530,000; the two young men at the Patron’s Day celebrations that collected four enormous bags of cans and bottles for recycling; or the young man at the centre of this Friday’s Jersey Day; a day, where his gift of life to others, is held to raise awareness about organ donation.

Students enjoying the Patron’s Day Walkathon.

Brian Burke, Goold House Formation Leader, promoting Jersey Day in support of organ donation.

Each of these examples has action and commitment at its heart. A critical condition of a boy growing into a man is that the lines of communication are kept open between an adult and a teenager, and that sons have a genuine sense of being listened to; the practical expression of feeling loved. Boys need fathers to father them, to guide their development. It has been wonderful to see how many Dads have been at our subject selection nights as their son makes choices in Year 8 and Year 10.  It is commonly understood that girls talk face-to-face, and boys talk side-to-side.  

Our families and schools are generally busy units. The challenge is to find time. For fathers especially, it is about making that time not just rationalising quality time but real quantities of time whether it be around a common interest or passion, or in some other way, where time together is built into the week.  

Happy Father’s Day to all of our dads and father figures, enjoy the socks, jocks and for those lucky few the new golf clubs.  

Jonathan Byrne
Principal

Marcus Oates, College Prefect  

Preparation for Exams  

Can you ever be truly prepared for an exam?  

Even though I had tried to prepare as early as possible for the trial HSC exams, there still was a feeling of uncertainty, perhaps even fear, that the questions would seem impossible to answer; especially when they include three directive verbs, six sources and a quotation.  

Malcolm Gladwell would argue that it would take 10,000 hours to master each subject, which would amount to an impossible 135 hours of study a day! And Mr Bruce would tell you that, in this frame of reference at least, that isn’t possible.   

Luckily, Mr Laforest provides (as always) an intuitive solution, “Understanding boys. Understanding is key.”  

Students who rote learn memorise the basics, and how to do specific questions will struggle when faced with something that undermines their understanding. However, the student who understands the content, who learns from their mistakes and enjoys being challenged will apply what they know to the unknown and will find a solution. Doing past papers is only part of the solution. It’s great to get stuff right, a bit of a confidence boost if you will, but the magic happens when you understand how or why you made a mistake.

Furthermore, some questions will seem impossible. A classic example is the last question of an extension Maths exam. Even for someone who loves Maths, seeing half a page of binomial expansion is quite daunting, and some would happily leave the question and focus on other parts of the exam, which is a smart exam technique. Get the easy stuff right and try to work on the hard questions if you can. These are the definitive ‘Band 9’ questions, as Mr Ornelas aptly described them, meant to separate those who are good from those who are extraordinary.  

However, Mr Laforest comes to the rescue once more, “They can’t test you on something you haven’t learnt.”  

Therefore, these impossible questions aren’t actually impossible. All you must do is look for something you know; the examiners are not trying to trick you, they’re trying to test your knowledge. Perhaps it’s a combination of the two hardest topics, and you have to show how well you understand how well they connect. Or perhaps it’s applying what you have learnt to some question that has never been seen before yet follows the same principles.  

Also, you should always be pressed for time in exams, whether that be because you struggled on the last question or wanted to have time to check all your answers at the end. Time management is key, having a plan for how you are going to attack the exam, leaving enough time to address errors.

The HSC seems like this big obstacle, some formidable boss fight that you are unlikely to succeed in, even in the junior years, when you wonder how some genius managed to drop 0.05% on all his exams. But, if you work hard and do your best, by the time Trials have ended, its half over. If your rank is what you wanted that’s awesome, and if it isn’t, there’s still time to show everyone what you’re capable of. In the endgame, you’re not competing against your mates, but every person in the State. Understandably, everyone in your Year Group could seem like public enemy number one when it comes to Trials, as you want that rank to be as high as possible. However, rank shouldn’t matter after the Trials. If everyone helps each other and you all achieve high marks, everyone will succeed. In the HSC it’s you and your mates versus every other school, even if you do want Rank 1 for bragging rights.

Hong Kong School visit

This week the Primary School hosted a Year 5/6 class from the Dr Catherine F. Woo Memorial School in Hong Kong. The children from Hong Kong and St Augustine’s participated in a shared music lesson, led by music teacher, Amelia Granturco. Observing sixty students connect from across the globe, sharing stories, playing handball and having recess together was a welcome relief from the media circus surrounding politics from over the weekend. The students from Hong Kong have been visiting schools in Australia as part of their STEM cultural overseas program. They concluded their visit by sharing their STEM project, a robot constructed entirely from aluminium and containing over 200 screws. It is incredible to believe that this programmed robot was designed, tested and constructed by these very clever students and their teachers.

Thank you to Amelia Granturco for conducting such a creative lesson and Vivian Cao, International Student Officer, for coordinating the visit.

Reading Buddies – Year 10 & 11

Last Tuesday, 21 August, the Primary School boys had a visit from some Reville House Senior students to assist in the Reading Buddy program. The Reading Buddy program has been a feature in the Primary School for the past three years and continues to provide an opportunity for the boys to connect with an older student as well as promote the importance of reading.

Tips for success in High School

This week we had another visit from the Year 10 and 11 Reville House boys. This time it was the Year 6 boys who had the opportunity to talk to a Senior Buddy about their transition into High School. The advice given by a group of Year 11 boys included their top 3 tips for success in High School.

• Get along with your teachers. If you don’t get along with your teacher, you generally don’t like the subject and don’t do as well in that subject.
• Be involved in the co-curricular program because it is where you meet friends.
• Be organised, use your diary, prioritise and don’t leave everything until the last moment.

Bishop’s Shield

Throughout the year, several school events contribute to Colour House points with the eventual winning House being awarded the Bishop’s shield. This week the Senior School House captains have organised a Primary School soccer tournament to run over the next few weeks. Good luck to all the teams and once again thank you to our House Captains for providing opportunities to connect with their ‘big brothers’ in the Senior School.

The winning House this year has the added incentive of a day of ten pin bowing and a BBQ lunch at Dee Why beach as well as being awarded the ‘Bishop’s Shield’.

Jersey Day – Friday 31 August

This Friday, 31 August, is ‘Jersey Day’ with boys permitted to wear their favourite jersey to school to raise awareness for organ donation.

Write a Book in a Day Competition

The Write a Book in a Day Competition is a team writing competition open to writers from Year 5 to adult. All books are written and illustrated by a team of writers in a consecutive 12- hour period on one day. Each team is provided with a unique set of parameters to write their story: two human characters, one non-human character, an issue and a setting. The writers must also include five given random words somewhere within the story.

This week the ‘talented writing’ group, plus two budding artists, completed the Write a Book in a Day competition. Over the past three years, under the direction of John O’Brien, the Primary School has supported this initiative which raises money and awareness for The Kids’ Cancer Project. I thank John for facilitating such a worthwhile project and for sharing the published story in the coming weeks. The talented writing group consists of: Oliver Castellan, Cameron Alexander, Alex Thoms, Nicholas Varano, Charlie Snell, Gus Anderson, Oliver Balenzuela, Luke Varde, Brodie Sciberras and Austin Jeffery.

Walking into the College

To access the College in the morning and when departing in the afternoon, all boys are asked to enter and leave the College via the Alfred or Federal Parade gates. The exception is if parents utilise the ‘kiss and drop’ area on Gulliver Street.

With many cars parked in driveways along Gulliver Street, boys are having to walk on to the road to navigate around these parked cars. Please be aware that the traffic island at the beginning of Gulliver Street is not a pedestrian crossing, so all students need to stop and ‘give way’ to cars in this area.

I strongly encourage boys not to use devices while travelling to and from the college. Boys are oblivious to the traffic when plugged into or checking messages on their devices.

NSW Championships

Congratulations to Year 5 student, Antonio Hartman, who recently competed in the NSW State Basketball Championships in Maitland, with his team coming away with the win!

Terry Walsh
Head of Primary School

Middle School Merit Awards

Acknowledging the many outstanding achievements of our students is an important part of their growth and character formation. A ‘Merit’ is issued to Year 5 to 9 students by staff for excellent attitude, effort or behaviour. When a student accumulates four Merits, he receives a Bronze Certificate, after three Bronze he is awarded a Silver Certificate and finally two Silver lead to a Gold Certificate.  

Congratulations to the following Middle School students who received Merit Certificates from their Student Formation Leaders this week.  

YEAR 7
Silver Awards
Caleb O’Reilly, Sam Harrington, Wilson Laurendet.  

Bronze Awards
Bailey Foster, Benjamin Wilson, Billy Smith, Caleb O'Reilly, Harrison Rothwell, Isaac Coghlan, Lachlan Oake, Oliver Fisk, Oscar McMillan, Oscar St Pierre, Sam Harrington, Sean Crowe, Thomas Magee, Thomas Procter, Toby Bakewell, William Furlong, Wilson Laurendet.  

YEAR 8
Bronze Awards
Angus Brooks, Antonio Remedios, Baxter Bult, Callum McIlroy, Charles Johnston, Cole Van-de-Water, Daniel Drosinos, Darcy Bowen, Edward Whelan, Hamish McLellan, Harrison Bortolussi, Henry Makoni, Jack Dickinson, Jackson Lind, Joseph Oates, Lachlan Alexander, Leo Shaw, Luke Bannerman, Luke Wonderley, Matthew Zabel, Max Montague-Jones, Mitchell Gilligan, Nicholas Ozaltin, Nicholas Walsh, Nicolas Mallinson, Oliver Cummins, Rick Andrews, Riley Barwell, Samuel Phelps, Sean Mulligan, Thomas Collingridge, Thomas Nable, Toby Steele, Travis Hamann, Victor Russo, Zachary O'Leary, Zachary Tapsell.  

YEAR 9
Silver Awards
Aidan Rogers, Joseph Chilcott.  

Bronze Awards
Aidan Rodgers, Benjamin Fraser, Carter Caulfield, Jake Black, Jonathan Severino, Kai Beeby, Lachlan Hanks, Luca Russo, Max Kelly, Roman Hickson, Rory Graham, Samuel Eden.

Calling all parent volunteers! – please join us if you can to assist in the preparation and serving of breakfast for our Dad’s and sons. You can select the best time / role to suit you by signing up via this link.   http://signup.com/go/esWzOQm

In keeping with our ‘3 Fantastic Friday’s’ promotion, last Friday boys wore their sports uniform at the Walkathon. The following two Friday’s consist of:

• Friday, 31 August – ‘Jersey Day’ for organ donation awareness. Wear your favourite jersey and mufti day (no donation).  For further details please refer to www.jerseyday.com.au .

• Friday, 7 September - ‘Fight on the Beaches’ for Cancer Research. Mufti day and gold coin donation. For further details please refer to www.fightonthebeaches.com .

Year 8 and 9 OEG Camps – Week 9, Term 3

For further information please visit the OEG website for the camp, note the password SaintsOutdoors (case sensitive), scroll down under Programs to click the relevant Year Group.  The website details comprehensive information on the following: What to Bring (also attached), Gearing up Videos, The Food and FAQ, we ask the boys to familiarise themselves with this this information prior to departure.  

We emphasise that this camp is a compulsory student College activity, any issues regarding attendance should be discussed with the respective Student Formation Leader.  

Wednesday Community Masses  

Term 3 Schedule
Wednesday, 5 September   - Tutor Groups 8Hutchinson1 and 8Hutchinson2
Wednesday, 12 September - Tutor Groups 8Murray1 and 8Murray2
Wednesday, 19 September -  Year 6C
 Significant Dates

Peter Nolan
Deputy Principal - Mission and Wellbeing

Patron’s Day Celebration Friday, 24 August

The Patron’s Day Celebration was a great success, we thank Fr Peter Jones OSA, Fr Francis Belcina OSA and all staff for making the day such a huge success. The boys were excellent in their reverence during the two Masses at St Mary’s Manly and the Brimson Centre, and we were blessed with good weather for the beautiful walk via the Manly Scenic Walkway to Clontarf. 

Matthew Talbot Hostel Visits

ALL YEAR 11 STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONCE as a part of the Senior School Service Program.

• Volunteering can be logged as a part of the Senior School Service Program and will be recorded as 2 hours. Please ensure the students record their hours online via ATLAS-Resources-SEA
• Staff and students will meet at Reception and depart the College at 3.50pm. Students will travel in a teacher’s car to and from the hostel.
• Whilst at Matthew Talbot Hostel staff and students will assist with table setting and clearing and meal distribution between 4.30pm and 5.15pm.
• Staff and students will depart Matthew Talbot at approx. 5.15pm and arrive back at the College no later than 6pm.

  Term 3 Schedule

Year 10 Reflection Day and Alternate Program

The Year 10 Reflection Day was recently held over two days at the Narrabeen Surf Life Saving Club.  Chris Doyle, from Karis Ministries, facilitated this special student faith formation opportunity.  The theme for the Reflection Day was ‘Choices’.  Three Senior School Houses attended the Reflection Day each day.  The other three Senior School Houses underwent an Alternate Program on campus which included sessions on ‘Succeed without Stress’ hosted by Anne Bateman, College Psychologist and Ilona Welch, Acting Leader of Student Wellbeing; a guest speaker Peta Jessie from Way2Wellness; and finally, the completion of ‘All My Own Work’ modules.  It was clear the experiences provided an avenue for our boys to explore a sense of interiority connected to theme being covered.

Congratulations to Matthew Lewis, Year 11 Visual Arts student, on being a finalist in the Northern Beaches Art Prize – Youth Category.

His acrylic on canvas painting titled “Isolation”, 150 x 60cm, is on display at North Curl Curl Creative Space.

Music Curriculum News 

Year 6 Music  

On Monday morning I had the privilege of working with 20 students from Dr. Catherine F Woo Memorial School, Hong Kong as well as the 28 students of 6L. Thinking about the mix of students in the group I wrote a short arrangement for the group using a series of ostinati using phrases that were relevant to the students including “Hong Kong”, “Northern Beaches” and “Raining”.  The students learnt to play six independent parts including a Bass line on Xylophone, Two melodic lines on Soprano Xylophones, a rhythmic phrase on the glockenspiel and two percussive lines using drum sticks and tambours. Students rotated around the room as we learnt the song and had an opportunity to play each of the six lines. It was a fun lesson where the students from both schools were helping each other learn the parts and stay in time. Great to see collaboration and creativity in action. By Amelia Granturco.

Year 8 Music  

Term 3 is Rock Music term with Year 8 at the College. They are currently working towards an arrangement of Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker on guitar. Students have learnt to sing the melody line as well as playing three parts on the guitar. They are on their way to playing the walking bass line, the chordal accompaniment and in the next week will polish off playing the melody on the guitar. Students are enjoying the collaboration and the opportunity to help each other learn and remember the various parts of the song. By Amelia Granturco.

Music Festival Week 2018

Year 12 Music Showcase

The festival opens on with Year 12 Music Showcase, where our Music 1, Music 2 and Music Extension students will present their HSC performance programs in concert. I extend an invitation to all members of the College community to attend in support of this talented group of students, but please bear in mind that there are limited tickets and they are selling fast, so get in early. Booking can be made through https://www.trybooking.com/XPMT. Year 12 Music Showcase will be held 6.00-10.00pm this Friday evening 31 August and it will be in a dinner/show format. It is worth noting that this particular event is an invaluable learning experience for all years 9-11 Elective Music students and for those considering choosing Music as an HSC subject in the future. For more information, please contact Alan Caulfield (Faculty Coordinator Music) Caulfield.a@saint.aug.nsw.edu.au.

Solo Recitals  

A key event of the College Music Festival is the Solo Recitals, where our private music tuition and elective music students have the opportunity to perform in a formal concert setting. The College has engaged esteemed professionals for the event to provide students with valuable feedback and adjudication in each instrumental and vocal section. It is anticipated that all College musicians will participate in the Solo Recitals, performing an own choice piece and they will be adjudicated in year groups levels. Solo Recitals will be held 6.30 to 8.30pm on Monday 3 September (Week 7) and the following sections being offered:  

• Voice
• Keyboard (piano and pitched percussion)
• Woodwind
• Brass
• Guitar
• Bass guitar
• Drums  

It gives me great pleasure to announce this year’s Solo Recital adjudicators: Brendan Collins – Woodwind and Brass; John Morrison – Bass & Drums; Rod McCormack – Guitar, and; Gregg Arthur – Voice and Keyboards.

The Music Faculty are very much looking forward to working with the boys in preparation for this prestigious event. For more information and application forms, please contact Lynne Papahatzis (Music Department Administrative Assistant) Lpapahatzis@saintaug.nsw.edu.au.  

Composition Competition  

Considerable time is given in classroom Music lessons to the most creative aspect of music, and that is composition. With an aim of refining their composing and creative skills, a number of students have taken the additional opportunity of participating in Composition Club; it takes place lunchtime on Mondays. Those avid composers and song writers, and all other creative students are strongly encouraged to enter a piece in the festival’s Composition Competition.  

This year’s Composition Competition format has changed slightly. Two sections will be offered; the first for rock, pop and electronic music, and; the second is for Art music (Classical and Jazz). Although students of all year levels will be adjudicated together, each works will be assessed on their merit in terms of the composer’s Year Level. Composition Competition presentations will take place at the Music Festival Week Gala Showcase on Friday 7 September. For more information and application forms, please contact Alan Caulfield (Faculty Coordinator Music) caulfielda@saintaug.nsw.edu.au.

Battle of the Bands (‘Rock in the Quad’)  

One of the more popular Music Festival Week events is Rock in the Quad. This is a lunchtime concert series for contemporary music performance in genres such as rock, pop, folk and jazz rock music. Soloists, duos and small groups are all welcome to participate.  

The Rock in the Quad schedule generally fills up very quickly, so any students interested should get in and see Joe Montz Jmontz@saintaug.nsw.edu.au as soon as possible.  

Music Showcase  

As is the tradition, Music Festival Week culminates with the Music Showcase concert, where all Co-curricular Music groups and select section winners from the Solo Recitals will be featured. It will be held on Friday 7 September in Brimson Hall. As with all Music Festival Week events, an invitation is extended to the whole community, to come and see Saints Music and spirit in full flight.  

It is with great anticipation that we await Music Festival Week 2018 and we look forward to seeing our students’ crescendo throughout this term as all things musical build in intensity!

Alan Caulfield
Faculty Co-ordinator Music Curriculum

ANZAC VILLAGE VISIT

Thank you to the boys of the Choir and Guitar Ensembles for their performance at the ANZAC Village.  The residents were so pleased to have you perform for them.

The Choir doing their last touches before their ANZAC day visit.

The Guitar Ensemble after their first set of performances

FATHER/SON BREAKFAST

The boys of Guitar Ensemble and some selected soloists will be performing for the dads this Friday August 31.   The musicians are asked to be there at 6:55am for setup ad sound check.  Music to commence at 7:25am.  

MUSIC FESTIVAL SHOWCASE FINALE CONCERT

All musicians at the St Augustine’s College are getting together to perform for the community in our biggest night of the year.  The Festival Showcase concert is held on the last night of the Festival (September 7 @ 7pm in the Brimson Centre). Every band, choir, and ensemble is playing in this huge extravaganza.   The night will also include performances for selected soloists from the Solo Recitals from Monday, and the winners of Rock in the Quad.  Entry is free.  All students are asked to be there at 6:30pm for a pre-talk and sound check/warmup.  

MANLY JAZZ

We are proud to announce that all of our Jazz groups at the College have been selected to perform at this year’s Manly Jazz Festival.  The internationally acclaimed Manly Jazz is known worldwide for its beautiful location and the diversity of music it presents, from traditional New Orleans jazz to funk, Latin, fusion, blues, gospel, swing and roots - with performances in multiple indoor and outdoor venues including major stages alongside the world famous Manly Beach.  

This year our boys will be performing in three locations:

Saturday 29^th September        Stage Band 2 (Stars of the Future stage)
Sunday 30^th September           Junior and Senior Jazz Ensemble (Roaming)
Monday 1^st October                Stage Band 1 (St Matthews Church)  

Please contact Joseph Montz or your conductor if you have any questions or would like to inform us of your son’s absence.

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 31                               Father/Son Breakfast (Guitar Ensemble)

September 3                           College Music Festival (week 7)

September 23                         NSSWE Afternoon of Jazz (Junior Jazz)

October Long Weekend           Manly Jazz Festival (Jazz Ensembles and Stage Bands)

Mao’s Last Dancer- Discussion Panel- Monday 20 August

The panel discussion featuring Chinese teacher Mark Hall, Executive Officer- International Program Augustinian School Australia, Vivian Cao, and several Chinese International students from Year 10 and 11 was designed to provide Year 8 students with contextual background on Communist China and Chinese culture to complement their study of Li Cunxin’s memoir Mao’s Last Dancer. Mark Hall took the Year 8 students on journey through the origins of Communism, the formation and rise of Mao Zedong’s CCP- Communist China Party, The Great Leap Forward (1958-59) and The Cultural Revolution facilitated by Chairman Mao’s Red Guard. In addition, Mr Hall shared personal experiences of his wife’s estrangement from her sisters and relayed colleague Zhang Bing’s hardship resorting to a starvation diet leaves, grassroots and insects.

Vivian Cao spoke to the boys about the intense pressures she experienced during her Chinese schooling involving students attending school from 7:30am- 9:00pm in classes of 108 students and an additional three hours homework each night for six days per week. Furthermore, Ms Vivian enhanced student knowledge of Chinese fables in Mao’s Last Dancer explaining several fables that were used to teach values and lessons throughout her childhood. Finally, some of our Chinese International students in Year 10- Alan Meng, Steve Piao, Dio Tang- and Year 11- Ben Rong, Riley Zhang, Daniel Yu- demonstrated profound courage and maturity to share their experiences as history students learning about Chairman Mao in China and some of the differences and difficulties they have encountered in Australia and at St Augustine’s College.

The discussion panel was an opportunity for the Year 8 boys to understand more about the Chinese heritage of members of the Augustinian community and develop their appreciation of other cultures.

• Listening to the opinions of the exchange students on the differences between eastern and western cultures was a fascinating experience which provided me with further context on Li Cunxin’s memoir Mao’s Last Dancer. (Aston Walsh, 8ENG1)
• I gained knowledge in relation to the context of China, political issues and the way China functioned during and after the Cultural Revolution. It was amazing to see Chinese staff and students talking about their experience. (Alex Greig, 8ENG1)
• It was very interesting to hear the students comparing their daily lives in China to how they live now and how they were influenced by the “communist way.” (Matthew Zabel, 8ENG2)

Mr Thomas Hinton
Assistant Head of English
Learning Programs, Resource and Innovation

Macbeth Incursion- Thursday 16 August  

Year 9 English were entertained by three players from Bell Shakespeare performing “Macbeth: The Rehearsal.”  The Year 9 students were intrigued observers and participated as the Three Witches in the interactive show that featured the famous Witches’ Prophecies, Banquo’s Ghost and Lady Macbeth sleep walking scenes. However, the most thrilling scene was King Duncan’s murder executed beautifully by Andrew Strunk who spun himself into the front row of the audience. In addition, Macbeth’s soliloquies played by a comedic, disengaged person who developed his love for Shakespeare and theatre throughout the performance. At the end of the period, all the boys came away with greater understanding of Macbeth’s tragic journey and how to transform a modest setting into a theatrical setting with a few simple props.  

• I enjoyed the format as a rehearsal of the play. This allowed the actors to give us an analysis of their lines which I found insightful and interesting. (Fraser Wilson, 9ENG1)
• It gave me a better visual understanding of the key scenes in the play. (Tom Gerrans, 9ENG1)  

Weekly Careers News updates are now available via the College ATLAS page.

Information related to university, TAFE, private colleges, cadetships, scholarships, gap years and employment opportunities are included.

Enquiries: pmcalinden@saintaug.nsw.edu.au

The College warmly invited Miss Gong, the Olympic Champion of Badminton in Sydney (2000), to visit the College and play badminton with staff and international students. The Deputy Principal Mr Fee, Sports Master Mr Scholtens and School Badminton Team Coach Frank Han (Y10) had a fun and exciting competition with Miss Gong. A number of brave challengers also participated in the competition and put up a valiant effort against the world champion. We welcome Miss Gong and her badminton students to visit us more often in the near future.

 
Our Badminton club runs every Wednesday afternoon at PCYC in Dee Why. We welcome more students to participate in this great sports club.

From 15 October, school bus 660n will start 10 minutes earlier. List and map show the direction and current timing points for your reference. Please inform all students who use this service accordingly. We will organise this message to be displayed in our website and APPs before the change.
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PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATES and/or HALF &FULL COLOUR AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students for their recent achievements:

Daniel Ala (12)                   NSW 2 Rugby Representative
                                         Australian Schoolboys Rugby Representative
                                         NSW CIS Rugby League Representative

Sean Vaivelata (12              NSW 2 Rugby Representative
                                         NSW CIS Rugby League Representative
                                         Australian Schoolboys Rugby League Representative

Freddy Lussick (12)            NSW CIS Rugby League Representative

Alec Tuitavake (12)            NSW CIS Rugby League Representative

Max Lehmann (12)             NSW CIS Rugby League Representative

Harry Wilson (12)              NSW CIS Rugby League Representative

Craig McKenzie (12)           NSW CIS Rugby League Representative

Noa Faatui (9)                   NSW CIS Rugby League U15 Representative

Thomas Wheen (9)            NSW CIS Rugby League U15 Representative

Eromon Uadiale (12)         NSW CIS Basketball 1st V Representative

Zac Barnabas (11)             NSW 2 Rugby Representative  

BASKETBALL

Basketball Training.  It has come to the attention of the Sports Office that some students are not turning up to their scheduled training sessions.  If would be appreciated if parents could support their son’s commitment to the basketball program by ensuring they are able to attend both training and scheduled games.   

OUTSTANDING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

AFL
Congratulations to Zach Youlten (12) for being awarded the prestigious 2018 Kieran Jack Medal.  The Kieren Jack Medal was first awarded in 2011 and is presented to the Best and Fairest player in the Division One Sydney Harbour competition.  We wish Zach the best of luck in his grand final this coming Sunday.

If your son has achieved at a high level in a sport that the College doesn’t offer, we like to know about their achievements.  Please email the Sports Office:  brock.p@saintaug.nsw.edu.au

The 2018/19 cricket season is coming up fast on Saturday 8 September 2018.  St Augustine’s College will be fielding teams in the local Manly Warringah Junior Cricket Association Competition (MWJCA) from U11 to U16/17/18.   

Cricket trials are now completed, however there are still some places available in U13 and U14 teams.  Any Yr 7 or 8 student who missed out on trialing and still wishes to play, should see me as soon as possible.  

CRICKET REGISTRATION
Players must now register to play cricket for St Augustine's Junior Cricket Club.
Go to the http://www.playcricket.com.au/...
Click on the orange ‘Register’ button and follow the prompts.
It will assist returning players if they know their MyCricket ID and Password.  If unsure, there are options to locate IDs or register as a new participant and the system may locate you. If any problems, please let me know.  

CRICKET UNIFORM
The College Uniform Shop has all cricket uniform items in stock, including white cricket pants that are a new addition and look very impressive with our logo embroidered on the front.  UNIFORM SHOP HOURS:
Wednesdays - 8:00am to 12:15pm and 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Fridays - 8:00am to 12:00pm  

COACHING AND MANAGING
Whilst College staff are encouraged to coach cricket teams, we do rely on parent volunteers to help coach and manage our teams.  If you are able to assist in these roles, please let me know.  

If you have any further questions regarding cricket, please do not hesitate to contact me.  

CRICKET TRIVIA NIGHT
Coming up on Friday 28^th September, the St Augustine's College Cricket Club will be hosting its annual Trivia Night here in the Brimson Centre from 7pm.  All teams are encouraged to get a table together for this fun filled night.  Not all the trivia will be about cricket!  Watch this space for more details next week on how to book your tickets.  

Andrew Jamieson
Teacher in Charge of Cricket
Jamieson.A@saintaug.nsw.edu.au

FOOTBALL PRESENTATION NIGHT

Players and parents are reminded to set aside this Thursday 30^th August for the 2018 St Augustine's College Junior Football Presentation Night, held at the College from 7:00pm.  All players from U11- U16 are expected to attend in full winter uniform.  The College U18 teams will be presented at their Presentation Dinner on Wednesday 26^th September.  Awards for all teams will be presented as well as the participation shields that boys attach to their Sport and Co-curricular plaques.  

Also on the night, we will be collecting pre-loved football boots, shin pads and playing gear that will be sent over to Ghana, Africa in the coming months, where it will be used by local communities who are not as well off, but still love their football.  Players that drop off gear on the night will receive a free ticket in the raffle to win World Cup footballs.   

James Scholtens
TiC Football (Soccer)
jscholtens@saintaug.nsw.edu.au

JUNIOR RUGBY UNION PRESENTATION NIGHT

Reminder that the St Augustine's College Junior Rugby Union Presentation Night will be held on Tuesday September 4th, here at the College Brimson Centre.  All players (U11-U16) are expected to attend in full college winter uniform.   

The Senior Rugby Presentation Night (3^rd-1^st XV teams) will be held on Thursday 27^th September also in the Brimson Centre.  At both events, we will be accepting pre loved rugby boots as well as shorts and jerseys that are now too small for their owners that will be sent overseas to less fortunate rugby communities.  Players and parents can also buy a raffle ticket to win some great rugby prizes on the night.  Boys who donate any gear on the night will also get a free ticket into the raffle.  

James Scholtens
TIC of Rugby

The NSW State Interschools SnowSports Championships were held last week from 21-26 August in Thredbo.  St Augustine’s College had 6 students competing in the events of Alpine GS, Skier Cross and Slopestyle Boarder.  This is the sixth year that Saints has qualified for the State Championships which is an amazing achievement.  The students that represented the College were:  

12th in Skier Cross – Division 1
Jay Thoms (11), Samuel Gartner (11) and Ethan Brocklehurst (10)  

Slopestyle Boarder, Division 2
Kyle Brown (9)  

7th in Alpine GS – Division 1
Samuel Gartner (11), Jay Thoms (11), Riley Thoms (9) and Rohan Cook (9)  

The boys in the Alpine GS did exceptionally well, narrowly missing the opportunity to represent at a National level by only one place.  This was even more amazing as Riley Thoms and Rohan Cook were skiing up a division from Division 2, to form the Division 1 team.  All boys raced extremely well in the conditions and technically difficult courses at this level.  

Of these performances, Samuel Gartner qualified an individual to represent NSW in the Australian National Championships in the Alpine GS Division 1.  Huge congratulations to Samuel and the boys for their efforts.  

Overall, Saints came 10th in the State in the overall Secondary Schools Boys Point score for all events.  This was an outstanding achievement with such a small team.  

The Australian Titles are on the week of 05-09th September at Perisher Valley and we wish Samuel all the best to race well at the Nationals.

Samuel Gartner, Jay Thoms & Riley Thoms

Below is a list of upcoming events which are open to all St Augustine’s College students.  

Tennis Championship Challenge
Date: Monday 3 September
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 (during Monday Tennis training)
Events: Yellow Ball Compass Draw and/or Sponge Ball Mini Court Challenge  

Primary and Secondary Schools Challenge Events
Secondary School Challenge – Saturday 15 September
Primary School Challenge – Saturday 22 September  

Interclub Invitational Team Trials and Teams Event
Trials: Friday 7 September at Wakehurst Tennis Centre
           8/u Red Ball and 10/u Orange Ball – 3:30 – 5:00
           12/u Green Ball and 16/u Yellow Ball – 5:00 – 7:00
           Note: Players must be invited to play by St Augustine’s College Tennis Coaches    

Interclub Teams Event: Sunday 16 September
*players selected will represent Wakehurst Tennis Centre    

Term 4 Summer Competitions  

TNB Saturday Morning Competition
Dates: 20 October – 17 November (Term 4 Weeks 1–5)
           Semi-finals: 24 November
           Final: 1 December
Time: 8:00 – 11:30am
Entries close: Thursday 11 October
Event: 3 players per team (Yellow/Green Ball)  

*Teams will be representing St Augustine's College based out of the home grounds of Wakehurst Tennis Centre.      

Term 4 Saturday Afternoon Competition
Event: Hot Shot Orange/Green Ball Competition at Wakehurst Tennis Centre
Time: Saturday afternoons 3:30- 5:00pm
Dates: 20 October – 1 December (7 weeks)
Entries close: Friday 19 October    

If you have any questions or require further information about any of the above competitions, please contact Aaron McLuckie (mcluckie.a@saintaug.nsw.edu.au)  

Aaron McLuckie
TiC Tennis

WE INVITE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US AT THE

Come along and enjoy 18 holes of golf (Ambrose) on the fabulous and first-class Cromer Golf course.

Not a golfer? You are most welcome to join us for a delicious lunch.

• Excellent sponsorship packages available to promote your business. Contact Rod Loneragan rloneragan@saintaug.nsw.edu.au
• Book you place for golf and lunch at our Trybooking link below:

https://www.trybooking.com/XTZ...

The Saints Community Golf Day is a College fundraising event. Funds raised will support current initiatives to assist in the education of all students at St Augustine’s College – Sydney.

For all St Augustine’s College Foundation enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact:  

Canteen Volunteer's Roster Term 3, Week 6, 2018

Penny Mason
Food Services Manager
T: 9126 9902 | M: 0438 415 467 | E: pmason@saintaug.nsw.edu.au