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3 November 20173 November 2017

The Rector

Finding your Tribe – TheChallenge of the Teenage Years

When I was a boy of fourteen, my fatherwas so ignorant I could hardly stand to havethe old man around. But when I got to betwenty-one, I was astonished at how muchthe old man had learned in seven years.

(Mark Twain)

We all know that the early teenage years can be a period ofsome challenge – for both parents and boys. The adolescentbody and brain are fast developing but not always at the samerate. Peer pressure or the need to fit in, drive some actions thatat times run counter to the values of parents and the College.As adults, we can probably all remember the time our parentssat us down and spoke to us about the importance of pickingour friends wisely and the need to be strong enough to makeour own choices. However, if we were asked today to name thepeople who have been the biggest influences on our lives, weprobably wouldn’t include too many of our friends from the timewhen we were in our early teens.

This aside, experience tells us of the need to be deliberatearound clear boundaries and the benefits of providingappropriate role modeling during the formative teenage years.

This also means that at times, we must address inappropriatebehaviour with measured and considered consequences.

As a College, we value the important partnership we sharewith our parents around the formation of good young men.The prelude to our College Mission Statement says that theCollege supports our boys to become the best that they canbe. Together with our Paduan families, we raise young men witha quiet strength, which enables them to achieve and contributepositively to their community and to the world beyond theCollege. I have every confidence that our Year 12 class of 2017will be great examples of this when they graduate – even ifsome of them had ‘moments’ along the way.

To support this journey from adolescent boy to a young manwith a quiet strength, the College has organized RebeccaSparrow to come to the College to speak to the Year 9 boysabout ‘finding their tribe’. The presentation will be on ThursdayNovember 9. Rebecca’s presentation will cover the following:

In her presentation Rebecca talks about the importance offinding the right friendship group– those people in life whoare authentic friends. She also discusses the importance ofteaching the boys to be resilient, learning to listen to theirinstincts, the power of a high school legacy and the value ingiving back to the community.

We will continue to explore other targeted interventions tosupport our boys make good choices in the teenage years. Iencourage the parents of Year 9 boys to discuss the take homemessages from Rebecca Sparrow’s presentation.

End of Year Celebrations

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been fortunate to attenda number of end of year celebrations. These have included,the FCIP Senior and Intermediate Concerts, the Art Show, theTheatre Sports Final, Year 12 Chemistry Wine Tasting and theFilm and Television Awards. Each night has been recognitionof the dedication of our teaching staff and a celebration of our

• What does a good friendship look and feel like?

• Are your friends propelling you forward or holding youback? And do they cheer when you win?

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boys’ engagement in learning and College life. On display eachevening was the important relationship between teacher andstudent. This building of rapport between students and theirteacher is not only important in the learning process but alsoin the building of a healthy community. These recent eventshighlighted both these points. Coincidentally, last Friday wasWorld Teachers’ Day and this day allowed us to thank the stafffor their work at this very busy time of the year.

All Souls’ Day

This Thursday the College will hold a liturgy for All Souls’ Dayduring our College Assembly. Held annually on November 2, AllSouls’ Day is a time for the Catholic community to rememberdeceased family members and friends. We know that over thecourse of this year there have been families in our communitywho have lost family members and friends. The liturgy willinclude a presentation of a plaque to the Sherwood familyhonouring the passing of Doug on December 30 last year. The2017 Year 12 boys have raised funds for a gift to the College.These funds will be used to construct a wall of remembrance inthe College grounds as a memorial to boys and staff who havepassed away during their time at the College. Doug’s plaquewill be placed on this wall.

Year 12 Exams

This Friday our Year 12 Boys will have their last class at Paduabefore heading off on Exam Block. I wish them all the best withtheir final pieces of assessment and trust that they continue towork hard right up to the end. I look forward to joining them,along with their parents, fellow students and the staff for theirgraduation and end of year ceremonies in the coming weeks.

Peace and all good,

Mr Peter ElmoreRector

Changed crossing times for Padua Collegeand St Anthony's Primary School

Please note from the beginning of the 2018 school yearthe following times will apply to the crossings at PaduaCollege and St Anthony’s Primary School

Turner Road Padua College7:45am – 8:30am

2:45pm – 3:30pmTurner Road St Anthony’s Primary School7:45am – 8:30am2:45pm – 3:30pmSomerset Road St Anthony’s Primary School7:45am – 8:30am2:50pm – 3:20pm

Carseldine Road Safety TeamDepartment of Transport and Main Roads

The ChaplainLast Tuesday, 31st October marked thequincentenary anniversary of thatmomentous day, when an AugustinianCanon nailed his ninety-five theses to thechurch door of Wittenberg Cathedral inGerman, and so began what is called theReformation.

Depending on who you ask, Martin Luther iseither the catalyst that led us to liberal modernity, or the founderof poisonous nationalism, who split the Christian church into aplethora ‘do-it-yourself’ sects.

To understand the world today, the world in which we live,and to fully know how the West came to be what it is today,we must acknowledge how all of us have been shaped by theReformation. To ask whether what happened 500 years agochanged the world for better or worse, is to pose a legitimatequestion, but one that it seems most historians avoid.

Quite apart from the Reformation’s near destruction of a religionthat bound the European community together as a single familyof Catholics, and that led in the end to redefining Europethrough the effects of The Thirty Year War, there are theunintended consequences of the Reformation. Thehyperpluralism of religious and secular beliefs, an absence ofany substantial agreement about the common good, thetriumph of capitalism and its attendant consumerism. All of thisaccompanied by the demise of a shared intellectual, social andmoral life.

Where once medieval Christianity created an institutional worldview laden with expectations of security for earthly societiesand hopes for eternal salvation for all. Now we are left withfragments; intellectual disagreements, the notion that modernscience is the source of all truth, a vision that religion’s bindingforce has all but disappeared, the institutionalised assumptionthat truth is relative, and only secular universities can properlypursue knowledge.

The fragmentation of Christendom has been the most longlasting effect of the Reformation. This splintering and plurality ofchurches and worldviews created by it, has changed Westerncivilisation radically, and has led to a desacralization of ourworld.

Of course, in many ways, Martin Luther’s world as we knowit was very different from our own. But in some ways, not so

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different. In 1517, old certainties were failing, and politics was inturmoil. New discoveries transformed their understanding of theworld, the printing press radically altered how people receivedinformation, and most critically, a crisis of faith marked theirworld. I think we suffer a similar malady today.

I believe that time and history will judge the pontificate of PopeFrancis as initiating a new reformation, that can invigorate theCatholic Church, its practises, its rituals and its culture. Thiswill take time- there is no going back to the rigid certainties ofthe past, and the cruel injunctions that flowed from power-filledauthoritarianism. Pope Francis does not have a series of thesisto nail to the doors of St. Peter’s, but already he has givenus some pointers for a new age in the church. Read hisEncyclicals, “The Joy of the Gospel”, “Our care for our CommonHome,” and “The Light of Faith” and wonder if there is not anew reformation on the horizon!

Fr John Boyd-Boland ofm

LoveThere are so many types of love, and this important word caneasily be misused.

For the Christian it is fundamentally about selfless giving.

At the very end of his life, Jesus gathered his friends together;all this is described in the final pages of John's Gospel. Theoverriding message is that we are to love one another. Thislove is to be universal and practical, and usually involvessacrificing ourselves for others. It is the unconditional loveparents have for their children, and in a marriage, it is puttingthe interests and desires of your married partner FIRST!Clearly, not always an easy task. Our loving others can be areal challenge, because for most of us there are people wedon't like!

But Jesus says we must love our enemies, that we should dogood to those that hate us, "turn the other cheek." This "goingthe extra mile" is what distinguishes the Christian from seculardo-gooders. It is a difficult call, but it is the highly idealisticinvitation that Jesus leaves us with.

"Whoever keeps my commandments is the one who lovesme. If he loves me. he will be loved by my Father." John 14:21

FormationDear Padua Families

This Bulletin comes to you at the beginning of special monthin the Church’s Year – the Month of Holy Souls. It beginsrather significantly with two important days of commemoration– Wednesday 1 November, All Saints Day and Thursday 2November, All Souls’ Day. On Wednesday, we celebrate thebelief that we are all called to sainthood by the way we leadour lives. While most of us will never be canonised by the Popefor our good works, nevertheless, in the eyes of God we are alllittle ‘s’ saints. Some of us, by virtue of what we do, gain officialrecognition by the Church and make it to big ‘S’ Sainthood!Being saintly is not a status check in but a way of life. Evensome of the official saints had a tough time of it before theircanonisations!

November also recognises people who have gone before usand now earn their eternal rest. This month we honour ourloved ones, family and friends who have had an influence onour lives in some way or other. Staff, students and families arewelcome to enter the names of family and friends in our Bookof Remembrance. This book will be placed on the altar at all ourmasses over the coming weeks.

2017 Year 12 Graduation Events

Preparations are now well underway for the Graduation events.Your sons are required to attend three events as part of theirGraduation from the College. These events are: Prize Night(Wednesday 15 November @7.00 pm); Vale Liturgy (Thursday16 November @ 9.15 am) and Graduation Mass and Dinner(Friday 17 November @ 5.45 pm). Full college uniform isrequired for Prize Night and the Vale Liturgy, while Semi-FormalDress (good trousers, long sleeve shirt, tie, dress shoes) arerequired for the Graduation Mass and Dinner. At the momentyour sons have indicated their dinner table arrangements withMs Bowman in the PC Centre. You may wish to check with himabout this at home.

2018 Senior Merchandise

This week all Year 11 students and families will have receivedthe letter outlining the payment process for the 2018 SeniorMerchandise. Please note the deadline for payments is notnegotiable as the order must be sent to Canterbury byNovember, if the boys wish to have their items for the beginningof next year.

Any enquiries can be forwarded to Mrs Farry by telephoning3857 9982 or emailing her on lfarry@padua.qld.edu.au.

Year 6 Celebration Liturgy

This week the Year 6 boys and their families participated in aCelebration Liturgy to mark their passing from the Greccio toAssisi Campus. The liturgy took the form of a journey movingfrom the Greccio Dome to the Little Flower Church andconcluding at the Piazza di Santa Croce. Thank you to theboys, families and staff who made this special moment possiblethis week.

2018 Franciscan Pilgrimage

The 2018 Franciscan Pilgrimage is now beginning to takeshape with 21 students who have paid their deposits. For thefirst time five girls and a staff member from Mt Alvernia willbe part of our pilgrimage group! Should any family still liketo enquire about joining the Pilgrimage please don’t hesitatein contacting myself on 3857 9986 or emailing memobrien@padua.qld.edu.au.

Special Prayers and Intentions

There is a time for every season under God. We are all facedwith times of grief, sickness, ill health and crisis. Prayer is apowerful thing. Please let us know of anyone you know who isill, passed away or just needs to know that others are thinkingof them. Names can be sent to mobrien@padua.qld.edu.au.

Mass is offered every Friday where your prayer intentions canbe requested.

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During the Month of November – the month of Holy Souls -a Book of Remembrance will be available at the College foranyone to include the names of loved ones you would likeprayers or masses to be offered on their behalf.

Eternal rest grant unto all those we have loved and mayPerpetual Light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.Amen.

Peace and all good,Mr Michael O’Brien

Please pray for the sick:

Please pray for those who have died.

Please pray for the Sherwood Family

Teaching and Learning

Term 4 Exam Blocks

With the end of year fast approaching, I ask that you consideryour son’s assessment schedule before planning for an earlyfinish to the school year which will mean students missassessment. The practice at Padua and given that Term 4 isshort, is to have assessment in the last week of term. ExternalExam Blocks are scheduled for Years 10, 11 and 12, andCommon Exam Scheduling will be put in place for Years 7,8 and 9. Assessment Guides are currently available online forTerm 4 for all Year Levels, however, these are subject tochange and are a guide only. Exam Block Timetables for Years10, 11 and 12 are currently on the College Website at

http://www.padua.qld.edu.au/teaching-and-learning/assessment-and-academic-achievements/exam-timetables/

Years 7 to 9 common exam scheduling will bepublished later this term.Year 12 (External) – Monday 6/11 to Tuesday 14/11Year 11 (External) – Friday 17/11 to Friday 24/11Year 10 (External) – Monday 20/11 to Friday 24/11Years 7-9 (Internal) – Monday 20/11 to Thursday 24/11(Common Exam Times)

Years 5 & 6 – No formal exam block will be allocated – Studentswill sit exams and submit assessment as stipulated by theteacher – The Assessment Guide published online is a guideonly with the Blackboard Calendar (Student Diary) being themost up to date source of assessment dates.

For External Exam Blocks, students are only expected to be atschool when they have an exam.

For Internal Exam Blocks, students are expected at school forthe entirety of each school day including morning and afternoonPastoral Care class.

Please note: Should you make the decision to remove your sonfrom school in the last week of term, he will miss assessmentand in those cases, an Incomplete (INC) will be awarded forany subject where assessment is missed due to a Term TimeAbsence.

Student and Parent Portal

I would like to remind families that the Padua Mi Class Portal isan important source of information for you regarding your sonincluding reports, parent/student/teacher bookings with a newLearning Management System linking to this in 2018. Your sonuses the Mi Class Portal to access his timetable, his LUI numberfor students in Years 10 to 12 and his reports. If you do nothave access to your portal or have forgotten your passwords,please contact the College IT Department.

Semester 2 Reports

Semester 2 Academic Reports will be made available to parentsin the Week commencing December 4 via the Parent Mi ClassPortal.

Student Diaries 2018

In 2018, Padua is reintroducing a paper Student Diary for allyear levels. These will be distributed to students at thebeginning of 2018. The paper diary provides an immediate formof communication between teachers and families and creates aconsistent location for recording homework.

• Brad Hope

• John Wilson

• Mrs Angela Coglan, Mother of Darcy (Year 9); wifeof Mr Coglan (staff)

• Madeline Jones, sister of Lachlan and NathanJones (Year 10)

• Tony Seibold, Grandfather of Harry Thornton (Year5)

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Mr Jason Pacey

Greccio and Assisi Libraries

Our Years 5-9 boys have been part of a series of explicitteaching lessons in 2017, entitled Research and Technology(with a good dose of Literature thrown in.) The looks on Year9’s faces when their teacher librarian reads them a picture bookis priceless, but the subsequent discussions, connections andend results have been truly wonderful.

As the library continues to develop our Libguide pages tobetter support learning across all year levels, faculties andlearning abilities, we have added a new research toolboxthrough the library budget. The Knowledge Compass, providesscaffolding to create questions and guide student research, andis available through the Library Libguides.

Year 8 students have been challenged to create a range ofsimple and complex questions to guide their research…withoutthe need to actually find the answer…at this point in time. Forboys who simply want to find the answer and move on, this haschallenged their thinking about learning and about research.

Their original question this term was " Who was to blamefor World War 1?" Through use of our databases, books andnote-taking process, the boys have been encouraged toidentify and list further questions, before seeking any answers.

Year 9’s have been using their digital citizenship skills to identifyfake news, and determine bias, fact vs opinion, and providesupporting evidence for their decision around a found or givenarticle. All of these research, literacy and digital skills formpart of the library process to build confident, global citizens,who have strong digital, media, visual, information and criticalliteracies

http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/about-us/key-people/secretarys-update/21st-century-teaching-learning

Yours in books,Ms Hochstrasser, Mrs O’Driscoll and Mrs Weber

eLearning

Replacement parts for laptops

For some of our students we are now at the end of the secondyear of our laptop program here at the College. For somestudents, chargers have been misplaced, styluses missing, orbags have become less than secure. If you need to order anyadditional items for your son for next year, the ordering link ison the College website. Accessories that are available includepower supplies, stylus, laptop bags and a range of mouseoptions.

https://myschoolshop-qld.datacom.com.au/paduacollege

Access Key: paduacollegePIN: parent

My.Padua

From 2018 students will have a single point of entry for their dayto day resources for learning at Padua College. This will bringtogether curriculum and assessment information previouslyfound in Blackboard along with daily notices from PaduaIntranet and timetable information.

Over the coming week, students will transition to usingMy.Padua to access student notices and timetable changes asa way of beginning the transition process. Some classes mayalso begin to experience the delivery of classwork through thisplatform over the final weeks of term.

Watch this space for information on parent access to thisplatform (My.Padua)

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Class Act 50 ChallengeThis week I have included a link to an article from Brett Leeregarding Deception Apps.

These are a category of apps (mostly appealing to childrenand young adults) that allow users to hide what they are doingon the internet.

As parents we strive to be vigilant in monitoring the onlineactivity of our children. Education and awareness of whattricks and traps are out there enable us, as parents andeducators, to facilitate discussions about the choices that ourchildren make when they are online.

http://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=5d9461f015fcfea278139305e&id=862f7b7c79&e=bfd777dead

Mrs Tanya Anderson

Tuckshop

Roster

06 Nov Deanna Seminara

Caterina Gugliucciello

07 Nov Sheree Napier

Alannah Fisk

08 Nov Renay Green

Leanne Simpson

09 Nov Allison Villanova

Gabriel Chirico

10 Nov Elinor Cox

Cate Conghlan

13 Nov Katherine Cruwys

Maddalena Barbour

14 Nov Andrea Cavanough

Alison Strong

15 Nov Anita Gigli

Belinda Creed

16 Nov Katie Harding

Cassandra Darcy

17 Nov Julie-Ann Janson

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P&FDear Parents and Friends

It is that time of the year, and the last P and F meeting, includingthe AGM will be held on Tuesday, 7 November at 7pm.

At the AGM, all positions will be declared vacant andnominations called. If you are interested in nominating for aposition, please complete the P&F Committee 2018 NominationForm located on the college website via the link below:

http://www.padua.qld.edu.au/community/associations/parents-and-friends

Once completed, please feel submit your nominations to the P& F Secretary prior to the AGM via the P & F email address:pandf@padua.qld.edu.au or directly to me onpandfpresident@padua.qld.edu.au.

If you don’t have time to submit it or forget to submit it beforethe meeting, please feel free to bring it along to the meeting onTuesday night. Please remember that the P & F meetings arefree for everyone to attend, so please join us and show yoursupport for the P & F as well as the College.

If you are wondering what the P & F is about and areconsidering joining- or even if you are just curious – here is whatthe P & F is all about: The main reason I joined the P & F wasbecause I wanted to be more involved in the College, and havea better understanding of what happens at the College, thatmy son isn’t telling me about. I also wanted to join because Iwanted to have a say – I wanted to be able to contribute toevents, and I wanted to be part of the community of PaduaCollege. The P & F has also given me an opportunity to meet alot of people, parents and friends of the College, who I wouldnever have met before. The meetings give me an opportunity toalso raise issues, and to be heard and make a difference.

So, what are the meetings like?

The P & F meetings are held only once a month during schoolterms, and dates are finalised well in advance, which helpswith planning. We try and keep the meetings to one hour –and seldom go over, unless we have specific guest speakers.We always have coffee, tea and biscuits at the meetings. Themeetings are attended by Mr Elmore, so a perfect opportunityto catch up or just say good day.

If this has convinced you to give it a go – what do you do?

Nominate for a position on the committee – thepositions are:

Attend a meeting – bring your friends along – the more themerrier. If you don’t have time for the meetings, but still want tohelp the P & F – email me on pandfpresident@padua.qld.edu.auand I will keep your details for when we need volunteers. If youhave ideas but don’t want to be on the committee, and cannotattend the meetings, you are always welcome to send them tome on pandfpresident@padua.qld.edu.au.

I hope to see you all at our last meeting next week.

• President

• Vice-President

• Secretary

• Treasurer

• Committee Member

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Kind regards

Mrs Pascale WeirP&F President

Community

Irish November Remembrance Mass -Brisbane

The Irish Australian Support Association of Qld Inc(IASAQ) invites you to our Annual NovemberRemembrance Mass, which will take place on Sunday5 November at 12 noon in St. James’ Church, 165 OldCleveland Road, Coorparoo.

Come and join with other members of the IrishCommunity in praying for the peaceful repose ofdeceased relatives and friends. Tea/coffee will be servedafterwards – an opportunity to renew old acquaintancesand meet new friends

IASAQ is part of the Government of Ireland EmigrantSupport Programme. Our primary mission is to assist anyIrish or Irish Australian persons in time of need or distress.

For further information please contact AssociationCo-ordinator on 0432 087 328.

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