In May, Year 9 students participated in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).

NAPLAN Certificates of Achievement are awarded to approximately 5% of the state, based on achieving excellence in Reading and/or Numeracy. These students are placed in the top band in the state for these disciplines.

We are so incredibly lucky to have so many talented students at St Bernard’s Year 9 cohort for 2022. Please join us to congratulate them!

On Thursday, 20 Oct in the Michael Perrett Pavilion you're invited to join us for a fantastic evening showcasing our Art & Technology students' work

Finger food and drinks provided with live performances from music, drama and media films through the night.

The VCAL Coffee Cart will be selling hot drinks from $2!

Student art work and folios from Year 7-12 will be on display, as well as a showcase of work from Year 7-12 food studies, product design and technology, and digital technologies.

Please click here to RSVP!

This week in food studies our Year 11's made Paella, and from what we can see it looks absolutely divine!

Well done boys!

Library News

Our Year 8 cohort participated in the Literature Festival on Wednesday 31 August.

They were treated to authors and illustrators who spoke to the students about their journey to becoming published and recognised for their creative talents. Food trucks were available for lunch.

The English and Library departments collaborated to make this day possible. The day was a wonderful celebration of books and reading. The authors had a fantastic time with our students, and the students in turn had a fun, interesting and productive day listening to and taking part in workshops throughout the sessions.

The authors, poets and illustrators were Fleur Ferris, Nicole Hayes, Sofie Laguna, Marc McBride, Melissa Keil, Deborah Leiser Moore, Mandy Ord, Steve Smart, Justine Sless with John Marsden as the special guest for the final session.
 

SBC Short story competition

Theme: "The road ahead" This year the challenge is to create a character and/or world that explores what the road ahead will bring. The judges will be excited to read stories from a range of voices and perspectives.

Prizes

Year 7-8 1st: $100 voucher 2nd: $60 voucher 3rd: $40 voucher

Year 9-10 1st: $100 voucher 2nd: $60 voucher 3rd: $40 voucher

Year 11-12 1st: $150 voucher 2nd: $100 voucher 3rd: $50 voucher

Competition closes 7th October

St Bernard’s Junior Team Competed Strongly at the ACC Junior Chess Tournament

On Wednesday 5 October, Ten Year 7 and 8 students attended the ACC Junior tournament and played in Division 1.
 

The team performed well with all team members scoring very closely to each other, between 3.5 and 2 points, which means the team remains in Division 1 for next year.

Overall our team placed 4th out of 7 teams.

We congratulate the team for their great effort: James Nguyen, Nathan Nguyen, Jacob Beltramo, Cameron Moodie, James D’Agrosa, Rafael Gonzalez, Paul De Losa, Jacob Menniti, Daniel Ngo and Nigel Leishman.

St Bernard’s Intermediate Chess Team Maintained their Division 1 status

On Wednesday 5 October, Six students from Years 8, 9 and 10 played in our intermediate chess team.

The team was a few short as some of our Year 9 players were unavailable due to being at Santa Monica or at the Urban Engagement Program.

Despite this, they achieved well by coming 5th t, ensuring the team maintain their Division 1 status for the next tournament

The student with the highest score was David Stapleton with 4 points. Followed by Trapper Thorpe with 3.5 points and Xavier Wilkinson with 3 points.

We congratulate the remaining students in the team: Xavier Malcolm, Dylan Linardon and Tyson Moodie.

The annual SBOCA Chris Lane Golf Day is back for 2022 and only a few weeks away, Locked in for Friday, October 21

There are still some spots open to join us for a fantastic day of golfing with the St Bernard's Community, and we think the more the merrier!
 

Please click the below image or click here to book your team!

After a long two years of COVID preventing us from hosting Mass in person, we are looking forward to being able to honour Collegians & Staff members who have since passed, on-site at the College in the Marian Chapel.

Please join us on Saturday, November 5 at the College from 9am for the Mass, followed by a morning tea.

To RSVP click please click here

If you have any questions or would like assistance with your RSVP, please contact Mr. Chris Nicholl from our Development team on 0400 475 531 or via email at cnicholl@sbc.vic.edu.au.

We look forward to welcoming those that are available to attend back to the College for this special occasion on 5 November.

The Society of St. Vincent De Paul

Ref : Clairvaux 1980

In 1979, four year eleven students responded to Mr. Sequeira’s invitation to establish a conference at the College and under his guidance, become actively involved in works of charity.

This year the membership of the conference has increased to 14 persons. The founder members of the conference, now in year twelve, are still actively engaged in the Society’s work, and the new members – all from year eleven – have also quickly grasped the significance of the Society in their own lives and in the lives of the people they seek to serve.

All Members have attempted to aid the destitute men who seek shelter, food and companionship at Ozanam House. The conference has also visited the sick and the aged at the Greenvale Geriatric Centre and at the Mount Royal Geriatric Centre.

The conference meets once a week to discuss and plan programmes effectively for their activities and to reflect, discuss the experiences met. These meetings and activities have, in my opinion, helped to broaden the vision of our members.

In helping others, we have allowed certain feelings and spiritual thoughts, deep within us, to come alive. In closing, I would like to thank Mr. Sequeira for his persevering guidance, and all the members for the enthusiasm and loyalty shown by their work. May this work be blessed and our numbers grow.

Manuele Mahlis - President

The MeToo movement and decades of feminism campaigning have made ending violence against women a global concern. To effectively involve men and boys, however, we still have a long way to go. While it’s crucial to set clear social norms that some behaviours are wrong, we also have to engage men and boys in capacity building as well as skill development to enable all men to build positive, healthy and respectful relationships

Discrimination, gender equality, misogyny, and transphobia all have various connotations for each of us. We firmly believe that too many men in Australia are not participating in conversations that promote equality.

To end the drivers of violence against all women, children, and LGBTQ+ people, cis men must play a significant role. Across policy and programs, academia, advocacy, and activism, the field of initiatives to include men and boys in the prevention of violence is rapidly growing. The growth of national and international interventions and campaigns, as well as the work of international organisations and academic assessments of their importance, all reflect this.

Numerous violence prevention initiatives, including those started in schools and other institutions, increasingly centre on boys and young men. However, the development of damaging and influential divisive personalities online who have drawn young people in by grabbing their attention with content designed to provoke, divide, and undermine progress made toward gender equity.

For more information and to register you're interest in this webinar please click here

The unit 3 & 4 VCAA Parent Information evening is this coming Wednesday at 7 pm

Link to session - https://tinyurl.com/5f456565

As of May 2020, the Uniform Shop will be operating by appointment only. This will help alleviate lengthy queues during peak periods.
 

Click here to make an appointment

If you know the sizes of the items you require, visit https://shop.sbc.vic.edu.au/ to order online.

For all other uniform enquiries, or to volunteer in the uniform shop, please email rbuhagiar@sbc.vic.edu.au or phone 9289 1176.