Music at SBC

Term 4 is coming close to an end, and yet, there is so much more music to come for the young men at St Bernard’s College.
 

Already there have been a number music events this term, including, Drumline performing at the Student Leader Investiture, VCE students, Massimo Fabiani and Benjamin Tran performing two of their pieces from the VCE Music Performance repertoire for the Year 12 Gradation, Pastoral ­– The College Liturgical Ensemble performing at the Graduation Mass, and many students across all year levels performing live at the Design Technology and Art Exhibition. Well done and congratulations to all the young me who continue to perform express their love of music.

Upcoming Events

As the end of the term draws closer and closer, so do the upcoming music events:

• 9 November – Semester Two Music Bursary Auditions

• 16 November – Semester Two Soiree Evening

• 23 November – Semester Two Year 7 Music Concert

• 29 November – Brass students perform Christmas Carols for Raylene Boyer Retirement Village

• 6 December – Symphonic Band Perform at the Final Day Assembly

Good luck to all the young men involved, particularly the young Year 7 students as they take their first step in their musical journey.

Music Lessons

Signing up for Music lessons is still possible. Any parent/guardian who wishes to sign up or has any questions, please email the Music Administrator, Michelle Puglisi at mpuglisi@sbc.vic.edu.au, or contact the Head of Music, Joshua Romeo at jromeo@sbc.vic.edu.au.

Friends of Music

Friends of Music is an opportunity for parents and members of the St Bernard’s Community to get involved in the music program, and with that contribute to creating as many opportunities as possible for all the young men involved. Looking ahead, it is our hope to raise money for a more diverse collection of innovative instruments. If you would like to join Friends of Music, please email the Head of Music, Joshua Romeo.

Joshua Romeo

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on

School Students with Disability

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

· year of schooling

· category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional

· level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

· formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools

· consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools

· develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

Please see this attached information sheet about the NCCD process.

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact the Learning Enhancement and Diversity Leader – Jeanette Shine- jshine@sbc.vic.edu.au

Thank you to everyone who contributed to surpassing our initial goal of 60 donations by 1st November 2023.…but it doesn’t stop there!

Regular blood & plasma donations from the SBC community are always needed & will be added to our annual tally.

Hopefully we all now feel empowered to continue giving the gift of life.

Watch this space for future team challenges & tally updates!

We would like to highlight a few students who have recently have achievement tremendously across a few different sports

Stefan Palombo
Stefan Palombo represented Victoria at the 2023 National Youth Championships U15’s in Sydney in early October.

Josh Pace
Josh Pace has been named in the Victorian Under 19 Metro Cricket Squad to compete in the Under 19 Male Cricket Championships this December

More info

Liam Alexopoulos

Liam has been selected in the Melbourne Victory Under 14’s NPL squad for 2024

James Macfarlane
 

James has been selected to Play for Western United U14 NPL soccer team for 2024

Well done boys - fantastic efforts!

The SBC uniform shop is only a click away - now operating via appointments, Please click here to book an appointment or order via our online shop if you know your son's sizes'

Please note that the uniform shop is closed during the school holidays
 

For all other uniform enquiries, please email rbuhagiar@sbc.vic.edu.au or phone 9289 1176.

The annual Mass for Deceased Old Collegians will be held Saturday, November in the College Chapel from 9am

A morning tea will be provided following the Mass for those who wish to stay

Please click here to RSVP