In this week's newsletter, I want to draw everyone's attention to the SATIS Girls Tennis final that will be held at the Devonport Tennis Centre next Wednesday, 2 September, commencing at 11:00 am.  The Collegiate team will travel up from Hobart for this final.  Felicity Radcliff (Captain) and Eliza Hollister will be playing their last games for the College having been members of the NSATIS team for every one of their 6 years at the College.  Together with Annabelle Radcliffe, Asha Ianuali and Piper Emmerton, a win for the team would be a wonderful way for Felicity and Eliza to end their representative journey with the College.

To take advantage of the home ground final, we are taking our Year 10 students to support our team.  We have met with the year level this morning to share this news, and to alert them to the etiquette required of spectators at a Tennis tournament.  I have every confidence that this responsible cohort of students will conduct themselves as we have come to expect from our students.  They are clear that their role is to lift our team while respecting the opposition.

We were able to share other good news with the year level, some of which needs to be formally confirmed.  I will include this in an email that I will send, directly, to the Year 10 students and their parents.

This continues to be an unusual year, facing challenges that require creativity, discipline, and a regard for the community over one’s self.  Our vision to be a Catholic community with a generosity of spirit best prepares us to satisfy these expectations.  We have a Covid19 Safety Plan that we follow.  While it guides us on how best to keep our community safe, it also restricts us in what we can do.  Another casualty has been our Founders’ Day celebrations that will be significantly curtailed this year.  The SRC, however, are keen to have some form of celebration, with the College Captains putting some proposals to the School Leadership Team at yesterday’s SLT meeting, taking our suggestions back to the SRC.

We now have a COVID19 Response Plan to complement the Safety plan, with clear processes, developed in collaboration with Health authorities, to follow should a COVID19 infection be detected at the College, it emphasises that a calm and timely response will protect the community while not inducing panic.  While it is still in Draft form, it has been approved for use should the need arise.

Keep safe, and I will keep you in my prayers,

Frank Pisano

Students are not required to attend classes on Friday 4th September (student-free day), due to Staff Moderation Day.

‘One Point Perspective’ is a style of drawing that demonstrates how things appear to get smaller as they get further away. Moreover, this style of drawing steers the viewers eye towards a single ‘vanishing point’ on the horizon line. This is a popular drawing method with Architects and Illustrators. Students use mathematical skills and spatial awareness, whilst developing the language, Principles and Elements of art. 

Below are a sample of students work from 7B. 

The College Chess Club competed in a virtual chess match on Monday.  All students played well, showing excellent team effort, great strategies and wonderful friendships along the way. Well done, teams!

Being able to read opens so many doors. But in very remote Indigenous communities, books are all too scarce and literacy levels are so much lower than anywhere else in Australia. The Indigenous Literacy Program's purpose is to make a difference to the lives of Indigenous families by not only gifting thousands of new culturally appropriate books – with a focus on early literacy and first language - but also by running programs to inspire the communities to tell and publish their own stories. Indigenous Literacy Day encourages Australians to raise funds and advocate for more equal access to literacy resources for remote Indigenous communities. 

#indigenousliteracy #readingopensdoors

The SBSC Library has set up a display to celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day, as pictured below.

*If any students identify as either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage (First Nations People) then please let our school office know (6424 7622 or admin@sbsc.tas.edu.au) so we can include them in any cultural activities at the school or within the community.

This week Year 8 students were addressed by Snr Constable Emilie Dellar from Tasmania Police in their Resilience lesson. She conducted a presentation of the ThinkUKnow cybersafety program.

Please find below a link to further resources (not just for Year 8 students),  specifically as children and young people are expected to spend more time online during COVID-19, including staying connected to friends and family, playing games or for online learning. 

https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/for-parents-and-carers

Congratulations to year 9 student Tom Winkel who over the weekend competed in and won the U16 Tasmanian Cross Country Championship.

Please note that the Mygolf juniors at the Devonport Country Club are starting again on Tuesday September 1st at 4.00-5.00pm. 

There is a free come and try day for girls only, on Sunday October 25th at 11.00-12.00 noon. Students can register online or ring the Devonport Country Club Sportshop on 6427 2068. 

Georgia Baxter's Mum was diagnosed with leukemia last year. To support her through this, she is dyeing her hair on August 31 to raise money for other people who have blood cancer.

So far she has reached $1808.91 of her $2500 goal! If you'd like to support Georgia, please click on the below link: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/georgiabaxter