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Statement on Examination Malpractice: Read to all students by their Year Co-ordinator or Hall Supervisor before every examination. Students are not to be in possession of notes or other unauthorised material in the examination room, including mobile phones. Markers will refer to the relevant Year Co-ordinator any paper that appears to be a nonserious attempt, or other incident of malpractice. After subsequent investigation and interviews, the paper or section of a paper in question may require being completed again in holiday time. A zero result may also be recorded on a student’s academic report. General expectations for students during examination week: • It is the responsibility of students to read carefully all information regarding each exam. • Students are to be at school well before their first exam of the day. • Canteen lunches must be ordered before the morning exam. • Year Co-ordinators may provide a study room as a place of quiet. The Kircher Library may also be used. • Normal bounds apply. Once at school, students are not to leave the property, unless given other instructions by the Year Coordinator. • Punctuality is stressed, as late entry disturbs others and shortens the time available to the candidate. • No student may leave a College exam early. • Games in the courtyard are not allowed during normal class times. Year 7 and Year 12 classes continue on normal lesson times during exam week. • Any misdemeanour on the part of a student (including copying or any other form of cheating) is noted on the student’s examination paper at the time of the collection and the Year Co-ordinator, Head of Department and Director of Curriculum are notified. Exam materials: • Writing or answer booklets, where required, will be provided. • Mobile phones are not permitted in exam rooms. • Pencil cases, if taken in to the exam room, must be see-through or writing instruments carried in transparent sleeves. Only approved calculators may be used where permitted. • Students are to bring pens, pencils, ruler and mathematical instruments (compass, protractor, etc) if required, and a stapler or paper clips. Marshalling for exams: • Exams in Hall: Assemble in Foyer 15 mins before. Foyer is out of bounds otherwise. • Exams in classrooms or Canisius: Assemble in Courtyard (in class groups) 15 minutes before. • In both cases wait for direction from your Year Co-ordinator. Within the exam room: • No communication between students is permitted in the exam room. • Borrowing is not allowed. • You may begin reading and writing only when told to do so. • The direction to “cease writing” must be strictly observed. • Follow the directions for writing and those of the supervisor very carefully. Read clearly all instructions on the front page of the exam. • All answers are to be done either on the exam paper itself or exam booklets provided. • If a student has to leave the room, a supervisor must accompany him. • Students are not permitted to leave a College examination before the allocated finishing time. A reminder to parents that Years 8-11 need only attend school for their nominated exams, so it is a good idea for parents to have a copy of that timetable. too – it is online and will be re-printed in The Gonzagan. Study rooms are provided for each year which the Year Co-ordinators supervise, and the Library is always open, too. Boys are to remain on the school grounds once they arrive at school, though – for safety reasons, they are not allowed to come and go. Starting times for exams need to be carefully noted and boys must assemble 15-20 minutes beforehand. If parents have an issue with supervision for their sons, particularly the younger years, please feel free to contact the relevant Year Co-ordinator. Naturally, boys can be supervised here during normal school hours. A reminder that during the exam week, 9 June is a pupil free day, with no classes for any boys Years 3-12. Sam Di Sano (sam.disano@staloysius.nsw.edu.au) THE HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL Just over 100 boys ran, walked or rode their bikes or scooters last Friday as part of the Ride2School Day. It was a fun day for the boys, especially for those who were able to participate actively, walking or riding or running considerable distances, and managing significant levels of risk and difficulty. On that front, special mention must be made of Alexander Murphy (6.2) who rode his bike all the way from Drummoyne, and the brotherly pairings of Fintan and Rory O’Shea and Kieran and Liam Gorman, as well as Sam Potter, all of whom ran a distance of 10kms in just under an hour from Balgowlah! Thank you to Mr Mark Coventry and the Junior School Transport Committee for their efficient organisation of the day, to Mr Trevor Dunne for his setting up of the scooting/skating challenge course on the basketball court and to Mrs Vevers for arranging a supply breakfast to the participants upon arrival. A number of parents also assisted with the venture and our thanks go to Mr King (Liam), Mr & Mrs Witts (Stephen), Mrs Kim (Michael) Mrs Spano (Jack) and Mr McDonagh (Finn) for their time. The fastest time on Mr Dunne’s specially designed time trial course came from Finn McDonagh on his scooter (29.43). Our congratulations this week go to the following boys who are celebrating their birthdays: 23 May Lachlan McKenzie 24 May James Kells 25 May Luke Ryan 26 May Ethan Gyoery & Joseph Whyte 27 May Domenic Ferragina, Mitchell Sanderson & Michael Sywak 28 May Dominic Adams, Sebastian Adams & Alexander Kidger In other news, congratulations go to Fintan O’Shea (5.1). Not only can Fintan run fast and long distances like the rest of the O’Shea family, but now it appears that he can cook like a Masterchef. Good luck to Fintan who has auditioned successfully to appear on the Australian version of the Junior Masterchef. Watch this space! Congratulations to Harry Livingstone (6.1) who had a very successful Cricket season with Mosman Cricket Club in the Sunday competition completed a few weeks back. Harry was recognised as the Best Bowler across all the teams playing in that competition, receiving the U11 Bowling Wickets Award at the North Shore Junior Cricket Association Presentation Day – a very impressive 15 wickets @ 3.33 (even Warnie would be envious of such figures!) Last week, 40 of our Years 5&6 students had the privilege of attending the well-publicised annual Sydney Writers’ Festival. It is a tremendous opportunity for our boys to meet popular writers and authors, listen to them read and discuss contemporary issues in the world of literature. A short reflection, by Luke Bartels (5.4), on his attendance at the festival, follows my article. Next Thursday and Friday (2&3 June), sixteen of our Year 6 leaders will be attending a combined Ignatian Schools’ student leaders’ conference at Collaroy. Student leader representatives from seven other schools will be joining them there. Also, on 2 June, we celebrate the feast of The Sacred Heart of Jesus at a Mass scheduled for 9.10am, for Grades 3-7, in the Boys’ Chapel. Traditionally, this Mass is referred to as the Poor Man’s Mass, celebrating Jesus’ preferential love for the poor. We are asking the school community to donate, if possible, a few household items – such as brooms, toiletries (especially toothbrushes and toothpaste), cleaning products (Spray & Wipe, disinfectants, pan-scrubbers, Windex), rubber gloves, linen (sheets and towels),mops and buckets (lightweight), and storage containers (extra-large, airtight), that we plan to send the homeless shelter at St Canice’s, Kings Cross. Please see the full page advertisement later in this issue. Martin Lobo 4
The Sydney Writers’ Festival: Today at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, I saw Morris Gleitzman, Deborah Abella, Garth Nix, Sean Williams and Richard Newsome. It was an experience of a lifetime, going to that festival because I really enjoyed listening to how the writers became writers, and what inspires them. I really liked how Sean Williams and Garth Nix had their book covers to show us. I also enjoyed them reading their novels to us. Morris Gleitzman, Deborah Abella and Richard Newsome were very funny, telling jokes and explaining about their journeys as an author. I thought the Sydney Writers’ Festival was an electrifying experience and I hope I can go again next year. (Luke Bartels) WHAT’S COMING UP 28 May Year 11 Parent Function 30 May P&F Forum 31 May String Showcase ‘Ignatius draws us to Jesus’ Programme 1 June Rector’s & Principal’s Dinner for new parents 2 June Year 11 Examinations commence Intermediate Theatresports Final Heat 4 June Year 10 Parent Function 5 June Year 6 Family Mass & Morning Tea 6 June Year 8-10 Examinations commence Senior Theatresports Competition 7 June SACOBU Meeting ‘Ignatius draws us to Jesus’ Programme 8 June Year 3-7 ICAS Science Competition 8-10 June Year 6 Excursion 8&9 June Rector’s & Principal’s Dinners for new parents 9 June Pupil Free Day 13 June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday CURRICULUM NEWS JUNIOR SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS At the very beginning of Term 3 we will launch our readathon for Jesuit Mission 2011. This year the theme is ‘Agents of Change’ combined with the 2011 Book Week Theme of ‘One World, Many Stories’. To this end, we will be asking each boy to participate in the readathon and to find sponsors for the time spent reading. There will be house points awarded for the time spent reading which will go, respectively, towards Ogilvie, Owen, Southwell or Campion: there will be a class prize and individual, miscellaneous awards for participation and money raised. I can highly recommend a booklet entitled ‘Don’t Leave Childhood Without …’ – a guide for the best books for children. This has been updated from the (last) 2003 version. This booklet contains titles and authors that most children should, and could, have access to through their primary years. Most authors and titles are already in the Junior School library, and most certainly in the council libraries, and quite possibly already on your bookshelves at home – to be revisited. Each family will receive a copy of ‘Don’t Leave Childhood Without …’ when their son brings home his Readathon card for parents’ signature. I can highly recommend this 2011 edition for the family and it may help the boys with their choices for the readathon. There is a list of titles and authors at the end of the book for help with referencing and locating through the Dewey borrowing system. I have just completed a little audit of how many books individual students have read and I am a little concerned at the low rate of borrowing of some boys. They tell me that they are reading at home – of course they are – but I would love them to be encouraged to make use of our library as well, to increase their exposure to different genres; new series, non-fiction, fiction; old favourites, picture books. There is a great selection of up-to-date novels and non-fiction books in our Junior School library. If you think, or know, your son is a reluctant reader or borrower, please have chat with him and feel free to come and visit me in the library, before or after school, when the library is open for boys and parents to browse and borrow. Last week, forty boys were privileged to attend the Sydney Writers’ Festival Day for Schools at Darling Harbour. We were entertained by Morris Gleitzman, Deborah Abela, Sean Williams, Garth Nix and Richard Newsome. These writers are world renowned children’s authors whose books have been translated into as many as thirty languages. Max Marchione (5.4) said, ‘we listened to and met authors who are the brains behind the books we all love and read … it was an exciting experience that filled you with knowledge about books which will last for an eternity”. Liam Fardy (5.3) quoted Debra Abeleda as saying “you have to be daring and a troublemaker to be a writer and to bring this (personal) experience to your characters!” Jason Djfar (5.2) mentioned that Morris Gleitzman said that a problem is a ‘must have’ in a story, and then give it twist! Declan Thomas (5.3) tells us that Garth Nix and Steve Williams were inspired by the Star Wars scifi genre. Travis Raheb-Mol (5.3) declared that Richard Newsome told us that “there had to be bad characters or the story wouldn’t work”. Jason Djfar added that Newsome also said that the characters must be put under pressure. Chris Curulli (5.1) reminded us that Richard Newsome amused us with his stories and travels, which inspired him to write his recently released Billionaire Trilogy. So having learnt the ‘tricks of the trade’, I am hoping many of the boys in Years 5&6 will take up the challenge of a creative writing competition being run by Pilot Pen (pilotpen.com.au). The story must start with the opening line “It all began with a note …” and be between 250 and 350 words only. There is a $1,000 first prize, plus books and stationery, and very motivating second and third prizes. I would love to see some of our budding authors attempt a story that begins – “It all started with a note …” Entries close on 30 July. Entry forms are available in the library and I am more than happy to assist with the editing of any entries. Caroline Byrne Teacher Librarian PASTORAL NEWS THE DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL SERVICES FOR LONELINESS When the light lessens, Causing colours to lose their courage, And your eyes fix on the empty distance That can open on either side of the surest line To make all that is familiar and near seem suddenly foreign, When the music of talk breaks apart into noise And you hear your heart louden While the voices around you slow down to leaden echoes Turning the silence into something stony and cold, When the old ghosts come back To feed on everywhere you felt sure, Do not strengthen their hunger by choosing to fear; Rather, decide to call on your heart That it may grow clear and free To welcome home your emptiness That it may cleanse you Like the clearest air you could ever breathe. Allow your loneliness time to dissolve the shell of dross That had closed around you; Choose in this severe silence To hear the one true voice your rushed life fears; Cradle yourself like a child Learning to trust what emerges, So that gradually you may come to know That deep in that black hole You will find the blue flower That holds the mystical light Which will illuminate in you The glimmer of springtime. Benedictus by John O’Donohoe 5
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