Term 3 has been a very successful term for the Environment Portfolio.  We have had record staff and students participating in Trash Free Tuesday with numbers reaching 310 students in Week 7 and 55 staff in Weeks 5 and 6. Being conscious of reducing single use plastic in our daily lives is good for our health, for the planet and for each other.  Sometimes it’s hard to know where to start with reducing single use plastics in our daily lives, however, introducing Trash Free Tuesday has seen students being creative when packing their own lunches, with the ultimate goal of having a Trash Free lunch every day and students deciding what actions they choose.  Often you’ll find that the smallest things have the biggest, most enduring, positive effects. We challenge you to continue or begin to participate in Term 4’s Trash Free Tuesday Challenge.  They say it takes 21 days to form a new habit, so by the end of Week 9 your actions will pave the way for an environmental and sustainable future. Term 3 has also seen 1,480 containers being diverted from landfill in our 10 cent Envirobank Return and Earn Scheme.  Congratulations to those students who have deposited their drink containers into the Return and Earn cages at the College or by returning a filled orange Return and Earn bag, which also achieved Waterford hours and Tatham points, this term. The water fountain and bottle re-filler has now helped remove 7,243 water bottles from our environment since being installed at the College.  It’s fantastic to see students using this station on a daily basis.

The world is changing at an unprecedented pace. Automation, globalisation and more flexible working arrangements are rapidly reshaping our economy and work. By 2030 every single job across the economy is going to look different. In this future, our young people are predicted to have an average of 17 different jobs over 5 careers in their lifetime.   To ensure young people are prepared for this future, there is an urgent need for early intervention in school, to equip them with the enterprise skills and career management capabilities needed to thrive in the New Work Order. $20 Boss is a nationwide immersive entrepreneurship program for upper primary and secondary school students. Each student was provided with $20 of start-up capital to help them create, launch and operate their enterprise over the course of a school term. Thank you from Aiden Dickson on behalf of Year 9 Commerce: On behalf of my peers in Year 9 Commerce, Mr Millar and Mrs Dignam, we would like to thank you for supporting us last term at our $20 Boss Program Market Day where we raised over $700. It was decided as a class, to donate this $700 to one non-profit organization for maximum impact and that was Beyond blue.  Achievement Awards for the Program go to:  Kyle Alcorn, Aiden Blackman, Owen Bradstreet, Kai Dawkings, Aiden Dickson, Thomas Fortune, Jaiden Gagliardi, Zane Grady, Jet Hassett, Lorcan Hayes, Brayden Hickey, Noah Joseph, Bailey McDonald, John Missak, Christopher Murray, Jacob Newport, Nicholas Sparks, Gabe Stuart, Mark Sweeney, Reece Tredwell, Alec Warwick and Kai Willmott Lastly, I would like to add that I personally found the program­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ well-structured, the program provided a great experience that taught the key steps to running a business. These steps included how to run a business, developing your product as well as how to advertise and sell the product. The Program also developed enterprising skills that help get jobs later.  Again thank you all the students, teachers and staff who supported our businesses by purchasing our products.   [smallgallery fooid="21402"]

On Wednesday 18 September, Year 10 students were interviewed by 19 community members and were given feedback on their presentation, communication skills and portfolio. This feedback allowed them to refine their skills in preparation for real life job interviews.  Below are comments from some of our interviewers. “I just wanted to say a big thank you for involving us in yesterday's mock interviews it was wonderful to meet such lovely young men who obviously take pride in themselves and their school”. Angela Bailey, Administration Officer | Training Services NSW   “I found these young men at St Edward's Catholic College were impressive in their choice of personal presentation (many wearing ties and jackets), they displayed good communication skills, eye contact and body language, and have strong handshakes!  Noanie Livingstone,  RTO Education Solutions Coordinator |  KARBEN Training Solutions “I just wanted to say thank you for today. It was a pleasure to meet such lovely young men who were very proud of their school and what they have achieved in their time there. All of the boys were polite and courteous and it was encouraging to hear their plans for the future. You have some very capable boys at that school who, I have no doubt, will go on to do amazing things. The school should be very proud of these young men”.  Jodie Morgan, Administration Officer | Training Services NSW  Take a bow Year 10.    

As students move through the years studying Photography and Digital Media, they are exposed to many different techniques for both taking photos and film making. Recently, we had the opportunity to advance our skills in using Adobe Premier Pro. After either shooting or downloading footage to be used, we used Premier Pro to create our own conceptual film. The theme of the film was our own choosing, however, it needed to be without dialogue and include music as background. This meant that the main idea of the film had to be clear. The storyline could involve any range of emotions, as long as it had a clear beginning, middle and end. The following “trailers” offer some of the conceptual films we worked on. Some are based on HD landscape videos that could be used as background, others were based on movies or on original concepts. All films contain advanced techniques such as cross and exponential fade, unlinking and linking music, converting MP3 and MP4 files and much more. We hope you enjoy watching our trailers as much as we enjoyed making them. [embed]https://youtu.be/J5oE4Xo6_E4[/embed]   [embed]https://youtu.be/1lAp2RpwWtg[/embed]   [embed]https://youtu.be/Va4gI3IizWA[/embed]

A big congratulations to all of the finalists who competed in the Eddie’s Spelling Bee! The Grand Final was held during the school assembly, lucky Friday the 13th! Well, lucky for Will Jacobson from Year 9 who took out the title of Spelling Bee Champion 2019! Well done Will. A big congratulations to our other finalists, Daniel Lackner (Year 10), Blake Downs (Year 8) and Ari Sullivan (Year 7).  It was a great effort by all the boys. This was followed by the much anticipated Teachers vs Students Spelling Bee, where our Year 12s battled four brave teachers. This is a much loved (often controversial and generally contentious) event. Ms Emmett, Mr Brown, Mr Marks and Mr Boyd stepped up to take on some of Eddies finest spellers;  Luke Brien, Lukas Kalos, Dale Barrett and none other than our Captain, Rory Mackintosh. It was a valiant effort by all, however, it was the students who were victorious in the end. I would like to commend all of the senior students involved in the Academic Portfolio for organising such a successful event that was fun, supportive and really engaged for the whole school community. Ms Kylie Nowalinski Assistant Leader of Learning - English [smallgallery fooid="21507"]

Year 12 marked the end of their formal classes with three very special ceremonies this week. The first of these ceremonies was the Graduation Mass. This was the final time Year 12 students  gathered as a group with their parents and family members to celebrate the Eucharist at St Edward’s College. The theme for this mass was Young Men with Purpose, which has been the Year 12 Pastoral Theme for the year. On Thursday, the St Edward’s Old Boys Union provided a breakfast for the Year 12 students to officially welcome them into the Old Boys fraternity. A whole school academic assembly followed this breakfast, where we acknowledged students for their academic endeavours. First and second place in each course and various special awards in leadership and service were presented and the Dux of the 2019 year is announced. Congratulations to all the award winners for their sustained efforts throughout the HSC Year. We wish all of Year 12 the very best of luck in their final exams and look forward to seeing them at the HSC End of Year BBQ on Monday 17 December. Graduation Mass [smallgallery fooid="21584"]   Farewell Assembly [smallgallery fooid="21627"]

After a lot of planning, organising and training, the time had finally arrived for the boys to travel to the Sunshine Coast for the National Schools Cup (Wednesday 18 – Friday 20 September). Leaving behind the rain and arriving in bright sunshine, with a few changes to the roster, the team entered the competition ready to give it a good crack. Day 1: Saw the team play three games. The first game was against Northern Beaches Secondary College (the NSW All Schools Champions). An added factor was that this game was played on Field 1 and Live Streamed – which added to the excitement. The team started confidently and were leading 3-1 at the halftime break. We seemed to lose focus in the second half and Northern Beaches levelled the scores late in the game, 4-4. As would be the script for many of our games over the next three days – the team was able to find a way to win. Captain Ben Dufficy took advantage of an overlap and scored as the bell sounded in the background to get us off to a good start in the event. In the afternoon we then played Cleveland High School (winning 7-5) and Cavendish Road High School (winning 6-4). Both games followed the script from the first game – we got out to a good lead at the break and then clocked off in the second half. Fortunately, we again were able to find a way to grind out our wins. Day one over and although the wins weren’t pretty, we had three wins and were off to a great start. Day 2: We came up against the other undefeated team from Day 1 – Ormeau Woods High School, they on the other hand had won their games quiet convincingly. We challenged the boys to learn from day one and take the game to Ormeau. And that is what they did. Right from the start, the boys were up for the game and played with great control and tempo. This seemed to frustrate Ormeau and forced them into making errors and giving away unnecessary penalties that we capitalised on. The boys won a tight one, 6-4 and shot to the top of the table. Later that afternoon we played another NSW based team from Tomaree (Port Stephens). Having consolidated a semi final position already – this seemed to play on our mind set. Tomaree had more to play for and jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Frustration crept in and we fell into the bracket of trying too hard, which contributed to our situation. However, again the boys were able to get themselves back in the game and late in the second half, level the scores at 4-4. Five games down, with four wins and a draw – the team had earned a well deserved break in the afternoon. Our results meant we now didn’t play until lunchtime the next day. Day 3: Late on day two, we found out we were playing Cavendish Road High School in the semi final. After a slow start on Wednesday – they had turned things around and had some great results on day two. We knew we were in for a good game. This game had a totally different feel to it – Cavendish came out firing. Both sides traded tries in a very close game. Late in the second half, Cavendish scored to lead 4-3 and the pressure mounted on the boys. Yet again they continued to fight back and defended strongly before driving up the field to earn a penalty. Off the back of the penalty we scored in the dying stages to level the scores 4-4. This took the game into extra time – a ‘drop off’ in touch football. Both teams started with 5 players only, on the field. We started with the ball and worked it up field before we scored to lead 5-4. However, as it was the first set, Cavendish had a right of reply. The five boys defended strongly as Cavendish moved the ball around before making a crucial mistake, handing us the win. Off to the Final of the National Schools Cup against Ormeau High School. Again, we had the opportunity to play on the main field inside the stadium and while the boys were tired – after three days and six (40 minute) games, they were very keen to improve on the team from 2017. Unfortunately, Ormeau had other ideas. We started well, scoring the opening try to lead 1-0. From there it seemed to spark Ormeau into action as they flew out to a 6-1 lead at half time. The team fought back bravely in the second half, going down 8-3. Congratulations to a very good Ormeau team. I am very proud to announce that our talented team came away as Runners-Up in the National Schools Cup. A wonderful achievement by a fantastic group of young men and three days of a gruelling competition. They were all wonderful ambassadors for the College. The Team Ben Dufficy, Toby Paterson, Wiremu Tibbutt, Fletcher Powell, Joel Evans, Beau Newlands, Tyler Moriarty, Daniel Peters, Noah Farrelly, Eddie Bookallil, Sebastian Plaister, Leith Van Aalderen and Kieran Diamond.

After dominating the Central Coast, our team was ready to take on the other champions from across NSW. We kicked off the day with a hard fought win against the might of Endeavour Sports High School, who had speed and size beyond their years. Despite this, Matthew Humphries and Fletcher Stuart combined to score 26 points, which proved to be too big a tally as Endeavour only managed 12 points of their own. The next pool match was against Narromine High School and everyone contributed in the hot weather to pile on the points, taking out the game 22 -7. In the semi-final we came up against a very quick Singleton High School side and they got out of the blocks early to score 14 points. We came back, showing grit and determination, to score 10 points of our own; yet with a 5 m scrum ready to be fed in our favour, time ran out and the final whistle sounded. Unfortunately, this meant that we just missed out on a place in the final, however, the team can hold their heads up high knowing that they are one of the best sides in NSW. Thank you to the parents and other teachers for supporting us on the day. The Team Sean Bullen,  Harry Burgess, Jay Clark, Harley Dimech, Jared Gilston, Matthew Humphries, Angus Newport, Tevita Paea, Kale Puata,  Riley Scott, Riki Smith, Fletcher Stuart, Devonte Vaotuua, Nate Vaughan Mr Paul Sullivan - Coach

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Cyberbullying of children and teenagers is one of the greatest fears facing parents today. The thought of their child being subjected to heinous words, threats to their physical safety, as well as their social and emotional wellbeing, is something no parent wants their child to experience.Enter leader text here Most of the bullying behaviours we now see are happening from behind a keyboard, playing out in social media feeds and gaming chat rooms. It is little wonder parents feel overwhelmed and out of their depth, especially when for most, online is an environment that is relatively unfamiliar. So what can we do to help our kids avoid these types of behaviours, as well as give them the skills to deal with cyberbullying behaviours should they be exposed? Remind them of all of the things they have control over: While it may not feel like it, we have a lot of control over what happens online.  We can determine who we talk to, what we ignore, what we share, how we comment, who we follow, who we block or hide from our feeds. All of that, helps us determine who is allowed to play a role in our online experiences and ultimately what behaviours we accept on our feeds Give your child time away from the screens: Everyone needs a break from screens. We want to encourage regular times when a child doesn’t need to be tethered to their device. Building a wider community away from the screens helps a child or teen build their sense of self worth. Keeping devices away from the dinner table also gives them a break from being socially switched on and allows the to connect with family without a device. Removing devices at night helps their active brains to switch off, and prepare for sleep. Role play possible responses:  Discuss with your child whether whether they should respond to bullying or nasty online comments, If they do, then consider how they could respond. Consider the statements or types of people they ignore, block or report. Regularly check the privacy settings: Every app, game and social network has a settings button that enables you to determine how positive an experience your child can have on that platform and how much control they have.  Visit these settings regularly to look at the options available While nothing is guaranteed particularly when it comes to the online world, we can certainly be taking steps to help our kids. We can give them skills, encourage positive behaviours and thinking that allow them to minimise their exposure to the bullying behaviours of others. If your child is being cyberbullied you can also access the reporting tool at esafety.gov.au

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