This term all students in Years 7 and 8 have listened to our guest speaker Snr Constable Peter Hughes from Gosford Police, who discussed Cyber safety and showing respectful behaviour online. Students in Years 9 and 10 participated in the BATYR Workshops which addressed the issue of youth suicide prevention and depression. During the Friday Wellbeing seminars students also participated in drumming activities with our school Counsellor, Marcus. Students have looked at what is respect, what it looks like and how to gain and maintain it. Further seminars and parent seminars will be temporarily put on hold to abide with social distancing. I will keep you informed of the topics and guest speakers once the seminars resume. In the meantime, I encourage all parents to continue the conversation about being respectful. The Australian Government has provided a website to guide parent conversations and can be accessed on the following links https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/the-respect-checklist/#son https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/talking-about-respect/   Books to Read Parents are encouraged to borrow books regarding parenting teen boys from our school library. Below are just a couple of examples to share: That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping disorganized and distracted boys succeed in school and life by Ana Homayoun. This author is an educational consultant and she’s seen enough boys in the school system to understand why even super smart boys struggle within the framework of a typical school. She offers a lot of strategies to help parents assist students to cope. If you know your son can handle the information in school but is having trouble staying on top of schoolwork, this book will prove invaluable. What a Son Needs from His Mom by Cheri Fuller. Through compelling true stories and solid principles, this book offers a blueprint for what boys need from their mum to become healthy, caring, confident young men. With specific advice for boys of different ages, mums will learn the balance between controlling and letting go, how to cultivate their son's unique masculinity, how to encourage a lasting relationship with God, and much more. Contact the Library Staff for further recommendations.     Podcasts to Catch Be A Man. Health and Fitness. What does it mean to be a man? For generations, we’ve been raised to believe that to ‘be a man’ we must be strong, brave and stoic but the stereotype is stopping men from asking for help. Now, it’s time to redefine our own perception of masculinity. Join Gus Worland (Triple M Grill Team co-host ) and Dr Tim Sharp (The Happiness Institute) as they explore topics including health, career, women, sexuality, social media and the taboos surrounding mental health. Episode 1: Be A Man - Meet the Men. Gus Worland (Triple M) and Dr Tim Sharp (The Happiness Institute) discuss what being a man means to them. Get to know our hosts, their mission to redefine masculinity and why there won’t be man bashing in this series. https://www.podcastoneaustralia.com.au/podcasts/be-a-man/meet-the-men Website to View If you are looking for useful websites with parenting advice please look at Reach Out - https://parents.au.reachout.com/ Anthea Pearson Leader of Wellbeing

With the success of Trash Free Tuesday, the Environment, Sport Health and Wellbeing Portfolio is looking to introduce a healthy lunch box day. This healthy lunch box day would be in conjunction with Trash Free Tuesday and count as an extra tick against students’ names.  As of next term, we will be introducing house points into this tally so every healthy and trash free lunch box will go towards the house cup.  In order to be passed as a healthy lunch box, students must have at least 3 servings of fruit or veg.  One in twenty Australian students do not fulfill the Australian healthy eating guidelines, so if students can fulfill part of these guidelines at school, they will be on their way to achieving their daily target. It has been an exciting start to the term, with students from our Environment and Wellbeing Portfolio meeting with our College Executive to seek approval to install another chilled water filling station and commence another Trash Free initiative which will be announced next term.  With the success of the first chilled water station and close to 20,000 single use plastic water bottles being diverted from landfill, Mr Bonnici was pleased to congratulate the students on their successful proposal.   Students and staff have continued to support the Environment and Wellbeing Portfolio by showing they are passionate about their environment.  Trash Free Tuesday numbers have increased from 250 students in Week 1 to over 390 students in Week 7.  What a fantastic way of reducing our carbon footprint. An excellent resource for healthy lunchbox tips can be found below: Healthy Lunchbox Tips   More Great Lunchbox Tips   Earth Hour The College has registered to participate in Earth Hour on Friday 27 March.  Staff and students will switch off lights and be encouraged to have a non-technology class to make a difference and help our planet. We would also encourage students to have a conversation at home with the intention of families and carers switching off for Earth Hour on Saturday 28 March at 8:30 pm.  Check out http://earthhour.org.au to learn about the impact climate change will have on you.

‘I have had a great day and Eddies has the best things to do!’ That was how many of the 204 Year 6 students from 27 primary schools  across the Central Coast responded after experiencing a ‘day in the life’ at St Edward's. Science experiments, the Learning Centre, slam dunking in PE, water colour painting, lino printing and scratch board in art, jamming with Year 10 boys in music, playing ‘Simon says’ in French and finally making a wooden box in woodwork were some of the learning experiences that the boys were involved in. Many had such a good time that the boys said they were going to bring their parents back to the Open Day this Saturday to show them the excellent facilities that St Edward's College offers. Holy Cross Catholic School, Kincumber [smallgallery fooid="24009"]   Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School, Wyoming and St John Fisher Catholic School, Tumbi Umbi [smallgallery fooid="24112"]   St John the Baptist Catholic School, Woy Woy and Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School, The Entrance [smallgallery fooid="24215"]   St Patrick's Catholic School, East Gosford [smallgallery fooid="24323"]   Our Lady Star of the Sea, Terrigal [smallgallery fooid="24409"]   Other Schools [smallgallery fooid="24158"]

This year, Maths Week was celebrated at St Edward's in conjunction with International Pi Day (March 14th). Students were given a range of opportunities over the week to engross themselves in the wide world of mathematics, with various activities being run including Kahoot!, Blackjack, Bingo, Rubiks Cube solving, Daily Trivia, Education Perfect Competition, Pi Cityscape Art Competition and a Pi Recital. All activities were well supported by the boys, with their competitive spirits coming out, vying for an array of prizes throughout the week. Pi Recital Throughout Maths Week, students in Years 7-10 battled it out in class to earn a position in the Pi Recital that was held at the Friday assembly. The aim of the Pi Recital was to memorise as many digits of Pi as possible. By the end of Maths Week, two boys from each year had earnt their way into the final competition, vying for a prize pool of canteen vouchers, lollies and an EFTPOS gift card. The competition was fiercely fought, with all boys showing their strength, impressing the assembly as they memorised many digits of Pi. The competition came down to two final boys, Ikey Allen (Year 10) and Maxi Corrigan (Year 7), who battled it out one digit at a time, until an eventual winner was declared. After reciting 108 decimal places of Pi, Ikey Allen proved victorious, taking out the crown. It was an amazing effort by both boys; the crowd were hanging on every digit! Congratulations to all the boys who competed; it was an extraordinary effort by all. Inquisitive Minds On Thursday during Maths Week, all of Year 8 attended an Inquisitive Minds session throughout the day – this was a hands on, competitive maths workshop, in which the boys solved various practical problems and competed for a large variety of prizes. The boys thoroughly enjoyed these workshops, with their competitive spirits well-and-truly coming out, pushing them to work together with their partner, allowing them to develop their problem solving and collaboration skills over the time. The workshops were assisted throughout the day by Year 10 students, who did a fantastic job in ensuring everything ran smoothly. A special thank you to Mr Marks, who coordinated the running of the day – it was very well organised, resulting in its success!   Art Competition During Maths Week, Year 7 and 8 Art classes joined in the Maths Week fun, creating cityscape artworks based on the digits of Pi. Over the week some great artworks were produced and three of the best were chosen to receive prizes, presented at the Friday assembly – Congratulations to Jayden Miotello, Cameron Day and Angus Jack. Thank you to the Art staff and all the boys that got involved and joined in the Maths Week activities! Pi Pie To join in the cross-curricular Maths Week fun, Mrs McDonald (Food Technology) kindly baked a Pi Pie to be shared by the Mathematics staff at lunch to celebrate the week. The pie was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone! Thank you to Mrs McDonald! Assembly Maths Week 2020 culminated with a whole school assembly, led by the prefects from the Academia Portfolio. The assembly was a great way to wrap-up Maths Week, with the Pi Recital, awarding of prizes for various competitions and fun facts and tricks presented. The real highlight of the assembly was a performance by RHYTHMetric, singing his hit ‘The circle song – Circler’. Many of the boys at St Edward's were very familiar with this song, having heard it in class and using it over the years for their own learning. The assembly was very excited to see RHYTHMetric and he did an amazing job! Thank you to Mr Ritchie’s evil twin for coming and topping off what had already been a great week! Thank you to the Academic Portfolio, in particular the Year 12 boys, for their organisation in the lead-up to and during Maths Week. Thank you to all of the Mathematics faculty for their efforts throughout the week, running activities at lunch, organising workshops, running Pi recital trials and in general, promoting the whole week. Thank you also goes to Mrs Evans and the Art Faculty for running the Pi Cityscapes Art Competition and Mrs McDonald for baking the delicious Pi Pie. Without everyone’s contribution, the week would not have been as much fun as what it was! Maths Week will be back in 2021! Lachlan Butt Leader of Learning – Mathematics [smallgallery fooid="24544"]   https://youtu.be/Bd0opUCD2Y0  

After some dubious weather and numerous checks on the course, we went ahead with the Cross Country on Friday 6 March. The boys walked across to Hylton Moore Ovals in House Groups. A quick run through of the course from the top of the skate park hill and we were ready to go. The afternoon involved two races, Under 12/13 and the Under 14/15 race. The Under 12 and Under 15 boys wore a wristband to identify them at the finish line. The following boys placed in each age group: Age Group Place Student House Under 12 1st 2nd 3rd Kane Heiber Callum Cassar Archer Martin Spillane Shanahan Shanahan Under 13 1st 2nd 3rd Deakin Wright Riley Turner Fletcher Sommervile Doolan Doolan Knights Under 14 1st 2nd 3rd Keenan White Tahj Werner Ari Sullivan Spillane Doolan Doolan The Broken Bay (BBSSSA) Cross Country is set down for Wednesday 27 May at St Ives Showground. Information regarding this event will be passed on in early Term 2. [smallgallery fooid="24673"]

On 13 March our two teams made the journey out West to Blacktown for our annual rugby league game. This game has been played for 17 years and is a testament to the camaraderie between the two Colleges. When we arrived, the boys were impressed to observe a beautifully manicured oval to play on.  The team also noted what a multi-cultural school Blacktown is compared with our own. There was a great atmosphere throughout the game especially when the crowd roared. Taking on last year’s State Champions is a tough task but our boys were up for the challenge. Both games began impressively for St Edward’s with great charges from the forwards and slick work from the backs. This gave our boys plenty of confidence, but Blacktown were not going to go away without a fight. As the games progressed Blacktown showed their great depth and began to dominate both on the field and the score board. The tough tackling from all players and organised attack was a feature of these highly entertaining contests. At full time, Blacktown were victorious in both games. All those who played need to be congratulate for the spirit in which the games were played. After the game, 2 players from each team were selected as the best players. Final Scores Under 14’s:  St Edward’s 12 Blacktown 18 Under 15’s:  St Edward’s 12 Blacktown 28 Player Awards Under 14’s:  Matt Humphries and Fletcher Stuart Under 15’s:  Will Hodder and Kyle White

NSWCCC Representative Dates 2020 The recent announcements regarding COVID19, has had implications for school-based representative sport. Currently Broken Bay (BBSSSA) and NSWCCC (CSNSW) have cancelled all representative sporting events for the remainder of Term 1. Information regarding events for the remainder of the year will be posted once available. Term 1 Event Entry Closing Date Selection Date Softball 7 February - Week 2 24 February - Week 5 Cricket Under 19's 12 February - Week 3 18/19 February - Week 4 Cricket Under 15's 12 February - Week 3 9 March - Week 7 Triathlon (Individual) 19 February - Week 4 26 February - Week 5 Tennis 24 February - Week 4 2 March - Week 6 Baseball 3 March - Week 6 10 March - Week 7 Volleyball 6 March - Week 6 11 March - Week 7 Waterpolo 12 March - Week 7 16 March - Week 8 Hockey 16 March - Week 8 23 March - Week 9 Golf 18 March - Week 8 30 March - Week 10 Swimming (Long Distance) 20 March  - Week 8 31 March - Week 10 Diving 27 March - Week 9 31 March - Week 10 Term 2 Event Entry Closing Date Selection Date AFL (Under 14's) 27 April - Week 1 29 April - Week 1 Rugby Union 1 May - Week 1 4 May (U18's) - Week 2 4 and 5 May (U16's) - Week 2 Basketball 11 May - Week 3 18 May - Week 4 Soccer (U16's) 19 May - Week 4 27 May - Week 5 The remaining sports – Swimming, Touch Football, Rugby League, Cross Country, Opens Soccer/Football and Athletics involve selection via College teams that compete in BBSSSA Gala Days. Individual Registrations As you might or might not be aware, NSWCCC have just launched their new portal – www.csnsw.sport. For BBSSSA news and events please click the link below: BBSSSA Link to Website  

Sport Report Congratulations to Liam Roche (Year 9) who was recently selected in the NSWCCC Under 15's Cricket team. Liam now heads to the NSW All Schools Selections  in Glendenning. Broken Bay (BBSSSA) Rugby League Selections On Wednesday 11 March the Broken Bay Rugby League selections were held at Morrie Breen Oval, Kanwal. The following boys have been selected for Broken Bay: Under 15's Under 18's Will Hodder Mason Stafford Kyle White Jackson Herbert Tyrone Dorrell Kieran Diamond Dylan Day Jack Legge Gabe Stuart Zac Zibara Leroy Carter-Mason Tyler Moriarty Daniel Peters Sandon Smith Wiremu Tibbutt Beau Newlands Hugh Thomas Fletcher Powell Mathew Kuech Nate McLean Marlon Guest Mackenzie Zammit Unfortunately, the Sydney Independent Catholic College Rugby League selection trials have been cancelled, until further notice. Representative Sport Cancellations – COVID-19 Update Considering the recent announcements over the weekend, this has had implications for school-based representative sport. Currently Broken Bay (BBSSSA) and NSWCCC (CSNSW) have cancelled all representative sporting events for the remainder of Term 1. This includes: BBSSSA  BBSSSA Swimming - Monday 16 March BBSSSA Touch Under 13 and Under 15 Boys -  Thursday 19 March NSWCCC NSWCCC Water Polo selection trials at Ryde - Monday 16 March All Schools Cricket at Maitland - Monday 16 March NSWCCC Swimming and Diving at SOPAC - 31 March NSWCCC Touch Football at Nelson Bay - 8 April Potentially they may not be able to re-schedule these events. At the moment, these are the only cancellations we have received. Going forward, I would ask that you watch this space and I will endeavour to keep you updated when more information comes to hand. This Week in Sport Week 8, Term 1:  No Representative Sport Week 9, Term 1:  No Representative Sport

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St Edward’s College is hosting its first Careers Pathways Expo. With over 40 exhibitors across universities, colleges, employers, apprenticeship group training companies and TAFE. It is the perfect opportunity for parents and students from Years 10 to 12 to connect with experts. The Expo will provide: Education on different pathways Education on different opportunities, such as early entry and scholarships Broadening traditional ideas on pathways An opportunity for students to develop career aspirations and set goals An opportunity for students to extend on existing career plans   Date: New date to be confirmed Location: Edmund Rice Centre, Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford The Alternative Entry Pathways to University will include presentations from the University of Newcastle, Macquarie University, TAFE, Avondale College, along with an introduction to Job Jump - a careers tool that can be used to assist students to explore pathways and so much more.  

Breakfast The canteen is now offering a breakfast service between 8.00 am – 8.30 am. We currently offer cheese and bacon rolls, cheese and vegemite scrolls, banana bread, fruit salad pots, watermelon slices, yoghurt and granola pots, and sushi. In addition to this we offer a range of hot toasted wraps and toasties, hot chocolate and coffee, juices and up and go. If the service proves to be successful we plan expand the range to include hot bacon and egg rolls and breakfast burritos.   Gluten Free The canteen is now offering gluten free options on a number of our hot food items, at this stage we will only offer this service on Flexischools due to the high additional costs involved in gluten free products, however if the demand is there we may consider also offering these items within the canteen too. Please note there will be an additional $1.00 cost on all items that are gluten free.   Toasted Wrap Ham and cheese Chicken and cheese Toasties Ham and cheese Ham, cheese and tomato Cold Wraps and Salads Made to order salad wraps Chicken Caesar wrap Chicken Caesar salad Burgers/Subs Chicken Caesar burger Chicken Parmigiana burger Hot dog Mexican beef burrito Grilled fish tacos Daily Pasta Cups Chicken and bacon Chicken and mushroom Bolognaise Spanish onion, capsicum and olive Macaroni cheese Facebook and Instagram Please follow us on both Instagram and Facebook at Fresh Food Fast for more information, shared recipes and great giveaways.

Please see the links below for the latest information regarding COVID19.   Contact Information Mark Bonnici, Principal Email: principal@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Reception Email: info@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Telephone: 4321 6400 Enrolments Email: enrol@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Telephone: 4321 6420 Technology Help Desk Email:  support@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Parent Portal/Social Media/Website Email: kfriend@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Terase Killin, College Counsellor Email: tkillin@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Marcus Missio-Spiteri Email: mmissio@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Paul English, Director of Pastoral Care Email: penglish@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Heidi Englund, Year 7 Pastoral Leader Email: henglund@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Paul Sullivan, Year 8 Pastoral Leader Email: psullivan@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Robert Speziale, Year 9 Pastoral Leader Email: rspeziale@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Alex Powell, Year 10 Pastoral Leader Email: apowell@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Eamonn McCauley, Year 11 Pastoral Leader Email: emccauley@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Scott Beattie, Year 12 Pastoral Leader Email: sbeattie@stedwards.nsw.edu.au Finance/Accounts Email: accounts@stedwards.nsw.edu.au   Parent Information COVID-19 (Term 3 -  Restrictions) - 18 August 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Term 2 - Action Plan) - 2 June 2020   Student Information COVID-19  (Returning to School Monday 1 June 2020) - 28 May 2020   Parent Information  COVID-19 (Term 2 - Latest Advice) - 19 May 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Term 2 - Returning to School) - 18 May 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Term 2 - Reintegration) - 11 May 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Term 2 Phase in Process of Face to Face Teaching) - 1 May 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Term 2) - 23 April 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Easter Message) - 9 April 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Last Week of Term) - 3 April 2020   Letter to Students COVID-19 (Last Week of Term) - 3 April 2020   Letter to Students From Jackson Robb, College Captain - 2 April 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (From Director of Pastoral Care) - 31 March 2020   Parent Information COVID-19 (Financial Assistance) - 27 March 2020   EREA Letter to Parents and Caregivers- 27 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 (Pastoral Care and Counsellors) - 26 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 (Off Campus Delivery) - 25 March 2020   Parent Advice for Online Learning   Parent Information COVID19 - 24 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 Year 12 HSC/Additional Information Assessment Week - 23 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 Years 7 to 11 - 23  March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 Year 12 HSC - 23 March 2020   EREA Letter to Parents -  23 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19  Year 10, 11 and 12 Only - 19 March 2020   EREA Letter to Parents - 18 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 - 17 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 - 16 March 2020   Parent Information COVID19 - 10 March 2020   Parent Information  COVID19 - 27 February 2020  

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Leading the Way for Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic Leading the way for children during the Coronavirus pandemic If you’re like me, the news of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has your head spinning and your heart pumping. That’s only natural as life as we know has taken a seismic shift in recent days. International travel bans, cancellation of sporting and cultural events, shopping frenzies and talk of school closures continue to dominate the airwaves. Terms such as social distancing, self-isolation and social lockdowns have entered our vocabularies and may soon become part of our daily lives. Coronavirus is having an unprecedented impact on our daily lives, and will probably do so for some time. While keeping ourselves and children healthy and safe is our main concern, it’s also essential to address the anxieties of children and young people during these changing times. Here are some ideas to help inform, reassure and keep children and young people safe. Build on What Your Children Know Children and young people have already been exposed to a great deal of information about corona virus through media, digital means and direct social contact. Their understanding will vary depending on their age and also the quality of their information sources so you probably will need to help kids process what they already know. Casual conversations with teenagers and older children can be useful ways to glean their understanding. You could ask questions like “What are you hearing about Coronavirus? Is there anything you’re not sure about?” Younger primary age children may need a more direct approach with parents addressing their specific concerns without giving too much information that can overwhelm them. Check Your Own Thoughts and Feelings Check your own frame of mind and emotions about COVID-19 before talking to kids. Most children are astute mood detectives and they’ll gauge their safety by the way you communicate with them. If you tell a child, “You’ve got to wash your hands or you’ll get infected,” you are communicating your own anxieties, making it difficult for them to maintain a healthy state of mind. Have a think about how you can frame your instructions and their importance in a way that doesn't heighten your child's anxieties. Stay Informed It’s difficult to work out fact from fiction, correct from incorrect, information from exaggeration when the news is changing so fast. However you need to educate yourself about the virus itself, including how it’s transmitted and how to stay safe. Get information from trustworthy sources such as The Australian Government Health Department website and the current federal government corona virus information media campaign. Answer Questions Truthfully It’s important that parents and teachers answer children’s questions honestly in age-appropriate ways and within context of what is happening at the given time. If their sport or hobby has been temporarily cancelled empathise with their concerns, while helping them maintain a sense of perspective. Initiate Positive Action One way to reduce anxiety and allay children’s fears is to involve them in planning and preparation for their personal and group safety. Positive activities such as maintenance of personal hygiene, greeting people with an elbow tap and getting plenty of sleep can help restore a sense of control, that is so important for their wellbeing. Find Refuge in Rituals Regular rituals such as mealtimes, bedtime stories and regular one-on-one time provide both an anchor to normality and a sense of connection for kids at times of change. Consider reconstituting favoured family rituals at this time if they have lapsed due to lack of time, or lifestyle frenzy. Look Outwards In difficult times there is a tendency to look inwards, which is a natural protective strategy. The alternative is to establish a sense of connection and community spirit by focusing on generosity and togetherness. Help children see past their own needs and look for ways to assist others whether it’s shopping for an elderly neighbour, helping a younger sibling occupy themselves, or planning an indoor movie night for the whole family. The Coronavirus presents many practical challenges to parents and other important adults in the lives of kids. Staying calm, keeping informed, and adjusting our own habits are just some of the challenges we face. However a significant challenge is one of personal leadership. That is, during these difficult times we need to be civil to each other, look out for each other and be mindful of the common good in everything we do. In this, we can all take a significant lead.