Term 2 Week 2 College Newsletter

Acknowledgement of Country

From the Acting Principal

Dear Parents and Carers

As this newsletter is published, we are already towards the end of our second week of term and Easter holidays seem like a distant memory. The break was certainly much anticipated after a very disrupted term, marked with many of the school community effected by Covid and for that we are grateful.

As Christians, Easter marks the most important time of the year. As we move through the time after Easter, we recognize the purpose of the Resurrection and the meaning of new life. It is a wonderful time of the year in that regard. This year, the timing of Easter being so close to ANZAC Day, made it seem like we moved straight from one significant event to the next, without a pause to give each one its proper perspective. As a college, we celebrated as a community the Easter message before the break to recognize the coming time and Mr Clarke drew our attention to this message last term. Hopefully, your family had an opportunity to recognize this time as well.

Last week, we in turn, recognized ANZAC Day. On Thursday, the college community held our annual ANZAC liturgy in the hall with a number of guests and especially family members who are part of the Australian Defence Force. It was a great celebration of an important part of Australian culture and a fitting recognition of the sacrifice of so many Australians, both past and present. I particularly like the inclusion in recent years of the singing of the New Zealand anthem alongside that of Australia. It is a very strong reminder that Australians were not alone and are not alone in their respect and thanks for those who have helped to defend us. As “God Defend New Zealand” was sung in both Māori and English, I could not help but notice a couple of our Pacific Islander boys quite taken by the moment and their effect on their classmates around them. We may not know the words but that doesn’t prevent us understanding the meaning.

This was followed up by the school’s participation in the dawn service and march on the Strand on Monday. IPC has a long tradition of a strong participation in these events in Townsville and while the lingering Covid restrictions meant that we had to once again limit participation numbers, there was no lack of enthusiasm from the students who were able to attend. It is one of the great stories of modern Australia that our interest and respect for those we recognize each year remains strong, and as you watched the young people cheering on the marching parade as they waited for their turn, that was clear to everyone on Monday.

Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences

Another important milestone this week was the bi-annual Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences. As I reminded the teachers this week, we made the conscious decision several years ago to forgo the old title of Parent/Teacher Interviews to take up the concept of the conference. It is designed to indicate that rather that this time being one where teachers tell parents and students what is going on, that instead it is an opportunity for a genuine dialogue about what is in the best interests of the student with all members being given the opportunity to contribute. I hope all parents took up this opportunity, but if you did or didn’t, please don’t think that this is a once off. One of the benefits of technology is that it gives us all so many additional ways to stay connected. Whether it is through your Parent Lounge access, an email to a teacher or the humble phone, please feel that you can reach out to staff at any time.

My best wishes to everyone in the community as we move through into the term.

John Doolan| Acting Principal

School Photo's

School photography day is coming up Friday 6 May 2022. 

Full Academic Uniform is required. 

Group and portrait photographs can be purchased by following the link below.

NEW
advancedlife now offers Latitude Pay!

To take advantage of LatitudePay and split the cost of your order into 10 small easy payments, simply order your school photos online as usual, set up a Latitude Pay account in just a few clicks and pay no interest or fees when you pay according to your payment schedule; it’s that easy.

3 easy ways to purchase:

1. LatitudePay – Click on the link below, set up an account during the online order process and split your payments across 10 weeks with no interest or fees, if you pay on time
2. Visa, MasterCard or PayPal
3. Cash – complete the envelope supplied and return it to our photographer on photo day

Or visit: www.advancedlife.com.au
And enter online order code: XGN L8P RBG

School photography information:

• Online orders - do not require an envelope returned to your school
  
• Late fees - a late fee will be applied to each package purchased after photo day due to the additional cost of producing these packages separately
• Package delivery - photographic packages will be returned to your school for distribution approximately six weeks after photos are taken
• Previous Years’ photos - Past years’ photographs including sports, co-curricular and representative groups are also available to order under the “previous years or group photo” tabs at your school’s advancedorder site when you click on the “Order School Photos Here” button above. You can also order past packages, portrait images and gifts from your child’s unique, individual and secure advancedyou image archive site using the unique 9 digit image code found on packages you have ordered in the past

Pathways Hub

School-based Apprenticeship

Following on from our recent industry placement week, we are happy to announce that Roman Smirnov (Year 12 Putney) secured himself a school-based Air-conditioning and Refrigeration apprenticeship with VAE. Aiden Knowles (Year 11 Treacy) secured himself a school-based electrical apprenticeship with Mountain Man Electrical Pty Ltd and Marshall Scott (Year 11 Rice) secured himself a school-based carpenter apprenticeship with BK Constructions. These are wonderful examples of the valuable opportunity the Industry Placement Program can offer our senior students.

CQU Townsville University Experience Day

Experiencing the CQU experience day was both an enriching and eye-opening experience. We learnt about the two main aspects of university, campus life and the aspects of applying and completing courses. After experiencing this, it has made me more aware of the differences between school and university. The flexibility is the biggest difference noted with the ability to choose the times of courses, whether you want to learn online or on campus and whether you want to do part time or full-time study. I believe that this experience has solidified my belief to pursue university and the aspects shown have made me feel more comfortable with the dramatic changes that Uni life presents. I highly recommend this to any student who is certain on going to Uni and to those who are still not 100% sure what they wish to do. It will give you a vast understanding of what Uni Life is like

Flynn Mintern| Year 12 

Easter Holiday Placement 

We had six students who did work experience during the Easter Holidays.  We would like to thank these businesses below.

Ryan Langfeldt - Year 11 - CIR Electrical - Electritian 

Flynn Maguire - Year 10 - Bonlec PTY LTD - Electrician 

Brohdie Gibson - Year 11 - Twine Machinery PTY LTD - Diesel Fitter 

Thomas Beasley - Year 10 - Dept of Enviroment - Park Ranger 

Liam Sinn - Year 11 - MVO Airconditioning PTY LTD - Refrigeration Mechanic 

Brody Lejarraga - Year 11 - EMA Electrics - Electrician 

We would encourage all year 10,11 or 12 students to do work experience as it either merges their ideas about a chosen career or rules out a career from their possible / probable list of post school options.

Please see Mr. Rossiter or Mrs. Vignale in the Pathway Hub if you have questions or need work experience paperwork.

Grant Rossiter | Dean of Pathways

Counsellors' Corner

The Healthy Minds Project (HMP) 2022

On Thursday, 21 April , Mrs Derwent, Mr Rowan, and Mrs Sheppard accompanied 17 of our year 10 students to attend their first Healthy Minds Project workshop.  Ignatius Park College joined six other schools from Townsville and Charters Towers in an all-day workshop, facilitated by the amazing and talented Unleashing Personal Potential (UPP) Team.  

https://www.unleashingpersonalpotential.com.au/

The day was spent exploring and learning key concepts of school wellbeing and student mental health. Our boys participated in team building activities, leaderships skills & development training and were introduced to the wellbeing framework - PERMAH.   

Watch this space as this year’s HMP Crew develop and deliver their project to increase school wellbeing and mental health during Mental Health Week 8 – 16 October 2022!

Mrs. Derwent |Student Counsellor

Naplan

The NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) testing program will take place next term between May 10 - 18 for students in Years 7 and 9.

NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.

All of the tests will take place online this year. Students will need to make sure they bring their fully charged laptops and earphones (not Bluetooth). A practice session to confirm the capability of our network will be held on Thursday this week. In addition to the scheduled testing, students will also have additional opportunities to complete tests if they are absent.

The testing schedule for Ignatius Park College is below:

Further information can be found at:

https://www.nap.edu.au/

https://www.acara.edu.au/assessment/naplan.

Students who have particular learning needs and are entitled to adjustments will be contacted directly. Should you wish to withdraw your child, please contact me to access the appropriate documentation. You are also welcome to contact me at the College should you have any questions.

Andrea Tarttelin | Dean of Pedagogy

Sport

Rugby Union 

ROCKHAMPTON GRAMMAR TOURNAMENT 2021

With Covid making its presence felt, the on again off again annual Rockhampton tournament finally got the go ahead. Having trained for most of Term 4 2021 and the start of Term 1 2022, the 1^st XV and Year 9/10 rugby union teams were excited to be on their way south. Travelling down by bus on Friday,the teams stayed in cabins at the Big 4 Discovery Park on Friday night and moved out to the Rockhampton Grammar’s outdoor education campus, Ritamada, near Yeppoon for Saturday night – what a special place.

Hosted by Rockhampton Grammar, the tournament ran from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 March at the Rockhampton Rugby fields. Other schools that competed in the tournament were Downlands College,Toowoomba, Marist College, Emerald, St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon, and a local Barbarian team.  The tournament was a great success with the teams experiencing some quality rugby games in preparation for the upcoming season. 

First XV 

Game One - Ignatius Park 0 defeated by Downlands College 51

The squad faced perennial rugby powerhouses, Downlands College, for their first game of the tournament.  Going in with high hopes it soon became evident that the team had not adjusted to the long trip down. Lacking energy and urgency we soon found ourselves on the receiving end of a lop-sided score line. Going into the break four tries down, the boys were asked to dig deep and at least come off the field knowing they had improved during the second stanza. While there was improvement, the team failed to make an impact on the score board and came off the field disappointed with their efforts and vowed to do better next game.

MVP’s

3. Aiden Knowles 2. Howard Keyes 1. Mitchel Waldon

Game Two – Ignatius Park 29 defeated ST Brendan’s Yeppoon 5

After a very short break, the team backed up to play St Brendan’s,Yeppoon, with a newfound vigour. The game was played with a lot of feeling and at a very high intensity, with both teams feeling the brunt of the oppositions defence.  Unlike the first game, Ignatius Park frustrated their opposition with their defence and ability to get organised and string phases together. Creating scoring opportunities and armed with a better sense of urgency and a willingness to take it to the opposition, IPC soon found themselves in front. Going into the break up by ten the second half saw more of the same with IPC scoring a further three tries to win comfortably.

MVP’s

3. Marley Scarff 2. Howard Keyes 1. Cranston Hill

Tries – Aiden Knowles (2), Oliver Oh, Zac Bennett, Cranston Hill

Conversions – Marley Scarff (2)

Game Three – Ignatius Park 26 defeated Marist College Emerald 0

Feeling good about the way they had improved the previous day and recognising the fact that they could do better. They went into their last game on Sunday morning confident they could win and take third place. Quickly finding their rhythm, IPC began to show continuity in their play and the ability to attack the space when it was created. Playing with the intensity that had previously been missing, the 1^st XV displayed an entertaining style of rugby that was good to watch. Obviously enjoying themselves, the team played some good running rugby and proved too good for Marist, running out winners and taking third place in the tournament.

MVP’s

3. Jack Bragg  2. Mitchel Waldon  1. Liam McDonald

Tries – Declan Davidson, Jack Bragg, Oliver Oh, Allen Wharton

Conversions – Marley Scarff (2), Jack Bragg

EREA NATIONAL EASTER FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

During the Easter break we had two teams head away to Brisbane for the EREA National Easter Football Tournament held at Nudgee College.  Our Year 9/10 team and Year 11/12 team displayed great skills and sportsmanship throughout the tournament with a few tough games. 

Coming away with the following results

Year 9/10 - 4th Overall 

Year 11/12 - 10th Overall 

Well done to all the players and coaching staff. 

Rowing

The Friends of Rowing committee are holding a meeting this Sunday, 1 May at 10:00AM at the JCU Shed, 55 Riverside BLVD, Douglas.

All rowing parents are welcome to attend.

We hope to see you there!

Doug Crawford | President Friends of Rowing

Season One 'THE PARK'

Rugby League Program

Over Term 1 our First XIII Rugby League team have been involved in an exciting new documentary series surrounding The Rugby League Program at IPC.  If you haven't yet had a chance to view the video, please take some time to watch below.
This is the first instalment of a 4-part series that will follow the team over the 2022 Season.

We must also extend our gratitude to long-term sponsors of the First XIII Rugby League Team.  

Steve Lansley  | Head Coach First XIII

Important Dates'

• Year 12 Unit 3 reports emailed home - Friday 29 April 
• Friends of Rowing Meeting - Sunday 1 May 10:00AM - JCU Rowing Shed
• Year 9 Retreat - Wyam - Tuesday 3 May 
• Edmund Rice Day - Thursday 5 May
• School Photo Day - Academic Uniform - Friday 6 May
• Year 10 Camps start - Monday 9 May - Friday 17 May
• Year 7 and 9 Naplan Test Tuesday 10 May - Thursday 19 May
  
• Year 11 Trivia Night - Friday 13 May

Year 10 Camp

Soon, all Year 10 students will be involved in their compulsory camp, which is held at Hervey Range and a second location.  This camp forms an integral part of their transition from juniors in the school to their responsibilities as both a senior student and as a young man.  

Camps are split into three groups as follows:

Camp One:

Reid, Treacy and Baillie students depart afterschool, Monday, 9 May  - Returning Wednesday, 11 May. 

Camp Two: 

Carew and Nolan students depart afterschool, Tuesday, 10 May  - Returning Thursday, 12 May.

Camp Three:

Putney and Rice students depart afterschool, Wednesday, 11 May  - Returning Friday, 13 May. 

Parents will need to log onto PARENT LOUNGE and accept the permissions for students to attend camp.  Helpful tips on how to do this can be found below along with the camp equipment list. 

John Deer | Dean of Well-Being

Film and Television

QMEA Oresome Minds Camp

QMEA Oresome Minds Camp - Applications Closing Friday 13th May 2022

⏱️ Time's ticking to get your application in for our Oresome Minds Camps in the July school holidays! Applications close Friday 13th May 2022!

🎓 Calling Year 11 and 12 students interested in a University STEM pathway into the resources sector after school - this is the experience for you!

👷 Work with professionals to solve real world problems and present your solutions to key sponsor staff.

🤝 Meet and socialise with other like-minded students from across Queensland

💻 Apply online: https://qmea.org.au/oresome-minds-camp/

Chemistry and Art Competitions

The Chemistry and Art Competition closes on 1 May 2022.

Students are asked to create a 2D image no greater than A4 size which depicts their thoughts about chemistry, chemists, or the chemical industry.  

The subject of the artwork may be:

• Crystals, solutions, powders, chemical mixtures, or compounds
• Laboratories or other workplaces where chemical experiments are performed
• Apparatus and equipment used in chemistry laboratories
• Factories or processing equipment used in industry associated with chemistry and chemicals such as paints, detergents and disinfectants, foodstuffs like chocolate and cheese, beverages, glass bottles and plastic containers, pharmaceutical products,  fertilizers used in gardens and agriculture, etc.
• Anything else related to chemistry

What can be used to create the artwork?

• Drawing with pen, Texta, charcoal, crayon, or chalk on paper, board or similar
• Painting with watercolours, oil or acrylic paints on paper, canvas, or board
• Photography – digital, Polaroid or traditional
• Collage, linotype or suitable medium or mixed media

Further information below.

Volunteers Needed

At Ignatius Park College, there are a number of opportunities to volunteer to be more involved with your son's education or to give back to the College.

Our Tuckshop is in urgent need of volunteers.

Please complete the form below to nominate your interest in volunteering at the College. We truly appreciate any time you may be able to spare. 

https://www.ipc.qld.edu.au/community/contact/volunteers/

School Fees

Please be informed that timely payment of the School Fees is mandatory. If you have defaulted a timely payment, or have outstanding fees, please pay in full as soon as possible. Please contact the College Finance Team at finance@ipc.qld.edu.au or call (07) 4796 0222 if you need any further information.

Edstart

Ignatius Park has partnered with Edstart to assist parents to manage their School Fee payments. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly by choosing a plan that suits your budget. This is an application-based process. There are no credit applications and no transaction fees or interest charges when using Edstart Pay+ for your IPC fees.
Visit edstart.com.au/ipc for more information on Edstart payment options.

Vilton Crasto | Business Manager