‘We are too good not to be better!’

A great deal of research has gone into identifying the major factors in improving student learning outcomes. Work by Professor John Hattie, as many of us know is pre-eminent in this area. Hattie developed a way of ranking various influences in different meta-analyses according to their “effect sizes”. In his ground-breaking study “Visible Learning” he ranked those influences which are related to learning outcomes from very positive effects to very negative effects on student achievement. Hattie found that the average effect size of all the interventions he studied was 0.40. Therefore, he decided to judge the success of influences relative to this ‘hinge point’, in order to find an answer to the question “What works best in education?”

Hattie studied six areas that contribute to learning: the student, the home, the school, the curricula, the teacher, and teaching and learning approaches and it is quite clear that the quality of teaching is foremost among these factors. 

If we apply that research to St Gregory’s College, it means that one way of improving our student learning outcomes is to improve the quality of teaching. This is our bread and butter, this is what makes coming to St Gregory’s College great. Our staff professionalism, dedication and understanding that we all need to continue to focus on improving student learning!

Our aim across the College is to develop a culture of professional improvement, feedback and growth. Within that culture, learning conversations between peers, based on lesson observation or student work samples, is one of the most effective ways of developing strong classroom practice. Having a staff that are open to other teachers observing practice is one of key strategies that we are employing this year to ensure that we are continually improving for the benefit of the students. Each day I am so thankful that I work in such a positive and supportive environment – we look forward to continuing to do the best for each child in our care!

Events on the Horizon 

• Monday 6 March
  • Boarders Weekend/Pupil Free Day
• Wednesday 8 March
  • International Women’s Day
  •  Junior School Cross Country
• Thursday 9 March
  • PDS Sport
  • Junior School Lunch on the Lawn 10:30am
• Friday 10 March           
  • ISA Rugby 1st XV Clinic
  • PDS Swimming Championships – SOPAC
  • Y7-9 Dance at St Patrick's College
  • CSDA Public Speaking – Zone Finals
• Saturday 11 March
  • Robertson Show
  • ISA Grand Finals

Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you all back for Tuesday Week 6!  

As you St Gregory’s College motto states ‘You will reap what you sow’.

Mr Joel Weekes

Assistant Principal/Head of Senior School

Being just a few minutes late doesn’t seem much…

Reading Every Night...

Waiting for gates to Open

If your child is heading into the school gate 1, 2 or 5 minutes before 8:00am every morning, before a teacher comes out on duty, in that one minute, an accident could happen. Waiting the extra few minutes for a teacher to come out to duty can count when it comes to safety. 

 Every minute counts when it comes to staying safe

 Taking the extra one minute to walk to the pedestrian crossing can make the difference between safely arriving at your car or not. 

Taking the extra minute or two to drive up to the turning circle instead of doing a U-turn can make the difference between arriving home safely or causing a collision. 

We are all time poor; we all have places to be and things to do. As Head of Junior School, I spend 60 minutes of my day watching traffic out the front of the school, reminding grown-ups of the road rules and ensuring our students are safe. I could better spend those 300 minutes each week on the teaching and learning of our children.

Please take a minute to think about it.

The St Gregory’s Agile Graduate Model encompasses and reflects the values and mission of the College. It is aspirational and certainly reflects the domains of the whole person. We often talk about students needing to be agile learners and this is certainly reflected in this model. 

We know that agility refers to the capacity to respond to change and challenges, with action, vigour, flexibility and optimism. We certainly experienced this throughout the last two years. “Agile Graduates” will possess the skills and attributes needed for success. At St Greg’s we recognise that successful learners are Relational, Resilient, Resourceful, Reflective, and Responsible. 

All staff continue to engage in Professional Learning opportunities this term, supporting the College’s commitment to developing the capacity of all staff and ensuring the students at St Greg’s have highly experienced and expert teachers. Professional Learning Groups have been completing online learning, focusing on “Universal Design for Learning” which reflects the College’s Strategic Focus for 2023 – “Know your students – a differentiated approach to Learning”. Additionally, several teachers from both the Senior and Junior school have enrolled to complete a Mini COGE (Certificate of Gifted Education) through UNSW. This course will help identify gifted, high potential and talented students; differentiate the curriculum for high potential students; implement ability grouping or acceleration; understand gifted education research and best practices; and develop an existing (or create a new) unit of work to best suit the needs of the differentiated classroom and gifted students.

The staff Professional Learning days this term include a spirituality day as well as mandatory CPR/Anaphylaxis/Asthma training. All staff from the Junior School will be attending a workshop facilitated by SPELD. SPELD NSW offers professional learning and consulting services for schools, teachers and professionals who work with students with specific learning difficulties or who are interested in evidence-based literacy and numeracy instruction. All Senior School teachers will be engaging in KLA specific PD, with Curriculum Reform being a major focus for 2023 and beyond. 

Ms Judith Tolomeo

Director of Teaching and Learning

Year 9 The Rite Journey begins

In week 4, students and parents in Year 9 were invited to start their Rite Journey program. After weeks of preparation, the program launch was nothing short then wonderful.

Parents and mentors were given an insight on the program and why the College feels that such a program is needed to support our young men of Year 9. 

Students and Parents then came together to share personal moments, while being guided by TRJ team. There were many emotional parents and students who made the evening a special one.

Students entered The Calling, while parents and mentors became part of The Departure.

College Open Day 2023

A special thank you to all the students who gave up their Sunday last week to support the College Open Day. Our students were impeccable! They helped in several areas of the College; from running the BBQ to assisting in different facilities across the College. 

The College had hundreds of families visit classrooms and witness the magic that makes St Greg’s such a special place. 

College Swimming Carnival

In Week 3 we were blessed to have warm and sunny weather for our annual swimming carnival. It has been three years since the College can together as a whole. Students were very excited to be in the grandstands supporting their house representatives. The day was filled with chanting, encouragement, and great sportsmanship. 

Keeping safe on social media article

The article below is written by Gigi, a young Sydney woman in her first year of University. Gigi makes a strong reference to how social media platforms in our society are influencing young men.

How social media gives the loudest microphone to the most dangerous people.

The success and influence of social media platforms lies within the framework of their algorithms to appeal to specific the interests and needs of their users. We have accepted the idea that the collection of our data and information is not overly concerning as it is rather a useful resource in serving us more content of what we love. Social media algorithms are built around the core objective: to promote content that will maximise user engagement. However, it has become noticeable that social media posts further tap into and play to our need for stimulus, on our anxieties, into negative, primal emotions in which our disdain and hate ironically keep us clicking and engaging with the posts; profiting these platforms.

You see, under the rhythms of capitalism, enforcing dominant and oppressive forces are essential to its flourishment. Social media essentially weaponises these rhythms, as it not only condones but it often promotes these harmful behaviours and ideas that fortify harmful hegemonic discourses to tap into the vulnerability of young minds that in turn maximise their user engagement and profits. 

This becomes highly evident within recent social dilemmas surrounding Andrew Tate’s prevalent presence on social media. Even though his content radically violates social media guidelines, platforms appear to do little to limit his spread or ban his account. Instead, it has propelled him into the mainstream, allowing clips of him to proliferate, and actively promoting them to young users. Videos of him expressing extreme misogynistic, hyper-masculine regressive ideas have been viewed 11.6 billion times on TikTok alone. 

Many of these violate community guidelines, but why aren’t they being taken down? Because views generate profit for TikTok, so they continue pushing these videos onto the feeds of young men, regardless of the real-world consequences that online misogyny can have. 

We know what happens when violent internet misogyny goes unchecked; we saw it with Hunter Moore, who popularised revenge porn in 2012. We see it with incel forums, which have been churning out mass shooters at an alarming rate.

These videos not only encourage the engagement of young boys and shockingly adult men, but it feeds off the intervention of female viewers that respond to his pernicious content, further inflating his position on social media platforms to maximise views and engagement. 

This algorithm further becomes apparent in emphasising socially prescribed gender roles, western beauty standards and internalised misogyny through campaigns and content that trap girls into a vicious cycle that tells them their worth is in what others think about their bodies. Although these may not be explicit, they are transferred invisibly and subconsciously internalised. Such harmful narratives, which reward extreme and dangerous ideologies, are boosted and amplified through algorithms that enable their content to reach greater visibility and engagement, creating a fertile breeding ground for serving companies’ capitalist interests at the expense of reinforcing oppressive hegemonies. 

Ultimately, social media platforms covertly popularise controversial and problematic ideals in their content to perniciously gain further engagement and interaction by users, in turn translating to profit, regardless of its harmful influences and consequences on individuals' beliefs, attitudes and perspectives. 

We need to hold social media platforms accountable for giving the loudest microphones to the most dangerous people. 

Years 7-9 Middle School Dance @ St Patrick's

Homework Help Club

Homework Help Club has begun for 2023. This is an opportunity for students to engage in structured study and homework completion and is supervised by teachers. All students are welcome. 

This year, because of staff meetings, Homework Help Club will only occur on the following Mondays:

Year 7 and Year 8 Study Skills Evenings

Dr. Prue Salter’s Study Skills Evenings have become an institution at the College. Students and parents share the evening considering good study habits. In Year 7, Prue considers the basics and then develops on these during the Year 8 session.

Our Year 7 session will begin at 6.30pm on Tuesday 14 March in the Br. Luke Hall. Our Year 8 session will take place one week later. 

Year 10 Information Evening – Cancelled

Because of the other events such as The Rite Journey and Stage 6 Course Selection, we have decided to cancel our Year 10 Information Evening this year.

NAPLAN Tests

The following timetable outlines when each group will attempt their tests:

Catch-up tests

Staff will conduct catch-up tests on the day that students return to school where possible. 

If your child will be absent from a NAPLAN test, please call the College on the morning of the task.

Equipment required for NAPLAN Tests

Students in Year 7 and Year 9 will need to bring their laptop fully charged. Students should check that their laptop is charging the night before each test. For Year 3 and Year 5 students, laptops are already stored at school.

Students must bring a pair of earphones that connect to their laptop. For Year 3 and Year 5 students, these should be corded headphones. Year 7 and Year 9 students should test to make sure their headphones are able to connect with their laptop. 

Learning Support

Students who are already provided with Learning Support for assessments and who qualify for Disability Provisions will be granted support similar to the assistance they are normally provided. The Learning Enrichment team will email parents/carers a consent form that must be returned to the Learning Enrichment team by 24 February.

NAPLAN Tests

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a point in time assessment of literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. All NSW schools will sit NAPLAN online in 2023. 

The NSW Educational Standards Authority recommends that:

Excessive preparation for NAPLAN is not recommended. 

Students do not need to be able to touch type to complete NAPLAN as the tests are not about keyboard skills (just as the paper test is not about handwriting skills). 

Students can use the public demonstration site to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and tools available in NAPLAN.

Additional resources:

BR@G Reading Program

Each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday our students engage in the BR@G (Boys Read at Gregs) Reading Program. In this program students from Year 7 – 10 drop everything and read for 10 – 15 minutes during a nominated period each day. The goal is to improve students’ reading skills and to model reading across the school in Stages 4 and 5.

This Week Mrs Hackett’s Year 8 Mathematics class took advantage of our ‘Rent-a-Librarian’ during their BR@G session and had Mrs Quinn, the Senior School Library Assistant, visit to read to them. Their book was ‘Curious & Curiouser’ by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, which had the class enthralled as they listened to the chapter entitled Lightning Never Strikes Twice? Through their BR@G reading Year 8 learned: the history of lightning; our understanding of how it works; how it has affected people and their attempts to thwart its power and deadliness; if indeed it can strike twice?

Connecting their current unit of learning on ‘Time’ to their reading, Year 8 created a timeline of the information, from the earliest mentions of lightning in 600BC all the way to the near present. They will be using the incredible history of Roy C. Sullivan, the Guinness World Record holder for being struck by lightning the most times to further explore scaled timelines.

This was a wonderful expression of the interconnectedness of reading and literacy in all of our subject areas, and a wonderful learning experience for our Year 8 students.

NOTE: For those that are curious, lightning can indeed strike twice, in fact it is MORE likely to strike the same place, given that same weather patterns are likely to repeat themselves in the same geographical landscape.

NEW PROGRAMS

This year we have commenced a partnership with Youth Solutions and are running the DAIR Program – Drug and Alcohol Information and Resilience Program. Over the course of Term 1 and 2 our Year 10 to 12 students will be undertaking information sessions and activities looking at areas such as Alcohol and Drug Information, Safety and Support, and Youth Mental Illness. A massive thanks to Mr Kripal for coordinating the introduction of this program. 

Our Year 8 boarders are completing the Game Changers Program coordinated by Mr Halaifonua. This is a Marist Schools Australia Formation program being run throughout all Marist Schools in Australia and will be undertaken throughout the year. 

These programs form a part of our evolving Wellbeing and Beyond Boarding Programs that we have started to build in recent years. 

BOARDING LEADERS’ AFTERNOON TEA

On Monday 20 February our 6 Boarding Leaders travelled to Loreto Normanhurst for a student leaders conference. There were 8 schools from around Sydney where they discussed ideas around activities and general leadership initiatives. They were able to network with other boarding school leaders, particularly around social activities that they want to employ.

ISA SPORT

The Saturday Basketball, Touch Football and Cricket Season regular rounds finished last weekend. Congratulations to our 1st V, 15A, and 14B teams for finishing 1st in their competitions. They have progressed straight through to the Grand Final on the 11 March. Our 13A will play a semi-final this weekend in the hope they too qualify for the grand final. Our Cricket Team head to Bathurst for a semi-final this weekend and we wish them well also.

ACTIVITIES

The start of the year is always a great time for activities with lots for the boys to do. We have had excursions to the Waratah’s v Brumbies Game, the NRL Season Opener between the Eels and Storm, and next week head to the 3rd game of the Sydney Kings Basketball Grand Final Series. Our Year 7 boys had their first twilight dance with St Patrick’s College, our local All Girls School, and there is a 7 to 9 Dance next Friday night also. 

THE RITE JOURNEY

Last week saw the commencement of our Year 9 Boys to Men program, The Rite Journey. Our Year 9 boarders participated in the initial ceremony – “The Calling”. There was some wonderful feedback from both students and parents. Thanks to all of our Boarding Families that could be in attendance on the evening. 

CONGRATULATIONS

To Charlie Fuller (Nowra) and Billy Corkhill (Boorowa) who both placed first in the Gordan Fetterplace Public Speaking Competition held at the school a few weeks ago. This is a tremendous achievement in very competitive divisions of our public speaking program. 

To Sam Batten (Ramsgate), Angus Pursehouse (Mirrool), and Thomas Andersen (Yass) for qualifying for the Sydney Royal Easter Show in various events through the College’s Show Team and their performances at Rural Shows in the first weeks of the year. 

To Harrison Quinn (Dubbo) and Blake Truman (Gregory Hills) for being a part of the champion 1st XI cricket team, who have now won the National Marist Cricket Carnival, Combined Catholic Colleges Downie Shield Knockout, and the Thursday PDS Competition. These boys will now compete in the All Schools State Championship in August against the winners of the GPS, CAS, and CHS competitions to see who the strongest school team in NSW is. 

COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA

The Australian Boarding Schools Association produce a quarterly magazine called ‘Lights Out’. It is a wonderful resource that has lots of interesting stories relative to Boarding. The e-version of this resource can be accessed on the ABSA website https://www.boarding.org.au/our-community/lights-out-journal-1 You can also sign up to the website to receive notifications. It is a wonderful resource, and I would encourage all of our boarding families to make use of it.

A reminder about our Facebook and Instagram accounts. These sites are live so please make sure you get onto them if you have accounts. If it is your first foray into social media, (I do not blame you) perhaps your sons can assist you!

The wonderful boarding coordinators have also set up blogs you can follow showcasing what your son is up to while in boarding. These blogs can be accessed here:

Year 10 to 12 – https://pkripal.wixsite.com/senioryearsboarding

Year 7 to 9 - https://thalaifonua.wixsite.com/juniorboarding2022

When the boys return we will head into a busy assessment period, as subjects start to have their first assessments due for the year. This can sometimes lead to stress and anxiety, particularly amongst our new students. Please ensure you reach out if you are worried about your son at this time. We have lots of options to provide assistance and support to your son at these busy and often stressful times. 

Ad Jesus Per Mariam

Mr Luke Morrissey

Director of Boarding

During these initial IP meetings, adjustments will be created or reviewed to ensure that students with disability are able to participate in learning and the life of the school on the same basis as their peers. The meetings are a key part of the consultation process with parents and carers and the students who are at the centre of our plans.

It is essential that the broader school community is aware that the 2023 NCCD process has commenced. For further information, please refer to the attached Factsheet. If you have any enquiries about this process, please refer to Eryn Lonergan or Leisa Grant in the Learning Enrichment faculty.

In 2023 it was decided to present each student with a participation medallion and to award places in the Year 5 and Year 6 categories. A special thank you to Mrs Ivancic, Mr Gannon, Mr Edwards and Miss Cecil for their excellent adjudication of an extremely tough competition. Thank you also to Mr Bestulic and Miss Khoury from the senior school, for their support in enabling us to be part of the evening.  I urge everyone to become involved next year in this incredible opportunity.

Mrs Louise Limbrey

• Year 5 - 1st place: Sasha Periera
• Year 5 - 2nd place: Siena Austin
• Year 5 - 3rd place: Ava Salvatore
• Year 6 - 1st place: Mikayla Faro
• Year 6 - 2nd place: Nuala Fashoyin
• Year 6 - 3rd place: Sienna Caruana

During our Inquiry unit, ‘Who We Are,’ Year 2 has been exploring which habits they need in order to be lifelong learners as well as how our behaviour impacts our relationships with others.

We inquired about:

• Our environments (form)  
• How our behaviour impacts others (perspective/causation) 
• Our responsibilities to self and others (responsibility) 

Our final task was to go around the school and take pictures of safe and unsafe behaviours inside and outside of the classroom. We used Seesaw to explain how this impacts ourselves and others.

Olivia Cefai and Jodie Owen

Year 2 Team

Students have explored the language necessary to write an information report about a planet of their choice, including language of cause and effect, language of generalisation and language of description. Students have worked on editing their information reports using the ARMS & CUPS strategy in preparation to publish their final piece of writing on their chosen planet.

Students have also created artworks that depict a rocket leaving earth’s gravitational pull and entering space. Students sketched these using lead pencil and then used a variety of oil pastel blending techniques.

It was a surprise experiment for both classes. The chairs were taken away without much prior warning and the students then had to be critical thinkers and figure out ways in which they could continue learning effectively without chairs to sit on. The students came up with a variety of strategies to get around the problem they faced. At the end of the task we reflected upon the decisions students made and the effects these decisions made upon them individually and as a whole class.

Mr Bradley Kearns

Year 3 Classroom Teacher

Our first Inquiry unit for this year is under the theme ‘Who We Are’ and is all about how relationships can be influenced by our interactions.

We will inquire about:

• verbal and non-verbal communication (Connection)
• how actions influence others (Causation)
• building and maintaining friendships (Responsibility & Connection)

Our first task was to learn more about each other. We did this through presenting ‘All About Me’ bags. These bags contained objects which were interesting or important to us. They sparked discussions and allowed students to make connections with each other.

Looking forward to a great year of learning and fun!

Miss Jorgia Cecil and Mrs Louise Limbrey

Wollongong Diocesan Trials

Congratulations to Finn Dumesny for his selection in the Wollongong Boys AFL.

We wish the students attending Wollongong trials for Soccer, Rugby League, Netball and Hockey all the best in the coming weeks. We look forward to hearing how you went. 

NSWPSSA Trials

Good Luck to Lucas Spragg as he represents MacKillop at the NSWPSSA Cricket Trial in Ballina on 6-9 March 2023.

Horse Showing 

Year 6 student Ava Langham represented the College at Canberra Royal with her pony Rosebrook Rhythmn N Rendition. This is a popular competition that riders have to qualify for. Over the three days of competition, she qualified for 7 classes. Ava placed 3rd in the Arabian Derivative class and 5th in the Riding pony class.  

Well done Ava!!!

Independent Primary Schools Sporting Organisation 

Thank you to Gerard Fetterplace and his team for preparing the College grounds for our IPSSO games, and thank you also to our Gap Students and Senior School students for officiating our home games.

IPSSO Results Week 4

On Wednesday, 22 February 2023, our teams competed against Macarthur Anglican College.

Junior Basketball 

Score SGC  16 -  9 MAS

Special Mention

• Zac Bruce for his outstanding efforts defensively and in attack
• Estelle Paki for her accurate shooting and effective passes
• William Simpson for his excellent defensive pressure that led to turnovers

Junior Oztag 

Score SGC 11 - 9  MAS

Special Mention

• Jake Stephens - for a fantastic tagging game and always being there to support his teammates in both attack and defence
• Cleo Lane - Making some fantastic runs, scoring points and making some try-saving tags.
• Noah Jardine - For never giving up the chase in defence and some fantastic runs and tries

Junior Cricket

Score SGC 70  - 61 MAS

Special Mention

• Patrick Ursino - For an outstanding wicket and batting.
• Jude Lane - For his excellent teamwork and positive attitude to all aspects of the game. 
• Alphonse Phillips - For his exceptional efforts on the pitch. 

Junior Girls Soccer 

Score SGC  2 - 0  MAS

Special Mention

• Alessia Sircusa - showed great energy and commitment throughout the game. He was like the energiser bunny and scored the first goal
• Amelia Vella – Non-stop running on the field. Some significant breaks and passes were made. Scored our second goal.
• Isabella Iuliano - a real hustler on the field. She showed no hesitation in making a tackle or running onto the ball.

Senior Basketball 

Score SGC 42 - 65 MAS

Special Mention

• Audrey Oldfield for her efforts when rebounding 
• Coby Ornowski for his impressive baskets 
• Joshua Suffell for his decision-making and defensive efforts

Senior Oztag 

Score SGC  14 - 4 MAS

Special Mention

• Finn Dumesny for his excellent vision, communication to the team and leadership skills. 
• Lila Richards  for her “never give up” attitude when chasing down the opposition resulting in some outstanding tags!  
• Piper Lane for her agility on the field and impressive try.

Senior Cricket

Score SGC 0/59  -  MAS 7/32

Special Mention

• Lucas Spragg for his powerful hitting display.
• Cooper Hayes for his great effort in the field. 
• Humza Khan for his safe hands in the field. 

Senior Girls Soccer 

Score SGC 4 - 0 MAS

Special Mention

• Indiana Vaccaro for her outstanding effort throughout the game. Your determination on the field has been inspiring.
• Eva Luximon for her fantastic efforts in defence. Well done!
• Mikayla Faro for her sensational goals. Your communication with the team has been fantastic to see.

IPSSO Results Week 5

On Wednesday, 1 March 2023, our teams competed against St Peter’s Anglican.

Junior Basketball 

Score  SGC 14 -16  SPAS

Special Mention

• Jessica Ruksens - For her outstanding efforts in shooting 
• Lincoln Watling  - For scoring back-to-back baskets. 
• Benjamin Devlin - For his all-round efforts and dominance on the court. 

Junior Oztag 

Score SGC 12 - 2 SPAS

Special Mention

• Mia Stevens - Scored two tries and was a tagging machine!
• Jake Stephens - was a solid wall of defence as always and covered his teammates brilliantly. 
• Stella Jensen - made a line break and ran nearly the length of the field to score a try. 

Junior Cricket

Score SGC 2/68 -  SPAS 2/48

Special Mention

• Patrick Ursino for hitting 3 huge boundaries (two 6s and a 4) to start our innings off!
• Lucas Hayes for his 2 handy run-outs in the field 
• Marcello Torcaso for hitting his first runs in Junior Cricket!

Junior Girls Soccer 

Score SGC 2 - 1 SPAS

Special Mention

• Alessia Siracusa for scoring our first goal and just missing on two other shots. The energiser bunny. She was everywhere, both defence and attack. 
• Amelie Vella scored the winning goal and hustled all game.
• Amelia Gillard for her determination and perseverance. She got the ball out of the danger zone several times when SPAS looked likely to score.

Senior Basketball 

Score SGC 30 - 4 SPAS

Special Mention

• Stella Herbert - For her outstanding defensive skills. 
• Hudson Buckley - For his skilful dribbling skills up and down the court. 
• Dylan Sheil - For his composure on the court and for his accurate shots. 

Senior Oztag 

Score SGC 19 - 3 SPAS 

Special Mention

• Taylah Kenney for her superb attacking performance and scoring 4 impressive tries.
• Braxton Woolford for his “fancy footwork” down the sideline and scoring a “Triple Treat!”
• Charlize Potts for her electric speed and scoring a “Double Whammy!” 

Senior Cricket

Score SGC 2/57 - SPAS 8/29

Special Mention

• Archie Putland for a great effort opening the batting
• Cooper Hayes for a great over of pace bowling.
• Humza Khan for his great effort with bat and ball.

Senior Girls Soccer 

Score SGC 6 - 0 SPAS

Special Mention

• Cara Jones for her ball skills and for scoring the match’s first goal.
• Evangeline Palumbo for her talent in the second half, securing another goal for St Greg’s.
• Indiana Vaccaro for her amazing effort today. Her determination was outstanding, scoring three out of six of our goals.

Winter IPSSO Trials

In Weeks 8,9, and 10, we will start trials for our winter IPSSO sports. These trials will be happening during lunch breaks and, if required, be held after school. The sports that Years 3-6 students will be able to trial for are:

• AFL – mixed 
• Boys Soccer
• Girls Netball
• Newcomb Ball for Years 3 and 4
• Volleyball for Years 5 and 6 

Further information on these trials will be sent out shortly.

Junior School Cross Country 

Our Junior School Cross Country will be held on Wednesday, March 8, Week 6. The K-2 students will run approximately 500m, and Year 3-6 students will run 2kms. 

I encourage students who wish to compete in the 2km race to continue training. The first three placegetters in each category for the 2km race will represent the College at the Wollongong Diocesan Cross Country Carnival in Term 2.

The categories for the 2km event are:

• 8/9 year boys
• 8/9-year girls
• 10 year boys
• 10 year girls
• 11 year boys
• 11 year girls
• 12/13 year boys
• 12/13 year girls

The categories for the K-2 event are:

• Kindergarten boys
• Kindergarten girls
• Year 1 boys
• Year 1 girls
• Year 2 boys 
• Year 2 girls

Mr Darryl Howe 

PDHPE Teacher/Sports Coordinator

• Xavier Foley
• Harrison Fuser
• Sofiya Hegarty
• Beau Stephens
• Emilia Balan
• Zac Bruce
• Riley Byrne
• Tyler Cummins
• Sarah Kempton
• Cleo Lane
• Jake Stephens
• Samuel Brown
• Piper Lane
• Eva Luximon
• Jhett Tsagalas
• Gabriel Yousseph
• Keira Eagles
• Noah Forsyth
• Amelia Howe
• Brayden Lunny
• Nate Millar
• Jack Morrison
• Sabah Paki
• Ivy Smith

The College finished runners-up in the overall points score. 

Congratulations to Ivy Smith for setting a new record in the 11 Years 50m Breaststroke and being the 11 Years Girls Age Champion! 

Thank you to our Team Managers; Mrs Alison Buckley and Mr Simon Edwards, who assisted our students on the day.