Middle Years at Kildare College

The Year 11 Outdoor Education class has been busy preparing for their upcoming camp.

It is all steam ahead on the new Multi-purpose Centre at Kildare College.

It was a hive of activity last week at the College as the pre-fabricated panelled walls were installed for the new Multi-purpose centre. Each with accuracy and precision, within days it was complete. Visit our Facebook page for a first-hand view of the installation of one of the panels.

Its footprint on the Kildare College masterplan is impressive, and we’re looking forward to keeping you up to date as the project commences.

Have you ever wondered how people become homeless? Where would you sleep on a cold, rainy, windy night? What would you eat and where would you get the money to survive? Even though we can only imagine what this is like, there are approximately 8,000 South Australians who experience homelessness everyday (Homelessness Australia, 2018).

The Adelaide Zoo will be holding their next ZOO Career Awareness Day on Friday 29 June. This event is suitable for Year 10 – 12 students and provides students with information about the range of jobs in zoos and the training required for them. Students also get the chance to interact with various professionals from a range of departments. 

With the cooler weather now upon us, we are seeking support from our college community to help stock supplies for the winter months. During Term 2, students come to the Breakfast Club for hot toast and a warm drink.

Donations of the following would be greatly appreciated:  Margarine, Milk (Long Life), Vegemite, Jams and Milo.

(Please note that we cannot accept any foods or toppings that have nuts in them due to the College nut policy)

Please feel free to contact me on the College on 8369 9999.

Jeanette Rodger
Breakfast Club Coordinator

Saturday 26 May           College Tour 11.00am

Friday 25 May -              Catholic Ed Week
Friday 1 June                 

Monday 28 May -           Year 11 Outdoor
Wednesday 30 May        Ed Camp

Monday 4 June                
Tuesday 5 June               Senior Drama
                                         Performance

Wednesday 6 June          College Tours
                                        9.30am & 6.00pm

Monday 11 June              Queen's Birthday
                                        Holiday

Thursday 14 June           Year 10 Exams
Friday 15 June

Friday 15 June                Year 11 
                                        Study Day

Monday 18 June -           Year 11
Thursday 21 June           Exams

Friday 22 June                 Student Free Day

 

We are very excited, and ready, to welcome Year 7 students to Kildare College in 2019.

For more information about the decision to move Year 7 to a secondary setting, and about the opportunities that this presents, please click here.

Please visit our website for our updated timetable.

Join our Community on Facebook for a 'behind the scenes' look at what happens at Kildare, plus information on activities, programs, events, initiatives, successes and more! 

Paul Beltrame, science teacher at Kildare College, stepped into the English classroom and taught electronic concepts to the students so they could light-up their narratives in more than one way.

Our Year 10, 11 and 12 Drama and English students attended the State Theatre Company production of "Terrestrial" at the Golden Grove Arts Centre.

The show explored a range of themes including isolation, acceptance, trust, truth and the difference between our perception and reality. The students were thoroughly engaged in this powerful and creative performance. The students will be reflecting on their experience and understanding on the day, in their upcoming folios.

Last week priests of Adelaide and Bishops of Australia gathered for a funeral mass celebrating the life of Archbishop Leonard Faulkner, Emeritus Archbishop of Adelaide. He served as Adelaide’s seventh Catholic Archbishop for 16 years from June 1985 to 2001.

He was remembered for being a man of the people. He was very much pastorally minded and during his time ensured that all people were given a voice and an opportunity. He was the first Bishop in Australia to give lay women a governing role in the church, and established a Diocesan AIDS Council. He was passionately involved in supporting migrants and refugees, as well as Aboriginal communities within the Catholic Church and beyond. Geraldine Hawkes, SA Council of Churches ecumenical facilitator, remembers him as someone who “felt the grief of any who were marginalised.”

His presence in the Archdiocese will be missed, but we continue to give thanks for his life and the example he set to live faithfully to the message of the Gospel.

Enrico Caprioli
APRIM

This week we celebrate National Volunteer Week from 21 May to 27 May 2018.

According to Volunteer Australia; ‘Volunteering is time willingly given for the common good and without financial gain.’ 

Netball

• Round 2 of Netball saw our Open A team come from behind to record a thrilling draw against St Dominic’s.
• The Open B team had a tough loss to OLSH.
• Year 10 Netballers played Loreto and won an exciting match that went down to the wire, 18-15.
•  Year 9 Netball team had another convincing win beating Unley 34 – 12.
• Our combined Year 8/9s showed great improvement but fell just short against Saint Ignatius.
• Another stellar performance from the Year 8 team saw them win comfortably 27-7.

Soccer

•  Open A team displayed excellent team work and committed to come away with a 2-2 draw against Gleeson.
• The Open B team lost its first game of the season but are looking forward to next week’s challenge.

Kildare College is committed to offering an outstanding education for girls. We provide Academic Excellence and Performing Arts Scholarships.

To apply for the 2019 St Brigid Performing Arts Scholarship, visit our website.

College tours are held regularly throughout the term. The next tours are;

• Saturday 26 May, 11.00am
• Wednesday 6 June
  9.30am & 6.00pm
• Saturday 23 June, 11.00am

Reserve your place today.

The latest edition of the Southern Cross Newspaper is available to read online. 

Southern Cross