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P & F Meeting

We invite all parents to attend our P&F meeting on Tuesday 8th June at 6:30pm. At this meeting we will discuss proposed changes to the school uniform including girls pants options, Vaping as a societal issue, and school improvements that are underway and planned for the future.

We hope to see some new faces and all are welcome to attend. The meeting will take place in the staff common room that is just beside the main office.

Year 7 2022 Enrolments closing

Year 7 enrolment offers will be finalised for 2022 next week for letters to be posted at the end of Week 9. We have over 230 applications for next year with more coming in each day. Once offers have been posted, any further applications will be placed onto a waitlist, including for siblings and students that are in our feeder schools. If you know anyone who still needs to apply, please ask them to contact the office urgently.

Sorry Day Service

Sorry Day acknowledges the hurt of the Aboriginal people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, often referred to as the stolen generation. It is important as a nation that we learn from our past and acknowledge the wrongs that have occured as part of the healing process. This can help ensure we work towards reconciliation and mutual understanding amongst all Australians.

John Therry participated in a Sorry Day Service led by Sr Kerry at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Minto on Thursday. It was a lovely service that had students from schools across the region leading the activites of the day. John Therry students played a key role in many aspects of the service and represented themselves and their school with great pride. 

At John Therry we will continue to encourage Aboriginal students to embrace and celebrate their culture, and have all students learn the beautiful lessons and great gifts of the oldest civilisation on earth. 

At the start of Term 2, the Year 11 and Year 12 students received their mid-term reports. At the College assembly, this week, we recognised the efforts and diligence of our students - 25 of our HSC students who ranked 1st in their HSC courses and 8 of our Year 11 students who received 4 or more 'A' grades. Congratulations to our high achievers.

A LETTER TO MY MOTHER

By Eva Johnson

I not see you long time now, I not see you long time now

White fulla bin take me from you, I don’t know why

Give me to Missionary to be God’s child.

Give me new language, give me new name

All time I cry, they say—‘that shame’

I go to the city down south, real cold

I forget all them stories, my Mother you told

Gone is my spirit, my dreaming, my name

Gone to these people, our country to claim

They gave me white mother, she give me new name

All time I cry, she say—‘that shame’

I not see you long time now, I not see you long time now.

I grow as Woman now, not Piccaninny no more

I need you to teach me your wisdom, your lore

I am your Spirit, I’ll stay alive

But in white fulla way, you won’t survive

I’ll fight for Your land, for your Sacred sites

To sing and to dance with the Brolga in flight

To continue to live in your own tradition

A culture for me was replaced by a mission

I not see you long time now, I not see you long time now.

One day your dancing, your dreaming, your song

Will take my your Spirit back where I belong

My Mother, the earth, the land—I demand

Protection from aliens who rule, who command

For they do not know where our dreaming began

Our destiny lies in the laws of White Man

Two Women we stand, our story untold

But now as our spiritual bondage unfold

We will silence this Burden, this longing, this pain

When I hear you my Mother give me my Name

I not see you long time now, I not see you long time now.

MISA Round 5 - vs. MCCC

Rugby League vs. FCC  & Softball vs. SBCC

This week saw a mixed bag of results across all sports, with some big wins by some of our MISA teams. Next week girls' and boys' basketball, indoor cricket and softball are playing semi-finals, whilst frisbee, soccer, netball and hockey teams are replaying round 1, which was cancelled due to poor weather. 

Rugby League 

Last week we had 3 students attend the NSWCCC Rugby League Selections in Sydney, with two students successfully selected. Riley Oitmann was selected in the U15 NSWCCC Team and Noah McKenzie selected in the NSWCCC Country Development Team. 

AFL 

A big congratulations to Coby Hilton, who was successfully selected in the U15 NSW All Schools AFL Merit Team after representing NSWCCC in Albury. Coby was one of only a handful from the NSWCCC team to be selected, which is a credit to his skill and ability despite playing some really tough opposition.

UPCOMING Sport Events 

NSWCCC Football Year 7-10 Pathways Knockout Tournament - Wednesday 2nd June 

CCC Sport

Remember that there is a new way to nominate individual sports for NSWCCC. This information can be found if you search CSNSW Sport on Google. It is very important that you keep track of closing dates for registration to avoid disappointment of missing out.

https://csnsw.sport/ 

If you have any questions, feedback or your child has a successful sporting achievement to share please get in contact via the school number 4645 8100 or via my email address: 

leachg01@dow.catholic.edu.au

bodeker01@dow.catholic.edu.au  (In charge year 7+8 Sport)