With their final Year 10 exam in the morning on Thursday 24 November, Year 10 students had an afternoon sharing lunch, and reflecting with their peers and staff on their memories, their friendships and their time at ƵƬ. Students readied themselves for their formal graduation Mass at St John's Church, Glenorchy, and mixed with friends outsid
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Saturday 19 November was really a Super Saturday for ƵƬ. Brilliant sunshine welcomed our festive staff and students as they rendezvoused for the 2016 Hobart Christmas Pageant. Great costumed angels, shepherds and elves held up fantastic stars and banners held high on bamboo poles.
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Media Arts students finalised their short film entries to the MyState Film Festival. This was a natural progression from their One Minute Film assignment completed in Term 2 and provided the opportunity to expand and extend their filmmaking skills and understanding. Being a competition in the public arena it carried with it the added responsibility of adhering to a theme, acknowledging and conforming to copyright and legal requirements. The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Glass’ and students chose
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On Thursday 10 November, the College celebrated International Men’s Day with a breakfast in the Savio Centre for over 100 of our boys and men. International Men’s Day is celebrated in over 60 countries across the world. It is an occasion for men to celebrate their achievements and, in particular their contributions to community, family and child care while highlighting the particular challenges they face. The ƵƬ event, which
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On Wednesday 9 November students from Years 3-10 gathered together in the Savio Centre to recognise Remembrance Day. This year is the 100th anniversary of many of the significant and horrific battles that occurred on the Western Front. Our keynote speaker Ms Gilligan spoke eloquently on the significance of this anniversary, describing in great detail the sheer scale of what was a horrific tragedy. Our focus this year was especially on peace, and
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The ƵƬ Community Fair held on Friday 4 November was yet another special success for the hard-working Parents & Friends. Despite threatening gales, our intrepid band of staff and volunteers worked hard to have everything ready for the 3.30pm start, and were a bit 'close to the wind' with the last of the outdoor stalls. Parents, and visitors were arriving in their hundred
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How much fun was that! On Wednesday we held the rescheduled K-2 Athletics Carnival at Dominic in what was fantastic atmosphere. The parents and friends of the Dominic Community were out in full force on the day with what, at times, looked like the “paparazzi” on the finish line with so many parents and supporters taking photos. Congratulations t
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This week was a hive of activity for our music students and their teachers. On Monday and Tuesday evening just over 50 students from Prep to Year 9 showcased their talents in our annual Soiree. Many younger students were performing in public for the first time. Instruments featured were guitar, piano, trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet, saxophone, drums and voice.
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On Wednesday 26 October the College held a very special assembly to mark a significant anniversary in the life of ƵƬ. Next month, in November it will be 70 years since our first Salesian brothers and priests came here to Glenorchy and established a home and school to educate children and young people. The current members of our Salesian community joined us: our Rector Fr Peter Rankin, our Brother Michael Morrow and Fr Nick Castleyns, Fr Bob Curmi and our Parish Priest Fr Lawrie Moate. This group of wonderful, dedicated men continue the commitme
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On Monday 24 October Senator the Hon. Eric Abetz officially opened the Founders Link at ƵƬ. Fr John Papworth SDB, a former Principal and Rector of the College blessed the redeveloped classrooms of the Bosco Wing and the newly constructed Founders Link. This program was partly funded by the Australian Government under the Capital Grants Program. The Bosco Classrooms redevelopment consists of refurbished toilets, upgrades to the corridor and a complete renovation of four classrooms in the historic Boys’ Town building. The new Founders Link i
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