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THE DUCE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 25
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The Principal's Report
This week the De La Salle community is grieving the tragic loss of our much-loved, long serving colleague and teacher, Ken Stokes.
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Identity and Mission
On Friday 13 May we will be marking Founder’s Day to celebrate the life of St John Baptist de La Salle.
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Rana Brogan
Deputy Principal — Identity and Mission
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Student Wellbeing
As a community, we are navigating the loss of our loved staff member, Ken Stokes. His passing may have impacted your son, and he may need some support in grieving his loss.
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Jessica Alger
Deputy Principal — Students
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Learning and Teaching
This year we will be conducting NAPLAN Online. Additionally, the Year 9 - 11 Semester One Exam period will run between 27 May and 9 June.
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Deputy Principal – Learning & Teaching
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Tiverton Campus
Year 5 - 8
In the past week, the Year 8 students were encouraged to take risks, become vulnerable, get out of their comfort zones and to challenge themselves in the Year 8 activities week.
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Martin Gibbs
Director of Students (Middle Years
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Holy Eucharist Campus
Year 9
Year 9 students will experience their first set of formal exams in Week 7 of Term 2, from Tuesday 7 - Thursday 9 June.
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David Alexander
Year 9 Head of Campus
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Sports Report
Term 2 ACC sports has come around the corner quickly with De La Salle starting their soccer and football campaign for each of the respective Year Levels.
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Lucas Liakakos
Sports Assistant
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Mission Action Day 2022
On Friday 8 April 2022, our students gathered at Basil Street Oval in East Malvern in preparation for a 13km walk along Gardiner’s Creek Trail.
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Mission Action Day Coordinator
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Shave Dave for Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA)
On Thursday 19 May, the Year 11 and 12 VCAL students are raising funds for Breast Cancer Australia through a Shave Dave event at the Kinnoull Oval.
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Year 12 Physical Education
As part of the Year 12 Physical Education course, students explore the different energy systems in the body.
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Robert Bonnici
DLD Digital Learning & Reporting Coordinator
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Competitive Reading
During Term 1, we started a tradition of asking students to record books, not including set novels, which they have finished and displayed these on our wall.
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Year 7 Camp
The Year 7 Lord Somers Camp held at the end of Term 1 was a wonderful and adventurous experience for our students.
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Year 11 Geography
The Year 11 Geography class completed their fieldwork on Friday 29 April in the Kinglake Region.
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Georgina Dwyer
Classroom Teacher
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From the Health Centre
There is often an increase in the number and variations of injuries that occur during Term 2 winter sports. Please advise us via email if your son suffers a significant injury.
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Volleyball
A few exciting things have been happening in the world of volleyball at De La Salle College. Students have been steadily improving their skills physically and mentally.
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Ser-Lein Wan
Classroom Teacher and Volleyball Coach
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Thank you to our Property Team!
In addition to ongoing maintenance work at the College, our Property team regularly carry out improvement works across all three campuses.
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Joe Gehrig
Business Manager
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Parent Network
This morning we celebrated our mothers and female carers at the Parent Network Mother’s Day Breakfast. We look forward to bringing you the full report and photo gallery in the next edition of The Duce.
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Important Events
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Please note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the College events listed below may be subject
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to change. Please refer to the Daily Notices in OLLIE for updates.
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From the Archives
I was going through a box of rare books before the Easter break and came across Everyday Knowledge in Pictures which had been given by Br Jerome to OC John Gill in 1945 for coming 1st Place in Matriculation class – Chemistry.
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