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Newman News Term 3 Week 10: From the Principal
Dear Newman families Student Leaders 2024 Earlier this week we announced the Year 12 leaders for 2024. The process was difficult due to the high calibre of students who expressed their passion and willingness to lead and serve our school community. We received numerous outstanding applications and were inspired by the dedication and commitment shown…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 10: From the Vice Principal
Term 3 has been full of opportunities for our students to collaborate, challenge themselves and be celebrated. We had College Productions, Music Nights, Assumption Day, Athletics Carnivals, Drama Production and Wellbeing and Multi-Cultural weeks, to name a few. It was sad to say farewell to the Graduating Class of 2023 on Wednesday. The Guard of…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 8: From the Principal
Dear Newman Families A New Season Spring has arrived and heralded many other wonderful events and milestones. I hope all fathers, grandfathers and father figures enjoyed a wonderful Father’s Day with families last Sunday. We certainly enjoyed celebrating Fathers at the Lavalla-Marcellin Thursday Mass and Marian Liturgy last week. The presence of so many fathers…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 8: From the Vice Principal
Welcome to the end of Week 8. The College has been a flurry of activity over the last two weeks, and the race to the end of term will be no different. A massive thank you to our fantastic Primary Sports staff and students for the enjoyable Primary Athletics Carnival today. It was excellent to…
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Newman College Teacher takes out the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Teacher Award ‘Improving Student Learning and Progress’
Beth Murphy, Andrew Watson, Dr Lucie McCrory GAICD, Ryan von Bergheim, Justin Kirry, Simon Martino Catherine Young – WINNER Teacher Awards 2023 ‘Improving Student Learning and Progress’ Newman College Perth is thrilled to announce and celebrate the outstanding achievement of one of our own, Catherine Young Leader of Learning PK-6, who has been announced as the recipient of the inaugural National…
Newman News Term 3 Week 6: From the Vice Principal
Once again, the last two weeks have been extremely busy with events, incursions, and excursions. Our STEM festival ran activities during week 5. We celebrated book week this week with author visits, and as usual we were amazed at the wonderful costumes that students wore to the book week parades. Year 11 Game Changers students travelled…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 6: From the Principal
Read, Grow, Inspire This week we have celebrated Book Week and the 2023 theme of “Read, Grow, Inspire”. The foundation of Book Week is fascinating and comes from a post-war period in Australia where there was a recognised dearth of children’s literature. Each of our campuses celebrated the week in their own way. For Marian…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 4: From the Principal
Wellbeing Week Feeling well, or ‘wellbeing’ is fundamental to our overall health and enjoyment of life. Taking care of our wellbeing should be both an individual and a collective pursuit. Being present, allows us to consciously monitor how we are travelling emotionally. This week the College celebrated Wellbeing Week. The structure of the celebration was…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 4: From the Vice Principal
Welcome to Wellbeing Week! Our whole of school focus during Week 4 has been on making visible to students and staff, the ways in which we can commit to and enjoy a life of ‘being well’. We hope that the students enjoy their four-day weekend and can extend this focus and apply the strategies and…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 2: From the Principal
Welcome Back Welcome back to the start of Term 3 and Semester 2. I hope all students had a restful break and families found the time to enjoy one another’s company. The term has begun well, and we were pleased to host Parent-Teacher interviews before the first school day, providing further feedback to parents regarding…
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Newman News Term 3 Week 2: From the Vice Principal
The first two weeks of the second semester are well underway. The students have made an excellent start to the term. This weekend the Gospel speaks about the Kingdom of Heaven and what that looks like for people on Earth. The message around the story encourages us to reflect on what we treasure in life,…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 10: From the Principal
Shackleton A favourite read of mine has been Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes. It is the story of the English Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Last year, his ship Endurance was discovered in almost perfect condition, 106 years after it sunk in Antarctic waters. He and five others sailed in a whale boat for 16 days…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 10: From the Vice Principal
Congratulations on a wonderful Semester One. As I look around the school, I can see that the community is ready for a well-earned break. Week 9 was one of the busiest in our calendar this year. Students and staff should be commended on their participation, efforts and dedication to our community. I hope that the…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 8: From the Vice Principal
Welcome to Week 8. This weekend the Gospel teaches about the importance of compassion and action, for healing and our journey to wholeness. When Jesus sees that people are worried, lost, upset or feeling low, he sends his disciples out to share the message of love and support. This action of support helps to move…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 8: From the Principal
The Value of Co-Curricular Activity and the Lion King Jr. I’m not a parenting expert. In fact, I’m not sure that I even believe in the idea of ‘parenting experts.’ I’m an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I’m an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveller. Like many of you, parenting is by far…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 6: From the Vice Principal
Another busy fortnight for our Newman community across the arts, examinations, reporting, excursions and teaching and learning. We celebrated Reconciliation Week during Week 6. The theme calls all Australians to reflect on real ways in which we can be a voice for reconciliation in our everyday lives. We are now well into the term, staff…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 6: From the Deputy Principal Secondary
Marcellin Campus has been somewhat quieter the last 2 weeks as our Year 11 and 12 students have been undertaking exams. These students continue to live out our Vision for Learning: Shine Through Discover and they challenge themselves to let their light shine through their academic endeavours. We also have a lot to celebrate in…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 6: From the Deputy Principal Primary
Cross Country Carnival – Y3-6 Results Congratulations to all of the students that participated in the cross country carnival, which was held on Friday 19 May. It was a fantastic day witnessing students challenging themselves around the course and celebrating each other’s efforts and wonderful achievements. I would like to congratulate the top three…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 6: From the Principal
The Power of Presence The WA Day long-weekend has arrived and before long, we will be at the end of the term. Both this long-weekend and the upcoming holidays provide excellent opportunities for our students to take a rest from the busyness of life. Whether our children are quite young or moving quickly through adolescence,…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 4: From the Deputy Principal Secondary
Year 7 Camp Recently the Year 7 cohort had their year group camp at Swan Valley Adventure Centre. The theme of the camp was to build on the message of being a year 7 family within the greater Newman College family and to also work with our year 7 overarching theme of EMBRACE. Students were…
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Lion King Jnr – Colouring in Competition
The Newman News on the Friday May 19 contains a link to the image for the colouring in competition. You can otherwise download the image here. Upload your child’s completed picture to the form below by Friday June 2 to finalise the entry. Winners will be announced on Monday June 5. One winner will be…
Newman News Term 2 Week 4: From the Principal
Dear Parents and Guardians Welcome to another edition of Newman News! Years 9 and 10 Singapore Immersion Trip The recent Singapore Immersion trip was a great success, allowing our students and staff to further explore our pillars of challenge, collaborate, create and celebrate with Singapore Polytechnic School. Thank you to the Deputy Principal of Teaching…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 4: From the Vice Principal
Our Marist characteristics of Presence and Family Spirt connect directly to the Gospel this weekend, where Jesus prayed to his Father asking for his followers to remain connected and united in his absence. When we have a connection with someone, we typically make time to listen to and be with him or her; we think…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 4: From the Deputy Principal Primary
Gardening Club Last week, the Year 2 students participated in an incursion hosted by Indigenous Tours WA. The children learned about the local Wadjuk People and the important Dreaming trail that is the Swan River. As the Year 2s are currently in the process of setting up the Gardening Club in our main playground, it…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 4: From the Director of Mission and Catholic Identity
‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 2: From the Deputy Principal Primary
Welcome back to Term 2. I hope all families enjoyed a relaxing and restful school holiday break. It has been wonderful to see the smiling faces of students and staff as they return to school. It has been a wonderful start to the term, and it is shaping up to be an exciting term full…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 2: From the Principal
Dear Parents and Guardians Welcome to our first newsletter for Term Two, I hope that you had a safe and restful break with family and friends over Easter. It is with great excitement that I write this newsletter as the new Principal of Newman. I am honoured to become part of this community which has…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 2: From the Vice Principal
I trust that students and families were able to enjoy down time during the Term 1 holidays and that students returned to school with a renewed sense of vitality, ready to embrace both the joys and the challenges of Term 2. Over the break I had the absolute pleasure and privilege of attending the Marist…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 2: From the Deputy Principal Secondary
It has been an excellent start to Term 2. Students have returned in good spirts with an eagerness to return to class and their learning. Term 2 is a busy term academically for our senior students who undertake their first round of exams for the year. It is important that students in this time look…
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Newman News Term 2 Week 2: From the Director of Mission and Catholic Identity
I hope everyone has had a wonderful first two weeks to begin the term. We were very fortunate as a staff to commence our term with the Marist Life Formation team where we undertook a faith formation day alongside our other Marist communities from Western Australia – Bunbury Catholic College and St. Joseph’s School Northam.…
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Antecedent Schools
Over the past two-and-a-half years we’ve been dedicated to reaching out and reconnecting with our alumni, our ‘Newman Beings’ as we call them, from all of our antecedent Schools. What are our ‘Antecedent Schools’? Our history dates back to 1913 when the first Marist school in Western Australia, St Ildephonsus College in New Norcia, was established. It…
Newman News Term 1 Week 10: From the Vice Principal
Thank you for a wonderful term. It has been a fantastic start with so much to celebrate as we head into the holiday period. Term two students are to return to school wearing winter uniform. The first day of school for all students is Wednesday 26 April. Please take this opportunity to check your child’s…
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Newman News Term 1 Week 10: From the Deputy Principal Secondary
It is hard to believe that we are now at the end of Term One. It seems like just yesterday that we had our Year 7 students gathering for their orientation morning. In what has been a challenging term, I am very grateful for all the support of our staff and students across Marcellin Campus.…
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Newman News Term 1 Week 10: From the Principal
Dear Parents and Guardians Welcome to the end of Term One, and what a term it has been for the Newman community! Last year, after a particularly intense storm, had passed and once the rain cleared, I took my daughter for a drive to a popular walking spot not far from Newman. On the way…
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Newman News Term 1 Week 10: From the Deputy Principal Primary
I can’t believe we are here at the end of Term 1! It has been a busy but productive term in the Primary, with plenty of exciting learning opportunities for our students across the entire range of learning areas. We have some wonderful Curriculum and Social/Emotional initiatives to look forward to as we enter Term…
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Newman News Term 1 Week 10: From the Director of Mission and Catholic Identity
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matthew 28:5-6 This week marks the beginning of Holy Week – a most significant…
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