2021 Yearbook

Mission and Vision

VISION

“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” — John 10:10

Inspired by the life of Christ, our Presentation Heritage and the Salesian Charism, Nagle College is a Catholic community that welcomes, builds strong relationships, evangelises and prepares young people for life.

MISSION

So that all members of the Nagle College community can live out the College motto Let Your Light Shine, we will:

• Develop a safe, nurturing and hope-filled community based on Christ’s message of love, justice and service

• Provide innovative, inclusive and engaging educational pathways that enable students to develop their potential to become lifelong learners in the 21st Century

• Build a culture that promotes and accepts personal excellence

• Be people of dignity, respect, compassion, resilience and unconditional love

• Be conscientious stewards of the environment

• Continue to build sustainable relationships with faith communities, other educational institutions, and community organisations and businesses

• Create leadership opportunities and provide formation for all members of the College community

• Celebrate the traditions and rituals of our Catholic Story

“A faith-filled learning community striving for excellence”

Principal

Mr Neville Powles

AND CHARLES DARWIN SAID…

We thought we may have left COVID and the previous year's disrupted learning behind us, however, this was not to be the case. We experienced short periods of Remote learning in Term 1 and again in Term 2. The back half of Term 3 was spent in remote learning and for most students the first three weeks in Term 4.

Whilst we are much more proficient in the technical aspects of using online learning, the cumulative effects seemed to wear many students down. Remaining productive and “on top” of learning became very challenging. The vast majority persevered and made the most of their circumstances.

We finished the year well and there was a sense of “turning the corner” even though COVID had arrived in East Gippsland and many other schools had periods of closure. Vaccinations became the way to respond and protect ourselves. Whilst masks had been the best form of defence for much of the year, they were no longer a requirement as we ended the year. Somehow collectively, we were not impacted by positive cases and the College did not have to close for either groups of students or all students.

We would do well to take on board Charles Darwin’s thought that “It is not the strongest nor the most intelligent that survives, it is the most adaptable to change”. As we endeavour to thrive in such uncertain times it is pleasing to see those young people who adapt quickly and so make the most of their learning in both face-to-face and remote modes.

More generally we appreciated the distraction of the Tokyo Olympics and many fine performances from our Australian athletes and the strongest earth tremor to have impacted Victoria was a noteworthy event during the Term 3 holidays.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION –CELEBRATING 200 YEARS

The first Catholic school in Australia, historians suggest, was founded in October 1820 by Irish Catholic priest John Therry. The school is believed to have been in Hunter St Parramatta and taught 31 students.

Today, Catholic education has grown to 1,751 Catholic schools in Australia educating around one in five or 768,000 students and employing 98,000 teachers and staff. This year we celebrated the contribution Catholic Education has made to our nation.

STRENNA FOR THE YEAR

Hope moves us. “Behold, I make all things new” (Rev 21:5)

The Salesian strenna is our theme that all Salesian schools around the world share and consider throughout this year –125 countries and 3,000 schools.

In our current COVID circumstances we were called to be hopeful. Whilst we might be restricted or we may be suffering,

we were encouraged to remain positive as people who hold a belief in Jesus. Jesus who lived amongst us and who suffered the most agonising death – nailed and crucified on a cross. But he rose from death, showing us that there is always hope. Showing us that even in the darkest circumstances glory can be achieved.

2021 YEAR 12 RESULTS

After what has been a very challenging final two years of education for our Year 12 students, they are commended on achieving fine results. They persevered and showed adaptability to have completed their senior years.

The outcomes for students were impressive for the 64 students sitting the VCE exams and the 21 students studying VCAL. Students successfully completed these certificates and gained recognition for their work and effort. The 2021 Year 12 students are now looking forward to moving towards the next chapter of their life and taking opportunities giving them access to a wide range of options.

It was pleasing that 17% of students achieved an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) above 80 and 30% above 70. These scores were backed up by the whole student population with 75% achieving an ATAR over 50 and a medium subject study score of 28.

The VCE dux of Nagle College for 2021 was Renae Jones with an ATAR of 96. Renae is looking forward to taking a GAP year in 2022 during which she will focus on her sport of clay target shooting. She will give further consideration to a tertiary course beyond 2022.

It was also pleasing to see many students achieving study scores over 40 across a range of subjects including Further Maths, Biology, Religion and Society, Sport & Recreation, Business Management, Physical Education and Legal Studies.

Additionally there was a significant group of students who completed their VCAL certificates. Many of these achieved outstanding outcomes in gaining full time employment, apprenticeships and traineeships.

The dux of the VCAL cohort was Kasey Nichols. Kasey secured employment at Style & Co in Bairnsdale working in the hair and beauty industry.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED SCORES OF 40 OR MORE

THE RESILIENCE PROJECT

Our students were introduced to The Resilience Project this year. This coincided with the pressures of lockdowns and the experiences in the COVID environment on our young people. Part of The Resilience Project focuses on G.E.M. – Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness. Promoting these elements is a positive and helpful way of building independence and resourcefulness in our young people. The program was delivered by a combination of Pastoral, RE, PE and English teachers in their relevant classes.

2021 A.I.P. – ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Strategic Intent: To develop expert teacher capacity and achieve accelerated rates of students learning.

Goals:

• Deepen the expertise of teachers to deliver the RE program

• Enhance staff understanding of their role and purpose of teaching in a Catholic

• Develop an explicit understanding of what expert teacher practice is at Nagle College

• Build teacher capacity to cater for diversity of learners

• Continue to provide a safe environment for all students including the continued implementation of our Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour Support

• To implement the College Masterplan Phase I

PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE/CAR PARK/BUS BAYS PROJECT

Throughout the year we worked with our architects, Y2, to develop the design of our next major capital development project. After a lengthy process we went to tender and we were delighted when tenders were within budget and the whole project will be completed as one phase.

The project will involve new music tuition rooms, drama space, lecture/performing space and 330 seat auditorium with accompanying foyer facilities. The old change rooms will be demolished and the tennis courts replaced with a covered netball/basketball court. Bus and car traffic will be separated from pedestrian traffic and the car park redesigned.

PRESENTATION BALL

We were delighted to have over 90 students involved in the Year 11 Presentation Ball. The coordinating staff and trainers reported a very positive and cooperative group of students. We have successfully “transitioned” from the former Deb Ball.

SAD NEWS

In late September we received the terrible news that Mrs Maureen Tuisue, our staff member and Learning Area Leader for the SEED team, passed away. Mrs Tuisue had been on medical leave for some weeks and was undergoing treatment for cancer. She will be well remembered for her care of her students, her generous nature and enduring smile.

PARENT CODE OF CONDUCT

During the year we developed a Parent Code of Conduct to guide and assist effective communications between parents and staff. We were guided by DOSCEL (the Diocese) and shared the information with our own School Advisory Committee to produce the final outcome which was distributed to all families.

STUDENT VOICE

During the year, I was approached by Duncan Fisher and the senior student leaders. They were keen to provide our students with information about the topic of Consent. Consent and sexual assault had received a lot of press earlier in the year. The senior students believe their fellow students/our young people would benefit from being more informed about this topic. With this in mind, we explored the availability of experienced

and informed presenter Mr Brent Sanders. Unfortunately, Mr Sanders was completely booked out this year and it didn’t help that he also resides in Sydney. The next best option was to use a YouTube video in which Mr Sanders answers questions and presents valuable information so that young people become informed. At a senior assembly our students watched this video. It certainly provided valuable information and hopefully assisted them to navigate a sensitive and significant area.

NAPLAN 2021

Our Year 7 and Year 9 NAPLAN results are an independent check of a student’s literacy and numeracy standard compared to other students across the State and Nation.

Of particular interest to us are the results of the Year 9 students and the amount each student has improved in their scores since they were in Year 7. It was particularly pleasing to see that our students, as a group, achieved excellent growth. We congratulate them and their teachers for this result.

SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

This year has been one of stability of membership as the current members had been involved in 2020. We built on the opportunities to be actively involved in conversations and sharing information although there was a need to meet via Zoom at times. At the end of the year, we held the AGM. Michelle Brooker, after eight years of serving on the Board/Committee and the last two as Chairperson, stepped aside. We have benefitted greatly from Michelle’s leadership and contributions over the period of her involvement. I have her to thank particularly, and all members for their work. We were pleased that Samantha Bishop has accepted to step into the Chairperson position as we move forward.

AND FINALLY

The year has tested us and we have all drawn on amazing depths of energy to “hold firm” on our course to provide outstanding Catholic education in the Salesian tradition for the young people of East Gippsland. The levels of learning growth have been impressive and the partnership between parents and staff enhanced over the course of the year.

Our staff have been amazing in their commitment and perseverance and I thank and commend them for their work.

I thank parents for their support, particularly in the times of Remote learning when it was very challenging to combine work, parenting and overseeing their daughters/sons learning.

Our students are generally commended on their resilience, energy and hard work focusing on their learning.

I hope you enjoy this record of the year’s events. A particular thanks to our editor Ms Amanda Vowell.

The highlight of my year came on the last student day, at the end of that day when we gathered to share a Christmas Liturgy. I saw and listened to a student who struggles to read in public overcome that struggle with great courage and perseverance with distinction. It was a magic moment as he “let his light shine”.

And I say Amen.

Pastoral

Mrs Sharon Buurman, Deputy Principal – Pastoral

This year our Salesian Strenna is “Moved by hope; See, I am making all things new”. As part of living out this Strenna, our challenge as a member of the Salesian family is to be people of hope, to put light and colour in our world, to heal hurt and to be attentive to the needs of others. We are inspired to create an environment that welcomes all and do good works through our words and actions. In this way we are people of hope.

2021 has been another year of challenges and success. We have witnessed the best in people as we reach out to connect and care for others. We are putting light into the world as people of hope.

In this regard something that resonated with me this year was the responses from the students who applied for the 2022 Student Leadership Action Team. When detailing their reasons for applying to lead the College they spoke about the important bonds established in Year 7 that continued to grow throughout the years, how they felt part of a community, the importance of doing things to look out for others, being connected, and giving back to the College. I know myself and other panel members were impressed with their responses and vision for the future. The students were heeding the call to be attentive to the needs of others and to reach out in hope.

This reinforced the importance of schools as a place of belonging and connection where positive relationships are established and nurtured. This is foundational to our program of pastoral care. This is also reflective of St John Bosco’s vision for Salesian schools to be, amongst other things, a playground where friends meet and enjoy themselves and a home that welcomes.

2021 IN REVIEW

This year we have again experienced remote learning, wearing masks and streaming school events. Fortunately, we were still able to hold activities such as the Inter-House Swimming, Athletics and Cross-Country Carnivals and Triathlon on site.

I would like to take this opportunity to share some of the highlights of 2021 in pastoral care.

This year the College introduced The Resilience Project which focusses on three key pillars: gratitude, empathy, and mindfulness (photos opposite page, top right). The program is based on research which shows the more positive emotions you experience, the more resilient you will be.

We also reviewed our student leadership structure through consultation with staff and students. The review explored ways to enhance student leadership at the College and possible models for 2022. From this review, we have a new student leadership model to be implemented in 2022. The model includes the Student Leadership Action Team, two Senior House Captains chosen from Years 11 and 12, and four Junior House Captains selected from Years 7 to 10 (per House).

We continued to work with support staff from the Catholic Education Office, Nagle staff, and students on implementing the key universal elements of the Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour Support. As part of this process, we reviewed the school wide expectations and worked with staff to complete a Teacher Expectations Template.

As has become the tradition, at the end of the previous year we met with the student leaders to prepare for the coming year. This allowed students the opportunity to work with key staff, explore their vision for the College, plan for the year ahead, and connect with fellow leaders. It is an important part of strengthening student voice at the College.

The year commenced with the Acknowledgement and Commencement Assembly. This event is a very important tradition where we recognise and celebrate those young people who, through their leadership or academic achievement, bear witness to our college motto Let Your Light Shine. They are role models of our school wide-expectations – respect, responsibility, and excellence.

In May, Brainstorm Productions attended the College to present their student wellbeing performance The Flipside to all Year 8 Students. The Flipside was a live theatre experience addressing (cyber)bullying, online safety, digital citizenship, bystander behaviour, and online ethics. The performance highlighted the importance of personal responsibility, empathy, respect, and values online and offline.

Throughout 2021 we held several Inter-House activities including the Swimming and Athletics Carnival, Triathlon, Cross-Country Carnival, Nagle’s Got Talent Visual Arts Photographic Competition, and the Inter-House Step Challenge. Thank you to everyone who participated in these events. As always, they are great examples of teamwork and house spirit.

Event

Inter-House Swimming Carnival

Winning House

Inter-House Athletics Carnival

Nagle College Triathlon

Inter-House Cross County

Nagle’s Got Talent

Inter- House Step Challenge

The students have also been involved in fundraising. This included gold coin donations during out-of-uniform days. This year’s proceeds have been directed to Project Compassion and Catholic Mission.

In October we celebrated the graduation of the Year 12 class of 2021. This is a very special day for our graduating students and College community. During the morning a number of events took place including a Graduation Breakfast, Graduation Liturgy and Pastoral Farewells. The graduates were farewelled by staff and fellow students, receiving best wishes from members of our local community including Mr Darren Chester MHR, Mr Tim Bull MLA, Cr Mendy Urie Mayor East Gippsland Shire, Mrs Michelle Garbutt Principal of St Mary’s, and Mr Lou Battista from St Brendan’s Primary School.

In November we held a Valedictory lunch for our graduating Year 12 class. This was the final formal celebration for our graduates. This event included formal toasts and speeches by our 2021 College Captains and presentation of the Year 12 Academic Excellence and Merit Awards, College Major Awards and the presentation of graduates to the College Principal Mr Neville Powles.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the College Student Leadership Action Team, led by Duncan and Ellen, for their efforts and positivity this year. They are to be commended on their leadership, dedication, and vision.

I would also like to recognise and thank our staff for their hard work and dedication in pastoral care. A special thank you to the wellbeing staff, School Coordinators, House Coordinators, counsellors, support staff and pastoral staff who worked tirelessly throughout the year to support our students.

One thing the students have learned from this year is the need to be flexible and adaptable. They have gained many new skills, and if the responses of our aspiring leaders are anything to go by, we can be confident that our young people are well placed to lead us into the future.

God Bless, I wish all members of our College community a joyous and holy Christmas and look forward with great hope to the new year ahead.

Learning and Teaching

Ms Elaine Vertriest, Deputy Principal – Learning and Teaching

“Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching .”

– Lin Pernille

2021 continued to be a challenging year in education. We were all required to be resilient and flexible by continually adapting – often at very short notice – to the trials and tribulations presented by the ongoing pandemic.

Our experiences from 2020 certainly prepared us well and learning was maximised regardless of whether it was remote or face-to-face.

STAFF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Our ‘Critical Challenge’ continued to be our vision for Professional learning –

To develop expert teacher capacity for targeted teaching, evidence based practice and collective efficacy to ensure students engage in quality learning experiences and achieve accelerated rates of progress over time?

Our main focus centred around developing expert teacher capacity, particularly in Literacy and Numeracy and Inclusive Practices. Two successful professional development days focused on these areas.

On Friday 1 April, staff were involved in a Professional Learning Day on ‘Building Literacy and Numeracy Capacity Across the Curriculum’. Throughout the morning workshop staff were asked to place themselves in a student’s shoes while completing literacy activities, including reading comprehension tasks, to identify their own reading strengths and weaknesses.

The second workshop involved staff investigating the Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions and how these tools can be utilised to inform their planning.

The afternoon was conducted in learning teams applying the learnings from the day to future assessment and class tasks.

On Friday 4 June, teaching staff and Learning Support Officers (LSOs) were involved in a Professional Learning Day to build capacity in inclusive practices.

The concepts of an agile learner, learner agency versus effort and learning from mistakes were explored in the morning workshop with reference to James Anderson’s work in educational research. Staff discussed the attributes of all types of learners and how we can promote agile learners in order to prepare our students for the complexities and challenges that may lie ahead. Our experiences in East Gippsland with bushfires and the pandemic are prime examples of such challenges.

The second workshop involved building capacity in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD). Differentiation strategies to cater for diverse learners and behaviours were further explored.

The final workshop involved brainstorming and discussing the attributes of an expert teacher in all aspects of the College. These included learning and teaching, pastoral, positive behaviour management, the yard, learning teams and the community.

The afternoon was allocated to the recording of evidence of learning adjustments by teaching staff in preparation for the NCCD entry date in early August. The LSOs continued developing informative snapshots for our current NCCD students to assist staff with ‘knowing their students’ and to best inform their planning.

Other initiatives have included the following:

• Several online learning opportunities enabling access to international and highly regarded speakers for education.

• Internal professional development in order to provide the best possible remote learning experiences for the students, particularly around the use of technology.

• Staff involvement in the Masters of Evidence Based Teaching at Melbourne University.

• Working collegiately in Learning Teams and with the Diocese.

• Constant sharing, reflection and evaluation of teaching practices to actively support remote learning.

• The trial of the Adaptive Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT) in Years 7 to 9 in Reading and Mathematics. The finalised implementation and completion of these tests were then completed in Term 4.

• Ongoing term workshops in Subject Learning and Literacy/ Numeracy team spaces.

• An expert teacher team was established to develop a document outlining the attributes and expectations of an ‘Expert Teacher at Nagle’.

• Despite the pandemic, we continued to accommodate several pre-service teachers both in remote and face-to-face settings.

NAPLAN SUCCESS

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests are conducted in May each year across Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The tests assess the standards of Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar + Punctuation and Numeracy nationally.

In the media this year, it was reported that Victorian results have topped the nation and Nagle was certainly not an exception to this announcement. We had lots to share and celebrate.

Our College goal for past three years has been to match the student growth shown by the State over the two years from Years 7 to 9. Our results across all areas this year have seen significant growth, matching and exceeding that of the State. Another significant area of improvement has been the student growth across all percentiles (levels of ability), especially in the higher percentiles.

Despite the regular reported concerns in the media around the effects of COVID on education, Nagle students have shown their resilience and have maximised their learning opportunities, certainly upholding our College motto Let Your Light Shine.

LITERACY/NUMERACY TEAM

The Literacy/Numeracy team continued to activley promote these skill sets across the curriculum. 2019 NAPLAN question analysis (no 2020 NAPLAN) for each of the tests by the team set the following literacy and numeracy focuses for each term in 2021:

• Interpreting information (following instructions)

• Paragraph structure (TEAL)

• Evaluating

• Author purpose

Part of speech:

• Nouns and pronouns

• Adjectives

• Verbs and adverbs

• Figurative language

• Subject specific vocabulary

• Use of multiple texts

• Suffixes and prefixes

• Antonyms and synonyms

• Basic number skills – the four operations

• Statistics

• Percentages

• Multi-step problems (BODMAS)

For 2022, we analysed the 2020/2021 PAT data to determine future focuses across the curriculum.

NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DATA

We welcomed Mrs Pauline Settle as the new Student Enrichment and Enhancement Department (SEED)

Coordinator. Pauline has been instrumental in guiding and supporting the staff to gain a more thorough understanding of the moderation and documentation processes that occur in order for all students to access and experience success with their learning.

NCCD teams were established for the yearly moderation process. Staff from each year level generously volunteered their time to complete this process, finding it valuable professional learning.

The SEED and NCCD teams, despite remote learning, have worked tirelessly this year to ensure we cater for all learning needs and document the evidence associated with the learning adjustments made in all classes. This process has also involved consultation with DOSCEL and NCCD teams from other schools in the diocese.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) team have also actively continued to support the students and community. Individual Learner Profiles are being developed for all ATSI students. The profiles provide insights for the staff to then offer the best possible learning outcomes for ongoing growth and development.

SUBJECT LEARNING LEADERS

Despite the ongoing interruptions this year due to COVID, the Subject Learning Leaders have very successfully continued to promote collective efficacy and build expert teacher capacity. Ongoing team connections through virtual meetings and discussions were a vital part of remote learning – ensuring all staff felt supported and confident in the online learning and teaching space.

The leaders have become very creative and innovative in the use of ICT across the curriculum, continually learning from each other and ensuring ease of use and instruction.

The Critical Challenge was further developed with discussions around Literacy and Numeracy across the curriculum and inclusive practices.

FINALLY… . A SPECIAL THANK YOU!

The past two years have relied heavily on strong partnerships between school and home. Staff and students have depended on and benefited from the ongoing support of parents/ guardians/carers in order to maintain and maximise student engagement and learning. We sincerely thank you for this dedication in such trying and challenging circumstances. Teachers may never see the true impact and outcomes from the new life-long skills that students have learnt during this unprecedented time, but we can all take heart in knowing that they are more prepared now for their future, than ever before.

Capital Works

Mr Stephen Brill, Business Manager

As reported previously, a new Master Plan was developed in 2019 with Y2 Architecture. 2021 has largely been another year of planning and design for the priority projects identified in the new Master Plan.

LECTURE HALL/PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY

This project, which includes a refurbishment of the existing music buildings), was identified as the priority project within the new Master Plan. Planning and design of the facility commenced during 2020 in conjunction with our architects. While the planning, design and approval phase of this project has taken longer than anticipated, this has now been completed. The project has been tendered and we are delighted that we will be working with Brooker Builders as the Contract Builder on this project. Construction is due to commence in December 2021 and the building will be available for use in 2023. We look forward to being able to report significant progress at the end of 2022.

ENTRY ROADS, BUS BAYS, CARPARK AND NETBALL COURT PROJECTS

Included in the tender for the Lecture Hall/Performing Arts Facility project was the redevelopment of the school entry road into the Presentation Hall car park including the provision of new bus bays and a new car park to complement the new Lecture Hall facility. This will separate pedestrian traffic from bus and car traffic and create dedicated parking bays for buses for afternoon pickup. These will also serve as additional parking spaces for school events. Also included in this project is the construction of a new covered netball/basketball court adjacent to the bus bays which will also serve as a covered outdoor learning space and a shelter for students awaiting buses after school. As with the Lecture Hall project we expect these improvements to be available for the 2023 school year.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

The College continued its Student Laptop Program with the provision of a College issued laptop to all students, initially in Year 7 and again in Year 10. This continues to provide a high quality device to all students to enhance their learning.

Once again, due acknowledgement must be made of the property, maintenance and cleaning staff for their ongoing efforts to maintain and present the school facilities, both internal and external in a condition that we can all be proud of.

With construction underway for significant Master Plan projects, 2022 and beyond should see exciting new Capital Projects delivered at Nagle College. These projects will continues to provide an environment where students are provided with every opportunity to explore and fulfil their potential and live out the College motto Let Your Light Shine’

School Advisory Committee

Mrs Michelle Brooker, Advisory Committee Chair

As the holiday season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and l would like to acknowledge those who have helped us shape the past 12 months.

The Advisory Committee congratulates the graduating class of 2021 in what was a challengingly year of learning. This is a great testament to not only the students and their families, but also to Mr Neville Powles, teachers and support staff as a whole.

I am optimistic that we have now entered the recovery phase of the COVID pandemic with class room learning, Retreats, Camps and excursions being very much a part of 2022.

During the year the Advisory Committee has focused its efforts in the following areas:

• Promoted child safety;

• Reviewed Child Safety Standards;

• Providing feedback on and review of school policies;

• Endorsement of school yearly budget;

• Endorsement of the next year School Fees structure;

Child safety has been an important agenda item and the ability to contribute as parents was welcomed by all Advisory members.

The importance of creating vibrant learning spaces has remained a focus, with the College working with our architects on the lecture hall, car park and bus bays project. It is with much excitement that the project will now commence, which supports the Schools commitment to providing our students with the best possible learning environments.

In closing, I would like to thank my fellow School Advisory Committee members for their positive contribution and support. You have generously given your time and l appreciate your efforts and dedication.

After eight years of involvement on the Advisory Committee, l am stepping down. Serving on the Advisory Committee has been a privileged opportunity to contribute and create better outcomes for the School, students, staff and parents. I welcome the incoming chair, Mrs Samantha Bishop and thank our principal, Mr Neville Powles for his leadership and the College Leadership team for their application and commitment to achieving the best outcome for the School.

I wish all students, parents, teachers and staff well for the festive season. It’s been an extraordinary year, enjoy your Christmas break and let’s welcome in a different 2022.

College Captains

Duncan Fisher and Ellen Pini

GRADUATION DAY ADDRESS

By Duncan Fisher

We gather today to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2021. We all appreciate you being here to celebrate it with us and would like to thank you.

Some of you will know me well enough to know I’m into my fishing. This year I got REALLY into fishing. Fishing is called fishing and not catching because usually, you do that – spend most of the time fishing and not catching. Unfortunately. Likewise; the journey we are all on is education and not graduation, it’s about the connections we make along the way, whether that’s with teachers, tutors or friends and the memories we make with them.

Despite my surname I don’t come from a family that fishes. For me a big part this journey was learning to ask for help when I needed it, going to tackle shops, speaking to the old bloke on the jetty or, if I was really desperate, Charlie; slowly building up my knowledge. And to be honest, it’s a lot like Year 12. If you want to increase your chances for success take every opportunity and use every resource handed to you.

A lot of fishing is just fishing and a lot of education is just education. It’s not your Year 12 exams and it’s not getting your ATAR. I know for many of us it’s all about the journey. Alongside the curriculum, the conversations we have and the places we go with these conversations make experiences that set us up for the future.

To the younger year levels, my only advice would be to take it seriously but not too seriously. Have time to breathe, or fish, and enjoy the journey. Finally remember that if COVID has taught us anything it is that if things change that are outside of our control “it is what it is” and you’re in control of you.

One last important note – thank you to parents, mates, family, family friends, teachers and tutors who picked us up when we were down and always pushed us to do our best. Without their never-ending support, I’m sure I can speak for most of us when I say, we wouldn’t have made it this far without them and for that we are grateful.

By Ellen Pini

I am shocked at the similarity between my first day of Prep and my last day of Year 12. I began my education crying my little heart out. And I will end high school crying my little heart out. In Prep it was because I was scared of change and how different school would be to kindergarten; in Year 12 its still because of

change and how scary the future seems.

We have spent the past 13 years in a comfortable routine. Now we have to step into the adult world and use critical thinking for once. The world outside of school is an adventure waiting to happen. And, yes, I know some of us don’t even know what path we are going to take, because of course, “you don’t know what you don’t know”. But I am willing to bet that not a single one of us will take the same path. We may stay friends and family for a little while longer, but a new life awaits. As Ferris Bueller once said “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Even though we may go our separate ways we still have the memories of our time together. I am more than grateful for each and every one of you, making this high school experience the best it could have been.

As superhero and imaginary friend, Lavagirl, once said “Everything that is or was began with a dream”. Our dreams are our future. Our dreams of becoming doctors and saving lives. Our dreams of becoming artist and spreading colour and culture throughout out communities. Our dreams of becoming a teacher and guiding future generations into the world that we will have gifted them. Our dreams of becoming politicians and taking a holiday to Hawaii.

I can’t even imagine what we have put our poor parent through these past two years. Online learning is hard enough, but to do it in Year 12?! Our parents have had to put up with breakdowns, mood swings and late late nights, and for their

patience I say thank you. Our teachers have had to deal with overdue tasks, missing assessments, and bad Wi-Fi connections. Their tolerance and encouragement has kept us going. And we could not have done this without them.

I want to give a shout out to the class of 2021. We have experienced “a year like no other” two years in a row and have still triumphed. I want you to remember this; no matter how you feel about your SACs, how you feel about your exams or if you are a VCAL kid, you need to know that I am proud of you. No matter what.

My final thank you is to Duncan, who made this challenging year less difficult with his iconic banter and helpful (?) advice.

If I could give you any advice for the future, it would be this; “it is what it is”.

Student Leadership

Avila House

This year marks my tenth year as a teacher at Nagle College and being in the position of House Coordinator. It has been an amazing 10 years and the position has seen a number of changes over this time. While Avila didn't win any major events this year, Avila spirit is strong and I know it will continue to be so. One of the most exciting jobs of House Coordinator is being able to farewell the Year 12 students after their final year of secondary school. During the Valedictory lunch this year it was an absolute pleasure that I was able to farewell this year's graduating Year 12 students for the tenth time. Some of these students are the youngest in their family and the last child to go through Nagle. The eleventh hour decision that parents were allowed to attend made the event even better.

I have decided to pass the House Coordinator baton to another staff member. In fact there will be two staff members currently in Avila House, who will be Avila House Coordinator over the next three years.

I am excited to announce that my replacement will be Miss Tracey Lucas, pastoral teacher of A4, but she will not begin until 2023 as she will be working in The Northern Territory for 12 months. To help fill the position while MissLucas is gone Mr Jake Morgan, current pastoral teacher of A3, will take on the coordinator role. I know both of these Avila staff members will be fantastic House leaders and wish both of them all the best in the role.

Another change to the House next year will be that Mr Chris Kool, current pastoral teacher of A6, will take up the position of Middle School Coordinator alongside Mrs Gillian Mason. He will of course still be in Avila House. I wish him all the best in this new role, I know his pastoral students will miss him.

Avila House has fantastic pastoral teachers and I would like to sincerely thank Mr Dan Crowe A1, Mr John Corby A2, Mr Jake Morgan A3, Miss Tracey Lucas A4 and Mr Chris Kool A6 for all of their support and efforts towards myself and their pastoral students. I would also like to thank the House Captain and Oratory Representatives for their leadership and work for the House and their fellow students this year. Numerous lockdowns in 2021 have meant that they have not been able to do as much as they normally would but they have done their best. Charlie Taylor, Hudson Grandy, Lucy Hurley, Meg Perry, Zailey McLellan and Izaac Alleaume, thank you for your leadership of the House for 2021.

I wish everyone a happy and safe Summer holiday and come to school refreshed ready for the new school year in 2022.

Veni Vidi Vici

Avila House

Avila House

Bosco House

Ms Lauren Hollingsworth, Bosco House Coordinator

As I reflect on another tumultuous year, it is with great admiration that I once again admire the resilience and dedication of our wonderful Bosco students and staff. The students of Bosco House have approached every challenge with maturity, enthusiasm and commitment. As always, it has been a privilege to work with a marvellous team of pastoral staff and I sincerely thank them for their commitment.

I would also like to take this opportunity to farewell Mr Steve Jenes who has worked with Bosco 1 for the past two years. Mr Jenes has developed genuine relationships with his pastoral students and they thank him for his “commitment to our pastoral and his humour”. Bosco wishes Mr Jenes well on his move to Townsville and thanks him for all his hard work and dedication.

I hope the students of Bosco House have a delightful summer break and look forward to working with them in 2022.

Below are reports from out two Senior House Captains, Henry Moors and Crystal Williams, which highlight some of Bosco’s 2021 achievements.

Henry Moors

During 2021 I had the privilege of being the Senior House Captain for Bosco.

This year Bosco performed extremely well at school events. Bosco won Nagle's Inter-House Step Challenge, the House Spirit Award at the Athletics Carnival and we had several winners in Nagle's Got Talent Photographic and Digital Arts Competition.

Bosco also placed highly at the Athletics, Swimming and Cross-Country Carnivals.

As a House Captain I was responsible for organising the House chants, ANZAC Gift teams and pastoral activities. However, my greatest achievement this year was being the master of ceremony of the Bosco's Year 12 Graduation and witnessing their farewell.

Crystal William

I am proud of Bosco for our achievements throughout this year and our enthusiasm during the challenging Remote learning periods. Our success during remote learning required a strong work ethic and well developed communication skills in which students in Bosco worked hard to meet. However, it has been great to come back to the classroom which allowed students of Bosco to reconnect and end the year strongly.

I’ve enjoyed all the roles and opportunities that have come with being Senior House Captain for 2021. I thank Ms Hollingsworth along with other leadership members of Bosco for providing me with this opportunity. Lastly, a special thank you to Henry for being great to work with and helping make the position of Senior House Captain so enjoyable.

Well done, Bosco!

Bosco House

Bosco House

Chisholm House

Ms Julie Henley, Chisholm House Coordinator

"I promise to know neither country nor creed, but to serve all justly and impartially. " – Caroline Chisholm

Our House is named after the incredible Caroline Chisholm, who was a progressive English humanitarian, recognised for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia during the mid 1800s. During the seven years she lived and worked in Australia she placed over 11,000 people in homes and jobs. She and her husband assisted more than 3,000 people to travel to Australia.

My family have strong personal ties to Caroline Chisholm as she was instrumental in bringing my great, great grandparents Henry and Phoebe Avery and their small children from Britain to Australia as part of the Family Colonisation Loan. The Avery family were one of the first groups of people to leave Britain in 1850 with 250 other families to begin a new life in Australia. Caroline Chisholm offered hope and a future to my family.

She (Caroline Chisholm) assailed the government boldly, both in person and through the press. Some might say that she exhibited too much boldness, being a woman. In reply to all such criticisms upon her conduct as she said herself "It is because I am a woman, a wife and a mother that I assume such a tone. Such a state of things must not continue”.

Again, 2021 has brought the unexpected, however it has continued to be a privilege and joy to undertake my third year in the role of House Coordinator for Chisholm House. I have aimed to make all students and staff within Chisholm feel valued and able make a positive difference in the lives of this school community, even amidst the inherent challenges of Remote learning.

Our year commenced with a huge splash of enthusiastic burgundy at the annual Inter-House Swimming Carnival on February 19. Our cheer squad was exceptional and enjoyed belting out original chants bedecked proudly in capes costumes. Our students swam and participated in all events and had a wonderful day as the Chisholm community. It was fantastic to finally all be together after the lockdowns of 2020. Our new Year 7 students were quick to participate and eager to be involved in all the pool and novelty events on the day. Our 14 Year 12 students were outstanding in the pool, all events were eagerly covered and they couldn’t get into the pool quickly enough; it was wonderful to see that they enjoyed every minute of their final school swimming carnival. This

was fortunate as we sadly missed some of the other milestone House events of the year due to the pandemic and subsequent restrictions.

Several fantastic Chisholm teams competed in the Triathlon and swam, rode and ran their way around the Nagle College campus course to support our House. Our student participation was again high on this balmy Wednesday afternoon on March 10. Listening to the positive support and encouragement offered from the side of the driveway definitely spurred the teams on. The Inter-House Athletics Carnival was exceptionally well supported and Chisholm teams were strong and well organised on the day resulting in great points overall.

2021 Year 7s have proved to be a valuable group of students; always ready to experience new opportunities offered to them as part of the traditional House culture. Each and every one of our Year 7 students is highly valued and we know that they will help to navigate and mentor the 2022 Year 7 students in Chisholm. Our Year 12 students were eager to enter every possible event this year as they came to the realisation that this would be their last and final opportunity to do so. Their positivity and maturity was greatly appreciated particularly as another year of remote learning interruptions continued.

Olivia Szabo demonstrated exceptional leadership and communication skills as she led from the front as our Senior House Captain this year alongside the assured and capable fellow Senior House Captain Matthew Burgoine. I would like to thank them and my Junior House Captains, Sam O’Kelly, Rhyme Anderson, Year 8 Oratory Representatives Emily West and Emily Morton for their generosity of time and effort with Chisholm House. I would also like to acknowledge my incredible Year 7 Oratory representatives who rose up and voluntarily undertook this important leadership role: the ever happy Alek Hawtin and smiling Liya Joseph.

Our Year 12 students were farewelled at the Chisholm House Assembly without their parents for the second year. However it was a beautiful ceremony filled with the utmost sincerity, memories, laughter, thanks and celebration. Online messages from families were embedded into the event and our Senior House Captains, Matthew and Oliva spoke with conviction to the group in response to an exceptionally strong parent address by Mr Hathaway (father of Jordan).

Sewing the traditional Chisholm blankets and preparing for the event took dedication and teamwork. Thank you to all the Chisholm students who so willingly helped out to make the Year 12 farewell so special.

With the support of dedicated pastoral teachers, our students were nurtured, encouraged and guided along the Chisholm path of making a positive difference to those around them. Therefore, again my most sincere thanks go to the dedicated pastoral teachers of 2021: Mrs Laura Bongers (who has now taken maternity leave to welcome her new born daughter), Ms Elizabeth Trapnell and Mrs Maureen Tuisue, Miss Meg McCallum (who has accepted the role of Newman House Coordinator for 2022), Miss Bri Hassett and finally Ms Annamaria Micati.

It was with immense sadness that we learned of the passing of Mrs Maureen Tuisue on September 28, our greatly loved part time pastoral teacher of C3. She was a devoted, loving wife, mother, pastoral teacher and educator who demonstrated great

courage and generosity of spirit. She was an inspiration to our Chisholm community, and we continue to miss her warmth, love and laughter in our daily lives at school.

As I look forward to the challenges and joys of 2022, I am heartened by the promise of another great chapter in the ongoing story of Chisholm House. Our new, vibrant and energetic Senior House Captains are Brooklyn Bell and Arliah Till and Junior House Captains are Emily Morton, Trae Alsop and Keira Gibbs.

My most sincere thanks go to each and every member of Chisholm House this year, both staff and student, for their energy, hard work and participation. Like Caroline Chisholm we have decided what kind of difference we want to make to those around us, we walk in the footsteps of a woman who gave dignity to others and was uncompromising in what she believed in. Caroline Chisholm was courageous, idealistic and charming and I am proud to lead a House named in her honour.

Chisholm House

Chisholm House

MacKillop House

Miss Celeste Campagna, MacKillop House Coordinator

MacKillop started 2021 off strong with back-to-back wins at the Swimming and Cross-Country Carnivals. MacKillop student involvement in extra-curricular activities is to be particularly commended, with students achieving success in their Nagle's Got Talent entries, Write a Book in a Day Competition and inter-school sporting competitions. In all of your endeavours this year, you have shown true MacKillop spirit; pride in the House, a willingness to have a go and always supporting one another.

We sent off our Year 12s in a virtual ceremony, attended by our pastoral peers in their respective rooms whilst the Year 12s celebrated together in the Drama room. Many stories and photos were shared in typical MacKillop fashion – we miss you and wish you well for the future!

I’d like to thank our 2021 student leaders for the pride and support shown in their roles this year; Makennah Brindley, Tayla Noske, Kate Holland, Amber Wilson, Charlotte Bingley, Lucy McGuinn, Lara Bolger and Sunday O’Sullivan.

I would also like to thank each of our pastoral teachers, Mr Aiden Giove, Mrs Stephanie Veness, Mrs Andrea Savage, Mr Bruce Miller and Mr Mark Fairweather, as well as Mr John O’Sullivan, Mrs Wilma Collier and Mrs Sharlene John for their continued support of our students and the House. A special mention goes to Mr O’Sullivan; MacKillop thanks you for your years of commitment to the House and wishes you all the best in your next adventure.

I’m looking forward to another great year for MacKillop in 2022, Together as One!

HOUSE LEADER REFLECTIONS

“Mackillop is all about staying together and helping one another and that is exactly what Mackillop has showed me.”

–Tayla Noske, Year 7 Oratory Representative

“MacKillop House is like a family where everyone feels included and welcome. MacKillop is full of laughter, friendship and good times. Our House motto is Together as One and we truly move through our school years as one, supporting and uplifting each other as we navigate this crazy thing called life. This year has been difficult for many, yet we have preserved and here we stand, reflecting on the insane year we’ve just had. We’ve endured many challenges in 2021 but instead of letting them get the best of us, we’ve taken them in stride, and that shows who we really are.”

– Charlotte Bingley, Junior House Captain

“The comradery in MacKillop is like no other. Even during this chaotic year, the students of the MacKillop House were happy to participate in school events and come together virtually to wish the Year 12s well even when we could be with all our house mates at graduation."

– Sunday O’Sullivan, Senior House Captain

“MacKillop has been an amazing House to be a part of this year, especially being able to say that I was the Senior House Captain when we won the Swimming and Cross Country Carnivals. It’s truly such a welcoming and friendly house so be a part of and I’m so grateful that my six years of high school were spent with MacKillop.”

– Lara Bolger, Senior House Captain

MacKillop House

MacKillop House

Newman House

Mr Lucas Drew, Newman House Coordinator

Although faced with many challenges, 2021 has been another successful year for Newman House with students embracing our House spirit as young people of excellence and compassion! This was demonstrated repeatedly throughout the year as, despite lockdowns and remote learning, our students strived to do their best in all endeavours. We repeatedly saw Newman students being there for their classmates, offering support and encouragement, helping those in need and displaying their manners and respect both in school and in public.

As we commenced the year, we welcomed 22 new Year 7 students into our Newman family. Our Newman rookies have fit in extremely well to the culture and high standards Newman has created throughout the years. Many of these students have already proven their dedication to Newman House, with a number stepping up as future student leaders and making a significant contribution to House activities and initiatives.

A big thank you goes to all staff, students and families who supported our many House activities throughout the year. Although not all our usual events were possible due to the pandemic response, our students continued to embrace every opportunity and participated in all activities in high numbers. These included, the very successful Inter-House Swimming

and Athletics Carnivals, the Triathlon, and the Cross Country Carnival, with our students placing in multiple events. Our Newman students also enthusiastically took part in other events, such as the ANZAC Gift, Nagle’s Got Talent and the Inter-House Step Challenge. The generosity of our students and families was also very apparent during the year through their donations of goods for the various fundraising initiatives.

I would like to especially thank our Senior House Captains – Bella Hodder and Lily Derham, Junior House Captains –Thomas Greer and Ebony Etheridge together with our Year 7 and 8 Oratory Representatives – Deb Griffiths, Amber Mazon, Marissa Warfe and Abigail Nolen for their tremendous efforts in leading the House this year. Each member of our student leadership team made a significant contribution and worked in partnership with our pastoral staff to make Newman House such a wonderful house to be a part of.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the great work of our team of Pastoral Teachers: Mr Dean Hamer, Mrs Josie Boland, Mr Phil O’Neill, Mrs Robyn Eastman, Mr Geoffrey Neeson, and Mrs Rosie Colvin for their dedication to Newman House and the encouragement, support and care they provide to all our students and each other.

Newman House

Newman House

Polding House

Ms Katherine Brown, Polding House Coordinator

WHO ARE WE? MIGHTY MIGHTY POLDING!

Congratulations to the Polding student leaders (official and unofficial members), Polding students, pastoral teachers and staff. This year has been a huge success, not least because each and every Polding person contributed. We won first place at Triathlon, second place at the Cross Country Carnival, third place AND House Spirit at the Swimming Carnival, and first place at the Athletics Carnival…a successful year indeed!

We each have brought our own unique gifts and talents to the Inter-House competitions during 2021, and I thank every Polding person who helped build our community with not just your participation in sporting events, but also the enjoyment of Pastoral activities such as our annual Polding paper plane competition.

This year we also farewell three of our pastoral teachers. We thank Ms Megan Quirke (P3) who will become Senior SEED Coordinator and Mrs Ruth Kissick (P5) who will become the head of Maths. We also farewelled Mrs Jen White (P6) who will be retiring after a long and fruitful career of inspiring her students and staff to be their best person, and maths-teacherextraordinaire! Thank you all for your commitment, sense of adventure and desire to truly bring a living definition of pastoral to our community – we wish you well in your new endeavors.

Polding – Lift Up your Hearts!

STUDENT LEADERS REFLECT

Year 7 Oratory Representatives

The best thing about 2021 was doing different and more challenging activities than in primary school. As an Oratory Representative I liked that we had a say in things we wanted to change and introduce into our developing community. I hope we can keep building to be the best school in Australia. Nagle College has high expectations – many would call it “strict” expectations – but we have a lot more freedom than our parents and grandparents when they were here. I'm proud of the people that pushed through the hard times this year. Remember, we have our counsellors and our amazing Polding pastoral teachers to help us when we need it the most – GO POLDING!

– Brydie Evans

As a Year 7 Oratory Representative I enjoyed listening to others voicing their opinions, concerns and praises on matters in the school. I enjoyed that everyone in Polding House participated in the events held this year. We achieved what we hadn’t achieved in years – we placed first, second and third in many events. I loved going to the events and watching people participate and support each other throughout the year, even though it was a difficult and complicated year. I hope that everyone feels proud of themselves for what we have achieved together as a House and as individuals. GO POLDING!

– Laura Jennion

Year 8 Oratory Representative

This year has been challenging with many events being postponed due to COVID and weather conditions. At the beginning of the year we had the Inter-House Swimming Carnival. The Inter-House Cross Country Carnival took place on 21 April. Lots of participation meant we placed second overall. Later in the year was the Athletics Carnival which was postponed multiple times due to bad weather and COVID. We placed first overall, for the first time 16 years!!! The excited uproar from the House was amazing! We also have had some other events that weren’t a whole school event. This includes

the Triathlon (in which we had seven teams participate and placed first!) and the Inter-House Step Challenge which took place during Term 3 lockdown. Overall this year has been amazing for Polding House.

– Ava Aly-Mehlert

Junior House Captains

Polding showed a lot of spirit for our House and peers. Everyone pitched in and 'gave it a go' – from the Swimming Carnival to the Inter-House Step Challenge held during lockdown. With participation and courage we won the Athletics Carnival for the first time in 16 years! We were thrilled and so excited to win. Our House motto ‘lift up your hearts’ shows that Polding can work together in good and bad times. Everyone in the House participated as much as possible and were willing to give participation a shot. Thanks to all the teachers and staff in Polding – your enthusiasm helped motivate us. We look forward to an even better 2022.

– Ned Nugent-Brown and Lani Whateley

Polding House

Polding House

Xavier House

Mr Stephen Whibley, Xavier House Coordinator

Congratulations to everyone in Xavier House on powering through another year with COVID interruptions. It has been excellent to see the fantastic participation throughout different events this year.

We had a great start to the year in the Inter-House Swimming Carnival, finishing third. Layla Chapman (Year 7) won age champion and the Year 7 girls had the highest score of any House. Excellent participation across most year levels helped to achieve this terrific result. The Xavier Senior Girl’s Triathlon team (Layla Chapman, Tara Preston and Emily Pendergast) won again this year. Overall, Xavier placed fifth in the Triathlon competition. It would be lovely to see even more teams enter next year. We finished last in the Inter-House Cross Country Carnival but there were several positives, with three students – Imogen Williams (Year 10), Jobe Froud (Year 7) and Mathew Desio(Year 12) finishing first. For the InterHouse Athletics Carnival, the weather played havoc with the grounds being too wet, but we managed to find a dry enough day and fun was had by all. Xavier finished in sixth place, with the Year 7s and Year 11s being top scorers for us.

During remote learning the Inter-House Step Challenge was run with Xavier clocking up 1,002,283 steps. The leading

student steps was Layla Chapman with 82, 247 steps and Mrs Gabe Costin was the leading staff member with 92,102 steps.

Xavier was again a big player in the Nagle’s Got Talent Photographic and Digital Arts Competition. We had many entries and we placed equal third overall.

Thank you to the pastoral team this year and to those who have filled in. All students appreciate the effort that you put in for them. A special thank you to Mr Greg Pinnock who has been co-teaching X6 pastoral the last couple of years.

Another big thank you to the Senior House Captains – Jolanda Answer and Dayle Mitchelson-Twigg, you have been a big help this year. Also, a thank you to the Junior House Captains Alex Hamilton and Billy Matthews (both will be House Captains in 2022) and to the Oratory Representatives, Georgia Goodall, Anton Collins, Imogen Spanton and Ashley Mewett.

Thank you to everyone who involved in the House and activities this year, it is most appreciated.

Xavier House

Xavier House

Absent: Bryan Anderson, Sarah Anderson, Michelle Atkinson, Mary Baldwin, Amanda Banks, Michael Bazley, Andrea Blunden, Stephen Brill, Peter Buckley, Nigel Carr, Peter Cheung, Toni Collins, John Corby, Angela Costello, Dan Crowe, Anne Daffy, James Deery, Clare Ellis, Mark Fairweather, David Foo, Rob Geneikis, Geraldine Greenland, Rainer Hall, Briana Hassett, Georgie Haussegger, Lauren Hollingsworth, Tania Holmes, Ashley Jarvis, Jan Kane, Molly Lawson, Rose Lee, Ben Lightowler, Gillian Mason, Joan McBurnie, Brett McFadden, Garry McNamara, Jaclyn McPherson, Paul Mlynarz, Danny Nall, Michaela O’Connor, Paula O’Neill, Philip O’Neill, Katherine O’Rourke, John O’Sullivan, Maureen Plunkett, Nigel Plunkett, Geoff Preston, Dionne Rettino, James Reynolds, Richard Ritchie, Peter Roderick, Jemma Rose, Tim Saik, Ema Sanders, Andrea Savage, Hennie Schrijver, Russell Searl, Pauline Settle, Tom Sherring, Sharryn Shiers, Joy Sidwell, Edwin Smith, Wayne Smith, Tina Sonka, Jen South, Marbs Vague, Stephanie Veness, Amanda Virgo, Elizabeth Warden, Sue Whitbourne, Jennifer White, Kellie White, Mark White, Ray Williams, Sharon Williams, Anna Wilson, Naomi Wright.

AFL Traineeship

Nagle College participated in the AFL Sports Ready Traineeship in 2021; a program that provides recently graduated students with the opportunity to combine full-time employment with study. We were fortunate to have Georgie Haussegger and Melanie Steed work with us in 2021.

Nagle College graduate (2020) Georgie Haussegger worked with Outdoor Education team.

"The best part of my traineeship would have to be going on all the camps as you get time to have fun with others, try new things, meet new people and you get a new experience having students and staff around you," said Georgie.

As an aid, Melanie asssisted and supported students both in class and remotely. Mrs Pauline Settle praised Melanie for her patient and kind disposition and the professional manner in which she interacted with Nagle students. Melanie will be heading off to Uni in 2022 to study Osteopathy.

Through their work at the College, Georgie and Melanie also gained formal training and qualifications as well as practical hands-on work experience.

"I will be studying architecture at Deakin University in 2022. This doesn't have much to do with sport and recreation but I love the sport and recreation field and hope that the traineeship certificate will give me a competitive advantage when I apply for jobs I can do while studying.

The traineeship has greatly improved my confidence around a lot of people. This will have a great impact when I transition into university as I will be more confident around people I don’t know, and I will be able to form relationships with them," said Georgie.

We’d like to thank Georgie and Melanie for their dedication and enthusiasm in this especially challenging year. We wish them the best for their futures.

We are a school that prepares for life

Curriculum

Mrs Gabrielle Costin, Deputy Principal – Student Programs and Staffing

2021 was set to be Nagle’s opportunity to refocus and redirect learning after an unsettled year of fires and the pandemic. The curriculum team set out to fulfil its vision of developing students who are well educated, well-informed, community focused and able to thrive in a fast-changing world. Even with the challenges of 2021, we managed to achieve our goal.

Teachers continued to work on developing the online document bank in SIMON and daily lesson plans were set to allow all students, whether they were at home or at school, to access their learning. Teachers have adapted their courses to make them available for parents to view online.

We were lucky to have an evening of Student Progress Interviews in Presentation Hall in Term 1, which had a lovely community vibe. It was an opportunity to reconnect with parents and staff after a year of distant communications. We also offered the option of meeting teachers via Zoom for those who couldn’t make it to the on-site event. As the situation fluctuated throughout the year we opted for the Zoom interviews for the remaining interviews. Communication has been excellent, strengthening the partnership between the student, families and teachers.

SUBJECT SELECTION

The curriculum team worked hard to shift the Curriculum Handbook online last year as we trialled a fully online Subject Selection process. Subject Learning Leaders developed a subject information package with various videos which was made available to families via PAM. Students were then able to apply for acceleration subjects and enter their subject preferences online. It has streamlined the application period and we were able to strengthen the process with the addition of our Subject and Pathways Expo this year.

NAGLE COLLEGE SUBJECT AND PATHWAYS EXPO: A PATHWAY FOR EVERY CHILD

Throughout the year we looked for occasions to welcome the Nagle community to school and we were very fortunate to find a window of opportunity to hold the inaugural Subject and Pathways Expo. We had planned to hold this last year and strict restrictions hampered our efforts. It was wonderful to finally welcome families to the Expo. Teachers prepared informative, interactive and visual displays and enjoyed discussing subjects with families. The expo highlighted the features of each subject for students going into Years 9 to 12 with an aim to ensure that education is specifically tailored and designed for every one of our students, identifying and encouraging students' strengths and subject passion. I am sure all attendees leſt more informed and enlightened about the subject offerings for their young people and we look forward to our next event in June 2022.

THE RESILIENCE PROJECT

We were excited to create a partnership with the popular well-being program, The Resilience Project, for 2021. This is a program for all year levels which gives teachers the tools to help students explore the wellbeing issues they face each day. It is our belief that academic achievement can happen only where wellbeing is nurtured. The program covers the key wellbeing strategies of Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness and Emotional Literacy. Lessons are complemented by a curriculum tailored to each year level, implemented via online teacher resources and hard copy student journals. As it turned out, some of our lessons were covered in Google Meets and others face-to-face. The program has the flexibility to meet needs via either format.

Next year, The Resilience Project journal will be added to the Nagle College student diary giving the students a comprehensive product that can inspire students to become

more positive, proactive and preventative with how they approach their mental health and their studies. The diary will be used for all classes for students to record homework, assignments and important dates as well as goal setting and reflections.

NAPLAN ONLINE

Next year we will be conducting NAPLAN tests online and we had some tasks to complete to check that the school system has the capacity to run the tests. The 2022 school readiness test was scheduled for August but it was postponed when we were sent into remote learning. I thank every student who participated when the test was finally held in November. This trial enabled us to test our school systems and give students a chance to find out how the tests will look next year when we have online NAPLAN tests.

CONGRATULATIONS

As we reflect on the year that was, I encourage every student to celebrate their achievements and recognise the struggles they have faced. Acknowledge and appreciate the learning growth and progress, and start preparing for next year. It’s time to close this chapter and create space for a fresh start in the new year. We look forward to welcoming all of our students and families back into the Nagle College community.

APPLIED LEARNING

Once again the VCAL program has been a strength in developing individual pathways for applied learning students. The Bairnsdale and East Gippsland community has been very generous in their support of the program and I am proud that we had many students attain apprenticeships throughout the year. This is even more significant when it would have been understandable for businesses to cut back on their recruitment given the economic impact of the lockdown restrictions. We are always very grateful for unwavering the community support.

VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

We are incredibly proud of our VCE cohort and send our heartfelt congratulations to each student. This group showed tenacity, adaptability and determination as they worked through their courses and navigated the changing and challenging circumstances throughout the year.

We acknowledge the outstanding results and achievements of our high achievers:

Award Recipients

YEAR 7 EXCELLENCE IN STUDIES AWARDS

Izaac Alleaume

Ramona BadyCampbell

Harry Bingley

Willow Blundell

Jaden Brown

Emma Fincher

Elizabeth Gray

Louise Hurley

YEAR 8 EXCELLENCE IN STUDIES AWARDS

Ava Aly-Mehlert

Andrejs Bishop

Victoria Collins

Connor Graham Semi Jung

Bede Lulham

Laura Jennion

Emily Kool

Grace McKenna

Ecco McLeod-Kourie

Aidan Scott

Lily Seymour

YEAR 9 EXCELLENCE IN STUDIES AWARDS

Isaac Burgoine

Mia Chapman

Josh Dorling

Thomas Greer

Ella Groves

Alexandra Hamilton

Lucinda Hurley

Mia Joiner

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AWARDS

Year 7: Izaac Alleaume Year 8: Semi Jung

Antje Kempff

Ryung Kim

Hannah Svetey

Amber Wilson

Alicia Worley

Anderson Manuell

Billy Matthews

Rahni O'Connor

Archie Poore

Bailey Webster

Emma Yates

Sonia Yomo

Matilda Young

Bradley McNamara

Ella Poore

Jordan Raeburn

Fabian Russo

Year 9: Jordan RaeburnYear 10: Daniel Maglione

YEAR 9 STUDENTS RECEIVING A YEAR 10 EXCELLENCE IN STUDIES AWARD

Antje Kempff: Advanced Mathematics, Visual Communication Design

Lucy McGuinn: Psychology

YEAR 10 EXCELLENCE IN STUDIES AWARDS

Zoe Barron: Outdoor Education

Jessica Bradley: Law and Society, Geography of Human Wellbeing

Poppy Carroll: Outdoor Education

Joshua Carter: Australia at War - World War II

Danielle Hurley: English, Accounting and Business, Physical Education

Darcy Janson: Creative Design

Lauren Laity: Music

Daniel Maglione: Computer Graphics and Design, Digital Technology, Photography, Robotics, Agriculture

Angus Manuell: Mathematics, Australia at War - World War II

Brylee McMahon: Accounting and Business

Ella Poore: Biology

Tehya Morrison: Environmental Change and Management, Environmental Science

Chaipat Murika: Advanced Mathematics, English, Chemistry, Physics, Aeronautical Engineering, Systems and Machines

Edie O'Sullivan: The World on a Plate

Chinela Otuonye: Studio Arts

Noah Price: Mathematics

Brock Spanton: History - Popular Culture

Brendan Terry: Health and Wellbeing, Marine Science

Olivia Veale: Fabric to Fashion, Functional Furniture

Jasmine Webster: Italian, Master Class Chef

Tasmin Wenn: English, Marine Science

Crystal Williams: Japanese, Forensic Science

YEAR 10 STUDENTS RECEIVING A YEAR 11 AWARD

Tully Davis: VET Sport and Rec Year 1

Jessie Forster: VCE Psychology (Unit 1&2)

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EXCELLENCE IN STUDIES AWARDS

Stevie Alvin: VCE General Mathematics

Monika Atkinson: VCE Environmental Science

Jade Baade: VCE Japanese, Youth Ministry Experience

Sunanda Browne: Excellence in Studies VCAL Intermediate, VET Applied Fashion Year 1

Oliver Burgoine: VCE English, VCE Applied Computing, VCE

Twentieth Century History

Indi Dalton: VCE Business Management, VCE English

Rhonan Davies: VCE Chemistry, VCE Italian, VCE Physics, Biology, Mathematical Methods

Claire Forrester: VCE English

Casey Grimsted: VCE Food Studies

Jemima Guy: VCE Studio Arts

Emily Hessler: VCE Biology, VCE Visual Communication Design

YEAR

11

Danielle Hurley: VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies (Unit 1 & 2)

Jemma Hopkinson: VCE Literature, VCE Legal Studies, VCE Religion and Society

Nicholas McLaughlin: VCE Music Performance

Jessica Mills: VCE Health and Human Development, VCE Religion and Society

Cameron Neander: VCE Media

Keira O'Neill: VCE General Mathematics, VCE Physical Education

Brady Phelan: VCE Systems Engineering

Ashley Pruscino: VCE Accounting, VCE Mathematical Methods

Natalie Reed: VCE General Mathematics

Samuel Stewart: VCE Product Design and Technology

STUDENTS RECEIVING A YEAR 12 AWARD

Rhonan Davies: VCE Units 3&4 Biology, VCE Units 3&4 Mathematical Methods

Courtney Hancock-Perry: VCE Religion and Society

Isabella Henderson: VET Applied Fashion Year 2

YEAR 12 EXCELLENCE IN STUDIES

AWARDS

Molly Bannister: Business Management, Studio Arts, Liturgical

Music through the Ages

Matthew Burgoine: Applied Computing

Amy Bury: Legal Studies, Religion and Society

Kyle Ferris: Excellence in Studies VCAL Senior

Hudson Grandy: Outdoor and Environmental Studies

Chloe Higgins: Visual Communication Design

Renae Jones: English, Health and Human Development, Physical Education

MAJOR AWARDS

ADF Future Innovators Award

Daniel Maglione

Tyler Overy

ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Awards

Jessica Bradley

ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Awards - Year 12

Austin Toms

A J Winter Music Award

Phillip Pendergast

Catherine Curtain Award

Indi Dalton

Citizenship Award

Molly Bannister

Chelsea Filmer

Shaun Malcolm: VCE Units 3&4 History - Revolutions

Claire Woodland: VET Sport and Rec Year 2

Jordan Mehlert: Food Studies

Sunday O'Sullivan: Literature

Tyler Overy : Systems Engineering

Ellen Pini: Media

Lauren Reed: Further Mathematics

Jorja Svetlik: Further Mathematics

Austin Toms: Chemistry, Psychology

Lachlan Wood: Physics, Specialist Maths

Don Bosco Pastoral Care Year 12

Lara Bolger

Soleil Levings

East Gippsland Field Days Agricultural Scholarship

Danielle Hurley

Junior General Excellence Award

Thomas Greer

Lily Seymour

Junior Sportspeople of the Year

Lachlan Cloak

Keira Gibbs

Lindenow Lions Visual Arts Award (in memory of Bryan Smith)

Jemima Guy

Most Outstanding TAFE Student

Chantelle Cooksley

Nano Nagle Award

Jordan Mehlert

Neil Wilson Music Scholarship

Mia Chapman

Positive Achiever Award

Ebony Etheridge

Summer Smith-Entink

Resilience Award

Adam Rowe-Schaeche

Sunanda Browne

Salesian Award of Excellence

Ella Groves

Antje Kempff

Thomas Greer

Fabian Russo

School Sports Victoria Academic and Sporting Achievement Award

Antje Kempff

Senior General Excellence Award

Renae Jones

Lauren Reed

YEAR 7 REMOTE LEARNING AWARDS

Albie Clarke: Year 7 Visual Arts

Alek Hawtin: Year 7 Visual Arts

Izaac Alleaume: Core Studies, Italian, Science

Grace Cole: Core Studies

Harper Davis: Core Studies

Elizabeth Gray: Italian

Alek Hawtin: Core Studies

Emily Kool: Materials and Design

Grace McKenna: Italian

Ashleah Mewett: Year 7 Music

Alexander Ridder-Strickland: Japanese

YEAR 8 REMOTE LEARNING AWARDS

Trae Alsop: Religious Education

Ava Aly-Mehlert: Italian

Andre Bishop: English

Victoria Collins: Materials and Design

Allie Eenjes: Japanese

Georgia Goodall: English

Bede Lulham: Religious Education, English, Humanities

Amber Mazon: Humanities, English

Ecco McLeod-Kourie: Japanese, Religious Education

Fiona McToldridge: English

Emily Morton: Science

Lily Seymour: Mathematics, Religious Education

YEAR 9 REMOTE LEARNING AWARDS

Maggie Anderson: Mathematics, Religious Education

Georgie Broomhall: Movement of Peoples

Isaac Burgoine: Mathematics

Mia Chapman: Body at War

Remy Clarke: Bush Tucker

Mackenzie Cummings: Religious Education

Lucinda Hurley: Animation Media, Real Wild Child, Religious Education

Mia Joiner : Religious Education, Real Wild Child

Antje Kempff: Visual Communication Design

Lexi Markwell-O'Neill: Bush Tucker

Vienna Roberts: Biomes and Food Security, English

Ned Nugent-Brown: Australia at WarWorld War 1

Amity Phelan: Interpersonal Development: Pathways

Senior Sportspeople of the Year

Jordan Johnston

Sarah Faithfull

Spirit Award

Isabella Hodder

Brendan Terry

Blake Smith: Year 7 Music

Nicholas Sweetman: Materials & Design, Mathematics

Trinity Thompson: Core Studies, Japanese

Summer Smith-Entink: Materials & Design, English

Amber Wilson: Humanities

Emma Yates: Religious Education

Sophia Yomo: English, Italian

Meg Phelan: Mathematics, Religious Education

Ella Poore: Religious Education

Lani Whateley: English, Japanese

Elaina Wolfe:

YEAR 10 REMOTE LEARNING AWARDS

Hannah Ash: Environmental Science

Archer Manuell: Outdoor Education

Cohen McLellan: Mathematics

Brylee McMahon: Australia at WarWorld War II, Humanities: Accounting and Business, Religious Education

Chaipat Murika: Psychology, Japanese, Advanced Mathematics

Sarah Newsome: Master Class Chef

Chinela Otuonye: Forensic Science

Trinity Parker: VCE Business Management Unit 1 & 2

Chloe Phelan: Australia at War - World War II

Eddy Raymond: Music 2

Ella Stewart: English

YEAR 11 REMOTE LEARNING AWARDS

Monika Atkinson: VCE Environmental Science Units 1 & 2

Matthew Cole: Youth Ministry Experience

Samantha Herbert: VCAL Intermediate Work Related Skills

Sophie McGrath: VCE Food Studies Units 1 & 2

Dayle Mitchelson-Twigg: VCE General Mathematics Units 1 & 2

HOUSE AWARDS

Avila Junior

Louise Hurley

Alana Chila

Avila Senior

Logan Paterson

Danielle Hurley

Bosco Junior

Maggie Anderson

Mia Joiner

Bosco Senior

Cooper Vickery

Amy Curnow

Brady Phelan: Youth Ministry Experience

Ashley Pruscino: VCE Accounting Units 1 & 2

Tiarna Ross: VCAL Intermediate Work Related Skills

Jack Simmons: VCE English Units 1 & 2

Lukash Spackova-Paul: Liturgical Music through the Ages, VCE Music Performance Units 1 & 2

Chisholm Junior

Liya Joseph

Isaac Burgoine

Chisholm Senior

Lauren Reed

Shaun Malcolm

MacKillop Junior

Benjamin Wattam

Victoria Collins

MacKillop Senior

Jessica Mills

Sarah Faithfull

CHAMPION HOUSE SHIELDS

Brendan Terry: Advanced Mathematics

Tasmin Wenn: Psychology, Marine Science, VCE Business Management Unit 1 & 2

Crystal Williams: VCE Psychology Units 1 & 2

Daniel Worley: English

Newman Junior

Ebony Etheridge

Thomas Greer

Newman Senior

Isabella Hodder

Lily Derham

Polding Junior

Lani Whateley

Ned Nugent-Brown

Polding Senior

Soleil Levings

Nicholas McLaughlin

Sikha Stafford: VCE Food Studies Units 1 & 2

Cooper Vickery: VCE Health and Human Development Units 1 & 2

Abbey Yates: VCE Legal Studies

Units 1 & 2, VCE Religion and Society Units 1 & 2

Xavier Junior

Alexandra Hamilton

Emily Pendergast

Xavier Senior

Tyler Overy

Tara Preston

Junior School

Ms Wilma Collier and Mr Stephen Dunning

The commencement of secondary school has always been a time of excitement and anticipation for both students and parents. In the aftermath of the unprecedented times of 2020, students eagerly looked forward to this major milestone. Nagle College prides itself in a comprehensive transition program that assists students to navigate the new horizons associated with secondary school – the challenges of the pandemic and all things that came with it impacted greatly on many of the students.

Despite these challenges there was an optimism for the coming year.

Year 7s commenced the year with Camp, an activity that traditionally allows students to establish meaningful relationships with both their peers and their teachers.

Unbeknownst to us, the school year was again to be impacted by periods of remote learning. Despite having already experienced this in the previous year, many students found it difficult to cope and teaching took on a whole new dimension with Google meets and online learning. For some students, remote learning was a very positive experience with many of them achieving excellent progress. For others the lockdowns impacted greatly on their performance. Long awaited and anticipated activities such as Medieval Day – the highlight for many Year 8 students – was cancelled.

Despite these challenges, students in the Junior School continued to successfully represent Nagle College in some extracurricular events while other events went by the way because of COVID. It is with pride that we reflect on the

students' many outstanding achievements and successes. Thanks must go to the multitude of staff whose exhaustive efforts ensured that, despite our somewhat geographical isolation and the challenges presented by COVID, our students were given every possible opportunity to compete in these events. It was encouraging to see the number of students who consistently availed themselves of these opportunities. The annual Gippspell competition was another Covid casualty and we look forward to 2022 when (hopefully) we can compete again.

Year 7 and 8 students continued to undergo literacy and numeracy testing at the beginning and the end of the school year. This allowed staff to build and access a database that will assist in tracking a student's progress. Testing at the end of the year indicated the level of improvement. This has proven invaluable in developing the learning we deliver in both literacy and numeracy. Results have been very encouraging, showing that most students improved significantly throughout the year despite less than ideal circumstances.

Year 7 NAPLAN Testing also provided invaluable data for the development of new programs, revising old ones and planning our direction for the future.

Reflecting on the past year has shown that, despite the many challenges we were faced with, as a College, we can celebrate the diversity of our many positive achievements. It has highlighted the resilience and strength of both our students and staff and reinforce the true value and meaning of being able to come together as a community.

Middle School

After another trying year of lockdowns, restrictions and remote learning, we were constantly astounded with the effort shown by Year 9 and 10 students in 2021.

Having the chance to celebrate their successes at the Presentation Ceremony solidifies our belief that, when challenged, our students will excel. Daniel Maglione, Danielle Hurley and Chaipat Murika were but some of the many students in Year 10 who received multiple Excellence in Studies Awards for 2021.

Students in Year 9 also excelled, with Ella Groves, Antje Kempff, Thomas Greer and Fabian Russo all receiving the Salesian Award of Excellence reflecting their hard work in both Year 9 subjects as well as achieving great results in their Year 10 accelerated subjects. Congratulations to all of the 27 students who received Excellence in Studies Awards for Year 9.

Unfortunately there was no Year 9 Camp in 2021 due to COVID restrictions, although several attempts were made to stage this exciting event. Hopefully, our 2022 Year 9 students will be able to take part in this exciting experience held in Melbourne.

A new program was successfully introduced to Year 9 and other years at Nagle College this year. The Resilience Project saw students meeting in groups throughout the year to learn about building resilience and having the ability to bounce back from life’s challenges. They gained the skills required to successfully navigate their way through tough times by learning about empathy, emotional literacy, mindfulness and gratitude which are the cornerstones of building resilience. A final activity included writing a rap song on the concept of respect which is essential for developing successful relationships as part of resilience.

Finally we congratulate those Year 10 students who were successful in gaining an apprenticeship for 2022 after a most challenging year, and wish them all the best for the next stage of their journey to the workplace.

Senior School

Ms Geraldine Greenland and Ms Maria Caroli – Senior School Coordinators

“COVID has forced all students, especially the senior students to adopt a completely new mindset in order to make the most of their learning .”

– Austin Toms, 2021 Vice Captain

The transformational year of 2021 saw a dramatic paradigm shift in pedagogy as we oscillated from on-site teaching to many weeks of online learning. Pivoting and agility became the norm as we straddled the demands these changes forced upon us and endeavoured to make the changes as seamless as possible. These challenges tested the resilience, adaptability and resolve of our senior students as they traversed the final years of their secondary schooling.

For our Year 12 cohort specifically, 2021 was another year fraught with challenges as students and their teachers appreciated that online learning is no substitute for the relationships formed in face-to-face learning. Nevertheless, we witnessed greater capacity by students and teachers alike to use technology effectively and transform the way curriculum was delivered. The evident appreciation of flexible learning and methodology in how education is delivered has probably changed forever; likewise, the world in which we now find ourselves. Nevertheless, these new challenges present new

career and educational opportunities impacting career planning as our students have new directions to consider as they take their first footsteps beyond the Nagle College context. Industries such as Information Technology and logistics are thriving, and the impact on healthcare workers of all types from research to frontline has never been more in the spotlight. For those students going on to further education, the tertiary sector offers increased online educational opportunities both in Australia and abroad, so our students can consider a broader range of options.

The good news is that whilst the to-ing and fro-ing with remote learning presented many challenges, new opportunities were embraced by the seniors as they honed their technology skills, fine-tuned their self-directed learning, and discovered courage beyond their imaginings. These qualities and attributes will carry them forward as they embark on the changed world beyond Nagle College. Unlike in 2020, the September trial examinations were conducted on campus and provided an authentic examination experience. This prepared students for the new COVID normal conditions of VCAA requirements where they must navigate social distancing, the wearing of masks and constant sanitising between examinations. In response to the disruptions faced by students, the Victorian Government, in consultation with the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA), was forced to reschedule the General Achievement Test (GAT) three times, finally being held on 5 October just prior to the commencement of the external examinations. Furthermore, Consideration of Educational Disadvantage (CED) was again implemented to restore students’ results to where they would be expected to be without the disruptions that occurred in 2021.

As the College Vice Captain, Austin Toms articulated:

COVID has forced all students, especially the senior students to adopt a completely new mindset in order to make the most of their learning. This more motivated mentality will assist everyone in the future, especially the upcoming VCE students. Personally, I tried to maintain a positive outlook in order to continue with my studies to ensure I complete my VCE to a high standard.

To acknowledge 2021 as a particularly challenging time, the Year 12 students were given a ‘care package’ by Senior School. The parish also contributed with a letter and encouraging messages we hoped would provide students with strength and support and most of all put a smile on their faces, during the final stages of their secondary schooling.

The time staff at the College devoted to striving to maximise positive outcomes for our seniors, aligned with managing student well-being to foster well-rounded young men and women capable of connecting with each other, their teachers and the broader community is testament to their commitment. The overarching values of ‘Respect, Responsibility and Excellence’ were nurtured so that our students could truly live the College motto ‘Let Your Light Shine.’ We thank teachers for their dedication and expertise throughout the 2021 academic year, another year we will remember for all the right reasons: resilience, adaptability and lessons learned from a year full of emotional as well as academic challenges.

English

Ms Skye Smith

2020 was “the year like no other”, then 2021 came along and what a whirlwind it brought with it! When reflecting on the year, it is hard not to think of the snap lockdowns, the uncertainty, the constant change, and the tiredness that goes with it. Resilience, perseverance, and flexibility have been key to managing this year.

I am so proud of the English staff who have continued to work together and adapt their year level curriculums to meet the needs of our students, whilst also continuing to challenge them and give them rich learning activities, often working long hours to do so. In 2021, we introduced English E.A.T.S (Extra afternoon with teacher support) – a Wednesday after school program to offer extra help with English work or general literacy skills. The constant interruptions in the year meant that this didn’t get a lot of traction, but we hope to hit the ground running with it in 2022, with the program being offered to all students from Years 7 to 12.

I am thankful for the parents and guardians who remained in contact with their child’s teachers to let them know of any issues faced and how their teacher can support them –constructive conversations like these are so important to our school community.

Most of all, I am so proud of the students who have continued to push to be the best version of themselves and kept working throughout all the challenges. We have seen some outstanding student work throughout the year that demonstrates high level critical, analytical, and ethical thinking, excellent language skills and creativity.

During the August-September lockdown we had three teams of Year 9 and 10 students who worked with Miss Tracey Lucas and Ms Skye Smith to compete in the Write a Book in a Day

challenge. The students created three high quality books and raised $2,919.05 collectively for the Kids Cancer Project. Congratulations go to all these students for taking on an extra challenge during these times and working for such a worthy cause. An extra special congratulations go to students in Team 3 who were awarded ‘Commended’ in their division, for their story ‘Clues to Happiness’. What an amazing achievement!

This year saw Year 8 students in separate English, Humanities and RE classes rather than combined Core classes like previous years. It was a tough year to make this transition but the quality of work from many of this year level has been very encouraging.

In Term 3 students completed an Indigenous Issues unit with a personal reflection media presentation expressing the students’ understanding about the issues around racism that our country faces, at an individual and at a national level. Some of this work is being sent to previous English Coordinator Kym Diprose, who is now working with students in remote areas of the Northern Territory, so they can see the work and attitudes of students in Victoria who support the campaign ‘Racism: It Stops With Me.’

Lastly, I wish to extend my congratulations and well wishes to the 2021 graduating class, whose entire VCE has been met with COVID challenges and they rose above it all, many staying extra hours after school and participating in extra English lectures (and other subject offerings). I hope the 2022 Year 12 class can follow the path of this year’s graduating class and take on the opportunities given to them in their learning. I look forward to working with them all!

Languages

Ms Katherine Brown

“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things .”

Flora Lewis, American journalist in International Affairs

In these times where critical thinking is so very important, it has been another year of fun and engaging language learning in our Japanese and Italian classes. Our students have learnt poems, sang songs, created scripts using context-specific language (such as how and what to say at a restaurant or when shopping – all in either Japanese or Italian.

During remote learning we tried to challenge and develop our students language learning through a variety of ICT mediums such as Gimkit, Quizlet and Language Perfect. These programs helped to consolidate and develop our students' vocabulary. Further, students learnt about culture at a deeper level by experiencing some of the target language's food, traditional songs and dances and watching movies and video clips.

An exciting part of learning a language is when students gain the confidence to try and speak in the target language. It has been wonderful to observe students respond to picture and discussion prompts to start their language journey. This year we incorporated language placemats into our classrooms so students can see frequently used words and are responsible for their use of these in conversation. We look forward to developing this teaching and learning tool in the future.

JAPANESE

Year 8 – Sol Basset-Albert

I enjoyed my time in Japanese even though we spent nearly half the year in remote learning. It was full of exciting and fun activities like making the tera tera bozuku and creating fun sentences. Over the year we learnt about traditional Japanese foods, culture and what to do in many social situations. Personally, I found learning Japanese characters quite enjoyable. Ms Brown and Mrs Sonka really helped us through our Year 8 Japanese experience. I loved the class and can't wait for Year 9 Japanese!

Year 8 – Amber Mazon and Rex Hargreaves

I enjoyed incorporating the Tokyo Olympics into the Sports and Hobbies unit because it helped us improve our knowledge of the Tokyo Olympics and of Japanese recreational activities. We stayed connected during remote learning by doing our lessons together in Google Meets. This helped make sure we understood the lesson and gave us clarity on what we were expected to do. We learnt various topics during Japanese such as sports and hobbies, grammar patterns and transportation. Ms Brown made sure we learnt to say, write and spell these thoroughly.

Year 9 – Sarah Muir and Harry Kool

In Japanese we enjoyed working together as a group. We learnt many new study skills that will help us with our future studies in Years 11 and 12. During remote learning Ms Brown recorded teaching clips that helped us take notes. We could pause and play the videos as needed. We enjoyed the fun class games and songs lik the 'Te' form song and Gimkit. These songs and games helped us learn new vocabulary in fun ways. We also learnt about Japanese culture like the Japanese holidays and some of the customs used in shops, schools and everyday life.

Year 9 – Billy Matthews and Emily Pendergast

This year's classes ran differently to how they usually would due to remote learning. Despite this, we were still able to hold fun sessions and get the most out of our time – whether in class or on Google Meets. This included playing class games on Quizlet and Gimkit and doing individual tasks on Education Perfect. We learnt how to use the vocabulary by watching prerecorded videos and doing tasks in our workbooks. We learnt a variety of units and within them how to read, write, listen and speak the vocabulary. We learnt aspects of Japanese culture and traditions to gain a deeper understanding of how the Japanese maintain their daily lives.

Year 10 – Puy Murika

I learnt Japanese through constantly writing, reading, memorising and practising. I did this mostly through the Language Perfect tasks set for us by Ms Brown.

I enjoyed the constant challenge of each Japanese class because it motivated me to push forward and fulfill my genuine curiosity of Japanese culture and language.

Remote learning didn’t faze my Japanese learning at all. I completed all the tasks set by Ms Brown and pushed myself for better quality work.

I learnt most of Years 7 to 10 Japanese within a year through fun activities like Gimkit, Language Perfect and the speaking tasks that Ms Brown appointed.

I genuinely found Japanese fun and productive, especially when I was able to improve my learning through Ms Brown’s after school Japanese classes.

ITALIAN

Year 7 – Elizabeth Gray

I have thoroughly enjoyed learning Italian this year. We have learnt how to describe people's appearance, how to say and reply to 'where do you live?' and the days and months of the year. We also learnt a poem in Italian. Although we didn't get to perform the poem, it was very fun and educational. I look forward to learning more Italian in the upcoming years.

Year 8 – Andre Bishop

This year I enjoyed learning how to express myself in Italian and being exposed to Italy's rich culture and history. I am excited to continue learning Italian as I have wanted to visit Italy for a long time, and I hope that this class will set me up for success in the future. I am glad that I have such helpful teachers to support me through my education.

Year 8 – Lily Seymour and Sally Shanahan

This year we learnt a variety of interesting parts of the Italian culture. Even though it was tough to do most of our activities due to the COVID pandemic, Miss Campagna found fun and creative ways to keep us engaged while also learning about and extending our Italian vocabulary. We studied words to describe the weather and as a result of our knowledge, we put together a weather report of two Italian cities branching over two days. Earlier in the year we studied body parts and drew an alien and described their body parts. Many other tasks where completed and we enjoyed the subject so much that we decided to continue Italian as an elective to further our knowledge of the Italian language while also having a lot of fun in the process.

Year 8 – Aidan Scott and Emma Yates

In Italian we enjoyed studying Italian food and creating a menu. It was also fun play Kahoot and Gimkit with our classmates. We researched the Euro and learnt how to say the weather. We continued to learn through remote learning with Miss Campagna’s Google Meets. We want to continue to study Italian so we can speak in full sentences to other people.

Year 8– Emily West and Elise McKay

This year in Italian we covered some interesting topics such as the different body parts, weather, school, and timetables and making a menu in Italian, we also investigated stereotypes and telling the time. We studied all these topics for weeks and months during remote learning over Google Meets as well as in class face-to-face. We enjoyed doing the menu task where you got to make a menu in full Italian with Italian dishes and prices.

Year 8– Zailey McLellan

I enjoyed having Italian in Year 8, it was a lot of fun. We did many interesting things such as: we learnt about food in Italy then created a menu for our own restaurants, we learnt about human body part, health and we learnt about stereotypes. I’m continuing studying Italian because I enjoyed my first two years of it and want to learn more about the culture I come from. I hope that in the future of me learning Italian we will continue to do many fun activities just like Year 8.

Mathematics

As we embarked upon the new school year in February, little did we know that 2021 would present to students, teachers and parents, another year of interruptions due to COVID lockdowns! Several remote learning sessions, some short and some quite extended, provided challenges which in hindsight have continued to help us grow in positive ways which we may not have expected.

The Mathematics Learning Area has welcomed new teachers to Nagle this year. We take this opportunity to thank Ms Maria Caroli, Mr Bruce Miller, Mr Brock Linklater, Mrs Diana Beggs and Mrs Jan Kane for contributing to our students’ learning this year.

2021 began with the following ongoing goals for our students at all levels of Maths at Nagle: to provide encouraging classroom experiences where students could…

• develop their confidence in writing, speaking and understanding the language of Mathematics;

• maintain a ‘body’ of notes which would represent the knowledge learned in Maths classes, visible evidence of progress;

• wherever possible, attain standards in the Mathematics curriculum through investigation and hands-on activities.

It has been very pleasing to see these goals achieved in our face-to-face learning when we were able to attend school, and to see the role that MathsOnline played in helping our Junior students to achieve these goals while working remotely during lockdowns. We acknowledge the amazing effort that students made to ‘attend’ their classes via Google Meet and to consistently complete the work set for them; the huge part that parents played in assisting students to meet each week’s learning requirements; and the phenomenal way that teachers continued to ‘upskill’ to deliver the curriculum in the online environment.

Congratulations to our students in Years 7 and 9 for the mature way in which they approached this year’s NAPLAN tests in May, particularly the Numeracy Test. It was so encouraging to note the growth of our Year 9 students in Numeracy from 2019 to 2021, a rate of growth which surpassed the average growth rate of the State. This achievement is due to the hard work of all parties involved; we acknowledge the role of all Year 9 students, their parents, the Maths teachers of those levels and the overall goals of the Maths Learning Area. We look forward to continued growth in numeracy skills and fluency over the next two years.

Maths Aid and Maths Café have continued to underpin our Mathematics program at Nagle by offering afterschool support for students on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This is growing the positive Maths culture of our College.

The Australian Mathematics Competition, the largest such competition in the world, is a 30-problem quiz which demonstrates the importance of mathematics in everyday

life. Our students were fortunate to sit this competition on Thursday 5 August, the day before Victorian schools closed for another round of Remote learning. It was wonderful to observe our students thoughtfully using different approaches to tackle problems of increasing difficulty, and we congratulate all students who entered this year’s competition, especially the following students for their strong performances:

Best in School

AJ Manuell (Year 9)

Year 7 (Junior)

Credit: Trinity Thompson, Izaac Alleaume, Emma Fincher, Blake Duffy, Geetika Singla, Marissa Warfe

Year 8 (Junior)

Distinction: Semi Jung, George Ioakim, Emily West

Credit: Elise McKay, Andre Bishop, Jas Martin, Cooper Wallis, Connor Graham, Ava Aly-Mehlert, Amber Mazon

Year 9 (Intermediate)

Distinction: AJ Manuell, Emily Pendergast

Credit: Ella Poore, Melinda Wood, Antje Kempff

Year 10 (Intermediate)

Proficiency: Puy Murika

Year 11 (Senior)

Distinction: Jack Simmons

Credit: Rhonan Davies

Year 12 (Senior)

Credit: Connor Mitchelson-Twigg

In closing, at the end of this year, I am leaving my role of Mathematics teacher and Learning Area Leader at Nagle to enter semi-retirement, keeping my hand in through tutoring and also pursuing some other interests. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our Nagle students, parents and Maths teachers – for our combined teamwork in developing our students’ mathematical skills, understanding and confidence throughout 2021. I wish you all the very best for an enjoyable and successful mathematical journey ahead!

Science

Mr Dan Crowe

Last year the Science report started with “Well – what a year”. I think it would be fair to say that this year the Science Department has survived and thrived in an even more challenging year. The ongoing COVID pandemic and remote learning has made learning difficult. Students have sometimes struggled to engage with their curriculum and with learning in general.

SNAPSHOT OF JUNIOR SCIENCE

Thankfully the Stile Program implemented in 2019 was further developed in 2021 and became the focal means of delivering the Junior Science curriculum. The program proved to be highly beneficial. Additional teaching resources and ideas were needed to complement this mode of delivery so simple homebased practical classes and research assignment tasks were introduced.

A highlight of the Junior curriculum would be Nagle’s Year 8 Enhanced Science students continuing the ‘What’ll happen to the wattle' program, supported by the Australian Space Agency. Nagle was one of a select group of schools selected for this program.

SNAPSHOT OF SENIOR SCIENCE

Just like the Stile program for Junior Science, the Edrolo program became another means of delivering the VCE curriculum. All VCE exams are hand-written however many students prefer to learn via computer software such as Edrolo and Google Classroom. Various online software was trialled during remote learning as well as the ubiquitous Google Meet sessions. It quickly became apparent that different students have different preferences for how they learn. Some students struggled with the online textbook and showed a preference for the traditional hard copy textbooks.

Practical work is a very important way for students to learn. Hands-on activities and field work are excellent ways to help students make connections with their subjects.

Norrie Owen is to be congratulated for helping the science staff with remote learning videos/photos of practical investigations and implementing a CovidSafe environment in our science rooms.

CONCLUSION

2021 has been particularly challenging for the Science Learning Area. By the end of the year we will have said goodbye to Mrs Nicola Haskew, Mr Steve Jenes, Ms Andrea Blunden and Mrs Sue Whitbourne. However, we have also welcomed Mr Bruce Miller, Mrs Jan Kane and Mrs Diana Beggs to the Science team. I think I write on behalf of all that I hope 2022 is a more settled year!

Photos (right to left): Row 1: Year 10 Marine Biology students dissect squids, Year 10 Marine Biology students use squid spine to write with squid ink, Year 12 Biology students celebrate end of year. Row 2: Students collect and test water along the Mitchell River. Row 3: Year 11 Psychology students design model neurons Row 4: Duncan Fisher wins the prize for launching the highest bottle rocket during science week, Ms Jacinta Preston visits the College with her newborn daughter, Mrs Lara Bongers is given well wishes from her students as she goes on maternity leave

Technologies

Health and PE

Mr Nigel Carr

YEAR 7 AND 8 SPORT

Students participated in a variety of indoor/outdoor, individual/team and recreational/competitive sports.

YEAR 9

Bootcamp students engaged in a series of practical classes designed to challenge and develop their fitness levels. They participated in a series of group exercises designed to provide variety and maintain motivation, such as biathlon training (below). Students explored competitive and recreational games in Games for Life. Each of the games can potentially be played throughout the students’ lives, allowing them opportunities for regular physical activity and social interaction – such as lawn bowling and croquet (below). Duke of Ed students took part in three days of cycling along the rail trail between Bairnsdale and Nowa Nowa.

YEARS 10 TO 12 OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Year 10 Outdoor Ed students hiked from Falls Creek to Tawonga Huts and discussed the historical, geological and cultural significance of the area. Year 12 Outdoor and Environmental Studies Units 3 & 4 students completed their Source to Sea expedition. Students begin their journey at the Angusvale Track and over 5 days/4 nights they hiked, canoed and cycled their way along the Mitchell River until they reached open water at Eagle Point.

Humanities

Mrs Jenna O’Rourke

2021 has been an exciting and engaging year for students of Humanities subjects at Nagle College.

We ran the Year 7 Geography ‘Water in the World’ excursion to the Mitchell River which took advantage of our rural location and easy access to local natural resources. The excursion aimed to deepen students’ understanding of the importance of the Mitchell River for supporting and sustaining the people of Bairnsdale and surrounding townships. Students followed the course of the river from the Den of Nargun down to its mouth at the Silt Jetties, as it flows into Lake King.

At the Den of Nargun, the focus is on the Indigenous connections to the Mitchell River National Park where consideration is given to how the First People of this region utilised and valued this resource. Students were made aware of the tributaries which flow into the Mitchell River as they made their way through Glenaladale and Woodglen and back through Bairnsdale. Along this part of the journey, students were asked to make connections between the Mitchell River and local agriculture, focusing on the market gardens situated on the Lindenow Flats. In addition, students noted the references to Kalbar’s proposed mining site. Students had already researched this proposal in class and considered the possible impacts to the environment, especially the Mitchell River. Lastly, students investigated the construction of the Silt Jetties. How lucky we are at Nagle College to be able to study this precious resource – part of our own beautiful environment!

The Year 8 program was redeveloped for the 2021 school year and included fantastic new topics and activities. Each lesson had a specific literacy focus, and students made great progress with their comprehension, analysis, evaluation and writing skills throughout the year. Units included ‘Landscapes and Landforms’, ‘Changing Nations’, ‘The Vikings’, ‘Japan under the Shoguns’, ‘The Spanish Conquest of the Americas’, and ‘Business and Economics’. Unfortunately Medieval Day was cancelled in 2021 due to COVID restrictions. We hope that this event will run again in 2022.

The Year 9 and 10 elective program continues to be popular with many students. Comments from students on their end of elective reflections indicate their understanding of the importance of Humanities subjects:

“My teacher brings military history to life. She is such an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher. I really enjoyed making connections between World War I and my own family history.”

– Year 9 student, World War I elective

“Taking History this semester has improved my writing skills. My teacher taught us great strategies for structuring our writing. I feel like the comprehension and writing strategies that I have learnt in History will be of great benefit in other areas of my life.”

– Year 9 student, The Industrial Revolution elective

“One day I would like to own my own business. Analysing the reasons why some businesses succeed and other fail has helped me understand that careful planning and consideration of a range of factors will be important if I want to succeed.”

– Year 10 student, Business and Accounting elective

“This elective has made me aware of some of the environmental challenges our world faces. I feel like I am a better global citizen because I understand these challenges and I want to take action to improve the state of the world.”

–Year 10 student, Environmental Management elective

“When I leave school I would like to be a police officer. Legal Studies has given me a rich knowledge of relevant information about my future career.”

– Year 10 Legal Studies elective

Student interest in VCE Humanities classes has led to growth in our ability to offer a range of VCE subjects. In 2021, we were able to offer VCE classes in History, Business Management, Legal Studies and Accounting. The growth of our senior subject offerings will continue in 2022, with a VCE Geography class running for the first time in many years.

Performing Arts

Mrs Maureen Plunkett

The Arts is probably an area that you would think would not cope well with Remote learning but it is the creative minds of the Performing Arts team that enable us to deliver an engaging and educational curriculum, particularly with the lessons we learnt from last year.

Remote lessons meant that learning outcomes were achieved through alternative activities aimed at non-laptop opportunities. All the Year 7s still had the opportunity to try a brass or woodwind instrument although it was very limited. Year 8s devised rhythm patterns using whatever ‘devised’ djembes they could create and Year 9s learnt chord progressions and drum patterns on virtual instruments. Alternative recording and mixing programs gave Commercial Music students a taster in creating radio ads and movie soundtrack excerpts. They also gained a greater appreciation for the Mac Lab computers that extend their creative opportunities and understanding of music elements when composing to devise particular emotions and/or actions.

The combination of on-site and remote learning saw the Drama teachers tweak the curriculum to give students active and creative opportunities. When the Year 7s returned to school, they really embraced their Melodrama unit. They spent time exploring both the exaggerated characters and storyline of the Melodramatic style. The highlight was accessing costumes and props to give confidence in portraying their characters and enhance the action in their short play performances.

The Year 8 drama classes delivered some fantastic Reader’s Theatre Performances while in lockdown and at school. This involved reading from a script while using only expressive voices and gestures to tell the story. Students needed to develop a deep comprehension of the script and their character to do this, incorporating a real focus on literacy. There were also some fantastic shadow puppet characters created and then

backlit to present some well-crafted and entertaining shadow puppet shows.

The Year 9s explored the use of masks while in lockdown. They studied the origins of masks and their connection to fables in different cultures. They then devised their own masks from found objects around the home. These mask performances varied from cultural origin stories to lessons directing people in how they should behave.

Senior music classes were reliant on their own motivation to continue developing their aural and theory skills using the resources available. This replaced our group activities each session which developed our in-depth listening. Poor internet access and shared family learning spaces limited the opportunity for feedback in developing technical and performance skills. I commend the Year 11 students who remotely learnt their parts in providing a group for the Year 12 Performance Exam. When they were finally able to get together for a few rehearsals, they knew their parts. They spent the valuable time gelling as a group and addressing the criteria that would make the performances unique. They also had to incorporate all the musical elements to demonstrate a variety of musical intentions/moods that would take the examiners on a journey of emotions. It was unfortunate that COVID restrictions did not allow an opportunity to perform to the school and inspire our younger students.

I congratulate the Performing Arts team on their resourcefulness and commitment to engage students both in remote and on-site learning. There was a lot of time and research in creating new ways to deliver the curriculum that could effectively be used for either situations. Exhausting though it was, we have new ideas and resources to enhance the Performing Arts experience for our students.

Visual Arts

Mrs Sally Bailey

Congratulations to the Visual Arts students and staff who have been so flexible in a year of jumping in and out of remote learning. In a practical area such as Visual Arts, teachers have been even more creative in developing curriculum tasks that allow students to continue covering the areas required. Students have been flexible and adaptive when working within the limitations of their family home to create a wide variety of art and design work. Unfortunately, we are unable to photograph these creative adventures of “found” object sculptures, magazine mosaics, observational drawings and logo designs but this report contains many photos of students working while they were in class.

When the school was running face-to-face learning some classes were able to visit the Gippsland Gallery and submit artwork to a variety of competitions run by the local community and the Catholic CEO Christmas card competition. The Nagle’s Got Talent Photographic and Digital Art Competition was also run this year. Students submitting, exhibiting, and voting for their favourites, all in digital and web format. Congratulation to all the students who participated for their House and viewed their photos on the Nagle website exhibition. This year ideas for the 2022 Student Diary cover came from the Year 10 Visual Communication Design class. Antje Kempff’s design was selected. Congratulations and thank you Antje for the extra hours you put into the design, creating it during remote learning.

Many who returned from this year’s experiences have stated that being creative and producing artwork of any sort, was a way of keeping mentally healthy. This is true at any time and the students now have skills and tools to use during future challenges. As the photos here demonstrate, the Visual Arts area used the time they did have in school very productively,

Music

Mr Andrew Long, Director of Music

2021 BEGINS

What a year! 2021 began with a positive vibe and a solid intake of new Year 7s keen to learn their chosen musical instrument. During Term 1 new enrolments on all instruments joined us for weekly lessons. Our music tutors and staff were looking forward to a consistent, productive time with regular lessons, band rehearsals and when ready, even getting back to performances. That was wishful thinking…

Our Nagle musicians were pleased to be invited to participate in the 2021 East Gippsland Music Festival. This annual festival is a wonderful opportunity for our local schools to bring their music students together for a full day musical workshop experience and then produce an ‘all-in’ extravaganza concert. Having experienced these in past years I have witnessed how this provides a positive experience and drive for all involved. Although working diligently on the pieces, in readiness for this event unfortunately COVID lockdowns (and then the implementation of CovidSafe rules for schools) meant that this event was regretfully postponed and subsequently cancelled. Even though it did not eventuate it did provide us all with a needed motivation, a timeline, and common musical pieces to work on. Maybe we can look forward to taking part another year?

Our instrumental lessons continued ‘as normal’ until schools were closed and our next round of remote learning commenced. As COVID again took over our lives, the lockdowns/remote learning resulted in our lessons taking place virtually (for some keen Zoom’ers) and our Bands stopped as it was not possible to gather as a group. We had been through this before and knew our music would be further impacted. Music programs struggled as activities rely on the interaction and positive social aspects. Without this personal face-to-face connection many students struggled to stay motivated and participate.

REMOTE LEARNING

Our tutors each offered various means of continuing lessons throughout remoted learning.

1:1 Zoom music lessons

These worked very well as 1:1 lessons and all who took up this option received the most they could out of this situation. Zoom was not functional for groups/bands. The technology just crumbles when a few instruments start to play ‘together’.

Pre-recorded lessons

Some of our tutors had spent much time preparing and recording their own lessons for 2020 that it was wonderful to see these being used again, and again.

Additional ‘You Tube’ lessons and educational content was selected by music tutors and links emailed to students to support their lessons and learning.

Providing Sheet Music and Backing Tracks

This was the closest we had to play along with a full band sound.

BACK ON CAMPUS

Once back at school the CovidSafe rules went through various phases: ‘no brass or woodwind lessons’, ‘brass and woodwind can be outside for lessons only’, ‘up to five woodwind students were allowed to be inside for lessons, socially distanced’. No bands, singing or concerts could function during most of Term 2 and 3. Our brass and woodwind music tutors (and the students) when working outdoors faced hot, cold, wind and rain. They will appreciate being back to ‘normal’.

We are all excited about the building works that are set to begin during these coming summer holidays. Over the next 12 months this will involve constructing and bringing together a Performing Arts Centre. Features include additional music practice rooms, a larger band rehearsal room, drama department joining us with a new drama space, and our own Nagle Auditorium/Lecture theatre. Also, our existing music area will be refurbished.

As Director of Music I was intently aware of how important the performances our bands usually undertake are. They set challenges and timelines for both music tutors and students alike, giving us all ‘a purpose’ to work towards and the sense of accomplishment when complete. Some Senior Band (we actually rebadged it as ‘Plan B’ band) members did manage a performance for a College Assembly and for the Subject Selection Expo (add ‘Tunes Band’). The latter was the very day before another lockdown was called! I will be grateful for our ‘busy times’ in the future when our bands can resume performances and activity.

Thank you to our Music and Arts Captains Nell Corby and Sunanda Browne. Although the usual events that utilise your roles were limited, we needed your positive spirits and willingness to lead by example.

Thank you to all our music staff who guide and mentor students, conduct bands and teach weekly music lessons. They have adapted and achieved so much under trying conditions.

While there were many music activities that couldn't take place throughout the year – we managed. Times are again changing and the fresh start of 2022 is ahead of us. May next year be full of group lessons, band rehearsals, concerts, and excursions… Let’s make music!

Applied Learning

Mrs Tina Sonka

Nagle College offers a wide range of Applied Learning programs – often called ‘hands-on' learning – including VCAL and VET programs. Some of the VET programs are delivered on campus and others are delivered off campus by other training providers. Featured below are some of the Applied Learning programs at Nagle College.

VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF APPLIED LEARNING

No one would have thought that the challenges we faced in 2020 would continue in 2021.

Students began the year preparing for Structured Work Placement in Terms 2 and 3. Students commenced the required Occupational Health and Safety modules and certificates, researching roles and responsibilities and workplace expectations. Students identified their skills, interests and abilities and began to investigate potential work placements.

Students participated in a range of practical activities like creating Industry Induction Kits, OHS board games, writing books and reading to St Mary’s Grade 2 students, developing sporting activities for Grade 4 students at Bairnsdale West, Community projects and Fire Ready awareness activities.

In the workshop, students participated in induction activities to familiarise themselves with the safe operation of machines and tools. They put their skills into practice by making Habitat boxes thanks to a Biodiversity grant organised by Mrs Andrea Savage through East Gippsland Water. Students also created products to sell at the Makers Market.

The Makers Market involved students designing and creating products. Students developed marketing material to promote their product, they worked in a team to plan and organise the market. Year 11 students created a pitch to decide which community organisation would benefit from the proceeds of the Makers Market.

All VCAL students participate in literacy and numeracy activities which have a real life application such as budgeting, planning and costing trips, sports projects and the Olympic games.

VET PROGRAMS

Certificate II in Applied Fashion Design and Technology

Despite being locked down for a lot of the year, the VET Applied Fashion students had the opportunity to work with milliner, Rose Hudson. Rose has worked on shows such as Miss Fischer’s Murder mysteries and the Dressmaker to produce the costumes for those shows. The students made a Fascinator using a range of millinery techniques. Rose was really impressed with the work of the students and how they participated so positively and produced such good products.

Nagle College VET Applied Fashion Year 1 and Year 10 Fashion and Textiles students participated in a virtual incursion with Todd Anthony, Fashion Academic and Marketing Specialist at LCI Melbourne.

Todd, a Fashion and Costume academic at LCI Melbourne, generously donated his time to teach Nagle College students what a career in the fashion industry could look like. Along with lecturing, Todd has been in both costume and fashion design plus publication for the last 15 years.

Since beginning his work at LCI Melbourne, Todd began started an initiative at LCI Melbourne that gives students an opportunity to experience what it may be like to study and work within the creative industries.

“Usually, we run workshops as incursions or excursions but as soon as we went into the current lockdown this was not possible,” said Todd. “I spoke to Karen Webster, our Dean and Principal, and asked if we could offer all schools the opportunity to access LCI Melbourne virtually – for free – to give both students and teachers something different. We looked at this imitative as our way to give back to the community.”

Virtual incursions provided Nagle students with the opportunity to learn about fashion illustrations from an industry expert, over several days. Student illustrations were diverse and included bespoke clothing designs.

“I was proud of the way students applied themselves to the tasks they were assigned. These sessions allowed students to use their skills to create their own fashion illustrations,” said Teacher, Mrs Hilary Arnold. “Todd helped provide tips and guidance to ensure students could achieve their potential.

We are very grateful to Todd and LCI Melbourne for this opportunity.”

The standard of work submitted by students is a testament to Todd’s support and dedication.

“It was such a pleasure to work with the students and Hilary,” said Todd. “I am impressed with the quality of work that the students at Nagle College have been producing.”

I congratulate the students for their efforts. The last two years have been challenging and have seriously affected their ability to complete their work; but they have done it!

VET Building and Construction Year II

We have made it through all the required modules despite the interruptions. To ensure all students completed all modules, practical tasks were modified to make best use of the time available. Several students gained employment during the year. Current job prospects for students of VET Building and Construction are quite strong due to a lot of building happening around the area. Remote schooling poses its own challenges. Students needed to complete much of their theory work with minimal assistance. I am quite pleased with how the group has worked through this. It is extremely difficult to

maintain enthusiasm when there is limited time to undertake the practical components. I have been very impressed with both the attitude and results of the practical classes.

VET Sport and Recreation

Students in first and second year Cert III in Sport and Recreation course undertook modified practical activities and assessments that could be completed remotely and meet course requirements. Luckily for the first-year students, the first aid course was able to occur, meaning these students successfully obtained their Level 2 First Aid Certificates. Unfortunately, Fun4Fours and the Pool Lifeguard Courses were unable to take place due to Covid restrictions. I congratulate all the students on successfully completing the Cert III in Sport and Recreation under difficult circumstances. Well done on persisting and making the most of the situation presented to you.

Koorie Education

What another strange and extraordinary year for the Koorie students of Nagle College! We have faced a year of on-and-off Remote learning which has tested both staff and students alike. Our students have done their best and were all very glad to be back at Nagle with friends and face-to-face learning.

GRADUATES

In one of the most unusual graduate years ever we are proud to have had three students complete Year 12. We congratulate them on completing their final year and hope they go on to achieve everything they have dreamt of.

Curriculum

Racism and Indigenous studies – Koorie Education staff have been supporting the Year 8 curriculum and teachers in a new unit based around knowledge of both historical and current Indigenous issues. The aim of this unit is to give all students a knowledge of racism issues so they can explore and make decisions based on facts. The students start with some history of First Nations people and some of the challenges they have faced. They continued these studies with a viewing of ‘The Final Quarter’ documentary with Adam Goodes and his call out to end racism.

Bushtucker Garden

Nagle College under the direction of Science teacher and Eco Warrior Mrs Andrea Savage has applied for a grant under the East Gippsland Water Diversity Grant Scheme to design and build a Bushtucker garden space on Nagle grounds. This garden will be used by all students but particularly the Bushtucker classes, First Nations students and visitors to the school. It will also be utilised for sacred ceremonies such as Smoking Ceremonies. The Koorie Education staff have liased and consulted with Mrs Savage and Grattan Mullet from GLAWAC in the design of the garden and how it will function.

Bushtucker class ran both remotely and face-to-face under the guidance of Mrs Tania Holmes. It has been challenging as we have been unable to have our normal community Indigenous teachers to visit the school under COVID rules. We have been able, however, to learn some knowledge of the local history of the Gunaikurnai people and students have been able to make and woodburn boomerangs that they are able to take home.

Bairnsdale Regional Health Service

BRHS has in 2021 been running a project to produce a colouring book for children who are using the health service. They were looking for Koorie students from local schools to submit designs. The Koorie Liaison Officer at Bairnsdale Hospital, Uncle Adrian Morgan visited Nagle where he had lunch with the Koorie students and some of them contributed to the book with designs.

Mrs Tania Holmes attended Camp with the Year 7s at Lake Tyers and presented the Year 12 Graduation Cloak that was produced by Nagle and Koorie community to the students and explained its cultural significance. The students also did some Koorie art that was introduced by Uncle Alfie Hudson. This art is given back to the students when they graduate in Year 12.

Nagle College acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of this land on which we learn, the Gunaikurnai people, and pay our respects to the Elders, past, present and emerging.

Careers

Ms Louise Kelly

The Careers Department modified the way it operated to accomodate for COVID disruptions. Having gone through the same situation in 2020, we were far more prepared and already had the systems in place. We were pleased to be able to complete most of our Year 10 and 12 interviews in-person, however, the subject selection process was hampered by COVID restrictions.

University and TAFE Open Days were held virtually.While this doesn’t replace what is gained by on site visits it prprovided more opportunities for rural students to attend.

The lead up to university and TAFE applications through Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) was also affected by COVID restrictions and lockdowns. VTAC’s website did, however, provid a detailed Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) and scholarship information. Additionally, Google Classroom was used to consolidate this material for students who logged into class.

Year 12 students were again given the opportunity to submit bushfire statements and have their lockdown experiences recognised for their university applications.

Structured workplace learning was only available to Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) students throughout much of the year. We appreciate those employers who willingly have our students year after year and provide them with a great insight into the workforce.

The Careers program could not run effectively without great staff and I would like to personally thank the Year 9 and 10 Pathways teachers for your support. I also would like to thank Ms Karen Dukakis who provides the Career Department and VCAL with fantastic administrative support. We could not operate as well without you.

We hope that 2022 allows us to return to some form of normality again after two COVID interrupted years.

We are a parish that prepares for life

Religious Education

“A Catholic school places Jesus, his message, his mission, his community and his ethos, at the centre of all learning.”

The Salesian Strenna 2021: ‘Hope moves us: Behold I make all things new’ from the Book of Revelation emphasises that life provides us with challenges and uncertainties but we continue to express the certainty of being moved by hope: because God in his Spirit continues to make “all things new”.

Pope Francis invited the world to become infected with “the necessary antibodies of justice, charity and solidarity” for reconstruction once the days of the pandemic are over.

Well, 2021 has proven to be just as extraordinary and challenging as 2020 was. The experiences from 2020 put us in good stead to confidently move back into remote learning as needed and make adjustments needed to meet the needs of our students. Although there were still many variables and obstacles to overcome, we still have much to be grateful and thankful for living in the beautiful surrounds of East Gippsland.

LITURGIES

A special thank you to Mrs Josie Boland, Religious Education Junior Coordinator who prepared the Year 7 liturgy for parents and carers on the first day of the school year. There was a wonderful turn out of new and current parents who shared a morning tea following the prayerful and reflective liturgy.

In February, the whole school came together for the first time in 12 months to celebrate a Commencement Mass. A beautiful and reflective Mass was celebrated by Fr Michael Willemsen

to commence the 2021 academic year. The scriptural readings assisted in breaking open the Salesian strenna, ‘Hope moves us: Behold I make all things new.’ At the conclusion of Mass, the Year 12 students were presented with badges and made their pledge and commitment to work together, to be supportive and inspire one another as they journey together through their final year of school.

The whole school was able to celebrate an Easter Liturgy this year to reflect on our Lenten journey entering into Holy Week. The whole school liturgy was very moving as we reflected on Jesus’ life and work; the last meal with his disciples and his suffering and death on the Cross. For Christians, Easter Sunday is a significant celebration of Jesus’ death to new life. No matter where we are on our journey of faith and life, we are all invited to be more like Jesus by living a life of faith, hope and service to others.

Unfortunately COVID restrictions limited the ability to have a whole school Graduation Mass again this year. Each pastoral group gathered to celebrate a ‘Graduation Liturgy’ enabling pastoral groups to pray for our Year 12s in their future endeavours.

RETREATS

Retreats have had a long history at Nagle College and supplement the work done in our Religious Education classes as a further opportunity for education in faith. We were extremely fortunate to have Fr Rob Galea for the Year 11 Retreat this year. Fr Rob Galea is a priest, singer, songwriter, recording artist, youth worker, and public speaker. He is known to millions worldwide as a singer, songwriter or “Fr  Rob from Australia”. Many would not know how far removed his world is today from the “little circle of hell” he created as a 16 year old in Malta. Fr Rob transformed from a troubled teen to a Catholic priest. Struggling under the weight of addiction and depression, Fr Rob knew he needed help, he forged a relationship with Jesus Christ and has never looked back. His story is about recovery, redemption and faith, making Fr Rob Galea one of the most charismatic priests of our time. Our Year 11 students spent the day hearing his story of personal despair right through to a new found life filled with hope. He is an extraordinary and gifted musician and we were very fortunate to have this day prior to COVID restrictions.

The Year 12s were able to attend Coonawarra Resort just prior to the first lockdown of the year. In a relaxed, informal way, students were provided with an opportunity to reflect on their life’s journey, to share with others the important aspects of life, and build self-understanding. There was time to reflect personally on their faith, to celebrate through a liturgy and prayer and to have fun together in a spirit of community.

SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVITIES

“Aspire not to have more, but to be more.” – Saint Oscar Romero

The theme for Project Compassion 2021 was ‘Be More’. Every year, countless people turn Lent into a demonstration of faith, love and generosity. Our students became part of this community, demonstrating simple actions such as a cake stall and lunchtime activities to “be more” for our world. The generosity of kind, everyday people is what makes a difference to the lives of vulnerable communities globally.

A wonderful example of community partnership during Lent when our Youth Ministry students assisted the Parish by making hundreds of crosses for Palm Sunday mass.

The annual St Vincent de Paul “Founders’ Day Food Drive” was able to take place and it was great to see the generosity extended to those in our community who are less fortunate than ourselves.

As 2021 comes to a close, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Religious Education team and to all staff who continue to uphold the ethos and values of Catholic Education. My sincere thanks and appreciation to our Religious Education Assistant, Georgia Beaumont-Jessop who is committed to supporting Religious Education at Nagle College. I would like to wish everyone a blessing filled Christmas season and look forward to the abundant blessings of 2022.

We are

a playground where friends meet and enjoy themselves

Swimming Carnival

Nagle College’s Inter-House Swimming Carnival took place on Friday 19 February at the Bairnsdale Outdoor Pool. MacKillop House was congratulated on being House Champion for the second year in a row and Polding was congratulated on winning the House Spirit Award.

HOUSE CHAMPION

686 points 497 points 388 points365 points340 points334 points

We were pleased to see many students enter the timed races which contribute to House points – the House with the most points is awarded House Champion. Year 7 students, especially, were to be commended for their high level of involvement. Top students in each of the timed races were eligible to compete at the East Gippsland Division Finals on Wednesday 4 March. We were pleased to have over 40 students qualify to attend this event. Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Age Champion. This award is based on placing points for the timed events.

AGE CHAMPIONS

Year levelBoys Champion

7 Xander Borisenko (MacKillop)

8 Kai McEntee (MacKillop)

9 Fabian Russo (Bosco)

10Will Wayside (Chisholm)

Layla Chapman (Xavier)

Keira Gibbs (Chisholm)

Antje Kempff (Polding)

Brylee McMahon (Polding)

11Shaun Maclom (Chisolm) and Ethan Taylor (MacKillop)Ally Raeburn (MacKillop)

12Jackson Costigan (Avila)

Amy Cheesley (Chisholm)

Novelty events are favoured by many students as they are a fun and inclusive way to generate House sprit and points. This year’s novelty events included Line pass, Survival relay, Volleyball, Flipper toss, Cork scramble and Soccer. Results can be seen in the table below:

Line Pass

Survival Relay

Minor games (i.e. flipper toss)

Cork Scramble Xavier MacKillop

Soccer Polding Chisholm MacKillop

Across the pool

Polding Bosco & MacKillop tied

Congratulations to all students who participated in making this year’s Inter-House Swimming Carnival a success. We would also like to thank Mrs O’Neill for organising and the dozens of staff who assisted. Without you this day would not be possible.

Triathlon

The Nagle Triathlon was held on Wednesday 10 February. After winning House Spirit at the Inter-House Swimming Carnival, Polding again showed their spirit by entering the most teams, and were the overall winner of the Triathlon.

Inter-House Carnivals celebrate not only winning students, but participation. While most Houses entered three teams, Polding entered an amazing seven teams. Although Polding did not have a winning team on the day, they proved how important teamwork and House spirit are by accumulating the most points to win the overall award.

WINNING TEAMS

Junior Girls Asha Jankowiak, Louise Hurley and Emily Kool Avila

Junior Boys Charlotte Klingner, Ned Stansfield and Will Guy Newman

Intermediate Girls Ashlin O’Neill, Ebony Etheridge and Emma Patterson Newman

Intermediate Boys Fabian Russo, Jackson Batt and Ronan Moors Bosco

Senior Girls Tara Preston, Emily Pendergast and Layla Chapman Xavier

Senior Boys Henry Moors, Eloise Ridder-Strickland and Duncan Fisher Bosco

Staff Mr Neeson, Mrs O’Neill and Georgie Haussegger Newman

HOUSE CHAMPION

Cross Country Carnival

Nagle College’s Cross Country Carnival took place on Wednesday 21 April. MacKillop House was congratulated on being House Champion – their second win of the year, having won the Inter-House Swimming Carnival in February.

Year 7 students participated first, and separately, as some classes were heading to their rescheduled Camp. It was wonderful to see our newest students rise to the challenge and put forth their best effort. Years 8 and 9 were the second group to compete, followed by students in Years 10 to 12. The top students in each year level are eligible to participate in Regionals in June. Between 40 and 50 students went to Lardner Park in Warragul for Regionals.

TOP 3 STUDENTS PER YEAR

GirlsAli

Boys

HOUSE CHAMPION

1st Place 2ⁿd Place3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place6th Place7th Place 4,051.5

Athletics Carnival

Nagle College’s Athletics Carnival took place on Wednesday 11 August. Polding House was congratulated on being House Champion – their second victory of the year, having won the Triathlon in March. Bosco House was congratulated on winning House Spirit.

It was pleasing to see so many students enjoying the day. Students from each House put forth their best effort, especially those from Polding who demonstrated that participation goes a long way in deciding the winning House.

It was also pleasing to see three students break previous records. Year 11 student, Amy Curnow's (Bosco) 100m sprint time of 13.42 seconds beat a 35 year old record set by Kathryn Forysth (13.49 s). Also in 100m, Year 7 Douglas Ashby's (Chisholm) time of 12.88 seconds beat that of Tyrone Hayes (12.95 s) set in 2012. Year 9 student, Antje Kempff 's (Polding) time of 1:03.21 in the 400m race took more than 3 minutes off the previous record set by Christine James in 2009 (1:06.71 s). Nagle Congratulates these students on their achievement.

AGE CHAMPIONS

7 Jobe Froud (Xavier)

8 James Kapolos (Bosco)

9 Max Boole (Bosco)

10Tully Davis (Avila)

11Jamie Dore (Xavier)

12Kieran Dwyer (Polding)

HOUSE CHAMPION

Marissa Warfe (Newman)

Keira Gibbs (Chisholm)

Antje Kempff (Polding)

Brylee McMahon (Polding)

Sarah Faithfull (MacKillop)

Emily Hall (Chisholm)

1st Place 2ⁿd Place3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place6th Place7th Place

1,366 points1,320 points1,260 points1,110 points1,105 points913 points868 points

Inter-House Step Challenge

The Inter-House Step Challenge took place between Wednesday 1 September and Wednesday 8 September 2021. Bosco was congratulated on winning Nagle’s 2021 Inter-House Step Challenge – defending their 2020 victory. Bosco House also had the most past students/staff participate. Collectively, these 15 participants took 991,606 steps for Bosco and helped contribute to their win.

The greatest achievement throughout this competition, however, was that of Mrs Kool. Mrs Kool is congratulated on setting a new step count record - 224,952 steps - breaking Mr Carr’s record of 210,000 steps which he set in September 2020.

HOUSE CHAMPION

2,805,375

TOP STAFF STEPPERS BY HOUSE

School Sports Victoria

Nagle participated in SSV East Gippsland in the following sports: cricket, golf, volleyball, tennis, AFL, swimming, senior basketball, senior table tennis, badminton, netball, soccer and cross country.

AFL

The Year 7 boys, Junior Girls and Intermediate Boys progressed to Regionals.

REGIONAL AND STATE SWIMMING

Nagle had a large contingent of swimmers compete at the Regional Championships in Sale in March. The standout performance of the day was the 12/13 year old girls relay team including Layla Chapman, Asha Jankowiak, Charlotte Klingner and Heidi Carter who won the event, qualifying for the State Championships in April. The girls swam an amazing race at State claiming the Bronze medal (photo below).

VOLLEYBALL

The Year 8 girls volleyball team competed at Regionals.

CRICKET

The Senior Boys cricket team (8/195) defeated Bairnsdale Secondary College (8/109) to progress to the Region finals. In the Region finals, Nagle defeated Wonthaggi Secondary College by 8 wickets before being defeated by Sale Catholic College.

Nagle had six teams participating in the East Gippsland Year 7-10 super 8 cricket competition. The Year 7 boys, Year 7 girls and Year 9/10 girls progressed to the Regionals which were unfortunately cancelled due to COVID restrictions.

GOLF

A number of students participated in the SSV Golf competition at the Bairnsdale Golf course on 15 March (photo below). Congratulations to Noah Paterson and Audrey Dalrymple who won the junior boys and junior girls division to qualify for State on 6 December 2021.

BADMINTON

Nagle was represented by three teams at the Gippsland Badminton finals. The senior boys, intermediate girls and Year 8 girls. The senior boys team made up of Nick McLaughlin, Jordan Johnston, Nathan Roseman and Cooper Young (photo top right) were even after the singles games, but combined well in the doubles winning both to become the Gippsland Champions. The Year 8 girls team made up of Amelie Claringbold, Hannah Svetey, Ava Aly-Mehlert, Emily Morton, Victoria Collins and Kate Roberts (photo top left) won all of their matches against three schools to progress to the State finals. Unfortunately, State finals were cancelled due to covid restrictions.

SOCCER

The senior boys competed in the Gippsland Soccer finals winning the first game against Mary MacKillop, 3-2.The second game was drawn with Lavalla. It was then a nervous wait for the result of the third game to see if Nagle would progress to the state finals. Unfortunately, Lavalla beat Mary MacKillop by more goals, so Nagle did not progress to State.

The Year 8 boys/mixed and Intermediate boys/mixed qualified for regions but it was cancelled due to COVID restrictions.

NETBALL

The senior girls progressed to Regionals which unfortunately was cancelled due to COVID restrictions.

REGION CROSS COUNTRY

The region cross country was held at Lardner Park on 15 July. Jobe Froud (1st place), Ali Banson (3rd place), Keira Gibbs (2nd place) and Antje Kempff (1st place) were medal winners at Regionals and qualified for State. Will Brown, Harry McGuinn, Ned Stanford, Brock Spanton and Archer Nuttal also qualified for State.

Open Night & Field Days

OPEN NIGHT

Open Night was held on Wednesday 18 March. We welcomed nearly 140 families (425 people) to the College. A big thank you to all the families who visited the amazing work of every member staff and over 85 student volunteers.

FIELD DAYS

Field Days took place on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 April. A special thank you to students Anton Collins, Summer Smith-Entink and Crystal Williams for volunteering at the event on Friday and Emily and Harry Kool for volunteering on Saturday. We also thanks the staff who gave up their time on Friday and Saturday – thank you Ms Elaine Vertriest, Mrs Gabe Costin, Ms Jacinta Preston, Ms Jodie Silva, Mrs Julie Small, Mr Chris Kool, Mrs Judy Kool, Mrs Pauline Settle. Without volunteering your time this event would not be possible.

Presentation Ball

Nagle's Got Talent

As we worked around lockdowns/remote learning and CovidSafe rules our Arts facility was determined to have an avenue for our students to be involved in a Visual Arts House competition.

We ran the Nagle's Got Talent event as a Photographic/Digital Arts competition. It was very successful with 150 artworks entered. The judging was by online voting with each Nagle Student being able to contribute by indicating their favorite works. This process determined the winners and place getters. The results of Nagles Got Talent were presented to the whole school during one of our streamed assemblies. After the competition had concluded all entries were displayed on our College website for all to enjoy. Well done Bosco house for achieving first place, with a draw for second place between Newman and Xavier.

HOUSE POINTS

JUNIOR PHOTOGRAPHIC WINNERS

SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHIC WINNERS

JUNIOR DIGITAL IMAGE WINNERS

SENIOR DIGITAL IMAGE WINNERS

Below are a few images submitted by students. To see all of the photograph and digital art submissions please visit the Nagle College website: www.nagle.vic.edu.au/news/nagles-got-talent-digital-and-photographic-arts-competition.

ANZAC Day

Remembrance Day

Valedictory

Learning and Teaching

Ms Elaine Vertriest, Deputy Principal – Learning and Teaching

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Anderson, Angus

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Andrews, Rachel

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Pike, Oscar Year 11

Pini, Ellen Year 12

Pleydell, Tahlia Year 9

Poore, Archie Year 7

Poore, Ella Year 9

Portelli, Michael Year 7

Powell, Claudia Year 12

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Price, Noah Year 10

Price, Thomas Year 12

Prior, Grace Year 11

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Van Est, Zoey

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Beaumont-Jessop, Georgia

Beggs, Diana Blunden, Andrea Boag, Donna Boland, Josephine

Bongers, Laura Brill, Stephen Brown, Katherine Buckley, Peter Buurman, Narelle

Buurman, Sharon Campagna, Celeste Cann, Darcy

Caroli, Maria Carr, Nigel Cheung, Peter Clack, Ann Collier, Wilma Collins, Toni Colvin, Rosie Coombes, Rebecca Corby, John Costin, Gabrielle

Crowe, Dan Daffy, Anne

Deery, James Dennison, Julie Dixon, Tarsha Douglas, Melinda Drew, Lucas Dukakis, Karen

Dunbar, Bethany Dunning, Steve Eastman, Robyn Eaton, Christopher Ellis, Clare Fairweather, Mark Geneikis, Rob Giove, Aiden Greenland, Geraldine Hall, Rainer

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Adkins, Roland

Cooke, Christine Norris, Raquel Oliver, Odile

Pappas, Helen Philips, Mardi

Teague, Jacqui Walker, Jason

Staff Roll

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O’Neill, Paula

O’Neill, Philip

O’Rourke, Jenna

O’Rourke, Katherine

O’Sullivan, John Owen, Norrie Pinnock, Gregory Plunkett, Maureen Plunkett, Nigel Powles, Neville Preston, Geoff

Preston, Jacinta Prince, Rachel Pruscino, Caroline Quirke, Megan Rawlings, Jenny Reeves, Patrina Rettino, Dionne Reynolds, James Richardson, Kerri Ritchie, Richard Roderick, Peter Rose, Jemma Sanders, Ema Savage, Andrea Schrijver, Hennie Searl, Russell Settle, Pauline Sharp, Caitlyn Sharp, Cathy Sherring, Tom Shiers, Sharryn Sidwell, Joy Silva, Jodie Small, Julie Smith, Edwin Smith, Skye Smith, Wayne Sonka, Tina South, Jen Steed, Melanie Towns, Mary-Lou Trapnell, Elizabeth Vague, Marbs Veith, Jason Veness, Stephanie Vertriest, Elaine Virgo, Amanda Vowell, Amanda Warden, Elizabeth Wayside, Robyn Whibley, Stephen Whitbourne, Sue White, Jennifer White, Kellie White, Mark Williams, Ray Williams, Sharon Wilson, Anna Wright, Naomi Young, Karen