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Back to all Newsletters 3 September ERC Newsletter – Week 8 Term 3 2021

Contents

  • From The Principal
  • Identity
  • From the Director of Identity
  • Learning & Teaching
  • From the Director of Learning and Teaching
  • Year 11 and Year 10 Music
  • Pastoral Care
  • From the Director of Pastoral Care & Wellbeing
  • ERC Family Business Network

Contents

  • From The Principal
  • Identity
  • From the Director of Identity
  • Learning & Teaching
  • From the Director of Learning and Teaching
  • Year 11 and Year 10 Music
  • Pastoral Care
  • From the Director of Pastoral Care & Wellbeing
  • ERC Family Business Network

From The Principal

Dear Parents and Carers, 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fathers, grandfathers and those who are father figures in our lives and to wish them a happy fathers day this weekend. 

Prayer for Father’s Day

God our Father,

We give thanks and praise for fathers young and old.

We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation;

May they find courage and perseverance to balance work,

family and faith in joy and sacrifice.

We pray for fathers around the world whose children are lost or suffering;

May they know that the God of compassion walks with them in their sorrow.

We pray for men who are not fathers but still mentor

and guide us with fatherly love and advice.

We remember fathers, grandfathers, and great grandfathers

who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory

and nourish us with their love.

Amen

***

I congratulate both Year 12 students and teachers for successfully completing the recent online Trial HSC Examinations. Year 12 students are an absolute credit to the College, their families, and as a cohort in showing the true value of persistence.  This week Year 11 were briefed on the online process as they prepare to commence their Year 11 Preliminary Exam assessment during the next fortnight. 

***

Recently my immediate family gathered around the dining table to celebrate my daughter’s 21st birthday. While I never imagined that Uber eats and a cake would be the extent of this special milestone – it was still a very meaningful time where my wife and I reflected on how proud we were of the young woman that our daughter had become. I share this personal insight because it struck me just how much the young people in our lives are looking to us, the adults, to remain positive and hope-filled. Young people don’t have the life experiences that we each can call upon when things do not turn out as we wish. Amid our uncertainties, we still have the opportunity to be kind and loving and to appreciate the simple things – like the beginning of spring!

Take care,    

Mr Gough

Principal

Identity

Identity 3 Sep 2021

From the Director of Identity

Cry of the earth, Cry of the Poor The Bishops’ Social Justice Statement 2021-22: Cry of the Earth, Cry of …
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Learning & Teaching

Learning & Teaching 3 Sep 2021

From the Director of Learning and Teaching

What is the main purpose of assessment? Some may say, to be able to generate a grade for a student’s …
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Learning & Teaching 3 Sep 2021

Year 11 and Year 10 Music

Watch the Year 11 Music class in some collaborative music videos recorded during off-campus learning….. Featuring Joel Sanderson on piano …
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Pastoral Care

Student Wellbeing 3 Sep 2021

From the Director of Pastoral Care & Wellbeing

This Sunday we celebrate and recognise the very important role of fathers in the lives of their children. Michael Grose …
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ERC Family Business Network

ERC Family Business Network

Please join us in supporting the following local businesses run by Edmund Rice College Families.

This list has been complied to assist the wider College community in supporting businesses run by ERC Families. If you have not already joined we would like to invite local business owners to join our network by completing the following form.

JOIN OUR ERC FAMILY BUSINESS NETWORK

112 Mt Keira Rd West Wollongong
2500 NSW, Australia
+61 2 4228 4344
office@erc.nsw.edu.au
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