IMCC Newsletter 36

Friday 21st November 2014

From the Principal
Over the last two weeks auditions have been held for Sounds at Sunset and Escape Festival. This term has seen the largest number of students auditioning to play (and also the highest quality of auditions) that we’ve ever had. It is also fantastic to hear students creating and performing their own original work. We have really enjoyed listening to our students audition, and they are to be congratulated on the quality of their music. The successful auditions have been placed on the Music Noticeboard. Sounds at Sunset is on Thursday 27th November, Pre-Concert Entertainment is from 6:30pm, with the concert formally beginning at 7:00pm. Students may purchase tickets from the Music Office. We look forward to seeing everybody there.

Library
Greetings parents and community members,

Book Mark Competition
Congratulations to all the students who were successful in the Year 8 Book Mark Competition:-

Parish Weekend Mass Times
Clarkson Parish St Andrew’s Catholic Church Parish Priest: Fr. Robert Carrillo Tel: 9407 7512 Email: standrewsclarkson@gmail.com Saturday 8.00am, 6.00pm (Vigil), Sunday 7.30am, 9.00am, 5.30pm Yanchep Parish Tel: 9561 2172 Saturday 6.00pm at St James Anglican Church Ocean Reef Parish St Simon Peter Catholic Church Tel: 9300 4885 Email: stsimon@westnet.com.au Saturday 6.00pm (Vigil), Sunday 8.00am, 10.00am, 5.00pm

Honourable Mention (effort) 5 housepoints Troy Leslie, Ben Beissel, Jaimee Check, Menna Davey and Chloe Rippon. Honourable Mention (effort) 5 housepoints Kate Johnson, Robert Davies, Jamie Archer, Tia Berard, Caitlin Cummins, Victoria Pang, Kallum Erikson and Mary Natour. Runners-up 15 housepoints Siobhan McNamara, Gwyneth Roman and Philipp Lettner. Winner 25 housepoints Dau Dau The students who handed in early entries or did multiple entries were awarded extra house points. The first Care Group entry also received 25 bonus points. The top House, with 88 points, was Dunlea followed by McGarry with 60 points. Golding had a total of 51 house points, as did Evans. “What a school thinks about its library, is a measure of what it thinks about education” ~ Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education. Until next time, Mrs Judith Jarvis Head of Library

Music News
Making music is one unified act that integrates multiple brain systems. This integrative role provides benefits not inherent in other activities, and highlights music’s evolutionary significance. When a musician’s brains are compared to non-musician’s brains through neuroimaging, there are substantial differences in the size, shape, density, connectivity and functional activity that occur extensively throughout the musician’s brain.

These connections have been shown to translate to academic benefits, including improved literacy, numeracy, spatial abilities, executive functioning and intelligence, as well as greater school attendance and participation. They also extend to psychological benefits for selfconfidence and self-discipline, and social benefits for teamwork and social skills. Follow the IMCC Music Education Story here. A Guide to Musical Success How To Practice Performance Stress Your mouth is dry and you’re shaking. Why? You’re playing solo! It happens to every performer. Stress is often self-induced. How often have you been stressed about a test only to get better than expected results and find out there was no need to stress? How often have you seen a footballer directly in front of goal kick the ball into the post? It should be impossible to miss but it happens all the time. Why? Because they were so busy thinking about not hitting the post that they subconsciously ended up aiming for the post without realising it. It’s called a self-fulfilling prophecy, or overcompensation. Rather than thinking “If my performance is poor, everyone will think I’m not as good as I really am”, tell yourself “I have prepared well. If I make a mistake, I will find out what went wrong, learn from the experience, and play better next time”. The beauty of music is if you make a mistake, as soon as it’s happened it ceases to exist. You’re not Dr Who, you can’t go back in time to fix it, so forget it as soon as it’s happened. Mistakes don’t have to influence what happens next. Positive self-talk helps, as long as it’s rooted in reality. Try these things:  Stay in the present. Avoid worrying about mistakes or difficult passages. Constant thinking will affect your performance. Think less!  Ignore your ‘2nd voice’, the one in your head that says “don’t stuff up this part”. That voice pretends to help but it doesn’t. Remember the footballers. The more you think about it the more likely it is to happen.  Keep invading thoughts on a leash. Stick them back in their box.  Trying too hard can cause poor performances. Effortless concentration means there’s no time to think about ‘how-to’.  Perform with a still mind. When you’re ‘in the zone’ your subconscious will take over and make everything happen. If you’ve practiced the way we’ve suggested in this booklet, you will have trained your subconscious to do just that! Trust the deliberate practice that you’ve done, let your brain do the rest. Enjoy the moment!  Scan this code and get this book out of the library. It’s got some great performance stress techniques, ideas and information! By the way, this optimal state of doing without thinking is called ‘Flow’. When you experience ‘flow’, you’re in the moment, you’re intensely focussed, deep in concentration, and fully immersed in whatever you’re doing, without thinking. It’s awesome. Everybody should experience it. Up-Coming Events 27th November 3rd December 4th December 5th December Sounds at Sunset Awards Night Musicians’ Lunch Escape Festival

Acoustic Open Mic Night
Great performance opportunities are available for Under 18s at Paddy Malones, Joondalup every Tuesday night starting 25th November. Either original music or covers. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Take a CD for a copy of your live performance. Parents and students can contact Sarah Graham on 0405 140 347. Mr Michael Newton Head of Arts

Dance News
Year 10 Dance - Status Room Workshop
During Week 5, the Year 10 Dance students participated in a 2 hour workshop with Daisy Sanders and Shuling Wong, who recently performed in the work ‘Status Room’ directed by Jo Pollitt at the Blue Room Theatre. The students watched footage from the show, which predominantly focused on the use of social media and aims to ‘expose the versions of ourselves we choose to present’. The students discussed their use of social media and the emotional experience of being connected all the time, they were asked is it connecting, alienating, lonely or enjoyable? A collection of the student’s responses to this question is below: Why can’t I feel or look like her? When people try to be like others but end up as they were at the beginning, themselves. Everyone’s talking but no one is listening. Sure enough I became unwillingly addicted. Addicted to posting. Addicted to sharing my every moment. Lonely is how I feel right now. I get stressed and anxious when I can’t understand what’s going on. After the workshop some of the students were asked about their experience and said, “It was a really big eye-opener. It made me feel different ways – social media is a way to connect but too much also makes us disconnected.” ~Year 10 student. “I enjoyed the project because it brought me out of my comfort zone and pushed me to try new things” ~ Year 10 student.

WAAPA excursion
The Year 10 students were also lucky enough to see ‘Synchronicity’ at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts on Wednesday, 19th November. The show featured a re-mount of Sydney Dance Company Director, Rafael Bonachela's The Land of Yes and The

Land of No, as well as Kim McCarthy’s and Andries Weidemann’s restaging of Napoli which tells the story of Teresina, a young Italian girl who falls in love with Gennaro a poor fisherman, against the wishes of her mother. The show also included a work by artist, Aimee Smith, in addition to Natalie Weir's iconic work Proofsheet, which was remounted by Justin Rutzou. re-mount and remounted (either both hyphenated or both not)

IMCC Cheerleading
This term, 26 students from Years 7-11 have been participating in Cheerleading Workshops every Wednesday afternoon which have been run by two coaches from Cheer Aesthetics. The students have been working on their Cheer dance and stunting skills.

Cheerleading is a great environment to build confidence and relationships. Students work together to solve problems and build strong relationships with students in other year levels. Older students also find opportunities to act as leaders and support younger students. In only five training sessions I have already seen a strong sense of team spirit develop as well as strong bonds form between the students in different year levels. Students are also growing , in self confidence. .

Year 7 Dance Team
Throughout the past two Terms the Year 7 Dance Team have been working extremely hard every Tuesday afternoon, rehearsing a dance piece performed for the future Year 7 students of 2015 at Orientation Day in Week 5. The students were nervous but excited and gave an outstanding

performance. They should be extremely proud of the professionalism and enthusiasm they demonstrated during the performance. The Year 7 Dance Team will also be performing their dance at this year’s Escape Festival in Week 8. Miss Sinead Harte Dance Coordinator

Cricket Nets
Two Year 8 Physical Education Classes have been lucky enough to be the first group of students to try out the new Cricket nets installed on the edge of the oval. The nets, along with the upcoming new Gymnasium, provide our students with another exciting addition to enhance the Physical Education Program. The nets have been a work in progress over the year, with our very own Building and Construction class helping with the concreting and initial structure of the nets. The turf has been made from recycled bottles and the rubber backing on the walls of the nets are also made from recycled material, making this new piece of equipment very environmentally friendly and ready for use. Thank you to everyone involved in completing this project. Mr Neil Bright Head of PE & Health

Swimming Carnival
On Tuesday 25th November, student and staff will travel to Challenge Stadium for the annual Interhouse Swimming Carnival. This is a compulsory school event and all students are expected to attend. Students will have the opportunity to compete for their House in swimming events and novelty relay events. The main focus of the day is participation, fun, teamwork and enjoyment of sporting activities. It is an expectation of the College that all students will be actively involved in this worthwhile day. The Carnival will be held at the following venue: Venues West - Challenge Stadium Stephenson Avenue, Mt Claremont WA 6010 Indoor 50m Pool, Waterpolo Pool and Inside Dive Pool. Time: Students must arrive at the College and in Care Group by 8.15am for an 8.30am departure. Students will return to the College by 3.05pm Students will be transported to and from the venue by bus and are required to wear full Sports Uniform. They are encouraged to wear bathers underneath their uniform.

This includes:  House sports polo shirt.  School sports shorts.  School sports jacket.  White school sports socks.  Sports runners (they may bring thongs to change into at the venue). Students are encouraged to wear appropriate swimming attire including:  Rashies/rash vests.  One-piece bathers. While students are encouraged to get into the spirit of the day, please be aware the following:  Strictly no coloured/glitter hairspray.  Strictly no streamers/pom poms made from crepe paper (this stains the tiles).  Coloured zinc is okay.  After competing students will be asked to put on their house polo shirt. Students are also asked to provide adequate protection from the elements such as sunscreen and school hat. While the swimming events will take place indoors, the novelty events are outdoors. Please ensure that your child brings enough food and drink for the day, as food will not be available to purchase. Parents are most welcome and encouraged to come and support their child on the day. If you wish to take your child home with you from the venue, please send a note so that we may confirm by phone. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at the College on 9562 2400. Please contact the College Administration if your contact details and/or your child’s medical details listed at the College are not current so that these can be updated prior to the carnival. Mr Devin Martin Head of Senior School Sport

State Netball
Year 7 students Kayla and Julia V have been selected for the WAINA (Western Australia Indoor Netball Association) Under 12’s National Indoor Team. The Competition is being held in Perth in the first week of December where they will compete against teams from across the country. Training began in July with the girls training every Friday night and rigorous fitness training every Sunday morning. This is the culmination of hours of hard work and dedication not only in training sessios but also playing and training twice a week with their outdoor netball clubs through the winter.

Not only are the girls representing their State, but they have also been selected as Vice Captains of their team – an achievement to be proud of. We wish the girls every success in the upcoming Competition.

Uniform Shop
It’s that busy time of the year again, when I ask for volunteers to help in the Uniform Shop for this term. I am also looking for helpers for the three afternoons in December (2 nd, 4th and the 9th) to assist with the new students for 2015 and for blazer pickups. No experience is necessary. If you are able to help, please contact the Uniform Shop on 9562 2430 or email Waite.Lyn@imcc.wa.edu.au. For all new parents for 2015, the Uniform Shop will be open during our regular trading hours to enable you to buy or place your order on layby. Items bought for new 2015 students may be exchanged before the start of Term 1 if necessary. All laybys may be picked up before our last trading day on 11th December 2014 or during the January Trading hours. Due to a large volume of blazers which are needed for Years 7-10 for 2015, there will be three deliveries made to the Uniform Shop. Dates and times for pick up will be given in the newsletter. Any blazers collected early may be exchanged before Term 2 2015. $70 blazer deposits are due by 27th November. There has been a query over whether the blazer colour for next year is changing. I can confirm that this is not the case and that blazers will be aubergine and not black (black blazers were used as samples). The new sports uniform is compulsory for Years 7 and 8 students in 2015 (please note that the sports uniform is different for our older existing students). Hats/caps are compulsory for Term 4. The soccer kits for the new Year 7 students for 2015 will be available for purchase from the Uniform Shop at the start of Term 1. Hats/caps are compulsory for Term 4. Caps are $9 and bucket hats $13 each. We are having a” SALE” on the old style sports shorts for $20. If you are unsure or have concerns regarding uniform sizing for your child, please contact me to discuss. This includes all new students for 2015. Trading Hours for Term 4 for all existing and new students Tuesday noon – 4pm Thursday 8am – 11am January Hours for all existing and new students Thursday 22nd January 9am – noon Friday 23rd January 9am - 3pm Tuesday 27th January 9am – 3pm Thursday 29th January 9am - 3pm The Uniform Shop will be closing later on the last day of trading for Term 4 on 11th December 2014. We will be opening from 8am to 2pm on this day only.

Community News
St Andrew’s Catholic Parish Church Fete, Clarkson Sunday, 30th November 2014 commencing 10.00-13.00 (after the 9am mass) Food, kids’ activities, prizes, great live entertainment. Let us be Lights of Hope Youth Conference 3rd – 7th December 2014 Contact Catholic Youth Ministry admin@cym.com.au www.cym.com.au 94227912 www.embracethegrace.com.au RDA Capricorn, Pinjar Volunteers wanted half or full days on Saturdays, Commencing in 2015 For more information contact Julie 9407 4111 North Coast Rangers Christian Football Club seeking new players. Games played Saturday mornings. Sign up in February. For more information visit http://www.northcoastrangerscfc.com.au/