20.08.24
The aims of the camp are to complement the pastoral care program conducted at school, to engage with the story of Mary MacKillop and to apply skills learnt in class in an outdoor setting. On Wednesday 25 September, students will travel to Adelaide and visit the Mary MacKillop Museum before travelling to Woodhouse Activity Centre in the Adelaide Hills. On Thursday students will engage with challenges and activities at Woodhouse Activity Centre that reinforce topics covered at school. Students will return to Caritas on Friday 27 September.
11.09.24
A number of students have been selected as players and umpires in the Year 11/12 boys and girls SSSSA Basketball competition on Tuesday 24 September at the Whyalla Basketball Stadium (Pat Kemp Stadium). Students need to arrive at school at 7:45am (Woodforde St) and depart via bus to Whyalla for their respective competitions by 8:00am. The carnival will be played at Whyalla Basketball Stadium (Pat Kemp Stadium). Students will return via bus at approximately 3:15pm where they can be collected from school, walk home or drive (students with existing permission to drive).
10.09.24
A number of students have been selected to participate as umpires and players in the Year 7/8 boys and girls, or Year 9/10 boys and girls SSSSA Basketball
competition on Friday 20 September at the Central Oval Basketball Stadium. Students will need to arrive at the courts at 8:30am for a 9:00am start. Students will be dismissed from the venue at approximately 2:10pm and will not be allowed to leave the facility until then.
03.09.24
On Monday 16 September the Year 1 students will be going on an excursion on the Pichi Richi Railway to experience an older form of transport. Students will catch the bus to the Port Augusta Railway Station, board the train and travel to Woolshed Flat where we will have recess, before catching the train back to the Railway Station and returning to school via bus.
10.09.24
On Thursday 12 September, students in Years 7-9 will attend mass at All Saints Church to mark the Season of Creation. Our Year 10-12 students will attend on Thursday 19 September. The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to listen and respond together to the cry of Creation: the ecumenical
family around the world unites to pray and protect our common home. The celebration of this Season begins on 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends on 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations. On both dates, students are to meet teachers at All Saints Church at 8.45am and will walk back to the college at the end of the Mass.
23.07.24
STEM Girls is the University of South Australia’s program to encourage girls in Years 9-12 to continue the study of Science and Mathematics throughout their schooling and into university. A number of students have been invited to participate and expressed interest in attending through an online registration. The program involves the following dates across Week 3 and 9 of Term 3:
The SA School Immunisation Program will be offered at Caritas College by Port Augusta Council Immunisation Program. There will be two visits, to be confirmed by the Port Augusta Council. These visits will be in Term 3 and 4, communication will be shared with families once confirmed.
All Year 7 students will be offered;
1 dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and whopping cough vaccine Boostrix
2 doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil 9
All Year 10 students will be offered;
1 dose of the meningococcal ACWY
2 doses of the meningococcal B, Bexero
All parents/ legal guardians are to complete, sign and return the consent cards, even if you do not consent for the student to be vaccinated at school by Thursday 28 March. Students aged 16 years and above can consent for themselves. Consent forms will be distributed to students at the school.
