St Pius X Catholic Parish Primary School Unanderra eNewsletter

SCHOOL NEWS

KINDERGARTEN

Wishing everyone a happy, safe and blessed Christmas.

Love Mrs Hertsch and Mrs Garretty

YEAR ONE

To Our Dear Year 1 Students, Parent and Families,

Even though it has been a challenging year we have been amazed by the Year 1 students’ resilience and growth.

We wish you all a relaxing, enjoyable, safe Christmas break.

Best Wishes, Alyssa Frew & Carolyn Malone

YEAR TWO

May you and your family experience light and laughter during this Christmas season. We hope the holiday season is full of peace, joy and happiness. Have a happy New Year and we are looking forward to a wonderful 2022.

Thank you, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Galea

YEAR THREE

We are so proud of all of the St Pius X students for their positive learning throughout 2021.

Sending prayers and Christmas greetings to you all.

May you receive the most special of God’s blessings during this Christmas season! Have a happy and holy Christmas.

Love Mrs Maguire

YEAR FOUR

Dear Parents,

Thank you for wonderful year of learning despite the challenge of COVID and lockdown.

We would like to thank you for your on-going support and partnership with your child's learning this year. We would like to wish you a Happy and Holy Christmas and a restful and safe holiday break.

Love from,

Miss Jaklic, Mrs Zamroz and Mrs Suartama

YEAR FIVE

To a beautiful Year 5 cohort,

We want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on successfully completing Year 5 with flying colours. You have embraced the challenges of Remote Learning, successfully transitioned back to school with a growth mindset, showed great resilience when learning new concepts, made significant impacts on teachers and friends through your actions and took on new opportunities that came your way. We are very proud of you and grateful for the work and effort you have put in this year.

Your actions will not go unnoticed. You have helped support one another and us teachers to get through all the craziness 2021 brought with it!

You have been a fantastic grade to teach, and we are certainly proud of your achievements. Thank you for your efforts in your own growth and learning this year. As the story of Jesus teaches us, Christmas can be the start of great things. I hope there are many great things in store for you in the coming year. 2022 will be an exciting new year for you all, bringing with it the opportunity to shine as school leaders.

Wishing you a Christmas that's merry and bright! We hope you have a safe and relaxing holiday and all the best for the new year!

Mrs Walker and Mr Whittle

YEAR SIX

Congratulations and best of luck Year 6 as you journey into high school.

We are so proud of you.

May God bless you always.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We will miss you.

Love Mr Farrugia, Mrs Staples and Mrs Starcic.

SPORT

Whilst it hasn’t been the year we had hoped for, I would like to take this opportunity to

thank all the parent helpers who have assisted this year in sport. Especially to our leaving families and parents of Year 6 students who have volunteered every year while their children have been at SPX. Your time and help is very appreciated.

I wish you all a safe and happy Christmas.

Mrs Olima

Staffing News

We wish to congratulate Ms Renee Maguire who has been seconded to the position of Religious Education Coordinator at St John’s Primary School Dapto for the 2022 school year. We congratulate Renee on obtaining this senior leadership position and wish her all the very best for the new school year. We will miss you Renee!

As a result of the above secondment, Mrs Carlie Staples has accepted a full-time position for 2022. I congratulate Carlie on her position and we look forward to her joining our staff in a full-time capacity.

Congratulations also to Mrs Carla Olima who has accepted a 12 month temporary Physical Education Position at Good Samaritan Fairy Meadow. This position will allow Carla to increase her days from two to three. We look forward to welcoming Carla back in 2023. A recruitment process has commenced for a Physical Education teacher at St Pius X Unanderra and will be advised next week.

Mrs Jodie Maloney, School Support Officer will leave us at the end of 2021, but will join us for casual work where required. I thank Jodie for her dedication to the children throughout 2021.

2022 Staffing Structure

Please note an updated list of 2022 staff, with photos is now available on our website for your reference: https://www.spxudow.catholic.edu.au

Parish Priest: Father Duane Fernandez

Parish Associate: Sr Kerry Gardiner

St Pius X Unanderra Leadership Team

Principal: Mrs Pauline Chrostowski

Assistant Principal: Mrs Christine Nunes

Religious Education Coordinator: Ms Louise Sartor

Middle Leader 2: Mrs Clare Suartama

Middle Leader 2: Mr Bill Whittle

Classes:

EARLY STAGE ONE

Kindergarten Red: Mrs Samantha Walker

Kindergarten Blue: Mrs Clare Suartama

Additional Kindergarten Teacher Mon- Wed: Mrs Shay Lindner

Early Stage One Leader: Mrs Clare Suartama

STAGE ONE

Year One Red: Mrs Carolyn Malone

Year One Blue: Mrs Carlie Staples

Year Two Red: Mrs Joanne Stewart

Year Two Blue: Mrs Leah Galea

Stage One Leader: Ms Louise Sartor

STAGE TWO

Year Three Red: Miss Anna Jaklic

Year Three Blue: Mrs Kylie Hertsch

Year Four Blue: Mr Bill Whittle

Mrs Chloe Tighe Wednesday even weeks

Stage Two Leader: Mr Bill Whittle

STAGE THREE

Year Five Red: Mrs Amanda Garretty

Year Five Blue: Mrs Christine Nunes

Year Six Red: Mrs Jeanette Starcic (Mon-Wed) Mrs Chloe Tighe (Thur-Fri)

Year Six Blue: Miss Alyssa Frew

Stage Three Leader: Mrs Christine Nunes

Additional Roles

STEAM Teachers: Mr Andrew Hales and Mrs Cathy Zamroz

Macq and Minilit Intervention: Mrs Cathy Zamroz

Leadership Release: Mr Andrew Hales, Mrs Cathy Zamroz and Mrs Shay Lindner

Physical Education Teacher: TBC (Wed-Thurs)

Instructional Coach: Ms Louise Sartor

School Councellor: Mrs Kath Walsh

Pastoral Support Worker: Ms Alana Sullivan

OOSH (Out of School Hours Care) Coordinator: Georgia Hosking

Teachers work under an agreement that includes a number of entitlements. One of these is Teacher Professional Planning Time. Teachers are released from class to carry out planning responsibilities. Each full-time teacher is entitled to the equivalent of two hours or prorata thereof for part time teachers. To support this release classes across Kindergarten to Year Six at St Pius X will participate in a:

1 hour Physical Education lesson

1 hour STEAM lesson

Additional Release

Assistant Principal: 3 days a fortnight

Religious Education Coordinator: 1 day a week

Middle Leader 2 roles: ½ day a week

Office Staff

Senior School Support Officer: Mrs Lauren McDonald

School Support Officer: Mrs Karen Harley

School Support Officers (Classroom)

Mrs Jan Poder

Mrs Nada Bratjanscack

Mrs Oliette Garrety

Mrs Lousie Burke

Mrs Lyndal Clancy

Mrs Dianne Moran

Mrs Belinda Panto

Mrs Kristy Cuaduro

https://www.spxudow.catholic.edu.au/about-us/#our-staff

Medallion Assembly

Our Medallion Assembly will now be held on Wednesday 15^th December 2021.

Please refer to Compass Post that was sent out in regards to this earlier today.

Important Dates

2021

Friday 10^th December: Student reports can be accessed via COMPASS.

Wednesday 15^th December: Last Day of School for students.

Thursday 16^th December: Last Day of School for staff.

2022

Friday 28^th January: Staff Return (Pupil Free Day).

Monday 31stJanuary: Staff at School (Pupil Free Day).

Tuesday 1^st February: Students Year One to Six return.

1^st -7^th February: Kindergarten 2022 Best Start Assessments by appointment

Tuesday 8^th February: Kindergarten First Day

Friday 8^th April: Last Day Term One

Term Two: 26^th April- 1^st July

Term Three: 18^th July- 23^rd September

Term Four: 10^th October- 20^th December (TBC)

Spliced 2021 Website

SPLICED.pdf

SPLICED _pdf 1.54 MB

Volunteers Thank You!

We would like to extend a sincere thank you to all of our volunteers throughout 2021. The generosity of your time has supported the Parents and Friends Association to raise funds to ensure our school looks fabulous and that your children have access to the very best resources. Thank you!

Election Day Thank You

A big thank you to our amazing P and F Executive and band of volunteers for your generosity hosting our election BBQ.

All funds raised assist the school and we are appreciative of the time and effort that went into this event. In particular a big thank you to our coordinators Danielle Chapman, Kathy Hicks and Holly Allen

Library Update

Could all outstanding library books please be returned to the library as soon as possible please.

Lolly Competition WINNER!!!!

Congratulations to Chiara Curcio who won our Lolly Guessing Competion.

Aspect Demountable

Last week we welcomed fourteen students from ASPECT as part of their transition to St Pius X Unanderra. The students expressed their excitement about being part of the St Pius X community and we expressed to the students that the St Pius X community was very proud that our school was chosen for their education setting. We had the opportunity to explain to the students from ASPECT that the St Pius X community is a community of welcome and that our staff, students parents and carers value inclusivity and belonging.