St Pius X Catholic Parish Primary School Unanderra eNewsletter

SCHOOL NEWS

Staffing News

Mrs Shay Lindner will commence a period of Maternity leave on Monday 19^th September. We will officially farewell Shay on Friday 17^th September and look forward to her return mid next year.

After a competitive recruitment process Mrs Kim Norrie has accepted the role of additional teacher in Kindergarten. Kim brings enthusiasm and a passion for early childhood education to the role. Welcome Kim!

Communication

If you would like to raise any issue regarding your child’s learning and wellbeing, our staff welcome the opportunity to speak with you about your child. We ask that you contact your child’s classroom teacher in the first instance. The best way to do this is by:

contacting the teacher via email to arrange a time to talk. You can email info@spxudow.catholic.edu.au or the teacher directly (emails are available on the website). We ask that emails are sent between 8am and 5 pm and they will generally be responded to within 24 hours. Alternatively phone the school office and ask that your child's teacher return your call.
In the second instance, if you still have concerns or need clarification please contact your Stage Leader:

Early Stage One : Mrs Clare Suartama
Stage One (1-2): Ms Louise Sartor
Stage Two (Years 3-4): Mr Bill Whittle
Stage Three (Years 5-6): Mrs Christine Nunes

If the matter is urgent please contact the school office on (02) 4271 3550 and Mrs Chrostowski (Principal) will speak with you.

Uniforms

All items of clothing are available from Lowes, Westfield Figtree or second-hand items can be purchased for a cost of $5 each via the school office. A few reminders as children transition into summer uniform next term.

HAIR

Students are required to wear their hair in a neat and tidy manner
Long hair below collar length is to be tied back.
Extreme haircuts and coloured hair are not permitted. The emphasis is on evenly cut hair.
No coloured hair decorations – girls may wear headbands, ribbons, scrunchies in royal blue or red and uniform material only.

2023 Enrolment Applications

We have vacancies in some year levels, please spread the word about our great school.

Sport News
The South Coast Diocesan Athletics Carnival was held on Tuesday at Beaton Park, the students were enthusiastic, cooperative and respectful throughout the day.

Here are the results.

These students will be representing the south coast schools at the Wollongong Diocese Athletics carnival Tuesday 16th August.

Rocco S (11yr) - 4th 800m

Molly H (12yr) - 4th 800m

Tiffany T (11yr) - 4th Shot put, 4th Long Jump, 3rd Discus

Max O (12yr) - 2nd High Jump

Katie H (12yr) - 3rd High Jump

Vitaliy R (10yr) - 3rd High Jump

Jacob L (10yr) - 1st Discus, 1st Shot put, 3rd Long Jump

Tom F (8yr) - 4th 100m

Markian R (12yr) - 3rd Discus, 4th Long Jump

Addison B (12yr) - 3rd Discus

Junior Boys x100 Relay Team (Tom F, Zak M, Vitaliy R and Jacob L) - 4th place.

Special mention goes to Jacob L and Tiffany T who both received equal 3rd in Age Champion Points for their respective age groups.

CONGRATULATIONS SPX overall 6th place!!!!

Book Week Celebrations

This year we will be holding our Book Week Celebrations on Friday 26th August.

The students are asked to dress up as a character from their favourite book.

Students are asked to come to school dressed as their character and bring a copy of their book with them so that they can participate in the Book Parade from 9:30am.

Please ensure that your child's costume is age appropriate, has sleeves that cover their shoulders and that they have a jumper or jacket to keep them warm. They will also need to wear covered in shoes such as boots or joggers to protect their feet.

Parents will be able to watch the Book Parade from 9:30 am and the winners for the Book Cover of Year will be announced.

At the conclusion of the Book Parede parents and caregivers will be able to stay for a picnic lunch on the school grounds.

At the end of lunch the students will return to class to engage in some literacy based activities based on the Book Week theme for this year, Dreaming with Eyes Open.

Premier's Reading Challenge

Students are reminded to hand in their completed Premier's Reading Challenge reading logs into Mrs Jan Poder in the Library before Friday 19th August. Further information can be found on https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

or please see Mrs Poder or Mrs Suartama.

Book Cover Competition

The theme is Dreaming with your eyes open.

Students are asked to design an A4 cover on this theme, with the theme written on the cover also.

Some ideas:

- If you can dream it you can be it

- Future ambitions

- Thoughts of ancient times

- Aboriginal art design

- dreamcatchers

- Use of imagery

- Design elements colour, font, images and illustrations.

- Use of photography

- Use of watercolours and sketching

- Use Pinterest for inspiration

The closing date is Monday 15th August.

Each grade will be judged independently and prizes given.

Please contact Mrs Poder or Mrs Suartama for more information.

Completed covers can be given to Mrs Poder in the library.

Your in Reading,

Mrs Clare Suartama

Mrs Jan Poder

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Steam MAD Winners

Congratulations to Addison, Sienna, Katelyn and Noah on making it through to the next level of the nation wide STEM MAD competition.

Wish them luck as they travel to Melbourne to represent SPX and the Diocese of Wollongong.

They'll be presenting their project to over 1500 delegates from the education, STEM and industry sectors on September the 6th.

Their project, entitled Hydration Station 2.0, aimed to solve the problem of water bottle storage within the classroom. Their design comprised of a 3D printed component and recycled materials. Their presentation was complemented a extensive description of the process they went through as well as having a comprehensive reflection of how they would improve in the future.

Good luck kids!

Mr Hales

STEAM Coordinator