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Dear Parents and Carers,
I look forward to joining thirty-four of our Year Six students as they prepare to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation this Thursday and Friday evening. I wish to thank Fr Duane, Sr Kerry, Ms Renee Maguire and our Year Six teachers for assisting the children in their preparation. I would also like to acknowledge Mrs Colleen Easton from the Catholic Education Office who led the children in a meaningful Reflection Day last Thursday.
To Our Year Six Candidates
“Congratulations on your confirmation. May God in all His goodness bless this special day with true happiness, and may you always keep the memory of your Confirmation day and let it and your faith be a guide. Congratulations and best wishes!”
Yours Sincerely,
Pauline Chrostowski - Principal
The following students will receive awards for Week 3 and Week 4
Merit Awards
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KB:Angelica S, Emma N KR:Chiara M, Matteo S 1B:Catherine O, Dylan L, Sophie C 1R:Olivia J, Jakob P 2B:Bronte C, Bruce T, Jacob B 3B:Mia H, Ryan Y 3R:Laylah G, William S 4B:Molly H, Zaylan H 4R:Charlotte D, Jason C 5B:Derek A, Hevani S 5R:Christian U, Jacob G 6B:Amalia H, Anthony S, Zachary T, Bronte W 6R:Dylan W, Delaney K, Grace J,Kiara S From the Principal: Sean P, Oliver R and Callum D |
KB:Sonny L KR:Zane H 1B:Zachary O, Bodhi R, Ruby G 1R:Evie N, Imogen C 2B:Bella G, Jesse B, Noah L 3B:Mason B, Zahli K 3R:Arlie M, Jake T 4B:Elisabeth S, Jake H 4R: Olivia S, Addison B 5B:Tristan M, Audrey L 5R:Harper M, Jack T 6B:Chloe B, Dior D, Dejan G, Jye R 6R:Bowen S, Matilda J, Cooper F, Jayme B |
When you have 5 Merit Awards, you qualify for a PRINCIPAL AWARD
Principal's Award
Angelica S(KB)
Elias B(2B)
Sharbel J(2B)
Noah L(2B)
Esther L(2B)
William S(3R)
Lucas B(4B)
Ethan J(5B)
Sienna P(6R)
Anthony S(6B)
Nayeema A(6B)
Dion A(6B)
Kiara S(6B) x 3
When you have 3 Principal's Awards, you will qualify for a Mackillop Award
Mackillop Award
Isaac L(2B)
Sienna P(6R)
Kiara S(6R)
Nayeema A(6B)
When you have 2 Mackillop Awards, You qualify for a School Medallion
School Medallion
Sienna P(6R)
Nayeema A(6B)
Sienna and Nayeema have qualified for their Medallions and will be presented with them on Friday 4th December by Mrs Chrostowski.
Congratulations to all of these students.
Staff Development Day
The staff will be participating in a STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY on FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER, centered around Professional Development.
Students will not be required to be at school on this day.
Kindergarten Orientation 2020
This year we welcome forty new Kindergarten 2021 students to two Orientation Days on Friday 27th November and Friday 4th December respectfully. Although these days will look different, with the children only being able to stay for the morning, we are still grateful for the opportunity to familiarise our new students with their school environment.
A special “e-Book” has been developed, in consultation with the Catholic Education Office. This ‘e-book” will assist our parents with their child’s transition to school. Thank you to Mr Bill Whittle, Mrs Kylie Hertsch and Mrs Amanda Garretty for their input into the creation of this book.
Dates For Your Diary
Friday 20th November: PUPIL FREE DAY. Children are not required to attend school on this day.
Thursday 4th and 5th November: Confirmation ceremonies 5.30p.m and 7.30p.m
Monday 30th November: Year Six Overnight Camp Stanwell Tops.
Thursday 3rd December: Pand F meeting via zoom 7p.m
Friday 4th December: Medallion Ceremony at 9.00am via zoom for parents. Morning tea for students to follow.
Students Reports sent home Kindergarten to Year 6
Monday 7th December: Year Six Graduation and Liturgy on site.
Tuesday 8th December: Year Six Fun Day at Jamberoo.
Friday 11th December: On site COVID Safe Colour Run for K to 6 students and teachers. Further deatils to follow.
Wednesday 16th December: Last day of School for students.
Monday and Friday's of Term Four Canteen open for lunch orders and frozen treats.
Wednesday's Canteen open for frozen treats only.
COVID Safe Goodies
Children may wish to bring in wrapped items to share for Birthday celebrations. These will be distributed by the classroom teacher for consumption at home. Items not in wrappers cannot be distributed.
Parents and Friends
Thank you to the Parents and Friends Association for their generous support in subsidising the cost of Jamberoo Recreation Park for your Year Six students. Due to limited fundraising in 2021, this “One off” generous request has been granted.
Semester Two Reports
Semester Two Reports will be issued for students in Kindergarten to Year Six on Friday 4th December.
Due to Covid-19, the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) has permitted schools to select the content that will form the basis of educational programs for Kindergarten to Year 10 students during 2020. As a result, not all syllabus content will be reported upon in Semester 2.
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Features of the Semester 2 Report |
Why
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Omission of an overall grade for each Key Learning Area (KLA) |
In line with the flexible curriculum requirements as outlined by NESA, schools addressed all Key Learning Areas, however, not all outcomes and content were taught, assessed and reported upon. Therefore, the overall grades in each KLA have been omitted from this Semester 2 Report for 2020. |
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5 Point scale for Effort Descriptors |
Previous Academic Reports contained Commitment to Learning Descriptors, these have been replaced with a 5 point scale outlining the effort demonstrated by the student during learning activities. |
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Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L) Description |
The format used to report on PB4L has been modified to reflect a more comprehensive range of students’ social skills and behaviours. |
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Inclusion of descriptions for each Key Learning Area (KLA) and Content Strands |
Additional detail has been added to describe the knowledge and skills taught in each KLA. The purpose of this information is to provide parents with a clearer understanding of the teaching and learning taking place. |
ICAS RESULTS
School Banking Workshops
During Week 3, our students from Years 1 - 6 were engaged in Zoom style workshops aimed at education around money and saving.
Despite the current circumstances of Covid-19, building financial capability is still a vital skill for young Australians, perhaps now more so than ever in the current economic landscape and continually reinforcing and strengthening these skills will have a positive effect on their future financial wellbeing.
The series of fun, interactive and engaging workshops for grades 1- 6 equipped students with key money management skills. All workshops were mapped to the National Australian curriculum and focused on achieving financial literacy learning outcomes.
Simon Farrugia - Assistant Principal
Vinnies Christmas Giving Tree
It is that time of year again. We are collecting food items to be donated to St Vincent De Paul in December.
At present many families in our wider community are facing hardship, particularly with COVID 19. Once again this year to support families in need we will be having our annual Hamper Drive.
Please see below for items to be brought in for each Year group.
Thank you in advance for your kind donations.
Kinder: Lollies, chips, chocolates
Year 1: Biscuits, snacks
Year 2: Drinks, cordial, juice, fizzy drink
Year 3: Christmas pudding/cake, desserts
Year 4: tinned fruit, long life custard
year 5: Breakfast items
Year 6: Breakfast items
Staff: Tinned Ham, Christmas puddings, long life custard
First Holy Communion
All families of students receiving First Holy Communion on the 29th of November should have received a notification via Compass with the details of the time and guest registration. If you did not receive this please contact Ms Maguire via email maguirer02@dow.catholic.edu.au.
Canteen Days
As of Monday 19th October (Week 2) the canteen reopened for lunch orders on Monday and Friday each week.
Frozen goods ONLY will be available on Wednesdays.
Please note the canteen will be closed Tuesday and Thursday in Term Four.
Message From Father Duane
Dear friends,
This is an exciting week! We kick it off by celebrating the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist) for 6 adults from our two parishes (2 to be baptised, all 6 receiving Confirmation and First Eucharist) at a special 11.30am Mass for them and their guests. Let’s continue to pray with thanksgiving for Kayla, Tiffany, Rob, Karene, Jade and Tom. This is also a great time to invite anyone who you think may be interested in becoming Catholic to make contact with us as we start the journey with the next group of inquirers.
During the coming week, I will be celebrating Confirmations for our young people. Bishop Brian would usually have celebrated this Sacrament in all parishes but could not do so due to Covid, and so has given this delegation to Parish Priests for the first week of November. We keep these young people and their families in our prayers, and thank the Sacramental Team for making this possible during this difficult year. Note in the bulletin the modified Mass timetable for weekdays this week due to the multiple Confirmation ceremonies required throughout the week.
Note also the extra Mass this Monday 2 November for All Souls Day at West Wollongong at 6pm – please email unanderra@dow.org.au to register for this one-off Mass.
If you would like to have the names of your deceased loved ones included in our Masses and books of remembrance for the month of November, please email the relevant parish office. However, if you do not have email, please call the relevant office during office hours.
You can read more details about all of this and also other news in the Sunday notices attached. Please find attached to this email:
- Parish Bulletin (with thanks to Sue Briscoe)
- Kids Corner (with thanks to Lauren Hall)
May God bless you and keep you and all your loved ones safe and well.
Fr Duane Fernandez
Parish Priest
Immaculate Conception and St Therese Parishes
0414 626 357