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Dear Parents and Carers,
Last Wednesday it was so wonderful to welcome over two hundred mothers, grandmothers and special women to our annual Mother’s Day Breakfast. We were extremely overwhelmed by the beautiful feedback. I am very thankful to our professional staff that served and organised food, created a COVID safe plan and organised lucky door prizes.
In particular, I would like to acknowledge Ms Louise Sartor, our Religious Education Coordinator who so capably led this event. Also, a big thank you to our generous Parents and Friends committee, led by Danielle Chapman and Kathy Hicks.
I came across this beautiful prayer to share with you.
A Prayer for Mothers
May you be loving-kindness to those who call you ‘mother’.
May you delight in nurturing and relish the gift of children.
May your heart be open to friends and strangers in need of mothering and mentoring.
May you grow in wisdom as you experience the struggles and rewards of life.
May you go to sleep each evening aware of the protection and warmth of God’s embrace.
Lastly, it is with great excitement that I announce that approval has been given for our Adventure Playground. This will be installed late in Term Three near the Administration Block. I shared the plans last night at our Parents and Friends Meeting and have also attached drawings for your perusal. I thank the parent committee that assisted me in providing feedback throughout the consultative process.
Yours Sincerely,
Pauline Chrostowski - Principal
The following students will receive awards for Week 3 and Week 4
Merit Awards
| Week 3 | Week 4 |
|
KB: Cody F, Kai J KR: Rio M, Alex T 1B: Jonas C, Marcus B 1R: Adon D, Claire B 2B: Jakob P, Evie N 2R: William H, Imogen C 3B: Kaylee B, Patrick R, Bruce T 4B: Georgia C, Rhys S 4R: Ava G, Khushi M 5B: Charlotte D, Eva B 5R: Lachlan M, Elisabeth S 6B: Eve F, Hevani S 6R: Audrey L, Everleigh R |
KB: Ruby M, Zara V KR: Liam N, Isaiah H 1B: Emma N, Nicholas G 1R: Sonny L, Jaycee J 2B: Madison H, Zachary E 2R: Tilly D, Bodhi R 3B: Hudson O, Marlee M, Allira C 4B: Mason B, Zahli K 4R: Georgia F, Ryan Y 5B: Sienna C, William E 5R: Zara M, Zachary P 6B: Aidan I, Giorgia T 6R: Christian U, Nadia H |
When you have 5 Merit Awards, you qualify for a PRINCIPAL AWARD
Principal's Award
Dion T - 1B
Cael C - 1B
Chiara M - 1R
Aaliyah H - 2B
Ezekiel B - 2B
Evie N - 2B
Emmett Turner - 2B
Tilly D - 2R
Sophia G - 2R
Noah L - 3B
Marlee M - 3B
Emmanuel G - 3B
Thomas K - 4R
Orlando B - 5R
When you have 3 Principal's Awards, you will qualify for a Mackillop Award
Mackillop Award
Natalie C - 3B
When you have 2 Mackillop Awards, You qualify for a School Medallion
School Medallion
Students that have qualified for a Medallion will be presented with them later in the year by Mrs Chrostowski.
Congratulations to all of these students.
Friday 25th June 2021
Kindergarten Assembly
Our Kindergarten Assembly will also be held this Friday from 2.15pm.
Parents of Kindergarten students and Principal or Mary Mackillop recipients are invited to attend.
Condolences
It is with sadness that we announce that Mr Philip Moore’s mother (Previous Principal), Marie passed away peacefully last week. Mrs Hertsch and myself represented the community at the funeral at St Thomas Moore Ruse yesterday.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
Winter Uniform
Thank you for presenting your children so well in their winter uniform. Please ensure
- Ties are worn,
- Winter shirts are tucked in for the boys .
Second hand items are available from the uniform shop for $5 or uniforms can be purchased at Lowes Figtree.
Mother’s Day Raffle Winner
National Families Week
Held between 15th and 21st May to coincide with the United Nations International Day of Families. To celebrate National Families Week CatholicCare is running a five-part webinar series to celebrate family and make the most out of family life. Each webinar will have a different focus.
Family Resilience
Understand what a resilient person and family looks like, and how you can build resilience within yourself and your family.
Family Values
Understand what values are and why they are important. By identifying our family values we can better understand and connect.
Family Connection
With our lives so busy we can struggle to keep connections within our family, learn why connection is important and how to sustain or build family connections
Family Self-Care
Learn why self-care is so important and how looking after ourselves, has a flow-on effect on the whole family.
Family Mindfulness
Learn what mindfulness is and the benefits it provides, not just for ourselves, but also the benefit it has on our family.
For more information and to register visit: https://www.catholiccare.dow.org.au/services-and-programs/family/family-care/courses/national-families-week-webinar-series/
Community Updates
We are thankful that our Parents and Friends Working Bee is able to take place this Friday 14th May from 3.30pm-5.30pm.
All are welcome! Please RSVP for catering purposes.
COVID Updates
Students over the age of 12 and staff must comply with the Public Health (COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings) Order 2021 when travelling to and from school and during school excursions by public transport or by chartered or private transport services.
- Staff and students are not required to wear a face mask while at school. Anyone who wishes to wear their own masks in schools will not be prevented from doing so.
- Wearing a face mask is not mandatory for parents and carers visiting schools.
- Events and gatherings on school sites, such as performances, productions, concerts, speech nights and award presentations are permitted. All attendees, including students, staff and visitors, including parents and carers, must be well and free of any flu-like symptoms.
- If students are performing in a choir that schools ensure there is a minimum of 5 metres between the choir and audience members.
Congratulations
St George Illawarra Dragons Visit
Last week members of the Dragons outreach team came to meet with our Stage 3 students to talk about and introduce their 2021 initiative in schools “Be the best You”. They discussed the importance of treating our bodies well by eating the right foods along with strategies to support student wellbeing.
The students were very engaged in this discussion and have been given a fantastic booklet to follow through and set some personal challenges.
We thank them for visiting and look forward to them returning this year as a follow up and session two.
Mother’s Day Breakfast
WOW! What an event! What a turn out!
A wonderful celebration was held within our hall to celebrate all of our Mums, Grandmothers and mother-figures on Wednesday 5th May.
A big thank you to Susan Adams and Karen Harley for helping organise the event and making it the big success that it was.
We would also like to THANK SEA VISTA Cafe in Gerringong for helping us at super short notice with our Catering, CAPRI Florist in Balgownie for the beautiful Floral Bouquets and WESTS Illawarra for donating 4 x $25 Coffee Vouchers in our Mothers day Lucky door prize.
Thank you also to our wonderful P&F for organising our gorgeous Baskets for our Mother's Day Raffle.
The St Pius X leadership and staff community love being able to host such an event so that we can take an opportunity to THANK our wonderful community!
Be sure to check out the extended photos shared via our St Pius X Facebook Page.
Pentecost Gathering – Immaculate Conception Parish
The Pentecost Gathering being held on Saturday 29th of May at 10am at St Pius X Hall is shaping up to be an exciting opportunity of renewal and growth for our parish. The parish pastoral council will share the vision and goals for the coming year, and facilitate an opportunity for every parishioner to get to know your own unique, God-given gifts. This in turn can help you discern ways you may wish to get more involved in Parish life now or in the future. You’ll also have a chance to share feedback for future planning, and even to get involved in the work of the Pastoral Council itself – while getting to know your fellow parishioners better. Don’t miss it!
Activate Fire (Year 6)
On Tuesday 25th May Year 6 students will join with other local catholic schools to participate in a spiritual reflection day being hosted by Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow. This special day is organised in conjunction with the Wollongong Catholic Youth Ministry Team and supports preparation for the sacrament of Confirmation. If you child is in Year 6 could you please be sure to complete the permission slip that has been sent home and return it to school as soon as possible.
Please find attached the Canteen Roster for the remainder of 2021
We still require a few volunteers for Week FOUR each month if you are available.
Parish News
Dear friends,
As you might have heard, temporary Covid restrictions have been re-introduced until Monday 10th May (at this stage). The relevant restrictions for our Masses:
- Compulsory wearing of face masks (with the usual exceptions of children under 12, health reasons)
- No congregational singing allowed
Let’s hope and pray that these restrictions will indeed be very temporary. Please also note that the Diocese has asked all parishes to conduct the annual Mass count, which will include some extra information to be gathered during sign-in at the doors. Thank you for your co-operation at this time.
Please find attached this week’s Bulletin. More details of the Pentecost Parish Gathering are included in this bulletin, and much more news as well.
A very happy Mother’s Day to all mothers and mother figures amongst us!
Mary, our heavenly mother: pray for us and draw us closer to you during this month of May.
Fr Duane Fernandez
Parish Priest
Immaculate Conception and St Therese Parishes