Last week it was my great privilege to attend the First Holy Communion celebrations at Immaculate Conception Church Unanderra. The children displayed reverence throughout the ceremonies and were an absolute credit to our Parish School, St Pius X Unanderra.

I sincerely thank Sr Kerry Gardiner and Ms Louise Sartor in their role as Sacramental Leaders. Also, to Mrs Kylie Hertsch and Miss Anna Jaklic, class teachers for preparing the children so beautifully. Finally, to Father Duane, his Homily was powerful and captured the true meaning of this important sacrament in the lives of the children.

These events certainly had Father Duane and myself reflecting on the strong partnership between parish and school and how fortunate we are to have so many adults dedicated to the faith formation of the children. Following this, I was pleased to be able to attend the recent launch of Bishop Brian Mascord’s statement on the vison of our Diocese- Bearers of Christs Love, alongside Father Duane. This day was held at the Hermitage in Mittagong and echoed the work that we are doing here at  St Pius X Unanderra.

“Our schools and parishes will recognise the integral connection between the two, and the necessary relationship of active collaboration between a school, parish priests and the wider Catholic community”  

Most Rev Brian G Macord Bishop of Wollongong

 

Friday 2/12/22 1.00-3.00pm	SPX Factor (Talent Quest)
Monday 5/12/22 2.00-3.00pm	ACE (Academic, Citizenship and Endeavour) Awards in the Hall, recipients to be notified
Tuesday 6/12/22 All Day	Year Six at Jamberoo
Wednesday 7/12/22 3.30-5.30pm	Working Bee with P and F Meeting to follow
Wednesday 7/12/22 5.30pm	P and F Meeting
Thursday 8/12/22 9.30-10.30am	Whole School Mass at Immaculate Conception Church all welcome! Please note that seating is limited.
Friday 9/12/22 9.30am	St Pius X Christmas Concert under the COLA, all welcome. Follwed by picnic lunch with students.
Monday 12/12/22 5.15pm arrival	Year Six Graduation at WESTS.
Tuesday 13/12/22 1.30-2.45pm	Volunteers Thank you Afternoon Tea at WESTS.
Tuesday 13/12/22	Student Reports to go home for Kindergarten to Year Six
Wednesday 14/12/22 9.00-10.00am	Medallion Assembly, recipients and parents to be notified.
Thursday 15/12/22	Teddy Bears Picnic Kindergarten and Year Six, further details to follow.
Thursday 15/12/22 9.30-11.00am	Promotions Day - Students meet their new 2023 teacher(s)
Friday 16/12 /22 2.10pm	Last day for students, Year Six Assembly and ringing of the bell.

Uniforms

Please continue to maintain a high standard for your child/ren's uniform. The uniform speaks outwardly of your child's respect of our school. A few gentle reminders: 

Students are required to wear their hair in a neat and tidy manner. 

• Haircuts should be of an even grade. 
• Hair should not be in such a condition as to invite comment.
• Long hair, below shoulder length is to be tied back or plaited, off the face and should not extend to cover the eyes.
• Navy or red blue headbands, ribbons and scrunchies are to be worn in the hair.
• Please ensure correct shoes are worn,

 

 

COVID-19 update and continued COVID-smart measures

NSW Health recently advised that we are already starting to see a rise in COVID-19 transmissions within the community, with a peak of cases expected in early December.

COVID-smart measures continue to be in place at St Pius X.

RAT TESTS AVAILABLE

RAT TESTS are available for collection in the office.

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PE & Sport

PE

In PE we are wrapping up our four weeks of the Cricket Blasters. The students have had a great time and have learnt many new skills for cricket. We want to thank Cricket NSW for providing us with such an amazing opportunity, and enabling us to have access to expert cricket coaches.

Keep a lookout for more cricket clinics being run by Cricket NSW throughout the January 2023 holidays.

We now move onto Tennis for the remainder of the term in PE.

SPORT

Dragon Tag Gala Day

In Week 7, Year 5 & Year 6 were lucky enough to participate in a Dragon Tag Gala Day organised by the St George Illawarra Dragon NRL development team. This day was held at Reed Park in Dapto, and teams from local Catholic Primary Schools all took part.

SPX had 5 teams participating in the day, 3 boys teams and 2 girls teams. All students played to the best of their ability and showed great sportsmanship throughout the day. They were a credit to the school. The day was a non-competitive day, which meant that the students could just focus on playing and having fun.

Our participation in the day would not have been possible without the hard work of Mrs Nunes, who organised all the teams, and Mrs Garretty, Mr Whittle & Mrs Sutton who attended on the day and organised the students. 

An extra special thank you needs to be given to our parent coaches for each team:

Dave Coopes

Chris Campbell

Grant Taylor

George Tasevski

 Your help was very much appreciated.

Hamper Donations

Today we had a visit from the amazing ladies from the Unanderra Chapter of the Catholic Women’s League who donated hampers for distribution to families in need. We sincerely appreciate the ongoing support of these fantastic ladies.

The Immaculate Conception Unanderra Parish Feast Day is coming up on Thursday 8th December.

Special Mass at 6pm, followed by BBQ.

The students participated in activities ranging from The giant swing, High ropes, Vertical wall, Survivor, Go karting and Archery. To see the joy in their faces as they faced these challenges was fabulous. We are all extremely proud of the way the Year 6 students represented the school and participated in this wonderful and enriching experience.