Dear Parents and Carers, 

Thank you for your incredible support in voting for Nazareth in the Wave FM School of the Year Competition! There has been much excitement surrounding the entry and the children thoroughly enjoyed creating the video. A special shout-out goes to Mrs Leahnore Wright (4A) and Mrs Stephanie Rowles (6U) for their dedication in writing the song and producing the video. If you haven’t voted today, I urge you to do so using the link within this newsletter. 

As previously mentioned, Semester 1 Reports will be available on Compass from Wednesday 3 July. Learning Conversations for students in Years 1-6 occurred in Term 1 as per our reporting and assessment schedule. Kindergarten parents will be provided with a mid-year learning conversation opportunity at the commencement of next term, information on how to book a time will be shared with families next week. 

It is important that you carefully read the reporting information contained within this newsletter. This is important because all students will be receiving this reporting format for the first time. To determine grades, teachers use a range of assessment information to make on-balanced judgements of student learning. This includes Information from less structured assessments (e.g. observations and student work samples) that is considered along with more formal assessments (e.g. programmed summative assessment tasks) to develop reliable judgements of demonstrated student learning. If you have any questions about your child’s report, please contact the class teacher via the front office. 

I am thrilled to announce an exciting event at our school, the Mini Olympics Day. The day will be held on Friday 26 July, this coincides with the opening day of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Mini Olympics Day will involve opening and closing ceremonies, and fun rotating activities for the children to participate in while earning medals for their allocated country. If you know of any past Olympians who might be willing to be part of the opening ceremony, please notify me via the front office. Further details will be sent out to families in the coming weeks. 

This year we will be celebrating Grandparent’s Day on Wednesday 7 August. This is a special day where we honour and appreciate the important role that grandparents play in our lives. All parents/carers and grandparents are warmly invited to join us in celebrating and giving thanks for the beautiful gift of grandparents. The morning will commence with mass at 9:00am and will be followed by morning tea and open classrooms. Please save the date and share it with the grandparents within your families. 

Tonight’s P & F meeting will be held at 7:00pm via Zoom. The P & F Executive warmly invite all parents to attend via accessing the following link: https://dowcatholic.zoom.us/j/67025781899 

Wishing you a wonderful week. 

Kind regards, 

Mr Matt Downes 

(Acting Principal)

Confirmation

The date for Confirmation will be Wednesday, 26 June 2024 at 7pm. We pray for our students who are in the final stages of preparing for the sacrament of confirmation. 

Wednesday Mass and Faith & Learning visits

This coming Wednesday (Week 9) Year 4 will be attending mass at 9:00am.  No classroom visit will occur on this day. 

Next week (Week 10) Year 3 and Year 6 will celebrate Wednesday mass. No classroom visit will occur on this day.  

St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal

Over the coming weeks, our school's Mini Vinnies team will be raising funds for the St Vincent De Paul Winter appeal. 

On Thursday 4 July, the school will be hosting a pyjama day. Students are asked to wear their comfiest clothes, including PJs, hoodies, dressing gowns etc. Students must be wearing enclosed shoes and bring a hat for playtime. On this day, students are asked to make donations to the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. This may be a gold coin donation or a donation of the following items:

• Kindergarten: canned food
• Year 1 and 2: pasta / rice / sauces
• Year 3 and 4: beanies, gloves and scarfs (can be second hand, but of good quality)
• Year 5 and 6: blankets / sheets (can be second hand, but of good quality)

In addition to our pyjama day, students will be selling hot chocolates in the morning for students to purchase. To purchase a hot chocolate, students are asked to make a gold coin donation. Days allocated to students for hot chocolate purchases are:

Week 9

Tuesday 25 June - Kindergarten

Wednesday 26 June - Year 1, 2 and 3

Thursday 27 June - School Athletics Carnival

Friday 28 June - Year 4, 5 and 6

Week 10

Tuesday 2 July- Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2

Wednesday 3 July - Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

Thursday 4 July - All students

In 5O we have been learning about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit, and how we can live our lives using these values to guide us to be more like Jesus.

SEMESTER 1 STUDENT REPORTS

As you may be aware, the NSW Educational Standards Authority (NESA) have undertaken a comprehensive review of the NSW Curriculum, leading to curriculum reform and subsequent implementation of a reformed curriculum which commenced in 2023. In response to the curriculum changes, Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong has made significant modifications to student semester reports for Primary schools to better reflect your child's academic progress at key points throughout the year and provide parents and carers with a clear picture of their child’s strengths and areas for improvement in specific subject areas.

In the Learning Centre this term we have engaged in a range of learning activities. 

In Maths we have been focusing on the concepts of Data and 3D shapes. In Data we went to the year 3 classrooms and collected information on their favourite foods. We observed cars outside and collected data on which colour car went past the most. When learning about 3D shapes, we have learnt that 3D shapes have faces, edges and vertices. We learnt that 3D shapes have 3 dimensions; length, height and width. 

In English, we have been learning new things. In finger gym we are building our fine motor skills. In writing, we have had an author focus on Robert Munsch. Mr Munsch has written over 60 childrens books and he is 1 of 9 children. 

This term we were very lucky to have a donation from the Shellharbour Rotary club. They gave us new classroom resources including; putty, kinetic blocks, new sand timers, and lots of new games. Thank you to Shellharbour Rotary. 

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Matt B, Jack K & Kye M who attended the MacKillop Touch Football Trial last week. Well done to Kye who made it to the possibles v probables round of the trial. One boy from the Diocese of Wollongong team was selected in the team to take part in the PSSA Championship. Well done boys!

Good Luck!

Goodluck to the Stage 3 Rugby Union team who will take part in the Rugby Union Knockout against Ss Peter & Paul Kiama on Friday 21st June. 

Good luck to Jack K & Morrison who will attend the NSW PSSA Rugby League Championship event in Wollongong. Making the MacKillop team is a fantastic achievement and we wish them the best of luck at this event. 

Upcoming Events:

Netball Gala Day- Tuesday 25th June. If your child is attending this event, please check Compass for all the event details. 

Athletics Carnival- Thursday 27th June. The Compass event has gone out to parents & carers for this event. You will be able to nominate your child for competitive events (8 years and up) until Friday. No late entries for competitive events will be taken after Friday. If you are able to assist on the day, please let us know when answering the event questions when giving consent. 

Soccer Gala Day- August 23rd. Sign ups for this event have closed, a Compass event will be sent out shortly. We have already had some parents express interest in assisting with teams, if you are able to assist with coaching/managing a team 

Basketball Gala Day- 19th & 20th September. Junior boys & girls (years 3 & 4) will be held on the 19th of September with Senior boys & girls (years 5 & 6) will be held on the 20th of September.

NAZARETH AWARDS

Adam Stojanoski

Patrick Hill

Ava Keenan

Iyla Horsey

Alessandra Barrass

Logan Testa

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

Evie Trencevski

Hayden Sandona

Kendrix Jonovski

Ethan Carters

Patrick Hill

Nixon Jonovski

Van Smith

Alexa Trencevski

Airlie Bates

Matilda Mackenzie

Iyla Horsey

Alessandra Barrass

Morrison Cocksedge

Katie Sarin

Thomas Markovski

Jett Dimovski

MERIT AWARDS

Ivy Telfer, Phillip Shanjoski, William Nguyen, William Squires, Lucas Vu, Cohen Horsley, Evie Trencevski, Ayden Lees, Xavier Gomes-Portelli, Kye Micallef, Sofia Rivera Marin, Amara Garbayo Vergan, Zoe Clapham, Shae Smith, Nikki Moulas

The PB4L focus during Week 8 continues to be RESPECT with attention being drawn to cheering on others and their success. During class and play time, students are encouraged to celebrate others achievements however big or small by congratulating or cheering them on. The children are encouraged to be Bucket Fillers. A “Bucket-Filler” is a KIND, CARING, and GENUINE person who wants to make others feel good about themselves. 

NAZARETH PROMOTIONAL FILM

The film captures a day in the life of a Nazareth student.
Click https://youtu.be/olug9FWvZQI to view the film

FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR NAZARETH

If you haven't already please follow our school pages to keep up to date with events at school and for photos and updates from across the school. 

Please click on the direct links to follow our pages:

www.facebook.com/nazareth.shellhabour

www.instagram.com/nazareth.shellharbour

SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY 

Please click on the below link for a direct link to the social media policy.

https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/about-us/policies/social-media-policy/