Dear Parents and Carers, 

This week is Bullying No Way – National Week of Action. The theme for 2025 is "Be Bold, Be Kind, Speak Up." It takes courage to spark change, and bullying is everyone’s responsibility. It takes a community to be brave and address bullying behaviours, both within and beyond the school gates. Students can be bold, show kindness, and take a stand to support others who are being bullied, while parents and teachers work together to help children and young people learn positive behaviours. This week there have been many conversations about what this looks like, in our classrooms, playgrounds, online and at home. For further support and advice, please visit Bullying No Way for Families. 

The theme for the 2025 Children's Book Week is "Book an Adventure”. This year we will be celebrating Book Week on Thursday 28 August will our annual Book Week Parade. On this day students are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. The parade will commence at 8:45am after the morning assembly. Parents, carers, and grandparents are warmly invited to join us for the celebration!

Everything is progressing well for the Nazareth Spring Fair on Saturday 20 September. Please save the date and share the details with your family and friends. The committee is still seeking volunteers—whether you can spare an hour or help for the whole day, your support will be greatly appreciated. To let us know your availability, please complete the On the day volunteer form.

Thank you for your continued support of the school uniform expectations. As a general reminder, it is expected that all students are in the correct school uniform daily. The expectations explicitly outline the school uniform required for both boys and girls enrolled at Nazareth. The expectations also include guidelines on the wearing of jewellery, nail polish, make-up and haircuts. All long hair must be tired back, regardless of gender. The emphasis is on neat and tidy hairstyles, as well as the child’s natural hair colour. Maroon sports shorts are the expectations for the sports uniform for both boys and girls (not skirts or skorts). On the rare occasion, that your child cannot wear the correct uniform, a written explanation should be provided to their teacher. Thank you for your ongoing support in enforcing the uniform expectations. 

Kind regards, 

Mr Matt Downes 

(Principal)

Year 2E has been busy learning about Saints! Saints are people who lived their lives as God wants them to and they are here to help us live our lives that way too. They are role models for our own lives and have inspiring stories. Some famous saints we have learnt about include Saint Patrick and Saint Mary of the Cross. Students are busy researching their own saints to create a digital poster to share with others!

Salome:  "Saints are people who have dedicated their lives to God!"

Sophia: "To become a Saint you must do two miracles!"

1H have been learning to write persuasive narratives based around the text Don’t let the Pigeon….. Drive the Bus! by Mo Williams. Students have changed the text and written their own based on a new activity for the Pigeon. 1H have focused on dialogue in their writing including asking questions, writing persuasive arguments and using punctuation to enhance writing.

Some of the new activities are…..

Don’t let the Pigeon…… teach 1H - Poppy

Don’t let the Pigeon…… work at McDonalds - Mackenzie

Don’t let the Pigeon…… fly a Jet - George

Don’t let the Pigeon…… be a hairdresser - Dalel

Don’t let the Pigeon…… ride a motorbike - Tristan

Don’t let the Pigeon…… be a scientist - Harrison

In Health we have been learning about keeping ourselves safe. When we met Healthy Harold he taught us about safe and unsafe situations online and trusted adults who can help us, different technologies are used for different purposes and gave us some strategies to promote healthy and safe use of technology.

Congratulations:

Congratulations to all of the children who competed at the South Coast Athletics event this week. The entire Nazareth Athletics Team competed amazingly with such great sportsmanship. Another congratulations to all of the children who placed top 4 in their events who will be competing next week at the Athletics Selection Trials at Beaton Park. 

We were lucky enough to have two athletes from Nazareth who placed as age Champions at the South Coast event. Oliver S was age champion for his category and Aubrey P placed third for her age group.

We look forward to hearing how the following children go at the selection trials next week:

Ziggy E, Jedd K, Matilda M, Evelyn M, Aubrey P, Saxon R, James W, Aliyah B, Grace H, Raven N, Mbali M, Soul E, Harrison T, Aria P & Airlie B.

Upcoming Events:

Athletics Selection Trial- Tuesday August 19. Please see Compass for further details if your child is to attend. 

Soccer Gala Day- Friday August 29. A compass event has been released for this event. Please provide consent if your child wishes to attend. If your child does not wish to attend this event, please decline as soon as possible. 

Basketball Gala Day- September 18 & 19. Expressions of interest for this event have closed. A compass event will come out closer to the event for consent. 

Oztag Gala Day- Tuesday October 28- Expressions of interest for this event will take place in the coming weeks. Girls and boys from Years 3-6 are welcome to attend. There will be a small cost associated with this event. This gala day will be held at Thomas Dalton Park in Fairy Meadow. More information to come on Compass in the following week.

NAZARETH AWARDS

Lucas B

Aliyah B

Alyssa R

Layla R

Scarlett B

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

Lewis G

Salome S

Isla T

Ivy T

Alyssa R

Layla R

Nate R

Alexa T

Iyla H

MERIT AWARDS

Noah S, Zoe C, Koa G-P, Macey S, Hugo S, Alexander P, Gabriella C, Ruby E, Archie S, Lilijana T, Saxon R, Taylan Y-P, Connor C, Layla M, Salome S, Beau S.

This week, our PB4L focus is on Self-Awareness, one of the five Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies.

Self-awareness is all about recognising our own emotions, knowing our personal strengths, and developing a strong sense of self-worth. When students are self-aware, they are better able to manage their feelings, understand how their behaviour impacts others, and make positive choices.

In class, students are engaging with our Self-Awareness slides and SEL Competencies posters. Activities are completed in short, 10-minute sessions across the week to help children:

• Talk about what self-awareness looks like;

• Identify and name their emotions;

• Recognise their personal strengths.

We can help by encouraging children to talk about their feelings each day, celebrating their unique strengths, and modelling self-awareness by sharing how we handle emotions in positive ways.

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/