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Yesterday Years 1 – 6 where able to attend Mass so as to acknowledge Ash Wednesday. Kindergarten participated in an age appropriate prayer service also to acknowledge the day. Ash Wednesday commences the season of Lent, the 40 days of preparation which lead up to the celebration of Easter. In conjunction with Ash Wednesday our Year 6 students attended the virtual launch of this year’s Project Compassion program coordinated by Caritas Australia. Engaging with Project Compassion is an excellent way to focus on the season of Lent (a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving). This year the theme of Project Compassion is ‘Be More’. This phrase has it’s context from a quote from St Oscar Romero…
‘Aspire not to have more, but to be more’ .
I ask all parents/carers to reflect on these words and in your own way appropriate to your circumstances, I encourage you to respond to what is asked of us this Lent.
Take care and enjoy the week ahead.
Peter Dempsey
Principal
RECONCILIATION WORKSHOPS
Thank you to the parents who have already attended the first Reconciliation workshop with their children yesterday. Tomorrow afternoon these workshops will continue. Our apologies for the photocopies of the first booklet, as the booklets had not yet arrived. The booklets have now arrived and today students were given the booklets in preparation for their after-school workshops. Parents are asked to read pages 10-15 in preparation for next week’s workshops. Thank you for the support you are showing your children and the value you are placing on this important sacrament.
2021 is going to be a great year!
Already we have been so busy with making our own class rules as well as coming up with rewards and consequences that match these rules. In Religious Education, God’s Ten Commandments are similar to our classroom rules. If we follow them, we will all be safe, happy and life-long learners.
Did you know that Jesus also gave us a commandment? “Love others as I have loved you.”
In 4A, we are “Bucket Fillers!” A bucket filler is someone who says or does nice things for other people.
Did you know that when we are filling other people's buckets, we are filling our own bucket at the same time.
We have been reading the book, “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” by Judy Blume, which is so funny. Lots of us have already made lots of connections with this story.
Did you know that 3 year old little brothers can be really annoying when you’re in Fourth Grade?
We are really enjoying learning about Australia’s Aboriginal History and how country, language, art, dreaming stories, ceremonies and dance are all important parts of Aboriginal culture.
Did you know that there used to be over 600 different language groups across Australia and now there are only about 250 language groups left?
In Science we are talking about “Energy.” We found out that we already know quite a bit, but we have also listed some things we would like to find out about different types of energy and where it comes from.
Did you know that when we slide down a slippery dip, that we are using gravitational energy?
We love having different teachers for Music, Drama and Physical Education, just like high school. Our teacher, Miss Wright already thinks we are the best class and that we are great role models for other students.
It’s hard to believe we have done so much already and it’s only Week 4. We are looking forward to lots of new learning and fun experiences in Year 4 this year! Stay tuned!
Jesus and the Children
In Year 1 we have been reading a story from the Bible called 'Jesus and the Children'. In this story, some people wanted to take their children to see Jesus and get a blessing from him. Jesus was standing with his disciples. When the people reached Jesus, the disciples sent them away and said that Jesus was too busy to see them. But Jesus saw what was happening and he was very upset with his disciples for wanting to send the children away. “Let the children come to me,” he said, “and don’t stop them! Because God’s kingdom belongs to people who are just like them.” Jesus welcomed and blessed the children.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
A reminder to all families about the importance of children wearing the correct Nazareth School uniform. Refer to the following link which outlines what children are expected to wear to school.
On Friday 19th March, it is National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. All children at Nazareth will be involved in acknowledging this day with a range of activities. These activities will educate students about bullying and helpful strategies.
Thank you to all the teachers and parents who helped coordinate and run the day.
The house results were:
| First - Bethlehem (Red) |
| Second – Emmaus (Gold) |
| Third - Jerusalem (Blue) |
| Fourth - Galilee (Green) |
From our carnival the following children have qualified to compete at the South Coast Swimming Carnival at Corrimal on Tuesday, March 2nd:
Alessandra Barrass, Chelsea Belo, Scarlett Belo, Mikayla Carriage, Memphis Coble, Molly Coble, Hailey Gropp, Makayla Gropp, Niamh Hicks, Amelia Hopley, Iyla Horsey, Sasha Layton, Mattias Banovic, Daniel Bell, Morrison Cocksedge, Sonny Cocksedge, Reid Coehlo, Ryland Coelho, Aidan Joffille, Brody Jolliffe, Cooper Roser, James Sotomayor, James Wheeler, Xavier Wicks.
Good luck to all the squad.
PRINCIPAL'S AWARD
Marisa Bugeja
Jackson Horsey
Darius Camilleri
Max Pallone
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS | WEEK 3 - Commitment |
WEEK 3 - Teacher's Choice |
| KN | Samuel Benavente | |
| KN | Taj Scofield | |
| KC | Ayden Lees | |
| KC | Ivy Telfer | |
| KS | Aliyah Betz | |
| KS | Dylan Clapham | |
| 1S | Cash James | |
| 1S | Aoife Mahon | Adam Glavevski |
| 1S | Adithya Vaisakh | Kaley Allison |
| 1H | Carl Grech | Mason Moreira |
| 1H | Pearl Coelho | Milla Fullagar |
| 2E | Lucy Vu | Patrick Schonrock |
| 2E | Yazmin Gasca | Hayden Reitsma |
| 2L | Harrison Tanevski | Azariah Ioannou |
| 2L | Laila Howari | Sebastian Maksovic |
| 3L | Maya Rino | Isaac Ballinger |
| 3L | Reid Coelho | Ava Sirijovska |
| 3H | Layla Rabay | Liam Maksovic |
| 3H | Patrick Easther | Mason Till |
| 4A | Kye Zammit | Murphy Batman |
| 4A | Mia Franklin | Harry Tompkin |
| 4R | Ruby Smith | Jye Voase |
| 4R | Mason Reid | Cruze Scofield |
| 5B | Rubie Dimech | Cooper Ristevski |
| 5B | Ashton Plociennik | Owen Testa |
| 5O | Annie Darke | |
| 5O | Daniel Jebara | |
| 6U | Thomas Walsh | |
| 6U | Samuel Perez | Skyker Lawler |
| 6R | Samuel Day | Niamh Hicks |
| 6R | Cooper Roser | Gabbu Ou |
Christian Briffa, Aiden Mustra, Olivia Walton, Carl Grech, Cohen Garbayo Vergan, Samuel Benavente, Addison Power, Sonny Cocksedge, Sebastian Maksovic, Starr Cooper, Chloe Bugeja, Cruz Kellermann
NAZARETH PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION (P&F)
The Nazareth P&F will re convene to commence the new school year with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the school Library 7:00pm Tuesday March 9. Current restrictions allow for such meetings with a maximum of 30 people. Parents are welcome to attend. At the AGM a new executive will be appointed and options will be discussed for the year ahead in relation to the P&F and COVID restrictions.
The canteen will continue to operate Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in 2021.
Lunch orders can be ordered via quickcliq online or clearly written on a paper bag with student’s NAME & CLASS and handed into the canteen. Please find attached information regarding online ordering for our canteen.
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/