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Following last week’s Nazareth P&F AGM the following people have accepted executive roles for 2021:
- President - Vanessa Orlandi
- Vice-President – Simone Ivanovski
- Secretary – Rosemary Stutz
- Treasurer – Craig Lonard
- Diocesan Delegate – Tara Teo
On behalf of the school community I wish to thank each of these people for their preparedness to hold an executive position. I look forward to working with each of them and the whole parent community throughout the course of this year.
I also extend my thanks to those who attended last week’s P&F meeting and in particular I thank those present for their excellent feedback and general contribution to the discussion associated with morning drop off and afternoon pick up procedures.
As previously communicated the school is moving toward amending the afternoon dismissal arrangements. I will update all parents/carers as soon as possible. In the meantime I thank everyone for your cooperation and patience. For those that utilize the afternoon pick procedures I remind everyone that we share a collective responsibility to ensure everyone’s safety. Please adhere to road rules and parking regulations and if you approach the school vicinity of an afternoon and there is obvious traffic congestion drive on for 5 – 10 mins then return.
A reminder to parents/carers that of a morning you are very welcome to enter the school grounds via the front gates off Glider Ave. Parents/carers may remain in the playground area until the children assemble and walk into class.
Congratulations to the children from our All Saints parish who received the sacrament of Penance this week.
Take care and enjoy the week ahead.
Peter Dempsey
Principal
RECONCILIATION
Tonight students of Year 3 will be celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation at 4pm and 6pm at our All Saints Catholic Parish Church. Thank you to the parents who have attended with their children at the Reconciliation workshops after-school for the past four weeks. Thank you to the teachers who have assisted in preparing the children for this first Sacrament
EASTER RAFFLE
Donations of chocolates are still gladly accepted until Monday, 22 March (Week 9) for our Easter raffle. Students are able to purchase a ticket with a coin donation going to Project Compassion. The raffle will be drawn on Friday, 26 March (Week 9).
YEAR OF ST JOSEPH
This year the Vatican announced that 2021 would be a year dedicated to St. Joseph, husband of Mary and earthly father of Jesus Christ. This Friday, 19 March is St Joseph’s Day and we will be celebrating this day with a prayer celebration at the beginning of our Zoom assembly on Friday.
OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS EASTER 2021
Way of the Cross
Each Friday during Lent after 9:00am Mass at All Saints
Palm Sunday - 28 March
Masses: 5:00pm Vigil, 9:00am, and 5:00pm
8:45am Solemn Procession will begin for 9:00am Mass
Tuesday of Holy Week - 30 March
7pm Mass of the Holy Oils
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Holy Thursday: 1 April
7pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration until 10pm
Good Friday: 2 April
11am—Stations of the Cross 12 noon: Community Lunch
Soup & Bread in the Grealy Centre
if you can help by making a pot of (meat free) soup to share, please fill in your details on the clipboard in the Church Foyer
3pm: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Holy Saturday: 3 April
7pm: Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday: 4 April
Masses at 9:00am and 5:00pm
Easter Egg hunt for the children after 9:00am Mass
PARISH BULLETIN
Each week All Saints Parish continues to present a Bulletin with the weekend Readings and other important information. A link can be found on the Parish Website: http://www.allsaintscatholic.org.au/allsaintscatholic/Welcome.html
On Wednesday 17th March, it was Saint Patrick's Day. 4R watched a video about Saint Patrick and learnt lots of facts about him!
NAPLAN 2021
Year 3 students and Year 5 students will complete NAPLAN tests this year between May 11 – 21. Due to COVID-19 NAPLAN was not held last year, however NAPLAN will go ahead this year.
CLAIM THE DATE
The proposed Stage 3 (Years 5 & 6) excursion to Canberra is to be held Thursday May 6 and Friday May 7. Details associated with the excursion will be forwarded to Year 5 and Year 6 parents/carers next week.
LAST DAY OF TERM 1
The last day of Term 1 is Thursday, 1st April
FIRST DAY OF TERM 2
Students will commence Term 2 on Monday, 19th April
WEBINARS FOR PARENTS AND CARERS
The Council of Catholic School Parents (NSW/ACT) has joined with the eSafety Commissioner to present two free webinars for parents and carers in late March 2021.
The webinars are:
- Helping kids thrive online (for parents/carers of 5-12 year olds)
- Tech, teens and time online (for parents/carers of 12-18 year olds).
Both are free but registration is required.
NAZARETH AWARD
Mason Till
Hayden Reitsma
Niamh Hicks
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS | WEEK 6 - Teacher's Choice |
WEEK 7 - Responsibility |
| KN | Lucas Sangiuliano | Abigail Butler |
| KN | Violet Ferns | Saxon Briffa |
| KC | Sonny Dafkovski | Bethany Farrugia |
| KC | Travis Borg | Claudia Sears |
| KS | Emmanuel Vu | Rosalee Maguire |
| KS | Mbali Moyo | Saxon Hatcliffe |
| 1S | Charlie Barr | Gabriella Campos |
| 1S | Harry Urquart-Duchesne | Nikki Moulas |
| 1H | Solomon Zamora | Cohen Garbayo Vergan |
| 1H | Anthony Oberdan | Addison Power |
| 2E | Eli Butler | Harper Mcnamara |
| 2E | Luca Wray | |
| 2L | Isla Ferns | Mason Redfern |
| 2L | Jacob Hulbert | Zoe Cockayne |
| 3L | Hunter Cascone | Romeo De Ornelas |
| 3L | Cadence Little | Elina Jovanovska |
| 3H | Aria Vengetas | Jacob Bugg |
| 3H | Ella Moreira | Jorja Witt |
| 4A | Lucas Cartwright | Alexis Chase |
| 4A | Jacob Dilevski | Marnie Walsh |
| 4R | Daniel Dimovski | Danielle Gonzales |
| 4R | Jean-Paul Ayoub | Madeline Schonrock |
| 5B | Calahni Dilevski | Layla Markovski |
| 5B | Amelia Higgs | Aidan Jolliffe |
| 5O | Harley Bermudez | Ashton Anic |
| 5O | Sienna Portelli | Memphis Coble |
| 6U | Marnie Batman | Taya Nguyen |
| 6U | Xavier Leonard | Millie Tompkin |
| 6R | Selena Lopez | James Sotomayor |
| 6R | Aidan Chase | Juanita Benavente |
James Sotomayor, Amelia Hopley, Ashton Hopgood, Daniel Dimovski, Brody Jolliffe, Memphis Coble, Jayden Khoury, Anton De Jesus, Jayden Boztepe, Marnie Walsh, Isabelle Sekulovski, Eli Jamieson, Jade Markovski, Lennox Wheeler, Sonny Dafkovski
The Mothers’ Day Stall will go ahead this year and will be held Tuesday May 4. More details will be communicated closer to the date.
The P&F plan to hold a school disco Thursday April 29. The date can be claimed but the event is yet to be confirmed pending COVID restrictions and regulations.
P & F MEETING
The next P&F Meeting will be held Tuesday April 20 commencing at 7pm in the school library.
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/