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As the school moves into Week 8 of Term 1, I am pleased to inform parents and carers that children are engaged and motivated with their learning. I talk to children regularly and take great interest in what they are learning and how they are progressing.
An important component of ensuring learning progress, is daily school attendance including on time arrival. School starts at 8:25am with the morning assembly, children are expected to arrive on time. Strict guidelines are associated with recording daily school attendance. Class rolls are marked at the beginning of the day and children that arrive late are marked as late arrivals. If there is no parent/carer accompanying a child to the school office when arriving after the commencement of the school day, the school will be recording an unexplained late arrival for the child. In this context, I ask that no children walk unaccompanied into school after 8:25am. If arriving late all children are to be accompanied into school via the school office. This expectation is consistent with school attendance Legislation, ensuring the safety of all children and supports the development of the importance of punctuality.
As discussed at Parent Information sessions earlier this Term and noted in Skoolbag correspondence, two additional forms of communication to parents/carers have commenced in 2019 - positive phone calls and communication letters.
The positive phone call is at the discretion of the class teacher who wishes to nominate a student for positive class related behaviours. The class teacher provides the name of the student to their Stage Leader, who then calls a parent of the child to relay the message. These phone calls have been received extremely well, and the children love hearing the information from their parent.
The second additional form of communication has been the formulation of a letter sent home to parents to notify them when their child has had three behaviour notifications within a five week period. These letters are both a means of improving the communication between the home and the school, and an opportunity for parents to assist their child in making more appropriate behaviour choices. If you receive three of these letters within a term, a meeting will be organised whereby a more strategic and proactive form of support can be provided for the child.
If anyone would like to discuss the above details further with me please contact the school office so a mutually convenient time can be arranged.
During the coming days I encourage all members of the Nazareth School community to pray for all people impacted by the tragic events in New Zealand.
Peter Dempsey
Principal
SCHOOL FEAST DAY
At Nazareth, we celebrate our school Feast Day on the Feast of the Annunciation, Monday 25th March. The day will begin with Mass at 9:30 am in All Saints Church. Parents are welcome to attend Mass with the students. The day will continue with fun activities for the students.
In 1999, the name Nazareth was chosen for our school. The parent body expressed a desire that peace be something their children would experience as they moved to the new century. In the bible, Nazareth was a place of peace for Jesus. As Jesus was nurtured at Nazareth and grew in wisdom and knowledge, it is our aim to nurture the children who come to Nazareth Catholic Primary School. We aim to provide excellent religious and educational development, pastoral care and a stimulating, non-threatening environment. This will hopefully allow our students to grow into loving and caring people. Our hope is that they can learn to make a difference to our society and so make the world a better and more peaceful place.
As we do not have a Saints Feast Day to celebrate with our school name. The Feast of the Annunciation was chosen. The day that is was announced in Nazareth, that Mary would be the Mother of Jesus.
STAGE TWO MASS
Today Wednesday 20th March, Years 3 and 4, attended Mass in the All Saints Church.
PROJECT COMPASSION
Project Compassion is Caritas Australia's annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising appeal. Millions of Australians come together in solidarity with the world's poor to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.
Each week a story is profiled of a person who gives 100% and is benefiting from previous donations to Project Compassion. This weeks story is of Peter:
“Peter is thrilled to now have clean water on tap at his boarding school. Long walks to unsafe water sources were tiring for Peter, who is living with a disability. With more free time and fewer illnesses caused by dirty water, Peter can fulfil his hope of focusing on his studies, providing him with brighter future.”
Please consider donating to Project Compassion. The Mini-Vinnies team will be promoting Project Compassion at school.
MINI VINNIES
This year we have recommenced Mini Vinnies meetings.This week we had an election to choose our new office bearers for the first two terms.
President - Chloe Norris
Vice President - Isabel Hopely
Secretary - Kate Howle
Vice secretary - Monique Mustra
Treasurer - Charlize Jonsevski
Vice Treasurer - Ashley Bond
Media - Olivia and Dakota Fothergill
Our focus this term is Project Compassion we are encouraging all families to donate money to their Project Compassion boxes in each classroom. If you have a Project Compassion box at home can you please bring it back by the end of term. We look forward to keeping you updated on our future Minnie Vinnie fundraisers.
Written by Olivia and Dakota Fothergill
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
From the 8th to the 12th of April, the final week of school, students will be walking the “Way of Jesus”, the stations of the cross in the school playground. Opportunity will be given to parents to join us. More details will be available in the next Newsletter.
OUR CHILDREN - ENGAGING AND GROWING IN GOD'S LOVE
Our children are precious to us and to God – made in his image. As parents, grandparents, catechists and sacramental program leaders, how do we encourage and nurture our children as they grow in this awareness? These sessions will reflect on the process of growth in faith, how children are actively involved in their own social and spiritual development – sometimes for the good and sometimes through suffering and hardship.
When and where:
Tuesday 26th March 2019, 7:30pm-9:00pm
Ingham Room, Xavier Conference Centre, 38 Harbour St Wollongong
Wednesday 27th March 2019, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Phillip Room, Campbelltown Catholic Club, 20 Camden Rd Campbelltown
RSVP: To Helen Bennett by Friday 22 March on 4222 2403 or helen.bennett@dow.org.au
CONFIRMATION 2019
Our Confirmation Program for 2019 begins with information meetings on:
MEETING 1: Wednesday, 20th March at 7:00pm
MEETING 2: Sunday, 24th March at 10:15am (directly after 9:00am Mass)
Parents of children who wish to present their child for the Sacrament of Confirmation should attend ONE of these meetings.
Confirmation meetings are for parents and their Year Six child.
Meeting venue - Grealy Centre – All Saints Church
Confirmation will be 24th / 25th September
For any enquiries, please phone the Presbytery Office on 4296 3939.
CELEBRATING OUR CATHOLIC FAITH
Please come and be inspired and encouraged as you listen to the amazing personal witness, faith testimony of Deacon Peter Presdee. Peter is a married Deacon in our Diocese and has been ministering to the inmates at the Correctional Centre in Nowra for a number of years. He is a gifted speaker and has a very special faith journey to share that is sure to inspire and encourage every age group.
Date: Sunday, 7th April
Time: 3pm start
Where: Ss Peter & Paul Parish Hall, Kiama
RSVP: to Sheelagh Abela 0409 562830 or smabela@bigpond.com
Enjoy tea, coffee, refreshments and fellowship afterwards in the Hall.
Gold coin donation
Everyone is invited and most welcome to attend!
In KS our learning in Maths is focused on sorting and classifying objects into different categories. The children sorted their shapes into colours.
As part of the Drama programme the students have been presenting "Character Boxes" as part of their study of the story "Charlotte's Web". The children have selected a character from the book and made or collected items to describe the character. The children then presented the character boxes to peers. Well done year two!
MERIT AWARDS
| Class | Week 6 - Teachers Choice | |
| KN | Emmanuel Wicks | Zoe Cockayne |
| KS | Finn Day | Iyla Horsey |
| 1S | Lachlan McCall | Hunter Cascone |
| 1H | Olivia DeGabriele | Jaxx Tonegato |
| 2E | Mason Aranega | Hailey Gropp |
| 3L | Owen Testa | Malachi Wilson |
| 3H | Isaac Baez | Amelia Higgs |
| 4A | Chloe Bugeja | Richie Coroneos |
| 4R | Brodie Cullen | Jack Moore |
| 5B | Jack Manns | Sienna Marimon |
| 5O | Joshua Branovski | Ella Jessup |
| 6U | Isaac Chase | Tyreese Rodrigues-Sa |
| 6R | Ashley Bond | Kira Gillespie |
| Class | Week 7 - Responsibility | |
| KN | Amalia Rodrigues | Koda Cave |
| KS | Georgia Micevski | Rennan Rey |
| 1S | Hugo Manns | Alessandra Barras |
| 1H | Luke Norris | Amara Garbayo-Vergan |
| 2E | Jackson Horsey | Natalia Tanevski |
| 3L | Annie Darke | Harley Bermudez |
| 3H | Ezra Zamora | Cherice Johnson |
| 4A | Olivia Kus | |
| 4R | Ruben Lasala | Molly Coble |
| 5B | Pippa Tomkin | Mia Zammit |
| 5O | Alana Kontopoulos | Joseph Bugeja |
| 6U | Madison Latta | Olivia Fothergill |
| 6R | Jade Ngyuen | Isabella Jones |
| 3L | Kingston Vallario |
| 4R | Lily Cassar |
| 6R | Georgia Macdonald |
| 3H | Amelia Higgs |
| 6R | Chloe Norris |
| 3L | Annie Darke |
| 2L | Lily Pallone |
| 5B | Anastasia Vallario |
| 3L | Kingston Vallario |
| 4R | Lily Cassar |
Daniel Dimovski, Brody Jolliffe, Memphis Coble, Isabeela Jones, Jayden Khoury, Anton De Jesus, Jayden Boztepe, Adison Gigliotti, Marnie Walsh, Tahli Howle, Eli Jamieson, Jade Markovski, Ava Wells, Thomas Day, Makayla Gropp, Lily Pallone, Nate Ryan, Sophie Swanenberg, Matilda Alan, Samuel MansbridgeCROSS COUNTRY
A reminder to all families that the school Cross Country will be held on Friday March 29. The Nazareth playground area will be used and all children are involved. Parents / carers are invited to attend. The P&F will be selling sausage sandwiches on the day.
We will require the help of parent volunteers on the day of the carnival to assist. If you are available to help on the day please contact the school office. Without your help we would not be able to offer such sporting events for the children.
CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING
Mrs Day will be holding cross country training sessions for Years 3 - 6 ONLY prior to the school carnival event on March 29th.
The training sessions will be for the next two weeks on Wednesday and Thursday mornings before school 7-45am to 8.15am in the school grounds. (Wednesday 20th / Thursday 21st Wednesday 27th / Thursday 28th)
Students need to be dressed in suitable running gear for the sessions and bring a water bottle. If raining, training will take place in the hall.
Keep an eye out on Skoolbag, something exciting is happening! Get your creative minds going.....
Thank you for joining our Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong (CEDoW) schools across the Illawarra, Macarthur, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands, and Catholic school communities across NSW, in celebrating Catholic Schools Week for 2019. It's been a wonderful week of open days, activities, masses, liturgies and other special events - including the Diocesan Education Mass, which was a significant highlight of CSW. Read more about the Mass and listen to Director of Schools, Peter Turner's speech here.
Catholic Schools Week has showcased some of the fantastic things happening in our schools every day, and has very much highlighted our local Catholic schools - including yours! - as vibrant places of learning, faith, hope and opportunity. Thank you for your involvement.
We'd like to share with you our small Catholic Schools Week video that has been promoted throughout last week. Can you spot the students from your school in this video?
TALENTED SPORTS PROGRAM TRIAL AT ILLAWARRA SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL
Year 6 Trials are the 26th and 27th of March at differing venues, for more detailed information please visit the following website
Students MUST register online through the school website to attend the trial.
Amy Child Illawarra Sports High School 4271 1099 ext 147 mob: 0409 917 087