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As children progress through their school years, it is important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics. At Nazareth an extensive range of learning data is used to monitor and track each child on a regular basis. In conjunction with school based learning data, NAPLAN data is also used and over time has become a valuable means of tracking learning gain.
NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents (and schools and school systems) to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.
In recent time schools have been gradually transitioning to NAPLAN online. NAPLAN online is a series of tailored tests that adapt to student responses, providing better assessment and more precise results. Nazareth implements NAPLAN online in all aspects in Year 5 and in most aspects in Year 3 (transition to Year 3 Writing online should occur by 2022)
Schools generally receive their students’ NAPLAN reports from mid-August to mid-September. The school will notify parents/carers who have children in Year 3 and Year 5 when the NAPLAN reports are being sent home. The same report format is used for every student in Australia.
During the days ahead, please remember in your thoughts and prayers the families from the Nazareth School community who are currently experiencing illness and hardship.
Take care
Peter Dempsey
Principal
On Mother’s Day, Sunday, 9 May Kindergarten students presented a hymn at Sunday morning mass and then presented their mum’s with a small gift. Kindergarten sang beautifully and were clearly excited at being asked to sing in front of the congregation. Kindergarten teachers did a great job to prepare the children and congratulations to all of the children for making Nazareth proud!
If any family still wishes to present their child for Confirmation, please urgently contact the Parish Office to register your child. Names have now been taken for all students and groups are now being allocated for the afternoon workshops.
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
This week 3H are focusing on belonging to the Catholic community through the Sacrament of Baptism.
Students remembered times when they had been to baptisms of friends or family members and described the processes involved.
We looked at the importance of being welcomed the church by the Sign of the Cross given from the Priest, Parents and Godparents, the blessing of the holy water, why the colour white is the colour used for baptisms, the use of the oil of Chrism and why the candle is lit from the Paschal or Easter candle and blessed by the Priest.
Last Thursday, all of stage three travelled to Canberra for our overnight excursion. After leaving our school at 8am, we had lots of fun on the bus on the way. When we arrived in Canberra, our first stop was to the old Parliament House to learn about voting and democracy in Australia. Our next stop was at the Australian War Memorial. We absolutely loved this, and were in complete awe at the tomb of the unknown soldier and the Hall of Memory. After a walk along ANZAC parade (to wear us out!) we made our way to our hotel. We had dinner and played trivia, before collapsing into our beds.
The next day we were up and on the bus early, and off to the CSIRO. Here we competed in teams to complete a scientific treasure hunt. We then travelled to Parliament House. It was amazing and we had a great time, role-playing what they do in the House of Representatives when making a law. We ended our tour of Canberra with a relaxing hour at the National Gallery, where we saw some incredible artworks and sculptures.
Before we knew it, we were on our way home, via a quick stop at McDonald’s. Thanks to the teachers who came with us. And thanks to our parents for giving us this great opportunity.
PARLIAMENT AND CIVICS EDUCATION REBATE (PACER)
Students from our school or have recently undertaken, an education tour of the national capital. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy.
The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $30.00 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.
OPEN CLASSROOMS AND PICNIC LUNCH
The school invites parents/carers to visit classrooms from 12:30pm this Friday May 14. Following the open classrooms parents/carers are welcome to share a picnic lunch with your child/ren in the playground.
NAZARETH AWARD
Sophie Hulbert
Lucas Cartwright
Ella Moreira
Livia Benavente
Ariella Lopez
Selena Lopez
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS | WEEK 2 - Commitment | WEEK 3 - Excellence |
| KN | Zavier Vengetas | Reevie Rey |
| KN | Gabriel Khoury | Saffiah Williams |
| KC | Jason Miller | Ellie Cooper |
| KC | Sofia Mcgoldrick | Lexis Formosa |
| KS | Chloe Hoang | Jaxx Kelleher |
| KS | William Lakovski | Mason Hatkic |
| 1S | Bentley Pavlina | Joshua Kosteski |
| 1S | Charlotte Lang | Evelyn Mcmullen |
| 1H | Soul Evans | |
| 1H | Siena Pacheco | |
| 2E | Zayn Esteves | Brody Jolliffe |
| 2E | Brax Scofield | Lucy Vu |
| 2L | Hannah Calvert | Aria Gutierrez |
| 2L | Rennan Rey | Livia Benavente |
| 3L | Ariella Lopez | Thomas Markovski |
| 3L | Jack Hopkins | Aristotle Katrivessis |
| 3H | Amelie Clark | Cristian Sangiuliano |
| 3H | Seth Jamieson | Archie Dimovski |
| 4A | Harry Tompkin | Anton De Jesus |
| 4A | Amarni King | Murphy Batman |
| 4R | Aiden Mustra | Starr Cooper |
| 4R | Alani Jovanovski | Iylah Forrest |
| 5B | Kate Lonard | Xavier Wicks |
| 5B | Dion Chey | |
| 5O | Max Pallone | Mikhail Manalansan |
| 5O | Mia D'Egidio | Carolynne Chalmers |
| 6U | Marley Alan | Nathaniel Gamble |
| 6U | Ella Fullagar | Remi Aronsten |
| 6R | Jasmine Rakovski | Katie Lewis |
| 6R | Ryland Coelho | Jade Markovski |
CROSS COUNTRY REPORT
It was such a buzz to be able to return to the Cross Country Championships at ‘Willandra’!
Congratulations to every student who ran the 2 km course, showing wonderful determination and sportspersonship. The pace of every race was very challenging!
Thank you to the parents, grandparents and carers for supporting our runners with transport to the event and with their great cheering for the Nazareth Squad. A special thanks to Mr Markovski for being a marshal for the day.
A big thank you to our reserve runners who replaced students who could not run.
Special congratulations to two students who qualified to compete at Eastern Creek for the Wollongong Diocese at the MacKillop Cross Country Championships:
*Reid Coehlo 1st place in 8/9 yrs male
*Sonny Cocksedge 5th place 10 yrs male
Training will continue for the students who have qualified for the MacKillop Championships. Students who competed at ‘ Willandra’ are also welcome to continue to train. A training session will be held on Thursday mornings commencing at 7.40- 8.10 a.m. from Thursday May 6th.
RUGBY LEAGUE AND LEAGUE TAG GALA DAY
On Friday the 30th April, we took 7 rugby league and league tag teams to the league legends gala day. We had two 3/4 boys teams, a 5/6 boys team and four 5/6 girls League Tag Teams. All teams played in the spirit of the game, displaying good sportsmanship and having fun. Thank you to the parent helpers, students and staff for making it a great day and enjoyable for all.
Olivia Kus, Aliana Maguire, Jye Voase, Jordyn Andreeski, Saxon Hatcliffe, Celeste Davies, Eli Butler, Spencer Tanevski, Murphy Batman, Brax Scofield, Jackson Horsey, Hannah Kosteski, Patrick Easther, Reevie Rey, Aiden Jebara, Max Pallone, Gabby Ou
Enrolment applications for Kinder 2022 to be submitted immediately – contact the school office
CatholicCare National Families Week Webinar Series
To celebrate National Families Week CatholicCare is running a five-part webinar series to celebrate family and make the most out of family life. Each webinar will have a different focus.
Family Resilience
Understand what a resilient person and family looks like, and how you can build resilience within yourself and your family.
Family Values
Understand what values are and why they are important. By identifying our family values we can better understand and connect.
Family Connection
With our lives so busy we can struggle to keep connections within our family, learn why connection is important and how to sustain or build family connections
Family Self-Care
Learn why self-care is so important and how looking after ourselves, has a flow-on effect on the whole family.
Family Mindfulness
Learn what mindfulness is and the benefits it provides, not just for ourselves, but also the benefit it has on our family.
See the link here to register: https://dowcatholic.zoom.us/
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/