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The Nazareth whole school Assessment Plan provides guidance for the implementation of an extensive range of assessment tasks for all students. A wide range of learning data is gathered and analysed on a regular basis. The learning progress of each student is monitored closely and when required, support and interventions are implemented so that students can maintain growth and for many students exceed expected learning growth. Regular staff meetings including Case Collaboration and Collaborative Inquiry meetings focus on ongoing and continuous improvement in relation to students and their learning and teachers and their teaching. In accord with NESA and Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong policy and procedures, parents/ carers are provided with formal Student Reports throughout the year, the first of which will be accessible for parents/carers of students in Year 1 to Year 6 from next Friday June 18. To support the process of reporting, parent/teacher interviews will be available from Monday June 21. I encourage all parents/ carers to book an interview time (refer to details in this Newsletter). Interviews will provide time so you can clarify information and also engage in discussion with your child’s teacher so that you can gain further insight into your child’s learning growth. Student Reports Year 1 to Year 6 will be accessed online via Compass. Please note that Kindergarten Reports are not issued at this time (but parent/ teacher interviews are available).
Enjoy the week ahead.
Peter Dempsey
Principal
PYJAMA/COMFY DAY
Next Friday, 18 June, Mini Vinnies are holding Pyjama/Comfy Day. For a gold coin donation, all students can wear pyjamas, comfy clothes, bring a pillow, dressing gown - whatever it is that makes them comfy. All students are to wear covered in shoes, such as joggers - no slippers or ugg boots. Let’s get comfy!!!
Next Friday, 25 June, 1S and 6R will be attending mass at All Saints Church. This will be our last class mass for Term 2, All families are welcome to join us.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
We have now completed the third Confirmation workshop for the students making their sacrament of Reconciliation in Term 3. If families have not paid their $20.00 or any other forms, such as sponsor forms, are still outstanding, please urgently contact the Parish Office to settle all outstanding issues. This must be finalised this week. Thank you to all of the families for the continued spiritual support of your child.
2L have been very busy during Religion lessons. We have been learning about our Church seasons, what colours represent each season and the symbols that correspond with those seasons.
This week, 2L have been on a "Prayer Space" walk to observe what religious objects we can place in the areas to remind us of the seasons and what they represent. We even peeked in the staff room to see the teachers prayer space! We were all very excited!
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
ROAD SAFETY
When arriving at school of a morning and in particular when leaving the school site of an afternoon please ensure you do so safely. The supervised Pedestrian Crossing on Glider Ave is to be used when crossing Glider Ave. All parents/carers are reminded that the Bus Bay at the entrance of the school should not be used as an area to cross Glider Ave. The school seeks the cooperation of all parents/carers to set a good example to their child/ren by always using the Pedestrian Crossing to cross Glider Ave.
In Science 3L are focussing on how solids and liquids change state. We have identified what the three states of matter are (solds, liquids and gases) and have made predictions on how solids can become liquids and how liquids can become solids.
This week we conducted an experiment on 5 different liquids - milk, oil, honey, vinegar and water to see what would happen after we removed the heat.The first part of the experiment was to predict what would happen to each liquid after it had been in the freezer for 2 hours and again after 4 hours. We then observed the liquids after these times, wrote our observations and then compared our predictions to our observations.
Some interesting observations were:
The vinegar froze within the first 2 hours;
The milk had ice in it but was not frozen on the 2 hour check but it was on the 4 hour check;
The honey turned into a gel but it did not freeze, it became thicker as time went on;
The oil stayed exactly the same.
SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
As previously communicated our School Athletics carnival has been postponed due to forecasted adverse weather. The new date for the carnival is Wednesday July 14. Updated information in relation to the carnival will be forwarded to families prior to the end of this Term.
Nazareth has recently installed a Long Jump Pit in the playground area. The school wishes to thank the Nazareth P&F who will cover the installation costs.
CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to Sonny Cocksedge and Reid Coelho for their magnificent efforts in the running of the 2km Cross Country track at Eastern Creek Sydney for the Wollongong Diocesan Team. Sonny finished 30th out of 60 runners and Reid finished 3rd out of 60 runners. Reid will now progress to the next level of representation and run for the NSW MacKillop Team. Well done to both boys.
LONG JUMP PIT
Nazareth has recently installed a Long Jump Pit in the playground area. The school wishes to thank the Nazareth P&F who will cover the installation costs.
As part of PB4L, we have introduced house tokens. The children receive tokens in their house colour for positive behaviour on the playground, such as making friendly choices, being respectful and solving problems. The first house to fill their container will receive a house reward of wearing a touch of their house colour to school for the day. So far, it is very close!
Nate Ryan
PRINCIPAL'S AWARD
Marnie Batman
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS | WEEK 6 - Compassion | WEEK 7 - Inclusion |
| KN | Cara Cave | Ashton Hopgood |
| KN | Violet Ferns | Christian Barrass |
| KC | Claudia Sears | Hudson Ryan |
| KC | Travis Borg | Maci Mackaway |
| KS | Evie Manns | Ava Aitchison |
| KS | Saxon Hatcliffe | Adam Stojanoski |
| 1S | Parker Little | Adam Glavevski |
| 1S | Ana Keelan | Kaley Allison |
| 1H | Milla Fullagar | Nixon Jonovski |
| 1H | Ava Keenan | Tomas Rivera Marin |
| 2E | James Wheeler | Scarlett Belo |
| 2E | Georgia Micevski | Blake Workman |
| 2L | Laila Howari | Sebastian Maksovic |
| 2L | Koda Cave | Cooper Menadue-Clayton |
| 3L | Jordyn Andreeski | Ava Sirijovska |
| 3L | Amara Garbayo Vergan | Isaac Ballinger |
| 3H | Alessandra Barrass | Liam Maksovic |
| 3H | Sofia Rivera Marin | Layla Rabay |
| 4A | Kaiden Murphy | Sonny Cocksedge |
| 4A | Hailey Gropp | Olivia Sarin |
| 4R | Madeline Schonrock | Daniel Dimovski |
| 4R | Mason Reid | Jacob De Gabriele |
| 5B | Layla Markovski | Charlotte Dargham |
| 5B | Ezra Zamora | Jayden Boztepe |
| 5O | Annalisia Ayoub | Isaac Baez |
| 5O | Memphis Coble | Sienna Portelli |
| 6U | Sahara Till | Liam De Gabriele |
| 6U | Skyler Lawler | Taleah Reid |
| 6R | Lily Cassar | |
| 6R | Christian Briffa |
Thomas Walsh, Nathaniel Gamble, Jake Maruca, Tyler Ryan, Pearl Coelho, Mason Redfern, Sahara Till, Hayden Reitsma, Iyla Horsey, Jacob Hulbert, Ivy Telfer
SCHOOL DISCO
Due to existing COVID restrictions only parents that are helping with the running of the Disco will be able to stay in the Hall during the Disco. All children will be supervised during the Disco by staff and parent helpers. Notification will be forwarded calling for parent volunteers.
P&F
Due to various commitments Rosemary Stutz has decided to relinquish the role of P&F Secretary. The school community wishes to sincerely thank Rosemary for her contribution to the Nazareth P&F Executive over several years and acknowledges her involvement with the P&F over the last 6 years. As previously communicated Simone Ivanovski will hold the position of P&F President until the end of the year and in conjunction with the Principal, calls for nominations from the parent community to fill the roles of P&F Vice President and Secretary. Nominations are to be forwarded in writing to the Principal via the school office or can be presented at the next P&F Meeting which will be held July 27 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/