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Yesterday notification was communicated to all parents/carers in relation to the further easing of COVID restrictions for schools. A significant change for families who do not rely on bus transport is that the afternoon dismissal procedure will revert to the normal dismissal procedure from next Monday Feb 28. That is, parents/carers will be required to park in the church car park or in the vicinity of the school and walk on to the school site to collect their child/ren. The gate adjacent to the Hall, the smaller gate off Glider Ave and the main gate at the front of the school will all be opened from 2:30pm. Parents/carers will be able to enter the school site then wait in a designated area near to where the children will be dismissed. Staff will be available to direct you to the various dismissal areas within the school.
Morning arrival procedures will remain much the same although parents are able to walk with their child/ren on to the school site. Please note that the area immediately at the top of the stairs adjacent to the Hall in the church park will become a Kiss and Drop zone. Alternatively parents/carers are able to park and walk with their child/ren to the top of the stairs/ramp or on to the playground area. The area adjacent to the smaller Gilder Ave gate near the canteen will continue to function as a ‘Kiss and Drop’ zone. In this particular area, parents/carers need to be aware that the signage indicates ‘No Parking’ which means a parent/carer can assist a child out of the car but cannot leave the car. This can be confusing however when everyone uses this area as intended it works well.
I wish to acknowledge and extend my sincere thanks to the Nazareth staff who enabled the school’s arrival and dismissal procedures to occur with precision and a focus on safety. All of which occurred on a daily basis even in the most challenging weather conditions.
I also extend my thanks to all parents/carers for your continued cooperation and support whilst we all still navigate matters associated with COVID-19. Even though there are still many challenges ahead I can assure everyone that the school remains focused on the learning progress of each child.
Take care
Peter Dempsey
Principal
Kindergarten 2023 Enrolments
Kindergarten 2023 enrolment applications are now due. Applications for siblings of current Nazareth families and applications from new families can be submitted to the school office. Hard copy Enrolment Application forms are available at the school office. If you require further information please phone the school (0242957303) or email info@nscdow.catholic.edu.au
School Tours
To coincide with Catholic Schools Week, School Tours will be held next Thursday (03/03) and Friday (04/03) for prospective new families particularly those interested in enrolling their child in Kindergarten in 2023. This information is being advertised at all local preschools and via the school’s social media. Those interested in a school tour are asked to contact the school office (0242957303) and book in for a tour.
Reconciliation
Students are preparing for the sacrament of Reconciliation on Thursday, 17 March. The sacrament of Reconciliation is a prerequisite for First Holy Communion. Thank you to all of the parents who are supporting their children in preparing for these sacraments and bringing your children to church and to the afternoon workshops. These special events do not happen without the support and guidance from you, the parents.
Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
Next Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday, followed by Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent. Year 6 and Mini Vinnies students will be selling pancakes on Tuesday for a coin donation.
We would like to ask for volunteers to help students cook the pancakes. If you have a spare couple of hours you are willing to give and an electric frypan, could you please contact the office or send an email to info@nscdow.catholic.edu.au and Mrs Mammone will be back in touch with you regarding the day. All proceeds will be going to Project Compassion.
Stage 3 students will be attending the virtual launch of Project Compassion. Spanning across the six weeks of Lent each year, Project Compassion brings thousands of Australian schools, parishes and supporters together to raise funds for people living in some of the most vulnerable communities across the world. Nazareth will be donating the proceeds of Pancake Day to Project Compassion.
Students in Years 3-6 will be attending Mass next Wednesday to celebrate Ash Wednesday. This day marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a special time of the year when we reflect on our baptismal promises and think about how we are living out Jesus’ mission in our home, school and community. It is a time when God invites us to become better people. The Season of Lent is a time in which we reflect on how we can have a change of heart. We reflect on this in special ways: by prayer; by giving to our brothers and sisters in need and by fasting.
Kindergarten to Year 2 students will participate in a small in-class Liturgy where they will also receive the blessed Ashes.
1S have been learning about the sacrament of Baptism and the key symbols and actions used in the Rite of Baptism.
We have learnt that someone that is being baptised will be blessed by the priest by anointing the child or person with holy water from the baptismal font, making the sign of the cross on their head and chest with oil called chrism and lighting their baptism candle from the Paschal candle to remind us about Jesus.
4A have been working hard learning about Aboriginal people’s ‘First Contact’ with white people, different mathematical strategies, reading “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” and “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe”. We also have Art and Music with Miss Di Fazio and PDHPE with Mrs Smith.
Each morning we have our Crunch and Sip outside, after recess, we Meditate and we also have a Calm Corner in our room that we can all use if we need to. Every Friday, we add up our Dojos, we announce our Student of the Week and we check our Bucket Filler Cups for kind messages from our classmates.
So far, 4A is full of Respectful, Responsible and happy Learners!
Rapid Antigen Test Kits
Nazareth Swimming Carnival
On Thursday the 17th of February the Nazareth swimming carnival was held at Warilla Pool. 52 competitors from years 2 to year 6 attended on the day and swam wonderfully! We were very lucky to have such beautiful weather on the day with temperatures getting above 30 degrees. We cannot wait to see our Nazareth Swimming Team compete at the South Coast Swimming Carnival on Tuesday March 1st at Corrimal Pool. The team consists of 27 students who will be swimming across a range of events including 4 4x50m relay teams. We can’t wait to hear how well the students have swum. Goodluck from the Nazareth Community.
Nazareth Swimming Team
Following last week’s School Swimming Carnival , 22 students will now represent the school at next Tuesday’s South Coast Regional Swimming Carnival at Corrimal Pool. Congratulations to all students who competed last week and good luck to those representing the school next week.
Claim the Date
The school cross country carnival will be held on the Nazareth School grounds on Thursday, March 31.
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS |
Week 3 - Teacher's Choice |
Week 4 - Commitment |
| KN | Beau Smith | Jacob Davies |
| KN | Indigo Martinez Smith | Zoe Jader |
| KS | Evie Miller | Ariana Gigliotti |
| KS | Arthur Keelan | |
| 1S | India Thomas | Khaya Moyo |
| 1S | Mason Hatkic | Lilijana Tivey |
| 1H | Cara Cave | Liam Kotevski |
| 1H | Taj Scofield | Reevie Rey |
| 2E | Emilia Gigliotti | Selena Ramos |
| 2E | Hamish Easther | Mzwakhe Moyo |
| 2L | Alexander Popovski | Adam Glavevski |
| 2L | Zacharia Mayfield | |
| 3L | Awie Thomas | Lydia De Jesus |
| 3L | Bianca Pires | Azariah Ioannou |
| 3H | Patrick Schonrock | Brody Jolliffe |
| 3H | Kyran Brown | Sebastian Maksovic |
| 4A | Kalani Morgan | Liam Maksovic |
| 4A | Natalia Popovski | Amara Garbayo Vergan |
| 4R | Morrison Cocksedge | |
| 4R | Savannah Pepper | Marisa Bugeja |
| 5B | Darius Camilleri | Jayden Khoury |
| 5B | Mason Reid | Amelia Hopley |
| 5O | Mason Maruca | Jackson Horsey |
| 5O | Amarni King | Madeline Schonrock |
| 6U | Jaida Robinson | Annalisia Ayoub |
| 6U | Cooper Ristevski | Kye Morgan |
| 6R | Leon Shephard Hamilton | Chelsea Formosa |
| 6R | Maja Sofronijoski | Dion Chey |
Jason Miller, Ivy Haywood, Saffiah Williams, Aditi Vaisakh, Cristian Sangiuliano, Saxon Briffa, Evelyn McMullen, Jack Kauter, Ana Keelan, Zayn Esteves, Ruby Smith, Archie Wigmore, Felix Forlano, Ethan Carters, Aiden Mustra, Olivia Walton, Vincent Harrod, Isla Telfer, Cohen Garbayo Vergan, Samuel Benavente, Sonny Cocksedge, Sebastian Maksovic, Ariana Gigliotti, Bonnie Scofield, Cruz Kellermann, Aisha Farrimond, Michaela Saveski, Hugo Garcia, Nate Reid, Adithya Vaisakh, Archie Dimovski, Katie Sarin, Hannah Calvert.
Welcome back to school! We hope you and your child/ren are settling in well and have had a positive start to the new school year!
The children have settled into their classroom routines and procedures well and have made an excellent start to their learning this year.
One of our school rules at Nazareth is that we are all respectful. Last week, the PB4L focus was on what respect looks like, sounds like and feels like in the classroom. This week, we are focusing on how we can be respectful on the playground. The children are being taught how to show respectful behaviour on the playground through their:
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Body language - stopping and looking at the person they are communicating with and maintaining personal space with the person they are communicating with.
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Words - using positive language, using their manners when communicating with others, using the name of the person they are communicating with and answering when they are spoken to by someone else.
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Actions - following the rules of the games they play with others, placing their rubbish in the bins and looking after and packing away the equipment they use.
P&F Meeting
The next P&F Meeting will be held Monday Feb 28 at 6pm. The meeting will be the AGM and all parents/carers are welcome. The meeting will remain as an online Zoom meeting as previously communicated with the link being forwarded to parents/carers on Monday.
CatholicCare Early Learning Centre Tour
The Early Learning Centre in Shellharbour is due to open shortly and we are providing families and carers the opportunity to take a guided tour of the new state-of the-art space and meet the centre director, Tom Clark.
The tours are taking place between Monday 28th February and Friday 4th March, 9am – 4.30pm. To book in for a tour please visit the CatholicCare website. (Link to: https://www.catholiccare.dow.org.au/get-involved/events-calendar/shellharbour-early-learning-centre-tour-28-february-4-march/)
CatholicCare Early Learning Centre Information Session
The CatholicCare Early Learning Centre in Shellharbour is opening shortly and we are hosting two information sessions to provide to provide families and carers with everything they need to know about the centre as well as answering questions.
The information sessions will be held on:
- Tuesday 8th March, 7.00pm-8.00pm - https://dowcatholic.zoom.us/webinar/register/5216455797677/WN_sum7B2x2T6q_pzxIHftmaw
- Wednesday 9th March, 7.00pm-8.00pm - https://dowcatholic.zoom.us/webinar/register/1216455805531/WN_uWwtqQefSPeZpkS1zxhqmw
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/