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I am very pleased to let you know that Peter Dempsey has received positive news regarding his recent heart health concern. He does not require any further treatment at this point in time, which is a great relief to his family and to the Nazareth community. We wish him all the best for the next few weeks of rest and relaxation and look forward to welcoming him back at the start of Term 4.
I take this opportunity to welcome Ms Genevieve Cook to the role of Acting Assistant Principal for the remainder of this term. Genevieve comes to us from the “School Improvement-Primary” team at the Catholic Education Office. We hope she enjoys her time with us and I’m sure the teachers and students will benefit from her support and extensive experience.
Nazareth will formally celebrate BOOK WEEK next week. As many of you know, Book Week is a favourite of mine, and the whole school community enjoys all of the associated activities. Our Book Week parade will take place on the morning of Friday 2nd September. Weather permitting, we will hold it in our assembly area. In the event of inclement weather, we will gather in the hall. Please refer to your COMPASS notifications for further details about the week.
We have always been very proud of the way in which the students of Nazareth present and conduct themselves, especially when we have special events or visitors. Last week, we were fortunate enough to welcome the Edmund Rice College Band back to our school. At the end of their performance the two teachers accompanying the students made special mention of the excellent audience manners exhibited by our students. This has been a PB4L focus of ours, and we were delighted to hear that their excellent manners and responsible participation had a fabulous effect on the band members – enticing them to perform at their best so far this year! Congratulations to all of our students.
IMPORTANT DATES:
The last day of this term, 23rd September, will be a Staff Professional Development Day (Pupil Free Day). The school will not be open for students on this day.
Our two remaining allocated Staff Professional Development Days will occur at the end of Term 4, 2022:
- Monday 19 th December
- Tuesday 20 th December
On these two days, the staff will be engaged in professional learning opportunities and preparation activities for 2023. The school will not be open for students on these days.
Take care of each other and enjoy the week ahead,
Lisa Tyson
Acting Principal
In Religious Education, 3L have been learning that by our Baptism we are called to be Saints. We have talked about how we can live the core values that Jesus taught us in our everyday lives and how we can use our qualities, gifts and talents in love and service to others. From this discussion, 3L enjoyed creating an artwork using their hands to represent their own individual qualities, gifts, and talents.
This week the Learning Centre filled up our class marble jar. As our class reward we had a pizza party. We made pizza for ourselves and our teachers. It was absolutely delicious.
Excursions
Year 2
On Thursday, September 8 all students in Year 2 will be attending the University of Wollongong Discovery Space. The excursion will support concepts taught in English and Science and Technology. Students will be involved in a Guided Tour of the Discovery Space and a Roald Dahl Adventure activity.
Year 5
On Wednesday, September 7 all students in year 5 will be attending Science Space UOW, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong.
Year 5 are currently working on a Science unit titled " Our Place in Space". This unit observes the Earth's role in the Solar System and how it formed. The Science Space will include a visit to the planetarium, a liquid nitrogen show and time to explore the exhibits.
Year 4
On Thursday, September 16 all students from year 4 will be attending an excursion to The Rocks, Sydney. The excursion will support content taught in HSIE - History of the First Fleet.
Book Week Parade
On Friday 2nd September (Week 7) Nazareth will celebrate Book Week with a Character parade. Children are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. We will gather as a school community on our school playground with the parade starting at 8:50am. We will also have a toddlers and parent parade so please dress up and join in the fun as we celebrate our love of reading.
Students are also invited to join in the following competitions in the lead up to our Book Week celebrations.
Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2: Colouring in competition
Years 3 & 4: Photo Competition (please see details on SeeSaw)
Years 5 & 6: Cake Making and Story box (please see details on SeeSaw)
All the students at Nazareth have been creating inspired artworks in Visual Arts in anticipation of our upcoming Book Week theme and celebration ‘Dreaming with Eyes Open’.
In Years K-2 we have been learning about Indigenous Australian art and culture through the sharing of stories from The Dreaming. We are very excited for Book Week. Here is a snippet of some of the fabulous things we have been learning about and creating in Visual Arts this week in the lead up to our celebration.
In Year 1 and Year 2 we have been learning about The Dreaming story of ‘Tiddalick the Frog’. We have also learnt about some of the different types of Aboriginal art like paintings and sculptures that are used to tell a story. We created our own paper sculptures of Tiddalick, the greedy frog. Some of the Frogs that we made are on display in our Library, as presented by Harry U, Nikki M and Joshua K above.
In Kindergarten we have also been learning about Indigenous Australian artworks and culture, such as how stories are passed down through oral storytelling. One story we listened to was ‘The Rainbow Serpent’. We created our own rainbow serpents using wool and cardboard.
Kindergarten retell the story of The Rainbow Serpent:
"The Rainbow Serpent shaped all the Earth with his body. He created the land and hills". - Indigo M
"The Rainbow Serpent woke up all the frogs and tickled their bellies. The water flowed out of their mouths into the Rainbow Serpent’s tracks to make the rivers". - Luca H
"When the rainbow serpent woke up he slithered along and after travelling he was so tired. When he woke up he went to look for his tribe". - Aditya P
Diocesan Athletics Carnival
On 16 August, 10 students representing Nazareth competed in the Wollongong Diocesan Athletics carnival at Beaton Park, Wollongong. Students competed against all other schools in the Wollongong Diocese. Students who placed in the top 2 would qualify for the MacKillop carnival. All the students should be proud of the efforts that they displayed. Below are the results of carnival
Ashton Anic | Long Jump - 7th | 4x100m relay - 6th
Jayden Boztepe| 100m - 3rd | 200m - 3rd | 4x100m relay - 6th
Morrsion Cocksedge | Shot put - 4th
Sonny Cocksedge | 800m - 3rd
Nathaniel Costas | Shot Put - 5th
Jack Kauter | Discus - 3rd
Harley Bermudez | 4x100m relay - 6th
Jesse De’Onelas | 4x100m relay - 6th
Aubury Pepper | 100m - 5th
Shimmah Williams | Shot Put - 4th
IGNATIAN MEDALS
Layla Markovski
Annie Darke
NAZARETH AWARDS
Brody Jolliffe
Patrick Schonrock
Scarlett Belo
Jacob Hulbert
Livia Benavente
Amelia Perez
Jett Dimovski
Layla Markovski
Anabelle Darke
PRINCIPAL'S AWARDS
Ruby Evans
Hudson Sewell
Maci Mackaway
Aiden Jebara
Oliver Carters
Yazmin Gasca
Livia Benavente
Mason Aranega
Lily Pallone
Chelsea Formosa
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS |
Week 4 - Collaboration |
Week 5 - Inclusion |
| KN | Bonnie Scofield | Austin Pepper |
| KN | Isaac Ezquerro | Vincent Harrod |
| KS | Hendrix Pavlina | Christian Ioannou |
| KS | Jagger Onorato | Clayton Mcnamara |
| 1S | Zavier Vengetas | |
| 1S | Oliver Sandona | Mbali Moyo |
| 1H | Hugo Garcia | Molly Bronish |
| 1H | Isabelle Sekulovski | Ashton Hopgood |
| 2E | Ziggy Evans | Nixon Jonovski |
| 2E | Evelyn Mcmullen | Sophia Kitchener |
| 2L | Solomon Zamora | Ian Blades |
| 2L | Alyssa Ryan | Layla Ryan |
| 3L | Azariah Ioannou | James Wheeler |
| 3L | Isla Ferns | Koda Cave |
| 3H | Mason Redfern | Ebony Lees |
| 3H | Yazmin Gasca | Olivia Schmidt |
| 4A | Amelie Clark | Jack Kauter |
| 4A | Ari Katrivessis | Sebastian Campos |
| 4R | Katie Sarin | Jett Dimovski |
| 4R | Ariella Lopez | Sofia Rivera Marin |
| 5B | Aiden Mustra | Aiden Mustra |
| 5B | Mason Aranega | Alani Jovanovski |
| 5O | Lily Pallone | Madeline Schonrock |
| 5O | Aliana Maguire | Harry Tompkin |
| 6U | Annalisia Ayoub | Alexander Jovanovski |
| 6U | Vincent Dall'Asta | Max Pallone |
| 6R | Harley Bermudez | Calahni Dilevski |
| 6R | Chelsea Formosa | Jayden Boztepe |
Luke Norris, Taylan Yasar-Pfeiffer, Leon Shephard Hamilton, Beau Smith, Malachi Wilson, Alexa Trencevski, Rocco Portelli, Jacob Davies, Lucy Vu, Amelie Clark, Bentley Pavlina, Ian Blades, Georgia Micevski, Anabel Sotomayor, Seth Jamieson
Over the next two weeks our PB4L focus will be on displaying good audience manners. It is important for students to display good audience manners in a variety of different settings including class gatherings, school assemblies, masses and other school gatherings.
Classroom teachers will revise with their students when to show good audience manners, and what good audience manners look and sound like, including:
*Entering the space (e.g church, hall) with voice code 0;
*Sitting quietly with their legs crossed on the floor;
*Making sure they are voice code 0 and their eyes to the front;
*Listening to the person speaking;
*Participating in prayers and songs;
*Clapping with hands only, no voices, when appropriate.
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/