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The Independent Education Union (IEU) has informed Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong that their members will stop work for one hour on Friday Nov 18 2022 at Nazareth Catholic Primary School.
Please be assured that the school will be operational on this day, however classes will not run as normal for the hour that the action takes place (9:25am – 10:25am). It is our expectation that your child attend school on this day.
As a Catholic employer, we respect the rights of employees to be members of the union and take protected industrial action and we will endeavour to continue in good faith to bargain with the union and reach agreement. Please contact the school if you require further information.
Sincerely,
Principal
Peter Hill
Director of Schools
Diocese of Wollongong
First Holy Communion
The final student workshops for the preparation of First Holy Communion take place this week.
Practice for First Holy Communion (FHC) and seating allocations are as follows:
- Group celebrating FHC 11:00am Rehearsal date:
- Saturday 12th November after 5:00pm Vigil
- Group Celebrating FHC 2:00pm
- Sunday 13th November after 9:00am Mass for 2:00pm group.
Some families cannot make the First Holy Communion rehearsals on this coming weekend so Father Joe has made the decision that he will have another rehearsal on Saturday 5pm Vigil Mass, 19 November. Could these families who have spoken with Father Joe regarding this alternative date please confirm with the parish office, via email, to advise that you will be attending on this date. If families do not attend a First Holy Communion rehearsal their child will not complete their First Holy Communion and will have to attend next year's sacrament programme.
First Holy Communion
Some families cannot make the First Holy Communion rehearsals being held this coming weekend so Father Joe has made the decision that he will have another rehearsal, 19 November after the Saturday 5pm Vigil Mass. Could these families who have spoken with Father Joe regarding this alternative date please confirm with the parish office, via email, to advise that you will be attending on this date. If families do not attend a First Holy Communion rehearsal their child will not complete their First Holy Communion and will have to attend next year's sacrament programme.
Class Masses
Next week, Year 2 will be attending Wednesday Mass at 9am. The following week Kinder will be attending. We welcome any parents, family members or friends who wish to join their children at any of the Wednesday Masses.
Mini Vinnies
Mini Vinnies will be running a Christmas Appeal in the coming weeks. Activities planned include, Christmas biscuit decorating, Christmas mufti day and donations to the Mini Vinnies Christmas Appeal; to be placed under the Christmas tree in the library and presented to St Vincent de Paul at an assembly. Keep your eye out for more details to come.
All mass times can be found in the All Saints Parish Bulletin and all other important information. A link can be found on the Parish Website: https://www.dow.org.au/parish/all-saints-catholic-parish-shellharbour-city
School Run 4 Fun Colour Explosion
Did you hear the exciting news? We are hosting a Colour Explosion School Run 4 Fun with Australian Fundraising!
The fun run will take place on Friday 9th December.
Make sure you keep an eye out for your child's sponsorship booklet to get started. Booklets went home with students last week.
We can't wait to fundraise with you. Stay tuned!
Year 6 Mass and Graduation
The Year 6 Graduation is fast approaching.
In class, students are starting to prepare for this very exciting moment in their lives with much talk about their journey through Primary School.
On Wednesday 7th December students and families will celebrate with a mass at All Saints Church and then gather together at the Civic Centre Shellharbour for their graduation.
In the coming weeks there will be notifications on Compass regarding all aspects of the night.
Claim the date and Invitation – Christmas Celebration
All families are invited to attend the end of year Christmas Celebration to be held in the Nazareth school grounds on Tuesday December 13. Families are asked to bring along their own picnic dinner, picnic rug and chairs. The purpose of the evening is come together as a school community within the beautiful grounds of Nazareth so as to acknowledge the end of the year and to celebrate in song the Christmas story. Families can gather from 5:30 pm.
2023
Class groups are currently being finalized. If there is a matter of significance associated with student groupings, parents are able to forward that information to myself by no later than Monday Nov 14. To be very clear, this is not in relation to request of teacher or otherwise, rather it is in relation to an outstanding matter of significance associated other students.
Principal
The Learning Centre have had a very busy start to term 3.
In English, we are focusing on information texts, where students have enjoyed learning new facts about a range of different animals.
In Mathematics, we have learnt all about the concepts of Fractions and Decimals and Position.
The students loved the opportunity to visit the Stage One building to meet the chicks and ducks.
NAZARETH AWARDS
Lucas Bryce
Natalia Tanevski
PRINCIPAL'S AWARDS
Nicolas Oberdan
Nixon Jonovski
Hannah Calvert
Olivia De Gabriele
Jacob Sekulovski
Cadence Little
Natalia Tanevski
Xavier Wicks
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS |
Week 3 - Commitment |
Week 4 - Collaborating |
| KN | Aisha Farrimond | Aditya Panda |
| KN | Patrick Batman | Jacob Davies |
| KS | Ariella Ramos | Arthur Keelan |
| KS | Isla Telfer | Christian Ioannou |
| 1S | Chloe Hoang | Adam Stojanoski |
| 1S | Maci Mackaway | Rosalee Maguire |
| 1H | Ellie Cooper | Liam Kotevski |
| 1H | Nicolas Oberdan | Violet Ferns |
| 2E | Nixon Jonovski | Joshua Kosteski |
| 2E | Selena Ramos | Thomas Lakovski |
| 2L | Lucia Lopez | Ana Keelan |
| 2L | Siena Pacheco | Alexander Popovski |
| 3L | Airlie Bates | Livia Benavente |
| 3L | Bianca Pires | Koda Cave |
| 3H | Iyla Horsey | Eli Butler |
| 3H | Aria Gutierrez | Mia Honey |
| 4A | Amara Garbayo Vergan | Ava Sirijovska |
| 4A | Layla Micallef | Rocco Portelli |
| 4R | Jacob Sekulovski | Ariella Lopez |
| 4R | Cadence Little | Cristian Banovic |
| 5B | Darius Camilleri | |
| 5B | Natalia Tanevski | |
| 5O | Kaiden Murphy | Nate Ryan |
| 5O | Jye Voase | Nathan Urludag |
| 6U | Hannah Kosteski | Charlotte Dargham |
| 6U | Mikhail Manalansan | Sienna Portelli |
| 6R | Tauris Ivanovski | Ashton Anic |
| 6R | Lexi Marden | Amelia Higgs |
Adam Glavevski, Maci Mackaway, Ava Keenan, Solomon Zamora, Thomas Markovski, Cooper Ristevski, Mia D'egidio, Matilda Fraietta, Van Smith, Mia Hamilton, Isaac Baez, Aria Phillip, Dion Chey, Violet Wray, Hendrix Pavlina, Gabriel Khoury, Christian Forlano, Jesse De Ornelas, Rubie Dimech
NSW Primary Schools South Coast Oz Tag Gala Day
If you have any questions, please contact the office.
Over the next couple of weeks the teachers will be revising with the children our formal school rules.
At Nazareth, we are all:
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Respectful;
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Responsible;
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Life-long learners.
Classroom teachers will revise each of the school rules and work with the students to determine what each one looks like and sounds like in the classroom and on the playground. The teachers will reward students displaying the focus behaviours in the classroom and on the playground.
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/
The next P&F meeting will be Wednesday November 2nd from 6PM - 7PM in the library. All welcome.