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Lord, teach me to be generous,
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost,
To fight and not to heed the wounds,
To toil and not to seek for rest,
To labor and not to ask for reward,
Save that of knowing that I do your will.
Amen
Dear Parents and Carers
We began this week with Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday heralds the beginning of Holy Week. Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus was welcomed by a huge crowd to Jerusalem. Many had heard about him and were curious to see this man who cared for the marginalized, healed the sick, taught about love, compassion, inclusion and forgiveness and although a devout Jew, challenged a number of Jewish laws. He shared his relationship with and vision of a loving, forgiving and inclusive God. Jesus was in many ways an enigma – a man of peace, who put himself at grave risk by challenging the established norms, teachings and culture of the times in which he lived – 1 st Century Palestine. This would ultimately result in his arrest, trial and death.
As Catholics we reflect on the story of Jesus during Holy Week, including The Last Supper, The Washing of the Feet, The Garden of Gethsemane and The Stations of the Cross. On Thursday at 11:00am, Year 5 will lead us in the Stations of The Cross in the hall. All are welcome to join in this solemn occasion.
As we end Term 1 2023, I would like to acknowledge the staff of Nazareth for their dedication and enthusiasm in educating and caring for your children. The students have had a very productive first quarter of the 2023 school year. We have greatly enjoyed welcoming parents and visitors to our Faith and Learning Visits, our Celebration of Learning Assemblies and our Stage One reading helpers. Your generosity has enabled the school to donate significant funds to Project Compassion and the P&F have started the year with a fabulous School Disco and a successful “BunRaiser” hot cross bun drive.
Our Cross Country Carnival was a huge success – the first whole school Cross Country in quite a while due to COVID restrictions and weather issues. I would like to extend my appreciation to the parents who volunteered on the day, the students who competed and engaged in the day with a lively sense of school spirit, and all of the staff who organised, supervised and cheered! Next stop – Athletics Carnival 2nd June 2023.
During Holy week, whenever possible, celebrate together the great love of God for each one of us as we walk with Jesus through his suffering, death and into the joy of his resurrection.
In Faith and Learning,
Lisa Tyson
Stations of the Cross
On Thursday morning at 11am, Year 5 will be leading the solemn prayer of the Stations of the Cross. This is a 14-step devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man. All are welcome to pray with us in the Hall on Thursday.
Reconciliation
Wednesday evening at 7pm Year 3 students celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation. All students were very well prepared by their teachers in class and at the four workshops. A big thank you goes to parents for placing value on this sacrament and supporting their children along this important journey.
Confirmation
Thank you to the parents who attended the Parent Information session last Thursday evening. At the masses on the weekend of 22 and 23 April information forms will be distributed and children’s names will be taken to register for this sacrament after all masses.
Project Compassion
Please return any Project Compassion boxes to the office before the end of school on Thursday.
Wednesday Mass and Faith & Learning visits
Faith and Learning visits will resume in Week 2 next term. The first grade in Week 2 will be Year 6 and then in Week 3 it will be Year 4. After mass we would love all of the families to join their children in the classroom to enjoy a snapshot of their learning. We warmly invite all parents, family members or friends who wish to join the children at any of the Wednesday masses.
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
During Lent, 4A talked about how we can be more like Jesus in what we say and what we do. We also made some Lenten promises that we could reflect on during this Lenten season.
RUBY - I can be more like Jesus by using apologies for people in my life who have hurt me and help people in need. I will try to be as good as I can.
HANNAH - I can become more like Jesus by using loving words and not yelling. Also I could give money to the poor and I could pray for others through their tough times.
OLIVIA - I can become more like Jesus by walking up to the bully and standing up for the person who got bullied.
AZARIAH - I can be more like Jesus by encouraging others, thinking before I speak and using manners.
Some of our Lenten Promises
During this season of Lent …
LYDIA - I will give up youtube because I have friends and family that I can spend time with and love to share, plus I don’t need youtube to live.
SEBASTIAN - I will pray for the Syrian and Turkey people because people have died for nothing.
MASON - I will pray for the people who have nothing and the people who that never had the stuff we people have.
KODA - I will pray for my great grandad, he just went into hospital and he is now in a nursing home.
FINN - I will show kindness by respecting other people’s opinions and just helping people who need it the most.
1H have had a fantastic last week of term 1. We filled up our star reward jar and were lucky enough to have a stuffed toy day in the classroom. Not only did they bring their stuffed toys they also were able to watch Charlotte’s Web as we have been reading the story in the classroom.
On Tuesday this week we had some well overdue time with our year 6 buddies. We spent time with our buddies making Easter bunny ears that the year 1 students wore proudly for the rest of the day. Here are some pictures of our buddy time.
Term 1
Week 11 - Holy Week
6th April
- Last Day of Term
Term 2
Week 2
24th April
- Pupil Free Day
25th April
- ANZAC DAY
26th April
- 1st day Term 2
- ANZAC ceremony at 9:00am
28th April
- Diocesan Rugby Union Selection trials
2nd May
- Regional Cross Country Carnival
3rd May
- Year 6 Faith and Learning visit
4th & 5th May
- Year 6 Canberra Excursion
6th May
Parish Trivia Night at 7:00pm
Cross Country
Last Friday we were fortunate enough to have some great weather to run our whole school Cross Country Carnival. It was an awesome day with lots of house spirit being shown by everyone. Congratulations to all the winners from both the competitive and fun run events. Our Nazareth Cross Country team will attend the 2023 Cross Country Championships on Tuesday May 2nd. We wish them all the best with their preparation and on the day of the event.
Swimming
On the 30th of March, Sonny and Morrison Cocksedge both represented Nazareth and the Diocese of Wollongong at the NSWCPS MacKillop Swimming Event. Both boys swam well enough in their events to make new personal best times. Sonny Cocksedge came 4th in his butterfly event. Congratulations to Sonny and Morrison on their representation of not only our school but the Diocese of Wollongong.
Next term the PB4L Team and along with the SRC Team are excited to be relaunching the Nazareth PB4L Token System. The SRC team has been working so hard on the relaunch video. Keep an eye out for it early next term!
PRINCIPALS AWARDS
Selena Ramos
Kaiden Murphy
Iylah Forrest
MERIT AWARDS
| CLASS |
Week 9 - Reflection |
Week 10 - Compassion |
| KN | Hugo Sewell | Evie Trencevski |
| KN | Lidija Tivey | Hayden Sandona |
| KS | Fenix Mcgoldrick | Shyla Fry |
| KS | Kalahni Diaz | Wyatt Tonegato |
| 1S | Layla Cobby | Felix Forlano |
| 1S | Patrick Batman | Zoe Jader |
| 1H | Indigo Martinez Smith | Bonnie Scofield |
| 1H | Jacob Davies | Kendrix Jonovski |
| 2E | Isabelle Sekulovski | Claudia Sears |
| 2E | Xavier Mangion | Lucas Sangiuliano |
| 2L | Bethany Farrugia | Khaya Moyo |
| 2L | Lukas Sarin | Sofia Mcgoldrick |
| 3L | Sophia Kitchener | Bodhi Phillips |
| 3L | Kayden Moyo | Austin Clark |
| 3H | Selena Ramos | Aveena Amoroso |
| 3H | Alexander Popovski | Parker Little |
| 4A | Lydia De Jesus | Isla Ferns |
| 4A | Airlie Bates | Bianca Pires |
| 4R | Georgia Micevski | Eli Butler |
| 4R | Aria Phillip | Yazmin Gasca |
| 5B | Romeo De Ornelas | |
| 5B | Brianna Bryce | |
| 5O | Tyler Ryan | Sebastian Campos |
| 5O | Cristian Sanguiliano | Ray Holder |
| 6U | Jayden Khoury | Jacob Dilevski |
| 6U | Iylah Forrest | Tony Haralampopoulos |
| 6R | Amarni King | Jacob De Gabriele |
| 6R | Jye Voase | Jordan Van Der Kooi |
Amalia Rodrigues, Patrick Hill, Harvey Mann, Taj Scofield, Lukas Sarin, Parker Little, Ella Moreira, Olivia Sarin, Ray Holder, Aubrey Pepper, Benicio Gaudio Da Silveira, Kobe Zizic, April Cassanego, Andre Garcia, Emilia Dimovski, Jayla Zizic, Daniel Bell, Hunter Cascone, Mason Sangiuliano, Chloe Capelo, Harper McNamara, Evie Miller, Donovan Miller, Emilia Gigliotti.
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/