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Community News...

K2023 Enrolment Information...

A quick reminder for all existing families, if you have a little one starting Kinder next year and you are yet to complete an enrolment application please complete one NOW! Our Kinder classes for 2023 are filling up fast and first round of acceptances have been emailed out to families. 

We appreciate the support of our existing school families in promoting our school with your friends and colleagues. If you know of any prospective new families it would be appreciated if you could encourage them to contact our school office for more information before they miss out. 

Happy Birthday...

Friday, 24th June to Thursday, 30th June

Wishing all our students a very happy birthday!

Student Awards...

Term 2-Week 9

Congratulations to all of our award recipients this week!

Canteen News...

We Need Volunteers for our School Canteen

Tammy is looking for volunteers for the canteen. If you are able to spare a couple of hours, between 9am and 11:30, once a month please contact the school office on 66863370 or contact Tammy in the canteen and let her know what day suits you.  Please note: to volunteer in the canteen, you will need to be double vaccinated and upon signing into the school, the office staff will need to sight your COVID vaccination certificate.

Canteen Roster-Week 10

Monday, 27th June to Friday, 1st July

Sausage Sizzle Day-Week 10

We will be having a Sausage Sizzle (Sausage on a Bread Roll) on Wednesday, 29th June.   Please place order via the Qkr App no later, then 8:30am Tuesday, 28th June.

Cost: $4.00 

Please note: The Canteen will not be open for any other LUNCH ORDERS on Wednesday, 29th June 2022.

 NO LATE ORDERS ACCEPTED

Sports News...

SFX Athletics Carnival

The results of the athletics carnival cannot be finalised until next week. We still have the shot put and 1500m to be completed. In the meantime please take a look at our photo gallery below. 

SFX Athletics Carnival

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Assistant Principal Learning & Teaching...

Year One Writing

Year one were delivered a package earlier this week. It was a stimulus that created a purpose for writing. The students have been learning to write an orientation at the beginning of their text. The orientation sets the scene, mood and characters. We can't wait to open the package in Week 10! Some of their orientations are highlighted below:

One cold morning Mrs Coster raced inside the Year One classroom. She was carrying a box. The box fell off the table. Crash! But it was as light as a feather.

By Winnie

On Tuesday morning Mrs Coster excitedly came bolting in through the classroom door. She screamed, “You’ve got a package!” Year One shouted, “YES!” But Mrs Coster said, “ You can’t open it yet, not until Week 10”. “OHHHHH,” said Year One.

By Ari

Kristie Coster

Assistant Principal Learning & Teaching

Parish News...

Revised NSW Government Restrictions for Places of Worship

• Hand sanitiser is provided at entrances to our Churches
• Masks are not mandatory, personal choice can be made if you prefer to wear a mask
• Receival of Holy Communion in the hand only
• Singing is allowed
• Social distancing not mandatory, but encouraged
• Density limits are not mandatory
• If unwell please stay home until you feel well again

Parish Mass Times

School Calendar-Term 2 & 3

Term 2

Term 3

Parish News...

Revised NSW Government Restrictions for Places of Worship

• Hand sanitiser is provided at entrances to our Churches
• Masks are not mandatory, personal choice can be made if you prefer to wear a mask
• Receival of Holy Communion in the hand only
• Singing is allowed
• Social distancing not mandatory, but encouraged
• Density limits are not mandatory
• If unwell please stay home until you feel well again

Parish Mass Times

Light of Jesus Awards...

Happy Birthday...

Wishing all of our students a wonderful birthday!

Friday, 17th June to Thursday, 23rd June

Student Awards...

Congratulations to all of our students who received an award today

Kinder 2023 Enrolment Information...

A quick reminder for all existing families, if you have a little one starting kinder next year and you are yet to complete an enrolment application please complete one NOW! Our kinder classes for 2023 are filling up fast and first round of acceptances have been emailed out to families. 

We appreciate the support of our existing school families in promoting our school with your friends and colleagues. If you know of any prospective new families it would be appreciated if you could encourage them to contact our school office for more information before they miss out. 

Canteen News...

We Need Volunteers for our School Canteen

Tammy is looking for volunteers for the canteen. If you are able to spare a couple of hours, between 9am and 11:30, once a month please contact the school office on 66863370 or contact Tammy in the canteen and let her know what day suits you.  Please note: to volunteer in the canteen, you will need to be double vaccinated and upon signing into the school, the office staff will need to sight your COVID vaccination certificate.

Canteen Roster-Week 9

Monday, 20th June to Friday, 24th June

Wednesday Special-Week 9

Wednesday, 24th June

Chicken Kebabs x2 with White Rice-$5.50

Please note that all Wednesday Special orders need to be placed via the QKR App by 8:30am Tuesday morning prior to Wednesday Specials Day. 

Sushi Day Special-Term 2

$3.90 each - Chicken, Tuna, Avocado or Vegetarian

Please note that all sushi orders need to be placed via the QKR App by 8:30am Monday morning prior to Sushi Day. 

Week 9

Tuesday, 21st June

Sports News...

Enrichment PE

This week in enrichment PE the Stage 3 students walked down to the Ballina Tennis Courts to play doubles on a full size court. The students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and loved participating in rallies against their classmates. Thank you to Graham from Ballina Tennis Club who allowed us access to the courts. Stage 2 are looking forward to their turn next week!!

SFX Athletics Carnival

Results from the athletics carnival will be in next week's newsletter. Watch this space!

Paddy Wilde

Sports Coordinator

Learning & Teaching News...

KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The students in Kindergarten have been learning about materials and their properties. They have designed and made a habitat for an animal that lost its home in the flood and justified their reasoning for the materials used. Check out their designs!

YEAR ONE MATHEMATICS

In Year One the ‘Maths Legends’ students engaged in an open-ended rich mathematical task. 

The students used concrete materials to support their learning and to encourage visualising quantities and amounts. The students quickly identified patterns that supported their understanding.

YEAR ONE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

In Year One the students have been investigating forces and identifying push and pull movements. Today they planned, designed and made a playground that catered for these forces using a range of materials. Check out their playground designs!

Year One Science

YEAR FOUR MATHEMATICS

In Year Four the students were engaged in a rich multiplication and division task.

Some students visualised the quantity by drawing it, whilst others imagined it. The students drew on their knowledge of repeated addition, skip counting & factors. Whilst others used systematic strategies to conceptually identify patterns, in order to determine how 120 chocolates could be packed.

GARDENING CLUB

I stumbled upon the gardening club yesterday and I was inspired by their passion. Miss Beecher and her team of students across K-6 were actively discussing the planting of garlic and where and why. The students were so engaged, giving up their lunchtime to take on this sustainable practice. I cant wait to try it!

Lisa Conte

Leader of Pedagogy

Assistant Principal Mission News...

Last Sunday the 12th of June was the feast of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Solemnity refers to this being a feast of the highest order and the Holy Trinity is deserving of this honour. This special feast was the topic of our Year 6 Prayer Assembly today.

Having a deep understanding of the Holy Trinity can be challenging for adults to understand and even the Catholic Church was divided up until the Council of Nicaea on the meaning of who the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit truly were. The textbook answer would be the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead but there is a far simpler way to explain this complex concept to children.

There are several simple analogies of the Trinity for children to understand. The first is water. Water is H2O but it can be in three different states, ice, steam or liquid. The second analogy is that of an egg. A whole egg can be divided into three parts, the shell, the egg white and the yolk. For the final example, it is said that Saint Patrick used the three-leafed clover to explain the trinity. One clover represents God with three separate leaves to represent the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Matthew Ritchie

Assistant Principal Mission

School Calendar-Term 2 & 3

Term 2

Term 3