Last Sunday’s Gospel…

Jesus was in the temple and pointed out to His disciples the very great sacrifice made by a widow who put two small coins in the collection. It makes us ask ourselves how attached we are to earthly treasures and how well do we use our own resources to help others who are less fortunate than we are. 

From the Principal...

Firstly, a very big thank you to you all! The picking up of your children at both gates is going well and you have adjusted very well to the further changes at the front entrance with the traffic officers looking after that entry and exit due to the presbytery demolition. I appreciate your patience and understanding. The latest on the demolition is that all asbestos removal should be completed by today and then the rest of the demolition will continue with, weather permitting, completion in the middle of next week. Then the front car park will be back to normal.

A number of parents have let me know about separating their child from another for various reasons and all these have been accommodated. Thank you for being prompt with that. Classes will be finalized this Friday so if you have forgotten, please send me your request in writing by this Friday. After that, it will be too late to change classes because all has to be entered into the central system for class roll over.

Teachers are preparing to write reports. We have received the report for this semester which is a modified version due to remote learning and of course complying with NESA requirements. It is a semester report so will cover the remote learning period as well as the face to face weeks we have had since. Families have all been in very different circumstances during the remote learning time and participation by students during that time has been very varied, at times through necessity. You will see some detail for Religion, English and Mathematics across all reports. In addition, in the general comment, teachers will be able to individualise the reports to a greater degree and acknowledge the tremendous effort many of the students went to (as did you!), during both the remote learning period, and the onsite learning.

We have the final P&F Meeting for the year on Friday. Please join us if you can. We have seen some new faces this year and it is always very helpful to have multiple points of view on various topics.

God Bless,

Michelle Rolfe

Principal

Over the fortnight teachers have continued their explicit teaching of new procedures with playground and classroom expectations. Last week 6White students visited each of the classrooms and distributed stickers for students and children of parents who completed the House Colour survey in Term 3. We are looking forward to implementing the house point reward system in the coming weeks. Some classes have begun using house points in their classrooms. 

Uniform

Just a reminder about school summer uniform particularly girls earrings. Earrings can only be a silver/gold ball stud (no stones) or sleeper/hoop earrings that can rotated through the ear (no clips). Please see the image below. 

Girls Summer Uniform

Dress: Sky blue & white check

Sloppy Joe: Royal blue with School Crest

Jacket: Royal blue with School Crest

Socks: White ankle                                                     

Shoes: Black

Hat: Royal blue bucket hat with Crest

Cap: Royal blue Legionaire with Crest                                           

Boys Summer Uniform

Shirt: School blue Layback with School Crest

Shorts: Grey 'Blockers'

Sloppy Joe: Royal blue with School Crest

Jacket: Royal blue with School crest

Socks: Grey with Royal/Sky stripes

Shoes: Black

Hat: Royal blue Bucket with School Crest

Cap: Royal blue Legionaires with School Crest

Boys & Girls Sport Uniform

Polo: Sky with panels and School Crest

Shorts: Navy microfibre with School Crest

Jacket: Navy microfibre with School Crest

Shoes: White Sports joggers

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REPORT with Mrs Deanna  David

Greetings and many blessings to you all. Here are some updates and resources that I feel will be of benefit to you

Sacrament Update

As many of the Year 3 and Year 6 parents and carers would know, the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation are taking place this term. I ask that you pray for the students as they prepare for their special day. 

The Sacrament of Confirmation will take place on:

Wednesday 1st December- 7pm - 6 Blue

Thursday 2nd December - 7pm - 6 White

The Sacrament of First Holy Communion will take place on:

 Saturday 11th of December with two Mass times: 

10am for students in  3 Blue

11.30am for students in 3 White

Mission Month/ Socktober

Thank you to those who have been able to donate money to Catholic Mission. We know this is a difficult time for many families. 

We raised $613!! Our goal was $500. Thank you!

HELP WANTED

While restrictions are in place, Mrs David can still make plans for next term and next year. 

Would you be able to or know someone that could assist with one of the following (we will supply the resources):            

• Hemming material for prayer spaces

DiD YOU KNOW?

Pope Benedict is an accomplished pianist.

If you would like inspiration for prayer or to explore how to pray in different ways, go to the prayer page on – Artisans of Our Ongoing Formation.

https://sites.google.com/dow.catholic.edu.au/artisans-of-our-own-formation/prayer/musica-divina?authuser=0

Digital To Know, Worship and Love books and Understanding Faith 

Your children’s class teacher should be posting work every so often linked to the Digital to Know Worship and Love texts. You don’t need to wait for a lesson to get online and have a look at this beautiful and useful resource. 

See the login and password details below:

https://app.kwl.com.au/   

Username: wingleburn

PW: wingleburn

Season of Creation

Podcast: Ripples Ripples is a PODCAST developed for staff and parents on-going spiritual formation. It seeks to offer a space where people can draw on the wisdom of a series of guest speakers and can experience some treasured stillness through meditation. See the link - you can either download the files as podcasts or listen to them directly from the website. 

Weekly Mass Online:

Many parishes are providing a live streaming of Sunday Mass so that we may all participate in the celebration of the Eucharist.

Bishop Brian and other clergy are live streaming Mass every Sunday. If you are interested, go to their Facebook page: 

Catholic Diocese of Wollongong - Home

Do you yearn to have a moment of stillness or inspiration?

Have you listened to one of the CEO Ripples Podcasts? 

Scan here to access the podcasts and download onto your phone. 

You can download straight onto iTunes or PodBean. 

Congratulations to our student Hudson Prenter who will be receiving an award 

2021 CDF Sports Awards will be a LIVE PREMIERE event ready to view this Friday 12 November at 6.45pm.

The link to view the evening is - https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/sport/sports-awards/

Dear Parent/Carer

Congratulations on enrolling your child in a Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong school. We are thrilled to welcome your family to our community of schools.

To ensure we continue to provide the best quality education and enrolment experience for all families, we are seeking to better understand the key reasons you chose a Catholic education for your child, and inviting your feedback on the enrolment process.

To assist us in this, we would greatly appreciate it if you are able to spare 10 minutes to complete this short survey by 5pm Wednesday 17 November 2021. 

All responses will be kept strictly confidential and will not be associated with you or your child in any way.

Thank you for choosing a Catholic education for your child. We look forward to welcoming you and your family to our community of schools in 2022.