12 October, 2016 NEWSLETTER - holyspiritnt.catholic.edu.au · Daniella Zuccarato Kosta Kariotis...

Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School

NEWSLETTER

PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | email: [email protected] | website: www.holyspiritnt.catholic.edu.au | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 1

Principal’s Reflection

Dear Families,

Welcome back after our short break, which I hope was a relaxing one. Term 4 is already

shaping up to be full and festive as you can see from the term events calendar inside this

week’s newsletter and on the calendar on our school app.

We congratulate our Out of School Hours Care staff who achieved excellent results at

Parliament House for the Northern Territory Education and Care Awards during the holidays. The staff won the

award for “Outstanding Education and Care Service in Out of School Hours Care. This is a fantastic result

as centres throughout all of the Northern Territory entered the awards. This is

the second year in a row that the school has won this award. The staff were

recognised for their outstanding commitment to the students, community in-

volvement and engagement, stimulating play spaces, programing, and staff

professional development. We are all very proud of all our staff for their

achievements.

Holy Spirit was a very busy place with many things happening over the break. Congratulations to Adam Darcey,

Cherry Valenzuela and the team for an action packed Vacation Care Programme, they had with an average 33

students attending each day.

We look forward to seeing students and parents at our “Blue Light Disco and Book Fair” on Friday night from

5:30pm to 7:30pm. There will be variety of glow sticks for sale at the disco. The library will be open selling

books on the night. If you are able to help in any way please see a staff member on the night. Don’t forget to

bring your dancing shoes.

Students are eagerly preparing for our Holy Spirit Mission Market Day, to be held on Friday, October 28th

from 11am – 12:30pm. This fundraiser is a part of World Mission Month and an excellent way for students to

reach out to others in need. All money raised will go directly to Catholic Missions, who work with children in

over 160 countries worldwide. Each class is responsible for running their chosen stall and students can pay a

small fee to participate in each of the activities. For a gold coin donation, they may also dress in casual clothes

for the day.

Our 2017 Transition Parents Information Evening will be held next week on Wednesday 19th October at 5:30pm

in our school library. This evening is for parents of children who are looking to enroll or have already enrolled

their child to be in Transition in 2017.

God bless you all and keep you safe,

Mr. Simon Duffy

Principal

12 October, 2016

Week 1, Term 4

Reflection “On the other hand the fruit of

the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

patience, kindness, goodness,

trustfulness, gentleness and self-control; no law can touch

such things as these”

- Galatians 5:22-23

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.holyspiritnt.catholic.edu.au


Congratulations to the following students:

T/1, Rm.8 - George Andreou

Lucy Sullivan

T/1, Rm. 9 - Alphonsa Dinu

Alexander Win

Year 1/2, Rm.4 - Brandon Seiler

Year 1/2, Rm.6 - Tadhg Maika

Year 3/4, Rm.10 - George Kennedy

Year 3/4, Rm.12 - Chelsea Biddlecombe

Year 3/4, Rm.13 - Aiden Ellison De Castro

Year 4/5, Rm.17 - Czarina Angeles

Year 5/6, Rm.14 - Sarina Marinov

Year 5/6, Rm.15- Ryan Nguyen

Sport Award - Luka Andruga & Brianna Sedgman

Indonesian Award - Veronica Thomas & Alexa Busteed

The MJR (Making Jesus Real) Award is presented to a person

who puts enthusiasm, energy and happiness into our school

and is a team player.

This week’s MJR Award goes to :

Brandon Seiler

Happy Birthday to the

following Students who

celebrate their birthday in

week 1:

Marilyn Pulikotil

Daniella Zuccarato

Kosta Kariotis

SWIMMING PROGRAMME PAYMENT Swimming Programme payment ($64 per child) is due by

Friday the 21st of October, 2016. Payment is due to our office

prior to commencement of lessons.

Please do not hesitate in making contact with our front office if

you wish to discuss a payment plan.

Payment can be made at the front office, over the phone or

through internet banking. The school bank account details are as

follows:

National Australia Bank

Account Name: Holy Spirit School

BSB No. 085933

Account No. 398951673

Ref: Child's First Initial. Surname -Swim

(Example: J.Smith - Swim)

Permission forms can be collected from the front office if your

child has misplaced theirs. Please return them to classroom

teachers.

Swimming Timetable

OSHC BOOKINGS,CANCELLATIONS, CHARGES & CHANGES

Cancellations or bookings must be made in writing at least 24

hours in advance for a normal rate of $22 to apply and for

cancellations not to be charged (Before 2:30pm for ASC and

before 7am for BSC the day prior of

booking or required booking).

Bookings made less than 24 hours in

advance will be charged $33 per child.

The Change of Bookings Form can be obtained from the front

office and from the OSHC building. All bookings and

cancellations must be in writing and made through the front

office. Email accepted, please email to:

[email protected]

A $50 late fee (plus $1 per minute) per child will apply if your

child is collected after 5:30pm.

As of Term 1, 2017, Students who have not been collected by

2:45pm will be sent to After School Care to ensure

supervision. Once a child is signed in to After School Care

the casual rate will be charged.

ENROLLING NOW FOR 2017 Enrolments are now being taken for Transition 2017. If your

child turns 5 prior to 30 June 2017, he or she is eligible to

commence Transition in January 2017. Please call into the

office for an enrolment form or download a copy from our

website: www.holyspiritnt.catholic.edu.au

Vacancies available in years 1-6

LESSON TIME CLASS/ROOM

8:30am-9:15am Transition/Year 1 Rooms 8 & 9

9:15am-10:00am Year 5/6 Rooms 14 & 15

10:15am-11:00am Year 3/4 Rooms 12 & 13

11:00am-11:45am Year 3/4 Room 10 & Year 4/5 Room 17

11:45am-12:30pm Year 1/2 Rooms 4 & 6






POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT POLICY – UPDATE

Dear Parents/Carers,

This year, a focus for our school has been to update our Positive

Behaviour Support Policy with support of members from our

School Board. To ensure all members of Holy Spirit Catholic

Primary School are informed and updated, information will be

provided through our weekly newsletter explaining policy and

procedures in place.

We encourage you to take the time each week to discuss this as

a family. Please do not hesitate in speaking with classroom

teachers or members of school leadership for clarification as

required.

Kind Regards,

Paula Sellars

Deputy Principal

Positive Behaviour Update 6:

Reflection Sheet

There may be occasions during learning time, in the playground

or at Out School Hours Care (OSHC) that your child may be

asked to complete a Reflection Sheet. This is an opportunity for

your child to have some quiet time to record in their words what

has occurred.

The Reflection Sheet has three main questions:

What happened?

What would have been a better choice? Who have you upset?

What can I do now to make things right?

A record of this is kept on file at school, and depending on na-

ture of incident may be sent home for parent/carers signature as

well as acknowledgement of receipt.

This reflection sheet may be used when a student is sent to their

Buddy Class for a short break or where the behaviour exhibited

does not align with our Positive Behaviour Support Agreed

Practices.

Next week – Positive Behaviour Support Agreed Practices PUZZLE MASTER #13

Puzzle Instructions:

This week is the thirteenth week of the school’s series of puz-

zles for our students to solve (adults in the home can join in).

1. Solve the puzzle

2. Put it in the puzzle response box at the front office and;

3. One lucky winner will be drawn out and announced at

Wednesday’s end of day assembly.

A special canteen voucher for recess will be

given to the lucky winner.

Have fun - closing date for Puzzle No. 13 is

Tuesday, 18th of October.

Puzzle #13:

What four letter word can be attached to these words to

create 4 new words?

_____rail, _____book, _____some, _____ball

Full Name: _________________________

Year Level and Rm.: ___________________

Answer:______________________________________

THEMES OF MERCY The Year of Mercy that Pope Francis proclaimed last year con-

cludes this November. Mercy is the most fundamental and defin-

ing attribute of God, revealed through God’s actions throughout

the Old Testament and most notably, in the person of Jesus

Christ in the New Testament.

Mercy as Compassion for Ourselves

Mercy as Compassion for Neighbors

Mercy as Compassion for Our World

Mercy as Compassion for Creation

Mercy as Compassion for Our World

We sometimes reduce Christian love to a warm and fuzzy feel-

ing. Certainly, our Christian communities need to be character-

ized by warmth and hospitality. However, Christian love should

not be reduced to superficial displays of affection. It is important

for us to remember that, when Jesus said, “By this everyone will

know that you are my disciples, if you love one another,” (John

13:35) he did so after washing the feet of his disciples—a work

of mercy. When Roman citizens began taking notice of the early

Christian community, saying, “See how they love one anoth-

er!” (as reported by Tertullian, a Christian theologian of the late

second and early third centuries), they were referring to the acts

of selfless love and mercy that Christians were showing for one

another, especially to those in need. Our call to show mercy to

others does not stop at offering charity to those in need but ex-

tends even to our efforts to create a more just society that shows

mercy to all of its members, especially the most vulnerable.

How does Christian love sometimes get reduced to something

superficial?

What are examples of Christians seeking to make society and

its institutions more merciful?

CATECHIST’S JOURNEY Sharing the Journey of Teaching the

Catholic Faith © Loyola Press

JUNIOR CHOIR Junior Choir will not be held this Thursday 13th of October as

Miss Bronwyn is away.

Senior Choir will run as normal.




Term 4 Calendar, 2016 Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Assembly

Week 1

October 28th Sunday Ordinary Time

10 Students & Staff resume

11

12 Swim Team Training

2:30 (PS) @ Casuarina Pool

13 Cybersafety Sessions –

Year 4/5 & 5/6

14

Book Fair & Disco Mr Duffy and Mrs Sellars ‘My Lighthouse’

Week 2


17

18

19 Swim Team Training 2:30

(PS) @ Casuarina Pool

Transition Information Night @ 5:30pm

20 CRACKA Cup (Year 2/3)

BOARD MEETING

21 Year 5/6 Rooms 14 & 15

Miss Meg & Mrs Caoimhe

Week 3


24 Swimming Programme

25

26

27

Zone Swimming

28

Mission Liturgy & Markets

Hockey Gala Day

Mini Vinnies Leadership Team

Week 4

Oct/November 31st Sunday Ordinary Time

31

Swimming Programme

1 All Saints

Melbourne Cup

2

3

4 Transition Orientation

8:30am-10:30am Year 1/2, Room 4 Mrs Tracey

Week 5

November 32nd Sunday Ordinary Time

7

8

9

10

11 Remembrance Day

Reward Afternoon

Gymnastics Gala Day

Year 1/2 Room 6 & Year 3/4 Room 10 Mrs Mimi &

Miss Williams

Week 6

November 33rd Sunday Ordinary Time

14

15

16

17 BOARD MEETING

18 Transition/Year 1,

Rooms 8 & 9 Mrs Emma (Miss Kate) &

Miss Kelsey

Week 7

November Christ the King

21 Advent – 1st week

22

23

24 Transition Orientation

8:30am-10:30am

25

Year 3/4, Room 13 Miss Kitt

Week 8

November 1st Sunday Advent

28 Advent – 2nd week

29 Last Day of Homework

Centre

30

1 Christmas Carols

2

Year 3/4 , Room 12 Mrs Shannon

Week 9

December 2nd Sunday Advent

5 Advent – 3rd week

6

7 Academic Reports go

home

8 Whole School Mass

Student Awards

9 O’Loughlin Orientation

Day

Reward Afternoon

Year 4/5 Room 17 Mr O

Week 10

December 3rd Sunday Advent

12 Advent 4th week

13 MultiLit and MiniLit

Graduation

Christmas Raffle

14 Year 6 Graduation Mass, awards and shared meal

from 6:00pm

15 Water Activities T-5

Students finish

16

NO SCHOOL Mr Duffy and Mrs Sellars

CONGRATULATIONS! Last week at Parliament House Holy Spirit won the Award for

Outstanding Education and Care Service in Out of School

Hours Care at the NT Education and Care awards.

This award was open to all Out of School Hours Care centres in

the NT of which there are over 50. This is the second year in a

row the school has won this award.

TIMOR TRIP 2016 Over the holiday break, Mrs. Julia Gaio and myself travelled to

Timor Leste along with members from other Catholic schools

across the Northern Territory. The trip was a one week oppor-

tunity to work and teach with local teachers and leaders provid-

ing some professional development in education. We were lucky

to visit a range of Primary and Secondary schools. Mrs Julia is

from Timor Leste and was able to translate between English and

Tetum. All participants from the NT found the experience ex-

tremely rewarding, eye opening and

humbling, with learning going both

ways between the cultures. This expe-

rience was supported and coordinated

by the Diocese of Northern Territory

and the Catholic Education Office.

Emma Marshall - APRE




MISSION MARKET DAY

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Students are eagerly preparing for our Holy Spirit Mission Market Day, to be held on Friday, October 28th, from 11am – 12.30pm.

Each class is responsible for running their chosen stall and students can pay a small fee to participate in each of the activities. For a

gold coin donation, they may also dress in casual clothes for the day.

This is a fundraiser as part of World Mission Month and an excellent way for students to reach out to others in need. All money

raised will go directly to Catholic Missions, who work with children in over 160 countries worldwide.

Below is a list of the exciting activities that we have in store! We are asking for your help by donating any items that your child’s

class may require on the day.

Please contact your child’s teacher for further clarification about donation items required.

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Emma Marshall

APRE

Class group Stall activity Items required (donations):

Community of

Learners

Books to sell

Play dough

Second hand books

Flour, salt

Room 4 Tattoos Tattoos and sponges

Room 6 Movie and Popcorn Popcorn

Room 8 Zooper Dooper Icy poles Zooper Dooper Icy Poles

Room 9 Guess a jelly bean

Packets of Jelly beans

Wrapped lollies

Room 10 Lucky dips A selection of prizes for lucky dips (up to the value of $2)

Room 12 Coin Drop Fun sized chocolate bars (Wrapped) – no nuts

Room 13 Cake Stall

A selection of small cakes/cupcakes

(Please have ingredients clearly labelled)

Room 14 ‘The Salon’ Nail polish, face paint and hair accessories

Room 15 Chocolate Toss Packets of Freddos/ fun sized chocolates - no nuts.

Room 17 Lost treasure Small packets of chips

SNAPPY SIX Name: Denzel Morris

Favourite Colour: Aqua

Favourite Food: Lasagna

Favourite Book: Guinness World Records 2017

Favourite Sport: Rugby League and Gridiron

What do you like best about Holy Spirit School?

The nice teachers.

McAuley House

Captain

SNAPPY SIX Name: Zoe Kurnoth

Favourite Colour: Blue

Favourite Food: Lasagna

Favourite Book: The Witches by Roald Dahl

Favourite Sport: Basketball

What do you like best about Holy Spirit School?

All of the people that come here and the staff who are amazing.

McAuley House

Captain

WELL DONE! Congratulations and well done to Aidan Ellis

and Archie Hay who participated in the NT

BMX Titles in Alice Springs Last week.



ITEMS FOR SALE

LED Finger Torch @ $1.00 each OR – LED

Multicolour Flashing Finger Torch @ $3.00 each

LED Flashing Fiber-optic OR -- Foam Mohawk Head Band @ $5.00 each

LED Dreadlock Headband @ $5.00 each

LED Shutter Specs @ $5.00 each

SAUSAGE SIZZLE & DRINKS FOR SALE

Where: School Library

During the blue light disco

Great books for sale!

TICKETS: CHILD $2 | ADULT $5 | FAMILY (2 adults , 2 children) $10 |

CHILDREN UNDER 3 FREE

Entrance through Strele Crescent


Community Notices

COME AND TRY NIGHT ORIENTEERING -

On: Sunday 15th October

At: Holmes Jungle Nature Park

Start: follow the signs from the entrance to the lower picnic ground

Courses: Easy (1.7km), Moderate (2.4km), Hard (3.6km)

Coaching: between 7 and 8 pm

Time: any time between 7pm and 9pm; finish before 10pm.

Bring: torch, spare batteries, long sleeves

Enquiries: phone 0405 718 693 or email [email protected]

More details: www.teo.asn.au




http://www.teo.asn.au

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