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Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School NEWSLETTER PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | [email protected] | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 1 Principal’s Reflection 29 October, 2014 Week 4, Term 4 Dear Families, You are invited to join us for our school All Saints’ Mass which will be held on this Friday 31 st October at 8:35am. All Saints Day is when the Catholic Church commemorates every saint, known and unknown. The students from Room 2 and 17 have prepared the Liturgy and we would love to have parents, family and friends join us for the Mass. Thank you students, teachers and parents for the time, generosity and enthusiasm that make our Mission Market afternoon a lot of fun as well as a very successful fund raising event for Catholic Missions. Our school book fair held last week has been another great success with book sales totaling $4021.10. The school receives commission from these books which assists in purchasing new books for the school library. We greatly appreciate the support from families. Tomorrow marks the end of our school two-week intensive swimming program. It has been fantastic to see the student growth in water confidence, stroke technique and water safety knowledge. Thank you to the Royal Life Saving swimming instructors who have taught our students, and a special thanks to Mrs. Paula Sellars for her work in coordinating this very important part of our school curriculum. Peter Combes, the famous Australian children's entertainer and musician will be performing a concert for the whole school next Mon day, 3 rd November at 9:30am. Peter is famous for songs like “Wash your face with Orange Juice”, “Juicy, Juicy Green Grass” and “Mr. Clicketty Cane”. Parents and younger siblings are most welcome to attend. We again ask all families to advise us in writing of any changes to current enrolments or specific requests for child placement for con sideration for 2015. We are currently in the process of placing students into their class groupings for next year. It is important that you inform us of any special needs for 2015. All requests must be put in writing and addressed to myself by Friday 31 st October. If you are aware of relatives or friends who wish to enroll their children for next year, please encourage them to forward their applications as soon as possible so that we can include them in our class configurations. Thanks to the many families who have already finalised their school accounts for 2014. If you are having difficulties making pay ments, please contact the office and make an appointment to arrange a payment plan. Mrs Alex Dywer -our book keeper-will be in touch with families who have outstanding accounts in the coming weeks. Payments can be made at the School office between 8:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday, by cash, cheque or EFT. Credit Card payments can be made over the phone and electronic payments can be made directly to the school. God bless you all and keep you safe, Mr. Simon Duffy Principal Reflection “Yahweh supports all who stumble, lifts up those who are bowed down.” - Psalms 145:14
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Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School
NEWSLETTER
PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | [email protected] | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 1
Principal’s Reflection
29 October, 2014
Week 4, Term 4
Dear Families, You are invited to join us for our school All Saints’ Mass which will be held on this Friday 31st October at 8:35am. All Saints Day is when the Catholic Church commemorates every saint, known and unknown. The students from Room 2 and 17 have prepared the Liturgy and we would love to have parents, family and friends join us for the Mass.
Thank you students, teachers and parents for the time, generosity and enthusiasm that make our Mission Market afternoon a lot of fun as well as a very successful fund raising event for Catholic Missions.
Our school book fair held last week has been another great success with book sales totaling $4021.10. The school receives commission from these books which assists in purchasing new books for the school library. We greatly appreciate the support from families.
Tomorrow marks the end of our school two-week intensive swimming program. It has been fantastic to see the student growth in water confidence, stroke technique and water safety knowledge. Thank you to the Royal Life Saving swimming instructors who have taught our students, and a special thanks to Mrs. Paula Sellars for her work in coordinating this very important part of our school curriculum.
Peter Combes, the famous Australian children's entertainer and musician will be performing a concert for the whole school next Mon-day, 3rd November at 9:30am. Peter is famous for songs like “Wash your face with Orange Juice”, “Juicy, Juicy Green Grass” and “Mr. Clicketty Cane”. Parents and younger siblings are most welcome to attend. We again ask all families to advise us in writing of any changes to current enrolments or specific requests for child placement for con-sideration for 2015. We are currently in the process of placing students into their class groupings for next year. It is important that you inform us of any special needs for 2015. All requests must be put in writing and addressed to myself by Friday 31st October. If you are aware of relatives or friends who wish to enroll their children for next year, please encourage them to forward their applications as soon as possible so that we can include them in our class configurations. Thanks to the many families who have already finalised their school accounts for 2014. If you are having difficulties making pay-ments, please contact the office and make an appointment to arrange a payment plan. Mrs Alex Dywer -our book keeper-will be in touch with families who have outstanding accounts in the coming weeks. Payments can be made at the School office between 8:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday, by cash, cheque or EFT. Credit Card payments can be made over the phone and electronic payments can be made directly to the school. God bless you all and keep you safe, Mr. Simon Duffy Principal
Reflection “Yahweh supports all who stumble, lifts up those who
are bowed down.”
- Psalms 145:14
PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | [email protected] | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 2
Congratulations to the following students:
� Transition, Rm.2 - Layla May Tadhg Maika � Transition, Rm 9 - Deba Yoelu Maria McCarthy � Year 1/2, Rm.3 - Connor Fagan � Year 1/2, Rm.4 - Shaun Mathew � Year 1/2, Rm.6 - Amy Tinsley � Year 1/2, Rm.8 - Jane Clifford � Year 3/4, Rm. 14 - Matthew Hammer � Year 5/6, Rm. 13 - Leigh Devlin � Year 3/4, Rm. 15 - Denzel Morris � Year 3/4, Rm.17 - Dylan Vong & Sarina Marinov � Year 5/6, Rm. 10 - Hayley Newell � Year 5/6, Rm. 12 - Bianca Marinov � Sport Award - Linus Joseph & Ethan Shiju
A W.E.S.T Award is presented to a person who is Welcoming, Encouraging, says Sorry and is Thankful.
This week’s W.E.S.T Award goes to :
Jane Clifford
Happy birthday to the following Students who
Celebrate their birthday in week 4:
x�Zachary Castro x�Vevette Verissimo De Jesus
BOOKCLUB Issue #7, Orders Close Friday 31st of October.
Peter Combe Concert Peter Combe is visiting our school on the 3rd of November. His concert will be held in the multi-purpose room. He will be bringing CD’s, DVD’s and sing-along books for purchase. Prices are between $10-$30. You can also order from his website:
www.petercombe.com
Is your child turning 5 before the 30th of June, 2015?
If they are, they are eligible to start Transition next year!
Please collect an enrolment pack from the front office and arrange an enrolment interview.
Dates to remember
x� Transi on 2015, Informa on session—12th of Nov, 5:30pm
x� Transi on Orienta on Day—14th of Nov, 8:30am-10:30am
When: Wednesday 12th of November, 2014 Time: 5:30pm –6:30pm
Where: Holy Spirit School Library We ask that your children not attend this meeting
DROP OFF ZONE Please do not park in the Drop Off Zone or on the double
yellow lines at the entrance of the school.
SCHOOL FEES - 2015 1st Child $274.25 + levies = $405.25 per term $274.25 + $65 + $45 + $21 = $405.25
2nd Child $246.83 + levies = $377.83 per term $377.83 + $405.25 - $45 = $738.08 per term – total of 2
3rd Child $219.40 + levies = $350.40 per term $350.40 + $738.08 - $45 = $1043.48 per term – total of 3
4th Child levies only = $131.00 per term $131.00 + $1043.48 - $45 = $1,129.48 per term – total of 4
Levies $65.00 Books & Services (per child/per term) $21.00 Excursion (per child/per term) $45.00 Air-conditioning (per family/per term)
$42.00 B&S extra for Years 5 & 6 (per child/per year)
PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | [email protected] | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 3
Uniform Students are expected to wear full school uniform each day.
A signed note from parents must be sent to school if a student is out of uniform. Students out of uniform will be issued with a note to parents advising breach of uniform - the note is requested to be returned signed School Uniform Purple polo shirt with school emblem and black collar -$25 Black Shorts/Skorts - plain black with NO logos, stripes -$20 Dress -$38 Hats - Black school hat -$12 Black shoes or sandshoes - must be plain black with black laces Socks - white or black Sandals - black or brown Jewellery A wrist watch may be worn and a thin gold or silver chain with a cross but no other form of jewellery is acceptable. Students who have pierced ears may wear one pair of ‘sleepers’ or ‘studs’ only. Hair Needs to be neat and tidy at all times. Hair is not to be hanging in the face of students, if longer than students shoulders needs to be tied back. Purple or black ribbons are acceptable.
Nail Polish is not to be worn at school.
Hats are a compulsory uniform item
Term 4 Calendar, 2014 Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Assembly
Week 4
Oct/November 30th Sunday Ordinary Time
27 Swimming Program
28 29 30 School Assembly
31 Gymnas cs - Marrara
Whole School Mass - 8:45am
Year 1/2 Room 6 Emma Senior
Week 5
November All Souls
3 Peter Combes Concert , Mul purpose Room,
9:30am
4 Melbourne Cup
5 6 7 REWARD AFTERNOON Beach Volleyball – Darwin Indoor
Year 1/2 Room 4 Angela Saunders
Week 6
November Dedica on of St John
10 11 REMEMBRANCE DAY
12 Transi on 2015,
Informa on session, 5:30pm
13 14 Year 5 nominate for Year 6 Captains 2014
TR 2015, Orienta-‐on,8:30am –10:30am
Year 3/4 Room 14 Rowena Staude
Week 7
November 33rd Sunday Ordinary Time
17 18 19
20 BOARD MEETING
21 Hockey - Marrara
Year 1/2 Room 3 Kate Fiedler
Week 8
November Christ the King
24 25 Indigenous Families End
Year gathering
26 27 Christmas Concert @ Marrara – 6:30pm
28 Indoor Cricket –
Winnellie
Year 1/2 Room 8 Tracey Coco/Meg Carne
Week 9
December 1st Sunday Advent
1 Academic Reports home
this week
2 3 4 REWARD AFTERNOON
5 Whole School Mass Student Awards
Year 6 Retreat with Fr Dan
Year 3/4 Room 17 Steve O’Shannessy
Week 10
December 2nd Sunday Advent
8 9 Christmas Raffle
10 Year 6 Gradua on- Mass, awards and shared dinner
11 Water Ac vi es T-5 Students finish
12 NO
SCHOOL
Simon Duffy and Paula Sellars
PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | [email protected] | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 4
Community Notices
Join our Celebrations! Tuesday 11th – Sunday 16th
NOVEMBER
Half price Everyday!! ADULTS $20
CHILDREN $10 To Finish off we have our big birthday bash on
Sunday 16th Were we have special shows going all day
CROC FEEDING!!!
BIG CATS FEEDING
MEET THE MONKEYS!!!
HUG A SNAKE & TURTLE CUDDLE A BABY CROC &
Get your yearly pass
TODAY!
Meet the white Lion Cubs, Bengal Tigers, dingo pups
Monkeys and the biggest monster snake in the NT
Bring your bathers and have a go on the wa-
ter slide (Sunday Only)
Experience the new Croc Cruise,
Hold your next Birthday Party Best Xmas
Presents in town
Crocodylus Park
& Zoo
Tel: 89 224500 www.wmi.com.au/crocpark
