A Message from the Principal

Our Vision With family, faith and friendship, we

grow, share, and live as authors of

our own learning.

Our Values

Excellence Compassion Trust

Courage Respect

Wednesday, 27th September 2017 —Term 3, Week 10

Year of the Family

You have to teach not just about a subject, but

also life's values and habits" because when it

comes to learning about a subject, a computer is

sufficient, but to understand how to love, to

understand what the values and habits are that

create harmony in the world, you need a good

teacher." Pope Francis

NT Training Awards

On Saturday night, Rainbows staff from Holy Family

Catholic Primary School attended the NT Training

Awards after being shortlisted for Small Employee of

the Year. We were very excited to receive the runners

up award for this category. The award is in

recognition of the amazing work Michelle Shaw and

her staff commit to in working with our young

trainees and getting them to achieve their Cert 3 in

Early Education and Care and Diploma’s

in Early Education and Care. We have also had two

leadership qualifications completed over the last few

years as well. We are very fortunate to have such a

wonderful team that works for amazing outcomes for

your children at Holy Family. Congratulations to the

whole Rainbows team.

Enrolments for Rainbows

Whilst on Rainbows, Michelle informs me that numbers

for 2018 are filling quickly and limited spaces remain.

If you require care or know of someone who does,

please tell them to come and see us quickly so we can

guarantee a position.

Farewell to Bernie Kenwrick

Last week, Bernie Kenwrick informed me of her

decision to resign from Holy Family Catholic Primary

School at the end of the term. Bernie and her husband

have purchased a new caravan and are looking at a life

of leisure as they transition into retirement. Bernie has

been with us as a classroom support worker for over

Like the Green Tree Frog, I grow and change.

Like the Bush Bee,

I can work with others and on my own to be successful.

Like the Eagle, I see what I

need to do to achieve my

goal and take responsibility.

Like the Crocodile,

I can overcome challenges and keep

going when things get

tough.

Like the Dolphin, I am free to

develop my own ideas and take

risks.

Like the Green Ant, I use what I know and

what others know to

build meaning.

Like the Tata Lizard I can become a learning detective, searching

for answers or clues to my own or

others questions.

Learning Power Project

20 years and some parents in our school were actually supported by Bernie. Even though she leaves us on

Thursday, we will invite Bernie back early in Term 4 for a proper farewell that she deserves. We will advise you

of the farewell early in the term.

New Play Equipment

Through the work of Holy Family School Board, it

was decided that we needed to allocate funds to

purchase a new playground for our older

students. Three options were presented to the

school and the Year 4/5 class with Miss Jo were

tasked with the activity to recommend their

preferred option to Lorraine King (School Board

Chair) and me. Yesterday, they made their

recommendation and we are now working with

this company to put the proposal into reality. The

Year 4/5’s did an absolutely amazing job in

researching and presenting their findings. Even

though they all didn’t agree with the outcome,

they learnt much about such things as: safety

standards, percentages, GST and democracy

amongst other things. Thank you to them and

their teacher for their wonderful work in bringing together an option for us to move forward with. As a

footnote, after calling the successful contractor, I mentioned that even though they liked his design, they were

disappointed that there were no monkey bars. After speaking with Keith from Forpark, he then added the bars

free of charge. Again, well done to our amazing students in Year 4/5!

Updated Medical Plans

It has come to our attention that some of our current medical plans for students require updating. If you do

have a child on a plan, please make sure you call the front office to make sure the one we have is current.

Swimming

Our swimming carnival is this Friday from 9.00am at Casuarina Pool. It is always a terrific day and we invite

you to come and join us at some stage during the day. Please remember the following:

Apply sunscreen on your children before they come to school and make sure they have more to re-apply

during the day

That all students bring a hat and a ‘rashie’

That snacks are packed for the morning. Lunch will be at school as normal.

2018 Enrolments

Enrolments for 2018 are now being taken. If you have a child starting in Transition next year, please make

sure you speak to Shannon about obtaining enrolment forms. During Term 4, we will hold our Transition

Orientation for students beginning in 2018. An invitation is sent to the families who have enrolled. Also, if you

know of friends who are looking to enrol students at Holy Family, please ask them to call and make an

appointment to meet with me and I will happily talk about our vision for the school.

God Bless

Shane Donohue

SWIMMING CARNIVAL...

Birthdays from last week

Week 9 Student Awards

AROUND THE SCHOOL...

What parents and carers can do to

help children feel included

Get to know other families, take an interest in

others’ different backgrounds as well as what you have in common

Set up a 'buddy system' where families who

have been at the school for a while buddy up with new families to provide welcome and support

Encourage children to include and appreciate

others’ cultural and individual differences

https://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/mental-health-matters/belonging/

what-makes-positive-school-community

Congratulations to Rainbows Holy Family Early

Learning Centre who came runners up in the

Small Employer of the Year category at the NT

Training Awards.

Student Awards Congratulations to the following students who

received an award at Assembly last week.

Pre-School Lily Hill-Corpus

Liam Millar

Rm 15—TR/1 Arabella Dale

Jabari Councellor

Neil Vineeth

Rm 14—TR/1 Keira Clark

Zachary Trenfield

Rm 13—1/2 Darwin Butsamalee

Lilli Jean Whistler

Sophia Liwanag

Rm 12—2 Adrian Maher

Jordyn Koops

Xavier Lalara

Rm 11—3/4 Harriet Watkins

John Vincent (JV) Palma

Luke Ferguson

Mia Peachey

Rm 10—3/4 Aidan Mellors

Maria Petrakis

Rm 09—4/5 Bryce Church

Mikey Henning

Mrs Olivia MacDonald

Rm 07—5/6 Geoff Edwin

Kamali Borges De Carvalho

Rm 06-5/6 Christos Dionysiou

Tiarna Shilling

This week we wish the following

students a Happy Birthday

Sebastian Lai 25 September

Waylon Davey 26 September

Izaak Millard 27 September

Tiana Davies 28 September

Irene Abanes 29 September

Xavier Laureles 29 September

Jett Colquhoun 30 September

Dates to Remember

Confirmation Lessons

Sunday 1st October, 4pm

Sunday 8th October, 4pm

Sunday 15th October, 4pm

Sunday 22nd October, 4pm

Reconciliation

Wednesday, 25th October

The Sacrament of Confirmation

Sunday 29 October, 9am

Term Break

Monday 2 October—Friday 6 October

Term 4

Monday 9 October—Friday 15 December

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