357 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill NSW 2154. Phone: 9634 2898 Fax: 9680 2282 School email: [email protected]WEBSITE: http://www.stbernadetteschill.catholic.edu.au No.26 Friday 28th August, 2015 Dear Parents, Being a parent in the 21 st Century is demanding - pressing work commitments and busy family schedules, and the availability of and accessibility to electronic media and the mixed messages it conveys to our children, are just some of these. More often than not we find ourselves feeling torn and worried about our children - questioning the time we spend with them, striving to ensure that they develop resilience and wondering how to best nurture their development and growth into faith filled young people confident of their ability to make a difference in their world. There is no such thing as the perfect parent or the perfect family. It is not so much the amount of time that we have to spend with our children but what we do with that time. Nor is it the material possessions nor opportunities that we can offer our children that determine how successful we are as parents. It is rather the relationship that we build with our children throughout their lives that will have the most significant impact on their development. If our children grow up in an environment of encouragement, tolerance, acceptance, and recognition they will be confident young people of peace and hope. What greater contribution to society can there be than this? Dear God We pray for all parents- that they may provide loving homes and faithful teaching to their children. Amen. Leanne Nettleton Principal During 2015, our school Religious Education Formation Implementation is to focus on displaying a deeper knowledge and understanding of the sacraments and their place in our Catholic faith and tradition. Staff and students are also making links between sacraments, scripture and Christian living. We are using the Lectio Divina strategy for breaking open the scripture so that we not only hear the message of the scripture but also link it to the sacraments and interpret the meaning for daily living. Students encounter a variety of scripture in the Sharing Our Story units, that require students to engage in deep thinking about the sacraments and how they relate to our lives. As a school we are also reading the Gospel of Mark daily to enable the students to break open the scripture, link it to the sacraments and discuss questions related to it. Listed below are the readings for Mark for next week, which you might like to discuss with them. Mark 15: 6-15 Mark 15: 16-21 Mark 15: 22-32 Mark 15: 31-41 Mark 15: 42-47 Mrs Shane Robinson Religious Education Coordinator
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357 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill NSW 2154. Phone: 9634 2898 Fax: 9680 2282 School email: [email protected]
Being a parent in the 21st Century is demanding - pressing
work commitments and busy family schedules, and the
availability of and accessibility to electronic media and
the mixed messages it conveys to our children, are just
some of these. More often than not we find ourselves
feeling torn and worried about our children - questioning
the time we spend with them, striving to ensure that they
develop resilience and wondering how to best nurture
their development and growth into faith filled young
people confident of their ability to make a difference in
their world.
There is no such thing as the perfect parent or the
perfect family. It is not so much the amount of time that
we have to spend with our children but what we do with
that time. Nor is it the material possessions nor
opportunities that we can offer our children that
determine how successful we are as parents. It is rather
the relationship that we build with our children
throughout their lives that will have the most significant
impact on their development. If our children grow up in an
environment of encouragement, tolerance, acceptance,
and recognition they will be confident young people of
peace and hope. What greater contribution to society can
there be than this?
Dear God
We pray for all parents- that they may provide
loving homes and faithful teaching to their children.
Amen.
Leanne Nettleton Principal
During 2015, our school Religious Education
Formation Implementation is to focus on
displaying a deeper knowledge and
understanding of the sacraments and their
place in our Catholic faith and tradition.
Staff and students are also making links
between sacraments, scripture and Christian
living.
We are using the Lectio Divina strategy for
breaking open the scripture so that we not
only hear the message of the scripture but
also link it to the sacraments and interpret
the meaning for daily living. Students
encounter a variety of scripture in the
Sharing Our Story units, that require
students to engage in deep thinking about
the sacraments and how they relate to our
lives.
As a school we are also reading the Gospel
of Mark daily to enable the students to break
open the scripture, link it to the sacraments
and discuss questions related to it.
Listed below are the readings for Mark for
next week, which you might like to discuss
with them.
Mark 15: 6-15
Mark 15: 16-21
Mark 15: 22-32
Mark 15: 31-41
Mark 15: 42-47
Mrs Shane Robinson
Religious Education Coordinator
St Bernadette’s School News 2
UNIFORM SHOP The Uniform Shop will be open on Tuesday, 1st September between 8.00am and 10.00am.
Student Workbooks will be coming home today
Today your children will be bringing home their
workbooks to share their learning with you. This is
an opportunity for you to encourage your child to do
his or her personal best. We encourage
you to write a comment to your child
in their book after their last piece of
work. Children really do enjoy reading
your comments. Additionally, we ask
that the books be returned promptly the next school
day so that your child can continue their written
work in the appropriate book.
WEEK 8
Mon, 31 Aug 8.30am Morning Assembly & Yr 6
Risky Business Advertising
Campaigns
Tues, 1st Sept 8-10am Uniform Shop Open
School Banking
4B (2nd group) & 4G Design2Shine
project at St Gabriel’s School
3-4pm Yr 5 & 6 Touch Footy
Wed, 2nd Sept 4B (2nd group) & 4G Design2Shine
project at St Gabriel’s School
Norwest Basketball Challenge Yrs 5
& 6
1.10pm Choir
3-4pm Dance Fever
Thurs, 3rd Sept Fathers’ Day Stall
Choir rehearsal—Granville Public
School
3-4pm Yrs 3 & 4 Touch Footy
Fri, 4 Sept 6.45am Fathers’ Day Mass—Church
7.30am Fathers’ Day Breakfast
7.45am Fathers’ Day Open
Classrooms
1.40pm Whole School Assembly—
Church—Parents welcome.
Coming Dates
Ex-School Leaders of St Bernadette’s Congratulations to the following ex-School
Leaders from the class 2010 on their recent
awards:
Angelique Nelis—2016 School Captain at Loreto Normanhurst
Rachel Parsons—2016 Social Justice Captain at Loreto Normanhurst..
It is wonderful to hear about our ex-students
continuing to excel in their leadership and
education. We congratulate them and wish them
well next year in the new leadership roles.
Book Week 2015 The theme for this year’s Book Week focused on how Book’s Light Up Our World. Through fostering a love of reading, we are encouraging our students to open up a wonderful world of: literature for discovery, literature for learning, literature for enjoyment and literature for appreciation. During the week, Years 4, 5 and 6 met with Geoffrey McSkimming, poet and author of the new popular mystery series Phyllis Wong. Our younger students in Years K-3, used their imaginations and enjoyed watching a puppet show based on the Aboriginal Dreamtime story of Tiddalick. Each year the Premier of New South Wales challenges students from Kindergarten to Year 9 to engage their imagination, expand their vocabulary and widen their horizons by reading a vast range of texts. Congratulations to all of the students who have completed this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge. On behalf of the students, teachers and school community, I would like to thank Mrs Gaye Crammond for arranging and coordinating these two wonderful celebrations of reading. Mrs Rochelle Borg Acting Assistant Principal
Next Friday (4th September) is our Fathers’ Day celebration. It all starts with Mass at
6.45am in the Church, followed by breakfast from 7.30am. Open Classrooms are from
7.45 to 8.30am.
All dads are invited to join us for this very special celebration. A reminder to please
return your Fathers’ Day breakfast (blue) slips & $3 family donation.
Dads please be mindful that when you leave the breakfast not to take hot drinks into
classrooms. Thank you.
Fathers’ Day PowerPoint
A PowerPoint presentation is being prepared for the Fathers’ Day Mass on Friday, 4th September at 6:45am in
Friday 21st August saw 13 children from St Bernadette’s representing the Hills Zone at the Parramatta Diocesan Athletics Carnival at Blacktown International Sports Park, Rooty Hill. Many of the children achieved personal bests and placed in the top ten on the day. The following children placed in the top four in their events and will now represent the Parramatta Diocese at the MacKillop Athletics Trials at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush on Monday 14th September.
We wish these children all the best at the MacKillop Athletics Trials. Anthony Bye Sports Coordinator
Conor Duggan 2nd in Senior Boys 800m
Grace Michell 4th in Senior Girls 800m
Sarah Michell 1st in Senior Girls 800m,
Saxon Orsini 1st in 11 Years Boys 800m, 4th in 11 years Boys High Jump
Kiera Walkerden 2nd in 12 Years 100m, 3rd in Senior Girls 200m
Grace Michell 3rd Senior Girls Relay
Sarah Michell
Renita Royce
Kiera Walkerden
St Bernadette’s School News 8
Social Skill: Weeks 7 & 8
Being a Problem Solver at St. Bernadette’s
Problem solving is a tool, a skill and a process. It is a tool because it can help you solve an
immediate problem or to achieve a goal. It is a skill because once you have learnt it, you can use it
repeatedly, like the ability to ride a bicycle, add numbers or speak a language.
At St. Bernadette’s we encourage the students to use a range of thinking skills, plan and carry out
investigations, consider different strategies, find things out before making decisions and solve a
variety of problems at school and at home.
Teaching children to become effective thinkers is recognised as an important goal of education.
For students to function successfully in a highly technical society , they must be equipped with
lifelong learning and thinking skills necessary to process information in an ever-changing world.
Family Discussion Starters
What has been the hardest problem you have ever solved? How did you solve it? What do you do when a problem is frustrating and you can’t seem to solve it?
Kathy Watt
St Bernadette’s School News 5
Book Covering
Calling all mums and dads—your
help is required to cover books for
the school. All equipment is
provided. If you can spare an hour
or two—please contact the school
office 9634 2898. Thank you.
Summer Uniform
Please be advised that stock of our summer uniform
will be available from Week 9 (Tuesday 8th
September). An order form will be emailed to
parents next Friday.
In Term 4, Weeks 1 and 2, students are permitted to
wear either summer or winter uniforms (not a
mixture) depending on the weather. In Term 4, Week
3, we ask that all students be in their full summer
2015 School Fees TERM 3 School Fees are now overdue. If you haven’t already finalised your account for Term 3,
Our congratulations to the Barone family on the birth of a baby boy, Sebastian, brother to Charlie
in 2W and Alexander in KW.
Our best wishes to the family.
Our congratulations to the Butler family
(Damien and Gretel, Band Instructor and his wife) on the birth of a baby boy, Spencer, a
brother to Theo.
R.I.P. †† Our prayerful sympathy is
extended to the Kairuz family (Andreas
in 4W), following the recent passing of
his Grandfather. May he
rest in peace.
TUCKSHOP ROSTER FOR: Week 8 Term 3
Parent helpers please arrive at 10.25am for
recess and 12.45pm for lunch
Monday Recess
Lunch
Tuesday Recess Paula Yacoub
Lunch Paula Yacoub
Wednesday Recess
Lunch Gina Zeaiter
Thursday Recess
Lunch
Friday Recess Nicola Martin
Lunch Nicola Martin
St Bernadette’s School News 8
Good Guy’s Vouchers
Our total is : $236
Thank you for your support!
Good Guys’ Vouchers
Just a reminder that if you make a purchase
at the Good Guys, to ask for your ‘School
Reward Vouchers’. We put the vouchers
towards prizes for school events and our
Fun Fair which is coming up in October.
Woolworth’s Earn & Learn
A reminder that we are still collecting the Earn & Learn stickers. Please send into the office. Thank you.
Term Dates 2015
Term 3
Mon 13 July to Fri 18 September
Term 4
Tue 6 October to Wednesday 16th December Mon 2 November—STAFF DEVELOPMENT & PUPIL FREE DAY
Thurs 17th & Fri 18th December—Staff Development & Pupil Free
Days
Other dates to note:
Christmas Concert—Mon 7th December 2015
Term 1 Dates 2016
Term 1
Wed 27 Jan— (am) Staff Development Day & (pm) *MAIs
Thurs 28 Jan—Staff Development Day & *MAIs
Fri 29 Jan—Yrs 1 to 6 commence
Mon 1 Feb—Kindergarten 2016 commence
Fri 8 April—Last day Term 1
* MAI (Maths Assessment Interviews)
Kindy Mums’ Night Out Just a reminder that it’s the Kindy Mums’ Night out TONIGHT.
Venue: Crooked Tailor, Castle Hill Time: 7pm till late
Hope to see you there ladies!
Child Protection A reminder for parents who are required to ‘UPDATE’ their child protection and for ‘NEW’ parents to the school. It is a Diocesan requirement that parents who volunteer at school must complete the Child Protection Module ONLINE. This training is available online at: http://childprotection.parra.catholic.edu.au/training and MUST be completed every two years. This is the new link as of July 2014. All parents must have completed the above prior to helping in the classroom, on excursions, sport days, tuckshop, uniform shop or any help around the school.
St Bernadette’s School News 9
Baulkham Hill Brumbies Grand Final Day this Sunday at Rosford Reserve, Smithfield.
Under 9s Knock Out -
Baulkham Hills Brumbies v Girraween 9am
Under 10s
Baulkham Hills Brumbies v Merrylands 12.30pm
Under 11 Grand Final
Baulkham Hills Brumbies v Merrylands 1.30pm
Student Leave As part of the implementation of the newly formulated National
Standards, holidays taken by students outside of school vacation
periods will now be included in Student Attendance Data as
absences.
Parents are requested to complete an Application for Extended
Leave form for absences of 10 days or more. This form is
on our website: Parents/Notes from School/Administration
Forms/Application for Extended Leave.
Please submit this form together with a copy of your travel
documentation at least three weeks prior to the proposed leave
date. This Application for Extended Leave will then be
responded to by Mrs Nettleton.
Thank you for your assistance.
Australian Girls Choir Members of the Australian Girls Choir are frequently seen at prestigious events and
have entertained everyone from Ellen DeGeneres to Queen Elizabeth II during their
visits to Australia.
A representative from the choir will be visiting St Bernadette's at 11am on Wednesday
9th September to conduct a group assessment of any girls from Year 1 to Year 6 who
love singing.
Some forms were sent home today and permission for the free assessment needs to be
returned by Friday 4th September. More details are available at aspagroup.com.au or
