St Madeleine’s School Newsletter Term 4 Week 8 Thursday 26th November 2015 28 Annangrove Road, Kenthurst 2156 Phone: 9654 6751 Fax: 9654 6799 Email: [email protected]Website: www.stmadeleineskenthurst.catholic.edu.au Dear Parents and Friends, Last Monday night we elected another fine executive team to lead the Parents and Friends Association for 2016. We thanked the outgoing committee for their commitment to the Association in 2015. We especially acknowledged the work of Maree McNeil, Danni Miesch and Natalie Claps who have worked so generously for our school community over the years. We congratulate and thank these parents who have taken up positions on the Executive for 2016. President ~ Tony Ferris Vice President ~ TBA Secretary ~ Amanda Lynch Assistant Secretary ~ Angelique Easton Treasurer ~ Bruce Charge Fund Raising Coordinators ~ Grainne Bolland, Tori Pappalo, Simone Dahlen, Julia Morris Parent Coordinator ~ Barbara Tannous Kiss and Drop Coordinator ~ Lorine Niezabitowski On Tuesday evening we held our Band Showcase evening and our parents and friends were entertained by the students who are learning to play an instrument. Clearly these students practise their instrument regularly and they performed proudly knowing their efforts to embrace the challenge of mastering a musical instrument throughout the year, has paid great dividends! They deserve to be very pleased with themselves! They keep on learning and keep on practicing to unleash their musical potential. It was wonderful to see Growth Mindset in action! Tomorrow we take time to thank the many volunteers who help out in so many ways around the school each week. Their acts of generosity and kindness shown in classrooms, on excursions, at Kiss and Drop, at carnivals and on the playground are a lovely reflection of our Catholic community in action. At St Madeleine’s we work together to help each other build God’s Kingdom on earth. Please come to our Assembly tomorrow at 2pm in the hall to thank our volunteers and to hear the band perform and be entertained by Glee Club. As we approach the holidays it is timely we send a cautionary reminder about the use of Social Media with our children. The children like to connect on the weekends and throughout the holidays but it is your responsibility to ensure ~ • Their screen is visible to you when the children are using their ipads • No devices are used in bedrooms • You limit the amount of screen time each day • That your child does not have KICK (17+) or SNAP CHAT (13+) on their devices • You know that it is illegal to use other people’s names or photos in conversations without their permission • For more information Constable Rob Paterson recommends www.commonsensemedia.org Next week we move Year 1 and Year 2 into their new Year 1 and Year 2 classroom spaces. Then on Friday we move out of the PMPA! Year 3 will move to the Library, Year 4 will move to the Music demountable, Year 5 will move to classrooms at Marian for Week 10 and then back to the St Joseph’s Centre for Term 4 Week 11 and then into Term 1, and Year 6 will be in the Marian ILearn Centre above the admin building. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we manage the logistics of rebuilding a school while classes still are in progress! Have a wonderful week! With my best wishes Jeanette Black Open your arms and welcome all people, without distinction or limits” Pope Francis
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St Madeleine’s School
Newsletter Term 4 Week 8 Thursday 26th November 2015
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WHAT TO WEAR: Students can wear suitable
Christmas coloured clothing. Year 2 students are
asked to wear a halo and Year 5 students to wear
dark sunglasses for their performances.
WHERE TO MEET: Students can meet their
classroom teachers at 6:30pm in respective
classrooms.
We look forward to your presence at our narrative of this most Holy story.
Parramatta Team Trials Parramatta Team Trials Parramatta Team Trials Parramatta Team Trials ---- TennisTennisTennisTennis
Congratulations to Marisabell Abiad who trialled last week and made it into the
Parramatta Diocese Team for Tennis. We wish Marisabell all the best at the
Mackillop trials.
Julia Morris Sport Coordinator
Anti-Racism In line with our Mission Statement, racism is inconsistent with the ethos of St Madeleine’s School. In the school situation, respect, tolerance and acceptance are essential qualities that are fostered in our students. The successful integration into society of people from diverse backgrounds and beliefs can be facilitated if schools engage in suitable educational and awareness raising activities. It is the duty of all members of the school community to ensure that all forms of racism are non- existent at St Madeleine’s School. Through our Religious Education Program we educate our students to be loving and accepting people, using Jesus as our role model.
Christmas Concert
Next Wednesday evening 2nd December we have our Christmas concert in the hall at 6.45pm. We anticipate our concert will conclude at 8pm. The concert is an important event in the school calendar and I expect all children to participate. If any family is unable to attend, a letter of explanation needs to be addressed to Mrs Black. Everyone participates in the practice until I receive this letter. Thank you for your support Jeanette Black
Early Morning Drop Off
Parents please be aware that up till 8.30am, the
morning drop off for Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2
children is at the NETBALL COURT. After 8.30am a
teacher is on duty at the Amphitheatre and then
children can be dropped off safely near the canteen. We
have noticed many children being dropped off at the
canteen drop off too early and they are not in a
supervised location in the school. Please adhere to this
Yr 5 Family Afternoon Tea Saturday 28th November 2.30pm FAGAN PARK Entry via 38-48 Arcadia Rd, Galston Meeting point will be around the playground/ Flying fox area Bring the whole family, afternoon tea, picnic blanket, chairs, bikes, balls Note: $5 parking fee applies Yr 5 contact parent: Michelle Bugden – 0447 337 477
BUSWAYS
The new Public Timetable for Busways Region 1
will come into effect on the 29th November 2015.
There will be changes to your current School or
Public Route services.
Please view these changes on the
Busways website at
www.busways.com.au or contact
customer service team on 9497
1870 or 9497 1887.
White Shoes Thank you for being able to
find white shoes for your
children! They are out there
and we appreciate that more and more children are now
wearing the correct sports uniform. Please buy white (or
very nearly white) shoes when you go shoe shopping
these school holidays.
First Sunday of Advent - Year C Sunday 29
th November
The new Liturgical Year commences with the first Sunday of Advent. In this new liturgical year, the Church
not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, but the beginning of a renewed commitment to the
faith by all those who follow Christ. This time of prayer and penance endeavours to give us a renewed desire
to truly welcome the message of the One who was incarnated for us. In fact, the entire Liturgy of the Advent
Season will urge us to an awakening in our Christian life and will put us in a vigilant disposition to wait for
Our Lord Jesus who is coming.
A reading from first letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 3:12 – 4:2
When Christ comes may he strengthen your hearts in holiness.
May the Lord be generous in increasing your love and make you
love one another and the whole human race as much as we love
you. And may he so confirm your hearts in holiness that you may
be blameless in the sight of our God and Father when our Lord
Jesus Christ comes with all his saints.
Finally, brothers, we urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus
to make more and more progress in the kind of life that you are
meant to live: the life that God wants, as you learnt from us, and as
you are already living it. You have not forgotten the instructions
we gave you on the authority of the Lord Jesus.
Father in heaven, our hearts desire the warmth of your love and our minds are searching for the light of your Word. Increase our longing for Christ our Saviour and give us the strength to grow in love, that the dawn of his coming may find us rejoicing in his presence and welcoming the light of his truth. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen
May this first Eucharist of the Church's year be a taste for us of the Kingdom of God that is both present
amongst us and still to come. May the Advent season sustain us in our waiting and give us courage in our
living.
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St Madeleine’s Primary: Family Funded Information Apple provides a number of ways to help families buy the devices you want your students to use in the classroom. These include your local Apple Store and a custom online store which has been built specifically for our school. Product Purchase and Pricing To purchase the Apple solution we’ve selected for your student’s use in the classroom visit your local Apple Store in Castle Towers, or call 133-622 to purchase through our contact centre, to get advice or discuss the products that you might be considering. Apple offers special iPad and Mac pricing for students attending our school. This special pricing is available for purchases made at Apple Stores or via the Apple contact centre. If you are purchasing in-store or through the contact centre, just let the Specialist know our school’s name and that it is part of the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta. Finance options are also available for purchases if you are purchasing at an Apple Store. Learning and support The Apple Store is a great place to learn about, try and buy Apple products for education. Apple Specialists are on hand to help you and your student get to know your new Apple device, and with Personal Setup they can help get new devices up and running before you leave the store. You and your students can join one of the daily in-store workshops to learn a new skill, and your student can get learning and creating at one of the Apple Camp or Field Trip events. Visit www.apple.com/au/retail/castletowers to go directly to the Castle Towers Apple Store and view the schedule or www.apple.com/au/retail to find your closest store if you are outside of this area. Apple can also provide support with everything related to your new Apple purchase — from using iPad to troubleshooting iTunes. You can get support by phone, email or online chat or set up a repair or Genius Bar reservation at getsupport.apple.com.
Mathema�cs Assessment Interviews 2016
At the beginning of 2016 we will be interviewing each student at St Madeleine’s, including our new
Kindergarten students.
This 1:1 interview takes about 40 minutes and gives explicit informa&on about each student’s
understanding of number concepts ~ Coun&ng, Place Value, Addi&on and Subtrac&on, Mul&plica&on and
Division.
The data and informa&on gathered from this interview iden&fies strengths and gaps in understanding and is
extremely useful in helping us to tailor the content of our Maths program to meet the needs of each
student.
We will be conduc ng these interviews on Wednesday 27th , Thursday 28th and Friday 29th
January 2016.
In Week 11, families will receive a log in code via email to use with the school interview online booking
tool to organise an appointment me.
The log in code will be sent first to families with 3 and 4 children, then families with 2 children and then
families with 1 child. The advantage of using the online tool is that you can determine the day and &me that
suits you and you can arrange for all your children to be interviewed by the different teachers in the one
&meslot. Parents as we are using an online tool appointments cannot be made directly with the class
teacher.
Thank you for your ongoing support
St Madeleine's Teaching Staff
CHRISTMAS HAMPERS THANK YOU
To our incredibly generous and thoughtful community, we wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for your act of charity towards your neighbour. The abundance of food collected on Wednesday was simply overwhelming - an act of charity extended in God’s love for humanity. We shared with our students the concept of charity. It began with: • Thinking of the other - the less fortunate amongst us • Collecting boxes to decorate for the other • Bringing food items to feed the other • Filling the hamper boxes to share with the other • Wrapping the hamper boxes to give to the other • Delivering joy and happiness to the other • Thinking of the other - the less fortunate during the Christmas season The two terms love and charity are frequently used interchangeably and with good reason, since the virtue of charity is in fact a kind of love. What sort of love is charity? Charity is the Love of God, in which we are able to participate. Every virtue means a share in God's activity. Faith, for instance, is a share in God's act of knowing, where the believer knows what God knows. Hope is a share in God's desire. The person with the virtue of Hope wants the same thing God wants, that is, to make it to union with God in Heaven. Charity too is a mode of participating in God's action, the highest mode. With Charity we share in God's act of love; we are able to love the way God loves. The virtue of Charity is the summit of the Christian life and the beginning of everlasting happiness. Please know in good faith that all hampers were delivered Thursday afternoon. Sincere thanks and gratitude to staff that helped transport and deliver all hampers. Kathy Fisher
