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2016 No 18

3 November 2016

SCHOOL NEWS

DIARY DATES

TERM 4

Monday 7 November

Open House 2.30pm (R-2)

Tuesday 8 November

Years 34 Excursion

Wednesday 9 November

9.00am Parent Chat

Thursday 10 November

10.00am Parish Mass R—2

Children’s Uni Graduation

Friday 11 November

Remembrance Day

11.00 Prayer

Monday 14 November

School Safety Day

Wednesday 16 November

2017 Reception Induction

Thursday 17 November

Years 56 Parish Mass

Monday 21 November

2.30p.m. Open House

(Years 5-7)

Monday 12 December

End of Year Mass

Year 7 Farewell Lunch and

Year 7 Graduation

Tuesday 13 December

1.30p.m. Meet the Class

Semester 2 Reports home

Wednesday 14 December

Last Day 3.15p.m Finish

In the spirit of justice,

reconciliation and love… St Gabriel’s School

acknowledges the Kaurna

People, the traditional

custodians of this land and

we pay our respects to the

Elders both past, present and

future for they hold the mem-

ories, the traditions, the cul-

tures and hopes of Austral-

ia’s Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander peoples.

It’s been a busy start to

the term! Along with

Sports Day and Crazy Sock

Day, the Year 5/6/7’s have

been involved in a variety of

learning experiences.

They have included:

Shared reading activi-

ties

Personal artwork of

Jesus

Making ice cream

Robotics

We’re all looking forward to

an amazing end to the year!

CLEARVIEW KILBURN PARISH

Church/Office—Good Shepherd Church 7 St Albans Place, Clearview Ph 8262 1070

Church/Presbytery— St Brigid’s Church 50 Le Hunte Street, Kilburn Ph 8262 1366

PARISH PRIEST: Fr Leon Czechowicz

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Mrs Patricia Hehir

PARISH SECRETARY: Ms Iris Daly

MASS TIMES: Saturday 6.00p.m. and Sunday 10.30a.m. Clearview

Sunday 9.00a.m. Kilburn

Dear Parents/Caregivers It was exciting to hear about the celebrations and experiences of

many of our Indian community as they celebrated Diwali over the

last few days. I was privileged on Monday to listen to a small group

of Year 3/4 students sharing their understanding of this festival and

connecting it to our own Catholic Tradition. Diwali is a celebration

of good over evil and uses the theme of light. Our own Christian

story invites us to always work for good and be the light. Happy

Diwali to members of our community and we pray that we will al-

ways be a school that works at being a beacon / light of goodness.

Catholic Missions Heart Learning – Last Mon-day we celebrated Heart learning focusing on the work of Catholic Missions. Crazy and odd socks helped us “sock it to poverty” and con-tribute to the work of supporting young people in countries including Cambodia, India and Aus-tralia. The theme, “Just as you did it to one of the least of these… you did it to me’ reminds us that when we help others we are helping Jesus. Pope Francis said, “all of us are invited to "go out" as missionary disciples, each generously offering our talents, creativity, wisdom and experience in order to bring the message of God’s tenderness and compassion to the entire human family.” Prayer – This year staff have undertaken a learning journey focused on the important place of prayer. Staff have explored various prayer forms and types to enrich the prayer life of our school. Together we have for-mulated a number of agreed practices for prayer. At St Gabriel’s we will pray in the morning, after recess with Heart Prayer, before Lunch with grace and at the end of the day. Prayer will celebrate key moments in the life of the Church and community and use a rich variety of experiences. Last term the External Validation process noted the following, “It

was evident that the work undertaken in the area of prayer and

meditation is contributing to building the Catholic Identity of the

school. It was recognised that the professional learning provided

for staff has helped to strengthen the connection between medita-

tion and prayer, which further links meditation experiences to the

Catholic Tradition.”

Professional Learning – This year staff have undertaken profession-al learning in teams exploring three areas of the Australian Curricu-lum (Social and Emotional Learning, Critical and Creative Thinking and Inter-Cultural Understandings). Staff undertook a cycle of ex-ploring data, coming to understanding the implications of this data and then designing learning experiences for students to address this. Last night staff shared their learning with each other. Diocesan Assembly – On Saturday, Bronwyn and I gathered with over 400 members of our Archdiocese including leadership from parishes, schools and communities to inspire, support and celebrate our collective efforts and commitment to a shared vision of a renewed Archdiocese. We have as an Archdio-cese committed to 8 markers / characteristic of renewal. Instructional Rounds – Today we welcomed teachers and leaders

from St Brigid’s, OLSH and Cabra

College who came to undertake

an Instructional Rounds at our

school. Instructional Rounds is a

process like the doctors standing

around a patient in the hospital

working together to diagnose and

make the patient better. For

schools Instructional Rounds in-

volves groups of professionals

exploring an area of practice that

the school wishes to have ideas

and support in making better.

New Garden and Playground – The new Asian inspired garden is

coming along well and next

week our new playground will be

installed on the edge of the oval.

Thanks to everyone for their

understanding during these in-

terruptions. Our new playground

is being installed on the edge of

the oval near the Years 3-4 build-

ing. Over the school holidays a

sun-shade will be installed over the playground. Hopefully the top

oval will soon be undertaking a face lift as well.

YOUTH/FAMILY MASS - This SUNDAY, at 10.30a.m. Children can participate in processions

and readings. Come 10.15a.m. All welcome. After Mass, we will process to the Rose Garden

where Fr Leon will bless the roses in memory of our deceased family and friends.

2018 AND 2019 ENROLMENTS Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Enrolments for 2018 and 2019 are currently being finalised at St

Paul’s College.

If you have not as yet enrolled your son to commence at St Paul’s

College for Senior School, please telephone the College’s Enrol-

ments Officer, Susan Dodson on 8334 8355, who will be happy to

assist you with the process.

ST PAUL’S COLLEGE – PRINCIPAL’S TOURS

The College Tour dates for St Paul’s are as follows:

Thursday, 3 November at 9.30am commencing from Callan Hall

Saturday, 26 November at 9.30am commencing from Callan Hall.

If you, friends or relatives are thinking about a Senior School for

boys, we encourage you to make a booking to attend one of the

Tour dates listed above.

Please contact Mrs Susan Dodson, Enrolments Officer, by tele-

phoning 8334 8355 or email at

Email: sdodson@stpauls.sa.edu.au

Open House – Next Monday 7th Novem-

ber our Early Years classes will be hosting

our first Open House beginning at

2:30pm. During this time the learning

community will open their doors and

welcome students and families to come

and share in the learning being undertaken this term. You are

warmly invited to join us in celebrating student learning.

Reconciliation Relay – On Tuesday 8th November an Indigenous

Message stick will be visiting our school as

it travels around the schools of the Enfield

and Port Adelaide Council area. This activity

is a way for our local council to continue to

raise the awareness and importance of In-

digenous Reconciliation. During the after-

noon of the visit classes will be participating in activities to remind

us of this important message of reconciliation.

Community Coffee and Chat – Wednesday 9th

November at 9am – Helping your child succeed at

school.

Physical Education Week will be con-

ducted in Week 5 of Term 4 from 14 -

18 November, promotes the im-

portance of Health & PE in the Australi-

an Curriculum, and highlights the im-

portance of Health & PE to the learning

and development of children and

young people.

Best wishes for a great weekend and look forward to catching up with you at

one of our up-coming events. from Stuart

DRUM LESSONS Spring Special Is your child thinking about learning drums? This spring at St Ga-briel's there are some special one off packages to give it a go: 3 x 20min Lessons for $39.00 or 5 x 20min Lessons for $59.00 Standard fees are charged if the student would like to continue after chosen package is com-pleted. Valid for new students only. Limited places are available. To book a place please contact the St Gabriel's Drum Teacher. Sam Krieg 0405772689

CONGRATULATIONS TO

CRISTIANO MARTINO, past student of St Gabriel’s

School who was centre stage in Adelaide’s first per-

formance of the Australian Ballet’s Nijinsky, about the

great Russian ballet dancer, Vaslav Nijinsky.

Cristiano’s grandmother Marilyn Martino, recently

retired teacher of St Gabriel’s School is absolutely

delighted!

ICEBLOCKS ARE AVAILABLE

AFTER LUNCH EACH FRIDAY

OF THIS TERM.

Cost is $1-00

The services and events contained in this Newsletter are in no way connected with the school and are included in this Newsletter for

your information only. Parents and caregivers need to make their own enquiries and assessments about the suitability of these

events and services for their needs and those of their children.

2018/2019 ENROLMENTS

We have begun interviewing for our 2017 Reception class. It is

always a proud moment when many new parents talk about how

they have heard great things about the school. We are certainly

proud of the students, staff and community of St Gabriel’s. It is

a timely reminder to all families who are seeking enrolment of

siblings in 2018 and beyond to please put in an enrolment appli-

cation and make an appointment for an enrolment interview. If

you have any friends and family who are seeking enrolment of

their children for 2018 and beyond, please encourage them to

make contact with the office so we can forward them infor-

mation about the school, or point them to our website.

Kylie’s Home Based Childcare/Family Day

Care. Please contact the Office for more infor-

mation.

UNIFORM

Girls winter tunic Size 6 in perfect condition $35-

00

Phone Elaina 0400250472

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