St Angela’s Primary School Castle Hill

Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 21

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5th July 2018 Term 2, Week 10

Dear Parents, Parent/Teacher Interviews

It was wonderful to see so many parents arriving this week for their

Parent/Teacher interviews and speaking so positively about their

child’s progress, so realistically about their child’s challenges and so

warmly about their child’s teacher. As always, I certainly welcome

your feedback regarding any aspect of the Parent Teacher Interviews. Parents and teachers are both vital and critical to the wellbeing and

development of our children and we must always work together to

make the most of children’s learning and to nurture their talents. This is especially refreshing given that the workload of a teacher is

often criticised by the media and perceptions of a ‘9 to 3’ day are still

present. In comparison, our teachers spend the ‘9 to 3’ part of the

day with the children, facilitating their learning. Countless hours aside

from this time are then spent each day correcting and assessing the

student’s work (this term in particular has seen teachers meeting to

analyse children’s work samples, results and assessments against

criteria linked to our syllabus to ensure a correct A-E achievement

level) planning lessons, preparing resources, meeting with support

teachers to discuss children’s needs, professional development to

continually improve the quality of their teaching, regular meetings with

parents to discuss children’s progress, staff meetings, presenting

inservice/information evenings to parents, organising excursion

opportunities, carnivals and many, many more while, at the same

time, juggling their own family lives and finding time for reflection and

self renewal. My appreciation and thanks to you as parents for your valuable role as

the primary educators of your child and to the teachers, a dedicated

team of professionals who give so generously of their self, skills and

time. Improving the learning outcomes for all children at St Angela’s is our

core business. The children are our first priority. This is a great

Catholic school that over the last 18 years, has helped produce not

just well educated young adults, but compassionate people who,

because of their faith, confidently embrace a future with hope and joy.

I hope that you are as proud to be a part of this community as I am. Thank You

As we end Term 2, I would like to thank you for your support,

enthusiasm and positive feedback throughout the term. It has

certainly been an exciting time, filled with many examples of faith, fun

and learning. For your attendance and support at events throughout

the term, we thank you. Our action packed Term 2 included just to

name a few, Anzac Day Celebrations, Disco, Debating, Communion,

Reconciliation, Mother’s Day Celebrations, NAPLAN, Assemblies,

Year 6 Canberra Excursion, Trivia night, Feast of the Ascension,

Pentecost, Feast of Corpus Christi, Feast of the Sacred Heart, Food

Day, Sport Days, Body Smart, General Parent Meeting, Masses and

Liturgies, Year 5 Bathurst Excursion, Reports and Parent/Teacher

Interviews. Working together is what continues to build our strong

community. I look forward to seeing our wonderful students at the

beginning of Term 3, Monday 23rd July, after a well earned break.

School Photographs Our photographs were sent home earlier in the week. As you would

be aware, we have used a new company this year, Lauren

Daniels Photography. I would appreciate your feedback via email to the school at

stangelas@parra.catholic.edu.au in regards to the quality of the photos,

or any other aspect of the process, so as to ensure the company we are

using is addressing your needs.

Thank you for your continued support. It is in partnership that we can achieve great things for our children. Tony Calabria

Principal

Grade Assemblies

Our remaining whole school assembly for Term 2 is

tomorrow, Friday 6th July at 2:15pm led by Kindergarten

All parents are most welcome to join us.

Please see the Athletics Carnival Google form

recently emailed to Years 3 to 6 families. Please

complete and submit by tomorrow,

Friday 6th July.

Sent Home This Week:

Emailed: Big Pond Account User Information, Ltr to 5G and

3B Parents, Year 1 Term 3 Spelling List, Athletics Carnival

Google Form

Hard Copy: Year 6 Observatory Excursion

Theme for the Week: “Keeping Our Children Safe”

At St Angela’s, in the last week and the first week of each term,

each class takes time to discuss the protective behaviour themes of:

“We all have the right to feel safe all of the time”

“Nothing is so awful that you can’t tell someone about it” …. So that children feel comfortable at all times to approach

people in their network.

This is an opportune time to talk to your children about being safe

in the holidays.

Farewell Mrs Hall - We will miss you!

Students return to school on

Monday 23rd July

Upcoming Dates

TERM 2 Week 10 Fri 6th July 9.30am Interschool Debating Competition St Angela’s vs St Michael’s 2:15pm Whole School Assembly presented by Kindergarten in St Maximilian Kolbe Hall - All welcome Last day of Term 2 TERM 3 Week 1 Mon 23rd July First day of term for staff and students Wed 25th July Yrs 3-6 Athletics Carnival at Alfred Whaling Reserve

Baby Boy

Congratulations to the Jenkins family

on the arrival of Archer, a brother for

Noah (4G)

Welcome to St Angela’s School Community

Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary

On behalf of our school community, we congratulate Mr Rick Laird and his wife, Cyndi, on their 30th

wedding anniversary, which they celebrated last Sunday 1st July.

May Christ continue to bless them each and every day.

Wedding Congratulations!

On behalf of our school community, we congratulate Mrs Marie Murray (1Y teacher) and her husband,

Adrian, on the upcoming marriage of their son, David, to Sophie Farrell on Saturday 21st July.

May Christ bless them each and every day.

Religious Education

Sunday, 8 Jul 2018: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B Gospel Mk 6:1-6 No prophet gains honour in his native place. This Sunday’s gospel sees Jesus returning to his home town of Nazareth. He is well and truly into his public ministry at this point in the gospel and his reputation is obviously growing as a healer and teacher. When he goes to Nazareth the locals are quick to ‘put him in his place’. They remember the boy, the teenager, the young man apprenticed to his father’s craft. He’s a nobody as far as they are concerned; just young Jesus who grew up here. It is much the same within families and local communities today. No matter how successful and authoritative a young woman or man may have become, a trip home will quickly remind them that in the eyes of those they grew up with nothing has changed. In the gospel passage they even say, that’s Jesus - he’s just James’ brother; no one special! What could he possibly tell them? They try to force Jesus back into the mould of the person with whom they were previously familiar and comfortable. We do this to one another all the time. We have certain expectations about the way a friend normally acts or thinks and when they behave differently we react in a way that lets them know that they are not ‘being themselves’. In doing this, we are looking to maintain our own comfort zone. We take away the freedom of the other person to grow and change. Surely, if we want the best for those we love and care for, we want them to be constantly growing and becoming all that they can be? Q. Have you experienced an unlikely or unexpected encounter with the presence of God? Q. Why do some people find change and growth threatening?

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Year 5 have been working extremely hard on their Religion, Project Based Learning (PBL) Task this term. The students were given the following driving question: How can we as evangelists continue the work of the disciples, Peter and Paul, by creating a prayer experience that empowers believers to live as Jesus taught and to become more like him? The liturgies, as a culmination of this PBL, will be celebrated with their ‘buddy’ classes on Friday at 11am.

************************************* In 2016 I had the privilege of attending World Youth Day as a group leader. This experience included a mission encounter in the Philippines. Mrs Lean and I were privileged to work with the teachers and students at Baclayon Elementary school. I am truly blessed to have the opportunity to return during these school holidays. I will once again visit, teach and be immersed in the culture of the community. I will take with me the very generous donations that were collected at the end of the last school year. Many families donated picture books, pencils, pencil cases and various school supplies, both pre loved and new. A very big thank you to Mrs Antonella Tesoriero who has worked tirelessly with a group of students during their lunch times, to sort and pack these donations for the trip. I look forward to presenting them on your behalf. Mrs Michelle Yager Religious Education Coordinator

Please keep in your prayers

Our prayers are extended to the Williams family (Mrs Kim Williams - Teachers’ Aide) due to the passing into

eternal life of Mrs Williams’ mother.

Book Hunting Over The Holidays! Do you have any of our readers or library books at home? During

the course of each and every term, books/readers etc. are sent

home with children from the class, the library and from our

Learning Support Team. Although these are recorded,

unfortunately some are never returned. Before contacting the

relevant parents directly, we would kindly ask that you have a

thorough search at home, in toy boxes, on shelves, under the bed

etc., so that these books can be returned and circulated to other

children. All St Angela’s books are stamped with our school

stamp and/or have library bar codes on them.

Term Dates for 2018 Term 3 Monday 23rd July to Friday 28th September

Term 4 Monday 15th October to Wednesday 19th

December (Thursday 20th and Friday 21st

December are Staff Development Days)

School Fees A kindly reminder that the Catholic Education Office has

recently issued reminder letters to families to finalise their

accounts. If you are experiencing difficulty with payment of

school fees, if your account is outstanding and you require an

extension to pay or wish to discuss payment options, please

contact the school office. Many thanks.

Celebrating Our Gifts (Awards presented last Friday)

Academic Excellence

St Angela’s Award

Saskia Wallace KB Amber Monet KB

Hudson Lukas KG Gabriella Chehade KG

Annelise Araneda KY Dylan Putra KY

Kyla Hogan 1B Marcus Khoudair 1B

Serenna Urizar 1G Jack Norris 1G

Sebastian Dinsdale 1Y Ray Khodeir 1Y

Brendan Khoudair 2B Tianna Farah 2B

Alicia Holt 2G Mason Kelly 2G

Hannah Lambert 2Y Ryan Salib 2Y

William Taylor 3B Olivia Miletic 3B

Luca Bercich 3G Georgia Lee 3G

Emeline Fitzsimons 3Y Jared Suarez 3Y

Sean Collins 4B Jada Yu 4B

Indigo Read 4G Camryn Lean 4G

Yorick Lee 4Y Vanessa Bell 4Y

Bernadette Laird 5B Nikki Chanel 5B

Rebekah Love 5G Madison Nasr 5G

Katarina Mabic 5Y Mischa Vujnovich 5Y

Alexander Stavropoulos 6B

Oshi Kirkley 6B

Annika Benning 6G Amalia Araneda 6G

Tom Smales 6Y Olivia Rodger 6Y

Happy birthday to members of our St Angela’s

community who will celebrate their birthday during the

holidays and the first week of next term: JULY

Sun 8th Tues 17th

Zoe Ortlepp Emily Lambert

Mon 9th Wed 18th

Georgia Lee Owen Sereni

Tues 10th Thurs 19th

Gia Anonical Maddison Eastwood

Jessica Brincat

Annika Clarke Fri 20th

Dylan Manio Emily Crowley

Tom Smales Anjali Hunt

Angelina Tallaridi

Sun 22nd

Wed 11th William Schenko

Aiden Petersen Lachlan Thew

Riley Petersen

Mon 23rd

Thurs 12th Clarissa Burgess

Mrs Fitzalan Jake Burgess

Luciana Castillo

Fri 13th Radheen Wettasinghe

Chloe Mowbray

Tues 24th

Sun 15th Benjamin McNamara

Isabella Arrastia

Vanessa Tesoriero Fri 27th

Gabriella Fernandes

Mon 16th Kiara Krishnan

Jessica Mitchell Oliver Mares

Ella West Daniel Bell

Thank You To the large number of parents who have given so

generously of their time and support in many ways this term at St Angela’s. This has included helping with excursions, sporting events, literacy, numeracy, sacramental programs, parent meetings, Fun(d)raising events, St Patrick’s Day/Catholic Schools Week, library assistance, special food days, Mothers’ Day, canteen, book club and second hand uniform sales.

Star Spot Congratulations to Mateja Knevitt (1B) who was

presented last weekend with her Aussie 7’s Rugby Union Jersey by Aussie 7’s Captain and Olympic gold medalist,

Shannon Parry.

******************** Congratulations to Jacob Crawford (2B) who last

weekend progressed from a yellow belt to a green belt at his jujitsu grading. Well done Jacob!

Inter School Debating Competition

Our next debate will take place tomorrow, Friday 6th July at

9.30am against St Michael’s, Baulkham Hills. The children have

been working hard on their arguments and we wish them all the

best for this upcoming round. The topic will be ‘We should stop

selling bottled water’. The affirmative team will travel to St.

Michael’s with the negative team debating here at St Angela’s.

Affirmative: Negative:

Keira Murphy Genevieve Brouillard

Olivia Rodger Kiara Lee

Alexander Palmer Rachael Rodrigues

Charlotte Hogan Isabella Polic

Parents are warmly invited to attend the debate at either

venues.

Mrs Kelly, Mrs Lewis-Driver and Mrs Ogilvie

Debating Coordinators

Sport News Congratulations to Nikolaj Knevitt (6Y) who was selected in the MacKillop Rugby Union team to play in Coffs Harbour in August. Well done Nikolaj, what a fantastic achievement! Mrs Andra Hemmings Sport Coordinator

Years 3-6 Athletics Carnival 2018 Wednesday 25th July Calling Year 3 Parents

Carnival Cake Stall - Year 3 Parents Once again, we will be having a cake/snack stall and a coffee cart available for parents. We kindly need your help to cater for the cake stall at the Athletics Carnival on Wednesday 25th July (Week 1 next term). We hope that Year 3 parents (or any parents across the grades) can generously assist with homemade cakes and slices, cut up in individual serves ready to sell, sandwiches, cupcakes, muffins etc. (nut free). This is only a guide. Any specialty or treat that you are able to bring would be most appreciated. Items can be brought with you to Roxborough Park, if you are attending, or they can be sent with your child on the day or even prior. Thank you for your assistance. Year 3 Parent Reps

Helpers Needed for Cake Stall We are in need of helpers to assist with the cake stall at the carnival. If you are able to help, please contact Marlena Muscardo on 0403 245 440 regarding your preferred time for the roster. Many thanks.

St Angela’s Annual Golf Day 17th September - Save the Date

IT’S ON! CALLING ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN GOLF

(All levels welcome - beginners to experienced) The 2018 Venue will be Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club

Keep an eye on Shine for further details.

Sports Uniform Days Term 3

Grade Dance Fever Sport Day

Kindy Monday Thursday

Year 1 Monday Thursday

Year 2 Monday Thursday

Year 3 Monday Wednesday

Year 4 Monday Tuesday

Year 5 Monday Wednesday

Year 6 Monday Wednesday

Internet/Facebook/Text Messaging

As a parent you have a responsibility to monitor your child’s use of

technology at home, in particular, over the holidays. As a school we

speak regularly to our older grades about appropriate technology use.

If this technology is being used inappropriately by your child or others

then action needs to be taken. Suggestions include:

- Viewing your child’s text messages (both inbox &

outbox)

- Viewing internet history

- Viewing emails sent and received

- Encouraging your child to block any children on social media if

needed

- Setting up rules of usage and following through with restricted or no

mobile phone, internet usage etc. for a period of time

- Monitoring games they play against others on the internet,

particularly those that are age specified. Please let us know if we can help you in this important area.

Save the Date Senior Constable Rob Paterson is back. He will be visiting St

Angela’s on Monday 3rd September. He will work with Years

4, 5 and 6 during the day and present to parents at 7:00pm.

Don’t miss it!

Years 5 and 6 Author Visit - Tristan Bancks On Tuesday 3rd July, Years 5 and 6 had a special visit from Tristan Bancks. Tristan Bancks is a children’s and teen author with a background in acting (Home & Away) and filmmaking. His books include the My Life series, Mac Slater (Australia and US) and Two Wolves (On the Run in the US), a crime-mystery novel for middle-graders. Two Wolves won Honour Book in the 2015 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. It also won the YABBA and KOALA Children’s Choice Awards. Tristan’s new books are My Life & Other Weaponised Muffins (February 2017), a fifth book of weird-funny-gross, semi-autobiographical short stories and The Fall (May 2017), a new thriller novel for ages 10+. Tristan is a writer-ambassador for world-changing literacy charity Room to Read. He is excited by the future of storytelling and inspiring others to create. You can connect with him, learn more about his books, play games, watch videos and help him try to change the world at www.tristanbancks.com It was a very interactive and entertaining talk which included the writing process as well as some of his funny childhood experiences which have been the inspiration for many of his stories. The following are some of the children’s thoughts: “I thought the author was creative, funny & inspiring.”

Jessica Herbas 6G “He is funny and interesting. I liked that he let us share our crazy times we have had with our siblings.”

Alexandra Gerrettson-Cornell 6G “I recommend the Two Wolves because it leaves you thinking to the end. You always want to know what happens next.”

Blake Cassettari and Jason Fahmy 5G “He was really funny and I liked his childhood stories.”

Arielle Henwood 5G “He was engaging and exciting. His books sound really intriguing and I want to read them.”

Emily Crowley 5G

Mrs Rosanne North Librarian

Dance Fever at St Angela’s Dance Fever is once again on in Term 3! Every Monday in Term 3, the talented staff from Dance Fever will be at St Angela’s to teach K-6 a variety of structured dances. There will also be a whole school Hip Hop routine to learn. At the end of the term, children will have the opportunity to take part in a ‘Challenge’ dance-off night at Homebush along with many other schools. Although all children will dance throughout the term, taking part in the night at Homebush is purely optional. The cost of this program has already been included in your school fee account.