O, God,
Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord,
AMEN
May 31, 2020 is Pentecost Sunday, Pentecost comes from
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From The Principal
Dear Families,
Well after such a time of uncertainty we are perhaps returning to whatever our new normal might be. As we see some restrictions being lifted in the community, we are also reviewing what is in place here at school so that we can move towards the students accessing the
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Diary Dates
Term 2
Thursday 2 July
Last day of term
Friday 3 July
TBC Professional Development Day - no students
Term 3
Monday 20 July
Professional Development Day - no students
Tuesday 21 July
Students return
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Purple Class News
The Purple Class have been talking about Mary, our Mother, who we remember in the month of May each year. We learned about Mary’s Altar and decided to create one in her honour. The students were very excited to put the altar together in our classroom sacred space, using Mary’
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Senior West News
The senior students are enrolled in the Cross-Disciplinary Studies subject which is part of the SACE curriculum. The subject offers a parallel program based on what students would be doing in a post-school community placement. Cooking is often one aspect of a community program, and the students in the Senior West class have
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COVID-19 Updates
Catholic Schools are following the advice of government agencies concerning how the current outbreak of coronavirus impacts students, staff and parents. The focus is on minimising risk and ensuring we do all that we can to ensure our communities are safe.
This is a fluid and rapidly changing situation and
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O, God,
Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord,
AMEN
May 31, 2020 is Pentecost Sunday, Pentecost comes from the Greek word “Pentecoste” meaning 50th day. Pentecost Sunday is one of the most prominent days in the Christian calendar. It is often referred to as the “BIRTHDAY OF THE CHURCH”
It marks the day when the HOLY SPIRIT descended upon the Apostles, who had been living in fear for fifty days following the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.
On Pentecost, the HOLY SPIRIT came down visibly on the Apostles. He gave them the power to speak in strange tongues to the crowds that came to Jerusalem for that Feast. He also transformed them, from selfish and timid people to giants of courage and faith.
Sean Perry - Acting Assistant Principal
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Dear Families,
Well after such a time of uncertainty we are perhaps returning to whatever our new normal might be. As we see some restrictions being lifted in the community, we are also reviewing what is in place here at school so that we can move towards the students accessing the community again. However, we are maintaining the highest level of vigilance around cleaning, visitors on site and social distancing as much as is possible. Thank you for your support in keeping students away if they are unwell as this is a significant protective factor for the health and wellbeing of our school community.
COVID-19 has had undeniable and shocking consequences on people’s lives. It is very easy to feel a complete sense of despair. However, there are some positive gifts as well, and as things improve it is timely to think about some of these.
The Environment – Carbon emissions are down globally. The planet has been able to rejuvenate.
Connectedness – The strong sense of community and social cohesion. An increase in volunteers.
Innovation – Businesses reinventing themselves, who would have thought gin distilleries would be producing hand sanitisers!
One of the positives that I would like to expand on is how education has been reimagined. Students have been learning remotely, engaging in their learning and various therapies through Zoom and other digital platforms. Teachers have expanded their skills in the use of ICT and there is greater recognition and appreciation of the role that everyone plays in the education of a child. It certainly hasn’t always been easy but, there is still much to smile about. During these changing times we as a staff have also been exploring how we can develop and enhance what we do to continue to improve outcomes for students. One of the catalysts for this was the release of the new Catholic Education SA Personalised Plan for Learning (PPL). This is a comprehensive document that will replace the existing IEP and we will be fully implementing this in second semester. Following on from this we have also redesigned our school reports which we will be using this semester. The reports will look very different and we are introducing the use of the Seesaw application next term to compliment how we provide you with feedback in real time. We have strengthened the way we design learning based on each students’ capabilities and to top it all off, we have our new logo ready to launch.
I will be providing more detail on all of these new and exciting innovations in the coming weeks.
In closing I think the most important gift that COVID-19 has given us is a true sense of appreciation and gratitude. Our freedoms, family life, work, leisure and connections have all taken on a new perspective and our ability to be better and more resilient human beings has flourished.
Stay safe and well.
Kind regards,
Cathy
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Term 2
Thursday 2 July
Last day of term
Friday 3 July
TBC Professional Development Day - no students
Term 3
Monday 20 July
Professional Development Day - no students
Tuesday 21 July
Students return to school
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The Purple Class have been talking about Mary, our Mother, who we remember in the month of May each year. We learned about Mary’s Altar and decided to create one in her honour. The students were very excited to put the altar together in our classroom sacred space, using Mary’s colours of blue and white. We have a cross, a picture of Mary chosen by the students, a white ribbon, a blue and white cloth, the Hail Mary prayer that we are learning, a candle, and Isaiah very kindly offered to bring some beautiful white roses from home to complete our altar. We think it looks great! We remember that Mary loves us all and she wants us to live as Jesus would like us to.
Felicity Sieben & Russell Stanley - Purple Class Teachers
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The senior students are enrolled in the Cross-Disciplinary Studies subject which is part of the SACE curriculum. The subject offers a parallel program based on what students would be doing in a post-school community placement. Cooking is often one aspect of a community program, and the students in the Senior West class have been cooking up a storm. This week we made pikelets, which everyone helped to make, and they were delicious.
Marie Giannakos - Senior West Teacher
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Catholic Schools are following the advice of government agencies concerning how the current outbreak of coronavirus impacts students, staff and parents. The focus is on minimising risk and ensuring we do all that we can to ensure our communities are safe.
This is a fluid and rapidly changing situation and CESA are updating their webpage regularly. For alerts, go to: https://www.cesa.catholic.edu.au/news/alerts
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