SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY NEWS

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Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrated a birthday Week 10 and 11 of Term 1 and Week 1 of Term 2.

Kinder	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Lucy G		Chris T	Juliette I	Mia Mc	Raphael I	Ilena P
Parker M		Annabelle G	Teddy F	Grace H	Alice M
Millicent F		Jayden Mc
Tami A

NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE

Parent Talk newsletter aims to provide parents and carers with relevant and timely information about parenting, education wellbeing, upcoming Council of Catholic School Parents CCSP) events and webinars for parents, and significant Catholic news and events.

The Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT represents all parents and carers of students in our Catholic schools. We value and promote the critical role that parents play in the education of their children, and provide leadership, advocacy and support for parents and carers of children in almost 600 Catholic schools. Parents and carers are invited to subscribe to CCSP’s Parent Talk newsletter to receive future editions keep up to date with how our Council supports Catholic school parents to support their children’swellbeingg, faith journey and academic outcomes. Click here to subscribe.

The Council of Catholic School Parent NSW/ACT is conducting a survey to gauge parental involvement in their child's school including their learning. They are looking to receive feedback on areas that are really important to parents. Participants have the option to receive a 2024 Faith Diary as a token of appreciation by providing their name, address, and mobile phone number at the end of the survey.

The survey link is provided: CCSP Survey.

CCSP_Wellbeing_and_Digital_Technologies_eSafety_Webinar_Flyer_Term_2.pdf

QKRR!!

Please be reminded to update your child's class on theQKRRappp as this allows for a much more streamlined process when staff or P&F are distributing purchased items.

Premier's Reading Challenge

The challenge aims to encourage a love of learning for leisure and pleasure in student's. It is not a competition - however, there are rewards of certificates and medals for participants - but a challenge to each student to read, read more and to read more widely.

Between Monday 26 February and Friday 23 August 2024 students in Year 3-6 are encouraged to read and record what they have read at the link below. Student's in K-2 will participate and have their entries uploaded in class. Countless research links the time spent reading quality literature to improved results in school - this is a way to support improvement in your child's literacy, knowledge and vocabulary skills.

Each child is able to borrow books from the school library, which count towards the Challenge, when they bring their library bag to school every Friday.

Teachers will be able to provide log in details in Years 3-6 next week.

2024 NSW Premier's Reading Challenge

News from the Library

During Term 2, the Library will be open at recess to provide an alternative space for break time. In this calm, quiet, still area students will be able to play board games and puzzles, draw, read or simply sit and relax. Some helpful Year 4 volunteers are also acting as monitors -reshelvinggg books and creating displays at this time

Thank you to the families who donated books after our recent appeal. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. We also extend our thanks to Marg Ryan and her helpers who extend the lifespan of our books by covering them.

Some reminders :

Book returns on Thursdays and borrowing on Fridays.
Scholastic Book Club issue 3 orders due via LOOP (instructions on brochure) by 17/5/24 (no cash is accepted).

Da Vinci Decathlon 2024 - A Student Recount

When the Year 5 team arrived at the Da Vinci Decathlon venue of TIGS we felt nervous and worried by other schools. As we walked up the mountainous stairs we were puffed and tired but we felt energised when we entered the room full of people eager to participate and do their best in an academic challenge.

During the first session we had 80 minutes to complete five disciplines – English, Creative Producers, Mathematics, Science and Cartography. All the tasks that we had to complete involved the escalation of AI and other technological advancements.

The next 90 minutes contained work on Ideation, Art and Poetry and Engineering. We had to invent a device that featured a surprise element in a box. In the creative task we had to create an automatic device and we made a self-constructing tent. An intriguing twist appeared when the poem had to relate to this invention. We then read a text based on the disadvantages of AI and tried to provide a solution to these problems.

The day ended with us completing Legacy and Code Breaking (the brain buster of the day!) and a fun quiz before the presentation ceremony.

To our great surprise and delight we placed third in Cartography and second in Legacy. Whilst we were proud to get these awards we felt that our greatest achievement was working as a team and being involved in a unique experience.

Alice M, Darren Y, David M, Ella D, Hunter M, Kip M, Ryder M

CATHEDRAL CAR PARKING - CAN YOU HELP?

If you can assist at some of the upcoming events, please add your name tothegoogleee spreadsheet.

CAR PARKING

PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWS

Lawn Mowing

Thank you to all the parents on the mowing register, the lawns and hedges continue to look fantastic!

Weekend	Mower #1	Mower #2
18/5/2024	Mitchell O	Ryan O
15/6/2024	Vaskoo S	Nigel Mc
20/7/2024	Darrell M	Mark H

If there are any concerns with your allocated date to mow, please feel free to swap with someone you know on the list alternatively contact Simon Young on 0422 240 833.

What's coming up in Term 2: