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St Lucy’s Newsletter | Friday 16 August 2019 1
ST LUCY’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
www.stlucys.nsw.edu.au
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
MOVING TOWARDSK-12
TERM 3 2019FRIDAY 23 AUGUST
Book Week Parade
MONDAY 26 AUGUST School Photos
TUESDAY 27 AUGUST School Photos
WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST Men’s Evening
FRIDAY 30 AUGUST Father’s Day Liturgy 9.00am
Father’s Day Stall 9.30am
THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER Key Word Sign Basic Workshop
9.00am - 3.00pm
SUNDAY 08 SEPTEMBER Parent Retreat 12.30pm - 3.30pm
SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER St Lucy’s Trivia Night 6.30pmSee page 7 for more details
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER P&F Meeting
Ph: 9487 1277 Principal: Mr David Raphael
www.stlucys.nsw.edu.au
Dear Parents,Student Volunteer Week:This week we have celebrated our wonderful Student Volunteers. We have more than 20 students mainly from universities assisting us. Thank you to all involved for your wonderful service above and beyond as you build relationships with the children and young people and help our staff in so many varied and valuable ways. We honoured our student volunteers in Assembly today with three cheers.
Independent Education Plan Meetings:Our Independent Education Plan meetings took place last week and I trust you feel engaged with your teaching team and have now set goals for the remainder of this year. We look forward to the semester of progress ahead. Thank you to all our class teaching teams for your willingness to be so involved in collaboratively checking on and developing goals for our students with our parents.
Class visits:I am continuing with my class visits and I get to see first-hand some of those IEP goals being achieved. I’ve enjoyed taking part in art classes and reading groups as well as one on one work with mathematics on the iPad with a student and enjoying morning circle. I’ve also visited our Narrabeen satellite and enjoyed Mass and Peer Support at St Joseph’s. It is wonderful to witness the dedicated hard work of the staff and the students in each of our classes.
Starfish Class:Linked to their Work Unit, “My Places” and their current exploration of different neighbourhoods, Starfish class went on an excursion to visit the local community. They found what they had learned about in class in Wahroonga village ... discovering the train station, the Post Office and the IGA. As a group they purchased, posted and pioneered on a sunny day in Wahroonga!
16 August 2019
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Building Progress:With our second concrete pour now done completing the ground floor we are starting to see the building rise up from the ground. The form work continues for the first floor and by the end of the month we can expect to see the next concrete pour of the first floor!
Independent Schools Expo:St Lucy’s had a booth at the Independent School Expo in Chatswood last weekend. A big thank you to the following staff who gave up their weekend to be there; Alex Fisher, Amy Dillon, Steve Davies, Terry Williamson, Caroline Fowler and Ali Picone. We all enjoyed meeting the many people who came through the Expo, discussing possible future enrolments with prospective families and networking with all the Independent Schools in the area.
Book Week:Next week we are celebrating Book Week with a focus at each Morning Song. This will be supplemented with special Library lessons in each class. The week will culminate in Reading Challenge Awards and Prizes presented at Assembly followed by our Annual Book Week Character Parade. Thanks to Mrs Ledlin for all her behind the scenes organisation of the Week. Looking forward to seeing you all there next Friday.
David RaphaelPrincipal
School Photo Day is
Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 August 2019
Have your child’s school memories captured forever Please take time to read the relevant information on the MSP Photography payment envelopes and remember these helpful points:
i - Don’t seal envelopes inside each other. You can pay for all
children in one envelope however each child needs to have their own envelope on photo day
- Family envelopes are available at the school office
- If paying by cash please enclose correct money as no change is given on photo day. NO CHEQUES ACCEPTED
- Credit card payments can be made online (please follow instructions on envelope) or by calling our Office prior to the day. Your child will still need to take their envelope with them on the day.
- Sport/Specialty Photo Orders will be organized after photo day on a separate form.
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Creative Arts have had an energetic and dynamic start to Semester 2! The Studios are always action packed and the students are engaging in many artistic and collaborative experiences including play building, choreography design, large scale art works for our Gallery exhibition and musical items by each class ensemble!
Please note that ALL after school Projects: Theatre Project (Mondays) Dance Project (Tuesdays) and Art Project (Wednesdays) are at FULL CAPACITY. If you would like to add your child’s name to the waiting list for any of these Projects, please contact me.
CREATIVE ARTS HOLIDAY PROGRAM SEPTEMBERThe Creative Arts Team will once again be running a Holiday Program in the upcoming September October Holiday. Please note that the dates will be:
Monday 30th SeptemberTuesday 1st OctoberWednesday 2nd OctoberThursday 3rd OctoberFriday 4th October
Look out for the Holiday Program Flyer and Enrolment form coming soon!
Alessandra Picone Head of Creative Arts
Next week student will enjoy a performance by The Rhythm Works. This incursion is free for all St Lucy’s students thanks to our wonderful partnership with Musica Viva! We look forward to publishing some photos and student reviews of the performance.
Alessandra Picone Head of Creative Arts
CREATIVE ARTS NEWS
ALL AFTER SCHOOL PROJECTS ARE AT FULL CAPACITY
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BOOK WEEK REMINDER - READING CHALLENGE/DRESS UP PARADE
MEN’S GROUP 28 AUGUST 6.30pm
SCHOOL FEE REMINDER
I hope you are embracing your child’s
‘Secret Power’ by joining in the St Lucy’s
Reading Challenge, reminding you that all
children are invited to enter! Your child
just needs to be immersed in a story which
could mean reading, listening, watching,
and/or looking. Each child who participates
will receive a ‘Certificate of Achievement,’ and the top 10 readers will
receive a book, with a name plate, to celebrate their achievement. You
are invited to take as many reading logs as you would like. A reminder
that all entries should be sent back to me by Monday 19th August for
collation.
Some activities this Book Week include special library time in
classrooms, photos with our outstanding superhero, made, hand
painted and donated by Our Lady of Dolour’s, Chatswood, bookmark
decorating, and our story time in morning song. We will finish book
week with our annual Dress up Parade after Assembly on Friday 23rd
August, 2019. The children will parade around the playground in their
character costumes and we will have one prize for ‘Most Outstanding
Costume’, which will be presented in Afternoon Song. We hope
everyone gets involved and enjoys our special Book Week this year.
We look forward to seeing you at our assembly on Friday, 23rd August.
Leanne Ledlin
Library Facilitator
Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles...The next Men’s Evening will be held at St Edmund’s on the 28 August:
6.30pm light meal and drinks followed by the get- together from 7
to 8. We always begin with a chat about any issues that have arisen
regarding our children and family.
In the second half of the meeting we will be examining life for our
children after they leave school. Because a range of questions have
continued to pop up at previous meetings on this issue, Jon Franzin
(Principal at St Edmund’s) has offered to provide a session on ‘careers
after leaving school’. Whether your child is in Kinder or Year 12 it will
be worth joining us for an in-depth discussion. Please come with any
ideas you may have.
Warren Hopley and Brendan Wingrave
For any further information contact email is:
Term3 school fees were due on 9 August 2019.If you are having difficulty with payment please contact the school on 9487 1277 and ask to speak with the Business Office. Thank you.
Anglerfish: Gidon BudaiClownfish: Orlando SeibelCoral: Tayla TanzeelDolphin: Austin SproatsDugong: Rachel StewartHammerhead: Samara Macklin & Finlay JamesonJellyfish: Alex SquiresOrca: Nathan BrownSeahorse: Zef De Bruin
Seal: David SalsanoSeaSnake: Annika SashikumarShark: Luke HughesShrimp: Stella ShenStarfish: Jackson PardeyStingray: Madison GarciaWhale: Anna SimpsonWobbegong: Leif Courtney
ST LUCY’S CLASS AWARDS
STAR OF THE WEEK (WEEK 4)
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND PASTORAL CARE
Sacramental Program and Rite of Reconciliation: This week Sr Helen facilitated the third and final preparation session for the students preparing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation next week. The children have participated beautifully in each of these sessions as they’ve listened to stories that Jesus told, sang songs and sorted out images related to good choices and wrong choices. They’ve also learnt that it is kind to say sorry and that God loves us very much! Please keep the following students (and two siblings) in your prayers: Dylan, Elijah, Daniel, Luke, Luka, Christopher, Alexandra, Alexander and Jordan.
C3 Cares Shopping Trip: This week, many of our parents attended this FREE shopping trip kindly provided by C3 Church Wahroonga. Two C3 representatives, Helen and Sue, hosted our parents welcoming them to their warehouse and providing them with many free goodies, as well as a morning tea! This incredibly generous gesture is on offer each term, so don’t miss out on next term’s trip!
SAVE THE DATE: Father’s Day Liturgy and Open Classrooms: This is to let you know that on Friday 30th August, all our dads and special males (eg uncles/grandads/carers) are invited to attend a special morning we have planned ahead of Father’s Day. Firstly, there will be our whole school liturgy at 9am, which will be followed by activities within your child’s classroom and then a morning tea to finish by 10.30am. More information will be sent out closer to the day, however we look forward to seeing you there!
SAVE THE DATE: Parent Retreat: Once again this year, we will be offering our parents the opportunity to have some time for themselves as we open up our school for supervision of students and siblings on Sunday 8th September from 12.30pm until 3.30pm. More details will be sent out closer to the date, but pop this into your diaries now so that you can start planning that lunch/massage/movie/walk/outing you’ve been hoping to enjoy!
Wishing you peace and blessings!Vanessa DillonClassroom Teacher - REC
There have been two special Feast Days recently in our Catholic Church… and each of them is for two very special Marys! On the 8th August it was the Feast of St Mary of the Cross – a day when we celebrate Australia’s very own Saint, Mary Mackillop. On the 15th August it
was the Feast of the Assumption of Mary Our Mother – a day when we honour the faith and devotion of Mary, and
the role she played in bringing Jesus into this world.
THERAPY UPDATE
Head of TherapyDear families,
Thanks to everyone who invited me or another member of the Therapy Team to your IEP meetings last week. It was a busy couple of days for our team, but time very well spent. It’s always brilliant to spend some time collaborating on a fresh set of goals to drive our work into the second half of the year. I also find myself inspired as teams reflect on the progress made and how far our students have come in
the year so far. There’s such enormous effort put in across settings to help our students be their best, and it’s always wonderful to take the time to recognise the achievements made, while looking forward to achievements yet to come.
All the best,Steve Davies Head of Therapy Services
Speech PathologyFor weeks 5 and 6, we’ll be keeping with our questioning theme for Word of the Week, shifting over to “Who”. I like this word because “who” questions tell us about people, so it’s necessarily got a social edge to it.
For those people using Key Word Sign, here’s the link to the sign for “who” in the Auslan Signbank. http://www.auslan.org.au/dictionary/words/who-1.html.
One of the Key Word Sign trainers at St Lucy’s likes to remember how to do this sign by saying that it’s like drawing a circle in the air with your finger, like the circle your mouth makes when you say the word. I like that one
For those using Proloquo2Go, “who” is located on the home page as shown.
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Thank you to our wonderful Student VolunteersThank you
St Lucy’s values our student volunteers and we are extremly grateful for the time they share with our students.
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To book your tickets please visit:https://www.trybooking.com/BEMCM
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ST LUCY’S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMDISABILITY FUTURES
CONTACT:Disability FuturesP: (02) 9488 2500E: [email protected]: www.catholiccaredbb.org.au
CatholicCare currently runs an on-site after school program at St Lucy’s week days during the school term. It also runs a fun Vacation Care holiday program at
its Waitara hub where a number of St Lucy’s kids attend.
If you are interested in any of these services please contact us so that we can discuss the individual needs of your child.
As an NDIS registered service provider, you are able to use your child’s NDIS
funding to access any of the services and supports CatholicCare may provide. A fee for service option is also available.
Are you looking for an After School Program or an exciting social activity for your child to do during the school holidays?
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KEY WORD SIGN BASIC WORKSHOP
For further information please contact: Steve Davies, Head of Therapy Services
Phone: (02) 9487 1277 | Email: [email protected]
www.stlucys.nsw.edu.au
Completing the Key Word Sign Basic Workshop will contribute 6 hours of QTC Regis-tered PD addressing 1.2.2; 1.4.2; 1.6.2; 2.1.2; 2.5.2; 4.1.2. from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation.
This workshop covers the use of Key Word Sign and natural gesture to assist individuals who have difficulties with receptive and/or expressive communication.
This workshop is relevant for anyone living or working with a person with communication difficulties including families, teachers, health professionals, child care workers and vol-
un-teers. No previous signing experience is necessary.
TIME: 5th September 2019, 9:00am-3:00pm
LOCATION: Creative Arts Centre, St Lucy’s School, 21 Cleveland St, Wahroonga
REGISTRATION: Bookings essential, open until 29th August. Book using this link
https://www.trybooking.com/BEGHZ
CANCELLATIONS: If the school is notified before 29th August, refunds are available. Between 29th August and 3rd September a credit note is available. After 3rd September, no refunds or credit notes available
COST: $140 for people not associated with St Lucy’s. $110 for parents of current St Lucy’s students
Morning Tea and Light Lunch will be provided. Please advise of any dietary requirements
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACTHelen Peters: 02 9816 0808 | [email protected] Maher: 02 9816 0898 | [email protected]@joeys.org
CAMP PROGRAM Wednesday 4 December- Arrive at the College and unpack- Lunch- Fun Activity – Drumming- Afternoon tea- Fun Activity – Swimming- Dinner- Magic Show- BedtimeThursday 5 December- Breakfast- Fun Activity – Visit to Calmsley Hill Farm- Lunch- Fun Activity – Painting & Swimming- Pizza and Movies under the Stars- BedtimeFriday 6 December- Breakfast- Fun Activity – Craft- Camp Fair with rides, face painting
and a jumping castle- Fun Activity – Swimming- Dinner- Disco- BedtimeSaturday 7 December- Breakfast- Fun Activity – Christmas cooking- Christmas Party with Santa and presents- Farewells
2019 MARIST SONY FOUNDATION CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY CAMPSt Joseph’s College, Mark Street, Hunters HillWednesday 4 to Saturday 7 December 2019
The 2019 Marist Sony Foundation Children’s Holiday Camp, aims to provide a free four-day residential camp for children between the ages of 5 to 15 with special needs. Allowing parents and carers 4 days of respite.
CAMP INFORMATION:� Thecampcanaccommodateapproximately35campers.� WhilstatthecampvolunteerseniorstudentsfromStJoseph’sCollege (HuntersHill),MaristSistersCollege(Woolwich)andBrigidineCollege(StIves)will be allocated as carers and personal companions for the duration of the camp. Each volunteer has been interviewed and selected with great care.
� Volunteerstudentsaresupportedbystafffromeachschool.� MedicalfacilitiesofthehigheststandardareavailableatStJoseph’sCollegeHealthCentre.Thecampwillbestaffedbyateamofvolunteerregisterednurseson a 24 hour basis, ensuring all medical needs will be catered for.
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WHICH BALLOONARE YOU?
As you may know higher amounts of stress arecommon for Parents who have children with
Special Needs
Dear Parents,
Relationships
Tired andExhausted
No Time
It's toomuch
Financial Stress
No Support
Feel like your about to pop?The National Carer Counselling Program (NCCP) is a short-term counselling program focusing on issues related to the caring role. Call Carers NSW Carer Line on 1800 242 636 and speak to a Carer Support Officer about your counselling needs.
instructions for parents and community
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1. Get your favourite mobile device
2. Open the App Store/Play Store
3. Search for “SkoolBag”
4. Download the free app
5. Open the app and add your school(s)
for more info visit skoolbag.com.au
LORIKEETS HOLIDAY CAMPFOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN UP TO 18 YEARS
Come and make some friends and join in our great excursions with our experienced staff.
9.00am - 4.00pm15 Apr - 26 Apr 20199 Jul – 19 Jul 201930 Sept – 11 Oct 20196 Jan – 24 Jan 2020
Arranounbai School5 Aquatic DriveFRENCHS FOREST
Holiday program activities may include:• Ferry rides• Taronga Zoo• Picnic/park days• Reptile park• BBQ/park days
We can support on a 1:1 or 1:2 NDIS ratio (daily price exclusive of excursion costs and resources).
Holiday fun!
FOR ALL ENQUIRIES:
P: (02) 9488 2500E: [email protected]
catholiccaredbb.org.au
DISABILITY FUTURES
