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St Paul’s Catholic Primary School

Newsletter Wednesday 31st October 2018 — Week 3 Term 4

Dates to Remember:

Term 4

31st Oct School Concert at DEC

9th Nov Remembrance Day Liturgy

14th Nov School Board Meeting

21st Nov Transition Orientation 2019

28th Nov Transition Orientation 2019

4th Dec Class celebrations/water slide

5th Dec Transition Orientation 2019

Board Dinner

6th Dec Carols Evening

7th Dec End of Year Awards Presentation

10th Dec Yr 6 Graduation

13th Dec End of Year Mass

Students last day

See School Calendar on the School Website for further dates.

Dear Parents and Carers

Musical!

Musical!

Musical!

What else can I say? What a big week. Thanks to all

who have helped, especially Joe Cullinan—who wrote the

script and Nicole Woodward who has overseen this pro-

ject. Hope to see you all on Wednesday night at the Dar-

win Entertainment Centre.

Welcome to Bishop Gauci

This week Michelle Dermody and I attended an official

welcome for Bishop Gauci at Parliament House. It was a

great chance to meet him personally and wish him all

the best from our community. He plans to attend our

concert tomorrow evening.

Interschool Swimming

Well done to our swimmers. We were the top Catholic

school at the meet, coming in 4th position overall. The

teachers were really proud of you. Well done to Wes and

Charlie who showed great team spirit, enough that a par-

ent made the effort to come and see me to tell me about

their efforts.

God bless

Anthony Hockey

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Hope you all have your tickets for tomorrow night.

See you there—the children are very excited!!!!!

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Award Students ~ Friday

Transition—Rm 4—Miss Sally

Evelyn Jeffrey

Hamish Jamieson

Yr 1-2—Rm 5—Miss Fernandes

Connor Buba-Bromley

Tarli Agius

Yr 1-2-Rm 1—Miss Lauren & Ms Anderson

Sahaj Kaur

Suvani Poudel

Yr 1-2-Rm 2—Mr C

Alex Jamieson

Harsha Madhivanan

Yr 3-4-Rm 8—Mrs Wilson & Miss Tessa

Sonny Watkinson

Max Wilson

Yr 3-4-Rm 9—Mrs Pond

Sam Seden

Priya Bookall

Yr 3-4-Rm 10– Miss Nicole & Mr Justin

Alna George

Mackenzie Mumme

Yr 5-6-Rm 12 Miss Long

Korbyn Woodward-Cowley

Jethro Pineda

Yr 5-6-Rm 18—Ms Michelle & Mrs Rutledge

Kaeden Young

Chloe Kalikajaros

Thank you to Miss Pond’s 3/4 class for leading the school for Mission Month Mass. Celebrating the Eu-charist at St Paul’s as a community, is always a beau-tiful occasion and to acknowledge those less fortunate than ourselves is living the Gospel values of Jesus.

Well done to Yr 1/2 Miss Fernandes class for their coin design for mission month. They chose a peacock as it is a national symbol of Myanmar.

During week three we continue with the MJR saying ‘Happy Chappy’ as the Year 5’s demonstrated at Tuesday’s assembly what this looks like.

Be a Happy Chappy

Making Jesus Real

Dear God

Open our eyes to the wonder of all your creation – from the beauty of all that is close to us, to the fasci-nation of far-away places on our own planet and far beyond. Heighten our awareness, deepen our under-standing and extend our horizons that we may have respect for all that is around us and discover your kingdom within.

Amen

Michelle Dermody (APRE)

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Think-A-Thon Challenge Week 4

Well done to all who participated in last week’s CLASSROOM CHALLENGE. We cer-tainly have some amazing thinkers amongst our student body at St Paul’s. The learn-ing Expo being held in classrooms on the Tuesday morning of Week 8 will showcase

some of these completed challenges.

This week students will also have the option of completing the HOME CHALLENGE with the assistance of their family. These responses need to be back at school by the

end of Week 5 (Friday November 16)

Please deliver to classroom teachers.

CLASSROOM CHALLENGE for Week 4

ENROLLING NOW FOR 2019 Enrolments are now being taken for Transition 2019. If your child turns 5 prior to 30 June 2019 he or she is eligible to commence Tran-sition in January 2019. Please call into the office for an enrolment form. We also have vacancies in Years 1—6.

St Paul’s Parish

Trower Rd, Nightcliff

Mass Times: Saturday Mass 6.00pm (Vigil) Sunday Mass 8.30am and 6.00pm 1st Sunday of the month 10.00am

Syro-Malabar Mass Last Sunday of month 8.30am

Children’s mass

SCHOOL FEES ACCOUNTS:

With only 9 weeks of school left for this year please ensure that your school fees are

finalised by the 14th December.

Please contact the finance department as soon as possible if there are any difficulties

meeting payment commitments

ELC AND ASC ACCOUNTS:

These accounts need to be paid in advance (in credit) by two week at all times for

continued use of the facilities. Regular payments toward these accounts is required.

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The ELC & OSHC Centres will be closed for 2

weeks over the Christmas holidays from Monday

24th December to Friday 4th January 2019. The

Centres will re-open Monday 7th January 2019.

CONCERT DVD $20.00 PRE-ORDER

Don’t forget to order your Concert DVD.

A reminder that videos, ipads and cameras WILL

NOT be permitted at the concert. The concert will

be professionally filmed and you may pre-order a

copy of the DVD at $20.00 through the school

office by Friday 26th October—late orders will be

$25.00.

Our Yr 6 students will be selling

Zooper Doopers each Tuesday and

Thursday at lunch time to help raise

funds for their activities on Gradua-

tion day. We hope you can support

them. The Zooper Doopers are

$1.00 each. Thank you

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TERM DATES

Semester 2, 2018

Term 4 Mon 15 Oct - Thurs 13 Dec

Semester One 2019

Term 1 Thurs 31 Jan - Fri 12 April

Term Break Mon 15 April - Fri 18 April

Term 2 Tues 23 April - Fri 28 June

Semester Break Mon 1 July - Fri 19 July

Semester Two 2019

Term 3 Tues 23 July - Fri 27 Sept

Term Break Mon 30 Sept - Fri 11 Oct

Term 4 Mon 14 Oct - Thur 12 Dec

Semester Break Fri 13 Dec - Frid 24 Jan

2019 School Fees

2018 2019

School

Fee

$1204 $1240

Levies $495 Books and Re-

source levy $100 Swimming

$595 Books and Resource Levy included new ICT

Levy $100 Swimming

OSHC

Fees

$19 Daily

$22 Casual $67 Vacation Care

$285

$20

$23 $69

$294

ELC Fees $397 weekly

$88 daily

$409

$91

School Fees and Charges 2019

The Catholic Education office has advised that School fees will increase by 3% in 2019. Early Learn-

ing Centre and After school care fees will also increase by this amount. School fees are centrally set

in Catholic Education Northern Territory. At the School Board meeting it was also decided to add an

ICT levy of $100 to our school Fees. We do not add a new levies lightly and discussed the pros and

cons of this additional cost to families.

Note:

A 5% discount applies on the tuition portion when annual fees paid in full in term 1.

Sibling discount applies if you have more than one child attending any Catholic School in the NT

Fees will be charged on a pro-rata basis of enrolment

The Role of Parents Although a parent’s role in their children’s learning evolves as kids grow, one thing remains constant: we are our chil-

dren’s learning models. Our attitudes about education can inspire theirs and show them how to take charge of their own

educational journey.

Be a role model for learning. In the early years, parents are their children’s first teachers — exploring nature, reading to-

gether, cooking together, and counting together. When a young child begins formal school, the parent’s job is to show

him how school can extend the learning you began together at home, and how exciting and meaningful this learning can

be. As preschoolers grow into school age kids, parents become their children’s learning coaches. Through guidance and

reminders, parents help their kids organize their time and support their desires to learn new things in and out of school.

Pay attention to what your child loves. “One of the most important things a parent can do is notice her child. Is he a talk-

er or is he shy? Find out what interests him and help him explore it. Let your child show you the way he likes to learn,”

recommends Dalton Miller-Jones, Ph.D.

Tune into how your child learns. Many children use a combination of modalities to study and learn. Some learn visually

through making and seeing pictures, others through tactile experiences, like building block towers and working with clay.

Still others are auditory learners who pay most attention to what they hear. And they may not learn the same way their

siblings (or you) do. By paying attention to how your child learns, you may be able to pique his interest and explain tough

topics by drawing pictures together, creating charts, building models, singing songs and even making up rhymes.

Practice what your child learns at school. Many teachers encourage parents to go over what their young children are

learning in a non-pressured way and to practice what they may need extra help with. This doesn’t mean drilling them for

success, but it may mean going over basic counting skills, multiplication tables or letter recognition, depending on the

needs and learning level of your child. “There may be times to review, but don’t take on the role of drill master,” adds

Diane Levin, Ph.D. ” And when you do review it should feel as if your child wants to be a part of the practice.”

Set aside time to read together. Read aloud regularly, even to older kids. If your child is a reluctant reader, reading aloud

will expose her to the structure and vocabulary of good literature and get her interested in reading more. “Reading the

first two chapters of a book together can help, because these are often the toughest in terms of plot,” notes Susan Beck-

er, M. Ed. “Also try alternating: you read one chapter aloud, she reads another to herself. And let kids pick the books they

like. Book series are great for reluctant readers. It’s OK to read easy, interesting books instead of harder novels.”

Connect what your child learns to everyday life. Make learning part of your child’s everyday experience, especially when it

comes out of your child’s natural questions. When you cook together, do measuring math. When you drive in the car,

count license plates and talk about the states. When you turn on the blender, explore how it works together. When your

child studies the weather, talk about why it was so hot at the beach. Have give-and-take conversations, listening to your

child’s ideas instead of pouring information into their heads.

Connect what your child learns to the world. Find age-appropriate ways to help your older child connect his school learn-

ing to world events. Start by asking questions. For example, ask a second-grader if she knows about a recent event, and

what’s she heard. Then ask what she could do to help (such as sending supplies to hurricane victims). You might ask a

younger child if he’s heard about anything the news, and find out what he knows. This will help your child become a car-

ing learner.

Help your child take charge of his learning. “We want to keep children in charge of their learning and become responsi-

ble for it,” says Dalton Miller-Jones, Ph.D. “We want them to be responsible for their successes and failures, show them

how engaging learning is, and that the motivations for learning should be the child’s intrinsic interests, not an external

reward.”

Don’t over-schedule your child. While you may want to supplement school with outside activities, be judicious about how

much you let or urge your child to do. Kids need downtime as much as they may need to pursue extra-curricular activi-

ties. “If a child has homework and organized sports and a music lesson and is part of a youth group in church or syna-

gogue, it can quickly become a joyless race from one thing to another. Therefore, monitor your child to see that he is tru-

ly enjoying what he is doing. If he isn’t, cut something off the schedule,” advises Michael Thompson, Ph.D.

Keep TV to a minimum. “Watching lots of TV does not give children the chance to develop their own interests and explore

on their own, because it controls the agenda,” advises Diane Levin, Ph.D. “However, unstructured time with books, toys,

crafts and friends allows children to learn how to be in charge of their agenda, and to develop their own interests, skills,

solutions and expertise.”

Learn something new yourself. Learning something new yourself is a great way to model the learning process for your

child. Take up a new language or craft, or read about an unfamiliar topic. Show your child what you are learning and how

you may be struggling. You’ll gain a better understanding of what your child is going through and your child may learn

study skills by watching you study. You might even establish a joint study time.

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Transition Orientation for 2019

21st November 8.30 – 9.30am

During this time parents are asked to drop their child off in Room 4 and then attend the Inte-

grated Learning Centre (Library) for a parent information session.

28th November 8.30 – 10.30am. Please bring a small piece of fruit/vegetable snack.

5th December 8.30 – 11.00am. Please bring a small piece of fruit/vegetable snack

plus recess, hat and drink bottle.

Please be advised that these sessions are for the children only. Parents/carers are invited to

have a cuppa in the staffroom should you not wish to leave the school.

Thank you to the families who have

logged on to their Hubworks account and

electronically signed their CWA (Complying

Written Arrangement). Could all families

who have not yet done so, please log on

and sign this Arrangement as this must be

done in order for you to continue to re-

ceive your benefits and to make sure we

are in compliance with the new regula-

tions. If you are unable to do so electroni-

cally or misplaced your password - please

contact Julia and I will either print out the

form for you or let you know what your

password is. Thank you for your assis-

tance in this regard.

BOOKCLUB brochures were sent

home in Week 1. Book club orders

close this Friday 2nd November.

Please order online at

www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP