Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to Term 4! I hope you enjoyed your well-earned break. It was great seeing so many rested and enthusiastic children. I would like you to extend a warm Prouille welcome to the Gosling family. Freddy has joined us in KR. A warm welcome back to the Thake family, Simone in 3/4 G and Ashton in 5/6R. We hope that you all have a very enjoyable and memorable stay at Prouille. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED A PRINCIPAL’S

AWARD LAST TERM. These children need to be congratulated for their wonderful achievements, resilience, perseverance and consistent demonstration of the Veritas values. PROUILLE PUBLIC SPEAKING Congratulations to all the finalists in the Prouille Public Speaking Competition 2017. Special congratulations to the following children:

Junior School Winners. First Place: Molly Sheppard and Matthew Nicholson Runners-up: Xavier Munce, Daniel McGrath, William Simon, Joel Kelly Senior School Winners. First Place: William Bohlson, Hannah Cook Runners-up: Amanda Kelly, Sophie McGrath, Sankeerth Dara, Byron Kelly

CLASS

KR

Meika Kiprioti, Ryan Littler

KB

Blake Hagarty, Annie Sheppard

1P

Finn Harvey, Charlotte Palmer

1E

William Gibbs, Yohann Pereira

2D

Metta Brynildsen, Jack Gibbons

2TN

Kayla Artindale, Violet Nimmo

3/4C

Oscar Koopman, Charlize Smyth

3/4G

Ava Hallinan, Jonah Lee

3/4D

Alyssa Kil, Audrey Yan

5/6O

Lucia Maccioni, Georgina Littleton

5/6R

Lilly Kiprioti, Max Graham

5/6 F

Natasha Rodriguez-Foord, Molly Montgomery

PROUILLE NEWS BULLETIN

Prouille Catholic School 5 Water Street Wahroonga NSW 2076

Phone: 02 9489 3233 prouille@dbb.catholic.edu.au www.prouilledbb.catholic.edu.au

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October Week 1 Term 4 2017

CONGRATULATIONS MRS. NIELSON AND YEAR 5! Last term I had the pleasure of attending our Year 5 students’ presentation of their Night of the Notables. Our Prouille students need to be commended for their commitment, dedication, enthusiasm and excellence in engaging in deep learning and meaningful research. This year the children were asked to research a person who was an eminent Australian who had shown resilience and persistence in their careers or life. This meant that they had to think broadly and work hard at narrowing down their thoughts and ideas. Chosen notables also had to have made a significant impact on humanity for the betterment of mankind.

The children developed and utilised advanced communication skills and personal creativity in their presentations. It was amazing to see the children take on the role of their chosen notable and present their identified gifts, how they responded to education, opportunity, mentoring, overcoming adversity, determination, resilience and persistence in their pathway to reach out and make the world a better place for all. Congratulations to Mrs.Jo Nielson for leading this fantastic learning opportunity and to our notables:

Mary MacKillop - Adrina Widjaja; Chris Brown - Cadence Barnett; Fiona Wood - Ellie Taylor;

Jana Pitman - Hannah Bayldon; Ted Serong - Ines Texiera-Pinto; Dick Smith - Isaac Wright;

Banjo Paterson - Joseph Sargeant; Adam Goodes - Jordan Feurtado; Fred Hollows - Josh

Moait; John O’Sullivan - Liam Massey; Gemma Sisia- Lilly Kipriotti; David Unaipon- Nate

Pooniah; Vincent Lingari - Ned Jackson; Hudson Fysh - Noah Davidson; Rosie Batty - Sophie

McGrath; Evonne Goolagong - Hannah Cook; Layne Beachley - Siena May; Craig Lowndes -

Taigh McGrath; Steve Irwin - Thomas Fraser; Lyn White - Natasha Rodriguez-Foord;

Katherine Belov- Lois Andresson; Jean MacNamara - Lucia Pinto - Engel; Ben Roberts Smith

- Ollie Mezgec; Elizabeth Kenny - Willow Fitzgerald; Jessica Gallagher - Evie Alford; Turia Pitt-

Rosie Willett; Ralph Sarich - Oliver Cannon; Mary Cecil Tennyson Woods - Lucia Maccioni

“ If you attempt it and get it right then you have succeeded, if you get it wrong then you will learn, but if you don’t try it at all then you have already failed.”…..Ben Roberts -Smith

Night of the Notables

UNSW ENGLISH COMPETITION Sixty students from Years 2 to 6 elected to participate in the University of NSW Mathematics Competition. All children need to be congratulated on their outstanding results. Special congratulations to the following students who received Distinctions, Credits and Merits. Distinction: Benjamin Baker, Charlotte Bull, William Bohlsen, Jordan Feurtado, Ines Teixeira-Pinto

Credit: Angus Bookallil, Metta Brynildsen, Joel Kelly, Xavier Munce, Veronica Scully, Kevin Widjaja, Olivia Sukari, Jethro Edmunds, Evan Littler, Joshua McGrath, Lachlan Nash, Matthew Floresta, Oscar Koopman, Christiana Vella, Eliza Waugh, Lilly Kiprioti, Lucia Maccioni, Sophie McGrath, Joshua Moait, Adrina Widjaja

Merit: Luca Candotti, Charlotte May, Jacob Elias

UNSW MATHEMATICS COMPETITION Fifty-two students from Years 2 to 6 elected to participate in the University of NSW English Competition. All children need to be congratulated on their outstanding results. Special congratulations to the following students who received Distinctions, Credits and Merits.

Distinction: Angus Bookallil, Amanda Kelly, Lucia Maccioni, Sophie McGrath, Adrina Widjaja, Charlotte Bull, Ava Hallinan, Lachlan Nash, Ruby Harrison, Oscar Koopman,

Credit: Metta Brynildsen, Luca Candotti, Xavier Munce, Veronica Scully, Lucy Waugh, Lexie Younes, Lois Andresson, Natasha Rodriguez-Foord, Jethro Edmunds, Joshua McGrath, Jack McSweeney, Noah Hayes, Ella McSweeney, Eliza Waugh

Merit: Kevin Widjaja, Isabella Andersson, Sibella Dooling, Young Yoon Oh, Lilly Kiprioti, Caroline Cuda, Matthew Floresta, Byron Kelly,

STAR OF THE WEEK Congratulations to Adrina Widjaja who is our Star of the Week. Please visit the school walkway to see Adrina’s fabulous work!

Yours sincerely

Sue Bevan Ms. Sue Bevan PRINCIPAL

UPCOMING DIARY DATES

Dear Parents here are a few important dates:

Wednesday 11th October:

Surf Education Talk for students in Stages 2 & 3

Monday 16th October:

Kinder 2018 Orientation Night for parents @ 7.00pm in Veritas Hall

Friday 20th October:

School Disco

Monday 23rd October:

Kinder 2018 Orientation Morning

Monday 30th October:

Kinder 2018 Orientation Morning

Dear Parents and Friends, WELCOME BACK TO TERM 4! We hope you have had a happy and healthy holiday break YEAR 5 HOSTED PARISH FAMILY MASS – Sunday 15th October @ 9:15am This Sunday will be the Family Mass, hosted by Year 5. It is a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together in prayer and celebration. Thank you to Mrs Sally Oong and our Stage 3 teachers for preparing the children with their special roles for the morning. We look forward to seeing lots of friendly faces there

3, 2, 1… BLAST OFF!! We have officially launched WALKING THE WAY!

WALKING THE WAY – CSO INITIATIVE FOR PARENTS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES The staff participated in a Spirituality Day on the last day of Term (Friday 22nd September) which was focused on the ‘Walking the Way’ program that the CSO has begun to implement this year. It was a day filled with reflection, experiences and exploration surrounding the central theme of ‘accompaniment’ – accompanying the children and their families on their journey of faith.

The program offers you a chance to come together as a parent community, for reflection opportunities here at the school. This Term, being our first Term of the program, we will be having two reflection mornings (please refer to invitation below).

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND PASTORAL CARE NEWS

By Wednesday 18th October, 2017

We would LOVE for you to come along. There will be some light refreshments available as well as child minding for your little ones. Keep your eyes out for personalised invitations from your beautiful children! A gorgeous book will be given to those in attendance and copies will be available for all families via the school office upon request.

You will also receive a weekly bulletin, emailed to you, with a ‘Lectio Divina’ for you to explore.

There will also be a Parent Retreat available for any parents wishing to attend (see below). Information for registering for this day was sent out last Term. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any assistance with this

SRC REPRESENTATIVES – TERM 4 The children who have been selected to be Student Representatives for Term 4 will be presented with their badges next Friday at our Assembly. We will also be congratulating our Term 3 representatives! A MESSAGE FROM FR DAVID RANSON Some parishioners are facilitating a Day of Prayer for World Peace in our church on Friday 13 October, the Centenary of the final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima.

We have Mass at 9.15am followed by a 90 minute DVD on the history, and then the Rosary will be prayed in the church on the hour for the rest of the day. We have a lovely small statue of Our Lady of Fatima on the sanctuary.

We are also inviting families with children to come together at 5.30pm for dinner in the sunroom, followed by a Family Rosary at 6pm.

All members of our community are warmly invited to attend!

Quote of the Week/Gratitude Picture

This week, we particularly keep our Centenary of the final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in our thoughts and prayers.

CANDELA MISSION PERU

Mrs Mary Rajca will visit on Monday October 16th to speak to the students about the work of the Sisters of Mercy in the shanty town of Candela in Lima Peru.

The mission in Candela helps women through a program that teaches them to make beautiful handicrafts. The sale of these crafts gives the women an income so they can provide for their families. There will be a sale of the beautiful handicrafts that the women have made during the week. All items cost between $2 - $10 All funds raised go back to the women who have made the goods. This money is used by the women to buy basic necessities for their families. Our school has supported the Candela mission and much has been done to improve the lives of these women and their families. Your support of the mission is greatly appreciated. Wishing you blessings and joy,

Jessica Russell

Religious Education Coordinator

SCHOOL NEWS

Parent Engagement Update

T4, W1

Update on Future Ready Conference The Future Ready conference, hosted by Broken Bay Catholic Schools Parents, was held in September. It was a great conference, with many informative sessions and lots of interesting speakers. I will share information from the conference over the next few weeks in my newsletter sections. Here’s the first instalment.

Future Ready Conference Prof. Lea Waters - Strength Based Parenting.

Website: leawaters.com

Who is Prof. Lea Waters? She is a psychologist, researcher, speaker and author who specialises in positive education, positive parenting and positive organisations. She has been included in the 2017 edition of Who’s Who of Australian Women. You may recognise her from the ABC documentary “Revolution School”.

What is Strength Based Parenting ? Put simply, it is focussing on your child’s strengths, making them aware of their strengths and helping them to maximise them.

Did you know? 26% of young Aussies experience mental illness. 3 out of 4 parents feel stressed (no surprise there!)

Her key message was that your child is stronger than you think, and everywhere they go their strengths go with them. What a great thing to tell your child! - whatever happens to you, you will always have your strengths. Lea also stressed that if we, as parents, look first for strengths in every situation that we will have better outcomes for our kids.

Do we, as adults, know what our strengths are? Do our children know theirs? Probably not. There are great free resources on Lea’s website including surveys and templates to help you identify your - and your children’s - strengths.

The Book A copy of her book was purchased and is now available in the parent section of the library - just see Jo Neilson

Michelle McGrath - Parent Engagement Coordinator - 0411 790 672

Tennis is back on!

Vacancies for players. Contact Alan Stopford 0411 426 554