17 Whittington Street, ENFIELD SA 5085 / Telephone 8344 0000/ Facsimile 8344 0099 / Website www.sgs.catholic.edu.au

2014 No 17

SCHOOL NEWS

Dates for Term 4

Monday 20 October

Mission Day Dress Up Day

Gold Coin Donation

11.30am Prayer

Tuesday 21 October

FJS Unit Excursion

FMD Library visit

Wed 22 Oct

Year 6/7 Handball Comp

Thursday 23 October

Diwali Celebration

Friday 24 October

Yr 4/5 Excursion

Mon 27 Oct

FMD Science Visit

Friday 31st Oct

Hartzer and Chevalier Mass

Wednesday 5th Nov

Reconciliation Relay

Friday, 7 November

MacKillop and Xavier Mass

Cultural Community Night

Friday 14th Nov

Year 4/5 Excursion

Friday 21 November

SPORTS DAY

Friday 21st Nov

Christmas Concert

Sunday 30 November

Blessing of Cribs

Cathedral 11am

Monday 8 December

6.00pm Graduation Prayer

Service at Church GS

7.00pm Graduation Dinner

Tuesday 9 December

End of Year Mass and last day for

Year 7 students, Reports go home

Thursday 11 December

3:15pm End of 2014 School Year

Indonesia Study Tour and School Partnerships Programme 28 Sept- 10 0ct Miss Staffiero and Mrs Williams were fortunate to join educators from around Australia in the school holidays to participate in an in country study tour of Indonesia. The cultural programme provided numerous opportunities to build our understanding of Indonesia through a range of experiences that explored traditional and contemporary Indonesian culture. We particularly enjoyed spending time in a farming village, visiting an Art museum, playing the angklung, an Indonesian instrument and learning some conversational Indonesian language. As part of the school partnership component, we were blessed to be partnered with a Dominican school, Santa Maria School which is situated in Bandung, West Java. Our teaching experiences at the school were truly incredible and the Principal, staff and students at Santa Maria School warmly welcomed us into their community and enab led us to learn more about educat ion in Indonesia. We now look forward to the journey ahead of working with the staff and students of Santa Maria School to build strong and sustainable partnerships which will enable our students to increase their knowledge and understanding of Indonesia, form friendships with students living in Asia and provide our students with rich learning experiences to heighten their intercultural understandings.

This year as a school we are focusing on the Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia priority. It provides a context for learning in all areas of the curriculum and reflects Australia’s extensive engagement with Asia in social, cultural, political, and economic spheres. An understanding of Asia underpins the capacity of Australian students to be active and informed citizens working together to build harmonious local, regional and global communities, and build Australia’s social, intellectual and creative capital. It also builds understanding of the diversity of cultures and peoples living in Australia, fosters social inclusion and cohesion and is vital to the prosperity of Australia. Lead by Miss Dina Staffiero and Mrs Sharon Williams engaging with this priority has included staff undertaking professional learning, developing learning opportunities for students to engage with Asia and integrating aspects of Intercultural Understanding.

Dear Parents and Caregivers, I hope you were blessed with a great holiday. It was so exciting to

see everyone return. It seems that most of our early years students

lost a tooth, went to the circus or movies. Our older students

talked about movies, sleepovers and big sleep ins. I enjoyed a very

relaxing holiday with family and am looking forward to all that is

in store for this term.

Staffing Term 4 - This term we welcome Ms Boccaccio in Year 3

who will be taking Ms Milic’s class while she is away on long

service leave. We welcome back Maestro Dina for a couple of

weeks and wish her well as she returns to Our Lady of Hope as

Acting Deputy for 4 weeks. We welcome back Ms Rosa Angelino

who will be one of our Key Literacy Teachers for this term. We

also welcome back Mrs Kath Moody as EAL Teacher after her

term of leave.

Staff Professional Learning—Technologies and Health. On

Monday our staff undertook some professional learning on the

new Technologies and Health curriculums. Some classes are al-

ready using elements of these curriculums and teachers explored

more ways of enhancing student learning in these areas.

After many repeated requests through the school newsletter and

invoices we will be starting to speak personally to families who

have not completed payment of Fees and OSHC Accounts. This

will not include families on direct debits. I ask that you please

ensure accounts are finalised for the year as soon as possible or if

you have any questions or worries you come and chat to Damian

Emery or myself.

Moving to email , text messaging and the school app- We will be

no longer printing the school newsletter and over the coming

weeks will be increasing our use of the school app, emails and text

messaging. We ask that you provide the office with a current

email address and ensure your contact details are current.

Catholic Missions - On Monday

20th October, we will be cele-

brating World Mission Month

with a ‘come dressed as what you

want to be when you grow up’.

This is a way of us connecting to

the theme of Catholic Missions for this year - All I want to be is

alive. The theme challenges us to remember and try to address the

reality that throughout our work many children do not have the

hopes, resources and opportunities that we are blessed to have in

Australia. Students are asked to bring in a gold coin donation.

Catholic Mission is the international mission aid agency of the

Catholic Church in Australia. Locally and globally: they

answer the call to love God and to love our neighbour.

They work to establish the Reign of God.

They build communities of missionary disciples of Jesus

who share their faith by proclaiming the Word, serving people in

need, and acting for justice and creation.

More information can be found at the Catholic Missions Website.

http://www.catholicmission.org.au/

On Thursday 23rd October we will be

celebrating the Hindu Festival of Diwali,

known as the Festival of Light. On this day

all our students will be participating in learn-

ing activities and celebrating this festival.

Thanks to members of our Indian Communi-

ty and Indian Temptations on Main North

Road, students will be tasting Samosa and

Indian sweets.

Mark Michaels, a parent at school, is standing for election in the

Enfield Port Adelaide Local Government Elections. He will be

visiting school on Thursday 23rd October from 3pm. You are in-

vited to come and have a chat with him in the community room.

Come and have a coffee and a chat about the important issues in

our local area. His candidate page is http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/

lgcandidates?c=53146.

I hope you have a great weekend. I ask you begin to block in

those important dates into your calendar and come and ask if you

require any further information.

Best Wishes, from Stuart

CLEARVIEW KILBURN PARISH

Church/Office—7 St Albans Place, Clearview Ph 8262 1070

Church/Presbytery—50 Le Hunte Street, Kilburn Ph 8262 1366

PARISH PRIEST: Fr Leon Czechowicz

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Mrs Patricia Hehir

PARISH SECRETARY: Ms Iris Daly

MASS TIMES: Saturday 6.00p.m. and Sunday 10.30a.m. Clearview

Sunday 9.00a.m. Kilburn

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Every Sunday except Family/Youth Mass (held first Sunday of each month)

10.30a.m. Church of the Good Shepherd, Clearview. Children rejoin the Mass at Offertory time.

UNIFORM INFORMATION Please note that the royal blue V neck windcheater is now being fazed

out with the NAVY ZIP NECK WINDCHEATER WITH NEW

LOGO as the replacement jumper to be worn in 2015. (Please note that

the old royal blue V neck jumper can be worn in 2014).

WANTED Plastic plant punnets wanted for planting seedlings in. If you have any emp-ty plastic punnets at home and would like to donate them , please leave them at the Office. Thank you

ST GABRIEL’S SCHOOL COMMUNITY GROUP

Not long now until our Community Culture Night. Please

come and join us on Friday the 7th of November 5.30pm to

8pm in the Sacred Heart Centre. We have a variety of differ-

ent food stalls, as well as activities for the children and danc-

ing. Please invite your family and friends to come along and

join us.

Our next Community Group Meeting will be held on Thurs-

day the 30th of October in the Community Room at 2pm.

Younger children are more than welcome to join us too.

Shannon Correll

Deputy Principal

ST AUGUSTINES PARISH SCHOOL 25 Commercial Road Salisbury

60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER

ALL CURRENT AND OLD SCHOLARS,

FAMILIES & STAFF

TOGETHER WITH THE SALISBURY

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

ARE INVITED AND WELCOME

From 2 pm : Hall open - historical journey of the school

- come and view memorabilia - afternoon tea

2 pm - 3.15 pm : School Open - Tours available

6.00 pm : Whole School Mass followed by

free Sausage Sizzle and celebrations on the oval,

including Jumping Castle, Face Painting, etc.

If you have any memorabilia to share, please contact

Chris Ferrell at the school office (safe return assured) at

abursar@saps.catholic.edu.au

SCHOOL BANKING COMPETITION Every deposit you make with School Banking will auto-

matically create one entry for you into the competition.

So the more you save, the more chances you have to win

(up to a max of 6 entries).

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*150 X Slip ‘N Slide Double Wave Riders

To find out more, visit commbank.com.au/deepseasavers

SA WATER VACSWIM 2015

On-line enrolments are now open and can be

done by visiting the website

www.vacswim.com.au Enrolment packages

can be downloaded and are also available

from swimming centres, the SA Water

VACSWIM office and libraries.

$30 Enrolment Fee per child for 7 X 45 minute lessons.

Families enrolling more than 4 children—maximum of $100.

Are you leaving St Gabriel’s at

the end of the year. ???????? We currently have families seeking enrolment and

wish to begin class numbers and structures for

2015.

If you are leaving at the end of the year could you

please advise us in the Front Office. Thanks

The services and events contained in this Newsletter are in no way connected with the school and are included in this Newsletter for

your information only. Parents and caregivers need to make their own enquiries and assessments about the suitability of these

events and services for their needs and those of their children.

St Dominic’s Priory College

139 Molesworth Street

North Adelaide.

Annual Fete & Auction 26th October 2014

10am – 3.00 pm

Something for everyone!! Food, food and more food!!

Amusements for all ages!! Bargains galore!! Monster

Auction - items include Accommodation, Pamper

Packages, Restaurant

Vouchers, Movie & Theatre

tickets, and much, much

more!!

Come see for yourself and

enjoy!