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St Lucy’s Newsletter | Friday 15 June 2018 1
TERM 2 2018Sunday 17 June
The HOPE Mass 9.15am Holy Name Church, Wahroonga
Wednesday 20 June Keyword Sign Basic Workshop
9.00am - 3.00PM
Thursday 21 June Musica Viva Parent Engagement
Workshop 9.30am
Friday 22 June Family Mass 5.30pm
Wednesday 27 June P&F Meeting 7.00pm
Thursday 28 June Confirmation 10.00am
Friday 29 June Last Day of term 2
15 June 2018ST LUCY’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
www.stlucys.nsw.edu.au
Dear Parents,Community seems to be the order of the day.In recent weeks I have been struck by the fact of St Lucy’s as a community. I suppose, on the face of it, there is nothing surprising about this. We are connected in so many ways. Obviously as educators, parents and students but also in so many other ways.
The Parliamentary House Lunch last Friday saw the corporate community coming together to support the School in our annual fund-raising lunch at NSW State Parliament, hosted by our local member for Ku-ring-gai, Alister Henskens. Over 300 corporate and donor supporters from the city came to assist our cause. Thanks must go to the Foundation Advisory Committee led by Luke Dynan and Anton Tagliaferro (former parents) who, along with a team, helped organise the event.
The highlight of this event was the passionate and dynamic performance of our Percussionistas coached by Miss Shancel and Mrs Lynne Pinker who drummed their way into the hearts of all in attendance. Well done to Andrew, Bradley, Christian, Gavin, Nathan, Pablo and Paddy.
The School had a stall at the recent Disability Expo at Homebush where a large cross section of the disability services community gathered together in their quest to help cater to needs in our society. It
was also an opportunity to meet various alumni who connected with our stall and were delighted to reminisce about their happy days at St Lucy’s in the 1970s and more recently.
Recently, a number of staff had the joy of attending the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills Awards Dinner for their Pride of Workmanship Awards. One of our own, Mrs McCarthy received one such Award for her excellent service to the School over 11 years. The Rotary Club of Pennant Hills, like so many other organisations in the community, generously support us each year and took the opportunity to present a cheque of $3,500, from their annual trailer raffle, to the School in aid of our Social and Emotional Learning initiative. We really do value such support from community organisations who so generously and repeatedly support us year on year.
The Men’s Night last week, hosted by Mr Warren Hopley, was another occasion where the community came together to share. This time, the dads compared notes on their individual journeys as fathers and husbands.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
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SCHOOL FEES REMINDER
FREE ADOS-2 ASSESSMENTS
Term 2 school fees were due on 13th May 2018. If you are having difficulty with payment please contact the school on 9487 1277 and ask to speak with the Business Office. Thank you
Twinky Arias Business Office
St Lucy’s has been contacted by Dr Anne Chalfant (Annie’s Centre) to offer the opportunity for free ADOS-2 assessments. Ideally they are looking for students who have an existing ASD diagnosis. It would be ideal for families who are looking for an updated report to support NDIS or other funding applications. Please note that this is not being run by St Lucy’s staff, or affiliated with the school in any way. See below for more details if you are interested:
“We are offering families free ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) assessments as well as a comprehensive report prepared Dr Anne Chalfant, Clinical Psychologist. The assessment could assist families by:• Providing them with a formal assessment and report that
might help with funding applications eg access or support with NDIS or as a part of school funding applications.
• Providing them with further clarity around their child’s diagnosis.
• Providing them with expert opinion from Dr Anne Chalfant about their child’s social communication strengths and challenges, which could inform treatment planning/ fine tuning.
Families willing to participate would attend an ADOS-2 assessment at Macquarie University with Dr Anne Chalfant. Assessments would be conducted either by Dr Chalfant alone or in conjunction with a small team of medical and allied health professionals eg Paediatricians, Child Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologist, Speech Pathologists under Dr Chalfant’s direct supervision.
Assessments will be conducted from 11:30am-1pm during the week of Monday 30th July, daily until Thursday 2nd August, 2018.
Please contact Dr Anne Chalfant directly if you think you might be interested in participating in these assessments by emailing [email protected]. You will be assisting professionals in fine tuning the use of the gold standard tool for assessing Autism. You will also gain valuable information about your child from an internationally regarded clinician at no cost to you.
Kind Regards,Miriam Fraser Psychologist/School Counsellor
Siblings Day today is a great example of community where our students show off their school to their brothers and sisters and they in turn learn about our school as a community compared to their own school.
The Hope Mass this Sunday 17 June is another occasion where our links with faith and our local parish demonstrate our spiritual connection together. Feel free to come along at 9.15am at Holy Name for this friendly and relaxed service of worship where our children get involved and are accepted in a very inclusive community of believers.
So continue to enjoy our community in all its multi-faceted character.
David Raphael Principal
LORETO STAFF VOLUNTEER DAYLast Friday, a wonderful group of staff from Loreto Normanhurst attended St Lucy’s for a staff volunteer day. They were all enthusiastic and keen to interact with our students. The staff attended our assembly, cleaned all the CA windows and gallery (any piece of glass they could find!) as well as doing the uniform stocktake, cleaning out the bike sheds and gave the Art Studio a good tidy too!
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Arcus: Maxwell MacguganAurora: Paddy Sweeney Comet: Dylan AinscowFire Rainbow: Beau LyallHalo: Nathan BanksLightning: Rory Crafter
Moonbow: Oliver ZawodnyMeteor: Riley BoalNorthern Lights: Sophia ShepherdSea Circle: Gabriel Cheah Whirlpool: Tiarnan MaloneZephyr: Poppy Botheras
Arcus: Luke HughsAurora: Alexander GordonComet: Elijah DodmanFire Rainbow: Massimo ChristofidesGeyser: Ben SherlockHalo: Oliver TobinLightning: Matthew ThrelfoMoonbow: Ollie Zawodny
Meteor: Luke KamiyaNorthern Lights: James SuhartaSea Circle: Matthew McArthurSupernova: Amie Er ErWhirlpool: Michelle LawZephyr: Jacob Hillard
ST LUCY’S CLASS AWARDS
STAR OF THE WEEK 6, 08 JUNE 2018
STAR OF THE WEEK 7, 15 JUNE 2018
www.stlucys.nsw.edu.au
St Lucy’s School Key Word Sign Basic Workshop
The 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 volunteers.
No previous signing experience is necessary.
For further information please contact: Steve Davies Phone: (02) 9487 1277 Email: [email protected]
Cost: St Lucy’s families: $110 Others: $140 Financial assistance is available for St Lucy’s families. Please contact Steve for more information.
Wednesday 20th June 9.00am – 3.00pm St Lucy’s School,
21 Cleveland St, Wahroonga
Presented by St Lucy’s accredited KWS trainersNikki Alldis and Melissa Miao
Morning tea and a light lunch will be served.
To book, please go to https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=384615&bof=1 or use the QR Code
This is a NESA endorsed Professional Learning Course.
St Lucy’s SchoolKey Word Sign Basic Workshop
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SATELLITE NEWS
The Year 5/6 Supernova students had an amazing time in Canberra. They visited many places including Parliament House, CSIRO, Electoral Commission, War Memorial, Questacon and Deep Space Centre.
Here is here a recount of what they enjoyed;“In Canberra I visited the Space Centre and went to Questacon. I loved sleeping in the hotel with my friend.” Harry Pincock
“In Canberra I played hockey and scored a goal. I had lots of fun with my friends.” Amie Er Er
“I liked seeing the kangaroos and rabbits outside the bus window when driving around Canberra.” Toby Pool
Supernova Teachers
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THERAPY UPDATEWeek 7? Really? Where did the time go?
Mel and I just ran our workshop on Alternative and Augmentative Communication. It was a small but enthusiastic group and a great opportunity to learn. The next workshop is on Wednesday 20th June, which is on Key Word Sign. If there are any topics you’d like to see covered in future workshops, or anything which would make it easier for you to participate in our workshops, please let me know
For weeks 7 and 8, we’re focussing on the word “like”. We’re talking about it in morning song, practicing the sign together, and using it around the school. Here’s a link to the video we’re watching in morning song each day, starring lots of wonderful students and staff from St Lucy’s - https://tinyurl.com/stlucyslike
If you’re looking for a good model of any sign, I would always suggest checking out the Auslan Signbank. Here’s a link to their entry for “like”. http://www.auslan.org.au/dictionary/words/like-1.html
‘Like’ is a great word for sharing our preferences. The cool thing about the sign for ‘like’ is that it’s exactly the same as the sign for ‘don’t like’ but with different accompanying facial expressions and body language (ie. Look happier for ‘like’ and slightly disgusted for ‘don’t like’). As such, it can be a good opportunity for helping kids to tune in to those aspects of facial expression and body language which they might sometimes miss. Let me know if you have any little breakthroughs focussing on this word
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W sitting = child’s bottom is between their legs, knees are bent and rotated away from their body.
Why do our kids sit like this?
• It widens their base of support and lowers their centre of gravity. It is a convenient position as kids do not have to work hard in maintaining this position as they do not need to activate any core muscles.
Why is this a problem?
• This position limits trunk rotation. This results in midline crossing difficulties, trouble establishing hand dominance and balance difficulties.
• This can result in pigeon toe walking, as hip muscles become shorter and tighter
• Pain in their pelvis
What can you do?
• Encourage alternative sitting: side sit, long sit (legs in front), pretzel/ring sitting or sitting on a bench
• Work on improving core strength
• Verbal prompts to break bad habits
All the best, Steve Davies Speech Pathologist /Head of Therapy Services
Speech Pathology: Word of the Week ‘LIKE’
Occupational Therapy: Tip of the week ‘The end of W- Sitting’!
https://tinyurl.com/stlucyslike
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND PASTORAL CARE
St Lucy’s Sacramental Program: This week, we began the first of three sessions in preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation with Sr Helen facilitating. We have five students preparing for this Sacrament and they are Tayla, Ollie, Kwasi, Alex and Will. At our first session, we sang a song ‘A Gift To You’ and then we listened to Sr Helen talk to us about being God’s gift. We saw our special reflection in the magic box and then drew a picture of us as God’s gift. We then sang another song ‘God Loves You and I Love You’ before being blessed with the special oil and receiving a tap on the cheek. It was a lovely experience!
We ask that you keep these children, and their families, in your prayers over the coming weeks.
HOPE Mass: You are all welcome to attend the HOPE Mass this coming Sunday 17th June at 9.15am. This Mass will take place at Holy Name Church, Wahroonga and is a beautiful Mass which is dynamic and inclusive and embraces one and
all! We look forward to seeing you there.
St Lucy’s Family Mass: Come along and join us for our next St Lucy’s Family Mass on Friday 22nd June at 5.30pm. This Mass takes place here at school and is led by Fr David. The format of the Mass is one that our children love and respond to. The Stage One and Stage Three classes will be hosting this Mass, and one of our students Lachlan, and his younger brother Louis, will be Baptised at this Mass which is very special! We look forward to seeing you there.
Congratulations! A big congratulations to Addison (Whirlpool Class) who became a big sister for the first time this week! She now has a beautiful little brother, Oscar. Such lovely news for Addison and her parents.
Wishing you peace and blessings!Vanessa Dillon.
We give thanks for the blessing of Winter:A Season to cherish the heart.
To make warmth and quiet for the heart.To make soups and broths for the heart.
To cook for the heart and read for the heart.To curl up softly and nestle with the heart.
To sleep deeply and gently at one with the heart.To dream with the heart.
To spend time with the heart.A long, long time of peace with the heart.We give thanks for the blessing of winter:
Season to cherish the heart.Amen
As we find ourselves well and truly within the season of Winter, we become mindful of the little gifts that God provides during this time.
The crisp mornings; the stillness in the air; the vibrance of the blue in the sky; the stark branches in contrast to the green; the fog and mist; and the dew upon the ground.
May we use this time to slow the pace of our busy lives and embrace the warmth that we seek.
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Percussionistas performing at Parliament HouseCongratulations to our drumming group, The Percussionistas for their outstanding efforts playing at the St Lucy’s Parliament House fundraising lunch last Friday. The students were excited to be a part of this special day, and had been rehearsing very hard with their drumming teachers, Shancel Leacey and Lynne Pinker. We are very proud of how well every student conducted themselves on the day, particularly accounting for the nervousness they may have felt performing in front of so many people. They filled the room with their energy and enthusiasm as always! A huge thank you to Shancel Leacey and Lynne Pinker for all their hard work in preparing the students for this special event.
What’s happening in the art studioEveryone has been very busy in the Art Studio - we’ve been collaborating on paintings, making paper mache fruit bowls in art project, and incorporating musical instruments into our soundscapes! There’s no rest for these talented artists!
CREATIVE ARTS NEWS
The ensemble Wyniss, from the Torres Strait, will be performing for students at St Lucy’s School on the 27th of June. Musica Viva In Schools would like to invite you to a Parent Workshop and morning tea from 9.30-11am on Thursday 21st June. At this session Musica Viva In Schools staff will provide you with an insight into the experience your children will have by introducing you to the music, culture and teaching material associated with Wyniss, as well as creative music ideas for you to explore with your children at home. Please join us for this special morning. NO MUSICAL EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
We encourage you to attend the event. Please register for this free workshop via the link: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/66827
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CREATIVE ARTS HOLIDAY PROGRAM Monday 2nd July - Friday 6th JulyBookings for the St Lucy’s Creative Arts Holiday Program are now open. Please see the enrolment form in this newsletter for further information. Enrolment forms have also been emailed to you by your class teacher this week, and copies can be picked up at reception. All bookings must be made by Wednesday 27th June. Please email Lucy Egger at [email protected] for all enquiries.
MONDAY 2nd July: THEATRE & ART Simon Freestone will guide students through some funny tales with unique characters. Students have an opportunity to play out their silly best with Simon, as he helps them create characters from well-known stories. Imagination and laughter is the order of the day!
TUESDAY 3rd July: THEATRE & ART Get ready for a bit of mess and a lot of fun. Bring your art smocks! Painting, drawing, gluing and sculpting are the tools of the day. Students will have opportunities to look at images that make them laugh, and find ways to represent those images through different art materials. Brooke Wagstaff will lead the day. WEDNESDAY 4th July: MUSIC Silly sounds, silly songs, stories with silly sound effects! Music Maestra, Shancel Leacey is the band leader taking students on a musical adventure. Students will be introduced to some peculiar instruments and sounds often heard in cartoon sound effects, which they will incorporate into songs and stories.
THURSDAY 5th July: MUSIC & CRAFT Students work together to bring musical stories to life, moving, dancing and playing instruments along the way. The students will make props to help tell the stories of the music they hear, making the music come to life. A joyful day of crafty creations and music making. Lucy Egger leads the day.
FRIDAY 6th July: DANCE A day of dancing to round off the week! Movement games, funny dancing songs, and learning choreography will energise everyone in the room. This will be a day of joyful jumping, silly steps, and merry movement all round. Dance Captain to be confirmed.
ST LUCY’S ALL ABILITIES CREATIVE ARTS
Make Me Laugh HOLIDA Y P R O G R A M , J U L Y 2 0 1 8
Enrol your child in the Creative Arts Holiday Program this April! Workshops are designed and run by Professional Performance and
Visual Artists in collaboration with St Lucy’s staff. Monday 2nd July – Friday 6th July, 2018
9.00am – 3.00pm each day in the St Lucy’s Creative Arts Centre.
Child’s Full Name ________________________Age ________School ____________________Parent’s Full Name _______________________________
Email _________________________________Telephone Contact (H) ________________ (W) ________________ (M)___________________________
* PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMING *
I give permission for my child to be photographed and/or filmed for promotional purposes. Please circle: YES or NO
MEDICAL INFORMATION - Please indicate below:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please enrol my child in the following workshops: MONDAY 2nd July COST: $85.00
TUESDAY 3rd July COST: $85.00
WEDNESDAY 4th July COST: $85.00
THURSDAY 5th July COST: $85.00
FRIDAY 6th July COST: $85.00
FULL WEEK OF HOLIDAY PROGRAM (5 days) COST: $400.00
PAYMENT FORM
Total Payment is: $ _________________________ CHEQUE CASH VISA MASTERCARD AMEX
Card Number ________ /________ /________ /________ Expiry Date ______ /______ Signature ____________________________________
Financial assistance is available for St Lucy’s families who are experiencing difficult financial circumstances. Please contact Lucy Egger for more information.
Please return this form to: Creative Arts Coordinator, St Lucy’s School, 21 Cleveland Street Wahroonga 2076
By Wednesday 27th June, 2018
SAFARI
SAFARI
ST LUCY’S CREATIVE ARTS HOLIDAY PROGRAM – JULY 2018 ENROLMENT FORM
If you would like more information about the Artistic workshops or the Therapy workshops on any of the Artisan Program days, please contact Creative Arts Coordinator, Lucy Egger at [email protected]
Financial assistance is available for St Lucy’s families who are experiencing difficult financial circumstances.Please contact Lucy Egger for more information. Please return this form to:
Creative Arts Coordinator, St Lucy’s School, 21 Cleveland Street Wahroonga 2076, by Wednesday 27th June, 2018
HOLIDAY PROGRAM, JULY 2018
