24 Term 3 Week 9

As we approach the end of Term 3, and look forward to a well deserved relaxing break, we have had the chance to reflect on what has been a extremely busy term for our students. On reflection, we look back and we can be proud of our students and school community as we have been able to pack this term with numerous whole school events. This term we have had our students perform musically at the school concert, dress up as a favourite character for Book Week, celebrate our Italian curriculum with Italian Day, and made sure we are looking out for one another by acknowledging R U OK? Day. Our students have had the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike during Bike Ed, have visited the SA Museum, the Marine Discovery Centre, and the Living Kaurna Cultural centre, and our Year 3s and 6s have attended camps. On the sporting field – we have had children attend the Cross Country carnival, SAPSASA Athletics, SAPSASA Basketball (with our girls team progessing to the Finals in Term 4), we won the Boys SAPSASA Knock Out competitions in both Netball and Aussie Rules Football this term, and we also won both the girls and boys Touch Football competitions organised by the Catholic Schools Sport Association.

These above events are not successful without the support of the whole school community including our parent body, and we thank you for this support as this provides us with an opportunity to continue to provide such a rich diverse learning opportunities for our students to thrive, and flourish. We look forward to the following events occurring next week to finish off an exciting Term 3.

Market Day – Wednesday 25th September

Next Wednesday the 25th September, we will hold our annual Year 6 Market Day. This day is organised and run by our year 6 cohort, who have been planning the day as a part of their Business and Economics studies.

The day will include a whole school liturgy in the Church at 10.00am followed by the Market Day stalls, which will take place between recess and lunch. This involves the Year 6 students setting up a range of stalls and all classes get to come and enjoy what is on offer. All students across R-6 are invited to bring some money to spend at the Markets. The goods and services provided by the Year 6 classes range from food stalls, lucky dips, lolly bags, dart throw, basketball shootout, mini golf, and a jellybean guess. All stalls are priced between 50c and $2. It is recommended that students bring in no more than $5-$10 to spend at the markets. Students across R-6 will have approximately one hour to enjoy the market stalls before returning to their classrooms.

Money raised from the market stalls will be donated to Catholic Charities, as a part of Catholic Charities month. During this time, Catholic schools throughout South Australia play a crucial role in fundraising to assist the many local agencies currently supported by Catholic Charities. We look forward to sharing our fundraising total and photos of the event the first newsletter of Term 4.

Catholic Schools Music Festival – Where Dreams Begin – Thursday 26th September

Next week 15 of our Year 5/6 students will be performing at the Catholic Schools Music Festival at the Festival Theatre. The CSMF has been performing since 1989, and is the opportunity for students from across all Catholic Schools in South Australia to come together to perform their musical skills to over a thousand members of the audience across four nights of performance. Our choir has been practising the songs for most of the year and the big night is finally here – as we along with approximately 14 other schools – will perform on Thursday the 26th of September. We thank, Ms. Aisling McCorry-Jenkinson for her commitment, passion, energy and expertise in leading our talented group of singers through this memorable experience. We hope they have a fantastic night.

Save the Date – Sports Day Friday 18th October (Week 1, Term 4)

Sports Day is just around the corner – and we are returning to Bowker Street Oval this year. Information and permission forms were sent home this week, and we are asking for permission forms to be returned by the last day of Term 3 (Friday 27th September). Please note that students will need to be dropped at the oval between8:20am and 8.45am for a 9am start, with no OSHC available on this morning. The day will finish around 1:45pm, with students collected from the oval. There will be transport back to school for students required to attend OSHC in the afternoon (for students that require OSHC please ensure the correct box is ticked on the returned permission form).

Term 4 – upcoming dates

As we come to the end of a busy Term 3, we also prepare for a number of major whole school events in Term 4. Please take some time to look at the events calendar within the newsletter, which includes many of the key dates for Term 4.

Thank you

The leadership team take this opportunity to thank all our school community for your genuine care for our school community. We have many parents and grandparents who dedicate many hours each year to support this school community, helping to provide many opportunities for our children and fostering a sense of harmony. We want to acknowledge that as a school community many of you bring a daily sense of happy, positive disposition to our school community. Together with the caring and dedicated staff at our school, our children are surrounded with this beautiful caring and fun environment that helps them to feel safe and sense of positive hope.

As we have almost reached the end of Term 3 – We hope that you all have a chance to have a break from the school routine, enjoy the spring weather, spend some quality time together as a family and recharge your batteries ready for a busy Term 4. May you have a

safe holiday break, and we look forward to seeing you all next term to continue to support your child to flourish in all that they wish to achieve.