Term 4 Week 2 2025

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Colour Run

Thank you to our Colour Run Committee, who have now launched “Monty’s Colour Run” for 2025. The goal is to raise $30,000 to fund the new school playground. So far, 70 students have signed up, started fundraising, and have already raised $8000. What an amazing effort, families!!!! Rachel de Vries and family have made a thermometer tracker, which will be displayed in the hall and updated weekly.

Every student who raises $10 or more gets at least 1 prize, with prizes going up in value and quantity the more money the student raises.

The great thing is that you can ask neighbours, friends and family to donate online and in person to your child’s profile.

WHAT’S NEXT: We need everyone to register. There will be a whole class reward for the first class with everyone registered, or the most students registered, by next Friday 31st October. Some families have opted to fundraise under one profile and this will be taken into account.

COMING SOON: “Slime the teacher” opportunities and Business Donations available.

Carnival of the Animals- Whole school Theatre Show.

Socktober

Today our student Mission Team coordinated a wonderful “Socktober” day. Students wore their crazy socks and kicked goals to “Sock-it to Poverty” helping to raise money for Catholic Mission’s work in Zambia.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the day, including donating socks to make sock-er balls and donating funds. Altogether we raised $333.55 and Callistemon won teh soccer kicking competition. 

Knitting Nanas

Over the last 10 weeks, students from years 5&6 have been busily knitting squares to create blankets for the Parish “Wrapped with Love” project. The project, run through the Camden Haven Parish, donates blankets to Community @3 who supports needy people in our community. A massive Thank You to our Parishioners, Pauline, Stephanie, Angela, and Michael, who have been supporting the children with their knitting each week, picking up many dropped stitches along the way. Also, to the Tilligerry Art Group (led by the grandmother of Thomas Hayward), who carefully put together the squares into beautiful blankets.

Best wishes from the leadership team 

	Mr Rick Galvin Principal
	Mrs Maria Wilson Assistant Principal Mission
	Mrs Jessica Koenig  Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching

Congratulations Courtney!!

On Wednesday and Thursday this week, superstar Courtney participated in Polding Athletics. We are all so proud of her fabulous achievements. 

2nd overall junior girls Shot Put

4th overall junior girls Discus 

15th overall junior girls Long Jump

18th overall junior girls 200m 

18th overall junior girls 100m 

Todd Woodbridge Cup- Stage 2 winners and Stage 3 runner-ups!

A massive congratulations is in order for our Tennis Teams, who demonstrated incredible skill and perseverance at the Todd Woodbridge Cup on Monday! In a thrilling day of competition held under hot conditions, our students showed amazing resilience and sportsmanship. Every player is commended for pushing through the heat and giving their absolute best on the court.

Our Stage 2 team won in a close overall point score of 110 points to 111, narrowly beating Tacking Point Public. With our Stage 3 team coming in a close second on the day.

We also want to give a special shout-out to Declan Dollery for his fantastic sportsmanship! Declan kindly subbed up to help another school short on players in the Stage 3 competition. Well done, Declan!

This impressive victory means our victorious Stage 2 team has qualified for the State Finals! They will now travel to Sydney Olympic Park on November 10th to represent our school at the highest level. We wish them the very best of luck! Go team!

Players, please check your Compass Events to read the important information and consent before next Tuesday to confirm our availability to attend.

Elective Sports 

This week, we started our primary elective sports. Students from years 3-6 are able to select from Swimming, Fishing, CrossFit or Touch. This week, we highlight Fishing - Look at the smiles on the students' faces, we live in such a beautiful part of the world, it is great we get to utilise it.

Tea Towels 

Time is running out to purchase a tea towel featuring our whole school! This is a fantastic opportunity to purchase high-quality, memorable tea towels featuring your child's self-portrait, making a perfect keepsake or gift. Tea towels can be ordered through the Flexischools app or at the school office. Every purchase directly contributes funds towards a new school playground. Orders close 29th of October!

Joey's Colour Run

Colour Run 

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Term 4 Webinars

Don't miss these two valuable information sessions this term! Please register using the links - see you online!

PRACTICAL STEPS FOR ACTION: EMPOWERING YOUR CHILD’S CAREER JOURNEY  

Presented by Beyond

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

For parents of secondary students

This session will show you how Senior School sets the foundation for your child’s future. You’ll learn how to guide subject choices, foster transferable skills, and explore career pathways using the latest tools.

We’ll share practical tips on resumes, workplace exposure, and preparing for the final years of school, while keeping balance and wellbeing at the centre of career planning.

THE CHANGING FACE OF CYBERBULLYING: HELP PROTECT YOUR CHILD ONLINE

Presented by the eSafety Commissioner

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For parents and carer of young people in primary and secondary school

AI tools are evolving fast – and some are being misused in ways that can harm or exploit children and young people, including through the creation of deep fakes and digitally altered images. This 45-minute webinar covers how these technologies are being used, their impact and how to support and protect your child. It’s suitable for parents and carers of upper primary and high school students.

St Joseph's Regional College Transition Day 

Bus delays can be worrying for parents as they eagerly await their child's return from school. Roadworks around our school have certainly caused some disruption to bus timetables in the past, and we thought we would share a Bus Tracking application, which may help families alleviate some of this concern.

The App is called ANY TRIP and can be used for tracking public transport (including school buses). AnyTrip is a real-time public transport tracking app used to Track trains, buses, ferries and light rail in real-time using our live map. Search or explore the map to find stops and upcoming departures. as well as for planning trips. 

Class of the week from Week 1 

Congratulations Year 3 

Kindergarten Science

This term, in Science, Kinder are learning about force. They have been making and building things that have a push or a pull force.

Kindergarten Cricket Skills

This week, Kindergarten had fun practising their cricket skills 

Assembly 

 Happy Birthday 

Infants awards

Primary awards

Todd Woodbridge Cup 

NADOIC Day Colouring Competition 

Week	Class	Date	Location	Contact Person
T4 W5	Kindy & Yr 6	15th November	Kendall Pool Time to be confirmed	Emily
T4 W9	Year 1	Saturday 13th December	Time & Location to be confirmed	Irene

2025 CLASS PARENTS

Kindergarten: Justine Reedy, Bel Davis, Katie Oberg

Year 1: Taliska Arentsen, Irene Santi, Katie Barker

Year 2: Tony Maher, Tam McLaren

Year 3: Emily Fogg, Lyndelle Lee

Year 4: Louise Roberts

Year 5: Hayley Guffog, Erin Richards, Lyndelle Lee

Year 6: Emily Fogg