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Wednesday, 2 December 2015 —Term 4, Week 9

Dates to Remember:

2 December Yr 6 Graduation Mass 5.30 pm

4 December Advent Liturgy 2—8.40 am rm1

followed by Awards assembly

7 December Advent Liturgy 3—1.50 pm Rm 4

8 December Talent Quest 11.10-1.10 pm

P&F meeting 5 pm

10 December Whole school Mass 9 am

Last day of school

2016

20 January Books/uniforms available 9-3

28 January Students resume 8.40 am

St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral

90 Smith Street, Darwin

Weekend Mass Times:

Saturday (Vigil) 6.30 pm

Sunday—7.30 am/9.30 am/7.00 pm

Prayer

Lord God, you show us the tenderness

of your love in Mary’s newborn Son.

Like Mary, may we always be ready

to say “yes” to your plan,

so that Jesus may be born in us.

We ask you to prepare our hearts to welcome him,

so that like the angels who announced his birth,

we too might greet his coming with joy.

We ask you this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Term 4, Week 9

Dear families

The Year 6 Graduation Mass and supper will take place in the Cathedral commencing at 5:30pm this afternoon. This is a special occasion for us to reflect on their primary schooling

and to pray for God’s blessings as they prepare for their Middle school journey. Although we are sad that they leaving, we are filled with a great sense of pride knowing that their time at

St Mary’s has prepared them well for their future and that they have grown not only in wisdom, but in faith and

in love. My sincere thanks to our Year 6 students and their families for their significant and valued contributions to St Mary’s over the years. We are very proud of all that they have achieved and wish them our very best for

the future.

Principal for a Day-Mehar Sandhu

Friday 4th December is our final assembly for the year. A number of awards will be presented on Friday including the Chief Minister’s Literacy Awards and Principal Awards. Congratulations to Mehar from Room 4, who won the

special prize of being Principal for a day at our Major Raffle draw. Mehar will be our Principal on Friday, present-

ing the awards and joining our students for morning tea.

International Day of people with a Disability

On 3rd December each year the world celebrates the achievements of people living with a disa-

bility. Rachel Kroes, Executive Officer of the Down Syndrome Association NT, spoke to stu-

dents at our MJR Assembly on Monday about the challenges that disability brings - in a physi-cal sense, through differences in sensory abilities or in an intellectual capacity. She highlighted the important

part that schools play in supporting families who have children with a disability and their role in promoting posi-tive inclusion, lifelong learning and faith through friendships and our relationship with God. By learning about

and accommodating different learning styles the educational pathway for a child with disability can be fulfilling and successful and it is this pathway that we aspire to create here at St. Mary’s.

Staffing 2016 I am pleased to advise that teaching appointments for 2016 have been finalised. We welcome our new teachers

who bring with them a wealth of experience and talents. They will be replacing Mrs Feldtman, Mrs Coghlan and Mrs Breese who will be on maternity leave and Mrs Boyd, Mrs Gray and Miss Devlin who are leaving Darwin.

Teaching Staff for 2016

Deputy Principal/ Inclusion Support Rebecca Nancarrow

Curriculum Coordinator Nikki Farrell

APRE Seosaimhin McLaughlin

Transition Sarah McMillan

T/1 Andrieka Knight

1/2 Megan Pearce

1/2 Caitlyn Saunders


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2/3 Stephanie Pollock

3/4 Tagan Koschitski

3/4 Seosaimihin McLaughlin/Nikki Farrell

5/6 Courtney Morgan

5/6 Sheridan Beech

Music Bernadette Wilmore

PE Sarah Muller

ISA Sue Kinnell

Arty Kids Pascale Zufferey

Thursday 10th December is our final school Mass where we will farewell staff, Year 6 students and families who are leaving our school community at the end of the year.

Congratulations to MJ Kwon from Community of Learners who was recently presented with the New Professional Award for Outstanding professional-

ism by Early Childhood Australia. A terrific achievement!

Congratulations to Mrs Kylie Coghlan on the birth of her little boy last night at 6.51pm!

May God bless you all and keep you safely in his care,

Mrs Jacqui Langdon

Principal


Term 4, Week 9

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

Mary, Mary December 8 marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. During this time of Advent, go to prayer with

Mary and ask her to give you her sense of conviction and eager anticipation of Jesus’ renewed presence in

the world.

In the lead up to Christmas,

All members of the St Mary’s Community are warmly invited to

join us at our Advent Liturgies and Celebrations

Friday 4 December Advent Liturgy 2 8.40am Hosted by Room 1

(followed by the Awards Assembly)

Monday 7 December Advent Liturgy 3 1.50pm Hosted by Room 4

Thursday 10 December Whole School Mass 9.00am

A reminder about the St Vincent de Paul Society (NT) Christmas Appeal

As a community, we will be collecting donations and each class will present them as gifts at the End of Year Christmas Mass.

The types of goods required: Hampers Children’s Gifts Teenagers Gifts Canned puddings Books (a group often forgotten about) Biscuits, cookies, pretzels, wafers Toys Movie ticket vouchers and chips Art packs Make up Nuts and dried fruit Sporting goods Hand creams and moisturisers


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Mustards and sauces Hair products

Bon-bons Clothing vouchers

Nice teas and coffees Sporting goods

Fruit juices and cordials

Vouchers for Woolies and Coles

Cash donations are also welcomed towards items added to the final hamper

Rebecca Nancarrow

Acting APRE


Term 4, Week 9

Learning and Teaching Corner

Literacy

Motivating your primary school child to aim high

Here are four ways to help motivate your child and improve their learning:

Communicate- Discuss the topics they are learning and what is expected of them. Your

interest will help boost your child’s self-esteem, which will increase their learning

potential.

Bring fun into learning -Talk to your child about the topics they are currently learning,

to see if there are supplementary fun activities you could do with them that will

help with their learning. This could be anything from a trip to a museum to watching

a DVD together about dinosaurs.

Errors are opportunities to learn and practice works wonders -Explain to your child

that making errors and learning from them is one of our most powerful learning

tools. Talk to your child about the importance of practice, which allows the learning

from errors to be applied.

Praise- Most children thrive on authentic encouragement and compliments, so praise them

for their efforts and achievements.

Mathematics-

Keep your child’s brain active over the holidays with these simple, yet ef-

fective math’s games and activities.

Card Games - playing card games such as rummy, snap, etc.. are good games to promote

addition.

Dice - great to generate numbers for addition and multiplication.

Jigsaw Puzzles - are good for developing spatial awareness.

Board Games - like connect4, snakes and ladders, mastermind, ludo, chess, darts etc are

good for thinking skills.


Term 4, Week 9

Carols Night BBQ – Volunteers needed

Next Wednesday evening St Mary’s will be holding the Carols Night Concert

and BBQ.

Help is needed to set up, cook and run the BBQ stall.

So far we have only a couple of helpers. We need your help to run a success-

ful BBQ.

BBQ set up from 4pm to 5.00pm – help prep the curries/spaghetti/bread.

Food and drink will be on sale from 5.00pm to 6.30pm and there is a free sausage sizzle and cordial

available too.

If you can spare a half hour of your time to help out, it would be gratefully appreciated.

Please let Leanne know on [email protected] or contact Julie in the front

office on 89819796.

Let them know what time & job you would like to help with.

The Timetable is in the newsletter.

A huge thanks to the Tsikouris family & Alpha Homes NT

for donating the free sausage sizzle.

Thanks to our BBQ sponsors, The Cav, Hogs Breath Cafe and Trans Territory Foods for spon-

soring the BBQ items.

Santa & Mrs Claus will be visiting the Carols night at about 7.30pm. Make sure you visit with him

before you go home.

Farewell to Chelsea (room 3)

and Noah (room 6) Thomp-

son and family who leave

our school community this

week.

To William Cann (room 6),

Jess Chalmers-Kearney (room 3) and Jack

Smith-Kearney (room 2) and family who

joined our school community this week.

mailto:[email protected]


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MJR News: Our Wall of Fame winner for this week is Rasha Codnita (room 7) for

always Making Jesus Real.

This week MJR house team winners were….Chiara Gagliardo (O’Sullivan) picking up rubbish

without being asked too….Ciaralii

Carmela Panaligan (Hartzer) helping and being a kind person...Jelaine

Charlie Elcoate (Little) being a good sport in handball….Georgia

Georgia Campbell (Chevalier) being a west person...Isla

Student of the Week Awards

Room 2

Jack Smith-Kearney

Room 3

Isaiah Perkins-Ahkit

Arwin Pant

Riley Clarke-Jones

Jess Chalmers-Kearney

Room 6

William Cann

Oliver Ledek

Emily Metcalfe

Principals

Tushya Vaghela

ICAS

Tiyana Mutaga

Mac Sawyer

Bridget FitzGerald

Kodi Pineda

Alice Riccardi

Benji Sawyer

Kieza Mutaga

Cristo Philip

Jack Livesley

Carmela Panaligan

Oscar Steer

Jillian Wong


Term 4, Week 9

Art for Sale After Christmas presents?

Original artworks will be displayed in the hall from Monday until the end of term. These are available for sale with 15% proceeds going to the school. Prices from $80.

Drop in and have a look at the display or reserve your piece.

Thank you for your support.

Arty Kids 2016!! After a bit of a break…I will once again be offering after school art lessons in 2016.

I have a few ideas for classes which include working in the style of famous artists, painting canvas-es, working with pastels, mixed media, sculpture, decorating frames/mirrors…ideas are endless and will depend on the children’s interest.

At the moment I am planning on two groups; one run on a Tuesday and one on Wednesday. Classes will run for 6 weeks of the term from 3:15 until 5pm, are suitable for all ages and will be run at school upstairs in room 13. If there is demand an extra afternoon maybe offered.

The cost of the 6 classes is $210 per child and $180 for every additional child in the same family. This will need to be paid at enrolment to secure a place. Classes are limited to 12 children and run by myself and another adult.

All materials are provided but students will need to bring afternoon tea if they like.

If you have any queries or would like to enrol your child in the program, please see me in Room 3 Monday or Tues-days, email me at [email protected], register your interest at www.artyobsessionscom/arty-kids or contact me directly on 0438 845 720.

You will be put on a waiting list if there is a big demand.

Kind regards

Ms Pascale Zufferey


http://www.artyobsessionscom/arty-kids

Wednesday, 2 November 2015

Term 4, Week 9

Grade 6 Day Out!

On Monday our Grade 6 students participated in a special day out. It was to celebrate to-

gether their final few days of Grade 6 at St Mary’s. The day began with a retreat, led by Ms

Nancarrow, where students reflected on their time at St Mary’s and how it has shaped the

person they are today. After recess, we walked to the Esplanade and had a shared lunch of

pizza, followed by the cinemas where we watched ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’. It was a lovely

day to spend with each other and Mrs Feldtman and I would like to thank the Grade 6 stu-

dents for being fantastic representatives of St Mary’s throughout the day. You made this

special time thoroughly enjoyable. We would also like to thank Miss Cindy for helping!


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Room 3 getting into the Christmas Spirit!! Room 3 students have been having fun making lots of Christmas craft. They have created a wonderful nativity backdrop for the class, sewed Christmas stockings with the help of Mums and Dads and made lovely Christmas trees.

Mrs Kinnell and Ms Zufferey would like to thank everyone for their support over the year and wish you a Merry Christmas.


Term 4, Week 9

Transition 2016

Does your child turn

five by 30 June 2016?

If so they are eligible

to start Transition in January 2016.

Please contact the school office for an en-

rolment package.

“The Royal Life Saving Society Australia NT Branch is conducting their Vacation Swimming Program ‘VACSWIM’. This is a program full of fun, fitness and life saving skills for ages 5 years and up. The program will run Monday – Thursday for two weeks. It will commence on Monday 11th January 2016 from 9am – 10am or 10am – 11am. For book-ings or further information please contact RLSSA – NT on 8941 6087 or email: [email protected]”

Congratulations to Sophie Zablotna

(room 6) and family on the recent

arrival of a baby girl.




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