This Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost. In the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2, we read the story of the Coming of the Holy Spirit where the Apostles received the precious gifts that enabled them to venture out, no longer fearful, to spread the Good News of the Gospel.

For us today, we are regularly challenged to acknowledge the presence of God in our lives. By calling on the gifts of the Spirit, we are better able to face these challenges and not become absorbed into the materialist world in which we live.

Sacrament of Confirmation

Students in Year 6 have been preparing to receive this sacrament on June 6. They will have their final retreat this Saturday at 2pm in the church. Please keep these students and their families in your prayers.

Afternoon Pick-Up

Once again, we are starting to receive complaints about traffic blocking driveways in Powell St & Woodlawn Ave prior to 2.50pm. Police have been notified and parents have been warned on many occasions not to arrive before 2.45pm when the gates are opened at the presbytery. Please be aware of our surrounding community.

Winter School Uniform

With Winter now well and truly making its presence felt, we will formally change into Winter uniform from next Monday, 29 May. The last few weeks have been a transition time but now we will all come back together with the one uniform. Sports uniform days will remain unchanged.

Athletics Carnival - Thank You

What a magnificent day we had for our Athletics Carnival on Monday! A huge thank you to the parents who were able to assist and to all the staff contribute in so many ways. We still have a couple of field events to complete at school and then the winning House will be announced along with the school squad to attend the next carnival.

Diocesan Cross Country

This event was held yesterday in Nowra. Congratulations to all the students who have taken up the challenge to represent our school in this sport. Special acknowledgement for Koa P in Year 4 Gold who finished first in the 10 year girls event - a remarkable achievement! Thank you to Miss Jazmin Tikkeros and Mrs Charlene Cameron who looked after our squad at the event.

Social Media

It was again fantastic to have so many parents / grandparents / friends present for the sporting events over the past two days. I would like to remind parents that it is illegal to post photos / videos of children, other than your own, on social media without the expressed permission of their parents. This is also the case for posting images of staff without their permission.

Da Vinci Decathlon

Two weeks ago, two teams represented St Therese at the Da Vinci Decathlon held at the Illawarra Christian School in Cordeaux Heights. The teams consisted of 8 students from Year 5 and 8 students from Year 6. Throughout the day, students break into smaller groups to complete challenges in 10 different categories:

English                       

Mathematics                          

Engineering                            

Art & Poetry

Creative Producers    

Code Breaking                       

Cartography                          

Legacy

Ideation                      

Science

The day is very full on with very limited time to meet the requirements of each challenge. At the end of the day, we gained the following top 10 finishes:

Year 5 - 3rd in Creative Producers  

Year 6 - 1st in Creative Producers

             5th in Art & Poetry 

             7th in Art & Poetry

              10th in English

Competing schools stretched from Nowra to Helensburgh and out to Penrith. Thank you to Mrs Carol Hiscox who worked with the teams each week from the beginning of the year to develop their skills and confidence. Another great achievement!

St Therese Catholic

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