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Newsletter Week 6
Let us pray …
Gracious and generous God,
you looked upon your faithful and trusting servant, Mary,
and raised her up to live with you in glory.
May we be inspired by her love for you
and her faithfulness to doing your will.
We ask this through Jesus, your Son.
Amen.
Covid Update
While we are nearing the end of the current lockdown period, my feeling is that it is likely to be extended - till when is the million dollar question. I will communicate any updates with this as soon as possible after a formal announcement is made.
Thank you again for the great support we are getting from parents in keeping children at home. I am well aware of the challenges this presents in many households. Please remember that during this lockdown, children are engaged in home learning not home-schooling. This may sound like the same thing to many however home-schooling implies that parents are totally responsible for the teaching of their children. During home learning, the role of parents is to support children in understanding the tasks set by their teacher, encourage their learning and monitor mental health by knowing when to push and when to stop.
Thanks also to the parents who have contacted the office to state why children are coming to school - this is appreciated. With numbers of children onsite slowly increasing, we will be contacting some families who may be in a position to keep children home more often than they currently are.
Staff Spirituality Pupil Free Day
This day has been postponed and will now be held on in Term 4 on Friday 15th October.
Principal’s Challenge
With an extended period of remote learning, I will set a challenge for students each week with photos again being uploaded to our FaceBook page. The challenge for next week is for students to buld something using construction toys.. You could use:
- Lego
- Duplo
- Meccano
- Blocks
- Magnetix
- K’Nex
- etc
Take a photo to send to info@stwwdow.catholic.edu.au by 11am on Thursday, 12 August. The slideshow will then be uploaded to Facebook on Friday, 13 August.
Welcome to our St Therese Remote Learning site
The purpose of this site is to plan for educational continuity for the students of St Therese Catholic Primary School and ensure that learning continues for your child at home. In addition, it aims to provide clarity across the school community about the delivery of home learning.
There will be regular changes to our website. Please bookmark this site on your child's device.
https://sites.google.com/dow.catholic.edu.au/stww-covid-support/home?authuser=0
If you have any issues or need assistance please contact the school on 42291818
School Birthdays
18 August 2021 - 24 August 2021
Happy Birthday:
Lilly Thompson, Maia Borgia, Aliya Hosgorur.
Happy Birthday
NO AWARDS THIS WEEK
St Therese School Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/westwollongong.sttherese
School Vision Statement
“St Therese Primary School – a dynamic, Catholic community
educating and empowering learners for life’s journey.”
PARISH
KEEPING THE LORD’S DAY HOLY
Join Fr Duane for Sunday Mass live streamed 5pm EVERY SUNDAY from St Therese Church at the St Therese Facebook page at:
Those without Facebook can still view it through this link which will take you to the stream
To view through YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6HKCV4D_a1JMWx0gS7rTw
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge News 2021
Congratulations to the following student who has recently completed the PRC:
Mikaela Borja KG
Due to recent lockdowns, some rules for the PRC Challenge have been updated: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/rules.html
There are 4 of the recent changes to help students complete their PRC Challenge:
- Students are now allowed to enter 10 personal choice books which are any book he/she has read (or had read to them for K-2) since last September
- Students on all Challenge levels will be able to include books on their reading records that they read collaboratively as a class, in person or online with their teacher or at home with their parents/carers.
- NSW PRC has been extended and now finishes on Friday 2nd September. This means there are still 3 weeks to finish your reading!!!
- Students who do not participate in the Challenge in 2021 will not be disadvantaged in the receipt of cumulative awards.
Due to restrictions students cannot borrow any PRC books from school. You might have some books from the PRC list at home too - see link: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html
SORA APP
For students who miss reading or borrowing books from our mobile library at school, please remind them they can login to SORA from the library home page: https://oliver2.dow.catholic.edu.au/oliver/home/news
How to use Sora App
- Click on 'Find my school'
- Click on ACEN member collection
- Sign into your school and then click on ACEN member school again
- Enter username and password (use your google or google mail password)
- Go to 'Explore'
- Search for a favourite books or series
OR
- Click on the 'Collections' folder on the right hand side
- Students can also log into SORA and continue their Premier's Reading Challenge
- Search for:
- NSW PRC, Years K-2
- NSW PRC, Years 3-4
- NSW PRC, Years 5-6
Years 5 and 6 might like to check out some of the Book Week Notable and Shortlisted books:
2021 CBCA Notable: https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2021
Also Sora has an ebook of the week - see below
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Happy reading,
The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge Team
Mrs Hamilton - hamiltonr02@dow.catholic.edu.au
& Ms Rose - rosep01@dow.catholic.edu.au
Calendar Dates 2021
August 2021
27 - Staff Spirituality Day (Pupil Free Day) - CANCELLED
September 2021
7 - Catholic Mission Launch - TBC
10 - Christmas Art Entries Due
17 - Last Day Term 3
October 2021
5 - Term 4 Commences
15 - Staff Spirituality Day (Pupil Free Day)
29 - World Teachers Day
November 2021
5 - Year 6 Excursion to Canberra - TBC
11 - Remembrance Day
December 2021
3 - Whole School Mass - End of Year Thanksgiving - TBC
15 - Last Day Term 4 Students
17 - Last day Term 4 Teachers and Staff
January 2022
26 - Australia Day
27 - Student Vacation (Pupil Free Day)
28 - Term 1 Begins - Student Vacation (Pupil Free Day) - Staff Return
31 - Student Vacation (Pupil Free Day)
February 2022
1 - Students Return
Best Start Assessments commence
7 - Best Start Asessments conclude
8 - Kindergarten 2022 commences