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Italian Day
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Dear Families
Monday’s swimming carnival was a great success. Congratulations to Lachlan D in Year 5 who broke a fourteen-year-old record. Many thanks to the parent volunteers for your invaluable assistance and congratulations to Miss Channell for organising her first swimming carnival!
Yesterday St Kieran’s celebrated Italian Day with pizza, gelato and an entertaining performance by all students who study Italian. A lot of time and effort goes in to making these days possible; a special thank you to the parents and grandparents who helped serve the food at lunch and especially to Maestra Pellegrino with her efforts in producing a memorable production.
As I mentioned in last week’s newsletter, teachers are looking at classes for 2020 as well as writing reports, competing assessments and preparing for the pressures of the last few weeks of school. At present, I am finalising staffing arrangements for next year and plan to announce classroom teachers in next week’s newsletter.
In recent days, I have become aware of an online game called Roblox. While the game is relatively harmless, it has components that allow players to trade items at a cost. Some of these costs can add up and may be a surprise to parents. As with all online activity with children, I strongly encourage you to be familiar with what your child may be playing (if allowed) and what risks may be associated with the game. The potential risk of cyberbullying is always there in the form of exclusion, inappropriate conversation or targeting. Please take a moment to see how your child may be using technology and they feel safe.
Next week is a big one in the calendar. The P&F meeting is on Tuesday evening in The Hub starting at 7pm. The Junior and Senior bands will be holding their performance in the library at 6pm the same evening. The Broken Bay Sports Council Awards are on Saturday evening with Philippa Q. receiving an award for her outstanding achievements. Thursday night is Dads’ Curry Night followed by Carols on Friday evening!
Significant dates for 2020 are being placed in the Compass Calendar at present. Some of these will also be added to the newsletter for your reference. The calendar can be accessed through the Compass app or through the Compass portal on your PC.
Michael Gallagher
Principal
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Semester Two Reports 2019
Our Semester Two Reports for 2019 will be available on Compass. This will make it easy for parents to access their child’s report and as your child moves through Primary School, it will be easy to access all the reports from your child’s schooling journey.
We’d advise all parents to print out reports from the Compass website and keep a copy as once your child leaves St Kieran’s, access to the Compass website will cease. Therefore, as reports are made available on Compass it would be a good idea to download, print and keep a hard copy at home.
Below (or here) are some instructions as to how you can view and download the reports. Reports this year will be available from Friday 13 December.
Enjoy your weekend
Marisa Bombardieri
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Religious Education
Mission in Action.
God sent his son on a Mission to bring his kingdom of peace, love, joy and justice to the world and to spread the good news that God loves us. The apostles continued this Mission by travelling to the ends of the earth. The members of the early Church continued this Mission as we do today.
Over the last few weeks many members of our school community have embraced the Mission of our Church.
Year 5 students have welcomed the 2020 Kindergarten children both in the school playground environment and at a parish celebration. Thank you to the parents and teachers for assisting in the preparations of these events.
Stage 3 students have participated in the Sacrament of Reconciliation focusing on the peace that forgiveness can bring is such an important lesson. We thank the priest of our parish, Fr Dave, Fr John and Fr Paul for facilitating this Sacrament.
Years 2 to 4 have also been on a mission, bringing joy to the elderly residents in the nursing home across the road. I was impressed with the students' ability to introduce themselves and engage in conversation with the residents. They were a credit to our school community.
 Christmas Carols
The joyful sound of carols echoes around the school as students prepare for our carols evening next Friday. In order to make our celebration as safe as possible we request that all children remain with their family at all times. Students will be called to gather in front of the bubblers prior to their carol. We request that parents bring a picnic dinner to share on the grass area. In order to enable everyone to see we ask that only low chairs and picnic rugs be brought into the playground. Gates will open at 5.30pm. The school band will play in the area outside the canteen from 5.30 – 6.00pm. Carolling will commence at 6.00pm. We request that no alcohol be bought into the playground. Our safety officers for the evening are our Kindergarten parents. They will be wearing fluro vests. Please listen to their directions.
Yours in Religious Education,
Mrs Kerrie Wetzlar
Dates for Term 4
- Christmas Carols: Fri 6 Dec 6 pm - St Kieran’s
- Yr. 6 Celebration Liturgy: Mon 16 Dec 6 pm - St Kieran’s
- Thanksgiving Mass: Wed 18 Dec 12.00pm - St Kieran’s
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Young Investigators Science at St Kieran's
Introducing Young Investigators Science – A hands on Science program giving K-6 students opportunities to have fun with Science and experiment with critical thinking and problem-solving.
More information on the program can be found here.
Registrations are now open and places are available on a first in best dressed basis and will close once the class is full. Please register using the below link.
Registration: https://www.eyeheartscience.com.au/yiregistrations
When: Thursday mornings (Starting Term 1 2020)
Time:7:30-8:30am
Where: Onsite – classroom TBC
Cost: $220 per term. (CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHERS ACCEPTED!)
Dates: Thursday 6 th Feb – Thursday 9 th April
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Author Visit - Gary Eck
We are very lucky to have Gary Eck the author and comedian come to St Kieran’s School to chat about his fantastic new children’s book, ‘Wake Up, Sleepyhead’. Students in K-2 will have the opportunity to listen to Gary talk about his debut children’s book and hear all about the creative process involved in writing and publishing a children’s picture book. Gary will be at our school on Wednesday December 4 (week 8) and there is an opportunity for the students to purchase a signed copy of his new book on the day. Payments of cash or direct payment (see attached) will be accepted. I will also have copies of ‘Wake Up, Sleepyhead’ for sale in the library on the day. We look forward to this wonderful opportunity for the students to meet a real-life author!
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Premier's Reading Challenge
150 students from St Kieran’s completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge this year!
Each student will receive a certificate, but we would like to acknowledge those students who will receive a Gold or Platinum Certificate.
The following students will receive a Gold Award for completing the challenge for 4 years:
Darcy B, Siobhan K, Blake L, Grace M, Sophie N, William P, Philippa Q, Amelia R, Zoe R, Cooper W
The following students will receive a Platinum Award for completing the challenge for 7 years: Catherine B, Etienne C, Illy G, Scarlett P, Lily Q, Eve S.
These students will receive their awards at assembly on Monday morning. All other certificates will be given out by the classroom teachers.
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the PRC this year and we hope to see even more participants next year.
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Library Borrowing
Next week will be the last week for Library borrowing for 2019. This is also a great opportunity to search at home for any “stray” books that belong to the library. The prompt return of any outstanding books is appreciated.
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Year 4 Christmas BBQ
Year 4 Christmas BBQ & Farewell for those students leaving will be at Manly Dam 15 December from 1pm onwards at Table 22. Any questions please contact Tash Gennusa 0411 433 514 or skmv.kindy2015@gmail.com.
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Band News
- Tuesday 3 December- Band Annual ChristmasConcert 6pm in library - everyone welcome
- Wednesday 4 December - Band Concert at Hardi Aged Care
- Friday 6 December - band breakfast 7.30am
2020 Band Program
In 2020 we are excited to introduce Evergreen music to St Kieran’s. Evergreen Music is owned and operated by Ben Marshall and Debora Mauro. Ben Marshall was the Parish Youth minister for many years at St Kieran’s and has a close association both the parish and school. Many St Kieran’s students already attend Evergreen Music in Brookvale, where the philosophy is to “learn to play music, learn to love music, and be a musician for life” Please see the linked flyer for information regarding the “mixed ensemble program”
Students in Years 2 – 5 will have the opportunity to trial an instrument on Monday 9 December at school.
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Calling All New Altar Servers
Over the past few years our Masses and celebrations have been enhanced by the services of the Altar Server. The traits of an Altar Server include reverence and common sense. Altar Servers receive simple training and are then directed by the senior server as to what to do and when.
Next week we will be training students from Yrs. 3-5 who wish to learn how to be a Junior Altar Server. This will be one lunchtime session. I will be taking interested students to the Church for training with one of our Parish Deacons. I will be in attendance throughout all the training.
Students who attend training will be asked to serve on the altar at our school Masses and Liturgies. We usually do this on a roster depending on which class is preparing the celebration. Whilst in the sacristy the children are always accompanied by myself or a female parishioner.
If you decide to make a commitment to the Parish Altars Serving Roster you will need to let the parish office know and I can give you the details of who to call.
Learning how to be an altar server is a good way to understand and know the Mass. If you wish your child learns how to serve at Mass please complete the linked details.
Kind regards,
Mrs Wetzlar
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Term 1 2020 After School Robotics Program
For Years 1 -3 on Monday afternoon 3 - 4.30pm from 3 February to 6 April. Click here for details.
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Dads' Christmas Curry Night
Thursday 5 December
I will organise a bus to pick us up from school and drop us off as before - normally around 6.30 - 6.45pm.
The cost of the bus is generally about $25 depending on the final numbers.
Dimpys Menu here and includes all food and drink. I believe the guys look after us really well and there's always plenty to eat and drink.
I will need a $50 deposit as per usual, to secure the booking for the restaurant and the bus. (So total will be around $110 all-in)
Again, as always, the invite is open to other dads past and present and who are not on my mailing list.
Look forward to seeing you,
Cheers Howie Tel 043 8888528 E mail howardgiles100@hotmail.com |
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Canteen
Italian Day: thanks again to all the wonderful helpers who volunteered on Thursday: Susan Nicols, Margaret Clack, Trisha Byrne, Susanne Foale, Cath Hamer, Nicole Covich, Marianne Gardoll, and Karen Adamson It was greatly appreciated, and contributed to the service running so smoothly.
NEXT WEEK’s ROSTER (Term 4 - Week 8):
Wednesday 4 December: Jenni Scofield, Cath Hamer
Thursday 5 December: Evana Christofides (M), Tammy Brichta, Marina Penberthy (A)
Friday 6 December: Natalie Mirabito (M), Jo Sullivan, Diane Hall, Ele Hill (A)
Full day Volunteers are required from 8.50am to 1.50pm.
Morning Volunteers are required from 8.50am to 11.15am (M).
Lunch Volunteers are required from 11.15am to 1.50pm (L).
Any changes to the canteen roster, please contact: Jo Nesbitt - via text on: 0410 629 135.
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Entertainment Memberships 2019 / 2020
Click here to order your membership now. For further information and to answer all your questions, please contact Susan Nicols at slnicols@hotmail.com |
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Bunnings Balgowlah Christmas Family Night
Thursday 5 December from 6-8pm. Magician, men's choir, animal farm, refreshments, jumping castle, crafts and more . . . . . . . also a visit from Santa.
Portrait Workshop for Kids
With Katherine Edney (Archibald Prize Finalist 2019). A 4 week workshop for 8 - 12 year olds on Wednesday afternoons from 4 - 5.30pm 20 November to 11 December at Art Smart Seaforth. All enquiries katherineedney@gmail.com. Cost $32 per class ($128/4 week workshop). All materials provided. www.katherineedney.com.
Northern Beaches Council School Holiday Program
Some brochures are available from the school office or go to the council website.
Rabbit - Free to a Good Home
Caramello is looking for a new loving family to care for him. He is a five year old medium sized MALE lop eared rabbit who loves pats and attention.
He was purchased from a pet store, however he may or may not be de sexed. He has lived happily in our yard (in his hutch) for the past 5 years and is no trouble. Please contact the school office if you are looking for a new pet.
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