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Dear Parents & Carers,
One of the greatest challenges we have been presented with this year has been maintaining engagement with our parents and families. Although we have done our best to share virtually our assemblies and special events, we are very aware that these have not been the same without loved ones onsite.
Perhaps one of the most treasured events on our annual calendar is Grandparents Day. Not being able to invite our grandparents and special people into our school to honour them has been most disappointing. It was very important to us however, to ensure we continued our tradition to celebrate and give thanks for the grandparents and special people in our lives. Coming to school dressed as our grandparents on Wednesday was certainly a novel way to celebrate and honour all of them. We are grateful to our colleagues at Helensburgh Public School for giving us this idea!
Grandparents are often strong witnesses to the faith and are often key in passing on the faith to their grandchildren. The relationship between a grandparent and grandchild is unique. A grandparent is always able to see past the cheeky behaviour, the tantrum or attitude to the inner beauty within. Grandchildren are always able to see the inner beauty of their grandparent and freely let them know how much they love them.
Although we were not able to celebrate in person this year, our students have passionately composed letters, poems, stories and thoughts and shared these with their grandparents and special people via Seesaw. We held a special Assembly on Wednesday and paid tribute to our grandparents. You will find the links to the assembly in school news.
A Prayer for Grandparents
Dear God,
Please bless our grandparents.
Thank you for the life they gave my parents and for the life they give to me.
For the ways they helped me and made me strong, I give thanks.
For the ways they love me no matter what, I rejoice.
For the ways they have paved the road that leads me here, I am grateful.
Let them grow in wisdom and joy in life.
Let them find peace and rest from their work.
Let them be healed of every sickness and pain.
And let them see with their own eyes the glory of your Son, Jesus, in the love of their children and grandchildren.
Bless them always until they come to rest in you.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer by Diana Macalintal Copyright © 2005
Mrs Kaylene Duffin
PRINCIPAL
IMPORTANT DATES
Pupil Free Day
Monday 23 November, 2020
Holy Communion
Our Yr 3 students are currently celebrating their Holy Communion. These celebrations began last Sunday and will continue on the following three Sundays at either the 8.30am or 10am masses.
Christmas Concert
Monday, 14 December, 2020
This year, we will be holding our Christmas Concert on Monday 14 December. Students are to wear Christmas clothes and/or colours. Class teachers will provide any specific instructions for dress closer to the date.
The Christmas Concert will be recorded and edited and a link shared with parents and families by Wednesday 16 December.
Year 6 Graduation
Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
Students’ Last Day Of School
Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
Due to COVID-19 all bubblers are closed. As the warmer weather is here please ensure students have their own water bottles for school.
GRANDPARENTS DAY
What a wonderful day to celebrate together. All students attended this day wearing a tribute to their grandparents. This day was set aside to show our appreciation for everything our grandparents do for us and acknowledge that their love for us is everlasting. We had a great assembly and loved sharing our prayers and photos of the day. You can view the messages and images from our day by clicking on the links below or typing it into your search engine.
GARDENING CLUB – Planting, Habitat Design…and Farewell!
Year 2
Week 4 and 5 was all about a research and design project – and all I can say is WOW! Rod gave a well-received case study on the Red Crown Toadlet which provided a framework for their research. Year 2 were paired up and exceeded all expectation for their projects of designing a habitat for a local native animal. We had ‘make and build’ designs for tunnels under the road for koalas, frog ponds, native bee hives, nests and hollows, and each student could articulate their reasoning for their design based on their research – Rod and I were just blown away with Year 2's creativity. Sadly Week 5 was also our last week with Year 2 but we are looking forward to working with Year 1 next week.
Lunchtime Gardening Club
Week 4 and 5 were all about planting – potatoes were voted to go in again, corn and pumpkin seeds were planted and 3 types of basil were planted. There was also some weeding to be done since we had rain and with the warm weather, the weeds and grass have decided to take up residence in the garden beds. As Macie said, “I think we need to do some Weed Attack Mrs Murray!” Look out weeds – we’re coming for you!!!
Stay tuned to see what we get up to next!
Sue Murray, Gardening Club Coordinator
We're excited to be having our Term 4 meeting on-site next week. Please join us in the Library at 7pm on Wednesday 25 November. An agenda is being prepared and will be published next week. Let us know if there's anything you'd like to have raised at the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you there!
This year we will offer a prize for a winner from each school/preschool that participates; each winner will receive a $20 gift voucher to redeem at Helensburgh’s Coal Coast Emporium.
Once the children complete their artwork it needs to be returned to our office (located next to the post office) by Tuesday 8th December. The winners will be announced on Tuesday 15th December, with the children’s parents contacted directly.
