THURSDAY 7 MARCH 2019

Dear Parents,

Yesterday we celebrated Ash Wednesday. It is an important day in our liturgical calendar and marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a time of ‘getting ready’ and ‘preparation’ for something special - Easter. Lent begins with the marking of ashes, a sign to remind us of our essential earthly being, and to live the way Jesus wants. Lent ends after forty days with Jesus’ resurrection at Easter.  Lent is about trying to do good things for others, to rediscover our ‘better person’, and is a time to take action to those ends. Easter and the Resurrection, eternal love and life, are our goal at the end of this Lenten journey, of every Lent, and of our life.

Dear all,

This is the week that tells us we are already halfway through Term 1. That’s one-eighth of the school year that has already passed.

Learning Conversations are now being prepared.

If your child is a resourced student, with a disability, then the conversations will be of a 30 minute duration and will occur across Weeks 9-11. Janet Fuccio will kindly be making appointments for teachers, parents, and your child to meet with me during school time. Please wait for her to call you. There are a number of times available, but please do not make another time on the online Learning Conversation Booking System.

Thank you to the parents/carers who joined us on the Feast Day of St David of Wales for our Liturgy. Our Term 1 Liturgical Leaders demonstrated great enthusiasm and leadership as they led the Liturgy. Later that day students also enjoyed celebrating with ice blocks.

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Donations of items that children can use in the Nature Play area for example:

baking tins, saucepans, beach buckets and sand tools, old tupperware containers (bases only).

Please drop off at the Front Office or Room 15.

Thank you

Student Voice

Sports Day is approaching quickly and we are busy preparing during our PE lessons! The format of Sports Day has changed this year and the whole school will be participating on Bulkana Oval. The students will walk to the oval from school to be ready for a whole school opening at 9:20am.

The focus and format of our Sports Day is to engage maximum, whole school participation and to be inclusive of all students. Please consider keeping that day free to support our staff and students by volunteering to help your child’s class on the day.

Further information will follow with a note home.

Kim

Green

Captain - Lachlan B & Vice Captain - Luke W

Gold

Captain - Keira B & Vice Captain - Charlotte W

Red

Captain - Audrey F & Vice Captain - Christian Y

Blue

Captain - Amelia R & Vice Captain - Chloe D

Futsal (Indoor Soccer)

Nominations for the Winter Season of Futsal are now open. Please complete the 'Expression of Interest' form available on the Skoolbag App and also through your class office box.

The return by date is Friday 15 March.

Games are played on Monday evenings at Burragah Recreation Centre. The game time will be determined by the number of teams nominated by schools into the competition. There are no training sessions currently available.

As always, we are grateful for offers of help from parents who are willing to coach/manage a team. The team once formed can only go ahead if someone is willing to take on these roles.

Current players, in the Summer competition, will also need to submit a form so that we will know if they wish to continue playing.

Thank you to our dedicated coaches who have already indicated that they will continue with a team into the Winter Season, much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Ann

achan@stdavids.catholic.edu.au

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FRIDAY 7 MARCH

Pupil Free Day - School Development 

MONDAY 11 MARCH

Public Holiday - Adelaide Cup

TUESDAY 12 MARCH

7:00pm Reconciliation Parent Meeting

WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH

7:00pm Reconciliation Parent Meeting

THURSDAY 14 MARCH

Year 3 Camp - Zoosnooze (Group 1)

Year 4 Excursion - Migration Museum

P&F Meeting

FRIDAY 15 MARCH

National Day of Action Against Bullying & Violence

9:00am Assembly hosted by 2H

THURSDAY 21 MARCH

Harmony Day

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Why effective learning starts with a good night's sleep

Athletics Academy

Cross Country

How to install SkoolBag app

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Uniform price list

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SUNDAY 17 MARCH, 1 - 3pm

MONDAY 18 MARCH, 5:30 - 7:30pm

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School Address:

40 Elizabeth Street

Tea Tree Gully SA 5091

Postal Address: PO Box 647, St Agnes, SA 5097

Telephone: 8360 6300 - FAX: 8360 6327

Absentee Line: 8360 6373

SMS Absentee: 0408  003 218

OSHC: 8360 6330

Web Address: www.stdavids.catholic.edu.au

Email Address: info@stdavids.catholic.edu.au

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