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A Message from the Principal
Our Vision With family, faith and friendship, we grow share and
live as authors of our own learning.
Our Values Excellence Compassion Trust Courage Respect
Wednesday, 26th August 2015 —Term 3, Week 6
Born in Albania on this day in 1910 was the girl who grew up to
be Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who worked with the poorest of the
poor in India. A journalist once asked Mother Teresa why she
bothered working with the poor in Calcutta, because it was all just
a drop in the ocean - there being millions of poor people in India.
Mother Teresa said in reply that she was not concerned with a big
way of doing things - she was concerned with individuals: “This
person”, she pointed to someone, “thinks it makes all the
difference!”
LovingLord,
inspireme
tobewelcomingandgenerous
inmyattitudetoothers,
showingindividuals
thattheymatterandareimportant.
MayImakeadifference
tosomeone
inmypartoftheworldtoday.
Amen.
Taken from: http://www.prayingeachday.org/Aug27.pdf
Movie Night Congratulations to our Parent and Friends Committee
for putting on such a wonderful evening on Friday. Everyone I have
spoken to thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Over $1500 was raised
which is doubled by the Catholic Education Office making it a $3000
event! Thank you for your support. Maintenance Plan Input At the
Movie Night, we encouraged parents to contribute their thoughts on
our school maintenance plan. This activity is part of the School
Board function this year. Lorraine King, our School Board Chair,
will invite your input via a letter either later this week or next
week. We really value any input you have and any resources you may
be aware of they may support the school’s work in this.
Like the Green Tree Frog, I grow and change.
Like the Bush Bee,
I can work with others and on my own to be successful.
Like the Eagle, I see what I
need to do to achieve my
goal and take responsibility.
Like the Crocodile,
I can overcome challenges and keep
going when things get
tough.
Like the Dolphin, I am free to
develop my own ideas and take
risks.
Like the Green Ant, I use what I know and
what others know to
build meaning.
Like the Tata Lizard I can become a learning detective,
searching
for answers or clues to my own or
others questions.
Learning Power Project
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Diary Dates—Term 3—2015
TERM 3—2015
Friday 28th August Pupil Free Day—Teachers Professional
Development Day Friday 28th August Retreat for Confirmation
4.00pm—6.00pm Friday 4th September Fathers Day breakfast and
Liturgy—Room 6, 8:30am Sunday 6th September Confirmation at Holy
Family Church 9.00am Friday 11th September Assembly: Room 9 &
Pre School, 8:30am Monday 14th September to Thursday 17th September
Swimming Lessons Friday 18th September Year 6 Public Speaking at St
Mary’s Catholic Primary School Monday 21st September to Thursday 24
September Swimming Lessons Friday 25th September Swimming Carnival
Friday 25th September Last Day of Term
TERM 4—2015 Monday 5th October School resumes
Pupil Free Day
A reminder there will be a Pupil Free Day this Friday, 28th
August for staff to attend our annual Catholic system wide
in-service. Care will be provided at the normal Vacation Care rate
of $55 for the day and does attract CCB and CCR rebates. Father’s
Day Next Friday, we will be supplying a bacon and egg breakfast for
Fathers in our community. It will be followed by a prayer liturgy
at 8.30am. We encourage all fathers/grandfathers/uncles/foster
fathers and significant male figures in your children’s lives to
attend. Year 10 students from O’Loughlin Catholic College will be
cooking the
breakfast and asking for a gold coin donation to go towards
their Ignite conference. The Ignite Conference is a contemporary
Catholic conference and is about encountering Jesus Christ and the
Church, experiencing dynamic faith, being equipped for ministry and
living the Christian life and being empowered to impact the Church
and the world. The conference runs from Thursday 24th September
until Sunday 27th September, 2015. We appreciate your support for
these students. God Bless
Shane Donohue
Shane Donohue Principal
Contact Us: t 08 8927 6188 f 0 8 8945 2254 a Calytrix Road
Karama NT 0812 p PO Box 40870 Casuarina NT 0811 e
[email protected] w
www.holyfamilynt.catholic.edu.au
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH Calytrix Road, Karama
ph: 8927 5454
Mass Times: Saturday Mass 8.30am and 6.30pm (Vigil) Sunday Mass
9.00am, 10.30am and 5.30pm 1st Sunday of the month 10.30am African
Mass in English 2nd Sunday of the month 10.30am Spanish Mass 3rd
Sunday of the month 10.30am Portuguese Mass 4th Sunday of the month
10.30am Tetum Mass
AROUND THE SCHOOL...
Religious Education Sacrament of Confirmation
All Confirmation candidates are to attend the following:
Retreat - Friday 28th August, 4.00-6.00pm, Church meeting
room.
Reconciliation – Wednesday 2nd September, 6.40pm, Holy Family
Church.
Confirmation Practice – Saturday 5th September, 4.00-5.00pm,
Holy Family Church, sponsors need to attend also, Bishop Eugene
will be visiting.
Confirmation – Sunday 6th September, 9.00am, Holy Family
Church.
Lauren O'Shea Religious Education Coordinator & BYODD
project Leader
iPad Parent Sessions – Term 3
Lauren O’Shea will be running weekly iPad sessions for parents
covering a range of iPad tips, tricks, settings and instructions on
how to use various applications. The sessions are available for all
parents and any infants are welcome and can be kept occupied with
toys and games. These sessions will go for approximately 20 minutes
and will be held after Monday morning assemblies in the After
School Care room. If you have your own iPad feel free to bring it
along, otherwise, you can borrow from the school. The topics below
are a guide; ideas and suggestions of what you would like to be
covered are encouraged. Hope to see you there!
DATES TOPIC
Week 7 – Monday 31st August Post-it Plus / Scannable
Week 8 – Monday 7th September Chatter Kid
Week 9 – Monday 14th September Green Screen
Week 10 – Monday 21st September Wordificator / Phonto
Tech Minions The selected six students will be announced in next
weeks newsletter. This group will be trained and will continue
through to 2016.
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Student Awards Congratulations to the following students who
received an award at Assembly last week.
Room 15 Tran– Teleah Walker & Aiden Handebo Room 14 Yr T/1–
Sebastian Lai, Jordyn Koops, Adrian Maher & Dylan South Room 13
Yr 1/2— Alex Plews & Dyzel Lambino Room 12 Yr 2/3– Eli Millard
& Jorja Murray-Govan Room 11 Yr 3/4 - Olivia Picone-Auld, Ruby
Kearns Arthur, Faith Ocampo & Madelyn Betzel Room 9 Yr 3/4- Taj
Murray, Jesse Ferguson & Jakob De Santis Room 6 Yr 5/6- Elisha
Pettit & Sam Gault Room 7 Yr 5/6- Mitchell McDonald, Hayden
Scrimegour & Tim Morgan ICT Awards— Jordyn Koops & Irene
Abanes
AROUND THE SCHOOL...
This week we wish the following students a Happy Birthday.
Chelsea Hartono 24th August Janna Ransome 25th August Stavros
Kazouris 26th August Mikaela Kempster 28th August Shaeneille
Tomlins 30th August
Notes sent home
� Pupil Free Day—After School Care form
Holy Family School App At Holy Family Catholic School we are
always looking for the best way to communicate within our school
community, and we believe this app will help. Download this app and
stay up to date with all the latest news and events from us, and
view the latest editions of the school newsletters. We will keep
you up to date regarding urgent reminders and notifications about
events we are holding within the school. Stay connected to our Holy
Family Catholic School community by searching for ‘Holy Family
Karama’ in the app store.
Please support Holy Family and collect your stickers when Mum or
Dad shop at Woolworths. Completed sticker charts can be dropped in
the box at the front office.
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AROUND THE SCHOOL...
Movie Night
On Friday 21st August, Holy Family Catholic Primary School held
their Movie Night. We watched ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible
No Good Very Bad Day’. The children had an excellent night that was
highlighted by a variety of food being sold by the Parent and
Friends Committee.
By Sam Gault—Year 6
Nutrition Program Selma Liberato from Menzies University is
facilitating a nutrition program with Years 3 through to Year 6.
Information has been sent home with students about the program and
student surveys have been conducted to gauge consumption of various
foods and drinks. Students will encounter a series of lessons
teaching them about foods and drinks and their nutritional
benefits. The first lesson looked at the amount of sugar in various
drinks. Students were surprised to see that drinks such as Pepsi
Max had no sugar and Oak flavoured milks had around 13 teaspoons of
sugar.
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Photo Gallery RAK’ed Award (Random Acts of Kindess)
Congratulations to Xavier Chandler who won our RAK’ed award for
this week and received a $5.00 Scholastic book voucher.
Student Birthdays
Student Awards
Enrolling now for 2016 Enrolments are now being taken for
Transition for 2016. If you child turns 5 prior to 30 June 2016
they are eligible to commence Transition in January 2016. Please
call into the office for an enrolment form or one can be sent
electronically. We will be holding an orientation morning on
Wednesday, 28th October 2015 from 8;30 am to 11:30 am. More
information will be available closer to the date.
Relay For Life—Ebony Bayliss
My name is Ebony Bayliss and I am in Year 5 at Holy Family
Catholic School. I am going to participate in this years “Relay for
Life”, an overnight event that raises money to help people and
families who maybe suffering from Cancer. I recently lost someone
very close to me from Cancer. I want to make a difference for other
people and pray that we can find a cure for this disease. If you
are able to support me in trying to make a difference please donate
via my participant page on the Relay for Life website or via the
following link:
http://fundraising.cancer.org.au/site/TR/RelayforLife/CCNT?px=1312306&pg=personal&fr_id=1881
Thank you, Ebony Bayliss
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Photo Gallery On Friday 21st August, Holy Family held their
annual Book Week Parade. Many popular characters appeared,
including Snow White, Where’s Wally, Sponge Bob, Dwarves, Wall-E
and even Minions. It was terrifically lead by our Year 6
leaders.
Sam Gault—Year 6
Book Week Class Winners
Frillies and Geckos- Margery Hackenberg (chook) Room 15- Aston
Kearns-Arthur (Gimli) Room 14- Jordyn Koops (sheep) Room 13- Tiana
Davies (Barbie) Room 12- Matthew Hill (Joker) Room 11- Madelyn
Betzel (puppy) Room 9- Lucy Weatherald (Tin man) Room 7- Rien
Abanes (Wall-e) Room 6- Nicholas Kariamis (Charm Sard)
Room 12 A new student in room 12, The Joker!. Matthew Hill
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Community Noticeboard
Mrs Cassandra De Silva has vacancies for this term for piano
lessons. For enquiries, contact Cassandra directly on 89450119.
Lessons are held during school hours. Mrs De Silva also has Piano
lessons after school hours in Karama at $25 per lesson. As well as
weekly lessons, Cassandra is now offering students fortnightly
lessons to those who find it too costly, so they can still keep
fingers moving and not lose technique and skills.
Royal Life Saving NT
The Royal Life Saving Society Australia NT Branch is
conduc�ng an intensive 5 day Vaca�on Swimming
Program 'VACSWIM' at Casuarina pool for 5 year
olds and up. This is a program full of fun, fitness
and life saving skills running over 1 week, from
Monday to Friday from 9am to 10am or 10am to
11am, commencing on the 28th
September 2015.
For bookings and further informa�on, contact
RLSSA NT Branch on 8927 0400 or
email [email protected].
Yours Thankfully,
Marice Augus�ne
Programs Coordinator
Royal Life Saving - NT
St Paul’s Catholic Community The Rite of Christian Initiation
for Adults (RCIA) will commence at St Paul’s Catholic Community
with an Enquiry Evening on Monday 14th September at 7.00 pm. Unless
decided otherwise at the Enquiry Evening, we meet every fortnight
until Christmas, not over Christmas or January and then every week
leading up to Easter Vigil on Saturday 26th March 2016. If you, or
someone you know, are interested in joining the Catholic Church,
this is the approved programme to do so. You are welcome to attend
the Enquiry Evening or to contact Sr Rita or Fr Roy on 89852343 or
email to [email protected] Fr. Roy J O’Neill MSC.
P.P. St Paul’s Parish PO Box 781 NIGHTCLIFF NT 0814 Email:
[email protected]
