St Mary & St Mina’s Coptic Orthodox College

Keeping you posted... From the Head of College

What a wonderful time we had celebrating the Feast of St Mary. Last year the stu-dents and teachers enjoyed the festivities so much we made the decision to make it part of our traditional events. It was wonderful to see the senior students having a great time with the Primary children. Thank you to Fr Elijah and Fr Daoud who both joined in the soccer games at the park. Fr Elijah also celebrated Mass for us and took time to explain parts of the Mass to the children. Mary is the mother of our Church, the mother of Jesus and a woman of incredible strength in the face of many trials that were sent to test her. The final trial watching her son die on a cross must be the worst thing a mother could endure. We thank God for sending this woman of courage and faith as a role model for all of us.

Year 12 are in their final weeks of formal schooling and I ask that our whole school community keep them in your prayers. In recent days a few have come to school with very BIG smiles as they have already had early offers for university courses.

On 5-7 September the year 5 and 6 students attended the annual camp. Lots of fun is sure to be part of their time in the snow and at Questacon in Canberra. Thank you to Mr Nicola, Ms Frolich and Ms Iffland for taking the students away and giving so freely of your time away from family.

Don’t forget to buy your tickets to the Parents and Friends Fundraising Dinner on 15 September. Tickets are available from Mary Nicola, the P&F Secretary, and at the front office of both campuses. Please check our links on Facebook or go to http://stmary.nsw.edu.au/

On Tuesday 11 September our College will be displaying student Art works at the NSW Parliament as part of the Coptic New Year Celebrations.

Bexley (Primary) 339-377 Forest Road, Bexley NSW 2207Rockdale (Secondary) 4-5 Alexandra Parade, Rockdale NSW 2216

In Whom are hidden all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge” (Colossians 2:3)

Book WeekStudents thoroughly enjoyed participating in all the organised Book Week Activities.The activities that students participated in included the: book fair, the local library visit, char-acter parade, talent show, art competition and the Super Duper musical incursion. Students enjoyed dressing up in their favourite book characters and are to be commended for being in-volved and participating in the parade. I would like to thank Mrs. Zaki for organising the variety of activities for all of our students to experience.

Science FairThis year the Junior School participated in National Science Week. The Science exhibition on Friday the 17th of August was a fantastic opportunity for our students from Kindergarten to Year 6 to display/demonstrate a Science experiment of their choice to their fellow peers. The Scientific experiments that the classes from K-6 presented with their teachers during the fair were engaging and informative. Students are to be congratulated for their efforts for the won-derful scientific experiments that they brought in. We are looking forward to an even bigger Science Fair next year.

Father’s Day BreakfastThe father’s Day Breakfast was an enjoyable day for all of our wonderful fathers. I would like to thank all of our parents for your continual support of the College and to the P&F for organising such a wonderful breakfast.

ICAS English CompetitionStudents from Years 2-6 sat the English ICAS competition on Tuesday the 31st of July. The paper assesses reading and language skills in a range of contexts. The following aspects of texts are assessed and reported: text comprehension—reading for meaning—in literary and factual texts; the writer’s craft in selecting particular text types, vocabulary and techniques; syntax; and vocabulary. The questions require students to locate, identify, sequence, explain, interpret, analyse and infer information in and about texts. Results for the competition will be released in September.

Mr S. Nicola

Head of Primary

Bexley (Primary) 339-377 Forest Road, Bexley NSW 2207Rockdale (Secondary) 4-5 Alexandra Parade, Rockdale NSW 2216

In Whom are hidden all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge” (Colossians 2:3)

Hot topic - SMSM had a photoshoot recently, here are a few of our snaps...

Bexley (Primary) 339-377 Forest Road, Bexley NSW 2207Rockdale (Secondary) 4-5 Alexandra Parade, Rockdale NSW 2216

In Whom are hidden all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge” (Colossians 2:3)

Progresssive house point totals

Progressive House Points Total St. Mary St. Mina St. George St. Demiana

2362 2567 2364 2280

Students of The Week

Week 6

Kindy– Eliana Saleeb

Year 1I– Michaela Hanna

Year 2P– Gabriel Hanna

Year 3I– Jonathan Mina

Year 4H– Fred Dayaa

Year 5F-Michelle Akladious

Year 6A– Alyssa Legaspi

Week 3

Kindy– Levi Micael

Year 1I– Jonathan Youssef

Year 2P– Steven Rushdi

Year 3I– Kirollos Zekry

Year 4H– Gellila Hagos

Year 5F– Sandra Labib

Year 6A– Chantel Magdy

Week 4

Kindy– Mariam Yakoub

Year 1I– Joshua Beshay

Year 2P– Jacob Bechaye

Year 3I– Rafael Refuerzo

Year 4H– Carla Habib

Year 5F-Mina Khalil

Year 6A– Hebah Malek

Week 5

Kindy– Christopher Bechaye

Year 1I– Benjamin Fanous

Year 2P– Adam Seif

Year 3I– Joshua Awad

Year 4H– Ivan Shenoda

Year 5F-Mirolla Khalil

Year 6A– John Michael

Week 6

Kindy– Eliana Saleeb

Year 1I– Michaela Hanna

Year 2P– Gabriel Hanna

Year 3I– Jonathan Mina

Year 4H– Fred Dayaa

Year 5F-Michelle Akladious

Year 6A– Alyssa Legaspi

Week 4

Kindy– Mariam Yakoub

Year 1I– Joshua Beshay

Year 2P– Jacob Bechaye

Year 3I– Rafael Refuerzo

Year 4H– Carla Habib

Year 5F-Mina Khalil

Year 6A– Hebah Malek

Week 5

2P– Marcus Mikhail (Silver)

Medallions

Bexley (Primary) 339-377 Forest Road, Bexley NSW 2207Rockdale (Secondary) 4-5 Alexandra Parade, Rockdale NSW 2216

In Whom are hidden all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge” (Colossians 2:3)

Week 3

2P– Maria Koutouras

2P– Marcus Mikhail

5F– Sandra Labib

5F– Dimitrios Koutsoulas

5F- Serafina Repole

Principal Awards

Week 5

2P– Alexander Hanna

3I– Jacob Magdy

3I- Elijah Habashy

3I– Jovana Bojceska

3I– Gabriella Selim

3I– Jonathan Mina

3I– Kirollos Zekry

4H– David Nassif (3 Awards)

4H– Gelila Hagos

4H– Daniel Makary

6A– Marco Ataalla ( 2 Awards)

Week 6

KA– Luke Fanous

KA– James Hanna

1I– Joshua Beshay

1I-Georgia Koutsouras

2P–Adam Seif

2P- Chantal Massoud

3I- Benjamin Elassal

3I– Gabriella Guirguis

3I– Nathaniel Mikhail

3I– Nicodemus Georgiades

5F– Dimtrios Koutoulas

Dates for your diary...

Bexley (Primary) 339-377 Forest Road, Bexley NSW 2207Rockdale (Secondary) 4-5 Alexandra Parade, Rockdale NSW 2216

In Whom are hidden all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge” (Colossians 2:3)

5-7 September Year 5 & 6 Camp to Snow and Canberra

10 September 3-6 Public speaking

17 September Swim school starts for K-6

18 September Oz Tag Gala day

26 September K-6 Movie evening

27 September Years K-6 swimming carnival

27 September Year 12 Graduation

15 October School is back, first day of Term 4

27 September Last day of Term 3

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