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Dear Parents & Carer's,
What a wonderful day we had celebrating Grandparents today, Friday 14th. Many thanks to those who were able to join us for the liturgy, open morning and for morning tea in the playground. It was a wonderful occasion to launch our new Vision and Mission Statement, 'With Jesus, our companion, we learn, grow and wonder.' Many thanks to Mr McCann and all staff who have helped in the development of our Vision and Mission and in planning Grandparent's Day.
Above: Mrs Jacqueline Wilkinson, Assistant Head of Schools, with Year 4 students Eli Fenning and Hamish MacGregor.
On Thursday, Years 2/3 & 4/5/6 travelled to the Manning Entertainment Centre to watch the performance of ASPIRE's, 'The Election'. Year 5 & 6 students, Miley Baker, Isabella Cawthorne, Lola Forbes Collins, Harry Briggs, Taya Carmody, Ella Gambrill, Georgia Morton and Lillie-Maii Smith were part of the performance, participating in Drama, Vocals and Art activities throughout the week and for the culmination of the performance on Thursday with other students in the Manning region Catholic Schools. It was an amazing performance, put together over four days, with reheasrals over the week at St.Clare's and the Manning Entertainment Centre, and overseen by ASPIRE's Anna Kerrigan. A special thanks to Miss Fitzgerald for looking after ASPIRE students this week.
Welcome to our new student, Revel Rejo and her family. Revel has joined the 4/5/6 class. We trust Revel will enjoy her time in our school community.
Our second session of Early Birds will be on Monday 17th, and include a session with School Psychologist, Larissa Collins and run from 9-10am (approx). The final session will be kiss and drop at 9am.
Peace and best wishes,
Amy Maslen
Principal
Week 5 saw eight students travel to Taree Monday to Thursday to take part with other schools across the Manning Diocese in the ASPIRE project in a production called ‘The Election’. The eight students were split into three groups with Taya, Ella, Georgia, and Lillie part of the Visual art group who painted the artwork as part of the backdrop. Bella and Harry were part of the drama group as students in different cliques. Miley and Lola sang beautifully as part of the vocal group. Georgia and Lola had also previously travelled to be part of the ASPIRE script writers as the play was their original script and idea.
The Election - student election time has arrived, and Principal Sneers is to select a leader, but the students soon discover she has other ideas. The different groups at St Thomas College must band together to get their voice heard and elect a student that represent all their best interests.
Taya, Georgia, Ella and Lillie were busy producing ideas with the rest of the arts student as to what they imagined the school logo, backdrop and costumes would look like. Tuesday and Wednesday they then went to the Manning Entertainment Centre to start painting the class clown area of the backdrop.
Bella played the role of Maddy, who was part of the popular group supporting their leader Pippa. Throughout the week she helped her group remember their lines when going through rehearsal. Harry was also part of the drama group and played the role of a sporty student. Not only was his character set on getting a pool for school he was the last person to deliver a line ending the whole show. His confidence grew throughout the week as did his voice projection.
Miley and Lola sang seven songs on stage with the choir, they not only had to remember the lyrics but only had 3 days to remember all the new choreography that was going with each of the songs. Their stage presence and movements grew with each rehearsal and performance.
Special thanks to Miss Fitzgerald for looking after our students at ASPIRE.
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Amily Gambrill
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For participating in tennis lessons with enthusiasm and showing improved tennis skills. |
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Mia Abalos
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For participating in tennis lessons with enthusiasm and showing improved tennis skills. |
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Josie Banyer
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For participating in tennis lessons with enthusiasm and showing improved tennis skills. |
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Ava Wiencke
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For always tackling Maths challenges with interest and ability. |
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Freya Macgregor
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For always tackling Maths challenges with interest and ability. |
| Harrison Morton | for his excellent use of descriptive language and complex sentence patterns when writing narratives |
| Storm Carmody | for her amazing growth and improvement in Reading and Writing. |
| Jack Butchers | for his enthusiastic efforts and focus during writing lessons. |
| Amelia Fulton | for using paragraphs when structuring narratives and for her efforts to effectively punctuate. |
| Georgia Morton | for her leadership and involvement in representing St. Joseph's Gloucester. |
| Bella Cawthorne | for making meaningful contributions and supporting others during our school Vision and Mission Formation. |
| Remi Ashby | for being a motivated learner. Remi always asks questions to ensure understanding of difficult concepts. |
| Week 6 | |
| Monday 18th November | Early Birds 9-12pm. School Counsellor presentation 9-10am. |
| School Pyschologist at St Joseph's | |
| Shared Table - no shared table | |
| Wednesday 20th November | Year 6 Transition to Gloucester High School 12:30-3pm |
| Thursday 21st November | Sport (swimming) 12.30 - 2.30 |
| Week 7 | |
| Monday 25th November | Early Birds 9-12pm |
| Shared Table tbc | |
| Thursday 28th November | Sport (Swimming) 12.30 - 2.30 |
| Week 8 | |
| Monday 2nd December | Shared Table |
| Tuesday 3rd December | Year 6 Transition to Gloucester High School |
| Wednesday 4th December | Year 6 Graduation Mass & Awards Evening & Celebration 6pm |
| Thursday 5th December | Sport (Swimming) 12.30 - 2.30 |
| Week 9 | |
| Monday 9th December | Reports home this week |
| Thursday 12th December | Sport (Swimming) 12.30 - 2.30 |
| Friday 13th December | Year 6 Disco |
| Week 10 | |
| Tuesday 17th December | Beach Day/Picnic Day Excursion |
| Wednesday 18th December | FINAL DAY STUDENTS |
Our Year 6 Graduation/Awards night will be held on Wednesday 4th December. The Gradauation Mass will begin at 6pm in the Church, followed by our presentation in the Hall after Mass. We invite all families to join us for this very special night. Students are asked to wear full school uniform on the night. More details will be sent out via Compass regarding our Year 6 Graduation/Awards night in the coming week.
