2024 Newsletter Term 4 Week 8
- Letter from the Principal - Brad Toole
- Weekly Attendance Summary
- R.E Matters - Walking in the light of Christ
- Intensive Swimming
- School Captain Voting
- Year 6 Farewell Dinner
- End of Year Mass and Year 6 Assembly
- Hot Dog Meal Deal - Thursday 4th December
- Reports
- Gulgong Christmas Event Choir
- SRC Colour Run
- Last day of the year mufti Day
- 2025 Enrolments
- Merits - Week 7 Term 4
- Noticeboard
Letter from the Principal - Brad Toole
Dear Parents/Carers,
As this draws to a close we turn our attention to next year and organising our classes for next year. We have a very dedicated and hard working staff that will continue to work diligently to improve the learning outcomes and co-curricular experiences that your children receive at All Hallows.
Due to our steady growth in student numbers our extra staffing allocations received last year will remain in place. Further changes for 2025 include:
- Laura Clift will be teaching 5 days per week
- Amanda MacLean will be teaching 1 day per week next year plus working casually.
- Alex Toole will be running Little Blessings.
- Amanda Watts will be joining our Casual Learning Support team
- Carmelina Leotta will be on leave in 2025
- Our new Learning Support Officers will be announced before the end of the term.
Our class teachers for 2025 will be announced in our Week 9 newsletter.
Presentation Night
Presentation Night will be held on Monday 9th December 6.30pm at the Memorial Hall. Please join us to celebrate the wonderful achievements of our school and the achievements of our students.
Key Dates for End of Year Celebrations
Key dates for end of year celebrations are:
- Thursday 5th December - Year 6 Farewell Dinner at School Hall
-Friday 6th December - Year 5 School Captain Speeches and Voting
- Monday 9th December - Presentation Night at Memorial Hall
- Friday 13th December - Year 6 Day out
- Monday 16th December - End of Year Mass and Year 6 Final Assembly
Weekly Attendance Summary
Attendance is vitally important for success for our students in achieving their learning benchmarks.
Our goal is 90% attendance. In 2024 our attendance is currently sitting at 90.92%.
Our attendance summary for Week 7 of Term 4 is below. Let’s keep above 90% each week!!
90.92% | |
Pre-Year 1 | 92.94% |
Year 1 | 95.43% |
Year 2 | 93.06% |
Year 3 | 86.21% |
Year 4 | 91.43% |
Year 5 | 87.56% |
Year 6 | 89.82% |
R.E Matters - Walking in the light of Christ
‘Let your Light Shine’ – Never see a need without doing something about it.
ADVENT
On Monday we began our Advent season with a School Liturgy. We introduced the Advent Wreath, praying and lighting the first candle.
Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas.
Advent means 'Coming' in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas.
Intensive Swimming
Our Swimsafe – Intensive Swimming Program has begun this week - (Monday 2nd December - Thursday 12th December).
.The children are doing really well being organised for swimming and participating in the variety of activities the teachers have organized at school.
Each day the children will need:
(1) swimmers,
(2) towel,
(3) sunscreen,
(4) school hat and
(5) a bag to carry it all in.
Students may choose to wear thongs to and from the pool but will need their school shoes for the rest of the day.
If your child is in the ‘Clownfish’ they will need to come to school dressed for swimming. Children in Clownfish are: Alice T, Ryan P, Aalayah N, Blair N, Eevee R, Winter K, Indy-Rose C, John V, Bonnie-Blue O, Maggie W, Sophie J, Tom L, Avelyn M, Jane T, Airlie K, Sophia W, Hope S, Lola P, Sarah W, William B, Henry B, Pearl O
Please ensure your child has a healthy lunch and a water bottle each day for these weeks as swimming makes us hungry!
Thankyou to our parents, for your help in organising Intensive Swimming this year.
School Captain Voting
This Friday 6th December at 2pm in our hall our Year 5 students will present their ‘School Captain Speeches’ for next year. After the students present their speeches, students from Kinder to Year 5 will vote for our School Captains for 2025.
Students will be voting for two school captains. The girl and the boy with the highest number of votes will be announced school captains. We look forward to announcing the School Captains at our ‘Presentation Night’ on Monday 9th December. Parents are welcomed to come and attend.
Year 6 Farewell Dinner
Year 6 Farewell Dinner will be held on Thursday 5th December 6.30pm in our school hall. If there are any parents that are able to help decorate the hall that would be very much appreciated. It is a great night for our Year 6 students and their parents to attend.
End of Year Mass and Year 6 Assembly
Year 6 End of Year Mass will be held on Monday 16th December at a time tbc.
All students will attend the Mass and all parents in our community and particularly our Year 6 parents are invited to attend our celebration. Year 6 Final Assembly will be held at 2.30pm on the same afternoon in the school hall.
Hot Dog Meal Deal - Thursday 4th December
This Thursday (tomorrow) will be a hot dog meal deal for $5 in the canteen including a popper and zooper dooper. Extra Hot Dogs are $2.
Reports
The end of year is fast approaching and we are busy finalising Semester 2 reports. We will be busy and working hard until Wednesday, 18th December. Semester 2 Reports will be sent home on Tuesday 17th December. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s learning.
Gulgong Christmas Event Choir
We have been invited and accepted an invitation to sing two songs at the Gulgong Christmas Celebrations at the Park on Saturday 14th December. Mrs MacLean will be coordinating the choir and it is open to all students who would like to participate.
Wear a Christmas T-shirt or Christmas coloured t-shirt and meet Mrs MacLean on the night to sing Silent Night and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
It will be a great night with lots of fun activities planned.
SRC Colour Run
On Tuesday 17th December our SRC are organising a colour run on the back oval. It will be a great fun celebration to finish the year.
All students need to wear old clothes and covered shoes (white t-shirts are most effective). Please bring a change of clothes for after the colour run.
The run will start at 12noon and be followed by a free bbq for parents and students to celebrate the end of another school year. Parents, grandparents, siblings are all welcome to get involved on the day.
We will be providing some groovy little sunglasses this year to protect the kids eyes.
Last day of the year mufti Day
On Wednesday 18th December (last day of the year) we will be having a free mufti day. Students are able to wear their favourite Xmas clothes. Students need a hat, covered shoulders and covered in shoes.
2025 Enrolments
Merits - Week 7 Term 4
Kinder: Indy-Rose, James
Year 1: Alice, Zach
Year 2: Evie, Cooper
Year 3: Ruby, Brycen, Audrey
Year 4: Adalynn, Issy, Eloise, Jett
Year 5: Noah T, Logan, Dakota
Year 6: Sophia B, Sophia W, Hope
Halos: Iyla, Charlotte A, Adalynn, Avianna, Alexis, Lane, Indy-Rose, Wayne, Michaela, Ivy
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