Last day of Reception for the wonderful children in

R PN and R MR.

Over the year we have observed kindness and bravery, we have watched the children make new friends and laugh, they have taken risks and had a go at many new things. The children have worked together as a team and taken upon their role within our learning community. We couldn’t be prouder of the children’s learning and growth (cognitively and personally).

Thank you to the wonderful families for your support and collaboration in regards to your child’s learning and our community to Holy Family.

We appreciate the kind, thoughtful and very generous cards and gifts – we were definitely very spoilt.

It is not good bye – as we look forward to see your smiling faces around the school next year.

We wish you have a happy and safe holiday with your family and friends and see you all in the new year.

Michelle and Paul

PS – Remember to keep reading in the holidays 🙂

Welcome to Thursday

**** Please note-Tomorrow (Friday 10th December) is the last day of term, school finishes at 3pm 🙂

Here is why the students love Christmas:

Reid- I love Christmas because Santa gives me presents

Mason L- I love Christmas because I can play with my friends

Kunal- I love Christmas because we celebrate Jesus

Xavier- I love Christmas because everyone comes to my party

Rex- I love Christmas because I put up the lights

Oscar S- I love Christmas because we have a big feast at home with all my family

Reign- I love Christmas because we hide the present

Tanish- I love Christmas because of presents

Oscar H- I love Christmas because of decorations

Krisha- I love Christmas because I build gingerbread houses

Aiden- I love Christmas because of my mum’s food

Luciano- I love Christmas because Santa gives me toys

Mason H- I love Christmas because we celebrate Jesus and we get presents and nice food.

Ellie- I love Christmas because we get to put the star on top

Malika- I love Christmas because we get to spend time with your family and have yummy food

Aria- I love Christmas because we get to give the presents

Eva N- I love Christmas because we decorate the tree

Jaxson- I love Christmas because Santa gives me presents

Clara- I love Christmas because we go to our grandpa’s house

Ethan- I love Christmas because I play with Christmas balls

Emilia- I love Christmas because Santa puts the presents under the tree

Anna P- I love Christmas because we get some presents under the tree

Matilda- I love Christmas because I get to open my presents

Alexander- I love Christmas because I have a BBQ

Roman- I love Christmas because we open the presents

Vedan- I love Christmas because we get whatever we want

Avelyn- I love Christmas because we go special places

Quan- I love Christmas because we decorate the Christmas tree

Kevin- I love Christmas because we put the Christmas tree lights on

Kohinoor- I love Christmas because Santa gives me presnts

Rozy- I love Christmas because our family friends come

Henry- I love Christmas because I give cookies to Santa

Jon- I love Christmas because Santa eats cookies

Kayden- I love Christmas because when I wake up I see elf on the shelf move

Ryder- I love Christmas because when I wake up I see all my presents

Esrom- I love Christmas because we get to put the star on top

Andreas- I love Christmas because we get presents

Fynn- I love Christmas because I put the star up

Tanvi- I love Christmas because I go to spacial places with my friends

Anna D- I love Christmas because I make cookies for Santa

Ayla- I love Christmas because I go to the beach with my family friends

Helena- I love Christmas because everyone gets together

Mileka- I love Christmas because I go to my Nana’s house

Olivia- I love Christmas because I like sharing presents with my cousins

Lucas- I love Christmas because I put new Christmas lights on

Makayla- I love Christmas because I make some cookies

Mrs Rodgers- I love Christmas because we share lots of yummy food and spend time with my family

Mr Norris- I love Christmas because I get to eat prawns

Have a great evening and see you tomorrow 🙂

Welcome to Wednesday

Highlights of our learning today.

Christmas around the World

Today we made a Christmas wreath during HASS.

We look forward to bringing home the finished product tomorrow.

Christmas Yoga

Have a wonderful evening – See you tomorrow

Welcome to Tuesday.

Reading Achievement-

Congratulations to Ryder for completing 150 nights of reading! Well done!

Daily Routine:

Snapshot of Learning- Art- Today we watched a step by step tutorial on how to draw an elf. The students followed along with each step. Here is what they came up with:

Have a great evening and see you tomorrow. 🙂

Welcome to Thursday.

Reading achievement-

Congratulations to Kevin who completed 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Carols Night Important Information-

*****RPN and RMR students to meet Mr Norris and Mrs Rodgers on Friday night at 5:15pm at the Curiosity building. We will be performing just after 5:30pm.

*****Students can wear CASUAL clothes for the concert, preferably in Christmas colours (red, green, white, yellow) or accessorized with a Santa hat, tinsel etc. 

Dear Families

We invite you to our Christmas Concert being held on Friday 3 December commencing from 5.30pm.  The event will be held on the school oval.  Families are encouraged to bring a picnic rug or chair.  From 5pm there will be a Gala Auction and the canteen will open for drinks and sausage sizzle to purchase.

ELC/Reception classes will be first to perform at 5.30pm and we will then make our way through each year level, finishing with the year 5/6s.  We should finish about 7pm.  The raffle will be drawn after the year 1 classes have performed so younger students can go home earlier if desired.

There will be a Gala Auction where a MacBook Pro will be offered.  It’s one of the new MacBook Pro 16” M1 (specifications below).  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to acquire a quality Christmas present.

MacBook Pro 16” specifications

• M1 Pro
• 10-Core CPU
• 16-Core GPU
• 16GB Unified Memory
• 1TB SSD Storage
• 16-core Neural Engine
• 16-inch Liquid Retina XDR display
• Three Thunderbolt 4 ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot and MagSafe 3 port
• Magic Keyboard with Touch ID
• Force Touch trackpad
• 140W USB-C Power Adapter

RRP: $4,049 GST inclusive

Participation by all students is encouraged, although not compulsory.  We do ask that if your child wishes to attend, then they must also perform.  Please confirm if your child will be participating by advising your child’s class teacher.

We will be asking for your cooperation to ensure the concert is safe and complies with the directions we have been given.  To keep numbers within our density requirements we will be limiting tickets to 4 per family (this does not include students of Holy Family).

As you book, there will be some guidelines we need you to agree to and follow on the night. This includes keeping a safe distance from others, not bringing any glass or alcohol onto the school grounds and collecting your child from outside Curiosity at the conclusion of their performance. Also remember that if you, your child or anyone in your family is unwell, please do not attend our event. If we experience inclement or unsafe weather leading up to the event or on the night – we will be prepared to cancel the event.

Please keep the confirmation of your booking as you may need to show this when entering the school.  Only the people listed on the booking confirmation will be allowed onsite to ensure that we are following our density requirements.

You will be required to COVID-safe check in on entry.  Masks for adults and children over 12 are compulsory unless requirements change.

BOOKINGS

There is an online system for parents to make a booking.   We are using this system because it is the most user-friendly approach for families to make a booking.  Please note that the booking system will close if capacity limit is reached before the event.  To make a booking, please follow the instructions below:

Go to https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/ma8a7

or

Go to the school website at www.holyfamily.catholic.edu.au and click on Carols booking.

• Enter your details
• Add the details of up to 3 other people (if applicable)
• When you click FINISH, a confirmation will be emailed to you. If you do not receive your email, please check your junk mail folder AND make sure you have entered your email address accurately.

If you are unable to access an electronic device to make a booking, please see the staff in the front office for assistance.

Please note:

• All students will need to be accompanied and supervised by their parents ie – not turning up alone.=

• All students need to MEET THEIR TEACHER OUTSIDE CURIOSITY (near the Design Lab door) two items before their own. (Reminders will be made throughout the evening).  After they have performed, they can continue to watch the rest of the concert with their family, or go home.
• Students may wear neat CASUAL clothes for the concert, preferably in Christmas colours (red, green, white, yellow) or accessorized with a Santa hat, tinsel etc.  If the class teacher sends a note home requesting something different please take note of those requirements.

See you tomorrow 🙂

Welcome to Wednesday.

Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Ellie who achieved 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Esrom who achieved 200+ nights of reading! Well done!

Calendar:

Daily Routine:

Snapshot of Learning- Science- Today we discussed the different ways that different animals move. The students came up with; jumping, running, swimming, hopping, flying, walking, rolling, wriggling, slithering, stomping, swinging, climbing, waddling, crawling and pouncing. They had to draw a picture of different animals showing the way that they move, including some movement lines. They labelled how they move.

Have a great evening and see you tomorrow 🙂

Reading Achievement-

Congratulations to Reid who achieved 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Calendar:

Daily Routine:

Today, we had a whole school mass to celebrate the wonderful year that we have had together. It was a great way to farewell the year 6 students, many who had started in reception. Fr Santosh was our celebrant for today’s mass. Here are some photos from the mass:

Welcome to Monday

Our Learning

Our Calendar

Religion

Advent

The Advent wreath is an important symbol of the Advent season. It is usually made of evergreen branches placed in a circle, topped with four candles.

We use the Advent wreath as a way to prayerfully reflect on the Advent seasons. On the first Sunday of Advent, the wreath is belled and one candle is lit. Every Sunday, another candle is lit until all four candles are burning brightly. The colour purple represents waiting, hoping and longing for the arrival of Christ.

The colour pink reminds us that the time of Christ’s arrival is fast approaching and we must prepare.

Students create their own advent wreath.

Have a lovely evening – see you tomorrow

Welcome to Thursday.

Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Kayden for achieving 25 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Reign for achieving 25 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Ayla for achieving 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Have a great evening and see you tomorrow 🙂

Welcome to Wednesday

Our Calendar

Our Learning

Science

Topic: Movement –  Push and Pull

Task: Design a poster for a toy that you can push or pull.

Have a lovely night – see you tomorrow