Term 3 Week 3 (4/8/2023)

What's On?

Monday 7th August - Stage 3 Basketball Gala Day

Monday 14th August - Stage 2 Basketball Gala Day

Tuesday 15th August -  Confirmation- St Mary’s Church, Maclean

Tuesday  15th August- Dio Athletics  - Coffs Harbour

Thursday 17th August to Friday 25th August - Book Fair open: 8.30am-9am and 3.10pm-3.40pm - in school hall

Wednesday 23rd August - Reconciliation- in Hall

Friday 25th August - Book Week Parade

Saturday 26th August - First Holy Communion- St James Church Yamba, 5:15 – 6:15pm

Monday 28th August - Mary MacKillop Performance, 1:45 – 2:45pm

Tuesday 29th August - Public Speaking Competition- School Final 

Thursday 31st August- Pie Drive  - more details to come.

September

Friday 1st September - Fathers Day Breakfast, 7:00am

Wednesday 6th September - Zone Soccer Netball Carnival  

Monday 11th September - Public Speaking Competition Finals- Coffs Harbour 

Friday 15th September - Touch Footy Gala Day 

Thursday 21st September - Last day of term 3 for students

Thursday 21st September - Colour Run Stage 3 Fundraiser  

Friday 22nd September - Staff Development Day

Dear Parents and Carers

What a week we have had!

-Diggers on site (a backhoe for the tradies amongst us) setting up the base for our playground.

-The children receiving Confirmation joined with St Joseph's Maclean students for a retreat. 

-A Meerkat production to "get us in the mood!" for Book Week. 

-Our sign has had a refresh and our electronic sign is FINALLY ordered. (Anyone who has been at the school for a while, knows how I feel about the sign!! Hint- I call it purgatory)

And all this, while our learning continued unabated. Schools are funny places. Dynamic in nature and diverse in activity. 

If you look above at the What's on Section the next few weeks look to be very full .  I am planning to take a deep breath and lean in, enjoy to moments and chase the learning. ES1 told me today was 105 as  a learner. I should not have but I did... A fun fact for all... 86 days of learning to go for us all.  Lean in, let's go!

The first item on our agenda is the School Review team within the school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to work with the staff and students on how we can further develop the improvement agenda. Have you noticed the missing piece in that conversation? Would you like to/be available on Wednesday afternoon to speak with the team? If you are interested could you please let me know and I will sort out times and such. Will it be scary? No, the team will be asking how you see the school improving into the future. 

We know that families have responded to the Tell Them From Me and are part of the Community Conversations and this is another way to support your children.

Looking forward to hearing from you 

Ann

Book Fair

The Book Fair will be opening in the school hall on Thursday 17th August and will continue through until Friday 25th August. It will be open from 8.30am-9am before school and from 3.10pm-3.40pm after school. If any parents are able to help in the stall either before or after school on any of those days, please let Sue or Kelly know in the school office. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

RE News

Confirmation

On Wednesday our Confirmation candidates joined with candidates from St Joseph’s Primary, Maclean to attend a retreat day in Maclean. This retreat prepared candidates for their upcoming Sacrament of Confirmation and allowed them to consolidate all of their learning about Confirmation this term. We wish these students all the best in their final weeks of preparation. 

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be held in St Mary’s Church, Maclean on Tuesday 15th August, 5:30pm.

The order of Sacraments in the Lismore Diocese is: Baptism, Confirmation (Year 3), Reconciliation (Year 4), First Eucharist (Year 4). All preparation is undertaken at school.

If you would like your child to receive these Sacraments, please contact Mrs Howland at school ASAP. We are currently finalising numbers for the parish office.

For your child to receive any of these Sacraments they must first be Baptised. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me at school.

If you are interested in your child/ren being Baptised, please contact the Maclean Parish Office on 66451188 Mon/ Wed/ Fri 9am-2pm.

Renee Howland

Assistant Principal Mission

Sacrament Dates 2023

Confirmation- Tuesday 15th August -  St Mary’s Church, Maclean. 

Colour Run - Stage 3 Fundraiser

Stage 2 News

Science 

This term in Science we are learning about weathering and erosion. This week, Stage 2 took to the playground in search of erosion around our school. Students in Stage 2 were able to identify erosion around the school and were starting to think of some strategies to help. Mrs Hollington found a great resource where we were able to go on a ‘virtual excursion’ and have a look at erosion throughout the world.

Reader’s Theatre

This term in Stage 2 we are learning about Readers’ Theatre in Drama. We have really enjoyed having a go and watching our peers perform. We even had a go at performing some Readers’ Theatre in Religion, telling the story of The Prodigal Son. Whilst having lots of fun, we have been gaining confidence speaking in front of an audience, working on projecting our voice and using expression.

Stage 3 Radio

Sport Dates 2023

Term 3

Stage 3 Basketball Gala Day - Monday 7th August

Stage 2 Basketball Gala Day - Monday 14th August

Dio Athletics  - Tuesday  15th August- Coffs Harbour

 Zone Soccer Netball Carnival - Wednesday 6th September

Touch Footy Gala Day - Friday 15th September

Term 4

Polding Atheltics - Friday 13th October  

Dio Summer Sport Trials -Friday 24th  November - Lismore