Star of the Sea Swimming Carnival 2019

Hello friends,

I certainly feel as though this term is absolutely racing by and it is hard to believe that we are almost at the end of Week Three already.

There have certainly been lots of highlights already in this term for myself, including the Star of the Sea School Swimming Carnival and the beginning of year Whole School Mass last week.

I extend a hearty congratulations to the McCauley team on their victory in the Swimming Carnival it was certainly a close event with each team compiling a close tally.

I wholeheartedly congratulate all the competitors that took part in the swimming carnival as each individual student performed to the best of their ability and did themselves proud. 

Spirit cup points continue to be accumulated over the course of this term and the Spirit Cup will be awarded to the winning team at Sports Day later this term. Congratulations to our team captains who led their teams admirably on the day.

We congratulate and thank those students who are SRC member this year for the class. We look forward to working with you and representing your class.

Congratulations to all students who were selected for the SAPSASA and SACPSSA Swimming Carnivals. Emails went out to students who were selected on the weekend and team lists are on the Sports office door.

A reminder to all families that all sporting information will come out through the Skoolbag app, if you do not have this app please feel free to see the office staff for support and all registrations are made through QKR.  If you do not have this app once again the office staff are a great resource.  Once you have registered using QKR please ensure that the registration has gone through by checking the receipts section in the app.  If you do not have a receipt, then it hasn’t gone through.

The netball and basketball information/registrations have gone out through Skoolbag app and classrooms.  Registrations are to be done by Friday.  Sorry for the short turn around but we need to register teams quickly.

Chess Club has commenced, 8am Thursday’s in the school library.  If your child would like to take part in chess please email myself so that we can organise registration for you.

Out of School Hours Sport –

Basketball:-  Please register through QKR and await team information

Cricket:-  Starts this weekend.  Please note the website has changed this year  http://pscomp.sa.cricket.com.au/  Please await further information from your coaches / team managers.

Netball:- Please register through QKR and await for team information

Friday 15 February

• Star OutReach 9am

Sunday 17 February

• Year 1 Parish Mass

Monday  11 February

• Reconciliation Information Night

Tuesday 19 February  

• First Reconciliation Leaders 7pm

Wednesday 20 February  

• Assembly 1.50pm Reception Hosting

Friday 22 February  

• P&F School in for Summer 7pm

Tuesday 26 February  

• Donut Recess and Sausage Sizzle Lunch

Thursday 28 February  

• Carnevale Italian 9am on the courts

Airport District SAPSASA Swimming -  Wednesday 6 March

Metro SAPSASA Swimming Carnival – Thursday 28 March

SACPSSA Swimming Carnival – Monday 18 March

Star of the Sea School Sports Day  -  Thursday 11 April

These are the dates that have been set so far so mark them in your diaries!

Please note the Athletics carnivals will be held in Term 2.

Devon clothing uniform shop are pleased to announce that Star of the sea customers can now purchase uniform from:

84 daws Road, Edwardstown Ph: 83731776

Email: dcus@devonclothing.com.au

What does this mean for you?

You can now purchase your uniform Mon – Fri 9am-5pm and Sat 9am-12pm during the school holidays* and school term, as well as during the usual opening times a the School Shop.
Your Online Orders will now be processed as we receive them, at Edwardstown, and you can still opt to have your order put in your child’s classroom box or have it sent to your Business or Home address or you can collect it from the school uniform shop on Tuesdays or anytime during regular trading hours at Edwardstown

Join our Community on Facebook for a 'behind the scenes' look at what happens at Star of the Sea School.

To view the  this term's Road Monitors Roster click on the link below.

Week three is upon us and we have had an event filled start to the term. Our Swimming Carnival, Welcome Assembly and Welcome Mass last week were all wonderful celebrations. This week our SRC have met, our Reconciliation program was launched and we look forward to our Year one’s hosting our Parish Mass on Sunday. Students have settled into school, routines and classroom learning is up and going. Next week I warmly invite you to our Reception assembly on Wednesday at 1:50pm and our Parents and Friends evening on Friday at 7:00pm. It looks to be a fantastic night!

Cyber Safety

Last Tuesday was Safer Internet Day, a worldwide event that supports the positive use of digital technology. The key message encourages us to develop four critical skills called the 4Rs: Respect: I treat myself and others the way I like to be treated, Responsibility: I am accountable for my actions and I take a stand when I feel something is wrong, Reasoning: I question what is real and Resilience: I get back up from tough situations.

As our Year four, five and six students receive their laptops these messages are extremely valuable. Teachers will work closely with students in developing their cyber safety awareness and we encourage parents to continue the conversation at home. Please come and see us if you have any concerns surrounding cyber safety and social media.

This week’s article titled ‘Language of Independence Building’ explores twelve examples of building language as a family to foster independence in our young kids. Michael Grose includes practical examples of fostering and creating a culture of independence. All very important life long skills.

Some include:

Never regularly do for a child the things a child can do for him/herself. This in fact fosters the goal of INDEPENDENCE.
Asking which of these TWO would you prefer?  fosters the goal of DECISION MAKING.
Asking how do you feel about this? fosters the goal of EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Is this something you can do yourself? fosters the goal of SELF HELP.

To read more about these useful tools and questions you can jump onto his website at

https://www.parentingideas.com.au

‘May your hands be forever clasped in friendship and your hearts joined forever in love.’ Traditional Irish Blessing.. 

Have you noticed how much the word “love” is used in the Bible?  The Bible is the perfect resource to go to when you’re looking for ways to love others but it’s also full of romantic love notes for you to share with your loved one. The Song of Solomon or Song of Songs as it may be called is a book in the Old Testament and has chapters full of love. The language is beautiful, figurative and, at times, quite explicit. Not at all what you might expect in the Bible. I was quite surprised and even blushed a little!  You might like to look at these Printable scripture Valentine's notes

May God bless you and your Valentine,

Stella

Leaders’ Training: Tuesday 19 February @ 7pm in the Staffroom

First Reconciliation Liturgy Dates: Friday 5 April @ 4pm, Saturday 6 April @ 10am, Monday 8 April @ 5:30pm, Tuesday 9 April @ 4pm.

Confirmation Dates: Friday 6 September @ 7pm, Saturday 7 September @ 10am.

Star of the Sea is participating in the Children's University program again this year. Children in Years 3 - 6 are able to be a part of this voluntary opportunity. The annual cost is $33 which can be paid via QKR from Week 4 until Friday 29 March 2019.

If you would like more information about the program please click here.

The Click Band will be performing live at "School' in for Summer" Friday 22 February. Promises to be a great night out. Follow the link to hear their music. 

Shrove Tuesday is Tuesday 5 March 2019. We have always been blessed with fantastic support from parents with the supply of pancake batter. A tried and true school batter recipe can be found in this newsletter. If you are able to send along a container of mixture it would be greatly appreciated. Receptions to Year 5 to supply the pancake mix and Year 6s to supply jam and maple syrup. As in previous years we will need helpers on the day.

If you can help, please come along Tuesday when you drop off your children.

2 ½ cups of self-raising flour

2 eggs

2 ½ cups milk

(NO low fat milk thanks!)

Mix together  thoroughly and pour into 2ltr milk container and send to school on Tuesday 5 March February.

Star of the Sea is supporting this important fundraising to buy  water tanks with solar powered pumps for  Catholic Elder Care in the Philippines so there is sufficient water for the residents to have baths.

Thank you to families who have a water bottle to fill with small change. If you didn’t receive a bottle you might like to make your own! Repurpose a discarded bottle to hold some small change. Bottles are due back before ASH WEDNESDAY. Thank you for your support.

To view the Tuck Shop roster and price list click on the link below.