Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School

NEWSLETTER

PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | email: admin.holyspirit@nt.catholic.edu.au | website: www.holyspiritnt.catholic.edu.au | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 1

Principal’s Reflection

30 July, 2015

Week 2, Term 3

Dear Families,

Our children cannot keep the smiles off their faces in this beautiful weather. How lucky we are in the

Top End at this time of year. The long weekends have given many families the opportunity to get out,

explore and spend time together. During these times it gives us time to stop and reflect on God’s beauti-

ful creation and be thankful for all that we have been blessed with. We also welcome many guests at

this time and extend them a warm welcome to our Holy Spirit Community. We always enjoy meeting the

aunties, uncles, grandparents, godparents etc. of the children at Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School.

The response to our online parent/teacher/student interviews has been fantastic with over 150 bookings so far. Parents are asked to visit

the school app or the website www.schoolinterviews.com.au and enter the code JM94E. Booking can also be made through the front

office in person or over the phone until 9am on Tuesday 4th August.

Next week’s parent/ teacher/student interviews run for approximately 10 minutes each and provide a chance for our students to con-

structively reflect upon their achievements so far this year and also set further learning goals to strive for. They give us the opportunity

to strengthen the link between home and school. In this second semester, we aim to continue to build these links through encouraging

parent helpers in all classes, or around the school. If you are able to help out in any way please contact your child’s class parent repre-

sentative, their teacher or come in to the front office. Any additional assistance, not matter how small, is greatly appreciated.

We are looking for sponsors for our Parents and Friends movie night held at Deckchair cinema on Thursday 13 th August. For the cost

of $50 dollars companies can have their products and services displayed in the “previews” for 15 minutes prior to the commencement

of our movie on the night. If you are interested in sponsoring please contact the front office.

The amount of families using our school phone app continues to be strong. It can be used to check newsletters, book interviews, order

canteen food, log absent students and receive notifications. A reminder that to get the latest information shake your phone when

the app is open or simply close the app and reopen it. In order to receive messages sent from the school you need to select ‘allow

notifications’. The app can be downloaded to any smart phone – just

search ‘Holy Spirit Catholic Primary’. If you have any questions or

need assistance, please come into the front office.

God bless you all and keep you safe,

Mr. Simon Duffy

Principal

Reflection “How blessed are those who live in your house; they shall

praise you continually”

- Psalms 84:4

HAVE YOU DOWNLOADED THE SCHOOL APP?

PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | email: admin.holyspirit@nt.catholic.edu.au | website: www.holyspiritnt.catholic.edu.au | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 2

Congratulations to the following students:

Transition, Rm.8 - Alexander De Zylva

Phoebe Hennessy

Tr/1, Rm. 9 - Calum Navin

Rejoice Sowood

Year 1/2, Rm.3 - Lasith De Silva

Year 1/2, Rm.4 - Michael Ginis

Year 1/2, Rm.6 - Joseph Bail

Year 3/4, Rm.14 - Enrica Santos

Year 3/4, Rm.15 - Taylor Kosic

Year 3/4, Rm.17- Zak Busteed

Year 5/6, Rm.10 - Dylan Mwaramba

Year 5/6, Rm.12 - Jackson Lay

Year 5/6, Rm.13 - Jaymie Lechowicz

Sport Award - Riley Seden– Kurnoth

A W.E.S.T Award is presented to a person who is

Welcoming, Encouraging, says Sorry and is Thankful.

This week’s W.E.S.T Award goes to :

Aaron Kurnoth

MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

Later this term, Holy Spirit studens will take part in a ‘Made in the

Image of God’ (MITIOG) unit in Religious Education sessions. We are

seeking parents who wish to assist with the preparation of this pro-

gramme, by joining our MITIOG committee. The committee will meet

very briefly (approx. 10-15 mins) on three occasions throughout Term

3. If you are interested, please contact the school office or Miss Anna

Hill (anna.hill@nt.catholic.edu.au)

SAVE THE DATE!

Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School &

The Deckchair Cinema

PRESENT

Thursday 13th of August, 2015

Tickets

Visit: http://www.deckchaircinema.com/films/minions/ to purchase your tickets.

The Deckchair Cinema does not charge fees for online bookings, so we encourage families to book in advance to

avoid the queues and guarantee a seat.

LATE COLLECTION OF STUDENTS Students who have not been collected by 2:45pm will be sent to

After School Care to ensure supervision. Children collected

before 3:00pm will not be charged a fee.

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN 2015

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn &

Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get

new educational resources for our school/early learning centre –

and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Wool-

worths.

From Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday 8th September, we are

collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one

Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent

(excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Wool-

worths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn

Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be

dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your

local Woolworths.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new

equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal

for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Sci-

ence and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and

for our library. If you’d like to know more visit:

www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

PARENT / TEACHER /STUDENT INTERVIEWS

Parent/Teacher Goal Settings will be held between 3:00pm –

6pm on Tuesday 4th August and Wednesday 5th of August.

You can now book interviews at times that suit

YOUR FAMILY BEST.

Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and follow these simple

instructions.

Enter THIS school event code: JM94E Then follow these 3 simple steps :

When you click finish, your interview timetable will be emailed

to you automatically - check your junk mail folder if you do

not receive your email immediately. You can return to

www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time, and change your

interviews - until bookings close.

BOOKINGS CLOSE

TUESDAY 4TH OF AUGUST at 9am For parents that don’t have access to the internet at home, at

work, at a friend’s house or on their phones, Please contact the

front office. Parents may send a note to school with the approxi-

mate times they require, or phone the school on 89 273 411.

Interviews are strictly 10mins and spaces are limited. If you

require more time, please contact your teacher directly to make

alternative arrangements.

Parents can change their interview bookings, any time prior to

the closing date, by re-visiting the

www.schoolinterviews.com.au website, and using the event

code. Remember to use the same name and email address, you

used when you made your original booking. Parents wishing to

change their interview times after the closing date, should

contact the school directly on: 89 273 411

PO Box 40030, Casuarina, NT. 0811 | email: admin.holyspirit@nt.catholic.edu.au | website: www.holyspiritnt.catholic.edu.au | Ph. 08 8927 3411 | Fax: 08 8927 9791 3

BOOK CLUB Issue #5, closes Wednesday, 5th of August

Term 3 Calendar, 2015 Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Assembly

Week 2

July/August 17th Sunday Ordinary Time

27 28 29 30 31 Darwin Region Athletics

Carnival – Arafura Stadium

Year 1/2 Room 3 Rowena Staude

Week 3 August 18th Sunday Ordinary Time

3

PICNIC DAY

4 Parent/Teacher Goal Setting 3:00-6:00pm

5 Parent/Teacher Goal Setting 3:00-6:00pm

6 Parramatta Eels visit

7 St Mary of the Cross

Liturgy

Year 3/4 Room 15 Anna Hill and Mona

Bonson

Week 4

August 19th Sunday Ordinary Time

10 11 12 13 Deckchair Cinema -

Minions

14 Transition/Year 1

Room 9 Kelsey Crowe

Week 5

August 20th Sunday Ordinary Time

17 18 19 20 REWARD AFTERNOON

21 Pink Power Challenge Transition Room 8

Lauren Copeland

Week 6

August 21st Sunday Ordinary Time

24 Book Week – ‘Books light up our world’

25 26 27 Awards assembly @

8:10am

28 SCHOOL CLOSURE

(Vacation Care available) Year 5/6 Room 10

Caoimhe Kalinowsky

Week 7

September 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time

31 1 2 Holy Spirit Art Show –

5:30pm

3 Awards assembly @

8:10am

4 Father’s Day Breakfast

and prayer liturgy Year 3/4 Room 14

Shannon Lea

Week 8

September 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time

7 Catholic Education Week

8 9 10 Special Persons Day

School Open Day

11 Uz Mob – Year 6

T-Ball Gala Day

Year 1/2 Room 4 Tracey Coco & Dell

Williams

Week 9

September 24th Sunday Ordinary Time

14 15 Orienteering Gala Day

16 17 REWARD AFTERNOON

SCHOOL BOARD

18 Catholic Schools Public

Speaking Competition @ St Mary’s (Year 6 only)

Year 1/2 Room 6 Mimi Woolley

Week 10

September 25th Sunday Ordinary

21 22 23 24 Asia Day

25 FOOTY FRIDAY Year 5/6 Room 13

Meg Irwin

Happy Birthday to the

following Students who

celebrate their birthday in

week 2:

Isidore De Zylva

Aadit Kanjiraparambil

Niesha Casimiro

Josephina Suradi-Lawton

Addison Fermanis

Jordan Jaravata

Ryan Nguyen

Dylan Clarke

GREAT BOOK SWAP/SALE We are collecting books now for our Great Book Swap/Sale!

How does it work?

You donate books you no longer read or need, then during Book

Week (24th-28th Aug) come to the library and buy some terrific

pre-loved books.

Books will cost from $1

Please bring your book donations to the library or

front office.

RUGBY LEAGUE AT HOLY SPIRIT We thank Trent Gorrie, Game Development Officer from Na-

tional Rugby League (NRL) who worked with all students at

Holy Spirit this week during our Physical Education les-

sons. Our students participated in many activities learning

about the importance of team work, throwing and passing, as

well as skills required. We thank Trent for his continued sup-

port in the delivery of Physical Education at our school. We

hope that you enjoy these few photos we have shared of stu-

dents in their participation and learning.

Paula Sellars

Deputy Principal/

Physical Education Teacher/Coordinator