Term 4 Week 5 Thursday 12th November 2020

Dear Parents and Carers, FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Thank you for your continued support,

Kelly Campbell

SCHOOL DIARY

DATES

16th –18th November

Yr 5/6 Camp @ Victor Harbor

Friday 20th November

Assembly Yr 5/6

Friday 4th December

Assembly Yr 2

Yr 5/6 Outreach Day

Tuesday 8th December

Carols 9.15 - 10.45am

Wednesday 9th December

Last Day of School—3pm

dismissal

SCHOOL TIMES

Eldon St Gates open 8:20am

Front Office 8:30am - 3:45 pm

Supervision 8:30am - 3:20 pm

Classes 8:45am - 3:00 pm

PRESCHOOL

Full Day Sessions 8:45am - 2:45pm

Wednesdays

Morning Session 8:45am - 11:45am

Afternoon Session 12:15pm - 3:15pm

UNIFORM SHOP

Tuesday 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Friday 8:30am - 10:00am

OSHC

Phone 1300 105 343

Morning Session 6:30am - 8:30am

Afternoon Session 3:00pm - 6:15pm

STUDENT ABSENTEES

Phone: 8245 5855 (answering service call anytime)

Email: absent@smms.catholic.edu.au

SMS: 0407 682 137

Croydon Park Catholic Parish

Parish Priest: Fr. Charles Lukati

Ph: 8346 0944

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains.

We recognise and respect their cultural heritage,

beliefs and relationship with the land.

We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

Approved by Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis O ’Brien 2004

Dear Parents and Carers, FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Future Planning

We are currently finalising our enrolments for 2021. If you know of anyone who is interested in St Margaret Mary’s School for 2021, we have limited spaces in some year levels. Please contact Angela in the office for more information.

Building Update

Our new library is almost complete. We are hoping to move the books and resources in next week, ready for students to visit the following week. It is a wonderful, flexible, contemporary space that also has 2 tutorial rooms for small groups and visiting specialists to work with our students. Thank you, again, for your continued patience with the messiness!

Athletics Success!

Congratulations to Erik Vuong in Year 6 for winning the Age Championship at the Interschool Athletics Carnival last week. This is a great achievement.

Year 5/6 Camp

In a year where we had to cancel or change many events, we are super excited that we can finally go on our Year 5/6 camp next week to Victor Harbor. We are looking forward to some fabulous activities, fun and a chance to spend time with our senior students. Camps are a great opportunity for children to build resilience, learn new skills and make connections with others that they may not know so well. A huge thank you to the staff coming along – camps are a lot of work and require a lot of preparation (and stamina): Lynne Osborn, Greig Graham, Lucy Centofanti, David Hillard, Pennie Blazely and Oliver Parker. We will keep you all updated with photos on Facebook!

We wish the following

students who celebrate a

birthday in November a very

happy and blessed birthday:

Class Reflection Days

As we approach the end of the school year, many classes are having a Reflection Day.

This is an opportunity for the children to reflect on their year. They get to think about

how much they have grown and changed, about their friends and all that they have

learned. It is also an opportunity for them to give thanks for the year that has been.

Along with fun activities, the children are involved in prayer, Christian meditation and

times of quiet reflection. Every class is involved in these Reflection Days in different

ways, with the younger classes participating for a few hours, while the older classes may

do it for the whole day.

Please make sure that you take the time to talk to your child about what their class is

doing on their Reflection Day!

Transition Visits

We are very excited as we continue to support children and their families for the

transition of young children to school and preschool. Our teachers have been to visit

some children who attend preschool in different centres. This week we also met many

new families as they came for their Parent Information meeting for preschool! Next week

the new pre-schoolers will begin their transition visit to our preschool.

We love meeting new children and their families as they begin their journey at St

Margaret Mary’s School!

Limited places are available for 2021, so please make sure that you

let your friends know, if they are considering St Margaret Mary’s for

their child. We would love to welcome them too!

Alicia Boylan Deputy Principal

CROSSING MONITORS

Term 4, 2020

ELDON STREET

Wk 5

Chloe

Vivian

Hannah N

Wk 6

Emily

Tina

Peter

Wk 7

Huy

Chaise

Kayden

NAIDOC Week

This week many of our classes have been learning about the importance of NAIDOC Week. NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia this week to celebrate the history, culture and achievement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. A recognition and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is an important part of our mission as a Catholic School and commitment to all Australians. This year the theme is Always Was, Always Will Be.

Thank you for your continuing support,

Kelly Campbell

Principal

Phillip 3/4MK

Fifi 2AL

Jasmine 3/4MM

Kate 3/4MM

Tallinn 1KB

Jordan PRE2

Charlotte 5/6LO

Tammy PRE1

Kristian 5/6LO

Hayley 2AL

Jade 5/6LO

Jaimee 5/6LC

Rosalie RRB

Betty 3/4KD

Natalie 3/4MM

Scott RWB

Andrew 5/6LC

Chloe 5/6LO

Patrick 2AF

Mia 3/4MK

Hawwii 3/4MM

Lydia 3/4MK

Charm 1KB

Angel 1VE

Han 1VE

Taye PRE1

Jenny 5/6GG

Huy 5/6LC

John 2AF

Kevin 5/6LC

Peter 5/6LC

Liyana 3/4KD

Nicholas RRB

Recycling Week is

November 9-16

David Hillard APRIM (Assistant Principal Religious Identity and Mission)

November the month to remember

During November, it is a tradition in the Catholic Church

to remember our friends, family and colleagues who have

died. The parish remembers these people in prayer and

has a list which you are welcome to

add names to by using the November

Mass envelopes that are available in

each church and placing them in the

offertory plates during the weekend

Masses. You are also welcome to add

any names to the book that is in the

front office at school and we will re-

member these people in prayer during November.

Sacramental Program

Enrolment forms for the next Sacramental Program are

now available from the school and Parish office. If your

child has been baptised and is in Year 2 or above, you

will receive an enrolment form automatically. If you do

not receive one, please let the staff in the front office

know so they can provide you with an enrolment form.

Parish News

YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER TO ATTEND A WEEKEND MASS.

Please register to attend weekend Mass by booking online

between Monday 9am and Friday 12noon using the following

link

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/croydon-park-

parish30479529592

and selecting which Mass you would like to attend. If you

have no internet access, please book by contacting the Parish

Office on 8346 0944 during office hours. We appreciate your

cooperation!

There will be a Leaving Collection Next Weekend for the St

Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal with it’s theme this year

“Families are at breaking point”. We are hoping to collect

enough funds for 60 families to receive food vouchers for

their Christmas meal. There will also be Christmas Cards on

sale - $5 for a pack of 10 cards with 5 designs. If you are able

to give non-perishable food items, they will be used in our

2021 visits. Your generous support would be very much

Yr 5/6 Outreach - ‘WORK FOR CHARITY DAY’

Friday, 4th December 2020 (Week 8 Term 4)

The 5/6 students have organised a variety of events and stalls in order to raise money for local catholic charities.

All events, stalls and casual day will be held on Friday 4th

December, week 8.

Stalls - a variety of different stalls including zooper-doopers and other individually wrapped items.

Events - include a Haunted House, Nerf Battle, Water Balloon Toss and Casual Clothes Day. Each

student will be required to bring a gold coin donation for Casual Clothes Day.

**We ask that you support our year 5/6 students and their chosen charities by giving your child/ren

some money to spend at the stalls/events.

How much? Stalls - prices range from 50c to $2.50.

Thank you, Year 5/6 Teachers

SACPSSA ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Last Wednesday 35 students attended the SACPSSA Athletics Carnival at SA Athletics Stadium. We competed against other schools around Adelaide and the students had a fantastic day! I was very proud of the way our students competed fairly, respectfully and with big smiles on their faces! A big special mention to Erik Vuong who won the Age Champion Medal for his amazing achievements on the day.

I’d also like to thank our 2 fantastic parent volunteers Zainab and Tracey for the day and to Greig Graham for all his efforts in the lead up to the carnival and on the day.

Well done to all the students who attended!

Celeste Brown PE Teacher

3/4 Unit Beeswax

Wrapper Workshops

The 3/4 Unit made beeswax wrappers in Week

3 with KESAB. The wrappers are something

you can use instead of cling wrap.

A beeswax wrap is made from a piece of

100% cotton fabric coated with beeswax. They

can be used in various ways, such as wrapping

a sandwich or covering a bowl and putting it in

the fridge. Washing is also a breeze; all you

have to do is rinse it with cold water. And after

it gets old and tears, you can throw it in the

compost bin.

We got help from Lijo, Liyana’s dad, and Emma, Celeste’s mum. We also got help from

Eloise, an employee of KESAB, which stands for Keep South Australia Beautiful. Eloise

showed us how to make the beeswax wrappers. Let us show you how to make beeswax

wrappers.

First we had to draw and design on our 100% cotton cloth with food safe fabric markers.

After we finished drawing, we took them to the first station, the ironing station. There we

had to iron our cloth, under the supervision of Lijo.

Then after we finished the first station, we went into the second station, the actual bees-

wax melting station. Over there, Eloise the KESAB supervisor, gave us a brush dipped in

melted beeswax to swipe over our drawings. After we put melted beeswax on our cloth,

we went onto the third station, another ironing station because our cloths were lumpy.

Then after we ironed them we dried them by waving them gently. After we finished with

that, Eloise told us to get an activity sheet and do it while we wait for the others to finish.

We interviewed some people about what they think of the Beeswax wrappers. Nam said

that they smelt good and were easy to make. Charlotte said that they smelt good. Yalda

said that they were fun to make and they smelled good. Esther said that the Beeswax

smelt weird. Jayani said that the Beeswax smelled like honey and Jamie said that most of

the people in 3/4KD liked the smell of beeswax.

Jayani and Jamie

FLB

The Foundation class have been learning about what it means to be healthy.

We know that we should eat lots of colourful fruits and vegetables.

We have learnt the names of some fruits we didn’t know such as an apple cucumber,

papaya, nectarines and dates.

We even had a chance to try them.

We talked about what they smelt like, felt like and tasted like.

“The nectarine looks like a peach”

-Nathan

“The dates smell sweet”

-Ngan

“I like the taste of the Papaya” “I have tried Papaya before”

Anglo Italiano

The Year 3/4 students are learning about La Befana.

They have drawn their own images and recorded some facts in Italian about her.

Gina Armiento Italian Teacher

OSHC PUPIL FREE DAYS

Thursday 10th & Friday 11th

DECEMBER

OSHC AVAILABLE

FROM 6:30AM UNTIL

6:15PM

“Please bring your lunch”

Please phone Camp Australia

On

1300-105-343 for bookings

COOKING, CHRISTMAS ART & CRAFTS, GAMES, SPORTS,

MOVIE AND POPCORN