Term 3 Week 10: 2022
From the Principal
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Fete
What a wonderful community event our Fete was last Friday. Our staff worked extremely hard to put the event together and we thank the parents that volunteered their time, baking, and cooking to make the event so successful! There has been wonderful feedback about every aspect of the Fete and we look forward to doing it again next year!
Changing of School Times in Term 4
After consultation with all key stakeholders including staff, parents and our Education Consultants from Townsville Catholic Education, we have decided to trial the proposed new school times in Term 4. School will now start at 8.30am and finish at 2.45pm. Students can be dropped at school from 8.00am and will be able to go straight to their classroom. If you have any concerns or questions please feel free to email me sgreenaway1@sfsh.catholic.edu.au or call the school office.
Swimming Term 4
We will be commencing swimming lessons from week 1 in term 4. Mrs Howie is a qualified swim instructor and will be running our lessons for the students along side our teachers. Students will need to bring togs, a towel, goggles, sports uniform and slip on shoes.
FACE Meeting
Don’t forget about our FACE Meeting this afternoon at 3pm under the school in the eating area.
Have a great weekend!
Sharn Greenaway
Principal
https://www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au/enrolments/enrolment-enquiries/
End of Term Liturgy
Families,
Please join us for our end of Term 3 Liturgy on Friday morning at 9 AM in the assembly room.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Student Of The Week
P/1/2 - Danica Howie
3/4 - Rory McNamara
5/6 - Logan Townley
Happy Birthday
16/09 - Beau Middleton
17/09 - Aki Rapuela
23/09 - Mathias Wijesingha-Frohmader
23/09 - Joshua Nunn
Prep/1/2 Happenings
Our literacy rotations are still in full swing this week!! We do literacy rotations every day to learn our new sounds and to practice our writing skills.
Miss Brown,
ebrown17@sfsh.catholic.edu.au
Year 3/4 Happenings
We have been writing Book Reviews this week! We have been reading books from the library, and books on online (via Epic or Sora). We have made a Bookstagram on our bulletin board, showing off our favourite books and why we love them.
Miss Allison,
sallison1@sfsh.catholic.edu.au
Year 5/6 Happenings
We have been making green screen magic in the 5/6 room. We have been very busy filming our videos this week using the green screen to make it look like we are in outer space. Our videos are very persuasive and are sure to make you want to move to another planet.
Miss Eriksen,
leriksen5@sfsh.catholic.edu.au
Changing of school times
After consultation with parents, staff and our Catholic Education Team, we have made the decision to trial the changing of school times for Term 4 in preparation for 2023.
Children may be dropped to school from 8am with the first bell ringing at 8.30am for the start of the school day. The students will then finish school at 2.45pm.
The school day will be structured very similar to our current day however we will have 2x30 minute breaks for lunches.
If you have any concerns please feel free to contact the office to speak with Sharn.
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Parenting in Cyberspace Podcast
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School Notices
MASS TIMES HAVE CHANGED
Please note that Mass times have changed for Winter and Mass is now Saturday's at 5.30pm.
Important Dates
16 September - Last Day of Term 3 (12 PM Finish)
4 October - First Day of Term 4
7 October - St Francis Day
9 November - Prep Information Evening
10 November - Half Day Prep Orientation
14 November - Book Fair Week
15 November - Book Fair Parade
17 November - Full Day Prep Orientation
18 November - Prep Graduation Assembly
24 November - Full Day Prep Orientation
24 November - Swimming Carnival
29 November - Rite of Passage & Awards Night
1 December - Christmas Carols
2022 Term Dates
