Week 8 - Holy Spirit Primary School

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Holy Spirit
Primary School
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W e e k
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Contact us ~
Kelleway Avenue Nicholls ACT 2913
Email: [email protected]
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Tuesday 9
December ~
Year 6
Thanksgiving
Mass 12 noon
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Wednesday 10
December ~
Kinder Nativity
12 noon
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Friday 12
December ~
Christmas
Carols 6.30pm
WEEK 10
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Tuesday 16
December ~
Volunteers
Thank You
morning tea
11am
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Tuesday 16
December ~
Year 6
Graduation
Party 6.30 ~
8.30pm
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Wednesday 17
December ~
Leadership
Candle
Ceremony
9.30am
Wednesday 17
December ~
Term 4 ends
Term 1 2015
commences
Monday 2nd
February 2015
for all students
De c emb e r
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Phone: 6241 8640
www.holyspirit.act.edu.au
From our Principal
Upcoming
events~
WEEK 9
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Dear Parents/Carers,
Kindergarten Orientation
Last Thursday and again today we welcomed over 90 new Kindergarten students to our school for a visit.
Today they completed classroom activities with their new teacher and classmates as well as spending time
on the playground with their Year 5, soon-to-be Year 6, buddies.
From observation they all seemed settled and very much part of our school community already.
ELC Funding
I am very pleased to announce that the ACT Block Grant Authority has offered our school community a
grant of $500 000 as an ACT Government contribution towards the Early Learning Centre construction.
We are most grateful for this contribution.
Leadership Appointment
Congratulations to Mrs Donna Victory who has been selected to the leadership position of Religious
Education Coordinator at St Thomas More’s Campbell from the beginning of the 2015 school year. Donna
has been a wonderful teacher here at Holy Spirit for the past 16 years. Her dedication and expertise will
certainly be missed here at Holy Spirit. Our loss is St Thomas’ gain.
New Teaching Staff for 2015
After a selection process I am pleased to announce that the following people have been successful in
gaining a teaching position here at Holy Spirit in 2015 Mr David Camp, Miss Elizabeth Creagh and Miss
Kathryn Taylor. On behalf of our community I welcome them to our school community.
Semester Two Reports
Reports will be mailed out to parents at the end of next week. If parents would like an interview with their
child’s teacher before the end of the year please contact the front office.
School Uniform
Thank you for the over whelming positive response to the new sports uniform. The new sports uniform is
now available for sale. A reminder to parents that there is a twelve months transition period and students
can continue to wear out their old uniforms before you purchase the new one. I thank Savvy for their
support in the design and development of our new uniform.
I remind parents that the school uniform states mostly white joggers / sport shoes. While I know that the
trend is for highly multi coloured joggers we ask you to purchase shoes that align to the uniform. The
Athletes Foot at Belconnen has a selection of approved shoes that meet uniform requirements.
School Fees
Thank you to all the families who have already finalised their school fees for this year. 2014 school fees
need to be finalised by the end of the school year. If you are experiencing difficulty please feel free to
contact me.
Working with you to educate your children.
Tim Elliott
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Important End of Year Dates
Holy Spirit School
Year 6
Thanksgiving Mass
Tuesday 9 December
at 12 noon in the
school hall.
YEAR 6 Graduation Party
RSVPs and money for the Graduation party to be sent to Sue Cougar before 6th December 2014. No
payments will be accepted after this date.
Please also send in any photos you have of the children during their time at Holy Spirit. Please sent to
[email protected] or send in on a cd or USB key.
The party will be held at the Gungahlin Lakes on Tuesday 16 December 2014 ~ 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Leadership Candle Ceremony
The Leadership Candle Ceremony will be held on
Wednesday 17th December 2014 at 9.30am in the school hall.
Thank You Morning Tea
For all of our volunteers/helpers.
As a small token of appreciation from the staff of
Holy Spirit Primary School,
we would like to invite you to a
Thank You Morning Tea
On Tuesday 16thth December 2014
at 11am in the Staffroom.
It is our opportunity to say thank you
for your support, assistance and contributions
to our school throughout the year.
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News from the front office
School Fees 2015
Thank you to those families who are currently on direct debit and have returned their
amended form with their new payment amount. If you have not yet returned your
direct debit form please return to the front office as soon as possible.
A Sibling discount of 20% applies to the CEO Tuition Fee for the eldest child
attending a systemic primary school, where they have an elder sibling in a systemic secondary
school. The Building Fund Levy will not apply at the primary school as it is payable at the
systemic secondary school.
If you have an elder sibling attending St Francis Xavier College, Merici College, St Clare’s
College, St Mary MacKillop College or John Paul College YOU WILL NEED TO
COMPLETE EACH YEAR the BUILDING FUND LEVY AND CEO TUITION FEES
FORM.
If you fail to complete this form the sibling discount cannot be given.
For families who pay their school fees by Direct Debit and are leaving Holy Spirit at the end of
the year, please contact the front office to arrange cancellation of your direct debit, and to
pay any outstanding fees.
Departing Families
We are aware that some families will be leaving Holy Spirit at the end of this year. To
help us with staffing and class structure for 2015, we would appreciate knowing which
children (apart from Year 6!) will not be returning to Holy Spirit next year.
If your child/ren will not be returning, please fill out the slip and return it to
school as soon as possible. Please also indicate where your child/ren will be
attending school next year. This information is needed for our census details.
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My child/ren __________________________________________will not be returning
to Holy Spirit School in 2015.
The school my child/ren will be attending in 2015 is ____________________________
Signed _________________________________________Date ________________
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From Miss Guthrie
ADVENT:
This week at Focus Assembly, Holy Spirit School lit the second candle on the Advent Wreath
– the PEACE CANDLE.
Reflection on Peace
Most people in our world don't understand peace as a positive concept. All they know is
the negative aspect of peace, which is merely the absence of trouble.
The biblical concept of peace does not focus on the absence of trouble. Biblical peace is
unrelated to circumstances; it is a goodness of life that is not touched by what happens on
the outside. You may be in the midst of great trials and still have biblical peace. Paul said
he could be content in any circumstance; and he demonstrated that he had peace even
in the jail at Philippi, where he sang and remained confident that God was being gracious
to him.
Where does a man find the kind of peace that is not just the absence of trouble--the kind
of peace that cannot be affected by trouble, danger, or sorrow? It is ironic that what is
surely the most definitive discourse on peace in all of Scripture comes from the Lord Jesus
on the night before He died in agony. He knew what He was facing, yet He still took time to
comfort His disciples with the message of peace:
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let
not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. (John 14:27)
The peace Jesus is speaking of enables believers to remain calm in the most wildly fearful
circumstances. It enables them to hush a cry, still a riot, rejoice in pain and trial, and sing
in the middle of suffering. This peace is never by circumstances, but instead affects and
even overrules them.
A PRAYER FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT
Jesus Christ
Prince of Peace,
Come and journey with us.
Come and show us how to live and bring strength to those who are poor.
Come and live in our hearts.
Amen
KINDER NATIVITY
The Kinder Nativity will be held on
Wednesday 10 December at 12 noon in
the school hall.
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Fabric and/or sewing help needed for a library project
I would like to make some circles out of fabric for the library. These will primarily be for the Kindergarten and
Year 1 classes, as a bright and colourful way to help establish routines and define places to sit.
If you have any unwanted bright coloured fabric lying around (about 40cm x 40cm) or any wadding, it would be
greatly appreciated if you could drop them into the library before the end of the year. The fabric can be of any
type of material.
Also, if you are a sewer and would like to help make some of the circles, then that would be wonderful. The
materials would be cut out for you and a pattern supplied. You only need basic sewing skills for this project.
I appreciate your help with this project.
Megan Taylor (Teacher Librarian)
Year 4 Happenings
Excursion to Lanyon Homestead
Visit from John Paul II College

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