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Dear Parents and Carers,
I’m sure everyone will agree that we are all very excited about the prospect of our first Book Week Parade in three years. It is shaping up to be a wonderful community event, especially since we have the opportunity to invite parents and community members to join in the fun.
We are very grateful to Mrs Bryant, Mrs Siderenko and Mr Astill for their work in organising our school celebrations for this special event.
Book Week reminds us that one of the most important foundations for building a child’s potential as a learner is by building the skills associated with understanding and using oral language. One is the easiest ways to do this is by reading to or with your child.
Mem Fox, one of Australia’s favourite children’s authors offers her top ten read-aloud commandments for parents:
- Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud.
- Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read.
- Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don't be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot.
- Read with joy and enjoyment: real enjoyment for yourself and great joy for the listeners.
- Read the stories that the kids love, over and over and over again, and always read in the same 'tune' for each book: i.e., with the same intonations on each page, each time.
- Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly about the pictures, or anything else connected to the book; or sing any old song that you can remember; or say nursery rhymes in a bouncy way; or be noisy together doing clapping games.
- Look for rhyme, rhythm, or repetition in books for young children, and make sure the books are short.
- Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes, and finding the letters that start the child's name and yours, remembering that it's never work, it's always a fabulous game.
- Never ever teach reading or get tense around books.
- Read aloud every day because you just love being with your child, not because it's the right thing to do. This is as important for fathers as it is for mothers!
ANNUAL CATHOLIC CLUB COMMUNION MASS
Thank you to our School Captains, Ysabella and Patrick who gave up part of their Sunday to act as our student representatives at the Annual Catholic Club Communion Mass celebrated at Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Rosemeadow. We are very grateful to Ysabella and Patrick’s parents for making their attendance at this important event possible. The 2022 Communion Mass was indeed a special occasion, as this popular Macarthur event has been on hold since 2019.
Much gratitude is extended to the Campbelltown Catholic Club for their generous and ongoing financial support of Catholic Education in the Macarthur.
In 2022, the Catholic Club’s total donations towards financial support of Catholic Education, Sport and Culture within the Macarthur area was $1,004,623. Since the inception of the Catholic Club 56 years ago, total donations made exceed a staggering $33.208 million. This is a fitting tribute to the aims and objectives established by the members of the Campbelltown Catholic Club and the dedication of the directors both past and present.
Tina Murray
Principal
Welcome to Book Week 2022– a week when we celebrate Australian Authors and Illustrators and their contribution to our literacy competency! This year our theme is ‘Dreaming with eyes open!’, and so we have the opportunity to think about the dreams we enjoy when we are reading, the pleasures reading can bring, and the dreams which come alive for us through the books and their characters.
Tomorrow morning we will celebrate with our Book Character Parade - all students are encouraged to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. We look forward to seeing many wonderful characters at school! After the Parade we will welcome Author Sue Whiting, who will entertain each class with stories about her writing, then throughout the day the students will enjoy a number of different activities based on the Book Week books, or on Sue Whiting’s stories. It is not too late - if anyone would like to order signed copies of Sue’s books click on the following link and the Children’s Bookshop will deliver the books to school.
https://www.thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency.com.au/person/whiting-sue-speaker/
Congratulations to Kindergarten Blue, Kindergarten Gold and 2 Blue, the classes who earned a Gold Star this past week – a great effort! Thank you to the many students who do remember their Library bag each week for their lesson, and are therefore able to borrow from the many beautiful books we have.
Remember to bring your Library bag when you wear your sport uniform, even if you’re not sure it’s Library as well - just in case!
Tomorrow Thursday will be Year 3.
Next week:
Monday – Year 4
Tuesday – Year 6
Wednesday – Year 1
Thursday - Kindergarten
Scholastic Book Club
Catalogues are going home this week for Issue 6, ordering on-line is the only way to order. No orders and money will be accepted at school. Orders will close Thursday 8 September. Thank you for your support with this program.
'We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.'
Happy reading!
Mrs Sue Bryant
Teacher-Librarian
A big Thank You to everyone who has deposited their empty bread bags into the recycling box near the front office!
We have collected 4 full boxes of Bread Bags so far which means…..
FREE SPORTING EQUIPMENT FOR MIEV!!!
Mary Immaculate has been participating in the Wonder Bread Bag Recycling Program which is a great initiative to not only look after our environment but to also earn FREE SPORTING EQUIPMENT for our school! Simply send your empty bread bags and wrap bags to school to deposit into our Wonder Bread Bag box and help us to achieve our goal of 25 kgs of bread bags being recycled! For every 5 kgs of bread bags (14 - 16 bread bags filled with bread bags) we will earn points to spend on sporting equipment for our school.
You can send ANY brand of Bread Bags and Wrap Bags in - they don’t have to be Wonder brand!
Keep on collecting as we are very close to the end of the collection period!
Mrs Alford
THE 2ND HAND UNIFORM ROOM WILL NOW BE OPEN EACH -
MONDAY MORNING FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 2:30 A.M.
AND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2:00 P.M. UNTIL 2:30 P.M.
THERE IS A LOT OF SUMMER STOCK FOR SALE IN THE UNIFORM ROOM IF ANYONE NEEDS TO REPLACE UNIFORMS BEFORE THE TRANSITION BACK TO SUMMER ON MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2022.
SCHOOL PHOTO DAY
FULL SUMMER UNIFORM
7 SEPTEMBER 2022
Dear Parents,
ENVELOPES WENT HOME LAST WEEK - School photography day is coming up soon. Group and portrait photographs can be purchased by following the link below or by returning the order envelope with your ONLINE payment details on it to our photographer on school photo day. CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
NEW
advancedlife now offers Latitude Pay! To take advantage of LatitudePay and split the cost of your order into 10 small easy payments, simply order your school photos online as usual, set up a Latitude Pay account in just a few clicks and pay no interest or fees when you pay according to your payment schedule; it’s that easy.
3 easy ways to purchase:
- LatitudePay – Click on the link below, set up an account during the online order process and split your payments across 10 weeks with no interest or fees, if you pay on time
- Visa, MasterCard or PayPal
Advanced Life Photo Ordering Link
Or visit: www.advancedlife.com.au
And enter online order code:
737 5JZ 8ZH
School photography information:
- Online orders - do not require an envelope returned to your school.
- Sibling Photos - Don’t forget to pre-order your sibling photos online up to 24 hours before photo day. We provide your school with a list of sibling orders right up to the day of photography, so no one misses out. If you miss the online order deadline, you can submit a completed sibling order envelope first thing in the morning of the day of photography, so your school is aware you want the photo taken and can bring your children together in time for it. Sibling photographs only apply to children enrolled at your school. Please note not all schools offer sibling photos.
- Late fees - a late fee will be applied to each package purchased after photo day due to the additional cost of producing these packages separately.
- Package delivery - photographic packages will be returned to your school for distribution approximately six weeks after photos are taken.
- Previous Years’ photos - Past years’ photographs including sports, co-curricular and representative groups are also available to order under the “previous years or group photo” tabs at your school’s advancedorder site when you click on the “Order School Photos Here” button above. You can also order past packages, portrait images and gifts from your child’s unique, individual and secure advancedyou image archive site using the unique 9 digit image code found on packages you have ordered in the past.
