AGGIES ARTICLES - Term 3 Week 10 - Friday 17 September 2021
Term 4 - Week 1
Mon 4 October |
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Tue 5 October |
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Wed 6 October |
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Thur 7 October |
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Fri 8 October |
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25th Sunday of Ordinary Time
This Sunday marks the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
In the Gospel reading (Mark 9:30-37) Jesus’ disciples argue about which one of them would be the greatest in the Kingdom. Jesus challenged them, and us, by saying that those who want to be great must learn to serve others. He told the disciples the greatest should be just like a child, open and trusting. Jesus wanted to emphasise to his disciples the need to not only tell people what to do, but lead by example.
Dear Parents and Carers
Another term has come to an end. We know the students and staff are looking forward to the holidays so they can recharge their batteries and come back refreshed for the final term for 2021. Term 4 brings so many interesting and educational activities. We wish all parents, students and staff a relaxing and healthy two weeks of school holidays. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Tuesday 5 October, after the long weekend.
End Of Term Prayer
We thank you Lord, for this term.
For the challenges, the successes, and the mistakes from which we have learnt. Be with us as we spend our time with family and friends.
Give us strength and courage to do what is right; to be witnesses of our faith.
Help us to be a practical Christian these holidays, to appreciate what others do for us, to give time and effort to help others, to be peacemakers in our family.
Keep us safe in our activities; give us good rest and good fun.
Bring us back refreshed and ready for a new term.
We thank you for our classmates, teachers, parents and a community that cares for us. May we always be conscious of you in our lives.
Amen
The Season of Creation (continues until 4 October)
The Season of Creation, or Creation Time, is marked throughout the Christian world from 1 September to 4 October (Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi) and celebrates the joy of creation as well as encouraging awareness-raising initiatives to protect the natural environment. The theme this year is Restoring Our Common Home. Visit the Season of Creation website.
Dear Parishioners,
As communicated to you (Parish News 14-15 August) Daniel Ang, the Director at the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation in the Archdiocese of Sydney, has been engaged to undergo the review of our Parish Pastoral Council. The steps outlined in this process were publicised the following weekend (21-22 August) also in the Parish News. In order to begin this process and help keep parishioners up to date, Daniel has been sent a substantial amount of documentation. He has recorded a short video, introducing himself and outlining what he hopes to achieve. He has also provided a ‘script’ that he wishes to be shared. The script can be read below or viewed online together with the video HERE. A hard copy of the script is available from the Presbytery Office.
Every blessing as we continue to negotiate these challenging times. Fr Paul
School holidays are often a time students choose to experiment with trendy new haircuts. Please ensure that when your child returns to school for Term 4, that their hairstyles follow school guidelines. Extreme haircuts with shaved parts and hair not tied back from their faces for learning, breach our school’s policy. We look forward to students returning well presented and shoulder length or long fringes being kept off their faces. Hair ties and clips are available in the office for those students who forget to follow the guidelines.
We are so grateful to the Schuch family and Kenny Little from Kenny Little’s Fruit and Veg store for their kind gestures of support for families in need within our school recently. We are constantly reminded of how blessed we are to belong to such a wonderfully generous community.
This week we wished Mrs Eloise Toombs good luck as she began her maternity leave, preparing for the arrival of her new bub early next term. We look forward to welcoming another Toombs baby to the Aggies family and will let you know the result of our betting competition about the gender of her new baby when it arrives.
Assembly Awards
Congratulations to the following students who today received an Assembly Award:
KE - Amahli Bohannon and Ella McCarney
KJ - Georgia Howard
KW - Elle Harris and Jupiter Schuch
1B - Peyton Turner and Hazel Le Guen
1O - Callum Judge and Sahara Pauley
1TB - Harrison Power and Liam O'Reilly
2JW - Xavier Hearn and Jack Elliot
2M - Charlotte Hartmann and Lucas Gardiner
2W - Raquel Rangel and Chase Owen
3O - Bilyana Brown and Joseph O'Brien
3P - Poppy Turnbull and Piper Byrne
3TM - Benjamin O'Brien and Marcus Gittany
4A - Julius McNee and Demi Gluyas
4NS - Penny Burt and Scarlett Whitling
4T - Harry Attwells and Antonia McEntyre
5C - Tyler Dickson and Charlize Leicht
5M - Amelia Konstantas and Isabella White
5W - Jack Howard and Bianca Harrison
6B - Kiarna Burns and Alexander Hearn
6E - Hunter Davis and Scarlet Brooke
6W - Isabelle Reed and Janisa Vinod
Centred In Christ and With Love For One Another, St Agnes’ Learners are:
PBS Focus
This week our focus was on being back at school and code switching ourselves back into learning at school with everyone.
House Cup
We also saw the welcoming back of receiving Dojo’s for following our 4R’s of whole school expectations. Today the Kennedy house students celebrated winning the house cup for the most dojo’s this term with a COVID-19 safe celebration. This included a variety of grade based treats such as a movie, Kahoot trivia and snack bag of goodies.
Today was also very exciting for our students who have received 500 dojo’s for following school expectations. These students were presented with our school 2021 PBS badge to remind them just how proud they can be of being a St Agnes’ student who models our 4R’s of whole school expectations each day.
500 Dojo Awards:
Congratulations to the following students who have received 500 dojos this week for following our 4 R’s at St Agnes'.
1B - Ivy Gleeson, Hazel Le Guen, Michael Lonergan and Jannah Shrestha
400 Dojo Awards:
Congratulations to the following students who have received 400 dojos this week for following our 4 R’s at St Agnes'.
KE - Annalisa Lipscombe
1B - Van Mulley
2M - Georgina Foot
2W - Elise Galbraith-Robertson
5C - Abigail Byrne
300 Dojo Awards:
Congratulations to the following students who have received 300 dojos this week for following our 4 R’s at St Agnes'.
KE - Amelia Clinch, Ava Watson, Charlie Totten, Dotti Kemp and Hailey James
KJ - Amirah Taylor, Arlow Fuller, Charlotte Mullen, Flynn Nesbitt, Mia Cochrane, Pippa Taylor, Rocky Walker, Sharni Dunn and Stella Sprague
KW - Ara Jo, Charles Abbott, Elle Harris, Jett Lindsay, Lily Stewart, Mia Tait, Saxon Keep, Storm Taylor and Thomas Bannister
1B - Jho'Arryn Chatfield
1O - Charlee Carpenter, Jaxon Seckold, Ciaran Ducat, Lola Fuller, Miles Sonego, Rocco Moy and Sahara Pauley
1TB - Amelia Sales, Bella Richards and Hudson Mynott
2JW - Sunday Allison
2W - Jack Clifton, Macy Cooper, Noah English, Ruby Hagenbach and Sienna Taylor
3P - Arthur Hough
5C - Travis Brooks
5M - Chloe Ribot de Bressac
5W - Mia Hodge
6W - Ebony Hassett
200 Dojo Awards:
Congratulations to the following students who have received 200 dojos this week for following our 4 R’s at St Agnes'.
KE - Nevaeh Dawson
KW - John Nilsson-Linne
2M - Kobi Westley and Sally-Ann Vickers
2W - Chase Owen
3O - Ethan Burdoe and Evie Carney
3P - Sophia Fox
3TM - Bailey Ackroyd, Cohen Tudhope, Harley Cadden and Isiah Dickson
4A - Savannah Campbell
100 Dojo Awards:
Congratulations to the following students who received 100 dojos this week for following our 4 R’s at St Agnes'.
KE - Ella McCarney
5C - Sarah Chamberlin
This week at Aggies:
Congratulations Armani Daley
I rang my nan straight away and she said that she told me to enter it because she knew I was going to win it. I think I'm going to spend my money on a horse (maybe) or I'm going to save it. I would like to thank all the teachers that have taught me, for engaging me in writing and teaching the best ways possible to write. I couldn’t have done it without them.
Shine Update
As Term 3 draws to an end we are unsure at this stage whether any After School programs will be returning in Term 4 due to the NSW Health restrictions.
If restrictions do ease in Term 4, interested students will be offered a permission note and invited to attend class. Students who had paid for classes in Term 3 will be given a credited amount for classes lost.
Dear Families,
Isn’t it great to be back at school this week! No doubt you and your children have enjoyed it.
We are planning the next P&F Meeting for Monday 18 October via Zoom. Further details will be shared after the school holidays. Lock it into your calendars!
Have a wonderful and safe school holiday break.
Leasa Harris and Erin Elliott
0409 467 898
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