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Dear Parents and Friends,

Welcome back for start of the second semester. I hope all families enjoyed the holiday break and managed to spend some quality family time together. Whilst I wasn’t able to get away, I did manage to spend time at home catching up on many odd jobs around the house.  However it is now back to school and I wish all students and families a rewarding Term 3 filled with many learning experiences and opportunities to shine.

Last week, the school sent home the Term 3 calendar of events and it was quite easy to see that this term will be another full term of exciting activities. Book Week, School Photos, First Communion and Confirmation, class excursions, assemblies, swimming lessons, Music Showcase Night, Catholic School's Music Festival, and the annual Art Night are just a few of the events that will be on this term. Please enter the relevant dates for your child in the family diary and I encourage your support and attendance.

It doesn't matter how old you are, having friends provides support and promotes good mental health and wellbeing. For children, friendships are very important for their social and emotional development because it is through friendships, children learn how to relate with others and they develop social skills as they teach each other how to be good friends. When I interview parents when enrolling their children, one of the top things parents want from school is for their child to have friends.

Research tells us that children who have friends are more likely to be self-confident and perform better at school. When children have difficulty making friends or keeping friends it often leads to feelings of isolation and being unhappy with themselves.

John 6:24–35

Once the crowd realised that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into

the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

Jesus the Bread of Life

 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi,p when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,q not because you saw the signsr I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that enduress to eternal life,t which the Son of Manu will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his sealv of approval.”

28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believew in the one he has sent.”

6 August 2018
P&F Meeting

7 August 2018
Year 1 Excursion

9 August 2018
Star Outreach Meeting 9am

9 August 2018
SACPSSA Cross Country Year 4-7

15 August 2018
Whole School Mass
Feast of the Assumption 11.15am

Devon clothing uniform shop are pleased to announce that Star of the sea customers can now purchase uniform from:

84 daws Road, Edwardstown Ph: 83731776

Email: dcus@devonclothing.com.au

What does this mean for you?

You can now purchase your uniform Mon – Fri 9am-5pm and Sat 9am-12pm during the school holidays* and school term, as well as during the usual opening times a the School Shop.
Your Online Orders will now be processed as we receive them, at Edwardstown, and you can still opt to have your order put in your child’s classroom box or have it sent to your Business or Home address or you can collect it from the school uniform shop on Tuesdays or anytime during regular trading hours at Edwardstown

Join our Community on Facebook for a 'behind the scenes' look at what happens at Star of the Sea School.

Hello Friends

I wish all members of the School Community a very warm ‘Welcome Back’ to school for Term 3. They say that the third quarter of a Football grand final is the premiership quarter. Games can be won and lost during the third term. In our school terms, we are not talking about winning and losing, but rather, consolidating and extending learning. The third term at school provides students with the opportunity to extend and challenge themselves with regards to all areas of the curriculum. Term 3 is a full 10 weeks of learning. As we all know, Term 4 is comprised of many whole school events and is shorter than all the other terms. So my hope for all of our students this term is that new skills are learnt, learning mistakes are made, knowledge is extended, and fears are conquered. There are so many things to look forward to this term with the Year 6 and Year 7 Canberra trip, Catholic School Music Festival, Sacramental celebrations, Book Week and Sporting Carnivals, just to name a few.

Children’s University Australia provides students with exciting free range learning activities outside their day to day school work, whether that be before school, lunch time, after school, in the school holidays etc. The best part about Children’s University Australia is that it’s voluntary, so children get to choose what activities they would like to do, where, when and how they would like to do them. The things students learn about will always be able to be connected to something that could studied at a university.

There are many students involved in the Children's University program here at Star of the Sea School. Congratulations to all of the students taking part in this fantastic learning opportunity.  Details regarding the awesome Graduation Ceremony can be found here.

Congratulations to Sean Stanton and Kennedy Santos who took part in the South Australian Short Course Swimming Championships which were held at Marion Aquatic Centre.  Kennedy & Sean both represented their respective swimming clubs, Kennedy Norwood Swimming Club & Sean Immanuel Piranhas, in both individual & relay events with both achieving PB’s in their events.

Kennedy is also part of South Australian Swim Team and represented SA in Hobart.  An amazing achievement for Kennedy.  Well done to you both you are both great role models for our school.

SACPSSA Cross Country Carnival  -  9 August 2018

SACPSSA Touch Carnival -  Week 8, day TBC

SAPSASA Athletics Carnival  -  Tuesday 11 September 2018

These are the dates that have been set so far so mark them in your diaries!

Star of the Sea Festival Choir will be performing in the Catholic Schools Music Festival on Monday 10 September at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre, 7.30-9.30pm. 

Pre-release tickets are available to Catholic school community families as of this morning, 

July 30 at 9am until August 13 at 9am: 2 weeks prior to public release. 

Families buy directly from TICKETEK. Call 13 28 49 or visit www.ticketek.com.au 

A Reserve: $35.00 B Reserve: $30.00 School Card: Any seating at B Reserve prices 

(Service & Handling Fees and Delivery Fees may apply / No exchanges or refunds on purchased tickets)

For special needs bookings please contact Ticketek's Mobility Restricted Line on 1300 665 915.

For groups larger than 10 please call 1300 364 001.

To encourage students to practise their instruments we will be running a PRACTICE CHALLENGE for the next 6 weeks. It’s a bit like the Premier’s Reading Challenge, but for practice time on an instrument/voice! Students who choose to be involved (it is not compulsory) can work towards 4 levels of achievement.

For more information regarding Star Music Practice Challenge please follow the link.

To view the Tuck Shop roster and price list click on the link below.

To view the  this term's Road Monitors Roster click on the link below.

Henley Parish Roof Fund Appeal – Good News!

We thank everyone for their extremely generous support of our Roof Fund Appeal so far.

Due to the great management of the project by our BAPS team, final costs for the new roof stayed well under predictions, more than expected was received from the sale of old lead roofing, and some insurance funding was granted for water damage to our heating blanket and ceiling.