Ash Wednesday

Hello friends

We are officially into the second half of Term One with four full weeks of school remaining and plenty of activities to look forward to.

I hope you have had an opportunity to travel into our city at the moment which is proving to be a vibrant space with music festivals, The Fringe and so many things to see and do...

Year Two have been unpacking our School Values and what they mean to them. Their art work and explanations are touching and sometimes entertaining. This is Sabrina’s work on Inclusivity: “Love Love Love. The world picture is including family and friends. The home picture is showing living. The cloud picture is showing friendship. Inclusivity. Love Love Love.”

Keep supporting the Project Compassion stalls and the boxes you have at home. Each day we are treated to slime, bookmarks, bath bombs, crafts, real lemonade and many, many delicious treats, with our stall holders demonstrating their business acumen and entrepreneurial skills. In our first week we have raised several hundred dollars.  Thank you.

Stella Foley

Parent-Teacher interviews will be held for years Reception to 6 during Weeks 9 and 10 of Term 1.

Follow instructions from the email that was sent to you on Tuesday 12 March 2019.

Last day to book your interview is Friday 22 March 2019.

Please access the system as follows:

• Go to the PTO website
• Click “Obtain PIN/Password” and enter your email address.  Your PIN will be emailed to you. The email you receive will include a link that can be clicked on to log straight into PTO, bypassing the login screen.

Friday 15 March

• No Bullying Day

Sunday 17 March

• St Patrick's Day
• Year 5 Family Mass and Beach Cricket Day

Monday 18 March
SACPSSA Sec 1 Swimming Carnival

Wednesday 20 March

• Assembly 1.50pm Year 5 Hosting. All welcome

Thursday 21 March

• Harmony Day

Thursday 28 March

• SAPSASA Metro Swimming Carnival

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

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

Grange Royals Hockey Club, Fort Street, Grange is a family friendly club.  We cater for Juniors from Under 9 to Under 18, Seniors Men & Women from Metro 5 to Premier League and Masters.  Season commences in March / April.

The club is very proud to share it has been recognised as a Level 2 Good Sports Club. 

The younger junior grades (U9 Mixed, U11 Mixed, U13 Boys & U13 Girls) play Sunday mornings.  U15’s and U18’s play Friday evenings.  As a participating club in the Sports Discount Voucher initiative ($100 off club fees) we are able to offer fees that are extremely affordable. Age groups are defined by age as of the 1st January.

To enquire or obtain further details, express your interest in joining the Grange Royals Hockey Club,

please contact the club:-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grangeroyals/
Website: http://www.grangeroyals.org.au
Email: juniors@grangeroyals.org.au

Woodville Rugby Union Football Club  -  Home of the Wasps

Players Required for 2019 Season.  Juniors 4 – 18yrs old, Seniors & Women  Woodville Rugby Union Football Club, Gleneagles Reserve, Ailsa Ave, Seaton.  Contact Graeme Gibson on 0401 364 171 for further information. 

Hello everyone,

I think the Adelaide Cup long weekend came at a perfect time for us all to recharge our batteries.  I hope you had the opportunity to connect as a family – I know I really needed it with my two munchkins...

Last Friday was International Women’s Day, with the theme #BalanceForBetter! It is a global day that calls us all into action to accelerate a worldwide gender parity. A balanced world is a better world. In light of this, one of the parenting blogs on Michael Grose’s website titled, Mothering Your Daughter, is an insightful article written about mother’s roles in their daughter’s lives. The article is written by Sharon Witt and looks at themes such as mothers knowing their impact, being okay to say no, expanding their daughter’s definition of beauty, helping her find her passion and guiding her to be confident just to name a few. A really interesting read – you can find the link at parentingideas.com.au

Do you want to win a $100 uniform shop voucher. All you have to do is complete the survey, the details came home by letter or click here.

Thank you to those who have already got their entries in. Good luck get your entry in before the end of March.

A reminder to all families that all sporting information will come out through the Skoolbag app, if you do not have this app please feel free to see the office staff for support and all registrations are made through QKR.  If you do not have this app once again the office staff are a great resource.  Once you have registered using QKR please ensure that the registration has gone through by checking the receipts section in the app.  If you do not have a receipt then it has not gone through. 

Congratulations

Last week on Wednesday students from Yrs 4 – 6 took part in the SAPSASA Airport District Swimming Carnival.  All students did very well however the following students were selected to represent Airport districts at Metro Day, which will be held at the Marion Aquatic Centre on Thursday 28th March, 2019.  Congratulations to Conor Stanton, Finn Carey, Joshua Taylor, Lucas Martin, Sean Stanton, Kennedy Santos, Maeve Nicholas, Kyla Broadbent, Kristian Wilbik, Matthew Dunlop, Sanur McMahon and Jemma Mutton.  Wow that is amazing, 12 students from SOS being selected.  Congratulations to you all, notes have gone out in office boxes and emails have been sent home.   

• Year 5 Assembly on Wednesday 20th March at 1:50pm.
• Parent Teacher Interviews - Weeks 9 and 10 of this term. Bookings online now.
• AGM Tuesday 2nd April at 7:00pm in the Multipurpose Room.
• First Reconciliation celebrations at the end of Week 10 and beginning of week 11.
• Sports Day is being held this year on Thursday 11th April at the Henley Oval. We will again have the students dropped off at the oval. Thursday will the last day of Term 1.

You are invited to join us for the Star Outreach Meeting Friday 22nd March at 9:00am

To plan for our Upcoming Grandparents Day on Friday 10th May Toddler friendly

No experience necessary just an open heart and an open mind

Term 1 - 29 January to 12 April
Term 2 - 29 April to 5 July
Term 3 - 22 July to 27 September
Term 4 - 14 October to 13 December

Star of the Sea is participating in the Children's University program again this year. Children in Years 3 - 6 are able to be a part of this voluntary opportunity. The annual cost is $33 which can be paid via QKR from Week 4 until Friday 29 March 2019.

If you would like more information about the program please click here.

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

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