TERM FOUR 

Japanese Cultural Activity Day

Tomorrow the students will participate in a Japanese Cultural activity day organised by Mrs Rie O'Brien.

In mixed grade groups, our students will cook rice balls and yakitori, practise shuji calligraphy, listen to Japanese folktale stories, do Manga drawing, create Hokusai art, and make origami lanterns and fans. 

*** Ingredients for food items ***

Please check all the ingredients below and contact the school if your child has any allergies and you have concerns. Otherwise, all students are making and eating Rice balls, Yakitori (teriyaki flavour chicken on skewers) and some snacks.

Ingredients - rice, sausages, chicken, onion, breadcrumbs, soy sauce, sugar, vegetable oil, cornflour, seaweed (*optional if your children would like to try on their rice balls) .

Please check the package of the snack below (biscuits with chocolate flavoured filling).

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

We would like to invite you to join us on Friday 11 November for our 2022 Australiana-themed Grandparents and Special Friends Day.

The day will commence with Mass at 9.15am in St Mary's Catholic Church. If you would like to sit with your child/grandchild in the Church please collect them from their classroom at 9.00am.

Following Mass, morning tea will be served by our Parents and Friends Association in our Multi-purpose Hall. We request that all families send in a plate of food to share, please.

At 10.50am we will move into our Hall for our Remembrance Day Ceremony and Australiana-themed performance.

After the presentation, you are welcome to have a walk through the school buildings to view our recent developments. 

Hume Conservatorium Scholarships are Now Open

Hume Conservatorium offers annual scholarships to young musicians in the local community. The program is open to any musician regardless of whether they are students of Hume Conservatorium at the time of audition or not. It is the policy of Hume Conservatorium that scholarships will be awarded to the students who, in the view of the conservatorium, are likely to benefit most from the scholarship grant.  The quality of performance on the day of the audition is a major factor in this decision, but not the sole factor. All styles of music are acceptable when applying for a scholarship.

Hume Conservatorium is very fortunate to have several local and regional organisations and individuals who support our Annual Scholarship Program. The purpose of the scholarships is to encourage and accelerate the musical development of students with potential, equipping them for further study at an advanced level.

Hume Conservatorium will invite members of our Association of NSW Regional Conservatoriums network to act as adjudicators for our scholarship program in order to maintain fairness and transparency in the process. The CEO of Hume Conservatorium will have the final sign-off in the allocation of all scholarship funds.

Upon receipt of a scholarship, winners are required to have lessons with the most appropriate Hume Conservatorium tutor as decided by the CEO.  Scholarship winners are encouraged to write a letter of thanks to their sponsor (if appropriate) and to send a report of their activities at the completion of their scholarship year.

To apply for a Scholarship please fill out the online form. https://humecon.nsw.edu.au/scholarships/ 

Online enrolments are still open - https://enrolments.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrol/

Enrolments packs are available from our School Office or can be downloaded from our website http://www.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrolment.html

Catholic Mission

The Lord has told us what is good.

What he requires of us is this:

to do what is just, to show mercy,

                          and to live humbly with our God. (Micah 6:8)

 “Never think that you have nothing to offer, or that nobody needs you. Many people need you. Think about it! Each of you, think in your heart: many people need me.” (Pope Francis) 

PRAYER –You can join us in praying for the poor and marginalised.

DONATIONS – Please help us to raise money for those who are much less fortunate than ourselves.

WHITE ELEPHANT–unwanted items (but in reasonable condition). Eg: toys, games, books, kitchenware, clothes/shoes, drawing/sketching materials, jewellery, purses/bags/wallets etc.)

SOCK BALL materials

• Old socks
• Bubble wrap
• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam
• Old Tshirts/light material clothing
• String or similar

“In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.”

November- Month of the Holy Souls

In the tradition of the Catholic Church, the month of November is set aside for the remembrance of All Souls. We pray for our loved ones who have preceded us in life that they may be at peace in heaven with God. During November we will continue to pray for our loved ones who have passed away. If there are people you would like us to pray for please write their names on a piece of paper or card and we will place them in the prayer space in our classrooms.

NSWPSSA CRICKET

The Girls PSSA Cricket scheduled for the week of 24 October in Barooga was cancelled due to wet weather and flooding. In place of that the girls were invited to Cricket NSW in Sydney to trial for a spot in the Girls NSW Team. Sophia attended with over 100 Years 5 and 6 girls representing 13 school associations. Cricket NSW's Head of Female Cricket, Leah Poulton, as well as current Sydney Thunder and NSW Womens's team stars Hannah Darlington and Tahlia Wilson, addressed the next generation of female cricketing talent, detailing their personal cricket journeys.

Two days of trials culminated in a final small group of 16 girls, one of which was Sophia. Unfortunately she narrowly missed out and was not selected in the final 12. 

We have no doubt that Sophia is an all round Sport Star in the making and wish her continued sporting success and satisfaction through High School.

2023 Canberra/Goulburn Sports Trials

BEST OF LUCK to Jaydan and Henry as they contend for a spot in the Mackillop Cricket Team tomorrow

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS FROM YEAR 2 - YEAR 5 IN 2022

Just a quick reminder that the 2023 Cricket, Tennis and Basketball trials are coming up quickly!

The Basketball and Tennis Trials are on Friday 2 December – Closing Date for registrations is Friday 25 November

This information has also been posted on our St Mary's School Facebook page and the CECG Sport Facebook page with updated links and information on the Canberra Goulburn Sport webpage.  https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/nominations

CRICKET

• The MacKillop Cricket trials for 2023 will also be held in 2022 – Boys November 30 and December 1 and Girls November 30.

TOUCH FOOTBALL

• CHANGE OF DATE AND NOTE ATTACHED FOR TOUCH FOOTBALL

  New Date for the Canberra Goulburn Touch Football Trials is Wednesday 7 December.

  Open to boys and girls from Year 3 – Year 5 in 2022

TENNIS -open to students from Year 2 to Year 5

BASKETBALL Years 3 to 5 for Basketball. 

• 2023 Canberra Goulburn Tennis and Basketball trials will be held on Friday 2 December 2022.

School Athletics Carnival

It is for parents, full-time carers and grandparents. Join other local families to learn more about autism and ways to strengthen the home-school partnership.

Parish Office

For Parish and Sacramental matters, please forward your enquiries to Goulburn Parish Secretary, Sharon Cashman, via email. Alternatively, call into the Parish Office at the Old Convent Building. Sharon is available in Crookwell on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month from 11.30am-3.30pm

Parish Associate: Sr Rosemary Hart

Email: Crookwell@cg.org.au

Website: http://cg.org.au/crookwell/Home.aspx 

Phone: 48321 633 

Address: 55 Wade Street (the Old Convent Building)

Student of the Week Awards

The Student of the Week Awards go to...

Kindergarten: Mason Allport, Khloe & Adrian, Bailey Reeves

Yr. 1: Fraser McIntosh, Riley Plumb

Yr. 2: Flynn Doran, Samantha Fraser

Yr. 3: Sophie Croker, A'dee Reynolds

Yr. 4: Alice Frost, Elkie Storrier

Yr. 5: Chloe Bensley, Angus Foley

Yr. 6: Tahlia Anderson, Finn McCormack

Performing Arts Award

Macie-Lee Charnock for a fantastic effort in Performing Arts

Japanese Award

Awarded to Kindergarten. Well done Kindy!

School Spirit Award

Henry Elsley-Mattox for displaying service to others

Running for Premature Babies- "Premmie Marathon Challenge"

Current kindy parents, Amber and Stuart are taking on the Premmie Marathon Challenge for the charity "Running for Premature Babies", the charity which helped their baby boy survive.

Nix (who starts Kindy at St Mary's next year and joins his brother Hendrix here) was born nine weeks early on the 17th November 2017, coinciding with Annual World Prematurity Day. Nix spent his first days at newborn intensive care unit at royal Women's Hospital, Randwick, with the aid of equipment that was funded by the Running for Premature Babies Foundation. Without the aid of this equipment, he may not have survived.

This year, Stuart is going to celebrate all that Nix has overcome, and to raise more needed funds for premature babies, he will run from their home in Laggan to Goulburn and as far back as he can physically and mentally handle. His goal is to raise $10,000.00 for a charity that has given their family so much.

To donate to their cause: www.runningforprematurebabies.com/fundraisers/stuartmcwilliam3165/premmie-marathon-challenge

(Excerpt taken from the Upper Lachlan Gazette)

Vicar Of Dibley- CADS performance

Triple P Parenting Program

Crookwell Oztag News 

Just a couple of days left to register for the junior Oz tag competition - If you could please complete by Monday the 7th - Competition will commence 5:30pm on the 16th of November 2022 at Todkil park. 

Players can register online for the Crookwell competition by following the steps below.

 Step 1 - Click here to the player registration page https://sportfix.net/registration/JoinTeam.aspx?sportFixId=872d874f-7826-4d22-9d83-276d533521d1 

 Step 2 - Enter the invitation code: sf55290hoji 

 Step 3 - Complete player registration details to finalise registration - Active kids vouchers can be used Note: At the top of the registration there is a tick box which says “if you're registering on behalf of your child or on behalf of another person please ensure the checkbox below is ticked.”, make sure you tick this box each time you register a new player/child.

If you require any assistance please call or message Kayla Gann on 0407761599

Disco

The last disco for the year will be 25 November.

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