All Saints eNewsletter - Week 7, Term 2

Catholic Education South Australia
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Welcome to our first eNewsletter!

Following the launch of our new website, we will now be sharing news and events from All Saints via eNewsletters. Each edition including all recent news articles will be emailed to our parent community with news articles available regularly on the Newsroom page of the website.

 
 
 
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25th Birthday Celebrations

This year marks the 25th Birthday of All Saints Catholic Primary School.

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From the APRIM

1994 was a big year...

The first smart phone hit the shelves, selling for $1,100. It saw the start of the sitcom ‘Friends’, ‘The Lion King’ was released on the big screen, Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president, both Yahoo and Amazon were launched as was Playstation and, of course, All Saints Catholic Primary School was opened.

It is hard to imagine but when All Saints first opened it was surrounded by empty paddocks and was not serviced by bus or train routes. Past principal Bruno Vieceli remembers about 60 parents picking up children in their cars to take them to the theatre for an excursion.

Bruno spoke to all our children at our 25th Anniversary Mass on Monday. This Mass launched our silver anniversary celebrations and the beginning of Catholic Education Week. Bruno also commented that All Saints has always had a wonderful sense of community.

Our first reading in the Mass was all about what it means to be community:

‘As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together.’

1 Corinthians 12:25-26

Monday was a lovely celebration where all the 'parts' came together to rejoice. At lunchtime Cardijn musicians, including a number of All Saints Old Scholars, came to play a collection of songs; they even played the theme song for Sesame Street! The children enjoyed the performance with lots of them dancing with Mr Roberts, Ms Vincent and Ms Canil joining in. Kaz Faulkner got a conga line wriggling through the courtyard and a number of our own musicians helped out with setting up and packing up.

Wednesday had a real birthday feel to it with the singing of ‘Happy Birthday’ and the sharing of birthday cake.

The Gospel that began our week really highlighted what our whole week was about:

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

John 15:12”

Happy Birthday to all of you who are part of this wonderful All Saints family.

God bless.

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From the Director of Wellbeing

Anxiety is a normal part of life. Every day children and adults are confronted with difficult situations which lead to worry. Does this anxiety stop children from living their every day life? My question is, "What is ‘normal’ anxiety in children?".

I have recently read a helpful article which discusses this very issue, as well as how anxiety affects children, what a child with anxiety difficulties may do and things you may notice children doing. This is an informative article which I encourage all parents to read.

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Please speak with your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns. Alternatively feel free to give me a call and/or make an appointment time.

Best wishes.

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Ms Keogh's All Saints Stars

At All Saints we believe in recognising positive behaviour.  Regularly Ms Keogh invites learners who have continually gone over and above, to share a drink and a chat together.

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From the Principal

Last week we celebrated Catholic Education Week. Each school in Catholic Education SA (there are 102) uses this week to celebrate the contribution our schools make to the South Australian community. We all aim to develop children holistically through the underpinnings of the Catholic faith, to be capable learners, thriving people contributing in a positive way to the world in which they belong. We want them to do this in a manner that God desires, being leaders and learners.

On Monday 3rd June, we celebrated the 25 years of All Saints Catholic Primary School developing and supporting learners. We commenced our celebrations with a Mass and morning tea and were joined by Amanda Rishworth MP member for Kingston, Chris Picton MP state member for Kaurna, former principals, Staff and families.

We were delighted to welcome back the foundation principal, Kevin Clancy, and former principal, Bruno Vieceli, now Assistant Director of Catholic Education SA. Bruno made a short speech acknowledging Kevin Clancy as the first principal as well all the staff, families and community who have been involved over the 25 years. He acknowledged the ‘can do’ attitude of the community and the focus on the wellbeing and learning of each individual child. Bruno also acknowledged the wonderful behaviour and respect of the children as they celebrated mass and listened to speeches.

We were also joined by all of the principals of the Catholic schools in our Southern Vales cluster, which includes Emmaus Catholic School – Woodcroft, Antonio Catholic School – Morphett Vale, St John the Apostle School – Christies Beach, Galilee Catholic School – Aldinga and Cardijn College – Noarlunga Downs. This cluster of Catholic schools have an established formal structure as the Southern Region Alliance of Catholic Schools. As principals we meet twice a term to work on our regional strategic plan, special projects and issues ranging from transition, school governance, resources and finance to learning, teaching and pastoral care. As an alliance of schools we are committed to a Reception to Year 12+ pathway. This means that children in our alliance schools are guaranteed a pathway into Cardijn College.

On Wednesday 5th June, the children, all 509 of them, sang Happy Birthday to the school, enjoyed lunch together and then were able to enjoy some sponge cake (if they wanted!), prepared by Craig Goldfinch.

To complete the week, on the Friday we celebrated all things Italian with the children parading their masks, singing songs, and a myriad of other cultural and language-based activities, before sitting down to a shared lunch. In a feat similar to those shown on MasterChef challenges, our own MasterChef, Craig Goldfinch, and his support crew, our All Saints Community volunteers prepared and fed the children with pasta, garlic bread and gelato.

Thank you to all the staff and families who made our celebrations a wonderful occasion and provided these great experiences for all the children, certainly displaying that ‘can do’ attitude that Bruno mentioned and encouraged.

We recently announced the appointment of Nick Wright as the new Deputy Principal, commencing in Term 3, along with Martika Williams as our new Term 3 Reception teacher and David Donnelly into the Maintenance Officer role. We are sure the community will welcome and congratulate you all.

With every best wish,
Liz Keogh and staff

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Focus on Year 6 Renfrey

In 6R the children have been learning about microorganisms in Science. They have experimented to discover microorganism’s best living conditions, by growing yeast and mould. We then used what we had learnt about yeast to bake bread with Mr. Goldfinch

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Italian Day

Last Friday we celebrated Italian Day, starting with an assembly and mask parade, followed by a day of Tarantella dancing, soccer clinics, bocce games, story telling and much, much more.

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SEM Carpark - Not a Kiss and Drop zone

Families are reminded that the SEM carpark is not a Kiss and Drop area and that no standing zones are to be adhered to within this shared parking space.

Kiss and Drop occurs at the loop area which is often clear by 3.20 pm each night. We thank families for remembering the safety of all children at pick up and drop off times.

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Little Saints Playgroup

Playgroup is held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays in the transportable unit adjacent to the hall from 9:00-10:30am.

You are welcome to join us for fun play, games, stories and making new friends. Please bring along a hat, drink and healthy snack for your child. 

 

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