Sports Day - Tenison Woods Catholic School

Tenison Woods
Catholic
School
‘In all things love’
68 Brooker Terrace, Richmond SA 5033
www.twcs.catholic.edu.au
Telephone: 8352 2706 Fax: 823 40169
[email protected].
Calendar Dates
OCTOBER
Wednesday 29th
Café Session
Strategic Planning 6.308.30pm
Friday 31st
5/6/7 Unit Mass 9am
Term 4 Week 2
23rd October, 2014
Dear Parents, Friends and Caregivers,
NOVEMBER
Saturday 1st
All Saints Day
Sunday 2nd
All Souls Day
Wednesday 5th
Assembly R/1 9am
Board meeting 6pm
Monday 10th-Thursday
13th
Woods Week
Monday 10th
Liturgy 2.30pm Oval
Thursday 13th
Sharing of Fr Julian
Tenison Woods Birthday
Cake
Friday 14th
Sports Day 2-6pm
Family BBQ 6-8pm
Wednesday 19th
Assembly 2/3/4 2.30pm
1st Transition Rec 2015
9-11am
Launch of Vinnies
Christmas Hamper
Appeal
Attachments
Building deep
relationships with kids
Welcome to term 4! The students were delighted to view the freshly re-surfaced and newly
painted court on Tuesday last week. Well done to our SRC leadership group who led this
particular project and who made it come alive!
On the Pupil Free Day our staff was immersed in a strategic planning day using the school
improvement framework from Catholic Education. Throughout the day the staff was able to
assess the school against 9 domains that are featured within this improvement tool. Next
Wednesday we are hosting a community café style session of strategic planning focusing on
many of these domains. This session is important for all members of the Tenison Woods
community and as such I ask that you endeavour to make this a priority if you can. Your
opinions and suggestions will be tabled at this meeting and are essential in the construction
of a meaningful strategic plan. The session is scheduled for:

Wednesday 29 October 6:30pm-8:30pm
Can you please RSVP to: [email protected] if you can attend this evening for catering
purposes?
Additional to this strategic planning evening, I will be sending you an electronic link for a
survey tool that I also hope that you could apportion some time to answer. This survey tool
asks for your opinions, as well as the students and staff across a variety of areas pertaining to
school life. The survey will be open for two weeks once launched; following the two weeks
we will be provided with a set of recommendations. We will distil and synthesise the
information collated from the staff strategic planning day, the community strategic evening
and these recommendations and then prepare a 3 year strategic plan. Each annual plan will
contain three broad goals and contain a series of objectives for the school to achieve in that
specific year.
This is probably the most important time in any school/business in order to identify strategic
areas and target developmental strategies in order to continue to grow and develop the
organisation.
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Sports Day- as you know sports day is scheduled for week 5 Friday 14 November: 2pm-6pm. It is the culmination of our
‘Woods Week’ celebrations. It is a twilight sports day and thus, the students will not be required to attend school until
1:15pm on this day. More information will be distributed prior to this day for your benefit. We will be running a BBQ on
the day commencing the cooking at approximately 4:30pm. The reason for this is that we are asking for families to stay
from 6pm, until approximately 8pm for a family BBQ/picnic.
In the previous edition I asked for volunteers so that we could put together a roster of parents to assist in cooking for
approximately hour blocks. I have had three volunteers thus far; however we do need several more. If you are able to
support on the BBQ could you please let us know at [email protected] as soon possible.
We will be sending a separate flyer pertaining to the BBQ for sports day very soon; it will detail the food that will be
available and we are asking families to pre-order so that we can adequately cater. Your support for this community event
would be greatly appreciated and is a terrific opportunity to share some time with families after hours.
Please note that there will be no OHSC service or staff to supervise children on this day until the school opens at 1:15pm.
School Fees – recently the school Board met to discuss and discern our school fees for 2015. I will be releasing a separate
letter to all families ASAP detailing the new fee structure that has been approved by the Finance Committee and School
Board. This letter will detail and itemise the fee structures that we have in place, but most importantly it affirms that as a
Catholic School we continue to provide financial support to all families who require it. If you do have any concerns
pertaining to the school fees, please make a time to discuss this with myself or Paula Freer. These conversations remain
strictly confidential.
This week I have attached an article from Parenting Expert Michael Grose about Building a strong relationship with your
child/ren. He provides some informative tips that we as parents could all profit from. I must admit to feeling as though I
could certainly apportion a greater level of quality time with my own children when reading this little article!
Regards and best wishes,
Mark Battistella
Principal
‘In all things love’
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Religious Identity and Mission News
Liturgies and Masses this Term
10th November – Monday - Woods Week Liturgy – whole school 2.30pm on the school oval.
19th Nov - Wednesday 2.30 pm - Launch of the Vinnies Christmas Hamper Appeal
21st Nov – Friday – 9am 5/6 and 6/7 class Mass – please note the original date of 31st Nov has been
cancelled
28th Nov – Friday - 2/3/4 Class Mass 9am
Sunday 30th November – Parish 60th Birthday celebration/Blessing of the cribs and Family Mass –
(time to be finalised by parish – likely to be 9.30am)
3rd December 9am – R/1 Christmas Liturgy in the R/1 classrooms
4th Dec – Year 7 Graduation Dinner for year 7 students
8th Dec – 7pm Graduation Liturgy and celebration in the Church – light supper in the hall
afterwards.
11th Dec - 9am - Thanksgiving Mass and farewell to all students/staff who are leaving our school
community.
May the warmth of God’s love be with you always,
Marcia Burgess - APRIM
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Term 4 Week 2
WOODS WEEK (week 5)
A week of activities in honour of Julian Tension Woods; educator, environmentalist,
artist, scientist and priest.
You are more than welcome to attend all of the Woods Week activities… Many thanks to Yianni and Brian
for their very creative planning of the Woods Week events.
Day
Focus
Activity
Monday
Prayer/Liturgy
10th Nov
Julian had a deep faith in God, he
was guided by Jesus.
2.30pm Liturgy on the Ovaleveryone is invited to come together
as a community and celebrate the
life of Father Julian Tenison Woods.
Tuesday
Social Justice
11th Nov
Father Woods was actively involved
in local and global issues of Justice,
especially around the South East of
South Australia.
Wednesday
Art
12th Nov
Julian was talented artist and spent
much of his spare time
drawing/painting pictures of natural
features and architecture: his
sketched boldly declare a message of
ecological conversion.
Thursday
Science/enquiry/curiosity
13th
Father Woods was an accomplished
scientist who published many books
and articles relating to his scientific
discoveries.
Nov
Friday
Sports Day
14th Nov
Julian Tenison Woods’ favourite
mode of transport was riding a
horse; he was often photographed in
his riding boots and cape. Horse
riding is one of the most physically
demanding activities, using 90% of
the body’s muscles.
Any Time Throughout the day. Each
learning team will choose a local or
global charity and students will
participate in awareness building and
fund raising for that charity. Class
teachers will send out more
information relating to this.
2 - 3pm Students broken into multilevel groups of 13, each group will be
involved in a Tenison Woods themed
art activity.
2 - 3pm
The year 7 students will come into
each class and engage the students
in some fun and exciting science
experiments.
Sports Day starts at 1.30pm
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PE NEWS
Term Four is here! What an exciting time for sports in our school. We have Kanga cricket and Basketball at Wayville
Stadium starting up this week, we also have Futsal (indoor soccer) starting as well. We would like to wish all the
students involved in these fantastic sports all the best as they compete for our school with pride, and most importantly,
HAVE FUN!
We also have our Twilight Sports Carnival this term. It will be held on the 14th of November (Friday of Week 5). This
evening is always one of the highlights of the year with lots of laughs, encouragement and successes celebrated for all.
For this day, the students (and staff!) will arrive at school at 1.30pm for a 2.00pm start. We will aim to conclude the
structured part of the day by around the 5.30pm mark with a BBQ dinner/picnic to follow. More information about the
BBQ and picnic will be released shortly.
The students are all very excited about this fantastic day and have been working very hard in preparing for this day. Part
of this preparation is choosing some of our Year 7 students who will lead each of teams. This year the students have
elected the following leaders:
Bickford Mustangs: Anuja Deshpande (Captain) and Alex Filipatos (Vice Captain)
Redin Redbacks: Jordan Carter (Captain) and Holly Blaser (Vice Captain)
Brooker Burras: Lucas Tsaconas (Captain) and Jack Tsaconas (Vice Captain)
Richmond Lions: Zachary Sobarzo (Captain) and Michael Malavazos (Vice Captain)
Congratulations to all successful Captains and Vice Captains.
A final reminder, as we get into the warmer months; please remember to SLIP on some
clothing, SLOP on some sunscreen, SLAP on a hat, SEEK some shade and SLIDE on some
sunglasses!
Stay active,
Stew Nancarrow
‘In all things love’
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CHOIR NEWS
On Thursday, 25th September, 9 students represented Tenison Woods Catholic School at the Catholic Schools Music
Festival.
Our choristers worked tirelessly all year to learn the music and dance moves to the many songs performed on the night.
After all that practicing I’m sure that the families of our choristers and most of the teachers could just about sing the
whole Beatles Medley themselves - but nothing could quite compare to the magic of the Festival.
More than 200 young people from Catholic schools across the state joined together in harmony and song as part of a
combined “super-choir”, supported by a string orchestra, a rock band, and a choir of secondary school boys.
The students who performed were:
Allison Kennedy
Ayda Mildwaters
Chloe Sharman
Izabella Engman
Katie Itsines
Monique Rincon
Olivia Perre
Panda Madit
Siena Brooks
Special mention must go to Allison Kennedy who performed the National Anthem in a choir made up of just fifteen
students, each representing a different school.
Thank you to all the students involved and their families for helping to support music in our school.
Daniel Roberts
Music Teacher
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R/1 NEWS
CHOICE THEORY
This term our R-1 students have been learning about how to
keep themselves ‘balanced’. When their scales tip they start to
feel uneasy and out of control. We have been sharing new
strategies to help us stay balanced in the classroom and the
yard.
JP FITNESS
This term, students in the R-2 classes have been involved in JP Fitness. This is a sports program run by the
year 7 students. The year 7 students plan and present new skills, and the R-2 students move to new
stations every week, so that they can experience each new activity. This is a program we trialled in term 1,
and it was extremely successful, so we are looking forward to continuing to work with our year 7 buddies.
SCIENCE
This term the R-1 classes will be learning about mini-beasts. We will
be using an inquiry based approach to investigate this topic further.
The students have come up with some interesting questions to
explore, such as “How many different types of mini-beast are there?”
and “Why do some mini-beasts have stripes or spots?”
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ICECREAMS / ICEBLOCKS TERM 4
Iceblocks are available for sale each day during term 4 for 50c and $1.00.
Many thanks to the mums who volunteer their time to come in and sell them.
‘In all things love’
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23rd October, 2014
“The services and events contained in this bulletin are in no way connected with the school and are
included in this newsletter for your information only. Parents and caregivers need to make their own
enquiries and assessments about the suitability of these events and services for their needs and those of
their children.”
FREE TENNIS LESSON with Peak Performance Tennis!
Spring has truly sprung and with summer just around the corner, this is your chance to dust off the tennis racquet or
pick it up for the first time! Term 4 tennis lessons are now underway and you can get involved to get ready for the
big tennis season.
Get started now - simply book your place at the FREE ‘Come and Try Tennis Lesson’ to be held at Peake Gardens
Riverside Tennis Club on Sunday 26th October.
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL and places are limited, so contact Marcus Wagstaff (Head Coach – Peak Performance
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St Dominic’s Priory College
139 Molesworth Street
North Adelaide.
Annual Fete & Auction
26th October 2014 10am-3pm
Something for everyone!! Food, food and more food!!
Amusements for all ages!! Bargains galore!! Monster Auction – items include Accommodation, Pamper
Packages, Restaurant vouchers, Movie & Theatre tickets, and much, much more!!
Come see for yourself and enjoy!
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SA DENTAL SERVICE
Marleston Community Dental Clinic
School Dental Clinic
229b Marion Road
Marleston
SA 5033
PH: 08 75016700
The School Dental Service is the major provider of dental services for babies, children and young
people under 18 years in South Australia. Around 130, 000 children attend every year.
The Commonwealth Child Dental Benefits Schedule for 2 – 18 year olds started in 2014.
ALL children are very welcome to continue to access dental care at the School Dental Service.
Dental care is FREE for most children and the School Dental Service will bulk–bill Medicare.
Children who do not qualify for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule can also attend – a small fee will
apply for each course of general dental care provided.
School Dental Clinics are located across Adelaide and regional SA. To locate your local School Dental Clinic, and for more information
about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, visit www.sadental.sa.gov.au
‘In all things love’
H
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