Welcome to Week 10!!
I’m sure you feel the same way as the staff here and I do in that this term has been a marathon not a sprint.
We began this term in an effort to continue with online learning with the clear direction to transition our students back into class and we made it! Great job all round. I want to take this opportunity to say thank you for all of your support and trust in our process. We have worked really hard to maintain a strict regime of hygiene controls to ensure that our students and staff continue to remain healthy.
Moving forward into Term 3 we will continue to be guided by the NSW Department of Health and CEDP protocols around social distancing etc to ensure that school continues to remain open.
Obviously, if things change as they have in other states, we will notify you via skoolbag.
So enjoy the holidays and we look forward to a return to a robust learning program next term.
Stay well and take care.
Love & Light
Lisa Gerrard
(on behalf of the St Bernadette’s staff & students)
Attendance Rate: 85% - To unpack this a little more, this means that 85% of our students have an attendance rate of 90% -100%.
REFLECTION by Father Michael Tate
In the early Church, Christianity ripped families apart. Good Jewish families would have been appalled to see their sons and daughters go off to follow a crucified blasphemer. Good reason to keep apart in the synagogue, avoiding damnable pollution. This sectarianism contrasted with the Christians who fearlessly went out into the world.
St John Paul II personified what it is to be Catholic. But, he pressed a prayer into a crack in the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and as an old man shuffled across the floor of a Mosque in Syria.
Of course, there was no compromise of belief and faith in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, denied by both Jews and Muslims. But his actions were not those of one with the siege mentality of the member of a cult. Rather, he was able to respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit to take these steps recognising what was good amongst the adherents of those faiths.
We could pause for a moment to implore the Holy Spirit to break us out from any constricting cult-like tendencies so that we can go out into the world powerfully proclaiming the resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Friday 3 July 2020 - Last day of Term 2
Monday 20 July 2020 - First day of Term 3
Thursday 23 July 2020 - Music Bus resumes for Term 3
Friday 24 July 2020 - School Banking resumes in canteen from 8:30am
A gentle reminder that parents overtaking in the drive through line will be asked not to use drive through for two weeks.This is a dangerous practice that puts our students at risk.
Thank you!
Mrs Lisa Gerrard
We ask that all parents keep their child/children home if they are unwell. Even with mild symptoms, we would appreciate that they are kept home. Please seek medical advice where necessary and obtain a medical certificate/clearance when they are well enough to return to school. Any child who is away sick will have their absence marked as 'sick'. Please remember to send a Skoolbag or note advising us that your child is away.
If your child becomes unwell during the day at school, we will be asking that they are collected from school immediately. Please note that all children upon entry to sick bay will have their temperature checked.
Our staff have been working hard to prepare the Semester 1 reports for your children. These reports as I have mentioned in previous newsletters will look different and will be a more anecdotal record of your child’s progress. Once the various restrictions regarding social gatherings etc is relaxed further we will provide the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher more formally. Should you have any concerns that need to be discussed urgently, please feel free to contact the office to arrange a phone or video conference with the class teacher.
Linda's Lunches will resume taking orders in Week 2, Term 3.
Lunch orders are only available on Wednesdays - the first date for orders will be Wednesday 29 July 2020.
Please write your order clearly on note paper and place in a medium/large snap lock bag, along with the correct money.
Congratulations to Francis who won our Bernie Bright token count. Francis chose free time as their recognition of achievement.
| Mackillop | Bernadette | Clare | Francis |
| 213 | 191 | 189 | 296 |
23/6 - Cameron B
26/6 - Elena M
28/6 - Jocelyn M
29/6 - Nerso B
29/6 - Nataniel T
This Thursday was the first Principal’s Morning Tea
Term 1: Encouragement
Kindy: Sebastian B & Arya H
Year 1: Catherine V & Henry S
Year 2: Nicolas L & Mia G
Year 3: Caleb L & Ansh T
Year 4: Kayla H & Johnluke A
Year 5: Chloe D & Ryan R
Year 6: Jessica Elias & Rebecca K
Term 2 : Behaviour
Kindy: Orlando M & Caroline Z
Year 1: Chloe X & Adam H
Year 2: Ella M & Orlando C
Year 3: Elena M & Olivia E
Year 4: Ian B & Renee T
Year 5: Louis R & Angelica B
Year 6: Brandon N & Kobi M
St Bernadette's Primary, Dundas Valley is a community focused, Catholic parish school catering for boys and girls from Kindergarten to Year 6. The school strives to build a Christ-centred community where faith is integrated with daily life. We provide learning and teaching experiences which enable the children to deepen their faith understandings, investigate, solve problems and explore their learning. We recognise the importance of creating a learning environment that provides opportunities to develop 21st century learning. Technology is integrated into the learning at St Bernadette’s in all Key Learning Areas.
Attendance Rate: 85 %