St Timothy's School Vermont

Let’s Celebrate Learning at St Timothy’s 

Wednesday 9th November 2022

For our special evening next week, could your children please be dressed in the following clothes unless they are wearing pre-arranged costumes (A few Year 5/6 students). We will provide a plain coloured t-shirt for your children that will be sent home prior to the evening.

Girls: navy or black leggings, school shoes, plain coloured t-shirt(provided)

Boys: navy or black shorts (can be school sports shorts), school shoes, plain coloured t-shirt (provided).

Optional: Akubra bush-style hat, this could be canvas, fabric or wool

Your children will need to arrive dressed in the above attire no later than 5.50 pm ready for a 6 pm start. They will need to assemble outside the hall.

We look forward to seeing you next Wednesday 9th November!

Celina Korcak

ckorcak@sttims.catholic.edu.au

From today onwards we are starting to display the childrens work for the Let's Celebrate Learning. We respectfully ask that parents refrain from entering school buildings on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week in order for the children to be able to 'surprise' you with samples of  their work on Wednesday evening. They are excited to share their work with you. Please remember to be at school NO LATER THAN 5:50 for a 6pm sharp start.

It is time to say farewell to Ms. Hall as she heads off on Maternity Leave today.  We send our very best wishes to Bridget, Kyle, and Penny for the upcoming arrival of another family member. We look forward to the exciting news soon!

A big thank you also to Bridget for all her amazing work supporting students and staff at St Timothy's and we look forward to your return in July 2023.

Monday 12th December

Whole School Christmas Celebration

Farewell Year 6 families 

Year 6 Awards

Christmas Singalong 

Year 6 Graduation

Thursday 15thDecember

Mass 6pm Dinner 7pm

Friday 16th December

 Last day of school for  2022 for the children.

The staff have met on several occassions  over the past weeks to decide the best grade structures for 2023. Many aspects including social and academic have been considered before finalsing grades, teachers and roles and responsibilities. 

The 2023 grade groupings and staffing will be:

Year Prep

Year 1/2

Year 3/4

Year 5/6

Essentially each current class moving up but a straight Prep Year instead of a straight Year 6. Children will be mixed/combined groupings for Specialist Classes e.g  Year P & Year 1/2 

Staffing

Principal: Anne Maree Jones

Office: Gail Rich

Classroom:

Jessi Wright (Classroom 1 FTE -5 days)  Year 5/6

Anne Maree Noonan (Classroom 1 FTE- 5 days) Year 1/2

Trish McKinley (Classroom 0.8 FTE- 4 days) Year Prep

Rosemary Broderick (Classroom  0.2 FTE- 1 day) Year Prep

New (1FTE Classroom Teacher- 5days) Year 3/4  

Specialist Teachers:

Celina Korcak (0.4 FTE- Specialist 2 days)  Art, Physical Education Performing Arts 

Labrini Ooi (0.15 FTE <1 day) - Specialist Mandarin

Aria Karagiannis (0.4 FTE -2 days) 

Bridget Hall (Maternity Leave) - Return July 0.4 -2 days TBC

Specialist Areas: Physical Education, Mandarin, Art, Performing Arts      ( Drama/Music), STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths), Learning Support

LSO Positions -Learning Support Staff:  Yee Lin, Aamber Brown, New (TBC) 

We are very excited for our whole school to be off to visit Scienceworks this Term on 25th November. The focus will be in the  Inquiry/Science/Earth & Space Learning areas. The P-3 and 4-6 will have  a different Learning Focus and will attend different exhibits at Scienceworks. It will be lovely to be able to go as a whole school to experience this very special learning opportunity.

Term 4 dates:   Friday 11th November, Friday 18th November, Friday 25th November ( cancelled - due to Whole School Excursion) Friday 2nd December.

The children will participate in a special mass to remember this very important day in our history at 10am on Friday 11th November. There will be NO ASSEMBLY on this day.

We invite families to send long any memorabilia or photos of family members that they would like to be remembered on this special day. Parents are welcome to join us.

Re-scheduled: 

• Friday 18th November
• Wednesday 23rd November

The children will need to wear Sports Uniform on these days.

Calling  Parents & Friends members and wider School Community

It's time for our Parents & Friends -AGM- Annual General Meeting

Thursday 10th November  

SAVE THE DATE

for a very important fun event.

It's time for our 

Christmas Disco

Friday 2nd December

More details to follow!

It is with great sadness that we farewell Thet who has run our OHSC for the last 3 years. Thet has been amazing with our children who attend Before and After School Service. She has always been calm, kind and patient and ready to provide engaging activities for our children. Thet has been a welcome addition to our extended staff. We wish her all the very best.

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th November

Life after death, in one form or another, is a common belief of most of the major faiths of the world. It is certainly a basic tenet of Christian faith. Because the gospels record Jesus as speaking about an afterlife, we tend to assume that this was a common belief of his time. However, within the different groups of Judaism, there was significant diversity of belief about this point. While the Pharisees believed in resurrection, the Sadducees did not. The Sadducees, whose name means‘righteous ones’ were an elite group within the Jewish faith. They were purists in their adherence to the Torah and their rejection of any later teachings or writings – this actually put them in conflict with the Pharisees, although the two groups are often portrayed in the gospels as being united against Jesus. Today’s gospel passage depicts an attempt by the Sadducees to ridicule belief in an afterlife by questioning Jesus about an extremely exaggerated scenario. The reply Jesus gives largely ignores the farcical nature of the question. Rather, Jesus makes clear that the resurrected life is not merely an extension of the earthly life. The things that are of concern in this world are not an issue in the next. Through death and resurrection, life is changed; not ended. This idea can be challenging at a time when we are mourning the loss of a loved one, yet we are called to respond to that challenge with a genuine hope and trust in the life that goes on in

a different way. Jesus, in fact, dismisses the whole idea of death as an ending by saying that to Godall people are alive, whether on earth or in the resurrection.

Term 4

Friday 21st ( new) Friday 11th November, Friday 18th November,  Friday 2nd December.

Wednesday 9th November -Let's Celebrate Learning

Friday 11th November: Remebrance Day Prayer Service

Friday 25th November- Science works Excursion

Monday 12th December Whole School End of Year Celebration ( please note day /date change)

Year 6 Graduation - Thursday 15th December

Final Day Term 4 Friday 16th December