Address: 158 Katoomba Street Katoomba
Phone: 4780 6800
Email: stcanices@parra.catholic.edu.au
Website: stcaniceskatoomba.catholic.edu.au
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Address: 158 Katoomba Street Katoomba
Phone: 4780 6800
Email: stcanices@parra.catholic.edu.au
Website: stcaniceskatoomba.catholic.edu.au
Facebook: St Canice’s School Katoomba
Dear Parents Families and Friends
This Sunday is a special day to remember the Fathers who are present in our lives, who are not with us anymore and those people who are just like a father to us. It is always important to remember and to pray for the special people around us.
By celebrating a Mothers’ Day and a Fathers’ Day, it helps us stop and remember these important people in our lives. Here is a special Prayer for Fathers:
Dear God
Bless all the fathers in the world.
We ask that you guide them to be good role models
and loving to their children.
We also ask that You
help them to be a father like You are.
Give them grace and patience
to handle situations in a loving way.
Amen
The School Fathers’ Day stall will be held on the morning of Wednesday 28th August.
Mr Mark Geerligs Principal
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Parish
Father Carlos Walker
Presbytery Contact Ph: 02 4782 2804
Fax: 02 4782 6090
Website: marymackillopupperbluemountains.org.au
Mass Times
Friday: Katoomba 12 noon Mass
Saturday: Katoomba 9.30 am Mass Saturday Vigil: Leura 5pm Mass
Sunday: Wentworth Falls 8am Katoomba 10am Leura 5pm
Rosary: Monday Katoomba 8.30 am, Tuesday Leura 4.45pm,
Wednesday Wentworth Falls 9.30 am, Friday Katoomba 11.30 am.
Saturday Katoomba 9 am.
The students in Stage One have been busy investigating and designing uniforms.
The lucky teddies received makeovers wearing redesigned school's uniforms that are suitable for the weather in Katoomba.
During week 5, St Canice's celebrated book week. On Tuesday 20th August we had the privilege of local Author Jodie Mcleod visiting
Preschooler’s and parents are welcome to join Mrs Friend's Preschool Reading Group in the library every Tuesday morning for a fun story reading session from 8:40-9:00
Saturday 24th August 2019 - What a great historical moment for Katoomba when the new RSL was officially opened.
Our Federal, State and Local government representatives were all there for this occasion. St Canice’s was proudly represented by 15 of our students. Our students sang beautifully the Totem Song. There were many comments from the guests about the significance of our song.
Then the RSL president Mr Brian Turner made a special mention of students in his speech.
Back in 2017, Stage 2 students (now Stage 3) presented Mr Turner with their idea of what the new RSL should look like. Mr Turner not only thanked St Canice’s and Mrs Byrnes for this initiative, he even read out part of Claudia and Airlie’s proposal for the RSL - “Lots of poppies everywhere”. Mr Turner said that the architect took this idea and there are indeed, poppies evident in the new RSL. Well done girls, S3 and Mrs Byrnes.
On Monday our Stage 3 students went to St Thomas’ in Springwood for the Cluster Voice of Youth competition.
The 3 students who were chosen to represent our school were Lulu, Emma and Patrick with Sam as our reserve. There were 12 students from St Finbars, St Thomas Aquinas, OLN and St Canice’s who presented their speeches for the Cluster final.
Only one student is chosen to go to the semi-finals.
Congratulations to Patrick who won the Voice of Youth Cluster and is off to the semi-final on Monday the 16th of September.
Congratulations to Emma who won the Social Justice award.
What an Outstanding Result !!!!
Over 11 exciting days in January 2020,
Mr Wedesweiler and his son Gabriel are travelling to Cambodia for Catholic Mission’s Ride and Stride.
If you would like to help by donating to this worthy cause, you can sponser CamBROdia using the following link.
All funds raised will directly be used to support life changing projects within Cambodia.
Our school community is warmly invited to take a peek at our latest creative project!
With the help of our very talented students, I have created a mural located upstairs in the open area.This mural is an ongoing project that students across our school community can contribute to.
The benefits of art for children include the promotion of creativity, confidence, determination, patience and problem solving. Art also helps emotional, mental and psychological development.
If your child is feeling anxious in the morning about attending school, spending some time working on the mural can help them express their feelings in a multidimensional way and prepare them for the day ahead. Likewise, students who may need some time out during the day can also benefit from the creative process of contributing to the mural.
Thank you to all of our students who have already contributed to our mural, helping us to celebrate the arts as one community.
Miss Elizabeth
Attendance Family Liaison Officer.
In 2019 all schools in Parramatta Diocese engage in the process of Peer Review to present curriculum documentation to their peers in a professional learning context.
This model of Peer Review has been approved by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for the registration period (2015-2019).
Last Tuesday St Canice’s took part in this Peer Review process focussing on Stage 2 - English and Maths.
The Review was successful and was an opportunity for St Canice’s to celebrate the great work done by the staff in providing a quality Catholic education to the students from the upper Blue Mountains.
Congratulation to all the staff at St Canice’s.
We ask that everyone be thoughtful when bringing snacks and lunches from home.
Foods to avoid are peanut butter, nutella, nut muesli bars and biscuits or cakes that contain nuts or nut traces.
A Fractal is a shape that is made up of the same shape at different sizes, and it is created by repeating a simple process over and over and over ........
What is special about this Pattern?
If you would like to try colouring this triangle in interesting, symmetrical ways please see
Ms Honeyman in the Sunshine Room.
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Quilt Show
Supporting
Blu Mountains District ANZAC Hospital
7th & 8th September 2019
10am - 4pm
Blue Mountains Retirement Village, cnr Queens road and GWH Leura
Exhibition of beautiful handmade quilts by skilled artisans living in the upper Blue Mountains. Join us in a friendly environment, enjoy this wonderful display & Devonshire Tea.
Entry $5
Devonshire Tea $5
Raffle 1st Prize : A beautiful hand made Quilt