秀秀直播 News Term 3 Week 6: From the Leader of Early Childhood
Highlights from Past Two Weeks听
Book Week听
What a fabulous week of celebrations we have had this week, all around the theme 鈥淥ld worlds, new worlds, other worlds鈥�. A huge thank you to families who supported their students in dressing up for our annual book week parade. The children had a great day, as did the staff! It is a fantastic way to promote the love of reading amongst our students. A massive thank you to Mrs Alison Le Dan for her considerable efforts in making this week a success every year.
Book Week Author Incursion听听
Marian students听enjoyed听an incursion by Western Australian author Sian听Turner. Sian spoke to the students about her creative process and inspired many young students with the possibility of becoming authors or illustrators.听Students also listened to Sian鈥檚 stories 鈥淎 Whale of a Day in Botany Bay鈥� and听鈥淏eyond our Garden Gate鈥�.
Pig the Pug 鈥� Book Week competition winners听
It was incredibly difficult to judge the winners, amongst all the fantastic entries. A big congratulations to all children who entered and used their creativity and imagination to invent a new 鈥減ig the pug鈥� character.
The winners were:
- Elijah听Sprylan听鈥� Kindy
- Milania听Di Vincenzo – Pre-Primary
- Aelia听Terrible 鈥� Year 1
- Charlie Edwards 鈥� Year 2
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Pre-Primary听Blue听students led us in a fantastic assembly this morning,听centred听on听Mem Fox鈥檚 well-known听narrative听text 鈥淜oala Lou鈥�.听A big thank you to Mrs Battersby and Mrs Doe for their efforts in preparing students and allowing them to share their classroom learning with us.
Important Information For The Next Two Weeks
Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten 2022 / 2023听
If you have not yet enrolled your child in Kindy or Pre-Kindy for 2022, it is essential that you do so as soon as possible. Please contact 秀秀直播 Registrar for further information, including our flexible Kindy and Pre-Kindy offering.
The听Great Book听Swap
On Friday 3 September we will be holding a Book Swap in the undercover area at the Marian Campus and the event will run from 8.20am听–听8.50am. The Book Swap raises much needed funds to buy books for听disadvantaged听indigenous children听in remote indigenous communities.
Families are asked to donate good quality chapter or picture books from now until Thursday 2 September.听 Donations can be dropped off at the library or to Marian reception.
On the day of the swap the students听are asked to听bring a gold coin donation and select a book to take home from those that have been donated. Students are welcome to bring additional money if they would like to purchase several books.
Father鈥檚 Day Liturgy听
We warmly invite all Marian fathers to join us on Thursday听2 September at 9.00am for our听Father鈥檚 Day Liturgy.听The听liturgical听celebration has been prepared by听our Year 1听students and will be celebrated in St Cecilia鈥檚 Parish.听I would also听like to take this opportunity to wish all our听Dads听and father figures, a very听Happy Father鈥檚 Day听for Sunday 5 September.
Marian / Lavalla Athletics Carnival听
We are excitedly preparing for our first combined Marian and Lavalla combined听Athletics Carnival.
The Carnival will be held on Friday听10 September听at the Marcellin Oval.
Details were emailed today听27 August.听 The letter and program can also be viewed by clicking听here. (Scroll to the bottom of the page)