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29 March 2018 WEEK 8 TERM 1

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week we have celebrated Holy Week with some powerful and moving prayer

celebrations. The students have been amazing! They have been reflective,

reverent and engaged. What are the events in Holy Week? Some of them we

know well, while others we do not celebrate as significantly.

Palm Sunday: Held on the Sunday before Easter Sunday. It recalls Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem one week before his execution.

Holy Monday: Commemorates Jesus' cleansing of the temple, when he got angry against money changers and other commercial interests who had tables within the Temple. Some believe that this triggered his arrest and crucifixion.

Holy Tuesday: Recalls Jesus' description to his disciples on the Mount of Olives of the destruction of Jerusalem. Holy Wednesday: Recalls Judas' decision to betray Jesus in exchange

for 30 pieces of silver. Holy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper, Jesus’ agony in the

garden and his arrest. For centuries, people in authority have washed the feet of their followers on this day.

Good Friday: Recalls Jesus' death on the Cross. Holy Saturday (a.k.a. Easter Eve) is the final day of Holy Week and of

Lent. Easter Sunday: Commemorates Jesus' resurrection.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SOCCER CARNVIAL The Catholic Schools Soccer Carnival, which Holy Spirit is hosting, is just over a week away! We will need as many parents to support the event as possible. More information will be sent out via the Skoolbag App. In the mean time, please support our sponsors and like and share our Soccer Facebook Page! NOT BEFORE 8.30am A reminder to parents that students should not be arriving at school before 8.30am. Supervision of students does not commence until 8.30am and we are concerned with the number of students that have been left at school unsupervised by parents.

ALIVE WITH THE SPIRIT, WE CELEBRATE

FAITH, LEARNING AND

LIFE.

School Address

Kelleway Avenue

Nicholls ACT 2913

School website

www.holyspirit.act.

edu.au

Email

office.holyspirit@

cg.catholic.edu.au

Phone

6241 8640

H o l y S p i r i t P r i m a r y S c h o o l

Dates to

Remember in

March/April

Friday 30th

Good Friday Holiday

Monday 2nd

Easter Monday Holiday

Tuesday 3rd

Soccer Clinic

Sunday 8th

Soccer Carnival

Monday 9th

North/Gungahlin District

Swimming Carnival

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ENROLMENTS 2018

2019 Enrolment Period 7 May until 25 May

Open Day Monday 14 May 9am - 12pm and 3.30pm - 5.30pm

Enrolment time will be on us again in a few weeks. If you have a little one ready for school in 2019 or you know of anyone interested in looking at our fantastic school for their children, the enrolment packs will be available soon. WINTER UNIFORM It is time to get the winter uniforms out and dust them off. We will be wearing it when we return for Term 2 on Monday 30th. We will have the usual few weeks of change over, but students are expected to wear correct winter uniform. From our School Handbook; Girls’ Winter – Worn in Terms 2 & 3 Boys’ Winter – Worn in Terms 2 & 3 Dress or Navy slacks Long sleeve pale blue shirt with school logo Long sleeve pale blue blouse with peter pan or pale blue polo neck skivvy collar or pale blue polo neck skivvy Long navy trousers Maroon polar fleece jumper with school logo Maroon polar fleece jumper with school logo Navy blue socks or tights Navy blue socks Black Leather School Shoes Black Leather School Shoes

Girls’ Sports Boys’ Sports Sport polo shirt with school logo Sport polo with school logo Microfibre shorts with school name Microfibre shorts with school name White socks White socks Predominately white sports shoes Predominately white sports shoes Navy tracksuit with school logo Navy tracksuit with school logo Hair - Students’ hair should be clean and neat; fashionable extremes are not permitted. Examples of hair styles not permitted include rat’s tails, dreadlocks, geometric shapes cut into hair and mohawks. Shoulder length hair or longer must be tied back. Accessories are to match school colours (maroon, royal/navy blue and white). Hair should only be of natural colour.

Enjoy the Easter break. Brad Gaynor Principal brad.gaynor@cg.catholic.edu.au

The Catholic Schools Soccer Carnival coordinated by the Holy Spirit Primary School P&F is now only 10 days away! What can you do? Support our sponsors, share our Soccer Carnival Facebook Page and share our sponsors.

Sunday April 8th

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PREMIER SPONSOR

MAJOR SPONSOR

FIELD SPONSORS

A LEAGUE SPONSORS

FAN CLUB SPONSORS

The Playground People

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Easter Raffle Thank you to all the students and families for making the 2018 Easter raffle such a success. The volume of Easter egg donations was an amazing sight to see. The P&F would like to thank Fab de Freitas for organising the raffle as well as the many

parents who helped wrap hampers and sort tickets. The lucky winners are;

Overall Winner Johanna Lanigan

(K Bell)

6 Aquilina Connor Davis Hannah Burr

Alexandra Ryall Cameron Northam

6 Cambridge Phoebe Atkins Marine Philio

Millicent Kingwill Zac Stergiou

6 Pearson Mia Cuthbertson Lauren Murphy Rachel Carroll

Ali Baker

5 Anderson Giaan Parker

Mary Grace Donnelly Tayla Cobb

Sylvia Miniutti

5 Macgregor Alexander Wilson

Sebastian Bardelang Aleer Mayom Col Georgette Allan

5 Pennay Carolyn Grieves Riley Stevens Inara Vowles Tayte Smith

4 Eldridge Harrison Seibert Chelsea Johnson Madison Northam

Ruby Dacey

4 Hannaford/Kalokerinos Zali Hoare

Simran Singh Abiol Malang

Lidija O’Donnell

4 Hickman Kayleen Marira Kahlia Dorsett Holly Naude

Daniel Goodall

4 Quirk Imogen Hannaford

Josh Staines Chloe Thompson

Eduardo Rocha de Carvalho

3 Eickenloff Tahila Ninness Lilijana Turic Lara Barnes Donna Subin

3 French Zac Tanchevski Yolanda Kingwill

Lily Smith Amelia Allan

3 Hardiman Ashlin Harben Heather Collis Dylan Penders

Rachael Matthews

3 Kelly Jorja Scott

Patrick Mclaughlin Samuel Mills Libby Newth

2 Corcoran Abigail Howard Alicia Campbell

Matthew Baraniecki Adeline Priest

2 Hughes Sara Kaushik Marija Ison

Sophie Miniutti Alexander York

2 McFarlane/Meagher Mackenzie Shain

Finlay Riches Kaleb Hamilton Madison Gale

2 Taylor Jaiden Bird

Koen McFarlane Jordan Pusey

Simone Bushell

1 Bartley Denzel Kabutey

Eve Bonner Piyushi Bandara

Christian Machado

1 Masters /Bertilsson Sophie Miller

Eva McGregor Oliver Violoi Kaily Mills

1 Read Chloe Boardman Isabelle Carberry Paartha Kavuri Jordan Roso

1 Tankey Blake Meadley

Nikola Jukic Benji Ward

Kayleigh Marira

K Bell /Bertilsson Melody Macdonald-Golden

Oliver Rudolph Oliver Gale

Aurora Burston

K Creagh James Scarborough

Airlie Keane Jelena McSpeerin

Amy Watson

K Johns Charlotte Henry

Lucas Viana De Freitas Ian Dao

Maddison Smith Burns

K Wood Isabella McAskill

Georgina Hocking Micklo Alves Jessie Dwyer

ELC Blue Zara Kelly Jakob Vhr Luke Kelley

Myla Sluggett

ELC Yellow Selena Chin

Cooper Gilbank Hamish England William Bryant

ELC Red Zara Marar

Amelia Langslow Joshua Deniese Jensen Dunkley

ELC Orange Amelia Worsnop

Lydia Crew Fabio Punato

Grace Ju

ELC Green Vincent Spinelli

Elle Johnson Amara Viana Redmayne

Nate McFarlane

Teachers Mrs Cambridge

Mrs Pearson Mrs Bonser

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EASTER LITURGIES

Thank you to 4 Hickman, 6 Cambridge, 5 Macgregor and 4 Eldridge for presenting our Easter liturgies this week.

Thank you also to all our families who made the effort to come along each morning to celebrate this special time in the Catholic Church’s calendar.

The liturgies were powerful, moving and beautifully presented. We are proud of our all our student’s respectful and reverent participation.

Confirmation payment is now due

If your child is receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation and you have not paid, could payment be made as soon as possible. Please note preferred payment is via the QKR app, however payment can still be made at the Holy Spirit School front office (not the Parish Office) . Thank you to those families you have already paid.

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Garden Club

Thanks to our wonderful Garden Club members and their awesome Green Thumbs we have some

delicious, fresh produce for you to purchase from the front office. Cucumbers, tomatoes , basil and

mint are available to buy for a gold coin donation. Yummy!!

Volunteers are needed to bake goodies for our Cake Stall at the Soccer Carnival next Sunday 8th April. Notes are being sent home to parents with instructions supplied. Your support would be greatly appreciated.

We are also in need of 2 generators to help us make the day run smoothly. If you have one we can borrow please let the front office know.

If you can’t help out on the day a donation of Coles or Woolworths gift cards would be fantastic. This will help with supplies for our stalls.

Thank you for your support.

Soccer Carnival Committee cgcssoccercarnival@gmail.com

Second Hand Uniform Shop

Our second hand uniform shop will now be open Monday and Friday mornings from 8.30

to 9am.

If you have any second hand clothing you would like to donate please drop it into the

front office.

Thank you for your support.

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12&U Regional Primary School Rugby League

North/Gungahlin

Amaroo Oval 5th & 10th April 4—5pm

12&U Boys Basketball

(Open Trials)

St.Edmunds College 3rd April 4.00—5.15pm

12&U Girls/Boys Primary School Touch Football

North/Gungalin

Harrison School Oval 9th & 15th May 3.30—4.30pm

For more Information visit: https://www.schoolsportact.asn.au