2024 Newsletter Term 3 Week 9

Letter from the Principal - Brad Toole

Dear Parents, 

Congratulations to Lilah, William and Brycen who represented the Diocese at the Polding Athletics Carnival in Newcastle last week. There were some outstanding performances on the day. Special mention to William who placed 4th in the Shot Put and won the Silver Medal in the Discus. Lilah won a Bronze Medal in the senior girls discus. Brycen had two top ten finishes competing against boys that were a year older than him in the Junior Boys age group. William and Lilah have now qualified to represent Polding at the State NSWPSSA Championships to be held in Sydney early in Term 4. 

Summer Uniform Transition

As the days are starting to warm up, we will transition to summer uniform starting next week, week 10.

Students may come in either full summer uniform or full winter uniform, not a combination of both. If students choose to wear summer uniform they may still wear a school jumper.

Sun Safety - Hat Reminder

A reminder to all parents to ensure that their child has packed their hat in their bag every day. The ‘No Hat, Shade Play’ rule is enforced and children will not be allowed to play outside in the sun if they don’t have a hat on. Please help us to ensure that sun safety procedures are being followed at our school.

Footy Colours Day

Next Friday, the 27th of October, is our last day of term 3.

We are going to celebrate the end of term with a Footy Colours Day.

Please wear your favourite footy teams colours and bring a gold coin donation for our local Cancer Charity.

Weekly Attendance Summary

Attendance is vitally important for success for our students in achieving their learning benchmarks.

Our goal is 90% attendance. In 2024 our attendance is currently sitting at 88.92%.  

Our attendance summary for Week 8 of Term 3 is below.  Let’s keep above 90% each week!! 

R.E. Matters - Walking In The Light Of Christ

Being the light’ means doing your best to live each day on purpose and in a way that's pleasing to God. It means showing kindness and compassion to others and yourself. It's about looking for opportunities to be more like Jesus, to lift others up, and to do the right thing.

St Matthew's Netball Gala

The St Matthews Netball Gala Day is on this Friday 20^th September and will involve all girls from Years 3-6. We look forward to a fun day of Netball.

All students must wear their sports uniform including hat and sunscreen. Students will be required to have a fully packed lunch box and 2 drink bottles of water.

The Bus will leave All Hallows at 8.30am and return to All Hallows in time for afternoon buses. If you come as a spectator and take your child home by car please ensure you inform Mrs Kelly before leaving the event. 

Diocesan Sports Trials

The Bathurst Diocesan Summer Sports Trials for 2024 will be held in Dubbo on Thursday 14^th  November   Touch Footy, Softball and Cricket) and Friday 15^th November (Basketball and Tennis) and are open to students in Yr 4 and Yr 5.

These trials are used to select members for the Bathurst Diocesan team to compete at the Polding selection Trials in 2025 for cricket, basketball, tennis, touch footy  and softball. Students from all schools in the Bathurst Diocese are invited to attend the trials. This is a selection trial, with skill and game components, which will allow all students the opportunity to best show what they can do. Students wishing to trial  MUST display a HIGH standard of ABILITY in these sports to warrant being sent to the trials. They should be involved in REGULAR COMPETITION and have a SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES of the game. 

Any student wishing to attend the Summer Sports Trials will need to see Ms Statham for a permission note by next Tuesday 24^th September, 2024.

Jump Rope For Heart

Long Rope, Short Rope, Partner Skipping, Double Dutch – all for a good cause and a healthier heart.

Jump Rope for Heart is the Heart Foundation’s primary school skipping challenge that helps kids move more, have fun, and raise funds for life-saving research and programs.

Register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising, simply follow the link below to get started. www.jumprope.org.au/parents

We will hold our school Jump Off Day on Wednesday 30^th October .( T4 Wk 3)

This will mark the end of the program and is a chance for everyone to come together to skip and show off their newly learned skills.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

Compass Reminders

Stage 2 Newcastle Musical

Stage 2 Wambangalang

Kindergarten Excursion to Dubbo Zoo

Drama Workshop

This week we have six Primary students involved in Drama workshops at the Opera House. 

There will be a show at 1pm on Friday 8th September at the Opera House for families to watch.

End of Day Messages

Can we please ask that all end of day messages involving changes to regular routines are phoned into the office prior to 2.45pm. This will ensure that all messages are delivered accurately and in a timely manner to the students before the end of the day. Your assistance with this is appreciated.

KOALA Club

This Thursday we welcome our Kinder 2025 class to All Hallows for their third Koala Club session. It will be an exciting day and we hope to have an amazing week like last week.

P&F Update

We  are in motion for our Bazaar which will be held on Friday 8th November.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 26th September at  3.45pm in the hall.

Uniform Shop

Next Pupil Free Day - Friday 25th October

Merit Awards - Term 3 Week 8

Kinder:     Indie-Rose, Blair

Year 1:      Connor, Albert, Hunter, Winifred

Year 2:      Oliver, Alexis

Year 3:      Alex, Amber-Lilly, Ned

Year 4:      Maddie P-H, Issy Cl

Year 5:      Tayla, Tia

Year 6:      Logan, Sarah, Sophia W

Halos:      Blair, Eevee, Pearl, Georgia, Rory, Lily B, Michaela, Sophie, Avianna, Adalynn

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