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Friday 16th October - Virtual Book Week Parade
Welcome Back,
Those of you who have been able to pop in would have seen the demolition of the 8 transportable classrooms and the Uniform Shop. As the children note, it certainly has opened up a larger space for our new building and Nature Play.
We anticipate that the demolition will be completed by Thursday and then there will be a period of quiet before we begin the earthworks for Stage 1D the next 7 new classrooms, STEM area and Junior Nature Play.
On ‘opening up’ we feel confident that we can safely revert to offering parents the opportunity to come into the school at the beginning and end of day to visit classrooms etc. but of course maintaining social distancing protocols. If the newer routines of drop off at the gate continues to work for you, there will be a teacher on duty to see that children get to their designated space in the playground ready for line-up.
Over the break we put the finishing touches on the new building so please feel free to drop in and have a close look at our new building.
Modified Sports Day
As you know we have held off Sports Day for as long as possible in the hope we could offer our normal St Pius X Sports Day. The most up to date advice is as follows
Social distancing and density requirements re School events
- Adults need to continue physical distancing of 1.5 metres whenever and wherever possible. This requirement does not apply to people who live together.
- Physical distancing requirements do not apply to children / students; however, they are still strongly encouraged to maintain good hand hygiene and use non-contact forms of greeting.
- In order to control attendee numbers, we strongly recommend that you ask guests to RSVP to your event. An attendee list will also more easily allow for contact tracing, if necessary.
Even though we have decided to split the Sports Day events into a Junior and Senior Sports day over 2 days and utilise the Mega Courts Space, it is clear that we cannot have all of the children competing on the courts and oval with potentially 150- 200 spectators. Nor would we be able to open up Mega-Courts to the many families who would like to spectate.
I have spoken to my colleagues in Catholic Schools and general practice has been to hold a Modified Sports day for the children to enjoy, but unfortunately for 2020, without family spectators. Thus 2020 St Pius X Sports Day will be a school personnel and children only event. We will take lots of photos and video footage and upload these to Seesaw so that you will at least see the children in this way.
Details of Modified Sports Day
Thursday October 22: Modified Sports Day for R-2’s. (School personnel and Students Only)
Friday October 23: Modified Sports Day for Year 3-6 (School Personnel and Students Only)
We will film the Team Chants, final presentations and awards so that you will be able to enjoy the results and the holding up of trophies. Again I apologise for the horrible restrictions that this COVID-19 has brought to our ongoing experience. However, let us be thankful that the children are able to take part and enjoy, unlike children in Victoria and many other countries. And may 2021 return us to school life that we have come to know and appreciate prior to 2020.
God Bless
Welcome back to school for final term of 2020. I hope the holidays offered you some time to relax and unwind after a busy term. Term 4 is always an exciting term of learning and discovery, and I know that your children will enjoy the many experiences which will be on offer.
This term, we have some significant liturgical celebrations which I draw your attention to.
On Sunday 1st of November, we celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. Here at St Pius X, we will celebrate an ‘in-class’ prayer service for students and staff on Friday 30th October for this Solemnity.
On the 2nd of November each year, the Church remembers All Souls’. This is traditionally a day when we pray for all those who have died – members of our families, friends and those who have no one to pray for them.
This year, students and staff will gather to commemorate All Souls’ Day with a prayer service on Monday 2nd of November. This will be a time of prayer and reflection as we hold those we have loved close in prayer. I am deeply conscious that there are families in our school community who have experienced the sadness of loss this year. Be assured of our prayers as you continue to journey through your grief. We will especially remember you as we pray for all souls in heaven on All Souls’ Day.
Memories are important. One special way we keep the memory alive of those who have died, is through photos. If you have one small framed photograph of a loved member of your family who has passed away, please send it to school for us to include in our Sacred Space for this prayer service. Please ensure you have your child’s name and class clearly labelled on the back of the framed photograph. All photos will need to be sent to school by Friday 30th October. Your child must give these directly to his/her classroom teacher.
Photos will be returned to your child’s class after the prayer service.
May the coming week be blessed for you.
Please visit the link - scholastic.com.au/Loop OR download the app to place your book orders and make payments. Please do not return any order forms or money to the school. All orders must now be completed online. Book orders will be electronically linked to the rest of the schools order.
We thank you for your co-operation.
In order to maintain social distancing requirements in the uniform shop we have been encouraging parents to book an appointment by calling or emailing us. To streamline this process for Term 4 we have now got online bookings available (starting 15/9/20). https://belgraviasportsonline.com.au/pages/school-uniform-fittings
