Dear Parents & Guardians,

We were able to successfully dodge a shower or two and hold our Grade 3-6 Athletics Carnival at Abbotsfield Park on Tuesday, November 1st.  Congratulations to all our students who participated and had a go! Not all students are ‘natural athletes’ and our focus for the day is enjoying the atmosphere and doing your best. It was wonderful to see other students supporting and encouraging their classmates. Based on the results for the day a team was selected to participate in the Interschool Catholic Athletics Carnival. This was held on Thursday, November 3rd at the Domain Athletics Centre. We are very proud of all students chosen and hope they enjoyed the opportunity to represent their school.

We celebrated ‘World Teacher Day’’ on October 28th!  We love our teachers and are so grateful to them for the dedication, love and care they show to all our students. 

This coming Sunday, November 13th a number of our students will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation by Archbishop Julian Porteous. Confirmation is the final Sacrament of Initiation following Baptism and Eucharist. Our families and staff are all welcome to attend the Mass at 9:00 am at St Bernard’s church to show their support for our young people - Mia, Abbie, Raymond, Jake, Sienna B and Luca.

Our students in Grades 1 - 6 participated in presentations today called ‘Think You Know’. This is a program run by the Australian Federal Police and encourages critical thinking and supports student learning to prevent harm, to identify safe and unsafe online situations and when to seek help. As the sessions vary in content, to be as age appropriate as possible, we organised times for Gr 1 & 2, 3 & 4 and 5 & 6.  It would be great to have some follow up family conversations over the coming days with your children to discuss what they have learnt and taken on board from the sessions. 

Yesterday evening, we welcomed new and current families to our Kinder Parent Information evening. Thanks to Jess and Tom - our amazing Kindergarten educators, Gab Fisher, Nicole Taylor, Bel Parker, Fr Suresh & Jacki Jones who all contributed to an informative and engaging evening. 

Kind regards

Susan McGann

Principal

This weekend several of our Holy Rosary Catholic School Grade 6 students are preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Bernard's Church, Claremont.

Grade Six have been exploring all things "electricity" this term. We have worked together in groups to experiment with circuit building, using batteries, wires and globes. We have used a combination of theory and practice through diagrams and discussion. 

HRCS Athletics Carnival

2022 has certainly been one to remember in regards to our relationship with Mother Nature. Autumn provided us with much precipitation and a revised Cross Country Carnival. Mother Nature's wrath would strike again come late October, denting the spirits of the masses keen to prove themselves in athletic competition. With a back up day of November 1st we all prayed that the worst of the weather was behind us.

Thankfully, that hidden gem of the Northern Suburbs, the field of dreams for many a Claremont local; Abbotsfield Park had absorbed Mother Nature's fury and provided us with a great surface to compete on!

Over the day there were some terrific performances, none more so than in the Grade 6 100m races. Aiden 'Mudgee' Mudge clearly bristling from last year's 2nd place, used his legs like springs to hurl himself down the track and take first place in a heartstopping Division 1 race.

In the Girls Division 1 100m race Hollie McCormack burst from the pack in her first race for two years, flying through the finish line completing the perfect comeback!

Congratulations to all our students and staff for getting amongst the carnival and making it a tremendous day. In the end, a great day was had by all.  The mighty Young, all conquering so far in this decade, took out the Athletics Carnival shield once again in a commanding performance.

A big thanks to Miss French, Mr Van Tienen and Mrs Piesse for all their help on the day.  Thanks also to Mr Riza for all his help setting up with the sparrows and Mr Jones for abandoning his morning yoga routine to unlock the toilets and provide some comic relief.

Athletics fun at Abbotsfield Park

Interschools Athletics Carnival

The elite of HRCS athletics assembled for the 2022 Inter-primary carnival at the Domain Athletics Centre. There was a steely resolve amongst the group as it was the quietest bus ride I have experienced in 17 years of teaching! The famous Domain northerly was absent and the sun shone on the stadium of light that is the Domain Athletics Centre.

It was a day to remember for our school, with some of the great performances from both our emerging stars and household names. We kicked off the day with the irrepressible Jake Beams leaving the 800m field in his wake. He backed up with a come from behind win in the 400m taking out the lung-busting double!

Aiden Mudge, the new face of HRCS sprinting took out the boys Grade 6 Division 1 title, making him the fastest lad at the meet. A tremendous effort.

Harry Patterson has quickly emerged as one of the great throwers in HRCS history. He took the highest honour in the boys Grade 3 Vortex, perhaps a young Tom Brady in the making?

There were some great performances throughout the day and our team was impeccable in regards to the behaviours we expect from our representatives.

A big thanks to Ms Reeve for all her help and Mr Bourke for confirming that sunscreen is not a 'maybe' but an absolute must.

Some of our little interschools champions

Ben Johnson

HPE/Sport Coordinator

Thank you to the parents/guardians who placed a "Back to School" pre-order.  We encourage those parents/guardians, where possible, to pay and collect their pre-order before the end of the year.  To do this please contact the office to arrange a time to pay and collect from Week 7 (Wednesday 30.11.22).  Once you have arranged to collect it, your order will be prioritised for packing.

If you wish to collect in the New Year, your pre-order can be collected from the office when it opens in 2023, from Tuesday 24 January 2023.  You do not need to contact us if you collect in 2023.

Uniform Shop purchases including QKR online purchases will close for end of year stocktake and pre-order packing on Thursday 24 November 2022. 

We will open the uniform shop for back to school purchases on the following dates and times in 2023:
Friday 27 January 2023 - 9:00am to 12:00 noon
Tuesday 31 January 2023 - 9:00am to 12:00 noon

Please note that every endeavour is being made to have stock on the shelves, but to ensure that all the needs of our school community are met, purchases in the uniform shop on these dates will have a limit of one item off the shelf, further quantities can be put on back order.  We ask that only one family enter the shop at any one time.

QKR will re-open in February once school has returned.

Saturday 19^th November 2022 – 9:00am – 2:30pm

Our workshop is comprised of psychoeducation about well-being, emotion regulation and anxiety more specifically, as well as hands-on practice of a wide range of strategies for parents to support their children and teens navigate their difficulties with anxiety. Families are also provided with a resource pack to extend the learning at home.

Our workshop may be a beneficial first step for some parents whose children are waitlisted for therapeutic support, particularly if difficulties are related to overall well-being or emotional regulation concerns, as well as anxiety related issues. 

Kind regards,

Sian Balmer

Clinical Psychologist | MAPS | (she/her)

Cassie’s Place – Child and Adolescent Psychology | 96 Clarence St Bellerive TAS 7018

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