St Aloysius Catholic College eNewsletter

COLLEGE NEWS

BOOK WEEK

Book Week will be held from 19th - 23rd October. The Children's Book Council theme this year is 'Curious Creatures, Wild Minds".

A book week parade will be held at the Kingston Campus on Wednesday, 21st October and at the Huntingfield Campus on Wednesday, 28th October. Students can dress up as their favourite book character. Unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, parents will not be able to attend the parades but there will be photos taken on the day.

A book fair will be held at the Kingston Campus from 26th - 30th October in the Library. Opening hours will be from 8:00am - 10:00am and 2:00pm - 3:30pm. Only 10 adults will be allowed in the book fair at any time. Students at the Kingston Campus will also have the opportunity the week prior to make a wish list. if you would like to purchase any of the titles, an order can be placed online. Every book sold at the book fair earns free books for the College.

DANCE CLUB - TASSIE DANCERS AGAINST CANCER EVENT

On Saturday, 19th September Grades 1-4 and 5-6 Dance Clubs met in the Sisters of Charity Centre to get their hair and make-up done for a dance concert. There were lots of helpers there to do our make-up and hair for us. When everybody was ready we had a run through of our dances and then Mr Hickey drove us over to the Mt Nelson Theatre where we were performing. We were nervous and excited.

When we got there we went backstage and got our jazz shoes on. We watched each other practice again. The grade 5-6 dance was to Into the Unknown from Frozen 2. They wore sparkly dresses and Jesse was Olaf. It looked awesome. Our dance was to Revolting Children and When I Grow Up from Matilda the Musical. We wore tartan skirts and white t-shirts for our school uniform costumes. We waited for our turn to go on stage. When it was time for the 5/6 group to go on, we got to sit side stage to watch. We had to stay very quiet and watch through the curtains. We gave them a big clap when they were done. Then it was our turn. We got in our positions and then the music started. We were very nervous but it was fun dancing. The Revolting Children bit was the most fun. When we were finished, the grade 5/6 group came back on stage with us and everybody clapped again. The people running the show gave us all a certificate and a bag of lollies. We went backstage again and Mrs Hickey and Mrs Reece congratulated us. Mrs Reece gave us a bag of lollies and then we went outside to find our parents. What a fun afternoon!

Elise Boon

Grade 4

On Saturday, 19th September the Grade 5 and 6 Dance Club had the opportunity to be a part of the Tassie Dancers Against Cancer event, which is a fundraiser for cancer research in Tasmania. The event was held in the theatre at Hobart College. After practising for around 5 weeks, it was a really good opportunity for us to perform. The theme of our dance was Frozen 2 and it was a lyrical dance.

After only a short time of rehearsals, I think we did a really good job of our choreography and had a lot of fun!

It was also really nice to be able to encourage the Grade 1 to 4 Dance Club, as they also did a dance which followed our performance on stage. A big thank you to Mrs Reece and Aaron Johns for giving us this opportunity to perform, for doing the choreography and organising the costumes for the dance.

I hope the event raised a lot of funds for such an important charity!

Marli Tiddy

Grade 6

METRO BUS CHANGES

Metro Tasmania has advised that there are upcoming changes in the Hobart City Interchange which may affect students boarding or alighting in the area from 11 October 2020.

What is changing?

Stops will be renamed
Some routes will use different stops
Some services will depart a few minutes later

Why are things changing?

Buses can access the western side of the interchange again now that hotel construction is complete – a new stop will open called B1
Stop names are changing so they are easier to understand navigate
Some services are changing departure time or stop to reduce congestion on stops at the busiest times of the day, especially in the afternoon peak. This will allow services more time to load passengers without other buses waiting to access the stop

Where can the school community learn more?
Information and maps are available on the Metro website at metrotas.com.au and our customer service team can be reached at 13 22 01 or correspondence@metrotas.com.au.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Congratulations to Grade 5 White Student Lily Gordon who recently played Netball in Launceston for the Southern Tasmania Netball Assoc (STNA) Under 11 Rep team. The team won their Grand final.

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SUSTAINABILITY BULLETIN

Click on the attached link to see what staff and students have been up to, to improve our environmental footprint.

Sustainability Bulletin

UNIFORM SHOP

As we are at the end of Term 3, it is a timely reminder to begin thinking about getting your uniform items organised for next year!

As families would be aware, all students moving across from Grade 4 to Grade 5 at the Huntingfield Campus, will need to wear a blazer as part of their formal uniform. We have most sizes in stock currently, and will be taking orders for sizes we don’t have, which should be arriving in late October/early November. As a blazer is a more costly item, layby is always an option we offer.

Back to School sales in January will be operating a bit differently this year. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will be unable to have the shop open for walk in fittings/purchases as has happened in the past. Instead, we will be open for Qkr order collections and exchanges only. This means you can purchase your order via the Qkr app and come and collect from the Uniform Shop. If you need to exchange any items for different sizes, you will be able to do this also. Change rooms will not be available. Dates for this will be advised in Term 4.

We are also busy getting all of our new Kindergarten students ready to begin their school year. Kinder is a very exciting time for both students and parents. We were lucky to have Lily and Henry Brown (pictured) come by and get everything they need to start next year. They were so excited they walked out with all their new gear on!

Alison Brereton

Uniform Shop Manager