Newsletter Term 1 Week 6 (3.3.23)

Incitare

Incitāre

On Tuesday, March 07, eight Year 6 students from St Anthony’s will be attending Incitāre. Incitāre is a one day retreat experience for Year 6 students from the Diocese to celebrate their faith.

The activities and experiences will allow attendees to build relationships with other students from throughout their region of the diocese and talk about and share their faith journey. Year 10 CSYMA (Catholic Schools Youth Ministry Association) students will help to lead the day and share their own experiences and insights. The retreat will be offered to the remainder of the Year 6 cohort in the upcoming weeks, led by the eight attendees, Mrs Ballantine, Mrs Midson and Mrs Wallis.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Our parish commenced preparations for the Sacrament of Reconciliation this week with a Family Workshop about the origins and significance of this special Sacrament. A big thank you to all of the families who came to learn and prepare with their children. Commitment Masses for the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be held over the weekend at St Anthony’s, Kingscliff, and St Ambrose, Pottsville.

Sunday 9am Mass

This Sunday we will celebrate Mass at 9am with the school organising the ministries. If you haven’t been to Church  for a while, this Sunday would be a great opportunity to reconnect. Lots of families will be present and there will be Children’s liturgy and Morning Tea afterwards. All are welcome, all belong.

Project Compassion 2023

Last Wednesday the school celebrated Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the start of 40 days of Lent. The forty days pays tribute to the 40 days Jesus spent fasting, praying and avoiding temptation in the desert. During Lent Catholics are also called to pray, fast and give. The major giving initiative in the Catholic Church is Project Compassion through Caritas.

The theme for Project Compassion 2023 is “For all future generations”. Students have large Project Compassion boxes in their classrooms and the youngest  child in the school has been given a small Project Compassion Box to take home and fill by doing ‘odd jobs’ around the house and asking people for donations. Project Compassion is intended to promote a sense of philanthropy amongst students and instil in students care and concern for those less fortunate than themselves. Please encourage your child to return their boxes to their class teachers by Wednesday March 29 (Week 9) so our school total can be counted and sent through to Caritas before Easter.

For more information about Caritas and Project Compassion, please visit the website https://www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion/

Thank you for your ongoing support

Gemma Ballantine

Assistant Principal, Mission

Important Dates & School Information

Term 1 2023

Tuesday, 7th March - Incitare

Friday, 10th March - Dio Winter Sports Trials Grafton (Netball, Soccer, Hockey, Rugby League & Union)

Monday, 3rd to 5th April - Year 5 School Camp Goodenough

Thursday, 6th April - last day of Term 1

Term 2 2023

Monday, 24th April- Pupil Free Day - Staff Professional Learning

Tuesday, 25th April - Anzac Day no school

TERM DATES 2023 - pupil free days etc to be advised

Term 1: Friday, 27 January to Thursday, 6 April

Term 2: Wednesday, 26 April to Friday, 30 June

Term 3: Monday, 17 July to Friday, 22 September

Term 4: Monday, 9 October to Tuesday 19 December

Child Protection Policy can be found on our School Website under Information/School Policies: St Anthony's Primary School Website or in the following link: https://www.kngplism.catholic.edu.au/policies

Parish News

St Anthony's Parish

Parish Priest: Fr Paul McDonald

Finance Manager: Paul Crouch

Parish Secretary: Marty Darragh

Pastoral Assistant: Catherine Holliday

Phone: 0266741368

Email: parkings@bigpond.com

Website: http://stanthonysparishkingslciff.org

WEEKEND MASS TIMES
VIGIL: KINGSCLIFF 6:00pm
SUNDAY:POTTSVILLE 7:30am
KINGSCLIFF 9:00am

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
TUESDAY: POTTSVILLE 9:15am
WEDNESDAY: KINGSCLIFF 8:00am
THURSDAY: KINGSCLIFF 9:00am
FRIDAY: KINGSCLIFF 8:00am

RECONCILIATION TIMES

SATURDAY: KINGSCLIFF 5:00-5:30pm
SUNDAY: POTTSVILLE 7:00—7:25am

Current Office Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 9am-3pm

PARISH NEWSLETTER LINK: http://stanthonysparishkingscliff.org/news-events/

Meet the Teacher - Holly Lees

Sports News

Winter Sports Trials 2023

In Week 4, Winter Sports Trials for Years 5 and 6 students were held at various locations across the Tweed where teams were selected to represent the Tweed Catholic Primary Schools in a variety of sports. Well done to all the students who participated in these trials.

St Anthony’s had a number of students who were successful and were selected in their chosen sports to represent the Zone at the Lismore Diocesan Trials In Grafton on Friday 10th March. Good luck to the following students next week:

Boys Soccer: Billy Handisides, Alex Todan and Kalani Favaro Andreo

Girls Soccer: Jorja Geoghegan

Boys Hockey: Dash Campbell

Girls Hockey: Alice Little

Netball: Ellie Neaves

Rugby Union: Sunny Ryan, Joziah Loughland and Flynn Horton

Rugby League 11’s: Luke Thierjung, Derayne Kelly and Bohdi Barton

Rugby League Opens: Jaxon Bond and Dash Barnes

Diocesan AFL Trials

Last Friday 24th February, several Year 5 and 6 boys travelled to Grafton to participate in the Lismore Diocesan AFL trials. Well done to the following students for your effort and being great representatives of St Anthony’s:

Bohdi Barton, William Ozolins, Kai Prickett, Jack Rogers, Remy Elliott, Xavier Caine, Joel Andrews, Mason McAuliffe and Harper Gallagher.

Congratulations and good luck to the following students who were successful at these trials and were selected in the Lismore Diocesan Boys AFL team. They will travel to the Central Coast later in the Term for Polding trials:

Jack Rogers, Remy Elliott, Xavier Caine and Harper Gallagher.

Diocesan Swimming Carnival

Several of our St Anthony’s students are competing at the Diocesan Swimming Carnival in Kempsey today. Good luck to the following swimmers and we are looking forward to receiving the results:

Ivy Mison, Rafael Carroll-Cinque, Finn Carroll-Cinque, Aria Boyle, Reilly Brendan, Flynn Flaherty, George Huett, Thomas Huett, Harper Hutchinson, Scarlett Mison, Floyd Morley, Ted Petherbridge, Claudia Popov, Amelia Popov, Ella Reid, Zara Reid, Jack Rogers, Dax Stonefield, Lennox Stonefield and Alex Todan.

NSW State Surf Life Saving

Last week two of our swimming superstars, Ivy and Scarlett Mison competed in the NSW State Surf Life Saving Championships. They achieved the following impressive results:

Ivy: 

• 2nd U/12 Female Board Race
• 2nd U/13 Female Cameron Relay
• 3rd U/12 Female Board Rescue
• 8th U/12 Female Ironperson
• 9th U/12 Female Surf Race

Scarlett: -

• 2nd U/10 Female Surf Race
• 8th U/10 Female Board Race

Well done Ivy and Scarlett and good luck in your future Life Saving endeavours!

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Canteen Helpers Needed

It's that time of year again. We are desperately in need of helpers in the canteen. Particulary on Fridays.

If you can help please see Ellen in the Canteen or let the office know.

Thank you  Ellen

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