Dear Families,

Take a look at our Advent-Social Justice projects as we learn about our Integrated Health topic "Fuel for the journey".

Jerusalem Community – Christmas Concert Reminder

Our Jerusalem Community will be performing Joy to the World using Auslan at the Christmas Concert. We kindly ask that your child wear Christmas clothes and/or a touch of Christmas (e.g., Christmas colours or festive accessories) on the night to help celebrate the occasion.

Christmas Ornament Sale

Christmas Concert

Jerusalem Community will be singing the song with Auslan-Joy to the World on Christmas Concert.

Please help your child practise the words for our Christmas concert. Here is the link for the video.

Important Reminders

Term 4 is a SunSmart term and 'No hat, no play', please ensure your child has their hat for school.
All students are expected to wear full St Thomas’ school uniform — either summer, winter or PE is fine, but it must be the official school uniform.
F - 5 Transition Session - 2026 @ Mon 8 Dec 2025
Carols Tuesday 9th Dec 4pm - 7pm
Friday, 12 Dec - Last Day of Formal Classes
Monday, 15 Dec - Clean Up Day - No Formal Classes

This week:

Literacy-Reading - We continued focusing on the book 'Hey Awesome'.

Literacy-Phonics -During Phonics, we looked at mb, wr and practice synonyms and antonyms.

Mathematics-We continued implementing our Number Fluency practice each day and focused on Data.

Integrated-Health- This week, we started our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities and connected with Social & Emotional Learning. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork during Social & Emotional Learning. This week we focused on learning about managing problems.

Religious Education - This week, we focused on Advent through sacred texts as being a time of preparation of the birth of Jesus. Through this we are also learning how we can all celebrate Advent.

Social & Emotional Learning - We focused on connecting with our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork. This week we focused on learning about managing problems.

AUSLAN - This week we focused on the End of Year Reflection.

Next week

Literacy-Reading - We will read the rhyming Christmas book "Stick Man"

Literacy-Phonics - We will revisit morphology drop the e.

Mathematics - We will continue implementing our Number Fluency practice each day and focus on Data.

Integrated - We will continue focusing on our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities and connected with Social & Emotional Learning. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork during Social & Emotional Learning. We will focus on that it’s important to ask for help when a problem is too big to solve on our own.

Religious Education - Next week, we will continue focusing on Advent.

Social Emotional Learning - We will continue connecting with our Integrated Studies theme on shared rules and responsibilities. Students will engage in hands-on activities that promote respect and teamwork. We will focus on that it’s important to ask for help when a problem is too big to solve on our own.

AUSLAN - We will have the End of Year Reflection.

Ways to engage with the newsletter:

Read or watch the weekly book with your child at home (there is often a read aloud on you tube). Talk about what the book's most important ideas are.
Ask your child to retell the story using their own words.
Talk about who the characters are, where the story is happening.
Use the spelling words provided to make up sentences at home or simply a 5 word mini dictation.
Take the idea around Mathematics and ask students to repeat an activity they did at school, with you.

Important Dates

Term Four:

Carols Tuesday 9th Dec 4.15pm - 7pm
Friday, 12 Dec - Last Day of Formal Classes
Monday, 15 Dec - Clean Up Day - No Formal Classes

Term 4 Week 10	Event
Monday	F-2 Sports Day
Tuesday	1A - Visual Art 1C & 1D - PE - Students are encouraged to wear PE uniform
Wednesday	STSS
Thursday	1A - PE- Students are encouraged to wear PE uniform 1B & C - Visual Arts
Friday	No specialist subjects

Contact Us @ Jerusalem

jerusalem@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au OR

Staff Members	Email Address
1A - Nimanthi Perera	nperera@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au
1A - Amy Richardson (Wednesdays)	arichardson@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au
1B - Amanda Karam (Mon - Wed)	akaram@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au
1B - Cathy Song (Wed - Friday)	jsong@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au
1C - Linzi Honan (Wed-Friday)	lhonan@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au
1C - Ben Dixon (Mon-Tues)	bdixon@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au
1D - Alona Naidoo	anaidoo@cranbourneeast.catholic.edu.au

The Jerusalem team

School Events

What's happening around the school this term?