From the Religious
Co-Ordinator
Thank you for joining our prayer zoom service dedicated to the
Feast of the Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Year 6 RE Test has been postponed to Wednesday 3rd November.
Dona and I have been regularly working with the Year 6 students to help them prepare for the Year 6 RE Test. Some of the activities are listed below:
-completing a daily quiz based on questions from past Religious Education papers
-revising answers and explaining content to the students during Zoom meetings
-completing follow up activities and past papers
The students have access to digital copies of past papers, answer keys and notes. If you would like to be provided with a hard copy of past papers and answers, please send an email to dona.mccabe@syd.catholic.edu.au
Please encourage your child to keep up the great work. We are very proud of them!
Please click the link for more information
Christmas Story Art Exhibition and Competition
All the students in Stage 3 are warmly invited to participate in the 2021 Christmas Story Art Exhibition and Competition. Please click the link to access The Christmas Story Art Exhibition and Competition Site which will assist students to explore creative, artistic and reflective ability in expressing understanding of the Christmas story. A series of new instructional videos are on the site to help guide students in their artistic processes for the Christmas Story Art Competition and Exhibition. If your child would like to participate, please let me know via the following email. joanna.mutwicka@syd.catholic.edu.au
Pope Francis Award program
Congratulations to the Pope Francis students for completing a number service hours. At the moment the students are completing the following online modules. At the end of Term 4, the students will be rewarded.
Thrive Film Festival
Students are invited to enter the Thrive Film Festival, celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia. THRIVE is a short film competition with the theme 'CELEBRATE' Please see attached additional information and email me if your child would like to participate. joanna.mutwicka@syd.catholic.edu.au
Ignite Conference 2021- Registrations now open!!!
It is with great pleasure that we announce that registrations are now open and with some very generous subsidies to encourage attendance this year.
With no WYD or Australian Catholic Youth Festival, this is the ticket event of the year!
Date: Wednesday 29th September to Saturday 2nd October 2021
(Term 3 school holidays – long weekend)
Location: Freeman Catholic College (Mount Street, Bonnyrigg Heights)
Age: The conference is open to students and staff from Primary and Secondary schools (Other family members are welcome but will not receive SCS subsidies).
Time: Please click here for a general overview of the program.
Cost: Please see below.
For Primary school students (Ignite Kids program)
$25 (subsidised cost, full price ticket usually $100).
SCS is subsidising the cost for the first 100 students who register
so that they only pay $50.
After that, a 50% subsidy will be applied and students will pay $130.
Note: Cost includes all meals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday including lunch, dinner, morning/afternoon tea packs. Cost does not include dinner on Wednesday night, however, food will be available for purchase.
Click here for comprehensive information regarding the conference and how to register.
