Junior School News 

• From the Head of the Junior School 
• Junior School Sport
• From the Junior Resource Centre
• Junior Debating
• Junior Chess

From the Head of the Junior School 

PRAYER

We are currently racing towards Easter which is the holiest time of the church's year.  It would be wonderful if you attended a church service with your son(s) at this time. 

Holy Week began last Sunday, with Palm Sunday. We have the Last Supper celebration on Holy Thursday and we remember The Crucifixion on Good Friday. On Good Friday most churches have a Stations of the Cross at 10.00 am and another service at 3.00 pm.  Obviously Easter Sunday is 3 days later and we celebrate Jesus’ rising with a symbol of new life which is an egg, usually made out of chocolate. I would like to encourage you to take your son to church at this time and then enjoy a chocolate egg.  Please remember to check with your own Parish as you will possibly need to register to attend services.

Hopefully you will make time to visit a church during this most holy of times.  It is important to take time so I have included the following prayer. 

TAKE TIME

Take time to THINK…it is the source of power.

Take time to PLAY…it is the secret of perpetual youth.

Take time to READ…it is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to PRAY…it is the greatest power on earth.

Take time to LOVE and BE LOVED...it is a God-given privilege.

Take time to BE FRIENDLY...it is the road to happiness.

Take time to LAUGH…it is the music of the soul.

Take time to GIVE…it is too short a day to be selfish.

Take time to WORK…it is the price of success.

Take time to DO CHARITY…it is the key to heaven.

The Easter season then extends from the Easter Vigil through to Pentecost 49 days later. 

NAPLAN Online 2021

Our Year 5 students sat the online Writing practice test today.  Hopefully, they now have an idea about how the NAPLAN online test will work next term. It would be good for the boys to continue to practice their online typing.  The teachers have been practising timing with the boys.

SPX P&F Cocktail Party

It was great to meet so many parents at the cocktail party.  I hope you had a good night and met somebody new.

Uniform Reminder

Don’t forget we begin Term 2 in the Winter uniform.  Parents of ‘old’ boys you should check to see how much your son has grown!

Year 5 Camp

The Year 5 camp has been postponed till 21 - 23 April and our new camp site is the Broken Bay Sport and Recreation Camp Site.  A letter with a new code for you to register your son will be sent out today.

IPSHA Cross country boys will be escorted to the camp later in the day by myself

THE UPCOMING WEEK 

Thursday 31 March 

• Yr 6 Sport – Winter trials - pack your gear - shin pads for Football, mouthguards and a jersey or old t-shirt for Rugby. Please remember your boots for AFL, Rugby and Football.
• Period 2 - Easter Liturgy for the Junior School - in the Sarto Centre.  It is a very tight fit so unfortunately no parents can be invited.
• End of Term 1

Monday 19 April

• Staff Day
• Thank you to the P & F for the Staff Breakfast

Tuesday 20 April 

• Beginning of Term 2 for students.  Winter uniform for the boys

Wednesday 21 April 

• Year 5 Camp commences till 23 April
• IPSHA Cross Country trials – The Kings School

Term 2: Save the Date

7 May - Mother’s Day Liturgy and Mass – Grandmothers are mothers too!

SPX Football Holiday Camp At Oxford Falls - Thursday 8 April 2021 To Friday 9 April 2021

Pack away your technology and improve your football skills ahead of the 2021 SPX Football season.  

Have fun with our highly qualified external football coaching team led by Richard Lacey for cost effective football training in the holidays.  

The sessions are conducted in age-based squads and include skills and game-play.

Single or multi-day tickets can be purchased.

Trybooking:      https://www.trybooking.com/UPLP

When:                 Thursday 8 April 2021 to Friday 9 April 2021, 9.00 am to 1.00 pm

Where:               SPX Oxford Falls Campus

Transport:         Parents to drop off and pick up boys from Oxford Falls per Covid safe guidelines (please stay in your car)

Bus transport is available from SPX Chatswood Campus:

• 8.15 am drop off at Kirk Street, boys walked to bus by Mr Lacey on Archer Street - Bus will  depart 8.30 am sharp
• 1.10 pm depart from Oxford Falls, arrive at SPX Chatswood Campus at 1.30 pm subject to traffic conditions

Cost:                     $50 per day (single or multi-day tickets available)

Bring:                  

• Football boots, shin pads, football training clothes (SPX sports uniform not required)
• Water bottle with name clearly marked per Covid safe guidelines
• Sunscreen, cap and rain gear and sneakers (for indoor football play for wet weather)
• Food for snacks and lunch

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A THOUGHT TO PONDER

Harmony Day was on 21 March...

A THOUGHT FOR EASTER

Jesus did not come to make God's love possible, but to make God's love visible.

Thanking you for your support.

Mr Tim Long - Head of the Junior School 

Junior School Sport

Thursday Sport: Winter Sport Trails start this week. Please make sure you pack all your gear to get changed into. Come to school in PE uniform and change into Winter Sports gear at Oxford Falls.  This does not have to be Pius gear, a football/ rugby jersey is fine. Please remember all your gear: jersey, mouthguard, shin pads, head gear, boots, socks etc. 

Oxford Falls Pick-up between 2.10 pm - 2.20 pm:

• Location: Outside the Caretakers House as you pull into the car park on the left-hand side. Please join the queue or if first one here please stop outside and start a queue.
• Please remain in your car at all times.
• As you approach the front of the queue, the teacher on duty will identify you and your son will be dismissed.
• Any boy not picked up by 2.20 pm will be available for collection from Chatswood at 3.00 pm.

Rugby

Week 1 Term 2 Training

After-school Rugby training starts Week 1 Term 2. U12’s will train on Tuesdays and U11’s on Wednesday each week from 3.15 pm - 4.30 pm. Pick-up from Beauchamp Oval at 4.30 pm sharp. Anyone not picked up by 4.30 pm will be walked back to school. 

Holiday Clinic

With the Rugby season just around the corner there is a 2-day Holiday Clinic being run in the upcoming school Holidays. Please use the link below to sign up for the clinic (no need to register for the season, just sign up to the holiday clinic.)

Mr Benn McBrearty - Junior School Sports Master

Cross Country Training:

A group of dedicated Senior and Junior School students have been training diligently under the coaching of Izzy and the leadership of Matt North (Yr 12) in preparation for their respective representative Carnivals. We are seeing some cracking PB’s as the fitness work pays off.

IPSHA (Yrs 5-6) is now on Wednesday 21 April

ISA (Yrs 7-12) – Wednesday 26 May

The holiday period could see the undoing of a lot of hard work. However, Izzy has provided a training program for athletes, differentiated for Snr/Jnr level. Hard-copies have been distributed and a copy can be found here. 

I suggest training with a buddy on some days would be a great option and increase motivation.

Two-warm up events that take place these holidays are listed. Students can register at their own discretion. Details for the latter is in this Woodchatta.

Sun 4 April                              Running Stars Curl Curl Series, Curl Curl (2.5k, 5k)

Sun 18 April                            Lindfield Fun Run, Roseville (5k)

In Term 2 training will continue on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. However, we will now commence at 7.15 am as we ramp up towards the pointy end of the season. Students who cannot make the early start should still arrive when they can and join in.

Have a great Easter break, characterised by at least as many miles as chocolate eggs!

Mr Greg Virgona - Cross Country Convenor

From the Junior Resource Centre

Easter Scavenger Hunt in the Junior Resource Centre

Easter Scavenger Hunt in the JRC. 

Look around the Library to find pictures of famous bunnies! Write down on the list the name of the rabbit, and the story/movie it comes from.

Prizes on offer.

Boys guessing the famous bunnies!

Easter Reads in the JRC

Pop into the JRC to get your Easter reads for the School holidays.

Katrina Nannestad - Author Virtual visit for Year 6 Wednesday 31 March, 2021.

Katrina Nannestad is an award-winning children’s author who writes humour, adventure, action, mystery and history. Year 6 have been reading We Are Wolves in their Library lessons.

Katrina’s books include We Are Wolves, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Lottie Perkins series, the Olive of Groves series, The Girl Who Brought Mischief  and the Red Dirt Diaries series.

If you would like to purchase a signed book by Katrina Nannestad please visit: 

https://www.thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency.com.au/person/nannestad-katrina-speaker/

The Children’s Bookshop will then send the book/s to the school for your child (free delivery).

Alternatively, you can call The Children’s Bookshop directly on 9571 1897 to order and pay over the phone. 

CBCA Shortlist 2021 announced on Tuesday 30 March 2021

Congratulations to all the authors and illustrators and publishers who helped bring these amazing books to life. Some awesome titles in here. Time to put my thinking cap on and program some exciting things for the boys using these books. What are your favourites? #cbcashortlist2021

Click on the link to explore the shortlist for 2021.

https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2021

Mrs Martin’s Book Trail:  The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell is one of those amazing

tales of adventure and determination, interwoven with true friendship. Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack’s spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan.#MrsMartinsBooktrail2021 #juniorresourcecentre

Mrs Elena Martin – Teacher Librarian

IPSHA Junior School Debating Team

Congratulations to the following boys selected for the Junior School Debating team: Zach Fourie, Benjamin Monger, Marcus Cicero, Finn Burton, Julian Kuang, Heath Foxall, Jake Swan, Edward Hopkins, Farid Chammaa, Jasper Wetherill, Ben Fogale, Michael Chung, Liam Spatola, Own Gleeson. Well done to all the boys who tried out for the team as they were very impressive with their well prepared and persuasive speeches. Training begins Wednesday 31 March Term 1 Week 10 and will continue every Wednesday and Friday at lunchtime in the JSR. 

Mrs Bettina Spanyik - Learning Enrichment Teacher

JUNIOR SCHOOL CHESS CLUB

Junior School Chess training resumes Term Two on Tuesday 20 April, 2021 at 7:30 am, in the Junior Resource Centre. The Competition begins on Friday 30 April, 2021. More information will follow at the beginning on Term 2, 2021.

Mrs Elena Martin - Junior School Chess Convenor