2024 Week 2 Newsletter - Term 3
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WEEKLY FOCUS - Welcome to Term 3
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Celebrating Catholic Education Week and the Feast of Joachim and St Anne
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Date Claimers
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Position Vacant - Parish Administration Officer
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Caulfield Sponsorship Opportunities
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Have you downloaded our new App yet?
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An Opportunity for our Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
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2025 Prep Enrolments
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2024 School Priorities
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Wearitto Uniform Shop Trading Hours
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Student Absentee Line
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Community News
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St Joseph's Cathedral Appeal
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Caulfield 2023 Sponsors
WEEKLY FOCUS - Welcome to Term 3
Celebrating Catholic Education Week and the Feast of Joachim and St Anne
On Friday morning - July 26th, there will be a special celebration for Grandparents at Star of the Sea School.
The celebration will begin with Mass @ 9am.
More details to follow.
Everyone is welcome.
So that we have some idea for catering we ask that you please email and let us know if you will be attending the morning tea on this day.
kellie_richardson@rok.catholic.edu.au
Date Claimers
WEEK 2
QMEA Drone Challenge – students will represent Star of the Sea at the annual Drone Challenge. Good Luck.
Year 5 Camp – Our Year 5 Students will be away at Chaverim from Wednesday 17th July until Friday 19th July.
WEEK 3
FREE DRESS DAY – Students are invited to come dressed in sun safe free dress clothes on Wednesday 24th July. A gold coin donation is required and will support our Story Dogs Reading Program.
Year 5 invite you to their assembly presentation on Thursday 25th July at 8.35am in the Covered Courts Area.
Everyone is invited to join us for our Catholic Education Week Whole School Mass on Friday 26th July at 9.00am in the Star of the Sea Church. This Mass will also be a special celebration for our Grandparents.
WEEK 4
Year 3A invite you to their assembly presentation on Friday 2nd August at 8.35am in the Covered Courts Area.
WEEK 5
Year 3 invite you to their Liturgy on Tuesday 6th August at 9.30am in the Star of the Sea Church.
Year 4A invite you to their assembly presentation on Friday 9th August at 8.35am in the Covered Courts Area.
WEEK 6
GLADSTONE SHOW HOLIDAY – Monday 12th August.
Year 4B invite you to their assembly presentation on Friday 16th August at 8.35am in the Covered Courts Area.
WEEK 7
BOOK WEEK
Everyone is invited to attend our Book Character Parade on Friday 23rd August at 8:35am in the Covered Courts Area.
WEEK 8
Year 3B invite you to their assembly presentation on Thursday 29th August at 8.35am in the Covered Courts Area.
PUPIL FREE DAY – FRIDAY 30th AUGUST.
WEEK 9
Year 2 invite you to their Liturgy on Tuesday 3rd September at 9.30am in the Star of the Sea Church.
Year 6B invite you to their assembly presentation on Friday 6th September at 8.35am in the Covered Courts Area.
WEEK 10
SCHOOL FEAST DAY – Thursday 12th September.
Everyone is invited to attend our Feast Day Mass on Thursday 12TH September at 9am in the Star of the Sea Church.
Year 6A invite you to their assembly presentation on Friday 13th September at 8.35am in the Covered Courts Area
Position Vacant - Parish Administration Officer
Our parish is seeking to employ a
Parish Administration Officer
and is calling for applications.
The role is part-time (20 hours a week) and provides assistance to the Parish Priest in the administrative tasks of the parish.
Principal duties include:
• Provide general secretarial/administrative assistance to the Parish Priest
• Produce the weekly parish bulletin
• Maintain administrative documentation and filing systems
• Print liturgical texts and other requirements for liturgies
• Maintain rosters for Sunday Mass
• Monitor and order stock for office & church
• Maintain copyright log for hymns each week
• Maintain parish sacrament registers
• Prepare paperwork and make appointments for baptisms, marriages, and funerals
• Other general reception duties as required.
The position involves sharing of some duties with another staff member. The position would be suitable for someone who can provide a warm and welcoming presence to parishioners and others who attend the parish office, is proficient with Microsoft Office software, and is well-organised and attentive to detail.
A familiarity with the elements of parish life and practice will be a significant advantage.
The successful applicant will be provided with in-house training and a hand-over period during which s/he will work with existing staff.
A copy of the full position description and instructions for applying can be obtained by contacting the parish office (sosgladstone@rok.catholic.net.au or 49721025).
Applications should be submitted no later than 26th July 2024.
Caulfield Sponsorship Opportunities
The annual Star of the Sea Caulfield event is on again on 19 October 2024!
This event involves transforming our school into an amazing venue that hosts over 250 people to enjoy an afternoon of fun whilst raising funds for our school. These funds have continued to help the P and F Association to develop a supportive and caring learning environment for our school and have contributed to the building of play equipment and learning areas, classroom resources and travel bursaries.
If you or your business is interested in sponsoring the event this year, there are a number of sponsorship and advertising opportunities available. Our Platinum and Gold Sponsors also receive exclusive access to Early Bird Tickets. Please contact SOSCaulfield@outlook.com to request a sponsorship prospectus.
Have you downloaded our new App yet?
We already have way over half our parent community who've downloaded our new mobile App.
The App, Parent Orbit, which is connected to Parent Lounge, will improve our communication with each other as it offers a quick and easy way to receive notifications, add Student Absences, view and pay School Fees, accept or decline excursions via the Events and Activities, check the school calendar, update details and permissions and much more.
Some of you may already be using the Parent Orbit App for Chanel College and you will simply add Star of the Sea as another school you can access.
The App uses your Parent Lounge log in to access and will be a great way to access Parent Lounge features as you will not have to log in every time.
To download the App to your mobile device you can click on the link https://parentorbit.page.link/sosg or visit your APP store.
Most of our Term Dates for the rest of the year are already installed on the App so it really is a good resource for you.
An Opportunity for our Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
2025 Prep Enrolments
2024 School Priorities
Wearitto Uniform Shop Trading Hours
Student Absentee Line
If your child is not attending school, you can call us, 24/7, to leave a message to report the absence. The phone number is 4994 8301.
This designated phone line gives you the opportunity to call the school at a time that is convenient to you.
As always, absences can be reported using Parent Lounge or by emailing your child’s classroom teacher and SOSG_Absentee@rok.catholic.edu.au).