Dear Families and Friends of St Gabriel's
Children's University
The Children's University program is offered to all schools for students from Reception. Participation is voluntary for students, and encourages self directed learning in addition to school. The program encourages students to pursue areas of passion and interest, and seeks their commitment over time.
On Wednesday this week, 16 students from various year levels across our school graduated from this program and the graduation ceremony was held in Bonython Hall at Adelaide University.
What a wonderful occasion as staff, students and parents from various schools gathered to acknowledge the achievement of students who went over and above what is required in their learning.
We are very proud of our St Gabriel's students for the additional effort they have contributed to this program, an outstanding achievement. Most importantly these students have demonstrated to themselves that passion and determination is a pathway to excellence.
It was certainly a proud moment for the students and all of their family members who attended. Special thanks to Helen Voiklis for her excellent support of these students throughout the program.
Year 6 Graduation Mass
The Year 6 students will be farewelled at the End of Year school Mass on Monday 9 December in the Sacred Heart Centre (the school gym).
Mass will begin at 9.30 am and will conclude at approximately 10.45am.
St Gabriel’s school looks forward to celebrating with the Year 6 students as they reach this important milestone in their lives. We wish the Year 6 students all the best as they transition into secondary school.
Farewell Mr Macnamara (Mr Mac)
We will be wishing Mr Mac a happy retirement on Wednesday 4 December at 2.00pm in the Sacred Heart Centre.
This event will be the last assembly for the year.
If parents would like to come and wish Mr Mac a happy retirement you are welcome to do so.
St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal
Each year St Gabriel’s School community supports the St Vincent de Paul Christmas appeal.
If you would like to support the appeal, donations of non-perishable food items can be brought to the front office of the school or your child’s classroom.
We will also be accepting donations of gifts for children and young adults. These can either be unwrapped or wrapped with a label indicating the age and gender of the child for who it is intended.
Your support is much appreciated.
Clearview and Kilburn Parish Christmas Carols
The Clearview/Kilburn Parish will hold a Christmas Carols evening on Saturday 30 November in the St Gabriel’s School gym. The evening will begin at 6.00 pm for a 6.30 pm start.
There will be sausages and soft drinks for sale.
Everyone is most welcome to attend this free event.
R1T and 1W have been spending lots of Term 4 engaged in creative work, in Design and Technology, Visual Arts and even during genre lessons.
We learned about colour mixing and about warm and cool colours. We used watercolour paints to mix different shades of orange and green, to create beautiful sunset landscapes.
In Genre lessons we are all learning about procedures – creating them and following them! Miss Wymond’s class followed a visual procedure to create some incredible Tawny Frogmouth illustrations.
This week in 1W and R1T students also participated in a STEM challenge!
Our students collaborated in teams to create cup, straw and paper towers. These activities involved lots of creativity and design thinking.
Students also worked together to create marble towers which involved lots of problem solving and plenty of imagination!
It was fantastic to see students so engaged in learning, and to see the creative solutions they implemented in their challenges. It was so much fun!
Come along and watch our Year 6 students perform their musical. The Year 6's will be performing in the morning as well as at night. You are welcome to come along to watch the dress rehearsal performance if you are unable to come to the night time session.
Date: 20 November Wednesday
Where: The Sacred Heart Gym
Year 6 Dress Rehearsal:
11:30am - 12:30pm
Year 6 Performance:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
All are welcome!
For more general information, click the link below:
To view the 2024 uniform price list & policy and the 2024 lunch order menu, click the gallery below:
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