Head of Primary P-4 Del Monte

Dear Families

As our Year 4 students’ time at Del Monte draws to an end, we would like to celebrate and farewell them with some special events that will include:

  • Thanksgiving Mass, Morning Tea and Year 4 Boys Dancing on Dom’s Plot – 30 November (Santa Sabina Chapel)
  • Year 4 Big Day In and P&F lunch – 5 December (Senior Campus)
  • Last day of school and Guard of Honour – 7 December (Primary Campus)

The remainder of the term has many opportunities for our community to come together. Here is a reminder of some of these.

Thanksgiving Mass

On Wednesday 30 November at 9:30 am, a Mass of Thanksgiving will be held at the Santa Sabina Chapel. Students from Kindergarten to Year 4 will attend this Mass and all parents are welcome to attend. During this Mass, we will give thanks for all of our blessings in 2022.

Boys Dance on Dom’s Plot

Following the Thanksgiving Mass, our Year 4 boys will dance on Dom’s Plot as they did when they began in Kindergarten. The girls will have this opportunity in Year 12 when they graduate from the College. Morning tea for Year 4 students and parents will be served at the Grotto following the Year 4 boys dancing on Dom’s plot. All students will be required to wear their full College uniform on Wednesday 30 November.

Year 4 Big Day In and Lunch

Year 4 students will participate in a ‘Big Day In’ hosted by Motiv8Sports on Monday 5 December from 9:00am – 3:00 pm on the Senior Campus. Students are to wear their sports uniform or Year 4 commemorative jersey on this day. Lunch will be provided by the College P&F. This will be a fun day for our Year 4 students as their time on the Primary Campus comes to an end.

Guard of Honour on the last day

On Wednesday 7 December, Year 4 boys and girls will process down the stairs from the Year 4 Learning Spaces into the Piazza. The Kiss and Ride gates on Carrington Avenue will be opened at 2:50pm for parents to enter and join the guard of honour in the Piazza. Year 4 students will finish the day slightly earlier on this day following the guard of honour.  All other students will finish the day at the normal dismissal time of 3:15 pm.

Service Initiative led by our Year 4 Community Team

On Friday 18 November the students are invited to wear a splash of colour and bring a gold coin donation for the Majestic Christ Church Parish in the Philippines. The Community Team shared this information at our assembly last week and demonstrated what wearing a splash of colour could look like. Please note the students will still wear their normal school uniform with an added splash of colour. Some ideas for wearing a splash of colour:

  • shoelaces
  • hair ribbons
  • socks
  • scrunchies
  • head bands
  • hats

The children in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines returned to their schools and classrooms in September and their parish is in need of supplies for the students to use in their lessons each day. The Community Team would like to raise some money to help these students.

Dear Santa

Kindergarten will be celebrating the Christmas season by inviting parents into their classrooms for an afternoon of carols, Christmas crafts, and writing letters to Santa.

Date:

Thursday 1 December 2022

Venue:

Kindergarten Learning Spaces. Please enter via the Hall gates. They will be

open from 2:30 pm

Time:

2:30pm-3:00 pm

What to wear:

Festive/Christmas accessories with their school uniform (students are welcome to wear these accessories to school)

What to bring:

Your Christmas spirit!

Joanne Giannini
Head of Primary P-4