 the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and is aimed at celebrating our cultural diversity. The theme of Harmony Day is 'Everyone Belongs', which relates beautifully to another UN endorsed day on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day.
The theme for World Down Syndrome Day 2019 is 'Leave no one behind'.The UN reminds us all that people with Down syndrome must have opportunities to live fulfilling lives, included on a full and equal basis with others, in all aspects of society. The 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, a global plan of action for people, planet and prosperity, pledges that “no one will be left behind”.
It is wonderful that we are able to celebrate each others culture through Harmony Day, it is encouraging that we are able to promote awareness for our treatment of one another; but what would the world look like if we included all people to ensure that no one was left behind?
We would encourage you to watch the video for World Down Syndrome Day and consider how you in your home, your workplace and our community can ensure everyone is included.
As part of their idenity unit Years 5 and 6 have been researching citizenship this term. On Wednesday Pilar Davidson visited the classes to talk about what it means to be an Australian citizen and the process of becoming an Australian citizen. The students asked thoughtful questions that demonstrated the depth of their wondering about citizenship. Pilar finished the session with an Australian citizenship affirmation ceremony.
The four beautiful house shields painted by Wendy Rix as part of her two weeks spent at St Monica's, earlier this term. All the children had the opportunity to place their thumb print on their house shield. The names of our sporting houses are aboriginal words representing various animals.
Class Winner for last week was 3M who have brought in 683 books.
Last minute Fete news – 23 March 2019 from 10am until 2pm - The fete team and their volunteer stall holders are busy working behind the scenes to prepare for this Saturday’s annual fete. Come along between 10am and 2pm for lots of fun, rides, delicious food, performances and demonstrations, our famous White Elephant, pony rides, petting zoo, mechanical bull, our fabulous cake stall, Devonshire tea and lots of other fun for the whole family. We’re asking all our stall holders to dress up for this year’s theme: ‘Country Fair’.
Raffle Tickets and Value Tickets - Sold and unsold raffle books are now to be returned to school. For legal reasons, these must be accounted for. If you haven’t already purchased your raffle tickets, you can do so via Qkr. Value tickets are still for sale and can be purchased from our fete committee under the blacktop after school on Thursday and Friday this week. Our fete checklist has a comprehensive list of all the things we need to make the day a success and can be found in the Skoolbag app.
Calling all bakers - Whip out your aprons and get your baking on for our cake stall and Devonshire tea. Baked goodies, treats and jams can be delivered to the school on Friday afternoon or to the cake stall on Saturday morning. Scones can be delivered to school on Friday afternoon or to the Devonshire Tea stall on Saturday morning.
Cupcake competition - Kids, don’t forget to enter our cupcake competition. Children wishing to enter should decorate four cupcakes and deliver to the cake stall by 11:00am on Saturday with a completed form. The forms are available in the Skoolbag app or at the office.
Sponsors - Thank you to all the amazing sponsors who have come on board. Our Chocolate Wheel is loaded with prizes.
Thank you - We extend a big thank you in advance to our school families and community who always give so much to bring our fete together. We know we ask a lot of our school families, but as this is our biggest annual event and raises more money for the school than any other annual fundraiser it is well worth the effort everyone puts in to making the day a success.
Prize Pack 3 – Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Electric Toothbrush valued $279, Canberra Rex “The Howling Moon” gift certificate with a reserved table and complimentary platter to share, 2 x $10 Coffee Guru Vouchers (Crace), Bottle of Wine, Earrings.
Prize Pack 4 - Kings Swim $50 Voucher plus towel, goggles, swimwear, drink bottle, skim ball, sun cream and swim cap. Tyler Floor Lamp from Project lighting, $50 Bright Star kids voucher, 2 x day passes to YMCA pools, $40 McDonalds & discount vouchers, 4 x Flip Out Discount Vouchers.
Sydney Escape – Captain Cook Sydney “Harbour Story” cruise for 2 adults, 2 tickets to Taronga Zoo, Earrings and Wine Glassware.
FitBit Pack – FitBit Charge 3 Donated by Peter Blackshaw Belconnen (Florey). $25 Athletes Foot Voucher, $50 McDonalds food vouchers, 2 x Palace Cinema Movie Club Vouchers.
School Holiday Pack 2 – Indoor Rock Climbing Family Pass, Zone 3 laser tag game for 10, Cockington Green Family Pass, Inflatable World passes for 4, Telstra Tower Family Pass, Dinosaur Museum Family Pass, Free Family Visit to YMCA Pools, McDonalds Food Vouchers $30, Free 1 hour FlipOut Pass, Flip Out $12 passes x 2, Flip Out Little Ninja Class Voucher, Zone Bowling Family Pass, Athletes Foot $25 Voucher.
Ladies Race Day Pamper Pack for Two – 2 x Tickets to Melbourne Cup Race Day at Thoroughbred Park Canberra $50, 2 x $50 Gift Cards to the Bleach Bar Hairdressers, 2 x Pro-Skin60 Facials at InSkin Evatt Beauty Salon, Assorted Hair Care products from Janez Hair at Evatt Shops, 2 x Earrings, Bottle of wine and glassware set.
Man Pack 1 - $50 Bunnings Voucher, $25 Lowes Voucher, 2 x $25 Athletes Foot vouchers, $50 Canberra Labor Club Voucher. Assorted Jameson & Jacobs Creek Glassware and Merchandise. Canberra Workwear merchandise and Assorted McDonalds food vouchers.
Congratulations to Walga who were the winning House on Swimming Carnival Day.
Congratulations to Mugga who won the House Spirit Award on the day.
Good luck to the following children selected to represent St Monica's at School Sport ACT Belconnen Swimming on Thursday 28 March - Annabelle F, Annie R, Claire H, Paige H, Sophia M, Ben B, Ava P, Drew G, Zak D, Archie E, Laura R, Fletcher B, Lachlan M, Harry P, Annalene L, Isabella P, Gus O, Brian H, Emma T, Tulli H, Alexandra O.
The St Monica's school community herb garden is available to all in our parish and school community to pick and take home – the basil, parsley and thyme are growing well this season! It is situated near the blacktop pickup area and the demountable classrooms.
Ideas and help always welcome with the St Monica's School Garden Team - contact Caroline Weller on 0415 628 857.The major indices began last Friday on a positive note due to raised earnings guidance from Dell Computer, but the broad market once again fell victim to higher volume selling and closed lower across the board. Making the picture a bit worse was the fact that the major indices also each closed at their intraday lows. The Nasdaq Composite Index trended steadily lower throughout Friday’s session and closed with a 1.5% loss on volume that was 7% higher than the previous day. It was the third consecutive day the Nasdaq closed on volume that was greater than its 50-day average. But, unfortunately for the bulls, each of those three days were also “distribution days,” which occur when an index closes with a loss AND on higher volume than the previous day. The losses were much less pronounced in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which only closed 0.2% lower. The S&P 500 Index closed with a loss of 0.5%. Volume in the NYSE increased by 3%, which made Friday a distribution day for the S&P and Dow as well. Thanks to the Nasdaq’s weakness, we now have an unrealized gain of more than 2 points in our HHH short position, which we entered on July 13.
If you’ve been following the markets in the slightest bit, I’m sure you know the Nasdaq has just been getting absolutely destroyed lately. It’s not just the absolute percentage losses that have made the picture so bearish, but it’s the fact that the losses keep occurring on increasing volume, which is always a sure sign of institutional selling. Unfortunately, the Nasdaq is going to have a very difficult time registering any significant gains in the short-term because it would take an immense amount of new buying interest in order to overcome the overhead supply caused by the institutional selling over the past few weeks. Although we study charts religiously, simply paying attention to the markets’ price to volume relationship can give you a “big picture” sense of what is happening. Knowing that more than 50% of the Nasdaq’s daily sessions this month were “distribution days” tells me more about the health of the market than any chart ever could.
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