18th March - Mt St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah

Mt St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah
18th March 2014
Newsletter No. 4
OFFICE HOURS
School Administration Office is attended
Monday—Friday
8:20am—3:45 pm
CONTACT
Phone 02 66721821
Fax
02 66721536
Website
www.murplism.catholic.edu.au
Email - NEW ADDRESS BELOW
murp@lism.catholic.edu.au
Postal
PO Box 1226
30 Mooball St
Murwillumbah NSW 2484
IMPORTANT DATES
TERM 1
MARCH
*Stage 1 & Stage 2 Parent/Teacher Interviews
Week 8
Mon 17th St Patrick‘s Day Liturgy & Mur‘bah
Pool Treat
Fri 21st Middle School Mass @ 12 noon
School Assembly @ 2.20
*Middle School Parent Teacher Interviews
during Week 9
Thurs 27th Sacrament of Reconciliation &
Retreat Day
Fri 28th School Assembly
APRIL
Fri 4th Skill a thon & Cross Country
Thurs 10th Easter Bonnet Parade
Fri 11th Stations of the Cross
Students Last Day Term 1
TERM HOLIDAY PERIOD
Thurs 17th Holy Thursday
Fri 18th Good Friday
Sun 20th Easter Sunday
Fri 25th ANZAC DAY
TERM 2
Mon 28th Pupil Free Day
Tues 29th Term 2 classes commence
MAY
Fri 2nd Zone Cross Country
Tues 6th School Photo Day
Thurs 8th Mother‘s Day Stall
Dear Parents,
Last week we celebrated Catholic Schools Week with this year‘s theme being
‘More Than a Great Education’. A very busy week. Thank you to all parents who
took the opportunity to be involved in some of the activities including: Open Day,
St Patrick‘s Concert, Year 6 Mass, Book Parade (photos available on the School
Moodle) and Book Fair. Special thank you to Mrs. Alice Withers for her
coordination of the Book Fair which again was an outstanding success.
ST PATRICK’S DAY: A sea of green descended upon the school yesterday as
students participated in St Patrick‘s Day. All classes attended Mass in the morning
in the Sacred Heart Church. In the afternoon Primary classes enjoyed time down
at the Aquatic Centre whilst infant classes enjoyed some fun outside activities. Last
week each year level learnt about some aspect of St Patrick‘s life or our school‘s
history. They then presented their work at Assembly last week. As teachers, we
value the importance of all students gaining an understanding of St. Patrick as
well as an appreciation of our school‘s long and rich history.
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS: Are being held this week for Stage 1 (Year 1
& 2 classes) and Stage 2 (Year 3 & 4 classes). I encourage all parents to take up
the opportunity to meet with their child‘s teacher. If you have not make an
appointment yet to meet with your child‘s teacher in Stage 1 or Stage 2 please
contact our school Office to arrange an appointment time. Next week Middle
School (Year 5 & 6) interviews will be conducted.
NB: That interviews for Stage2 CM (Miss Caitlin Martin’s class) has been postponed
til Week 10 (31st March—4th April) due to Miss Martin’s absence this week.
STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS:
Parents are advised of the following Staff Development Days (Pupil Free Days)
Term 2 Monday 28th April
Term 2 Friday 30th May
Term 3 Monday 11th August
Term 4 Monday 13th October
PROCLAIM LISMORE PARENTS 2014: Proclaim Lismore is an exciting
collaborative journey to enhance and strengthen the Catholic life in our schools.
This year, our parents are invited to join our teachers and staff in Proclaim. I
invite all parents to visit the website to learn more.
http://proclaimlismore.com.au
INSIGHT SRC: This year our school is partaking in an initiative along with a
number of other Lismore Diocesan Schools working with a consulting organisation
called Insight SRC. Essentially, it involves working together to improve
effectiveness in schools through innovative school improvement strategies.
Commencing next week (March 24th—April 4th) staff, students (Middle School
only) and selected parents will be involved in completing ‗School Improvement
Surveys’. If any parent particularly would like to complete a survey please contact
our School Office.
Have a good week!
Brendan Ryan PRINCIPAL
ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN REMINDER:
If using Qld Rd ‘pick-up’ in the afternoon cars need to avoid queuing up onto
Queensland Rd. If this occurs cars need to drive around the school boundary
until parking becomes available.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
SACRED HEART PARISH SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2014
FIRST RECONCILIATION
Retreat Day
27th March
II Rite of Reconciliation
27th March at 7pm in the church
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Parent Meeting
13th May at 6pm in the hall
Inscription Ceremony
(weekend of 17th & 18th May)
Retreat Day
19th June
First Holy Communion
22nd June at 8am in the church
CONFIRMATION
Parent Meeting
22nd July at 6pm in the hall
Inscription Ceremony
TBA
Retreat Day
22nd August
Sacrament of Confirmation
23rd August
Parents of any new students who wish for their child
to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, First Holy
Communion or the Sacrament of Confirmation please
contact Mrs Dixon at the school.
SACRED HEART PARISH
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Tuesday 5.30pm
Sacred Heart
Wednesday 5.30pm
Sacred Heart
Thursday 9.15am
OLPS, Sth M‘Bah
Friday 12.00noon
Sacred Heart
WEEKEND MASS TIMES
Saturday 6:00 pm
Sacred Heart
(Children’s liturgy)
Sunday 8:00 am
Sacred Heart (Children’s liturgy)
10:00am
1st Uki
2nd & 4th OLPS – South Murwillumbah
3rd Burringbar
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK MASS
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
We pray for the children preparing for their First
Reconciliation. Please keep these children in our
thoughts and prayers.
That they may always celebrate the loving
mercy of God in their lives. We pray to the Lord.
NEPAL FUNDRAISER
GOLD COIN DONATION—THANKYOU
I have just been in touch with Matrika Baral, the Principal at
Viewpoint Primary School, near the Himalayas in Nepal. I was
excited to tell him that Mt St Patrick Primary School raised $446
towards the purchase of uniforms for his students. He wishes to
pass on his gratitude to our school for their generosity and said
it will make a real difference to the children to have warm
clothes in the winter and a suitable uniform in the other months.
The children at Viewpoint are from an extremely poor rural
community and the school relies heavily on donations to fund
most aspects of their education, from buildings, resources and
even a daily food program.
Thank you once again, Cheryl Forrester
CARITAS AUSTRALIA VISIT
Cheryl Forrester & students from
Viewpoint PS—Nepal
Last week Helen from Caritas
Australia visited our school. She
spoke about where money
raised through Project Compassion is used in many parts
of the world. So far during
Lent our school has raised
$241.10 through Project Compassion boxes in the classrooms.
Project Compassion
runs throughout the season of
Lent.
Year 6 students represented our school at the Tweed
Catholic Primary Schools—Catholic Schools Week Mass
last Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Church
MINI-VINNIES
At lunchtimes on each Tuesday, interested middle school
people have been gathering in the Art Room to find out
about Mini-Vinnies. Later on this term, or early next term
those who have decided that they want to be part of this
social justice group, will take part in a commitment ceremony at a parish Mass on Friday.
We will be doing various fundraisers during the year, but
at the moment we are exploring ways, besides fundraising, that we can bring justice about in our circle of influence (e.g. on the playground, on the bus). One of our
main efforts involves collecting used stamps and sending
them to the Sisters of St Joseph in Sydney, who then clean
them and sell them to stamp collectors around the world!
So if you have any used stamps at home we would like
them. Just send them into your child‘s class and MiniVinnies will do the rest!
The ‗Assist-A-Student‘ programme, whereby a child in an
underdeveloped country is sponsored to go to school for
a year for $70, is something the Mini-Vinnies Group does
on a regular basis. Last year we assisted two students in
Fiji, Immanuel Waqanivere, Year 4, Virisila Natuirtuba,
Year 6, thanks to Mini-Vinnies 2013.
SCHOOL NEWS
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HOT CROSS BUN ORDER FORM—EASTER 2014
Accompanying your newsletter this week is an order form for Hot Cross Buns. Bakers Delight is allowing
us the opportunity to purchase Hot Cross Buns and raise funds for Caritas Australia. Every 6 pack of Hot
Cross Buns will cost $6.50 which $2 of this price goes towards Caritas. Also for every order made, Bakers Delight will give you a voucher for a free loaf of bread.
SRC—EASTER RAFFLE
Our SRC will commence on Monday 31st March selling Easter Raffle tickets. The winning prize is a basket of delicious Easter Eggs. Tickets
cost $1 each or 3 for $2. The Easter Raffle will be drawn on Thursday 19th April after the Infants Easter Bonnet Parade.
BOOK FAIR
A big thank you to everyone who supported our Book Fair last week. It was a great success, we sold
over $6,200 worth of books which will allow us to purchase approximately $1,800 worth of new books
for the Library. Thank you to the following families who kindly donated a new book to our library:
Leslight (2), Nimmo (2), Piticco, Warne, Berger, Anderson, Thompson, Graham, Biles, Bugg, Macfarlane,
Sutton, Bevan, Lapworth, McInerney, Smith, Truman, Cooper and Jeff Logan (2) Special thanks also goes
to the following wonderful people for their help during the book fair. I could not have managed without
you...especially Kirsty McInerney who spent many hours helping set up and creating our display, packing up as well as covering new books and bibles over the past few weeks...also to Melissa Toms,
Kathryn Leslight, Jenny Cantrill, Jess Armour and Chris Akhurst for their help during the busy times.
Alice Withers Library Assistant
SKILL A THON —JUST OVER 2 WEEKS TO GO !!!
As this is one of only two major fundraisers for the year, your enthusiastic support would be appreciated.
The Skill a Thon will be held on Friday 4th April
The Skill a thon involves all students participating in fun ‗sporting tabloid‘ activities in the afternoon. Sponsorship cards will be
distributed to all students this week. Sponsorship cards are filled out prior to the Skill a Thon day. All money is collected after
the child completes the Skill a Thon course. Donations are gratefully accepted. All money raised will be spent on students this
year. By raising money for the school you are assisting your child‘s education.
PRIZES
MAJOR PRIZE—NETBOOK;
The family who raise the most amount of money receive a netbook
INDIVIDUAL CLASS PRIZES—SPORTING GOODS;
The child who raises the most overall will receive a sporting good
CLASS PRIZE—PIZZA PARTY;
The class that raises the most overall will have a pizza party
SCHOOL PRIZE—APPLE Nano
For every $20 raised by a family,
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER SPONSORSHIP
Advertising local businesses within the school newsletter has been operating over the past 6 years. Its aim is to promote the
businesses of families within the school and those associated with the school. Thank you to those businesses that have advertised
and supported our school over the past 12 months. New advertising spaces will commence at the beginning of Term 2, 2014
and run up to the last week of Term 1, 2015.
How does it work?
• Each fortnight an insert is included within the newsletter that will advertise your business.
• The school will invoice the business allowing for taxation concessions.
• Your business will receive great advertising and exposure within the school community, it is tax deductible,
you will help raise money for the school and your business will be marketed as:
SUPPORT THE BUSINESS THAT SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOL
If you are interested in promoting your business/or would like to renew your 2013/2014 sponsorship arrangements
could you please contact the School Office
• Submit a business card/business details or word your own ad.
• The ad will run for one full year at a cost of $220 per year.
-----------------------------------------------------PLEASE COMPLETE & RETURN -----------------------------------------------SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP
_______________________(Name) _____________________________ (Contact Phone Number)
BUSINESS DETAILS (Please attach a Business Card)
The school will contact you as to determine exactly what you would like to have on your ad/set up etc.
Invoice will be sent to you on final approval of the ad
Authorisation by:__________________________ Signature: _________________________
Position within the business: ____________________________________________
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WEEK 6 AWARDS
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
KL—
Annabelle O‘Grady
KM— Taylor Anderson
1D—
Alice Simke Hetherington
1T—
Alexander Dowling
2N—
Morgan Berger
2P—
Maya Sutton
St2CM—Alexis Sutton
St2HD- Elsie Biles
St2MM—Bailee Pedlow
St2TM— Jamie Cotelli
MSF— Connor Pearson
MSM— Ailish Eppelstun
MSP— Georgia Hutton
MSS— Sophie Bird
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
MOST IMPROVED
MOST IMPROVED
KL—
Wren Hynes
KM—
Leo Egan
1D—
Trei Heterick
1T—
Lily Martin
2N—
Izaac O‘Keefe
2P—
Finlay Purnell
St2CM— Evan Buch
St2HD— Sienna Fleming
St2MM— Nicholas Shields
St2TM— Kirra-Eliza Harris
MSF—
Sarah Hill
MSM— Riley Engler
MSP—
Patrick Wilkinson
MSS—
Imogen Sykes
GOOD SPORTS AWARD
GOOD SPORTS AWARD
Infants:
Alira Heterick
Stage 2:
Spencer Leslight
Middle School: Macauley Wells
TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Infants:
Abbie Thomas
Stage 2:
Tabitha Stratton
Middle School:
Maddie Hill
TECHNOLOGY AWARD
CREATIVE ARTS AWARD
Infants: Sienna Bice, Harrison Bugg
Stage 2: Elsie Biles, Lincoln Taylor
Middle School: Olivia Nowytarger,
Macauley Wells
CREATIVE ARTS AWARD
BIRTHDAYS
Isabella Ouwerling, Jade Folkers, Siennah Nottle, Kiara McCarthy, Trei Heterick,
William Ryan, Lillyan Charman, Charlotte O‘Keefe.
SCHOOL NEWS
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WEEK 7 AWARDS
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
KL—
Skye Ayres
KM— Max Palmer
1D—
Sophia Cronly
1T—
Sienna Bice
2N—
Caitlyn Bice
2P—
Ava Price
St2CM— Olivia Graham
St2HD- Harry Willis
St2MM— Layla Falkner
St2TM— Jayda McDermott
MSF— Charlotte O‘Keefe
MSM— Jasmine Dodds
MSP— Tiffany New
MSS— Amelie McInerney
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
MOST IMPROVED
MOST IMPROVED
KL—
Mikayla Smith
KM—
Taleisha Robinson
1D—
Cale Graham
1T—
Angus Miller
2N—
Theo Parsons
2P—
Logan McGilvery
St2CM— Blake Cracknell
St2HD— Millie Davidson
St2MM— Meghan Butler
St2TM— Wyatt Gradisnik
MSF—
Zac Ings
MSM— Flynn Everall
MSP—
Wren Phelan
MSS—
Cale McDonald
GOOD SPORTS AWARD
Infants: Alexis Lazaredes
Stage 2: Elizabeth Warne
Middle School: James McIver
GOOD SPORTS AWARD
TECHNOLOGY AWARD
TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Infants: Ellie Harris
Stage 2: Lara-Grace Ewing
Middle School: Emily Ward
CREATIVE ARTS AWARD
Infants: Luken Ennis, Ella Cracknell
Stage 2: Wyatt Gradisnik, Tabitha Stratton
Middle School: Darcy Hannah, Olivia
Nowytarger
CREATIVE ARTS AWARD
PRINCIPALS AWARD
Areana Twohill
PRINCIPAL AWARD
ASSEMBLIES FOR TERM 1
Week 8 MS F (Mr Forrester) Week 9 Year 1T (Mrs Trevithick)
Week 10 Skill a thon & Cross Country Week 11 Stations of the Cross (No Assembly)
Assemblies start @ 2:20pm in the Sacred Heart Hall
CURRICULUM NEWS
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MILK CARTONS
If any family has empty 1 litre or ½ litre milk cartons could you please wash them
and send to school for use in the Art classes. Thank you. Cheryl Forrester
Mathletics Certificate of Achievement
Awards Week 6
Mathletics Certificates
Week commencing 3rd to 9th March
GOLD Certificates
Corey Grossman, Billy Campbell,
SILVER Certificates
Ailish Eppelstun, Sophie Ross, Genevieve Spencer,
Flynn Everall, Gabe Malcolm,
BRONZE Certificates
Lucy Jones, Abbey Bevan, Isabella Anderson, Matteo McDermott, Patrick
Gray, Carson Ings, Jack Simke-Hetherington, Anna Smith, Emily Ward,
Fletcher Condon, Kaitlyn Harris, Will Murnane, Jared Carney, Zac Ings,
Thomas Wharton, Brooke Harvey, Finn Whitney, Hayley Smith, Indiana
Nuspan, Zac Macartney, Eva McDonald, Matilda Jones, Matilda Nimmo,
Joseph Warne, James McIver, Drae Darragh, Bryce Matlock, Isis Heterick,
Charli Miller-Smylie, Lilly Charman, Hudson Bonsich, Charles Warren,
Chris Biskup, Molly Lazaredes, Bryson Buch, Eden Davison, Macauley
Wells, Olivia Ryan, Zane Patience, Cale McDonald, Jai Harris, Holly
Jones, Brendan Piccini, Jemma Smith, Samuel Wharton, Keirsten Roach,
Hannah Trembath, Talyn Nix, Jack Devoy, James Nimmo, Ayla Fing, Sophie Bruhn, Cooper Kennedy, Wyatt Gradisnik, Millie Davidson, Nathan
Pryke, Noah Smith, Kendall Wells, Jayda McDermott, Finn Byrnes, Mitchell
Grossman, Danny Madden, Ashley Gray, Cailey Baker, Caitlyn Bice, Harrison Bugg, Sienna Bull, Hazel Cunningham.
Lilly Charman, Eden Davison, Fletcher Condon,
Harrison Bugg, Jamie Cotelli, Tiffany New,
James McIver and Travis Antonelli.
Mathletics Certificate of Achievement Awards
Week 7
Macauley Wells, Zac Macartney, Matteo McDermott,
Bryce Matlock, Hannah Trembath, Sienna Bull, Cailey
Baker and Areana Twohill.
Week commencing 10th to 16th March
GOLD Certificates
Zac Macartney
SILVER Certificates
Areana Twohill, Spencer Leslight, Lilly Charman, Chris Biskup, Zane Patience,
Wyatt Gradisnik, Mitchell Grossman, Harrison Bugg, Sienna Bull.
BRONZE Certificates
Ellis Hannah, Lucy Jones, Charlie Gibbons, Will Ryan-McGinn, Riley Bull, Abbey Bevan, Lincoln Taylor, Elizabeth Warne, Isabella Anderson, Mahli Coyne, Noah Carroll, Michael Lack, Vance Madden, Matteo McDermott, Patrick Gray, Jasmin Dodds, Corey Grossman, Reef
Sommerville, Anna Smith, Elise Lack, Vivien Koerner-Straub, Zac Ings, Hayley Smith, Genevieve Spencer, Eva McDonald, Matilda Jones,
Ivy Morton-Rowthorne, Matilda Nimmo, James McIver, Oliver Walsh, Bryce Matlock, Eli Graham, Charli Miller-Smylie, Charles Warren,
Azalea Sattler, Molly Lazaredes, Bryson Buch, Eden Davison, Jayden Woodward, Macauley Wells, Cale McDonald, Jai Harris, Holly
Jones, Brendan Piccini, Sam Wharton, Billy Campbell, Keirsten Roach, Harry Willis, Gabe Malcolm, Hannah Trembath, Jack Devoy, Noah
Clark, Noah Smith, Jayda McDermott, Finn Byrnes, Ashley Gray, Danny Madden, Cailey Baker, Caitlyn Bice, Lily Cronly, Summer Gibbons, Selam Dietrich, Alira Heterick, Vienna Lazaredes.
SCHOOL POLICY
Currently we have had reported cases of students who have contracted Chicken Pox. As per the Parent Handbook, a child with Chicken
Pox is to be excluded from school. We also ask that should you suspect that your child has symptoms of chicken pox you consult your doctor as soon as possible. The following is stated in our Parent Handbook:
DISEASE
CHICKEN POX
INCUBATION
14-21 days
EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL
Until fully recovered- seven days after
first spots.
SPORT NEWS
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DIOCESAN SWIMMING CARNIVAL
As convenor of the carnival, I would like to congratulate each of Mt St Patrick‘s swimmers for their wonderful behaviour and
fantastic competitiveness. 17 students attended and many personal best times were swum, demonstrating the effort
involved.
10 students qualified for the Diocesan team which competes at Homebush next Friday.
A special congratulation goes to Ebony Northeast for breaking the Diocesan 8yr 50m freestyle record! Also to Hayley
Smith and Darcy Reinke, Diocesan Senior girl and 11yr boy champions!
Congratulations to the senior boys relay team (Darcy, Jared, Reece and Joseph) winning a very competitive race. The Junior boys relay came 3rd but do not progress to Polding.
We wish the following students all the best in Sydney: Ebony, Hayley, Darcy, Alyssa, Sean & Jared Carney, Kaytlin
Harris, Joseph Warne, Reece Walton, Reef Sommerville and Finn Whitney.
MASTERS CRICKET TOUR
Stage 2 students (and staff!) enjoyed their hour with cricket greats such as Michael Bevan and Andy Bichel.
DIOCESAN WINTER SPORT TRIALS
Sixteen students travel to Grafton this week for the Diocesan Winter sport trails and we wish them well.
HOCKEY
Brooke Harvey, Ella Buch, Hayley Smith, Eva McDonald, Eden Davison and Jared Carney.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Kobe Spry, Macauley Wells, William Townsend, Bryson Buch and Fletcher Condon
SOCCER
Patrick Wilkinson, Finn Whitney, Joseph Warne, Reece Walton and Melia Loveridge
RUGBY UNION
Darcy Hannah
GROUP 18 RUGBY LEAGUE CHALLENGE
We wish the two Mt St Patrick rugby league teams well at the Group 18 Challenge next week.
We know you will play ―With Heart and Pride‖
Mrs Agnes Markham Sports Co-ordinator
COMMUNITY NEWS
ST PATRICK DAY CONCERT
VIOLIN GROUP: Anna Smith, Matilda Jones,
Millie Davidson & Isabella Anderson
WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE
Kaitlyn Harris (MS S) coloured her hair last week in order to raise money in conjunction with
the WORLD‘S GREATEST SHAVE DAY. All money raised will be donated to the Leukaemia
Foundation. Congratulations Kaitlyn on a fantastic effort.
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