Issue 13 - 12 May 2011 - St Michael`s Baulkham Hills

3 – 5 Chapel Lane, Baulkham Hills
Issue 13
Tel: 9639 0518 Fax: 9686 2910
Term 2 Week 3
Thursday 12 May 2011
CALENDAR DATES
Fri 13 May
Mon 16 May
Wed 18 May
Fri 20 May
Mon 23 May
Tue 24 May
Thu 26 May
Fri 27 May
In school excursion – Kim Cunio - World
Music Choir Workshop. 9am – 12pm (Yr 5)
12 – 3pm (Yr 3)
Yr 6 Debating competition
Yr 6 excursion – NSW Parliament House,
Art Gallery and St Mary’s Cathedral
In school excursion – Tom Harding –
percussionist. (Yr 3 – 5)
P&F Parent forum – Colleen DeVeyrac –
‘Parents Can Make a Difference’ –
7pm – 8pm in the School Hall
Maths Olympiad
Yr 1 excursion to Darling Harbour
Yr 5 Grade Mass at 10.15am in the Church
In school excursion – Tom Harding –
percussionist. (Yr 6 & Yr 4)
Mary Help of Christians Mass at 10.15am
ICAS Computer Skills Competition Yrs 3 -6
In school excursion – Tom Harding –
percussionist. (Yr 3)
Hymn practice in the church at 10.15am
Year 6 debating competition
Yr 2 excursion – Lessons Afloat
Parramattta Rugby League Knockout
Dear Parents
Thank you for your support in the celebration of Catholic
Schools Week. I hope that the children gained some
appreciation of the special nature of our school and how we
work with you to build a wonderful community.
Many thanks to all our mothers, grandmothers and visitors
who attended our Catholic Schools Week and Mother’s
Day celebration last Friday. We hope they enjoyed the
opportunity to visit the classrooms. The children always
love sharing their ‘school time’ with family members.
Congratulations to all our children who received the
Sacrament of Confirmation last week. Congratulations and
thank you also to the parents and the sacramental team for
their work in preparing the children.
On Wednesday this week we held a very informative
Kindergarten Parent morning. Thank you to the Kindy
Mums and Dads who attended and of course our
Kindergarten teachers and Mrs Patricia Lee (our teacher
Librarian) and Mrs Mary Davis (now enjoying retirement
and a ‘playful nanna’!!) for their expertise.
The children in Years 3 and 5 completed the NAPLAN
(National Assessment Programme Literacy and Numeracy)
this week. Language Conventions (spelling, punctuation
and grammar) and a separate writing test were held on
Tuesday, Reading test on Wednesday and Numeracy test
(number, algebra function and pattern measurement,
chance and data and space) today. A ‘catch-up’ day will be
held tomorrow (Friday) for students who missed a test or
were absent on a particular day.
Rosalie Knispel
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‘Say No to Bullying’
P & F PARENT FORUM
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
Our next pupil free day is on Tuesday 14th
June.
PARENTS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Monday 16th May
UNIFORM SHOP
Thursday 19 May
8.30am – 9.30am
St Michael’s School Hall
7pm – 8pm
Our Lady Help of Christians Mass
The school will celebrate Mass on Thursday 24th May at
10.15am to commemorate the feast day of Our Lady
Help of Christians. All family and friends are welcome
to attend.
Junior Elevate
Junior elevate (for children in Year 6) is on again this
Friday in the Downey room from 7pm – 9pm.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Thank you to the facilitators and home hosts for their
support and preparation of the children for the
Sacrament of Confirmation. A special word of thanks
goes to Right Rev Monsignor Robert McGuckin VG EV
and Very Rev Peter Williams VG who with Fr Mick,
presided over the Sacrament. Congratulations to the
following children:
Chloe Alderson, Marcus Alilovic, Mark Anchique,
Abbey Moloney, Lara Angseesing, Jamie Munro,
George Argiropoulos, Amelia Bennett, Annalise
Ogilvie, Matthew Betros, Abby O’Keefe, Michael
Blinman, Jake O’Keefe, Riley Brown, Alexandra Perez,
Sean Callan, James Cassar, Taylah Cassar, Ella
Covington, Jack Darroch, Lukan Richards, Catherine
Davis, Alicia Richards, Jake Fenech, Oliver Ryan,
Dahlia Figueira, Rebecca Saliba, Luke Shields, Jacob
Stanmore, Jarrod French, Owen Storkey, Liam Gollan,
Jada Susas, Kurtis Grech, Emily Thurbon, Isabella
Hernandez, Abby Titmuss, Tiana Van Gestel, Jessie
Hoogervorst, Talia Van Jour, Emma Hyem, Daniela
Jurcevic, Ethan Woods, Raymond Younes and Samuel
McGoldrick.
Alana-Marie Alam,
Georgie Lamond, Kyle Lau,
Therese Barbara, Sheree Linsangan, Joshua Basso, Jake
Berry, Brayden Marshall, Amy Martin, Nancy Boutros,
Isabella Bovino, Leah Bovino, Amelia Maunder, Ava
Buric, Joshua Burt, Ashleigh Morris, Sonia Cheung,
Aidan O’Brien, Gabrielle Pacheco, Lachlan Da Cunha,
Gabriel Pellegrini, Alanis Da Cunha, Juliette Piali,
Madison Daher, Emily Piperata, Tristan Saad, Amy
Sarlog, Giulia Destefano, Scott Dixon, Bianca Scremin,
Olivia Sheppard, Brendan Fleming, Tiana Stalley,
Olivia-Rose Tarantolo, Victoria Tindale, Jessika
Griffith, Felicia Gunawan, Sarah Wadih, Frederick
Hornedo, Madeleine Wahab, Brooke Weinert, Anthony
Jurcevic and William Yates.
David Ison
Sympathy
Our sympathies to Victoria Tindale
(3H) and her family on the passing of
her great grandmother.
Week 1
KB
Tiana Eltenn
3M
Emily Piperata
KIH
David Haddad
3MV
Nathan Konc
KR
Dante Droguett Ghisolfo
4A
Ben Betros
KS
4GS
Daniella Edmilao
1JD
Emily Knez
Emma Boutros
4R
Karina Baird
1K
Felicity Arundell
4S
Daniel Abela
1M
Tayla Hitchens
5CR
Isabel Lepore
1R
Anthony Smith
5G
Vedant D’Souza
1S
Jonah Muscat
5NC
Leah Bovino
2G
Thomas Cowling
5PC
Brooke Marshall
2N
Kirilee Stanmore
6DD
Andrew Williamson
2Q
Adriana Alam
6F
Matthew Windsor
2S
Lyonel Maung
6IB
Chantel Huang
3H
Chloe Alderson
6OC
Liam Devlin
3J
Ashleigh Morris
KB
Keatyn Hauser
3M
Jake Fenech
KIH
Halle Koncurat
3MV
Samuel McGoldrick
KR
Kayla Morris
4A
Antonia Ljubicic
KS
Jacob Jones
4GS
Marc Corrente
1JD
Jake Hallam
4R
Dylan Madden
1K
Hannah Smith
4S
Tiana Van Gestel
1M
Alexander Zaitony
5CR
Isabelle Newton
1R
Angelique Van Jour
5G
Patrice Conditsis
1S
Julia Ogilvie
5NC
Ryan Szymanski
2G
Hannah Cox
5PC
Aidan Shields
2N
Daniel Garton
6DD
Baylee Quinlan
2Q
Michael Lucin
6F
Georgia Zec
2S
Anneliese Van Gestel
6IB
Daniel Barron
3H
Jake Berry
6OC
Lauren Olbery
3J
Alana Alam
Week 2
ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION
Please make sure when you have completed the online
Child Protection module that you print the email sent to
you and forward it to the school office with your
signature on the bottom. The Online Child Protection
module must be completed before you can assist in the
school in any way. The link is found on the school
website: www.stmichaelsbhills.catholic.edu.au
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see your general practitioner. Thank you.
SOCIAL SKILLS PROGRAM
The social skill for next week is:
Honesty
Being truthful and sincere at all times.
4S
NEWS FLASH
In our Easter Unit called ‘New Life’ we have been
talking about the Circle of Life and reading the Bible
passage (Jn 20: 1 – 30) about Jesus’ Resurrection. We
have written news reports that might have been seen in
the local papers at the time that Jesus died and rose
from the dead. 4S reporter Amy Hassarati wrote:
IS OUR LORD ALIVE???
When Mary Magdalene went to the tomb she saw an
angel. Mary said, “Where did you put the Lord’s
body” then she started crying. The angel said to her,
“They haven’t taken the Lord’s body anywhere. He
has risen.” But Mary didn’t believe him at first.
Then Mary saw someone standing behind her – it was
Jesus. She didn’t recognise him then Jesus said “Why
are you crying?” Mary said, “They have taken my
Lord away”. Jesus said “Mary” and then Mary
believed. She said “Rabboni” (which means teacher.)
SPELL - A - THON
Thank you everyone for bringing in your cards and
money. Please bring in all Spell-a-thon cards and money
by the end of this week. All cards must be returned for
auditing purposes.
BOOK CLUB – Issue 3
Welcome back to Bookclub for 2011 – you should have
received your copies of brochures this week. A
reminder that the deadline for orders in Issue 3 is
Wednesday 18th May 2011 (No late orders will be
accepted as it holds up the whole school order). If you
are paying by cash (exact total), please make sure that
the envelope is well-sealed and labelled with your
child’s name and class. Thank you.
Sandra Burt (Book Club Co-ordinator)
Early years at St Michael’s
Past Principals of St Michael’s
1971 – 1974 Sr Anne–Marie Quinn – founding Principal
1975 – 1977 Sr Margaret Jones
1978 – 1984 Sr Anna Conway
1985 – 1990 Sr Catherine Ryan
1991 – present Dr Jennifer Fraser
We congratulate Dr Fraser on 20 years service as
Principal at St Michael’s – she must like it here!!!
Jesus said, “I want you to tell everyone that I have
risen”. Forty days later Jesus ascended into Heaven”.
Paige Brosnan wrote an ACROSTIC POEM about
Heaven.
eaven is a peaceful place
veryone is watching over you in whatever you do
lways feeling that there is someone to look up to
ariety of people are endless for everyone needs to
leave the Earth some day
veryone is safe from Satan the devil of sins
ow go rest in peace.
Stay posted for more of Jesus’ ‘Good News’.
St Michael’s Primary Baulkham Hills
Celebrating
40 years
P&F NEWS
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
Please return all order forms by tomorrow 13th May.
Co-ordinator: Judy Mutton 0438009624
MOTHER’S DAY STALL
Thank you to all the helpers last week at the Mother’s Day
stall. Congratulations to Owen Storkey 4S who won the
Mother’s Day raffle.
BAND NEWS
Parents, please note that Mr Lavis will be absent
(participating in a fundraiser for Variety, The Children’s
Charity) next week and so there will be no morning
band or group tuition on that day (19th May). Further
details were published in the band note sent home
earlier this term. If you did not receive this note please
contact Mr Lavis directly –
steve@teachingservices.com.au – for a copy.
WHOOPING COUGH
We have had a number of cases of whooping cough in
the school. If your child has a persistent cough, please
SPORT NEWS
MACKILLOP SOCCER TRIALS
Congratulations to Ryan Dominici
who did very well at the Mackillop
soccer trials in Canberra and managed
to gain a place in the Mackillop team.
The PSSA state carnival is being held
in Coffs Harbour on 23rd – 26th May.
Well done Ryan!
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YEAR 6 FAREWELL
Yr 6 Farewell will be held at Castle Hill Bowling Club
Saturday 26th November. Please keep this date free.
Next Committee meeting will be held at the Winston on
the 19th May at 7.30pm. Contact Tammy 0421320441
or Jackie 0403664708.
MATHS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
All children can enter Mathematics Problem of the
Week for the chance to win a canteen voucher! Write
you answer, name and class on a piece of paper and
take it to the 3M classroom. Good Luck!
Kindergarten and Year One Problem of the Week
Last Week’s Winner: Chloe Nolan 1S
Ash had 3 blocks – a red block, a
yellow block and a blue block.
How many different towers could
he make using the 3 blocks?
Clue: Make a List
Year 2 to Year 6 Problem of the Week
Last Week’s Winner: Thomas Cowling 2G
The sum of my mother’s and my
father’s ages is 70 and my father
is two years older than my mother.
With my age added, our total is
80. How old will we all be when
our total age is 101?
Crestwood Junior Tennis Coaching
Have a fun time learning tennis locally at Crestwood
Park Tennis Centre, Peel Road, Baulkham Hills.
Lessons held afternoons and evenings on weekdays and
also on Saturday mornings. Specializing in Beginners to
Intermediate classes with comp standard kids also
catered for. Enquiries welcome ring Mark Blok 9686
8007 or 0407 733 853 any time.
WALKERS WANTED (Castle Hill Area)
• Are you walking for FITNESS? Why not walk for money!
• Map and street names provided
• Must have own car
• Work your OWN hours
• Please contact Mary on 0411 750 975
Clue: Make a List
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ST MICHAEL’S NETBALL CLUB
A reminder that our next club meeting for 2011 will be held on
Monday 16 May at 7.30pm in the Downey Room. A
representative from each team is required to attend. For more
information, please check the club website or contact Louise
(Club secretary) on 0418 113 964.
We are a small company in Carrington Road, Castle Hill and
have a new, permanent, part-time position available for an
office all-rounder male or female. The hours are 4 to 5 hours
per day, 3 days per week – Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. The
successful person can nominate their preferred times but we
envisage hours would be something like 9.30 am to 2.30pm.
The position will involve: Answering the phone; filing and
archiving files; updating price lists; general office work;
assisting with stock take; typing sales notes into customer
records on computer. The ideal person has the following
attributes: Honest, ethical, reliable; experienced using MS
Excel; experienced using MS Word; very computer literate;
pleasant phone manner; MYOB and/or bookkeeping
experience would be useful but not essential; positive friendly
attitude; diligent and precise in work undertaken. Hourly rate
negotiable depending on experience.
Please email application to: graeme@tecpro.com.au
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