4th August - Mt St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah

Mt St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah
4th August 2015
Newsletter No. 12
FINAL NOTIFICATION: PUPIL FREE DAY—Monday 17th August
Dear Parents,
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: This Thursday evening
24 students will be making their Sacrament of Confirmation.
The students will be confirmed by the Most Reverend
Geoffrey Jarrett DD, Bishop of Lismore. The sacrament of
OFFICE HOURS FOR 2015
School Administration Office is attended Confirmation builds on the sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, and First Communion, completing the process of initiaMonday—Friday
tion into the Catholic community. Please keep these students
8:20am—3:45 pm
in your prayers and may the gifts and graces of the Holy
Spirit come upon them.
CONTACT
Phone 02 66721821
Fax
02 66721536
Website
www.murplism.catholic.edu.au
Email
murp@lism.catholic.edu.au
Postal
PO Box 1226
30 Mooball St
Murwillumbah NSW 2484
IMPORTANT DATES
TERM 3
AUGUST
Thurs 6th Sacrament of Confirmation
Fri 7th Diocesan Athletics
Tues 11th ICAS Maths
Mon 17th Pupil Free Day—
Staff Development Day
Mon 24th—Fri 28th
Infants Classes (Kinder—Year 2)
Parent Teacher Interviews
Mon 24th
Whole School Photo
Sat 29th Banana Festival - Parade
12pm
SEPTEMBER
Mon 31st—Fri 4th Sept
CLASS STRUCTURES 2016: At last week’s Parent Forum l presented a model
of class structures for next year which effectively meant that all year levels
would be placed into straight classes eg primary staging would be replaced
with 2 x Year 6 classes; 2 x Year 5 classes. Some of the advantages for such
a change include:
 The new Australian Curriculum lends itself more towards year specific
standards rather than Stages.
 It allows greater flexibility with our timetables in the primary classes eg
mathematics.
 A consistent whole school approach to straight Year level classes.
 Lends itself to less disruption for key school events for particular Year
 levels eg. NAPLAN, Year 6 College Orientation.
 Units of Work would operate in Yearly sequence—same as Infants model.
 The decision of straight classes was unanimously supported by our teaching staff.
In making this change it does not mean that Staging has not worked. No matter which grade structure was implemented, our school would always provide
a "differentiated" curriculum catering for each child's individual needs. However the factors listed above lends itself to our school making a shift.
MOUNT ST PATRICK COLLEGE: Mr Tony Daly recently announced to the
school community his intention to resign as College Principal at the end of the
school year. Mr Daly has been Principal at the College for 17 years. An appointment for a new Principal will be made in Term 4.
Enjoy your week!
Brendan Ryan
Principal
Stage 2 & 3 Parent Teacher Interviews
Thurs 3rd Father’s Day Stall
Wed 9th Parent Assembly: Guest
Speaker: Maurizio Vespa
Saturday 29th August
Banana Festival - Parade 12pm
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
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CONFIRMATION
‘May you have the strength of
the SPIRIT, the power of PRAYER and the force of FAITH…. To
live in SERVICE, to LOVE, with
all your heart and to let God
lead you always.’
YEAR 6 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEST
Recently our Year 6 Students participated in a Religious
Education test conducted in all Catholic Schools across the
Diocese.
Our Year 6 cohort is to be commended on their overall pleasing results with an average score above that of the Lismore
Diocese.
We would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following
students on their great results.
High Distinction:
Neave Butler, Olivia Flannery, Corey Grossman, Kiara
McCarthy & Tiffany New.
Distinction:
Matthew Colnan, Evie Falkner, Connor Foreman-Keenan,
Darcy Hannah, Chloe Hillcoat, James McIver, Charlotte
O’Keefe, Leila Parnaby, Wren Phelan, Nicholas Ratcliffe,
Reef Sommerville & Areana Twohill.
Well done to these students!
EXURO—YEAR 5
Exuro is a gathering for selected Year 5 students from Parish Primary
Schools based in Regions of the Diocese to celebrate their faith at a
Diocesan level. The Gathering will be a chance to bring students together to meet like-minded peers and to celebrate with other young
people who practice their faith. The activities will be a mixture of
large and small sharing groups as well as celebrating a Liturgy together. The program has been geared to meet the needs of these
Year 5 students. The gathering will be a one day experience that will
allow students to build relationships with other students from throughout their region of the Diocese as well as a chance for students to talk
and share about their faith journey.
When:
Tuesday 20th October 2015
Where:
Sacred Heart Parish Hall, Murwillumbah
More information regarding this will be given to Year 5 students over
the coming weeks.
SACRED HEART PARISH
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Tuesday 5.30pm
Wednesday 5.30pm
Thursday 9.15am
Friday 12.00noon
WEEKEND MASS TIMES
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart
OLPS, Sth M’Bah
Sacred Heart
Saturday 6:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am
Sunday 10:00am
Sacred Heart (Children’s liturgy)
Sacred Heart (Children’s liturgy)
1st Uki
2nd & 4th OLPS – Sth Murwillumbah
MINI VINNIES
On Tuesday 27th July, our Mini-Vinnies group went to visit the St
Vincent de Paul Centre on Murwillumbah St.
Lilly, Amber, Miranda, Charlie, Abbey, Bella and I, accompanied
by Mrs Zambelli, were shown around the whole place. Mrs Bernadette Barnes told us how the clothing, toys and other things which
we donate come through from the loading bay at the back of the
shop and are sorted by ladies (and some men) into different
bags. Some things are useful to sell in the shop, some are sent to
Lismore to be sent overseas to poorer countries and some are
good for rags which are sold to places like garages and other
workshops. After they are sorted the items for sale are priced
and taken out into the shop where they are put into different
categories, e.g. boys shirts, ladies jeans. The ladies behind the
counter sell the things to the customers and the money raised goes
to help poor people.
Some of us were
very surprised to
find out that all the
people working
there are volunteers, which means
that they don’t get
any money for the
time they work
there.
Thank you to Mrs Barnes and the Tuesday staff for showing us
around.
RSPCA FUNDRAISER
As of week 4 Mini-Vinnies will be holding a colouring in competition to help the RSPCA . To enter your picture is 50c. Your teacher
will give you the picture to colour, then you bring them to the
fake grass at recess on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday with the
50c. The prizes are all to do with colouring and drawing.
Kiara, Olivia, and Tiffany.
SCHOOL NEWS
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MONSTER RAFFLE—MAJOR PRIZES

MANTRA on SALT BEACH: One night accommodation for 2 people in a One bedroom Spa
Suite at Mantra on Salt Beach — Inclusions: Breakfast for 2 at Surge Restaurant and Bar

WIN A MUSTANG CRUZE!!! Cruze at your leisure from your home to Coolangatta (and
return) in a CLASSIC RED 69 FORD MUSTANG with three family members or friends! Includes lunch @ BELLAKIA, Marine Parade, Coolangatta. Total value $400. Valid till 14th
Dec, 2015. Donated by Anderson Family, Cabarita Beach.

FAMILY PASS TO DREAMWORLD: 3 Days
access to all of Dreamworld, WhiteWater
World and SkyPoint Observation Deck

THE HAVEN RESTAURANT: Family dinner
voucher to the value of $100 to enjoy.
Raffle ticket booklets for our Monster Raffle will be distributed soon. Our school runs two major fundraisers throughout the year, the Skill a thon & our Monster Raffle. As well as the wonderful prizes on offer listed above ,the class
that raises the most money wins a pizza party. Every $20 raised gives each family a ticket into the draw to win an
iPad Apple Mini2 16GB. Raffle drawn Friday 11th September at Assembly.
BYRON BAY WRITER’S FESTIVAL
‘Jackie French & Jacqueline Harvey’
Today Stage 3 students had the great privilege to visit the Byron
Bay Writer's festival at the Murwillumbah Civic Centre. Jackie French
and Jacqueline Harvey were the two writers that presented. Jackie
French is an award-winning Australian author who has written over
140 books. She is considered one of Australia’s most popular and
awarded children’s authors, writing across a number of genres including picture books, history, fantasy and historical fiction. Her notable books include: Rain Stones, Hitler’s Daughter & Diary of a Wombat. Jacqueline Harvey is a best-selling, award winning children’s
author best known for the popular Alice-Miranda and Clementine
Rose series.
MT ST PAT’S HAS GOT TALENT !!!
We want you to be part of our Mt St Pat’s Has Got Talent Assembly
Calling all students who can sing, dance, mime, juggle, play an instrument, perform magic tricks, be a comedian etc.
TO ENTER YOU MUST FIRST NOMINATE: Nominations close Wednesday 19th August
Students can nominate in a maximum of two acts. Nominations will be given to the SRC members at lunchtime.
AUDITIONS
Auditions will take place on Tuesday 1st September (acts) will be informed of their Audition time. These will take place in
the school Hall
PERFORMANCE
After the auditions, certain acts will be selected and asked to perform at our school Assembly on Friday 11th September.
Wednesday 9th September
Guest Speaker:
Maurizio Vespa
‘Successful Parenting’
@ Mt St Patrick PS
6:30pm—8:30pm
Further details to follow.
ARTIST OF THE
WEEK
Anna Davidson
Year 2
Maurizio Vespa
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SCHOOL NEWS
Term 3 Week 2 AWARDS
INFANTS STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
KM
KW
1J
1T
2N
2Y
Alex Seamer, Georgia Lever
Ky Andrews, Billy Miller
Olivia Northeast, Ivy Piticco
Cooper Leeson, Annabelle O’Grady
Phoebe Piticco, Sid Longhurst
Ava McCabe, Ella Cracknell
INFANTS STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
PRIMARY STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
St2SS Noah Smith, Morgan Berger
St2LD Felicity Newell, Jayda McDermott
St2MM Tahlia Males, Ayla Fing
St2TM Jude Livermore, Nakeisha Drew-Perkiss
St3JF Siennah Nottle, Eli Docking
St3JD Lucy Jones, Patrick Gray
St3SH Oliver Andrews, Nicholas Buchanan
St3SP Billy Campbell, Nic Ratcliff
PRINCIPAL’S AWARD
Aiden Jones, Zara Anglim, Amanda Blissett, Chase
Thornton, Ethan Stepto, Oskar Fitzmaurice, Eliza
Baldwin, Hayden Charman, Mia Martain, Ricky De
Vellis, Elijah Byrnes, Wren Hynes, Maia Moore,
Cyennah Tiller, Cooper Leeson, Ella Wolfe,
Gian Kendrick –Morosini,
Jessica Moore, Hunter Leslight, Ella Ewing, Lara
Willis, Rhys Charman, Alice Simke Hetherington,
Ava Mccabe, Ella Cracknell, Kiani Byrnes, Billy
John, Lara-Grace Ewing, Nicholas Males, Cashlin
Townsend, Vienna Lazaredes, Bailey Kirby, Jai
Taylor, Bailee Pedlow, Noah Carroll, Mason
McInerney, Harrison Bugg, Darcy Hannah, Georgia
Hutton, Neave Butler, Jya Fing, Jack Simke Hetherington, Joshua Stebbing, Charli Miller-Smylie,
Sienna Fleming, Charlie Gibbons, Leila Parnaby.
GOOD SPORTS AWARDS
Infants
Stage 2
Stage 3
Bon Lang
Byron Randall
Amelie Lapworth
PRIMARY STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
PRINCIPAL’S AWARD
GOOD SPORTS AWARDS
CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS
Infants Lexi Adams, Claudia Larkin
Stage 2 April Parnaby, Lucia Alexandra
Stage 3 Nicholas Ratcliff, Mariah Ouwerling
ASSEMBLIES FOR TERM 3
Week 4: Awards only
Week 5: Stage 2LD (Mrs Dowling/Mrs Bullock)
Week 6: Awards only
Week 7: Year 1J (Mrs Jansson)
Week 8: Father’s Day—Kinder classes
Week 9: Mt St Pat’s Has Talent
Assemblies commence @ 2:20pm
CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS
SCHOOL NEWS
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Term 3 Week 3 AWARDS
INFANTS STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
INFANTS STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
KM Lachlan Adams, Danielle Grant
KW Isabelle Bice, Carla Gaven
1J Ivy Piticco, Alex Wellm, Tully Fitzpatrick
1T Madalon Hazzard, Oliver McKay
2N Phoebe Piticco, Angus Miller
2Y Hiwot Nardi, Rachael Devoy
PRIMARY STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
St2SS Sharde Darragh, Noah Smith
PRIMARY STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
St2LD
St2MM
St2TM
St3JF
St3JD
St3SH
St3SP
Ruby Cummins, Josh Wharton
Ruby Trueman, Olivia Adams
Milla Pearson, Mason McInerney
Hannah Whitney, Amelie Purnell
Catia Stebbing, Darcy Reinke
Wren Phelan, Grace Wolfe
Amber Charilaou, Matthew Colnan
PRINCIPAL’S AWARD
PRINCIPAL’S AWARD
Yasmin Van Rosi, Alex Seamer, Harlo Jorss, Caitlyn
Benard, Lachlan Thomas, Samuel Cooper, Cody
Taylor, Emelia Thompson, Ebony Roach, Kayla
Cotelli, Isabelle Biersteker, Rachael Devoy, Maia
Fergus-Mackie, Katrina Blisset, Shana Kussrow,
Jayda McDermott,
Sophie Charman, Talyn Nix, Kaitlyn Antonelli,
Michale Lack, Blake Cracknell,
Kaleb Veares, Maya Sutton,Ally Wightley,
Lilly Charman,Imogen Sykes, Travis Antonelli,
Keirsten Roach, Patrick Gray, Alyssa Carney, Amelie Lapworth, Ruby Wilson, Oliver
Andrews, Sullivan Foster, Gabe Malcolm,
Paris Ludlow, Joshua Anderson
GOOD SPORTS AWARDS
GOOD SPORTS AWARDS
Infants
Wren Hynes
Stage 2 Yvette Lapworth
Stage 3 Amelie McInerney
CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS
Infants : Wren Hynes, Lachlan Adams
Stage 2: Byron Randall, Harrison Lever
Stage 3: Hannah Whitney, Charli Miller-Smylie
CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS
BIRTHDAYS
Ella Cracknell, Yvette Lapworth, Noah Carroll,
Hannah Whitney, Joshua Stebbing,
Areana Twohill, Mia Martain, Elliott Gracie,
Annabelle O’Grady, Phoebe Sykes, Luken Ennis,
Kendall Wells, Neave Butler, Oliver Parsons,
Corey Grossman, Connor Foreman-Keenan,
Amelie Lapworth, Nicholas Ratcliff.
CURRICULUM NEWS
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WEEK 3
Bailey Buchanan,
Cody Taylor,
Jaxon Booth,
Noah Carroll,
Hannah Trembath,
Alyssa Carney,
Areana Twohill,
Kiana McCabe,
Tahlia DrewPerkiss,
Darcy Hannah
MATHLETES OF THE WEEK
WEEK 2
Alexia Adams,
Isabelle Biersteker,
Millie Davidson,
Kai Mumford,
Oliver Parsons,
Ella Buch,
Charli Miller-Smylie,
Grace Wolfe,
Layla Falkner,
Cailey Baker
Mathletics Certificates
Week commencing 8th June to the 14th June
GOLD Certificates
Matt Colnan
SILVER Certificates
Anna Davidson, Jamie Cotelli, Holly Mason, Evie Falkner, Hannah Trembath, Zoe Gatt, Sienna Nottle, Amelie Purnell, Jasmin Dodds,
BRONZE Certificates
Sebastian Calvino, Claudia Larkin, Sienna Bice, Rhys Charman, Alexander Dowling, Flynn Jones, Cailey Baker, Caitlyn Bice, Jessica Minahan, Hazel Cunningham, Abbie Thomas, Emmett Stepto, Danny Madden, Elsie Biles, Ruby Cummins, Wyatt Gradisnik, Jessica Rees,
Ruby Truman, Lilly Wolfe, Finn Byrnes, Millie Davidson, Noah Smith, Elizabeth Warne, Milla Pearson, Lily Cronly, Sienna Bull, Nakeisha
Drew-Perkiss, Darcy Hannah, James McIver, Ellis Hannah, Lucy Jones, Abbey Bevan, Lincoln Taylor, Jack Simke-Hetherington, Tyler-Rose
Ludlow, Keirsten Roach, Grace Wolfe, Molly Lazaredes, Max Jones, Billy Campbell, Vance Madden, Olivia Flannery, Amelie McInerney,
Patrick Gray, Catia Stebbing, Darcie Schaffer, Abbey Kuhnell, Matteo McDermott.
Week commencing 15th June to the 21st June
GOLD Certificates
Jessica Minahan, Mason McInerney, Harrison Bugg, Ellis Hannah, Bryce Matlock.
SILVER Certificates
Millie Davidson, Elizabeth Warne, Lucy Jones, Layla Falkner, Amelie McInerney, Alyssa Carney.
BRONZE Certificates
Sid Longhurst, Jessica Moore, Kayla Cotelli, Anna Davidson, Flynn Jones, Cailey Baker, Caitlyn Bice, Theo Parsons, Kaitlyn Antonelli, Emmett Stepto, Jamie Cotelli, Wyatt Gradisnik, Peri Hynes, Jessica Rees, Joshua Wharton, Jaxon Booth, Finn Byrnes, Shana Kussrow, Jack
Devoy, Phoebe Sykes, Noah Smith, Kendall Wells, Katrina Blisset, Noah Carroll, Tabitha Stratton, Lily Cronly, Sienna Bull, Darcy Hannah,
Angus Ward, Wilbur Ryan-McGinn, Abbey Bevan, Lincoln Taylor, Nicholas Shields, Jack Simke-Hetherington, Billy Campbell, Isis Hetrick,
Ben Longhurst, Vance Madden, Imogen Sykes, Travis Antonelli, Jya Fing, Zoe Gatt, Sienna Nottle, Oliver Parsons, Amelie Purnell, Patrick
Gray, Jasmin Dodds, Jordan Osmetti, Matteo McDermott, Tiffany New.
SPORT NEWS
DIOCESAN ATHLETICS CARNIVAL: We wish our 16 representatives all the best at the
Diocesan Athletics Carnival on Friday and wish them safe travel. Unfortunately Shayah and Jaxon were absent for the photo.
DIOCESAN NETBALL COMPETITION: The Mt Saint Patrick’s Girls Netball team played a great game against St Joseph’s on
Tuesday morning. Their team spirit and positive attitude remained throughout the game, despite their loss. The girls’ defence
improved as the game wore on, causing St Joseph’s scoring rate to slow by the third quarter. Both teams were very competitive and it was an exciting game to watch.The girls should be commended for reaching the finals and conducting themselves
with Heart and Pride throughout the competition. Well done!!
MSPP NETBALL TEAM
Absent: Abbey Bevan &
Abbey Kuhnell
DIOCESAN ATHLETICS TEAM
COMMUNITY NEWS
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50th Anniversary
Mt St Patrick Regional High School
2016 is the 50th Anniversary of the opening of Mt St Patrick Regional
High School, Murwillumbah in 1966. This milestone is one of the most
significant events in the history of Mt St Patrick College and will be recognised accordingly. The organising committee is considering producing a 50th Anniversary Book with the main focus on school day memories from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. We need your help to ensure that the
book goes ahead. Written contributions from ex-students no matter how large or small, would be
greatly appreciated. Photographs will be scanned and returned immediately.
For planning purposes, it would be much appreciated if written contributions and photos are left at
or posted to Mt St Patrick College (PO Box 105, Murwillumbah) or emailed to
mspcmbah@lism.catholic.edu.au by Wednesday 26th August. Thank you for considering this special
request and for making our 50th Anniversary significant for past, present and future members of this
community.
Parenting Gems from the 2015 Lismore Parent Assembly Conference
Brett Lee – Cyber Safety Expert not the Cricketing Legend
Brett Lee worked as a Queensland Police Officer for 22 years. In his investigative role he spent thousands of hours assuming fictitious online identities
to locate and remove criminals from the cyber environment. Brett has been
a teenage girl on the internet longer than nearly any real teenage girl. He had some incredibly valuable tips for
parents to encourage them to ensure a safe online experience. Brett Lee will be presenting a workshop for parents on Online Safety and Cyberbullying at St Anthony’s Primary School Kingscliff on Thursday, October 15.
Parent Night
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
6.00-8.00pm St Ambrose,
Pottsville
InciTe Education Project
This event is designed for parents to explore iPad as an education tool for learning, and to support the
school community in engaging Apple technology in the classroom. You will need to register for this event if you are planIGA has started a customer loyalty program that will ning on joining us for the presentation. Please
benefit our school. The program works across both the
contact the school office on 02 6676 0099 or
Murwillumbah IGA and Tweed Valley IGA.
Customers initially receive your MY IGA card at the sapot@lism.catholic.edu.au
checkouts before purchasing goods and then you need to
register online. Once you are registered they can start
shopping and accruing points. When customers register
online you will have the opportunity to select a club or
school to receive a percentage of their points. You may
choose to give from 100% to 1% of points to a school or
club. Every 6 months starting 1 July IGA will compile a
report to identify how much money has been donated to
our school.
Every cent spent in either the Tweed Valley IGA or the
Murwillumbah IGA counts and adds up so please get
involved.