St Augustine`s School Communications

The time is NOW!
Make God’s Kingdom REAL.
St Augustine’s School Communications
Osburn Street, Wodonga VIC 3690 Phone: (02) 6024 2711 Fax: (02) 6024 6128
Email: info@sawodonga.catholic.edu.au Website: www.sawodonga.catholic.edu.au
A Message From Our Principal, Mr. Joe Quinn…..
Dear Parents,
Week 9, Term 4
Wednesday 2nd
December 2015
ADVENT:
Advent is the first season in the church calendar. Since the 7th century A.D.,
Christians have included this celebration in their preparation for Christmas Day.
Beginning four Sundays before Christmas, its purpose is twofold: first, it prepares us for the
celebration of the birth of Christ and second, it reminds us that we are eagerly waiting for
Jesus' return in glory.
The word "advent" originates from the Latin word advenio which means coming to. Advent is the
time when we focus on Christ coming to the world. Throughout history, the Israelites anticipated
the coming of their Messiah. In the Old Testament, over 400 scriptures and prophecies outline
His birth, life, death, resurrection, and return. God had a plan to redeem His people. He declared
His plan to His prophets over the centuries and is fulfilling His Word even now.
"Prepare the way of the Lord" serves as a main theme of this season. As we get ready for
Christmas, we should not neglect to prepare our lives for Jesus, who came as "the light of the
world." His light penetrated a dark world, which allowed all to see their Messiah, and the hope of
their future.
Today we need to be prepared for the coming of Christ. Learning more about what the Bible
reveals about Christ's return will enable us to understand the possible significance of world
events.
Be ready and watchful, for the light of the world has come and will surely come again.
☺ End of Year School Mass
Thur 3rd Dec @ Sacred
Heart Church @ 10am All Welcome
☺ Welcoming Mass—St
Augustine’s Community to
cater for Morning Tea
after Masses on Sunday
6th Dec
☺ Yr 6 Assembly with Mr
Quinn Wed 9th Dec
@1.20pm
☺ Junior Unit Christmas
Pageant Friday 11th Dec
10am @ Sumion Gardens
☺ Students last day of
school Thursday 17th
December @3.20pm
☺ School commences for
2016—Thursday 28th
January 2016 - All
Students
SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT: HOPE
We light a second purple candle on the second Sunday of Advent to represent the hope of Christ
coming to the world.
The word "hope" has two meanings in the Bible. The first, tiqvah, contains the sense of eager
anticipation or waiting. The second, elpis. depicts a sense of confident expectation based on
certainty. Biblical hope is secured by God's faithfulness to His promises. For the Old Testament
leaders, their hope was in the Messiah's arrival. For us, it is the hope of the Messiah's return.
God's plan for humanity unfolded in the town of Bethlehem, the birthplace of the Messiah,
joyously fulfilling a long-awaited promise. Today we confidently wait for the Messiah's triumphant
return.
STAFFING FOR 2016
At the end of the year we will farewell the following staff. Mrs. Sue Gibb will be finishing her
role as Visual Arts teacher to pursue other personal interests. We thank Sue for the terrific
experiences she has given the students over a number of years in the Art Room. I have always
marveled at her ability to teach 320 students in the art room every week!
We also farewell our library technician, Mrs. Antonia Wall. Antonia has worked tirelessly to
make our library very well resourced and up to date over a number of years. She has been
instrumental in giving students access to the library during lunch breaks and the students have
really appreciated that time.
Ms Zoe Fraser has employment at Frayne College (St Francis of Assisi from 2016) and will
The St Augustine’s school
community acknowledges
the traditional
custodians of the land on
which our school is built,
the land of the Duduroa
people.
commence with them next year. We thank Zoe for her support teaching across all levels of our school as needed and in the
job share with Mr Lamb for Term Three and Four.
Our Counsellor, Ms Linda Robinson will not be continuing with us next year. Linda has had significant impact with students
and families this year and we thank her for her care and compassion.
We wish the staff leaving every happiness and success and thank them for their service and commitment to St
Augustine's.
LEADERSHIP TEAM ROLES
We have several changes to the structure and personnel in the leadership team for 2016.
I personally thank the current team, Paul Jackson, Kate Walsh, Jodi Carne, Jennifer Waugh and Chris Lamb for their
leadership over the last two years. They have given so much of their time to ensuring St Augustine's is a contemporary
learning place and planning together for the schools continued success.
The team members for the next two years are as follows:
The senior leadership positions will be:
Principal – Steward of Resources: Joe Quinn
Deputy Principal – Learning Leader: Christopher Lamb
Curriculum – Numeracy: Amber Marcus
Curriculum - Student Diversity: Luci Palmer
Curriculum - Religious Education and Wellbeing: Anthony Lethbridge
Curriculum – Literacy: Dean Butler
Each Learning Centre (eg 5/6 unit) will have a Learning Leader. This person’s role is to lead the professional learning
meetings at team level and to support the team in analysis of various assessment data that will influence our contemporary
learning strategies.
Learning
Learning
Learning
Learning
Leader
Leader
Leader
Leader
5/6: Kim Wallace
3/4: Jennifer Waugh
1/2: Karen Beveridge
Foundation: Dean Butler
We thank all staff for contributing to the process and for their ongoing commitment to St Augustine's school.
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL:
Year 6 Last Day: Wednesday 16th December – 3:20pm
Year F-5 Last Day: Thursday 17th December – 3:20pm
ORIENTATION
Yesterday students moved to their learning spaces for 2016 and met with their teachers. We provide this change
experience to enable students to work through the change process over the coming weeks with teachers and families. We
understand some students find this more difficult than others and we are happy to assist families who may be
experiencing this.
Thank you to the teachers who spend many weeks working through the complex process of student placement in class
groups.
CEWC COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ST AUGUSTINE’S 2016 & 2017
Thank you to those who have expressed interest in filling this role on CEWC. I am in the process of meeting with Fr.
Dennis to determine who will sit as a council member for 2016 and 2017 and I will communicate this in the Communications
next week.
Staffing positions for 2016 are as follows:NAME
ROLE
NAME
ROLE
Joe Quinn
Principal
Christopher Lamb
5/6 classroom teacher 0.4
Deputy Principal 0.6
Learning and teaching Leader
Anthony Lethbridge
5/6 classroom teacher
Curriculum: RE/Pastoral Wellbeing Leader
Kimberly Wallace
5/6 classroom teacher
5/6 Learning Leader
Bree McEnaney
5/6 classroom teacher
Ronnie Mayhew
5/6 classroom teacher 0.6
Jennifer Waugh
3/4 classroom teacher
3/4 Learning Leader
Shannon Terlich
3/4 classroom teacher
Jess Saunders
3/4 classroom teacher 0.4
Teacher release 0.2
Amber Marcus
3/4 classroom teacher 0.6
Curriculum Leader: Numeracy
Kate Walsh
3/4 classroom teacher
Karen Beveridge
1/2 classroom teacher
1/2 Learning Leader
Jess O’Reilly
1/2 classroom teacher
Paul Jackson
1/2 classroom teacher
Jodie Carne
1/2 classroom teacher
Dean Butler
Foundation teacher
Curriculum Leader: Literacy
Foundation Learning Leader
Vicki Tytler
Foundation teacher
Tracy Whitehead
Performing Arts/Music 0.4
Joanne Spiers
Visual Arts Teacher 0.4
Kristy Maddison
Reading Recovery 0.6
Amber Mudra
Library teacher 0.4
Luci Palmer
Curriculum Leader: Learning Diversity 0.6
Josette Goode
Speech Pathologist 0.2
Gina Nero
Languages teacher French / Italian 0.4
Counsellor
To be advised
Michelle Phillips
Teacher support staff
Gabby Dodds
Teacher support staff
Jo Williams
Teacher support staff
Kylie Sorrensen
Teacher support staff
Taryn Boyer
Administration Officer 0.2
Sharon Mahady
Administration Officer
Paul O’Meara
Grounds and Maintenance
Gina Horner
ASC Coordinator
Frank O’Sullivan
Caretaker
WELCOMING SUNDAY AT SACRED HEART CHURCH
Each month a different team within the Sacred Heart Parish are rostered on to host morning tea after the 8:30 and 10:30
masses and it's St Augustine's School turn on Sunday the 6th December. If you could prepare a plate for morning tea that
would be greatly appreciated. These can be dropped off at the school on Friday or at the church prior to one of the Sunday
masses. If you could help serve morning tea, could you please let Miss Jodi Carne know via email at
jcarne@sawodonga.catholic.edu.au.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS APPEAL
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the St.
Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal, the generosity of our
school
community has been overwhelming. We had a wonderful
Mass on Thursday led by 3/4KG and handed the gifts
over to St. Vincent de Paul.
Uniform Shop
Summer Trading Hours
Regular Summer Trading Hours are as listed below:
From Tuesday 13th October
To Tuesday 5th April 2016
50 cents
each, 2 per
person
Tuesday 8am to 11am
Thursday 2pm to 6pm
Saturday 9am to 12 noon
Ph: 02 6024 1727
* Online ordering and Layby services available.
Or visit http://cew.vic.edu.au/student-uniformshop **The CEW shop will be close at 6pm
Thursday 17 Dec 2015 for the Christmas break
and reopen at 9am Monday 11 Jan 2016.
POPCORN POPCORN POPCORN
There are left over bags of popcorn from our Family Movie Night available for purchase in the office.
They have a 6 month shelf life.
Price $2 for a 100 g bag. (This is quite big - enough for 2 people really).
Perfect for the holidays for movie nights at home or taking to the cinema!
GLOW STICKS GLOW STICKS GLOW STICKS
There are also 6 inch glow sticks on a rope available. Price $1
Great for the holidays for all those Christmas and New Year parties to keep the kids happy!
LEAVING FAMILIES
We are in the process of enrolling students for next year. If your family is leaving St Augustine’s and not returning in
2016, please notify the office. To assist with administration and class numbers we require a Student Transfer Notification form to be completed prior to existing St Augustine’s.
Please note this does NOT include students in year 6 moving onto secondary school
SUMMER UNIFORM & SUNSMART POLICY
St. Augustine’s is a SunSmart School. We are committed to promoting the use of protective clothing and Sunsmart
policies to all students.
♦
During Terms 1 and 4 we enforce a strict ‘No Hat No Play’ policy. Students MUST wear a broad rimmed hat at all
time whilst outside, including Bluearth and sports classes.
BIRTHDAY WISHES
We wish the following children a “Happy Birthday” who are celebrating their birthday:
Stella Bean Warburton - 30th Nov
Connor Denham - 1st Dec
Micah Carmody-Reid - 4th Dec
Zac Smith - 6th Dec
Lachlan Boschetti - 30th Nov
Mikayla Sharp - 1st Dec
Ashleigh Hay - 4th Dec
Lucy Terlich - 6th Dec
Ruby Chesser - 30th Nov
Max Collins - 3rd Dec
Jessica Pickersgill - 6th Dec
COMMUNITY RECONCILIATION
INDIVIDUAL RECONCILIATION
Sacred Heart Church—Wodonga
Thursday December 17th - 7.30pm
Sacred Heart Church—Wodonga
Friday December 18th - 9.45—10.30am
Saturday December 19th - 9.00 - 10.00am
FAMILY CHRISTMAS EVE MASS:
Sacred Heart Church Wodonga
December 24th - 6.00pm - Children’s Mass &
Nativity Celebrations
December 24th - 9.00pm
Sacred Heart Church, Wodonga - 8.30 & 10.30am
St Joseph’s Church, Mt Beauty - 8.30am
St Joseph’s Church, Dederang
- 10.30am
St Francis Church, Bethanga
- 10.30am
Our Lady Help of Christians, Tangambalanga
December 24th - 7.30pm
PRODUCTION—VIDEO & PHOTGRAPHS PACKAGE
Dear Parents,
The positive feedback for the production has been truly amazing, including a wonderful feature in this months Sandpiper
Magazine.
Thanks to Peter Gigliotti, we have by far the best recording of our school production. The quality is second to none. We
would like to thank Peter for his work.
The production has been recorded onto 8mb USB and will include a copy of the photographs taken by Sandhurst
promotions and Mrs Gabby Dodds as well.
If you wish to purchase the production package, please include$15.00 along with this order form and a copy of the
production USB will be sent home with your eldest child,, alternatively you may elect to collect it from the office directly.
Should you choose to pay by credit card you can do so in the office.
Kind Regards
Tracy Whitehead
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USB ORDER FORM
Family Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Eldest Child: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Class: _ _ _
_ _ _ _ x $15 Production Video & Photograph packages @ $15.00 each
Cash Enclosed: $ _ _ _ _ _ _
Total : $ _ _ _ _ _
ORDERS CLOSE ON FRIDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2015