21 June - St Joseph`s Primary School

ST JOSEPH’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
28 SANDHAM STREET
ELSTERNWICK 3185
PHONE: 9528 1614
FAX: 9523 0221
Email: principal@sjelst.catholic.edu.au
Web Site: www.sjelst.catholic.edu.au
After School Care: 0417 231 301 (Voicemail/SMS Bookings)
NO. 19
21/06/2016
St Joseph’s
Saturday
Sunday
6:30pm
9:00am & 10:30am
Holy Cross
Sunday
10:00am
2016 TERM DATES
Term 1
Fri 29 January – Thur 24 March
Term 2
Mon 11 April – Fri 24 June
Term 3
Mon 11 July – Fri 16 September
Term 4
Mon 3 October – Fri 16 December
2016 – PUBLIC HOLIDAYS & OTHER NOTABLE DATES
19 August (Friday)
31 October (Monday)
1 November (Tuesday)
11 November (Friday)
12 November (Saturday)
SCHOOL CLOSURE – Staff PD & Planning
SCHOOL CLOSURE
PUBLIC HOLIDAY – Melbourne Cup
Remembrance Day
Dads & Kids Camping Weekend
13 November (Sunday)
26 November (Saturday)
2 December (Friday)
16 December (Friday)
25 December (Sunday)
Dads & Kids Camping Weekend
St Joseph’s Fete
SCHOOL CLOSURE
Last day of School for 2016
CHRISTMAS DAY
TERM 2
JUNE
WEEK 11
Mon 20
Tue 21
Wed 22
Thur 23
Fri 24
Reports Home
P&F Meeting @ 7:30pm
Eucharist ~ Parent/Child Workshop @ 6:30pm (Year 4) (At school)
Footy Day – Wear your favourite AFL team colours
CBC Band @ 11:45am
Assembly @ 9:00am – Presented by Preps
Principal’s Award: A great term
End of Term Mass @ 11:50 (Led by Year 6)
END OF TERM 2 – 1:00PM DISMISSAL
Kid’s Movie @ Classic Cinema
TERM 2 BREAK – Monday 27 June – Friday 8 July
TERM 3 COMMENCES – Monday 11 July
ART WITH SIGNORA CLEWER
AFTERCARE
Term 3 Art resumes on Week 6 on Thursday, and Week 7
on Monday.
WILL OPERATE FROM 1:00PM ON FRIDAY 24 JUNE
LAST DAY OF TERM
Signora Clewer
END OF TERM 24th JUNE 1pm
Dear Families,
STUDENT EXPOS
Despite the 11 weeks, and some very weary souls, we’ve managed to the finish the term in the manner in which we started; on a
high. Culminating in the outstanding student expos last week, we remain incredibly proud of our students’ achievements
throughout the term and these have been reflective in their exceptional report cards. The student expos were a snapshot of their
term, and the feedback, enthusiasm and sheer number of families in attendance, represented the success of this wonderful
initiative. Whilst it is difficult to qualify the process (teamwork, collaboration, personal management, organisation, technology
skills, time management) and effort to prepare for these amazing stalls, the students simply loved sharing their end product with
our families – they were so proud of their achievements! From posters, to flyers, to interactive digital presentations, the children’s
creative efforts showed no bounds. Perhaps best summed up by one parent, “Look how proud they are; they were simply
amazing!”
MY BROTHER JACK POETRY COMPETITION
I’m delighted to acknowledge that we had a remarkable 4 students receive a
literary award from the Glen Eira Council, for their entries in the My Brother Jack
Poetry Competition. What an exceptional outcome from over 600 entries.
Congratulations to Lauren G, Henry N, Immy H and Abbey W. Such was the
prominent representation from St Joseph’s, the children were photographed with
the Mayor of Glen Eira at the service. All details can be found on the Glen Eira
website.
But wait, there is more! It was terrific to see the healthy representation of our basketball, netball and football teams in a number
of finals over the course of the week, with the basketballers winning two premiership flags. One very happy lad quipped, “I had
to ‘pinch’ myself. I couldn’t believe I’d won.”
Within the busyness of last week, Year 2M still managed to prepare for their lovely assembly on Friday. I’m not too sure where
Mrs Martin found the time and energy between report writing, but this was such a fitting conclusion to the expo week. Well done
Year 2!
WORKING BEE
What can I say? We had another exceptional turnout on the day with over 50 parents ticking off all items on the ‘to do list.’ Once
again, this goes a long way to assisting with our maintenance and upkeep of the school. It helps with the ‘bottom line.’ I couldn’t
have been more satisfied with the energy and genuine investment by our families in the school. Some items ticked off include:
walls scrubbed, leaves raked, gardens tended, water tanks cleaned, gutters cleared and stormwater pits cleaned. We thank
Amber and her team for the delicious egg and bacon rolls and the Little Peeps Coffee Stall run by Orlando W. What a way to run
a working bee. Thanks Year 5s for coordinating this most successful day. It was great also to see lots of old and new faces
committing their time and effort during precious weekends.
MISS BRENNAN’S WEDDING
It was delightful to have photos filter through on Saturday of Miss Brennan’s wedding. The bride
looked stunning and so very happy to be surrounded by friends and family. What a lovely surprise
to see so many school children pop along to the wedding, adding to the excitement of the day. We
have 4 weeks to master Mrs Daperis’ name before she returns from Europe.
COMMITMENT MASS SUNDAY
It was most pleasing to see our families support these two required masses before the children receive the Sacrament of First
Eucharist in Term 3. Thanks again Father Sonek for your delightful interactions with our children and Mrs Sargent for supporting
the families on Sunday.
REPORT WRITING
We accept this comes with the territory, however, it’s important to acknowledge our staff for their outstanding report comments.
These take significant time to prepare and clearly reflect the intimate knowledge that each teacher has of their students. Both
Mrs Moore and I have been most impressed by the high standard this year, as the bar continues to rise.
In recent years, the feedback from our parents reflects the high quality of these reports and the personalisation identifies the
importance of student teacher relationships. In Term 3, parents will have the opportunity to meet with the teachers to share the
student goals for Semester 2 and unpack the reports if required. Acknowledging student achievements both socially and
academically, has been a highlight. Well done staff!
Your unwavering support and contributions towards your child’s education has been, and continues to be, so greatly welcomed.
We value your relationships and working in partnership and look forward to sharing in and celebrating more growth and success
in Term 3.
Have a wonderful break students, families and staff,
Simon Collis
Principal
Important afterthoughts…
Let’s ensure we have a terrific end to the term and importantly, enjoy a well-deserved half-year break. Dare I say, the next term
is going to be, bigger and better?
FROM THE DEPUTY’S DESK
Dear Parents,
We are nearly there! What a term it has been and the students and staff are certainly ready for a well-deserved rest! We are so
proud of the student efforts this term and the staff have brought the Australian Science/Geography unit to life in the classrooms.
Last week’s expos were a wonderful celebration of student inquiry and it was great to see so much teamwork amongst the
children, and support for each other’s efforts. At St Joseph’s we understand that an essential factor in student engagement with
school, is the opportunity to exercise choice with learning, and the teachers facilitated this expertly this term. As Teaching and
Learning leader, I am often conscious of adding to the work load in the classrooms, by suggesting substantial activities like expos,
but the students and teachers are so enthusiastic about their learning and welcomed this opportunity to share work with the wider
community; I thank them for an amazing job last week, and throughout the semester. Well done!
Term 3 will flow beautifully from the groundwork set with the curriculum in Term 2. We continue with our ‘Australiana’ theme,
however, the focus will be on the history of our nation with the key idea across all year levels being:
“Australia has a rich past, made up of a multitude of stories of people from different places and times. Our nation has
been shaped by these stories and they all contribute to the identity of the country we live in today.”
Whilst this unit, ‘Australia – Exploring our Past’, is developed using the History Domain from the Australian Curriculum/AusVels,
we endeavour to have our students explore this learning through personal investigations, art, music, literature and many other
curriculum areas. We have excursions and incursions planned to enrich learning and we are very fortunate that this year’s Book
Week theme is, ‘Australia – Story Country’. Signora Clewer is on leave for the first 5 weeks of Term 3 and Mrs Linke will take her
classes during this time and will work with the students on a selection of book week novels and stories.
A highlight of the term will be our ‘Big Bush Dance and Art Show’ on Friday 9th September, 5pm-9pm. We have hired the
services of the fabulous ‘Blackberry Jam Bush Band’ to lead us in an evening of dancing and whip cracking and the band will also
visit school on Thursday 1st September to teach our students a range of bush dances. During the night of the 9th, we will have
the Australiana art work on display throughout the school, the bush dance festivities, and a performance of ‘Aussie Classics’ from
each year level. Miss Angie and Mrs Quin will be busy preparing our students throughout Term 3 during music lessons.
Phew! What an amazing term it is already shaping up to be and we will send further information to you early in the term regarding
the Big Bush Dance and Art Show; also look out for the class newsletters which will be shared with you before the end of July. In
the meantime I hope you all have a relaxing and restful mid-year break, and, as always, we thank you for your support this
semester.
Enjoy the final week!
Michelle Moore
mmoore@sjelst.catholic.edu.au
Year 3/4 Australian Animal Expo
What a wonderful sight it was last Thursday afternoon to see the Grade 3/4 area come
to life with all the doors open, showcasing the students’ learning from this term. They were
incredibly excited and proud to share their projects that each of them have spent a
considerable amount of time planning, preparing and finally presenting their findings.
Thank you to all the parents, grandparents and other grades for taking the time to come
and acknowledge the hard work of the students. I’m sure you’ll all agree that it was a
very impressive and worthwhile afternoon.
Mrs Daperis’ Wedding (formerly Miss Brennan)
On Saturday afternoon Miss Brennan married her “Prince Charming”. She looked
amazing and I think the children who attended were simply in awe, as you can probably
tell in the photos. We wish her an incredible European honeymoon and look forward to
her return in Week 2 next term.
Mr Barnhoorn – Middle School Leader
Footy Day has come! On the 23rd of June you are allowed to wear your favourite AFL team colours. If
you don’t go for Aussie rules, that’s fine, just wear some colours of your choice. On this day the sport
captains will be doing lots of fun activities to do with AFL. We hope to see you wearing your favourite team
colours.
STAFF NEWS
Miss Louisa Di Pietro is one very proud daughter. Louisa’s father, Commodore Vince Di Pietro, received an AM
(Member of the Order) award in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. This Order of Australia award was conferred on Commodore
Di Pietro for exceptional service as Commander of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm and as Australia’s Naval Attaché to
the United States.
Commodore Di Pietro, who has just retired from the navy after 39 years, said to represent Australia in Washington DC as the
Naval Attaché was a “huge honour”. “But to also come back to HMAS Albatross as the Commander of the Fleet Air Arm, where
I started my career as a 17-year-old was amazing,” he said.
Commodore Di Pietro also paid credit to the support of his wife Sandy and his children Flavia, Louisa and Olivia and son-in-law
Sam. “To be able to do what we do in uniform around the world, you cannot take for granted the support we receive from our
families,” he said. “The stability of family support and love surrounding you is the greatest single foundation stone and we cannot
give enough homage and respect for what they do for us at home. “The navy and the nation asks a lot of us and we couldn’t do
it without them.”
To access the entire interview, please click on the link below:
http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/3960886/shoalhaven-residents-gain-queens-birthday-honours/?cs=202
Commodore Vince Di Pietro
Some photos of the beautiful and radiant Miss Maddi Brennan and her husband Daniel Daperis on their
wedding day on Saturday 18 June at St John the Baptist church, in Clifton Hill.
LITERACY NEWS
READING AT HOME
I read this recently and it seemed so apt that I wanted to share it with you before the holidays. “As parents we sometimes struggle
with the most effective help to give our children when doing their home reading. It is often hard to get the balance right between
helping your child read accurately and keeping it a fun activity.
Firstly, it is meant to be an enjoyable time where we encourage a love of reading and literature – so that must be our first priority.
Some evenings it might be advisable to do a "read to" where you read the text to your child, modelling fluency and expression
and enjoyment of the story! You can occasionally stop and talk about things that are happening, predict what might happen next
or say what events or people in the story remind you of...always making the text meaningful to the child.
A strategy to focus on when your child encounters a difficult word is to ask them to think of what word might make sense in the
sentence. This important strategy focuses on the child making meaning. It can sometimes be neglected in favour of the visual
strategy of sounding out the word. Both are important strategies but too much emphasis on laboured decoding can interrupt the
flow of the story and may make reading too much of a chore. You can always come back to the word later and say, "You
said........... Does that make sense? and... Does that look right? Once your child can integrate both strategies, you know that they
are on their way to being a successful problem solver in their reading.”
These are some MUST-READ BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (before they are 12) that might be part of your holiday reading. Whether
you have a reluctant reader or a budding bookworm, these must-read books have the power to hook both boys and girls. Some
are cultural touchstones that belong in every child's library, others will open their minds to different cultures and some are modern
releases that have the timeless quality of classics. Here are a few titles to remember when you are next deciding on a new book
for your child.
AGES 5-7
The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh – A.A. MILNE
Ramona the Pest – BEVERLY CLEARY
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – ROALD DAHL
Stuart Little – E.B. WHITE
Charlotte's Web – E.B. WHITE
AGES 8-9
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – J.K. ROWLING
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S. LEWIS
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – LEWIS CARROLL
Anne of Green Gables – L.M. MONTGOMERY
The Bad Beginning – A Series of Unfortunate Events – LEMONY SNICKET
Bridge to Terabithia – KATHERINE PATERSON
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – JEFF KINNEY
The Hobbit – J.R.R.TOLKIEN
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing – JUDY BLUME
A Wrinkle in Time – MADELEINE L'ENGLE
Mr Stink, Ratburger – DAVID WALLIAM
AGE 10-12
I am Malala – How one girl stood up for education and changed the world – MALALA YOUSAFZAI
My Side of the Mountain – JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE
Inside Out and Back Again – THANHHA LAI
Wonder – R.J. PALACIO
Anne Frank – Diary of a Young Girl – ANNE FRANK
Walk Two Moons – SHARON CREECH
The Hunger Games – Book 1 – SUZANNE COLLINS
March – Book One – A. LEWIS
Have a great holiday break!
Geraldine Pepper – Literacy Leader
YEAR 2 NEWS
Last week our Year 2s had a very busy week. During Maths we were learning about different types of patterns. We discovered
that patterns can be made from almost anything. They always follow a rule and that there are two different types of patterns. We
decided to create a pattern book and teach the Preps about repetitive and growing patterns. It was lots of fun. We also got
prepared for the School Expo. We learnt that Australia is made up many habitats so we researched a habitat of interest and
found out what animals and plants live in this habitat. We really enjoyed working with our friends and creating google slides and
posters.
SPORT NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS
To the Joey Giants Blue basketball team. These Grade 5 boys were extremely excited when they won the Premiership for this
season, in their level of the basketball competition. The team would also like to acknowledge the efforts of their very dedicated
coach, Will Davidson. Their parents and St Joseph’s school community are very proud of them also!
Our two Year 4 boy’s teams were in the Grand Final versing each other last Friday night. One team won but it looks like everyone
was a winner!
P&F NEWS
St Joseph's Fete: Saturday 26th November 2016
THANK YOU!
Well done to the grade 5 class reps (Tania, Lisa, Sally & Marg) for organizing a successful Working Bee on
Saturday. A delicious egg & bacon roll and a warm coffee, prepared by Amber, Orlando and their team of
helpers, topped off the morning. Thanks to all the hard working families who came along and supported the
Working Bee. Your help was much appreciated!
END OF TERM KIDS MOVIE @ THE CLASSIC – Friday 24th June
Don’t forget to book your tickets for the kid’s movie event “FINDING DORY” at the Classic Cinema after school finishes, Friday
24th June at 2:00pm. Cost is $17.00 per ticket, which includes a snack. BYO water. There are still a few tickets remaining so
get in quick and don’t miss out! Thanks to the grade 4 class reps (Penny, Kellie, Liz & Sherelle) for organizing this event.
'Dory' swims to box office records in its opening weekend.
Don’t miss your chance to see this record breaking movie.
St Joseph's Kids movie event 'Finding Dory' at the Classic Cinema this Friday 24th June @ approx. 2pm after school
finishes (exact time TBC). There are still a few tickets remaining so get in quick and don't miss out!!
Tickets are $17 each (and include a snack) and can be purchased at www.trybooking.com/LPKS (see attached flyer)
A few things to note:
 BYO water/drink.
 Younger siblings are welcome to attend with adult supervision.
 Please consider if you think your child will be alright unsupervised during the movie.
 There will be a few volunteers there to assist with taking children to the toilet etc if needed.
 We won't require signing in your child on arrival as this caused a lot of congestion last time.
 We will have class sections in the cinema to make it easier for children to find their friends on arrival
 Please note parents are required to purchase a ticket as well if you are planning to attend (so we know how many
seats we have allocated)
IMPORTANT DATES – TERM 3
GRANDPARENT’S DAY – FRIDAY 22ND JULY
Grandparents Day, Friday 22nd July, after assembly. More details to come.
NEXT MEETING – WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY
The next P&F meeting will be held in Term 3 on Wednesday 27th July at 7:30pm in the staff room. Please come along. All
welcome.
SAVE THE DATE – PARENT’S SOCIAL NIGHT – SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST
The annual Parent’s Social Night, Saturday 6th August from 7:30pm onwards at Hotel Brighton. Ticket bookings & more details
to follow soon!
COMMUNITY NEWS
STAR OF THE SEA COLLEGE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ENROLMENT APPLICATION PROCESS HAS CHANGED
FOR YEAR 7 STUDENTS IN 2018
Background:
Star of the Sea College will be enrolling Grade 5 students from 2016. This major change
has necessitated a change to processing Year 7 student enrolment applications for 2018.
Please note the change of dates for the enrolment application process:
Monday, 1 August, 2016:
Friday, 16 September 2016:
Friday, 14 October 2016:
Friday, 28 October 2016:
applications open for Year 7 students in 2018
applications close for Year 7 students in 2018
offers of place made for Year 7 students in 2018
final date for families to accept offer of enrolment
Application forms:
Forms may be obtained from the College website: www.starmelb.catholic.edu.au
College tours:
Tours will be available during August and September 2016. The dates will be placed on the
College website in Term 3. Bookings are essential for these tours.
Enquiries:
Please contact the College Registrar, Josephine Aquilina, on 9595 9595 for further
information.
Please note enrolment timeline for Year 5 girls wanting to enrol in PCW Melbourne in 2018 is as follows:
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Application for Enrolment will need to be submitted by Friday 16 September 2016
Offers of Enrolment will be sent out by PCW on Friday 14 October 2016
Acceptance of Offers needs to be returned by Friday 28 October 2016
For further information, please contact PCW Melbourne on 8517 2777 or email office@pcw.vic.edu.au
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
TERM TWO– 2016
Assembly: Year Prep
Principal’s Award: A great term
20 Mon
21 Tue
22 Wed
WEEK 11
JUNE
23 Thur
24 Fri
Reports Home
P&F Meeting @ 7:30pm
Eucharist ~ Parent/Child Workshop @ 6:30pm (Year 4) (At school)
Footy Day – Wear your favourite AFL team colours
CBC Band @ 11:45am
END OF TERM MASS @ 11:50 (Led by Year 6)
END OF TERM 2 – 1:00PM DISMISSAL
Kid’s Movie @ Classic Cinema
TERM 2 BREAK – Monday 27 June – Friday 8 July
TERM 3 COMMENCES – Monday 11 July
TERM THREE – 2016
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 1
JULY
11 Mon
12 Tue
13 Wed
14 Thur
15 Fri
17 Sun
TERM 3 COMMENCES
Eucharist Retreat Day (Year 4) (At school) 9:00-3:30 (No parents required)
Sacrament of First Eucharist @ 10:30am (Year 4S) (At church)
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 2
JULY
18 Mon
19 Tue
20 Wed
21 Thur
22 Fri
24 Sun
Grandparent’s Day
Sacrament of First Eucharist @ 10:30am (Year 4O) (At church)
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 3
JULY
25 Mon
26 Tue
27 Wed
28 Thur
Prayers in Pyjamas @ 6:30pm (Year 1) (At School)
P&F Meeting @ 7:30pm
29 Fri
Whole School Mass @ 12:00 (Led by Prep)
Cake Stall @ 3:15pm (Hosted by Preps)
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 4
AUG
1 Mon
2 Tue
3 Wed
4 Thur
5 Fri
6 Sat
7 Sun
P&F Parent Social – Hotel Brighton @ 7:30pm
Confirmation Commitment Mass @ 10:30am (Year 6) (At church)
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 5
AUG
8 Mon
9 Tue
10 Wed
11 Thur
12 Fri
14 Sun
Confirmation ~ Parent/Child Workshop @ 6:30pm (Year 6) (At school)
Whole School Family Mass @ 10:30am (Year 5) (At church)
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 6
AUG
15 Mon
16 Tue
17 Wed
18 Thur
19 Fri
SCHOOL CLOSURE – STAFF PD
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 7
AUG
22 Mon
23 Tue
24 Wed
25 Thur
26 Fri
Confirmation ~ Archbishop Denis Hart Visiting @ 10:30am (Year 6) (At school)
Confirmation Retreat Day (Year 6) (At school) ~ 9:00am-3:30pm
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
AUG
WEEK 8
SEP
29 Mon
30 Tue
31 Wed
1 Thur
2 Fri
Whole School Incursion – Bush Dance (Years 3-6 @ 9:50-10:50) (Years Prep-Year 2 @ 11:45-12:45)
Father’s Day Breakfast
Sacrament of Confirmation @ 7:00pm (Year 6) (At Church)
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 9
SEP
5 Mon
6 Tue
7 Wed
8 Thur
9 Fri
Barn Dance
Assembly: Year
Principal’s Award:
WEEK 10
SEP
12 Mon
13 Tue
14 Wed
15 Thur
16 Fri
END OF TERM MASS @ 12:00 (Led by Year 2)
END OF TERM 3 – 1:00PM DISMISSAL
TERM 3 BREAK – Monday 19 September – Friday 29 September