Wednesday 26th October 2016 St. Mary’s Primary School Newsletter McLennan Street, Mooroopna. 3629 PHONE: (03) 5825 2858 FAX: (03) 5825 4026 Term 4 Week 4 2016 Upcoming Dates Principals Message TERM 4 DATES Hello Everyone, Congratulations again to Marg Monday 31st October Lee who received the -Pupil Free Day Sandhurst Educare Award for Bishop's Holiday outstanding contribution to Friday 18th November - classroom teaching and Pupil Free Day curriculum innovation. St Report Writing Day Mary’s staff joined Marg and her Wednesday 30th Nov family at a special dinner last Prep Info Night Friday night at the Carrington Friday 2nd December where she was presented with Pupil Free Day the award from Fr Brian Boyle, 2017 Planning Day the Chair of the Sandhurst Tuesday 6th December School Education Board. Orientation Day (Yr 6’s at Congratulations Marg. High Schools) Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the St Mary’s fete last Friday 9th December Friday. Thank you to our P&F group who put in many hours of preparation End of Year Mass which resulted in over $6000 being raised. We had hundreds of people attend Monday 12th December who took part in the wonderful variety of stalls and activities. A special thanks Gr 6 Celebration Night go to Kristie Scott (P&F President) & Kim Smith who were instrumental in Tuesday 13th December ensuring that the event was a success. And a big thank you to all families who Gr 6 Day Out supported the school by attending the fete and offered many donations. Thursday 15th December We are disappointed to announce that Ben Louden will be leaving St Mary’s at Showcase Performance the end of the school year. Ben has been a dedicated teacher here for 15 years Friday 16th December Last and is one of our longest serving staff members. He has always been a very Day of Term 4 popular teacher with staff, parents and students and we are sorry to see him go. We wish Ben all the best next year at his new school in Warnambool. Assembly Prayer I am also very sad to announce that Sharyn Matthews will finish working at St Mary’s at the end of this year. Sharyn has been working here as a Student TERM 4 Learning Officer since 2005 and has played a big part in our successful Life Week 4 Oct 28th - 5/6 DC Skills program. She is dearly loved by the students she works with and I know Week 5 Nov 4th - 3/4 ML they will miss her caring nature and her great sense of humour. Sharyn’s Week 6 Nov 11th - 4/5 FB presence will also be missed in the staff room, where she has shared so much Week 7 No ASSEMBLY (due to Pupil Free day on 18th) fun and laughter with us all. We wish Sharyn, Roger and the kids every blessing Week 8 Nov 25th - 3/4 JG in their move to Adelaide. Week 9 Dec 1st - 5/6 TP I am always thrilled to hear about ex St Mary’s students taking up Year 12 (please note change of date) leadership positions. Congratulations to Jordan Formica (College Vice Captain), Enza Cassetta (College Vice Captain) and Keelin Betson (MacKillop House 2.45pm - 3.15pm Captain) on this wonderful achievement. Marian Centre All Welcome Continued on page 2 Principals Message Cont. from Page 1 Our Gr 4 students head off to Camp Currumbene next week at Corop. We wish them all the best in what will be a great camp. Have fun kids! Congratulations to Jazzy Martin who won the Principal’s Award last week. Jazzy is a quiet achiever in the class who always goes about her business without any fuss. She is always willing to help others and is growing in confidence more and more each day. Well done Jazzy! Our School Board met last night and discussed a variety of different agenda items. Our building project is now behind schedule due to the wet Winter and it is unlikely to be ready for the start of the 2017 school year. We will continue to ensure that Gr 3/4 classes run smoothly until the rooms are ready to be used. The new car park has been sealed and lined. It will be open for use in the next week and work establishing the garden beds will also commence soon. We looked at some initial plans for landscaping the front of the school which includes garden beds & paved pathways. We are very much looking forward to these projects completed in the coming months. Please note that the school will be closed on Monday 31st October (Bishop’s Holiday) and Tuesday 1st November (Melbourne Cup) Video of the week. Top 10 Pixar Moments A bit of fun this week! Have a good week, Anthony Butts Principal. Hall Street Pick Up Please pull up to the last Bollard at the end of the storage container, this may help clear Hall St of cars waiting on the road to enter the car park. Remind students they must wait at the gate. Students are not allowed to play on the senior playground until after the 2nd bell and only if supervised by parents. If you have parked, you must come and collect your children at the gate. Please remind your students who are being picked up from this area to make their way as quick as possible after the bell. CONTACT DETAILS Canonical Administrator: Monsignor Peter Jeffery St Mary’s School Email - [email protected] McLennan Street Mooroopna Telephone :(03)5825 2858 St Mary’s Parish Fax :(03)5825 4026 Presbytery - 5825 2034 & 0499 770 680 (Office & After Hours) Emails Parish Priest - Monsignor Peter Jeffery General - [email protected] Parish Secretary - Newsletter - [email protected] Dianne - Available 9am-1pm Wed, Thurs, Fri. Note change of days Principal: Anthony Butts Parish Email: [email protected] Email - [email protected] GPS : 2 Toolamba Road, Mooroopna Deputy Principal: Pauline Hindson Postal : P.O. Box 365 – Mooroopna –3629 Email -- [email protected] Office Administrator : Amber Feehan Bus Company - Jacobsons - 5820 3700 Email - [email protected] Bus Co ordinator - Paul Lucas - 5825 2344 Administration Assistant - Naomi Egglestone Out of Hours Care Email - [email protected] Stepping Stones - 1300 665 699 School Information 2016 Direct Debits TERM Dates 2016 DIRECT DEBITS - TERM DATES 2016 Fortnight Friday 4th November TM 4 - Monday 3rd October - Friday 16th December Friday 18th November School Return 2017 - Tuesday 31st January Monthly Friday 28th October Friday 25th November OFFICE HOURS / MATTERS Credit Card Payments - Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm Fortnight Thursday 3rd November Newsletter Deadline - Tuesday 11am Thursday 17th November ([email protected]) Monthly Thursday 27th October Student Banking - Tuesdays Thursday 24th November Subway Orders - Return Thursday for Friday delivery. Please Note - Any order that is not placed in Subway 2016 SCHOOL FEES tub before collection will be sent home with student. School fees are now over due, please REMINDERS make payment as soon as possible. If Please ensure all your families you are experiencing difficulty, please contact details are up to date, contact the School Office. including Home phone, Mobile, Payment can be made by cash, cheque residential & postal address’s & or credit card through the school office email address. or direct deposit into school bank We also require your nominated emergency account details listed below. contact details to be current & up to date. Please use your Childs name/surname as a If your students Medical details have changed in reference if you are paying by Direct Deposit any way, please ensure all relevant information is passed onto your students teacher and the school St Mary’s General Account BSB 083-543 Acc No - 457812500 office. “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” Anthony Brophy - Wellbeing Officer BINGO ROSTER - Saturday October 29th Bev Ryan, Melanie Crosier, Glen Busk, Peter Seddon, Angles Doherty, Julie Shanahan, Erin McCarroll. Acknowledgement to Country At St Mary’s Primary School Mooroopna we Acknowledge the Traditional people of this land. The Yorta Yorta Nation are the Traditional Custodians of this area and we remember their elders, past, present and future. We remember that the Aboriginal people of Australia will always be the traditional owners of the land on which we gather today. We continue to grow through education and reconciliation to a better future for all Australians. Weekly Award Winners Week Ending Friday 26th October PREP COX Ella Davkovski / Lily Turvey PREP MULRANEY Maddison Carrafa / Oliver Vigliaturo / Emmie Lowe PREP / 1 DOWLING / GRIFFIN Stella Wood / Thomas Wei YEAR 1/2 CIMERA Lachy L’Estrange / Chrissy Smith YEAR 1/2 DYKE Lincoln Neil / Zoe Maksacheff YEAR 1/2 DRUMMOND Noah Williams / Judd Tamburro YEAR 1/2 LOUDEN Ameyshia Baksh / Thomas Seddon YEAR 3/4 GIBSON Kade James / Jessica Glover YEAR 3/4 LEE Sophie Gallagher / Ebony Lawer YEAR 3/4 LANGLEY Kayla Macartney / Will McPhee YEAR 3/4 MARKS Tate Gawne / Hannah Thomson YEAR 4/5 BRYANT/BROWN Ebony Sleeth / Christopher Lawless YEAR 5/6 CARROLL / DAVKOVSKI Eliza Marshall / Jontae Cornelius YEAR 5/6 PREECE Beanie Russell / Charlotte Chadwick YEAR 5/6 WOODWARD Joss Church / Emily Tenace PRINCIPALS AWARD Jazzy Martin OFFICE AWARD Bodhi Bourke / Kiara Russo PBIS AWARD Jett Ward-Haig GOLDEN TUB P/1 D CLEANERS CUP 3/4 SL PERFORMING ARTS AWARD William Sleeth Tess Jakobs VISUAL ARTS AWARD 34/ ML Tiana Gledhill PBIS Report and Award PBIS Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support PBIS Newsletter Report for October 21st, 2016 Last week we spoke about one of our PBIS words.