Newsletter Edition 11 2013 - St Edwards Primary School

Edition 11: 8 th April 2013
Vacation Prayer in the Car
with Tired Children
Oh, God of Peace, invade our car and turn
it into a haven of peace and quiet
for just a little while.
Give the children a little patience
with one another and us a lot more
patience with them.
In the miles to go before we stop,
help them realise their power to make
each other happy or unhappy.
Make them willing to share the windows,
to stop touching each other,
to stop asking when we’ll get there.
Help us to hold our tempers for just a few
more miles. Amen
Years 2 & 5 Family Mass
We had our second Family Mass of the year on
Sunday hosted by Years 2 and 5. A big thank you
the many families for your attendance and support
at this Mass. These Family Masses are a chance
for our families to meet in the focal point of our
Parish, the Church. It is a wonderful opportunity for us all to
stop and take a break to pray together as a School Community.
Again I thank you all for your continued support of these
important days for our School Community.
School Holidays
This Friday 12 th April sees the end of an
exciting and action packed term!
Congratulations to the students who have
worked so very hard. We sincerely thank
the teachers and staff for their outstanding work and dedication.
Thank you also to the wonderful band of parents who have
helped in so many ways this term. We would like to wish all
students and their families a very safe, relaxing and enjoyable
break, and to those who are travelling away, please drive
safely! All students return to school on Tuesday 30 th
April. Parents please note that Monday 29 th April (first day
of Term 2) will be a Staff Development Day, so ALL
students do not attend school on this day. All Diocesan
Schools will be involved in an “E-Learning” Inservice Course.
VALUE FOR THE WEEK:
St Ed’s Before/After School Care/Vacation Care -
UPDATE
Our school has been advised from the
childcare provider, “Sherpa Kids”, that
Before and After School Care will
commence in the Infants’ Campus Hall
as from Tuesday 30 th April. A Program Manager has now
been appointed and interviews are being conducted this week
for the positions of Program Assistant. Mr Ted Nguyen,
NSW Area Developer, will be available to meet and talk
with interested parents this Wednesday 10 th April at
2.00pm in the Infants’ Hall. Please come along and have
your questions answered. Any enquiries, please feel free to
contact Ted Nguyen on 0431 231931.
Anzac Day March – Thursday 25 th April
This year the ANZAC Day March will be held on
Thursday 25th April. Even though this is in the
school holidays we encourage all students from
Kinder to Year 6 to represent St Edward’s
School in this march. Children are asked to wear
full summer uniform (including hat) and meet Mr
McSweeney, Mrs Long and the teachers at
9.30am in Bourke Street. The march will be via Peel Street and
at the end of the march all school children will turn from Peel
Street into Fitzroy Street and Kable Avenue and proceed to
Number One Oval for dispersal. We ask parents to please
collect your children from Number One Oval.
Our School Captains, along with Miss O’Rourke and Mrs
Clarke, will also represent St Edward’s at the Dawn Service at
the memorial gates of ANZAC Park at 5.15am. Other students
are welcome to attend this service too. Students attending the
dawn service are asked to wear summer uniform with their
school jacket. A permission note went home last
Wednesday, so please sign and return the permission slip
to your child’s class teacher by this Thursday 11 th April.
Thank you for your support of this important community event.
St Ed’s OPEN DAY – Saturday 4 th May 2013
Please remember to tell your friends, family and neighbours,
St Edward’s School is having an OPEN DAY!! Encourage
them to come and visit our wonderful school and discover for
themselves the many benefits of a Catholic Education. St
Edward’s welcomes students of various faiths and cultural
backgrounds.
When: Saturday 4 th May 2013
Where: Both the Primary (Hillvue Road) and Infants’
Campus (Robert Street)
Time: 9.00am to 11.00am
‣ Tour of the school and visit our classrooms
‣ Meet and talk to staff
‣ Morning tea provided
“RESPECT”

Book Fair
Don’t forget there will be a Book Fair at both the Infants and
Primary in Week 1 next term (Friday 3 rd May). The children will
get an opportunity to look at the books for sale during that week,
and then buy books on the Friday. This is a great opportunity to
further encourage your children to enjoy reading.
Date: Friday 3 rd May
Time: 8.30am until 3.00pm
Place: Primary Library and Infants Hall
Special Note for Infants’ Students
If you are an Infants’ parent and you would like to purchase a
book and cannot come to the Infants’ Hall on the day, please
send some money in an envelope clearly labelled with your
child’s name, class and amount of money enclosed and he/she
can select a book to take home.
We hope you can support our Book Fair as the Libraries will
receive some free books depending on the number of sales.
Pat Briley & Marisa Cartan
Student of the Week (first name shown) &
Curriculum Award (second name shown)
Curriculum Focus: Writing
KC Tomas McCluand 3R Kai Daley
Luke Fensbo
Jessica Reabow
KG Isabelle Hodges 4G Tully Munro
Chloe Vera
Taylor Gambrill
KP Bailey Bower 4O Brooke King
Zac Whalan
Lee Kasch
1B Tarnee Ingram 4S John Flanagan
Sophie Deebank
Caitlyn Walton
1M Samiel Morris 5L Mia Morris
Jimmy Purkiss
Grace Maloney
1R Gabrielle Miller 5O Tom Sheppard
Jack O’Neill
Connor Hook
2CR Amelia Newlan 5U Baxter Wood
Charlie Ashford
Grace Fazldad
2E Jake Salvestrin 6L Adam Cameron
Chloe Bateup
Keely Jameson
2O Slade McMeeken 6M Allambee Towns
Tiffany Smyth-Cannon Anthony Refalo
3K Will Ashton 6T Sam Driscoll
Jayden Pengilley
Elaina Refalo
3P Jade Reading
Macy Brooks
Values Award -“INTEGRITY”
Kinder – Emily Dietrich, Grace Goodfellow, Amber Burrows
Year 1 – Laila Hutt, Drew Kelly, Isabella Cooper
Year 2 – Caitlin Jackson, Brandi Lye, Katelin Abra
Year 3 – Lucy Barrett, Jorja McCluand, Millie Fauchon
Year 4 – Georgia Horniman, Zeke Kelly, Abbey Ryan
Year 5 – Will Roworth, Ethan Makepeace, Tom Croake
Year 6 – Erin Summers, Michael Grima, Edmund Bourke
House Award
Primary: Kennedy Green Infants: MacKillop
Gold
Pride & Presentation Award
Primary: 3R
Infants: 2O
Bronze Awards
Congratulations to the following students
who have been awarded a Bronze Award for
a consistent effort to be well behaved:
Jayden Daly (4G); Zac Pizzutti (4S) and Lara Dewhurst (5O).
Canteen Roster
Date Primary Infants
Tues 9 th April
Wed 10 th April
Thurs 11 th April
Fri 12 th April
Carol McCarthy
Kerrie Daly
Renae Humphris
Caterina Walker
Tara Adams
Leonie Fox
Erin Wood
Sarah Barrett
Kylie Taylor
Emma Hillam
Caterina Walker
Carissa Smith
Kellie-Ann Hansen
Maryanne Maher
Julie Whalan
Amanda Allen
Tues 30 th April Grant & Wendy Lee Grant & Wendy Lee
Woolworths Colouring Competition
For the past few weeks there has been an
Easter Colouring Competition at Woolworths.
On Tuesday 2 nd April, Lauren Hutchinson (6T),
received a call from Woolworths saying that
she had won the competition out of 100’s of
entries. Lauren went down to claim her prize
on the 3 rd April. The prize was a $10 Wish Gift Card and a
Cadbury Easter Bucket containing 4 x 17g eggs, 3 x 35g eggs
and 1 x 100g egg. Congratulations and job well done Lauren!!
PIANO LESSONS
Tamworth Regional Conservatorium of Music has advised Todd
Power is available to commence Piano Lessons at St
Edward’s. 20 minute lessons are recommended for beginners at
a cost of $22.75 or 30 minutes are available to more experienced
students for $34. Enrolment forms can be collected from either
school office and are to be returned to the
Conservatorium. Further enquiries can be directed to TRCM on
6766 6911.
Drama Classes at the PCYC Tamworth
A fun way to learn and play! A great way to help your child build
self-confidence. Kids with big personalities will love it! An
affordable option for those who are not so keen on sports to still
be involved in their community and to make new friends.
Classes for 5 - 8 years and 9 - 16 years held on a Monday
afternoon at the PCYC 4.30pm – 5.30pm.
Cost: $10 junior membership to PCYC, then $4 per class paid
weekly. Term 2 classes will resume one week after school goes
back, 6 th May. For further details, please contact PCYC on 6766
5009.
“JUMBO”
I have a pet dragon called Jumbo. He is only 6 metres tall but very
dangerous and protective; he is like our guard dog. Every day
when I go to school…I don’t drive, ride or catch a bus….I fly!
That’s right, Jumbo takes Olivia, Kelsea and I to school.
Anyway, I’m going to tell you how to take care of a dragon. Every
morning make sure your dragon has a pool full of food and 10
buckets of water. Also make sure your dragon has something to
play with or it will chew your stuff up, eg. your favourite bike.
When you get home in the afternoon check the food and water and
be careful not to step into any puddles or dragon droppings. Later
clean up the mess. Afterwards play with it to let it know that you
haven’t rejected him/her. Then feed it dinner.
At night, after you give your dragon dinner, put a big blanket on it.
You can buy giant blankets from JOY-CO in 77 Aus Street.
Now you’re all set to have a pet dragon! Make sure you have
permission from your parents first.
By Ellie Dunn (6M)

Learn to Knit
It’s getting cooler, so now’s the time to make a beanie or a
scarf. Anyone over the age of 10 can learn.
Where: The BIG CRAFT SHED, 109 Peel Street,
Tamworth
When: Mon 15 th – 19 th April
Time: 10.00am – 12 noon
Cost: $5 per session
Please bring 4mm needles and 8 ply ball of yarn.
School Auxiliary News
Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be this Friday 12 th April at 9.00am
in the Infants Hall and we will continue wrapping our
many, many Mothers’ Day gifts. We are always looking
for any donations of ribbons, clear cellophane,
cellophane bags, bubble wrap etc.
Belinda Playfair, President
P & F News
We’ve had a couple of meetings with fantastic attendance
from a number of parents. Many thanks to the families who
have returned the “yellow” contact form. We appreciate
people who are willing to help the Committee!
Please see the roster for the first Wests game on Sunday
21 st April - we require helpers from 10.30am until 12.00
noon.
Advance Notice – will you be cleaning out your cupboards
during the school holidays??....if you find any old mobile
phones, please keep them aside as our school will be
having a fundraiser collecting used mobiles next term.
Caterina Walker, Secretary, Ph: 0447 470682
Bede Maher, President, Ph: 0428 469761
RE News
Our second Family Mass for this year was on Sunday 7 th April.
It was wonderful to see so many families in attendance at Mass.
Congratulations to the Year 2 and 5 teachers for their
preparation of the children. We had a number of very positive
comments, especially for the children who read the prayers of
the faithful so well and also to the altar servers. Thank you all
for your presence and participation.
Our next Family Mass will be Years 1 and 4 which will be on
Ascension Sunday 12 th May.
Parent Information Evening for First Eucharist will be held
in the Church Hall at 7.00pm this Wednesday
10 th April. We trust that all parents of the
children making their First Eucharist will be in
attendance.
Please send in your Project Compassion boxes this week if
possible. Thank you for your generosity to those in need.
Advance Notice: Tuesday 30 th April – Infants’ ANZAC Day
Liturgy (11.40am Infants’ Hall).
Robyn O’Rourke & Sally Clarke
Wise Words for Families - “DEVILS AND
DARLINGS”
We’d all love our kids to behave appropriately all the time,
but the reality is they won’t. Most kids have L plates when
it comes to learning how to fit in and behave around others.
They make mistakes, yet they are always on a path to
improvement.......or should be.
It’s important that they know how to behave. That means
parents teach their kids a whole bunch of manners; they
teach them right from wrong so they know the difference;
and also they teach them how to behave well in a variety of
social situations so that when they are outside the house and
around others, they know how to behave in public.
Sometimes kids are worse in public than at home. This
happens with toddlers who are really on a huge learning
curve. It’s easier to teach them in the confined, organised
environment at home. When they are in public spaces such
as supermarkets they are so much harder to control!!
Here are three ways to teach kids of all ages to behave
well:
1. Model: Yes, they need to see adults and significant
others such as parents behave well, behave generously and
use appropriate manners (cos’ they will speak like you in
public). When you have kids, as a parent you are a walking,
talking social studies (as in how to be social, generous and
pleasant to others) lesson.
2. Explicitly teach & coach: Tell kids what to say in
different social situations and also let them know how their
behaviour (good and bad) impacts on others. Be upfront yet
respectful with your messages.
3. Create junior versions of social situations: Sporting
codes create junior versions of their games so kids can learn
the basics without being overwhelmed by adult rules. The
same applies to kids. Once a week set up your mealtimes
like a restaurant so kids learn how to behave in a restaurant
situation.
It’s the job of parents to teach kids to be social and to
respect others. The frustrating thing is that so often it’s
other parents and adults who see the direct results of all our
good work.
Then again, you do get to bask momentarily in the glow of
positive comments from teachers, other parents and friends
about your kids’ good behaviour. But then again, it’s their
choice to behave well (or badly) so children really should
take most of the credit for behaving well!
Ah, the joys and frustrations of parenting. No wonder
raising kids makes us better people.
By Michael Grose
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