Newsletter Edition 11 2013 - St Edwards Primary School
Newsletter Edition 11 2013 - St Edwards Primary School
Newsletter Edition 11 2013 - St Edwards Primary School
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<strong>Edition</strong> <strong>11</strong>: 8 th April <strong>2013</strong><br />
Vacation Prayer in the Car<br />
with Tired Children<br />
Oh, God of Peace, invade our car and turn<br />
it into a haven of peace and quiet<br />
for just a little while.<br />
Give the children a little patience<br />
with one another and us a lot more<br />
patience with them.<br />
In the miles to go before we stop,<br />
help them realise their power to make<br />
each other happy or unhappy.<br />
Make them willing to share the windows,<br />
to stop touching each other,<br />
to stop asking when we’ll get there.<br />
Help us to hold our tempers for just a few<br />
more miles. Amen<br />
Years 2 & 5 Family Mass<br />
We had our second Family Mass of the year on<br />
Sunday hosted by Years 2 and 5. A big thank you<br />
the many families for your attendance and support<br />
at this Mass. These Family Masses are a chance<br />
for our families to meet in the focal point of our<br />
Parish, the Church. It is a wonderful opportunity for us all to<br />
stop and take a break to pray together as a <strong>School</strong> Community.<br />
Again I thank you all for your continued support of these<br />
important days for our <strong>School</strong> Community.<br />
<strong>School</strong> Holidays<br />
This Friday 12 th April sees the end of an<br />
exciting and action packed term!<br />
Congratulations to the students who have<br />
worked so very hard. We sincerely thank<br />
the teachers and staff for their outstanding work and dedication.<br />
Thank you also to the wonderful band of parents who have<br />
helped in so many ways this term. We would like to wish all<br />
students and their families a very safe, relaxing and enjoyable<br />
break, and to those who are travelling away, please drive<br />
safely! All students return to school on Tuesday 30 th<br />
April. Parents please note that Monday 29 th April (first day<br />
of Term 2) will be a <strong>St</strong>aff Development Day, so ALL<br />
students do not attend school on this day. All Diocesan<br />
<strong>School</strong>s will be involved in an “E-Learning” Inservice Course.<br />
VALUE FOR THE WEEK:<br />
<strong>St</strong> Ed’s Before/After <strong>School</strong> Care/Vacation Care -<br />
UPDATE<br />
Our school has been advised from the<br />
childcare provider, “Sherpa Kids”, that<br />
Before and After <strong>School</strong> Care will<br />
commence in the Infants’ Campus Hall<br />
as from Tuesday 30 th April. A Program Manager has now<br />
been appointed and interviews are being conducted this week<br />
for the positions of Program Assistant. Mr Ted Nguyen,<br />
NSW Area Developer, will be available to meet and talk<br />
with interested parents this Wednesday 10 th April at<br />
2.00pm in the Infants’ Hall. Please come along and have<br />
your questions answered. Any enquiries, please feel free to<br />
contact Ted Nguyen on 0431 231931.<br />
Anzac Day March – Thursday 25 th April<br />
This year the ANZAC Day March will be held on<br />
Thursday 25th April. Even though this is in the<br />
school holidays we encourage all students from<br />
Kinder to Year 6 to represent <strong>St</strong> Edward’s<br />
<strong>School</strong> in this march. Children are asked to wear<br />
full summer uniform (including hat) and meet Mr<br />
McSweeney, Mrs Long and the teachers at<br />
9.30am in Bourke <strong>St</strong>reet. The march will be via Peel <strong>St</strong>reet and<br />
at the end of the march all school children will turn from Peel<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet into Fitzroy <strong>St</strong>reet and Kable Avenue and proceed to<br />
Number One Oval for dispersal. We ask parents to please<br />
collect your children from Number One Oval.<br />
Our <strong>School</strong> Captains, along with Miss O’Rourke and Mrs<br />
Clarke, will also represent <strong>St</strong> Edward’s at the Dawn Service at<br />
the memorial gates of ANZAC Park at 5.15am. Other students<br />
are welcome to attend this service too. <strong>St</strong>udents attending the<br />
dawn service are asked to wear summer uniform with their<br />
school jacket. A permission note went home last<br />
Wednesday, so please sign and return the permission slip<br />
to your child’s class teacher by this Thursday <strong>11</strong> th April.<br />
Thank you for your support of this important community event.<br />
<strong>St</strong> Ed’s OPEN DAY – Saturday 4 th May <strong>2013</strong><br />
Please remember to tell your friends, family and neighbours,<br />
<strong>St</strong> Edward’s <strong>School</strong> is having an OPEN DAY!! Encourage<br />
them to come and visit our wonderful school and discover for<br />
themselves the many benefits of a Catholic Education. <strong>St</strong><br />
Edward’s welcomes students of various faiths and cultural<br />
backgrounds.<br />
When: Saturday 4 th May <strong>2013</strong><br />
Where: Both the <strong>Primary</strong> (Hillvue Road) and Infants’<br />
Campus (Robert <strong>St</strong>reet)<br />
Time: 9.00am to <strong>11</strong>.00am<br />
‣ Tour of the school and visit our classrooms<br />
‣ Meet and talk to staff<br />
‣ Morning tea provided<br />
“RESPECT”
Book Fair<br />
Don’t forget there will be a Book Fair at both the Infants and<br />
<strong>Primary</strong> in Week 1 next term (Friday 3 rd May). The children will<br />
get an opportunity to look at the books for sale during that week,<br />
and then buy books on the Friday. This is a great opportunity to<br />
further encourage your children to enjoy reading.<br />
Date: Friday 3 rd May<br />
Time: 8.30am until 3.00pm<br />
Place: <strong>Primary</strong> Library and Infants Hall<br />
Special Note for Infants’ <strong>St</strong>udents<br />
If you are an Infants’ parent and you would like to purchase a<br />
book and cannot come to the Infants’ Hall on the day, please<br />
send some money in an envelope clearly labelled with your<br />
child’s name, class and amount of money enclosed and he/she<br />
can select a book to take home.<br />
We hope you can support our Book Fair as the Libraries will<br />
receive some free books depending on the number of sales.<br />
Pat Briley & Marisa Cartan<br />
<strong>St</strong>udent of the Week (first name shown) &<br />
Curriculum Award (second name shown)<br />
Curriculum Focus: Writing<br />
KC Tomas McCluand 3R Kai Daley<br />
Luke Fensbo<br />
Jessica Reabow<br />
KG Isabelle Hodges 4G Tully Munro<br />
Chloe Vera<br />
Taylor Gambrill<br />
KP Bailey Bower 4O Brooke King<br />
Zac Whalan<br />
Lee Kasch<br />
1B Tarnee Ingram 4S John Flanagan<br />
Sophie Deebank<br />
Caitlyn Walton<br />
1M Samiel Morris 5L Mia Morris<br />
Jimmy Purkiss<br />
Grace Maloney<br />
1R Gabrielle Miller 5O Tom Sheppard<br />
Jack O’Neill<br />
Connor Hook<br />
2CR Amelia Newlan 5U Baxter Wood<br />
Charlie Ashford<br />
Grace Fazldad<br />
2E Jake Salvestrin 6L Adam Cameron<br />
Chloe Bateup<br />
Keely Jameson<br />
2O Slade McMeeken 6M Allambee Towns<br />
Tiffany Smyth-Cannon Anthony Refalo<br />
3K Will Ashton 6T Sam Driscoll<br />
Jayden Pengilley<br />
Elaina Refalo<br />
3P Jade Reading<br />
Macy Brooks<br />
Values Award -“INTEGRITY”<br />
Kinder – Emily Dietrich, Grace Goodfellow, Amber Burrows<br />
Year 1 – Laila Hutt, Drew Kelly, Isabella Cooper<br />
Year 2 – Caitlin Jackson, Brandi Lye, Katelin Abra<br />
Year 3 – Lucy Barrett, Jorja McCluand, Millie Fauchon<br />
Year 4 – Georgia Horniman, Zeke Kelly, Abbey Ryan<br />
Year 5 – Will Roworth, Ethan Makepeace, Tom Croake<br />
Year 6 – Erin Summers, Michael Grima, Edmund Bourke<br />
House Award<br />
<strong>Primary</strong>: Kennedy Green Infants: MacKillop<br />
Gold<br />
Pride & Presentation Award<br />
<strong>Primary</strong>: 3R<br />
Infants: 2O<br />
Bronze Awards<br />
Congratulations to the following students<br />
who have been awarded a Bronze Award for<br />
a consistent effort to be well behaved:<br />
Jayden Daly (4G); Zac Pizzutti (4S) and Lara Dewhurst (5O).<br />
Canteen Roster<br />
Date <strong>Primary</strong> Infants<br />
Tues 9 th April<br />
Wed 10 th April<br />
Thurs <strong>11</strong> th April<br />
Fri 12 th April<br />
Carol McCarthy<br />
Kerrie Daly<br />
Renae Humphris<br />
Caterina Walker<br />
Tara Adams<br />
Leonie Fox<br />
Erin Wood<br />
Sarah Barrett<br />
Kylie Taylor<br />
Emma Hillam<br />
Caterina Walker<br />
Carissa Smith<br />
Kellie-Ann Hansen<br />
Maryanne Maher<br />
Julie Whalan<br />
Amanda Allen<br />
Tues 30 th April Grant & Wendy Lee Grant & Wendy Lee<br />
Woolworths Colouring Competition<br />
For the past few weeks there has been an<br />
Easter Colouring Competition at Woolworths.<br />
On Tuesday 2 nd April, Lauren Hutchinson (6T),<br />
received a call from Woolworths saying that<br />
she had won the competition out of 100’s of<br />
entries. Lauren went down to claim her prize<br />
on the 3 rd April. The prize was a $10 Wish Gift Card and a<br />
Cadbury Easter Bucket containing 4 x 17g eggs, 3 x 35g eggs<br />
and 1 x 100g egg. Congratulations and job well done Lauren!!<br />
PIANO LESSONS<br />
Tamworth Regional Conservatorium of Music has advised Todd<br />
Power is available to commence Piano Lessons at <strong>St</strong><br />
Edward’s. 20 minute lessons are recommended for beginners at<br />
a cost of $22.75 or 30 minutes are available to more experienced<br />
students for $34. Enrolment forms can be collected from either<br />
school office and are to be returned to the<br />
Conservatorium. Further enquiries can be directed to TRCM on<br />
6766 69<strong>11</strong>.<br />
Drama Classes at the PCYC Tamworth<br />
A fun way to learn and play! A great way to help your child build<br />
self-confidence. Kids with big personalities will love it! An<br />
affordable option for those who are not so keen on sports to still<br />
be involved in their community and to make new friends.<br />
Classes for 5 - 8 years and 9 - 16 years held on a Monday<br />
afternoon at the PCYC 4.30pm – 5.30pm.<br />
Cost: $10 junior membership to PCYC, then $4 per class paid<br />
weekly. Term 2 classes will resume one week after school goes<br />
back, 6 th May. For further details, please contact PCYC on 6766<br />
5009.<br />
“JUMBO”<br />
I have a pet dragon called Jumbo. He is only 6 metres tall but very<br />
dangerous and protective; he is like our guard dog. Every day<br />
when I go to school…I don’t drive, ride or catch a bus….I fly!<br />
That’s right, Jumbo takes Olivia, Kelsea and I to school.<br />
Anyway, I’m going to tell you how to take care of a dragon. Every<br />
morning make sure your dragon has a pool full of food and 10<br />
buckets of water. Also make sure your dragon has something to<br />
play with or it will chew your stuff up, eg. your favourite bike.<br />
When you get home in the afternoon check the food and water and<br />
be careful not to step into any puddles or dragon droppings. Later<br />
clean up the mess. Afterwards play with it to let it know that you<br />
haven’t rejected him/her. Then feed it dinner.<br />
At night, after you give your dragon dinner, put a big blanket on it.<br />
You can buy giant blankets from JOY-CO in 77 Aus <strong>St</strong>reet.<br />
Now you’re all set to have a pet dragon! Make sure you have<br />
permission from your parents first.<br />
By Ellie Dunn (6M)
Learn to Knit<br />
It’s getting cooler, so now’s the time to make a beanie or a<br />
scarf. Anyone over the age of 10 can learn.<br />
Where: The BIG CRAFT SHED, 109 Peel <strong>St</strong>reet,<br />
Tamworth<br />
When: Mon 15 th – 19 th April<br />
Time: 10.00am – 12 noon<br />
Cost: $5 per session<br />
Please bring 4mm needles and 8 ply ball of yarn.<br />
<strong>School</strong> Auxiliary News<br />
Next Meeting<br />
Our next meeting will be this Friday 12 th April at 9.00am<br />
in the Infants Hall and we will continue wrapping our<br />
many, many Mothers’ Day gifts. We are always looking<br />
for any donations of ribbons, clear cellophane,<br />
cellophane bags, bubble wrap etc.<br />
Belinda Playfair, President<br />
P & F News<br />
We’ve had a couple of meetings with fantastic attendance<br />
from a number of parents. Many thanks to the families who<br />
have returned the “yellow” contact form. We appreciate<br />
people who are willing to help the Committee!<br />
Please see the roster for the first Wests game on Sunday<br />
21 st April - we require helpers from 10.30am until 12.00<br />
noon.<br />
Advance Notice – will you be cleaning out your cupboards<br />
during the school holidays??....if you find any old mobile<br />
phones, please keep them aside as our school will be<br />
having a fundraiser collecting used mobiles next term.<br />
Caterina Walker, Secretary, Ph: 0447 470682<br />
Bede Maher, President, Ph: 0428 469761<br />
RE News<br />
Our second Family Mass for this year was on Sunday 7 th April.<br />
It was wonderful to see so many families in attendance at Mass.<br />
Congratulations to the Year 2 and 5 teachers for their<br />
preparation of the children. We had a number of very positive<br />
comments, especially for the children who read the prayers of<br />
the faithful so well and also to the altar servers. Thank you all<br />
for your presence and participation.<br />
Our next Family Mass will be Years 1 and 4 which will be on<br />
Ascension Sunday 12 th May.<br />
Parent Information Evening for First Eucharist will be held<br />
in the Church Hall at 7.00pm this Wednesday<br />
10 th April. We trust that all parents of the<br />
children making their First Eucharist will be in<br />
attendance.<br />
Please send in your Project Compassion boxes this week if<br />
possible. Thank you for your generosity to those in need.<br />
Advance Notice: Tuesday 30 th April – Infants’ ANZAC Day<br />
Liturgy (<strong>11</strong>.40am Infants’ Hall).<br />
Robyn O’Rourke & Sally Clarke<br />
Wise Words for Families - “DEVILS AND<br />
DARLINGS”<br />
We’d all love our kids to behave appropriately all the time,<br />
but the reality is they won’t. Most kids have L plates when<br />
it comes to learning how to fit in and behave around others.<br />
They make mistakes, yet they are always on a path to<br />
improvement.......or should be.<br />
It’s important that they know how to behave. That means<br />
parents teach their kids a whole bunch of manners; they<br />
teach them right from wrong so they know the difference;<br />
and also they teach them how to behave well in a variety of<br />
social situations so that when they are outside the house and<br />
around others, they know how to behave in public.<br />
Sometimes kids are worse in public than at home. This<br />
happens with toddlers who are really on a huge learning<br />
curve. It’s easier to teach them in the confined, organised<br />
environment at home. When they are in public spaces such<br />
as supermarkets they are so much harder to control!!<br />
Here are three ways to teach kids of all ages to behave<br />
well:<br />
1. Model: Yes, they need to see adults and significant<br />
others such as parents behave well, behave generously and<br />
use appropriate manners (cos’ they will speak like you in<br />
public). When you have kids, as a parent you are a walking,<br />
talking social studies (as in how to be social, generous and<br />
pleasant to others) lesson.<br />
2. Explicitly teach & coach: Tell kids what to say in<br />
different social situations and also let them know how their<br />
behaviour (good and bad) impacts on others. Be upfront yet<br />
respectful with your messages.<br />
3. Create junior versions of social situations: Sporting<br />
codes create junior versions of their games so kids can learn<br />
the basics without being overwhelmed by adult rules. The<br />
same applies to kids. Once a week set up your mealtimes<br />
like a restaurant so kids learn how to behave in a restaurant<br />
situation.<br />
It’s the job of parents to teach kids to be social and to<br />
respect others. The frustrating thing is that so often it’s<br />
other parents and adults who see the direct results of all our<br />
good work.<br />
Then again, you do get to bask momentarily in the glow of<br />
positive comments from teachers, other parents and friends<br />
about your kids’ good behaviour. But then again, it’s their<br />
choice to behave well (or badly) so children really should<br />
take most of the credit for behaving well!<br />
Ah, the joys and frustrations of parenting. No wonder<br />
raising kids makes us better people.<br />
By Michael Grose<br />
We are indebted to the businesses that support <strong>St</strong><br />
Edward’s by advertising on the back of the<br />
<strong>Newsletter</strong> and in return we ask you to support<br />
them.