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St. Mary’s Primary School Calvert St, Colac

Phone: (03) 5231 3640 Internet: http://www.smcolac.catholic.edu.au

Absentee and Change of Travel: (03) 5231 3480 Email: [email protected]

Wednesday 14th March

Advisory Council AGM - 7:00PM

Friday 23rd March

School Sports - Lake Oval Fun Food Day

Monday 26th March

School Photos

Thursday 29th March

Pupil Free Day

Friday 30th March

Good Friday

Calendar of Events: Term 1 Dear Parents and Carers, Lord, thank you for Your presence in our lives. At times it is hard to recognise Your words that speak to us through different people.

We know that You care about us deeply and that You are always ready to encourage and protect us.

In this time of Lent, help us to be mindful of Your presence each day.

TRAFFIC ISSUE

In recent days a very serious traffic issue has been brought to my attention as a result of a serious accident that nearly occurred last week. A letter has been sent home to each family today. I urge all parents to read the letter carefully and be aware of the issues raised.

Also, we have had some parents parking illegally in Calvert St. before and after school. I ask that you take note of the No Standing signs and strictly adhere to these. The safety of our children is paramount.

CONGRATULATIONS - to Hannah Dale and Deon Oborne on the safe arrival of baby girl Billie Rose at the weekend. Both mum and Billie are doing very well.

ADVISORY COUNCIL POSITIONS

The School Advisory Council AGM will be held on Wednesday 14

th March at 7.00pm in the school library.

This year we have four positions vacant for new members to be elected. An information pack outlining the various roles and responsibilities of the Advisory Council can be obtained from the school office. I ask all parents to consider this important role, as it is a great way to contribute to the life of our school. Nomination forms will need to be submitted to the office by Friday 9

th March.

COMMUNITY GROUP MEETING

The first Community Group meeting for 2018 was held yesterday and I am pleased to say that all coordinator positions have been filled;

Community Group Coordinator- Carolyn Lynch

Nicole Darcy, Kate Connor, Brooke Fleming, Lucy Richardson – Fun Food Day

Jane Donovan – Social Events

Brooke Fleming- Foodbank

Emma Hitching – Mother’s/Father’s Day Stall

Kate Connor – Discount Cards

Lucy Richardson-Book club

Jenny Fish-Garden Expo Coordinator

A big thank you to these parents for volunteering their valuable time.

The Community Group meets once a term and plays an important role in supporting the whole school community. It is a wonderful way of meeting new people and helps to raise funds for school resources.

to the following students celebrating their

birthdays this week:

Hugo Saarikallio, Stella Hanlon, Samuel Deng,

Tesloach Thian, Molly Fish

TIMETABLE Starting 5th March: Week A

Tuesday: 5/6 Music, Art, Library, LOTE

Wednesday Year 1/2 Library, Art, Music, Science

FORMS TO RETURN

2018 Family Contact List Medical Information for 2018 Consent and Permissions Dental Screening —Preps and Grade 1s Community Group Flyer Helpers Form for BBQ

2018 FAMILY CONTACT DETAILS

If you wish to have you contact details included in our booklet please make sure you have returned your form by

Monday 5th March. Booklets will be finalised by the end of next week.

Prayer Gathering 5/6 Jodie / Kerryn Friday 2nd March 9:00am to 9:30am

mailto:[email protected]




Today a Community Group flyer has been sent home asking families to nominate initiatives that they are willing to assist with throughout the year. Coordinators will make contact with you to assist when required. If these forms could be returned ASAP it would be appreciated.

CONSENT & PERMISSION / MEDICAL INFORMATION

I ask that all consent and medical forms be returned to the school office. These forms provide important information, so please ensure they are completed and returned ASAP. Thank you to those families who have already returned their forms.

ABSENT / TRANSPORT PHONE LINE

To lessen the load on office staff, I ask that if your child is going to be absent, that you ring on this line and leave a message informing the school of the absence and the reason why. If you are running late, could you please ensure your child reports to the office before entering the classroom. The number to put into your phones is 52313480.

Enjoy the rest of your week,

Michael Mahoney Principal

SCHOOL BANKING - WEDNESDAY

PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR BANK BOOK

If any students would like to open an account, please collect a brochure from the Administration foyer.

CHOIR NEWS

This year I have decided to split Year 5/6 and Year 3/4 Choir sessions. On Mondays in Week A Year 5/6 Choir will take place at 2.10pm in the Multi-purpose Room. On Mondays in Week B Year 3/4 Choir will take place at 2.10pm in the Multi-purpose Room. I will also offer a follow session at Tuesday at 1:30pm in the Multi-purpose Room in the alternate week. Thank you to all those children who have come to the choir sessions. Can any children who been in choir in the past but no longer attend choir please return choir tops. Tanya Stewart

Lola Lang-Ashworth and Jack Fay with their Spirit of St Mary’s Awards. Congratulations!!





CLASSROOM NEWS

PREP: We were so very proud of the Prep children at the Beginning of School Mass last Friday. They were very respectful in the church and did a wonderful job receiving the blessing from their buddy. They are really beginning to find their feet in the classroom and we could not be prouder of how hard they are working. We have been learning to break words into sounds and have been practising our sentence of the week - That ant had a hat. It was wonderful to see how many prep children had been reading at home and practising their sentence and words. We have noticed that a lot of our prep children have been finding it tricky to open their food containers and re-pack their lunch boxes. We ask that parents and guardians please pack containers that their child can open and close with ease. Just a few friendly reminders:

Reading Folders are to be brought to school each Monday

Library books can be returned to the Pirate or Dinosaur Box in the Prep Corridor before the next Specialist Day

Specialist Day is on every second Tuesday

Please ensure that your child arrives at school in time to complete their morning jobs before the bell rings at 8.55am

We encourage the Prep children to carry their own school bag and complete their morning jobs independently

Have a wonderful weekend. Paula [email protected] Leah [email protected]

[email protected] Paula and Leah GRADE 1/2: With the term well under way now, we enjoyed the opportunity to meet with parents through our parent teacher interview on Monday this week. It was a great opportunity to ensure children have settled into their new classrooms well. In Andre’s class we had some exciting news as we welcome John to grade 1/2, John has come all the way from South Sudan and the children have been fantastic in settling him into our school. Last Friday we shared a special celebration with our beginning of school mass, the children presented our learning statements and prayer cloths during the mass. Prayer Gatherings will begin tomorrow morning with the grade 6 leadership team leading our first gathering. Next Wednesday the 7th of March will be specialist day for the 1/2's. Have a great weekend.

Bec Roberts [email protected] Bec Murray [email protected] Susie Scott [email protected] Andre Delorenzo [email protected]

[email protected] Reb R, Susie, Bec M and Andre

GRADE 3/4: The Year 3-4 Crew have again kept busy this week. In literacy we have developed our sizzlings starts and moved onto the tightening tension parts of our pirate narratives. We are beginning to edit our work, looking for grammar and punctua-tion errors and also adding descriptive language to make our narratives more engaging. During maths we are continuing with place value and are playing some brilliant games to keep us all on our toes. Bluearth time on Tuesday mornings has been fantastic, some great teamwork and sportsmanship being displayed by all children. We have been focusing on skills such as throwing and catching and we would encourage students to continue practising these skills at home.

Reminders: Diaries: Keep filling out the diaries each night and remember they are due in every Thursday to your teacher :) Headphones: All students in Grade Three and Four need to provide a set of headphones to use with our class Chromebooks and iPads. The headphones need to be clearly labelled and will be kept in your child’s tub to use through-out the year. Homework: At this stage of the year, we are encouraging all our Grade Three and Four students to enjoy reading with their families as their homework. Students are encouraged to read and listen to a variety of texts, such as Library books, short novels borrowed from the Library, favourite books from your own bookshelf at home, newspapers, and mag-azines. After reading you can prompt your child into telling you all the important parts of the text and identifying its genre i.e. fiction (made up, story) or non-fiction (true, information). The title of your chosen text and page numbers or chapter are to be recorded in your child's diary. Prayer Gathering: Nicole and Judy’s crew will be leading Prayer Gathering on Friday 9th of March in the Church at 9am.

Nicole [email protected] Zoe [email protected] Deb [email protected] Anna [email protected]

[email protected] Nicole, Zoe, Deb and Anna















GRADE 5/6:

We are into the full swing of things in 5/6 and students should be proud of the way they have started the year. Classes are now focusing on reading and writing skills and there has been some fantastic persuasive writing created by the students, with a few promising future politicians in the group. In Numeracy, our focus has been on place value and our Religion unit continues to work through Lent in the lead up to Easter. Congratulations are in order for the grade 6’s who blessed their buddy last week in our beginning of the year mass. They showed great leadership for their prep buddies and each student should be proud of they way they presented themselves and represented the school. The Year 6 students will continue their leadership journey at Jodie and Kerryn’s 5/6 Prayer Gathering on Friday, when they will receive their school leadership badges. It was great to meet so many parents at our parent teacher interviews earlier this week and we all look forward to strengthening parent/teacher relationships. Reminders: To please return local permission forms and Medical forms to the office as well as the Grade 6 leadership order form for their tops. As we are still experiencing some warm days at school, students are reminded to drink plenty of water and a water bottle in class is encouraged. Additionally, we also encourage students to bring in a piece of fruit of a morning to keep them energised and focused. Sports: We are in the process of selecting the boys and girls tennis players for the Colac Divisional School Sports Victoria event. Our successful KO tennis competition which has been held during lunch times over the past 2 week, has been competitively played with plenty of good tennis. We are up to Semi Finals stage. Letters will go home a.s.a.p. regarding selected students for the SSV event at the Colac Lawn Courts. We must also congratulate all the St. Mary’s tennis players that have done so well recently in local tournaments. The Pol-warth Tennis Championships last weekend saw Georgia Edwards, Aanlin Cheeran Benoy, Sophie Richardson, Oli-ver Coulson, Ella Harwood, Austin Atkins, Eliza Speirs, Jack and Jenny Fish and Harry Sells in the winners or runner-up list. Well done. In Bluearth, students have enjoyed participating in triple jump and shot put in the lead up to our athletics day. Swim times have been sent to Nicole Lynch for her to check over and a list of successful swimmers will be notified of the Regional Swimming Championships.

Rob Walters [email protected] Jodie Hassett [email protected] Melissa Lidgerwood [email protected] Dan Cannon [email protected]

[email protected] Jodie, Melissa, Rob and Dan

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

RECONCILIATION PROGRAM Our Sacramental students have begun their preparation for their upcoming Reconciliation. Families have nominated a day and time that they will be attending the Church for their child to receive the Sacrament. Closer to the time, a reminder note will be sent home with your chosen day and time. PRAYER GATHERINGS Our weekly Prayer Gatherings will commence tomorrow (Friday 2nd March) at 9.00am, with 5/6 Jodie/Kerryn leading us in a “Leadership” Prayer Gathering during which our Year 6 students will receive their leadership badges. A separate note and a Semester One roster will be sent home today. PROJECT COMPASSION Students will have received a collection box for Project Compassion for the beginning of Lent. St Mary’s supports Project Compassion and invites families to take part in almsgiving during the Lenten season. The Project Compassion boxes can be returned to school at the end of Term 1. http://www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion

Tanya Stewart & Jodie Hassett Religious Education Leaders

NETBALL

If you missed last night meeting please return you child's form ASAP. Teams are currently being finalized and sent off to the association.







http://www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion




ADMINISTRATION MATTERS School Fees

DIRECT DEBIT FORMS If you would like to continue this process for 2018 you must complete and return your forms ASAP.

CSEF Funding (Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund)

Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or who are temporary foster parents are eligible to apply. The amount of $125 per year will be paid for eligible primary school students. Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to the student. Applications to the Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund are now open and should be completed and lodged with the school before: Friday 29th. June 2018 Please Note: If you were eligible last year this process will automatically rollover. (There is no need to complete a form for 2018) Forms are available from the school office between 8:30am - 4:30pm . A copy of your pension card is required.

FAMILY FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME 2018 Parents/Carers who hold a Health Care Card may claim a reduction in their tuition fees. If you think you would be eligible please contact the school office for details.

CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE 2018 Families can apply for a Conveyance Allowance if they need to drive a significant distance to connect with the free school bus. If families live 4.8 kilometres or more from the nearest school bus stop, they may receive a conveyance allowance to assist with the travel costs of using their private car to transport children to the bus. A private car conveyance allowance is not available if the journey could have been made using a free school bus. Application forms for the Conveyance Allowance are available at the school office and should be completed ASAP Forms available from the school office.

Disclaimer: St Mary’s does not promote or publicise events\activities unless they are specifically for the health and well being of the children in our care or are advocated by and through the Board or our Parents and Friends Committee. St Mary’s does not promote profit making for private businesses or family interests in this publication .

UNIFORM SHOP 2018

The uniform shop will be open every Wednesday Between 10:00am - 12:00noon If you cannot make it in at this time, please fill out an order form and pay at the office and we will send it home with your child.

MOVIE TICKETS

Movie tickets are available from the office

for $10.00

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM

Beginning February 7th

For every $10 spent at Coles, customers will receive one ‘Sports for School’ voucher. Children can place the vouchers in the collection box in the school foyer.

END OF DAY ROUTINE

It is most important that your child/ children know how they are to go home at the end of the day. If there is a change to their regular routine, please call the school preferably before 3.00pm as this is a busy time of the day. Also, a message can be left on our answering machine 5231 3480 which is checked regularly.

COUNTRY BUS TRAVEL

For existing bus travellers, a reminder that the children are to travel on their allocated bus. Occasionally it may be that you might need your child to travel on a different country bus. In these instances, you must apply for a country bus pass. You must apply to Kerrie O’Connor at the Colac College Office, (as the CSC is the bus coordinating school), preferable the day prior to travel so that the relevant pass can be issued. This Bus Pass is then forwarded to our Office for your child to present to the driver on the day of travel. Please note students cannot be issued bus passes for sporting purposes (football/netball training) or for going to a friend's house to play. Thanks for your support

From The Art Room…

As part of the Colac Otway Arts Trail some of the senior St Mary's Students will have work displayed At the Colac Library Foyer as part of a "Mini -Archibald" prize by Colac Otway Children. This will be from March 10th - March 31st, 2018.

They will also have their murals from last year displayed on the Queens Avenue Fence line for the weekend of 17th & 18th March 2018.

Lynne Richardson


Prayer Gatherings

On Fridays each class takes a turn at leading our school in prayer at our weekly Prayer Gatherings. Prayer Gatherings are a time for our community to gather together in prayer. It is a time for prayer and reflection. We are very fortunate to have the use of St Mary’s Church for our Prayer Gatherings and we ask that everyone respects this sacred space. Whilst we have used the church for concerts and performances our Prayer Gatherings are not designed to be a concert or performance. We show our appreciation to each class for their efforts in leading us at prayer at the end of the Prayer Gathering allowing us to focus on the whole prayer experience rather than applauding individual items. Can we ask for your cooperation in order to make our Prayer Gatherings a prayerful experience for our whole school community. Please do not bring food/drink into the church (including take-away coffee) Please refrain from taking video/photographs during the Prayer Gathering. Please clap at the end of the Prayer Gathering to thank the class for their efforts in

leading us in prayer rather than applaud individual items. We have included the Prayer Gathering Roster for Terms 1 and 2 so that you can add these dates to your diary. Our first Prayer Gathering is on Friday 2nd March at 9am. During this Prayer Gathering our Year 6 students make leadership pledges and receive their badges. Many thanks Tanya Stewart and Jodie Hassett Religious Education Leaders

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