COLUMBA CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

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1 COLUMBA CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Hope Street Phone Bunyip 3815 Fax Website 30th April Dear Columba Families, Catholic Education Week moving with the spirit Next week is Catholic Education Week throughout the Diocese of Sale. During this week we celebrate with pride our identity as a Catholic School. You may have noticed articles related to Catholic Education in the Warragul and Pakenham Gazettes this week. Catholic Education Week is also a great time to reflect on all the successes at Columba. Not only are we immensely proud of our students, the learning environment and the excellence of the programs offered by the staff but we also look to the future with great excitement as the school continues to grow. We believe we are successful at Columba because Christ s example inspires all we do. Teachers work in partnership with families to provide rich and meaningful learning experiences and a faith-filled, happy and secure environment. At Columba the focus is always on what children can do and what they can be! Our motto as a staff in 2015 is 100% of the children 100% of the time! All staff take responsibility for all students and we believe in every child s potential to learn! A Prayer for Mothers and all the special women in our lives: Dear Jesus, We thank you for all mothers and carers around the world, and for all they do for their children. We thank you for their patience when we don t get things right. We thank you for their encouragement when we find life hard. We pray that mums would feel really special on Mother s Day and that you would remind us every day to show them as much love and help as they give to us. Amen IONA-MARYKNOLL & KOO WEE RUP CATHOLIC PARISHES IN PARTNERSHIP Including the communities of St Joseph s, Iona; St James, Nar Nar Goon; Holy Family, Maryknoll; St John s, Koo Wee Rup and St Mary s, Lang Lang. Administrator Fr. Dom Hilarion Fernando OSB Parish Deacon Rev. Tony Aspinall Parish office, St James 60 Nar Nar Goon Rd Nar Nar Goon 3812 Phone ionaparish@dcsi.net.au Sacramental Co-ordinator Sr Patricia Hickey sgs WEEKEND MASS TIMES: St Joseph s, Iona Sunday 11am Holy Family, Maryknoll 2nd Sunday 8am St James, Nar Nar Goon Saturday 6pm St John s, Koo Wee Rup Sunday 9.30am St Mary s, Lang Lang 3rd Sunday 8am Reconciliation: Refer to Parish Office

2 School Photos School Photos will be taken on Thursday 7 May. Information and order forms for school photos were sent home last week. Please contact the office if you did not receive this information. Students are expected to wear full winter uniform for school photos even if it is their sports day. Congratulations to Campbell, Josh, Lachlan & Patrick who have been selected as school leaders for the next fortnight, Many thanks to Josh Collins, Patrick, Tanja and Keely Bow for an exceptional job, they set a great example for all Columba students to follow. Assembly The next Assembly is scheduled for Friday 8th May at 2:30 pm. The Prayer will be lead by students from Grade 3. Please come along and help celebrate the achievements of the students. All families are welcome to attend each Assembly. Saturday 25th April GARFIELD BUNYIP

3 It s a new baby! Many congratulations to the Kivits family on the birth of Johannes, a little brother for Davey. God Bless Congratulations Award Winners Prep Enrolments Enrolments for Prep 2016 are now open and Information Packages will be distributed to the local kinders this week. We would be grateful if school families could collect an Enrolment Form from the office and return it by Friday 8th May. This will enable us to know how many places are available for new families. Because of its outstanding success last year, enrolment tours and welcome to new preps for school families will take place in early Term Three and will be facilitated by the 2016 Buddy Grade. Upcoming events excursions Friday 8 May Division Athletics Newborough Thursday 14 May Melbourne Zoo (Prep) Friday 15 May Winter Round Robin Marist-Sion (Grade 4 6) Tuesday 19 May Scienceworks (Middle grades) Tuesday 26 May Confirmation Reflection Day Nar Nar Goon Grade 6 Come and join in the fun! 7.30pm Saturday 16 May Doors open at 6.45pm Bunyip Primary School Hall Nar Nar goon-longwarry Road, Bunyip $15pp incl. 2 bingo books (15 games/ book) additional books available $3 each Don t miss out on a fantastic night Book your tickets/table now or traceysever@yahoo.com.au Every table booked and paid for before May 9 will receive a gift on the night. BYO drinks and nibbles Winter Uniform: All students should now be in their full winter uniform unless of course, you are awaiting the arrival of an order. Our uniform always looks fantastic and to maintain our high standards, we ask that parents ensure that the correct socks and shoes are worn at all times.

4 Our Amazing Students Congratulations to all our students on the fabulous entries for the Bunyip Show from Italian and Visual Arts Classes. Mrs Kinder and Signora Robbins are particularly proud of: First Prize: Eli & Phoebe Bracken, Amelia Millis, Keely Hampton & Zoe Rathbone Second Prize: Lachlan Smith, Ben Hower, Lily Bow & Taylah Grundy, also Pandora, Caitlyn, Abby & Maddy for La Giungla Third Prize: Indiana Makai, Ethan Marson, Ethan Brown & Owen Nelson Highly Commended: Bronson Crisfield, Ruby Burgess, Ben Brasier, Bridget Kinder & Will Payne Mr Personality, First Prize: Hugh Waterman Mother s Day A personalised invitation for Mother s Day Mass and Morning Tea came home this week. Our Mother s Day activities take place next Tuesday beginning with Mass at 9:30 am, followed by open classrooms and morning tea. The Choir will also provide entertainment and we look forward to spoiling all our wonderful mums! Don t forget we also have the annual Mother s Day Stall with fabulous gifts ranging in price from $2 $10 next Wednesday, 6 May.

5 IONA-MARYKNOLL PARISH 60 Nar Nar Goon Road, Nar Nar Goon 3812, Vic., Australia, 3815 Or PO BOX 1, Koo Wee Rup, 3981 Telephone: (03) Please remember the following students in your prayers as they make their commitment to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation Keely Bow, Ethan, Lachlan, Josh Collins, Bronson, Patrick, Josh Evans, Keely Hampton, Teagan, Eddie, Ben, Jess King, Campbell, Liam, Greta, Christina, Cailyn and Tanja Project Compassion A very big thank you to all the families who collected money in the Project Compassion boxes during Lent. It is now time for the boxes to be returned to school so that we can pass the money on to Caritas for projects around Australia and the world. This year Project Compassion has focused on the ways in which our partners empower communities to establish sustainable food sources and develop income streams for life. We as the Columba community have helped in this goal, well done! Please pray for the following students as they prepare for the Sacrament of Baptism: Brianna, Riley & Brody O Connor Ellie-Ruth Barnes Ruby Pace God Bless and many congratulations! Mass at Columba Tuesday 3 May Tuesday 12 May Tuesday 19 May Tuesday 26 May Tuesday 2 June Tuesday 9 June Mother s Day Liturgy (Library) Hillview Grade 4/5 & 1/2 V attending Grade 3/4 & 3 attending Prepared by Junior Grades Columba Day (Iona 11:30 am) Tuesday 16 June Prepared by Middle Grades Tuesday 22 June Prepared by Senior Grades

6 Why read 15 minutes, four days a week at home? Student A Student B Student C Reads 15 minutes per day Reads 5 minutes per day Reads 1 minute per day 2400 minutes per school year 800 minutes per school year 180 minutes per school year words per year (average) words per year (average) words per year (average) Likely to score in the 90th percentile on standardized tests Likely to score in the 50th percentile on standardized tests Likely to score in the 10th percentile on standardized tests If they start reading for 20 minutes per night in Prep, by the end of grade 6, Student A will have read for the equivalence of approx. 60 school days, Student B for 12 school days and Student C for only 3 school days. Want to be a better reader?...simply read! read! read! Need proof? One of our Columba grade 3 girls made a learning goal to read every day over the summer holidays...she only missed two days! When her reading was tested at the beginning of this year, she had improved FOUR reading levels (that s nearly a whole year of reading growth!!) Patrick s Sports Report District Athletics First of all great job at District everyone. Many kids from Columba made it to the next stage. Good luck at Division and have a good time. Congratulations to Shannon, Ashlyn, Ben.B, Josh.C, Indi, Irene, Eli, Cailyn, Ronan, Lachlan.S, Maddy.A, Josh.E, Abby.S, Abby.W and Ethan.B. for making it to Division. Good luck at the next stage! Senior PIPs Sport On the 17th of April the Grades 3,4,5 and 6 went to St John s Catholic School to participate in the PIPs. Congratulations to Lachlan Brown and Mia Lieshout for winning the J.J.C Award. Junior PIPs Sports Good job all you younger students. All of you did a great job! Thanks to all the parents who helped and came to cheer for the kids. All the kids tried their hardest and had a great time. Thank you also to the Sports Captains who helped on the day. Congratulations to Phoebe Bracken and Nathan Pisa for winning the J.J.C Award.

7 The flying fox was 300m long. It was awesome! The trampolines were great! We built huts in the bush. There were three people in a group. Our huts had to be waterproof. Not all were! We did archery. 12 people got bullseyes!

8 Mountain boarding was muddy. We had to wear helmets, elbow pads, knee pads and wrist pads. Happy Birthday Alex! We slept in cabins. Although some didn t get much sleep. ZZZZzzzzz

9 May Sunday 3 Confirmation Commitment Mass (Iona) Tuesday 5 Mother s Day Liturgy and Morning Tea Thursday 7 School Photos Friday 8 West Gippsland Division Athletics Friday 8 Assembly Prayer: Grade 1/2 H Sunday 10 Mother s Day Tuesday 12 NAPLAN begins (Grade 3 & 5) Wednesday 13 School Board AGM Thursday 14 Zoo Excursion (Prep) Thursday 14 Newsletter Class in Focus: Grade 1/2 F Friday 15 Winter Round Robin (Marist-Sion) Friday 15 Parents & Friends Meeting (2:30 pm) Tuesday 19 Scienceworks excursion (Middle School) Friday 22 Assembly Prayer: Prep Tuesday 26 Confirmation Reflection Day Tuesday 26 Confirmation Reflection Session (Parents) Thursday 28 Cross-Country Championships Thursday 28 Newsletter Class in Focus: Grade 1/2 H Friday 29 Winter Sports (Away Traf) June Friday 5 Assembly Prayer: Grade 5/6 Monday 8 Public Holiday Queens Birthday Tuesday 9 Columba Day Wednesday 10 School Board Thursday 11 Newsletter Class in Focus: Prep Friday 12 Winter Sports Friday 12 Parents & Friends Meeting Tuesday 16 Pilgrimage Mass (Sale) Grade 5 Friday 19 Assembly Prayer: Grade 3 Sunday 21 Sacrament of Confirmation Thursday 25 Reports sent home Friday 26 Last day of term (1:00 pm) Teacher: If I had 10 apples in my right hand and 6 in my left hand, what would I have? Student: Huge Hands! Don t forget to collect your PAKENHAM BUCKS VOUCHERS When you shop at THE GOOD GUYS In Pakenham Tan Bark 2nd/3rd May Squires Family 9th/10th May Monckton Family 16th/17th May Eveleens Family 1st May 17th May 24th May Sick Bay Linen Hower Family Rathbone Family Andrews Family GOAL: To ensure there is a consistent and even coverage of Tan Bark throughout the adventure playground. You will need to bring a rake with you. This task can be completed anytime between 3:30pm Friday and 8:00am Monday. With kindest regards, Jan Gubbins Principal GOAL: To ensure that the sick bay linen is clean and hygienic. TASK: Stripping the sick bay bed of linen and making it up again with fresh linen, which is usually done on a Friday. The linen from the bed needs to be laundered and returned by the following Thursday. Website Please make sure you have a look at the school website which can be accessed at;

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