St Joachim s Catholic Parish Primary School St Joachim s Newsletter 25 Broderick Road, Carrum Downs 3201 P: 9785 2633 E: principal@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au Friday 9th December 2016 Diary Dates December Tuesday 13 Reading Recovery Afternoon Tea (Invite only) 2:30pm 13 Y6 Graduation 5:45 arrival and photos 6:00pm Start of Formalities Wednesday 14 Parent Helpers Morning Tea 8:45am in the Staffroom 14 End of Year Awards Ceremony promptly at 1:30pm Thursday Family and friends welcome 15 End of Year Mass in the hall at 10:00am Family & Friends welcome 15 Christmas Concert 6:00pm Friday 16 Last day of Term 4 for students 16 Year 6 Balloon Send-off 3:00pm on the oval. Jan All welcome Students in Prep to Year 4 will be dismissed from their classrooms. Year 5 & 6 students will be dismissed from the oval. 2017 31 Years 1-6 resume Feb 6 2017 preps start (Please see larger image at the end of this newsletter) Dear Parents, Today our Grade 6 students enjoyed a fabulous day out at Luna Park, while our Grade 5 students presented speeches and held elections for school leadership positions and worked on a personal leadership plan. I am proud of the way all senior students conducted themselves at their respective activities today. Thank you to staff and parents who supported both Grade 5 and Grade 6 students. This Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent. This is also known as Gaudete Sunday (from the Latin Gaudete to rejoice). On Sunday the third (pink) candle will be lit on the Advent wreath. The pink candle represents joy. Next Tuesday evening (13 th December) our Grade 6 students will have their official Graduation ceremony. Grade 6 students are asked to be at school at 5:45 p.m. for photos with the formalities commencing at 6:00 p.m. This is an exciting time for our Grade 6 s, and their families, as they celebrate 7 years of primary schooling at St. Joachim s. Thank you to all Grade 6 students, and their families, for the fabulous contributions you have made to St. Joachim s over the years. The annual Parent helpers thank you morning tea will be held in the staffroom next Wednesday (14 th December) from 8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. This is an opportunity for the school to thank parents for their generous contributions in a variety of ways throughout the year. Please note: our end of year awards ceremony will take place next Wednesday (14 th December) in the hall commencing at 1:30 p.m. Our local Federal MP, Mark Dreyfus, will be in attendance and award the annual Community Spirit and Leadership award, and our local State MP, Sonya Kilkenny, will present the Community Leadership award. The inaugural Jen Hunter Literacy Award and classroom, specialist and other awards will also be announced at this ceremony. Our end of school year Mass will be celebrated by Fr. John next Thursday (15 th December) at 10:00 a.m. in the hall. This is a fitting way to give thanks for the blessings and achievements we have experienced as a school community this year. All parents are warmly invited to attend. St. Joachim s Christmas carols evening is also next Thursday (15 th December) commencing at 6:00 p.m. in the hall. Thank you to all families for assisting with costumes for the evening. The carols promise to be an enthralling performance and a great opportunity to celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus as a Catholic school and faith community. A reminder that school will finish for the end of the 2016 school year at 3:15 p.m. next Friday (16 th December). Regards, Paul Dwyer, Principal.
Education in Faith Ms Zeeta Andrew Religious Education Leader zandrew@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au St Joachim s End of Year Mass Thursday 15th December We will be celebrating our final whole school mass for 2016. This week we lit the Advent Candle of Joy, to remind us that we are called to be people of joy joy in all that has been given to us and to have hope in our daily lives, knowing that God is always with us. This will be a time for the school community to gather and celebrate all of the fantastic things that have happened throughout the 2016 year before we head into the Christmas holidays. Mass will begin at 10am at the school hall. All are warmly invited to join us for this special celebration. From Mrs Stewart Irene Stewart Deputy Principal / Student Wellbeing istewart@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au Dear Families, Thank you to all of those who took the time to respond to the Boon Wurrung family school partnerships (BW FSP) recent survey. We had an excellent response rate from this school. The information you provided is invaluable in assisting St Joachim s and the BW FSP cluster to develop relevant programs and support to our families. The BW FSP cluster would like to wish you a happy and safe Christmas and New Year.
St. Joachim s Annual Christmas Concert Thursday 15th Dec. 6.00pm School Hall Doors open at 5.40pm Featuring all students across the school Prep-6 WINTER CHRISTMAS & SUMMER CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CAROLS Santa Elves Rudolph Reindeer Frosty the Snowman NATIVITY PROCESSION Mary Joseph Baby Jesus Angel Gabriel Angels Shepherds Three Wise Men Little Drummer Boy Stable Animals & Sheep Christmas Star Graduation St. Joachim s Hall Tuesday, 13 th December 2016 The Grade 6 students of 2016 are getting very excited about their up-coming Graduation celebrations. This is a very special time for students and parents alike. The following is an outline of the evening s events: 5.45pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm Arrival and photos (cameras & phones to be taken home with parents) Start of formalities: Student s Prayer Teacher s Prayer/Reflection Parent Speeches Principal s Address (Mr Paul Dwyer) Graduation Presentations (certificates, photos, candles) Graduation Movie Formalities Conclude Dinner served to Graduates Disco Set-Up (music starts) Disco Starts (dancing begins) Disco Concludes Children Collected from Hall Dress Code for Graduates: semi-formal attire and shoes suitable for dancing (no high heels please). We look forward to this wonderful celebration of your children s primary school years and sharing it with you. Please feel free to contact your child s classroom teacher if you have any further questions about the Graduation Celebrations. Senior Teachers
Performing Arts News Jody Banks Performing Arts Teacher jbanks@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au Last Tuesday afternoon we were lucky enough to have the McClelland College Senior Band come and play for our school in a performance that was both entertaining and educational. The secondary students demonstrated the instruments in each instrumental family, played a few pieces of music for our children to listen to, and even invited some of our students to have a turn at conducting the band! Thank you to Michelle Cleland for organising the performance. SSG STEM What s STEM? STEM is an acronym that refers to Science, technology, engineering and mathematics Here We have Santa's Little Helpers in SSG building Sleighs and Chimneys
Uniform Shop Tracey Craddock Uniform Shop Coordinator tcraddock@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au La Festa di Natale Fun! Trading Hours Wed 8:30 9:00am Thurs 2:45pm 3:30pm The Uniform Shop has limited stock of second (slight imperfections) items for sale: Prices Reduced Even More! Long sleeve polo tops $15 Short sleeve polo tops $10 Size 4 long sleeve sport x 4 Size 4 short sleeve polo x 1 Size 14 long sleeve x 1 Size 14 short sleeve x 1 Size 16 long sleeve x 1 If you are unable to make it to the Uniform Shop when it s open, you may use our Uniform Shop Order Form which is available on the Tiqbiz app, the school website www.sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au - or can be picked up at the school office Also: The Uniform Shop is pleased to announce, that we now have EFTPOS to make all of your uniform purchases easier.
MJW Have a Special Visitor We had Bronx, Emmitt s beautiful Dogue de Bordeaux in for a visit last Friday. Emmitt presented his homework to the class about Dogue de Bordeauxs. MJW had lots of questions about Bronx. They stayed calm and relaxed during his visit and learnt a lot about responsible pet ownership :)
CAFÉ Strategy: Use Punctuation to Enhance Phrasing and Prosody As experienced readers, the use of punctuation comes automatically. We read a story and use the punctuation to make meaning of the text. For beginning readers, learning to read in phrases is important. The meaning of text is embedded in a chunk of words, not just in isolated words themselves. The order and the way words are put together in a text, creates the meaning. Your child has been encouraged to compare the reading of text to spoken language. When reading text aloud does it have the intonation and prosody we hear every day in our conversations with others? Your child is learning the fluency strategy: Use Punctuation to Enhance Phrasing and Prosody. Paying close attention to all punctuation will assist with fluency and overall comprehension of text. How can you help your child with this strategy at home? 1. Read aloud a segment of text to your child. Model how you control your voice to go up and down. Highlight punctuation in the text and discuss what your voice did when you came to the punctuation. It may even help to read it once without intonation or attention to punctuation, see what differences your child is able to notice. 2. Using a pencil, underline a phrase in a sentence and model how the words are said together without a pause. Have your child repeat this phrase for you a few different times until fluency is attained. 3. Give your child a highlighter and ask him/her to highlight all punctuation in a portion of text. Then, go through the text with your child, talking about what their voice should do at each highlighted spot. Finish by having your child read the excerpt aloud one or two times. Thank you for your continued support at home! Written by: Allison Behne 2010 www.thedailycafe.com Ideas and strategies are taken from: The CAFE Book, written by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser