St Mary s Primary School Week 8 Term 4: Issue 37 Friday 1st December 2017 4-12 Duke Street, Maffra, Vic 3860 Phone: (03) 5147 1334 Fax: (03) 5147 2642 principal@stmmaffra.catholic.edu.au Our Mission: At St. Mary s School Maffra, we are a Catholic School that strives to be authentic to the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of the Church. We aim to be an inclusive and nurturing community that respects, values and empowers each person to fulfil their dreams and potential. We envisage a School that provides challenging, relevant and child-centred learning experiences. We believe that the social, emotional, moral, spiritual and physical wellbeing of our students is pivotal to student health, safety, learning and success. 2017 Dates Term 4 Week 9 Tuesday 5th December - Parent/Teacher School Interviews 3.30 to 5.30 Wednesday 6th December - Parent/Teacher School Interviews 3.30 to 5.30 Friday 8th December - Whole School Feast Day Mass @10.15am - Parent & Helpers Morning - Tea @11am in Parish Hall - Grandparents Day Week 10 Tuesday 12th December - Grade Six Graduation Mass @6pm Wednesday 13th December - School Performance School Concert Friday 15th December - Whole School End of Year Mass @10.15am Week 11 Tuesday 19th December Dear Parents We move into the final couple of weeks of the 2017 school year. This is a very busy time of the year with a range of activities and get-togethers at St Mary s. The following dates may be of assistance to you as the year comes to a close. Tuesday and Wednesday, 5th and 6th December- Parent and Teacher Interviews Friday, 8th December- Grandparents Day at St Mary s commences with Mass at 10.15am Tuesday, 12th December- Grade Six Graduation Wednesday, 13th December- End of Year Carols and Prep Nativity Monday, 18th December- Grade 6 Day Out Tuesday, 19th December- Last day for Children. (3.20pm finish with assembly at 12.30pm). This will include acknowledging teachers and families who will be leaving. The Staff of St Mary s would like to invite all families and friends to our: Nativity Play, Carol Evening and BYO Picnic Tea This will be held on Wednesday, December 13th in the school grounds and we provide you with the following Timetable: 5pm- Children arrive at school 5.30pm- Prep Nativity Play Followed by Class Performances of Christmas items All children are expected to attend this event as the Class Performances will see every child perform. The children are looking forward to this event and performing in front of families and friends. The Prep Nativity Play will again be something not to be missed. A note has been sent home this week and a flyer is included in this week s newsletter. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Jason - Last Day of Term Finish at 3.20pm Reminder: Friday 8th December will be our last P & F Cake Raffle for the year with lots of prizes. Tickets are 20cent each, with a maximum of $1.00. Thanks for your support.
School Fees: Due date for the 3rd and Final Instalment of School Fees and Levies was due on Friday 27th October 2017 If you have outstanding fees from this year please pay by EFT as soon as possible. Statements have been sent home for any outstanding accounts. Please note we now also have EFTPOS facilities as another method of payment. Thankyou to those families who have been prompt with their School Fee payments so far. Grandparents Day: We will be having a Grandparents Day on Friday 8th December, an invitation has been sent home. Grandparents will come and celebrate the Feast of The Immaculate Conception Mass at 10.15am followed by a morning tea and school lesson with their grandchildren. Year 6 Graduation: Graduation for our Year 6 students will be on Tuesday 12th December starting with Mass at 6pm. The Graduation celebration will be a seated meal for the Year 6 graduate and their immediate family (parents and siblings - with a maximum of 5 guests), with speeches and presentations towards the end of meal. Grandparents and other relatives/ friends are welcome to attend the Mass. St Vincent De Paul Christmas Appeal : We will once again be supporting St Vincent De Paul s Christmas Appeal by asking our School families to donate to our Christmas Toy Appeal. If each family were to provide one gift, we d certainly brighten up the lives of many children on Christmas Day. We will present our gifts to a representative from St. Vincent De Paul Society during our End of Year Mass on Friday 15th December at 10.15am. A note has been sent home. Hooptime: On Monday 27th November children from St Marys Maffra Primary School travelled to Melbourne to compete in the Hooptime State Finals. Teams had won their way through to the day after competing in local events. Hooptime is a Basketball Victoria initiative with over 320 boys teams and 240 girls teams entered across the state this year. The St Mary's boys team finished third overall narrowly losing the semi final by 1 point and the girls team finished in the top six teams in the state - a fantastic effort. St Mary's Maffra were one of only three school to have both girls and boys represented. Congratulations to the students who represented the school proudly.
RECONCILIATION: Maffra: Saturday For Half Hour after 9.30am Mass (And any other time by request). Parish News: Heyfield: 5.20pm-5.45pm prior to Saturday evening Mass WEEKDAY MASSES: Maffra: 6th Dec: 7th 8th th Dec: Dec: ** MONDAYS: availability will be announced at Masses the prior. ** Wed 5.00pm followed by ½ hour Adoration & Reconciliation Thur. 9.30am Fri. 10.15am Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary Whole School Mass Sat. 9.30am 9 Dec: Heyfield: 5th Dec: Tues. 9.30am Whole School Mass for Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary MASS TIMES FOR CHRISTMAS : 2017 Christmas Eve Sun. 24th December: Heyfield (Carols @ 6pm) Mass @ 6.30pm Maffra (Carols @ 8.30pm) Mass @ 9pm Christmas Day Mon. 25th December: Maffra Mass @ 9am Newry Mass @ 11am Feast of the Holy Family Sun. 31st December: WEEKEND MASSES: MAFFRA: 9.00am HEYFIELD: Saturday 6.00pm COWWARR: 1st & 3rd 11.00am NEWRY: 2nd & 4th 11.00am DARGO: 5th 12.00 noon 31st Dec. DARGO MASS: 31st Dec. 2017: New Year s Eve is Dargo s Mass this year. Why not celebrate New Year s Eve at Dargo, the High Plains are a beautiful place to spend the night partying and seeing in the New Year 2018. Mass at 12noon then onto the Park or Hotel for your Celebrations. There are accommodations and camping sites, but not sure on availability so if you re thinking of making a night of it why not contact them and find out now. Normal Masses Times This is the 5th so Dargo will have a Mass 12noon FAMILY MASS AND PICNIC: December 10th Newry, 11am Mass followed by picnic in the grounds Caritas Global Gifts- We are One Human Family Send a message to those you love, and give to those in need. When you choose a Global Gift this year, you are bringing a moment of joy and helping create a lifetime of change for some of the world s most vulnerable people. This year help bring the gift of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love to our one human family around the world. Each global gift will go towards supporting our most important work; from responding to emergency situations with food and water to supporting education programs and training farmers with new sustainable livelihood techniques. Share a message of compassion this Christmas simply select one of our beautiful global gift cards. When you send a Global Gift card to your friends or family, you also share a gift with the world and help support our one human family. End of Year Carols & Family Get-together The Staff of St. Mary s School Maffra would like to invite all families and friends to our "Nativity Play, Carols Evening & BYO Picnic Tea" on Wednesday, December 13th in the Gazebo and School Grounds The Timetable for the evening is as follows: 5.00pm 5.30pm followed by BYO picnic tea, drinks Children to arrive at School Prep Nativity Play Class performances of Christmas items (no alcohol please), chairs, rugs, insect repellent etc. It would be good to see as many families & friends as possible here at School on the night, to celebrate the end of another school year. (no skateboards or scooters please)
Awards: Congratulations to the following children who received awards at assembly: Principal s Award Class Award Prep Millie Daly Jay Lee 1/2B Billy Donahoe 1/2C Sam Nowak Tyler Schoenmaekers 3/4D Luke Dwyer Jaylen Henry 3/4E Lilly Boulton Jack Nowak 4/5F William Hart Christopher Dwyer Happy birthday to the Following children who have celebrated birthdays so far this year! November 28th Gemma McKenzie 5/6G 29th Brax Bainbridge Prep Charlie Ross 3/4E 30th Lewis Phillips 1/2C December 3rd Milla Hunt 1/2C 5/6G Hamish Pfeil Darcy Davis Science Hamish Pfeil Olivia Phelan Dear Parents, Parent/Teacher interviews will be held from 3.30pm to 5:30pm on Tuesday 5 th December and Wednesday 6th December 2017. Interviews are 10 mins in duration and are for parents to meet with your child s classroom teacher. You can now book an interview time/s that suits your family best. Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and follow the simple instructions below. Registration is open until 10am Monday, 4 th December 2017. After this time you will need to contact the School Office to either make a booking or change a booking. zc942 Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au Enter THIS school event code. Then follow the 3 simple steps. When you click finish, your interview timetable will be emailed to you automatically - check your junk mail folder if you do not receive your email immediately. You can return to www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time, and change your interviews - until bookings close. BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN If you do not have access to the internet we are very happy for you to call the School and Mary or Kylie will go online and complete this task for you. Parents can change their interview bookings, any time prior to the closing date, by re-visiting the www.schoolinterviews.com.au website using the event code. Parents wishing to change their interview times after the closing date should contact the School Office directly on: 5147 1334.
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