St Mary's School Newsletter Issue 24: Wednesday 07 August 2013 Take my heart, O Lord, take my hopes and dreams. Take my mind with all its plans and schemes. Take my thoughts, O Lord, and my memory. Take my tears, my joys, my liberty. I surrender Lord, all I have and hold. I return to you your gifts untold. When the darkness falls on my final days, Take the very breath that sang your praise. Dear Parents, Last week at the Bishop s Inservice Day this beautiful song, These alone are enough (Dan Shutte) was played. These haunting lyrics of Your Love and Grace these alone, O God, are enough for me, hold meaning throughout our relationships, our joys, our sorrows and our families all throughout our entire lives. God is always there with us. There can be no butterflies without change... Next week St Mary s celebrates Feast Day (Feast of the Assumption of Mary), Family Week, Market Day and Parent-Teacher Interviews. It is always a lovely week for families and our school community. Please enjoy with us in joy, prayerfulness and excitement. I wish to offer my sincere appreciation to all staff for their enthusiastic preparations and professional commitment to working in partnership for the wholistic education of the little ones in our care. SHELL CAMPBELL Principal ST MARY S FEAST DAY THURSDAY 15 AUGUST All families are warmly invited to attend our beautiful Feast Day celebrations next Thursday, on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. Our day commences with a combined Warwick Catholic Schools Mass at 9.30am at St Mary s Parish Church. All students from St Mary s School and Assumption College will participate in this beautiful Eucharistic celebration. Most reverend Bishop Robert McGuckin, along with Father Franco Filipetto, will lead the beautiful celebrations.
RE NEWS Parish Mass Year 7 Hamilton will be attending the Parish Mass at St Mary s Church this Thursday 08 August at 9.00am. Parents are most welcome to attend. St Mary s Parish is on Facebook St Mary s Parish, Warwick has updated its Facebook page and is now regularly posting information about events and activities. Just go into Facebook and do a search for St Mary s Parish, Warwick. When the page appears, click on the Like icon and you will be able to receive regular updates. ST MARY S MARKET DAY THURSDAY 15 AUGUST The celebrations continue with Market Day, after the Mass. All classes are designing articles to sell or cooking special treats or organising a fantastic side show alley to tempt our school community. On Thursday, all classes will assemble at the Upper Campus at 11.15am. All Year Levels will set up market stalls filled with treats and artworks. Students will wander through the market stalls and purchase goodies. All money raised this year will go towards an Upper Campus Resource project. Last year s money was used for the beautiful Lower Campus Mural, painted by Nikki Malone. All children will need to bring a grocery bag for their goodies and have spending money ($5 limit for lower children) in a named clip lock bag. All items will be valued from 50 cents to $1.00. Parents are encouraged to come along and join in the festivities. Market Day Stalls Prep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Mini Vinnies - Lollies and Sweets - Giant Freckles - Lucky Bottles - Bon bons - Plant a Seed - Refreshments - Fairy Floss - Side Show Alley - Father s Day Cards and gifts Request for Market Day Year levels would like to borrow shade cloths or tents for next week s Market Day stall, along with tent pegs and ropes for secure fastening and OH&S. If you can help with this request please contact the office. M.A.D Warwick Youth Night Ok M.A.D. Warwick you have a Minute to Win It! Starting with Mass at 6.00pm and Pizza in the Parish Centre at 7.00pm. THEN let the games begin! Minute to Win It games will be the theme for the Youth night so gather your friends, start practising and come up with some great team names for the night. Where: St Mary s Parish Centre When: Saturday 17 August 2013 Time: 6.00pm 9.00pm Who: All welcome from Year 7 to 25 years. Gold coin donation for dinner. ADMINISTRATION School Assembly This Friday, 09 August, Year 1 Shooter, will lead our whole School Assembly at the Upper Campus commencing at 9.00am. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Jeans for Genes & Mini Vinnies Thank you to everyone who participated in the Jeans for Genes Day and Mini Vinnies stationery drive last Friday. $531.65 was raised for Jeans for Genes and the amount of stationery donated for Samoa was overwhelming. Parent Teacher Meetings Term 3 Parent-Teacher meetings will be held next week. All families should have received their day and time for interview. If this has not occurred, please contact the office. School-Parent partnership is crucial to optimal student learning and development. It is important that all parents try to attend these important meetings. Teachers are very happy to organise an alternative day or time, if next week is not suitable for your family. Thank-you for your support of St Mary s and student learning. Southern Downs Athletics Trials Southern Downs Athletics Trials will be held at Allora State School on Friday 16 August, 2013. All children who have qualified have received a note with full information. All children are required to travel to Allora by bus. The bus will depart from the Upper Campus at 7.45am and return to school at approximately 3.30pm. Please remember to bring healthy food, sunscreen and water. Canteen facilities will be available. Please return the permission form, completed medical form and $15.00 payment by Monday 12 August, 2013. We congratulate all of the St Mary s students selected to attend this important selection trial. Kerry Norton, Anne Standing, Shell Campbell and Monica Hounslow will support the students throughout the day. We hope the students have a wonderful day, filled with team spirit and excitement and care for one another. Congratulations Congratulations to the following children who received school awards at last Friday's Assembly: PREP Declan Nowlan, Olivia Cowley, Isabelle Beer, Kaitlen Ryan YEAR 1 Jorji Ward, Matthew Byrne, Elizabeth Joyce, Olivia Cody, Copoper Morton, Megan Blake, Kye Lawler, Ella Cahill, Arie Van Kerkwyk YEAR 2 Laura Scheiwe, Jack Ragh, Jada Rutledge, Lachlan Collins YEAR 3 Sahna Bramich, Saskia Scheiwe, Rachael Jordan, Taylah Eastwell YEAR 4 Samantha Joyce, Taylah Kirkland, Ben Willett, Kaitlyn Newley, Eliza Connor YEAR 5 Elise Loudon, Luke Hauff, Promas Morris, Dan Minogue YEAR 6 Samantha Su, Wilson LeSueur, Joshua D Arcy, Latisha Murphy YEAR 7 Mitchell Hay, Pippa Byrne, Gabbie Pike
Equestrian News Last Friday five students from our school represented Warwick schools at the Goondiwindi State School Gymkhana. Congratulations to Abby Grayson, Caitlin Skaines, Ellie Brookman, Abigail Skaines and Abbey Monckton. We also had two other students who rode with us Joel Monckton (Assumption College) and Tracey Madson (Warwick State High School). This was the first time a school event like this has been held in Queensland. We hope there are many more to come. All students had a fantastic day and everyone won at least one ribbon! This was a fantastic result considering some students have not competed in an event like this before. Well done everyone!
Library News WANTED: Book covering persons, please. We still have plenty of books to cover at both the upper and lower libraries. Please see Linda (Upper Library) or Chris (Lower Library) if you can help. The sooner the books are covered, the sooner your children can read them. No entries: So far there are no entries in the photo competition for Book week (see information below) Coming events: BOOKFAIR: August 21 27 To be held at the Upper Campus this year BOOKWEEK: August 16-23. Start thinking about what book character you are going to be dressed as. Must be a book character. Dress up day Friday August 23. Photo competition for bookweek a photo of you reading your favourite book. The challenge is to distort the photo using a photo editing programme such as RIBBET (http://www.ribbet.com/). The prize winner will receive a bookfair voucher. Email the finished product to: WarwickLib@twb.catholic.edu.au Musical News St Mary s Primary School Present the Musical ALADDIN 7.00pm Thursday 29 August, 2013 Friday 30 August, 2013 Warwick Town Hall TICKETS ON SALE at LOWER CAMPUS LIBRARY Thursday, 08 August 8.00am 9.00am Thursday, 08 August 2.30pm 3.30pm Friday, 09 August 8.00am 9.00am Adults: $15.00 Children Under 12: $5.00 Family (2 Adults, 2 Ch n): $30.00 Cash or Cheque - No eftpos facilities available
Assumption College Transition Day Assumption College is holding their second Transition Day on Friday, 09 August from 12.15pm until 3.00pm. Children are asked to bring their own lunch and drink or they can buy tuckshop from Assumption. Please wear your primary school uniform and hat and bring a book and pen. A letter with full information has been sent from Assumption College to all Year 7 Parents and Caregivers. Dancing News Maddie Farrell and Pippa Byrne (Year 7) will be hoping to repeat their Toowoomba Eisteddfod dancing success at Goondiwindi this weekend. The pair were in 15 years groups which won the hotly contested contemporary and jazz sections and which achieved very highly commended in the 12 years jazz. Although they won t face the large fields of 18 and 21, as they did in Toowoomba, they will contest jazz, ballet, contemporary and neo classical sections at Goondiwindi. 50 / 50 RAFFLE A book of bright blue tickets was been sent home to all families last week. Tickets cost $10.00 each. More tickets are available from the school office and will also be available at the Trivia Night. Help support our school and perhaps be a very lucky winner too! All tickets must be returned to school by Wednesday 11 September 2013. Good luck and thank-you for your kind support of our students. PRIZE POOL UPDATE = $1250 50% goes to the Ticket Winner and 50% goes to the School Tuckshop News Tuckshop Roster Thurs 8/8: Jo Bell, Anna King, Rebecca Boal Fri 9/8: Melanie Joyce, Rowena O Dea, Alex Shah Mon 12/8: Kerry Murphy Thurs 15/8: Kathy Moses, Krystyna Cahill, Melanie Blake Fri 16/8: Kylie Brodrick, Bernadette Shadlow, Therese Ryan Tuckshop Menu A new tuckshop menu has been uploaded to the website. Please note the new additions to the menu: Spaghetti Bolognaise, Pizza Slabs and Hamburgers.
TERM THREE DATE CLAIMERS Weeks 5-8 Thursday 08 August... Parish Mass Yr 7 Hamilton (9.00am) Friday 09 August... Assumption College Transition Year 7 Friday 09 August... School Assembly (Yr 1 Shooter) Monday 12 August... St Mary s Family Week Wednesday 14 August... ICAS Mathematics Assessment Thursday 15 August... St Mary s School Feast Day Mass Thursday 15 August... P & F Committee Meeting (7.00pm) Friday 16 August... SD Track & Field Trials Wednesday 21 August... Class Liturgy Yr 2 Brosnan (9.00am) Wednesday 21 August... School Board Meeting (6.00pm) Friday 23 August... School Assembly Friday 23 August... DD Track & Field Trials (Boys & Girls) Wednesday 28 August... Class Mass Year 3 (9.00am) Thursday 29 August... Parish Mass Yr 5 Carr (9.00am) Thursday 29 August... St Mary s School Musical Aladdin Thursday 29 August... SD Cricket Trials (Boys & Girls) Friday 30 August... School Assembly (Yr 1 Preston) Friday 30 August. Prep Father s BBQ from 12noon Friday 30 August... St Mary s School Musical Aladdin Sunday 01 September... Father s Day Notices Violins Elaine Hallman has two violins to give away; one full size and one ¾ size. If you are interested in this generous offer please phone her on 4661 9493 or 0428 764 648. The Great Gatsby and Gangster Ball In aid of Allora RSL, Allora State School and St Patrick s School, The Great Gatsby and Gangster Ball will be held on Friday, 30 August 2013 at the Allora Community Hall. Doors open 6.30pm for a Show start at 7.30pm. Pre-Bookings are essential and available at Allora Pharmacy. St Saviour s Primary School 150 th Year Throughout 2013, St Saviour s Primary School will be celebrating their 150 th year of primary school education for boys and girls in St Patrick s Cathedral Parish, Toowoomba. All members of the St Saviour s Primary School community past & present mark your diaries for 9 & 10 November 2013 a celebratory and thanksgiving weekend, School Fun Day and Past Student s Reunion. For further information or to indicate your attendance or interest please phone 4637 1555 or email ssps@twb.catholic.edu.au.