2017 Newsletter 10 Term 2 Week 1 18th April St Colman s acknowledges the Gunditjmara people as the traditional owners of the land on which our school stands and we respectfully recognise elders both past and present. St Colman s School Newsletter PO Box 42, Mortlake 3272 Phone: 55992285 Web: web.scmortlake.catholic.edu.au Email: principal@scmortlake.catholic.edu.au Dear parents, guardians and students, 2017 Term Dates Jan 30th - March 31st April 18th - June 30th July 17th - Sept 22nd Oct 9th - Dec 22nd Welcome back to school for Term 2. We hope all our families had a wonderful Easter celebration together at the end of a restful and safe holiday. We are looking forward to an exciting term of fun and learning over the next 11 weeks. Parish Priest: Fr Gerry Prunty School Advisory Council Chairperson: Paul Neal Principal: Tim Bourke Parents & Friends President: Jacinta Jubb
Page 2 St Colman s School Calendar April 2017 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 17 Easter Monday 18 Dental Van returns this week 19 20 21 22 23 2 24 School Closure Day RE Day 25 ANZAC Day 26 First Eucharist begins 27 Division Aths in Warrnambool 28 29 30 May 2017 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 3 1 2 Tim Finance Committee in Ballarat 3 P&F meeting First Eucharist 2 4 5 6 7 4 8 9 NAPLAN assessment begins 10SAC meeting First Eucharist 3 11 12 P pal s meeting Colac 13 14 5 15 Warrnambool Eisteddfod 16 17 First Eucharist 3 18 19 20 21 First Eucharist Ceremony 6 22 Nicole on leave HCSN dinner Network day 23 24 25 26 Division Cross Country 27 28 7 29 30 31 Lucy Carmody Arlo Herry Aidan Thomson Natalie Krepp Ashlee Killen 31st March 9th April 11th April 14th April 16th April
Page 3 Dental Van The dental van returns this week to begin treatment sessions with our students. It will remain on site all this week. School Closure Day We are planning to participate in a Religious Education conference on Monday 24th of April. This will be a whole staff opportunity so the school will be closed on this day. With the ANZAC Day public holiday the next day it will give our students a 4 day break in week 2 this term. ANZAC Day ANZAC Day will be celebrated next Tuesday the 25th of April with a public holiday. St Colman s will be represented in our local march and wreath laying ceremony. We invite students and parents to join us at the Post Office at 9:45am to assemble for the 10am march. Students are asked to dress in their school Winter uniform. Division Athletics Tia Hahn has qualified for the Division Athletics in Warrnambool this Thursday 20th of April. He will compete in the discus and relay events. We congratulate him on his results and wish him every success on the day. to our award winners this week: Indi W Kaison J Lincoln R Natalie W Lenaria V Cooper H Eily T Kate P Logan H Pippa B Layla W
Page 4 NEWS Wednesday 3rd May 7pm Fundraising Some of the planned fundraisers ideas are:- Lions Vans Family disco Movie night Trivia/auction Chocolate drive Scouts Raffle Catering at local events Christmas hamper Great Sadness On April 11th 2017 Sr Margaret Houlihan died peacefully at St John of God Hospital, Ballarat. Her passing is a great shock and sadness to St Colman s parish and school. Margaret s recent farewell was a heartfelt expression of gratitude and thanks from our community for her years of care and love. After 57 year of religious service her retirement was hoped to be a long one of relaxation and enjoyment but this was not to be. 2017 Sacramental Program St Colman s school and parish will be offering the sacrament of first Eucharist this year. This is usually for Grade 3 and 4 students but any older students or family members are welcome to join the program. Instruction will begin on Wednesday 26th of April and for the next four weeks. This will be at 3:45pm in the Middle school classroom. The First Eucharist ceremony will be on Sunday 21st of May at 9am Mass. If you wish to enrol in this opportunity please contact the school office.
Page 5 Winter Uniforms Term 2 is when we begin wearing our winter uniforms so please ensure you have made the change. The children are not required to wear their school hats every day but we will keep them on hand as there can still be some High UV days at this time of year. School Website Resources Just a reminder that these newsletters, our lunch order list and a blank permission form are all available under the Parents link of our school website. Senior School Camp We would like to give early notification for the Senior School Camp with St Thomas Terang to Melbourne this year. The camp will be on the 5th, 6th and 7th of June for the Grade 5 and 6 students.
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