ST JOSEPH S PRIMARY SCHOOL TRAFALGAR Independent, collaborative And innovative learners 17 th March 2017 No:3 58 Waterloo Road, Trafalgar 3824 Ph. 03 56331151 E: office@trafalgar.catholic.edu.au Website: www.trafalgar.catholic.edu.au We continue to pray for our students who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time last night. May we all feel God s peace in our hearts
Dear Families Last night we celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation with our Gr 3 children. It was a beautiful liturgy and we all felt privileged to be part of it. I would like to thank the parents for supporting your children in their faith journey and I would like to thank Fr Bernie and the teachers, in particular, Lucy O Connell and Janet Poelsma, for guiding us all in this program. We pray that with God s help, we will all continue to feel and celebrate peace in our families. School Photos Remember school photos are on Monday 20 th March. Please wear full summer uniform. Photo envelopes need to be returned with the correct money in it on Monday. Family photo envelopes are available from the office. Cooking with Rosie is going to continue, yeah! Rosie Romano is happy to run cooking classes once again this year on Wednesday afternoons. She will start with the Gr 3/4 class this Wednesday 22 nd March. Rosie would love some parent helpers please. So if you are able to help, could you let Rosie know 0439344928. Or if you have an excess of food for example, lemons or vegetables, if you let Rosie know she may be able to use it in our cooking. If you are able to donate eggs, that too would be helpful. St Joseph s Kitchen Rules! The Life Education Van will visit our school next week. It will arrive Wednesday after school and will be parked in our schoolyard for a few days. Each class will have a scheduled visit to the van. The program costs $5 per student and this is covered by grade levies. Young Leaders Day This year our Grade 6 students have the exciting opportunity of attending a leadership conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Monday 27 th March. We will travel to and from Melbourne on the train. The conference explores leadership skills and aims to help our students become great leaders in our school. We look forward to some positive action from this day. Parents & Friends (P & F) AGM On Wednesday 29 th March we are having our Annual General Meeting at school at 7pm with Pizza and Wine. The P & F group do incredible work within our school and it is rewarding being part of this active group. It is also a great way to get to know other parents in our community. If you are interested in being part of this group and you are not able to be at the AGM, please feel welcome to let me know or contact Lauren Francis (our President) directly. Camping Program We are still in the process of reviewing our whole school camping program. Many parents have given input into this process and I welcome your positive suggestions. Our leadership group is discerning the suggestions. The next step will be to show staff the various options. Our Foundation students enjoyed their camps program last Wednesday and our Gr 1 students will have their program Thursday 30 th March from 3.30 to 6pm. More information will follow for these families. School Athletics Carnival Friday 31 st March at Joe Carmody Track. An information note has already gone out about this day. We need and appreciate your help for this day. A meeting has been organised for Thursday the 23 rd March at 9am. We look forward to an exciting and eventful day! Safety Procedures Please find attached to this newsletter a letter from our Director of Catholic Education, Mrs Maria Kirkwood, encouraging volunteers in our schools, with a focus of implementing the child safe standards. Please also find attached, the first part of Fr Bernie s address to our parish community on the findings of the Royal Commission into Child Abuse. Fr Bernie delivered this address over two weekends at our parish masses. This address is also available in its entirety on our web site at www.trafalgar.catholic.edu.au. I recommend that you find the time to read it. Thank you Fr Bernie for your continued work and guidance in our community. May God continue to bless and guide us. Trish Mulqueen Principal HOLY WEEK MASS / SERVICE TIMES Holy Thursday 13 th April St John s Trafalgar - Mass of the Lord s Supper 7.30pm. Good Friday 14 th April St John s Trafalgar - Celebration of The Lords Passion 3.00pm. Holy Saturday 15 th April St John s Trafalgar - Easter Vigil Mass 7.30pm. Easter Sunday 16 th April Mass St Jarlath s Yarragon 10.00am
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Student of the week MARCH Mon 20 th Thurs/Fri Wed 29 th Thur 30 th Thur 30 th St Joseph s Feast Day BBQ Lunch Fundraiser) & School Photo Day St Joseph s Liturgy - 3.10m Life Education Van-School 23 rd & 24 th P & F AGM/ Committee Meeting 7pm Wine & Pizza Provided Grade One Camp Program 3.30pm Collection of Hot Cross Buns 3.30pm Stations of the Cross 12.15pm P & F Raffle drawn 12.50pm Congratulations to the following students: F/1 S Ivy Chapman & Thomas Kennedy F/1 B Aidan Cathomen & Noah Keltie G 2/3 Adel Diwell Fowler & Tahlia Hammond G 3/4 Jade Taylor & Alyssa Shields G 5/6 Clay Stoiljkovic & Jessica Powell Fri 31 st Last day of term Early dismissal 1pm APRIL Wed 19 th Term Two Commences Congratulations to the Jonas family on the safe arrival of Baby Nate. We are all so pleased for you all. Thank you to all parents who have assisted their children in uploading the Pic Collage App onto their IPads for use in the Art Room. The students are very busy creating their learning journeys of their artworks using Pic Collage. It is a free App, so if any students have not yet uploaded it onto their IPads it would be much appreciated if parents could assist their children to do so before next Tuesday. The students in yrs 2-6 have nearly completed their Picasso style self-portraits and students in F - Yr 1 completed their Vincent Van Gogh 'Starry starry night pictures' last Tuesday. Next, they explore the art of creating a daffodil picture in the same style as Vincent Van Gogh. These art works will soon be on display in the Art Room so please drop in and see them with your children when you have a moment. They are very proud of their artworks and enjoy the moment to talk about them with family members.
It is wonderful to see students working on artistic creations at home. This week Sheridan Jacobs and Layla Sloan have both brought their creations in for the class to view. Sheridan made a beautiful Bear complete with tutu for her young cousin, following on from her teddy bear art classes at school last year and Layla made a variety of things as she is very focussed on her drawing and painting skills. Well done to both girls. Miss Grass (Visual Arts Teacher) School Photos This Monday 20 th March (9.00am SHARP) Dress requirements: Full Summer Uniform No sports uniform is to be worn o School Logo on all polo tops o Green socks for Girls o Grey socks for Boys Individual photo envelopes have been sent home and we encourage you to read instructions on the back of the envelope carefully. The school does NOT handle any photo monies, it is to be paid directly to the photographer. Please ensure you have the correct money on the day. Please remember to bring envelopes to school this coming Monday along with payment. If you want a Family photo please drop by the office to collect an additional envelope. Parents and Friends - AGM Wednesday 29 th March 7.00pm Pizza and Wine night. Purpose, Role and primary task of the Parent s and Friends. a) To promote the interest of the school by invoking a community spirit at St. Joseph s School. b) To provide a welcoming environment and an opportunity for people to meet and socialise. c) To assist in providing resources, teaching aids and recreational equipment. d) To cooperate with other associations with similar objectives.
Functions/goals a) Demonstrating loyalty and promoting the school within the wider community b) Fundraising for the needs of the school c) Supporting St. Joseph s in practical ways such as providing volunteers for special days as organised by the school. d) Coordinating the running of the uniform shop. e) Welcoming of new families into the school community Meetings can take place either day or night, we will cater for what suits best for our parents. Our school looks forward to your support of P&F in 2017. Please come along and join us! St Patrick s Day Prayer God our Father, you sent Saint Patrick to preach your glory to the people of Ireland. By the help of his prayers, may all Christians proclaim your love to all men. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen Hot Cross Bun Drive Foundation Camp Photo s What fun we had Thank you to Jane Speed for organising a Hot Cross Bun Drive. Forms went out recently. Please support this fundraiser by ordering Hot Cross Buns. Orders due back today the 17 th March ready for pick up on the 30 th March. P&F EASTER RAFFLE Tickets: $1.00 each Drawn on the 31 st March It would be appreciated if all families could donate towards our hamper prizes and return their sold/unsold raffle tickets, together with payment by the due date. Thank you to Lauren Francis for organising the raffle tickets.
INVITATION St Joseph s Day Liturgy 20 th March St John s Catholic Church 3.10pm Everyone is most welcome.