24 August 2017

St Mary’s School NEWSLETTER

Vision Statement St Mary’s School provides an education that

endeavours to equip each child with the Christian values and life skills necessary to meet the challenges

of a changing world.

From the Principal… Dates to

Remember

WEEK SIX Fri 25 Aug Assembly 2.45pm

Sun 27 Aug Sacrament of First

Eucharist 8.30am

WEEK SEVEN Mon 28 Aug Year 2 Hospital Reading

Visit

Wed 30 Aug School Board Meeting 6.00pm

Fri 1 Sept Father’s Day Breakfast &

Faction Athletics Carnival

Sun 3 Sept Father’s Day

WEEK EIGHT Mon 4 Sept Year 1 Hospital Reading

Visit Parenting Workshop

10.00am – 12.00pm

Thurs 7 Sept School Newsletter

Fri 8 Sept School Feast Day Blue Dress Day

School Mass 9.00am

Year 5/6 Life Skills for

Life Incursion Year 1/2 Class Assembly

2.30pm

Sat 9 Sept Northampton Show

WEEK NINE Bookweek

Dear Parents and Guardians

On Sunday, four students from Year Four will receive the Sacrament of First

Eucharist. It is a very special time for these children, their families, the school

and Parish. As Catholics, we believe that the Eucharist is a time for all members

of Church community to come together, around the table of the Lord, to share in

the Body and Blood of Christ. We congratulate and keep in our prayers:

Lara Mincherton Sienna Mulgrew Chaz Simpson Reeve Suckling

We also thank and pray for the following students who participated in the

program and supported their fellow class mates:

Milie Gerreyn Ace Maver

This time next week, it will be one more sleep until our annual Father’s Day

Breakfast and Athletics Carnival. For the second time, Binnu Primary School

will be joining us for the day, sharing in the racing, competition, fun and

festivities. I know it will be another great day for everyone involved.

The Northampton Show is also fast approaching. The P&F have a fundraising

opportunity to run the merry-go-round and assistance is required. Please see page

seven for the roster. If you can volunteer for one hour, it would be very much

appreciated.

As the next school newsletter is not until 6 September, I would like to take this

opportunity to wish all dads, grandfathers, uncles and significant males a very

Happy Father’s Day for Sunday 3 September. I hope you are spoilt with

breakfast in bed, hugs and quality time with your children. Thank you for all that

you do!

Yours sincerely

Mrs Melissa Marquis

PRINCIPAL

PO Box 138

Northampton 6535

Phone: 08 9934 1112

Fax 08 9934 1115

Email: admin@smsn.wa.edu.au

Website: www.smsn.wa.edu.au

PRAYER

PRAYER FOR FATHER’S DAY

God our Father,

in your wisdom and love you made all things.

Bless these men,

that they may be strengthened as Christian fathers.

Let the example of their faith and love shine forth.

Grant that we, their sons and daughters,

may honor them always

with a spirit of profound respect.

Grant this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

BIRTHDAYS 24 August Mrs Walton

26 August Toby Gerreyn

2 September Leah Suckling

5 September Lesha Sah

TERM THREE ASSEMBLIES

This dates of the Assemblies for this term are:

Week Six – Friday 25 August at 2.45pm

Week Eight – Friday 8 September at 2.30pm (Year 1/2 Class Item)

If your child is receiving a Merit Certificate, you will be advised via a note, an email or a phone call.

FOOTY TIPPING RESULTS

Round Twenty-One Round Twenty-Two

Winner – Todd K

Second – Brendan W

Third – Verity T

Winner – Betty S

Second – Miranda R

Third – Shire of Northampton

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS TERM THREE

The Term Three School Board Meetings will be held on:

Wednesday 30 August at 6.00pm

Wednesday 20 September at 6.00pm

YEAR 5/6 LIFE SKILLS FOR LIFE On Friday 8 September, the Year 5/6 Class will participate in the Life Skills for Life Workshop run by Surf Life Saving Western

Australia. Life Skills for Life is an interactive resuscitation workshop equipping students with the knowledge, skills and confidence to

effectively respond in a first aid or emergency situation. Engaged through hands on activities using CPR manikins and training

defibrillators to simulate real life scenarios, during this workshop students will learn the important steps to take in an emergency and how

to perform basic CPR. Upon completion of the workshop, students are presented with a Life Skills for Life Certificate. A note in regards

to the incursion and photo permission slip was sent home on Wednesday 23 August. Please return the photo permission slip by Monday

28 August.

ST MARY’S SCHOOL FEAST DAY We are celebrating our School Feast Day on Friday 8 September, the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary whom our school is

named after. Our celebrations for the day include:

School Mass at 9.00am

Class based activities throughout the day/week

Blue Free Dress Day (no gold coin donation)

Ice Creams

Whole School Rotational Activities

Year 1/2 Class Assembly at 2.30pm

BOOKWEEK Save the date! Bookweek is scheduled for Week Nine, Monday 11 September to Friday 15 September. The Bookweek Dress Up

Day is on Wednesday 13 September with the parade commencing at 9.00am. Parents and family members are welcome to attend.

Please remember that lots of m oney is not required to be spent on a costume, home made ones are the best.

DAYS FOR RETURN AND BORROWING OF LIBRARY BOOKS MONDAYS - K/PP and Year 5/6

TUESDAYS - Year 1/2

THURSDAYS - Year 3/4

BOOK COVERING FOR OUR LIBRARY

We have a selection of new books that need to be covered. If you are able to help please see Miss Cox or the front office to collect

the books.

VACSWIM ENROLMENTS Enrol your children now in VacSwim swimming lessons during the October and December/January school holidays. With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your children can swim competently and safely is a must for all families. Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim in lessons conducted at pools and open water venues across the State. VacSwim is for all children - from beginners through to advanced survival, rescue and resuscitation. Your children can learn to swim for just:

$7.00 per child for a five day short program

$13.00 per child for all other programs. It's even cheaper if you have three or more children:

$18.00 a family for a five day short program

$35.00 a family for all other program To find out more about VacSwim and to enrol online please visit education.wa.edu.au/swimming

MERIT CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the Merit Certificate recipients for Term Three, Week Four Yr K/PP Blake Simpson For your enthusiasm to be a part of our learning process. It is great to see you making choices in your play and learning. Your ideas are welcomed and appreciated. Well done, Blake. Grady Simpson For being a real little mathematician. Your addition of numbers and counting on strategies to problem solve number stories is fantastic. As is your recognition of coins and your ability to total the cost of items you are buying in our class shop. Keep challenging yourself, Grady. Yr 1-2 Billy Glass For being more independent during all classroom activities. Your work has become more consistent, achieving great success, and you are working hard to write neatly in all daily writing. Billy, thank you for being a happy and helpful member of our classroom, always willing to help pack things away. Continue this amazing learning journey of yours, Billy! Hanna Santhosh For settling into St Mary’s School and making new friends with such ease. Hanna, you are listening to the sounds in words when you are spelling. It is wonderful to see you begin to use the word wall to help you in your writing. What a great start to your time here at St Mary’s. Fantastic achievement, Hanna! Leah Suckling For the beautiful handwriting you always do in daily writing activities. You consistently show interest and enthusiasm for the things we do. Leah, you are respectful of others and are always willing to help a classmate. Thank you for helping Hanna settle into our classroom. Your kind and friendly demeanor makes you a role model for classmates. What a superstar you are, Leah! Tyronne Drage-Passi For being a highly motivated student who always puts in his best effort in all activities. Tyronne, you are applying your spelling knowledge in all writing tasks. You are an enthusiastic learner who arrives at school with a smile each day and embraces new challenges with a positive attitude. Keep up all the great things you are doing, TJ! You are a wonderful student who truly shines! Fantastic work, TJ! Yr 3-4 Olivia Teakle For beginning and completing work quickly and quietly this week, displaying enthusiasm no matter what the task. Oliva, you constantly follow the rules of the classroom and you always display excellent manners. You a role model for others in the class. Fabulous work, Olivia! Sienna Mulgrew For achieving 100 percent in your Area and Perimeter Post Test. Sienna, you are consistently achiving well in Mathmatics. You are always prepared for lessons, keeping all work in a neat and orderly manner so that you can go back to your notes when you are stuck. Sienna, it is great to see you giving 100 percent with your effort being reflected in your test scores. Well done, Sienna! Yr 5-6 Ben Harrington For your contribution within Reading lessons. You are meeting the Success Criteria for Reading by explaining the meanings of images, vocabulary and topic specific language, identifying how these contribute to a specific idea or theme. You have also identified similar ideas and themes that our author of study utilises within his texts. Keep up the great work, Ben! Jacob Briers For seeking and actively listening to the provided advice. You have specifically demonstrated this within the learning area of Writing, where you have listened to the teacher’s feedback, implementing factual writing within your discussion texts. You are using evidence more consistently with your writing becoming more reliable and far more persuasive. Keep up the great work, Jacob. PRINCIPAL AWARDS: Sienna Mulgrew, Koby Davis, Blake Simpson, Jaxon Simpson-Morris

SCIENCE WEEK UPDATE As part of Science Week, over the past few weeks, Years Three to Six have made cement pots and planted succulents with the help of Mrs Lucas, Mrs Davis and Mrs Warr. Thank you to the numerous people who donated cuttings for this project. The purpose of this activity relates to Nano Nagle Art competition that the students entered, themed ‘How Nano Nagle inspires us to care for God’s earth’. Succulents are a group of plants where the leaves tend to be thick and fleshy, and they can store water. They tend to thrive in dry climates and don’t like a lot of humidity. They still require some watering for the best growth and flowering. While they do need water to survive, they can endure extended periods of drought, relying on the stored water and nutrients in their leaves. If their roots are sitting in water for too long, they will start to rot and die. The students hope to nurture these and display some at the Northampton Show.

WASTEWISE UPDATE - PICKING OUR VEGGIES AND NO WRAP WEDNESDAYS

At St Mary’s we conduct Nude Food days each Wednesday, where student choose not to have one use plastic in their lunch boxes. Almost 100% of students make every effort to reduce their plastic on this day of the week. As part of Science Week, the Year 3/4 Class enjoyed reaping the benefits of the veggie garden produce and some took some leafy veggies home to share with their families.

ST MARY’S P&F MEETING MINUTES Minutes of the General Meeting held in the Office on

Tuesday 22nd August 2017 at 9.00am

PRESENT: Jenny Johnson, Gemma Suckling, Verity Triscari, Corinna Mulgrew, Sonya Chick-Teakle, Carisa Mincherton APOLOGIES: Melissa Marquis MINUTES: of the previous meeting were read and accepted by Verity, Jenny 2nd

FINANCIAL: Gemma presented the financial statement. We have a total of $33 541.72. The NCVISSA Cross Country fundraising made a total of $1 085.50 and the term deposit has made from June 2016 - June 2017 a total of $340 in credit for us. Corinna moved the financial statement, 2nd by Jenny. BUSINESS ARISING:

1. New President: With the departure of Emily Routledge, we were hopeful to see a new President step in to lead us for the rest of the 2017 year. Congratulations and a big thank you to Sonya Chick-Teakle for her willingness to take this role on. She will be fabulous!

2. Fundraising items for the rest of the year: Father’s Day Breakfast: (Term 3) Ange and Verity are in charge of this and seem super organised. Carisa and Sonya have donated eggs. Bacon is in the freezer at school. St Mary’s have volunteered to do cakes and slices for morning tea, while Binnu have opted for savoury. Verity is also organising a $100 raffle for the day. Knights Of the Southern Cross Dinner: (Term 4) Corinna Mulgrew and Kristy Williams are co-ordinators for the Yr 5/6’s for this.

CORRESPONDENCE: - Emily Routledge gave a written letter of resignation from the role of President of the P&F. - An email was received from the Parents and Friends Assoc in regards to awards and nominations for 2017. - We received a letter from the annual bike ride group asking if we would like to cater again for this. We have

declined for this year and have decided to take turns with the NDHS. - The Netball Assoc asked us to cater for the windup doing dip platters but we also declined as it would be quite

expensive to do with little profit. PRINCIPAL’S REPORT: See attached

GENERAL BUSINESS:

1. NCVISSA Cross Country: Speak to Daniela and Melissa about next time we hold the event, making the course suit the venue where the food is being organised and sold as the group working felt it was a lot of extra work having to have food in 2 places.

2. Knights of the Southern Cross Dinner: Jenny to check with Ian about the date and menu. Talked about changing the way we do the salads.

3. Graduation: Yr 4/5 responsible for catering. Sonya and Gemma have taken on the coordinator roles for this. Thoughts so far is that we have a butt of beef/roast chicken and gravy then smashed potatoes and salads. Year 6s can choose the desserts they want.

Meeting closed at 9.53 am Next meeting Term 4 – to be advised

NORTHAMPTON SHOW 2017 St Mary’s School has been approached by the Northampton Show Committee to be a part of the 100th year celebrations by taking on the Lions Club Merry-Go-Round. The P&F decided it would be a great fundraising opportunity while also supporting our local community. Below are one hour shifts for the day (9th September) and we are hoping to have two volunteers for each time slot. We are asking if you would generously donate some time on the day. Please contact the School Office to nominate the time you are able to assist.

Time Volunteer #1 Volunteer #2

10.00 -11.00am

Owen Mulgrew

11.00-12.00pm

12.00-1.00pm

1.00-2.00pm

2.00-3.00pm

3.00-4.00pm

4.00-5.00pm

Thanking you in advance for your support. St Mary’s School P&F Association

PARISH NEWS SFX CATHREDRAL PROJECT UPDATE Progress continues on the internal works to the Cathedral (Stage 4) and work is about to commence on Stage 3 – the Midwest Flower Garden. Completion of the Project is scheduled for early October.

THE GERALDTON BELLS As part of the SFX Cathedral Precinct Project, it has been proposed to install a full carillon of 28 bells in the Cathedral’s western towers. The towers have been certified by an engineer as capable of housing the proposed carillon. The bells will be suspended from steel frames to be constructed within the towers. The foundation of the carillon is a set of eight bells that have been obtained from the parish church of Saints Peter and Paul in Godalming, England. A further 20 bells are to be manufactured by John Taylor Bells, Loughborough, England, to make the full carillon.

A view inside John Taylor Bells, England

PARTNERING WITH THE GERALDTON COMMUNITY

In the tradition of great bell carillons and bells in general being rung for significant community events, so too will the “Geraldton Bells” ring out on important occasions, providing a sense of solemnity and a focal point for the Geraldton community. The bells will ring the hours of the day (but not at night) and will play a variety of tunes for several minutes twice a day (12 noon and 6pm). On Sundays the bells will herald each Mass and play after the Solemn Sunday Mass. They will also feature in occasional concerts held in the Cathedral or Cathedral grounds and be available for weddings, funerals and other occasions. YOU CAN BECOME A BELL DONOR, PLEASE CONTACT GERRY EASTMAN.

Twenty –First Sunday in Ordinary Time– Year A “Who do you say I am?”Jesus asks his disciples this question in today’s Gospel. He asks us the same question. He is not seeking a textbook response or for us to repeat what others have said about him. He wants to hear our personal response. May we answer his question as truthfully as possible and then listen as he speaks to us. First Eucharist: Congratulations to Rose Simkin, Sienna Mulgrew, Lara Mincherton,Tyson Routledge, Chaz Simpson and Reeve Suckling who are receiving the Eucharist for the first time today. There will be a celebratory morning tea in the Nagle Centre after Mass. Migrant & Refugee Sunday: Today we also celebrate the contribution that migrants have made in our communities. Every year the Holy Father chooses a theme to be the focal point of these celebrations. The theme for the 103rd World Day of Migrants and Refugees is “Child Migrants, the Vulnerable and the Voiceless”. Pope Francis draws our attention to the needs of child migrants globally. He encourages by pointing out that, “Each person is precious; persons are more important than things, and the worth of an institution is measured by the way it treats the life and dignity of human beings, particularly when they are vulnerable, as in the case of child migrants.” The 48 Hour Perpetual Rosary Bouquet (A Gift to the Blessed Virgin Mary for her Birthday) commences Tuesday 5th September at 6pm and concludes Thursday 7th September at 6pm. All are invited to take part in this bouquet, praying the rosary anywhere, anytime during the 48 hrs. Please record your name & timeslot on the sheet at the back of the church, by Sunday, September 3rd when your names will be forwarded to be placed on a Scholl which will be presented during Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth on Friday, 8th September at 12:10pm. Congratulations to our Principal, Melissa Marquis who has been re-appointed for another five years. Episcopal Ordination DVD -You are welcome to place an order for a DVD of Bishop Michael’s Episcopal Ordination or a DVD of photos. Cost: DVD’s $10 collected from Diocesan Office or $13 posted. PHOTOS DVD $5 collected or $8 posted. Phone Gen 99213221 or email admin@diocese-geraldton.org to place your order. Postal plebiscite on “same-sex marriage” The Australian Government has announced there will be a postal plebiscite on whether the definition of marriage in the Marriage Act 1961 should be changed to include “same-sex marriage”. Ballot papers will be sent out to households on Tuesday, 12 September and all votes must be received back by Tuesday, 7 November. Vote No, to keep marriage as a unique relationship between a woman and a man. Our Sick; Pray for Jo Mattens, Maud Brown, Betty Thompson, Gloria Simpson, Cliff Dyer, Jim Thompson, Norma Murray, Ron Johnstone, Sue Gravranish, Hazel Bunter, Ron Smith, and all the residents of Brookview.

COMMUNITY NEWS

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