A NUT & SHELLFISH AWARE

SCHOOL

14 August 2014

ASSUMPTION PRAYER Father in heaven,

all creation rightly gives you praise

for all life and all holiness come from you.

In the plan of Your wisdom

she who bore the Christ in her womb

was raised body and soul in glory

to be with Him in heaven.

May we follow her example

in reflecting your holiness

and join in her hymn of endless life and praise.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Dear Parents, It is always a great pleasure to see our students participate in sporting and other activities outside the school. This was especially so to watch our students, who acquitted themselves to the very best of their ability last Friday at the Central Downs Allora Carnival. The most important part of the day was the St Francis de Sales students’ resilience and good sportsmanship. Our students are a credit to the school and our whole community. Congratula-tions to the children on their outstanding efforts last Friday. The following 18 students are to be congratulated for being selected in the Central Downs Team to compete at the Southern Downs Competition next Friday, 23/08/14: Heidi Burton, Kristy Shingles, Lillian Jessen, Harry Bange, Lachlan Peardon, Joseph Bange, Cameron Lyons, Tara Wilkinson, Aaron Stace, Lachlan Harris, Darby Peardon, Lachlan Meacle, Lauren Smith, Cy Deeth, Sophie Willett, Lily Rickert, Lexi Wilkinson, Alister Harris I wish to thank Mr Tyronne Maher for his coaching and arranging of the sporting events tied to the Central Downs Carnival and all other staff involved on the day. A reminder that the paperwork as-sociated with these sporting days is huge and times for children to be at school for lifts need to be adhered to. Parents can be of great help at these times to ensure that forms are completed time-ously and returned so that arrangements can be made and parents need to phone the school by 8.45am if their child is ill and not coming to school on a sporting event day.

Dates To Remember

AUGUST 2014 14th - Parish Council Meeting 7pm 15th - Assumption Mass 20 - 22nd - Principals’ Meetings 22nd - S/D Athletics 24th - School Parish Mass ( Please date claim) SEPTEMBER 2014 5th - School Musical 19th - Term 3 Ends 3pm 20th - Start of Toilet Block Refurbishment 24th - Santa Central Bull Sale OCTOBER 2014 7th - Term 4 Begins 20th - CTJ Day - All schools Closed 25th - Clifton Races - P & F Chip Van NOVEMBER 2014 18th - Daniel Morcombe Day - Foundation to visit 21st - P & F Cent Sale Fundraiser (DATE CLAIM) 24-27th - Swimming 28th - Swimming Carnival December 2014 4th - Year 6/7 Farewell - 6pm Mass in Church followed by P & F Farewell 5th - Term 4 Ends

Quote of the Week

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to

keep looking upward.

Charlotte Brontë

God Bless,

Brett Pollard Principal

This Week’s Mass Roster Saturday: 16 August 2014 7pm Welcoming: E Lyons POF/OHP: E Harris Altar: Readers: L Lucas & D Lyons Offertory: R & F Imhoff Eucharistic Ministers: K & M Cranitch Cleaning: P Imhoff, G Imhoff, J O’Leary, M Bowe, S McDowall

Bull Sale Fundraiser

The Santa Central Bull Sale will take place on Wednesday, 24 September, 2014. We are looking for volunteers to help in the can-teen on the day. All profits from the canteen are donated to the St Francis de Sales P&F and this is a good fundraiser for the school. If you are able to help, please contact the con-venor for the day. Kerry McCarthy 040906 4406 TUCKSHOP NEWS The new menu for Term 3 has been sent home. Please contact the office if you didn't receive one. Please note there have been price increases on some items. I have changed sup-pliers for our fruit juices and flavoured milk. Re-maining stock of apple & orange juice & straw-berry milk will be used up first. Chrissy Peardon

Tuckshop Roster: 15th Aug—Chrissy Peardon & Deena Joppich 22nd Aug—Gina Auger & Leanne Harrigan

Family Mass on Sunday, 24 August 2014 Please join us for the Parish's next Family Mass on 24th August at 5.00 pm.

Dear Parents Prep/One With regards to the notes sent home about costumes for the play, Mrs Bange has found 19 leggings and tops which would allow our “herd” of camels to look the same. We would like $5 from each child for the leggings and the school will pur-chase the tops and cover the extra cost of this costume. If anyone is keen to attach humps please come and see me. We have made ears!!

Mrs Drysdale

"The Cat and the Riddle"

Our children have been practising hard for our musical to be held on Friday 5th September. The play has an Egyp-tian theme and we will require props for the stage. If you have any of the following and are willing to lend them to us, please let Mrs Drysdale know as soon as possible.

potted palms or bamboo trees

colourful cloths

wicker baskets

bamboo items.

Egyptian theme ornaments eg. sphinx, camel, Cleo-patra

brass columns or brass tables.

Khaki shirts and shorts for Egyptologists

The Cat and the Riddle A Bizarre Egyptian frolic

Come with Ra, Pop King of the Desert Sands, and his

camel-herding companions Toot, Tank & Hummin as they

follow the clues carved on the sacred cat to race the

Egyptologists to the secret city under the Sphinx. Be

amazed by their ingenuity as Ra faces the time-

honoured test to determine if he will share the throne

with Queen Cleopatra. This is a show that even a mummy

could love!

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

When: September 5th at

6:30pm

Where: St Francis De Sales

School

Cost: A gold coin donation

CONGRATULATIONS

Darby Peardon, Lily Rickert and Cameron Lyons for your ex-cellent effort to be CD Age Champions for your Age Group and to Harry Bange who was the Runner -Up Age Champion for his Age group.

Our CD Athletics Team members with Mr Maher. Well done children!!!

FAREWELL MRS SKILLINGTON We farewell Angela Skillington next Friday, 22 August 2014, as she goes on Maternity Leave. We wish Angela, Chris and Eve all the very best for the new addition to the family and will look forward to Angela returning to SFDS in the future. Angela’s present teaching position will be bro-ken up into three positions: Year 6/7 - (Thursdays) Mrs Tash Youngberry. Music/Early Intervention - (Tuesdays) Mrs Pat Tickner Prep/1 (Every Second Thursday) - Mr Mark Spranklin