Mt St Patrick Primary School, Murwillumbah

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IMPORTANT DATES

JUNE

Thurs 26th Infant Classes—

Murwillumbah Performing Arts Festival

Fri 27th Last Day Term 2

JULY

Mon 14th First Day Term 3

Tues 22nd Sacrament of Confirmation

Parent Meeting

Fri 25th Zone Athletics

Mon 28th Parent Forum

Tues 29th Byron Writers Festival

MS & Stage 2 students

AUGUST

Mon 11th Pupil Free Day

Sat 23rd Sacrament of Confirmation

Mon 25th—Fri 29th

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Stage 2 & Middle School students

Sat 30th Banana Festival

SEPTEMBER

Mon 1st—Fri 5th

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Kinder & Stage 1 students

24th June 2014

Newsletter No. 10

Dear Parents, SACRAMENT OF FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Congratulations to those children who have made the First Holy Communion on Sunday. Thank you to Mrs Dixon and the class teachers who prepared the children for this special Sacrament. SEMESTER 1 REPORTS Today your child will receive their Semester 1 Report. The report card must meet Federal Government requirements. The A-E style (not including kinder) is called ‘standards referenced’ because the A-E code has a very precise definition. At Mt St Patrick we adhere to this terminology very closely unlike many schools. Students who receive an “A” or “B” are working well above the expected level. Students who receive a “C “ are working at the appropriate level. Importantly at Mt St Patrick Primary, we do not inflate our grades, nor do we intend to give you a false indication of your child’s academic progress to date. If you wish to discuss your child’s progress to date, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. OSHAP (Outside School Hours Activities Program) APPOINTMENT Congratulations to Mrs Sandi Williams who has been appointed as the new coordinator of the OSHAP. Mrs Williams had previously been running her own Family Day Care business since 2010. Her appointment will commence at the beginning of Term 3. OSHAP is an important facility available to all families at our school and we welcome Mrs Williams to the role. I would also like to acknowledge the wonderful service by Rachael De Groot and Ellie in coordinating the OSHAP program over the past 4 years. STAFFING NEWS We wish Mrs Liz Levick and her husband Michael much happiness and joy at this exciting time well as they prepare for their first child. Thank you also to Mrs. Levick for her commitment, dedication and enthusiasm in teaching kinder over the past 18 months at Mt St Patrick Primary. Miss Lauren Wright will be teaching Kinder L at the commencement of Term 3. Congratulations as well to Miss Stacie Prichard, who will be getting married over the Term holiday break. We wish Stacie and her fiancée Liam best wishes for a lifetime of love, happiness and special memories. Upon her return in Term 3 Stacie will be known as Mrs Young. ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Wonderful to see so many parents able to attend the Athletics Carnival last Friday. It was a great day with special thanks to Mrs Agnes Markham for her

organisation of this day. A full report and results are available on pg. 7

Thank you all for your continued support during this Term.

Brendan Ryan PRINCIPAL

OFFICE HOURS School Administration Office is attended

Monday—Friday 8:20am—3:45 pm

TERM 2 CONCLUDES—Fri 27th June TERM 3 COMMENCES—Mon 14th July

PROCLAIM LISMORE PARENTS 2014 – “It takes a village to raise a child” Over the past few months all parents of children in Catholic schools throughout the Lismore Diocese have been receiving Proclaim Parent e-bulletins that have highlighted the need for developing and improving ways for parents to be valued partners in the education of their children. Parish Schools are in an adventurous time of change as parishes, principals, staff and parents become co-designers of a strong, bright future for Catholic education. But to do this successfully we need you. We need people who can contribute courage, vision and passion as we look for ways to take Catholic education from good to great. Please visit the Proclaim Lismore website to learn more about our journey of co-designing a stronger future for each child at www.proclaimlismore.com.au.

Proclaim Parent Gatherings 30th October 2014 @ Kingscliff

Register & join the conversations at www.proclaimlism.com.au/parents

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Page 2

SACRED HEART PARISH WEEKDAY MASS TIMES Tuesday 5.30pm Sacred Heart Wednesday 5.30pm Sacred Heart

Thursday 9.15am OLPS, Sth M’Bah

Friday 12.00noon Sacred Heart WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday 6:00 pm Sacred Heart (Children’s liturgy) Sunday 8:00 am Sacred Heart (Children’s liturgy)

Sunday10:00am 1st Uki

2nd & 4th OLPS –

South Murwillumbah

3rd Burringbar

SACRED HEART PARISH SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2014

CONFIRMATION Parent Meeting 22nd July (6pm in the hall ) Inscription Ceremony TBA Retreat Day 22nd August Sacrament of Confirmation 23rd August

If your child is baptised Catholic and is in Year 2 or above they are invited to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Information regarding this will be sent home in the next few weeks. Please put these important dates in your diaries. If you have any queries regarding this Sacrament please contact Mrs Dixon.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to those children who made their First Holy

Communion on Sunday 22nd June, the Feast of the Most Holy

Body and Blood of Christ, at the Parish Celebration at the Sacred

Heart Church. We will continue to keep you in our thoughts and

prayers.

MT ST PATRICK PRIMARY VALUES PROGRAM

( based on the Presentation Sisters)

TERM 2 FOCUS:

COMMUNION

with our fellow Friends of Nano

and others ST VINCENT DE PAUL WINTER APPEAL.

We are once again calling for assistance for our Winter Appeal. Please access the Vinnies website at https://www.vinnies.org.au/dosomething/ to read some inspiring stories explaining how Vinnies assist families just like us to find happiness when times get tough. If you would like to donate to this you may send in non-perishable food items, blankets and warm clothing with your child to their classroom teacher. Donations of money are also gratefully re-ceived by St Vincent de Paul who in turn pass it on to those needy peo-ple who find life a bit harder in the winter. Please have these donations in by tomorrow, Wednesday 25th June. Children will attend Mass at 12 noon this Fri-day 27th June to celebrate the Feast of the

Sacred Heart which is traditionally when we think about the loving heart of Jesus on fire with love for all people. We will present these items at this special mass to members of St Vincent De Paul.

ORDINARY TIME

Pentecost was celebrated on 8th June. Pentecost is known as the birth-

day of the church. As we move into a new season of the church year-

ordinary time, which resumes the Monday after Pentecost and contin-

ues until the end of the churches year, we use the symbolic colour of

green. The colour green at this time is symbolic of growth and new life. SACRAMENT OF FIRST HOLY COMMUNION—RETREAT DAY

The Last Supper re-enactment The children learnt about the different

parts of the Mass.

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ARTISTS OF THE WEEK

Lucy Jones—Lyrebird Stage 2CM

Ivy Morton-Rowthorne MSS—Pop Art

MURWILLUMBAH PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL Congratulations to all students who have performed as part of our school choirs or verse speaking at the Performing Arts Festival.

RESULTS:

Year 2 ‘Getting Ready For School’ - verse speaking—2nd place

MSS and MSM MSP and MSF

‘The Bare Necessities’ ‘Penny Lane’

‘Here Comes the Sun’ ‘Fields of Gold’

St2CM and St2HD St2MM and St2TM

‘When I See An Elephant Fly’ ‘Jambo Rafiki’

‘Boatman’ ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight?’

Infants classes (Kinder & Year 1) perform on Thursday 26th June.

Year 1 Kindergarten

‘The Little Fish’ ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’

‘Shake the Papaya Down’ ‘Rubber Duckie’

Year 2 receiving their 2nd place

trophy: Mrs Claire Price (conductor)

Ava Price, Ned Rogers &

Miss Prichard

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS - RAFFLE TICKETS

Thank you to all the families who have so far purchased raffle tickets for the ‘Splendour in the

Grass’ raffle. All money raised will be forwarded onto the Charman family. Raffle tickets cost

$2 per ticket or 3 tickets for $5. Tickets can be purchased from the School Office, after school

in the basement on Monday & Wednesday or from the SRC each lunchtime. The prize is two

tickets to ‘Splendour in the Grass’ valued at around $800. The raffle will be drawn at Assembly

in Week 1 Term 3 (Friday 18th July). If the winner is under 15 years of age—they will need

to be accompanied by an adult to the festival. If any parent wants to take a raffle ticket book-

let and sell tickets at their workplace—please contact our school Office.

WHOLE SCHOOL PHOTO DAY— Postponed to Friday 18th July.

Also on this day a photograph of our Student Representative Council (SRC) will take place.

SPOTLIGHT ON SCIENCE ! We have been implementing the new Science curriculum in school and would like to showcase some of the fantastic samples of work that highlight the investigations and design process.

Middle School have been working on a design

brief to construct a structure that would withstand

a natural disaster. We tested our designs using a

fan to see if we needed to modify our designs.

Stage 1: In Science Year One have been investigating small creatures that live in our backyards. The stu-dents have learnt about the biology of a snail and what it needs to sur-vive. They have designed a snail habitat and then made it using ma-terials supplied in the classroom and brought in from home. The snails are very happy in their lovely new environments.

CURRICULUM NEWS

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Term 2 Week 7 AWARDS

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

KL— Grace Toms KM— Olivia Bagnall 1D— Ella Wolfe 1T— Saffron McLennan 2N— Caitlyn Bice 2P— Jude Livermore St2CM— Ebony Northeast St2HD- Shayah Coyne St2MM— Lillyan Charman St2TM— Spencer Leslight MSF— Olivia Newell MSM— Alyssa Carney MSP— Vance Madden MSS— Macauley Wells

MOST IMPROVED

KL— Delilah Dargan KM— Jack Thornton 1D— Sophia Cronly 1T— Lily Martin 2N— Ned Rogers 2P— Billy John St2CM— Max Morton Rowthorne St2HD— Shanna Kussrow St2MM— Angus Ward St2TM— Jamie Cotelli MSF— Caleigh Kennedy MSM— Wraith Dare MSP— Chloe Brawley MSS— Camden Mackie

PRINCIPALS AWARD Keira Hair, Max Palmer, Freda Biles, Cale Graham,

Sophia Cronly, Ruby Trueman, Sienna Smith, Mitchell Grossman, Isabella Sutton, Elise Lack,

Sophie Bird, Chloe Hillcoat, Eva McDonald, Amelie McInerney, Kaytlin Harris, Anna Davidson, April

Parnaby, Cashlin Townsend, Abbey Bevan, James McIver, Catia Stebbing, Lilly Charman

GOOD SPORTS AWARD

Infants: Nakeisha Drew Perkiss Stage 2: Kirra-Eliza Harris Middle School: Amelie McInerney

CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Infants: Ava Price, Nakeisha Drew Perkiss

Stage 2: Elsie Biles, Harry Willis Middle School: Oliver Parsons, Kaytlyn Harris

TECHNOLOGY AWARD Infants: Xavier Palmer Stage 2: Lincoln Taylor

Middle School: Matilda Nimmo

BIRTHDAYS

Alice Simke-Hetherington, Anna Davidson, Lilly Wolfe, Isabella Anderson, Abbey Bevan, Genevieve Spencer, Patrick Wilkinson, Eden Davison, Matthew Colnan, Amelie Purnell, Nicholas Piccini, Bailey Buchanan, Morgan Berger, Mason McInerney, Paris Ludlow, Ivy Morton-Rowthorne, Akira Brinsmead, Tiarna Hall-Tosh, Flynn Jones, Enya McCarthy,

Nakeisha Drew-Perkiss, April Parnaby, Mariah Ouwerling, Oliver Walsh, Matteo McDermott.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

MOST IMPROVED

GOOD SPORTS AWARD

CREATIVE ARTS AWARD

PRINCIPAL AWARD

TECHNOLOGY AWARD

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Term 2 Week 8 AWARDS

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

KL— Annabelle O’Grady KM— Taleisha Robinson 1D— Trei Heterick 1T— Rhys Charman 2N— Harrison Bugg 2P— Finlay Purnell St2CM— Lucy Jones

St2HD- Malachy Wikinson St2MM— Nathan Willis St2TM— Wyatt Gradisnik MSF— Jared Carney MSM— Olivia Flannery MSP— Chloe Brawley MSS— Zac Ennis

MOST IMPROVED

KL— Cyennah Tiller KM— Cooper Leeson 1D— Ella Ewing 1T— Kate Warren 2N— Keira Leslighter 2P— Hazel Cunningham St2CM— Renzo Walford St2HD— Lucia Alexander St2MM— Kendall Wells St2TM— Drae Darragh MSF— Brodi Cook MSM— Olivia Nowytarger MSP— Kobe Spry MSS— Eden Davison

PRINCIPALs AWARD

Alex Wellm,Gian Kendrick-Morosini, Zara Lawlor, Freda Biles, Jessica Moore, Lily Cronly, Caitlyn Bice, Amanita Barnaby-Bowe, Olivia Adams, Bailey Kirby, Nakeisha Drew-Perkiss,

Bailee Pedlow, Hannah Trembath, Angus Macfarlane, Charlotte O’Keefe, Georhia Felton,

Zoe Gatt, Melia Loveridge, Ben Snellgrove, Will Townsend, Sam Wharton, Zac Ennis, Wren

Hynes, Mikayla Smith

GOOD SPORTS AWARD Stage 2: James Nimmo Middle School: Patrick Gray

TECHNOLOGY AWARD

Infants: Gian Kendrick-Morosini Stage 2: Finn Byrnes

Middle School: Evie Falkner

CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Infants: Shaylee Minahan Stage 2: Sean Carney

Middle School: Melia Loveridge

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

MOST IMPROVED

PRINCIPAL AWARD

GOOD SPORTS AWARD

TECHNOLOGY AWARD

CREATIVE ARTS AWARD

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Mathletes of the Week Week 8

Darcie Schaffer, Zac Ennis, Matilda Nimmo,

Olivia Ryan, Ailish Eppelstun, Isis Heterick,

Tabitha Stratton, Amelie Lapworth, Sienna

Reid, Yvette Lapworth.

MATHLETICS CERTIFICATES Week commencing 8th to 15th June

GOLD Certificates

Patrick Gray, Anna Smith

SILVER Certificates

Elizabeth Warne, Imogen Sykes, Sarah Hill, Chloe Brawley, Darcy Hannah, Reece Walton,

Isis Heterick, Cales McDonald, Phoebe Sykes, Danny Madden, Harrison Bugg,

BRONZE Certificates

Ellis Hannah, Lucy Jones, Abbey Bevan, Lincoln Taylor, Sullivan Foster, Isabella Anderson,

Tabitha Stratton, Vance Madden, Matteo McDermott, Georgia Hutton, Darcie Schaffer,

Matt Colnan, Olivia Flannery, Mariah Ouwerling, Amelie Purnell, Kiara McCarthy, Jack Sim-

ke-Hetherington, Georgia Felton, Kaytlin Harris, Vivien Koerner-Straub, Zach Ennis, Sophie

Ross, Holly Jones, Angus McFarlane, Codie Chung, Connor Pearson, Finn Whitney, Hayley

Smith, Indiana Nuspan, Wraith Dare, Zac Macartney, Melia Loveridge, Eva McDonald,

Neave Butler, Matilda Jones, Ivy Morton-Rowthorne, Matilda Nimmo, Joseph Warne, James

McIver, Flynn Everall, Oliver Walsh, Thomas Wharton, Bryce Matlock, Spencer Leslight,

Charli Miller-Smylie, Hudson Bosnich, Charles Warren, Molly Lazaredes, Jai Harris, Brendan

Piccini, Billy Campbell, Wyatt Gradisnik, Lucia Alexander, Finn Byrnes, Mitchell Grossman,

Sophie Charman, Cailey Baker, Amanita Barnaby-Bowe, Caitlyn Bice, Lily Cronly, Summer

Gibbons, Hannah Miller, Jessica Minahan, Olivia Adams, Sienna Bull, Selam Dietrich, Billy

John,

Week commencing 16th June to 22th June

GOLD Certificates

Lincoln Taylor, Kiara McCarthy, Emily Ward.

SILVER Certificates

Max Morton-Rowthorne, Josh Stebbing, Tabitha Stratton, Josh Anderson, Brodi Cooke, Oliv-

ia Flannery, Holly Jones, Molly Lazaredes, Billy Campbell, Ayla Fing, Nathan Pryke, Noah

Smith, Blake Cracknell, Amelia Cooper, Mitchell Grossman, Danny Madden, Ashley Gray.

BRONZE Certificates

Lucy Jones, Tyler Hanrahan, Will Ryan-McGinn, Abbey Bevan, Nicholas Shields, Isabella

Anderson, Vance Madden, Travis Antonelli, Matteo McDermott, Patrick Gray, Georgia Hut-

ton, Darcie Schaffer, Nicholas Buchanan, Ailish Eppelstun, Jya Fing, Corey Grossman, Amelie

McInerney, Amelie Purnell, Sophie Bird, Reef Sommerville, Chloe Brawley, Sophie Ross, Indi-

ana Nuspan, Ivy Morton-Rowthorne, Matilda Nimmo, Joseph Warne, Flynn Everall, Reece

Walton, Thomas Wharton, Bryce Matlock, Billy Walton, Gabe Malcolm, Jesse Hutton, Jai

Taylor, Jack Devoy, Evan Buch, James Nimmo, Wyatt Gradisnik, Finn Walsh, Lucia Alexan-

der, Millie Davidson, Shana Kussrow, Mason McInerney, Cailey Baker, Lily Cronly, Peri

Hynes, Yvette Lapworth, Enya McCarthy, Jessica Minahan, Harrison Bugg, Olivia Adams,

Sienna Bull, Selam Dietrich, Sienna Reid, Billy John.

Congratulations to all students who have received certificates. Remember to keep prac-

tising with Live Mathletics over the holidays.

Mathletes of the Week Week 7

Vivien Koerner-Straub, Reece Walton, Lucy

Jones, Charles Warren, Jai Harris, Zoe

Gatt, Sean Carney, Olivia Adams, Amani-

ta Barnaby-Bowe, Ella Buch. Absent -

Jasmin Dodds.

NAIDOC WEEK 2014 NAIDOC Week 2014 is from 6th -13th July. NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and our society. The theme for this year is Serving Country: Centenary & Beyond. As this celebration will be held during the school holidays, our school will celebrate NAIDOC Week on Monday 8th September, 2014 with a performance for the whole school by Circular Rhythm. Circular Rhythm is an exciting, contemporary musical performance incorpo-rating innovative songs, dance and Australian culture via didgeridoo, guitar and percussion.

ASSEMBLIES FOR TERM 3 Week 1: Induction of SRC (Semester 2)

Week 2: Mur’bah Performing Arts Festival

Individual / Group Performances

Week 3: Mur’bah Performing Arts Festival

Individual / Group Performances

Week 4: Public Speaking Representatives

Week 5: Stage 2HD (Mrs Dowling/Mr

Houlahan)

Week 6: MS P (Mrs Pearson)

Week 7: Stage 2MM (Miss Mackney)

Week 8: Father’s Day—Kinder classes

Week 9: Mt St Pat’s Has Talent

Assemblies commence @ 2:20pm in Sacred Heart Parish Hall

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COMMUNITY NEWS

SPORT NEWS

SAVE THE DATE ! Murwillumbah Golf Club Golf for Stuart Char-

man Friday 18th July—12noon Shotgun Start!$100

per team x4 All enquiries to Murwillumbah Golf Club—02

6672 4200

Fundraising Night @ Tweed River Jockey Club

Saturday 11th October 2014

Congratulations to our Strings Ensemble: Anna Smith, Millie Davidson, Isabella An-derson, Matilda & Lucy Jones who played at the Tweed Regional Art Gallery ‘Border Art Prize’ Opening.

AZALEA SATTLER—Representative @ NSW State Pony Club Dressage Championships

NSW State Pony Club Dressage Championships held at Gunnedah in April where she and

her horse Silkwood September Rain came 11th in their dressage test. This was against

pretty tough competition with about 44 competitors from NSW and QLD in the under 13’s

age group. She also took out Supreme Champion Rider at the Terranora Lakes Equestrian

Club last Saturday against the under 17’s and under 15’s champions. Well done Azalea.

POLDING CROSS COUNTRY Congratulations to the cross country runners for a wonderful result. Hayley Smith 4th will now compete at the PSSA event next term and Jya Fing & Jared Carney 7th are 1st reserves. Gabe Malcolm was a commendable 14th and Travis Antonelli 17th after stopping to assist a fallen runner, demonstrating excellent sportsmanship! Hayley and Jared were part of their respective senior team event, which Lis-more won!

PSSA HOCKEY Hayley Smith and Brooke Harvey participated in the PSSA Hockey trials last week as part of the Polding team which won the state championships! Congratulations to both girls on a wonderful team result. PSSA Football and Polding Rugby Union We wish Melia Loveridge (football) and Darcy Hannah (Rugby union) all the best as they trial this week.

Mt St PATRICK ATHLETICS CARNIVAL A huge thank you to staff, parents, house captains and students for a successful

athletics carnival on Friday. The students’ co- operation, enthusiasm and excellent sportsmanship was phenomenal!

Several records were broken, congratulations to the new record holders; 13yr 100m – Hayley Smith 15.22 Senior 800m –Jared Carney 2.42 10yr long jump – Jya Fing 3.63m Senior long jump –Melia Loveridge 4.34m & Finn Whitney 4.93m 12yr 100m - Melia Loveridge 13.66 & Finn Whitney 12.56

The 2014 AGE CHAMPIONS are: 8 year – Ebony Northeast & Evan Buch 9 year - Mahli Coyne, Keirsten Roach & Angus Ward 10 year – Jya Fing & James McIver 11 year – Georgia Hutton & Travis Antonelli Senior – Melia Loveridge & Finn Whitney

Congratulations also to DOYLE (green) the champion house ! Permission notes will be sent home today and I would appreciate the signed notes be returned this week as well as any withdrawals. Payment can be made next term. I would suggest that your child takes some time to train during the holidays in order to be com-petitive at the zone carnival. Mrs. Agnes Markham Sports Coordinator

2014 AGE CHAMPIONS

DOYLE HOUSE CAPTAINS—CODIE CHUNG & REECE WALTON

Lee & Peter Smith

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