Thursday, 30th January , 2014

NEWSLETER

SURFERS PARADISE CATHOLIC PARISH

SUNDAY MASS TIMES

STELLA MARIS CHURCH 268 Hedges Avenue,

Broadbeach

Saturday evening 6:00pm Sunday 7.00am & 8.30am

SACRED HEART CHURCH 50 Fairway Dr,

Clear Island Waters

Saturday evening 6.00pm Sunday 9.00am & 6.00pm

ST VINCENT’S CHURCH 40 Hamilton Avenue,

Surfers Paradise

Saturday evening 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am &

10.00am

YOU ARE MOST WELCOME Any enquiries - 55725433

IM PORTA NT D A TES TO

REM EM BER:

Monday 3rd February 8:40 All prep children begin 9:00am Opening Liturgy

Tuesday 4th February 6:00pm Parent Info Night (Yr 3) 7:00pm Parent Info Night (Yr 4)

Wednesday 5th February 6:00pm Parent Info Night (Yr 2) 7:00pm Parent Info Night (Yr 1)

Thursday 6th February 6:00pm Parent Info Night (Yrs 6&7) 7:00pm Parent Info Night (Yr 5)

Friday 7th February School Swim Carnival Yrs 3-7

Monday 10th February 8:45am Prayer Assembly (7Yellow)

Friday 14th February Valentine’s Day 9:00am Surf Safety Day (Year 7)

Monday 17th February 8:45am Prayer Assembly

Tuesday 18th February District Swimming Carnival

Friday 4th April End Term 1 2014

Friday 18th April Good Friday

Sunday 20th April EASTER SUNDAY

Tuesday 22nd April School Resumes Term 2

Dear Parents

Creator God Bless us with good things.

Bless our vision, our school and goals. Bless us in all that we do for each other.

Help us to learn how to reach out to others. Bless the children, parents, and staff placed in our care. May we support each other in every possible way in order to create community.

Welcome back to everyone in our school community. It was great to see all the happy and smiling faces as the children arrived today. The energy and excitement of the children was infectious! The staff has been back hard at work for some days now but the school came to life today with the arrival of 807 students and many of their parents. It was obvious to all what a vibrant community we are. A very warm and special welcome to the families who are new to our school community. We hope that your child will take advantage of the rich academic, spiritual, athletic and extra-curricular offerings that St Vincent’s is fortunate to be able to offer. We also hope that you will enjoy the richness of St Vincent’s as a community of students and adults (school and parish staff, parents and friends and community members) who work and grow together. Finally welcome to our students and families who are beginning their last year of association with St Vincent’s - we hope that many vibrant memories are created, especially for our Year 6 and 7 leaders this year. A huge thank you to all parents for the fantastic way that your children were prepared for school. Once again we experienced a ‘smooth’ start to the year and that is a direct reflection on the positive way you have prepared the children. The Leadership Team and the school staff are looking forward to sharing another great year in ‘partnership’ with you in 2014. OPENING LITURGY All parents are invited to attend our opening liturgy this Monday at 9.00 am in Sacred Heart Church. New staff and students will be officially welcomed to our school. Prep students will not be attending this Liturgy.

Don’t forget -

NO RIGHT TURN

OUT OF pick up zone

2014 STAFF We welcome back all the staff at St Vincent’s for 2014. A special welcome to our new staff members:

Dave Boulton as Assistant Principal – Religious Education. Dave is an experienced teacher and has extensive leadership experience as an assistant principal and principal

Amy Sherburd who is teaching Year 5 Red this year. Amy has been teaching in Sydney for the last few years and is delighted to be back in Queensland.

Yolanta Hamilton is replacing Mrs Kashmiri in 4 Blue in Term 1. Mrs Kashmiri has moved to Brisbane. Yolanta has taught at Guardian Angels, St Francis, Kuwait and in Gladstone.

Luke Riddell is teaching 2 Red this year. Luke has taught in Sydney and was a relief teacher at St Vincent’s last year.

We look forward to Dave, Amy, Yolanta and Luke contributing to the shared stories and vibrant memories of St Vincent’s.

TEACHING STAFF 2014

SIGN IN, SIGN OUT PROCEDURES

All visitors are required to sign in and out at the office.

Children arriving after the bell are required to report to the office to be issued with a ‘late slip’ to be handed to the teacher on arrival at class.

Parents collecting children prior to the end of the school day must report to the office first, be issued with a ‘permission to leave early’ slip, and then hand this slip to the class teacher before the child is dismissed. All teachers will request an ‘early to leave’ slip before allowing a student to leave the classroom.

Your cooperation is always appreciated. These measures ensure our roll is up to date and current at all times.

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT

PRINCIPAL

ASSISTANT

PRINCIPAL

ASSISTANT

PRINCIPAL

Kerry Rowlands Christine McLeish David Boulton Rafal Balik

PREP BLUE PREP GREEN PREP RED PREP YELLOW

Jacqui Ward Tasmine Devonport Christine Blackwell Julia Prior

YEAR 1 BLUE YEAR 1 GREEN YEAR 1 RED YEAR 1 YELLOW

Jacinta Hogan Nicole Marriott

Melinda Gravina Jana Kelly Kim Smyth

YEAR 2 BLUE YEAR 2 GREEN YEAR 2 RED YEAR 2 YELLOW

Jenny Bradshaw

Selina Cameron Emmeline de Greslan Sem 1

David Pickford Sem 2 Luke Riddell Clare Montgomery

YEAR 3 BLUE YEAR 3 GREEN YEAR 3 RED YEAR 3 YELLOW

Paul Tierney Zonie Powis Amanda Hoolahan Carmel Vincent

YEAR 4 BLUE YEAR 4 GREEN YEAR 4 RED YEAR 4 YELLOW

Yolanta Hamilton T 1

Bernard Kearney T 2-4

Elizabeth West Sem 1

Dan Bloxsidge Sem 2 Tammie Eldridge Tina Bondolfi

YEAR 5 BLUE YEAR 5 GREEN YEAR 5 RED NO CLASSROOM

Marty Stone Jehan Hassan Amy Sherburd

YEAR 6 BLUE YEAR 6 GREEN YEAR 6 RED NO CLASSROOM

Bernadette Burns Andrew Foster Rhys Bishop

(LOTE) BLUE YEAR 7 GREEN SPARE ROOM RED YEAR 7 YELLOW

Lucia Ulliana Alisa Elliott Patrick Philippi

SPARE BLUE SPEECH GREEN ST-IE RED (MUSIC)YELLOW

Anita Eldridge June Noblet

Damian Kelly Jocelyn Bode

T'ER LIBRARIAN COMMUNITY CARE GUIDANCE BLOCK 10 - PE

Therese Brennan Colleen Tootell Peter Brennan

PARENT INFORMATION EVENINGS At the start of every year, parent information meetings for parents of children in Years 1 to 7 are held. These meetings allow teachers to talk about expectations for the year, discuss class routines and inform parents of curriculum matters. They also allow parents to meet the staff and get a feel for the classroom. These meetings are for parents only and staff members are not available to supervise children. Tuesday 4/2/14 Year 3—6pm Wednesday 5/2/14 Year 2—6pm Thursday 6/2/14 Years 6&7—6pm Year 4—7pm Year 1—7pm Year 5—7pm NUT FREE St Vincent’s strives to be a NUT FREE school. We have a number of children who have severe reactions and/or life threatening reactions when exposed to any form of nuts. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation with this matter as we try to ensure a safe environment for all our children at St Vincent’s.

ONLINE PROFILE St Vincent’s has a Facebook page that we will use to share information of interest for our parent community. You can ‘like’ us at https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Vincents-School-Clear-Island-Waters/526393490758961 or search for us as St Vincent’s School Clear Island Waters.

Happy New Year! A very special welcome to our new families to the school.

My name is Colleen Tootell and I am the Community Care Coordinator here at St Vincent’s. My role is to provide pastoral support to students and families; facilitate social and community building activities through the coordination of the Class Parent Representatives; and to provide advice on help and support agencies. Class Contact Lists As in previous years, we will be distributing Year Level Contact Lists to all families. Unless you inform us otherwise, your mobile phone number (Main contact/ Parent 1) will appear on these lists. eg: John Smith (child’s name) 2 Blue Jane Smith 0400 400 400 NB - If you DO NOT wish your details to appear, please email me directly by the end of Week 2. More details coming to you soon. I wish you all a happy and calm start to the new school year!

Colleen Colleen Tootell – ctootell@bne.catholic.edu.au (Available Monday, Wednesday and Friday) “Building quality relationships; celebrating with others; reaching out; making connections." (RE guidelines)

Welcome back one and all! Alex and I hope your Christmas was one filled with lovely times spent with family and those who mean so much to you. We look forward to our year ahead with many exciting classes, events and experiences planned. Classes will begin again in week three of this term. Prior to this, newsletters and accounts will be forwarded home with full details of our year. Keep your eye out for these next week! If you are new to the school or are interested in our programme, some limited vacancies exist in grades from year two to year seven. Please feel free to obtain an enrolment form from the main office. This will give you an overview of our classes, aims, fee structure etc. If you would then like to proceed with the enrolment, leave the form at the office for our collection or feel free to drop me an email. We look forward to another year filled with anticipation, new challenges and exciting and fun times! Anita

Anita Eldridge Specialist Teacher aeldridge@bne.catholic.edu.au

COMMUNITY CARE

SPEECH AND DRAMA NEWS

TERM 1 SCHOOL FEES

Your school fee statement will be emailed to you next week. Please note that fees are due by FRIDAY 14th FEBRUARY and your prompt attention in settling fees by this date is greatly appreciated. Would you carefully check your statement and if there are any discrepancies, please advise. A direct debit form has been sent home with every student. If you did not receive this form please call into the office. We encourage our families to complete a direct debit form as this is an easy alternative to pay your school fees – once set up, you don’t have to worry about it again. For those families who were on direct debit or credit card payment plan last year with a final date, a new form for 2014 will need to be completed. If you are unsure, please phone or email Sharon Simmons (5572 1746 / ssimmons@bne.catholic.edu.au) For those families wishing to pay via Bpay, details are located in the top section of your statement. Alternatively, the bottom

portion of your fee statement can be completed with your credit card details and dropped at the office in the 'fee collection box'

to avoid lengthy queues.

Thank you,

Sharon Simmons (Finance Officer)

RUNNERS CLUB

FROM THE FINANCE DESK

Recently Separated / Divorced? Centacare is conducting a Divorce and Separation Recovery Workshop commencing on Monday Evening 3rd March. The workshop will run for seven weeks from 5.30pm to 7.30pm at Centacare 50 Fairway Drive Clear Island Waters, at a cost of $10 registration plus $5 each week. Coffee, tea and a light snack will be provided. This gentle non-confrontational and supportive workshop provides a wonderful opportunity for people who are strug-gling to overcome one of life’s challenges. If you wish to reg-ister for this workshop please call Centacare on 07 55277211. Registrations close on Friday 31st . Kind Regards Iona Abrahamson & Jayne Cann “Divorce Seperation Recovery Workshop” Facilitators

p: 07 5527 7211 - f: 07 5527 7454 e: iabrahamson@centacarebrisbane.net.au 50 Fairway Drive Clear Island Waters QLD 4226

Strengthening Families, Supporting People and Communities

We at Gold Coast Basketball are running our Aussie Hoops (3-6 yr olds) and Mini Hoops (7-11 yr olds) programs commencing on the 8th February at Carrara Indoor Stadium. All registration information can be found on www.goldcoast.basketball.net.au or by following the following link. http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-4831-0-0-0&sID=162625&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=27724620 Please email jennelle@gccrba.com.au after reading all of the information for further queries

PIZZEY PARK NETBALL CLUB SIGN ON DAY Saturday 1st Feb, 2014 Age:5-10 Years Time: 9:00am - 11am Registration fee: $180.00 Age:11– 17 Years Time: 11.00 am - 1pm Registration fee: $200.00

Cricket Australia are holding a free MILO T20 Blast Come & Try evening for girls and boys between ages 8-12 years old. This fun-filled afternoon will take place at Kerrydale Oval, Priddeys Road Robina on Monday 10 February from 4.30pm – 6.00pm. Come along and see what the hype is about! For more information contact Gareth Roberts on 0420 766 414.

Broadbeach United Soccer Club

Annual sign-on day February 1 and 2, 9am to 12 noon

Chelsea Avenue clubhouse, Broadbeach Under 6 to Under 18

Great location. Fun atmosphere. Affordable. Enquiries to Dean on 0411657381

Total Football Academy will be running an after School soccer program during Term 1 at St Vincent's Primary School. The program is for Prep to Year 4 Pupils. Registration forms will be distributed during a free demonstra-tion. During the 6 week program games will be played inside an inflatable soccer field, which captures the imagination of students, giving them a great soccer experience. Training will take place inside a skills square focusing on different skills each week, such as dribbling, turning and shooting. As part of the program players can also purchase a soccer

kit (Top and Shorts). The program starts on Friday 14th February, 3.15pm - 4.15pm. To sign up online visit www.totalfootballacademy.com.au or call Andy Robinson on 0413 888 643.

Brian Birch, Qualified ATPCA Advanced Level 2 Coach, TCA Advanced Coach & TA Club Professional.

Lessons start for Term 1 from the 4th February 2014.

Tuesdays 7.20-8.20am (starting from 4/2/14) Thursdays 3.10-4.10pm (starting from 6/2/14)

Fridays 7.20-8.20am (starting from 7/2/14)

Term Costs $130 (1 Lesson per week for 8 weeks) or $165 which includes the purchase of a new quality correct size junior racquet.

(Racquets are available for hire upon request)

All aspects of the game are taught from beginner to advanced standard.

Payment is to be made by the second lesson.

Please complete the tear off enrolment form and return to School or Coach. (with the exception of current positions children will be placed on a first in policy).

SEE ATTACHED FLYER TO COMPLETE YOUR

ENROLMENT