St John Bosco School, Brooklyn Park A Catholic School in the Salesian Tradition

Our school was founded by the Salesian Sisters in 1954

THE SJB SCHOOL BULLETIN Term 1, Week 1 Wednesday 3rd February 2016

St John Bosco School 19 Lipsett Tce

Brooklyn Park SA 5032 Phone: 8352 7073

Fax: 8443 3040 Web:

www.sjb.catholic.edu.au Email:

office@sjb.catholic.edu.au

UNIFORM SHOP Phone: 8354 0832

Fax: 8443 3040 Open Tuesdays

8.30am - 11.00am

PARISH OF ST ALOYSIUS &

ST JOHN BOSCO Parish Office

Phone: 8352 3561 Parish Priest

Fr Joseph Lee SDB, PP Mass Times:

Saturday 9.00am & 6.00pm 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturdays

Sunday 8.30am (Italian) & 10.00am

Weekdays

Mon - Fri 7.30am

(Public Holidays 9.00am)

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Week 1

4 Feb Feast Day Mass & SJB

Day/Launch of School House

Team Colours/Casual Day

4 Feb Back to School Book Sale

- Library

Week 2

9 Feb Welcome Night

7.00 - 8.30pm

10 Feb Ash Wednesday

Year 3 –7 Mass 9.00am

Rec - 2 Liturgy 10.15am

11 Feb Canteen Committee

Meeting

12 Feb School Assembly 8.45am

We welcome our new

Reception Students for 2015

Alexandra, Adriana, Indigo, Ruby,

Scarlett, Sia, Aria, Ezra, Janelle,

Mathew, Jessica, Alec, Danny, James,

Georgie, Iris, Naish, Liam, Bailey, Marco,

Olive, Georgina, Santhana and Abby

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VOLUNTEERING AT

St John Bosco School

Our School values the rich

contribution of volunteers in the

life and work of our

community.

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Registration

Catholic Police Check

Induction

Online Training:

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OUR UNIFORM SHOP OPENS

TUESDAY MORNINGS 8.30 - 11.00am

THIS SUNDAY’S GOSPEL READING While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signalled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.

PUPIL FREE DAYS

Monday 6th June

Monday 5th September

Friday 16th December

SCHOOL BANKING

DAY IS TUESDAY

ASK FATHER JOE

To those returning to St John Bosco School, and those new to the school, we say welcome, from the Parish of St John Bosco and St Aloysius. We look forward to meeting you through the school and parish events. I commend to you the leadership of our Principal, Mr Paul Murphy, Mrs Mia Harms the Deputy Principal, Mrs Catherine Birchmore the Religious Education Coordinator, and all the staff, especially members of the teaching staff. Last Sunday the Parish celebrated the Solemnity of St John Bosco on his actual feast day, 31st January, with a special Mass at 10 am followed by brunch. It was great to see school staff, several parents and children and families present. Our school will celebrate the feast on Thursday. Last year, Pope Francis said:

“The Church has great expectations concerning the care of the young; great too is the charism that the Holy Spirit bestowed on St John Bosco, a charism that has been carried forward by the Salesian Family with a passionate dedication to the youth of all continents and a flowering of numerous priestly, religious, and lay vocations”.

We are the bearers of his spirit and charism, and we seek to live it each day in the school and parish. God bless you all, Fr Joseph Lee SDB, PP

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

SAINT JOHN BOSCO FEAST DAY Thank you to those families and staff who celebrated the Feast of St John Bosco (Sunday 31st January) with the Parish at the 10.00am Mass, last Sunday. Tomorrow at 9.00am, the whole St John Bosco School Community will honour this important Feast Day, and ask for special blessings for our school. It is a tradition at our school that all families are warmly welcomed to be a part of all our Liturgies and Masses, which are normally celebrated in our Parish Church.

ASH WEDNESDAY Next Wednesday 10th February, all students will celebrate Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent with the following Liturgies: Years 3 - 7, Mass with the Parish at 9.00am Reception – Year 2 Liturgy at 10.15 am All families are warmly invited to share in these celebrations with their children. Historically called "the day of ashes", Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. There are 7 Wednesdays and 40 days (excluding Sundays) before Easter. The significance of the forty days comes from Jesus spending 40 days in the wilderness before beginning his public ministry. On this day early Christians declared their sinfulness and desire for forgiveness to their community. They wore sackcloth and covered themselves with ashes as symbols of their unworthiness. Instead of us wearing sack clothes we now observe Ash Wednesday by having the mark of the cross made on our forehead with ashes. Palm branches from the previous Palm Sunday are burned to make the ashes. The ashes are a symbol of sadness and death. The cross reminds us that we acknowledge Jesus who died for all humankind on the cross. And so as the sign of the cross is marked on our foreheads, we pray that we will turn away from sin and grow closer to Jesus during this special season of Lent. Catherine Birchmore, RE Co-ordinator

CHINESE NEW YEAR—Year of the Monkey Happy Chinese new year to all of our families! 2016 will be the Year of the Monkey according to Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Monkey will start from Feb. 8, 2016 (Chinese New Year) and lasts to January 27, 2017.

The monkey is a clever animal. It is usually compared to a smart person. During the

Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC), the dignified Chinese official title of

marquis was pronounced 'Hou', the same as the pronunciation of ‘monkey’ in

Chinese. The animal was thereby bestowed with an auspicious meaning.

LIBRARY NEWS The Library is beginning the year with gusto. We will be having a Scholastic Back to

School Book Sale. The books will be on sale after school this Thursday 4th February

from 3.00 - 3.30pm and next week on Monday 8th, Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th

February before and after school, as well as during lunch times.

Please come in to the Library on Welcome Night to see the mini book shop and to buy

your child a book. All proceeds go to the Library to buy more books. Brochures will

be sent home with your child on Wednesday.

Maryka Spurling-Janes

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NEWS FROM AROUND OUR SCHOOL… WELL DONE to all of our students for their entry into the first days of school with enthusiasm and excitement. THANK YOU to our staff for tremendous work in preparing for the new school year. STAFF NEWS: During the holidays, Ms Ljubica Vuksevic decided to complete her role at St John Bosco to focus on Library studies and Library work. We will farewell Ms Vuksevic soon and give thanks for her work amongst us. EMAIL DETAILS: Each week our SJB Bulletin along with other important information is emailed to families. If you do not receive this information on a regular basis please email Louise Kennewell at louise.kenewell@sjb.catholic.edu.au so that you can be added to our database. WELCOME TO OUR NEW STUDENTS: Marilena, Freedom, Saif, Vu Thien Y, Alex, Scarlett, Ajneet, Ellie, Tarlie, Paul, Maria, Alexandra, Adriana, Indigo, Ruby, Scarlett, Sia, Aria, Ezra, Janelle, Mathew, Jessica, Alec, Danny, James, Georgie, Iris, Naish, Liam, Bailey, Marco, Olive, Georgina, Santhana & Abby. CONGRATULATIONS to Costa Chiappin on winning the Monster Slam War on Wheels competition, earning free tickets to the Monster Trucks show at the Showgrounds.

2016 WELCOME NIGHT Tuesday 9th February

Expected attendance by all students

6.50pm Students meet their teacher in the allocated

space of the Church for roll call

7pm Prayer time to ask God’s blessing on the school

year

Introduction of new students, Year 7s,

Receptions, new staff

7.45pm Tour of whole school with your child

Visit info booths for

MUSIC LESSONS, SPORT, P&F, OSHC, CANTEEN

Meet your child's teachers

Receive class information and

2016 SCHOOL HANDBOOK

Tea/coffee available

Ice blocks for students

End at 8.30pm

AGM

Wednesday 24th February

7.00pm

Annual General Meeting

of the SCHOOL community

Reporting on the

2015 school year

An important meeting

for parents.

AN INVITATION

TO ALL NEW PARENTS AT SJB

Please come along to a

Wine & Cheese Evening

hosted by our

wonderful P&F on

MONDAY 15th February at 7pm

We would love to see you

and welcome you to our

community.

Paul Murphy & SJB P&F

RSVP to office@sjb.catholic.edu.au

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INTRODUCING OUR NEW SJB SCHOOL STAFF KATE SATOMURA Hajimemashite! (Nice to meet you). My name is Kate Satomura and I am the new Japanese teacher. I am very excited to be joining St John Bosco School this year. Although I was born and grew up in Adelaide, after finishing University, life's journey took me to Japan, where I met my husband, learned to speak Japanese, fell in love with the language and culture and stayed for many years. When I returned to Australia, I began teaching Japanese. I have taught Japanese, French and ESL in both Independent and Government schools and I am pleased to be joining the Catholic Schools community. I am passionate about languages and believe learning a language helps us to see the world through new eyes. I hope I am able to ignite this spark in the students at St John Bosco, just as my wonderful language teachers at St Aloysius College did for me many years ago. Please come and say 'konicihwa'. I look forward to meeting you. FLAVIA LUPPINO Hello, My name is Flavia Luppino. I feel very privileged to be part of the St John Bosco community and I look forward to working with and getting to know your children (and families). I come to St John Bosco school with many years of teaching experience. I have taught from Reception to Year 7, in a number of schools, both in the Department of Education and in Catholic Education where I have held many roles. I enjoy kayaking with my husband and being a mum to our children. I also love walking, cooking and being with family and friends. I am looking forward to this opportunity to be part of such a welcoming community here at St John Bosco. ANTHONY SICARI My name is Anthony Sicari and together with Nicki Sharrad, I am teaching the Year 5 class. I have been a part of the Saint John Bosco Community, since 1997 where I began my schooling. I progressed to Saint Michael’s College for High School, where I completed Year 12 in 2009. I graduated from the University of South Australia in 2014, completing my Bachelor of Education. I returned to Saint John Bosco in 2013 as a student-educator working with the Year 4/5 community alongside Nicki Sharrad and Dino Zandona. In 2014, I was employed as a part of the Saint John Bosco Out of School Hours Care team, and continue to be a current member of this team. During 2015, I became a regular relief teacher at St John Bosco, and have taught all year levels and students at various stages. I am excited for the start of the school year, as I begin my teaching journey, with the Year 5 Community. My favourite subjects are Religious Education, Mathematics, PE and Science. I have always had a passion for sport, which I display by playing Football at a local club and by being an avid AFL lover, following my beloved Port Adelaide. I am very friendly, approachable and always wish to meet as many new faces as I can, in order to build relationships with all of the parents within our school community. If you see me at any time inside or outside of Saint John Bosco; please introduce yourself and say hello, as I always have the time to engage with the members of our wonderful school Community. CLAUDINE GREEN Hello my name is Claudine DiLernia Green and I have been teaching in Catholic schools for the past 11 years. I feel privileged to work in Catholic schools where I am committed to further develop the understanding of the life and work of St John Bosco. I am very excited to belong to the teaching team here at St John Bosco and look forward to getting to know my Year 3/4 students and their families. On a personal level, I really enjoy camping during the holidays with my family and coach an under 9’s netball team. I have two beautiful girls, aged 6 and 8 who attend Whitefriars Primary School and keep my husband and I very busy. I look forward to working in partnership with the St John Bosco community in 2016.

BASKETBALL NEWS Basketball training begins in Week 2. We will be training on Wednesday’s after school

from 3.00 - 4.00pm. We are hoping to have 4 teams which will be on the following days: Monday - Yr 4/5 Boys/Mixed, Tuesday - Yr 6/7 Boys/Mixed,

Wednesday - Yr 6/7 Girls, Thursday - Yr 2/3/4 Mixed. If we don't have enough girls interested in playing on Wednesday the girls will

play in the boys/mixed team on Tuesday night. Paul Engelhardt

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Week 1 1 Feb Term begins/Welcome Assembly

4 Feb Feast of St John Bosco –

School Celebration/Team colour casuals/

Back to school Library sale

Week 2 CHINESE NEW YEAR BEGINS

9 Feb WELCOME NIGHT

10 Feb ASH WEDNESDAY Liturgies/

School Board Meeting

11 Feb Canteen Committee

12 Feb Project Compassion Launch/

Motivate for Success Assembly

Week 3 15 Feb OSHC Mang Committee/

P&F Meeting/ Welcome to New Families

Gathering

16 Feb SRC

17 Feb Parish Pastoral Council

21 Feb Parish/Family Mass

Week 4 22 Feb Reception Parent meeting

3 Feb Principal Tour/Volunteer Inductions

24 Feb AGM

25 Feb Parish Finance Committee

Week 5 1 March School Assembly

2 March Brainstorm Productions

Week 6 7 March Sports Committee

8 March SRC/Uniform Committee

9 March St Dominic’s Feast Day

10 March Grandparents Welcome Morning

Week 7 14 March ADELAIDE CUP HOLIDAY

17 March Canteen Committee

19 March Bunnings BBQ

20 March Parish/Family Mass

Week 8

HOLY WEEK

School acknowledgements for Holy Week

22 March Principal Tour

23 March School Board Meeting

24 March Holy Thursday

25 March Good Friday

27 March Easter Sunday

Week 9

20 March Easter Monday Holiday

29 March SRC/Easter celebration

1st April P&F Night Market

Week 10 4 April P/T/S Meeting Week/P&F meeting

5 April School Assembly

6-8 April Year 5 Camp

7 March Learning Conversations Open

Morning

Week 11 13 April SRC

15 April Sports Day

End of term

TERM 1 CALENDAR OUR LENTEN TERM Check the Bulletin each week for changes

HOUSE COLOURS

This year we are developing a House System to build on

our Sport Day teams. This will build our community

across the school from R-7 and build team work and care

amongst our students and staff.

On Thursday we will launch the Houses

with the students.

On THURSDAY students wear sensible sun safe

casuals in their HOUSE COLOURS or House T Shirts

(or as close as possible)

Houses will meet together with staff to

plan the year ahead.

PARKING & CROSSINGS

AROUND SJB SCHOOL

Please be aware that West Torrens

Council have advised us that their

patrols will be observing drivers and

pedestrians over these

beginning weeks.

To avoid fines—please read the signs.

Be safe for yourself and

for our families.

Semester 2 2015

SCHOOL SATISFACTION SURVEY

via survey monkey.

To date, 4 parents out of 200 families from 2015 have

expressed their views on the survey.

Please use this link:

https://

www.surveymonkey.com/r/

HF3MQC9

Closes 5th February 2016.

Paul Murphy

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ON TIME STUDENT ARRIVAL AT 8.45AM

CHILDREN NEED TO BE AT SCHOOL

EVERY DAY

RETURNING NOTICES ON TIME TO HELP

SCHOOL PLANNING

CONTACTING OUR OFFICE BY 9AM IF

YOUR CHILD WILL BE ABSENT RATHER

THAN OUR OFFICE CONTACTING

YOU—THIS IS A

PARENT DUTY OF CARE

It is our duty of care to know where children are.

We will continue to report to Families SA any

unexplained absenteeism and

ongoing absenteeism.

PARKING CORRECTLY & SAFELY ON

LIPSETT TCE AND MARSHALL TCE

Fines apply and safety applies for all of us.

CANTEEN NEWS TERM 1: Due to its popularity it has been decided to continue with the sub meal as a meal deal option in Term 1. Please note the wrap meal will no longer be an option. VOLUNTEERS 2016: Volunteers are always needed to help in the Canteen. If you are available between the hours of 10.30am to 1.45pm on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday your help would be appreciated. If you are able to assist please contact either myself or the school Office. Other family members (Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles etc) are welcome to become Volunteers but please remember you must hold a current Catholic Police Clearance, and be a fully registered school volunteer. ICEBLOCKS & DRINKS ROSTER - TERM 1: Summer is here, and we would like to offer the students an opportunity to purchase DRINKS and ICE BLOCKS during Term 1 on Mondays and Tuesdays during lunch time. Are you available on a Monday or Tuesday between 12.45 – 1.45pm? If so, we would love to hear from you. Help keep our students cool during summer. Please remember you will need hold a current Catholic Police Clearance, and be a fully registered school volunteer. Information regarding this will be sent home next week. CANTEEN COMMITTEE MEETING: Our first Canteen Committee meeting will be held on Thursday of Week 2 at 2.15pm in Mia’s Office. There is always a place for new faces and voices on this Committee so if you are interested please contact myself or Mia. We have had a very dedicated group of Mums working on this Committee in the past helping especially with fundraising for our roller shutters. Hopefully we will be seeing the fruits of their labour soon. Jenny Boulton, Canteen Manager

PARENT HELP IN 2016

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P & F NEWS

We hope everyone had a wonderful break and the children have settled into school nicely this week. The P & F have several events this term and we hope everyone will be able to come along. If you are interested in becoming part of the P & F Committee or wish to volunteer at events please contact me via email angestrav@gmail.com or mobile 0419 824 604 as we would love to have some new members with new ideas. Please remember you will need to have completed a Volunteer Induction Course and be a fully registered Volunteer. We will also have a stand at the Welcome Night next week so please come and visit. We will be happy to answer any queries you may have. UPCOMING P & F EVENTS - KEEP THE DATES FREE! PARENTS AND FRIENDS HOSTING A CHEESE AND WINE NIGHT FOR NEW PARENTS FROM OUR SCHOOL – MONDAY 15TH FEBRUARY This event will be held for all the new families so they can come along and meet the Parents and Friends Committee and see what we do and meet one another. New parents, please come along. We would love to welcome you to our school. This is a great opportunity to see if you are interested in becoming part of this Committee. Existing parents are also welcome to attend if they are interested in the P & F. There will be cheese, wine and snacks provided by the school and P & F so come along for a chat and a glass of wine. The event will start at 7pm. BUNNINGS MILE END BBQ – SATURDAY 19TH MARCH We will be having 2 tents this time one being the usual sausage sizzle and the other selling cakes and fairy floss. We will require quite a few volunteers for 1 ½ hours whether it be to cook, serve or prepare the food. So if anyone is interested please ley myself or Vanessa Miglis know at jmiglis@me.com or mobile 0410 511 442. Keep your eye out for more information to follow soon. NIGHT MARKET – FRIDAY 1ST APRIL St John Bosco will be holding a Night Market. The event will be open to our community. If you wish to become a stall holder, please contact Vanessa Miglis on 0424027442 for more information. Angela Stravolemos, Chairperson P & F

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ABSENTEES

Did you know that you will be able to advise us of absentees simply by completing

the form on the app? An email will be sent directly to the school Office to advise us

of your child’s absence saving you the inconvenience of

having to telephone the school.

ALERTS

Receive important reminders or notifications from us such as cancellation

of sport training or special events happening at our school.

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS NEW PRICING: Please note our new price list which began in December 2015. Please ensure you are using the correct form when placing orders. The form is available on our website or from the school Office and Uniform Shop. ORDER FORMS: If you are unable to attend the uniform shop in person, please complete an order form and send it with payment to the school via the office. Please remember to include a contact name and phone number on the order forms together with payment when submitting them. PLEASE NOTE EMAIL ORDERS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. RETURNS/REFUNDS/EXCHANGES: When returning an item(s) for refund that was purchased with credit card, please send credit card details (the original details are not kept) as well as the original purchase receipt(s).

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Dear SJB Families, Friends, Staff and Students,

Happy new year and welcome to the new school year at St John Bosco school. On behalf of our staff I

welcome all of our families back to school as we begin 2016. We are looking forward to another exciting

year of learning and growing.

Holidays give us all a time to renew and refresh, do different things and have some quality time with our

family and friends. I hope you were able to enjoy some space and freedom.

It is time to focus on learning and our staff are well prepared in their plans and programs for the year.

We undertook a very busy and productive time of working together last week. We looked at the word

JOY in our motto, reflected on our Salesian spirit and our Vision, explored Mindfulness, took time to plan

and attended a joint professional learning program with our colleagues at Tension Woods Catholic

school. Holidays too were busy for all of us as we prepared for the year ahead.

You would have noticed a big difference in our school site as the building project takes shape. Enormous

efforts were undertaken in amongst weather challenges and time challenges to particularly prepare the

yard and Senior Unit classrooms. The yard hit unexpected issues with drainage following the rains from

last week and should be open during the week/early next week (it does look fantastic). The classrooms

were fully ready on Sunday afternoon and with an almighty team effort resembling the last minutes of a

Block episode for reveal (!) Everyone pitched in to get the rooms ready for our students. The project is

on track and you will see the transportables start to take shape. The target time for completion is term

2. The site is looking fantastic and brings to life a vision for our school in developing a contemporary

learning community.

As we begin it is important for parents to take time with their child to look at the year ahead and to set

goals and encouragement for success as students enter into the new learning program. Set your child up

for success and be positive and encouraging in your talks and ideas as goals and plans emerge.

On Thursday we celebrate the Feast Day of Saint John Bosco, the founder of the Salesian family and our

patron. This week we will celebrate our Feast Day on Thursday with Mass. Parents are very welcome. I

extend our good wishes to our Salesian community at Brooklyn Park as we give thanks for Saint John

Bosco and for the Salesians. We are fortunate to have wonderful support from Fr Joseph and the

Salesian community. We remember with gratitude the contribution of Salesians past and present, living

the spirit of Saint John Bosco.

We ask for your attendance at Welcome Night. This is an important night for our community to gather.

We don't ask parents to attend many functions but this is an important one. We ask parents not to see

our school events as options. We need you and your child to show your interest and participation in

community life. The program is outlined in our Bulletin.

Our Bulletin provides you with a wonderful view of our school each week. I encourage you to take the

time to read it and be informed about what happens in the community. Thanks for your support.

Blessings and good wishes for the year ahead. Paul