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Email: stjohnsprimarydubbo@bth.catholic.edu.au

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Term 4 Week 1 October 10th, 2016

ST JOHNS PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

www.stjohnsprimarydubbo.catholic.edu.au

138 Sheraton Road

P.O. Box 4914

S C H O O L M A N A G E R F a t h e r G r eg Ken n ed y

S C H O O L C H A P L A I N F a t h e r G r eg Ken n ed y

P R I N C I P A L M r A n t h o n y O ’ L e a r y

A S S I S T A N T P R I N C I P A L M r A d am F o l e y

R E C M r D a v i d S c h w ag e r

PRIMARY COORDINATOR

Mrs Angela Benton TEACHING STAFF:

KINDERGARTEN Mrs Maria Brice Mrs Teagan Hoper

YEAR 1 Mrs Kim English/Mrs Erin Carney

Miss Louise Lindsay Mrs Paula Clifford

YEAR 2 Mrs Gabrielle Jones / Mr David Schwager

Ms Cassandra Hawke

YEAR 3

Miss Anna Veech Mrs Angela Benton/Mrs Sarah Davis

YEAR 4 Mrs Judith Gibson/Mrs Aimee Rose Mrs Laura Emery/Mrs Aimee Rose .

YEAR 5 Miss Emma Bolton/Mrs Amanda Shields

Miss Madelyn Colquhoun YEAR 6

Miss Maddie Redden Mrs Mickaela Wright

SPECIAL EDUCATION: Mrs Patricia Toohey, Mr Adam Foley Mrs Amanda Shields

TEACHER’S AIDES: Mrs Deanna Swanson, Mrs Bronwyn

Harper, Mrs Tracey Duncan Mrs Maricon Amoranto, Mr Trevor

Thomas, Mrs Belinda Montague LIBRARIAN:

Mrs Maree Williams ABORIGINAL EDUCATION

WORKER: Mrs Kristie Daley

CREATIVE ARTS: Mrs Maggie Dunn

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION: Mrs Margo Green, Mrs Karen Meredith

CANTEEN MANAGER: Mrs Cathy Dries

GENERAL HAND : Mr Mark Bradford

CLEANER: Mrs Kerry Iverach Mrs Cathy Keevers

P&F MEETINGS: 2nd & 7th Tuesday each Term PARENTS/GUARDIANS Please note that photographs of students may be used in this publication. Please advise the School Office if you do not approve of your child’s photo being used.

From the Principal’s desk…. Welcome back for Term 4. It is hard to believe how fast the year is moving along. I am sure

that Term 4 will prove to be exciting. We have many highlights to come including the

Sacrament of First Reconciliation, Year 5 Sydney excursion, P&F Melbourne Cup Trifecta

fundraiser, 2017 Kinder Orientations, Yea r 7 transition programs and many more. All of

the classrooms will be very active as we head towards end of year assessments and

reporting. It is going to be a great Term.

You will notice as you enter the school that there has been some new fencing erected

around the corner section of the pick up area. This should add to the safety of our

students. Please remember to drive safely in this area and ensure that all children enter

and exit the vehicles from the passenger side.

I will be away this week with Year 5 as they head off to Sydney for their excursion.

Highlights will be visiting Saint Mary McKillop

House, the Bush to Beach program and the

general fun of being away as a group. We will

all be back for Friday, as PSSA sport

commences for grades 4 – 6 this week.

As the weather is getting warmer please remember that all students need to wear their

school hat at all times when they are outside. Don’t forget to slip slop slap before coming

to school.

Gospel and Reflection: Luke 17:11-19

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As

he entered one of the villages, ten lepers came to meet him. They stood some way off and

called to him, “Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.’

VISION STATEMENT

St John’s Primary School strives to foster a community of faith that is centred on the teachings of Christ, where love and

concern develops the whole child, empowering each individual to realize his/her potential.

When he saw them he said “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” Now as

they were going away they were cleansed. Finding himself cured, one of

them turned back praising God at the top of his voice and threw himself at

the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan. This made

Jesus say, “Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It

seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreign-

er.” And he said to the man, “Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has

saved you.”

Reflection

The cured leper who turned back to Jesus did so “praising God at the top of his voice”. The other nine who were

cured may instead have rushed off to tell their family and friends about their miracles. As lepers they would have

been separated from their loved ones since the time the disease appeared, which must have been very hard to

bear. The “foreigner” may not have had any family or friends to go to with the news of the miracle, and thus

turned back to Jesus who had healed him.

Jesus was not looking for thanks from the nine. He wanted them to understand their healing as an experience of

the compassion and mercy of God. His focus was on the praise given to God by the Samaritan leper, not on the

thanks he, Jesus, was being offered.

When good things happen it is natural to want to share the experience and the joy with people we love. Such a

moment also presents a natural opportunity to lift heart and mind to God in the prayer of praise. Praising him

can happen in the short space before we are overwhelmed with the desire to share good news with people we

love, if praising God is a habit that we have cultivated in our daily lives as a form of prayer.

If praising God has become a habit in joyful moments it will eventually also become a prayer in times of

difficulty. It is a way of seeing the world that understands that “all things work together for good for those that

love God”.

Practise praise and God will do the rest.

God Bless and have a wonderful week. I will see you when we return from the excursion.

Anthony O’Leary

2016 Melbourne Cup Trifecta

Each year the Catholic Schools of Dubbo hold a Melbourne Cup Trifecta Fundraiser.

The Trifecta consists of 12,144 tickets that are sold at a cost of $2 per ticket. What does this mean for St John’s Primary. This year our school has been given the opportunity to sell the tickets. This allows our school to raise almost $17,000 after costs in 3 short weeks. In 2007, 2008 & 2009 St John’s were given this opportunity which assisted in the purchase of smart

boards for many of the classrooms and a cricket pitch.

1st

PRIZE $5000 Tickets will be sold at a cost of $2 each.

Each ticket has 3 horse numbers on it. If you have the ticket with the 3 numbers in the winning Melbourne Cup race order you would win $5000. If you have a ticket that has the 3 winning numbers but in a different

order you could win $50.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards a shelter over the playground equipment behind year 2 block.

Important Dates to Remember

Oct 11-13 Year 5 Sydney Excursion

Oct 11 Year 4-6 PSSA SPORT NOTES DUE BACK AT SCHOOL

Oct 14 Mudgee Netball Gala Day

Oct 19 Socktober– Crazy Sock day for Catholic Missions.

Oct 26 Grandparents Day Liturgy

Oct 28 Last After School AFL Day

Oct 31 PUPIL FREE DAY –STAFF RETREAT DAY.

Nov 1st Kindergarten 2017 Information Evening 6pm.

CANTEEN NEWS

Welcome back everyone to Term 4.

Friday’s Helper is Michelle Young.

Thanks Cathy Dries Canteen Manager 0458 550 747

Religious Education News Term Four, Week One 2016

Welcome to our final school term for 2016! Term 4 is always a busy one as we head towards the celebration of

the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day.

Staff Retreat/ Pupil Free Day

Please note that Monday 31st October will be pupil-free day as our staff attend our annual Faith

Retreat Day.

First Reconciliation

Many of our Year 2 students continue their preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation with the second

round of Home Groups commencing today. The Reflection Evening will be held on Wednesday 26th October and

the Sacrament of Reconciliation received on Wednesday 2nd November.

Grandparent’s Day Liturgy

A whole school liturgy celebrating our grandparents and other elderly in our community will be held at 10am on

Wednesday 26th October. Families and grandparents are very welcome to join us.

Socktober– Catholic Mission

Next Wednesday 19th October we will be holding a Socktober Fundraiser for World Mission Month. Students are

encouraged to wear crazy and/or miss-matched socks for a donation of a gold-coin to Catholic Mission

Wishing everyone a good week, David Schwager (Religious Education Co-ordinator)

Learn to Swim and Water Safety 2016

As part of the PDHPE program at St John’s Primary, students in Kindergarten and Years

1,2 & 3 will be participating in Learn to Swim and Water Safety Activities in Term 4.

Years 1 & 2 in Week 7 which is November 21—25,and

Kindergarten and Year 3 in Week 8 which is November 28 –December

The program will be conducted at the RSL Aquatic and Leisure Centre. Children will

participate in ability group lessons that will be conducted by Austswim qualified

instructors provided by the RSL’s award winning Swim School. The swimming ability

groups will range from the non-swimming ability category through to the capable swim-

mer.

Students will attend each day for one week of 5 intensive swimming and water safety

lessons. The cost of the lessons will be $75 which includes transport by bus to and from

the pool each day. This amount is not covered in your class charges and would be a one

off payment for each child attending the intensive swimming program.

Payment for the Water Safety program is due by Monday the 7th November.

Permission notes and information in regards to your child’s/childrens swimming ability

have now been sent home for you to fill out and return to school.

If you have any queries, concerns or would like to discuss any aspect of the program

please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Adam Foley

Assistant Principal

This Summer Get Active With Cricket!

Cricket is Australia’s fastest growing sport. It gives girls and boys of all ages and abilities the chance to get active, develop skills and have fun. This summer why don’t you register your child at their local MILO in2CRICKET or MILO T20 Blast Centre. Come and check it out at our FREE Come and Try Day in Dubbo on Thursday October 20 at Lady Cutler Ovals from 5pm.

There are also some places for Year 6 students to play in Competition Teams in Dubbo. For more information please contact Matt Ellis from Cricket NSW. matt.ellis@cricketnsw.com.au

5 OCTOBER 2016

DOUBLE PARKING IN SCHOOL ZONES CREATES DANGEROUS SITUATIONS

Dubbo Regional Council is reminding parents and carers to exercise caution and patience when dropping off or collecting

children from school as Term Four resumes this week.

Double parking in a school zone is extremely dangerous for any passenger alighting a vehicle let alone children who can

be difficult to see and whose movements can be unpredictable.

Parents and carers should take the time to find a legal and safe car park before letting children out of the vehicle and also

to remind children to exit the vehicle from the kerb side if parallel parked, not from the driver’s side.

Potential consequences of children getting out of cars amidst traffic is frightening, let alone children who are alighting

cars on the traffic side of a double-parked vehicle.

Illegal parking and/or stopping in school zones creates dangerous situations and brings with it some heavy fines as

follows:

No Stopping - means you cannot stop in this area for any reason - $325 fine plus 2 demerit points.

No Parking – means you can stop here for a maximum of two minutes to drop off or pick up passengers and you must

stay within three metres of your car at all times - $180 fine plus 2 demerit points.

Bus Zone – School Days – means you must not stop or park your vehicle in a designated school bus zone between 8.00

am and 9.30 am or between 2.30 pm and 4.00 pm - $325 fine plus 2 demerit points.

Stop on or near a pedestrian crossing (school zone) - $433 fine plus 2 demerit points.

Double parking (school zone) - $325 fine plus 2 demerit points.

Parking in a disabled zone without current mobility parking permit displayed - $541 plus 1 demerit point

Jayne Bleechmore

Road Safety Officer Dubbo Regional and Gilgandra Shire Councils

From the Road Safety Officer

Dubbo Regional and Gilgandra Shire Councils

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