St Brendan’s Primary School 1581 Golf Links Road, Lakes Entrance. 3909.

Ph: 03-51552712 Fax 03-51554565 Internet Address: http://www.lakesent.catholic.edu.au

E-Mail Address: principal@lakesent.catholic.edu.au Internet Banking : BSB 083 879 A/C 695096861 Account Name : St Brendan’s School

Newsletter No 2 February 15, 2018

TONIGHT Thursday 15th February

Session 1 @ 5.00pm & Session 2 @ 5.30pm

Tonight we have a family barbeque to welcome the new year and to meet others. We will be having games of cricket with the children and sharing some delicious food together. Families to bring along a salad or dessert to share. Bring your own drinks. Please remember school is an alcohol free zone.

TONIGHT @ 6.00pm

Reading

Yr 4/5 Area

Writer’s Notebook

Yr 4/5 Area

Spelling

Foundation Area

Numeracy

Yr 6 Area

Religious Education

Yr 1/2 Area

Seesaw

Staffroom

Music / Physical

Education

Music Room

Japanese

Japanese Room

Art

Art Room

FEBRUARY 2018

Friday 16th 9-10.30am St Brendan’s Playgroup - Hobby Room

2.35pm Assembly—Year 6 Red Prayer

Monday 19th 3.30pm Parents and Friends Meeting

Tuesday 20th 9.10am Year 6 Parish Mass

1.30pm Barrie Lester: Commonwealth Games Bowler

9.15am - 11.30am Year 1/2 History Excursion - Walking to Footbridge

Wednesday 21st District Swimming Carnival @ Orbost

5.00pm School Board Meeting

Thursday 22nd 6.00pm Reconciliation Parent Meeting

Friday 23rd 9-10.30am St Brendan’s Playgroup - Hobby Room

12pm - 3.00pm Year 1/2 History Excursion - Nyermilang

Year 3 Red Lakeview Nursing Home visit

Year 3 Green Kalimna Nursing Home visit

2.35pm Assembly—Year 4/5 Red item

Tuesday 27th School Photos

3.45pm Collaborative Conferences

Wednesday 28th Division Swimming Carnival

12.55pm School finishes

1.35pm Collaborative Conferences

MARCH 2018

Thursday 1st Responsible Pet Ownership Year 1 & 2

6.00pm Reconciliation Parent / Child Workshop 1

Friday 2nd 9-10.30am St Brendan’s Playgroup - Hobby Room

Clean Up Australia Day

1.35pm Maths Fun Afternoon

No Assembly

Tuesday 6th 9.10am Year 3 Parish Mass

Friday 9th 9-10.30am St Brendan’s Playgroup - Hobby Room

9.10am Year 4/5 Class Mass

2.35pm Assembly - Year 6 Blue Prayer

DATES FOR THE CALENDAR

St Brendan’s ~ St Colman’s Catholic Church - Mass Times

Friday 16/2 9.30am St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance Wednesday 21/2 9.30am St. Colman’s, Orbost

Saturday 17/2 5.00pm St. Colman’s, Orbost Thursday 22/2 9.30am St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

Sunday 18/2 1st Sunday of LENT

9.00am 11.00am

St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance St. Joseph’s, Swan Reach

Tuesday 20/2

9.10am

St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance Year 6 Mass

ART SMOCKS Term One 2018 - MessyArt!!!!!!!!

We will be working with paint. To avoid stains on the uniforms, I recommend a

plastic smock. I only have a few left.

WE NEED Some 2 litre clear fruit juice bottles to

fill with food dye Large yoghurt containers

Small Ice Cream containers Thank you for your help

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS St Brendan’s School is participating in the Coles Sports for Schools Program which has just commenced. For every $10 spent at Coles, customers will receive one Sports for Schools voucher. Families can then bring them to school or place in the box provided at Bairnsdale Coles. Every voucher received by our school will go towards our tally. Sports equipment can then be ordered for our school.

Collaborative Conferences

Dear Parents Collaborative Conferences will be held from

3.45pm - 7.00pm on Tuesday, 27th February and 1.30pm - 7.00pm on Wednesday, 28th February

You can now book your conference time that suits YOUR FAMILY BEST. Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and follow these simple instructions.

BOOK NOW TO GET A TIME

THAT SUITS YOU ygk73

School Photos - Tuesday 27th February Children need to be in correct summer dress uniform -White socks for girls -Grey socks for boys -No ankle socks -Black school shoes -No coloured hair ties Please make sure these envelopes are sent back prior to the day. If you did not receive an envelope please contact the office asap. If you wish to have a family photo taken you will need to collect an envelope from the school office prior to the day.

Konnichiwa Everyone. Have you ever wondered why we teach Japanese at St Brendan’s? Or what your child is learning in Japanese classes? Perhaps you have heard your child sing some Japanese songs and are wondering what they mean. Are you wondering if it is good for your child to study a different language when they need to focus on English? Maybe you would like to go to Japan and want to find out a bit more about the country and culture. On our Parent Curriculum Evening we will explore these topics, and see some interesting and fun clips about Japan, JPop, and talk about what your child is learning and how to support them. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the program. Please come to see the presentation in the Japanese room. Kindly, Robyn Kercher

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS THANK YOU to all those parents who came along and supported their children at our Ash Wednesday Mass. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Liturgical season of Lent. As part of our Lenten journey, all classes will be learning about the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching; those principles which underline the work of organisations such as CARITAS. Catholic Social Teaching (CST) offers a way of thinking, being and seeing the world. It provides a vision for a just society in which the dignity of all people is recognised, and those who are vulnerable are cared for. It consists of an interrelated body of Catholic social thought and principles which can be used to reflect on and guide how we relate to one another in our local and global communities. (Catholic Social Services Australia) Each week we will explore one of these Principles.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Preparation for this Sacrament, which is offered to any baptised Catholic in Year 3 and above, begins next Thursday. If your child is eligible, but has not received a note, please contact Helen Renehan at school. Thank you.

Week 1: HUMAN DIGNITY Human dignity is something that can’t be taken away. Catholic Social Teaching states that each and every person has value, is worthy of great respect and must be free from slavery, manipulation and exploitation. “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points? This is a case of exclusion.” (Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium HUMAN DIGNITY)

Social and Emotional Health

As well as doing the You Can Do It! program we also use a number of other resources to give children a variety of strategies to help deal with whatever life throws at them. One of the resources is BOUNCE BACK. The BOUNCE BACK acronym can be used when facing challenging problems.

Bad times don’t last. Things always get better. Stay optimistic.

Other people can help if you talk to them. Get a reality check.

Unhelpful thinking makes you feel more upset.

Nobody is perfect-not you and not others.

Concentrate on the positives (no matter how small) and use laughter.

Everybody experiences sadness, hurt, failure, rejection and setbacks sometimes. They are a normal part of life. Try not to personalise them.

Blame fairly-how much of what happened was because of you, how much was because of others and how much was because of bad luck or circumstances?

Accept the things you can’t change, but try to change what you can first.

Catastrophising exaggerates your worries. Don’t believe the worst possible picture.

Keep things in perspective. It is only one part of your life.

The Year One / Two learning space has jumped into action in all areas showing the versatility of having the Year One/Two classes in such close proximity to each other.

LEARNING LADDER—Counting A learning ladder helps students know their successes and where their learning heads to next. Sienna is proud of her achievements and knows the next rung she needs to climb in counting. Our next learning ladder will be punctuation. The students look forward to seeing how many rungs they can climb.

You Can Do It All year one / two used their ‘Getting Along’ key to make the letters in our You Can Do It sign. All students have worked well in the open learning space and have shown how they get along regardless of grouping. We are proud of their great start.

Digital Task Board Students are learning a greater level of independence by using a digital task board at the beginning of Word Study, Reading and Mathematics. The task board informs them whether they will be working with Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Supple, Mrs. Renehan, Mike Park, Jodie Clifford, Melissa Rickman or Mike Ryan. It lets them know the type of task they will be doing such as an independent task, small group/partner task, point of need teaching group, digital technologies task or direct instruction small group.

In the Spotlight Students have shone in the first few weeks of school showing skills in a variety of areas. Each few weeks we choose a student who has tried extra hard and we display their work in the ‘spotlight’. Congratulations to our first two students Maali and Lily who shone in our open-ended maths counting task. Don’t forget to see who is next to shine in our hub.

Junior Football Information Sessions & Registration

We will be holding a parent Information session Monday 26th February @ 5.30pm. We will be providing information for the coming season and giving out forms that you will be required to fill in and return to us before your child can play so it is highly recommended you attend. Registrations for the 2018 are open and will close on Wednesday 28th February so that we can finalise numbers & teams. If you played last year you would have had a link sent to you at your last registered email address. If you have changed it since last season you will need to contact Michelle on 0438 514 101 and have it updated. Thanks for your cooperation in making 2018 a successful one