St Brendan’s Primary School 1581 40 Golf Links Road, Lakes Entrance 3909

Ph: 03-51552712 Fax 03-51554565

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Newsletter No 36 November 22, 2018

We begin with an afternoon tea at 1.40pm

in the Mary MacKillop Hall followed by our

Farewell Assembly at 2.25pm.

Please note the assembly time has been

brought forward to fit everything in.

All are welcome. It should be a lot of fun

and a fitting send-off for someone so

significant to our community.

Wendy's Retirement Assembly

Next week will be

Wendy’s last week.

Lets make it the best

week ever for her.

Dear Families and Friends,

Please join us on Friday, 23 November (tomorrow) as we gather to

celebrate the career of Wendy McKean.

Dear Families and Friends,

Congratulations to Jake Perrett who this week was announced as one of the four team captains to

lead the Victorian team to the National Titles. What an honour. Jake’s hard work has paid off and we are

immensely proud of him. Good luck in competition, Jake.

Swimming continues next week for two sessions. The children are getting tired so it is impor tant for

them to drink lots of water, eat well and to get to bed early. Thank you to all the mums and dads who have

helped walk the classes to the pool. Your help is very necessary.

Next week we have our Grandparents Afternoon and Open Day. All families are welcome to this event,

even if grandparents are unable to make it. Activities begin at 4.30 with our open classrooms, the parents v

students soccer match is at 5.30pm then dinner and musical performances from 6.00pm. It is a huge night

so please remember to get your order in. Any help cooking snags or serving salads and sweets would be

appreciated.

Other big events to be aware of next week are our final orientation session for Foundation 2019. The

children are fitting in beautifully. We also have the Rotary dinner in the Mary MacKillop Hall at 6.00pm

on Wednesday.

Please join us from 1.40pm tomorrow as we farewell Wendy McKean. There will be an afternoon tea on in

the hall from 1.40pm. The assembly to celebrate Wendy’s 35 year career will begin at 2.25pm. It should be

lots of fun. We hope to see you there.

Please be aware, State Elections will take place in the Mary MacKillop Hall this Saturday. There will be a

sausage sizzle to raise money for the Basketball Association so bring along some loose change.

Have a great weekend,

Matthew Hamer

Healthy Tips - Where do we find sugar?

In terms of health risks, we need to be concerned about ‘added sugar’. That is, sugar that has been added to food or drink.

What can I do?

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Natural sugars in foods

Fruit and milk products or High in nutrients – vitamins, minerals, fibre or calcium.

We should eat these foods every day.

Sugar added to food

Processed foods

These foods are unhealthy and high in energy (kJ). They don't have other nutrients we need such as fibre, vitamins and minerals. We should limit these foods.

NOVEMBER Dates for the Calendar

Friday 23rd 9.10am Year 3 class Mass and Reconciliation 1.40pm Afternoon tea - Wendy McKean’s Retirement 2.25pm Assembly - Wendy McKean’s Retirement

Monday 26th Family Dinner : Year 1/2 Blue

Tuesday 27th 9.10am Year 4/5 Parish Mass and Reconciliation 9am-2pm Foundation Session Foundation, 1 & 2 Swimming

Wednesday 28th Rotary Dinner Foundation, 1 & 2 Swimming

Friday 30th 2.35pm Assembly Year 1/2 Blue Prayer - Year 1/2 Yellow Item 4.30pm Grandparents Day

DECEMBER

Monday 3rd Family Dinner : Year 3 Green

Wednesday 5th State Golf - Good Luck , Brianna Thewma!

Monday 10th Family Dinner : Year 3 Red

Tuesday 11th 9.10am Year 1/2 Parish Mass Lakes Secondary College Orientation Bairnsdale Secondary College Orientation 3.30pm Collaborative Conferences

Wednesday 12th Lakes Secondary College Orientation 12.55pm School Finishes 1.35pm Collaborative Conferences

Thursday 13th Lakes Secondary College Orientation Year Foundation Red—Lakeview Nursing home visit Year Foundation Blue—Kalimna Nursing home visit

Friday 14th Lakes Secondary College Orientation 9.10am School End of Year Mass Parent Helper Morning Tea 2.20pm Golden Honour Assembly

Monday 17th Family Dinner : Year 4/5 Red 5.00pm Christmas Concert

Tuesday 18th 10.30am Graduation Mass 12.00pm Graduation Lunch

Wednesday 19th 12.55pm Students Finish—End of Term 4 for students

Thursday 20th 3.00pm Staff Finish—End of Term 4

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

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Week 11

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

Friday 23/11 11.30am St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

Years 3

Wednesday 27/11 9.30am St. Colman’s, Orbost

Saturday 24/11 5.00pm St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance Thursday 28/11 NO MASS

Sunday 25/11

9.00am

11.00am

St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

St. Colman’s, Orbost

Tuesday 26/11 9.10am St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

Years 4/5

Absence Reminder : If your child is absent from school, you must

advise the school as soon as possible on the day. Due to new legislation,

the school is required to contact parents/guardians if your child is absent

with an unknown reason. A Skoolbag App absentee form is the most

efficient contact method or you can phone the school office and then

provide a written note.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS We will shortly begin our Advent preparations,

both in the classrooms and at Monday morning

whole-school prayer. Please come and join us on a

Monday.

As Christmas fast approaches, we are trying to organise some

guitarists to play at Christmas Eve Mass. If any children are keen and

able, please contact Mrs Renehan so we can organise some practise

sessions.

PARISH NEWS

Parish Working Bee—Saturday, 15th December. Even an hour of your time

would be greatly appreciated.

Advent Reconciliation Service: Monday, 17th December at 7.30pm

Christmas Rosters: If you or your children could help with any of the roles

on our Parish Christmas rosters, please see the lists in the Church, or

contact Helen Renehan at school. Roles include reading, offertory proces-

sion, welcomers, musicians, choir, commentator. There may be some

acting roles as well. Thank you.

Theos Beach Mission will be back in town this Christmas. If you would like

to assist with catering for 2nd, 3rd or 4th Jan then please contact Joan Mi-

cah joanemicah@bigpond.com

CWL Christmas Raffle

All proceeds to go

towards a defibrillator

for our Parish.

Donations accepted.

A reminder that the car park at the front of the school and the church are NOT drop

off zones. If you enter these car parks you MUST walk your children into the school.

DROP OFF ZONE is via the Mary MacKillop Hall carpark only. The Disabled Parking

spaces are only for people with permits.

Don’t forget to bring the following in a plastic

bag which they will carry to the pool

Underwear

Towel

Goggles

Bathing cap (if necessary)

Brush/Comb

Water Bottle

Please label all items and bags very clearly with your child’s name.

Parent helpers who hold a current Working With Children registration will be needed to walk the children to and from the pool. We need at least one helper per day.

This week our focus has been on Confidence, in our You Can Do It!

program.

Confident behaviour in students includes:

asking to play with others

trying something new

having a go at answering a question in class even if you are not

certain of the answer

expressing an opinion that might be different to your friends

This week we saw some prime examples of children showing Confidence.

Our 2019 Foundation students had a second visit to school on Tuesday as

part of their orientation program. Our 2018 Foundation students worked

in a different classroom with a different teacher. The Year 5s met their

buddies for next year and spent time getting to know them. It is not always

easy to go to a place you don’t know and mix with people who you are not

familiar with. Well done to everyone!

Confidence

This term, the kindergarten children who

will be in our Foundation classes next

year are having their Orientation Days.

That means that this year’s foundation

students had to come out of their room

and spend some time with their grade

six buddies. While they were with their

buddies they did some activities

together. The activities were reading a

book together, cutting and pasting,

colouring and making shapes. The new

foundation students will be coming to

school every Tuesday to get to know

their new school, new teachers and new

classmates. It was great to spend some

time with our buddies as the year is

nearly over and we will be leaving our

buddies for secondary school.

By Thomas Greer and India Boag :)

The new Foundation students for 2019

Last week the year

6’s started a new

stem item.

We had to design

and create a phone

or tablet stand. We

have three

sessions to

complete this task,

one for planning and two for constructing. The

planning lesson was really important as we

needed to make sure we had a list of materials

we were going to need, but also have the

layout to make the construction lessons easier.

We all had our own methods and own

materials to use to create our very own

stands. Thank you to Mick for creating this

STEM.

By Angus Stevens and Caleb O’Donnell

Year 6

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Lawn Bowls

By Charlie Graham Lawn bowls is a good game in the summer. Emma, Jordon, Lily, Dom, Alex, Tommy and I have been playing every Tuesday. It only costs $2 each night. The season lasts 6 weeks. At the end of the season we get a sausage sizzle. Each Tuesday we have a little bit of a practise, then we play a real game. It is really good. You get to learn about the game and how to play it.

Swimming! Foundation Red

In Foundation, the children have been so excited to begin swimming lessons at the pool.

What do you think about swimming?

Harry—”It’s fun and tiring” Indi-Rose—”It’s fun”

What do you enjoy about swimming?

Jasper— “You can get wet and have fun in the water”

Sienna— ”Going under the water”

What have you learned at swimming?

Eadie—”I went under the water and touched the bottom”

Jasper—”Using the noodles to do horse rides”

What do you enjoy about

swimming?

Sienna—”Going underwater”

Eadie—”I splash!”

FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER

Bookings for December

Now open