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Phone: 69205437
Email: [email protected]
Term 4 Week 1
Fax: 69205666
Thursday 9th October 2014
Welcome back for our new term. We look forward to the many exci ng things that we will be
learning and doing as the term progresses.
This week is Na onal Rosary Week. The students will be looking at this special combina on of prayers in
class during October – the month of the Rosary. A ached to this newsle er is an ar cle about the Rosary
and its prac ces.
Welcome home to Nadine. It is wonderful to see you back in Lockhart with your family and we wish you all
the best as you con nue your recovery.
Today we had Orienta on day for our 2015 Kinders. We hope that they all enjoyed their me at St Joseph’s today and we are looking
forward to seeing them again as part of our transi on program which begins in November.
During the holidays, we received the sad news that Jen, our counsellor from Centacare, will no longer be part of the Centacare team.
We thank her for the wonderful work that she has done at our school and welcome Shan as our new counsellor. Both Jen and Shan
visited us yesterday and Shan will con nue to assist our school into the future.
Thank you to Mitch and Carlie who organised a ‘catch-up’ day for the students during the holidays.
Our school has been fortunate enough to receive a grant from the Lockhart and District Community Bank. This grant from the Bendigo
Bank will go towards Phase 1 of the refurnishing of our classrooms with new desks and chairs which will be a fantas c addi on to our
school. Many thanks to Felicity Day for all of the work that she did towards this.
Graincorp have kindly organised a special tree plan ng for our school on Wednesday, October 22. We will be plan ng some trees in
our new classroom block and the students will also be given trees to take and plant at home. Graincorp will also be providing a barbeque lunch on this day and you are most welcome to join us.
Thanks to those who helped out with the drumMUSTER and the catering at the Lockhart Show, and also to those who will be helping
out at the Picnic Races tomorrow. The funds that you help to raise for our school are hugely appreciated.
On Tuesday, the staff at Lockhart, together with the staff of St Francis Xavier’s, Urana and St Columba’s, Berrigan celebrated the history and heritage of our Presenta on schools in the CSO lead Faithstory and Witness program. Knowing the ‘story’ of our school and
where we have come from is such an important aspect of who we are.
As men oned in a newsle er last term, this year we will be par cipa ng in the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Shoebox Appeal in conjunc on with St Mary’s Parish. Yesterday, we had a visit from Glenys Walton from Narrandera who has run this appeal over a number
of years and she outlined what we needed to do to par cipate. We have a very short meframe in order to par cipate in this year’s
appeal and there is some informa on a ached to the newsle er that will assist in your par cipa on.
Today we began our Milo In2cricket program with Courtney from Cricket NSW. This program will con nue each Thursday for the next
four weeks.
Tomorrow, our school captains will be a ending The Spirit of the Land Fes val morning tea at the Council Chambers with The Honourable David Hurley, Governor of NSW. The event is being hosted by Mayor Peter Yates and General Manager Rod Shaw.
We wish the 4/5/6 class a wonderful me at Borambola next week. I am sure that they will have lots of exci ng stories to tell us when
they return.
Due to the generosity of a number of people, we have the opportunity to take all students from K-6 on a day trip to Beechworth. This
excursion will take place on Tuesday, October 28. More details and a permission note will be included on next week’s newsle er.
Andrew Chinn, who is a writer and performer of children’s gospel music and has visited our school in the past, has kindly offered to
come to our school on Monday, November 17 to work with our students during the day and then put on a concert for you later in the
evening with the students. Please put this date in your diary.
On Monday, October 20, the staff will be holding a parent a ernoon to look at K-6 mathema cs. Some of the areas that we will speak
about include maths strategies, language and problem solving. This workshop will be held at 3.30pm in the 4/5/6 classroom. Please
join us.
Debbie
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Borambola Excursion
The 4/5/6 students are ge ng very excited for their excursion to Borambola
Sport and Recrea on Centre next
week. If you have any ques ons or
concerns please contact Carlie as soon
as possible. A ached to the Newsle er
is a list of transport to and from the
Centre.
St Joseph's Catholic School LOCKHART
LUNCH ORDER ROSTER
10 October
Renae Hunt
17 October
Jane Ralston
24 October
Melissa Rockliff
31 October
Donna McRae
7 November
Heidi Gooden
14 November
Nadine Douglas
21 November
Mandy Bowyer
28 November
Carol Smith
Dates to Remember
4/5/6 Borambola Excurs.
13th to 15th October
Parent mee ng re Maths
Monday 20 October
Tree plan ng & BBQ lunch
Wednesday 22 October
Beechworth Trip (K-6)
Tuesday 28 October
Mission Day/Book Fair
Lunches to be collected from Latte Da & Tuesday 4 November
delivered to school at 1pm.
If you are unable to do your day, please Pupil Free Day
arrange a swap!
Monday 10 November
Ac ve A er School
Communi es
Our Ac ve A er-Schools Communi es
program will con nue to run un l the
end of the term. Unfortunately the
program will not be Government funded in 2015. This ini a ve has been a
fantas c program for the students at
our school to par cipate in a range of
games and sports. The expression of
interest form for Term 4 is a ached to
the Newsle er. Please return it to Miss
Rake as soon as possible
Mowing Roster
2nd two weeks October
McRae, D.Hosie & Richards Families
1st two weeks November
Fox, Gleeson & Taylor Families
Key to ride on mower to be collected from
school during school hours. Trent Gooden
& Craig Douglas also have a key.
Parish News
School Council/Parents
Christmas Party
The tenta ve date for the Parent’s
Christmas Party is Friday 12th December. Please remember to mark
this date in your diaries.
Mass Roster
Sunday 12th October at 8am
Readers: David/Heidi Gooden
Offertory: Gooden Families
Lockhart Mass Times
2nd & 4th Sundays at 8am
Alternate Saturdays at 7pm
2015 Kinder Orienta on
Days Commence
Thursday 13 November
9.00am
To
1.00pm
Andrew Chin visit
Monday 17 November
Bishop Confirma on Visit
Wednesday 19 November
2015 Kinder Orienta on
Thursday 20 November
Confirma on
Sunday 23 November
9am to
1pm
10.00am
2015 Kinder Orienta on
Thursday 27 November
9am to
1pm
2015 Kinder Orienta on
Thursday 4 December
9am to
1pm
Kindergarten News
Timetable: Below is an outline of the key areas of learning for Term 4 in the classroom.
Religion: The two topics we are studying in religion this term are Mission: Living as Jesus Showed Us and Advent/
Christmas me.
English: Talking, listening, reading and wri ng within the theme of ‘This is Me!’
Maths: Working mathema cally, number, pa erns/algebra, measurement/data and space and geometry.
Human Society In Its Environment: The topic for this term is ‘Places we Know’ which will be the children’s first research
assignment/ topic they will need to complete. More details later-don’t worry!
Science: The topic for this term is ‘On the Move’ which explores how toys and other objects are made and how they
move.
Crea ve Arts: The topics for this term are The Environment, Christmas me and our ar st for the term is Ken Done.