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St. Columba’s School Bayswater
32 Roberts Street, Bayswater Phone: (08)9208 2700
PO Box 61, Bayswater WA 6933
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.saintcolumbas.com.au
Fax: (08)9370 3985
30 October, 2014
Term 4, Issue 33
Newsletter
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St. Columba’s School Core Values based on the values of the Sisters of Mercy, our founders.
MERCY
JUSTICE
SERVICE
COMPASSION
EXCELLENCE
St Columba’s Swimming Squad
MERCY VALUE FOR 2014 IS COMPASSION
Keynote and Workshop with
David Price OBE
At St. Columba’s Primary we believe that Compassion is a core value that encourages children to
develop awareness and respond to the needs of other.
From the Principal’s Desk
Dear Parents, Caregivers & Students
IMPORTANT DATES*
FRIDAY 31st OCTOBER
Whole School Mass
All Saints Day
TUESDAY 4th
NOVEMBER
Science Talent Search
It is very evident that St Columba’s School is blessed to have many wonderful and
strong community relationships and links. Last week Lisa Baker attended our assembly
where she presented the Chocolate Fundraiser Raffle prizes to the winners.
Congratulations to Tobey Grant, Norah Hammond and Kalan Tran. Tobey was very
pleased to be presented with a Bike Force voucher donated by Lisa, to purchase a new
bike. This Chocolate Fundraiser was a P&F event that was well-supported by our
families, their friends & many sponsors and raised a substantial sum to be used for the
benefit of all students. Congratulations everyone!
I thank you, once again, for your efforts in assisting the school to be a good neighbour
to the surrounding residents by using the parking facilities and kiss and drive in a way
that will enable the smooth navigation of Roberts and Almondbury Streets, especially
during peak times. Regarding a similar matter, I request that all parents collecting
children via the Milne Street gate depart promptly. Please do not allow your children
to play on the playground after school as some areas are only suitable for older
students. The gate is manned until 3.15pm.
THURSDAY 6th
NOVEMBER
Instrumental Music
Assembly
2.15pm
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Be Allergy Aware!
Families are reminded that St. Columba’s is an Allergy-friendly school.
Please DO NOT bring nuts or nut by-products onto the school grounds.
Some of the foods to avoid are Muesli Bars with peanuts, Nutella
products, peanut butter and any other foods containing traces of nuts.
Parish Priest: Fr Minh-Thuy
Almondbury Street, Bayswater
Phone: (08)9271 1414
[email protected]
Parish Mass Times
Weekdays: 9.00 a.m.
Saturday—Vigil Mass 6.00 p.m.
Sunday—Mass 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m.
Parish Youth Mass—Last Saturday of each
month.
Term 1 Dates: Mon 3 Feb—Fri 11 Apr
School Times:
Recess:
Lunch:
8.30 a.m.—3.00 p.m.
10.40 a.m.—11.00 a.m.
1.00 p.m.—1.40 p.m.
*PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE PLANNER FOR REGULAR UPDATES TO THE CALENDAR
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From the Principal’s Desk (continued)
Reflection
God of Love and
Mercy
Bless our school, our
parish and
community as we
aspire to walk in the
footsteps of
Catherine McAuley.
We ask for your help
to live by the Mercy
values that we hold
dear.
Holy Spirit, we ask
you to guide us
to act more justly
to strive for
excellence
to be generous in
your service
to show compassion
and to be examples
of your mercy
Guided by St
Columba, let us grow
in faith
seek wisdom and live
in peace.
St Columba, pray for
us
Catherine McAuley,
pray for us
Amen
Last Friday our ‘piratical’ Year 2 students visited AQWA, while students in Years 3 to
6 participated in a Team Sports day. Well done to everyone for their fantastic behaviour and sportsmanship. It was lovely to hear that, although our Year 2s looked
like pirates, their behaviour was exemplary.
We all know that social media is a great way to keep abreast of what is going on with
friends and family. Our school Facebook page is stringently monitored and provides
a great forum for the sharing of news and information. I would, however, like to
remind everyone who accesses any forms of social media, that privacy laws prohibit
the distribution of photos without permission. Please consider carefully before uploading or posting any photos or videos that may include children other than yours.
If other people are in the photo perhaps you could crop or edit it to remove their
image.
Thank you for the generous donations already received for the St Vincent de Paul
Society’s Christmas Appeal. Please send all donations in by Monday 17th November
so they will be ready for collection on Wednesday 19th December.
For those parents wishing to attend the instrumental music assembly next Thursday
6th November, the assembly will commence at 2.15pm.
Following our recent school photography by Kapture, you can now view and order
any sports and / or special photos taken on the day.
When visiting www.kapture.com.au you will need to enter our school code to access
the gallery – Code: PY5CEG
Kapture have anticipated delivery of the photos in approximately 2 weeks.
A Reminder to parents that if your child is not returning to St Columba’s in 2015
please notify the school in writing as soon as possible.
“One of the marvellous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and
help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and
share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people.”
( Jean Vanier )
God Bless
Megan Dwyer
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New Flip Lid Lunchboxes
Open up Flip Lid for sandwich and snack compartments…..Flip it over and open it up again for fruit, drink
and more snacks! It’s the easy way to pack and preserve lunches with a wide variety of healthy foods for
the whole family. Includes custom drink bottle.
This funky new ‘Flip Lid’ lunchbox can be purchased from the office for $24.95.
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St Columba’s Travel Mugs
Thinking of Christmas Presents?????
St Columba’s travel mugs are on sale at the office for only $10 and would make an excellent stocking
filler.
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Out of School Hours Care (OSHC)
Please direct all enquiries relating to OSHC to our OSHC Supervisor - Rebecca Shaw on 9208 2723 or email
[email protected]
ATTENTION PARENTS of Kindergarten 2015. If you wish to secure a place in OSHC for your child in 2015 please
contact Rebecca directly for enrolments. Children must be 4 years and over.
P & F News
Helping Hands Corner
Congratulations to Year 4 who won last term’s helping hand fund with 136 helping hours volunteered by parents.
(Year 2 Green – came a close second with $131 helping dollars). Year 4 will be awarded their prize at the assembly
next week, Thursday 6th November.
A total of 920 hours was volunteered by St Columba’s parents in Term 3!
All parents are being asked to offer their assistance at the school.
Each hour of help = $1 St Columba’s helping dollar
Start planning now, how you can give your 4 hours this term…
Canteen – email: [email protected]
Uniform shop – email : Tammi - [email protected]
Helping Hands/Library /Sewing - drop into the library or email : [email protected] to find out when helping hands
group meet
P & F sub committees/class reps etc – email P & F President : Tara Savage - [email protected]
Pastoral Care –will ask for help when needed. For further information - please email : [email protected]
Sporting help/Options Programs/ etc – to register your interest in assisting - please email : [email protected]
School Banking
School Banking is conducted in the canteen area between 8.00am and 9.00am every Tuesday.
Please feel free to call the volunteer school banking coordinator, Chris Cornish, on 0409 998 330 should you have
any questions.
Uniform Shop News
The uniform shop is open every Friday, 8.45am to 9.30am
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Social Worker News
PEAK HOUR PARENTING
Malcolm Dix & Jenny Brockis present:
Please refer to the Peak Hour Parenting follow up articles attached to this newsletter.
Jennifer Maughan
School Social Worker
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 9208 2704
St Columba’s Catholic Primary School
32 Roberts Road Bayswater WA 6053
Email: [email protected]
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Canteen News
Week 4 Term 4 Roster
A huge thank you to all of the Parents
who have offered to help in the canteen
this year. It is greatly appreciated!
Monday
HELP NEEDED
3/11/14
We are trying to complete the Canteen
Roster for 2014. If you can help for a
morning, or just an hour, please contact
the office [email protected]
Wednesday
Linda Orsi
5/11/14
Friday
Katy McDougall
7/11/14
Thank you.
SHERYL MILONAS
Happy Birthday!
Piper Anderson
Year 1W
Keira Nguyen
Kindy White
Ruby Dodd
PP White
Finley Car
Year 1W
Ben Rochford
Year 2W
Zach Dancewicz
Year 5
Lila Brown
Kindy Green
Denver Havercroft
Year 3
Pastoral Care Raffle
Kindy Green
Week 3 Amelia Brajevic
Week 4 Piers Christensen
Term rosters are placed on the
classroom door and printed in
the weekly newsletter for you
to check when your child/
children are due to donate the
prize (one prize donated per
child a year) for their class. The
idea is to provide a small gift
(eg book, puzzle, pencils etc) to
the value of $5.
The child rostered to donate a
prize is required to hand the
prize to the class teacher on
the morning.
Tickets are 20c each, with a
maximum of 3 tickets.
Your
participation
and
continued support is greatly
appreciated.
Kindy White
Week 3
(31/10/14)
And
Week 4
(7/11/14)
***************Book Raffle***************
Wishing a very happy
birthday to:
Week 3 Gabrielle Van Maanen
Week 4 Max Gardiner
PP Green
Week 3 Lachlan Harris
Week 4 Amber Nguyen
PP White
Week 3 Christian Campbell
Week 4 Emily Thoms
Year 1 Green
Week 3 Addison Markovic
Week 4 Roman Kaless
Year 1 White
Week 3 Piper Anderson
Week 4 Archie Jarvis
Year 2 Green
Week 3 Selene Seneviratne
Week 4 Riley Longson
Tear 2 White
Week 3 Sophie Klass
Week 4 Carter Robertson
Year 3
Week 3 Hannah Doyle
Week 4 Sebastian Car
Year 4
Week 3 Ella Shanahan
Week 4 Timira Ratnasekara
Year 5
Week 3 Mateo Clark
Week 4 Ivy Fuentes
Year 6
Week 3 Evelyn Vanderklau
Week 4 Bailey Seal
If any family is able to prepare a meal for the Pastoral Care Team please leave
your name and number at the office and they will contact you.
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Community News
FOUND
A neighbour of the school has found a small black & white rabbit (with lead & collar). If anyone has lost this pet they can contact Max on 0410 316 198.
ARANMORE CATHOLIC COLLEGE
Aranmore Catholic College is currently accepting enrolment applications for 2015.
Places available for 2015 in Year 7, due to the introduction of an extra class and limited places in Year 8-12.
Aranmore offers:
Academic Extension programmes
Strong discipline and pastoral care
Learning Support programmes
Specialist Sport and Music programmes and scholarships
Conveniently located near Leederville Train Station.
For enrolment enquiries or to have a tour of the college please phone, 9444 9355
CHISHOLM CATHOLIC COLLEGE ENROLMENTS IN YEAR 7, 2017
The parents of Year 4 students are invited to join their sons and daughters for a presentation about Chisholm
Catholic College, which includes a screening of a 10 minute DVD about the College.
The presentation will take place at our school on Wednesday 5 November at 11.30am.
Chisholm Catholic College senior staff and current Year 7 students, who have formerly attended our school, will
give the presentation and answer any of your questions.
Applications are now invited from parents of Year 4 children for entry into Chisholm Catholic College.
The first round of applications close on Friday 27 March 2015
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Community News (Continued)
Schoenstatt
Spring Affair
Sunday,
2nd November 2014
From 10 am
till 2 pm
At the Schoenstatt
Shrine
9 Talus Drive, Mt. Richon
9399 2349
Be in it to win it.
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