EMMAUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL Jesus stay with us

PH: 9390 4500 Fax: 9390 1700

www.emsydenham.catholic.edu.au

Emmaus Catholic Primary School has a commitment to the care, safety and wellbeing of children.

This Sunday 9th September, our Year 6 students will be confirmed by Bishop Mark Edwards. We pray for our students and their families that they will be blessed by the Holy Spirit and practise the gifts of the Holy Spirit throughout their lives.

Tomorrow, Friday 7th September, Interschool Sports will be played at home against Keilor Views Primary School.

Tomorrow, Friday 7th September, Year 3 students will be engaged in an incursion to learn more about Physical Science.

Year 6 students are going on camp to Queenscliff on Wednesday 12th September and returning on Friday 14th September. Please be on time to pick them up.

Next week, a letter will go out to families who have children ready for Prep in 2019. Tomorrow, Friday 7th September, Mrs Rengey will be on leave until Monday 19th

November. Mrs Tadic will be the Acting Principal.

This week’s Mass was prepared by 3S who asked us to spread the good news of Jesus to others. Next week’s Mass will be prepared by 3B.

In Religion, Preps are learning about their Parish. Yesterday, Prep students from Cana and Sacred Heart visited our Preps. They enjoyed praying, working and sharing together.

As an Act of Social Justice, Emmaus school raised funds for our drought stricken farmers. Today, children and staff dressed up as farmers. Thank you families. We raised approximately $1700. An amazing effort. All funds will go to the Rural Aid & Drought Angels.

The Fair Committee are busy planning our Parish Fair on Sunday 18th November. This year, we are asking each family to sell a booklet of raffle tickets. There are only 10

tickets, worth $2.00 each. Tickets went out on Monday 3rd September. We ask that all families please make a huge effort to sell the whole book. In past years, we have had many families who do not sell any tickets or return the book. This year we ask that all families try their very best to sell a whole book and return it sold by

Friday 21st of September. Please know that this year, we received $20,000 from the Parish Fair Committee and with

that money we have purchased 4 computer-televisions worth $20,000.

THANK YOU PARENTS

Selling Fair Committee raffle tickets

Special thanks to our Fundraising Committee for their enthusiasm, preparation and time. Special thanks to our parents for preparing their children and supporting the Fathers’ Day raffle.

Hot Dog Lunch Order forms must be returned by tomorrow. Please return money and/or unsold chocolates to the office. If you would like another box, please go to the office.

Thursday 6th September, 2018

May the Holy Spirit guide and help our Year 6 students, as they prepare for their Confirmation.

SEPTEMBER 2018

9 Sacrament of Confirmation 6W - 2.00pm 6H - 4.30pm

12-14 Year 6 Camp

15/16 Years 5 & 6 Confirmation Blessing Mass

21 Footy Day - Hot Dog Lunch Order

21 Last day Term 3. School finishes at 1pm.

HELPING YOUR CHILD AT HOME WITH THEIR MATHS

Plan a weekly time table and corresponding dates.

State events/activities that will occur during the week.

Write the start and finish times. Calculate the duration of each event for your family.

ICT IN YEAR 4 In Year 5, we have been learning about coding using the program ‘Scratch’, on our MacBooks. We have all been very busy working with Mrs Chamberlain to plan, build and code a gold mining game where the miner has to move through a maze to reach the gold.

NAPLAN

Naplan results are available from the office to be picked up by an adult/guardian.

OCTOBER 2018 8 Term 4 Begins

12 Bully Zero Australia Incursion

17 Pyjama Day Fundraising Committee effort

18 Parent/Teacher Interviews - School Closure

19 Athletics Carnival

20/21 Years 5 & 6 Blessing Mass

23 Sacraments 2 - Reconciliation at Cana

24 Sacraments 2 - Reconciliation at Emmaus

25 Sacraments 2 - Reconciliation at Sacred Heart

27/28 Prep - 2 Blessing Mass

Top 10 cyber safety tips

By eSmart in News

Care about the Share

Social media wants you to share as much as you can bear! But the share should be rare. NEVER share: passwords, private/personal information, your location.

Privacy Matters If you care about the share, you’ll protect your privacy, no matter what. Regularly check your privacy settings on social media, and always think before you post. It’s amazing where data ends up – usually all over the internet.

Respect the Privacy of Others Treat others’ privacy as you would your own. Ask for your friends’ permission before uploading photos and videos of them. It’s not all about you, amiright?

Keep Everything Updated Any idea what causes the most security breaches on the internet? Software that isn’t up-to-date. Seems crazy simple, but it’s true! Be vigilant about updating software, including apps, anti-virus and even the humble browser.

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spammidy-spam Even with the best anti-spam and malware software – that’s up-to-date – spam is the modern version of junk mail. It’s everywhere! Learn how to tell the difference between real emails and messages, and dodgy things with dodgy links. Sometimes they don’t look so dodgy...always be suspicious of hyperlinks in emails.

Control the Troll Within There be trolls out there – beware! Don’t feed them, don’t give them what they want: an angry response. Block/Report the trolls. But also: resist the inner troll. If you’re not adding something to the debate online, don’t bother. Don’t be part of the problem.

Cyberbullying and Harassment If you’re being targeted by this kind of behaviour, know what you can do, and where you can get help. Visit the National Centre Against Bullying website and the Office of the eSafety Commissioner's website.

Keep Your Friends Close and Strangers at Arm’s Length Do you know how many true friends most people have? Three. Yup, those four thousand and fifty-two Facebook ‘friends’ are a combination of acquaintances, people-you-met-once, people-you-can’t-remember-meeting-once, and probably, some ‘randoms’. They don’t need to know what you had for breakfast, or what concert you went to last night, do they?

Feel the Flow – Keep Your Life in Balance Technology is incredible. Gaming, networking, apps…online shopping! But make sure you take time out and find the right balance for you. Too long on tech can put the world out of whack.

Have Fun, Friend Always remember to chill out and keep things in perspective. There’s too much information online to take it all in! Focus on each moment, and enjoy.

Entrée:

Roasted tomato and thyme soup, basil, crusty bread. OR

Potato gnocchi, prosciutto, white wine cream sauce, parmesan. Main

Chicken breast filled with garlic and sage, wrapped in prosciutto. Potato dauphinoise, green beans, chicken jus.

OR

Slow braised lamb, puy lentils , swiss browns, winter kale. Dessert

Individual chocolate tart, vanilla poached rhubarb, blackberry coulis.

OR

Sticky date pudding, butterscotch sauce, strawberries, toasted walnuts.