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St Joachim’s Catholic Parish Primary School
St Joachim’s Newsletter 25 Broderick Road, Carrum Downs 3201 P: 9785 2633 E: [email protected]
Fr iday 20 t h Nov 2015
Dear Parents,
Thank you to the many families who attended our La Festa Artistica last Friday
evening. It was a fabulous night of fun and frivolity and was greatly enjoyed
by all. Thank you again to our staff and particularly to Leonie Richardson,
Helina Walker, Jody Banks and Sue Larson for their incredible organisation
and running of this event. (see photos further on in this newsletter)
WOW (Wear Orange Wednesday) Day this week was a great opportunity for
us to learn more about and support our local State Emergency Service (SES)
unit. Our children enjoyed seeing the SES truck and all the equipment on
board used to assist the public in a variety of emergency situations. Thank you
to Priscilla Grimme (mother of Celeste JRE and Pippa JNE) for organising this
opportunity for all students.
Next Wednesday evening (25th November) we are looking forward to our
twilight sports evening which will be held on our school oval commencing at
5:00 p.m. and concluding at 7:00 p.m. All children are asked to be at school
by 4:45 p.m. ready for a 5:00 p.m. start.
All interested parents are warmly invited to attend the Annual General
Meeting (AGM) of our School Advisory Board next Thursday 26th November at
7:00 p.m. in the staffroom. Part of the agenda will be to seek nominations for
the election of a new School Advisory Board for next year. So, if you would
like to contribute to the school in a valuable way, I would encourage you to
attend the AGM and nominate for one of the 6 vacant parent positions.
The season of Advent begins on Sunday 29th November (Sunday week). This 4
week period before Christmas asks us to reflect on our lives as we prepare
and wait in hope for the celebration of the birth of Jesus at Christmas. At Mass
each week during Advent, a special candle will be lit on the advent wreath
near the altar, and the readings will reflect a special theme for us to focus on.
Our children will be learning more about this in the weeks ahead.
Kind regards, Paul Dwyer
Principal
*Use Tiqbiz for*
Absence Notifications
Diary Dates
Nov
25 Twilight Sports 5:00pm – 7:00pm
26 2016 Prep Orientation
School Advisory Board AGM 7:00pm
30 2016 Prep Orientation
Dec
3 St Joachim’s Christmas Concert
4 Parent Helper’s Thank You Morning Tea.
8 2016 Prep Orientation
11 Grade 6 ‘Big Day Out’ at Luna Park
11 Grade 5 Leadership
15 Year 6 Graduation 5:45 – see inside newsletter for more details
16 Whole School End of Year Mass
16 St Joachim’s End of Year Award Ceremony
16 Last day of 2015 for Students – 3:15pm
17 2016 Staff Planning / Hand Over Day
18 2016 Staff Planning / Hand Over Day
School Banking
Day
is
Thursday
From Mrs Stewart Deputy Principal
St Anne’s Parish Christmas Hamper
Appeal. Earlier this week, a notice regarding the St Anne's
Christmas Hamper appeal went home to all
families via the Tiqbiz App.
Please support this worthy project which will
hopefully enable some less fortunate members of
our community to have a better Christmas.
To the St Joachim’s Community, Each year the St Anne's Parish organises some
Christmas hampers to help the many families in the
Seaford / Carrum Downs area to have food to
celebrate Christmas.
We are encouraging all St Joachim's families to support this wonderful initiative. One of the distinguishing features of Catholic
education is the focus not only on providing quality
education, but also forming the student as a
person of compassion, faith, wisdom,
independence and self-conviction. This is
achieved by encouraging students to support
charities and to assist those who are
disadvantaged.
In order to offer our parish families a variety of celebratory foods we are suggesting that each grade level bring different items. Prep: Tea Bags, Shortbread & Baked Beans.
Grade 1: Tin of Fruit, Savoury Biscuits,
Nuts/Nibbles.
Grade 2: Custard, Fruit Mince Pies, Cereal.
Grade 3: Plum Pudding, Tin Vegetables, Pasta
& Sauces.
Grade 4: Soft drinks/Cordials, Lollies, Tins of
Tuna.
Grade 5: Tins of Ham, Christmas Cake,
Chips/Popcorn.
Grade 6: Long Life Milk, Coffee, Tins of soup,
Christmas Bon Bons.
Over the next couple of weeks, children can bring their donation items to their
classrooms where they will be collected by the
school leaders and boxed ready to be collected
by the parish volunteers.
We will need all donations to school by Thursday Dec 10. Thank you for your generous support in previous
years.
St Joachim’s End of Year
Mass Wednesday December 16th, at 10:00am
In the St Joachim’s School Hall
All parents & family members are invited to share our End of Year Mass
St Joachim’s Christmas
Concert
A Whole School Event December 3, 6:00pm
All St Joachim’s staff and students are preparing
for fabulous night.
All students will be a part of a wonderful
performance on the night.
Student Leadership 2016 It is an exciting time for our grade 5 students as
they think about the roles of School Captains and
Vice-Captains for 2016.
General Responsibilities of the School Captains
and Vice Captains are:
To follow the St Joachim's School Rules.
To be an excellent role model for all
students.
To show respect to all members of the
school community.
To wear the school uniform correctly to and
from school and to school functions.
To assist students, staff and parents through
the diligent and courteous performance of
duties associated with the role.
One boy and one girl will be elected as School
Captain for 2016. One boy and one girl will be
elected as School Vice-Captain for 2016.
There will be several other leadership roles offered,
however these positions will not be allocated until
2016.
The new school leaders will be announced to the school community & badges presented at our end of year Award Ceremony on Dec 16 at 2.00pm. The classroom teachers have been discussing the
process with the children in class and supporting
them as they prepare their posters and speeches.
We encourage all the students to consider running
for the School leadership positions.
House Captains and other positions of leadership
will be elected at the beginning of the 2016 school
year.
Preschool
Story Time Every Friday at 3:00pm
in the library there is
“Story Time” for our
pre-school friends. This
story time is open to all of our siblings who are
coming to Prep at St Joachim’s next year.
Graduation St. Joachim’s Hall
Tuesday, 15th December 2015 The Grade 6 students of 2015 are getting very
excited about their up-coming Graduation
celebrations. This is a very special time for students
and parents alike. The following is an outline of the
evening’s events:
5.45pm – Arrival and photos (cameras &
phones to be taken home with
parents)
6.00pm – Start of formalities:
Student’s Prayer
Teacher’s Prayer/Reflection
Parent Speeches
Principal’s Address (Mr Paul Dwyer)
Graduation Presentations
(certificates, photos, candles)
Graduation PowerPoint
Presentation / Slide-Show
7.00pm – Formalities conclude
Dinner served to Graduates
7.15pm - Disco Set-Up (music starts)
7.30pm - Disco Starts (dancing begins)
8.45pm - Disco Concludes
Children Collected from Hall
Dress Code for Graduates: semi-formal attire and
shoes suitable for dancing (no high heels please).
We look forward to this wonderful celebration of
your children’s primary school years and sharing it
with you. Please feel free to contact your child’s
classroom teacher if you have any further
questions about the Graduation Celebrations.
Senior Teachers
Uniform Shop Trading Hours
Wed 8:30 – 9:00am
Thurs 2:45pm – 3:30pm
Tracey Craddock Uniform Shop Coordinator
Or use an order Form which is available on
the Tiqbiz app,
the school website
www.sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au
or can be picked up at the school office.
Twilight Athletics Carnival
Wed, 25th Nov 5:00pm – 7:00pm St Joachim’s Oval
The St Joachim’s Twilight Athletics Carnival will be
held on the St Joachim’s Oval on Wednesday, 25th
November. Would all families be in attendance for
a 5:00pm start.
Request for Parental Assistance
at the Athletics Carnival
If you are able to help on the day with supervision
or place judging please complete the following
and return to school by Monday 23rd November.
I, _____________________________________, parent of
_____________________________ in Grade __________
am able to assist at the Twilight Athletics Event on
Wednesday 25th November 2015.
Please tick: Supervision
Place Judge
Or email Mrs Janine Turner
Wednesday 18 November
St Joachim’s Wore Orange!
The Frankston SES attended with their truck
and spoke to the children of St Joachim’s
about their important role in the community.
Congratulations to the following students who
were awarded prizes for wearing lots of
orange!
Marley PZA,Grace PRF, Tania JLG, Pippa JNE,
Georgia JDM, Angel JRE, Zaquain MMH, Kamalesh
MRN, Manas MSR, Dermott MJW, Karthii STO, Poppy
SFT, Jessica SDB, Angel SVT
La Festa Artistica What a fantastic day and night this was!
Organising it was a lot of hard work, but it was
worth it to see the students’ happy faces and the
amazing number of families who came to the
evening session.
The Italian and Visual Arts Leaders conducted a
quick survey to find out what students thought
about the day. Here are some of the responses:
Tabbatha MMH– I liked it because we got
to dress up and help in the evening, and
we got to have a buddy class. We got to
make cookies and have gelati, pizza and
cookies.
Boan SDB – I liked the popcorn and food
stand.
Matthew K. SVT – I liked La Festa and loved
the soccer match.
Sahra PZA – I liked the pizza because of the
yummy flavour and I liked the activities
because they were fun.
Angel PZA – I liked the face painting
because it made your face look good and
the activities in your class because it was
interesting.
Bhanu JNE – I liked the show and the
staffroom food.
Seth SVT – I liked La Festa and loved the
garlic bread.
Janis MRN – I liked all the stalls and being
buddied up with the grade 1, and the
gelati van.
Duncan MJW – I liked the parade, the
evening and especially the pizza.
Sanulya JNE – I liked the funny show and
the Ferrari race.
Samantha MRN – I liked the parade
because you could look at what the kids
dressed up as and I liked the tattoos
because they looked like real tattoos.
James JRE – I liked the gelati van because
it came in the afternoon and the Italian
show because it was funny.
Thivyaa MRN – I liked the gelati and I liked
what everyone wore. I liked the parade
and the cookies we made.
Alexis PZA – I liked the face painting
because I like to get my face painted and
the crazy hair because you could make it
crazy.
Signora Larson
Thanks to Arek Rejman for the fabulous photos!
An Interview with Mrs Haines
Name Mrs Haines
The car I drive: Mitsubishi Lancer
Interests outside of school Reading and
Gardening
Best part about being a teacher: helping
children learn is a rewarding job.
Favourite team: Essendon
Favourite holiday destination: Croatia
Pets: (my dogs) Oreo and Chai
Favourite food: Curry and Roti
Favourite T.V show The Block
Favourite book The Twits by Roald Dahl
Favourite film: The Lion King
Favourite singer: Ronan Keating
Three people I’d invite to dinner Desmond
Tutu, Oprah Winfrey and J K Rowling
I became a teacher because I came from a
family of teachers and my dad was a
principal. I spent lots of time at school and
loved working with children.
If I weren’t a teacher I would be a
psychologist
If I could take three things to a deserted island,
what would they be? Books, my dogs and Mr
Haines to find food
Assembly Awards Kirralee SVT
For her persistence in mental maths
Samra SVT
For her thoughtful writing when recognizing a saint
in her life
Taylah SDB
For working hard on her reading rotations
Angelina SDB
For working hard on her Daily 5 Reading rotations
Ruby PZA
For writing an excellent recount of ‘La Festa
Artistica!
Marc MMH
For his positive attitude to all his work and
encouraging others to have the same. Well done!
Ruby MMH
For always being thoughtful and helpful to others in
the class.
Bella PRF
For correctly sequencing the story of creation.
Kiarah JNE
For demonstrating good understanding of two digit
numbers using MAB.
Andrew JNE
For maintaining focus to complete thasks to the
best of his ability.
Benedicta PZA
For an excellent response writing about God’s
Creation. Super job Benedicta!
Mia JDM
For an excellent recount about “Wow Day”.
Fantastic work!
Dakota JDM
For an informative recount about “Wow day”. Well
done.
Tristan JLG
For working hard on your Minecraft area drawing.
Sahara JLG
For a well written narrative about a genie in your
drink bottle.
Isabella PRF
For adding lots of detail in her writing including
exclamation marks. Super writing Issy!
Gabrielle PRF
For reading with excellent expression. Awesome
job Gabbi.
Diviya SFT
For being very reflective on her learning this year
and always striving to do her best.
Ava PRF
For reading a beautiful prayer at our liturgy
thanking God for her parents.
Ben SFT
For improved editing skills in writing and for a great
data investigation.
Rhiann STO
For her insightful response to texts during the
Daily 5.
Matthew STO
For his enthusiasm and interest in our class novel
and his contributions to class discussions.
Jacob JRE
For an exciting and action – packed narrative
about a little boy stuck on the North Pole!
Tessa JRE
For outstanding reading, using punctuation to
guide her wonderful expression!
Blake MJW
For writing a humorous and imaginative narrative
about a Genie in a Bottle!
Timena MJW
For always making excellent choices and
encouraging others in her class.
Chloe MSR
For her ongoing hard work and dedication to
extending her learning.
Joshua MSR
For striving to extend his Maths knowledge and
working hard to reach his goals.
Cybersafety
Parent Information Evening
John Paul College Ngargee Centre
Tuesday 8 Dec 7:00pm to 9:00pm
This is a parent and guardian only event. Students
will not be admitted.
Parents and guardians of all year levels are strongly
encouraged to attend. Please see advertisement
at the end of this Newsletter.
www.cybersafetysolutions.com.au
Wow!
