Upcoming Dates

Tonight P & F Meeting

7.30pm

Tomorrow Indigenous Based Excursion

F/1 Students From 9.45am

Please wear sports uniform and hat

Tuesday 22nd March

SAC AGM 8.00pm

Thursday 24th March School Assembly/Easter Raffle

1.45pm

End of Term 1 2.25pm

Monday 11th April Term 2 commences

8.50am

Love to Learn, Learn to Love, Learn to Live, Love to Live

St John’s Weekly 16th March, 2016

Newsletter No: 7 Term 1 Week 7

Week 7…… There is a bulldozer out the front working on the new car park and drop-off zone. Very exciting! The Multicultural Dress Up Day yesterday was awesome, thank you to our wonderful families for embracing the day and helping raise money for the Caritas Australia Project Compassion Appeal. To date we have raised $303.35. Fantastic! Have you had a chance to check out our Garden lately? It is thriving at the moment with the help of the Green Thumbs Gardening Club members in particular the Grade One children. Be sure to check out the full report that will be featured in next weeks newsletter.

Lost A silver necklace with a dog

charm. Please notify the office

if you come across it.

Dear Parents,

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

I hope you all enjoyed the Long Weekend .The end of

term is almost upon us. We finish with two four day

weeks concluding next Thursday 24th March. The

children finish at 2.25pm. School will resume

on Monday 11th April at 8.50am.

CROSSING THE ROAD IN RUSSELL STREET

It has come to my attention that some families

are crossing Russell Street near Nina Street. We

encourage all families to please use the crossing. If

you live on the Eastern side of Russell Street please

walk down and meet the children at the crossing

where the supervisor will take them across the road

safely. The number of children crossing the road

using the Crossing Supervisor is important for us to

secure her services. The City Council conducts

random checks on numbers and we need to have

consistency showing the need for the Crossing

supervisor. We worked hard to secure a crossing for

St John's so please ensure you use it with your

children and ensure safety for all.

GRADE 5/6 CAMP

Our Grade 5/6 children are heading away on Camp to

Roses Gap next week for three days. This is

an opportunity to enjoy each other's company away

from school and really get to know each other. Some

of the activities to enjoy are archery, abseiling

and canoeing. The staff attending are Kristie

Prendergast, Stacey Atkins, Damien Webster, Sharon

Easley and Lachie Barling. I'm sure they will have a

wonderful time. We wish them well.

HOLY WEEK PRESENTATION

Next Thursday 23rd March children from Grades 3/4

will present a short role play about Holy Week. This

will occur in the Stadium from 1.45pm. The Easter

Raffle will be drawn by the P & F after this and then

the children may leave with their parents.

PARTICIPATION LEVY

When you participate in activities or provide food

donations at the school it is your responsibility to fill

out the Participation Levy folder located on the bench

outside the office. Just a reminder that families need

to accrue 40 points and single parent families 25

points per year. Alternately you can opt to pay the

levy which is $200 (Accounts will be sent out in

Term 4). If you have any questions regarding the levy

or want to organise an activity for yourself for a

suitable time, please contact me.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK

It is a government regulation that parents,

grandparents etc that assist in the classroom or

attend excursions have a Working with Children

Check. If you have one, please check the expiry

date and make sure it is current. It has come to our

attention that many of our parents WWCC have

expired. When completing your application

please ensure you enter our school under the

organisation section that you will be volunteering

at so we receive a copy of your WWCC number.

WELCOME TO THE 2016 SCHOOL YEAR

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the

Welcome to the 2016 school year BBQ/Picnic

that was scheduled for tomorrow night due to a

lack of numbers. The P & F will look into

running another social evening later on in the

year.

SAC MEETING

Our next School Advisory Council meeting

will be the Annual General Meeting and it is

scheduled for next Tuesday 22nd March in the

Meeting Room at 8.00pm.

That's all from me this week,

Regards,

Kathy Dalton

RE News

Multicultural Dress Up Day

Thank you for the support of the Multicultural

Dress Up Day yesterday. Please remember the

Project compassion appeal and the St Vincent de

Paul Lenten appeal.

RE News cont

Holy Week

The crowds have been talking about Jesus and as the

Passover nears he heads to Jerusalem with his

apostles. The people give him a rock star like

welcome by waving palms and throwing cloaks on

the ground before him; a traditional welcome

gesture usually only reserved for Royalty. It’s

no king on a huge white stallion with an army

behind him, but a 30 odd year old guy with some

mates wandering in with him riding on a borrowed

donkey. The symbolism in the Gospel accounts is

very powerful showing Jesus as our King and

Saviour but not of this kingdom. His kingdom is a

simple, just and all inclusive one. One where God

welcomes all. This Sunday, is the beginning of

Holy Week which starts with Palm Sunday. It will

be a good time to remember about The Last Supper,

(Thursday), the arrest of Jesus, The Stations of the

Cross when Jesus was crucified (Good Friday) and

the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

St Vincent de Paul Lenten Appeal St Vincent de Paul provides another way to be

involved in Lent. Each week in the lead up to Lent,

families are asked to contribute the following

goods to be distributed to families in need in

Warrnambool. Thank you to the families who have

dropped in goods over the last few weeks. This week

is the final week to contribute. Items can be dropped

off at the office and we will take them to Mass on

Sunday.

This week - 14th March - Tinned Soup

Mass times for St Pius this weekend are

as follows:

Saturday: 6:00pm

Sunday: 10:00am

All Welcome!

Dear Jasmine,

I'm looking for some ideas to help my 5 year old

improve their friendship skills.

From Terry

Dear Terry, The bullying no way! website has some great resources and practical ideas on how to teach children social and emotional skills. They have also developed a free app designed for children from 3 to 8 years of age. The Allen Adventure app is a fun interactive story about Allen, a young visitor from another planet, who is new to school and learning how to get on with his Earthling classmates. Children can select narration or read the story themselves, touch the screen to make things happen in the story, and choose actions and scenarios for the characters. More information can be found : http://www.takeastandtogether.gov.au/under8/index.html Jasmine Families please note, next week I will be working Wednesday 23rd March instead of Thursday 24th March. Kind regards, Jasmine.

Dear Jasmine

Happy Birthday

This week we say “Happy Birthday” to

Bailey Kermeen, Lukas Phillips,

Kai Moloney Smith, Mason Osborne,

Mrs Easley and Mrs Freeman!

Bike Education

Last Friday the Juniors brought along their

bikes/scooters and helmets to school and

they were given some lessons in bike

education and safety. Nicole Wood from

Healthy Moves took the children for a

practical session and we thank her very much

for her help. Many thanks also to our Junior

parents who assisted as well as the Aides.

The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves

and it is great to see them excited about

something that is good for their health.

Below are a few snaps of the children in

action.

Sports

Last Thursday Fergus Kelson, Tom McCosker, Dan

Thornton and Curran O'Donnell represented

St John's at the Zone Swimming Sports held at

Warrnambool's AquaZone. All four competed in a

range of events and it was very pleasing that they

all gave their best efforts. Congratulations to the

boys for your amazing efforts. Well done to Fergus

who is going onto the next stage happening this

Friday in Ballarat. All at St John's wish you the

very best in your events. A big thank you to Mr

Barling and Natalie Fisk for assisting on the day.

The Student Leaders went out to Deakin Universi-

ty and joined together with lots of the other school

leaders, from Years 5 and 6, all the way up to year

12. We talked about being a good leader

and how you can demonstrate it in your own

community. A highlight was an inspirational talk

from Sarah Wall, a great netballer and founder of

the girl’s netball organisation “Jeanieboy.”

We now, as leaders at St John’s, have to come up

with a project that has to do with wellbeing and

health to help our community in any sort of way.

In July we have to make a two minute video to

report back to the congress. If you have any ideas

we’d love to hear from you. Just email Mr

Webster at

dwebster@sjdennington.catholic.edu.au

Stay tuned and we will inform how you can get

involved.

Junior Leaders Congress

Parents and Friends News

Easter Raffle

Tickets have been sent home. We ask all families to

donate an Easter related item for the raffle. Please

return tickets, sold or unsold, and your item by

Tuesday 22nd March.

Family Portraits - SAVE THE DATE

We have secured the very talented Kristy Jayne

Photography again this year for the 7th and 8th

October. Please mark these dates on your calendar.

Information will be provided closer to the date.

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop is open every Friday morning

from 8.45am - 9.15am or other times by

appointment. Please call Kirsty Ryan on

0448 530 298 for all of your uniform requirements.

Please support the following businesses

that kindly support our school:

The Meat Barn

South West Credit Union

Cri-tech Plumbing

Think Independent Financial Advice &

Coaching

Serene Vista Halls Gap Accomodation

Blackmores Garden Service

Callaghan Motors

The Midfield Group

Nevcon Structural Steel

Warrnambool Motorcycle & Gardening

Products

Student Awards

Congratulations to the following students who

obtained awards in Week 6:

Georgia Ryan - Brilliant etching on the Indigenous

based excursion

Frankie Butters - Reading every night since the

beginning of term

Cruz Bermingham - Amazing writing

Brooke Mugavin - Excellent homework

James Baker - Demonstrating leadership and

initiative

Elsie Finnigan - Being a brave writer

Nash McNaughton - Learning his smart words

Davian Snyman - Being a brave writer

Kayla Foley - Having a go at writing

Noah McInerney - His work with letters and sounds

Kayden Payne - Reaching his goal

Ollie Wright - Great work on fractions

Jamieson Waller - Keeping on track in Maths

Libby Gass - Wonderful persuasive writing

Selena Bandara - Fantastic work in fractions

Business of the Week

Our next meeting for the year is being held

tonight at 7.30pm. All welcome.

Dennington Dash

We raised approximately $1,800. Thank you to

our wonderful school community for supporting

this event.

Footy Tipping

Forms are due back this Friday 18th March. There

will be a cash prize for the winner, the amount

will depend on the number of entries. Please be

aware that this competition is also a P & F

fundraiser.

Hot cross buns

Money and forms are due back by Monday 21st

March.