22nd March 2018

Dear Parents, At the Family Mass this Sunday (5pm) we will celebrate Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9), when palm branches were placed in his path, before his arrest on Holy Thursday and his crucifixion on Good Friday. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the final week of Lent. On Thursday 29th March, the students will act some of the key events of Holy Week through to Good Friday. This re-enactment will take place at 1pm. At 2:30pm the 2/3 class are going to present a “Tree Story” play to the whole school. Parents are most welcome to join us for the re-enactment and play. After the Easter break we will celebrate Easter as a school community. Sydney/ Canberra Camp 2020 Thank you to the current year 3 and 4 parents for providing feedback about our future Sydney/Canberra camp. At the beginning of the year we asked parents for feedback at our parent information night. We have also sent emails and newsletter reminders encouraging you to share your feedback. We are trying to make every effort to ensure future Sydney/Canberra camps are accessible and affordable for all families. School hat Monday 26th March-last chance to vote on the school hat design. Cross Country We will make every effort to move through the Cross Country events quickly on Friday. The longer events for the 12’s, 11’s, 10’s and 9’s will be run first so the students are not running long distances in the heat of the day. All students must wear sun cream and must pack plenty of water to drink. Water

will also be available on the day. As a result of the school hats blowing off heads easily, students are permitted to wear alternate hats such as caps and visors while running. We encourage the students to wear the colours of their house. McKenna– Royal Blue Cosgrove- Maroon

We plan to start the first race at 9:45am. Please make sure you sign your child out before you leave

with them. Mrs Fogarty will have the roll books at the recording table.

Peace and Best Wishes,

Brendan

From the Principal - Brendan O’Reilly

P&F NEWS: The next P&F meeting will be held at 5:00 pm – Tuesday, 27th March in the school library. Submissions for general business need to be in before the meeting. Please email them to our P&F secretary Kate Patterson ; katepatterson30@gmail.com

Cross Country

This year our cross country will take place at the Clifton Golf course. We have extended the invitation for St Patrick’s Allora to join us. The event will be held on Friday the 23rd of March. Students are to be transported to the Golf Course for a 9:30am start and returned to school after the event. The travel form has been emailed and has also been sent home in hard copy. Please join us for a walk of the course to start the day. We would like to promote health and well-being for everyone to be a part of this walk. These are the distances children of each age group will be required to run.

As a combined school competition, students will be awarded age champion medallions in the 8, 9, 10 11 and 12 year old age groups only. Ribbons will be awarded to each place getter for each school.

Born 2013/2012 500m

Born 2011/2010 1km

Born 2009/2008 2km

Born 2007/ 2006 3km

SD Athletes

Congratulations to the following

students for their selection in

these SD teams;

Charlee Murdoch –Netball

Billy Peardon-Rugby League

Billy Joppich-Rugby League

Isla Rickert –Hockey

Dates To Remember

Semester One 2018 MARCH 25

th - Family Sunday Mass 5pm

26th

- last chance to vote on the school hat design 27

th-P & F meeting 5pm School Library

29th

-1pm re-enactment of Holy Week. 2:30pm-2/3 class “Tree Story” play. Everyone is welcome. APRIL 16

th-Commonwealth Games Pupil Free Day

17th

Term 2 Commences 25

th-ANZAC Day

Representative Sport Dates for Semester One 2018 Please keep an eye on dates as they are subject to change CD Cross Country, Wednesday 18th April Southern Downs Cross Country, Friday 3rd May

Darling Downs Trial Dates Rugby League-22nd and 23rd April Hockey-23rd April Netball-23rd April

Mass Times

Clifton: 1st Sunday– 7:30am

2nd, 3rd & 5th Saturday-7pm

4th Sunday-Family Sunday Mass at 5pm

SCHOOL FEES:

We do recommend the setting-up of a direct debit facility to pay regular amounts into the school account. This alleviates overdue bills. If at any stage the payment of fees becomes a problem please do not hesitate to see me.

Playgroup 2018 9am to 10am

Playgroup will meet on a Tuesday morning. You are more than welcome to bring other friends and families along. Please bring a fruit snack for the children.

SCHOOL CAMP 2018

SAVE THE DATE: We depart very early on Sunday 22nd July and return late on Friday 27th July.

Please ensure your payment is finalized by no later than the 12th June.

Our Student Protection Contacts are as follows; Emily Perry & Brendan O’Reilly

Our year 4/5/6 class did a great job of sharing a little joy at Nirvana last week. Special thanks to their teachers for doing such a wonderful job preparing the students.

Library News The due date for Bookclub orders is 13th March 2018. You can use the new LOOP system or send your bookclub back as per usual. All orders benefit our school. Library borrowing day is Thursday every week. Please ensure that your child has a library bag. Our library is continuing with the battery drive this year so please keep all old bat-teries for us. Ms Hilton is the person in charge of the battery drive this year. Author display in the library at present is Jackie French. We encourage all students to browse our display. Library procedure for overdue books this year is as follows:

-Students will receive a printed list of overdue items. -If books are 2 weeks overdue, the library staff will notify

parents by email or phone. -If books are 3 weeks overdue the school office will

invoice you for overdue items.

From the APRE - Brendan O’Reilly

You Can Do It Awards Congratulations Lilly and Isla for your efforts

at the SD hockey trials. Isla was selected in

the SD Hockey team.

Principal Awards

Every child had a

chance to participate in

the Planet Rhythm

performance yesterday

afternoon. The music,

drumming and dance

was definitely a lot of

fun!