NEWSLETTER no.10 Wednesday 21st June 2017 WEEK 10, TERM 2 *Available on our School App, Website, CC Parent Portal. Paper copies available in the Office*

St Andrew’s Parish

CORPUS CHRISTI PRIMARY SCHOOL

29 RUSSELL STREET, WERRIBEE VIC. 3030

Telephone: (03) 9741 8440 Facsimile: (03) 9741 8038

www.ccwerribee.catholic.edu.au

Dear Parents / Carers, It is difficult to believe that Friday 30th June marks the end of Term 2, 2017. Everyone is welcome to attend our final Whole School Assembly for Term 2 at 2:05pm on this Friday 23rd June in the Multi Function Room.

STUDENT REPORTS

Student Reports will go LIVE and be available via our Parent Portal on Friday 23rd June by 5:30pm. If you have difficulty accessing your child’s report please do not hesitate to contact the School Office for support.

FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI MASS

Thank you everyone who was able to join us for this most prayerful and significant mass on Thursday 15th June to celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi. The Junior Unit and Mrs Adamko prepared a beautiful and very meaningful and reverent mass for our school. The children need to be congratulated on their beautiful read-ing, the way they responded during the mass and for their lovely singing of hymns. Additional activities were planned for the remainder of the day during which children worked in House Groups to explore the meaning of our special school song – “We are the Body of Christ.” A display of some of the work can be seen in the school office foyer. Well done everyone! BOOK FAIR

What a great success!! Mrs Judie Baird is to be congratulated on her excellent planning and organisation of all aspects of the Book Fair. The number of parent helpers was wonderful and their help was certainly needed and greatly appreciated. Thank you to all the children and families who supported the Book Fair by purchas-ing many beautiful and interesting books and items. We are very grateful to everyone who supported in some way to ensure the smooth running of the Book Fair. Thank you! Thank you to everyone in our school community who has contributed in any way to the smooth running of Corpus Christi School during this term.

Wishing everyone a happy, safe and restful holiday.

From all the Staff at Corpus Christi Primary School. With kind regards, Linda

Last Day of Term - Children will finish school on Friday 30th June at 1:00pm

All children return to school on Tuesday 18th July

SAFETY AND SUPERVISION - IMPORTANT INFORMATION

In order to keep your child and every child safe in our school we ask that you support us in adhering to the following expectations.

At Corpus Christi staff are on duty in the playground from 8:15am to 8:45am each morning Monday to Friday. No child is to be at school prior to this time. If care is required before 8:15am please contact

representatives at our Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Program Quantin Binnah on 8742 5040 to organise Before School Care.

At 8:15am children need to wait at the entrance doors to the office until a supervising staff member begins duty. At this time children from Grades 3-6, only, are allowed on the Senior playground. Children in Grades

P-2 are able to use the Junior playground.

Thankyou for your co-operation.

ANNUAL REPORT TO COMMUNITY The 2016 Annual Report to the Community is now available from the school office and on our Website. www.ccwerribee.catholic.edu.au. Please see our office staff if you wish to borrow a hard copy to read. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

HAVE YOU UPDATED YOUR DETAILS WITH SCHOOL? A reminder to parents / carers it is your responsibility to keep the school informed of any changes to contact information including residential / postal address, email and telephone contacts including business hours for emergencies. Parents / carers may access the Parent Portal to update their details and of course by contacting the School Office any time.

FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI last Thursday 15th June

We shared in a beautiful liturgy with Fr Darein last Thursday, as we celebrated our special Feast Day. This was followed by special activities throughout the day. Please see our foyer display which was produced as part of our celebration. How we are Jesus’ hands, feet, eyes, ears, heart today?? Members of our R E Student Team, Gianni, Penelope and Isabella have

written a small reflection of the day.

The Feast of Corpus Christi

On Thursday the 15th of June the whole school community celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi is latin and it means ‘The Body of Christ”. First we acclaimed a beautiful Mass celebrated by Father Darien. Isabella and I were privileged to be Altar Servers. After the Mass we separated into four House Colour Groups- Penola (green),

Portland (blue), Woods (red), and Mackillop (yellow) - to study different verses of the School Song “Body of Christ”. We continued to investigate what it means to be the Body of Christ in our world today. After second lunch we played games and watched movies in our classrooms

as yet another form of celebration.

By Isabella D’Elia, Penelope Bensted, and Gianni De Pasquale

For safety reasons no child is allowed on the SENIOR PLAYGROUND after school without the DIRECT supervision of parents.

Toddlers and pre-schoolers may use the JUNIOR PLAYGROUND only with DIRECT supervision of parents at all times.

EDUCATION IN FAITH

FIRST EUCHARIST The Sacrament of First Communion (Eucharist) will be celebrated on the weekend of 13th August at 1pm and 3pm. The family preparation evening is on Tuesday 1st August at 7pm. The plan-ning of the Mass with Fr Frank / Middle Team is on Thursday 3th August at 6:45 at St Andrew’s. Notes were sent home last Friday indicating which Mass children will be celebrating this very special sacrament. Our student Reflection day is Friday 11th August at the Penola Hub.

JUNIOR FAMILY FAITH EVENING Tuesday July 25th is the date for our Junior Family Faith evening this year. These evenings which are held from 6:30pm to 7:30pm have families sharing special moments such as listening to our story, completing an activity with their child/ren and finishing with a prayer and blessing. We look forward to sharing this special evening with you.

A FINAL REMINDER to assist St Vincent de Paul in car rying out their impor tant work of helping the

needy in our community Classes have received a basket to fill with non-perishable grocery items or families

might like to donate a blanket to assist with St Vinnies Winter Blanket Drive. This is our final week for

donations. We will present them to a representative from St Vincent de Paul at our final assembly this

Friday the 23rd June.

CLASS LIST DONATIONS FOR ST VINCENT DE PAUL

Foundation – Laundry items e.g washing powder, pegs etc.

Junior Dawson and Padula -Tinned fruit and vegetables, baked beans, spaghetti etc.

Junior Surmiak and Meilak– Tinned soup, fish, tuna, salmon etc.

Junior Craig and Middle Perry – Pasta sauces, lasagne sheets, tinned tomatoes, salsa etc.

Middle – Wall and Gleeson – Breakfast cereals, long life milk, tea, coffee etc

Middle Sultana and Redman– Toiletries – toilet paper, tissues, toothpaste, toothbrushes.

Senior Drezga and Volkwyn – shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, bandaids etc.

Senior Vella and Ware– Savoury snacks and biscuits e.g. shapes, CCs, chips, Tim Tams, cream biscuits etc.

Blankets also very welcome. Thankyou

JUNIOR UNIT MASS will be held on Thursday 20th July at 9:00am . Families are warmly invited to attend.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Cherian Family (Aaron Jnr MS) after the safe arrival of a baby sister Angela.

CONDOLENCES to the Civilleri Family (Davide HG SnrSV) after the sad passing of his Grandfather. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.

Thankyou, Mrs Viv Adamko, Religious Education Leader

THIS WEEK IS WORLD REFUGEE WEEK

A Prayer For Refugees O Lord, open our eyes that we may see the needs of refugees; open our ears that we may hear people's cries for justice; open our hearts that we may assist displaced people near and far.

Show us where love, hope and faith are needed.

Use us as ministers of your healing.

Let us not be afraid to protect the weak because of the anger of the strong, or to defend the poor because of the power of the rich.

Sustain us so that in these coming days we may be able to do some work of peace for you.

Amen

Mrs Elissa Ardizzon, Wellbeing Leader

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SLEEP AND LEARNING

Winter is the time of the year when we all don’t feel as good as we could! Many cold and flu viruses are prevalent in families and at school. Our days of light are shorter and it is harder to get up in the mornings when it is still dark outside! Children come to school still their rubbing eyes and feel tired in the mornings. Some don’t sleep as well because of illness and colder temperatures. Good-quality sleep helps children to concentrate, remember things and behave well. This helps them be a successful learner. Poor sleep or not enough sleep affects concentration, memory and behaviour, making it harder for children to learn. Children who don’t sleep well are more likely to feel sleepy at school during the day and to have difficulties with learning. Concentration - Children who are sleepy have trouble concentrating dur ing the day. If children can ’t keep their attention on what they are trying to learn, whether it’s climbing a tree at the park or singing a song at school, will affect their learning. Memory - Remember ing things is par t of learning. For example, if a child is tired, it ’s harder for them to remember basic things like how to spell words, how to do maths calculations, or where to find information in a book or on the internet. It’s also harder for them to remember how to do things like playing a musical instrument. Our brains create and strengthen different types of memory in different sleep cycles. For exam-ple, just before a child wakes in the morning, their brain uses the last stages of REM sleep to sort and store memories and information from the previous day and get ready for the day ahead. Behaviour - Sleepy children tend to have more problems with behaviour at school – and at home too! For example, a sleepy child might not cooperate in class or have difficulty following the teacher’s instruc-tions. A sleepy child might miss out on learning because the teacher is busy managing their behaviour. They might also miss out on playing with other children if they don’t like the way the child is behaving. Managing Sleep problems Some sleep problems are behaviour issues that you can manage by promoting good sleep habits. These

include positive bedtime routines to encourage settling and sleep, a quiet and relaxing sleep environment, and good health, nutrition and activity during the day.

Sleep problems often start to get better after the first week of getting into good sleep habits. If you don’t see any improvement, there might be medical reasons for your child’s sleep problems. It’s worth talking with your doctor in this situation.

If your child has been sick, you’ve probably been up and down to them at night, soothing and settling. Once they are better, they might like to keep having all that extra night-time attention. If this sounds like your situation, you might need to be firm about getting back into your child’s normal bedtime routine.

But do talk with your child’s doctor if you think your child’s poor sleep is related to a medical problem – for example, asthma or epilepsy.

Some sleep problems such as jet lag and adapting to daylight saving time usually sort themselves out in about a week as your child’s sleep cycle adjusts to a new bedtime.

HOW MUCH SLEEP DO WE NEED? Sleep researchers believe there is no one magic number for ‘sleep need’ and there are a lot of individual dif-ferences in what children and adolescents need to sleep to be at their best. But below is a guide of the best evidence we have so far.

Babies under 1: 14-18 hours throughout the day and night Toddlers: 12-14 hours per 24 hour period Primary school: 10-12 hours per day High school: 8-10 hours per day Adults: 7-9 hours per day

For more information please follow these links:

http://www.sleepeducation.net.au/index.php http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/sleep_and_learning.html

Peta Cesarec, Learning and Teaching Leader

SENIOR UNIT

The Senior community participated in Writing Workshops to plan, compose, revise and publish an explanation text on a system within the human body e.g. Circulatory System or How do hiccups hap-pen? During our Mathematics workshops, students have worked on expanding their skills, knowledge and understanding of multiplication strategies e.g. written strategies of vertical multiplications and the ‘Lattice’ method along with mental strategies of double, double when multiplying by four. Students have researched common drugs e.g. paracetamol, caffeine and presented: what drugs are, why people use them and some positive or negative effects.

Our learning over the last few weeks of term will be directed towards classifying drugs as stimulants, de-pressants and hallucinogens and knowing the effect of these. We will also discuss recreational and medic-inal reasons as why people use drugs. As part of learning in Religion, students will investigate different aspects of the Bible e.g. stories, authors, history, books and trivia about the Bible.

Use the following resources to support family discussions about drugs: https://www.lifeeducation.org.au/parents https://kidshealth.org/en/parents https://positivechoices.org.au/

Regards, Leanne Spence, Senior Unit Leader

FOUNDATION UNIT Fridays Werribee River Walk marked the last walking excursion of our inquiry unit about Community. We were very fortunate that all of our excursions had fantastic weather and were extremely successful. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time as these excursions would not have been possible without our amazing parent helpers. We will continue to have parents and families present to the children about their roles in the community with a Sporting Coach, Train Controller and Scientist a sample of what is coming up. Thank you again for making these events a great experience!!!

In Religion we will be learning about the life of Saint Mary MacKillop of the Cross. Who she was, where she lived and her role in her family.

Literacy will see us continue to include and master aspects of a writer, including capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Through the books of Joy Cowley, we will be identifying adjectives and verbs to include in our writing.

In Numeracy we will begin our learning of Time (Measurement). Our focus will be on analogue clocks and will introduce the concepts of hour, minute and o'clock

Please see the ‘remind app’ for details on the activities we are undertaking in class.

Yours in partnership, The Foundation Team

JUNIOR UNIT

With only a week and a half to go, the juniors are thriving with their learning. Students have started planning their weather reports preparing to present in front of their communities next week.

In Religion, we will be looking at saints such as Saint Francis of Assisi and will be discussing Saint Francis' devo-tion to God and how this was expressed through his love for all of God's creation. Students will learn how saints care for the poor and sick and will identify that It is our mission to help people in need.

In Mathematics, we have been discussing the number of sides (edges) and corners (vertices) that different shapes have. We will continue to look at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes over the coming weeks. We are also continu-ing to learn about subtraction and how we can count backwards in order to find the difference between two num-bers. Listed below are some helpful websites that you can visit with your child.

http://www.learningpotential.edu.au/practise-together/A003_2

http://www.learningpotential.edu.au/practise-online/L111

In Literacy, whilst learning about Narratives, students have been learning about ‘colourful semantics’, colour-coded cue cards to ‘show’ how a sentence is made up. Each colour card represents a word or part of the sentence.

The Colour Cue Cards are– who, what doing, what, where, when, how doing, what like, who to, joining words, not. Please encourage your child to write stories using some of these cues.

Yours in Partnership, Mrs Michelle Surmiak, Junior Unit Leader

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Last week our Junior Students enjoyed playing and experimenting with clay and are looking forward to making a blow and decorating it with patterns next week! I’m sure the chidren will have so much fun using our fingers and hands to create something special!

Mrs Chetcuti , Arts Specialist Teacher

MIDDLE UNIT

Middle students had a blast exploring Polly Woodside and the surrounding areas last Friday and we were blessed with some beautiful weather too. Students got to scrub the decks, have a go at steering the ship and explore what it was like to be onboard Polly Woodside during the late 1800’s.

In Religion, students are exploring and investigating a chosen Saint. During their investigation, students will give reasons why their person is a saint, explain why this person is spirit filled and then share their new found knowledge of their saint with the class. Students will then move to identify spirit filled people in their community and lives to-day.

The Middle Community have enjoyed another exciting and busy term, filled with new learning and experiences. Middle Community teachers look forward to the next two weeks of term and wish all our families a safe and restful upcoming holidays.

Regards, Ms Kim Gleeson, Middle Unit Leader

SAVE THE DATE! Thursday 7th September 2017

Matinee 12:30pm

Evening Performance 7pm

Ticketing and final information will be available early Term 3!

We look forward to seeing you at

one of our performances!

See flyer attached to this Newsletter!

CAN YOU HELP US????

The Corpus Christi Whole School Concert is happening in Term 3 and we are searching

for some helpers. If you can offer your time to help us sew costumes, assist with

choreography, own or are able to source/hire costumes or props, we would love to

hear from you. If you can help please contact one of the concert team members:

Naomi Meilak, Jess Padula, Katharine Ware or Viv Adamko.

SCHOOL DISCO - THIS FRIDAY 23RD JUNE!!!

Junior Students (Foundation to Gr 2) 5pm to 6:15pm, Middle and Senior Students (Gr 3 to Gr 6) 6:45pm to 8:15pm. We look forward to a night filled with music, fun and some ‘groovy moves’!!! See you there!

CABURY CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER All families will receive 1 x carry box of choco-lates containing 50 items to be sold for $1 each ($50 per box). We are also seeking volunteers for counting the returns of chocolate money - if you can assist please contact the School Office.

MONTHLY MEETINGS Our next P & F Meeting will be held tonight Wednesday 21st June at 7pm in the Staffroom - all welcome to come along! We will be labelling chocolate boxes in readiness for Friday if you can stay on after the meeting or come along afterwards please drop in.

ST ANDREW’S PARISH NEWS

UPDATING YOUR STEWARDSHIP OFFERING BEFORE THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR

Parishioners and Catholic Schools Families, it is time for you to catch up on your Stewardship Offering before the end of the financial year. For those paying by direct debit if you have updated or changed your card or account details please notify the Parish Office. If you are donating via your envelopes please take into the Parish Office or School Office or place in the collection during Mass on Sunday, 25th June 2017.

If you are not sure whether your are up to date please contact the Parish Office on 9711 4144 or

email: werribee@cam.org.au. Thank you for your assistance.

2017 SCHOOL CALENDAR & IMPORTANT DATES

Friday 23rd June Whole School Assembly 2:05pm in MFR - Presentation of Donations to St Vincent De Paul

SCHOOL DISCO - Juniors Students (Foundation to Gr 2) 5pm to 6:15pm

- Middle & Senior Students (Gr 3 to Gr 6) 6:45pm to 8:15pm

P & F Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser - chocolates going home today

Semester One School Reports available today on the Parent Portal after 5:30pm

Friday 30th June Last Day for Term 2 - Students Dismissed at 1:00pm today!

TERM 3

Monday 17th July SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY - No School Today - Staff attending Berry Street, Day 3

Tuesday 18th July Children return to school for start of Term 3

Wednesday 19th July P & F Meeting 7pm in Staffroom

Thursday 20th July Junior Unit Mass 9:00am

Whole School Assembly 2:05pm in MFR - Thursday due to Gr 3-6 at Athletics Day Friday

Friday 21st July Athletics Carnival Year 3 to 6 Students at VU Athletics Track, Hoppers Lane

Tuesday 25th July Junior Prayer Night

Back Up Date for Athletics Carnival Years 3 to 6 Students in case of bad weather on 21st

Tuesday 1st August First Eucharist Family Night

Thursday 3rd August Eucharist Practice 6:45pm at St Andrews Church , Parents & Students to attend

Friday 4th August Whole School Assembly 2:05pm in MFR & St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Reflection

Tuesday 8th August School Board Meeting 7pm

Friday 11th August Eucharist Reflection Day - students only

Sunday 13th August First Eucharist Mass Celebrations 1:00pm and 3:00pm at St Andrews Church

Wednesday 16th August P & F Meeting 7pm Staffroom

Friday 18th August Whole School Assembly 2pm in MFR

P & F Trivia Night 7pm in MFR

Saturday 26th August Parish Fete Car Raffle Launch at Encore Events Centre

Friday 1st September Fathers Day Liturgy 8:50am in MFR

Whole School Assembly 2pm in MFR

Sunday 3rd September Fathers Day - Happy Fathers Day to all!

Thursday 7th September Whole School Concert “That’s Entertainment”

Friday 12th September School Board Meeting 7pm

Sunday 17th September St Andrews Parish Community Mass 10am in MFR - all welcome to attend!

Thursday 21st September Footy Colours Day & Whole School Assembly 2:05pm in MFR

Last Day for Term 3 - Students Dismissed at 3:05pm today!

Friday 22nd September SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY - No School Today - Staff attending Berry Street, Day 4

TERM 4

Monday 9th October Children return to school today for start of Term 4

Friday 13th October Whole School Assembly 2:05pm in MFR

2017 SCHOOL CALENDAR & IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 16th October “Back to School BBQ” 4:30pm to 6:30pm Welcome back our Year 6 Class of 2016 !

Wednesday 18th October P & F Meeting 7:00pm in the Staffroom

Thursday 19th October Middle Unit Camp

Friday 20th October Middle Unit Camp

Thursday 21st September Foundation Unit Mass 9:00am

Last Day of Term 3 - Students Dismissed for Term 3 Holidays at 3:05pm

Friday 22nd September SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY - No School Today - Staff attending Berry Street, Day 4

2017 SSVWD INTERSCHOOL SPORTS - YEAR 6 STUDENTS - fixture is as follows:

*Please note that dates and times may change as negotiated by the school involved. A note will be sent informing families of such changes as soon as they are known.

SACRAMENT PROGRAM DATES FOR 2017

First Eucharist Practice - Thursday 3rd August at St Andrews Church for students & families to attend

First Eucharist - Sunday 13th August at 1:00pm and 3:00pm

SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS 2017

All Staff will attend a Positive Education Professional Learning Program delivered by the Berry Street Childhood Institute on the following school closure days during the 2017 school year.

Term 3 - Day 3 Monday 17th July 2017

Day 4 Friday 22nd September 2017

2017 SCHOOL TERM DATES

Term 1 - Monday 30th Jan to Friday 31st March Term 2 - Tuesday 18th April to Friday 30th June

Term 3 - Monday 17th July to Friday 22nd Sept Term 4 - Monday 9th Oct to Wed 20th Dec

COMMUNITY NOTICE

CDF STUDENT BANKING CHANGES TO STUDENT

SAVINGS PROGRAM

After community feedback CDF, in an effort to improve and innovate to better service the needs of school communities, has renewed its student banking approach with the introduction of enhancing the Student Sav-ings Programs over the next 12 -18 months. Some existing student banking accounts may be affected by these changes and we would encourage families who may hold existing accounts or are considering open an account visit our School App where a copy of the CDF Community Notice outlining these changes along with contact information has been uploaded or alternatively visit www.catholicdevelopmentfund.org.au/CDF-News-Updates/Article/25/CDF-Student-Savings-Moving-into-the-Digital-Age

Round Date Draw Time

5 Friday 11th August Iramoo Primary School (HOME) Morning Session

6 Friday 18th August Manor Lakes School (AWAY) Morning Session

7 Friday 25th August BYE

8 Friday 1st September Thomas Chirnside Primary School (AWAY) Morning Session

9 Friday 8th September Manorvale School (HOME) Morning Session

All sports will be played at the listed schools below or at Corpus Christi, except Softball, which will be played at Presidents Park if a school cannot accommodate

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St Andrew’s Parish Community Masses 2017

Werribee Central and

Werribee South Community

Our Community Mass is held usually

once a month at Corpus Christi Primary School

29 Russell Street, Werribee

Mass is celebrated in the Multi-Function Room and

begins at 10:00am

Sunday 13thAugust 2017 celebrating CCPS First Eucharist – Mass at St. Andrew’s

Church 1pm & 3pm, all are welcome

Sunday, 17th September 2017 Sunday, 15th October 2017

Sunday, 19th November 2017 Sunday, 10th December 2017 - Christmas

Mass

We look forward to our family and friends coming together for Mass at our School.

Please bring a plate to share for morning tea!