St Raphaels Central School Newsletter TRM 1 WK 8

P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Email: [email protected] Tel: 6342.2940 School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

Dear Parents The P&F Association is your organization and is there to promote the school and its people, and about creating good connections among our school family members. In this and in their generous financial support of the school they are an enormously successful body. Your participation will make it even better. Tonight at 7pm in the Staff Room the P&F will gather for their Annual General Meeting. Catholic Schools Week was well marked in Cowra: the CSW Assembly, Open Classrooms, Parents Morning Tea, Stage 6 mapping, K-10 Lunch and Heritage Day. Thank you for your support and participation during CSW as well as in all those other weeks of the year. Lent is progressing in the midst of all else that’s happening – core business should be reflected clearly in our daily priorities. Therefore, if our relationship with our God is central to our beliefs then it needs to be evident in our days. Stage 6: Year 11/ 12 progress: Our proposed subject offering is almost finalized. So early in Term 2 Stage 5 students will be invited to try an unofficial “selection” to gain an idea of how lines might be composed. The draft Stage 6 Course Handbook has been completed. Early in June we will conduct a major information session for parents and students about finalized courses. That event will mark the start of the selection process which will be undertaken family by family. A uniform proposal is also approaching finalization and we expect to have samples being modelled early in Term 2 Publishing our Prospectus is also in its final stages and should be ready for distribution in April. Planning of facilities is still progressing well with many specialists collaborating in this enormous task. At the moment everything is on target. Preparations are in hand for our annual Athletics Carnival, being conducted on Thursday of next week (Wk 9: Mar 26). Also in Week 9 is the Outward Bound Student Social (7-10) on Wednesday 25

th. As the

name suggests proceeds will go towards the annual Outward Bound expedition in Semester 2. Earth Hour is coming and Stewardship is a moral obligation on every Christian (at least) and Earth Hour is a valuable experience for the young to learn more about living lightly on mother earth. March 28 8:30-9:30 (and any other time and date you can manage.)

Michael Gallagher Principal

Help me to grow this Lent in an awareness

of the gifts you place in my life

and in a greater appreciation for your care.

Give me the courage to ask for help.

Amen

Monday 16

Happy birthday to Tom Thuaux. P&F Annual General Meeting at 7pm.

Tuesday 17

Happy birthday to Patrick Heilman, Natalie Mallon, Lachlan Partridge and Inka Wilson.

2015 Outward Bound Parents Meeting at 5:30pm.

Wednesday 18 Happy birthday to Mitchell Beer and Ashleigh Harding.

Thursday 19 Happy birthday to Mollie Thompson and Adam Vardy.

Friday 20

Happy birthday to Madeleine Savage and Maguire Sciberras.

Stage 3 Primary Hockey Gala Day. CPS Polding Swimming Carnival at Homebush. Diocesan Music Concert at 4:45pm at Red Bend

College in Forbes.

St Raphael’s Catholic School

Term 1, Week 8/B Newsletter

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Happy birthday to Chloe Robertson and Ben Smith for the 22

nd.

Apologies to Clare Harris – we hope you had a wonderful birthday on the 14

th March.

Dates for the Calendar First Eucharist Enrolment Information

Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd March - Eucharist Enrolment sheets given to parents at both Weekend Masses.

Tuesday 24th March - Eucharist Enrolment meetings with parents 3.30pm and 7pm in St Brigid’s Hall.

Week 10 - Holy Week School Readers for Weekend Parish Masses: Sat 21

st March: School Leaders.

School Eucharistic Ministers for Weekend Parish Masses: Sun 22

nd March: Mr A Casey, Mrs P Bischof.

School Computer Roster Sat 21

st March: School Leaders.

Year 6 Burrendong Camp Year 6 gathered at school with excitement on Wednesday 4

th March, to board the coach to Lake

Burrendong for the annual Year 6 camp. The coach rolled out as the buzz of students’ conversations filled Miss Slaven and Mr Colemane’s ears. The students arrived at Lake Burrendong and were greeted by Sport and Recreation staff. After a quick meeting and designation of lodges, the students were in the pool to complete a swimming test. After lunch, students headed off to grass skiing and archery. It was great to witness the technique and accuracy of some archers and the balance and skill of students grass skiing. There were also a lot of

monumental ‘stacks’ that provided everyone with entertainment. After dinner students participated in a Games night, which students enjoyed. At the end of this, the extremely exhausted students had supper and headed to bed. The next morning students were up at daylight getting ready for their morning duty in the kitchen.

After breakfast the groups headed off for canoeing, rock climbing and slip and slide activities. Unfortunately the strong winds blew the canoeists half way across the dam and this activity had to be aborted. Students made their way through the low ropes course instead which was quite challenging. It was great to see some students overcoming their fears and accomplishing personal milestones. The support and encouragement from peers was awesome and reflects what our school is all about. Following a yummy dinner the St Raphael’s students joined Blaxland Public Year 6 at a Dance Party which was enjoyed by all. By the time supper finished, there was plenty of yawning and rubbing of eyes from both students and teachers. Needless to say that it wasn’t long before discussions and antics in the lodges ended, replaced with some sounds of snoring. Daylight arrived and lodges had to be cleaned and ready for inspection before breakfast. The girl’s lodge was certainly the cleanest with the boy’s lodges showing signs of ‘first time cleaners’. They were also not the most fragrant places to be at camp! After breakfast students participated in Paint Balloon Combat. This brought out the team work and competitiveness in students. An exhausted and multi-coloured group of students headed for lunch, then said their goodbyes before a reasonably quiet trip back home.

The Study Centre @ St Raphael’s

Do you need a quiet place to do your homework and assessment tasks?? Come along to the Study Centre @ St Raphael’s where teachers are on hand to assist you! 8:00-8:45am Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Primary: Computer Lab 2 Secondary: Computer Lab 3


It was great to witness the team work, encouragement, support, bonding and personal growth of students during the camp. The students received accolades from the Sport and Recreation staff for their manners, participation and resilience. We’re sure the students would have slept well on Friday night!! Miss Slaven and Mr Colemane - Year 6 teachers

Sports Uniform Year 3 and 4 Year 3 and 4 will be wearing sports uniform this Wednesday for Physical Activity. They will still wear sports uniform for normal Sport on Thursday.

Primary Rugby Union 7’s

Due to a clash of dates with the Diocesan Swimming Carnival we were disappointingly unable to attend the local Cowra leg of the NSW Primary 7’s Rugby Union Competition which was held on Tuesday 9

th March. Sadly

this has been the first year St Raphael’s has not been able to represent at a Rugby Union Competition in Cowra, since its conception by Mr Scott Hudson and myself approximately eight years ago. Therefore, last Thursday 12

th March, St Raphael’s Rugby

Union team travelled to Bathurst to compete in the Bathurst Region leg of this competition. The level of competition was tough with the boys gallantly representing St Raphael’s achieving two wins, a draw and a tight loss to the eventual Runner-ups. Game One we matched up against St Philomena’s Bathurst, where we were unable to gain regular possession. When we did have the ball we capitalised scoring some impressive tries. Alex Brown, Nick Brown and Bill Statham lead with some excellent runs and tough defence. As the hooter sounding Riley Langfield made a brilliant break with no defence in sight, disappointingly the final score being two tries each! Game Two against Cathedral Bathurst, was a different story with the team playing as one, capitalising on mistakes and regular turnovers. Kelsey Pollard was unstoppable in the backs scoring 4 tries from as many possessions in as many minutes. Noah Keen and Hugo Skene were impressive the entire game with brilliant defence and multiple possession turnovers. St Raph’s were run away victors 7 tries to 3. Game Three against All Saints Bathurst, was straight after the lunch break. The boys put in a great effort, however, whatever they tried came unstuck. There was a final pass to the winger that went to ground, a couple of unfortunate penalties, a knock-on almost over the line, a fumble and then regather for the opposition to score. But St Raph’s never gave up! Jackson McLeish and Harry Thuaux combining in defence and instigating many attacking raids without luck or reward. The final score All Saints three tries to nil. After their loss in the third game the boys had something to prove to themselves taking on Holy Family Kelso. With only a small chance of making the finals the boys went out with all guns blazing! Some brilliant defence and attacking prowess saw both Sam Kelly and Mitchell Amos dive over for tries in a game that St Raph’s took out five tries to nil. On behalf of the all the boys and myself, I would like to thank all the parents that provided transport to and from

Bathurst. Your support and cheers were much appreciated!

Outward Bound 2015 Our first Outward Bound meeting for parents and students will take place this Tuesday 17 March at 5.30 pm in Computer Lab 3. Please support this meeting as it is a wonderful opportunity for our Year 9 students. We need to thank the P&F for allowing our 2015 parents to work at last years Cowra Picnic races. Many thanks to those parents that volunteered their time. The P&F have given us a wonderful donation to start our fundraising efforts this year! Thank you! Inel Date - Outward Bound 2015 Excursion Discounts When planning excursions accurate and reasonable costing are central issues. In the interest of clarity and accuracy, our discounts policy has been adjusted as set out below. In the case of numerous children from the same family attending the one excursion costing greater than $50 each, a discount is applied to the second, third and fourth child’s fee. This is consistent with the discount offered on CEO fees and School Services fees (2

nd child - 20% reduction, 3

rd child - 40% reduction, 4

th

child - 60%reduction).

School Fees Financially, we need to assess our position near the close of term. Thank you to all parents who have taken care of the current fee accounts by the due date. Numerous accounts, however, are overdue and your attention to this matter will be appreciated. If there is any difficulty or reason why payments are not currently being made please make contact promptly and a solution can be found with discretion and confidentiality.

Canteen Update This week’s roster is as follows:

Tues 17

Wed 18

Thurs 19

Fri 20

Mon 23

Jodie Toohey

Nicky

Savage

CLOSED

Jo Graham

Tammie Penyu

Lynn Terry

Kylie

Chang

Kylie Kollas

Brooke Marks

Kate

Fagan

Athletics Carnival is on Thursday 26th March, to help with catering could you please send lunch orders in by Friday 20th March. Please write ATHLETICS CARNIVAL on the order bag as well as your child’s name, class and the order. Choices are: Seared Chicken Burger $5.50

or Sausage on a Roll $2.50

Parents are also more than welcome to order.


There are other treats available on the day as well eg: sausage rolls, cup cakes etc. Also for this day I am looking for two volunteers to help on the day. Unfortunately I have lost 2 of the volunteers who were going to help. if you are able to put your hand up and help please ring Donna on 0427501508 as soon as possible. Regards Donna Stokes - Canteen Manager

We hope you can make it to the St Raphael's Parents and Friends Association AGM and General Meeting on Monday 16th of March at 7pm in the Teachers' Lounge. Entry is via the main admin office. Please see below for both agendas. If you'd like to add anything to the agendas please email [email protected]. Have a voice in your child's education. We in the P&F believe that the knowledge, skills and vision of our parents are one of the school's greatest resources. We hope to see you there. Please note that one of our parents, who is a professional child carer, has kindly donated her services to mind the children at school so that more parents might be able to attend the meeting tonight. So if you are stuck without a baby sitter, bring the kids along with you and they will be looked after while you participate in the Meeting. Proposed AGM and General Meeting Agenda 16 MARCH 2015 1. Opening prayer/ reflection 2. Apologies 3. Minutes from previous meeting 4. Secretary’s report 5. Correspondence in: 6. Correspondence out : 7. Treasurer’s report 8. Principal’s report 9. President’s report 10. Business arising from previous meeting Shade

Structure-update 1. Fundraising Levy-update 2. Deb Ball Prep for this year 3. Productive Food Garden update 4. P & F Committee update 5. Vigorella Workshop Spring/Summer collection

update. 6. Quiz Night 7. Parent representative from each year update.

11. General Business Annual General Meeting Agenda 16th March 2015 1. Welcome and Apologies 2. Minutes from previous AGM 17 March 2014 3. Secretary’s report. 2014 4. Treasurer’s report 2014 5. President’s report

6. Election of Office Bearers 2015 1. President 2. Vice president x 2 3. Secretary 4. Treasurer 5. Publicity Officer

Ona Lawrence Publicity Officer St Raphael’s Parents and Friends Association 0409 608 118

[email protected] Please email us to join our P & F mailing list!

WELL DONE

Congratulations to the following students who have achieved the next level on the

Behaviour Management Programme. Level 5 Madison Anthony 3 Green Elliott Bennett 3 Green William Cranney 3 Green Isabelle Doorey 3 Green Lily Gee 3 Green Mia Hudson 3 Green Max Myers 3 Green Thomas Partridge 3 Green Kaitlyn Rutledge 3 Green Grace Shepherd 3 Green Isabelle Thompson 3 Green Tiarna Vale 3 Green Alisha Azzopardi 3 Gold Bridie Braddon 4 Gold Mitchell Casey 4 Gold Georgia Hanley 4 Gold Rowan Wheeler 4 Gold Chelsee White 4 Gold Mackenzie Bone 6 Green Alexi Buchtmann 6 Green Ponie De Wet 6 Green Ruby Frazer 6 Green Catherine Gallagher 6 Green Jack Gee 6 Green Amy Gruessing 6 Green Felicity Henderson 6 Green Rugbi Murray 6 Green Kelsey Pollard 6 Green Finn Ryan 6 Green Madelyn Stead 6 Green Joel Stendell 6 Green Oliver Wilson 6 Green Amos Mitchell 6 Gold Jorja Bone 6 Gold Alex Brown 6 Gold Zoe Budge 6 Gold Tayah Burns 6 Gold Sienna Emseis 6 Gold Joshua Gocin 6 Gold Clare Hines 6 Gold Zara McKenzie 6 Gold Matilda Proctor 6 Gold Brendan Stendell 6 Gold Ethan Thomson 6 Gold Aiden Triming 6 Gold Adam Vardy 6 Gold Chloe Wilson 6 Gold Bernadette Zarb 6 Gold

Your Teachers are very Proud of You!

Jackeroo Ranch Horse Riding Jackeroo Ranch is once again running the popular horse riding camps in the Autumn Holidays. 1

st Week: Sat 4

th April – Sat 11

th April

2nd

Week: Sat 11th April – Sun 19

th April

These camps are for “horse-mad” children aged 6-16 years. Five to six hours per day are devoted to horse activities including a one hour lesson and three hours trail riding in the beautiful Turon Valley. Previous experience is not necessary as beginners to advanced riders are catered for. We specialise in teaching nervous riders and developing their confidence. This is “not just a camp” – it is a wonderful farm experience your child will treasure forever. Enquiries: Mrs. Pattie Hudson. Ph 6337 7173 (nights are best).

mailto:[email protected]



PCYC Cowra Safer Drivers Course for Learner Drivers The next PCYC Safer Drivers Course will be held at PCYC’s Young Road complex on Friday 19 December (Module 1). The course consists of module 1 - a 3hr facilitated group discussion and module 2 - a 2hr in-vehicle coaching session. Cost of the course is $140.00 and participants receive 20 hours credit in their Learner log books upon completion of the course. You must have 50 hours of actual driving experience recorded in your log book to register for the course. Each course is limited to a maximum of twelve participants. Booking forms are available at PCYC’s Young Road building. Mixed Basketball PCYC is looking to get Monday night mixed basketball under way after the April school holidays with games to be played at the Binni Creek Road building. This will be an open age competition. Nomination forms are available at PCYC’s Young Road complex and need to be completed and returned to PCYC by Thursday 2 April. Cost will be $5.00 per player per game. Players must be current PCYC members to participate. Start organising your team now. Sports Ability Training - run by Office of Sport & Recreation

Sports Ability is an inclusive program with two main aims: To provide those working in a physical activity and sport setting with more ways of including people with disabilities To provide a medium, for the integration of people with and without disabilities to interact in a sporting environment Participants will develop techniques, strategies and the confidence to adapt and modify any activity while playing the Sports Ability activities. A Sports Ability training session will be conducted by Sport and Recreation Monday 30

th March 2015

Where: Cowra PCYC, Young Rd Cowra. Time: 11am – 2 pm Cost: FREE Cut-off Date to register: Wednesday 25

th March

Register: For further information or to register, please contact Darrin Yates of Sport & Recreation on (02) 63626623 - email [email protected], or Shane Budge at PCYC (02) 63412035 – email [email protected] You must be a PCYC member to participate in any of the PCYC activities. Yearly membership is $5.00 for under 18’s and $10 for ages 18 and older.




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St Raphaels Central School Newsletter TRM 1 WK 8