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 31st March 2017
Diary Dates March 31 Last day of Term 1
April
13 Holy Thursday
14 Good Friday
16 Easter Sunday
18 Term 2
Commences
25 ANZAC Day Public
Holiday
26 Family Maths Night
June
12 Queen’s Birthday
Public Holiday
30 Last day of Term 2
Dates and Times are Subject to Change
Parish Sacramental
Programme 2017 (includes dates)
Use Tiqbiz for Absence
Notifications
Paul Dwyer, Principal
Dear Parents,
Congratulations to our parents who completed our first Parents as Classroom Helpers
course this week! I strongly encourage all interested parents who haven’t completed the
course to register for our Term 2 evening course.
Thank you to Reagon Haines, all staff, parents and children for working together to ensure
our Twilight sports on Tuesday afternoon this week was a great success! The weather was
magnificent and I was very proud that all children gave their best effort, encouraged
others and really enjoyed the athletics. Congratulations to Blue Team who were our
winners this year.
Our Stations of the Cross was held today. This solemn commemoration of the events of
Good Friday, remind us of the sacrifice Jesus made for us. Thank you to all classes for their
preparation and reverent presentation of each Station of the Cross and for the reminders
that each Station gives us for how we can live our lives more fully as followers of Jesus.
An invitation was sent home to all families today to attend our Family Maths night on the
evening of Wednesday 26th April from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the hall. (Wednesday of
Week 2 next term). I commend this night to all families as a way for parents and children to
work together on fun mathematical activities which promote mathematical thinking,
mathematical language and problem solving.
This Sunday is the Fifth and last Sunday of Lent. The Gospel reading focuses on Jesus raising
Lazarus from the dead. This reading invites us to reflect upon what it means to call Jesus
the “Resurrection and the Life” in the lead up to the joyful Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Thank you to all children and families for generously supporting our 3 Lenten charities. They
are; Mums supporting families in need, Parishioners Crisis Support Fund and Caritas
Australia (Project Compassion). Your efforts raised a total of $527.00 which will go to these
very worthy charities.
Term 1 finished today with much to be thankful for. Term 2 will resume on Tuesday 18th April
at the usual time.
I wish all children, families and staff a restful, relaxing holiday break and a joyous and
Happy Easter.
Regards,
Paul Dwyer, Principal.
Ms Zeeta Andrew
Religious Education Leader [email protected]
“The students’ preparation has helped them to
have a deeper appreciation for the rich tradition
of Stations and the journey Christ took to the
cross,”
Thank you to the parents who came to join in. I
am sure you’ll agree that the children did a
wonderful job and were very prayerful.
Thank you to Fr John for his blessing and for his
10/10 score for the students presentations.
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our St
Joachim’s family a safe and holy Easter.
(Austra l ian Cathol ic Rel ig ious Against
T raff ick ing Humans).
Pope Francis said that “every person
ought to have the awareness that
purchasing is always a moral – and not
simply an economic – act.”
Are you buying and eating, or giving away
Easter chocolate this year? It is estimated that
up to 30 million people are trapped in slavery
globally. The United Nations estimates that one
in every three victims of human trafficking is a
child.
Much of the chocolate we consume in Australia
is made with cocoa beans picked by children,
many of whom have been enslaved.
ACTION: Go the ACRATH website:
https://acrath.org.au/slaveryfree-easter/ to
find out more. Spread the word about
slavery-free Easter chocolate and enjoy
chocolate carries any of the following
symbols on the wrapper.
If you buy chocolate featuring one of these
three certification symbols you will know that
production of the chocolate is okay.
Irene Stewart
Deputy Principal / Student Wellbeing
Congratulations to our whole school
community on an incredibly successful
first term. Parents, teachers and students
working together have accomplished
great things.
I’d like to wish all members of the St Joachim’s
community a safe and happy Easter and I look
forward to seeing you on the first day of Term 2.
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.
Take a Stand Against Bullying
Reagon Haines
Physical Education
St Joachim’s
Annual Twilight
Athletics Carnival
held on
Tuesday, 27th March
I would like to commend all the students on their
efforts, sportsmanship and support for one
another. The winner on the day was definitely
Sport.
The success of the day is due to a collaborative
effort: students, parents and staff; I would like to
thank everyone for your help in making the day a
success.
I think we would all agree that all the children had
fun. You must be extremely proud of yourselves for
having a go. Congratulations to our winners: The
Blue House.
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Follow Directions
Keep hands, feet & objects to oneself
Ignore inappropriate behaviour
Speak appropriately
Include and help others
Inter-School Sport
The senior school students will participate in the
Frankston District Summer Lightning Premiership
activities in week one of term 2.
The basketball will be played at Cranbourne
Basketball Stadium and Volleystars, Cricket and
Softball will be played at Sweeney Reserve,
Berwick on Wednesday, 19th April.
All students in the Softball team must wear
protective mouthguards.
Caroline Hume
Literacy Leader / Reading Recovery
Congratulations to the parents who
completed our first Parents as
Classroom Helpers (PACH) course
this week. We are looking forward to
welcoming you into our classrooms to support our
students during the Literacy block.
In Term 2, I will be running the course over 3
Thursday nights from 7 - 8.30pm. The dates are as
follows - 11th, 18th and 25th May. Enrolment will
be opened via Care Monkey in early Term 2.
‘Absolutely brilliant and informative’ - Justyna
Rejman
‘Helped me to know how to help my own child as
well as children in the classroom. Great prompts to
use!’ - Melinda Mani
‘I enjoyed attending the course and catching up
with other mums. I have learned different
strategies that I can use not just in the classrooms
as a parent helper but also at home with my own
boys.’- Kit Santos
‘Relaxed and informative’ - Angela Gough
‘Broadened my knowledge about reading and
writing’ - Jaki Hart
‘Opens communication between home and
school’ - Melinda Armstrong
‘I wish I’d known this years ago!’ - Jaqui Lebreux
Reena Naidoo
Numeracy Leader
Dear Parents,
You are invited to discover the
excitement of maths with your child!
Place: St Joachim’s Catholic Primary
School.
Date: Wednesday - 26th April 2017.
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm.
Family Maths Night offers you and your
child an opportunity to experience a
variety of hands-on maths activities in a
supportive and fun environment!
Patterns here, patterns there, wow I see patterns
everywhere!!
Preps This week the
preps have
been looking
at making
patterns and
continuing
patterns.
The Camp Australia Outside School Hours
Care program is an extension of St Joachim's
Primary School, providing children with a safe
environment in which they can explore and
play. Here’s their webpage!
Students are required to wear their sports uniform on:
The day of their Physical Education (PE)
lesson and
Fridays - the classroom teacher will take
the class for some activity.
Monday: SRN, MRT, JTF and PZA,
Tuesday: SEP, MDB, JRM, JNE and PRF
Wednesday: SEH, SFT, MHT, MJW and JDM,
Trading Hours
Wed 8:30 – 9:00am
Thurs 2:45pm – 3:30pm
Tracey Craddock Uniform Shop Coordinator
If you are unable to make it to the
Uniform Shop you may use our
Uniform Shop Order Form
available on the above link,
the Tiqbiz app,
the school website –
www.sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au
or can be picked up at the school office
We want all St Joachim’s students to continue to
always wear their black school shoes with their
school uniform.
Runners are for Sport / PE day only.
A whole school assembly is held in the
school hall every fortnight.
Level assemblies are held on the other
week.
Diezel PZA
For creating, describing and continuing a pattern.
Sensational job Diezel!
Holly PZA
For confidently reading the ‘Prayers of the Faithful
at our first Prep Liturgy. Super job Holly!
Dean PRF
For an excellent job creating and continuing
patterns. Awesome work Dean!
Ostin PRF
For working very hard at forming his letters
correctly. Sensational job Ostin!
Charlie JDM
For being able to confidently publish a procedure
using google docs
Lydia JDM
For being able to follow simple directions using
directional language
Gabrielle JRM
For her fantastic effort in working independently
and completing her writing task. Well done!
Anthony JRM
For concerntrating very hard and completing his
reading and writing tasks. Well done!
Willow JTF
For all the effort you are putting into your learning
over this term.
Luca JTF
For taking more time and effort with your work
tasks.
Issac JNE
For persistence when writing directions for others
to follow.
Harry JNE
For the care taken and details included on his
‘Belonging’ quilt square.
Axel MJW
For using dynamic dialogue and powerful
adjectives in his narratives to hook his audience in
Danielle MJW
For always striving for excellence in all areas of the
curriculum
Jack MDB
For an informative diorama about snakes
Andrew MDB
For a wonderful diorama about goldfish
Georgia MHT
For confidently presented her H. W. research &
diorama on Cats.
Mia MHT
For confidently presenting her diorama on
Meerkats.
Izaac MRT
For your positive approach to your learning!!
Ben MRT
For your honesty and ability to keep going!
Shea SEH
For being a wonderful role model in all areas of
her school life
Hayden SEH
For his extra hard work and effort with his Maths
learning
Ben SRN
For applying his knowledge of note taking when
researching information on flags of the world.
Anton SRN
For always showing a keen interest in classroom
activities.
Brayden SFT
For sharing his thoughts and ideas during
classroom discussions and activities.
Bethany SRN
For producing some fantastic narrative writing.
Emmanuel SEP
For his technological capabilities and willingness
to assist others in the classroom.
D’Angelo SEP
For a great understanding of Harmony Day
through his descriptive rap in w/n