St Raphael’s Catholic School Term 1, Week 2/B Newsletter 6 February 2017
Dear Parents This week the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse begins a three week session of hearing from Church authorities. This, the fiftieth public hearing and sixteenth dealing with the Catholic Church, is about what is now in place across Australia in Church institutions to address and prevent criminal activities like those of the past in the area of child sexual abuse. Undoubtedly there will be accounts in the media of horrible crimes inflicted and covered up in the period since 1950. This is likely to be an upsetting time that challenges our trust and Faith and, while we are appalled by that criminal conduct, we are also thankful for the Royal Commission and for the truths being brought to light, because now they can be dealt with. Sadly those crimes cannot be erased but they can and will be acknowledged and proper restoration be undertaken.
Mt 5:13-16
Monday 6 Tuesday 7 Happy birthday to Brandon Mutch and Laura Price. Wednesday 8
The Australian Church, its schools and other institutions are now safer and more accountable than ever before because of the strong and positive response to the horrors that have come to light. As parents, our primary responsibility to our children is to provide safety. The staff at St Raphael's take this responsibility for your children whilst in our charge. I can assure you that every measure is taken to ensure that St Raphael's is a safe place for all. Attached to this Newsletter is a letter from Fr Paul Devitt (Vicar General, Bathurst Diocese) on this important topic.
Michael Gallagher Principal
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Thursday 9 St Raphael’s Swimming Carnival. Friday 10 Happy birthday to Bailey Core. Summer Sports trials Newcastle. th
Happy birthday to Hayley Amos for the 11 and Mia th Hudson and Maria Kollas for the 12 .
Commissioning Mass The work we do work at this parish school is in service to this parish and our church. It is on behalf of that church community that we work, it is they who commission teachers and support staff to undertake their work among the youth of Cowra. There is an annual ceremony that focusses on that commissioning and this year it is next weekend (6pm at the church on Saturday 11th). Your attendance is encouraged. Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
Dates for the Calendar Looking ahead Sacramental Dates th Confirmation Saturday 24 June th Eucharist Saturday 16 September th Reconciliation Thursday 30 November
Year 6 During Term 1 Year 6 students will be completing artwork inspired by Belarus, the guest country of the Festival of International Understanding. To do this we are asking for donations of balls of red wool. If you are able to help us out by donating some red wool it would be greatly appreciated. Mr O'Reilly and Mrs James
Swimming Carnival The annual Swimming Carnival is being conducted on this Thursday, February 9th (weather permitting). Fitting in events for thirteen year groups within just one day is a logistical challenge in which we try to achieve a balance for the children. Representatives of St Raphael’s will be selected for the Primary and Secondary pathways to higher level swimming competition. Students are reminded to please bring $2 entry fee or your Season Pass.
Swimming Carnival Order of Events 8.00am – Pool Open for warm-up laps 8.45am – 200m Individual Medley, 50m Butterfly 8.45am – ROLL CALL – Secondary Students – See house patron 9.00am – 50m Free Style starting with 17 plus age group and going down the age groups. Followed by all other strokes 10.00am – Novelty Rotation #1 – stage 2,3,4,5 at different Novelty events Stage 2 – Shallow end Stage 3 – Pin wars Stage 4 – Kick Tennis Stage 5 – Kids Pool 11.00am - Novelty Rotation #2 – stage 2,3,4,5 at different Novelty events Stage 2 – Kids Pool Stage 3 – Shallow end Stage 4 – Pin wars Stage 5 – Kick Tennis 11.30am – Infants / Lunch Break Stage 1 – Shallow end and children’s pool 12noon - Novelty Rotation #3 – stage 2,3,4,5 at different Novelty events Stage 1 – Water Cup relays (dry-land) Stage 2 – Kick Tennis Stage 3 – Kids Pool Stage 4 – Shallow end Stage 5 – Pin wars 1.00pm - Novelty Rotation #4 – stage 2,3,4,5 at different Novelty events P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Stage 2 – Pin wars Stage 3 – Kick Tennis Stage 4 – Kids Pool Stage 5 – Shallow end 1.30pm – (approx) Relays commence 2.30pm – Clean up /Awards / Presentations / Walk Order of events 200m Individual Medley 50m Butterfly 50m Freestyle 50m Backstroke 100m Freestyle 50m Breaststroke Mixed Sex Relay 8,9 and10’s Mixed Sex Relay 11,12’s (primary) Mixed Sex Relay 12,13’s (secondary) Mixed Sex Relay 14,15, 16’s, 17+(secondary) Mixed Years 3-12 House Relay Mixed Staff Vs. Students Relay Summer Sports This Friday in Newcastle, Ky Garratt will compete for a spot in the Polding team in the sport of tennis. We wish him the best of luck in this endeavour. Good luck Ky. Serve, volley, smash! Australian 125cc Junior Speedway Title Congratulations to Maurice Brown who competed at the Australian 125cc Junior Speedway Titles in Kurri Kurri NSW on the last weekend in January. After a hard fought race in the finals Maurice ended up nd with a well-deserved 2 in Australia.
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He topped off his weekend with 1 place in the 2017 Australian 125cc Teams Championships. Fantastic effort Maurice – well done!
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
Bus Passes School Bus passes for 2017 If your child is starting Kindergarten or going into Year 3 or Year 7 in 2017, you need to apply/reapply for their bus pass now. All bus travel applications are done online now. Please go to the following link and click on the blue “apply now” button and complete the application online. https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/howToApply The school will then get notification of your application and will be able to endorse the application online. You no longer need to print the application out – it is all done electronically. If you have any queries please phone the school.
Don’t forget to join our St Raphs Cowra P&F Facebook page to receive information posted there. rd
P&F Meetings are the 3 Monday of every school month at 7pm – we would love to see you there.
Drop and Go Zone 8:30am-9:30am Parents are reminded that the area above the bus zone is a drop and go in the morning. Vehicles cannot be left unattended – this may result in a fine from the traffic authorities. Parents are also requested to please be mindful in this area. When you drop your child off, please drive as far up as you can, allowing people to come in behind you. Please DO NOT stop at the beginning as it causes the cars behind to back up behind you and creates an unsafe environment. Thank you for your consideration. SPORTS JACKETS UNCLAIMED Year 1 There are two Size 4 near new sports jackets with no name labels unclaimed from the end of Kinder 2016. Could all Year 1 2017 please check that you have your sports jacket at home? The jackets are on the rack outside 1 GOLD's classroom. Thank you. Mrs White SCHOOL FEE DISCOUNT If you have a child attending another Catholic school within the Diocese (including St Stanislaus College in Bathurst), you are entitled to have them included in your discount of school fees (tuition & school capital works levy). If this is applicable to you please fill in the form at the end of this Newsletter and return it to th school by Wednesday, 8 February. Canteen Update This week’s roster is as follows: Tues 7 Karen Campbell
Wed 8 CLOSED
ENTRY FORM – Models to be at Wesley Centre – Friday 5pm – 9pm NAME ....................................................................................... TITLE OF MODEL
Thurs 9 Heather Keen
Fri 10 Kristy White
Mon 13 Carol Lynch
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Carrie Simunic
Kylie Kollas
Tracey Gunnyon
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Vicki Banks
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Lego Exhibition and Competitions Cowra Uniting Church Wesley Centre th Saturday – 18 March, 2017 9.30am - 3pm $4 (or $10 per family) entry – supporting The Scripture teacher at the Cowra High School Morning teas – BBQ lunch – Competitions – $4 per entry Entry forms available at Cowra Guardian Taste Buds, Cowra Newsagency & ‘Rapt in Gifts. Contacts – K .Tindall – 6341 4011 M. Pengilly – 6342 1794
CATEGORY .......................................................................................
e.g. Preschool - Original Model ,
or Set Presentation Kindy – year 2 – Original model, or Set Presentation Year 3 – year 6 - Original model or Set Presentation.
PHONE NUMBER : ...................................................... Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
COWRA DISTRICT SOCCER CLUB Cowra S o c c e r Club are having an under 12 girl's district team in 2017. The first carnival that the girls will play will be the Proctor Park Challenge in Bathurst on Saturday 113-17 and Sunday 12-3-17. After this they will play the Youth League competition which is generally played on consecutive Sundays in April and May ie,two games in Bathurst one Sunday, the next Sunday two games in Orange and two games in Cowra etc. These are all girls competitions and do not affect Saturday soccer. We will be having trials and training on Thursday 9-2-17,Thursday 16-2-17 and Monday 20-2-17 from 6.15 to 7.30 pm at the netball courts. After this the squad will be selected.
Hockey Development Squad As you may be aware we are looking at running our successful development squad program that we ran last year. It concentrates on the basic skills right through to 3D skills. It is open to kids aged between 11 and 17 who are looking to hone their current skills or would like to take their game to the next level. It is a ten week program run each Wednesday for approximately 1.5hrs each week at a cost of $100.00 which includes a training program, training singlet, socks and bucket hat. It is hoped at the end of the 10 week program we will organise games against another town/towns. I have attached a flyer for your review. If your child is interested in participating please return to this email or by phoning me on 0411244089 asap.
There will be plenty of water and shade for training. Any question feel free to contact Deehan Crook 0412 144970.
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
CANTEEN HELP NEEDED Dear Parents/Guardians Welcome to a new school year! Our canteen runs on a voluntary basis and provides freshly prepared food on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. As well as fueling the children for their school day activities, the canteen provides a service for busy parents by taking lunch preparation off the home agenda and a treat for children on their special days. I am asking for our new family and existing family members to put their hands up to help for just one day a term (or more if you can manage). You would be required from 10.00 am to about 2.30 pm you will be supplied lunch and you may make yourself a cupper as needed. Everyone in your family is very welcome e.g. Dad’s, Nan’s, Pop’s Aunt’s and Uncle’s. I understand that many of our families help with reading and other things around our school, but it would be very much appreciated if you could give the canteen just one day a term. Children love to see their parents and family members at school. Please don’t have any fears about canteen work we have lots of fun and it is a good way to get to know other parents at the school and make new friends. The infants are really cute as they come up with their 20 cents or $1 and say “what can I buy with this?” I am really hoping that all our new (and existing) families will be able to help this year. I am looking forward to meeting you. Please fill out the slip below as soon as possible if you are able to help and send it in to the office or please ring me on 0427501508. Volunteers already active on the roster don’t need to fill out this form.
School Fee Discount Family Name:_______________________________ Students Name:______________________________ Which school other children are attending: __________________________________________ Names of other children: ______________________ _________________________________________ Parent’s signature: __________________________
Yours Sincerely Donna Stokes - Canteen Manager
CANTEEN VOLUNTEER NAME: …………............................................... PHONE: ……………..……………………………………… A LIST OF ALL OTHER HELPERS NAMES & NUMBERS GO HOME TO THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS FOR SWAPPING. DUE TO PRIVACY REASONS PLEASE CIRCLE YES OR NO (if no your number will be left off). DAY OF THE WEEK AVAILABLE: ………………………………………………………. ONCE / TWICE A TERM / WEEKLY / FORNIGHTLY / EVERY THIRD WEEK (Please circle) Youngest Child’s Name & Class ………………………..……………………………………………………
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au