St Raphael’s Catholic School Term 3, Week 5/A Newsletter 11th August 2014 The annual ICAS Mathematics Competition is being held tomorrow for the extension of talented students.
Dear Parents You are warmly invited to the Mass of the Assumption being held at the church on Friday at 10am. This week our journey towards Stage 6 progresses with representatives travelling to Newcastle to visit MacKillop College, a very successful Catholic K-12 school. Thank you for supporting the anniversary commemorations last week which saw members of our school family actively participating in many elements – there were some very significant historical events created in Cowra thanks to the excellent work of community minded organizers. Thank you representative athletes, their families, Mr Thomas, Mr O’Reilly, Mr Statham and Mr Maher who enabled our school to perform so well at the Dio athletics. Best wishes to Year 6 in conducting our first ever dedicated Confirmation Retreat day tomorrow. This is a most important opportunity to make it to work well for the candidates. Then, of course, there is the big event at 6pm on Saturday evening – please attend, pray for and support. Milkcrate Events (Mon / Tue) began this morning, Passport to Paris Art Exhibition (Wed) and Le Cabaret (Thurs) will complete this engaging and impressive sequence of creative and artistic events this week. Congratulations to students and staff members on the enormous investment of work and creativity that enables such wonderful displays to happen. The pride, collaboration and engagement flowing from these occasions is a true blessing for our school. – thank you. The National Data Entry project concludes today – Congratulations to Mrs Johnston on managing such an enormous and important task for the support of our children’s learning. Additionally, IEP Meetings will be held tomorrow and Ms Mel Fuller Autism consultant will be at the school. P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Thank you for the loyalty and support you give to our St Raphael’s family for the sake of our children – together we can achieve the extraordinary for them.
Michael Gallagher Principal
Take courage. Don’t be afraid. Jesus Walks on Water (Matthew 14:22-33)
When we try to figure out how to get out of problems, we see limited options. But God is not limited. God can bring help to us in many and varied ways.
Monday 11th Happy birthday to Matthew Prescott. Tuesday 12th Happy birthday to Caitlin Jenkins. UNSW Mathematics Competition. Wednesday 13th Happy birthday to Harriet Perry. Passport to Paris Art Exhibition 12pm-4pm St Raphael’s Hall, Auction commences 6pm. Thursday 14th Happy birthday to William Norton and Matthew Cumming. Passport to Paris “Le Cabaret” 6pm St Raphael’s Hall. Friday 15th Happy birthday to Cooper Doyle. Assumption Mass at 10am in St Raphael’s Church. Happy birthday to Sam Coady for Saturday 16th, and Will and Jack Campbell and Lucas McKenzie for Sunday 17th.
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Dates For Calendar: Monday 11th August : Confirmation Reconciliation 7pm Tuesday 12th August : Year 6 Confirmation Retreat Day Friday 15th August: Assumption Mass 10am Saturday 16th August : Confirmation 6pm Mass (Please note this is the only Mass for Cowra this weekend)
Confirmation Please keep all our Confirmation Candidates in your prayers as they prepare to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this Saturday, 16th August. BENJAMIN AZZOPARDI, NATALIE BANKS, JEREMY CAINS, WILLIAM CAIN, EMMA CHALKER, MATTHEW GRECH, JACK HARPER, THOMAS HEILMAN, KY JOHNSON, KATHERINE JOHNSTON, NATHAN LAVENDER, BRADY LUCAS ISOBELLE LYNCH, OLIVIA MCNAMARA, HAYDEN MULLINS, BENJAMIN MYERS LUCAS PEARCE, KATE PRICE, JOE SULLIVAN, KY THOMPSON, THOMAS TREASURE, MATILDA CRUICKSHANK Mass Reminder: As per the Bishop’s request, there th will be no Mass this Sunday 17 August, due to the Confirmation Mass being held on Saturday night. Altar Servers’ Roster th Sat 16 : Cate Gallagher, Grace Gallagher th Sun 17 : No Sunday Mass School Readers for Weekend Parish Masses: th Sat 16 : Confirmation th Sun 17 : No Sunday Mass School Eucharistic Ministers for Weekend Parish Masses: th Sat 16 : Confirmation th Sun 17 : No Sunday Mass School Computer Roster th Sat 16 : Confirmation th Sun 17 : No Sunday Mass
Book Parade and Open Day On Friday 22nd August we will be holding our Book Parade to celebrate Book Week. The Infant and Primary School will be open from 9.30am for parents and friends to visit the classrooms and the parade will begin at 10.30am on the Second Playground. Parents and friends are then welcome to enjoy morning tea with the children
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Library News MEMORABILIA DISPLAY Currently we have in our Library Archive cabinet a display of items lent to us by the family of Private Alfred Rolls from his service days at the Cowra POW Camp. Thank you very much to the Rolls family for allowing the students to view and reflect on these historical items; especially after the amazing Cowra Breakout celebrations of the last week. PREMIER READING CHALLENGE Students need to pass on their updated reading lists to me for the 2014 entry. Students remember to see me to check your borrowing list and have parents sign your reading lists. CHESS CLUB Term 3 is when years three and four become familiar with Chess at Wednesday lunchtime. Students from year two who wish to play chess are welcome as well. The chess competition is in Term 4 so these games allow students to experience playing with a variety of students; and learn their strategies as well! BOOK WEEK PARADE Students need to research their choice of character for our Book Week parade in Week 6. If they need inspiration the shelves of the Library are a good start. The theme for 2014 is Connect to Reading and our library has a great range of new books to allow our students to do exactly that. MS READATHON Students can see me to access details for MS Readathon 2014 entry. Kerri Skinner Librarian Primary Assembly The next primary assembly will be held next Friday, nd 22 August. It will be led by Mrs Twohill-Scott’s class, Year 1SO. If your son / daughter is to receive a class award a note will be sent home early next week. Parents are always most welcome to attend any primary assembly. th This Friday, 15 August a catch-up assembly will be held. Students who have missed receiving awards in previous weeks and some Year 6 students who missed delivering speeches will present their speech this week. English / Maths Competitions Mathematics This week students will be sitting the Mathematics Tests, organised by the University of New South th Wales, on Tuesday, 12 August. Year 6 students are involved in a Confirmation Retreat Day tomorrow and will sit the test on the following day, Wednesday.
Primary Physical Education Lessons Wednesdays th This week on Wednesday, 13 August Years 1, 3 and 4 will be wearing their sports uniforms as they will be Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
involved in Physical Education lessons. Next week, on th Wednesday 20 August there will be no Physical Education lessons due to the school’s teacher retreat th day. The following week, 27 August Years 2, 5 and 6 will need to wear their sports uniforms. Primary Diocesan Athletics th Venue: Bathurst Date: Friday, 8 August th Last Friday, 8 August, over twenty primary students from our school joined students from Mudgee, Wellington and Oberon as representatives of the K-10 Schools. Our students performed brilliantly. The level of competition is high and to witness the abilities of all these students in athletics track and field events is inspiring. Students to make it through to the diocesan squad are: Mikelli Garratt: shot put, discus (breaking existing records in both disciplines) Luke Banks: discus Hayden Mullins: high jump Riley Langfield: shot put Kate Price: discus These students will compete at the Polding Athletics th Carnival in Newcastle on 5 September. Sporting Events Secondary Sept 11-12 Quinn Cup (Oberon) Fri, Sep 12 CCC Athletics Primary Fri, Sep 5 Polding Athletics
Outward Bound Many thanks to Cowra Services Club Manager, Mr Lloyd Garratt for making the time to come to our assembly and for your generous support of Outward Bound 2014. We thank you for your words and time!
Festivities begin at 6pm in the St Raphaels hall. Gold coin entry. Free drinks and canapés organised by our master-chef, Mrs Bischof, and her capable students. The following night, Thursday 14th, Mrs Swansborough will delight us with a mixed evening of entertainment, whilst Mrs Bischof and her team will provide a 3 course meal. A few tickets are still available from the front office – but hurry before they are sold out! The exhibition is also open to visitors on Wednesday from 12- 4.00pm. This week has been 6 months of preparation and planning by our students, their teachers and volunteer parents. An exciting addition is the workshopping and building of the "Eiffel Tower" by Sydney based Milkcrate Events. What a treat! Please join in the enthusiasm and support your children, and teachers, in a celebration of all aspects of the arts.
“Eat Fresh and Win”: This is a campaign to encourage primary children to bring or buy fresh fruit / vegetables to school. It involves teachers and canteen staff issuing stickers to children with fresh fruit / vegetables. The campaign runs over five weeks starting in week 6. Crunch and Sip time will be where teachers will issue stickers, the rest of the time will be done through the canteen. Stickers are attached by the children to entry forms and they receive a minor prize from Donna and go into a draw for one of the major prizes. Donna will get the entry forms and stickers circulated this week to staff in preparation for a start next week. Please look out for the forms in your child’s bag next week. Canteen Update This week’s roster is as follows: Tues 12th Rachael Duff
“Passport to Paris” Ooh, la la.. Our "Passport to Paris" week has arrived! Please join us this Wednesday to open our exhibition and participate in the K-10 art auction. P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Wed 13th CLOSED
Thurs 14th Carrie Simunic
Fri 15th Nicky Hudson
Mon 18th Raelene Nelligan
Angela Kollas
Margie Thomas
Jen Shady
Lisa Mallon
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NEW to the canteen: Smoothies - only $1.60 each and available in Strawberry and Banana, Banana and Honey and Tropical. HELP NEEDED IN THE CANTEEN URGENTLY. Due to a change in circumstances for some of my helpers, I am down 4 people who came fairly frequently this term and next term there are some changes too. Unfortunately this has had an adverse effect on the roster so I am looking for more people to put on the roster now and for the future, especially for Thursdays and Fridays. So if you could help please fill out the form at the end of the newsletter. Thank you to all those helpers who have given so much of their time – all your help has been very much appreciated. Reagrds Donna Stokes - Canteen
Learning Support position available Part-time, temporary position available
St Raphael's Catholic School Learning support Ten hours per week (Mon 9:30-1, Tue 9:30-1, Wed 9:30-12:30) for ten weeks Starting date negotiable
St Raph’s P and F will be holding our “GOT BOOKS” th fundraiser during lunch time on 18 September in the last week of term 3. We are looking once more for donations from families of pre-loved books to sell. Please bring in all of your pre-loved children’s and th young adult’s books between now and 10 September for collection in homerooms. Books need to be in good condition for resale. Please note we do not need preschool books but picture books, early readers, chapter books and in particular books for high school kids.
WELL DONE Congratulations to the following students who have achieved the next level on the Behaviour Management Programme. Level 6 Archie Brown 3M Emma Hines 3M Kelsey Pollard 5G Phoebe Varela 6S Rick Nobes R2 Christopher Williams X2 Matthew Wilkinson R2 Jacob Bugeja X1 Oliver Groves R2 Level 7 David Mood K2
Daniel Gorham 3M William Lawler 5G Amy Gruessing 5O Renae Grech X2 Lanty Ryan X1 Brandon Budden X1 Ashleigh Britten K1 Dempsey Farrel-Gray R1
Your Teachers are very Proud of You!
Applications are invited for the above position from suitably qualified applicants who demonstrate a sincere commitment to the aims and philosophy of Catholic education. A valid Working With Children Number is required and must be provided at the time of application. An application form can be obtained from the school. Applications are due by COB Aug 22, 2014
PCYC Cowra Junior Disco The next Junior Disco will be held at PCYC’s Young Road complex on Friday 29 August from 6pm to 8pm. This is for school children ranging from Kinder to Year 6 with lights and music provided by Laurie’s Disco. Entry is $5.00 per person and supervision is provided by PCYC Police, Staff and Volunteers. The canteen will be in operation as well as a sausage sizzle with a sausage sandwich costing $2.00. Indoor Touch Footy for ages 7 to 14 PCYC is running indoor touch footy for the 7 to 14 age group on Tuesday afternoons commencing at 4pm. Games will be “5 a side” using the basketball court area as the field, cost will be $2.00 per child each week. If you are interested in playing please come along on Tuesday. Junior Basketball Junior Basketball will be running on Wednesday afternoon commencing at 4pm. Junior Basketball is made up of a coaching session to develop skills of the game followed by a game of basketball to put the skills in to practice. Cost for Junior Basketball is $30.00 per person for the school term. Archery PCYC runs Archery for ages 7 and older on Monday afternoons. The first archery session begins at 4pm and is aimed at beginners and the younger age groups, with a
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second session beginning at 5pm for the older and more experienced archers. Cost for Archery is $6.00 per session and all equipment is provided. Laser Tag Laser Tag is on Wednesday nights commencing at 5.30pm at the Young Road complex. The session runs for an hour and costs $5.00 per person. Laser Tag is a whole lot of fun while developing teamwork and co-operation within teams. Planning and strategy also play a big part for the most successful teams. Boxing – Junior and Amateur There have been some timetable changes for the Junior and Amateur Boxing. The Boxing sessions will now be combined with Boxing being run on Tuesday and Thursday nights commencing at 5.30pm. Pricing will remain the same at $4.50 for Junior Boxing (ages 7 to 13) and $5.00 for Senior Boxing (ages 14+). Boxing provides a great fitness workout while improving coordination, strength and stamina, and building self-confidence. It is available for boys and girls, men and women. You will need your own mouthguard, all other equipment is supplied, though you can choose to bring your own gloves etc if you so wish. PCYC Membership You must be a PCYC member to participate in any of the PCYC activities. Annual membership is $5.00 for under 18’s and $10 for ages 18 and older. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend (a marriage enrichment experience for married couples) 12 – 14 September (7 – 9 November) at Mt Carmel Retreat Centre, Varroville, NSW Bookings: 02 4283 3435 or wsharpe@bigpond.net.au www.wwme.org.au www.facebook.com/WWMEasternUnit
CANTEEN HELPERS NAME: _______________________________________ PHONE NO: __________________________________ DAY OF THE WEEK AVAILABLE __________________ ONCE/TWICE A TERM WEEKLY FORTNIGHTLY LAST MINUTE EMERGENCY LIST ONLY (I need this as kids get sick and my volunteers can’t come in so I need to ring someone between 8-9 am at the last minute that morning to come in).
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Friday 22nd August
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au