St Raphael’s Catholic School Term 3, Week 8/B Newsletter 31 August 2015
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Father’s Day Dear Parents Father’s day next weekend is certainly worth celebrating because there is a lot more at stake than the profit margin from the commercialisation. Gather with and pray for/with fathers next Sunday in particular, to be good men and affirm them in their efforts to rediscover the importance and richness of their role. Fathers of our Primary children are also invited to participate in the Father’s Day Liturgy and morning tea at 10:20am on Friday. It was twenty-four months ago that we got the first official hint that our Year 11/12 expansion was being seriously considered. Much discussion, planning, training and paperwork later we are surging towards having Year 11/12 a reality. Current tasks receiving particular focus are staff training/partnerships, recruitment, school visitations and of course, the building project. NAPLAN results were circulated in Week 7. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will have their achievements ranked along with all the other students across the nation. While these results are useful snapshots of learning progress they should serve to provide confirmation of what we already know, as the significant adults in the life of our children. Detailed analysis of those results is now undertaken by the school and strategies are incorporated into learning programmes for coming years. Thank you to all the parents who participated in the Parent / Teacher Discussions last week. Collaboration between the adults in a child’s life supports and promotes strong learning. The learning plans established in those discussions now need to be executed and monitored to ensure their impact.
Fathers everywhere, We honour you and wish to say May God's blessings be with you May God's blessings be with you In a special way today!
Monday 31 Happy birthday to Phoebe Smith. Tuesday 1 Happy birthday to Mitchell Casey, Laura Chang and Ben Symons. Study Centre @ Computer Lab 3 8-8:45am. Wednesday 2 Study Centre @ Computer Lab 3 8-8:45am. Thursday 3 Happy birthday to Orlando Perry and Misty Williams. Study Centre @ Computer Lab 3 8-8:45am. Friday 4 Happy birthday to Hugo Skene. Primary Assembly at 1:45 led by 5 Gold. th
Happy birthday to Laura Casey for the 6 and Matthew th Casey for the 7 .
Michael Gallagher Principal P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
Father's Day This Friday, Primary students will be taking part in a Father's Day Liturgy. The Liturgy will be held in the Church and begin at 10.20. As the students have been learning special songs for the Liturgy Fr Laurie has invited the students to sing these songs for the Fathers of the Parish at the weekend Masses. It would be great to see you there. Dates for the Calendar Friday 4 September - Father’s Day Liturgy 10.20am St Raphael’s Church Sunday 6 September - Father’s Day
On Wednesday, Week 9 lunch, across from the sandpit, there will be a fairy floss stall and a hammering nails into wood challenge. The fairy floss is $2.00 a bag and the hammering nails into wood challenge will be $2.00 per nail or $5.00 for 3 nails. The Prize for the challenge is $5.00. Remember to bring in your money to have a go.
Altar Servers’ Roster th Sat 5 Sept: Cate Gallagher, Charlie Hubber. th Sun 6 Sept: Bernadette Zarb, Mikelli Garratt. Gooloogong: Flynn Bennett, Emily Beath-Pearce.
Small Cup (1 scoop)- $2.50 Medium Cup (1 scoop)$3.00 Large Cup (1 scoop)- $3.50 Double Scoop- extra 0.50c Any Extra Toppings- 0.20c
School Readers for Weekend Parish Masses: th Sat 5 Sept: Ben Price. th Sun 6 Sept: Mrs T Johnston. School Eucharistic Ministers for Weekend Parish Masses: th Sat 5 Sept: Miss R Downes. th Sun 6 Sept: Mrs S Whiteley.
Primary News Stage 2 and 3 Cybersafety and Sharecloud Parent Meeting. Don't forget our Cybersafety and Sharecloud Parent Information Night next Monday, 7th Sept at 6pm. The meeting will take place in Lab 3. Hope to see as many parents as possible at this important meeting.
Sports Uniform Year 6 and 4 *** PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO THIS WEEK *** Year 6 and 4 will be wearing sports uniform this Wednesday for Physical Activity. They will still wear sports uniform for normal Sport on Thursday.
Secondary Commerce Assessment Secondary Commerce Students are running a “business for charity” as an assessment task on th Wednesday, 9 September. All proceeds raised are going to Headspace as a fundraiser.
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. Thank you. Canteen Update This week’s roster is as follows: Tues 1 Tammie Penyu Jodie Toohey
Wed 2 CLOSED
Thurs 3 Sian Tangye
Fri 4 Rachael Duff
Mon 7 Brooke Marks
Lisa Robertson
Cindy Langfield
Jen Shady
Lyn Terry
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
Don’t forget to visit our website for updates of all that is happening with the P&F and for adding your views. This can be done via the school website at www.straphaelscowra.edu.au
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).
WELL DONE Congratulations to the following students who have achieved the next level on the Behaviour Management Programme. Level 6 Lily Gee 3 Green Dominic Henderson 4 Green Louis Johnson 4 Gold Kate Cumming 5 Gold Zoe Budge 6 Gold Joe Waters 9 Gold Level 7 Philippa Elwin 4 Green
Isabella Doorey Ryan Chapple Maurice Brown Cameron Forsyth Sienna Emseis Riley Barron
3 Green 4 Gold 5 Gold 5 Gold 6 Gold 10 Green
Natalie Mallon
4 Green
Your Teachers are very Proud of You!
Little Athletics Registrations It’s that time of year again! Little Athletics Cowra invites all children aged between Under 6’s and Under 17’s to join our family friendly sporting association. th th Registration dates are Thursday 10 and 17 September th and also Monday 14 September between 4 – 6 pm at the Triathlon canteen, Twigg Oval or you can register online at www.lansw.com.au. Children born after September 2012 are eligible to join The Tiny Tots, fees remain at $80. Under 6’s – Under 17’s remain at $85. Registrations for a third child will have a discount of $5. Club shirts may be purchased at Mr Embroidery. Shorts are to be black with no logos. th An orientation day will be held on Thursday 8 October at 5:30pm. Why not come along learn some new skills, make new friends all while being active and having fun. Little Athletics is a totally voluntary organisation. Parental assistance is vital for the smooth and successful running of activities on Thursday afternoons. We encourage all parents to not just drop off their children but to stay and volunteer and be a part of your childs athletics afternoon. If we don’t have enough volunteers we can’t run all the events the children love to do. th The season begins on Thursday 15 October. A later start time of 5:30pm has been implemented to help parents who work late to be involved. For any other information please feel free to call Tracey (Secretary) on 0427 423 460 or Russell (President) on 0417 658 210. Jackeroo Ranch Horse Riding Jackeroo Ranch is once again running the popular horse riding camps in the Spring Holidays. st th th 1 Week: Sat 19 Sept - Sat 26 Sept nd th th 2 Week: Sat 26 Sept – Sun 4 Oct
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