St Raphael’s Catholic School Term 4, Week 7/A Newsletter 17th November 2014
Dear Parents I congratulate those students who were elected to leadership positions for 2015 – a page is included later in the Newsletter with names and roles. I also honour those students who accepted nomination by staff and who were not elected – that calls on equal courage. At a lovely ceremony on Friday a camellia garden and memorial plaque were dedicated to the memory of Charlotte Vella who lost her life in a car accident in 2012. Charlotte’s class mates, teachers and family gathered in support of one another and prayed in thanks for the privilege of having Charlotte light our lives. The garden and plaque are at the front of the school where our children gather of an afternoon to await their buses. In the years before 1997 the school magazine “The Crocus” had been an annual publication made up of student work samples, photos and class lists. In 2013 “The Crocus” was again published – this year “The Crocus” is out again, a photographic record of the events and people of 2014. Every student is included. In due course there is going to be a call for orders and the magazines will be delivered at the start of the 2015 school year (so that events right to the very end of the school year can be included). I am grateful for the work of Mr Phil Dean who has taken the lead role in this project that has been underway since the start of this year. As we head towards the end of November our big focus now is to ensure that the P&F Christmas Fair is a roaring success. A couple of vacancies still remain for two volunteers to help sell tickets for the rides. If you are able to help please register on the P&F website accessed through www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au th
If not then just come along on the 28 November and enjoy a great night out for the family.
Michael Gallagher Principal
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Matthew 25:14-30 Being thankful brings energy to our Christian life and to our prayer. When prayer is dull, we may bring new life to our prayer by going over what we are grateful for in our lives. We realise how much we are gifted. Good prayer will encourage us to give back of what we have received. All we are and have in the Christian life is for the service of God in the service of our neighbour.
Monday 17 Happy birthday to Aarthika Baskaran, Emma Clements and Beth Kollas. Swimsafe. Tuesday 18 Swimsafe. Primary Summer Trials in Dubbo. Wednesday 19 Happy birthday to William Lawler and Jessica Trengove. Swimsafe. Thursday 20 Happy birthday to Shiane Murray. Swimsafe. Friday 21 Happy birthday to Shaun Petty. Swimsafe. Blast 20 November – 23 November. Happy birthday to Hannah Chamberlain and Duncan nd rd Muir for the 22 and Matthew Banks for the 23 .
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School Vinnies Christmas Appeal A reminder, as a part of this year’s “St Raphael’s School St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal” we are asking for donations of Christmas Gifts for Children. This appeal will support our local Vinnies store and help struggling families experience all that Christmas has to offer. Each stage has been given an age group which their gifts will be for; however, if they wish to buy a gift for another age group you are more than welcome. It is asked that gifts are wrapped and labelled with the age and gender of the recipient and deliver it to your child’s Homeroom. As a school community we always think of others, we thank you in advance for your generosity.
Secondary Awards Assembly Secondary subject awards are to be presented at an nd assembly in St Raphael’s Hall on Tuesday, 2 December. These subject awards acknowledge students’ efforts and achievements during the course of the whole year. The assembly will commence at 11.30am and will conclude by 12.30pm. Parents of students to receive awards will receive a letter of invitation at the beginning of next week.
School Eucharistic Ministers for Weekend Parish Masses: nd Sat 22 : Miss Downes rd Sun 23 : Mr Gallagher, Mrs Whiteley, Mrs Johnston School Computer Roster nd Sat 22 : Joe Waters rd Sun 23 : Sam Gallagher
Student Leaders (2015) Elections As indicated in Mr Gallagher’s principal’s passage the school’s captains, vice-captains and prefects have been elected. These students will be taking up leadership positions next year. This week Sports Carnival Captains will be chosen this st Friday, 21 November (Primary). Secondary Sports Carnival Captains will be chosen later this term.
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English Mia Lewis Cohan Howden Phillipa Richmond Aurinia Emseis Kai Fitzgerald Lecksi Killick Meg Jones Tianna Azzopardi Hamish Newell
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Mathematics Luke Britten Hugh Williams Nicholas Varela Will Campbell Yoi Yap George Kollas Phoebe Simunic Elizabeth Heilman Chloe Robertson
Annaleise Prescott Zoe Budge Zara McKenzie Jeremy Cains Benjamin Varela
Special Awards Assembly Primary th 28 November, 2015 Four students from each of the Primary Homerooms will be acknowledged for their efforts this year at the next Primary Assembly. Parents of students to receive awards will receive notification towards the end of this week or early next week. This assembly will be held on th Friday, 28 November. This assembly will commence immediately after lunch at approximately 2pm. Also, at this assembly the Year 6 Public Speaking Finals will be held. The students in the final are Jeremy Cains, Kate Johnston, Kate Price and Phoebe Varela. The winner of this final speaks at the Whole School th Annual Speech Day on Tuesday, 9 December.
Altar Servers’ Roster nd Sat 22 : Tom Heilman, Owen Munro rd Sun 23 : Isobelle Lynch, Mikelli Garratt
English – Maths Awards th Friday, 14 November, 2014 Last Friday, students were acknowledged for their efforts and achievements in Mathematics and English. Congratulations to these students on their good work and recognition. Students who received awards are listed below.
Benjamin Varela Mackenzie Bone Kelsey Pollard Ky Thompson Phoebe Varela
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Speech Day Annual Awards Presentation th Tuesday, 9 December, 2014 The Kinder – Year 10 Annual Awards Presentation will th be held in St Raphael’s Church on Tuesday, 9 December. This awards day commences at 9.30am and will conclude prior to 11.30am. This presentation day is the culmination of the awards presented to the students. The end-of-year awards assemblies prior to this occasion include the Primary Special Awards, Primary English and Maths Awards and the Secondary Subject Awards. Speech Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge students in the year group classes for the categories of: Religious Education and Gospel Values Academic Achievement Application and Industry Special Community Awards Achievement and Effort in Sporting Categories Level 7 Lunch One of the privileges for primary students who have reached Level 7 on the school’s Behaviour Management Plan is to leave the school with Mr Maher and have lunch at McDonalds. A note will be sent to parents next week inviting these students to this occasion. The date planned for this lunch is Thursday, th 4 December. Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
LIBRARY NEWS As we approach the end of the year and stock take approaches it is time to ensure all books are returned. There are some outstanding overdue loans so it would be appreciated if parents please assist students in locating these books. th At our assembly on Friday 14 students received their book awards from the lucky book draw courtesy of our successful Book Fair and Scholastic . As a result of the fantastic support of everyone we now have $729.00 worth of new books in our library. The books purchased are those the students indicated they wanted during the Book Fair. Book Fair Winners: Charlotte Tindall, William Campbell, Charlie Graham, Eppie Emseis, Misty Williams, Joshua Gocin, Zoe Stedman and Kate Johnston. Harriet Perry, Carter Langfield, Ruby Frazer, and Jeremy Cains who were absent for the previous assembly received their Book prizes also from the Book Week poster competition. Congratulations all of you. Kerri Skinner HOMEWORK K-2 During our Swimsafe week there will be no homework for Year One and Year Two.
Summer Sports Trials th Tomorrow, Tuesday,18 November, fourteen Year 4 and 5 students will head to Dubbo to trial for a spot in the Bathurst Diocesan side for 2015. Mikelli Garratt, Zara McKenzie, Matilda Proctor, Charlie Williams and Oliver Wilson will be serving, volleying and smashing at the tennis try-outs. Ruby Frazer, Emma Wilkinson, Philippa Austin, Riley Langfield, Harry Thuaux, Daniel Britten, Hugo Skene and Luke Banks will be dodging and darting around the touch football fields. Bill Statham will be sending them down and hitting them out of the park at the cricket ground. We wish all of these athletes all the best in Dubbo tomorrow. Primary Physical Education Lessons Wednesdays th This Wednesday, 19 November students in Years 3, 4 and 6 will need to wear their sports uniforms. Next th Wednesday, 26 November students in Years 1, 2 and 5 will need their sports uniform. NOTE: Due to Infants Swimming this week Year 6 will have PE on Wednesday and Year 1 will have PE next week.
School Magazine Orders – The CROCUS If the old adage of "a picture is worth a thousand words" is true then this year's THE CROCUS school magazine would have in excess of 900,000 words or would be over 4,500 pages in size. Invest in your child's history. Order a copy of this year's magazine by week 7 of this term. Please complete the order form at the end of the newsletter with your numbers wanted. If 100 copies are ordered the cost will be $34.50 per copy If 200 copies are ordered then the per copy cost drops to only $23.50 Orders to date ONLY
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BBQ Lunch 26 November th On Wednesday, 26 November a sausage sizzle will be run by some Y7 students to raise money for “Soldier On”. Founded in 2012, the organisation was inspired by the death of Lieutenant Michael Fussell, who was killed in an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2008. His friend John Bale looked for a way to support those who survived the blast. Soldier On is about Australians coming together to show their support for our physically and psychologically wounded. We want to show the men and women of our Defence forces that we will always have their backs. Sausage sandwiches will be $2 and drinks will be $1
Canteen Update This week’s roster is as follows: Tues th 18 Raelene Nelligan Skye Muddle
Wed 19th CLOSED
Thurs 20th Lisa Mallon
Fri 21st Mary Cooper
Mon 24th Karen Campbell
Tracey Gunnyon
Kylie Kollas
Sally Bruncher
Carrie Simunic
Vicki Banks
Sporting Events Primary Nov 18 Summer Sports Trials (Dubbo) Dec 11 National Cricket Finals (Melbourne) Stage 3 Girls
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WELL DONE Congratulations to the following students who have achieved the next level on the Behaviour Management Programme.
Next week is the Christmas Fair! CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE This is the last week for the Christmas Raffle and the theme is “Your Choice”. Items can be edible or non-edible. Raffle ticket booklets went home last week. Please send in completed booklets as soon as possible. If you need extra tickets please collect them from the front office. House points are earned for each item brought in for the hamper. JAZZY JARS Don’t forget to keep sending in your Jazzy Jars for the Christmas Fair. You can use clean glass or plastic jars of any size with a secure lid. Use your imagination to fill your jars with new items. Stationary bits and pieces, wrapped lollies, party supplies, hair accessories, art, craft and sewing supplies, small hardware items and small toys are always popular. We will have 2 JAZZY JAR PIZZA LUNCH PRIZES this year! One for the class that brings in the MOST Jazzy Jars and one for the class that brings in the nd BEST QUALITY Jazzy Jars. Jars with 2 hand items and Halloween or unwrapped lollies won’t be counted.
Level 6 Christian Petty Georgia Chapple Level 7 Cameron Forsyth Lily Vardy Clare Hines Hugo Skene Alexi Buchtmann
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Jock Stephenson Duncan Muir
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Jessica Trengove Eloise Cains William Lawler Bernadette Zarb
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Your Teachers are very Proud of You!
Cowra Community Cinemas Movie: Mr Peabody and Sherman Time: 6:00pm Date: Friday 21 November Venue: Cowra Civic Centre Theatrette Tickets at the door Adults at children’s Prices Single: $6, Family $18
School Magazine Order Form Name: _____________________________________
THE BOOK STALL Please send in donations of Young Adult books and Fiction and Non Fiction books for Adults. If students give them to their homeroom teachers or leave them at the front office, they will be collected each week.
Phone: _____________________________________ Child: ______________________________________ Class: _____________________________________ Number ordered: _____________________________
Cake Stall Next week the trays will come home on Monday for you to please fill with something delicious. Please list the ingredients used in your baking for those with allergies. All goodies for the cake stall can be returned to the school on Thursday or Friday depending on what the item is. Thank you in advance.
Please contact Ona Lawrence for more information and if you are able to volunteer some time and help before or during the fair – all help will be much appreciated. Phone 6345 1789 or 0409 608 118, or email onalawrence@gmail.com
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au
St Raphael’s Catholic School
Student Leaders of 2015: School Captains: Michelle Grech
Tom Statham
School Senior Prefects: Kitty Brooks
Anna McNamara
Mitchell Beer
Jack Thurtell
School Vice Captains: Matilda Proctor
Hugo Skene
School Prefects: Ruby Frazer
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Zara McKenzie
Bill Statham
Alex Brown
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Christmas Fair Friday November 28, 2014 Carnival Rides start at 4pm Christmas Fair 6pm-9pm
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FREE ENTRY! MAJOR PRIZES Carnival Rides
Lots of Raffles
Pick a Box
Ham Wheel
Photos with Santa
Kid’s Corner
Cake Stall
Market Stalls
Jumping Castle
Book Stall
BBQ and Hot Food Live Performances
All Welcome! Contact: Ona Lawrence 6345 1789, 0409 609 118 New stall-holders welcome
P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Tel: 6342.2940
Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au