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Dates to Remember

Term 1: St Therese Athletics

Day: Tuesday March 22 @

Landy Field - details on this

newsletter

Last Day of Term:

Thursday March 24 Holy Week Liturgy:

9:10am in Hall

Easter Draw

11:30 am in Hall

Finish

12 noon

Term 2:

First Day of Term: April

11 Hot Dog Day:Wednesday

April 20 Whole school Assembly:

April 26 An up to date Calendar can

be found on our school

website.

Newsletter

March 17– Term 1, Week 8 2016 50 Grossmans Rd, Torquay 3228

Tel:(03) 5261 4246 Fax: (03) 5261 6221 Website www.sttorquay.catholic.edu.au

Reflection Palm Sunday In this final Lenten Sunday we look again at the significance of Christ in our lives.

Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it, and he sat on it. Many in

the crowd spread their coats on the road ahead of Jesus, and others cut leafy branches in the

fields and spread them along the way. He was in the center of the procession, and the crowds

all around him were shouting, "Praise God! Bless the one who comes in the name of the

Lord! Bless the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Praise God in highest heaven!"

Mark 11:6-10

As we prepare for Easter, we remember Jesus entering the city of Jerusalem

humbly on the back of a donkey on Palm Sunday. It is a day of great

celebration, and a day of deep mourning. On this day, Jesus entered

Jerusalem as its king while thousands rejoiced. Within a week, he would be

dead, and his followers would be confused and scattered. For everyone who

witnessed the events of that week 2000 years ago, it was a roller coaster

ride—they knew nothing of Easter. We, on the other hand, have the hope of

the resurrection, but also the knowledge that we are the reason for the

crucifixion.

Catholic Education Week This week we celebrate Catholic Education Week. It is an opportunity to

stop and reflect on the mission of Catholic Education and to strengthen

relationships between all those who have a stake in our children’s

education.

St Therese Torquay – Easter Celebrations:

Parish Lenten reconciliation Tuesday 22 March @ 7.30pm

Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Holy Thursday 24 March @ 7:30pm

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion: Good Friday 25 March @ 3:00pm

Easter Vigil Mass: Saturday 26 March @ 8:00pm

Easter Sunday Mass: Sunday 27 March @ 8:45am

Reggio Emilia Study Group Tonight six of our teachers, Dena Reddan, Chris Grayland, Gerardine Farrelly, Adam Coustley (already in Italy),

Michelle Budd and Sarah Armour, leave for a week long study tour of the town of Reggio Emilia in Italy. While there

they will visit schools that approach learning with this philosophy and visit the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre. It

will help us reflect on how we at St Therese could further benefit from the international research into early years

education. The teachers will be joined by over 200 participants from many different countries, and are in a study group of

educators from Victoria University, Melbourne and Portland State University, Oregon, USA.

Grade 6 Camp: I had the pleasure of attending the grade 6 camp last week. The children are to be congratulated for the way in which they

engaged in the activities, worked with the staff and supported each other. Camps give children an opportunity to develop

skills of independence, gain resilience, unplug from technology, learn social skills, make true friends and experience

many cultural activities. The benefits can not be underestimated. We thank the staff of St. Therese for providing this

wonderful opportunity for the students. Staff also give a considerable amount of time to plan and implement the camp.

Added to this is the amount of time they are away from their own families. We thank them for their wonderful support of

the children.

School Cross Country: Congratulations to all of the children who participated in the cross country event yesterday. We had a stunning day for the

event, which was so well organised by Mr. Low. All staff are to be congratulated for created a great atmosphere, with

fantastic costumes and a fair amount of talent shown running with the children. Thank you to the many parents who

attended the event to support the children. Thank you also to the Parents and Friends for organising and serving the fruit

on the day. A fantastic day.

CareMonkey: As you are aware St Therese School has introduced the ‘CareMonkey’ program. Some families will be receiving emails

on a regular basis to ask you to create a profile for your child. It is extremely important you create this profile as all the

school’s excursions, permission notes and notifications (e-forms) will be forwarded to you via ‘CareMonkey’.

When you receive a notification -eForm- from ‘CareMonkey sign in and follow the steps: e.g Acknowledge and Dismiss

or permission given. If these notifications are not acknowledged the system will keep sending you the notice, even after

the event.

St Therese School- Athletics Day 2016:

What a big term it has been for St Therese students. Just after we have finished our School Cross Country we roll straight

into our annual School Athletics Day.

Next week, on Tuesday the March 22, we will be travelling to Landy Field in Geelong for this event. The timetable

below should be used as a guide to give you an idea of when your child will be participating in their different events.

Preps Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 9/10 Yrs 11 Yrs 12/ 13

Yrs

10:00 Distance-

200m

Long

Jump

Sprint

80m

Discus-

500g

60cm

Hurdles 80m Rest Shot Put-

3kg

10:30 Shot Put-

Softball Distance-

200m

Long

Jump

Sprint-

100m

Discus-

500g

68cm

Hurdles 80m Rest

11:00 Rest Shot Put-

Softball Distance-

400m

Long

Jump

Sprint-

100m

Discus-

750g

68cm

Hurdles

80m

11:30 Small

Hurdles 60m Rest Shot Put-

Softball Distance-

800m

Long

Jump

Sprint-

100m

Discus-

750g

12:00 Vortex

Throw

Small

Hurdles 60m Rest Shot Put- 2

kg Distance-

800m

Long

Jump

Sprint-

100m

12:30 Sprint-

80m

Vortex

Throw

Small

Hurdles 60m Rest Shot Put- 2

kg Distance-

800m

Long

Jump

1:00 Long

Jump

Sprint-

80m

Vortex

Throw

60cm

Hurdles 80m Rest Shot Put- 2

kg Distance

800m

1:30 Lunch

1:45 Girls relay, Boys relay, Staff vs Parent vs House Captains Relay??

2:15 Buses Back to School

Students have been working really hard in their sports lessons to refine their athletics skills. Therefore we would love to

have the students share these skills with as many parents and friends as possible on the day.

Mark from ‘Ocean Grind’ will be there with his coffee van - cash only .

In Tune Piano Lessons - All Ages Welcome

Specialising in A.M.E.B examinations and children with special learning needs.

$45 per hour in my home or $55 per hour at your home. After school or weekends.

Free first lesson. Call Karlene on 5261 9114 or 0431 124 939

Vision Screening Forms: It is not too late to return the Vision Screening forms to the office if you haven’t done so already. The screenings will

begin this week.

Year 3/4 Clean Up Australia Day: On Thursday March 3, we walked around the Deep Creek area to

pick up rubbish for Clean Up Australia Day. We picked up a lot

more rubbish than we expected too.

When we got back to school we got to respond in any way we liked.

People made ads to let people know not to litter and others wrote

slogans to remind people not to litter.

Lots of us sorted the rubbish before we put it in our school bin.

We found 23 plastic lids, 46 straws, 32 pieces of paper, 60 cigarette

butts, 20 glass bottles unbroken and 574 smashed glass pieces.

There was heaps of other rubbish that we could not put into a

group. We also had 36 cans and 47 cardboard cups mostly from

McDonald's and Subway.

They all weighed over 15 kg.

We were very disappointed to find this much rubbish in our Deep

Creek area. We want people to think of what they are doing to our

environment when they litter. We hope it’s mostly tourists but we want local people to think about where their litter goes

if it’s not put in a bin. It goes in our bushes and then ends up in our oceans.

We ask everyone to take three pieces of paper from the beach but also from our bushes too as this is forgotten sometimes.

Next year we will do it again and we want to compare the results.

We hope it’s going to be much less!!

WE ASK YOU TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR FAMILY WHAT CAN YOU DO TO

MAKE TORQUAY A CLEANER PLACE TO LIVE?

Lilla Appleton, Luke Dickinson,

Matilda Jablonski, Ella Beste.

A letter published in The Geelong Advertiser by Aliana Lewis 5/6 Red

North Geelong Primary School Swimming

Championships:

On Friday the March 4, 27 of our school’s finest

swimmers travelled to the Kardinia Aquatic

Centre to compete at the North Geelong Primary School Swimming Championships.

All of the students competed brilliantly throughout the day against over 700 of the best swimmers from the region’s

primary schools. A special mention must go to Ella Grant who came 2nd in the 11 Year Old Girl’s Backstroke event as

well as the 10 Year Old Girl’s Freestyle relay team consisting of Coby Stott, Meg Edwards, Lila Burns and Sarah

McAsey who came 3rd in their event.

The students who represented the school so beautifully at the championships were:

Coby Stott, Lila Burns, Ruby Fuller, Meg Edwards, Sarah McAsey, Jack Otter, Will Montebello, Lilla Appleton, Luke

Dickinson, Maisie Ryan, Tiahnee McGrath, Julia Farrelly, Natasha Dean, Ella Grant, Mia Barnard, Ellie McCoy, Jade

Waters, Shekeya Delgado, Darienne Reid, Lillian O’Brien, Ella McCarthy, Nicole Otter, Maggie Fuller, Alexander

Gilbert, Jedd Burns, Harry Stott and Theo Anderson.

LENT

REFLE

CTIONS – Year 4

During the time of Lent, the Year 4 students have been exploring the symbols and meaning of The Last Supper.

Some of the students wrote diary entries about the Passover meal.

Dear Diary,

It was the night of the Passover. Jesus asked John and I to go and find the man with the jug of water and here I am now

with all the other disciples and of course Jesus.

I could smell the strong wine and see steam rising out of the bread. I could feel Jesus's smooth warm hand gliding across

my feet and making them feel warm and relaxed.

When Jesus mentioned the betrayer I knew it was not me. I could also see that Judas looked very uncomfortable about

this conversation.

Jesus passed the bread around and said “This is my body given to you.”

Then came the wine. He said “This is my blood.”

As I felt my lips touch the cool wine I knew that this was not a normal Passover meal.

(Emily Armitage)

Dear Diary,

Today I ate the Passover feast with my disciples. It was tense. I could see their worried faces when I was talking about the

bread and wine. I could feel the breadcrumbs on my tongue. When we were eating I could smell the warm food and I

could hear the mad shouts. I could taste the wine slip down my throat.

All of this made me feel happy because I was spending the Passover feast with my good friends.

A diary entry from Jesus (Lucy Adlam)

Library News!

Term 2, Week 1 starts with an exciting Literary Guest.

Author Justin D’ath will be holding Literacy Sessions on Tuesday April 12th with the student in years 3-

6. Justin is a local author and is the creator of the very popular Extreme Adventures series and more

recently the Lost World Circus series. Parents are welcome and Justin will have a selection of his books

available for purchase. Check the Learning Community Blogs for exact times for each session and

Justin’s webpage at http://www.justindath.com/

Please email Angella Clifford at aclifford@sttorquay.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions.

P&F News

Congratulations to all the competitors in the Cross Country and a big thank you to Peaches for the fruit the children

enjoyed afterwards.

Important Dates for 2016

Thursday March 24 - Easter Raffle

Thursday May 5 - Mother’s Day stall

Friday May 6 - Mother’s Day Luncheon

Saturday August 6 - Parent night: Open Mic Night

Friday September 2 - Father’s Day stall and Year 3/4 breakfast

Friday September 9 - Fathers golf day

Easter Raffle – Thursday March 24

The Easter Raffle is an absolute hit with the kids so we are asking for donations for the Easter Raffle Hamper. Please

bring an Easter related item (it doesn’t have to be an Easter egg) to be placed in the box in the School Office before

Wednesday March 23. Tickets will be sold on the last day of term for $1 each or 3 for $2. The Easter egg raffle is held

in the hall on the last day of Term 1, all students will attend with their classes, parents welcome!

If you are available to help out with wrapping the Easter hampers on the night before (Wed March 23) or selling tickets to

the classes on the 24th from about 9.30ish please contact Michelle Jones via email sm.jones@hotmail.com or text 0417

047 904.

Mother’s Day Lunch 2016 – Friday May 6

The date has been locked in for the popular St Therese Mother’s Day Lunch on Friday May 6 at the RACV Torquay

Resort; tickets will go on sale early in Term 2.

The organising committee have been working hard and are currently looking for:

Silent Auction Donations – We have already received a number of amazing donations for the Mother’s Day Silent

Auction and door prizes including from: Hire A Kombi, House of Lilollia, Ocean Grind, Bikram Yoga Torquay, Twilight

Glamping, Blue Dirt Mountain Biking, RACV Resort Torquay, Bekercise, Earth Bottles, Torbreck Vinters, Waves Music

Co, Little Traveller Baby Equipment Hire, Surfcoast Styling, Tennis Australia, Cover Me Jules, Surf Coast Swing….and

more!

If your business would like to make a donation for the Silent Auction or as a door prize, please contact Kate Walsh at

cawcommunication@outlook.com

Note for the Diary: PARENT’S NIGHT - Saturday August 6

This year Madhouse, a nine-piece rock band, will be headlining the Parent’s night and as for the support acts – that could

be you!

We are looking for talented musicians from the parents and staff community at St Therese to knock up a small set list and

be part of the support act.

If you’d rather join something bigger, the inaugural St Therese Band will be performing on the night and we are looking

for people willing to rehearse in it.

If you are keen on playing as a solo act, a small group or would like more information about the St Therese Band, please

email Megan McGay: mmcgay@icloud.com as soon as possible.

Hot Dog Days - every 2nd Wednesday

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! All that is required is 1-2 hours on the day, once a term. If you would like to volunteer to be a

parent helper on hot dog days, please email Leanne O'Brien - leanne_obrien@bigpond.com

Each child is to bring correct money to their respective classroom and fill in the forms located in their class.

Prices:

Hot dogs $2.50

Icy poles 50c

SORRY, ORDERS CANNOT BE TAKEN AT THE KITCHEN.

Second Hand Uniform Shop

Thank you to everyone who has embraced our honesty policy at the Second Hand Uniform Shop. A parent will be at the

uniform shop most Wednesday's sorting and helping if you need assistance. For further enquiries you can contact Kristin

at kristind71@yahoo.com

Community News:

Saint Ignatius College Geelong 2016 OPEN DAY

Sunday March 20th 11am-2pm

Information sessions at 11am and 12.15pm

St. Ignatius. Inspiring me to be a leader. Year 7 – 2017 Enrolment Applications close Friday 20th May 2016Visit www.ignatius.vic.edu.au

View a Prospectus and Download an Application for Enrolment Form

A Jesuit Partner School 27 Peninsula Drive, Drysdale 3222 Phone: 5251 1136 Registrar: Gail Myers Email: registrar@ignatius.vic.edu.au

TORQUAY SLSC GOOD FRIDAY FISH DAY

25TH MARCH LUNCH : 12PM -2PM DINNER: 5PM - 8PM

BAR OPEN FROM 12PM

FISH & CHIP BOX $13 CALAMARI & CHIP BOX $12

SWEET POTATO FRIES MIN $6 CHIPS MIN $4

SALADS AVAILABLE

BOOKINGS PREFERRED: 0438 618 868

Girls Basketball:

We are enthusiastically looking for girls interested in playing basketball. No experience is required. We are hoping to

establish an age group competition for the girls within the current structure run by the surf coast gym in Torquay on a

Monday night. We are happy to put teams together or facilitate finding additional players. The ultimate goal would be to

have U/10 U/12 and U/14. Please call me on 0414380511 if you are interested

Loretta McGrath

Meagan Burch Music Tuition

Music Lessons at school

Piano, keyboard, Guitar, Ukulele, Drum or Singing Lessons

Private & Group Lessons

During &/or After School Hours at School

Come & try music lessons without committing to the full term. Join together with a friend in a

shared lesson.

To enrol, or to receive more information please contact Meagan:

Providing Music Lessons in local schools since 1985.

mbmt@bigpond.com

The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal:

Here is a great opportunity to contribute to a really amazing children’s facility. Hamish who is in Grade 1 at St Therese is

a patient of the RCH. He has Type 3 Spinal Muscular Atrophy which is a genetic condition. Hamish has 6 monthly

Neuromuscular Clinics at the RCH where he meets a team of specialists that monitor his condition. The RCH in

conjunction with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is currently participating in Phase 3 Clinical Trials of a new

treatment that has the potential to improve Hamish’s condition and ultimately change his life. This trial is one of the many

amazing things the Children’s Hospital does for children in Victoria. Any donation to the RCH Good Friday Appeal is

worthwhile. If you refer to the link below you will meet Simone Lionetti who is the face of the Good Friday Appeal this

year. She has Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

https://www.goodfridayappeal.com.au/

Kids Adventure Outdoors Anglesea

For general enquires

please call Peri Gray at

YMCA Recreation Camp Anglesea on (03) 5263 1512 or anglesea@ymca.org.au

Estuaries Unmasked Night Seminar

A FREE Community Presentation 6.30-8.30pm, Tuesday April 19th 2016

Australian National Surfing Museum 77 Beach Road, TORQUAY

Light supper provided. RSVP essential, required by April 12th 2016.

Please call (03) 5232 9100 for enquiries and bookings

All About Estuary Fish

Justin O’Connor, Program Leader of Aquatic Connectivity & Fish Passage at the Arthur Rylah Institute will present on

the fish species found in Victorian estuaries and the recent installation of a ‘fish ladder’ that is helping fish move

upstream on the Barwon River. Using Citizen Science to Track Impacts on Waterways

David Mossop, Program Coordinator of Citizen Science at the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will reveal how

Victorian communities & scientists can work together to identify & better understand impacts (such as from bushfires) on

local waterways.