St Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena T: 9743 2166 E: [email protected]W: www.scmeltonwest.catholic.edu.au NEWSLETTER Term 3, Week 4 August 4th, 2015 Dear Families, Today we welcomed Miss Marantelli back to school after her leave. We look forward to hearing about all of her adventures during her travels. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff, parents, students and Fr. Michael for their support of myself during Carmel’s time away and for their assistance in ensuring that the school has continued to perform with its usual focus on community cohesion and supporting our students to achieve their best. This Friday we come together as a school community to celebrate the Feast Day of Mary Mackillop - St Mary of the Cross. Mary was born on the 15th January 1842 in Melbourne, she had 3 sisters and 4 brothers. She cared about people who had no one to look after them, children who had no school to go to, people who were old and sick and people who had nowhere to live. One of the many teachings attributed to her is “Never see a need without doing something about it”. Mary wanted more than anything to help these people. She went to work as a teacher in a country town in South Australia called Penola. Together with Fr Tenison Woods they began the first St Joseph’s School in an old stable in 1856. In 1866 Mary began the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph and dedicated her life to doing God’s work. Mary died on 8th of August 1909 in North Sydney. Mary helped many people during her lifetime and, after she died, the Sisters of St Joseph kept on doing the good work she had started. On the 17th October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI canonised Mary MacKillop and she became the first and only Australian to be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church. We invite you to join us for Mass at 12:00 noon this Friday, August 7th to celebrate this special Feast day. Thankyou to the parents who have completed a parent opinion survey, however the number of returned surveys is still low. We value your opinion and require a significant number of surveys to be completed in order for the results to be reliable and to accurately inform our planning for the future. Please come in to the office and collect a survey or send in the return slip included in this newsletter. Every parent who completes a survey will go into the draw for a $50 Coles Myer voucher. Have a great week. Assunta Iacovino DEPUTY PRINCIPAL Ever generous God, You inspired Saint Mary MacKillop To live her life faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and constant in bringing hope and encouragement to those who were disheartened, lonely or needy. With confidence in your generous providence and through the intercession of Saint Mary MacKillop We ask that you grant our requests. We ask that our faith and hope be fired afresh by the Holy Spirit so that we too, like Mary MacKillop, may live with courage, trust and openness. Ever generous God hear our prayer. We ask this through Jesus Christ. Amen. Upcoming events Friday 7th August - Feast of St Mary of the Cross Mackillop Mass @ 12pm Thursday 13th August - Book Week Parade @ 9:30am Friday 14th August - Feast of the Assumption whole school Mass with St Dominic’s @ 12pm Friday 28th August - SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY
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St Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena T: 9743 2166 E: [email protected] W: www.scmeltonwest.catholic.edu.au
NEWSLETTER Term 3, Week 4 August 4th, 2015
Dear Families,
Today we welcomed Miss Marantelli back to school after her leave. We look forward to hearing about all of
her adventures during her travels. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff, parents, students
and Fr. Michael for their support of myself during Carmel’s time away and for their assistance in ensuring
that the school has continued to perform with its usual focus on community cohesion and supporting our
students to achieve their best.
This Friday we come together as a school community to celebrate the Feast Day of Mary Mackillop - St Mary of the Cross. Mary was born on the 15th January 1842 in Melbourne, she had 3 sisters and 4 brothers. She cared about people who had no one to look after them, children who had no school to go to, people who were old and sick and people who had nowhere to live. One of the many teachings attributed to her is “Never see a need without doing something about it”. Mary wanted more than anything to help these people. She went to work as a teacher in a country town in South Australia called Penola. Together with Fr Tenison Woods they began the first St Joseph’s School in an old stable in 1856. In 1866 Mary began the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph and dedicated her life to doing God’s work. Mary died on 8th of August 1909 in North Sydney. Mary helped many people during her lifetime and, after she died, the Sisters of St Joseph kept on doing the good work she had started. On the 17th October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI canonised Mary MacKillop and she became the first and only Australian to be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church. We invite you to join us for Mass at 12:00 noon this Friday, August 7th to celebrate this special Feast day.
Thankyou to the parents who have completed a parent opinion survey, however the number of returned surveys is still low. We value your opinion and require a significant number of surveys to be completed in order for the results to be reliable and to accurately inform our planning for the future. Please come in to the office and collect a survey or send in the return slip included in this newsletter. Every parent who completes a survey will go into the draw for a $50 Coles Myer voucher.
Have a great week.
Assunta Iacovino
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
Ever generous God, You inspired Saint Mary MacKillop To live her life faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and constant in bringing hope and encouragement to those who were disheartened, lonely or needy. With confidence in your generous providence and through the intercession of Saint Mary MacKillop We ask that you grant our requests. We ask that our faith and hope be fired afresh by the Holy Spirit so that we too, like Mary MacKillop, may live with courage, trust and openness. Ever generous God hear our prayer. We ask this through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Upcoming events
Friday 7th August - Feast of St Mary of the Cross
Mackillop Mass @ 12pm
Thursday 13th August - Book Week Parade @ 9:30am
Friday 14th August - Feast of the Assumption whole school
Our School has registered with Woolworths for the Earn & Learn Program.
For every $10 spent at Woolworths you will receive a sticker.
When the chart is full just pop it into the box in the School reception area.
This years program will run until September 8th . Extra sticker sheets can be downloaded from woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn
Thank you for your support
Scholastic Book Club
Scholastic book club have been sent home recently.
All orders are due back by This Friday, August 7th
NO LATE ORDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED
Thank you
Theresa Maskell
Book Club Co-ordinator
Book week 2015
Book week is next Monday Aug 10th - Friday Aug 14th. book week activities include..... Wednesday Aug 12th 'Perform! Educational Musicals' are presenting a book-week themed performance to all grades. Thursday Aug 13th - book week Dress up Parade . This will be held at 9.15am in the Hall. Children are welcome to come along to school dressed up as their favourite book character.
SCHOOL FEESSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL FEES
Instalment 3 Fees are now due. Please
attend to any outstanding fees as soon as
possible. If you are unable to meet your
school fee commitments please make an
appointment to see Carmel Marantelli to
discuss.
Hello families, Week 3 of Term 3 was great; the children did lots of activities relating to the environment and sustainability, they used our recycled materials to produce painted sculptures and gave our little garden some attention. This week is Problem Solving week. Some activities will include Hama beads, children crosswords, maths quiz and plastic cup towers. Again please feel free to check out our journal on the front desk where we will display some feedback and photos for the week. Educators are conducting quick kids catch up meetings on a daily basis to discuss limits and guidelines to ensure all children are cared for at a high standard when attending the program. The areas we discussed this week was to ensure afterschool when the bell rings we come straight over to OSHClub as we have had children coming 10 or so minutes late, this is rather concerning with no notification. We ask if parents could please remind your children of the importance of this also. If you have any suggestions for the program at all we would love to hear them. All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.
OSHC program phone: 0402 669 652 Coordinator: Allison
Assistants: Cindy
OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000
St Catherine of Siena
School Canteen is open
every Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday & Friday.
Year 1 Chick Hatching Program
For the past two weeks the Grade 1’s have been lucky enough to have some
special visitors in their classrooms. Last Monday the chicks arrived as eggs, and the
following day, the children watched some of the chicks hatch. Since then, they have
had the opportunity to observe the chicks growing and changing every day.
School Term Dates 2015
Term 3
Monday, July 13– Friday, September 18
Term 4
Monday, October 5- Friday, December 18
PFA COMMITTEE NOTICE
Up Coming Events for Term 3:
Father’s Day Raffle - 4th September 2015
Father’s Day Stall - 4th September 2015
School Disco – 17th September 2015
Next PFA Meeting - 17th August come along see what the
parents and friends association is all about.
Reminder: Information for Parents who previously received EMA
The Government has announced a new allowance for 2015.The Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund (CSEF) will be
provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting
activities. This is an annual payment of $125 for primary students payable to the school.
To be eligible for the fund, a parent or legal guardian of a student attending a registered Government or
non-government Victorian primary or secondary school must:
· on the first day of Term two, or;
· on the first day of Term three;
a) Be an eligible beneficiary within the meaning of the State Concessions Act 2004, that is, be a holder of
Veterans Affairs Gold Card or be an eligible Centrelink Health Care Card (HCC) or Pensioner
Concession Card (PCC) holder, OR
b) Be a temporary foster parent, and;
c) Submit an application to the school by the due date.
Parents who receive a Carer Allowance on behalf of a child, or any other benefit or allowance not income
tested by Centrelink, are not eligible for the CSEF unless they also comply with one of (a) or (b) above.
More information about the CSEF can be obtained by visiting www.education.vic.gov.au/csef.
An application form can be collected via the link above or from the school office.
Forms need to be lodged with the school by Friday, September 4 and a copy of your eligible card needs to be
