ST PIUS X PRIMARY SCHOOL DUBBO

NEWSLETTER

Our vision for St. Pius X school community is that in providing a quality, positive learning environment, all children will reach their true potential and be witnesses to the Catholic faith.

East Street

Dubbo 2830

Phone: 6882 3808

Fax: 6884 4519

Email: stpiusdubbo@bth.catholic.edu.au

Website: www.stpiusxdubbo.catholic.edu.au

Term 4 Week 1 Monday 10th October, 2016

However, in life there is only “forward’ and ‘backward’. It’s one or the other. After you’ve regained your breath,

Licked your wounds, and re-evaluated the situation, “hanging in there” just means you are not going forward.

Dear Parents, Welcome back to our beautiful children, dedicated staff and all of you. We trust you had an enjoyable break in spite of the erratic weather, still we need to thank God for this wonderful country we live in. You might notice some changes to our Top Playground - Artificial Turf to the two lawn squares and the strip near the covered area. Mr Sutton was a very good supervisor who made sure this job was completed before school started. Enclosed with this letter are the dates for this term. Please check each week for any changes. This is a 10 Week Term with the last day on the 16th December Another very full on term.

Monday - School Starts P & F Meeting 6 p.m. last one for this year Tuesday - Uninterrupted Wednesday - Year 1 visit Bracken House Thursday - Kind Acts Program Centacare starting in Kinder Concert Practise Commences for our Concert Friday - 3,4,5,6 Girls off to Mudgee to play Netball Kinder Excursion to Wambangalang

10th October - Term 4 Starts 12th October - Year 1 Bracken House Visit 13th October - School Dance Practise 13th October - Kinder Centacare Visit (Anti Bullying workshop) 14th October - Mudgee Netball Day (Primary Girls) 14th October - Kinder Excursion to Wambangalang 19th October - Hit the ground running (Yr 6) 19th October - Year 2 Bracken House Visit 20th October - Dream Festivals Kids Day 20th October - Kindergarten Orientation 20th October - School Dance Practise 20th October - Year 1 Centacare Visit (Anti Bullying workshop) 26th October - Hit the ground running Year 6 (day 2) 26th October - Year 3 Bracken House Visit 27th October - School Dance Practise 27th October - Year 2 Centacare Visit (Anti Bullying workshop) 28th October - AFL clinics Kinder—Year 3 1st November - All Saints Mass 2nd November - Year 2 Reconciliation 9th November - Year 5 Bracken House Visit 10th November - School Dance Practise 16th November - Year 6 Bracken House Visit 17th November - School Dance Practise 24th November - Christmas Concert 25th November - Last Day of band 28th—2nd December - Intensive Swimming Kinder—Year 3 7th December - Kinder Bracken House Visit 8th December - School Awards Ceremony 9th December - Reports Go Home 9th December - Year 6 Grad dinner 13th December - Last Day for Year 6 14th December - School Pool Party 16th December - Last Day of Term 4

CENTACARE PROGRAM Margaret Crowley the former Manager of Centacare was successful in the grant application from the Federal Government for our school. Its Pastoral well being involving the community. The Program commences this week. Each week a class will visit Bracken House to bring joy to our valuable aged community. The coordinator is Mrs Louise Hennessy who will organise buses etc. Every Wednesday a class will visit Bracken House between 9.30 to 11 a.m. This Week its Year 1, if you do not wish your child to go to Bracken House please inform your child’s Teacher. On Thursday a professional will visit a class each week to conduct the Kind Acts Program which also includes Anti Bullying. We are very fortunate to have these Programs at St. Pius X Thank you Margaret and Louise. We welcome back Georgia Wiley to Year 2, Georgia left us in Year 1 due to her fathers work, she has been interstate and now the family have moved back to Dubbo and she is back to us. We also welcome Lachlan O’Callaghan to Year 1, I am confident that these two children will enjoy their time at St. Pius.

Please Check your children’s Hair, Especially those children in Year 3 Thank you Remember “Don’t let anger, frustration and embarrassment ruin your plans”. Enjoy your week. God be with you Yours sincerely

Heather Irwin Principal Dip T ELIC BED.MED

Have a great week. Ali Wilton Librarian

Astyn Cameron, Natalie Cook-McCullum, Rose Fletcher, Ava Gardner, Isabella Grant, Amarni Hartas, Lucy

Heckendorf, Brittney Mealey, Ayla Picton, Gwen Ridley, Miley Rootes, Sophie Swane, Abel Alexander, George Amor, Reuben Elliott, Harry Hewett, Theodore Holmes, Maverick Hutchins, Oscar Macleod, Harrison o’Donnell, Joseph O’Donnell, Thomas Rich, Keighan Short, Rashaan Singh, Jaxen Stevenson, Levi Thurston, Landon Wilson

Lachlan Pearce, Elsie O’Brien, Lucas Ward, Tom McAllister, Tai Turner, Pyper McNamara, Sienna Peckham, Jaydan Stevenson, Sienna Strawns, Zahli Swan, Edison Perry, Dylan Wallace, Harvey Marchant, Amelia Ryan, Finn Macleod, Millah Hutchins, Lachlan Hangan, Nicholas Clarke, Rhys Andrusiewicz, Blake Conway, Sameer

Shafiq, Will Fletcher, Kalya Wijenayake, Josh Schwager, BJ Hutchins, Aimee Zell, Hayley Gardner, Olivia Ward, Ned Jones, Amelia Beatty, Marina See, Tom O’Donnell. Angus Mackenzie and Merryn Chapman.

Shandesh Baral, Mia Penman, Kyrra Hyde, Ethan Roach, Sammeer Shafiq, Jaxsen Stevenson, Layla McCoy, Nate Henderson, Miah Dent, Ned Jones and Odette Wilson,