3 – 5 Chapel Lane, Baulkham Hills Tel: 9639 0518 Fax: 9686 2910 Week 2 Term 2 Thursday 7 May 2009 CALENDAR DATES Fri 8 May P&F meeting – 9am in the Staffroom Mother’s Day Liturgy 10.15am in the Church followed by morning tea Sun 10 May Mother’s Day Tue 12 May NAPLAN Testing Yrs 3 & 5 Wed 13 May NAPLAN Testing Yrs 3 & 5 Year 4 Reconciliation – 10am Yr 6 in-school excursion - Antarctica Man Thu 14 May NAPLAN Testing Yrs 3 & 5 Fri 15 May Yr 2 excursion to ‘Lessons Afloat’ Yr 1 in-school excursion CSIRO ‘Force and Movement’ Rugby League Knockout 16 & 17 May First Holy Communion at all weekend masses Tue 19 May Maths Olympiad – Yrs 6A and 5C Wed 20 May Musicorp demonstration - Yrs 3-5, 2-3pm Fri 22 May MUFTI DAY –Dress up in your favourite team colours. Gold coin donation to help the Wakakirri performers Year 5 Grade Mass-10.15am in the Church 23/24 May First Holy Communion at all weekend masses Wed 27 May ICAS Computer skills competition Inside this issue... Winter Uniform date Mother’s Day liturgy & morning tea Confirmation Uniform shop P&F meeting / Entertainment Books Dear Parents Congratulations to all our school and parish children who this week have received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We had a very interesting Staff Development Day on Monday. The first session was devoted to the use of data to direct teaching and learning. Following this many staff attended the Mass to celebrate the life of Mrs Gleeson’s mother. The second section of the day was inservicing staff on the Quality Teaching framework. Thank you to Mrs Knispel for her preparation and facilitation of the day and to staff for their active and enthusiastic participation in all aspects of the educational agenda. As we approach Mother’s Day we remember all the love that we associate with our own mothers and the joy that we experience as a mother. I realize that every day is a mother’s day but it is pleasant to have one day in the year in which mothers are acknowledged. My own dear mother never raised either her voice or her hand. However, she had the best look that encouraged both my sister and my brother to react accordingly. Thank you to all the mothers who have assisted with the collection of gifts and who helped on the Mother’s Day Stall. I was absent from school on Wednesday as I attended the funeral Mass to celebrate the life of my own mother’s best friend. I attended her 90 th birthday 6 years ago and it was fitting that the Church where that celebration took place was also the place of her funeral. The Kindergarten, Year I and 2 boy’s toilet is complete and it looks fantastic. The boys will be taken on a tour of inspection as soon as it is ready for use. Construction of the Shade area on the top playground has commenced with the erection of a fence. It should be completed within 4 weeks. The poles for the shade behind the Kindergarten classrooms have also been installed. I attended an Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) Meeting in Melbourne last Thursday and Friday. The Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard attended one of our sessions and I was able to thank her on behalf of all Australian primary principals for the funds that have been provided for all primary schools. Thought for the week: Emotional security is just as important as financial security. (P K Shaw) Jennifer Fraser Tomorrow, Friday 8 th May 10.15am in the Church, followed by morning tea in the undercover area on the top playground. Everyone welcome! UNIFORM SHOP Thursday 14 May 8.30am – 9.30am
CALENDAR DATES Fri 8 May P&F meeting – 9am in the Staffroom
Mother’s Day Liturgy 10.15am in the Church followed by morning tea
Sun 10 May Mother’s Day Tue 12 May NAPLAN Testing Yrs 3 & 5
Wed 13 May NAPLAN Testing Yrs 3 & 5 Year 4 Reconciliation – 10am Yr 6 in-school excursion - Antarctica Man
Thu 14 May NAPLAN Testing Yrs 3 & 5 Fri 15 May Yr 2 excursion to ‘Lessons Afloat’
Yr 1 in-school excursion CSIRO ‘Force and Movement’ Rugby League Knockout
16 & 17 May First Holy Communion at all weekend masses
Tue 19 May Maths Olympiad – Yrs 6A and 5C Wed 20 May Musicorp demonstration - Yrs 3-5, 2-3pm
Fri 22 May MUFTI DAY –Dress up in your favourite team colours. Gold coin donation to help the Wakakirri performers Year 5 Grade Mass-10.15am in the Church
23/24 May First Holy Communion at all weekend masses
Wed 27 May ICAS Computer skills competition
Inside this issue... Winter Uniform date Mother’s Day liturgy & morning tea Confirmation Uniform shop P&F meeting / Entertainment Books
Congratulations to all our school and parish children who this week have received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We had a very interesting Staff Development Day on Monday. The first session was devoted to the use of data to direct teaching and learning. Following this many staff attended the Mass to celebrate the life of Mrs Gleeson’s mother. The second section of the day was inservicing staff on the Quality Teaching framework. Thank you to Mrs Knispel for her preparation and facilitation of the day and to staff for their active and enthusiastic participation in all aspects of the educational agenda. As we approach Mother’s Day we remember all the love that we associate with our own mothers and the joy that we
experience as a mother. I realize that every day is a mother’s day but it is pleasant to have one day in the year in which mothers are acknowledged. My own dear mother never raised either her voice or her hand. However, she had the best look that encouraged both my sister and my brother to react accordingly. Thank you to all the mothers who have assisted with the collection of gifts and who helped on the Mother’s Day Stall. I was absent from school on Wednesday as I attended the funeral Mass to celebrate the life of my own mother’s best friend. I attended her 90th birthday 6 years ago and it was fitting that the Church where that celebration took place was also the place of her funeral. The Kindergarten, Year I and 2 boy’s toilet is complete and it looks fantastic. The boys will be taken on a tour of inspection as soon as it is ready for use. Construction of the Shade area on the top playground has commenced with the erection of a fence. It should be completed within 4 weeks. The poles for the shade behind the Kindergarten classrooms have also been installed. I attended an Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) Meeting in Melbourne last Thursday and Friday. The Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard attended one of our sessions and I was able to thank her on behalf of all Australian primary principals for the funds that have been provided for all primary schools. Thought for the week: Emotional security is just as important as financial security. (P K Shaw)
10.15am in the Church, followed by morning tea in the
undercover area on the top playground. Everyone welcome!
UNIFORM SHOP Thursday 14 May 8.30am – 9.30am
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Dear Lord Thank you for the wonderful gift of our mothers, Thank you for their selfless dedication, Help us to appreciate all they do for us, Keep them safe and strong, Bless them and keep them in the palm of your hand. Amen
��������������������������������Confirmation Congratulations to the children below who have received the Sacrament of Confirmation at ceremonies this week. A special word of thanks to the facilitators and parents who assisted in the preparation of the children. Special thanks also to Carmel McCaffrey for her coordination of the program.
Benjamin Alessi Christine Anderson Elise Bagshaw Isabella Bagus Mary Banks Ryan Barton Corinne Bauer Jasmine Bauer Dominic Betros Jacob Bodnar Kaelan Bollard April Buecker Ella Callan Paul Carollo Matthew Cassar Christopher Chapman Dominiek Cleven Alec Conway Joshua Cooper Vedant D’Souza Natalie Donaldson Luke Davidson Laura Davidson Alexandra Davis Carlos de Oliveira Alessandra Destefano Liam Devlin Sophie Dirube Braydon Dirube Ryan Dominici Kyle Dominici Joshua Dwyer Jarrod Ellem Chiara Fenech Chanelle Fernandes Madeleine Finnerty Daniel Fox Stephanie Francis Sofia Bella Frugone Maddison Gardoni Thomas Gatt Aimee Gollan Luke Gonsalves Lukas Grone Thomas Grone Flynn Hume Maya Jayasinghe Aaron John Matthew Jordan Nathan Jordan Kristina Jurcevic Angel Khalil Samantha Lara Isabel Lepore Courtney Lett Addison Mann Brooke Marshall Thomas Martin Ashleigh Menendez Nicole Menendez Vanessa Messina Brianna Mifsud Chelsea Moutia Ashling Munro Amy Mutton Isabelle Newton Alexandra Nugent Jenna O’Keefe Lauren Olbery Alana Owen Yalindra Peiris Yehan Peiris Amaya Peiris Olivia Perez Vy Phan Michael Pizzardello James Rider Liam Robson Benjamin Ross Aidan Shields Madeleine Suprain Ryan Szymanski Joshua Urquhart Adam Wagner
Thomas Whitby Andrew Williamson Hamish Wilson Chantelle Winter Johnathon Woodward Nathan Woodward Paris Rose Yee
Mother’s Day Liturgy We will celebrate the special gift of our mothers at a Mother’s Day Liturgy tomorrow, Friday 8th May at 10.15am in the Church. This will be followed by morning tea in the Undercover Area on the top playground. All mothers, grandmothers and significant others are very welcome to attend.
Year 4 Reconciliation Year 4 will attend Reconciliation on Wednesday 13th May at 10am in the Church. All welcome. Year 5 Grade Mass Year 5 will celebrate Mass on Friday 22nd May at 10.15am in the Church. All family and friends are most welcome to attend.
First Holy Communion The children of the school community and parish will be making their First Holy Communion on the weekends of 16th/17th May and 23rd/24th May. Please keep these children in your prayers.
Feast of Pentecost Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. We will celebrate the feast of Pentecost on Friday 29th May at 10.15am in the Church. The whole school will be attending. Family and friends are warmly invited to attend. Pentecost Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday 31st May. If you speak a language other English, and you would like to say prayers of the faithful in your language, please call Lucy on 9899 9009 for details.
David Ison
WINTER UNIFORM�
Children must all be in their full winter uniforms from next Monday 11th May.
KB Isabella Carney 3MV Isabelle Newton KQ Sofia Buric 3N Patrice Conditsis
KR Bronte Clarkson 4B Catilin Jablonski
KS Jackson Henebery 4DD William Mitchell
1CI Daniel Fileman 4F Oliver Karam
1H Brooke Weinert 4S Brendan Salama
1M Frederick Hornedo 5C Isabella Destefano
1R Samuel McGoldrick 5FJ Jessica Piperata
2D Dylan Madden 5IB Kaitlyn Noble
2F Karina Baird 5S Justin Ward
2G Daniella Edmilao 6A Jemma Hume
2M Shannon Salama 6C Max Bestford
3GL Johnathon Woodward 6MC Anthony Day
3J Maddison Gardoni 6OC Jason Hyem
SOCIAL SKILLS PROGRAM
The social skill for next week is:
Kindness Being good-natured, sympathetic and kind
hearted.
UNIFORM SHOP Reminder: Extra length Tunics (+ sizes). The uniform shop no longer orders plus size tunics. There are a few + size tunics left in stock, these are running out at $40.00.
STOCK ON HAND
Summer + sizes Size in stock 5+ 10 6+ 21
10+ 1 12+ 10 14+ 6
Winter + sizes Size in stock 6+ 7 12+ 1 14+ 3
HELP! – NO NAME ON ORDER Could the family who purchased a Dictionary and two boy’s ties, total cost $57.00 please contact Mrs Robyn Guy or Mrs Lisa Karam via the office with their details. Thank you.
CHANGE TO OPENING HOURS The Uniform shop will be open once a month on a Wednesday. This is unavoidable and I apologise for any inconvenience caused. The shop will be closed on the following day (Thursday). The Uniform Shop will be open on the following Wednesdays: Wednesday 3rd June not open on Thursday 4th June Wednesday 29th July not open on Thursday 30th July Wednesday 26th August not open on Thursday 27th August Wednesday 16th September not open on Thursday 17th September Wednesday 23rd August not open on Thursday 24th September Wednesday 11th November not open on Thursday 12th November Wednesday 9th December not open on Thursday 10th December
SLOW AND GO Slow and Go finishes each afternoon at 3.40pm. Please make sure you collect your children before this time.
YOGHURT Thank you to all our parents who are no longer sending their children to school with the Yoghurt tubes. The Canteen is no longer selling the Rise yoghurt and the playground and the children’s uniforms are a lot cleaner. If your children like yoghurt they may still bring in the small tubs of yoghurt, but we ask parents to show their children how to open them and stress the importance of placing the empty container in the bin.
SCHOOL FEES Term 2 school fee accounts have been posted home this week to all families. If you have not received your account, please let the office know.
P&F NEWS P&F MEETING Tomorrow Friday 8 May 2009 at 9am before the Mother’s Day Liturgy Our Guest Speaker at the meeting will be Mrs Carmel Bartkiewicz, from the Catholic Education Office. She will be presenting Anti-Bullying. Please feel free to join us.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS�HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN TO ORDER!!!! Please send in any last orders by Friday 22nd May. Thank you Judy Mutton / 96594157
5S Year 5 have had a busy year so far. We have been learning about Gold and electricity and in Religion we have been talking about living the message of Jesus. We have written acrostic poems which help to remind us that if we try we can all make a difference in the world. Help others in need Everyone has a right to feel safe Always respect people even those who are difficult Listen to other people’s stories and beliefs
Tell others how to heal the world Heal others’ loneliness Everyone should be a peacemaker
Work around your sadness Own up if you do something wrong Respect other people’s way of living Like and care for your friends Donate blood to those in need.
By Natasha Ellem Help those in need Everyone deserves to be happy and loved Always be kind to everyone Let everyone feel safe and happy
Treat everyone equally Help the people that are sick Enjoy every minute that you have with your friends and family
We all deserve to be treated with respect Offer what you can to the sick Respect others Love and care for everyone Deal with things in a peaceful way
By Georgina Koolbanis
Wishing all the Mums a happy and peaceful day on Sunday.
Love from 5S xx
HILLSBUS – NEW BUS TIMETABLE Due to the introduction of a new bus network in our local area, there have been changes made to the Hillsbus timetable commencing next Monday 11th May. New timetables have been given out to all children who catch a bus. Otherwise the website has further information of route numbers.
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL The annual School Athletics Carnival for Years 2 – 6 will be held at Blacktown Olympic Park, Eastern Road, Rooty Hill on Thursday 4th June. The carnival will commence at 9am and conclude at 2.10pm.
All children will be going to and from the carnival by bus especially booked for the day. If you wish to take your child home from the carnival, you must sign out with your child’s class teacher.
The 800m races will be held before the official start so, children in those races will need to be at school at 7.50am to be on the first bus. All other children will need to be at school by 8am as the buses will leave at 8.10am.
All students are expected to compete in the 100m races. Please complete the permission slip sent home last Friday and return to your child’s class teacher by next Tuesday 12th May.
There will be a professional photographer attending on the day taking action shots. These photos will be available for purchase on the photographer’s website.
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Dural Musical Society is presenting the musical “South Pacific” (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein) at the Dural Soldiers Memorial Hall, 604 Old Northern Rd, Dural. One of our ex-students and sister of April Buecker in 3GL – Raelene Buecker is in the production. Dates: May 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 at 8pm Matinees on 17, 24 June at 2pm Cost: Adults $25, Child/conc: $15 Bookings: 1300 306 776
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Enrolment Packages are still available for Year 7 2010 from the College office 8am-4pm Monday to Friday. Closing date of applications is 25 May 2009. For further information: see our website at www.gilroy.parra.catholic.edu.au or Email:[email protected]
OAKHILL COLLEGE GALA DAY SATURDAY 16TH MAY Home games for soccer, rugby, netball at the College on the day. Activities include: Battle of the Bands, Big kids rides, small kid’s zone, Mum’s chill out zone for coffee and cakes, books, jewellery, cakes BBQ, hot chips, hot dogs, Indian & Chinese food, raffle.
LOST AND FOUND Pink polar fleece baby blanket found in the school grounds. Call into the school office to collect.
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